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THUGS BREAK DOOR IpPBHi
INTO MAN'S HOME! P -IB ;
Virtfiii Dna4flh im A DaUUaI '
$106 After Ho Refuses
Admittance
TROLLEY CAR IS HELD
The police today are Investigating the
storming of the heme of Abraham Pcld-
.man, TOO Queen street, Hunday morning,
when his front door was forced and ho,
was beaten until he Rate up $10(1. Thre
.masked ard armed men escaped, it
itu stated. '
According to the story, as related to ,
the police, three men pounded on the
front door and demanded to be admtt
ted. Mr. Feldman refused. The three
placed their shoulders agatnits the doori
and smashed it in. ,
Once Inside one of the men covered '
Air. Keldman with a pistol and the
other ransacked the house. It is
believed that the bandits had been told
"a lane sum of money had been secreted
in the house. Palling to And thin,
they beat Mr. Feldmnn until he gave
up the contents of his pocket.
William Oould, who lives in Price
street, Oermantown. will be charged
T.hh.0!dln..u,r) M!' ,T',e UenMr ;
of 2.i0 West Hainc.s street, (lermantown,
and taking her purse and 8 at Urene
and Haines streets. Detectives Me-
Parland and Corry told Magistrate
Pennocfc they recovered the pocketbook
when they arrested him. He was held
in fl.OOO ball.
Leonard Harrett, of Wilmington, may
om occusru as one oi uic men who n- u ,
on inc crc vi n rwumrru i irninivani
traction company troney car nnu got
?8 when the conductor dropped more
than ?200 in n sand box on the plat-
term.
"You had a rotten day, that's a
fact." one of the bandit told the wn-1
aurbur. iitn u ni a isuuik oTcr iiic i
Delaware line. A moment before John
Bonner, the motorman. had seen two
men he believed wanted to get aboard.
He .stopped the car and the men said
it waa not the one they wanted to take.
They walked away in the darkness.
A short distance away, at a signal
switch, one of the pair pulled the
trolley off the wire, and when the
motorman opened the door he heard:
"We want you. big fellow."
The man facing him hair two pistols,
said Ilonner. Th conductor heard the
.challenge and slipped the money into
the box. A moment later he was
searched. They took his watch. The
carmen are said to have identified Har
rett as one of the robbers.
WILHELM OUSTER STANDS
Pottivllle Attorney It Disbarred by
State Supreme Court
, ... ., wmi wni. i i
h?.di?narmnt 0f AV"'!m "ilMm I
a PottM-llle attorney, by the Common
Pleas Court of Schuylkill county, was
affirmed today by the State Hupreme
yt wnt. i x. i v .i i .
. Mr' 0l.he,JS,had..t,t'n PrafUcln Iaw '
inee 1881. The disbarment proceed-1
mga were based on charges of the np- i
prpprlatlon to his own use of money
belonging to a client and unprofes-1
slonal and Improper interfernce with ,
the i admlnlstrfitionjof justice.
uistiarment proceedings 'begun
against E. J. MaclnnU. assistant dls
trlet attorney of Schuylkill county, have
been set aside. The proceedings had
been started against Mr. Maglnnis on
the gmund he was concerned in the
alleged activities of Wilhelm.
"wnT ai I nniMn m nc;n
ut They Are Drifting, Methoditt
Minister Tells His Colleagues ,
"College studnts aren't all going to1
the dcil, but they are drifting awty j
from their normal relation to the
church." '
That was an asirtion b.v the Itev.
" .. - "- - "" " --.!
Freighter Alaskan, New York for
Stn Francisco, In Dlstres-s
San Fr-tnelvn, Feb. 21. (By A. P.)
The frcizhtfr. Alaskan, bound from
New York to San FrunHboo, la ashore '
at Aseuncion Island, on the Mexican ,
oast about hOO miles south .f hin ne.
ordlng to a rrt-Ksaue to the marine d-'
partment of the Chumber of Commerce 1
xoe Alasxun i-it .New lor' jan.iary
TO with a general largo She i-jrri-jd no,
nnssngiM
Aside from the n-vs thaf th if slit-
r was ashore, nu (l'a'!s wer gin-n in
the m'fsage
Bun Down by Auto In Storm
While orosdinz the strtet Ht Sixtr-
third and Lebanon streets during th
nelght of the norm on Saturday nlht,
Michael Lolb, beventy-three jeers 0idi
it 1457 North Hobart htrect. was run
Prlaon Van In Dlteh
vvtrrrn r. biimon, secretary of the i front of the gas log in ponce neau
Board of Kilucation and home missions nunrte.-t about .1 o'clock Sunda morn
i)f the Methodist Knlscopal Church, ing, just after a tour of the to:i, they
inane before the Methodist ministers' I faw an automobile come t-lo-vly down
.netting totiuy In the Wesley Building, j Broad street. When It did not pas.1
Seventeenth and An-n "treets. the railroad station they became sua
The speaker urged t'-i e-itublijhment ' piclous and started to investigate. They
of a more di-fmlte religious utmospheroi found the car parked In front of Blren
in schools and colleges by means of the ' tuum'n drv goods store. Two men were
iigi.mnt of members of th clergy to carrying put clothing while a third sat
devote their ntir- attention to the , in the c ar ready to mike a getaway,
moral and religious wjltare of th sr.j I jj.j. covered one of the men with his
flent body i-vo'.ver and ordered him to throw up
- . u unjSi I'nder pretense of uhlfting
ASHORE ON MEXICO COAST ! - ' ?,0 EKeSS
nm oy me nuiomoni e i riven lv Mml,'u t-h vk "i in i
Ueorac M. Hall, of Brvn Mawr. II- i. liv :, ..e '..--.;:. .T'. ''."; "fen we collected the votes on ouriu.iiV i" i i .. " ,., f rtnutUh - " "'."' K""1 l"....n V,e ,u"1" ..
