iv5 ' i -j mtSvFfMnv" c-vf 'v'?rtWir?t wx$ -Vp - V EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY , 1021 fi&. nw u .t m m mm rim W I'A '( i h -a it 'vsnn K m ' l-1: in IP nWtMitr ; i$H IS. 1 SMS'k K nr!'lf T rWJSfc SHU'S Eicim.i ? KVMi' i it Vila's ' 'A mm. 1 Ml " W:Si I'rafe .ff Jt . iwf r hh mcn-iii . iiwarni. HT m U 'l 1H J'U. I CI I T m m ii ' .? f ' it ' 1 mi, WILL GRILL BAKER IN BER DOLL PROBE Congressmen Want Secretary to Tell What War Department Did to Recapture Slacker TO DIG INTO WHOLE SCANDAL Rv i Staff Cormpo'idt nt Washington. I). C. Vol). U. Lend ers in Congrriv tndnv nre determined to nioko nut prrvtlilnc sinister h'dden In the scandal nf drover Cleveland IlcrR tloll' (light Id rSernintir from the coun try he rofiieod to fight for. Aside from the actual vote In the TTousc, the last obtnele t he resolu tion pulling for (i "special inveotlgntliig committee of the lini been removed, Honroenlotlvo Phl'lp T. Campbell. Republican, Kuna, ehnlrinnn of tlie H mi Ms rules committer, amured .Tullil Knhn, rhnlrmnn of the mllitnrv nffnr committee, thiit the Knhn resolution will be reported out on -special rule n oon ns the naval appropriation bill In out of the rond. The vote on the res olution probably will bo tnken early next week, he mild. The dce-sive notion of the military nffalrs rommittee in oting for favor nblc action on the men-Mire is lId to reflect tlie genernl opinion of the Iloil'e. Ropreentntlie Thnmni J,. Hlnnton. Democrat. Texas, declared be would fight the Knhn resolut on on the ground that the mllitnrv affairs eommittee it self fthould make the iniestlRatinn. Dlnnton's ni5crtlnn that the inves tigation i "pol tirnl ennioullnpe" and n caso of passing tlie bm-k'' npncaredl to amuse Mr. Knhn. who referred to the Tesan's opposition ns "nu idle ges- tllPA " Secretary of AVnr Unker. Jnsepli P Tumult. secrctnvv to the rrm-ident : General Samuel T. Ansell, former iudge advocate general of the nrun. und Al .iutant General I'eter C. Hnrris are to be cnlled before the investigating com mittee, according to present plans. It was learned todnj that State P" partnient officials have prepared n re Iiort on Ilergdoll's Ntntus under Amer en and liernian laws, nnd that this is now before Secretary of State Colby. Jt is understood that if a wa can be found to bring Hergdoll out of Germany by militao action. lthut infringinh on (llplniuiitlc proprieties, it will be em ployed. LOGAN TO BACK MAYOR Moore Tells Residents He Left Bed of Roses for One of Thorns Mayor Moure was assured Mgorous support in his plans to lmproc city conditions by more than 1000 members of the I.ognn Improvement Association last night. The Major hurled definueo at all po litical combinations, nnd reiterated liU promises of a clean, decent administra tion, at the meeting held m a hall nt Old York rond and Wagner avenue. "I was ad at leaving Washington." said Mr. Moon1, 'hecHilM1 that indeed was u bed of roses, to come here to take over a situation which nt times reminds me of a bed of thorns. "I came becailsv it was said else where that I'hiKIelphia was corrupt and contented and because I wanted to put out of business m political machine that sought control of the police to fat ten on the public funds. 1 mine in answer to a call from the good citizens desirous of throwing off the contractor domination nnd beeiiu-e- conditions were uch that the underworld was fasten ing its tentai les on the upper and tlie vicious were m control. "There are thoi who hae forgot ten, but nm I overstating the fact?" the Major asked his aii'Menee. "No! no!" was 1 1 s from every part of the hall, wlu.c one leather iungeri listener cried. "And we're going to support sou to tlie limit." K. J. I.afferty, president of the league, presided at the meeting, and Councilman Charles II. Yon Tagcn also spoke. TO KEEP UP LIQUOR FIGHT W. C. T. U. Told Not to Relax Atti tude Against Rum Indignation was epre',l bv the Philadelphia W. l T. I' nt the n.cet ins at ine Willard this morning at tin frequent insinuations from Individuals nnd orgnni.ntions that, with the pas. ing of the eighteenth amendment tin ir usefulness had come to an end. The president. Mrs. Kli.abiili l'i r gueon, said one point on which em phasis was placed nt the legiimul con ference held recently at Pittsburgh, was that the real woik of the W. C. T. I'. had Jut started. "Can you. - whj. ' evlauned Mrs Ferguson, "an urgiinuntlnn of -JOii.ilOil i members and more than tift.i jears old. should j ield to others'; ' A coinpnl.ensii. report of the Pitts burgh conference was giw u , Mi. I Ferguson. I Miss Mar Sandiill. of ew York. I gave the lnt of In r erie of '.pernios i on applied p-vehologi bef,,ri the Moil rn t'luh at their meetm; tin- norii-l lng nt lttl Walnut street Mrs Her bert To ha been ill chnrge of this course of lecture- Reports of the 