f;r--imT riJSSSSi Fe- ' "Mf" K'''"' ' '" " ? "' nsVWWff WT' "' ,M " ,"' lfrt ' lf-.r l 5, .j -''' , .jf t 'S"-yfW"t- .tJU'r 'J V-fVJl. i fjacft nfe Box and the Lim'ricks Just About Suit the Whole Family-See Pages 2 and 24 Euentnn Bubltc Biedger THE WEATHER ,-tf Fair weather nml rising temperature lonUlii and Wednesday; voltlcot (oiilslu houl 3- ocrwsj gentle variable winds. TnirlWtATf'tH AT l:CH HOIK -s"Ti lufiT'ii-' i i 2 ":i : 4 TSf NIGHT EXTRA pn ,5SXm ,.'h -to 42 T:i i , l VOL. VII. NO. 132 Measure Protecting Gambling I) RenttO Almost oeriam w-cn, as Fight Looms BROUGHT UP IN HOUSE FOR FINAL PASSAGE But Author Moves That Oppor tunity Be Given for "Pub- lie Hearings" WAS CERTAIN OF DEFEAT nr GKOROK NOX McCAIN Jhhnrr. Feb. lG.-The Phlladcl- ' ,M, magistrates bill, which was Intro i ,. hr Ttenrcscutatlvo Clinton A. &). of Philadelphia, and known as ) 'tie "underworld bill." "was- on mouon l if Its author, seconded by his colleague, ' BeprtJtntatlTC Joseph Marcus refer- red hack t tne "ouso tu'"u"v"-'- "" htolary local last night. 1 "For the purpose of public hear jp," was tho reason assigned by Mr. sjralra for his action. Th bill was on third rending and voaM have to come to vote on final pas ,e lit night, had not its author de $1 to save Its face by having it rc tarsed to the committee. ,..,,. Mr Bowers has thus afforded the mDle of Philadelphia an opportunity STrexlater their approval or disap ro'ral of his bill. , .. It Is now up to various organixatlons ' ilit believe in law and order, the sup preislon of vice and immorality, the ttfmhutlon of gambling places nnd tho tarled processes by which the deni zens of the underworld maintain their nip on politics,- to express their dln ipproTtt of the bill by wiping It off tie legislative slate. Can't Stand tho Light If. by any hook or crook, th mous nre should ever again get before the House It is due for a drubbing. I un derstand that a wholesale expose of the methods by which the underworld thrives will be explained on the floor ej the Houso coupled with a fine dis play of names and facts. The more the measure is considered. ltd Its object Is to compel "arrests on -lew" to be heard by magistrate In the district In which arrests ure made, tit more remarkable appears the blun dering eagerness of Us sponsors That Kcpresenlntlve Sowers, of all the Philadelphia delegation, should be selected to introduce the measure, see ing that he Is a representative of the Twentieth ward, wnerc RainumiK ." ' ditlons are particularly flagruut. Reems almost like a reflection on the political atellleenee of those beliinu l"C ran If anj other member of the dcleg.i- tion had isponsorcd it it would not have ... ...t .ll.Mllnn nn .1,1 Cm.CtfF ( Olll 1 icr from the source it did, the bill vas ' iwtantly (lung Into tho limelight. Particularly, too, When iiepreseiim tire Sowers resides at 12P.0 North Eleventh street, which is also given as Se office of Mflgistrutc Neff. who is WkUl.tlUt; Set Hills Kntry Unilt llie House mulled around at a great rate, for it was resolution night. And the principal resolution that was adopt ed wan prohibiting the introduction of kills after April 7. A lot of gentlemen, by voting, for the resolution, unquestionably have tied themselves ip in a bow knot with black fringo. Aaron 11. Hc.-b, chairman of tho rules committee, vainly endeavored to have the resolution sent to that committee, hat the House, after bcrapplng around lor twenty minutes, by a vote of 127 to 67 declined to heed his warning nnd the resolution passed. After April 7 it will be impossible to resent a revenue or other bill in the House without unanimous consent. There were some gentlemen who glee fully declared that it was n triumph tor the aiitl-Sproul-Crow forces. Hut it wasn't, for the reason that there was no line up, the members voting in hcl-ter-nkeltcr fashion. Takes Shot at Governor rteprestntatlvo William C. Alexun r, of Delaware county, tticd to get through two resolutions, each of which' tell down lamentably. One demanded that the governor fur " a statement to the LegiBlaturo of ho disposal of the $50,000,000 bond ""'for road construction approved v. k -, n.very deta11 ns t0 who bought je bonds, how many wero eold, whero e monev went, ami whether or not 07 apement about the purchase of ona had been made by a state official "as asked, fttefM101!." Jamcs A- Walner. of raiadeiphin, denounced the resolution 'tbw' to tio up the road approprl !!?.,. An'w. the reports of the 'ato treaburer and auditor general will ContJnried on roce I'tftwii, Column live PARK COMMISSION ASKS 5500,000 FOR EXTENSIONS BH Introduced by Senator Vare Carries Appropriation for Land at M'"6, r,'b' "-Senator Vare. P ident TX W Klrk v'k. vice mittlon sf ,h. Amount Park Com- ?500 OOfl aSb.lr wh,ch .wuuld "PI'roprlatP he n1K,rin ,nml f,)r tllc extension I d inc h,?i" V0, Washington. This "oil Sa hJ"J tea of Port Purehiu. utfi no nwa. ".v gift or Vt l " a'V" lmvc l'i iulred. ,kt V.00 un'acreCUht " th ',V"raK vfr.'tkIt'hnt. i"." Il'Uer