"St".'1' ' ' u7 "'V "V,? n"j"-j7""'fwp -.f. Jj '?" 5uv r"! WIG -iT5 . . ,-Zj1 ' "-" ' Ji I t ' ' ,ff I 1 l 7Vferf Have Those Mexicans Strong for Us If They'd Only Give Em Lim'ricks-See Page 2 '(" n- r5!f5'WHV THE WEATHER , Cloudy and slightly colder tonight; lowest iibntit 2ft degrees: Thursday fair nnd rolIr; fresh westerly winds. TI-airKKlTt'KK AT ItACH inn n fs i ii no in na I i I -J I ;i i 4 i r. , :ir ,37 i:im laiTf'"' ! i- I L ' '" i VOL. VII. N0 139 women card-index moves And votes of s ta te legisla tors "Tabs" Kept on Every Member, Says Mrs. J. 0. Miller ' FACTS ARE SUPPLIED TO ORGANIZATIONS Jolt Coming to Some political Sleeping-Sickness Victims in Assembly CAMPAIGN FOR BILLS liy GEORGE XOX McCAIN llirrhburx. Feb. 23.-Therc are women In attendance at the Legislature. Tncy are in attendance at every ses sion on the Hide lines. Who ore they? What do they want? What legislation arc they interested I put these blunt nnd very direct questions up to Mrs. J. O. Miller, of Pittsburgh. Phc Is an regular in her nttendanco un the sessions of the Legislature ns its aiott conscientious male members. Mrs. Miller is a low voiced, well groomed, unassuming woman, a keen judne of character, thoroughly posted on legislative routine, a charmlrvr convcr tationalist nnd n public speaker of ncr rialve and convincing power. She is the wife of n I'ittsburgh banker and the daughter of another widely known man of nffalrH of western Fenn BjUanlii. Called "U-uly of the legislature" Above mid beyond all, however, she is chairman of the League of ) omen Voters, and It is in that capacity that the has earned the sobriquet of the "Lndy of the Legislature.' When she Is not present in person she han an understudy, or another ofll tinl, or u scout of approved character on the wntch tower. It is for this reason that she is- the best-ported woman in I'enniylMtnla today on affairs at Har riaburg and the legislation that Is being and -a ill be enacted at the present ties klon. .... Moreover, she Is tlint stnuing anomaly, a clever, educated womun. who in her Volltie.il relations as a leaner union i"- twntl enfranchised voters does not VrMume upon her sex mil places ner mU upon the broad platform of po jiticil equality and equal Justice. Ai fur the League of Women oters, it has. nreording to Mrs. Miller, active icnter.1 in lort-lour counues i ";i-I unrcsted in l.lkhart, Inil , while cscap Htate. It is not a separute woman s , fn,m ,, cty OI1 j,n(p .shore train. Iart. It is a party for women of all nrp held In bail of ?2.'.(K0 euch. None parties That is nither paradoxic.il. Wlls (li,e to ,,roctiie bonds for his re but the Idea is thnt it doesn t usk the I jCMSe epw oters to leert their own particii- i i0ure and postoflire inspectors de lar pulitli-nl party, but uppeals to thorn ,,iiri, tjl0; llU( evidence that the I'r to get Into their own party und work ( mtiH brothers, Ctilbert and two others in it fur the thincs thnt are most es fntlal to the etlucntlon nnd udwince mont of woman and the general cause of decent nnd honest go eminent. "I presume we might be iuatly (barged with being nltruistic. We are to u lurge extent." said Mrd. Miller. "Hut our altruism runs through er) practical channels. We are working toward certain ends. They are largely for the henetit of women und children. "You have nsked whnt we want. We i tnnt something or else we, would not l here In Marrlsburg. I have been' willing ln-re since llll.'t, but things have rbangul in the intervening jears. Conditions Arc Different Now "I'ntil we were given the vote we r" inidiled. Officials nnd legislators yawd ns h on the other side. Tho ''(forms we asked for. the legislation we Wired were either Ignored completely or quleilj hhehed. Things ure differ eit ini," auil sho laughed