1'nstern PNtr'ct 'onf renc, . hi Id re cently in Al!ntnwii. weie giien bj Mrs. James Mngee and Mis. Horntio Curtis Wood. Miss tune Campbell tailed on "Municipal Government" before the Friday Current F.vi nts Club of Ger miintown tin- ufteriioon at tlie Ge.man town Y. W. r A. Ornu I. ester, ol ih-- 1 niied Stales Treasury ss,ng dieision spoke be- foro members nf the Woman's Club i of Atdlliore tlll ufterilonn on " Some I Lively Topic of Ili'onomics Hearing Upon Present n lteeonstnietiou." i The Hatliaw.i Shakespeare Club met this afternoon at tin PI iloinusian Cub lniii-i Mrs Clmrli I Piirmdl ' gineo book icview mil I 'r .lohn Dennis lahonej disi-iissed Shakesprai-i - c liar-I ii' tcrs. KING RECEIVES GEDDES I Ambassador Has Interview Prelim inary to Departure for U. S. IOlidon, lib II - i Hi I -S r Auckland li-ddi- ni ibiisMdnr to '" 1'niled Statis. who is in ii; for in"i- Ji-n Fcbriiar.i 1.". was men ,1 lodin h,i Killg (ieorge ill lllltli-lplltlnll "I tile illll- bussador's ileparture. It is underst'iod hue t hut Lord Chalmers, permanent -ecretar, nl tin IlritUli ti ensure will not accouipani Aiiibassudor (ieddes to the Iniini ytates, . Early in .Inniiai-.v the P.nrish inn. vry nnnoiitici'd that l.oid 'hiijn r IVOIlhl IcilV" shortly for the I lilted States on a mission which had fr "s object the refunding of the lint sli debt to Auioriui. On .lamiary IS, liovicr. Jt 1VU3 iiuthiTitaliiclv stilted thai I.ord Clialnici'" 'h,s '""' ,"'" postponed b' cause It win sidercd that negotiations nith tho American (iovrrnincnt shoiihl not occir iluiim; the absence of hr . ..i,i..i f:,1ilc, w-lio bad been xtiiu- ,-....-..., -vv - .. .. siiyuu 'i""! " luiiKciiwi ....- - f.u i. .MISS KMMA K. MarAIAIlNKY She tlll bo one of the spenliers .it ii meeting under tlio auspices of Wellestry College nt the fnjcr of tlie Academy of Minlc (oiiiorrnw. Miss MaeAlarney Is from Harris burg HOME PROVIDERS' B. AND L. VOTES FOR LIQUIDATION Members Cloie Association and Will Lose Only Profits Pue to n shortage of capital funds, members of the Home l'roviders' Huild- '"U nnd "T.onii Asocintion otec to liq- uidnle (l M meeting last nifht at ISO'J Smith Hrond Mrecf. The liquidation mentis that memlieis will receive share in oilier building mil loan associations to tlie value of I their holdings in tlie now defunct con- cern. Members will lose only their profits, which would have been pnj nblc I as their shares inntiircd. The action wns taken nfter a bank . I ev.nm tier, who lad been nnnoiutct to investigntp the institute by the state banking i ommissiouer, hnd rplnlned that then' was n shortage of $4000 shown In the association's books. So fnr ns lie was aide to ascertain 111 from the books, he said, the profits f the association amounted to about 511,0(10 and he felt certain the short -ne would h" made good by persons con nected with the society. AJI the books were In bud slinpe. iie cordlng to tl e bank examiner, and some of them vi ere missing. Kor this reason lie wns unable to tell what had become of the missing funds. MORE PAY FOR COOUDGE Senate Votes $3000 Increase for In coming Vice President Washington. Pcb. 11. i Hi A. P.I . . (..-Wlj A salau increase of ?.IO(10 u year I from JP-'.OOO to SI." ,000 was voted ' f.,,. Vien I'resi.lnnf Coolidte tod.-iv In ' tlie Senate, which at tlie same time reduced his alreadj small patronage roll by striking out a provision for a private telegraph operator at SloOO a year. Senator Pomerene offered nn amend ment to the legislative, executive and judicial bill to increase the Vico Presi dent's Milary. Chairman Warren, of the Btini-onriations committee, warned that the iucrense would trnvel a "rocky 1" I.. (I. ll.un unlna lint snnnL-. el's salary also was increased to om'i o ,11' o"l"s .....v.-. ...v . !-... i Slo.OlMI. . - , . ; K nunation of the provision for a I tehgraph operator was made at the re-, quest of Vice President Marshall. Ilo urged, and the Senate aicepted. au amendment providing for a private nleseuKer for the Vice President nt $l(l(M a vear. instead of a page nt .fOtKt. ' I ACCUSES POLICEMEN Attorney Declares His Arrest was I l. ....... .... .4 ... . Uimminiinu Samuel Willlg. of Is:-I7 MnvameiiMli iiv-inue. au littornei. told Magistrate Carson in Central Station today that he will prefer charges asninst Patrolmen Id kett nnd Leniion. of the rourth trier and Sn.rdcr avenue station. I v anted tn go home. Then, he snid, thi-v arrested him. - ...rsr-n-rn .isiiai untsniTAl NSh'tU fsAVHl. nuori I HL - Rear Admiral E. R. Stltt Is Guest, .. .-!- at League Island Hear Adiniiul F. It. Stitt. s ,rp"Mi i-i.ii..riil ,,f the nail, made rn m-i ei turn ,if the N'nial Hosp.tal and tl.'