t0 Henatoi laircl w S t'"1 ,,hut ,,,n remainder 10 "' litdr luM ubo't?107,0ni), hence Wlsltlon ,.."". "P.proprltttlon. A. -wiurn ,lnta - -:-- uir nisi 111 " been,'l"orll!P,' bv the Vare bill of i,ortl'ul'''-'11 wl up u iJWT ')0 "Pl'wprlatnl on . uh Unee ,''.." ""'I in the Ilrst : SOWERS, IN FEAR, ; SENDS IE BILL 110 SECLUSION Knter.d ns Sccond-Hnu Mnitrr i.t th- l'o,toffl.. n. riHlndoli.l.la I'j l hut lti Act of Miin-li 3, "t'fi Dentist "Extracts" Hero's Dr. lhit. Wnaf iiin.iit,i (lontist, who "pulls" SlOO out of tho limpin' ! i, .. ck i0"1.081' IIis friends lmu born kidding him becausu he wns confident that lip would win the coveted prize "eventually, If not now." Now Dr. HatcH can tell his joking friends that "he laughs best who laughs last," and that while hla joking friends have been giving him "laughing gas" he hna "pulled out" this IJIOO "pain Icssly." Hls llm'rlek was LIMERICK NO. 50 Said n whimsical fellow named ,loc, "T can be a musician, I know; I will practice all day And each instrument play have jazzed 'sachs-o'-nhoncs' for Hell Co." There's Another Limpin' Lim'rick TodaySee Page 2 8ANDITSR0BfSH00T AUTOIST AND FLEE Phila. Man, Held Up Near Es-j sington, Drives 20 Miles After Injury FAINTS AT HOSPITAL HERE Three masked men held up and robbed Joseph Poutcholskl. .ins ltuttomvood street, on the road, between Kssington nnd Wilmington, and escaped nftcr shooting the Ph'Iadelphiun in the left hand. Poutcholski drove about twenty miles to Jefferon Hospital before receiving assistance. He fainted in (lie nrm of n nurse. Later he ns sent to his home. Pouti'hnltiki told the polite he was tlriv.ng his car yesterday afternoon ftom I!rsingtou, whero he is employed in tho llaldwin Locomotive 'Works, to Wil mington to purchase an automobile. He said he had ?1!10 with him to deposit on the car. At a creek crossing tome distance out of Kssinslon he said he saw a man standing in the toad waving a red flag. He brought his car to a halt. Thi man had been standing with his back to Poutcholski. When he turned the Phlladelphian found himself looking into a pistol. At a signal two other men emerged from the roadside brush nml ellmheil on tne running iwunl 111. Kflill Ills hands were uo in the nlr nml he nllnueil them to go through his pockets, iic told the police. He heard the purring of a iiniiiii i-timiilK luwimi mill unil snOUlCU i a wurning to the motorists that robbers were there. The three leaped from bin car, he said. 'each tlrlnu a chot. One of the bullets hit his liautl. Poutcholski salt! he put his 'machine ..i. .,,,, UIIU ,,,,c unity, me nioocis i tiretl several other shots at htm as he! r.," t. innill nit IfJUIl, Ulll lllllie MniCK him. He tlltl not stun until he reached the Philadelphia hospital BOY STRUCK BY TRAIN Probably Fatally Hurt Taking! tMi W r IIICI w I am not home nt i :. tomorrow morning send Joe with my breakfast," snid Peter Mvigcr, ot ll'l) SiA-ille street, . . . . . . issanicKon, last night as he sturtctl lor ins won; as n night watchman in a Wissahickon plnnt. "Joe" is fifteen years old, one of eleven children in the Swlgcr family. Tho fnther did not ictiirn by 7 :."0 o'clock, and Joe started, for the works, carrying thn breakfast in a kettle. Twenty minutes later ho was in the Memorial Hospital, with his left foot cut off, serious injuries about the head and body, and only a bare, lighting chdiico for life. He started to cross the tracks of the Norristown division of the Heading Hallway, below the Shur's Lone Sta tion. Some ny his foot was caught in a frog, others that he failed to notice a south-bound express because of the noise made by a train going north. He was struck and drugged some distant e. TWO BIG LINERS SAIL First Vessels of New Type Built for Shipping Board Ilnlllnmrn Veh. 15. - fltv A l I 'Ph. utlinc u'ltMn nt hour n'f ench nthni-1 from neighboring plets here today ofltlotis It is the duty of the men in the the Golden State and Huwkeyc State construction industry to correct this marks the entry into active service of wtute of affairs. If there are abnormal the first two of the longer ond speedier prices for tnuteiiiil they must be brought type of passenger and cargo liners being down. built for the shipping board. These. T- rngg appealed to manufacturers two liners are representative of the 5:15- prefent to do everythlngjn Jheir power foot Clus--, .;f Which sixteen are being ontlmird on IMe Th, Column Two constructed in Atlantic coast shipjartls; , 3.tamWhi NICHOLAS M0HR DIES New York Shipbuilding Corporation, they form tho only passenger liners in' Retired Paper Manufacturer Was in the immense shipping boaidtleef. ' H Seventy.slxth Year Tho Golden State, which was built , .,.,., , . at Newport News, has been allocated to ; 'a'n,,,i Mfholas Mohr. retired paper Pacific Mail (steamship Co. for Its trans- iiiiinufiir tutor, died tod.n at IiIh liome. pacific service, and the Hawkeje State. bOHO Ovirbruok aeuue. in his seventy built at the Sparrow's Point yard, to the sltl yen MatBon Line