w1 Ww; fHH wm..z - ---" j ' T?T?T3r ,t?' ' ' i' . '"s . ' - . t ,1 tl 1 ' w--." -V' r 'ar 'jt .Safy ' - v v 'Here'sNoTMllLike Getting One of These Lim'rick Prizes, Says Today's Winner-See Pa&2 . . v THEWEATHER ftienma Buhlk ffieirjer i Cloudy and warmer tonight, with nrobnbly some light rain; lowest Inn "norature about 30 degrees. ' ..Ktuti.'ttATIlUK'. AT i:,nt itntm NIGHT EXTRA h WHO '111 112 1 1 I 2 a 1 4 ....."- I -- --"-'- r iao m l4 m W lag I I VOL. TO NO- 99 20-YEAR SENTENCE IN CASES OF THEFT, New Penal Code Would Classify Many Crimes as "Stealing" 'legislature IS EXPECTED TO ENAT DRASTIC CHANGES A innx penalty of twenty years' hlmpriso.il JWm all rorm or men win 'h recommended by the rommisslon to Lvcvlio penal laws of Pennsylvania. Fi.inl sessions of tno commission nrc kying held today nnd tomorrow, In the jLUoi Title Building. Members of the commission nrc kdwin M, Abbott, chairman; uinrcncc u. Coughlln, Wllkes-Bnrrc; Ivcx N. Kuriir-hr-ll. Fiinxsutnwnoy ; (Jcorgo U. Uradsliaw. Pltsburgh, nnd Dcnn Wil- I limn E. Mlkell, of the University of Pennsylvania law school, who is secre tary. The labor of four years is about com pleted. Today's session nnd the one to morrow probably will be the last before 1 the new code is in shnpc for presenta tion to the Legislature. The phraseology Lot the law is being simplified so any llaymnn can understand It, and other chances nrn being made thnt will innko fcscano on technicalities for lawbreakers much more difficult. I Especially will tins be in tlie ense of tlhose guilty of crimes of theft In nny k'orm. According to Dean Mikcll today : 'Wo arc ronsluerliiii tnkine nl jcrlmes of robbery, burglary, larceny by rbnilee, enwez.Jilcmcnt. horse stealing, f false nrrtense. fraudulent conversion. inn-l every crlmo hnvlng tlm element of t theft in it unci combining cm under I the hend or one erini - a call it Healing. "Furthermore, we exptt. :o Increase the maximum nennltv to twenty years. I with no minimum set. lly giving these crimes the Hlblicnl term 'stenling' we destroy all technical objections thnt arise now on bills of Indictment, wherein tho accused is improperly charged. This is now especially the caso In crimes of larceny, nnd larceny by bailee, sometimes u person is in lfctcd for one when he uctiinlly eotn nJlttnl the other, and uiion' this techni cality he goes free. 1 'We will not touch the death pen- .iltr. That stands. .Neither will we I' i ish the blue laws. Vc.couId nut in If -'Mriornl rnnonlni tint l'n tinlliwi till '.general t'"v"'',v' .l" ..-.''."" :."" i matter lor the Legislature." Mitchell at this point Inter tried, aid, "t 'I nersonall.v believe. he said, "that some ot the Dine laws should ip rphilneil. for there must be n ra tional observance of Sunday nnd some (it them should go, for they are rldieu Ions. Why. I know n case of an up state Justice who convicted n tnnn for i miring the automobile on Sunday of i tnnn who was trying to get to tho bedside of his dying brother Dean Mlkell explained the entire end of 18(10 has been modernized by the rommisslon, and subsequent peinil !iu i iVe been codified also. The 1S(!ll code pAihtnlns ISO sections, the new code, he 'said, will rontnln nbout !J0O sections. The new code, it was explained, will be part of the "Acts of 1!)'J1" of the Lesisliitinc. and it is honed to hnve the I'entire code in pamphlet form fop pre- kutntlon to members of the bar for fhitlil-in and suggestion before it goes Ito the Legislature. It is thought the l.egiK'nime will puss the code ns lire scaled, virtually ithnut change. YOUNG CITY HALL GUARDS WILL DOJDISTRICT WORK Cortelyou to Send Physically Fit Men Into Districts Director of Public Safety Cortelyou will take steps today to weed physically fit men from the ranks of the City Hall guards and to replace them with pa trolmen giown old in the service and ino longer able to do active work. There ,ue sixty-eight guards Mud two 'rgeants of gunrds at City Hall, all of .horn were placed on tho same pay status as district patrolmen nnd ser geants beginning .Tnnuary 1, when tho new pay of ?," a day went into effect for pntiolmen. Director Cortelyou believes thnt since they demanded to be placed on the name status with district patrolmen', In the matter of pay, the younger'men should (also be given the sumo -work us patrol men. He will consult members- of the Civil Service Commission tills afternoon nnd Hwm tinier a pnysicai examination nl nil (.guards. Older guards will he permitted o remain at their posts in the hall, but voting men I'll for outside duty, will bo transferred to vnrious district stations for active patrol duty. Steps nlso may be taken looking to a readjustment of the guards' pension ntntus. The guaids aro members of tho