fw ri ''mq qt'lifftf - ' -ytv 'pn'Tnf i y v-n . "vcY,Klr''fp.?Sjl ,V",' V.MA? TM5? 4 s i. m i .1 : 'li M'J( fiH"' flKfte '? ' HEKA&x; i' i r ,tn-u i" if ' Wit' ;r t lift " - I jf i :'; !('$ r 'm I 1 1 E di T i i '.Until. i is I 'fere i, 'I ' i lil1' f ffl -r V -If & ' -t M" II!.' II- ' I 1 mi ft ' r.m i 1MI 'ft',, I WHt ft TitK ') f it Pf'ff fl4ifc( ill1 lilt' m COURT BILL VETO TO REOPEN BATTLE Anti-Adminlstraion Councilmon 8till Hopeful of Jamming Ap propriation Through BUCHHOLZ MAY SUPPORT IT A repetition of the battle lnt anttimn which "smoked out" Ihe ad ministration's foes hi Council, I ex pected today when 3.nyor Moore fends to that body hU veto of tho $1,000,000 Item for a Municipal Court "dream palace." , . The Drown-Varf-CunnlnBham oom blnc hopes to mntcr thirteen votes to force pawnee of the appropriation over the Mayor's emphatic ntwitive. There probably will be nineteen mem bers of Council nt today' t session, two short of the full membe 'ship. Coun cilman nnrch. who joined the Mayor ft enemies last year. Is In F'MrltU. Conn cllraun Horn, an udminhitratiou sup porter, is 111 at his home. Despite the apparent 'ronfidenre in the camp of the anti-ndministrntion members they have done, considerable worryinff during the Inst twenty four hours. Not Quito Sure of K.-loueli Votes It was learned this morning that they are not quite ure of mohillzine the nec cary th!rten votev. Hut should n counting of noes show thut tliey lack the necessary strensth the .rombine cat pnve the dav bv some lesisi'ative ctnll ine. Hy n majority rote tliey can re call the measure from the Mayor and then vote to postpone action on it for a week. In that time Councilman Hurch Is expected to rettirn from his mldcn vacation In Florida and ly hiH vote pass the bill. rri.. I. .. nu!Vi!llv thnt Uie com- bine may be able to win out today by the acquisition oi oiiul-ihihiu .... holz. It has been persMtntly rumored that, despite hH prmnlsea to stand bv the Mavor. Ihirhhnlr. will vote, to pass the spendthrift ordinance over the Mayor g veto. Mayor Opposed to Ordinance Mayor Moore is opposed to the Mil-!-i.i rv..-f nnllnnnp hprause he con- ..i- it i- ir, i-nnflipf with the city charter. The charter provides that the Department of I'ublic orKs wiaii "vc pupervlslon ot iwirunnm "u " ninint i,i,ll,Hnr TIip ordinance tiuwml by Council ghes the ritv commissioners authority to Mipprvis consti-uction of the .Municipal rmin. .... Tin, rniii-t tlmt Mr. ltuchhoiz had un- dcreone a chance of sentiment on the subject is based on his utterances. rii,rtnf tlio iHst few iIbvj, he has frc- ni,ntlv undl lm tlioiicht that the city charter should not interfere with the state law, which elves the citv or county commissioners authority to supervise all court buildings. Mr. Buchliolz was anions thoe who voted to pass the last Municipal Court ordinance over the Mayor's veto, but since then he has frequently called on the Mayor and declared thut he could be depended upon to work In the ad ministration's interests in the future. Should Huchholz turn In with the com bine after mnkinp these promises, it is generally btlieed that the Mayor will retaliate bv nipping off some of the councilman s patronage. Those who profess to know the line up In this afternoon's battle predict that the following members of Council will vote to pass the ordinance over the Mayor's veto : Weglein, Hall, Oaffney, MeCoach, Coxe, I.iraeburncr, l'ommer, Montgom - cry, Wn'ter, Iletzell, McKinlcy, Frank -enfield and Huchholz. The following are expected to support the Mayor: Von Tagen, Horn, Hoper, Conncll, 1'ntton, Gans nnd Dcvelln. Mayor Moore prepared his veto mes fcnge yesterday afternoon and .submitted it to members of his cabinet early last night. It was goni'rallj agreed at the conference that the points ruined by the Mayor were warranted After he had completed his message the Mayor recehed a communication from City Commissioner Holmes in which the hitter repliid to n number of L rpri'iHC iuiiiti(J ur-ii u.v uu .uuyur concerning the Municipal Court build ings. The commiioner admitted that the section of the court building to be erected with the $l.M0O,uon and other funds alrcndy ninilnblc v ill onlv r movo a small n.imber of the court's of Hces in City Hall. The commissioQers assert, however, that the court will be nble to vacate the House of Detention nt Twenty -second unci Arch streets and turn it over to the city. Holmes Kvplalus The communication to the Mayor from Count ('mmnitHinncr Holmes follows : "Comprehensive plans have been pre pared for a group of buildings for the Municipal Court at Twenty-first and Ilace streets. "Those plan" were submitted to the art jury, of whuh mil are a member. on June 4, 1!L'(. I am informed that they were referred to a committee, which made a unanimously favorable report; nnd I um further informed that linat action upon the approval of these plans by the jury was withheld at your request s,0 thut ou might look into the mutter. "When the preliminary estimates of the cost of the project were made these estimates showed thut the rost would approximate $:i.h(hi ikki for the enir structure, nnd the architect's fee of t per cent is, thrrefor, according to his present murruet. limited to $180,000 "Sim-e the original plans were pro. Jerted there has been nn increu.se In the cost of materials and labor, which now is on its return toward a normul basis. An estimate at this time, how ever, would neeesHurilj have to be of the broadest hnrneter. and further more, the appropriation under conid crution nt tins time is not