jt" "-' -i 'wtyw' - vn r p . . ""V "4 f i !?, ii; Maito? Th&s $100.00 for YOU and $10.00 for THE KIDDIE Today-Pages 2 and 26 THE WEATHER Fair loclny with lowest temperature abo.it 25 ilrRircs; increasing cloudiness Saturday, becoming unsettled by night. TMU linATI'HK AT KAt'll IIIH'H TT ii ifo ii 112 i i i 2 ;t iTjin , islSi wriariaa'l.Tt inn i ; uentttQ public Striker NIGHT EXTRA VOL. VII. N(J. 135 Entered as Second-Class Mutter m ih J'ostoiTle, at Philadelphia, Ia. unuor we Act of Mireli a PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1921 Publlihed Dallv Hxcuit SjniSay, S-'uhscrlptton rv,. e JO a Year by Mall. Copy.Mtht. 1P21. by Tubllo f,cdger i-ompanr lOIV PRICE TWO CENTS ftt- K SMUT FOR OWN LIFE: : BLAMES JIES: I Drawn and White, Ho Takes Stand to Tell His Story of Paul's Murder SAW BUT TOOK NO PART IN SLAYING IS DEFENSE Wolvorton Puts Defendant on Merciless Rack and Brings Him Near to Collapse "MARY" APPEARS AGAIN Prisoner's Sweetheart Coe3 to Camden Courthouse, but Probably Will Not Testify Facts in Schick's Trial for Murder of David Paul The defendant K n y m o n d V. Schuck, member of well-known Camden family, former mnnagcr of a Camden telephone office. The victim Dnvid S. Paul, rocs seniter of Broadway Trust Co., Cam den, who disappeared October i when carrying S-10,000 in cash and O,00O In checks. The rharco First-degree murder. Schuck is accused ns nccomplleo in the killing of Paul. Frank J. .Tamca has already been convicted. The lodges Supreme Court Jus tice Kntnenbach, of Trenton, and .Twine Kates, wlio opened the trial Monday. Opposing counsel Prosecutor Wolvcrton, and .1. Jlusscll Carrow. Itaymond V. Schuck, drawn nnd white, v.ilh head sunk on bi.s chest, talked fdonly to the witness stand in Camden at 10:84 o'clock this morning ir.J began his last battle for bis life. Scititk, charged with the murder and robbery of David S. Taiil, Camden bank messenger, was put on the stand so that le night tell his own story of the mur der for which Frank .T. JamcR already rtjnds convicted. J. Russell farrow, his attorney. In hlj opening address to the jury, prom iied to prove by Schuck's own testimony and corroborative evidence that, while the defendant had been in James' auto mobile tr.c dsy Paul wus killed, and had been present at the disposal of the body, he had ncted under fenr and duress, nnd was not guilty of the actual crime. Schuck, having been sworn, denied entirely the story of the murdtr ot Paul and the motives behind it ns told by James on the witness stand yester day. Sehurk asserted that be neer knew! Paul until he was introduied to him by t... ... , . , , , , .. James between 1 and 2 o clock in the i aucrnoon ot uutoher 0. the day of the , murder. I Denies Plot With James He declared that he bad no arrange T.nt to meet James thnt day, and had 'on into him by accident ns he left his Ece to eat lunch. He also tnld that when Paul went into the First National Hank to daliver Mae "heckn, he left the brown paper Package, ccntaining $10,000, lying in 'he automobile, where they easily ould bate mnde away with it had they wished The mosi dramatic moment of Schuck's testimony came when he was aed- "When you drove the car down t the ferry back of the sheds, bad you ot reason for doing soV" He answered: "No, sir," when tho Jide door of the coutt room opened und James was led in by two jailers. Schuck seemed to sense tho presence of his forinor "pal," the man whose tWimony yesterday may be iraponilble for sending him to the chair. Schuck i opped still, nnd turned to look over W shoulder, though James had made iwree a sound coming in. The two B eyes did not meet. James then ool hit place where he had sat Yes terday Seluuk Squirms on niuli ii.'i0.VCUul1r Wolverton racked and "men schimv ... i . until .i. """ " .roBs-riuminniion ami h.he d,!f,!Pltt't,K face was white nlae.1 I . ""'Hing wa I? ?. f.ront of hlm- "ir. Molrerton Is no ... :;?."- "'" " 'uon .urn oi nim. verton is noted for his skill CUnnrt n I'nae Twraii-one. Column On fomca Tells His Mother , S,,''cc'h Tales Are Lies I rank ,r .i,..... i I.. .. lm,i . , """- unn ins moiiier "II, . J , mlnuteii togethei hftei hnch ",cU's ,rial nuJuurned for , ' M poor boy," the mother said. Y to bear up." 'moon- 'uu nguin tlllsft- "uu'f it1"1' l,c "s Wns led WKMAawaw f'i&S -(&' . , J-l'-, 1-. . J .?