n Y.rill InwU Vn --fVil "tr A-atj: n.i r 2L2 tJ&teui. You Cdh Keep AWty From Litriemitis-But Tm Can'tSee Pag& ! iMI" 4( THE WEATHER n.nfrnlh' clouds' tonight mill Wcdnes tiny xtllli lowest temperature about :I5 drgrrcs; grium . nmwi TMII'KKATMir. AT HACII HOCK rmnwwi na 1 1 1 2 1 1 4 1 c 1 jftTi04241 47 45 4H - VOL,, VH. NO- 102 1 uenm0 public Bfedget: NIGHT EXTRA. STATE 0F5IGIALS I TAG DELAYS ONLAST-HOURRUSH Entered a-.Bn,,., feaP , Phlladelphla, P(k, PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1921 Say Autoists Swamped Bureau With Applications Sent in Too Late WOMAN BROKER TO KEEP UP "24-HOUR SERVICE" Wins Prizes as He Loads Coffee Publlahed Dally Exempt SunJT. Subscription Prlc 10 Tr br Mail. CopyrlJrht. 1821. by labile LUr Company. PRICE JWO CENTS THOS. F. FROST, 202 S. Front St. Lewis S. Sadler, state highway com missioner, nnd nenjnmln G. Kynon, recistrar of motor vehicles at Harris- for alay n l"nnce of motor licenses for 10-1 on me moiunaui uiui"ivi;n. Meanwhile, with thousands of motor ,,r own still lacking their 1021 li cense taw, the police crusade which re oltVd yesterday In about 300 arrests, has been called off for the time being. VotoVlsts uslnff their 1020 tags arc re- wu: . i ....... .ml will hn niimmnnpil & 'magistrates to explain why they have not weir, new iuBa, Mrs. Alma O. L. Fry, of 4030 North Hutchinson street, who hns an office it Broad and Raco streets for ''twenty-four-hour service" to motorists who ntnt their tags in n hurry,; said today he intended to hcop on doing busi ness. Mrs, Fry denied the Inslnuat on that the practice of getting tags "by wholesale'1 has held up the issuance of licenses to Individuals motorists. Gets O. K. From Mills Mrs. Fry conferred with Superin tendent of Police Mills nnd that official aadmitted that the service she gives motorists Is a legitimate one, and Paid he would not interfere with her so long as she does not Impede tho business of the motor vchlclo bureau In Its Issuance Commissioner Sadler said today that, the motorists incrnscivra wc i for delajs, because they had waited until tho last minute to make applica tion foo licenses. Mr. Eynon explained In detail now his office conducted business. He denied that "preference" had been given to Mrs. Fry or any one else In the Issuance of licenses. "Mrs. Fry came here Frldny. Decem ber 31," said Mr. Eynon, "with 300 applications, and was told It was Im possible to fill them at once. We louldn't care for any such number at the time, because of the great number ef other applications received. V c be gan mailing out the tags she asked for on the following Monday and Tuesday. How Tags Are Issued "There are two" scpatato organiza tions In my office handling applications for licenses. Ono branch handles mail applications. The other Is the 'coun ttr.' where tnes nre alven to those who apply in person. rEverybodyJn.IIarrjaJ surf ana lor mucs arouna comes io in hit tag 'over the counter' because It fares time. It Is the rule to give pref erence to applicants for a single license rather thnn borne ono who wants many licenses for clients, "When Mrs. Fry didn't get the licenses he wanted she returned to Philadelphia nnd tried to bring politi cal Influence to bear. We paid no at tention to her efforts. "Lust summer Mrs. Fry tried to nr range to have special attention given her applications. She nsked if sho could not pay the clerks extra for handling them. Wp told her this would bo against the law. "The tchI troublo Is the delay n getting applications stnrted. This is up to the motorists themselves. Up until December 31 we had no rush nt nil. Lust jenr there, were 531.000 licenses issued in Pennsylvania. This '.ear. until December 31. we had rc 'fived mil) 170,000 applications for new '" ' . or about one-third the number needed. It lull Started Lato "Then came the big rush. On Mon Udj, January 3, the first dny we wero 'ipm for business in the new jear. we had 7.,000 mail upnllcatlonN. We have wen trying to catch up ever since. We have been KPmlin-.nut tngn nt the rate if .0,000 n day. but when they nil como In at the lust moment obviously it is Impossible to get them all out in a few atys. "'o cannot limit the number of tags issued to one person, bocnuse of ruling of the attorney general. Li censes must be issued to all bona fide applicants, whether they apply for one tag or many." Mr. Kynon said he did not believe "'establishment of r branch office In i niinrtelphln would relieve the situation materially. "The same thing would happen there, j,(1 ,I(j iKvery onP ,,,, wait until the last minute, nnd tlicn ! le V,0".1'1 be 250,000 applications to hand p." Mrs. fry will be unnblo to operate jer own car because of failure to receive J.Ii ,np.,.,nB8' Sbc called Superin tendent Mills on the telephone Inst "Wit and paid that her tag hud been mane