Municipal Pension Fund, to which they contribute 2 per cent of their salury, which amounts to approximately $30, HO a yeur. Patrolmen, who nre members of tho Polico Pension Fund, must pay ?5 n month, or ?00 a jenr. to become eligible utter twenty years' Mrvice for a pension. IDLE IN ENGLAND'lNCREASE Threaten "Direct Action" In Nor- wlch, If Not Given Relief London, .fin, 7 Ml,. n rowing seriousness of the unemploy ment problem in Great Ilritnin wiih em phasized today by tho action of the un fmnoyed I,, the city of Norwich in availing themselves of the provisions of ne existing poor Inw and demanding support from the loeu.1 ' guardians."" tnesa art the nllieiilln wlm mlmlnUloi- I relief tn the needy., charging the cost Upon local taxes. The "gunrdians" recent l decided not I jo Increase (,P M.i(, nf .-,.1 lr work In liNorwicli on Hie ground that the tnx IWc.rN .W,'M,'. nimble to affoid it. but the ".' i ponce nolllleil them lie hud re- r-lVVI II comilllllllelltlnii 17. II... ..IT,.... liJ&L" '."I'l'wi's pot granted -w . IK''1' U dtwm,nl o "direct m.BS Jill' I '. 11?. A.CI.nAK t 'K1NCB COMMISSI URGES Entered ox Second-Class Matter at the PostoRten, at Philadelphia. Pa. . tinder the Act of Mnrch it. 1879 "'i"'. . II jf'y. ,T v'S v'tilv s1 .K 4t International SOPHIE "nAItS" TAYLOR ICnglMi itctress nnil dancer, who was shot nnd lilllwl In her Iximlon apartment by Captain Ocorgo AugiLsttLs Kelly, of New York, her dancing partner and former nrmy captain, who then committod sui cide, .Icalotisy was tlio caiLso of tho double tragedy MAN, DRAGGED OFF TRACK, FIGHTS WITH HIS RESCUER Tries to Throw Detective Under Wheels of Train W. A. Mcnkc, n railroad detective, saw Martin McDcrmott, of Twenty sixth street near South, sitting on n rail of the main line of the Ilnltimore nnil Ohio Itullroad nt Ellsworth street shortly nfter midnight this morning, di rectly in the path of nn onrushlng ex press. Mcnke shouted to the man nnd when he paid no heed, the detective pulled him off the track jut before the train ronretl i nst. McDcrmott attacked the detective nnd tiled to throw him tinder the ex p'v. 'i'u. mnn was taken to Central Station, where Magistrate Mcclcary held him In $M0O ball for court on til.- Imrgc of nssault and bntteiy. McDcr mott mid ho had been drinking. SYNTHETIC TURKEYS NOW Lacking In Food Values, but They Sell for $2.50 Clyde Smith, of (ilciiHidc. won u tur key for ten rents In a ruffle in tho pns scnger traffic. ..udttapjQiliecofi. tbo Iteading Hallway,' where ho Is u clerk. He already hud one ill home, but he took the new tuik anyway. It was nil wrapped up when he got it. only (he head nnil legs protruding from the bun dle. "Locks like a hefty bird," remarked Smith's stntniutc on the train coing home. "Yours for .f'.."0." offered Smith, who didn't know the mnn. "I've got ono home. Don't need this." "Done," saiil the -trnnger, and the turkey changed hands. Smith told his fellow cleilfs about the deal ut.t morn ing. They collapsed against their desks. "Hot piilootie!" exclaimed tho uif flc promoter "That was a fake tur key, mnn, the body was wood, paper and rags. Only the head and legs were real." ENDS LIFE ON STREET Collingdnlc, Pa., Man, 68, Found Dead In Wilmington P.-sM. Vanderslice, sixty-eight years old, of Cnlliugdale, Pa., was found dead lust night with a bullet in his bruin, on Concord avenue near Tatuall street. Wilmington. Del. Detective F. W. Mi Coy discovered the l,od, lying face downward on the sidewalk. A partly emptied revolt or lay nearb. The police believe the man committed suicide. lie was identified by menus, of two purchase slips from a Philadelphia de partment store. CALL U. S. AGENTS CORRUPT Congressman Slegel Charges Evil Practices at Foreign Courts Washington. .Inn. 7. (Iy A. P.) Charges of corruption on tho part of Department of Justice agents investi gating conditions at ports abroad whore aliei.s senile passage to the 1'nltisl States, weie made today by Represen tative Slegel, of New Yotlc. before the Semite iminlgiutiou committee. He said lie knew of an instance wlieie such an agent, over Ills signature, and gl nig Hie ileputtmcnt's telephone number, wrote that a certain alien could get his liusspoit vised if he scut $f."i to a Wash ington lawyer. " Representative Slegel said the John son bill to check immigration for a car was "un-Ainerlrnu" nnil projected nn a cure for a "nonexistent evil." He also attacked the provision prohibiting .iliens who went home from re-entering the I'uited States. Of the total immi grant arrivals during tho last fiscal .tear, lie sitiil 11)1,000 hud left Ameil.a i.u 1 were leturnliii.', bringing their whe. ,i children. Old Man Weather Is All Mixed Up Just think Hydrangea buds abound In (icr maiitowii. Fanners