lUffered nU an. bruits. HkII nl.ted l".' v'"'. .-".," y',":i,'L,'u'"'. own llrnpin' llm'rick we found that the :."'tfc Vr:V-.V.i.C" T.,.;ivnln OI S""'.1 "Mr- we W Wi s w.I l Mocked on Fifth street, between I
IP the injvrH man and took him to the CJ .":,:.'-. ... "JM.y :..V: - " balloting hsd bwn.Terr close between ' T.v,f V.' !. i.7 'uJ Mated m the l.u- i" AM1 i.n.1ne Ana "I reckon , Urd and Bouth, when a en-lneh
West lhilndlnhi !Tm,.nnM.. it,... I '::,"- "V , ," ' " ".'"i .'.'.' -"" 1 nes No. 'J and .No. 7. The i-o.mt.. " '" "-".":..--: w-.n .hn,..l, nr i ininK. om tnese incorrect main curst at O:;;o o'clock last eve
iltul and th.n m-iirted to ttV o U-. ' VnW 'X i)-" l,"1?"; l?r. however, gav a margin of one vote ffi.T"' " " ' ' the" fo; nwV- forms o exprsyMon are used by a great. The water had been running for
He waa hald under XJOfi 1.-.1! f .n-.lt ? ."'.''"". "".V T. .V" ",r "i?" " "" to . V," ,V ," ,7 " ItliT, t honld like "1SBa .0I Ppie. rorce ana clearness minutes before It was turned off.
me ouK-ome of I alh'. inluri.. "I, la "' K 1lalln" weaiwv .iem- ii,,x-,f mml-i. . ... i .t irn ar" th necessary tilings In language. . street renetnb ed a sma II creeV
me ouKrmeoti.aib.jnjuner phis man. who according to th aver- HAHBl M. KOSTKK to see it return. Tl .. When you consider the haste with I entirely covered with aluish and
On the uav frorr. Cit Hall 10 rheturn for her promise not to wed during
'ounty jail r.t llolin'slmrg yesttrdav a hiv llfetlni.-.
ran containing eight prUon'ers skidileli Miss Quirk eaui Kallahr woo he.-
m unman siitpe nnn rranaior.l are.
efforts, got th van back on tin- mad
Gridiron Start Olned
Dr. LMm ard Mai tin, utate health . oir.
olssloner and Hwarthtnure College grnd
'lata, yesterday gave an Informul diu
'itr to mcmiiers of the 1'(21 Hwarthmnre
ootball fiiuad at the Hprlughaven Coun
try Club, near Chester. (Jovernor
Sjiroi.l was the prliiclpal speaker. Ow-
itg to ie Knoivsturm, which vausnj r.
ile i:j. oil the street 'ir line to Hwarth
iia'i, tht football players vrc f'ir-cd
i(i walk to tilt- club house, which is sr-
oral " " f irom nv college
Diet in Trolley Car
S. 1 ,v , . . .
1U and landed in a ditch. Hurrv .-alls I she was u Rtu.lent n a .Milwaukee ton- V-Vr ''V '" "". m i.-f VV
were sent to the T-ventv seventh an I vent. At that time Miss Quirk was nix- n,'Ttu''""l. hi.iV ""''
fr"lfteenth dlatrl.-t- and i.atrols -ent . teen rears old and Kallaher thlrtv-two. ' i..0 J' ,r5 ff.." f"0,M. .
out. Prisoners were sent tn the ln- 'Parental ohjertions prevented the mar- ' ., '"" .," j Vn,,j,,tl . ' , e
ry. seventh district and the patrols. rage. Miss Quirk explained. But during 1 ve n Ocean to Sound hint and Sea.'
aided br the van crew, after iinnnn I ,., ,vnfv vir thnt Int.rrr.n.i ..ntti Th other line that were otd on 'jt
y?J08fim i'. urconuc, ixty years 01a, '
TUP Ksslngton. last night feli dead in
'iitu new or tne passengers on a Kouteiyeur wiring mr r.
i, at Thirty. vecond and Market
f H was taken to the University
nounceu
. 'ril ' 1 wnere o was pro
.f' M , 1 hl Wentlty discover-
wfriMam$fmM
up kjwSM'Tm1 '
w laaaaKw 'iW'PWJ'iiJX? i'-v -i!aaM!
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CONOKKSSWOMAN UOHKUTSON
The newly elected member from Ok
lahoma will be the guest tomorrow
"night of the Philadelphia club of
advertising women
WOMEN WILL WELCOME j
286 NATURALIZED ALIENS
i
American'! Creed and Refreshments
to Be Given by Phllomuslana ,
T'nder the auspices of the American-
iziitlon committee of the Phllomuslan
nub. of which Mrs. W. B. Allyn is
chnirmun. 2.SII new citizens - 111 l wel-
coined to ull the right and privileges
of Americans nt a meeting this evening
at n o clock.
Music will be furnished by the or
chestra from the West Philadelphia
jijjh Schools for Boys." nod a welcome ,
wjh be extended by Mrs. II. II. Illrnny, ,
j.rldent ut the club. Ur. John Den i
n Mahon.-y will deliver the address,
which wm K followed by a violin solo
t Mls Fanny Sharffin and n reading
of "Thi Ain.-rlcan's Creed" by Alius
Ksthev Ases. John C. I). Oonlon, chief
tiaturalbntion cxnmlner. will uwnrd the
t rrwnt.ii.icM vi l'iwal'iiuiu. Abcircsii-
ir.pnt-" will bi served and cverv mnn will
be given a cdpy of "The American's
Creed "
Dcdded approval of Mr. Hughes as
secretary of state was exprevied this
morning by Mrs. Julia Wllleti Wil
liams in giving the news of the week
at the Monday morning class of the New
Century Club.
Mrs. Williams styled Mr. Hughes
"me greatest Duiwam or inun in mm
country," and she welcomed him in a I
ntttHnn anml tn trnnnrf flnnl nnlr to
.... . ..... l t- .li.
the President himself. Mis Jane
Camnbell. who was presiding at the
Iri Or thtk
meefinv. said she had only one score '
! Rgainst Mr. Hughes, and that was one '
a suffragiit could not forget be had
' voted against suffrage when it came up j
1 in New York, and she considered that ;
a Dacswara move.