- new ho-pltal ship Keli'-f ut the Piiilmi' iph..l I Nuvi Yard tndaj. The admiral nrinci tins in.iitnng piki was reii'ivd In t ani.uu A N . l'uii luir. coiniiiaiiiliug "tlicer nf the hospital I lie was the inptaiu's gm t ut lunch i 'I'liit nfri-rnnoii lie w n c-i i.rti cl in er tin- lte'ief in fiiiiiinnnder It ' H"eomh. It wn- rnno-iii. i-d that the In (idO-ton silp will be icaih to sml within a few davs. She is to join the Atlantic fleet. Caruso Is Called - i i ,. -1..' UrCneSlIU JUVUliei (iiimniiisl from r.mf One .lilh u'.t ..nc and t' li-ulti niiiuirs sin f oT tlie pnpers evccllent and the n, nil!' i-r.i g""l (ti. of the iiiestion to test the pnv cr of nbscrvatinn rend "What is llie nintlo on tin seal ot tin. . ii'iimnnwealtli "f 1'' nun Ivan a in-n dall.i n the fr.iut page Pi I I II l.l.lHyl.H''" Tin, ii.ninKti ' f the st incuts nl the fi.,1,1 tan. 'I I.-, nnstlll the MliestiOll bi.l the lollnw ing ine snini. of the answers of the few who thiiugnt they Icii'-vv 1". tiluirtnis nn'iiii : in 'nm t xeveinl liiuesi , Tinted ' sinnd i (. mtna vim it: a lnui und a nm I , ,,rM : in hores on utlur M'I tli i i tru Tin ii' mill motto is ' III IC. I. ill' Itl nnd Iiidepeiideui c Plilov .Musical liistruiurnt Other iiuestioiiH u ml iiusvi' is win . tiiicstinii : Wlint is phlox? Aiiswr: A kind t iii'ii'-al iiistru incut : a man a kind of verse r t lui-stioii ' Is a Miiaiiiuuuer ii iisii .- Answer: A ll'li oorn III fiflurwnril it g'"'s tu live I ml lllni liil - feet , , I Iih .-linn What part of an ui'lieiB's weight is under uiiterV Answer: The largest par'. (iiiestlnn : What are llluo Laws' Snsucr: Nn Sundaj eiilcrtaiuiiicnt Other aiisiierH to the iiuestion who i,, del iln incliestra were. n Ur Herbert .,N,,,1, HoffHian nn, Knu siii-i niMi mi.,',.., .vu... -- i , Imt inn are running. ' v re "mint v u,-., s..n", - Willlg had been nnuigned on it charge t"ut 5 fl, Vf)ur ,utlc f0ik, to won't have much trouble in getting rid cf huvii.g interfered with the patrol- wn(',, ,;, i;M mno" 1'rm.ic I.Kt'(H.:i f those hundred bucks. W e only wish , men. He wa dischnr.-eil Mimd'iii T' II tin in to turn back n that some one would cure nil our ail- ; According to the lawvi-r, a girl had ,,..,.,. n,iie the funnj pictures ,Pnls ni, t)(. simple remedy of pro , bei n slightlv Injured in an automobile "' ' . ' du.-ing a iheck with the magic words in, -id-nt at Fifth ami MeKcnn street- , """ --0,lP i,ndred dollars" written across, this nioriiiri?. and had declared she i ,! ! fnrk'n J 111(116 JtiOX the dott'-d line. I not want to lie sent to a hospital. Wil lg JUtlX b J UiyiV mju.. 1Jm.pkvcr,. i.,t,l,ov told the luitrolmen. he said, that the, .... m,.,ln't ft(lrl to protest. .. J.hV" ",.rT.-".rI.. vti. I 'iirS'umnP .-. ..i .i.. viuiincr answer iuv JACK WILL START JINGLE BOX CONTEST FOR KIDDIES MONDA Y Calls on Limerick Editorl and Tolls Him Children Are to Have Their Own Fun With Rhymes Is Going to Give Out Prize1 of TEN DOLLARS A DAY for Rest Last Line Sent to Him Pe-jr I.imcrlck l'dUor: I inn it reader of your pnper. and ever since .son stnrtcd the limericks 1 am nlrnf trying to solve Uicni nnd as jet 1 hno never won or had my name even on jour honor roll. It (.eeins that your limericks nre not for school scholars, and I would, there foie. suggest to you that you would print a limerick for school scholars with a prize. Ily doing Bo I think that ecry scholar would try to win the prize. Hoping you will consider inj letter nnd please answer in tlie paper. Your render. MAX CHAMCK, 025 South American street. McCull School. lou know. Mnx, there's n most re markable thing about getting this let ter from you. Wc never believed in dreams before, but now we'll have to. On the verj night that jour letter was on its wa.v to us we went to bed early, ns all good old nun nnd young folks do, nnd jii't ns wp were dozing off tlie door of our bedroom opened nnd In walked the jolliest nnd queerest little fellow j oil eer saw . We .:il bolt um-JL-ht In he. I m,.l gasped, for he looked for all the world like the Pled Piper of Hamlin, but ho didn't hae n pipe with him. He wore instead a box hanging by a strap from oer hi shoulder. Ho" had the laughiiigest fnce with n funny long nose and the hrillinntest, smiley eyes we rvrr ' 1 Wore he had said a word n linen IhiikIimim Jit.- 1 si,n it.i I... 1 1 ...I "s- o.,iho.oK j.u u-ut in- muhui .so Intighy. "Hello he said. "I want to talk with j on. "filml to sro j on." we ntiMverd. lint j on II hnie to excuse us for not l : j .. i. .,', h j ou are. Mind telling I In. ho!" he l'onied. "joii'll know me well enough before you get through with me. I'm .lack." "Yes?" we said. "The name sounds familiar. .Turk who':" "Just .lack and this is my jingle box." San Max Write Letter He sat down on the side of our bed and swung the box out in front of us. "Here's the point." lie snld "You see, I'm a fnlrj I'm the fairy who watches over all the children who Invi to write jingles. Now todnj I went into u house downtown and I saw n little fnllnt,. .i,,,,,...! 