are cutting lui at ltello vllle. Pa. Siuikes and roses appear at Read ing. Caterpillars cavort in Ahlngtnn. Mosquitoes at Fift -fifth street ami Whitby avenue. A pumpkin bug appears at Camp Hill. A clhiw lacket got bus ut Alli son Hill. Pa. Ileputlcas found In woods near city. F.artli worms count up to invest! giitit weather. Frogq'cronk in HcrKs county.. Don't forgel onco wo had a blizzard in Aprill I Scouting Parties Leave in Search of U. S. Airmen Several Expeditions Hit All Northern Trails to Intercept Aeronauts? Slowly Mushing Their Way to Civilization By tho Associated Press Cochrane, Ont., Jan. 7. Scouting parties, composed of veteran trappers, Indians nnd newspaper correspondents, today were pushing along vnrious clr cultous trails northward In tho hope of Intercepting tho three United States uavnl balloonlsts who nrc hustling their way back to civilization ..from Moose factory, where they lnndcd December 1-1 after a hazardous flight from Hock away, N. Y. Lack of actual knowledge of the ncro nnuts progress nnd impatience to hear Irst hand the narrative of their thrill ing drift through stormy clouds nnd of their heroic bnttle against cold and star vation uftcr landing, led tho scouting Sounds tO follow lln their nevernl riiox. ulntlons regarding tho routo chosen by tho officers' Indian guides. It was generally agreed here today that bar ring unforeseen trouble, the balloonlsts AS DRUGJ EALERS Man Who Says They Sold Him Narcotics Gives Testimony That Holds Them SAY WOMAN AIDS POLICE The crusade ordered by Mayor Moore ngalust drug peddlers enmeshed three ulleged peddlers in tho police net Inst night, and testimony against them was given today by a fourth man. arrested In the same house on Christian street near Llghth. Tho defendants, nrrnigned before Magistrate llnrrlgan in the Third and Do Laiicey streets station, were Fred Legnno, (iluseppe Ilruncttl, known as "Itlg Andy," and Joseph Mucaluso. alias "New York Mike." Lcgano wns held In S1000 ball and the two others in SSOO ball for further hcnrlng next Monday. Nicholas Rozzlozo, of Christian street near Seventh, testified nguiust the de fendants. He snid he bought five pack ages of a drug last Monday from I.e-, gano and on the following tiny lgauo sold him thirteen, pnckun-nfcs-fll'-rne'b.t: Ilozzlozo nlso testified that Hrunettl and Mucaluso sold drugs to a fifth man for whom the police aro searching. It is rumored the police obtained valuable Information about a so-called "drug ring" nfter one of the prisoners hud been visited in the station house coll room last night by a woman. MAN GETS 27-YEAR TERM FEW HOURS AFTER ARREST "Jersey Justice" Quickly Dealt to Assailant of Women In Cam den County A man who jestcrday ass.inllcd a woman ii Ciunilen county was ariesteil this morning and Is now on bis way to the slate prison to seive from eighteen to Iwenl -seven cnrs. This was the "quick Jersc, justice" meted out to William Slimier, forty five .tears old, of CliNclhur-l, Camden county. According to tho testimony jriven this morning before Judge Kales, in um" den County Court, Shinier nii't'MrH. F.liznti'lh CrubMin and her daughter. Sirs. Catharine Duis, walking on a rond near Atco, N. J. He spoke to the women and passed on when neither noticed him, In n few minutes he 'returned and' struck Sirs. Davis with the butt end of a revolver and knocked her down, lie turned upon her mother and treated her in the some milliner. Then, ac cording to the tcstimoii, he again at tacked Sirs. Davis. Following his ar rest today In confessed. PAIN DRIVES MAN TO SUICIDE Bullet Imbedded Near Lungs for Five Years Feared Tuberculosis Continuous pain from a bullet lui bedded five jears near his lung's is bc- llcvetj to have prompted Dominic Pu hovsky. thirty-five .tears old, 1." West Sluirpnnck street. Chestnut Hill, to tuke his life at his home today. Puhovsky arose curl. He bad just completed his toilet preparations when his family heard a shot. His wife rushed to his bedroom and there found her husband hjing across the bed, fully dressed, with blood flowing from u wpund In the right temple. A icvolver was clutched In the man's hand. Puhovsky died in the Chestnut Hill Hospital at 10 o'clock. According to Sirs. Puhovsky, hoi husband hail long threatened to kill himself as he could no longer stand the suffering from the old bullet wound. l'uliousln. n baker hy trade, wasi 1...1 i.. s!,,r.,iit.,n I'ii.. w i i ivnk. .11 niiiii! the street. What is believed to have been sliii bullet struck liim ,,,! t,lL.,.il in his chest. Puliovskv was told icceiitl 1 pns"cnns unit lie was likely to become a victim of tubercu losis. HOLD-UP MAN BEATEN Pedestrian Pummels Him, but He Escapes From Police Albert New'lle, ."IK East Walnut