- ' tS "- ft K.YYMONI) W. SCIK'CK Who wiw put on the witness stand twlay at liLs trial for Uio Murder of Iald K. Paul WALL STREET EXPLOSION CALLED DASTARDLY CRIME Grand Jury Finds Outrage Was In tentionally Committed New York, Feb. 18. (Ky A P.l The Wall street explosion last Sep tember, which took a toll of thirtj -nine lives and injured nearly 200, was "a dastardly crime intentionally com mitted," in the opinion of the grand jury which investigated the disaster. Dismissing the theory of nn acci dent in u presentment filed upon its discharge today by Judge Mulqucen, of General Sessions, the jury expressed conviction that nn "infernnl machine was brought to Wall street in n wagon und there abandoned." ASK MILITARY "VACATION" Wrlghtstown Friends Favor Cur tailment of Army and Navy Program Washington, Feb. IS. Representa tive Watson, of the Eighth Pennsylva nia dlctrlrt, Iibh rieeJvcd u petition from the 'Wrlghtstown Monthly Meeting of Friends fnvoring cuitnilment of the army and navy programs and inaugura tion of the five years' vacation plan. "We feel that this would be an ex ceedingly wito way of lowering our taxes," the clerk, Alvnn II. Tomllnson. wrote. ."We believe it would be wise statesmanship, us It would help to ic move one of the causes of jealousies be tween nations." PROBE SINKING OF L-1 Investigating Board Meets at Phila- defphla Navy Yard A board of , Investigation into the Milking of the submarine I'-I off I.ewcs, Del., two weeks ugo, met nt the navy yard today. It was convened by ordcis of the Nuvy Depnitment. I lieutenant uoueit 1'. l.ul.ers, om mandlng officer of the underea raft, I his executive officer. Lieutenant P. S Cochrane, nnd others of the ciew testi fied, all rorrobornting each other's ac count of the ramming. Iieutenant Cochrane, who was on the bridge nt the time of the accident, said he suw the pilot boat slowly approach ing fiom the poit side nnd turned to the right to avoid n dlicrt ramming. The board wns piesided over bj Cap tain William II. Ite. nobis. Lieutenant Commander Holbrook (Jibson acted us judge advocate. ITALIAN SHIP HERE . . . I Ferdlnando Palasclano Given Clean B of Health by Doctor The Italian Ftenmshin Ferdinando Palasclano, from Naples and Genoa. gnen a clean dim of nenitn by the nu tllorities, sailed up the rher today and docked at Pier 10, North Wharves, ut noon. The ship was diverted from the port of Ne"w York because of the typhus scare, anchored oft Mr.rcns Hook at 0:30 o'clock this morning and wus de tained for a thorough examination by the officials to eliminate any possible suspicion the vessel carried a tjphus victim, or any nasseneer with svmntoms t ! . in I ,(joflma,u " of typhus ! his general i nndltlnn. This report was There were more than 1C00 passen- omnhatleally denied today by Mr. Ken cerR and among the number was Sergeant I Jitmln. Mieael Fiascnttl, head of the bombing I "There is absolutely nothing wrong squad of the New York Police Depart- I with his throat.'' he said, ment, and hiicces.-or in that department Caruso's fever was somewhat rc to Lieutenant Petroclno, tho Italian I eluccel, his respiration decidedly better, detective who was murdered. nnd lie was able to take some liquid Sergeant Flnscatti wus sent to Italy nourishment several times during the to bring bark Atony Pnppucio, who I night. This served to brighten him nnd the polieo charge killed two girls in New j induced intermittent periods of slumber. York, nnd then fled to It.ily. The girls Fnofficlnl announcements nnd those were Miss Josephine Gcntllli nnd Miss 'tlmt came from friends who visited the Margaret Mantella, both of 78 MutH apartment wrie more optimistic thnn btreet. the cautious bulletins made public by Fiascntti located and captured his the iiiedica! men. man iu Itulj. Kut, despite tho fact that1 Despite these reports that seemed to lie vvent oversens equipped with highest I prteiid the singer's iccovery, it was credentials, even from President Wil- i admittiel that ho still was gravel v ill son. the Italian officials refused to per- ,m,l not vet out of the crisis, lie U nut removal oi rnppario in mis coun try. Thoy insisted he be tried in Italv, Hnd Pappaclo is now a prisoner in thnt country awaiting trial. ORDER ALIENS TOHOSPITAL Officials at New York Detain Vermin-Infested Immigrants New York. Feb. IS. -(Kv A PI- Eleven vermin-infested immigrants and n man suffering from a disease other than typhus, who arrived hero today after having been admitted to this I eountrv nt iioston, were nruensi io u hospital by city health authorities Hoston. Feb. lfi (Ky A P ) A proposal that state and municipal health proposal tnnt state nnu inuniripai nenu .x.lVnrltles of the N'orth Atllllltic Sea board confer with fcdetul hcnlth officials to settle em a uniform polie'y for dealing with Immigrants with special isfcriiece to the typhus situation was wireu 10 Miirgeon vicni;riii jios" n. i. Wnyhlniftnn loila.V liv mine riliilli" Health Commissioner Kugene It Kelley '""WnTi M. ?L . "'"B V, W TntnW, u n, ' e-.i-'nlnn. "th coast from MaVsmhu- ! .,.-- "-"" -. , ... . .. . setts tu Virginia nnu 01 wic porm in Ihoso stutes be Invited to the meeting. Tries. Feb. IS. (Ky A. P.)