good- "tuiirciilj. ''Iluvt. you noticed h changed atti tude on the part of politicians and ofii lals generally at this session'" I asked An amused smile nccompauictl litr words us Mrs. Miller replied: A erj renmrkable chungc. You ee He ure oters now nnd ns tmch lire 'valuable asset to an political part, tie Hllieal leatlers no longer say wo nnt do this or tlmt, but the it iuire, 'What can we doV I wus greatly Cantlnurd nn I'ugr rjgtit Column Three PRINCETON STUDENTS WIN BATTLE AGAINST STORM Hunters Reach Hotel After Battllna day on the question of unemployment, BllzurH f- u i .. w , adopted a resolution declaring the gov- uiard for Hours In New York , ncfs policy of extendiiiK the iinem i.' ,wnK their way through snow that plojment Insiironco net wus "Inmcnta m ,i V). . ' lpel) n tho leM-1 and ble and inadequate to meet the present on .i i ". fr,V"' ,hr,v t ff't deep situation." , thevT i nn,, ln t", RUllles where The government's action "bears lit--.. n?l'.,d to corner und shoot wild- I He relation to the exlstlnc human Mif- fln.ii, ht ,I,rlnccton sophomores huve wandli. ""Silver Lake, N. Y.. after bmT, 111 fn,r 1,0,lrH ln WUwird thA term lit? .V'"1?5' ani1 haii continued in a ''" Sl,l''e. MW that 1 )nS"m S Fe"y ls- niKht sZatnrn,"c,W,rt,,,haf,, bl,t 'n the traU mT r,rst Wnkctcd their buck Mhlch ! ',?",, 01,t tnc Inndinnrlcs by thl"t i ''!V' b''n Kuided, they were Wrhini t. ,r,ml n rniiroati anil theTtmVare ' " tl, IoiIku w,,erc Are Vll-.. ti "' """'i "ii me I'eni- homnN ,ey """v00'1- Lol,ls Cllvcr- Fern . i K. n '.'rnl N,or(' ,lt Hlngmnn's nw thlel .i J .tlmt t" ,,,Ub "ro warmed I,, m1' ,,u",rrH w," '"" caui.0 . ,lu' "'"""tain regions be- '"f. 4 tralllngW Um' the "wp,,nn- lie on tho crew ' i UT ,h, llonT'- b"t the stage ftfi ,,ro"h "'! rlKht mid I don't nlfw ' '" NW,,1,', ,mw " t,"W( fatiee n ? 'V,'r" m,t ()f n the usual S( n" hunt in- i,n-ti..u " i i.i ino'ie in ,i,.." ..' V" . ..'"- .".'" "U '" li , , ', " ",',i"", "IKK"" tudny in tne .""iwiri ".. ".-.-Suite V, , ' ,.; , """ -Ttiilson and ..jtnl us the result of a fracture of tho 1 "inor n. l"P fnn,l,u" h'l'""li "" "rtull. On IVbriwry 18 Mrs. Itolcwlcs M I H 1 1 i ,,,,,,n,r,,' "f tlin W crew, wns currying (J bucket of coal up the Li. fhrliufi'. f ti, fr..uin ....... ii... utnlrU when sho ost her bulauce UUIQ Id... ... '"- "...IIIHVH 11UIVI ' " ""' wjgBnn is Entered .i Beconil-r ;in Mutter t thi VnjtoT.rr, nl ltilladlihU. Pa. t nde r tlii Art of Msrch a 1870 "My Mary's'' $480 Fur Coat Goes to Bonding Company Speculation ns to the domination of "My MuryV ?-180 fur com wus set it rest todny when It wns on nounccil tlmt the company that lionded David S. 1'uiil would claim It. Many were of the opinion tlmt tilt' coat would be returned to Mrs. Mary McGarvey for whom It Avas purchased by Raymond W. Schuck with part of the money taken from the murdered bank runner, but Prosecutor Charles A. Wolvcrton dispelled this Idea when he said: "The bonding company will get the coat. OfJ'WHIULtT WILL Uh IKItU rUH MANSLAUGHTER TOUAY Magistrate Falls to Move for An other Postponement Another move to postpone the trial of Magistrate Itvron 13. Wrlgley. whose motorcar killed a young woman, was fought Biiccebsfully today by James Gay Gordon, Jr., assistant district attor ney. Henry M. Dubbs, nssocinte counsel for the mnglstmtel nuked Judge DiivIh, sitting In Uoom 21HJ, City Hall, to post pone the case because John I. Connelly, his chief counsel, was' busy in another court. "Last Thursday when this case was listed for trial," Mr. Gordon said, "I ,wnB told Mr. Connelly wus busy in Room 1). I investigated, and found he was sitting in that room doing noth ing. It was only an excuse to postpone this case." Judge Davis ruled that the trial will proceed early this afternoon. Mr. Con nelly sent word hi would