A conference on Americanization was
the program for the llepublleaa women s
committee of the Forty-second ward at
,ts "J this afternoon in the
, Library. Mrs. Frederick
p r.ruenberg. chairman of Amer-
icanliatlon In the Civic Club, and Wll-
llam Henrv Welsh, of the Roard of Ed-
ation 8pok. Patriotic readings were
HTn br Irene Richmond White. Mrs.
William E. Oroben. ward -hulrwan,
h&d ,.harje at thf meeting.
. .
,. . r,.,:iAinW, I.h. ,.t Women
... 1"" '.:V";'mZ::-.....Zt. -oi .i
i hold Its regular meeting this evening at
8 o'clock in the West Philadelphia Free
Public Library, Walnut and Fortieth
streets. "Transit Problems" will be
discussed by William T. Twining, direc
tor of city transit. Mrn. C. Bowjer
Vaur. warji chairman, will preside.
NAB PALMYRA ROBBERS
Motor Bandits Captured While Loot
Ing Store
Palmyra. X. .1., Feb. 21. -While
Chief of Police Beck nrid Officer
Itodrere were toasting thlr shins in
" -- . . ,....
cers and dronncd In the bnow. Beck
kicked 1' out of reach and repeated
his ordr of nanus tip. mis urne witn
effect
Meanwhile the man whom Bodzers
attacked showed ficht and had to be
blackjacked into sunmisnion. it was
found that the front door of the store
l.ad ben jimmied and tb robbrs had 1
already carried out about SlOOrt worth
ot goods
Tlio trln weie z.ven j. hcnrln
'J.istii - e Itora.v. v-ho umfuittej them to
the inunty Ji'll. Thev -ai their nuines
a William Farn'Ui. M'u'd .slret; Jo-
Si L. ill, -.J.,
Ihoiiar. ( Unton stiet. ( arnden. ,
..,-o mn'riiimr .
SUES FOR FIANCE'S ESTATE
U ll'lo, I'kort t,.n ...! T,.l,
Woman clalmi $400 000 as Result
yvoman Liairni suu.uuo as riesuit
of Twenty-Year Romance
he to lenueath her his fortune in re- '
promise 10 murrj nun in in.i wnue
Kalinher's death in 1012 his ..mrMhln
continued and both held to the troth
plighted in lhll-, by mutual understand
ing, neither marrying.
1 U. S. SUES POSTAL CO.
Accounting for Money Paid During
' Government Control le Asked
New York. Feb.. 21. -(By A. P.i
ni.. i'u.,i ui,,i. c,,,,,,.., ,k k
.lmU.nl I Uln.n.t, I.-..I Ti
Barue.s lilfil "in the Fnlted States Dls-"
trict Court here today a suit In equltv
ro ohtuln nn arcnuntlnir from tlm i,ntai
M-araDh wateS f. ? the VonJ naM
lciegrapn Hywim mr tne .money pain
a lltufr A..tn,.unw uo nwAnf ..? I, A..AMn
"' "" ' ' f '"
nient in operating the system lor one
-r. names nam mat tne amount In
dispute between the overnment nnd
mr roaiai i eiegrapn'vjompaay totals
menu of .Miss uiiirS, v.a undr n-om- J07 Torrerdale avenue. Tacony. I':i. He don t is not juBiiiiau.r. n i. , h ,, , d d th , mBK)llT),. ..,nn
I 'riapproxlrastely 'J O0Vffl(ii
EVJQXIXG PUBLIC
FRANKFORD
WINNER OF
iarry M. Foster, of Tacony,
Is Only Fourteen Years
Old, but "Put One Over" j
on His Father
Luncheon Club, ' Called
"The Spoofs," Acts as
Jury and Also Conducts
I Am rick Contest of Its'
Own
Is Your Kiddie Today's
Winner?
Today, .lack announces the first
winner in Ms .TINOLK BOX con
test for the kiddles.
And every day from now on, some
youngster is going to be made happy
and some parents made proud by a
similar announcement.
Do you want YOHR kiddie to be
happy V Do VOL" want to be proud?
Turn to JACK'S JINOLK BOX
tonight. Tou'll find it three page
from the back opposite the funny
picture.
TKN-DOLLAK PKIZK EVERY"
DAY
Today's award In in lim'ridt content
WAS miufff In- mt if "Ttta UimaIi .
luncheon clnb, which meets every Krl-
oaJ,. ' snamAKers.
1,w wani io oe aimaunceo I
lomomnr
was nuule by the) votes of those who at.
tendrd the dance of tho Alpha Phi
Fhtttrnltr In theiRellente-Stratford on
Friday nlglif.
Hats off to a fourteen -year-old win
ner, Limerick fans!
Harry M. -Foster, of C707 Torres -dale
avenue, Tacony, won't be fifteen
until next September, and aland forth
as the youngest Llmpln' Llm'rick win
ner to date. A West Philadelphia High
School student held the record up to the
present.
Harry is a freshman at the Frank-
ford High School, having entered th5
clam In Felinurr utlrr flnUMn Ma
' : . v ".
jrammar grades nt the DIsston School,
He was a bit hard to find. 'Fact Is, the
Kai- h-sii ,,iv .tt.n ni, .i1t!ial1
game between West Philadelphia High !
nH I,Bn.lfA.,T lftU II,a 1 .-1..1 I
and Prankford" Hixh. About rt o'clock
the yearnlnirs of the inner man must
have become peremptory, for he came
bounding up the street with his school -
bag slung over his shoulder. It was
interesting to note that our youngest
winner is still in the short -trousers
class.
"You won the $100 in the Limerick
contest!" hie mother, who is Mrs, Percy
Foster, called out from the porch.
"Get!" was the eiprsslve rejoinder.
Then an incredulous, "Honest?"