-The outbreak of typhus here appears to have been eo.unletoly arrested, and those Isolated with the disease are recoverhjci No new cases were registered yesterday. Ed" Vare, Remounted, Takes Combine Into Camp Issues -Orders From Capitol Hill as He and Former Enemies in Alliance "Kiss and Make Up" Planning Fall Election Scoop ' Ky GKORT.K NOX McCAIN llitrrisbui'c 1'cb. IS. The mont Jelling for icforni nnd.tbe nrcitci striking feature of the new political NtioutliiR for Vnre In the blttrrncHs of deal In Philadelphia, the Vnre-Cun- """ir wrath have kissed and made up nliiRlinm-Ilrown junta, is that Senator inn' ore parading with their arms around I'dwin II. Vnrc has perkonally m- wh others' neclss, why sbouldn t Sen smncd the leadership nnd Is directing! "tor A arc lead V . the woik of his new combination in , , r,e Hepublican Alliance has com Ilarrlaburg. , bined with the Vare people to curse One year ago Senator Vnrc was out Yar Moore. As the arcitf were in the cold. Metaphorically he was in the original turhcrs. It is the senator the middle of the road with saddle nnd 1 Privilege .to lead bj right of hcnloiify. bridle In his hands nml no mount In ' another .sense the situation is cony wght. Today he is up nnd astride, lead-1 Ing the van of his new combination. He ' is directing (ta rtiirirtMj nnt Itlnnnlnir battles for the coming fnll, when the county ticket is to be elected; nlwnys, to be sure, with the aid of Messrs. ninningiiam nnd Krown Shrewd noHtlrnl nWrve.o I.nvn Kon.e.l the situation for some time. The proof came last week when Senator Vare gave V1S10IC eviflenro nf Ma rnturn ti linwnr. It demonstrated thnt- thi nfho two n the combine had cither delegated to him the power of directing their Interest or ne nnu soizeu the reins uninvited. Last Saturday the Philadelphia mem bers of the House appropriations com mttcc were surprised to rccelvo a per sonal messasrc from Senator Vnre. not! iying mem to be present without fnll at a meeting of the nnnronrlntlons com mlttce on Monday evening nt 8 o'clock, when the deficiency impropriation bill was to bo considered. Tlioie Who Got the Messaso The Philadelphia members of the torn- mittee arc Messrs, Campbell. I.affcrty. uaiui. uonner. urinicnousx. ii sin- mor Dunn. Heffernan. Pcrrr and Smith. They rcprci.entcd the Vnrc men, Ima n.n man llrv. publican Alliance and Independent in .-, - r. ....... ...v .... ,...., ... terests As Itemihliem. AlHanee men nml Vnr. followers, who only a short time ago were hurling curtes ut ench other from the street corners the Alliance men nivnro u ,,i oi,. .!... ' IMPROVED TODAY' Physicians Deny Rumors of Op eration and Voice Is Said' to Be Unimpaired HAS CHAT WITH HIS WIFE Ky the Associated Preiss New York, Feb. IS. Enrico Civuso passed u good night nnd his condition 's distinctly improved today, said an otliei.il bulletin issued from Ids bedside ut noon. Tlie bulletin, signed by the five physicians who have been attend ing the tenor since he wns stricken with a heart attack following plcur'sy, continued: uumors oi operations i none or to do none are unseu on raise information." All reports fron. tho sickbed of the famous tenor weie reassuring. Inquirers were told thnt Caruso was ninth stronger nnd that lie appeared to ho, letter than at any time since he suf ferer tbe relapse. His physlclnns said, however, that he has lost fort or fifty , pounds in weight. In a rather lengthy cnat witu .urn. l irilsii Rliorny neiiirn noon, me iriio. nr-ked llrr to relate many circumstances of the Inst two ilnvs on which his mem ory appealed somewhat liu.v. He wanted her to tell him frankly what the phRlcinns thought of bis condition, und he smiled a she nurcd him they were no longer nlnrmed. Homejn llenjumin, Mrs. ( aruso s brother, told newspapermen that "It is ipite apparent thnt Mr. Caruso is won detfully improeil." Voice Not Affected Uumors Inn! been eurient that a throat i.perialist had been consultln, with the otner pnysieinns, ior tear mat tho sinzer's voice had been affected by favored, physicians snid. by his in domitable spirit, which hns brought him safely through the heart attack and the i elapses that have followed. , Comforted by Messages Kruno .irato, cavuso'H neeietai-y , left the sick room this morning for the (list time since Tuesday night. Zirato Is greatly attached to Caruso. He, too, seemed more hopeful und said he was comforted bv messages from everywhere announcing tlmt prayers were being snid for the recovery or tlie golden voice. CARUSO DISTINCTLY Caruso had his first shave today sjnrc ecteto the linunce committee, he said : his relapse. Vito Ciironiin, of the Inw. .IF I' w,lH gratified at the manly posi ted barber shop. In thirty minutes re:.?n ,aJvt'" !'