out In the wrousr name nnd inon . to know I Hl'e could use her JiU) tag until the mistake was cor X " . ,T,le superintendent told her "i vuuiu not. His Limerick, No. 20 Jim married a girl up-to-date; Sho could dance, motor, swim, aviate; But I dined there one day And I'm sorry to say, Athletics won't Phila. man's plate. There's another Limpin Lim' rfck today. See if you can't win the HUNDRED DOL LARS this time. SUE PAGE TWO vHHswr, '' wit. - UmgQB&mSmssmm FV ' -" !'';"- "?sMPt III .. JIB'-mama,, . DANIELS SUGGESTS WORLD DISARMING OR GREATEST NAVY Tells House Committeo Harding Should Call Conference of All Nations DAVIS SAYS COVENANT SIGNERS FAVOR REDUCTION BABY FOUND SUFFOCATED WITH SLEEPING CHILDREN Father, Going for Qood-By Kiss, Discovers Tragedy Klcvcn-month-old Alice llrlgh of 2040 North Second street, was slath ered to death earlj this morning while sleeping with her two little brothers. Roy Ilrlght, the father, eutcrlng the children's room to say goodby to them before he went to work, snw Harry, eight years old, uiul Arthur, Ihrce, but could not see Alice, who had been ten derly placed between the two brothers Ian night. Mr. Ilrlght tore away the bed clothes tnd discovered the bnb lying face lounward at the foot of the bed. The frightened father (ailed n phjslcian. who said the child had been dead luor. thun an hour. SHOT ACCIDENTALLY BY SON Mother Is Victim of Christmas Gift Rifle r,.J,a.m" Devlin, twelve years old, of UirlinKton Place, on Providence road ? M.ci,i' seriously wounded his 7-Vi ' vrh Jumes Devlin, by an accl- a nfho.t from rlflc with which he o'tLS ,yi?8 .".' heir homo nt 0:80 0 clock last night. h.r l!?-.D'vh"n s In the Media Hospital, tjt abdomen pierced by the bullet. Hor l?l contim'?!y. whllo the father Warn,. ?BVi!,aB0 1.,is Bricf by assuming tl wl r.l.,ho aldent because ho gave "i boy thejlflo as a Christmas gift. WOMAN SEVERELY BURNED DreB Ignited When She Tries to Quicken Flro 0A toh Durkln. Ilftythree ,cars bu."!i Titlu, Htroet- wus scveroly IsnU Vttll ,0,,ily wllcu ''er " was m from tiB lV."? of nn,ne!, which at emntoT. U'.u k.,tohe.n rnuB' o "I"-' ampted to hasten tho building of a t'llinLVniV'i wns .tnU,'n t0 tho Poly tall n 'n"' aad fi'cnl Ntreets police rl"U Uw COI"llon is said to bo CHARG ES DRUG RING TRAPS ILL GIRLS Prisoner Tells Court Traffickers Play Nefarious Trade in Kensington SAYS POLICE ARE SUPINE J. B. M'AFEE DIES IN BRITISH HOSPITAL "The police lme made many nrrests downtown, but they nre letting leech like traffickers in drugs prey on young men and women in the Kensington mill district. " 'Daniel Jnckion, whose haggaid eyes and einneiated fuco mukc him look much oldir than his twenty-four jears. made this statement today as he was led away from his young wife to be tuken to the House of Correction. His hands twitched nervously and tears welled in his ijes as he pleaded to "have the police do something to prevent those girls from falling into the rrap which bus made this of me." Jackson, whose home Is at 12f)15 East Auburn street, wus sentenced to nine months In the House of Correction to day by Judge McCullen. His wife, who last week visited her Inibband nt Moyn meuslng Prison, and who was later nr icsted ns he was attempting to buv heroin foi him, wns present. Tells of Ills Downfall Through the wife the police were able to urrest the alleged leader of a "dope ling" and three other alleged traffick ers. "Until six months ago," said .Inch on, "I was huppy with my home life and at my work. Then I met one of tho scores of men who nie carrjing on the traffic In Kensington. "This man painted nn alluring pic ture of the effects of heroin. I began using the tuff. I didn't rcnlize the power it was gaining out me until It was too lnte. Then I began a useles struggle to fight It off. My wife trie,' (o help me, but I was in the clutches of the drug. "Something should be done to stop the traffic being carried on among the joung mill workers. Hundreds of lives are being ruined by the dope traffickers, who, apparently nave nothing to fear from the police." Given Nine Months When Jackson was placed on tiinl he pleaded foi another chance. "No," snid Judge McCullen. "a man .in jour condition needs mcdknl atten tion. 1 am going to tend ou to t lie IIouso of Correction for nine mouths. There jou will receive firfct eluss treat ment and hard work when )ou ure able to do it. That is what u drug addict needs, pioper mrdlcul attention and plenty of hnid work." Thomas Allen, twentytuo jear.s old, I'allowhill street near Twentieth, ar rested nt 8 o'clock last night at Sev enth and Cherry streets, confessed he was n cocaine addict, and required $13 worth of tho drug a day. At a hearing before Magistrate Orells, at tho Eleventh and Winter streets station, he was held under $1000 ball for court. ASKS U. S. TO AID