lnue, licrinnutoun. iniiile a would-be higli- "ttil.'e the count" when it- .....1....1 t,.wi mIl'IiI lit Chew mid 1 IIl'Ii st,.,.,.ts. Nevclle smi' the hold-up man such i.ctnv I uii'llng that when Newlle took ll'glil In" fcur coniniinlnns f fin ussniliilil might be neaibt lie let! tl luiiiiMi hlmr bliedlug nnil semlcnii- scions When the police iirrlved the uiaii had illsappeori'ii. Ncvelle tuljl the (icrmiiutowii polln that he wis attacked from behind In n muii who ginbbed him by the throat and was making attempts to Title his poekefs whijn Novclle gained Ilia upper hand in" tko Htrugsle. Nevcllo was treated foftvciitii on his hands and it kcrnicncu hbwi. i 3 TAKEN W PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1921 should arrive by tonight at cither Clute, Mnttlco or Cochrane. New York. Jan. 7. Letters from Lleutenuuts Walter Hlnton and Louis Kloor, Jr., two of the three naval bal loonlsts dog-slcddlng their way back to civilization from Mioose Factory, were received hero yesterday. Mrs. Hlnton, who Is at the Itockn way naval air station, got ono from her husband, giving a complete uccount of tho trip from ltockaway to Mooso Factory. The other was received by n girl friend of Lieutenant Kloor. Mrs. Hlnton declined to make nubile tho contents of her husbnndVt letter, owing, she said, to a Navy Department order posted nt tho ltockaway station yesterday forbidding tho three nvintors to make any public stntcment until their report first is submitted to Washing ton, Inclined to Leniency, Says Ella Moore, When Her Sex Is Concerned PRAISES COURTS AS JUST Sllss Klin Sloore. the jury womnn. who distinguished herself in Qunrter Sessions Court yesterday by being the means of bringing about a "mistrial" when the foremnn of her jury muddled n verdict In thecnse nf an election officer, discussed her four (lays of jury dutv today. Noteworthy among her conclusions was a definite one about vulnerability of her brother man In certnln spots ! lit' is soft-hearted when It comes to doling out the verdict of guilty to n woman. Locked up In thnt momentous but stuffy little room where the scales of justice stand waiting to be adjusted, he is willing to tinker ever so Impniy t hilly with tho fateful instrument when it comes to a "fellow" man offender who is licensed. "With the onnosile sex." exiilnined SttsnSLiarcthlimiporninKijjyjtlin-qu.lr.' VihiaT little shake ofTerVrnd. "Well, I'm afraid it's a little bit different." Enjoys Recess Sllss Sloore enjojed her first recess nfter four days of strenuous duty in Room JfllJ F. City Hull, this morning. No jury was required there today, as naturalizations nre on tho calendar. Contrary to the expectation of the City Hall employe, who said: "Well. I guess the girls are taking their beauty sleen tndii." MN Sloore was not tn be found at her home ot l.TiO North Twontv-niuth strret, but nt her desk at the F. A. Davis Co., 1014 Cherry street. "I was so busy." she snid. glancing nt her plled-up desk, "thnt I tried to be excused, but in the end I went any way." "No." she ventured when asked ns tn the feminine and the masculine sense of justice, "I do not think' there Is much difference. Kcopt that men nre. I think. Inclined to be soft -hearted where women defendants are concerned. "Then, of course, there's this to be considered, too a woman's intuition. A lawyer told me in all seriousness that he feared a woman's intuition in the jurybox. I feel myself that this could enter definitely into the giving of nn individual verdict, because a womnn does get very swift impressions. Put personally I am trying to guard against this. "I'll have to admit that my four diis in court hnve absolutely changed in impressions of triuls. 1 used to think that law was more or less nn instru ment of persecution and now well, I can truthfully say I think It is u won derful instrument of justice." Commenting on the case that brought her particularly into the limelight es terdny. Sliss Sloore sold: "Our foremnn, Frank Hess, cer tainly had no intention to muddle that verdict. It was simply a case of his not understanding English very well. He probably did not understand when each juror gave his opinion. As for myself, well, when he went around I could not help hearing the whispers of the other jurors and, of course. I knew that I myself hud snid, 'not guilty So when he returned a verdict of guilty with regard to that particular defendnnt I was iliimfouuded und I suppose I could not conceal my feelings." Praises Men's Courtesy It was the amazed expression on Sliss .Moore's face yesterday thnt caused the counsel for the defense to call for a polling of the jur. An election officer, John J. Fi'iinou. hml been charged with iiiilawfiill helping voters to murk their