1 I'ltnllct writ 1,1,1," , ,,,, ,I,,I,,V.( ... ' ". ..... 1g ,m, a i,,,tl,r You'll get it at jour otlice tomorrow. He snis jou ought to have a limericli contest .Hist lor cntl tlren nnd I believe he's right. "Now, jou'ie liecn all right in your ay but jou're getting old and jou enn't il write the kind of Jingles that children liko so I'm going to join jour staff and enrrj on a special contest for them. It's no trouble for me. Look." He opened his Nix and we --iivv that it was crainiiied-jam full of jingles, till nieelv t.ipewrilteti and ready for the ,,n!''.r,1 ,.,,,. -v I "k1 we said, "tio as far ns jou like I'ell us the details." "Well he said, in the llrst place I'm going to stuit it next Monduj. I i in nouiz i" sunt. ,, in ,-j .,...". i. ,i,i i ith the lini- jpk ,im-rP running for the grown- I'waiit to n-n it on that page op- (hi'to ,)p fUIi,)V page, in the second MCi0U f the paper, so that the clul- (jn can have that section all to them- cvo while mother and father are i ,.. -.. .i, i.in.rniLa.' limerick, ho that's where I'll put it back opposite .i, . f,,r,v miN nnd the children can hnio the iingle contest, the funnies nnd I .. . . . ... 1..,..,e.,K.nu !. ." ' . . !.... tlie inciure pui;' " i" "I'm goln.. to give a prize of THN "...." .., i-rtu FP1IT' I'ttll. nOLLAUS A HAY l'OK THIi t-JUi. "The rules will he exactly the same as in the grown -folks' contest, but I'm going to supplj the jingles and tliey aren't going to be so bard as those Realise I've in.uic all arrangements ami ' I'm goiin: to curry it through. .n.i- ,nw. it V long iifur half pust nine iin.i an old mat like von ought to've been ' So get i nnru.r , r nn hour oeo ..i-'l-'l .,. lead for vii.ndaj tiooti nigm. Anil v.f,.rc wc knew what had hap ,.,,!,, 1, I1T .IllIllV Ill-illllM Ul ,, ..... . . . ...... .1 ,Anni.n.ni ,1,1. ndied rlslr there before our very eies. I Well li at I' Ur. the w Hole story. Max. firm f VIrrrlll. KoBirs A Tern. Ifto nmail iveii, ii in ns hi is,! fci.,.i , .,,, vv lurk on th Stli Jav i,r Jnuj- So von and nil the re.st ot ine """" ,h,, ,;,l,j .n nur Issue sn nf(r of h childrii -f P. iladi'lphm watch out ton ,i,,t ,,. i ,,,.,', t mi .iiniiiiav. inerc win i... .. i.r .f tf.x noi.l.AKS a in ni,i ,i ,ii nt i ti ii a id tin- rin nn" will be s, , - thnt unj chili! ought tn be able to Hunk of a last line to them. Illxh silionl Uo.i Wins Piic Tmliii - aw.iid in tlie groiin-iips' llmpln' I m'li'-k mutest uns made In n jun drawn from various depai linen's of the i"hiiiiiber nf f 'omiliercc, in tl e Wid'iier Muilding The winner is: IIKIIlltll M. SAMSON ..III:: Carpenter Street Mcmlwc nf .luiilor I'uiis at lor flans at West Phil. .lelnhla High School 'I he 1 1 in" i ' U U." complcteil bj .Mr. i f-hlllsop was l.luirrlcU No. -1" fin ii An " ok mar llrtmi saiil. ' i ioci the rirer m th(,r, I 1 1,, tlilfjtilll h(l l ll'lll I III II. .,it 0 c i ill full '' jnou'iiiy Iliey nelgli anchors with fish .scales. I swear." vi s. n . Ilm'rick was N" P nn the oallot Tl lherlll.es 11 oil ... , ii. i.. ...i... i ...,.i . No. I. .,..'...,".. ,,. iri,r,i eei-eu o.v ine i'"" , "- - s"" I oi hm .iveiiue. ticrmnntoivn. Pa. -No' " "And the ill inn Is in-seine with 'ils"siiarc." William . I. F.ldiiiig-. l-,T Mm in nn si i ct. Oci-inantiiwii. Pa S ;i "While we;iMMi wage vmlf- Mi warfare." F. A. David. -T-'o Noll,, SlXfeMh -tiect. ..... No t "And frogs triuli. but liie; l ilei Lire." Ilan.v 11. Williamson jj-ll ritviater street. Nn :. 'The Mirepshcad will 'but-I,,- ii! ttlu-re?" 1'. It Mciiiniifs irjii rsurtu riii" ! .,, ,...., .o.M.,h, Nm-tli rifth strcit '"o il "Mdllsh shcllllsh sell Ii,h un .liMVu'ii..''' rrui'lv II tiiai. 117 i:ast M.. Viev llll'lllic. .!.", in ,... f .1 iri avi-iiii" -.i"."" ,. . . .i "Tlie river's in bed and don't .liisi.ph II. (irccu. 1!" Wt-,1 Nu. care." 1',N(l''yU''':Kun vieahllsh have 'mils-- V'U' to MMre." M'- '"" "' '-"' Vat Mount I'lciisaut avenue, .Mount Ain ... ... ,. i..t i, ,, v., iii - - a si ni if,-!.-. mun ,,,, fls h-H s ran- ,..',"'' Hu. wrltt by Mr. 8uu.. re iiuciiiiiiun, in - - -- One Hundred uat Line SiiDttlicd bu For the Heat Last Line Supplied by Ledger to the Incomplete Limerick Which Appears II clow RULES OF Till-: LIMERICK CONTEST 1. Canted I ern to ny ono. All that la required for you to rto Is to writ's ami "nil In your lut lines to the Mmertck, Using for convenience the coupon printed below. Pieaeo write plainly, and be "If8 to 'M your name and addrenn. .. All answers to the Umerlck which l I'Jjnted blew mutt be received at the Oil lee Of the RtvvHn Kt'nttC t.wnWB 1... V.,r.,fl,t m.n." 