RUSSIANS Granddaughter of Gen. U. S. Grant Appeals for Help for Refugees Atlantic City, Jan. 11. (Hy A. P.) Princess Julia Cnntacuzene, grand daughter of Flosses S. Grant, oIccd nn appeal for tho Riixstan refuses, fleeing from the Soviets In Miutliein Russia, before the national conference of state directors of the Near East Re lief here. The princess said she spoke for the remnant of the Liberal party in that Ntilcken land, tho men, women nnd ihll dren t pifjlng the Russia ciei fri inll.x to Aineilcn. who. after tho collnpso of Russia's campaign against lieiiiiniij lol lowed IVnikiiie in his heroic endctmir" nea'nat the MoMielvsts, and when he had failed cast their lot will, (ieueuil Wrnngel in his mully lll-fnted strug Kit. . "I tpenk lor iuinmmih who never mu IM'KHIMI lOf llll'lll'jvivvn Former Philadelphia Banker Fails to Recover From Ef fects of Operation ONCE LIVED IN ARDMORE John Rlair MacAfec, formerly of Philadelphia, but lately a banker in London, died in a hospital tberu today following nn operation for stomach trouble. Mr. MacAfec's dcTIffTcaiiTe as a shdcK to Phlladelphlans who knew him well, and had entertained him here ns re cently ns last November. He had been a patient in a London hospltnl since early In Jnnunry, nnd following the operation several days ago, reassuring reports had been received ns to his con dition. His friends and his daughter. Mrs. Paul F. KrliiMiiadp, of 8 East Fifty-eighth street, New nik, had been informed that he was better, nnd hoped that ultimately he would recover. Mr. MucAfen's friends recalled that when he visited this country in Novem ber last his health seemed to be im tinlred, nnd he was concerned about his condition. Mr. MncAfen was enter tained by Admiral Sims nt the letter's country home In New Englund. The Americnn banker was chairman of the noted American Dining Club in Lon don, nnd when tnnt organization enter tained Admiral Sims after the armis tice and presented him with a sliver service, it wns .Mr. .ilacAtee wno mauo tho presentation speech. Though Mr. MncAfie's interests were principally in England since 1013. where be beenme a power in banking nnd lmiusrrtni circles, ins enure early career was in nuiuiieipma. In Loudon be was chairman of the Rritish-Ainerican Continental Rank, 'ihich closed its doors about the time lie wns stricken ill, The bank had invested 'icnvily. it was understood. In produce. rhlclly Canadian, nnd was unable to reuii7P quiCKiy during inn present muue triitl depression. Though the bank sus pended business, it was stated that neither shareholders nor depositors tvould lo.c an thing. .Made a Large Fortune Here Mr. MacAfec hud other extensive banking nnd Industrial connections abroad, his friends here say. He had mndo a foi tune in America before transferring his interests nbroad. When he left this country to go Into busi ness In Englund he sold n fine homo in lly tho Associated Press Washington, Jan. 11. Views of offi cials of the State. War and Nnvy De partments ns to worh; disarmament were sought today by the House naval affairs committee. Chnlrmnn Itutlcr only recent! held n conference on the subject with President-elect Harding at Marlon. Acting Sccretnr Davis, of tho State, Department, told the committee when asked us to his views regarding the sincerity of the nations in their efforts to bring about reduction of nrmnments that he could only say that the powers which had subscribed to the covenant of. the LenKtlp of Nations liml mnnlfcAtlv Indicated their sincere desire to reduce armaments. The secretary added that he believed President Wilson felt that In his ad vocacy of the League of Nations he had taken all npcessnr.v stpps townrd dls nrmnmpnt and that thU accounted for the fact that the President bad not called a disarmament conference ns he was authorized to do by an act of Con gress. Unbeatable Nmy. Only Alternative Secretary Daniels told the committeo that If President-elect Harding sought his advice he would urge him to call such a conference on March 5. Unless thnt conference produced a permanent disarmament agreement bv nil nntlons, Mr. Daniels suid, the United States should continue to build a navy second to none. He characterised various naval holi day proposals as "half meusurcs." Gen eral Taskcr H. Rliss, formerly Ameri can representative on the supreme war council and one of the American peace delegates to Paris, was present and ready to give his views to the committee. Secretary Dnvis was asked whether he had knowledgi that unv nations hod approached President Wilson regard inc the reduction of armament. Ills reply was that "only on the occasion of tho League of Nntlons invitation to the President to send a representative to the league committee on reduction of urmament. "Have you any knowledge that would justify a belief that the nations of