ballots. He will be given a new liiul. One more thing Sliss Sloore said her experience in the coiiitioom had pur- Kcuniriy uiugm uer. , "It is." she explained, "that the J'Ik' d not the jury is cpccleil to u eai nut mercy, it is in, to the jur shnpl) In find out whether the accuse!; Is guilt or not guilty." Sliss Laura Washburn, 5S-U Willows liveniie. the first jur.vwomiin In lie tin led I in n Jiiryioom with eleven men for an exleniled period, said today that she "rcnlh ilnln'l mind it." "The men couldn't have treated me with more nr greater respect," contin ue! the .wiling woman, "but I do think it would lie better if some provision wns ninth' for women juiors to be locked separately finiii the brothers of the I Jlll'.V nor I"""'1 retired at twenty-six mln- utes of ,'t .wstenhi nftcrnoon, nnil after j It hud reported at .1 o'clock to Judge I McCullen. sitting in the "bandit court." I that it hud not ngreed, he ordered the jur linked up until 10 p. ni. , For liw hours Sllss Washburn strove with her brother jurors, for n verdict on the guilt or innocence of the defend nnt, John E. Foley, charged with rob bery and conspiracy to rob. When at 10:30 o'clock, It wns still unable to ncremtlfo jury was discharged by .Tndgo SIcCiillen, nnd Foley's bail was lucrunscd from $10,000, to ?15;000 ponding a new trial. JURY WOMAN FINDS MEN SOFT-HEARTED PRISONERS' PLEAS TO PUT OFF TRIALS E McCtillen Insists on Swift Jus i tice for Men Arrested Only Yesterday FOLEY CASE DEADLOCK PROVES SURPRISE TO COURT Philadelphia Justice Philadelphia Jiftlcc was exem plified today in Judge McCullcn's section of the Court of Quarter Ses sions, when two young men came up for trial who were arrested only yesterday. In twenty-four hours' time Eugene Doolcy nnd John Collins were taken Into custody for robbery, held for the grand Jury, Indicted, listed for trial and brought Into court. . Their attorney asked for nn ex tension to prepare the case. "We will try the case now," said tho Judge, In refusing tho request, "while it Is freh in the public mind. The innocent will not be punished even 'though nil the guilty do not go to prison." Two young men arrested for robbery yesterday were brought to trial today before Judge SIcCiillen In the "prison section" of the Court of Qunrter Ses sions. The two youths whose arrest and trial furnished nn almost unexampled In stance of swift justice were Eugene Dnoley nnd John Collins. They were arretted yesterday, given n hearing be fore n magistrate, held for the grand jury nnd indicted, their cases were listed in Quarter Sessions and they were brought into court this morning for trial. Their attorney appealed for a post ponement so he could prepare their de fense. "These young men never have been arrested before." he snid, "nnd I think it is only proper that sufficient time be allowed to shape their defense." No Innocents Convicted Judge SIcCiillen refused the request. "The case will be tried now," he snid. "while it is still fresh In the public mind." "Such n course," the nttorney nr gued. "will rob them of their constitu tional rlchts." mUl ih n -Judge', "und it isdoubffiir If V KVl Ull I III" KIlUl, " ?! Oxford street, nppearcd ngnlnst the two youths, who both live at LMliO West Norris street. SIcLoughlin testified lie anil the prisoners had been schoolmates and friends, but that he had not seen them for years until he met them by accident January p. He had walked along the street -with them, be said, talking of old times, as far as Thirty second street nnd Columbia avenue. There, lip testified, they had robbed him of a diamond stickpin wortli S?:i."() and S2!l in cash. Character witnesses nppenred for the ouths, testifying thut neither had been in trouble before. Judge SIcCiillen sus pended sentence until he could invest! gate these statements. "These enscs must be tried as speedily as possible," the judge re marked in disposing of the case after the bo k had been found guilty, "be caue the protection of sixiety demands such u. course." Kphrnlm Llpschutz, from John It. K. Scott's office, nppearcd to nsk further indulgence of the court in the trial of a defendant named Newrnck, charged with robbery. Sir. Lipschutz ephiined that Sir. Scott wns engaged in the fed eral court and might not be able to get' free earlier than this afternoon. "The time for the trial of this case was fixed at Sir, Scott's request." said the judge, "and we are going to follow Continued an Tnire Mnctrrn. Column Three STARSVERY DISCORDANT, OPERA DIRECTOR RESIGNS Marlnuzzl's Nights Made Sleepless by Wrangling Over Parts Assigned Chicago, Jan. 7. flly A. P.) The resignation of Ohio Slurlmuzi, operatic conductor and composer, us artistic di rector ot the Chicago tjrnnd Operu o. was announced