for the whole group, but for ime complete wing. "Your third question is: 'If the $1,000,000 ih to he applied to a sep arute new building, or a group of build ings, will it cover the cobt of com pletion1' "It will. The sum of $1,000,000, if npprnprinted by Council, together with the bulunce mi bund from two previous Joans, will be applied to the construc tion of a building on the Knee street front of the proyert taken over by the city for Municipal Court purposes. The plans conteinplute the use of this liu'ldlng for Juvenile mid Domestic Re lations brunches of the Municipal Court and the House of Detention The sum of money mentioned will cover the cost to comp'etion of this particular build ing iimi tin- lost of any further work Upon sube(iient structures, which go tt n,iLn ii r, the cm make up tne complete group, will have to be met h further loans. If further loans are made, this partinilur unit will not be left in an uncompleted ktnte, nor will nn of the nione.is now i.,W .lLiMisslon t... ke,l to start other work, whleh cannot he finished without additional Appropriations. It should he stated, however, that this unit, while complete In Itself ns n structure, was designed as the Race street wing nf the whole group. Needs More Room "Your fourth questlou is 'If $1 -OQQiCKJO with oilier available, moneys, mm"- ..... ... . 'will complete n new building or croup of Dunuings, win tnnt Miuiiing or gruuii of buildings be sufficient to accommo date the various Municipal uouri agencies now being housed In the City Hall, unil be otherwise sufficient for the purposes of the Municipal Court?' "If the original plans arc carried out, this particu.ar structure, as I hnvc Raid previously, will bo utilized for the Jmcnilc nnd Domestic Relations branches of the Municipal Court, to gether with the"r various offices, nnd the House of Detention. This would permit some of the offices In the City Hall to be moved, but not all of them. In other words, the proposed Ilace street wing Is not intended ns a com plete building for all Municipal Court purposes. The removnl of the House of Detention would vacate the present House of Detention, which could be utilized bv the city for any purpose that It saw fit." In answer to the Mayor's fifth ques tion concerning prior appropriations, Mr. Holmes pointed out that two loan items of $.-00,000 and $100,000 had been provided and thnt only $(T,7S2 had been expended. Architects' fees amounted to $2704. The total funds re maining for expenditure Is only $G,ri2, 2'2H, however, ns $180,000 has been passed to pay the architect. COLD STORAGE BILL Conforenco Report Is Approvod. Lodge Promises Vote on Immigration Moasuro HOPE OF NEW RUSSIA SEEN Ily the A.ssoclalcd Press Wnsltington, Feb. ' IT. The confer ence report on the bill for government regulation of cold storage was adopted today by the Senate without discussion or a rollca'l. It now goes to the House for final approval. Senator Oronna, who hnd charged the meat packers with trying to "stran gle the bill," obtained unanimous con sent to take up the ugreement ahead of other pending mntters. A sharp debate in the Sennto on the delay in ncting on u temporary law to curtain immigration was ended abruptly by u declaration from Senator Lodge that he beiieved unnnlmous consent would he given for a vote on the immi gration bill before March 4. Senator Harris, of fieorgia, declared that delay in passing the immigration bid meant that "tens of thousands of undesirables, some of them typhus stricken, urc to oe let into the country. Pointing out that the Johnson bill passed by the House had bcin held in tho Senate committee n month, the Oeorgin senator gave notice that appro priation bills would be blocked if the immigration measure was not allowed to come to u vote. Retort by fieorgia Senator Senator McCormlck said the Ocorgia senator was "trying to make himself the censor of the Senate." This drew u ntort from Senator Harris. John Hays Hammond todav told the House foreign affairs committee thut there is hope in the near future of a constitutional monarchy and later a democrncv in Uus.sin. Mr. Hammond, who several times was called to Ilussia by the old government to investigate natural resources, said with "the Prus sian pressure" on Hussia removed "the pyramid" built up bv the Ilolshcvikl would fall and then the "sane people" would be able to organize a better gov ernment. "I don't think Russia will go back to Czar rule, and I hope not," said he. The situation with respect to de velopment of trade with Russia in the very nenr future was described by Mr. Hammond us hopeless. "1 gee nothing that would justify this country counting 6u any considerable business," he asserted. "Kiisslu has nothing to sell. Russian industry is parol zeq. Supports Japnncso Program Discussing the possibilities of expan sion of Japanese activities in Siberia, Mr. Hammond said Japan should have nn outlet for its population and trade. He advocated sale by Russia to Japan of n tract in Siberia nbont the size of California. This territory Is rich in iron nnd coal, badly needed by Japan, he udded, and is climutlcully fitted for colonization. Money Russia would receive for this tract, the committee was told, could be used to construct a railroad from Lake Iluiknl to some seiport in the vicinity of Pekin. Such a road, he added, would aid miiteriully In the development of China. "I have always been in sympathy with Japan's ambitions in the Far Knst," the witness continued, "but she proba ble has overplayed her hand n bit in nn effort to get a grip