'ee'tny tnornlnit Address j oswirico Hex number ilven on coupon, THIS WINNKIl OV TODAY'S CONTKST WILL UK ANNOUNCED ONI5 WKUK KItOM TODAY Cut Out and Mail BVr.N!NO PlTDMC IiEPOF.lt. TO THE MMERICK CONTEST I'. O. liox 1531, Philadelphia. LIMERICK NO. 53 Said the fellow who managed the zoo, "These beasts have gone madly askew; "Here's the yak raising wings And the elephant sings (Wrlto our ansa Xnmc , Street and y... City ond State. ceiled seven of tho eleven votes cast, while line No. 10. Jiy Mr. Huchnunu, received two votes. Lino No. 4, by Mr. Williamson, and line No. 8, bj Miss tiraj. were each given one vote. The jury that made the uwnrd was composed of : Miss Edna C. Gloccltncr. 111" West Louden street, secretary for tho Phila delphia Welfare Federation. Miss Josephine Caput), oHO Ulsing Sun avenue stenographer for Chamber of Commerce ."Miss M. Engaiil. 4KI5 Hnr.cl avenue, stenographer for Chamber of Com merce. Miss 1'lorcnro E. Kranch. -10! Chestnut street, nssistnnl to chief of Federation of Organi7cd Charity. Miss Mario A. Toner, Mnnnyunk, sccrotarj c. imhliplty .".St,or- II. C. Shepp.ird. :I22C Hltlgn avenue, secretarj of tnembersiiip bureau. II. Swnlvida. -H' Nrth ihirty eixth street, credit bureau. II. .1. Hoover. SixtJ -sixth street nnd Lnnsdowne avenue, credit bureau. Sheridan Tajlnr. industrial commis sioner. , . . ,. . . tWHIIarn II. Visbcr, Jr.. Merchant- UHajmnnd' Fralcy, 120 Chcnnngn street. Prio Cured Ills Grip Can you think of a better cure for tlie "grip" than n hundred ( dollar check? Wo admit that we cunt, nud Mr. Sanisou told us yesterday that he hnd found it to lie- an excellent remedy and one of the must pleasant kinds of medicine that could bu prescr bed. You sec, Mr. Samson had been U S lice last .lioiiuu,,. mi,. ..,,. -, eeiied tho notiticntion tl.nt wc sent him of the fnct that he had won tlie isitiii ,i.l Mnnilnv. lilt WIlCIl ne n- pri be said Hint Hie cueri uni.-. miraculous ami so rapm nun ou able to leave his lied and come In to our ofilce to make sure that it was not a mistake. , , , Mr. Samson has the honor or being the voungost Itm'rlekcr to capture the .$100 prize since the opening of tins .w,..-. .... l.,. iu olv siYteen ic.irs old. , , ,iui,--.t , .in iiv ,j ".I.,- ...-----. . ,.,. r. ,.c unnieililnit. He is al'o the firMt student of the West Philadelphia nigh School for llojs to obtain tills l10nor. He is a member of the junior riH, s 0f ,mt institution nnd is a gratl- ,mf(, 0f the llairity (irnnimnr School. rifty. sixth and Christian street. n u noii.. (nr,utcil lii all the nc- tjjttei of the students of the high i .,.ilnni nmt several weeks ngo had n , rnmineiit part in "Olil Allah'." n mil ..l. l 1 J.n n,l nrnilneed llV . a t.. .1 .n.lllMAI II i-o'iii cuocu. oiuk-u ..m-. c--- ,, the memhets of his class at Mercantile illnll it,..i.i ...i,l Mnstnr streets. He ns been an ardent llm'ricker sltu'C the ntienlmr of the contest nud freely nil- mitted that he had never expected tn win a prize and therefore had inane no plntiH for spending the 5100. , . , We re willing to Oct. lliougn. uiui "- I consider mv imswcr HnirrlrU No 13 -Till tl. manager eavc li'r ih-.-r.,o Uk! to the wlnnlntr one. 'fill il; hum h.n.i Alslu manacrr :" . I ""' it sii.xh.i nt Irs si liavo nen on """' j i ,N, unsHcrud twenl--thr: llnicrlil Imt r dunk i' is tiseifss to tomiiiur Ulilp' lli-iii' rn hny cnt rescue tlis poor nM Lln-.ri U UUItrr?) fmni f linrlcs Thaililcus Tfrrr, of the taw I! .' f' ' II. I t,Sl 'aI linen, n n'u, .... .1 I tlr,,. infs o' wh'eh wsrf Elven In eur !,;:;- I 'If- MAS S'llHllllirO WliniM IIIU lllll n.nnr.n with till- rules Ittl'l lion II ... .,.! is.., a fnnrlli llnl- Hlld ul- il.cuKh It us slulf'l 111 ynur nalil ssui thin Hi.- inr.i.iiin..incr.t of til" prlie for that par-ncuU- llmtrirk wouM alI"r In tlif Issii'i ,( .si,, unli ih 15lh. I huvo not l)"-n nbla i., fr 1 ii. a, niitirs nf anv such aw-aio n- n,,ir. i iii thin lsuo or In any subsKVirnt iss.iB I ill thank ou for an exnlanutlo.i iHr-i-r' That sounds terrlbli Isital und i .r. nln ,liin't It? Of iours If we , .mi-,1 t, we ioul.1 moie to nusn the Ir I'tint-m hriuMi of teclifil'ai errors. lie llit-i I nm- thrse lines of thn llmerli-k. ni iir fnur li'es And our limericks are not fmjr .i.o-s 'ih'ii cotiipl'tei!. thoy sri tlir lines sii.l n ortcr prlrea for the hest nfth In" Mil (lie f .urth As tn an eiplanatlon I uh ihe rlier didn't fln'l the notK-e of i, award nn llie l.Mh well wo can't x I. a n it We siiBrst consultlnic rn ncullst n.i- winner mh Mrs Jennie VVolsIenholrre ',' lliSS I'.hsi I.lpplncott elrett, ami lh, in-ilre i,i piinlcrt In u blB two-oolumn an , i, i.