today. He will resume his former position us one of the con ductors. Slnrinuzzi wns chosen direc tor last year at the suggestion of the late Cleofonte Campainlnl, for many years director of he company. "I could not sttjul the wrangling ot tho htars any longer," Signor Sfiirinuz.i said. "They have given me nothing but sleepless nights. Now I am just n conductor. I will not nssign any more roles, and when the stars have objec tions they shall have to speak to -Mr. Johnson. "Their voices huvo been in my ears twenty-four hours u diiy. Each one with a grievance, each one objecting to a rolo I have assigned to some one else, they all briug their troubles to me. I go home nnd puce the floor until 5 o'clock In the morning. In n few hours) thcie arc reheiirsuls. I get no rest. I cannot listen to their talk mi longer." PLAN TO INVADE RUHR State Department Notified of Pur pose of French Government Washington, Jun. 7. (lly A. P. i Through its embassy here France bus informally notified the I'niteil States of the contemplated invasion of the Ruhr Vnlli' becaiiHe of the aliened failure of the (Scrmiiu (invcrumcut to effect a dis armament in thnt district. It was learned toda that the Stale Department hud not couve.wd In the Ficnch (lovcruineiit nil intimation of the altitude the I'niteil States would tuke in the event invasion became a fait. It is known, linwcwr. that ntll dais linye not altered their opinion that such action would be Inopportune ami not cnlculated to Improve the future re hitlons between the Allies nnd tier many, either politically or econonil colly, FI.ORI.nA INFORMATION AT ATI-ANTIO Cot Mnn RMIniCa 0(11. 100U Cbtntnut jt., I'hIU. Tlwhoot. Ucuit C303. 4di, DENIED BY JUDG Published Dally Except Sunday. Copyright, 1021, by Teacher Wins Says he's Roint to start n clnss in lim'rick writin' with it, too. Arc you writing them ? ' If you haven't got into tho gamo yet, try it tonight. You may bo tho one to win tho ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS Here's the completed lim'rick by which today's winner got his: Limerick No. 17 Said Policeman O'Flynn, "That's tip-top; Tomorrow our poverty'll stop; Five dollars a day From now on is our pay. Now the Vs will bring E's gJVID NEMARK (ease) to the cop." Teacher; Rudolph S. Walton - School Nearly everybody's limericking now. Tho family dinner table is kept in an uproar of fun with all of 'em trying to think of the best last line. See the Limpin' Lim'rick Today on Page 2 MAIL CAR ROBBED E Several Sacks of Parcel Post Stolen Between New York and This City . VALUE OF LOOT UNKNOWN Several sacks nf pnrcel-post mnil of unknown value were stolen from n stor age car on the Pennsylvania Railroad train which left New York city nt 12:4." o'clock this morning and reached llroad Street Station three hours later. Chief Postofiice Inspector Leonard, who announced the robbery, has as signed inspectors to run down the thief or thieves. No postbflice employes were on duty in the cur while It wns in ' better mall In th e same car wus not II. k. i When the frnln reached here earlv Ibis morning a railroad em ploye discowrrd the storage car door open. A transom over tho door nlso had been broken. The train, No. -O.'t. made stops at Sliiuhi'ttnn transfer. Newark. Eliza beth, Hallway. Sletuchen, New Bruns wick. Monmouth Junction, Plainsboro. Princeton Junction, Trenton, itristol. North Philadelphia and West Philadel phia. It is believed the robber may hae hidden in tho car when the train wus being "made up" lit New York. Post office inspectors also are working on the theory that the ear door was forced when a halt was made at one of the thirteen stopping points on the line. SInil is not sorted in the storage cars in tiansit as it is in the regular railway mall cars. LORD MILNER RESIGNS British Secretary for the Colonies Surrenders His Portfolio Iindoii, Jun. 7. Lord Slilner todny resigned bis Portfolio as secretin' for the colonics. His successor lias not yet been announced. Viscount Slilner has held ninny high offices under the Hritish Cioveriiment, lui'lpdlnu il'iit .f Ilich Commissioner for South Africa and undersecretary nf liuunuee in Egypt. In 11)111 he wns ap pointed M'ielir of the colonies. A, Sir Alfred Miller ns cieated baron the first appointment to the perage uriil" by the late King IMwnrd VII, and Inter win made n viscount. IT WAY R ASKS JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO ACT IN COAL GOUGE WASHINGTON, Jnn. 7. Evidence as to conl prices paid irt 1020 by the Wnr TJepnitment lins been transmitted to tlio Depart ment of Justice' with n' recommendation' for nctlon. Chairman Cnl der, of the Senate Committee on Reconstruction, informed the Senate today. CUTTER IN SEARCH OF MISSING MAIL BOAT