on mainland markets, itiuounx 'IJojl 0,J J jnjpjfc-sjd Jnpnn. however, never will dare to use military force to keep other nations out of tlmt territory." Senate Jam Knils With the key 1m; knocked out of the legislative jam in Congress through passage by the Senate of the 'Fordney emergency tariff bill, tiie wnj today is opened for action In the big appropria tion measures. Facing the admittedly difficult task of reaching an agreement on the Senate amendments to the tariff measure as passed by the I1iuii, Senate and House conferees were expected to get down to work toda in un effort to complete the legislative enii'tment of the iorduey hill as Fpeedilv as possible. Probability of n presidential veto, however, loomed large in the situation, as a result or the recent declaration on the Moor h. Senator I'nderwood, mlnorit leader, that he had received positive, though not direct, assurances that the President would take that course, 110-POUND WATERMELONS They Grew In Egypt and Have Funny Names Washington, Feb. 17.- 1 11 A. P. i One -hundredund-ten -pound wnter- nilons. they hue 'em in Egpt. On sulnr reports say so and consuls never err. Hut they keep them ull ul home. There is no export business. The consul at Alexundriu noted the melons in the market there, "oil weigh ing from ten to 110 pounds and varjlng In price from thirty cents to $1.50." He also noted thut, while they were just "wiitahmellums," they hud been JUCb ....v...-..- ...- j given funny nnmes, such us ' und "nims" and "nffnwi, ' IiutllKli " and thut no'oul two melons grow to the plant ----- Prince Is Holland's Guest ,,,. ,, ..,, ,- ii,, ,i, The Hague, I cb. 1 1 . Reraise the Tl,,,,.lk fliiiiurnmpnt tnuluru Ihiir !,,. ftr. '" "" " ...... mer Herman crown prince live at Wicrlngen and at nn other place in Hollund, It will continue to bear the cost of his residence there. This stnte inent wus made by Pujs de Ileeren brouck, prime minister, In answer to a demand made In a repoit by the second chamber that Frederick William should pay for hlai own VPkecp. ADOPTED N SENATE EVENING TUBLIO LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, THUKSDAY, TOD A Y'S LIM'MCK WINNER SA YS SHE DOESN'T MIND BALD HEAQS Mhs Morris Forgives Edi tor His Misfortune iVhcn She Learns She Is to Get Check Award Made by Teachers and Students in Federal Board Courses at Temple University Give the Kiddies Theirs Don't begin your own llmpin' llra' rick contest tonight until you havn handed the second section of this paper to the kiddles. Open It to the third page from the back the page opposite the funny pictures and show 'cm JACK'S JINGLi: IIOX. Then, when they get all set and are happy, ,ou arc entitled to work out your own Inst line. Hut give the kiddies their chance ttrst. Ten Dollars a Day Today's award In the llmpin' Hm' rick contest was made by officials of the School of Commerce of Temple Uni versity nnd former sen lec men, who arc studying there under the auspices of the federal board of vocational train ing. The 5100 award io bo announced to morrow wh made by loung women cm. ployed In the e.xecutivo offices of the American Stores Co., York road and Noble street. Vt'e hntr to talk about ourself; but, Fellow Fllmllckcrs, llssen. Howdja like to bear unto a fair lady tho glad news thnt she is the winner of 100 un entailed slmoleons and have her sud denly beam all over and' express herself thusly : "Why, do ou know, the most inter esting thing about winning Is finding out whettier the Limerick Kdltor is old and has a bald head? Oh-oh, not that I mind baldness! My, no! Why, I " There you are. Not a word about buying a vacuum cleaner or a spring hat: not a single outburst about a trip to Niagara or anything. Completely we repent completely taken up with the personality of a certain party whom modesty forbids us to mention. Oh, well, it's queer how some of us can keep in the running right up to the last. Not, of course, that we'd have you understand tlmt Miss Elsie L. Morris, winner of today's $100 refused to swal low the Insult, and contented herself. Instead, with learning the truth about a certain venernblc party. No It was this way : She felt she was bound in conscience to accept the money, because of a certain young lady who first sug gested to her that she throw all dis cretion to the winds nnd become n fren zied Flimlirkcr. Here's the story: Miss Morris, to whom a very inter esting and learned jury from the School of Commerce of Temple University, of which we will speak later, awarded the prize for the best last line to Limerick .ri2, is a famous person, and rightfully so. She is head accountant, both finan cial sand cost, for F. W. Tunnel & Co., 15 North Fifth street, a large manu facturing concern dealing iu fertilizer, llmo nnd glue. N. D. We stuck around. This is a position a woman does not often succeed in winning or holding. So Miss Morris Is very busy, to put the matter mildly. Succumbs to IJmerirhitls Hut one day one of the girls who works under her cumc to her and said, "Why don't you try one of these llm'rlcks, you're always thinking of silly things to say? Miss Morris said nothing, but a couple of days later she developed a sudden wild light in her eye and called quickly for a stenog rapher. "Take this down quickly," she ex claimed, "before I forget It!" And so it went. After that there was little hope. The disease spread to R00 South Fifty-fifth street, where Miss Morris keeps house for her father, (Jeorge M. Morris, in a cozy little apartment. Let her tell the sad story herself. "I happened to develop neuritis