? .'" ''' erJHo. .Mr. Koper. moved tho stubble on the tenor's fnce? when he said lie would not be intimated The barber, who has shaved Caiuso In his action iu Council by any such manv times, remarked as he lelt the reprisals. Ills support of the project upnr'tnient that tho singer's futo was vvas courngeous Ae have heard u gteut thinner, but not as thin us hn cv. j ;!' l1,,ut " Kentlenmn s ugreement,' 'A,.,! I but r.ucli ucllon us thnt, in sending the -1 told him.' said Carolina, "that i town ,1'nU Vrojevl back Io tho flnnneo all Italv and all Italians in this conn fcominlttee because some of us oppose ... nre tinning tor Htm. Tears came1""- """i"" -" , 17 "i mj .. ii,i (.,!,, Iila ois. ITo wnm...! in b t j ,,(l not , , ,, , i,i . who " "' w. l-o told hlm it was best to keep quiet." ' . Carolina, who explained twice that , V...;;.n l,o ..Xnliilnl eI,a time 1 ", ',". , ........ 1.. ..'... '", ' u,ltttiifp in ivrriiL it'iiur is u irrpni nnu i JFSlim1&JlSS wus gross exaggeration. Acoerdlng to Cnronna, Caruso pays but $0. TVJien vou Ihlnle of writ ns mini: of WUlTRiO, .Iclv, of explanation : . Alr.- unnrngh hnin has been coming to IlnrrNburg for a day or two ench week. It Is all timt rould hn cxncctcd of hllo. Judge Krown has his court duties and his ward polities in the city to demand his uttentfon. SeSiator Vare is here on "? Kr0yn'.'- . " H '" position JO nccp 1V"1f','l",ot,on tbM mny nilwl ''' V." ' b "" ln , ,K.f. ,., I.. ' '- V'".1. "'", . that he should lead? Prnroso Hands Off Thus Far Senator Penrose lias taken no active interest in affairs at Harrisburg thus far. It Is generally nceepted that he N not particularly interested in any legis lation that will come' before the present session. If there should, by any chance, be any measure that he desirca passed It would bo nntural for him to look to tho House members ot the tormer Itenubllcnn Alli ance to give blm their support. With Senator Vnrc in charge of op- !7n,tlo"a ,l "nrr'H,"r8it .W?i,ldi3,ti!!,! "TH.M S.il'hSn'nKS1 21 : --...-...... t .. - sue orders to the friends ot ocnutor Penrose in tho name of .Senator Pen rose, whom he so vindictively opposed in the pabl . lT: ,unningnam mignt step into tie breach in such an emergency. but he would, ns a good 'combiner, have as Continued on race Tnn. Column Tout TOR-TAT' WAR Buchholz Intimates Fight on Cermantown'Town Hall Bill 13 Aimed at Roper IS VETO AFTERMATH! How Council Voted on the Court Measure Foes Againsl Mayor's veto Council -men Iluehlmlz, Co. Frank en field, Onffney, Hall. Het.ell, I.lnieburncr, McCoach. McKlnloy, Montgomery, Poniiner. Walker, Wcglein US. I'YIends For MaTor's veto Councilmen 'Council. Devlin, c'inns. Pulton, Itoper, Von Tngen (! Absent Councilmen Kurih and Horn. Councilman Kuihliolr, whose vote yes. terday passed the Municipal Court "spendthrift bill" over the Mayor's veto, lrtuully ailiuitted today that sub sequent lire on the .$-l,"0,IIOO appropria tion for the (lermutitown Town Hall was it measure oi revenge The town hall bill, sponsored bv the I ndministrutlon, wns sent back to the' unanco committee. lnis action was considered retnliutlon ugainst ( ouncil- considered reiniiuiinn ugainsi c ouncil- man Roper, of Gcriuantovvn, who voted for the Mnyor's eto. "It wns u ense of tit for-tat." nil- inicii'ii c ounciiiimn jHiriiiiiii. When asked 'f he would support the latter ordinance. Mr Kuchhoh. snid it would depend upon how the "adminis tration behaves, ' "If some one. pushes vou, they viin not expect to avoid being pushed them selves," said he. Is "Still Evplalnlng" It was pointed out to Mr. Ruehholzi C UNCILIN START thnt Council hud vlitunlly ngrceel toi "I challenge the statement that support the mciiMiie on tho calendui bricklayers are restricting production, for final passage. Thnt is impossible for various rcnsotis. "That may be so,'1 he snid, "but nil, Tlie bricklayers are laying 1200 bricks a must be guided by circumstances." day instead of ,"00 ns alleged. Even at Although Mr. lluchholz gave reasons the present elay bricklayers are under resterday vvhv lie voted to override the I paid by SOlM) u year. Mayor'.i veto of tlie Municipal Court I "We huve heard u lot ubout wages project, he made uu uddltioiinl state- I here. It all winds up with n question ment thN morning by wuy of support- of wages. Are we here to correct con ing Ids stand He contende eitliut his illtions permaneiitlv or are we lust uttltude wus borne out by the new city pom ing oil un the troubled waters'; charter Kuchhol, said he would wekome the taxpayer's hint proposed us a filial obstacle to the "spendthrift bill," which uives Sl.OflU.0ll0 for a "nulnce of Ins. lice," and puts the spending of the I money in tlie hands of the county lom missloneis and not the Department of Public Works, which the Muyor de sires. Combine Tactics Scoreel When Councilman Develin was asked his opinion concerning the action of Council iu referring the town hall nroj- is not 1 1 iiiiceptloii of a gentleinun s ugree- mei.t. ,V" " uncllun Itoper said n regard to the appropriation for uie iiimiimi uuiuiiig in e.crmnniowii, 1 ,,,., huvo 110 dollar or Its ultimate pussaite w. i .. .. 