be In court when the proceedings opened. Wrlgley Is ncciiscd of involuntary manslaughter nnd with operating n mo torcar while intoxicated. A maximum of three years In prison is possible If he Is convicted on both charges. Mary 1Z. Mrndy, 7212 Spruce street, the woman killed, wns run down at r Htreet nnd Allegheny avenue October 28. She died two days later. F.lght witnesses have been subpenned by the commonwealth. Tr.e jury puncl of forty-six Includes four women. SEEK GIRL IN MAIL ROBBERY1 Grand Jury to Consider Cases ofi Three Suspects Held i Toledo. Wb. 2n. (rjy A. IM-The Ciilnrnl rntirl tnr una nnllp.l Into f.es - ' K0 tocluy to consider the cases of .rnnk rrlmtlN, his brotlier .loe anil Joe, l ulbert, u printer, in connection witn the nnstolHci' robbery here a week ago when five armed bandits held ui three clerks and escaped with valuable reg- , Istered mail. whose identity is said to be known com muted the robber) . I'olice of several cities still are said ... I... c.,..l.t., f.M. U'linln l'rK.,lu .. ,f ,, CI u, . (.,.,& I". ...... i. it . ..'i,.r, u sister of Joe and Prank, who eluded, the officers ut Klkhnrt cither by locking herself in u compartment or leaving the train before it nrrtied at Klkhurt. I'ostoffire inspectors estlmnto that $1,(100,000 was obtained in Uie robber). FIRE AT CITY HALL Waste Paper Blazes and Smoke Fills Rooms and Corridors Waste paper senl) through the chutes at City Hull caught lire- again at 11 o'clock tnduy. Duplicating past performances, the fire caused henvj volumes of smoke to spread through Cltj Hall, niectri cal bureuu telephone operators stuck "hravel" to their posts, while other City Hall olnehils tlghtfo closed doora nnd windows, and only sunll quantities of smoke filtered in. The usual excitement developed among throngs lit the building. Two lines of hose were put into service nnd the fire was controlled In-u short time. Officials believe the cuuse to hino been a lighted cigar or cigarette butt. RAP BRITISH LABOR POLICY Trades Congress Calls Government Action on Unemployment Weak U.ndon, Teh. 151. -(My A. 1M -The I.alxir imrtj nnd the Trades I'liiou Na tional Congress, ut ii conference to fering," the resolution added. It pro- posed the coutlnunnce of constitutional, nnrllnmcntnry efforts to Induce go em inent action for tho benefit of the un employed, and urged that ever) oppor tunity be taken to use the by-eltctlous to bring pressure to bear un the gov ernment through the defeat of every coalition candidate. A llvelv scene occurred when a reso lution providing that n deputation of tho unemployed be allowed to address the delegates was defeated amid dis order nnd demands for tho right of free speech. REPAIR LEAK IN 8HIP Tho Americun shipping board vessel, Aowu, which was towed into Lewes, IX1., from off the Delaware capes yes terday, leaking badly, was toduy re portetl repulred. The freighter, in bal last, will proceed today for .New- York, whence sho was bound from Norfolk when she wus reported In distress. Woman Dies After Fall on Stair Mrs Florence Hotewicc, seventy 'e )c'nrs old. .Till! Cedar street, tiled 1 .1 f-lf .Lllylni. kn- llfltl Oil thftAlftflA. Y3i -r Euentng public ffieftger "RAY" SCHUCK AND "HIS MARY" rjvwjwsfcfvwr!s,i I v-'vv. i9 r?