just at this time and I couldn't sleep at night, so I used to Jie nwakc plotting and plnnuing fifth lines. Father said I was a fully developed case of limerick -itis nnd he teased me. Then one night I found him working away with a pen cil. He had It, too! The joko of it is he answered Limerick .VJ, the one you say I won the prize for." Miss Morris' attack of Hnierickitls not only resulted in her winning to dnj's prize, but her answer to yester day's limerick appejreil on the ballot. Miss Morris is goiug to use the $100 for vacation money, and that doesn't mean it's to be stored nwnv until sum mertime. This lady wizard of figures nusn t nud u vucation in three years and she is seriously considering taking one now iu .ew England. All In all yesterday was a perfect duy. The Interesting jury to which wo ul hided above was made up of aix overseas men and some girls. All of tho men who served on the jury hnd been wounded Iu the war and nre studying in the School of Commerce under the auspices of the Federal Hoard Department. Tho girls didn't have to go to war to become in teresting In other words, they were just sort of slmon-puro naturally there. Llm'rlcUers nt Temple This jury was distlu. ished in two wos. In the first place, nil the mem bers of II attend "class" in n sort of improvised lim'rick school that calls every afternoon in the gymnasium after the regular classes at I emple are din banded. So ou see, they were regular lust night when Sinn Fein synipa xperts, The foreman of the ' thlzers iittemnted to break un u lec- lim'rick experts. Jury was (ieorge .lennings. e wero very mucli interested In this Hritish war correspondent, on "What llmpin' lim'rick school. Rrother Jen I America Means to the World." nings told us that sometimes as high us I Twice was the speuker compelled to 100 lim'riekers limp together iu the ' stop while u battle of words passed he gymnasium o ufternoons. Mention Is tween men and women In the crowded mane o inese i-iupin myomere u tli- clever little college paper, the "Cull Commerce." Well, anyway, to return to the jury Dverything was In readiness when the ballot -bearer und the camera muti ar rived. The jurors and jurlstes were gathered In the gymnasium, not the least of whom was Mrs. K, MacCluren, the trained nurse, who seemed to be nn Idol among all concerned. We were nonored to have her serve on the panel. The panel retired into the private olfiee of Mr. I.nhr, who is director of the Federal Hoard vocntlonul training ut Temple und who also served on the jur , and came back with a verdict In ubout five minutes. The $100 hud been uwarded Io MISS 1CI.SIK U MORRIS H00 South Fifty-fifth street Miss Morris, bv the way, hns In structed us to thank this jury very pret tily for tho discernment shown In pick ing todny's winning line. We utmost forgot to tdl bOQictliliJg else ubout Uiu One Hundred Dollars Daily For the test Last Line Supplied bu Any Reader of the Evening Public Ledger to the Incomplete Limerick Which Appcartt Below ItVLES OF THE LIMERICK CONTEST ConlMt p optn to ny ont. All tlit rrcorea ror you to do ! to writs una sonj In your Ust linn to the Limerick. ulnc for convenient the coupon printed below. Ple write plainly, and tw ur to add yo,ur nme nd ddrss. AJI uniwem to tht Limerick which l printed below mint be received at thj o!ttc of the Etkmno ruiaic Lnro fcv n o'clock Hniurriay evnnlnar, Addrens mimic uox numner Blven on coupon TI1K WINNER OF TODA'S CONTEST WILL. 11E ANNOUNCED ONE WEEK FROM TODAV , Cut Cut and Mail EvnriNO Pttnuc IiUnoEit. TO TIIE IJMERICK CONTEST P. 0. Ilox J523, Philadelphia. LIMERICK NO. 58 A funny old fossil named Low Said, "Geology all goes to show, By the veins in the rocks, That the earth has had shocks (Writa your anawer Nana Street and Ko. . City and State. lady In question. She is a dyeil-ln-the-Wool American, horn In Salem, N. J., of Quaker stock, with her ancestry in America dating back as far ns lt54 The limerick ns Miss Morris com pleted it reads: LimerlcU No. 52 n 1 !car"r? profciHor named Hay, oiiiniinpj n innu oren my lay; I vc rained catbird from kittci And raiihirA inr tlttrn tten Rut I 'swan I do 'quail' at the pay." Miss Morris explained there was a deep-dyed meaning back of her line. "You see," she suld, "it occurred to me thnt n professor of ornithology would be very poorly paid because he had Buch 'a high-sounding title." Miss Morris' lim'rick line was No. 0 on the ballot. The other lines were : No. 1. And Vt raised "heron" bald eagles ere-. K. Flecu. Dobbins Soap to., Seventeenth nnd Federal streets. Camden. N. J. No. 2. And I've crows' feet whore crows never stray. Mrs. 1C. Ileatty. 112 Ridgway avenue. Folcroft. Pa. No. ,'I, Hut the jallhlnlltV eggs cell dom lay. L. R. Patterson, 10(1 Wallace street, Woodbury, N. J. No. 4. And my re-dblrds In orchestras Play. Florence M. Anderson, ".0111 North Seventh street. No. fi, I feed hummingbirds humbugs each day. M. Madison Lee, Rryn Mawr, Pa. ;no. 7. I'm a "lyre" and I'm "raven" IMMIGRANTS FROM TYPHUS INFECTEDAREAS DETAINED Men, Women and Children Taken From Train and Sent to Hospital New York. Feb. 17. (Ry A. P.) The rigidity of inspection of ull im migrants from the typhus infected nreus of Europe was demonstrated today, when OWl immigrants from the steam ship Finland arrived here on n specinl train from llostou. Sixty -two men. twelve "women and fifteen bos were held for delouslng at a local hospitul. Trieste, Feb. 17. (Ily A. P.) Emigration from cent nil Europe to the t'nlted States hns been suspended and the eastern frontiers of Itnly have been