When the young man was assured
i-o one was trying to play a joke on
hl:n he limbered up and confided plans
for this possible emergency.
"doing to gt a bicycle" he con
fided. Then Mrs. Foster took tin the
To'ordfnrmt'n SS.il UT ,
to be no ordinary, common -variety bl-
cycle hut one with everything but the
kitchen stove on it price 8.1.
"Only Harry wns beginning to think
that he'd have to get a nw brake for
his old bicycle. He and his father have
had limerickltis ever alnce the first.
I alwnya know when they have been nt
it again. They sfesl my po.stage
stamps."
Mr. Foster, senior, owned up that he
was a member of the limerick firm
which sent out two last lines virtually
every evening.
"Maybe Harry will turn over the old
bicycle to hW father now," Mir Foster
said. "Sort of as a consolation prize,
you kno."
"Spoofs" Act as Jnrr
This awurd was made by u luncheon
club called "The Spoofs." The mem
hsrn are business wen, who gather each
Friday at Wanamaker'a to eat and
listen to a good speaker.
Last Friday thev ate and listened to
us that was the difference.
A fe-v months ago we had the pleas-'
ure of addressing these same men on a
more serious subiecf, no it was like
meeting old friends, only this time we
htood as a pathetic example of what a
Bhort time can do to a man.
Kverything would have gone on
fmooth'y enough except for one little
incident. We were just ready for the
dessert, and a very pretty little
waltri'F. whom we had nrevioum.v
noticed, was behind us, when we heard
her give a sort of smothered chuckle,
We looked ur nuickl.v. Just in time to
cakh l.r surveying our poor old bald
dome
Afterward she told us nhe was sorrv.
She said that she was an ardent
Hrn'rirker berslf and hr brother was,
too, and tbut tshe had reed so much
I about that dome that she Just couldn't
Uforehelp .orr.lng .-los to make u personal
Impectlor.
So tliot was all right, Onlv she
oidn't come close enough.
... .
.NllintV
nnlli, r-rl ol.A n n.i
.r.i Z . . ,. , . .
Thi. Sp&pfs had a Hm'i-iik contest of
i;tfr. during the luncheon. ITie In-,
IVit,0,,1 l'n.d. "atl e,fl.rst fo"r,
i in:i.n- .n..ht1 a.ct Jude-
a,i we awarded the prize to a man we
knew. He hasn t been In to "e" us
..... . ..,. .Mv.. ,,..,r m ,nw, iu zu in
yet, but we htlll have hopes
Student In Kranhford Hliti School
Hurry's line was No. 2 on the ballut
Tk llm'rick as he completed it l:
I Inwrick No i"3
tkal (it !
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tJ-'J .. --e s....-. -.--.-.--..!. i,..i
No. 1. WtiatB.AlIss-lnrorniediier.oii aneotation. 11 nn ci.r-ni.iin miuuu
Is he! Miss Mary Elisabeth lteed, fi.317 awkward, we use on alternative expres
Shawnee avenue, Chestnut Hill, P. , "Ion. e rephrase the sentence. Thus
No. a. Ho did "clothes ' up! a tailor " "'''t express "it is I, by I m
t h. .T K. hi.. "007 North fVi-,,1 ' here."
stret
No. 4. For of Wf, Us and Co., I uu,
I'or of We, Us and (o.. I uu, .
"We." H. II. Rlppej. 701'' (,'reene
street, drmuntown, I'a,
No, 0, Brrt her "scents" no one '
"nose" more nan no. narry H. Me-
Aulir. 'Jif.i Went Clanler htreer. Uor
rnantown.
No. .,,"V't today I am bo 11 r red on
Ms line." It. O. Colbert, fi.'i.'!!) Osag.
avenue. '
No- ;' Var ""' "tyve" hrina h
i,u..n ,in ,rr-,. ir n i.-.,..
man, Utt7 North ThlrteenUi street.
No, H. All she flics Is her nails
I ..It... II Tlnlt.rla 1 fnIT.. 1!1
, fcjouth Broad street.
No. . Then tho firm would be "Jb.
firm." rouJeen. Ml.ss Isabel U. UrowB
k'lL'7 OreccletKet. )
LJSDGER .VniLADBLPHIA, MONDAY,
HIGH SCHOOL BO Y IS -
TOD A Y'S LIM'RICK PRIZE'
One Hundred Dollars Daily
For the Bet( Lett Line Supplied bg Aw Reader of the Evening rubllc
Ledger to the Incomplete Limerick Which Appear Bcfoio
RULES OF THE LIMERtCK COSTEST
J-Jf!'"' I open to any one. All that It i Anwr Ifl at tli ! "' tj
rcutrd for 46u to io h li wf" l'rd ' bi.ii rcaue I.oa will al b
iijjnf (or ronvunlcnc the coupon prlnlfd
below, rifato vrlte plainly, and to
fin 10 .on jour mmt anrt aodrfrt,
VJi.tlfV." to ,h' 'lml,, which .
pr., ' '.t,w moat l) rren!va at tio
"ureioi i, MKisu i-pslic i.a.-Mau iv
f n clftrlt Un1n-rlv evrnlnir. Ai11r
rotorrie Uox number lvn on cvunon.
THE WINNER OF TODAY'S CONTEST WILL. BE ANNOUNCED ONE
WEEK lTtOM TODAV
- i
Cut Out and Mail
Kvrwtj Ponxio TiKnoKn.
TO THE LIMERICK CONTEHT
A 0. Box 1523. PhUaJclolun.
LIMERICK NO. 67
A wealthy younjr fellow named Hnk
As a fisherman proved simply rank;
He had rod, reel and flask'
(Was it coffee? we ask)
(Wrlta your amim on this lint.)
Xame
Btreel and 2"o. .
City onI Slate
No. 10 There are no carbon copies
SlT' R,fl"I Carpenter, 2007 North
'Ilaylor street.