the world aro seriously ready to discuss dis armament at a conference nt nn early .data r VnW-JM'tt-ir4 "I have no official knowlecHltoI uny such drslrn except through tho league, " was the reply. Mr. Davis told the committeo thnt the only way it could obtain such knowledge would be to communicate with the other governments. Asked If the Stntc Department could make such Inquiries, the secretary said : "In view of the fact that Congress has authorized the President to call a conference to discuss the subject I feel that any such action on my part might be construed nn coming under that au thorization. Of course, I could not take such action without direction from the President." No Wilson -Called Conference "Would you consider taking the mat ter up with tho President to see if it Is his wish thnt Buch a conference be called?" asked Chairman Hutler. "I would not enre to unmver thnt, was the reply. "The President has taken all the steps he feels he should take and If he wanted such a conference he would direct me to take the necessary steps to call It." Mr. Davis in conclusion snld he dirt not believe President Wilson would consider calling a coniercnce oecnuse such action might embarrass the Hard ing ndminlstrntlon. Secretnry Daniels In presenting the alternatives which he said America faccB, declared the United States must have a navy powerful enough "to com mand tho respect nnd fenr of tho world," unless tho international agree ment to end competition in navy build ing is signed "by all, or vlrtunlly nil, nations." The naval secretary dhnUsed ns un worthy of discussion a third proposal for an American nnvy less thnn equal to me most powerful sen power in the world "because It Is a waste of money to spend money on nn agency of wnr which would be helpless If needed." Sprrpriirv Dnniels took occasion to outline the advice which he would give to President -elect Harding should ho be BIG DINNER TO MOORE Miami to Banquet Philadelphia's Mayor Saturday Night Special Disvatch to Kfmlno rubtlc LtAaer Miami, FIa Jan. 11. Plans for n banquet Snturduy evening, at which several hundred persons will be pres ent In honor of Mayor Moore, of Phila delphia, were approved at a special meeting of the directors of the Miami Chamber of Commerce. Scna'tor Cummlngs, of Iown; William Jennings llryun uud llrecklnrldgc Long, former assistant becretnr of state, will speak. Major Moore. City Solicitor Smyth nnd Louis H. Elsenlolir, their host, arc expected to return here on the Mlrnmar tomorrow morning. The Mnyor'8 first public uppcurnnca will be Thursday ns a guest at the Rotury Club luncheon. DWARDS ADVISES EGISLATURE E N. J. L AGAINST BLUE LAW Governor Hopes Any Attempt to ' Impose It Will Be Dofeated IMPOSSIBLE TO COERCE PUBLIC INTO MORALITY Coirtlnurd on I'uce Ml. Column One Continued on 1'ace Two. Column Onr JERSEY'S LADY LEGISLATOR RIDES IN TRIUMPH TO TREM ON , Mrs. Van icss, of East Orange, Arrives at Capital Attended by Her Three Fair Daughters, Who Are Mighty Proud of Her LOUIS R. ANDERSON DEAD Descendant of Mary, Queen of Scots, Dies Here Louis R. Anderson, n descendant of Queen Mary of Scots, nnd James the First of England, and of Richard Stock ton, one of the signers of the Declara tion of Independence, died early j-estcr-day morning nt the Ronaparte House, Ninth and Sorucc streets. .Mr, Anderson, who was sixty-six years old. formerly attended the Ccn trnl High School nnd was a member of the Episcopal Church of the Saviour. He is survived by a brother, Adrian Stockton Anderson, of Hcverly. N. J. The funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. J. Jojce Moore, pastor of St. Andrew's Church, Eighth above Spruce street, tomorrow. Interment will be made nt West Laurel Hill Ceme tery. WOMEN OFF MURDER JURY Six on Panel Are Excused by Agree ment of Lawyers Ry un agreement between the com monwealth and the counsel for the de fense, six women jurors were excused from duty in the trinl of James Priest, chanted with first deereo murder, which 1'uuiu ueiure .iuukh iutuuucu lu mo Criminal Court today. kra.fiir women nnd mi-r-r " ..t. ve were included"!!! the first fourteen names called. Priest is alleged to bave killed his wife, Anna, nt n house on Fernon ptrect near Twentieth on April 14 of last year. Action was taken In excusing the women us it was understood tho jury might be locked In all night and no provisions have been made for mixed juries. Another reason wus that should the verdict of the jury find the prisoner guilty, death would bo the penalty. ADMIRAL C00NTZ HERE Chief of Naval Operations 'inspects t League Island Yard Admiral Robert Edward Coontz, chief of naval operations of the United States navy, arrived here today to visit the navy yard. He will be guest of honor this evening nt the banquet of the Military Order of Foreign Wars nt the Vellevuo-Strntford. As the admiral entered the yard at League Island the customary salute of seventeen guns was given and a com pany of marines turned out In his honor. Admiral Coontz lunched with the commandant of the yard, Captain Louis M. Nulton, and following this made a tour of Inspection and met the heads of various departments. 