closed pending the cleaning up of the sanitary situution here. The most rigid regulations tiuve been put into effect with regard to the move ment of ull emigration not covered by the suspension order. Tho cases of typhus here nre under the strictest quarantine. No new cases were re ported today. Paris, Feb. 17. Dr. Rupert Blue. passed surgeon general of the United States Public Health Service, met rep resentatives of steamship companies here today to discuss methods of meet ing American restrictions on immigra tion. KNOWS HOW KNIFE FEELS Surgeon Who Operated on Himself Sees Value of Local Anesthesia Kane. Pa.. Feb 17. (My A. P.) Dr. D. O. Kane, who Tuesday operated upon himself for appendicitis, was "resting easy" Inst night, be informed friends who called to ask about his con dition. The aged surgrnn, who removed his own appendix with the use of local anesthesia, said Inst night thnt ho was several days further ndvanced toward recovery than is customary in such cases. Speaking of the operation, Dr. Kane said : "I now know exactly how the patient feels when being opernted upon under local treatment nnd that was one of the objects I hnd In mind when I deter mined to perform the operntlon myself. I now full understand just how to use the anesthesia to best advantage when removing the appendix from u person who bus heart or other trouble that prohibits the use of u complete anes thesia. I have demonstrated the fuct in my own case that a major operation enn be performed bv the use of n local anesthesia without causing pain morel severe than can be borne tiy tne pa tient." SINN FEIN THREATENS GIBBS Lecture of English War Correspon dent Thrown Into Uproar New York, Feb. 17. Scenes border ing on panic followed in Curneglii Hall I ture by Sir Philip Olbbs, tho noted i ,ltnrlnm nnd n throng ill one of the upper balcnnlea from which the trouble started. Peace was not restored until twent-fivo policemen from the West Forty-seventh street station reuched the scenu and drove upproximntely 100 per sons to tho street. All kinds of threats were hurled ut Sir Philip from the gnllerles: but hi hnd been knighted by Great Rrltuin's king for bravery In the war, and lie held the center nf the stage as calmly as If nothing wns hiippcnlng. U. S. Ignores Lithuanian Plea Washington, Feb. 17. At the Stnte Depaiimi'iit it was said thut n petition for Americun rerognltiou of Lithuania filed by William C, Mc Adoo. would uot alter the attitude of the administration that there should be n,i nnrtltlnn nt Tlnnsln Until tllO RllS- siun people hud established a permanent i e hud estnbl shed a permanent nf nn1 .li-oMed thn nuestlon for nt nnd iiecmeu tno quesuou iur i. governme tUuu.cn I Anaivftt-M i mt it nrrifA nf the Rt Kl.io PctiLio Leduib will alio b ad mlttlbla, 8. Tha winner erf the OND HUNDnKD OOLLAH prlia for th bent lat Una to each Limerick will bo announced ona week atler th Limerick Is printed. 4. In case nt Ilea. ttOO will bo awaidtd to ench auccMiful contestant. 5. Tho decision of the Judxei In each Limerick conleet will be nnai. on Mill line.) you'll say. Victor G. Hippie. Dreer's, RIverton.'N. J. No, 8. Rut no "crow" have I raised from "croquet." W. II. Ware, 2140 North Thirty-first street. No. 0. Now II v catchers for bald heads should pay. Mrs. J. II. Mathers, Ql'i iiusn street, llrldgcport, 1'n. No. 10. "Rail" backwards, mokes "liar' wo say. Joseph Lcichncr, Ninth Xntinnal Hank, Front and Norrls streets. The members of the jury who selected the winning bnllot were: J. R. Iihr, 1C.2S North Fifteenth street, director, Federal Hoard Voca tional Training George F. Jennings, 5-144 Catherine street, student. V. O. McCarthy, fi442 Catherlno street, student. Kelson It. Mallcn, :w; Knst Union street, Utirllngton. N. J., student. George W. Harrison, 13J2 Fast Sedgley avenue, student. Mrs. E. MncClnrcn, Temple Univer sity nurse for the Federal Hoard Voca tional Training. Mrs. Marlon II. Goldberg, I'JOfl West Allegheny avenue, sccrctnry. Miss Theresa Schwartz, 242S North Front street, stenographer. Miss Edith N. Crovollng, 10.12 West Clearfield street, secretary. Miss Myrtle I). Gerhart, 2420 North Oriauna street, telephone operator. Miss Morris' line received, nine votes. Line No. 4 by Miss Anderson polled one and line No. 7, by Mr. Hippie, one. DOUBTS "FEVER SHIP" IS BRINGING DISEASE Dr. Robinson Promises Close Inspec tion of Passengers Medical authorities at the government health station nt Marcus Hook do not expect to find typhus aboard a bteam shlp from Naples, due nt this port to day or tomorrow. "Wfc will, of course, make a very careful cxun.inution of all passengers," suld Dr. Holcomb Robinson, in charge of the quarantine station, "but we have no reason to believe tphus will be found. Reports thut the disease is prev alent in Italy are untrue." Dr. Robinson explained that the cases of typhus which had been discov r?d on two ships entering New York nun come from Uzecho-hlovaKin. ine ships had sailed from Trieste, where the ruvoges of the disease have becu repotted as excessive. Dr. It. H. Creel, assistant surgeon ueneral at Washington, visited the Marcus Hook station yesterday to con fer with Dr. Robinson ns to facilities for examination of passengers and uc tlon to be tuken should tho malady be discovered. The steamship is tho Fcrdlnnndo Palasciano, currying 1500 passengers, mostly Itulians, Tiw vessel wus orlgi rally Mh'ilulcd for New York, hut due to the crowded condition of the linmi grutiou station ut Ellis Island, it was diverted to this city. BUREAU FOR CONVENTION Research Body