for its Hervice to Honolulu. Mi. M"ii tame to this . it from lioth liners have accomodations for 'J.il first cabin passengers and .'500 steeinge they arts of 21,107 tons displacement and are tsvln screw, oil-burning, turbine-driven vessels with a designed seu speed of seventeen and one-half knuts. . - . ,,,,, , oda S Developments n National Capital The Senato judiciary committee no tified Secretary Houston thnt he should make no payments on account of foreign loan commitments until the committee has i wived the fncts on the loans and reported to the Senate Chairman Iwirdncy , of the House svays und means commit . has sought another tonferetne wi.i. Haul ing on tariff and revenue legislation. Measures to restrict immigration on a percentage basis, pioposcd by the Senate Immigration committee, ure designed to check the Ihnv from southern and eastern ICurope. accord tng to a couimitlcc report. $100 Lim'rkh 'si ' eflP Vii'iMiK' ' l)lt. CHAItLEST. UATKS 5."20 Do Lancey street Dental offecs at 43 North 52d street ADEQUATE WAGES URGED FOR WORKER Trigg Tells Builders Pay Must Mean More Than Mere "Living" MAYOR HITS SHORTAGE CRY Mauler builders, architects and manu facturers, meeting today to nut a shoulder to the mired wheel of build ing activity. wer reminded by Krnest T. Trigg, chairman of the Chamber of T'ommerre Industrial telatioiis commit tee, that adequate wages must he paid the workers. Mr. Trigg's address, the first at the opening session in the Mayor's reception room of n four-day conference on the construction industry, emphasized that a minimum wage is not merely a "living wage." The spacious reception room ou the second floor of Citv Hull was jammed to the doors by bitildeis and others inter ested in construction ttudes. which speakets described as being at a stand till, particularly with tegunl t.i the erection of dwellings. No Shortage Says Mayor Mayor Moore, the .second speaker, exploded a general iinpresNion that there are not enough houses in this city to "go around." He said there are 381, 00(1 dwellings In Philadelphia, one for (very live persons, the same projMirtion that prevailed ten years ago. A splilt of nigh nnd easy piotiti. (l"c to the war." Mr. .Moore declared, "l1'1' to the placing of fictitious values vtl ""J luvjiritivi. Hut the houses themselves ate fairly tilentiful. he added, a tecent police canvass uncover ing 2otl0 vacant dwellings in this citv. Employers." .Mr. Trigg suid in his address, "must reuliie what a minimum "- i-. n n ool u hihK wiikc, nut enough nunc so that a workman can lIUVHH' Ills IU1II1I I'll Itlltl I-J1I. It ft'llNOU- ' able amount of the comforts of life, iThe question of open versus closed shop is not germane to Hie purpose of this conference, and attempts by employers or employes to bring up this question will he iirotluctive of no lesiilts nnil will only liiterfen;. illrltln tint m.itlwiH utrv rtf fli.. coitnlM- Hhoultl bi the first to apply heiself to this problem. The public will be fountl .to be fair and tensoinble when told the illllllta un iiiimii' i st s iitr viniiiii i facts, ''Present costs of construction are too high. All construction ami building costs must recede to lower libels. Con struction of any sind is not the result of the work of anv one interest but of many industries which are dependent upon one another "Something should be done this coming spring to stimulate a resumption of acthity. On all hands prospective buyers antl investors awuit the return to noimal conditions What are normal conditions? Some say those prevailing in 1014 were noimal. It is more likely thut there is no basis upon which we can depend. "It is to be hoped that there will be established such 11 definition ot normal us the re .lilt of these meetings. At this time it would be unwise to en courage the artificial bolstering of values. The construction industry, like others of its kind, must get down to a stable basis. "This conference affords a most rea sonable opportunity to put the con struction industrv on a level. It Is I clear that the public has decided not to Invest its money under present contll Monrsvine in I'nii, inter leaving hrie rnd enteilng a inctcuntile business in Omaha. In 1S75 he returned to this city ami became associated with the late George V liner ns sales manager of the Heading Paper Mills, of svhn h l'll,r .... ... .... ',.