& ,-FB A photograph of Srlitick and Mrs. Mnry .McGairey, on whom Schueh says ho spent part of the money stolen from David S. I'nul, aged bnnli messenger, of hose murder Schuck wns convicted yesterdny. Tito pic ture was taken at Atlantic .City oil one of their Jaunts to the shore MRS. SCHUCK VISITS U. S. AGENTSSEIZE HUSBAND pSON J. F. BETZ BREWERY III Herself, She Tries to Com-, Plant Closed and Guarded on fort Convicted Murderer Complaint Beer Contained in His Cell More Than 1 P. C. Alcohol PUSH PLANS FOR APPEAL! Schuck Jigs in Cell to Get Some Exercise "Uny" Schuck does not eeni greatly depressed over his convic tion of the Paul murder. At the jail it wus said he "danced a jig" In his cell last night to get n little exercise, lie enjoyed his supper, slept well and had a hearty breakfuHt. . Mrs. Trances Schuck. wife of Ray mond Schuck, convicted murderer of David S. I'nul. visited her husband In the Cumdeii count) lull today, und spent some hours tr) ing to cheer him up. j The faithful wife, who coiiapseti after she hud testified fur her husband Mon day. und wns pro-tnited lntf yesterday when she henrd thut he hnd been found gullt of the I'nul murder, insisted on going to see him in spite of her own condition. Most of last night she lay awake sob bing nt the home of her Msler. Mrs. Frank Wnchter. at lir.H Liberty street, und so groat wns her weakness and prostration that n doctor had to be summoned. Kurly this morning, nfter the long hours iif tsiiu:. she fell asleep, and her sister hoped she would remniu in bed for the rest of tho da). Insists on Ylsltlng dull She arose, however, dressed and in Histed on i:oiiis to see her husband. "My first dnt is to Hiiv." she told i members ot ner inmii). nnii set out lor the jail. To her great Joy she was al lowed to see Schuck. She told him that the still believed in him, nnd urged him to keep up his courage. She said she would stick to him to the end and move heaven und earth to save him" from the electric chair. Schuck welcomed her as he had dur ing the trial, when she come every tin) with Hinnges of linen for him, or cur ried his clothes away to piess them, so thut he might look his best when fac ing the jury. Totlii). in spite of the dismal futuru thut stretches before him. he was -no les.i cheerful than she had found him Continued on Twee Three, Column Two U. sTsUES LUMBER MEN Conspiracy to Curtail Supply and Increase Price Alleged St. Iuls. Feb. 2.'.-fIv A. P.) The government todav tiled injunction proceedings In federal district court against the Southern Pine Association, sixty-one corporations and slxty-nluc Individuals. In nn effort to end an al leged conspiracy to curtail the suppl) and Increase the price of yellow pine lumber. The suit wns begun at tho direction of Attorney General Pulincr. It charged lolatlon of the Sherman anti-trust law nnd nsked a permanent injunction, the grunting of which would amount to u dissolution of the associa tion, District Attorno) Carroll said. Judge Forls set March 15 for it hear ing. BLOW 5 SAFES; GET $70,000 Chicago Jewelry Firm's Offices En tered by FoUr Robbers Chicago, Feb. 211. Five safes wero blown open ,iiul loot which innv toiul $70,000 was taken by four robbers from the offices of John Magnus A. Co., u jewelr) tlnn, eiirl) totlii) According to John Magnus, head of the firm, the cash loss may total $10, 000. while securities taken were valued nt iJoO.OQO. Much of the latter wus owned by employes. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1921 - wwi FIRST TO BE TAKEN HERE 'I'he. hrewery of John F. P.etz & SortnTf Fifth and Callow-hill streets. wnR seized )esterday and is today closed and under guurtl. I'nited States ugent.s .charged the brewery had been making beer containing more than one half of 1 per cent alcohol. Seizure of the brewery, one of the largest in the stale, was effected by a surprise coup under the authority of Commissioner Williams, of the Murenu of Internnl Revenue, in Wushlngtou. The seizure followed nnnlysis of samples of beer, said to have been sold bv the hrewery. which had nn excessive alcoholic content. Thomas S. Liiney, assistant chief of the Mureau of Internal Revenue, and six deputy collectors took possession of uii miti-K on nnnu nnu equipment. Today the brewery is surrounded hj deputy revenue collectors, who aro un der