WASHINGTON, Jnn. 7. Equipped for t. cruise o7 months, the const guard cutter Snohomish will leave Tott Angeles. Wa&h., tomorrow to scntch along the Aln&Knn const for the misslng mail boat Tulitzer, which was labt henrd from on December 15. when it entered the Straits of Shelikoff. PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT CLERK SUSPENDED WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. Suspension of II cue H. Richardson n clerk in the Penult Division of the piohibitlon eiuorcement office here, pending investigation of charges of Irregularity In issuing pctinltb for the withdtawnl of liquor, vns announced to'ny by Tntcmal Revenue Commissioner Williams. FOIL MOB BENT ON LYNCHING Negro Held for Attacking White Woman Removed for Safety ilelTctsontllle. Intl.. Jan. 7. Rufus Jones. Negro, ulleged assailant nf Sirs. Carrie Ma F'slier. a white woman, was taken from the Clink eoiiiitt .(nil earl tndii to i'ii' Indiana, slate refnrniatorv for safe kccpni','. nfter a mob nf several hundred pei's. nis liiul gathered ui'iiuiiil the jnil iniiier in the night with the avowed Intention of lynching him Slemhers of the mob mine from I'tica. a iii'iirb tillage, where Sirs. Fisher liveit It apparently Incked n leader and easily was dispersed by deputy sheriffs. A little later Jones, who hnd slept, through tno demonstration, was' tauen to tiiu reformatory. Subscription Price Id a Tear by Mall, Public. Ledger Company. Lim'rick Prize HALT ENLISTMENTS Favorable Report Ordered on Bill Prohibiting Increase in Military Forces 175,000 MEN SET AS LIMIT lly the Associated Press Washington, Jan. 7. A iinatii mous favorable report was ordered to day by the Senate military nfTuirs com mittee on the resolution of Senator New, directing the secretary of wnr to stop nrmy enlistments until the totnl number of enlisted men is reduced to 17.".000. Chairman Wndsworth nunnuncctl thnt carl action on the resolution by the Sfimjc would be sought und Senator I.enroot gave notice that he reserved the right to propose reduction of tho nrmy to 150.000 men. Similar resolu tinns nre pending in the House. Slinor amendments to the New reso lution adopted today by the committee provided for re-enlistment nf men now In the army or who served in the world war for more thnu one .cnr. Another amendment would authorize the secre tary of War to discharge men with more than one year's service. The resolution also provides that the 17,". 000 maximum proposed b, Senator New shall rtunaiu unless Congress appro priates funds for a larger force. The committee's action toihi followed much criticism nf recruiting in "mini lers exceeding the funds provided in the last army appropriation bill. Secretary linker bus taken the position that the iii'iuy reorganization bill directed re cruiting up tn the full nilthnrized peace strength of 'JM1.000 men. nnd that the department had to carry out the law. 'POSSUM IN ORGAN PIPE Expert Investigation Explains Weird Music In Church Raleigh, N. C. Jan. 7.-111 A. P.) Weird moans nnd strange discords shocked the congregation of the Clayton Ilaptist Church last Sunday when' the organist touched his keys for the open ing hymn. A hurry call brought n corps of first -aid piano tuners to tho scene. The org'i'i continued to give its own version nf siicied music and an expert from the factory was summoned to doctor it. He extruded n nine-pnuml 'possum jesterdit from one of the big pipes. JAMES G. SCRIPPS DEAD Manager of Several Newspaper Or ganizations Was 34 Years Old New York, Jnn. 7. (11 A. p.l .limit's (i. Scripps, publisher und man aging director of several newspaper or ganisations, is (lend at his home at Miriimnr. near Sun Diego. Calif., the I'niteil 1'riss iiunniiui cd line tmlii. Ml. Scripps. who w.is third -four years old, was one of the vnungest newspaper publishers in the 1 nlteil Stntcs. For twelve years he hint luim managing din-dor of Scripps papers, the. Newspaper Euternrlso Assoc iinn nd allied newspaper orgnnIzal.TnM. urvlvliijc him nre his parents tTnd a tntlipr. ' SENATORS WOULD PRICE TWO CENTS ADEQUATE TARIFF ON CHEMICALS FOR TEXTILES IS URGED Dr. Charles S. Hollander Telia Congressmen Industries Require Protection HOLDS OUT PROMISE OF REASONABLE PRICES Hu n Staff Correspondent Washington, .Inn. 7. Dr. Charles S Hollander, vice president of Rohm & Huns Co., 10 North. Front street, Phil adelphia, asked the House ways nnd means committee todny for adequate tariff protection on ohcmiculs used In tl,c tunning and textile Industries. lie recommended n specific duty of 15 cents per pound nnd I0 per centum iid valorem on hydrosulphltes and sul phoxylatcs, lenteotropes nnd lenteotropo equivalents, and all their mixtures nnd compounds, ten cents per pound nnd 45 per