-lt,lb II h III time of hi" it'tirement eight years ago. Mr. Mohr was president of the North company he wus vice president ul the t-iii wiHpcnrsii , tion h curecior th" North Hi os. Manufacturing Co lie was a member of the I nUi I.eugue antl M'setnl other clubs and fTifin.itis uur was uu oihcer of St. Mark's Kvungelicul Lutheran Chunh. Hi.s wife who w.u Missj Anna Young, tiled tise se.irs ago. He is survived hy a luotliet. Louis S Mohr. of Kansas Cits, unci four nephews ami one niece in tills tily Shopkeeper Beaten and Robbed n unidentified Negro entered the store of Itichurd Otlenot. si Ml North Ninth street, today, struck linn over the head with a club and tohhed liiiu uf',15 He escaped PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1921 MURDER JURY SEES LOOT THAT SCHUCK GRAVEYARD . ,. . . - . . i 3ju,uuu i aen r-rom aian Messenger Is Evidence Pris oner Aid3 Counsel 'MYSTERY GIRL' ABSENT, ILL FROM COURT ORDEAL Tl ii i v thnutniiil dnllnis in -a-!i. urapppj in to lminllos, whs cxhdi- I ited nt toiln'-4 fitting of the tmirder j trial of Itoxinond W. Sehliek, in Cnin- I dui. j .furiirs utiil nieotators gazed lth in- tcre-t at the 8t,inll nnekrin rontnitiinsr the fortune in bnnk funds, whMi whs ,1-tolen from the body of Iniil S. Paul, the batik nic'ienKer. wliom Srhtiik i i aiTttsiMi of having murdered. ' Trunk J. .7ntnp, already connoted of' firM degree murder for his hiue In the i tritne. was not In court. It hnd been expected lie would appear as o wit ii"ss, but (oi'rl rcccssetl ut noon, befoie he tiiul been rentned. lie probably will testify tomorrow The sifting whs mer earlv totlay be cause Supreme Couit Justice Katen- oacn. wno is presiding with Judge Kates, had to go to Trenton to sit with ! the Court of llrrors ami Appeals this afternoon. The Schuck trial will re sume tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock "Mystery Girl" Absent "Mysterious Mory." the woman whose present e yesterday In her costly fur coat, said to have been given her by Schuck. caused a sensation, was missing thi morning, and her absence roused almost as great a sensation ns her presence did yesterday. Her last name is said to be McGurvev, and she Is said to live ,n West Philadelphia. It was given out that the notoriety which she gained yesterday hud made her i'l, and that she was at home with a high fever. It wns rumored, how ever, that this was not the case; that she had remained out of the cnurtiooml The King's speech was hwef but ' for Mr Hurding ' tH" mn U,,H nVitl sn.tppcu a prominent l'hilndelphia full to avoid being seen and questioned by I touched on numerous vital questions I f An appointment the man was alleged i nusnloneil hosierv manufacturer in an - rennrters. and Hint reallv she wns In the i ., ., i .ongre.ss Would lake Control tn l,nv. ,,,,,.1.. ;!, ,.... it. .r ...,i-..i, f swer to mv nuerv .Miniin. J, -. . 'courthouse and within call if needed. I i. ..unil in.- .iiui.ii ns mil, mere to hear the testltnonv ntrnlnst. the mnn ri-ii,.,,.i i, .....w. -... . i. - .. i wio is said to have wooed her for a I jcur om,'T i iic- Kuise oi a imciieior. i ui nn,i iiliuiii ni-r un. tjy uo means. abated. I Though her name was not mentioned at the trl lal. it was learned on the bct I ti,.,.- "fo..t v... m . . , authority the equally mysterious "Kt on the telephone" who neural in the enrlv ,. vesications ot the munler. ' Knew Si-liueli Well It may be said that she is a Phila- , tlelphian. living in West Philadelphia, who knew Schuck well and saw him after the crime, When the llurlington county tletec- ' fives were at fault in their investiga- ' tion of the murder, they issued a call throvfgh the newspapers to onj woman who might huso a knowledge of the cast: to tome forward ond tell what she could to aitl the authorities. Kills Parker, llurlington county tie tectlvc, suspected a woman might hue known something about the cose after the murder. He appealed to this un known woman to come to his aid to find the slayer of Paul A day after the appeal was issued he received n telephone call from 11 woman in Philadelphia, who insisted on re maining anonymous, but who gave him some valuable information and prom ised to give him more from time to time. He ran out the clues she had given him anil found them valuable. Next dav she culled again, and the day ufter that, each time giving "tips" that helped throw light on some addi tional dark point in tiie case. She still withheld her name, however Detective Purl.er told at the tune of the telephone tails, hut did not tell later, thnt the woman had given him her name and come to see him in per son to put at his disposal all the evi dence she hail In the case. It resulted, it is said, in the i-olvlng of the murder mystery. A bargain was made with the woman that, he mini" would not figure in the case, unil Ilctcftive Parker anil Prose cutor Woherton have striven to keep it out. It wns their promise that Jed to tlie elaborate precaution which they took to keep her name from being known yvsterdav. when she wns spoken of onlv as "Mary " Iietective Parker antl Prosecutor Wolverton expressed indig nation totlay because much attention was given the woman yesterday antl today in the newspapers. It became known, liowtver, totlay that the "Mysterious Mnr " was no 'other than the "ti 't phone girl" who had aided the until i itlcs. Sic s lcaily now to be called bv the prosecution if she is needed, but otherwise her Incognito will be preserved os far as the oflit lul.s aie concern' .1 UUSseil I ,1'llin , IlllOIIlty IOC tC the woui-tn when iiskecl iibout her. "No. I don't know her." saj, the wife, "and I don't want to know her. 11 ih-'h-" mm iMi-wiiini us in ipiaiutecl w ith her " Cariow Pmmlscs Surprises Mr. C.trro". howeser. proiuis,.