Instructions to let no one enter or leave the place unless authorized, and to see that nothing is removed. An inventor) of stock ami equipment is being ninde. , Government agents are also going over the books of the company to de termine how much beer the brewery has been marketing, according to F.ph' rnlm Lederer, collator of internal rev enue for this district. The Uou brewer) is the first to be seized in Philadelphia for violation of the Volstead act One wus seized and closed recentl) nt Scrnnton. GIRL WITH PISTOL DRIVES OUT THIEF Camden Young Woman Fires 6 Shot6 as Burglar Bounds Down Steps lleulnh Fields, twenty-two years old, of Till Felton street, Camden, red six shots at a Negro burglur whom she found prowling through her own and her mother s room this morning before dawn. He escaped, probably in spite of one wound or more, with .20 he hnd obtained from the mother's room. Miss Fields und her mother slept on tlie second lloor. The father works in Chester and sleeps there Just now, and Miss Fields believes the Intruder knew tills. Some one fumbling- under her mattress in search of valuables and money awakened her. An oil lamp, turned cr) low, shed just enough light to silhouette the hulk of the big bur glar before her. She feigned sleep un til he, failing to find any valuables, trept toward her mother's room nd joining. "Mother, there is u burglar in )our room!" she shouted. An she gave' the alarm she leaped from her bed. The man glided back towurd her, then, turn ing suddenly, headed down the stair way. My this time Miss Fields hud gotten her reuilver from under her pil low, and from the head of the stair way she shot tit the stumbling form as fast and often as she could. He hud left the front door open after making his wn) in through a rear window. This foresight probuhl) saved him from arrest, us lie managed to get out und awii). Mks Fields believes she wounded the burglar, and hospitals arc being watched by the police, j Today's Developments ! ' in IS'ational Capital The ami) appropriation bill pro viding for nn army of lT.'i.OOO men was ordered reported to the Senate. 'llie Senate agreed to House amendments to the resolution direct ing the War Department to cease operntlon of the New York bantu I'uuul and sent the measure to the White House, Senator Nrlnon asked the Judlclan foiiimltti'c for prompt netlon on the bill to pnttioto trudu with China, i'V GIRL SCOUI SLEW FATHER 10 SAVE MOIHERJESAYS Elizabeth Lance, 1, Under Ar rest, Stabbed Parent, Over seas Veteran, Four Times "HE WAS CHOKING HER AND I. LOST MY HEAD" i:iis!ubeth Mabel Lance, a Girl Scout, fifteen years old, told the police today that she killed her father by stab bing him four times In the chest because he bent her mother nt their home In l.'IO South Honsnll street, last midnight. She is now held at the House of De tention for the murder of the father, Ltlgnr M. Lunce, thirty-seven yeurs old. I Mrs. Kllzabeth A. Lance, tlte mother, hud it hearing this morning before .Mag istrate Carson nt Central Station nnd was discharged after I'atrolmun Law- ler. of the Fifteenth and Locust streets ' station related details leading to the , murder. Mrs. Lance fainted nt the , conclusion of the hearing mm tell in the nrms of a woman neighbor who btooil near her. Mrs. Lance wns revived, but before she could lenve the building wns notified that she must appeur before the coroner nnd give testimony rcgnrdlng the case. Another Woman Illametl According to Detective Helshnw, Mr. Lance said her husband was a seteran of the war and had become Infatuated with u nurse who nttended him in Knuice. Mrs. Lanco sulci that her hus band had sent his entire compensation of $VM n month to this woman, whe name was not given out. It wns a quitr- rol n..p thi. tntrun thnt 1lfl to