1920 WEATHER USUAL KIND Mean Temperature 54.4, About Same as Other Years Although many persons were under the Impiesssion that the latter part of 1020 was more like spring than winter, the Weather Rureau unuounces today that the average temperature for the entire jear wus in line with that over a long period of jears. The mean tem perature for the jeur was U 4 degrees. The rainfall for the jenr was greater than normal and amounted to 40.10 Inches. There were 114 clear days; 132 in which there wnh rainfall of an Inch or more and twenty -nine dajs on which it snowed. Du a Staff Correspondent Trenton, Jan. 11. Governor Ed ward E. Edwards, foe of prohibition, advocated a liberal Sunday law at the opening of the New Jersey Legislature. The Democratic governor'n denuncia tion of the so-called "blue laws" nnd his espousal of an open Sunday were given iircmler place In his first nnnunl message, read before n Senate! nnd Hodsc overwhelmingly Republican. Women crowded the visitors' gallery when Speaker George 8. Hobnrt con ventd the House of Assembly nt noon, with two women occupying sents as members, Mrs. Jennie O. Vnnness, East Orange, and Mrs. Margaret II. Laird, Newark. Governor Edwnrds apparently hod overlooked the official presence of the two women, because bis messaEC was addressed to "the gentlemen of the legislature. Organization of thp Legislature for Its one hundred and forty-fifth annual session proceeded swiftly niter mrs. Vnnness, in a graceful speech, had nom inated Mr. Hobart for speaker, nnd uftcr Senator Collins R. Allen, Salem, had beeli seated as president of the Sen ate. It was continuous performance for most of the lawmakers, because the 1020 Legislature. In order to block ad Interim appointments by the governor, met nt ii o ciock this morning, then recessed until noon. , Today's Developments in National Capital A world disarmament agreement Is the only alternative to an unsurpassed American navy, Secretary Daniels told the House naval affairs commit tee. Acting Secretnry of State Davis also gave his views. The treasurer of the Pacific Cotton Exchange, before the House agricul tural committee, urged amendment of the cotton futures net so as to In clude Amerlcun-Egyptian cotton. CAPITAL CANCELS HARDING INSISTENT- ON ASSOCIATION OF NATIONS FOR PEACE Sharp's Statement Shows Pres-J ident-Elect Opposed to Knox's Suggestion , NAUGURAL PLANS Wishes of President-Elect Hard ing Met by Committee in Charge CEREMONIES TO BE SIMPLE COURT AND USEFUL MEANS -. OF COUNSEL CALLED FOR lly CLINTON W. GILBERT HtaJT Cormpondrnt Rimlnc Public Islrr Covvrtolit. IDil, lu Public Ledoef Co. Marion, Jan. 11. Presldcut-eKct Hnrdlng'n cancelling all the elaborate inauguration plans came as a surprise here. No Indication of his Intention became public in ndvancc of tho tele grams to 8enntor Knox and Edward R. McLean. The wishes of the President-elect were promptly met, dispatches from Washington announce. All the cere monies planned In connection with the Inauguration have been cancelled, and the Induction of the President will con slst only of his taking the onth of of fice and the delivery of the Innugurnl address. The parade hnd ball hnve been called off. It wns known thnt Mr. Harding dls liked the dlsnlay and osleutntlon that were planned, and that u ne could con ....It ..1.. I.l . iHAllnnttrtnu lin tftllli1 rm. r-L sr ii i null, uiiij uh un ii iiitiiiiHiiunn ..- ........ There are fifteen Republicans and six b ln(Iuote(1 lnto offlce nB simply ns wbm emooratle Rpnntnm. nnd one Demo- . jeuerson. Democratic senators, and one Demo erotic and fifty-eight Republican mem bers of the House. Plea for Liberal Sunday In the governor's budget message he announced cuts in departmental requests from $20,208,120.34 to $10,325,788.00, but his principal emphasis was laid on the plea for a liberal Sunday, subject to local option. "It is quite apparent," he said, "that the forces which brought nbout the adoption of the eighteenth amend ment and the enactment of the Volstead act Intent now to turn their acUvitlcs into other fields of endeavor. "Emboldened by their success in that particular, they are now further to re strict and encroach upon the liberties of the American people. "Recently there appeared in the pub lice press announcements by annarentlv authorised representatives of some of those organisations fliarefforts would be made in the Federal Congress to secure tne passage or resolutions silo mlttlmr a further amendment to the fed eral