( to spiing a few surprises of his own He has a "mssters witness" too tie said, but would gise no hint of whether it i was ii man or woman, or of what tes- 'tiluoney this witness might be expected ! to deselop. All- t 'in row Min-eeileil in scoring one l oiitlniiftt un Pure I'tnirteen, Column 11. r INDICT CUSTOMS OFFICER , N. Y. Inspector Accused of Receiv 1 Ing Money From Passengers i New Wli. Poh 15 i .i A l'i -'The lirst mill. I un nr glossing out of the investigation of -.-raft charges n f,, 'tiistotns set sue here wnN iiinde public toilns. when Isidore Cohen cusfouis 1 inspei tin , was uiTui.'tieil in Federal 1 1 'mil I charge,! svtli sol.citmg and le Iccivlng monev in connection with las ' olllclui duties. He pleaded not guilty f II... I....S I . . . . ami wa held in iissi bail Cohen, who ha. been an inspector for tsventy three years. Is char;ed with four separate offenses In receiving money I from iticomiu: passengers. Facts in Schuch's Trial for Murder of David Paul 'liie defendant It n in u n d V S. lntik, member of well-known Ciimden family, former manugcr of .i Camden telephone office. 'I he vlttlmDatid H. Paul, mes "hger of Itroadwa) Trunl Co., Ctitmlen, who dlsapiicareil (Ictubvr t when enrrjiiiR S40.tn)(l in ra iml S:;0.(HIO in heck The charge 1'irst -degiee tnutder. buck Ih accused as aiiuinpllcc In the ki 1 ng of Paul. Prank J. .tomes 'in ulreadj beii omitted. The Judgo -Supreme Court .fits tie Kutzenbacli. of Trenton, who pv liled ut .tuiiir' cimvlctloli ()iposlng counsel Prosecutor W'olvtttun uml .1 Itussell Cariow. VIOLENCE CANT AID IRELAND SAYS K NG George V Supports Trade Treaty With Soviet in Speech From Throne POMP AT PARLIAMENT lt (lies Associated Piess l-ondon, Feb. ITi. Violence will not solve the Irish problem. King Ueorge declared here today in his speech from the throne to the two houses of Par liament in formally opening the session. On" of the outstanding sections of his address refened to Irclond. the king raying : "The s'fiatiiin in Ireland still ii,ih ' me tlistiess. A miszuided settion ot i the Irish people persists in resorting to .Ul, t ':..., ..:.., ..:.,..,. ; ' " """ ':.. tw. to- UUJI-. i in esiaoiisiung an independent republic. Neither Irish unifv nor tiisli I self-goverii'iietit cat! be attuitied jiv ' i,i ...i iiivnu ,. ,B, t" Roverninen. A, tne uiitsei it. reicrreo rrt Ton intnitifv iki.r - - "-.. j dices to be hehl In London nml iitfemleH by the representative of allied tuitions, Germany and TtiM.ev. ' .,, . . ' earnestly trust. said King orgo, iimt hy this means further lrK';P-''1' 'nay be made in giving effect to treaties of peace, in re-establishlm- eon- I';"!!!, '.", I;,,,,rIs; nA. '"!oril,K lran- !,,1,UUJ ,n u,e -cnr '- J-avors Trade With Soviet img t.eorge expressed himself as avorabl, dispose, owartl a commercial treaty with Soviet Ilussla. say ng: "It is my hope that negot ntlons for a rude agreement with Ilussl,, may also be brought to a "uccessful conclusion " In ,lsr.tiiult,f tin. lrlwh .iiinull.... .1... king said " - ms-,.i.,u i.i i "Arrungeents for brinzin.' into force the government's Irish act ore now well advanced, and I earnestly trust thut in i the near future the majority of the peo ple will show their determination to re pudiate violence antl give eftect to an act which confers upon them responsi bilities of s-elf-governnient ami provides machinery by which they tan attain Irish unity by tonstitutionul means." Solution of the problems of uiiemplov meiit does not rest entirely with Par liament, the king declared in discussing this Important subject "The most jire-sing problem confront ing j oil." he said, "is that of unem ployment, which is a result of world wide restriction of trade. This may ! nlle slated, but it cannot be cured, bv legislative mean-. , "This problem, with its acute ami distressing consequences for hundreds ot our fellow t itl.eii.s, is receiving constant ami anxious attention from my minis ters. who ate striving to ieivc trad and ptosperits . and in the incnuttui assist thoe who unfortunately have . employment. You will be Invited l pass ii bill extending provisions wli' Ii weie made for the unemployed, under tlie niii'inploMiieut lnsurunce act." t This iict provides that employe pay a premium against unemployment, by 4 ontlntinl on I'ltse Iu, Column Mi FLOOD NEW DRYD0CK Facility at Navy Yard Is One of Five Largest In World The lnOO foot dry dock, which bus been uinbr construction at the Navy Yard since I it I T und is one of the five largest in t! woilil. is-us flooded totlay for the first time. Naval niitlioiitii - here suy if js the largest single engineering undertaking 'that has been cein-tiuetctl ut thc nsv I Yard. The drydock cost $11,500,1100. ! Its Itngth and draft is more than sufficient to take the largest ship olloai 'today, or it will, by u-e of a centet I door, tulfe two ships at the same tim !... I ...1. .!.,.. t.