tlln fllfht at the i.ance home. ' Tills morning Lawlcr was told by a pedestrian thnt there had been it ciiarrel in tl te Honsnll street house ami he went . there t. investigate. . On the second floor in a front room he found Lnnce In bed, dead. There wire wounds In his chest, made by n knife. The mother and the daughter were in the room. Lawler questioned them for more than fifteen minutes before the girl finally declared she stabbed her father while he was choking her mother across the bed. "I lost my head she told the police- man. "I thought he might hurt her nnd I got excited and grabbed my knife. I struck him I killed him." At tliis juncturo Detectives Coyle anil Murray arrived and the girl nnd womun were tnken to the Fifth district stn 1 tion. The girl wns sent from there to I the House of Detention and the mother I went to Central Station. Lnnce wns nn emploje of n mono type company at Twenty-fourth and Locust streets, llefore her marriage Mrs. Lance was Mls Margurot Kenny. V'oiiglit With UHtli Division Mr. and Mrs. Lance had quarreled frequently since the husband's return from service overseas with the Twent) -eighth Division, according to Mrs. Anna Slinnuhnn, 117 South Twenty-fourth street, a friend of Mrs. Lnnce. "They separated three months ago," Mrs. Shnniiliaii said. "Mrs. Lance came to live with me nnd remained nearly two months. Then she returned to her husband. She told me evoral timet, that her husband had threatened to kill her Neighbors sny Lance returned from 1 France with a bud case of lntlnmmn- torv rheumatism. He was in "one hos- 1 pital after another." Me'fore the war I he worked ns a brakemnn for the I'enn s)lvnnia Railroad, but when he re turned he wa not active enough to re turn to his job. Mrs. Agnes MrColluni. n sister of Mrs, Lnnce, lives in Wavrrly street near Twenty -third. With her arc two otlur children of Mrs. Lance, Alfred, thirteen )ears old, and Catherine, eleven. They were tuken to the sister's home after the killing of their father. Mrs. Kenii). mother of Mrs. Lnnce, 1 is (it the McCollum house I "I know Ldgar wasn t drunk at 10, --1..-1. !... nl.kl " ..1... M.,1,1 l'TI.,,11. she said. "That's , 1, 1 en i 11., tiii,,. the lost time I saw him, 1 "Thut man beat those children once too often," the grandmother went on. The juiiiigest wns peering from behind her. "Oh, l.e bent 'em often." TELLS OF WHISKY RING Witness, Double-Crossed Deal, Exposes Gang Chicago. Feb. 2.1. (My A. P.)- Mfinrli.A "Moss" Joice toilnr llllll 111 roenge for being "double-crossed" ln ' the Mike ile rike-Heltler $00,000 whisk) robbery Inst No ember. As chief witness for the government in tlie prosecution of Heitler nnd other defendants of Chicago and Louisville, on charges of transporting Honor illegall) , Joice declared on the stnud in Federal Judge lhun F.vans' court yes terthi) that he would not be there testifying if he hnd been given back the money he said he advanced Heitler to pay for 100 cases of liquor. The gin eminent hns twenty -four more witnesses to be culled before the defense In gin presentation of its case. TO NAME ACID-THROWER 1 Victim In Hospital Says Woman Had No Cause for Jealousy Miss Lisle Welgel, 1L"-N North Jessup Ftreet, pretty twent) -three-yenr old waitress, will prosecute the us jet tin -named woman who )ostcrduy afternoon threw acid In her face at Eleventh and Walnut streets, und escaped. This was learned from her today at the Hahnemann Hospital, where she Is under treatment for burns of the face and bonds that may murk her for life. She declined to divulge the name of her assailant, but siiid thut It Is u womun ' ..""' V..i"".. :.;.." 1" ."..", """"'?" w lid in jrtiunn 'i n i ttniiiiiiii, it fill v n I believes, in error, thut she has been f,,., familiar with him. . '.... -..,.. 