Calls Constitution Revision Essential The calling of a stnte constitutional convention wus urged todny by the I tit -reau of Miinicipul Research "to remove the otherwise unsurmnuntnble ob stacles to Pennsylvuniu's und Philudel phin's progress." A bill introduced In the Legisluturo providing for a constitutional conven tion, ihe bureau stated, "removes u point of uncertainty nnd makes us fuce a problem " fJrcntcr home rule could he granted this city through u revision of the con stitution, the bureau continued. It would open the way to un abolition of the iiuigistrutp system . nnd could rip nwii the difficulties urlsing from the luminal of u city und n county govern ment functioning within the sumc boundaries in Philadelphia. FREE RENT FOR FIRST BABY - ' Apartment Owner Offers Month Without Pay as Prize Pittsburgh, Feb. 17. The first baby born iu the Cappulpu Apartments will bring Io its parents u month's free rent, according to announcement toduy b .1. I,. McCaskey, owner of the apart iiienis, u lecturer nnd u supporter of the Roosevelt unti-rnrc suicide view. In additioii to this, Mr. -McCnskey ms n plan for keeping his apartments in good condition. lie rewards his tenants. One tenant today received u check for .f.'IO. the re ward for keeping down the owner's re pair hill during the last year. Mr. McCnskey says lie cannot reconcile him self tn the attitude of landlords who refuse to rent to persons with children. He wiih formerly superintendent of schools in Wu.Micsboro, Pn., and bays his great uffectlou for little ones wus horn of his ussociution with them there TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES llnrrv Wenlu. ,'IM llincnerry M. and Kail wiuunerK 11. iercy si Lenox N I.ec, t'nmilen, N J M Melville nilS.I Arlir at William E. I'lnley. 0711 N. Siti t., nnil Laura I Ilalir, 70S W. (llrunl e. ' ""urn Kilwlrf N Olimn. Artlmore la and Klizu. belli Jl Kllimtrlrk 1.11 N Kurcon It llolwrt Muellrlile. 41120 Drown St . and Ia- liella lf(terli.. lino OlUe m I'rny II i'ii,bb, 1'lilla Nuvy Yard and Adelln M Harbor mm H llili hi. aentui. OhIIukIiit Jr . ..'Ill (Ireeiiwl.-h at nnd I-iura L Ileian. S3'.'S ,H American at 1'roilerlik Nleholla 4715 llaverrnrd ae , and Nancy M Jluulman lpos Mailer at fiamun Jaffe 2117 I)oula et., and oe Hernofr Slot N IKiti t Charles ClrBl. 1108 D Lnncey nt., and Kva Karafon. 211.1 H llh it. ' ' Christina J. iVaxnar. 801 N 11th. l and 'pewiit nradijv ins Poplar. t.. and Ku ,y Thompson, 122.1 N Warnock rt ' j , ,,l(l(1 ., p ftj(, , ' 0 A Iujoj, T70 S. i'lUi at. i.izxic iiririr. .-in r. aiaacner at, FftBBTJAEtf IT, 'ml DEMOCRATS MEET TO PLAN FOR 1922 White Forestalls M'Adoo Faction by Calling Executive, Not Full National Committoo BRYAN OUTLINES POLICIES Ry tlie Associated Press Washington, Feb. 17. Reorganiza tion of Democratic party machinery preparatory to the congressional cam paign of 1022 and the presidential cam paign of 1024 was the topic set for dis cussion at the meetlnjc herp todny of Chairman George White, of the Dem ocratic National Committee, nnd mem bers of the executive committee of six teen which he recently, appointed. AVhcther the reorganization should be effected by the executive committee or he placed before n meeting ot the full, membership ot the national committee was an Issue to be decided. Chairman White, in calling today, meeting, indicated that in hi opinion tin.- reorganization should be brought about through nctlon of the executive committee. Thomas R. Love. Demo cratic national committeeman for Texas, however, recently announced that he had obtained the signatures of fifty nine of the 105 members of the na tional committee to a petition asking thut Chairman White coll a meeting of the full committee for Mnrch 1 at St. Louis or some other central city to con sider reorganization. Mr. Love and Robert Vv Woolcy, former Interstate commerce commis sioner und drafter of the petition, had been invited to present their views nt today's meeting, und Inasmuch as sev eral members of the executive commit tee were understood to fnvor Mr. Love's proposal a warm discussion of the ques tion was in prospect. The Democratic congressional com mittee, meeting last night, adopted' a resolution declnrlng that In the opinion of thnt body there wus i necessity for a meeting of the entire national com mittee. The congressional committee also went on record as favoring the re tention of Mr. White oh nntional chair man. Mr. Love and his associates have been accused, but have themselves de nied the charge, of atcmpctlng to depose Mr. White. Chairman White had announced thnt he would submit nt -today's meeting u comprehensive program relating to the future activities of the party. Details of the program had not been disclosed when the executive committee went into session. Lincoln, Neb. Feb. 17. William Jennings Rryun. through his brother, Charles Rryan. Issued a statement here Inst night outlining his suggestions for n nntional legislative program for the proposed reorganization of the Demo cratic party. The program, the statement snys, !s intended to brine about a world peace, curb the profiteer, prevent ex travagance und waste in the adminis tration of governmental affnirs nnd to restore "people's rule." In his atntement accompanying tne proposed plutform the former secre tary of state says "the party cannot run with wntcr that had passed over the dam. "Neither can It be mane n tail to anybody's candidacy," the statement continues. Referring to the Nntlonnl Committee meeting planned shortly, it suys : "If the members hnTC no higher