constitution with reference to the observance of Sunday. The cheerful prospect was held out that It would be the effort of those persons to pro hibit not only the transaction of any business on Hiinrtuy, but also the en gaging in recreation o( any sort, so that a man would have but one niter native, via., to go to church. That spirit is so entirely un-American that I am sure it enn never prevail. Asks Defeat of nine Laws "I understand that, as n part of the firngram, they plan to present to the legislatures of the several states bills either reviving the so-called "blue laws" where thej have been repenled, or strengthening them, nnd I rognrd It as my duty to suggest to the Legislature that no such bills should be enacted into lnw. It has been the vain but futile hope of misguided people for mnny years to be able to legislate morals Into a community. 'I believe it to be to the ndvuntnge of the churches that such legislation should not prevail. Sumptuary legisla tion upon questions of morals, restrain ing the liberty of the individual to wor ship God In his own way and to take such retrentlon ns may be necessary to bis well being, maj cause a reactions that will be detrimental to religious observance and will In Itself be demor- lly CLINTON W. GILBERT Staff Corronondrnt Krrnlnr rnMIe Id(r CopvHaht. tttl, bv Public J.rdoer Co. -r Marion. Jnn. 11. In splto of oppo' sttlon if the Irreconcllnbles and prob-" nblj most of the Republican members of the Sennte, I'resldejit-elect Harding is persisting In his plan to bring nbqjit an association of nntlons to take th place of the League of yntions. This was made flear by px-Ambnssadow Sharp's statement to the pres here' after his conference yesterday with Mr. Harding. Mr. Sharp spoke of Mr. Harding's Idea as embracing the most useful and Important features of the present lengue and ns following Its general pnjnr clplcs. More specifically Mr. Sharn Hpoke of Mr. Harding ns planning ft court of International arbitration, nn' association of nations and n useful means of counsel." ,.; This makes It plain thnt the President intends n formal organization of thef peoples of the world nnd thnt he does not accept Senator Knox's suggestion1 that the mere declaration of a common poiicj- by the governments of the earth would constitute an association of na tions within the meaning of the camv pnlgn pledges. Mr. Sharp's words "arf t association of nntlons and n useful means of counsel" imply thnt M Harding hns n m ml n .i-r,-. somewhat similar in form to the present league eoinnnmxl r .. jh-.. ,: Rut It is difficult for u President to consult his own inclinations. The cele bration of Inauguration day is an estab lished festivity. The people, or a good many of them, want n show. The city of Wnshlngton looks forward to It as the one thing that makes it w orth while to be a capital. To curicel the celebra tion plans was to disappoint mnny and to anger Wnshlngton where the ndmln tutrntlnn must live, and it wns rspc- lullj huul for the President-elect, since I i .1 !.. f tl.n lnniimi.n,lnn MAtn.1 llie CUUirillUU Ul IUC Jiiuiih". .fc.w ...... mittee, Mn. McLean, was a warm friend nnd to put n stop to the festivities wns to disavow his work and end nn op portunity upon which he had set his heart. Hard Ta.sk for Harding The telegrams to Mr. Knox and Mr. McLean undoubtedly cost' Mc-.Hrding much distress. The cnsier" way "would have been to go through with the in nugurntion plnns ih spite of their cost nnd in spite of criticism. It is felt here thnt the abandonment of the festivities will be popular. The criticism of the inauguration, which Senator Borah started, evoked a wide response in the country. Borah alleged thnt the planned Inauguration would tnke $1,000,000 out of the treasury of Uu a Staff Correspondent Tienton, Jan. 11. With the most nppiointlve "bandwagon" that ever hud the good luck to escort n ludy member to her first scat in the New Jervev Legislature, Mrs. Frank W. Vim Ness, of East Orauge, went from her quiet home there this morning to take her place in the 14fith session of the New Jersej Assembly convening line todnv. The offiiial train for tho first lady membeiH of the New Jersey lower iiouv might be sold to have been the 10:20 fioin Trenton. On this rode Mis Margaret Lulrd, the other fair figure, who will sit an a representative in the hie white granite State House todnv With her was a delegutlnn of twenty-nine cheering women. It wns on the train that left Newark at 0:22 that Mrs. Van Ness sat brlght-ced mill keen faced with her smaller van Kiiurd. There wasn't much fanfnrc nbout It, nnlphs nrldo and love sticking out all the princess I over the fnces of three little girls Is said, "and 1 usk tor a muiio oi .unci- gmm- u "' """". " uiiV great mid geneimis giving for them I torches 'lhey were Ruth, who Is thlr