-nnt r'ntalnlnif Mrs, Mnlstenholme s I -if her llmerlcli 'n evertliln ) rrnin .1, IV. Hammond. no Atenue A Si.ieetJ V. V. "A teller whlih tou nnn'-d In jour dally story on th llmplri ,lmi"'ic contest from a fan uhn diinamlrd Im' -I ere shoul'l be a 'lunerlcli and a inn r I i List line sent in uv t.rrv coiusm, . , i.i,nii,lii I ,mie to me with much force (In in, mmn Ihst there are Hi lnv tnarlirs in I ij. ni'ilst tnila If you reLene iiwiu su. ii.ii.iiiii'ations us that tour irnort naturt in', -e,l .t ( utt annor caslnu to piotect II from !nn,KH In i,-ave off that oire dat I nm --niiir rn ., writ-, this short exprtssinn of nt mm ',-' iiks There are lots of us Urn'ru'tern inii.m' and otheri. who appreciate to the ntu -i ine ay vou are running that con- Automobile Salesman Several vacancies in our new and used car de partments. Splendid opportunity for men of ability and sell ing record, Lexington Motor Co. of Pcnna. V. A. I.iier, rreslilmt l.rxlnnton IlulltllnK B3I.833 N, llrouil Htrett in 1 Dollars Daily Anu Reader of the Anu Reader of the livening Public Answers left at the office ct the I'.ri Niso Piiimo J.Eisitjn will also b ad missible. 3. The winner of the ONE IIUNDrtED ' nOLfjAIl prlro for the lifat last Una to each l.lmerick will bu anncunod one week atler th t.lmerlek Is printed. 4. In cats of Ilea, 1 0(1 will be awarded to each successful contestant 5. The decision of Ihn Judta In etch l.lmerlclc contfet will be final. or on this line.) J,. .",,!"1' rr" f?lri "1'" be method I... TrJo.",M,r'"' wlnn'r Is Hlp-lll'IDS into 1 I'-ii-Ksln. Moreover, ur daily story on interlalnlnV. ' U"B ,u'n"n' " ""lntly K'''l? lip Jhi need ork and rood lurk h won i-eil I no Utmost OOOll III l fll ln. " ,v "" '!' ii'ps ii iviu win. uui I hoof. hVi" ""lew." my R I ! Ui "'"" tw- ou don't know how much so.sl It .lore us to trt a letter like thai ia tliete amthlna- In thl. or "f more allrrlnB loser1?") "a1, W-Wowlct iood 'I?mt r'- ',','"J". Vlneland. V. J. lien for some time I hair hecti trims- to writ- Vni ad never knew Juet what mad" em imr.l JIM ,ou explained iSJ. Jek Mv anu -jaliv .lirtlonarv .ij. 'A n.Mi slatita of four lines limn'rli the fir.t. -r.-ond 1H'liriilT-" "? WT. rl'vinlnr within is,-lf M- IiiWi WmI sia -A non eenr lerae n' five lines, of nhlih nrt hi J -. ? the four-volume Inlerntnni did n contain the word, nor could I and i milling ahnut IJi-ni In thn nrllannlra so I did imt Imo'v that certain wonle ahould contain the einphaala. I not- from m ,,n "mi "m'i r"'1 ""m "erth glanrlnc nt .md vlll e-n hoi to ronrh the real even if I Km an old innn. an ono has Bot there before Oo mi .all a' or ) or 'o1 l.y tlirniselips a aillahleT t nm artlafled that you 'il.iv tslr. whether I Bet In 'funds' er not and ,."".' v rrj much Interes-.d In n-ir dalli tallt it-.d tlie irlrla. fnr t hu,-n r...... ... own and n half hundred imt mi onn ' Wlieii n ioel elands alnne. it I. a Miia I'le In fact, the usual wej of dli-ldlnr inrls ntu aillnlilts la to strara-e thni. accord inif tn the number of vowrls In them The exonr-tlon. of course. a nrloti sounds vhteh require two vowels for ths ni.e sound euch ns nl "al." "mi," nnd n numh'r of othits. Thn aninrnet dlrtercenieni of sour ilicilonarv dellnltlons of a llineilck is reallj not a dlsaareemnni. If jou i ill talc any nf nur llmnrirlfa anil write lines thren nf.- "i? ?"nXlm ,'" ,"," UHlVfr.llv diction' VlV ,.'. 'V,,0."".? ''H'niate to ivrlle them nu ii ftu , lj , '"' ."" r"i ii"e nfliv imi-nme ll.n f.',,"'--.;. - "UV'T. , form ,v, ddn., ,., orelv-. f. cixw 'uu thoso nfty-four cirls.) lnm William C. Orehe. inni XVeH Du. I'hln street "1 trust vnu lll nnrdnn me for tr.l.insr tin s01,r time, hut anmehon- I wish ,o let vou Know that t nm vi-iy ma interested In the .ontcst. U Is not the 'n i.ntlio of w-lnnlnc ihe l(in alone. rur It is h. romiKtltlon which I find veiy lnterestinfj tnd-ed However. I hair not)-d throuvi our rper that -here r Ve- nfxoiir readers who am vrj- mUr'i cltaant iKflvil ivlth j ur rontet hecausa thn old not win. whlr-h ot courin. you must expert. n there are now Pliil nluava will lie eurll ais-einent of humanlti. r Intend to Keen rlel.t on snrrtm lnv answer". In, win or lo-e. beriuse I nm harpy In dolnr so Tou are rerelilnj nme very clever ansnr, and perhaps ono of tliene das I may Imcom cleier enouuh to mhmlt a few m'nrlf" fun of tho srinltst jnvn In rrlntlnr the Isttera thnt "Ictcli" Is that they always trine fnrlh sur'i Brallfjlnu and sincere an 1 1 era ns this. Me appreciate 'em.) To Talk on Hon Cholera Dr. W. II. Nlles. I'nlted Slates- I!u- rcau of Animal Industry, Ames. In.. will talk on the treatment nf hog cholera and other Infectious diseases nf KWine nt -1 o'clock this afternoon in ivarson Hall, ctcrinary Iluilding. . .n.. ....1- I frou.il I tiHie not Hioml dfteat quit., often nni'hhn,l!lV'P7;,f- ( '"t my Own OfferlMa nn the nnllot. Or mun. nMM ? -..j Charge Accounts Solicitedz 1(S&im(kM&iB& FURS AND New Spring Hats 5.00 8.50 10.00 These Extraordinary Prices the Result of a Special Purchase. Values Up to $15.00 All straw nnd straw combinations new Knndce Cloth, novel Straw Braid, Rutnvia, Ccllophnnc, Flowcr-triinmctl Hats. HnrtliHfr Blue, Grey. Phcnsant, Navy, Brown, Pekin and Black. Also Sport Hats in fnscinatinrx vaiicty -.Purchasing Agents' Orders Acccptcdz Have You Tasted & WAR