1 . . . ." il vast majority of the taxpayers in the Twenty -second Avnrd. "Tho real vice In tw action of tho majority of Council yesterday Iu nddl- Continued on Tsri Twx, Colomo J BUILDERS ARE TOLO I Workers' Officials Tell Employ ers at Conference They Are Not Acting Openly SAY DEMAND FOR 24 P. C. PAY CUT IS NOT JUSTIFIED The-e must be no reduction in wagej to union labor. Thnt wns the verdict of reptcsentn lives of unions appearing today before tho conference on the building Industry in the auditorium of the Chnmber of Commncc. Wldcner Uuildlng. The statement wns almost unanimous that workmen, Instead of receiving too much pav. should have higher wages. Thai the decline in food nnd com modity prices Is temporary, was the opinion of Jnmes M. Waters, represent -ing the painters, paperhangers and dee orators. He said: "Wages of workers In the building industries should not be reduced. The reductions in living conditions shown in Thomas F.vans' chart arc onlv tern porury. They will go up again. Past price depression!) have nlwnys risen sharply again. Kut wage recessions are hard to get back. No, workingmen. I wnm you. If you agree to reduce jour wages now In fourteen montliH vou will be well below the standard of living at that time. Say Kmploycrsj Hold Out ' We hnvo heard from tbn emnlovers and have been shown charts showing why wages should be reduced nearly Ut per cent. We have heurd tell of a re duction in the cost of materials. The employers here told us thev luid the cards on tho table. They did not lay their cards on the tnblc nnd I will prove it. They did not bring chnrts to prove thnt their profits have been cut into by falling prices sufficiently to justify the vvnge decrease ns they have figured it. "The fact that you did not have those charts here is evidence that you did not play your cards according to Hoyle. That message will bo carried to or ganised labor and spread broadcast, and believe me, it will do more to tolidlfy labor than .$10,000 expended In propa ganda. I tell you here und now jou can't 'kid us' nnv more." Ti"iomns T. Shen. representing the Journeymen Stonecutters' Association. Union of North America, declared members of his craft an underpaid ns it is and cannot stand n wage reduc tion. Will Let Present Pay St.ind "Kut to stimulate the building in dustry we have decided to allow wages to remain nt their present rate for one year," he told the conference. He -nld If the city would ngiee to guarantee n continuance of work on the parkway and certain other conditions to stabilize the work, his craft might con sider taking n reduction In wages. He said as it is they do not work continu ally, thus cutting Into the yearlv total. W. P. Allm, representing the car pente'rs and joiners, declared that car- penters are the poorest paid of the crnlts. lie said they do not work more than 200 ilujs In u year und thnt their average pay is onlv $1021, which he described us being below the wage needed by the common laborer. He declared thnt although they could not ni cept a reduction in wage their unions cxpcitcd to Inereuse efficiency 10 per cent this year. This, he said, would be done through schools where plan -rending und estimating nnd other things will be taught. Instead of accepting n wage cut to help push building netivitieu iilong, brirkluvers might to get $000 more u year. William HnggTty. business rep rescntntivc of the Kricklaycrh' L'nion. deflated. Mr. llugserty criticized banking in teiests for "their' refusal to advance funds for building npirntions. "When capital turns you down." the "vv hen en speaker nssc vour bend" must help.' erteii, "then vou Hold out to labor and su.v 'Labor Says .Men Are I iiilerpiild "Tlie bankers t.ny they won't help Then the emplovers turn to us and ask us to luke lesM money . The bricklayers have not yet signeil thedr yearlv agree ment. They nre waiting until this con ference N over. This halt is due to the spirit of arbitration between employers uml employe's," the union official eon- tinned S.iys Ijibor Gets Kurdeu "In this conference the chief point js the wages of the workmen. It nil gets down to that. The whole trenel of this conferenc this- What is lubor ( untlnnrd on 1'imn Two. Column Una Tomorrow! Tomorrow Dal home irtsc gnu oikc temaiK that lomnrroir never comet f Pay no heed to him. lor loinmroic there in appear the first installment of the new .ict ml. LADYFINGERS Ky JACKSON C.KIiGOUY a itory full of snap, ivree, ginger, go, uicdoil, jati, teiitttuent, in trigue, mystery, life, love, adven ture and a fir other things which, for the moment ice are unable to recall. The one thina it iun wot ro tain