The line written by Mr. Foster re.
i 11 iieTCS.of the "evtn Totes cast,
while line No. 7 by Mr. Kauffman was
?iien ,x votes. I.ine No. 4 by Mr
"Ippey, line No. B by Mr. McAuley,
ont NoV..8 b' Mr- McKee. and line No!
if by MIks Brown etch received one
vote.
"'""'"d several lines that made
use of the same ideas ns were employed
br r' ter 'n his winning line, but
most of these lines did not have the
2Tr,'r, number of syllables, such a the
2342 South Hicks street: ''I've a
n ocean not to o'bay him, you sea."
The Llm'rirfcery Letter Box
KVom Oeorxe ,J. Wilson, Arcadia
Theatre "Inclosed you will find some
few limericks, with which I have dr.
cided to 'win' the $100 prlte which
you Offer so generous v. I reallv fnr.
got to count thm, so do not blame me
If there are not enough, as I thought
I would senol in as many as 1 could
think nf rl.fc .
I have heard it mimnrtf) t,f,.t
that the priae does not get to the per
son who really wins, but to one of the
Judges. (Which same I do not be
lieve, as it does not matter if 1 win.
but I am not turning down the 5100
just the naine). Rut I am going to
say if I don't win one soon I won't
write any more until X do win the
$100.00 first prire and get ray face
Btuck on the front page like moxt
'regular' people nowaday!.
"If by any chance you need Home
'help' when you pick your 'juries (girl
Juries???) please let me know and I
will assist."
(We've heard worue rumors than
S "o which '"0,
i- . .rh,r. r. rrAn t.n .-
that. But, if part of the urine did so
we i
check or not? Thanks for your offer
to help with the juries, but we aren't
accepting it. Norlr. We may he old,
but we can still walk without n can"
and this job is OUBS ho for as the
Juries are concerned. If you really
want to help, come in and entertain
the visitors who demand why in tar
nation their lines dou't win.)
, iiri.. v, i. Ti.Vu.. lrnJ?.ul 0I " Pusey, special 1 qnldator for the
ery'dawrprnTth'eTamefa"-' JZ Ji rofon Tw.,1 hM ""M the ln"
dresi of the wfnner and hare told how My good" Ve wouldn't hVr.n,,?!8" crnmls3'on";- . .
hard it has often been to locate him or ? the baOot f Vlhadn't thlnr'ht J, '? ?U" V X"? n " tndfmnttj'
her. Why not communicate with onr ll 1 Vflifw In Sr bm J?" boSd &'? b?. "" J,n,s',rnfK'lnP8n
of 'em and see whether he got the Jim ? r L SlTJ?0?! SZ!1X. .7!:ind .s"th .1,"B nk oBcltta to
do proclaimed 0 orcnena, 1 a nke i some or tne most Mmous limericks seem and brewers and the ndrocacy of a
offer a suirBcstloii. Mr ijjfr "' J I V the si llest drivel to us. But I state law for the enforcement of prohl
have been Jim rickin frsutlcally since other, like 'em and we don't claim to bttion were the features of the address
your interesting contest began, ami arc be the whole show. "Bo we admit that of Malcolm It. Patterson, former gov
wondering why tb 1 answers oro not those limericks must be clever even If , ernor of Tennessee, to the Presbyterian
judged oy the rwon or pm s ho , we can't see 'cm. A flense of humor minister-,' meeting in the Witherspoon
judged the first few limerick answers. depends so largely upon one's view-1 Building today.
"V think that while selecting iurifM nolnt in life. That Inn? wlndr rlT i?..rA..' ti.ii.km --v ( .
from various theatres and business
Is done to exude a sen.-,e of fairness. It
l.s not absolutely fair to the lucky ten
on the ballot. (Don't nay 'sour grapes'
because I have not been lucvy enough,
"IT IS ME" AND "HE DON'T"
FIND FRIENDS AND FOES
Opinions of Local Educators
C... t el,-,
btatUSOf the
'..."'" J0.?' '"'.'I.'Y" ..!. Vti
, :"'.?'". V!r. 7;".-' , ..w ,i, 't."
whMi wer declared, by I-dward .1.
Vt . ,. ,.wt. .....- . ... , V
jmmi. luiici uw--iiiri,v . - . ----
Tohin, superintendent of the toon
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Chicago, to be perxnls.iiDie tor u.- uy
teachers and pupils In the system.
Kuperlntendent Tobln held that the
correct form. "It Is I." i sounded both
hi im iimi -ntmticHi. anu mil n uiivn
no gcrrf to Uarh children forms of ex-
nrMs!on outlawed by common usage tnd
B Henie of good form.
faie analogy. . I have no oojecuon to
dlomatlc hngllsh ana ,'
llsh. I do not give a rap tor gram-
in imj.i.5 uiicii.."M . i -. -..
marians.
"The two expressions are not in the
same class." nays Dr. (Scrnon, associate
mperlntendent of schools In charge of
the elementary schools. "There is more
authority to the second expression man
the first In our Kngllsh courres In
the elementary schools we try to avoid
" . 1. "--- " ll j.
1 "We don't allow 'It In me.' There
Is not sufficient authority amon? good
writers nnd speakers for it. In an
other lift? years it rnny have currency I
among educated persons, 'He don't.' 1
while In the same general clans is
' mm'ti further advanced. In our elf-
luenturllH we don t stress that point.
We give attention to more Important
matters. In the present Hate of cdu-
cation there Is a tendency to a greater
fl""'1" n language, but the standard
,.ij n,mnl u rhnu-in o mn.
stantly, that we must lie. conservative
. and tnereforc seem to be behind the
......1 ...... II
I Acting Provost Penniman, of the
I University of Pennsylvania, held that
I while lanrante Is tilaetlc and Is a mat-
Jttr of growth from one generatipo fp
' 8. Th winnir of the O.V13 IIUSUIMSD
tH)Ll,A.n prlr for tho but lat lln to
aoh Umrrlelc will b announcjiJ ont
4. In cat of ilea, lioo will be twardid to
aeh wccaiful contattant.