TYPHUS sim IN N. Y. Fodoral Investigation 0pon9 and Drastic Stops Aro Urged to Rcmovo Plague CITY DECLARED MENACED Ity the Awoclatoil Press Ncxv Yoi-lt, Feb. 11. Measures to prevent n spread of typhus In thla city are sought in n federal Investigation opened here today with the arrival from Washington nt II. II. Creel, as sistant surgeon general. Drastic steps to remove the plague, by which the city Is snld to be menaced following the discovery of thirty-seven cases of typhus among passengers on Incoming steamships, were urged yesterday In a message to President Wilson by health authorities hero. Dr. Jloynl S. Copcland. commission er of health, today appointed a com mittee to ninkn a survey of Immigra tion facilities nnd (luarantlne regula tions nnd to Investigate n report thnt Immigrants wero being admitted nfter superficial medical examination. Sixteen cases of typhus were found among passengers who arrived Inst neck on the steamship Presldcnte Wil son; ono suspected case wna found on tho steamship Providence, which ar rived Wednesday, nnd twenty cases aboard the steamship San Giusto, which arrived jestcrdny. An epidemic of typhus vllted tills clt j in lofll. when of -J7.1 eases that developed 200 wero fatal. Washington, l-'eb. 11. f lly A. P.) Tlid arrival at New York of nnother ship with typhus-Infected immigrants from Italy aboard led today to pi for energetic action by the American Government. After :t conference with Surgeon GcneralV"1m,nK' "f t'"' P'lhlic health service, Assistant Secretary La Porte, In I'hargo of the public benlth service division of tho Tieasury Department, announced that all necessary steps to prevent typlius-infeclcd iniiiilgratits from leuvlng Murope for this lountrj would be taken. Mr. La Porte said instructions al readj had gone forward to American consuls in I'urope to icfiise clean bills of health tn vessels propnrlng to leave for this country whose medical inspec tion hns not been satisfactory. In ad dition public health service medical of lirera in Kurnpe will make careful in-.'Pi-i'tinit of Immigrants leaving for thi country. Vessels coming to America without clean bills of health issued by American consul") are subject to heavy penalties-. Mr. La Porte snid. and the law will he rigidly enforced. He added that Ameri can medical officers were having tlie most difficulty in Italy ns the govern ment there was not inclined to permit those officers to inspect vessels leaving Italian ports, Tj phus was formerly w idely known in this country as spotted feier. It is n contagious di.scasc and is distinct from typhoid fever, which is infectious. ALLIES THREATEN AUSTRIA In Formal Note Protest Movement to Unite With Germany Vienna. Pcb. 11. -(Ity A. P.l Kn tente nflieinls nre reported to have sent n formal note to tho Austrian Gov ernment protesting ngniust movements having for their object fusion nf Aus trlu and Germany. Ileprlsnls are threat ened If such movement!! arc carried on. It is said. Demands that federal appropriations toward the maintenance of provinces be trebled, that one-half of nil pro vincial civil salaries be paid by the gov -eminent, and that all profits derived from the sale of timber be turned over to the different provinces hnve been sent tn tho government of the Austrian republic by thn conference, of prni inci.t: governors, which met nt Salzburg this week. These, demands weie forwarded ns an ultimatum to the government. MILLINERY ? JM-J-- iH V. S. Treasury Chock Full; Ask Funds for More Room Washington, Feb. 11. (lly A. P.) Congrcf-s wns asked today to provide more space hero for the storing of government funds. Abol ishment of the subtrrnstirlcH has re sulted In the transfer of all gold to the federal treasury here and'has choked tho great vault, Assistant Secretary Gilbert told the House public buildings committee. An ex tra vault should bo provided at the earliest vosslblc tlntc, ho said, BOY'S INALIENABLE RIGHT U. S. Court Upholds Climbing, Even In Dangerous Places New Yorlt. Feb. 11. (Hy A. P.) A small boy r propensity to climb In viting structures received judicial recognitlou here In n decision of the United States Circuit Court of appeals. The ruling was made In a suit brought against the New York, New Hnven and Hartford Itailroad by David Fruchter, aged eight ycaTs, and his father. The boy, In the summer of 11)10, saw a nlecon nest on a girder of a railroad bridge in the ltronr and a bird sitting on the wire nearby. Thn temptation wos alluring. The hoy climbed to tho girder nnd reached out to seize tho bird. Tho wire wns charged with electricity, however, and when he touched it he was thrown to the ground and so badly burned that his arm had to be amputated. JONES WITHDRAWS NAME New Mexico Senator Reconsiders Joining Democratic Movo Washington, Feb. It. (Uy A. P.) Senntor Jones, Democratic national