in dullness. Try it for yout 7. Tomorrow! Tomorrow! UNION LABOR 1 GEI HIGHER WAGES Proves Country Towns Can Win $100 All his friends told Mr. Cook, of Avondalo, Pn thnt "he could NEVER win the ?100 prize, becnusc the people Hvinir in small COUNTRY TOWNS did NOT have n chuncc." Mr. Cook told nil thesu "doubting Thomases" thnt he wns Kolncr to show them thnt he could win the prize. Ho DID. Hut ho first tiled many times. Just shows that there is nothing like being per sistent. His lim'rick was LIMERICK No. 53 Said the fellow who managed the zoo. "These beasts huve gone madly askew; Here's the yak raising wings And the elephant sings fl. ...!..! i-r i it- sunyti ivmcii my iniunvu IKVIXf, C. COOK Ontl." Avondnle, Pn. There's Another Limpin' Lim'rick Today Sec Page 2 DEMANDS GERMANY WOMAN PAY TO ITS L Reparation Commensurate With . Capacity to Settle, Says Lloyd George PLEDGE RENEWED IN HOUSE! Ky the Avsotiated Pre-w t Ixindon, Feb. IS. .Air Llowl CiPorgc. the nrlme minister, ilcrlnrct In I the House of Commons today that he noon d.v nis pledge that (Jermnny must pay to the limit of her enpaeitv The prime minister wns discussing the German reparations question in an swering Horatio Kottomlev's urrnlcn- ment of the government's policy of al leged ineptitude with regard to forcing Germany to comply with the reparn tlons demands, the provision for the trial of war criminals and other por tions of the pence treaty. "There is a great difference." con tinued the premier, "between Germany paying for tho whole cost of the wur and paying to the limit of her capac ity. 'The whole point is ns to the limits of Germany's capacity to pay." The Allies, continued the premier, had tnken the best advice nvnllable and had summoned the ablest men to ,be found. The present demands, ho said, had been made on their advice and the Allies were carrying out the peace terms to the utmost of their power. Germany, he pointed out, hnd de llverid bonds to tho Allies, but the value of these bonds depended upon the value of the Germnn security nt the present moment. Raw mnterinl. ships, property of other sorts, and coal, also had been delivered, added the premier, and the question was, Whut wus their value? The Germans argued, continued Mr Lloyd (ieorge, that if the Allies took the. value of the raw material ut the time it wns delivered the sum amounted to more than the 20,000,000.0(10 marks named in the peace treaty. The Allies contended that the sum was less thuii this, nnd the mutter was one that the reparations commission wns lAnmining. Rven according to the allied counting. he said. It was n matter of hundreds of llTltverTdrpier w'u .....i i, .i .. 1.1,1 purely one of the time nt which one was to assess tlie value of the raw inutertnl thnt bad been bunded over Mr. Lloyd George luid stress upon the difficulty of exacting an iiidemuitj in another country nnd securing it pay ment here. "You can easily collect in Germanv any indemnity you impose, within reas onable limits," added the premier "but how are you going to transfer it here? There is much lou-i- -.Inking on tins Slllljee t. "I take the view that we have got to do tlie best for the country out of whnl is cssvntiiilly a bad job, ns every war is. The war cost something; beyoml what any eountrv can pav, und does any one Imagine that liny nuintry In the world can pav the whole cost? "Indemnities nn be paid iu goods or Conllnuril uo I'nse Tun. Column llrr CASES OF TYI'HUS IN CORTLAITD. N. Y X'cb. nmuy "lcie linve been found to Di. L'chvnul S. Goclfiey, chief IMIT d'.f.ist-. ol the stntc uotml of health, nnnoun-ed iodi;'. Tin 1 ' ("un with tluir inothor n 1 1 i v e d in New'Yoik on J.muniy 1 f": Iw'ipUs, niul came to Coitlnnd o-i J.uniniy HL the fu t of t chiLlieu biconuiig ijl Ir.cc days Inter. CONVICTED SOCIALIST DEPUTY RETURN? TO IT.'-IY NAPLES, Feb. IS. Signoi Kodani, a Socialist deputy, .-ho i 1S98 pnitlcipatucl in TTic lcvohitiouaiy bnad liote, in pmta i f Itnl. utuiii 1 Ten on lion id thf Itnlian steninsWji An 11.1, wl'ii'i i i.vl in, 111 Russia hcvcinl clnys npo. It win, ou thlb st, ,, , . i. uu 1 . uj.UJO jiolil niUies, allCtjcel to have been t.ituK'.