in their great need because I wns an teen: Dorothy, who Is fifteen, and American before I became a llusslan." Jane, who in beventeeu, and tho threo of tlieiii culled" the Indv member "mother." "Leave them home?" she exclaimed, us she piled them Into the dnv coach, which wns the only car ucichsible even for a Ittdj legislator this moiuing. The attiactive, smartlj gowned little wom au who looked' absuidl little unJ joung to be the mother of three tall. iosj -clucked joung Amei leans, smiled in almost horrified fashlmi "Why, tbej'd never be the some " And June, the one "In the middle." interrupted. "Vh, we'rt' nwlullj proud of mother," she suid ; "besides, lust think, ve got out of school today. We weio ull so glad It didn't omo on a Saturday You know that wouldn't have Hone us n bit of good." Mrs. Van Ness enjos the unique privilege toduj of huving been selected from all the rest of the sixty represen tatives sitting in the State House to make .the nominating speech for George Hobart, the new speaker of the House. Tills Is probably tho first time In his tory that a woman has ever mnde such a speech. If there was tremor in the heart of STEAL GEMS WORTH $25,000 Armed Men Make Woman Jeweler Crawl Under Counter and Loot Store Pittsburgh, Jan. 11 (By A. P.) Three armed men today eutered u jew elry store, located in the business dis trict of McKcesport, near here, snatched a tray of diomonds, valued at $2o,000, and escaped in an automobile. The bnndits forced the proprietress, Mrs. Ella Mendel, to crawl under n counter nnd locked n watchmaker in u room. Police gave chase In nn nuto mobllc a few minutes after tho hold up occurred. tnrcr Contlnurd on Pse Four. Column One 1 conditions Continued on Inp HI. Column Thrre CHICAGO MAYOR AT MARION Thompson and Dr. Schurman Call on President-Elect Harding Marlon, Jan. 11. ( Bj A. P.) William Hale Thompson, muyor of Chicago, and the center of a bitter con troversy within Republican rnnks dur ing the last campaign, was among President-elect Harding's rnllers today. Detnils of the conference were not re vealed, officials at Hnrding headquar ters saving merely thnt the mayor had been cnllwl into consultation on a num ber of subjects. Others with whom the President-elect had engagements during the day in cluded. Dr. Jacob Gould Schurmann, former president of Cornell I'niversity. who wns invited here to give his opinion on tho nssoclntion of nations plan, and R. C. Pentield. the New York manufne. who enme to discuss financial WOMEN ON SHORE JURY to Female Grand Jurors Warned Keep Deliberations Secret Atlantic Cltj, Jan. 11. Eight women members of the Jnnunry grand jury, the first indicting bodj in Atlnntic county to hnve women representatives in Its personnel, gave every Indication of exceeding Interest this morning when Justice Charles C Rluck, of the Su preme Court, guvo warning that the deepest secrecy must be maintained vv ith respect tsv "8 deliberations. Mrs. Knthcrinenftndcr, wife of Mayor Rader, is one of the members of the jury. James Kelly, a salooulst, charged with killing Nellie Crozler. his common. law wife, on November 2 last, pleaded the little woman, who Is blonde and '- t'ami .nteulto" ten Continued en rave rear. Column Quo to luir'J yearn ui uuru lauor. SOLDIER COMMITS SUICIDE! USED REVOLVER Pilvate Hany B. Tiost. nineteen yenis, old, nn oveisens vet einn, htntloiud nt the Frankford Aisennl, shot himsclt thjouph tVc hoi'l wli'.i n. 32 cnllber icvolver nt 1S.43 o'clock this nftei noon at the home of Mis. Aithur Exton, a lifelong fneiul, nt 5445 Ccilai n venue. He died while being tnken to the Miseiicoidin Hos 1 'til His home is nt Hncketstown, N. J. . EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE $59.12 WASHINGTON, Jnn 11. Per enpitn ciiculntioa of money iu- tienscd S3. 23 l.iht year. A tienbiuy statement todny &nid that on ., mr.iy 1 uit vns SO, 3 10,430,718 in clicul.itfon,oi S50.12 pel c t; t. ns compaicfl with sn.OGO.SSS 8G0 oi S5o SO jhi capita on muniy 1, 1020 BRIDGE BORING CONTINUES To Go Down 125 Feet Rock Struck. Start In River Tomorrow Engineers In charge of the borings i In connection with the preliminary work for the Delaware river bridge reached n depth of 110 feet today on Water street below Walnut. Rock of soft mica formation was encountered nt a depth of elghtj -two feet. The tents will continue until u depth of 125 feet has been reached. Boring" in the Delaware river will bo started tomorrow, according to Clem ent K Chase, engineer In chnrgo of the work These tests will bo extremely difficult. The engineers nlso expect to rtart borings on tho Camdcu side of the liver tomorrow. 