C. Tho dteltlon of thy .M". In aeh
utmtncK corneal win no unmi.
as yet, to see my name among tho.se on
the ballot.)
"Are thece jurorn picked with a
view to their sense of hnmor? A jury
composed of limerick editors or even
high school students would nee the
finely drawn points in some answers
that the juries in the past have sadly
missed. They seem to think that if the
last word rhymes with that of the sec
ond line there in nothing left to be de
sired. Not all juries, understand: a
good percentage of tho winning line
ure certainly clever and well put 5 but
the line to Limerick No. 51, while con
taining a pun, had no relation to the
first four lines and I was surprised to
see on the ballot a. line which, to my
mind, was an absolute winner. The
render's name I can't recall, but the
line ran, 'I'll "shirr" "gather" "hem"
in with each frill.'
"It conformed to the strictest limerick
rules. It carried the idea presented by
that particular limerick. It rhymed.
It 'scanned, the accent fell on the
third, flith and last syllables. The
pun was good. And last, the thought
was entirely original, as no other per
won expressed that Idea, As there arc
the rules of the contest, I'd like to
know just what was wrong with that
line. And had the jury been chosen
with an eye to their appreciation of
keen humor that line would har -nn.
I'll wager that you would have picket!
" !i'..5'.u brtn lhJ ir1!.. Th,k Jlnw l
submitted, while better than the one
chosen, weren't nearly a. original as
me one quoted aDove.
"I and a good many other readers
Will Be flfenlv vraflHixl If u .
plain why the other line won and what
the matter was with the one on the bal
lot. Good luck to you end your novel
contest, and may you read this letter
bearing in mind th fan's nolnt of view.
"P. S. Do you honestly read all the
ansuere? By the sameness of some
lines I thought perhaps you shut your
it. 1 . ,1
i.i,v : iV.- " n", ,. or "
wt .vjL J. Si uLP1,a1'. "y ,Vr
any that we ourselves might a-ive. Fine
points of cleverness sometimes do but
often do not make a popular limerick.
And there is no way known to m-ience
I by which n sense of humor tan be
w-e hud, our hat blew off and we chased
it down the street with our old bald
' dome exposed to the breeze. A lot of
1 people laughed. They thought it was
tunny. We didn't.)
Seem to Vary as to Grammatical
T... l,'.'n
illO hxprcSSlOns
., , . .
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PYPS anil ffTmilfi(l IllfV ! ami nfnVJ Ik. HI a vlr-fnrv fAf (VllAnul Kjm! Tal-lnr
:;." ;: i"v: - -- "' i. "Munaries a. Amoier wnen ne was Mate
i -. .-"..V.rT J'. '.".:. .ua)Vl.w' 4.M??.ne-. a..na"nlrrL. SSP
ni" n.r.7.v 'rv..uf "'
. ....."...- " L :"'-
sor of Knsllsh nt the West I'lillatlel.
phia High School for Boys, was dls-
,',..m ,ihu ,:tji7vi li
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' mandards of the Middle West, ami
especially the educational acquaintance
ot Superintendent Tobln.
' it is a matter of opinion, of
i.a,ik, -- u.i.i 11. r.u... !.... t
know 'of no t
th, yt that u
bv the Chicago
now of no standard rhetoric work In
ses the forms advocated
'hlCHgo educator.
nf .. w,n fl d newSDaner Kniil.h
a pretty fair index to good common
usage.
EnglisK Hall Clocks
Adam, Tudor, Gothic,
Classic, Colonial
Trinity, Westminster, St. Michael's
and "Whittington Chimes
J. E. Caldwell & Co.
Chestnut and Juniper
FEBRUARY 21, 1021
SCIENCE IS SAVING
Dr. Furbush Tells of Great 'Ad
vance In Reducing Infant
Mortality
I Progress -In conserving the liven ot
j infant has been rtmafctble dnrlng the
last twenty years, according to ,the
weekly bulletin issued by Director Fur
I'buBti.r Statistics how the death rate
1 has been more than cut In half. In
1 lf0fl the Infant mortality rate was
'175,87 per 1000 births; In 1020 the
rate was 87.52, about one -half of the
! former and the lowest In the history of
I the elty.
1 "It Is obviour that the work of
1 the Department of Health along the
lines of Infant welfaro has materially
' benefited the public by .win thousands
I of lives of babies." the bulletin says.
' "Interest in behalf of the-infant-pop-,
ulation in this city actually began In
.1008. when two nurse were employed
during the summer months to care, ,for
I Kick babies and to instruct mothers bn
I nursing, car and feeding of Infants to
prevent the disease commonly called
"Today, however, there is a well or
ganised division of child hygiene with
ten health centers In various sections of
I the city, a corps of nurses and doctors
whose duty It Is to instruct the expectant
i mother and the mother In the proper
I methods of infnnt conservation.
"The cltv nurse make honseMo-house
visits In certain motions of the city to
ascertain the names of expectant moth
ers that they may be registered with the
division of child hygiene tn order to be
under constant observation and Instruc
tion of a nurse, not only before the
baby is born but during the entire first
ear of the baby's life, and if necessary
for some time niter. Any insanitary con
dition of the home is Immediately re
ported to the division of housing and
sanitation, and corrected as soon as pos
sible." CRAMP SHIPYARD REFUSES
ARBITRATION OF STRIKE
President Mull, Refuting to Roeof
nlxe Union, 8ee Nothing to Medlat
J. II. Mull, president and general
manager of William Cramp i. Sons
Co., shipbuilders, will not call upon
Mayor Moore to discuss mediating ques
tions involved tn a strike at the ship
yards. This he emphatically stated, and
outlined his reasons for refusing to con
sider arbitration.
RULE AIDS DEFUNCT BANK
Supreme Court Orders Judgement
Agalnt Insurance Company
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r.ZTlArLli
',, .7 1 V .J L ' 1 1 "" ""
"tlon tK5J' through an opinion of the
mn: nuuirum muu unii muntu a
judgment "for J5C,C07.05 against the
Hartford Accident and Indemnity
Company.