-.l 1': sluv k piopnginiln wcip tound and .seised. V.'litn CIj, xi " s i' ,1.1 1 ci pm tii Ration in ilie bund liots.. l.t ..s-i -,-1 Y01 ., wiuic he is eltclnud to nave cJited n bu.iilibt news TO GUARD AGAINST TYPHUSl Dr. Furbuah Says U. S. May Be Akd to Take Precautions Abroad Director Furbusb todnv toiiferred with John A Vogelson. -iiief of the health bureau on means to protect this city from the menaie of typhus through the lunding heie of iiumlgrunts from southern Km ope nr. rurbusli returned to tlie citv lurt night after 11 conference with Dr Uornl S. ( ojielund. hcnlth commissioner eif New ork city. In which health offleia s of other Atlantic ports participated. Dr. Copelnnd dcclured health officials of ports must act to prevent entrance of the disease because, he said, the hcnlth service of the Immigration authorities is woefully inefficient attd inadequate 1 i-" PUNCHES WOULD-BE BANDITi; uninen in tin. l,ui which he is Mother of Three Children Cut'!' V"' mw'UI session and tl jiKi'Iy ns tlio only wn i.ut of tli and Bruisod, but .Puts nt? "'llirli Congress has got- i I'Cits are for fnrlfr .. .. i Thief to Rout tAn i'HJ SAVES PURSE AND Mrs Florence C. Wright, inothei of three children, fought n hand-to-hand battle with a bundit in nn alley beside her home at lL'fll Grevlock street, near Forty-ninth street nnd Greenwny ave nue, Wednesday night. She touted him after tenring his fai e und neck with hunger nails. He sough, her pockel- " "'' Mrs. Wricht'N nrnm wen. torn nml unu ueeiuca to go to u mailbox iu lorty-ninth street to mail it. She threw a sweater over her shoulders and stepped out on the back porch. A man was standing in the alley that runs through to Forty-ninth street, and is used by the rcsidentd of Grvylock street. "I had picked up my poeketbook from force of habit, she said. "When I saw the man 1 drew buck into the door, nnd then 1 thought It was silly to be ufraid. I walked into the alley and just before I reached a lamppost he crabbed m. I want your poeketbook.' he said to me. 'If you don't give it to me. I'm going to blow your head off.' "I realircd that he did not have a pistol and I did not want to surren der mv pocket book because it had SHO lent money und $10 or SI 2 beside in it. I grappled with him uml we fought He wns nbout five feet four inehes in hi ight nnd weighed ubout l.'lO pounds, and iiad long, bushy hair 1 M-ratchei his face nnd neck und V left off trying to reach the poeketbook. Then lie got trightmed nnd when I begnn to scr ream he ran. The police onlv muile lUlblie the cu--e today. DGE OF MURDER .Mixed Jury Frees McGannon After I Deliberating Twentyone Hours Cleveland, Feb Is. --illy A. P i 'Judge Willinm II. McGunnon vvu hi - i quiiii'ii oi 'i ses3iiu ui'Kree murder chnrge in connection with the death of Humid C Kugj , by a jury of three women and nine men todnv I The jury was out twenty-one hours l and took eight bnllots. ttie first five standing eight to four for .uipiltt.il. the sixth nine to three for mquittul. tlie seventh eleven to one tor lie quittnl, the jury agieemg on u verdict of iicquittnl on the ighth boll t This was the second tunl of Judge McGannon for the allege ,1 slaying of Kngy on the morning of May S l.i-t The jury in the first trial wii- unnble to agree on u vvrdirt uftM lortv eight hours' deliberation. CORTLATTD, N. Y. V MTI 18. Three children be sufftuny :'u,.-i of the divloi. of in -ni I '!'i t.-jiu- co 1 ivn 1 .' .c'.l it: SPRINGLIKE DAYS TO END Special Forecast From Washington e .l. ,., - 1 vy . . r. Says the Worst Is Yet to Come A speeial forenst ismihi! nt Wush- ington ut noon snvs thnt the spiing-llke ' weather will end eutlv nct week I Moreover, real winter days will eoiiie Nlth u quick drop in temperature and ireezing weather may be expe, ted over the eastern stiites Toiluy there was ti drop ()f 27 dc grees from yesterday The tliermoine ler aiso is scueduinl to continue Its j lion in. tun ueuu unu lllll.v 1 eucli '.) ,J4, grees tonight (Tomorrow, tho weatherman savs. will be cloudy with increased vviunv weather toward nlgbt No guess 's iiiinle for Suijdu- she received three severe cuts from a ' A url."h hTri! i" 'T,,,1' ring on the man's hand. According to . protwt the "farmer '"ifr ,U1 wou1 her story, she fought him until be, AWnch id no. mi I''.!1 "f"0 0nd weakened and when" he started to run feet nVdustric "Vl ?cl -Hn she screamed. He was not cupturcd. existence when those tvvo tariff-mnLer-Mrs. Wright said she was writing a did their work, but vhkh spraTic u," letter after tnittnc her children to bed. when f.,rpi- .... I.iVi"-. ". rs"? ul F, Many Senators Favoring Mod erate Rates Compromise in Order to Retain Prestige FORDNEY BILL AIDS FARMS AND INFANT INDUSTRIES , K.v (LIN ION W. GILKKItl' Mnff ('iirresiinnilrnt of Irnlnc 1'iilillr 1'ilcer (opjriaht. tost bu luhlu l.rdo" Co Washington, l-Vl, h. . Customs (duties bv revolution of bth houses of Congress meim n ,iKh tariff. Once the high intes are fi-P,l the (hnnces are ngiiiiist ineir be.ng i educed in the bid tlmt is linnllv passed. So if Kcplesi.ntative I'mdnet secure 'residerit-eleit Hurilins's nntirnml nf the plan to istnblish the duties con tained in the bill which )lc is to report this iecms the muddln ts are for a fnrlfr nu n ., i,nl I.i.k. than the Pavne-Atilrlnl, tnrirr !,n lint,... Il,l.!.l. .