cent ad valorem on artificial bates, in cents per pound and f0' per cent nd vnlorcm on titanium snlts, mixtures and on antimony compounds ; 15 cents per pound und ."0 per cent nil valorem on antimony salts, mixtures nnd com pounds. "All of the nrgunients in favor of pro tecting the inunufacture of dyestuffs und other fine chemicals In the United States," Dr. Hollander said, "apply equally as strong to protecting the-manufacture of hyrdosiilphltes, sulphoxi lutes and lenteotrope equivalents. Their manufacture is a new industry in thin country." Promises Reasonable Prices He lidded thnt American manufac-' turers of these articles stand ready to furnish adequate supplies at rca-jon-uble prices. "During the last year," he continued, we iiuve iirniigut down our cost of pro duction of sodium liydrosulphite from over Jfl.lKi u pound to a point where It is possible lor us to oner contracts for lll-'l at fifty -five cents per pound." The ruw mntcrials nrc as available in the I'nitcd States as in England nnd (icrniuny. he said, but the labor cost is much greater here thnn abroad. Tho depreciated value of foreign exchange makes it difficult for American manu facturers to continue against foreign competition. "There is no doubt," he declared, "that the gigantic combinations of .Eu ropean ilycstuffs muniifncturcrs will uso every means to regain their lost terri tory. (Jertnnn nnd KncliNh Imnnrters of sodium liydrosulphite are nt the pres ent nun; nooning tne murket with their products. They nre offering to cut their prices to almost any extent in order to secure the biisiness." To meet European prices Dr. Hol lander's concern has cut prices until now they nrc fifty-five cents per pound. "With a fairly large investment of new capital." he said, "we nre confi dent thnt within a reasonable time wo can reduce our price tn thirty-five cents per pound, but we would not feel justi fied in making these oxenditures until we can feel assured that the American manufacturers of hydrosulphitcs will bo protected against Europeuu competi tion." One Lino Forced Out Dr. Hollander said ills company hai nlreudy been obliged to discontinue tho manufacture of tltaniim potassium nsnlate on account of Gorman competi tion. Importers offer it at forty-eight cents u pound, while Rohm & Haas Co., have their stock at sixty ceuts per pound. SI. ('. SlcCaffcrty, representing tho American Alkuli nnd Acid Co., of Brud- C 1 11.. , ,. . . . ' jiii-ii. i ., iirgeq n tiuty ot tcu cents it pound on oxalic acid. The duty now is I'... cents per pound. Without nn in crense, he claimed, American ninnii facturers will have to close down. "Our factor," he added, "is at present shut down owing to the current sules price nf fifteen cents to eighteen cents, estab lished by our foreign competitors, which is from six to nine cents below our manufacturing cost." "In pre-war years," he continued, Contlniird on I'uee Nineteen, Column Four $2 BILL WAS TOO MUCH Shopkeeper Became Wrathy When Man Offered to Pay 4-Cent Debt Indelicate business etiquette might well be ascribed tn this s!. -pheoper. A customer walked into Ills stops this morning nnd tendered a 2 note in pn.Miient of a bill for newspupers, amounting to four cents. At sight of the U bill the news dealer exclaimed : "That's a hecuhn of a thing to pay n four-cent bill with!" und carefully laid down a Irnby he held in his arms and pi oil need a revolver which he thrust in his customer's face. It was too much for the customer, who wished tn pay up. Luurcucn Smith, nf 'JUII! Hunting Park uvenur. He went forthwith tn a magistrate's office and had a warrant sworn out for the arrest of the shopkeeper. Slyer Llehermaii, of Hunting Park and Wis silhlcknli avenues. Licbermim told Magistrate Price Hun it was dune in a spirit .f phi, but ucu'rtheless it Is costing the "man with the gun" a S!10I) bond for it fill thet'vhciii ing toinoi row . Today's Developments in National Capital At a benriiig on the emergency tilt lit hill befnie the Semite finilllCfl coinniittce suiipniters of the measure indicated thai the will press for curly tut ion. The House agricultural commltten decided to close hearings on bills to regulate future trading on grain and cotton t'M hiuntcM on Juuiiary IB. The Semite military affairs com mittee nideri'd a favorable report on the resolution directing the secretary of war to slop enlistments until the total number of enlisted men Ih re- du I tn 17.".)()(). Representative Slegel, before th S e u u t e immigration committee, charged corruption on the purl of Do partmunt ot Justice, ugeuU at porta abroad, Vhn you , .! rrwv &l2.?2fr.jeStt-i . ftot..Tt. & il v f ' ..' minx I . lit- ft t, Mr 4 'Wt Vl "'
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