-n.vr.. ,..tl I tloatlng crane ' 'PRnFFSSClR NOW 'M STER' . "S. w ,- - -- . . University of Virginia Drops All Titles Except That of Doctor (liailoltissllle, u.. l'eh 15. , lis i A. P A mosr to tollsftse the title l ' doctor'' foi graduate physicians and abandon thut of "profi-soi " to the invz build leaders, " pi Ue lighters, sleight . j iif-hnnd artist- and otlie s who Imve appropriated it bus been started by faculty iiietnbeis of the I'nivcisity nf Virginia luf-firK iioMiaVr'ne:! Not.r.o. Woman. Held for Depor for that purpose It unnounccl totlay I tatlon, Gets $500 Bail ttat a ban hmi I'ccii placed on "pro- Annie Gins, untec u'w-ck ago ou lessor," and that . ,1... ato,. would be i ,., f K; , . ,,rlv ,,, ,, known as plain "mister. witnout " , ,, . , . , 'frill' e-.iei.t in the case of medical suite held tor deportation was released mcmbeis ' the fatultv. who wuuld under ?50o hail s.sterdas tiom the ce.nl line to ! kinwn us "do. toi." I House nt Detention at Glum ester MOB GOVERNOR IN SYDNEY Unemployed in New South Wales Capital Also Stone Police Svdnev. X. S. V.. l'eb 15 I llv A IP ) During 0 demonstration of the un- employed here lodas Sir W. K. David son, the governor svas mobbed ijnd a detachment of the police was stoned, I'jIi ixliril Ilull f.s ef, SunJn I'ow flrl" IP-.il I BEFORE HARDING ! IN 1HREE FORMS Liberty Bonds, Allied Obligations and German Reparations All Present Weighty Problems LOANS TO ENTENTE NOW FOOTBALL OF POLITICS H (LINTON . GILIIKltl' "taff I orrrspomlrnt Kirnlnr 1'iil.llr I.dfr 1'ot.ur.glt, lt.t fjj 1IU0 I.rJo-r i ... Washington. Feb. I." - The war debt of the world bus assumed the plan- of foiemost importance in discus sions here And the pieseme of Thomas W Lu- , "ion I. (lie New Vork banker, at St Augustine, indicates that it is receiving the serious consideration of President elect Harding Mr. I.amonl Is un au thoiiiy on German reparations which sue agitating the business interests of the whole world, having been thief of the American Kconomic Commission ot the Pence Conference which dicused what Germany could pay. He is uls0 an authority upon international busi ness conditions and upon the state of the bond market in this countrv. The war debt question lies before Mr. Hurtling In three forms. One is the tusk of bringing our own Llbertv or war bonds back to par Mr. Hard" Ing In the campaign speeches promised to i est are them to par. It is known thut he has had Charles G. Duwes. whom he at one time expected to make secretary of the treasurv, working for several weeks unon n nlnn i. i-nfi..l not only the floating debt of the fniteil s',ps and the Victor co.,"t "' two j ear- Kinds, which but also the whole issue of Liberty bnn ' Pre- i sumably he hus invitttl A tii Irttoti W I rn . ! a . . --;' be secretary of the trr.isurv to dve Ms attention to this subiect'' John W .uviiuii, oi l-uiKimrsil. Who U nnir tn , , .- n rtlKS Ill's OlSO Slllflletl tin TI)!, presumption is that it cume un fn ,ii..n...niAH ...t.i. h. . . - . uiumiun un ..jr. i.amonl. An- other side of the whv ilnht fiimiii,.i, ;u the foreign loans of this government . i -c i ""'N during the eiriiRKie. l nese loans hae become the football o politics In the Senate the question is agitated of taking control oyer this debt away from the secretary 01 Hie nensury and testing it in Con- "iir unci lesnng it lu fon- . , . , , . s proposal is largely Irish giintla nnd has behind it tlie sup of members with Irish constitu- 1 This h"."' propagur port the Senute ft. row ela YonTromm JH?r I ,0 rntro, thc ,,,., relations his government. Giv-n power ver t e i debts. Congress coul. change tho who, , constitutional scheme of ves in- e i ... . . ... ... '" I'l' A...U II. . 1. I1 . t .-.!. .. . . - iniuuuvc in interiiationii iiffn r m, the rresulent und make itself secretary of stat. President Hurding has been told bv Mr Iawes. and doubtless j,y the A ricans who had an experience abroad such as Mr. Dawes had during the war. that the debt of Hut-ope to this country, incurred dining the war. gives him the power to make Lurope do as he t booses, whether in the mattei ,,f substituting an association of nations for the League of Notions or f ,, teimiiiiug German reparations Mr. Wilson might have written the peace tieaty as he liked had he felt tree to pay for the terms he sought in the treaty bv the cancellation of allied Lu lope's SlO.000.000.000 debt to ' the I'nit.cl States. Mr. Harding nun re write the peace treaty if he hus the politic ul loiiruge to tio the same thing W.i to Free Ireland 'I he lilsli members of Congress would .ree Ireland through the use nf the same debt. Senator Prance would get us the German colonies anil lower rep arations through the use of the same debt Some one else would get us the German cables und the llritlsh West Indies bv thc control nf this same debt. Ami a good many senators would make world policy through it. The itua tion is such that President elect llartj- ( i.iilltiunl cm I'UKe rise Column lliroe WAR CRIS WHITES AND KEGROES HUNT FOR GIRL'S ASA!1. AIN'T rAVA.MJAII. C.i., Tco !.