The supreme court order was IssuM
In favor of Thomas II. Donaldson,
state insurance commissioner, and it
J reversed a ruling of Common Pleas
Court No. 2. The reversal was regarded
I VM1 fc 41
Insurance ommisaloncr. The bond
covered deposits made by Ambler in th?
. department.
LAYS CRIME TO LIQUOR
Former Governor Patterson, of Ten
nessee, T!k to Prebyterlan Clergy
A bitter attack against bootleggers
1 representative of the Anti-Saloon
League, asserted that the present wni-e
I of crimu was not due to prohibition.
but was caused by tho nonenforcement
of the dry act.
He decried the fact that many formr
service men, whose nerves had been
unsettled by the war, had adopted boot
legging an a means of livelihood.
"Failure to enforce the prohibition
laws, however," he said, "has made
this posaible."
wills Admitted .to Probate Today
W' admitted to probate today, with
tlie value of the estates were: John L.
norsi-h. who died in Atlantic City Feb-
ruary 0. $73,000, to be divided by the
. ,V. ,'"" "!? vfiSQn 'SlSii''
'it.lllWil .tTWi, wl ui.it.i -iubir-
, jtlsth utrcet. S10.000: Marlorli I.
Lines. St. Jamei Hotel, SoOOft: Sarah
A. Pile, 70ft Wynnewood road, $7000,
and Martha nobeitH. U2U Catharine
street, $3250.
Their invsntorles were filed: Hamil
ton ParriKh. S14.77.VJ7 : Mary A. Mac
Nutt. 332.232.54, and Mary Langsdorf,
$10,O02.S0.
Water Main Breaks
inurs were noooec and traffic was
,om
water
nine.
fifteen
The
blng
later.
for aeveral blocks aronnd
Fifth and Houth streets Is without
water as a result of th turning off of
the tupply.
LIVES OF CHILDREN
100 WITNESSES CALLED
IN PROBE INTO ERIE VICE
1
Little Known of Nature of 'Testi
mony Tliey A're to Qlve
Krle, P., Feb. 21. Nearly 100 more
witnesses are to he cnllcd by Hpeclal
Prosecutor Bamucl I. Ollson before the
February grand jury in connection with
the probe 1 belhg conducted into vice
Conditions In Krio and' the; underground
cbnnectlon Fitid to exist between the
police and Krie's. redllght district!
Just who' are tn be palled this Week
and what Is the nature of the testimony
to be offered Is known1 only to Mr. (Ill
son, but It is understood that "the
death car" will play an Important part
In the hearinrtjhls week.
The death-cnrineldent'oceurred early
on the, mornlnir of November 10 when
a fast-speeding antomoblle struck two
workmen of Tenth arid Bute streets
One of 'the workers, William Hchultji,
was killed nnd the- other, William Don?
aldson," wis crippled for life. , In the
machine were a city offlflnl, Cornell,
and Mayor KItts, A coroner's jury, held
Cornell, owner of the auto, .responsible
and ho was arrested on ft manslaughter
charge, but released by Alderman Hayes
nine days afterward.
. Nine days after tho discharge of
Cornell, Edward Hayes, Jr., a' son of
the magistrate, was appointed secre
tary of the bureau of assessments on
motion of Mayor KItts. It now Is gen
erally understood that tmfficlent evi
dence has been offered the grand jury
for several indictments to be returned.
When the grand jury resumed its work
following the recess taken last Friday
afternoon the hearing of members of the
police department-was again taken up.
TWO MINGO DEFENDANTS
ILL; TRIAL OFF FOR DAY
Counsel Bellevee Cute Will e Pro
longed Three Weeks More
Williamson, W. Vft., Feb. 21. (By
A. P.) The illness of two defendant
In the Matewan shooting trial today
caused Judge H. D. Bailey, presiding,
tn adjourn Circuit Court until tomorrow
morning. The sick men are Charles
Kaiser and William Bowman. The court
also announced that hereafter hearing
of testimony would begin at 8 o'clock
in the morning, the sessions continuing
until 8 p. m. Heretofore the opening
time has been 0 o'clock.
This little city today was covered
with two feet of snow through which
court officials, counsel and witnesses
bad to trudge to the courtroom. Spec
tators were few in number.
The defendants, including Sid Hat
field, Matewan chief of police, ap
peared to be disappointed at the turn
of affairs,. They said they were anxious
to have the trial concluded as soon as
possible. Counsel for both aides believe,
hoVever, that three weeks nt least will
have elasped before the case is given to
the jury.
DIDN'T KNOW IT-WAS LOADED
Another Fatality Added to Roll of
Old Excuse
While on a vlalt to the home of W"in
11 eld Sadler, at Lawnslde, Camden
county, yesterday, twelve-year-old
Dorothy Clark was shot to death by
tlftecn-year-old Cnrl Derry, her step
brother. Both ere celored. Several
persons were in the parlor listening to
a talking machine when the boy haw a
vhotgun in the corner. He picked up
the gun and said to the girl, as she was
examining the weapon, "Let's play
Wild West.'' Buddenlv the gun was
discharged and the girl tell unconscious,
shot in the side,
"I didn't mean to do it! I didn't
know it was loaded 1" cried the boy, as
he fell in the arms ot another sister.
Coroner Holt started an investigation
with CounV Detectives Smith and
Stanley, rending the Investigation the
boy was locked up in the county prison,
but it is the belief of the intestlgtors
that the shooting was accidental.
INDORSES MOTHERS' FUND
Archbishop Dougherty Says He
Hopes 8ta,te Will Be Generous
Cardinal-designate Dougherty has.
I tndorsed the appeal of the Mothers' As
sistance Fund fo increased financial
support by the state.
In a recent letter to officials of the
fund he expresses the hope the Legisla
ture will act generously In the matter
of granting an Increased appropriation.