pur pose than to ulve some presidential candidate the inside track It would better not get together." Tho party "must take the people's side of cvr.v questlou, " It says, and it must "puree the organization of the representatives of special interests so that the people will believe in the party's sincerity." Mr. Rrynn's propn-"' program con tains twenty-two planks on national subjects, including u referendum on war. disarmament by agreement with lending nations, national primary law, limitation of the presidential term to six years with no re-election, and leg islation opposed to profiteering, gam bling in foodstuffs and military train ing. SUSPICIOUS FIRE IN READING Little Damage Done In Supposed In cendiary Blaze Reading, Pa., Feb. 17. Fire of sus piclouH origin was discovered late last night in the unoccupied Kekcrt man sion in Wrst Rending, near the scene of the recent People's Trust Co. hold up. Reading fiiemcn arrived in time to nip tho bluze before it got beyond control. There is every evidence thnt the place was sot on fire, nnd state po lice are following several clues. Fire Chief NieHiammcr was badly burned by chemicals in directing the extinguishing of the blnze. Two more were added to the list of false firo alarms sounded In this city rcc-'utlv. Fire officials believe betting pools are responsible. Strips of numbers are sold nnd the person holding the number of the box lirst struck receives a cash prize. It Is suid men send iu the fulsc ulurins so that they muy win tho pool. ITALY TO EXPEL SIXTUS Brother of Former Austrian Em press Wrote Offensive Book Rome, Feb. 17. Prince Slxtus. of Hoiirhoii mid Purmu, brother of the JXirfrZT..0rfbAl"'nrlai "boT i... i.i.i ... . .-. . ' cuuucu Aiisiriu s uner ot u Separate Pence." It wus semlnflicluly announced hero toduy. The book is declared to be oirensive to Italians, A Rome dispatch of February 10 said thut Deputy llexione hud interpellated the government in the chumher of depu ties regarding the presence of Prince Sixtus iu Home. The deputy nsserted that during the war Prince Sixtus had endeavored to strike nn Irreparable blow ngnlnst Italy by attempting to in dure France ami (Jrcat Ilritnin to con clude 11 separate peuce with Austria nt the expense of Italy, njSATHrt IKJNOHUK - Keb I n. 1121 1-r,l!f irtf v SAHA1I, daughter of Janiea K. ami Kathnn W Doniihue (ne HlldMirand) lt"atlv, and frlmda, also nuplla of Holy 'utne W. rortilal Hermnl. are ln Iti-il to attend fn. neral Halurday s .10 n, m. from realdtnee of iwrri'ts. aSJl U. Iinupliln st. Hlvh ra qulam irraas Church of Holy Nam lo a. ni lntarment Saw Cathedral Ometorv, WINTZWl At Want Ornvi.. Ta Kali 17 1021 WAl.TKn . IircillNOEn. son' of N lon and Mahal II Winner, aged 21 niunlhs Funeral from real, enre of his parents, Hat urduy. Kebruray 111, 1pm BTE1N Kel. Ill . KIHTH ANNA. wlfa nf James I. Hteln Ilua notice of the fu neral will be alen from raaldance, :I02 Tenih ae.. If addon Helghta, N J , ai.nABllN (In l-'cb. H JOHN T, hus hand of the lata Mary i: tlleaeon, Itela Uvea Hud friends and all snrletlaa of which h was n membar Invited lo funeral, on Thursday, t S 110 a m., lata residence 410ft Lancaster me Solemn renuleni maaa at Mother of Horrows Church II) a. m, Intor mant lln'y Cro. Cemetery HITC'ATIOSh U'XNTKIt rmiAI.M TYIUHT. understands torrent prcparation'of copy for the printer short stories, novels hltli-class wok orlies r'cht. A nn2 , off WOM NII niHIIII VANTKl I KLUKKLV lady desires -j unfurnished rooms plain cooklrv; vicinity 40th and Chestnut A VI' iJcr VHiW. Student Activities at University Today. 10 'M a m. Meeting of 'Mo sophic Society, College HalL 10 .'30 a. m. Meeting of fresh-, man -sophomore debate committee, College Unlh 10:30 n. m. Meeting of Press Club, Houston Club. . 5 p. m. Meeting of Ivy Week committee, Houston Club. fi'p: m. Senior' barbecue commit tee meeting, Houston Club. BRIDE OF FIVE HOURS FLEES WITH FATHER IN MOTORCAR i Dental 8tudent Deserted by Wife on Wedding Night Oscar Schcnderoff, n student of den tistry nt.Templo University, had been married "five hours when his .bride, daughter of n wealthy retired real estate operator, disappeared, he told the police today in asking their assistance. The brlde'a father, he said," is linked with her hasty .departure. Schendcrofi, who is twenty-five years old, was married February 0 to Miss Myrtle Stcwnrt, twenty-two years old, who has lived at various times in Phila delphia, New York, Washington nud Denver. In a" of - cities her father 'h snld to hnvc Interests. Hchenderorf's romnnce begnn several months ago when he met Mls Stewart through his brother-in-law, Dr. I. Or 'er. of 2017 South Rroad street. The Stewarts-lived at the Hcllcvue-Stratford on most of their visits to Philadelphia, but had leased a part of Dr. Orsicr's home, it Is said. The student had planned to continue his studies at Temple University, it is said, and had taken a small apartment. Most of the furniture was supplied by Miss Stewart. It had belonged to her mother. ,. uimrnri I no d to hnvc larcc holdings ,.t renl estate In several cities. Ills daughter is said to have been his con stant companion on many travels since Mrs. Stewart died four years ngxi. Schcnderoff come to this country from Russian five years ngo. After his bride s dlsuppcnrancc he left the home of his sister nnd took up his residence in 11-1 South Rroad street. RUSSIAN CITIES DYING Petrograd's Population Declines Three-fourths, Moscow's One-half Washington, Feb. 17. The popula tion of Pctrograd nnd Moscow has de creased until PctrogTad has only