-j. Whites .till .ruvjts .' t C'.Ot. Biy:i i county, thin utntc., joinid in a ',.3sso which iuij'.i:d nad enp t'in.1 yt -tud-y a:i unidctlflcil ncpio charged wit.i luw'n nt ' i k-tl ,s r.foi'o s..Uool gill. He wa-i tunicil ovci to thc m-gvo r".e:i.-'.-tt M'c pos.-? tor puiiishmciu. nn! li'.cy dco led to ji 1 hi-: .1 : il unclc-i the law. INDIANA COMMISSION SAVED COAL USERS SI 500.0.00 INDIANAPOLIS, Teb. 10. Indiana cltUcu-. wcie a.ivtd up. ;-:i..:i. :'y SI. 000, 000 in thc pike of coal through thc agency ot 'I-. 1 : .hi. a l'i;. 1 nn.l Poccl Cinim'&bioii, accorclii.y to a icnort ,ui lllit' S 11 t.l" c. i- ictn oinnclics ot tho Lcoihlatuic today. T'w cinui' - . .ji. u-1 by in'.s to irpoit to the Asa- uib'y. 1 . v .: .. it.v ,h t( .t .tioiut'. in i.f njij . 1 u v .r 1. 1 ullH, ANNIE GRAY OUT ON BAIL lmuitdiutcls uttei in i urrest lice oiinscl. Adrian itonnells oin-ienied proceedings to obtain hei tee:i-e on a wiit of builds 1 orpus Judge Kdlstub. in I'liitetl Stutes Distr. r Couit nt Trenton. N.J. ni'd bail yesterday and will hear arguments ou the habeas corpus petition February .'1 II.. ball was entered by Ab. Wexlei of 31-' v Ji'b Fighth street sun r,pi o i I'nt rt a Tei ( Mull i. Pub i. I lre' i ompanv MARKET CONDITIONS COMPEL WAGE CUT, TEXTILE MEN ASSERT TO RENEW LANGDON PARLEY Q p' Scag Lere Japan to Resume Negotiations over Shooting With U. S. Toldo. IVb 1" illv A P i 'Ih'' Japanese Hibliict, it is reported, wil, noli lesuiin- negotiations ith the I 'tilted States over the Vtudiostk in cident the ylioi ting f l.le'ltenutit W. II. I.angdon. 1'. S. N.. tor usiieh the Japanese sentrj Involved .ie iln"l "ii trial by miirt muttiul. It was understood the ahinet "n sidercd the l.augdon iirl'.iu ' laig'n vesterdaj . PLOT TO BLOW UP Enlisted Man Under Arrest in Alleged Scheme to Bomb Presidential Yacht OTHER CRAFT IN PERIL It) the Associated Press Wa-shington. l'eb. 15 An enlisted man of the nmj is under arrest ut the nay jaid here in tonnection with an alleged plot to blow up the presidential jucht Muvtiowei. Sts'ret servite npeiativcs ami tlie Washington police ate working on the ense, proceeding on the theory that the plot may have extended to the shops and other vessels ut the nav yard The man under urrcst. whose name was not diuilged, was said to hav. up pioachetl a superior officer nnil olTrre.' lilm a bribe to allow a package, sup p"'ll1 '" oon,ni" " bomb, to be brought aboard the Miditower at n certain hour. ni-i i ft ncivicc ugejus ivo" ic'ttiic'ii uim . a i.urk' here, where he was s,,i,i.osed . - ... . . - . .to receive the pacKage. wus Kept tiv ft.., ,.,,,, ,.;, ,,,,,.. t.,,. ,i. ..,,. age was not delivered ' The messroocn nml ier:il slate. rooms in the otneers' quarters of the Mayflower were burn-.l out on I'e.em ber IIS last while the v.icht was tied up , at the nnvv vnnl at Wnshincton. , at the navy yard at Washington. 'I'h" tire was extinguished before it reached the state dining room and the I President's quurters YOUTHS CAUGHT IN CHASE IN WM. SELLERS' HOME Paiserby Notifies Detectives, Who Capture Logan Square Intruders A i base by district detectives through MAYFLOWER SEEN an unoccupied house belonging to ll- w.iires ..nni.lln.. n, v- . t-. , . , limn Sellers, ru.-ing iWaii Square. "'Ik"; 'nu,llinB the ew Lngland early thi morning, icsulted in the cup- faanufa. turers to take advantage of the I ture antl urrcst of hree young men depressed marker. The southern mills who had ransacked tin- bouse but are tunning for a good reason wicm Z" ,1"1P M " '--".have been Id-iced from ZZ 40 A ihame passerhv untitled the police tent, and it stands to reason that with 'of the Twentieth and lluttonwood ' eery mill in the countrv willing to run ' streets station shorth ufter midnight on h cost basis Philadlcphla concerns that he hud seen three men climbing cannot get business with wage ratcis it 1 through a cellar window into the house i u n(lJ. HWj Ut -MI III'' MI'C Detective-(t'llurii. ltooncy antl Clup- tier forced the dour und. utter u i hne from i ellnr to attic, overpowered the three uiMji. The latter had ransiuked cverv drawer and trunk, but had fountl nothing but a few old nuns, which they hud In their pockets At tin- station house tl.ev gme their mimes as Jnnie- Donahue, nineteen years i . i . .-spring uurtica street near Sixth Mgmund Harkiewu i. seventeen sears o'll. Summer street near Tweptv. first, ii'icl William Lusvler. seventeen. Vorth Twi'iit.. -e, i inl stu.'t near l'air iiiotint avenue Mugistinte urtiev In , tlom sMtlmut bull for court Mr. Sellei. ). the heud of a machine plant ut MMeonr! und llaniliton stre-ets. h- and his famils ure living during the; ss Inter Ut l'ell.-vt.e D.-l SENATORS WANT TO KNOW If They Are Entitled to Higher Pay Under Measure They Passed ll.iriishurg. I'id 15. ' he attorncs general's ilepnrtiin nt u,s been asked to decide ss bethel iivmi v, ho sscre inenilit-r1 of the state Senute ot ItUO. when the ad liuie.t'-ing snl.ui.s of numbers i.f Pejilisslsntiiu legislating ttom ,.15fsl to $"-".00 wns passed and who ure semi ' ror" '" ' i'tua of being elt.