His letter reads:
"To the Members of the Mothers' As
sistance Fund :
"It gives me pleasure to indorse your
noble work in behalf of poor widows,
I understand that at present IM0 women
are on your payroll ; and that there is,
besides, a waiting list of other widows
veeklng your help.
"It would bo difficult to imagine a
mor worthy charity than yours, and
one that should appeal more effica
ciously to th. general public. I trust
our Legislature will make you a gener
ous appropriation for your work.
"With sentiments of esteem, I re
main, D. J. DOUGHERTY,
"Archbishop of Philadelphia."
Virginia Atumnl to Dine
Vnlvereit of Virginia alumni from
Venrsilvania, Delaware and New Jer
hey will give a banquet Saturday night
at lie Trianon restaurant, rilxteenth and
Rprice streets, la honor of tho lO.lth
anniversary of the university. Dr.
l!.l vln A. Aldertmn, president of the
utilveraltv, will be the principal speaker.
QjF a ... i l Jf
USED CAR CLEARANCE SALE
In connection with our present retail Baleorooins, wo have opened
used car display room at 428-31 North nroad utrcet. . .
A moat attractive used-car stock offered at lha mos attractive prl.
noicic rAini: ovkhi.am)
ItTEABNa.XNiaHV CIIAI.MKRH OURVnOLKT
COI.K 1'IIA.Vni.KK OADII.LAO
MAXTTKLT, OI.nKMOIIILK ' IIODOIS
HTl'T.
and othar mal.ta Sedans, rport models, touring cars.
LEXINGTON MODELS
HTWANrl prnilT MODKCJJ
i:dani:ttk touriko
' Tlies. curs rebuilt. Sttu guarantee na new. Attrttctlveli" priced
Curing this sale no Insurance charged, no brokerage, no Interes. ca
notes. Bmutt cosh paj-ment balance In twalv. monthly instnllmenta.
The greatest opportunity to becure the right hind of a ustd car at tn
right price.
Cars purchased now maj' b stored free of charge until May Ht
LEXINGTON MOTOR CO., OF PENNA.
XV. A. Vnaav a mm 1 A j t
XKXIXOTON nUl!.l!NO, 181.153 NOETIC TinOAD HTRKKT
MECHANICS!
You'll probably find just the
kind of a job you want in the
Help Wanted Columns
i f
THE LEDGERS
DUAL TARIFF PLANI
Inform; FneV He Favor,
Emergency, and Permanent
Acts at SpeclafSeosion
SANDWICH TAX PR0QRAM
,,
r h Assisted Pma
Washington. Feb. 11 ...,.
elect Hardin" has m,r.i . "Wnl-
of tariff nnd tax legislation for th.
neeainti ap r. .""'lira
1 V- . r X""B comprisin: Ht,
tariff bills, a temporary and t w?
""""''p wiwi tax lexialnttA,
ftandwlehed in between r.i.. .."?a 1
m .t i ' x,"n"'oan Ford. '
ney, of the House ways and means cm,.
imurc. announced today opon hl .
turn from a onfrno. -io. t. .. .
ing at Ht. Augustine. n'
Mr, Fordney ssld his committee o .11
Liirii iLif nirrnrmn re tn - -
oh soon ns th. nemtfn. ::.-..p.M.ra
iff measure) was out of the waV tw
oommmrVmcmbTr';' forrTenVX
of tho Payne-Aldrlch law nVs u
rrieasure, that being the AortJt ftffi
My way such a proposition toti&fc
&!?'! i &?. Mr. Fordney ,2
h.V; euef." ri'PJf. Ubouft-
: " " uir rairs were m
Mnnv f!ifiiu rtf tUe su
to will' be forked out between1 SJaT,
this connection Mr. Fordney ni C
uTJ"C2nJi vn?v have V
:" -"'in. ui nrvaupe we wit
rench nn agreement with him on mo
jh'nij, before otarting on any tf,"t.
Majority members of the joint nn
ference committee on the pment emeri .
ency tariff hill plannedPspeedy SSm
todav whim tJi mn, 11.. i.i. V
a1'0."..6.. lhf. js?. ' fW
jimimunuin i0 mr 0UJ panta oy tlm
House Hints had been thrown
that thev would ill.mni . .v... .,
bill throush ronferene kkA ..m i.
i-.i. .. .1. .. .:. -"" rr" 11
duck 10 xne uoiiBe- witn the Btmt
amendments intact. OpponenU of ti
bill, however, were known to be nn
pared to put up a stiff fibht In confir
ence and alnn tn . i-altln. ,..
for an attempt to sidetrack the measure
wiicu 11 geis oacK k me House.
TO TELL OF BLACKMAGIC
Dr. De Voynlch Qets Secret Frem
Bacon Manuscript
The black magic of the Middle Ages
ejcrruca ma ncienuuc wonaers of tot
present day Is the etory that Br. Wll.
fred N. De Voynlch will tell when h
addresses the American Philnsoplilnl
nocieiy in wis city on April 20. Dr.
De Voynlch. who was in Chicarn th.
terday. Ears that he will reveal uu
of the secrets hidden by the celt
ltoger liacon, wiscard or the thlrtMBta
century, which h.e says he his partir
deciphered,
lie came into nossesslon of t
precious manuscript nine years ago anj
came into me cone mrouga rror. Wil
liam Romalne Newbold. of the Uairer.
sity of Pennsylvania, who now bis it
and is proceeding with the work of
cipnenng it. 'aTie code, wmca wj
secret, resembles in some respects ti
ancient Hebrew, Dr. De Voynlch tiys.
He has already translated 20,000 of the
800,000 words in the document, lit
refused to discuss the contents except
to say that two of the facsimile psgtt
naa to ao witn me origin ot lire.
LUCKT STRIKE
ciftwreUe. Flavor is
&j&tj&z
HKi.r ivawttji mtMX
GK.S'KHAI, lioiimtworUl while. l"hcn aprwa
8!IS. 1850 Hpruca et.. Tmiralnn Ar( 'j
.nBasI