slightly more than one-fourth the pre revolution population and Moscow one half, according to Russian dispatches reaching the State Department. The population of Petrogrnd Is now 1 00,000, or 71 per cent less than In 1017, and in Moscow the population has dropped to 1 ,00,1,000, BO per cent less than In 1017. Tho death rate, the dispatches said, in Moscow had Increased from eight ,, Oiniisitnd In 101R to tWCnt.V-tWO per thousand lastyear, while in Petrogra it was two and a half times as great as in Moscow. , The birth rate has also fallen In both cities, despite Increased mnrrlnges. The reports said that obout three-fourths of the workers in Russia now are women, aged men and children. G. O. P. House Caucus Feb. 28 Washington, Feb. 17. Decision to call a caucus of the Republican mem bership of thp next House for February 28 was reached nt n conference last night of Republican representatives. All of the approximately eighty Re publicans who will tako their seats nt the coming specinl session will be et pected to come to Washington for the caucus, nt which n speaker and floor lender will be selected. The prediction was general that Speaker Otllctt and Representative Mondell, the Republican lender, would be renamed. J.E.Caldwell Co. The Diamond Pendant Watch with ribbon sautoir for evening functions CHESTNUT AND JUNIPER STREETS SIHNWff M STYLE The name is a guaranty of its musical quality; its mechanical perfection; its appropriate cas ing; its beautiful finish hut many who fully realize the value of Steinway character are not adequately informed as to these two essentials to satisfactory piano purchase: (1) Style JLfc & real grand, of such length (5 ft. "T in.) as to yield real grand piano tone, and while it is much longer than the usual "small grand", (2) it is sold at a very moderate price. In Mahogany Case, $1375 From the six sizes of Steinway grands, an instrument may be selected for any size room and for any desired use. Where coloring of the case is desired to blend with decorative effects, we do this work without extra charge. SneCial WO u A r t Steinway . . Uprights (reproducing piano) at $2000 instead of $2500. One Steinway Pianola Grand, motor or foot pumping, $2150. N. Stetson. & Co. SOLE PHILADELPHIA REPRESENTATIVES OF STEINWAY AND 50NS 1111 Chestmit Street I BEi HITS COUNCIL SKIP-Slf LAXITY Public Servlco Commissioner Criticizes Failure to Mako Ap- proprlation for Exports P. R. T. WILL CO-OPERATE James 8. Renn, public service com missioner, today criticized city Council for failure to act on nn ordlnanco nn. proprlntlng $20,000 to employ experts to co -operate, with those of the P n T., fn' the matter of consideration of SKip-FlOpS. This renewal of Kkip-stop ngltntlon enmo at a hearing of the Public Service ......m..u h ,. time wiirn n com- plaint concerning n skip-stop nt Thlr-ty-flrst street and Montgomery avenue was under consldernmn. Some time ngo the Mayor sent an ordinance to Council asking for nn an proprlation to employ the englneorinc experts, following n resolution offered ,y .nf .VinY,bur!"'r' rniH ordinance is still with tho finance committee. The officials nf the P. R. T. have sent il communication to the commission stating it Is ready to proceed with a conference of company experts with the expert engineers of tho city, but no con. fcrencc ban resulted because the city's engineers have not been employed .i.DV,r,lV5 'li? ,,cnr,ln8 !ay counsel for the P. R. T. made a motion that "all requests for nbolltion of skip stons h referred to the engineering experts o! tho city." Mr. Renn overruled the motion, an-1 Inter Issued this statement: n connection with complaints reaching the commission und relating to sklp.stops. It might bo opportune to say thut the Philadelphia RapidTransit Co. hns received a lrgo number of com. plaints, most of -them informal, as against existing skip-stops. Situation Prcsenls Problem "And the situation in connection thercwtlh presents a problem of msgnl tudo and Importance to both the public and the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. "Several months ngo, tho commis sion, taking cognizance of n demand voiced by City Council, mnde provision for an engineers' conference in which sklp-stons and other questions of serv 'ce Involved in the operation of the P. R. T. system, could bb considered niter thorough investigation of every feature if the questions raised. "The P. R. T. has Informed the Commission it Is ready to proceed with such ft conference; but as yet the city has not answered?' t Following General Rulo "In this matter the commission has followed Its Invariable practice of ad ministering affairs and of not encrotch lng upon any of the domains of home rule, nnd, of course, would not or ganize and direct an engineering confer encc of a nature stich ns described until the city Indicated willingness to pro. ceed. "The complaints before us have been filed in accordance with the law, and must be proceeded with as the lnw pre scribes. Rut. it Is to be regretted that the whole subject of skip-stops ennnot bo dealt with at one time by an en gineering conference, instead of piece. meal, ns Is at present necessary. Founders' Day at Urslnus Founders' Day will be celebrated this afternoon at Urslnus College, College vllle. The address of the day will he given by Dr. Cheesman A. Derrick, president of Girard College, und an other by Cnlvln O. Althouse, of Phila delphln public schools. I GRAND PIANO V '&... -I H v ?. r -i --. ; yju... m . ,'t ' jfe Aa m:.'. tl
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