2 SHIPS FROM HERE AFIRE Dregorlos and AndStldolos Arrive at Constantinople Two Greek steamships, botli of which sailed from this port earlv in Novem ber, arrived two days ago at Constat tlnople, with fire raging in their holds. Both were loaded with soft coal, Advices concerning tho arrival of the ships and telling of the fires were re ceived at the Maritime Exrhnnge Amount of damage is not indicated in the statements received. The vessels arc the Dregorlos, which sailed from Philadelphia November .", und the Andatldolos, which sniled three days Inter, or November 8 Both were bound for Sebastopol, league composed of two bodies, one Ilk the Present assembly to be made up of all the nutlons and the other for pur poses of counsel less unwieldly In slid ,., i .1 ',",lnl,, of the present counsel of the league. , Has Not Changed Mind -" The President-elect rejects ull sub terfuges Some had suggested that an international court would be un as-, sociiitlon of nntions but Mr. Sharp, coming right out of Mr. Harding's pri vate office, snld a court and un nsso elation of nntions. Mr. Knox had de fined nn association of nations to be V meer ?ration of " common policy. iiutMr. Sharp saj-s an association and a means of counsel. Plainly Mr. Hard?, ing is insisting upon an organization formal nnd permanent, similar to that , of the present league though differir from the present league In the com .ndtinenta. which the- nations undertake upon entering into It. Mr. Harding told friends rccchliyi that he hud not changed his mind about what the policy of this country should be toward the league since he made his speech of August 28. At thnt time he hod formed an ideu of waa the international organization should b and he still adhered to It. it la h.. lieved here that he will outline his pro grnm in his iuuugurnl address In gen eral lines, but somewhat more definitely and in detail than he did during his campaign nnd that his program will be what Mr. Sharp indicated, "an Inter national court of arbitration, nu asr sociution of nntions nnd a means of international counsel." Bejoud outlining his plan, Mr. Hard ing will not be able to go further In his inuugurnl address. Whatever hops his friends hnd that in the party con ferences the President-elect would work out a substantial agreement nmong Republicans upon -nn interna tional policy has been defeated by the attitude of the bitter-enders nnd their authority nnd influence in the Senate. Must Wnlt Till March t No further conferences here or later in the South are going to change the situation. At present Mr. Hnrding works under difficulties. He cannot tnke up his proposals with the greater European powers. He is debarred from thnt by the fuct that he is still a prl vnte citizen. After entering offlce he enn find out just how far nntions like Orent Rrituln, Frnncp, Itnly nnd Japan are willing to go In altering the pres ent League of Nntlons in conformity with his Ideas of what nn association of nntions should be or In abandoning the present lengue for a new nssocla tion of n different scope. He would be grently strengthened in his coming struggle with the Kcnnte If he could show that the great power" were rendv to accept his proposals and he could count upon much public ano- port if the country knew that only the opposition of the Sennto stood in the way of a practical solution of the In ternational problem which would not involve the obligations created by (he Versailles covennnt. , Ho may perhaps obtain Democratln support in the Senate If he can show Europe willing to convert the present league into such nn nssoclntion as he has In mind. Not having worked out an ngreement in the Senate which will nnqure if n two-thlrils mainrltv far nnv ! program, Mr. Harding's best line of uppruuvu in ntn iiui!ir-iu in x-.uriijiu nnu the presumption is that he will outline his Ideas nt his Inaugural nnd then be gin to test European sentiment to find out whnt Europe will accept. , Abroad he may find a favorable dl nositinn. The present conferences must have demonstrated one thing to Europe and that is that there is- no likelihood of this country's entering the present league upon uny terms. The league must be completely made over or it must be abandoned and a new association set up in Its place or the I'ultcd State will stay out That m ich has been made clear by wl-nt has happened since election. The bi? countries of the world want us 111 nn International association with them. They are also our debtors In a huge silm. Mr. Hurdlug may find Europe, easier than the Senate At any rate, that is vvheie he must turn ufter taking offlce ? Camden Boy Hit by Auto Scba Onestj, seven years old, of 280-JL Hajes avenue, Cunulen, was struck by an automobile at Twenty-eighth street and River road last night. He wn tnken to the Cooper Hospital Buffering from n lacerated scalp, The driver of the cur dlsnppeurtd, " l S A rf.K.. 'ill- IP-Mr ". . ji , . .,'.. u ?--, kS'J'in tokt . - . , J
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