-, H Here h the wuv It works out: i -n ,. . of tho forthcoming I'ordneV ,V-n ht'.t1"' I,nr'i,-Aldrieh law. Hut conditions have changed us n result of the war und the increased ,.nt nf nrl 'Ulturnl production. As n consequence a "nt of things that Nelson Aldilcb nnd hen-no Payne never dreumed of pro tectiug are now demanding nnd now requiring protection To Aid Fanners and New Industries llius the tentative Fordncy plau wil' be the Pnync-Aldrich law plus the emercenor fnrllV I. ill ...i.i-i. 'm t lmnrr,nnAH t...ttf in, . . . "... -. .1 Vetoed VMS wKf .i T','." T "" . vmergency leatures Then. too. timm it, K i.. . , ie duties, not on the vnlue of the produ-ts in the country of their produc tion, but on the American wholesale price of those products. ThU would be equ.vulent probably to snmc Increase in the Paync-Aldrleh lates. Thus you have the old rates collected upon what Is generally a higher basin ot valuation, plus further protection to products not formerly protected a pretty hiih tariff nd interim passed without discussion on the recominenda- i. n icminttce which confesses it self nnnblp to statt afresh and prepare a new tariff to meet present conditions. Hard to Lower Igal Kates Once ou have high intes flu the stutute books by resolution it Is going to be hard to cut them down. Theoreti cnllv. it is goinj; to be possible to mod lf, th'ni in tin light of what Congress w ill learn as a result of study nnd of wutclung their practical operation ni Tin iiennj, tne tariff is made an ' , " J'orl: "'".rrels Used to be tilled by "i V -'lemoer ., wlio wants b Ijicli rate uixui certain products, wifh Member II who would be 1m to see low eiuties on .Member A'v i,rnilcf !,.. , wan, Wb r .in inner it s rn who has eertuin products on which he es. .Member A sunnorth rntes nml th,. lutton L,m. I',,rI!1M -Member A -. , tZ i I'Sr'b'uT'th .nre vi-iy few members who have not In tlieir stntis eertitin industries which ele- 'iiaiiu proiecnon iKe Senator l'enrose. who K e-red ite-d here with n-spondlng more than anv oii else t the teeling of certain of the larger manufacturing interest that th tariff must be kept low enough so tha . there may be nn easy ex bunge of goods between tho I'nited States and foreign ountries. Penrose Forced o Compromise Senator Penroso came down from Pennsylvania, where he had lecn ill full of this perception Ho ended he seeing that he must play along with the senators u-presenting ccrtnin ag rn ulturnl suites, wlio were dcmandtiu: . nihil uiiiies on lurin pineliictH in order 'to retain his lnrlueme ujkiii tho tlnauc , omniittee und be nble to shape the tarif" lull. Moreovei. Senator Penrose knows o' ertuin products of I'ennsvlvauia which in his opinion require high protection lie must trade with the highest pio e tri tmnlsts to obtain the spee ml dutie-e lie wants and to keep his influence upon tariff-makuu'. Thut is one factor the ne, essilv of Hading on the pint of the represen tatives of the big tndiistnul states m lerested in the foreign maikvt And tlie factor is Itepublli un trudltion Mr. Forelnev. who will lend tho inritT-muking in the House, is Un in stiinco f that tradition Mi. Fonlnrv ceiines from the big manufacturing stato of Mlehigiiti. Once Michigan wnswholh preitectioiiist Now it is not Senutoc Towiiseud. the only sitting ripiesenta rive from Michigan in the upper house, knows this, and lie wus only a half hearted und unconvinced voter for thu einergene J bill There were manv lialf-heiuti'd and unconvinced itcptibiiiiin votes for th" emergencv tariff, but thev were casi. tor it. 'Unit U the effe, t of tradition. The snnie tiling will happen when tho Fordney bill conies up for finul action. Forilney Chninplons High lUtcs Mr I'ordnev is the most important . single foiee making for a high tariff He has iilvvnvH believed in n high tariff lie 1 nine to Washington reurc M'lititig us mil' h ns unv thing else thu , K,r"lt jumbi r interests of Mlebigiin. An 'that tiun thev wen protectionist To ,m). ,illlU,,r ls , p,)rtt j Mt. Forelnev 's state, but lumber moiiufue ' '!"'""'' " , , '!''"' !,,t'.lber 'n'inufneturen 1 1 nere wouni iihc 10 ouy ineir materials in nearby lunaila and not in the Soutli nnd West The automobile Industrv n) Michigan is not protectionist. The sugntf beet Inilustiy 11 Kut Mr Fordnoy has not change ' with I'onditlons. He has 110 mental res emit luiis on the tnriff The point of this Is that the men wtuj. represent states interested in the foi I elgn market nave not become convinced and uiilitnnt moderntu nrotecHonlstx . EMERGENCYTARIF ONCE FIXED WOULD BE HARD TO LOWER by the war. Ami at the same time great force hsvj been nlded to the high tariff movenie. iff hs the protectionist movement amort 1 tin ia 1 uiv,i a ijl LiiiT n 1 1111 art it iv.iiwr w .n 1 Bn ? bbi the uriavia or tue Mouth and West. " i 1 lAaiitniitti rr vim uiiii. 1 lit 1 a .. bh. t: i Fuji t- '4iei.1& . M ,;..l. .Ve
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