committeeman from New Mexico, hns nsked thnt his name be stricken off the recent petition sent by fifty-six mem bers of the nntionnl Democratic com mittee to Chairman Whlto and members of the executive committee urging thnt n meeting of tho full committee be cnlled for March 1. In n letter to Robert W. Woolley, former Interstate commerce commis sioner, and drafter of the petition, Sen ator Jones suld that when he agreed to Join in the petition lie did not know there wns nn intention to consider "nuy specific question" nt the proposed meet ing. RUSSIA ECONOMIC VACUUM Devastated Country Has Nothing to Export, U. 5. Investigator Says Wii.shliiston, Pcb. 11. (lly A. P.) HiiSf-iu has become so demoralized under Hie Ilolsheviki thnt it would have prac tically nothing to export even if the nntions of the world resumed trade re lations with her. A. W. Kliefoth. a Stnte Department economist, declared today before the House foreign a fairs committee. Mr. Kliefoth said there was no .surplus of ntij of the commodities that normally constitute the bulk of the ltussian export trade. "The devastation of industry in ltussin." Mr. Kliefoth said, "is so ter rific, the economic poverty of the coun try is so complete, tho people arc so hungry and the demand for commodities so gioat that at present Itussia repre sents a gigantic economic vacuum with no pinspeetw of allevintiou under the piesent political conditions." GET BANDITS ON "HUNCH" New York Auto Squad Arrests Trio That Held Up Restaurant New- Yorh. Feb. 11. (Ity A. 1) ActliiR on a "hunch" three members of llie police auto feqtind today captured tlirec taxicah bandits who had held up n downtown restaurant n few bourn earlier nnd robbed fifteen guests of more than S5000 iu money and jewelry. 'Tlie policemen were attracted by the suspicious appearance of the taxicnb patl.i . followed them for several miles and arrested them an they left the ma chine. VietlniH of the restaurant, raid identified much of the jewelry found on the trio. J.E.Caldwell & Co. Fine India Pearls as necklaces for necklaces CHESTNUT AND JSjaii'EcMcMEJcMt'cME i Philadelphia The Shops of Special for Saturday Trieotine, Taffeta and Gropes in graceful, girlish models Small women cun also bo fitted, ADVANCE SHOWING OP SPRING MILLINERY I 1 T7 1 S. 1 3th St. I MfAKUWAlK itiOt ATLANTIC CITY-B!tlGHW BIM'K LAWLESSNESS HIJ! BY BISHOP 111 Fours Rnntilr nf Rntrm .1 . "Eat, Drink and Be Merry" J is Rulo, Ho Says GARRICK LENTEN SPEAKER An apparent lack of nerxnnsi Nihility and a too-gcneral disregard !l law teems to bo tho trouble win, ..., everywhere, according to Utshon v.-.. hert Talbot, of Bethlehem, who ', at the Lenten meeting at tho OibU Theater today. Ills theme wn "r.j. vldual Responsibility." as In He commented on the condition! ,, Istlng throughout the countr- ,5' vv-nyes of awlessness nnd of !. ,! dcelnred laws nf fJo.1 .,.i ' c" 'H being universally dls.rcgflr.lrd and bwkl! by men of high and ot low degrc ?, nn oxfont vvh eh makes mm ,.ii .'.' apprehension as to the future " "The whole world seems to be ..' lng along on tho Idea Met us cat drU 2a.V?n"X,'fort-"oS . ..He commented on tho grat rtW.t O I ItV fllCinC President. nlr.ni. tr" ,.'" u lJ.10 m ntAn fccrvicc ,n Ht- Stephen's' Church, Tenth street above rfi todny, tho ltcv. Dr. Carl 13. (S"UJ snld tho Inter-Church World Fedcra I has approved the movement to have IJ, hills P. OberholUcr returned to tk, bonrd of moving picture censors rj. Ornmmcr introduaed the ltev ,, i MacCnllum. Dr. MiK-fallum dee inj too many people fnll to set nnv goal f . .-.. - --.-.. mv, nun imi..-cni-.-un i mm relates tn both IHs spiritual and the material fiitnr. tn. subject. wnB, "How Shall We Know tk. vvny?" Several hundred rvrsons nii...t.j Lenten services in SI. Joseph's CliurdiH , ,1 mints iiih.v, iiMirin strert below Walnut. The services were eniiiliiein lit Fnther Hart. Tlie choir was (nmposH solely of children from the St. Joscnh'i School. REMOVAL SALE 1000 YOUR CREDITS GOOD Cut out (bis rntipon ami lirlnr It to- the KRT.LY STOUTS with ONE DO 1. 1. AH nnd buy uitr liny nne el tliese etjllsh Norfolk Suits. 1'ajr the balance on eaej- terms. 50 CENTS A WEEK $10.95 to $18.75 SUITS Removal Sale Price $5-95 to $13.75 GEO. KELLY'S 624-28 Market St. 2330-34 N. Front St. 1816-20 Atlantic Ave., Atlantic City JUNIPER STREETS Jgf BOYS' Mils J '7nS$fZj A- n Savins; Ivy t ' ou jSr $5 jU Jo- 7m. on each I SUIT lfJRl- Atlantic City Baltimore Sensible Prices An Exquisite Little Blouse $1.95 Of soft white oile daintily tucked. Collar and cuffs and front trim med with fine filet edge. Most unusual value at $1.95 ! Youthful Frocks $39-75 Specially Priced PHILADELPHIA 1 337 i 1 O 1 Al) Chestnut St. a i-j ! I .ip$l$rpw$pmj$flmm?mptifiil3Si Sjeu3ifM7 t1 ruincui S Jt. . . VsVli' jri
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