-tetl for tour yeiu term- 111 luis, 1 un te. else thc 1111 reuse The question bus attracted consider able uttenf'lii) at the state Capitol, ns nnd, 1 the interpretation plaeeii up. ,11 siicn inattiTs it hns been held Hint men voting for a salary increase io-i!.; not p.itti Iputo in the benefits Tucnts lo ir sciii'tois- aic in'olsed PRICE TWO CENTS and Meet Competition, Manufacturer Says WILLING TO SACRIFICE' ALL PROFITS OF MILL Philadelphia Plants Underbid by Those Where Workers Take Less Pay EMPLOYES ARE CRITICIZED ; Efficiency of 1920 Much Less Than That of 1914, Em ployer Declares " rilr,,lau . mhrlr. the firm n) i ynr of ilr,; r. Koprrs preienlrd '!" irmlirr.' nrwpnivt in the lertiln tin Um,. 'Ihr worker. Ur tnid. hoU tl-at Ihr ,ranr rut m Mrm-flrriMlfd but nrr raurr to mbmit their claims to nrhit ration nnd iroiW ahidr bp thn findirg. of no impartial lnard. nut 'l in ii that thf cmplavcrs drclin to arl.itratr. Thr tcadrri of ihr iroikrrs rtprrn trtltinpnrii to acrtpt a ,r,i,)r rut if thr operator ran nhon "uriti,v,Ui that it it ttrmitarii. Todav, Mr. Haaeri, who m a Con tributimi editor ot The Outlook, and an nuthnritii n labor problems, pi'rri tin i tniiloyrri' side. H SHEUMAN ROGKKS lilt: MANl -KACTl-KKKS' SIDR Scrmd Article 'Kiisiness is shot to pieies so far as the textile industry is concerned." wholesale nmrWi ,r.n,iiHon .......,, is no minimum standard of piWs. Some mills are selling 50 per " - "i ou tne list of a year ago and yet an turned ,lrn-n l.... .1.. .c. mills underbid them T Z. i 4 I' '" , ul tl,m' T" ,h avt- f ecKH "" ""ithern concerns have dumped 2.0O0.OfO dozen i.nirs nt tt uumpeq -.ikhi.imhj dozen pairs of cotton and mercerietl hose on the market at ., ',:,, T,'," K ' ho fur Mow our manufacturing '" '''n' 'he retailers are able to aell that grade of stock ut a pro6t for lts than our munufucturing cost ! "It is true," the manufacturer ncbled ' that the ew L'ngland mills arc run ning front (!0 to M) per cent full-handed. and that is because the workers have ucceptc n reduction of '22iJ per cent in , , -. " an uteiuge. textile mills ar c noun; Hi per cent off the old list, and it seems to tne rtiat if the manufacturer is willing to make a hundred per cent Murifue. so fur us profits are concerned lubor should be willing to meet the 15 per ent cut we ask It to meet. That t eduction is only two thirds the cut alre.idv accepted by the New Knglant) "oroers nnti less man half the redne- tion accepted bv southern workers Puts Illume on .Market "We wouid b onlv too glad to leave wnges where ile-v arc in most cases i' tie market would penult it " he em phatically stated "but we Hunt to se the nulls run antl n-e siiiiplv cannot go our snare m c;ie uusiness wnen we re unable to meet the pines of other dis tricts. T am not a pessimist. I believe the iiurlft will tilit itself in the neji few mceiitlis and n definite minimum prpe will be established, hut ut preseni sv have got either to meet condi tion- os they ure or suffer tlie loss of business I found a gloouiv feeling prevailing among most of the Philadelphia textile manager- Thev nil were optimistic? of the future, but fhey all knitted their he-oss - nnil looked serious when content! p'sting the present One manufacturer proclu. ed a stnek of vers- convincing figures regarding the 1 educed prices of grin cries, mints and lothing. He figured thut conservative Is speaking, the net reduction in the.-. oiniiindtties amuiinteil lo from "5 to Ho Mr i.nt in minis ensi s more. "True he said "rents huvn no, lecren-eil nor base light nnd heat, but nt the same tunc the redm tions in thi 1 e. essuries that do show a marked drop ssill more than offset the proposed 1." per cent reduction in svoges In other words if the workers accepted the cut si that work could lie resumed 011 a largo seale thev ssould f 1 1 1 bo farther nhead than ut th" peult -sages, because they c ould bus more si ith the reduced py 'eik at prc-ent pri.es than they 1 oultl eight months ago The lull fashioned hosiers- and yarn iiuiliiif.ii tun rs sve re loud in their de mint intion of tlie upholsters luucerm. Th. s likened them to llt-nis I'ortl Thev lonlliinrtl on I tt Tour, ( oluinn llfn WINDOW SMASHERS FLEE Drop Wrist Watch, but Get Away With Other Things 'I lueses hurled u brick through tho jew "lis window nf the George J. Lvuni stnie ut Seventeenth und ( hestnuit streets earls today anil escaped with about ,5o in goods The sudden ap pearance uf a 1 ouple of patrolmen scared oft the thieves uml prevented theui from liiukiug a larger haul As it was thev succeeded in getting n quantity of Jeweliy and outfootlng thi patrolmen who gave chase. In tbete haste the thieves dropped n ludles' wrl 1 watch woith $25 It was recovered . Seventeenth street The ortbles taken included pesrl brails gold ion and HckpliiH aril gni i w."h Lugs II I! m& 3ftt 1 i.e. Illi m -itfcUc.Bllr ".'M ... In tv v V'.U -jL,- Mr!