'pi... ri,.t. iVu.i i-a! i,mH...ni 1.1. jii, mm... ..... ....n. i, iiiuiiiini his i s I it I B daughter's intention to bring prosecution , , , "" as soon as sho is able to leave the hos- ton Tep- pltul, 'W'liile curr)iii' the scalding wnter' from the kitchen range she tipped it ' Sir Gilbert Parker Is III 'over tic low v. portion of her body j Santa Hos 1 Cullf Feb ! sii.l The gi. 1 v .1 . sc, t to the West Phiiit- nillr. Vlw' . .Vlnn. ....i .. dclpl, ,,, 1 omcopt hie Hospital , un n Iml here k terda, "h'SjM 1 his room in' a' hotel "Ath' Mines' "e 'jult how serious the Illness it ho m. i,.I undo known N iuuuu known. , i Published Dallv Macept Sunday. I'nnyrlxlit 1B21 by r5 ":i?f Tn,i' ,...,,. ;n tin T.Imnln' I spent bcvcral yenrs studying nt the ! present is hard at won: puiming a bci 01 scenery for the play "Why Not?" to be i presented by Philadelphia society girls, j next week. Her limerick as completed ' rends: iuitJljwJlm3miwm9mwmtiMiiimn. wimnm tjpjtjl1" '&n?w-&irm5fr& V f S ' isS&(12fc5S(rk., mmm &&; 84 A 4'Je L.'W.TA " rr. v. ? vpwe?i;. W- ' '.'M JSSCJ&Giii. W'S"',?itit.W3&t& .'.V. L jwS . 'if. . 'Jd'Ov r iss JX.l. . ..''"'. 'IVa LIMERICK No. 57 fellow named Oliver Green Invented a flying machine; He said, "Pretty soon I will fly to the moon" He's dead and they've "creped de ma-chine." I A MISS MARGOT SULLIVAN The Robcmont 119 South Nineteenth There's Another Limpin' Lim'rick Today See Page 2 And don't forget Jack's Jingle Box for Kiddies See Page 30 TEACHER BEATEN i woman is wayiaia at I wenty- second and Fitzwater Streets by Thugs ... 1 MINUS TORN FROM FINGERS Mrs. Marie Sterrett, twenty- three ' years old, a school teacher, of 202.M Muinbrldgo street, was atacked by two J men, struck repeatedly on the head with a milk bottle, drugged into nn nlley and robbed of rings valued nt ' $1'"0 at Twenty-second and Fitzwater streets in u :in o ciock last night. Tho nttock occurred two blocks from , tho Twentieth and Fitzwater streets po- j lice station. Two patrolmen standing nt Twenty-second nnd Chrlstlnn streets knew nothing of the uttnek. Mrs. Setrrett was walking west on Fitzwater street from Twenty-first on her wh)- to the homo of her mother-in- , law at 22.'ll Fitzwater street. I As she reached the corner of Twenty second street one of her assailants stepped in front of her nnd demanded her nurs". Mrs. Sterrett told him she hud none. AVhen she struggles! to free herself the mini struck her over the head with 11 bottle, und culled to n confederate. The two men both Negroes, dragged the school teacher into nn nlle), There I the) struck her again, tore a fur collar irom ner tnroat nnd 0 pair of gloves from her hands. They then stripped her fingers of three rings. Fulling under blows from the bottle. Mrs. Sterrett feigned unoonspiouoncss until her nssalla nts hnd fled. Then lier feet und. with from deep gashes on she struggled to hi 1 streaming her head, she walked to her home. Aid was summoned nnd thr Injure 1 woman was taken to the Pol) clinic Hospital. Mrs. Sterrett teneher in the Alcnrn School at Thirty -fourth and V barton streets. She had been mar ried s months. Her husband, Sam nei Sterrett, wns employed as n driiughtsman by the Sun Shipbuilding Co, $750,000 for Starving Chinese , ,,,, ,,. (-Jn)r(o,. , ,,.,.,.. ,...1. ., i.,,., , , eHlll, I l-l. - -.III IIIIUIUOIIUI 110 ion of $.-.00,000 in gold has been given o the Americnn Red Cross for con- 1..,. n.,.l,, .,.llf ti.i, 1 1 .1.. htructive famine relief. This brings the total funds subscribed for the work to $700,000. , ROBBED IN SIREEI MRS. NORWOOD DIVORCES DIVORCE-HUSBAND T-If. Olgn, O. Norwood wns granted n divorce todny in Common P'c.ts Ccuit No. 1 fioiii CarlUle Noiwood. Jr. Mis. Norwood i"? n daughter of U'" Into Chailes G. Good, foi many yerus elet ,t O'ini tri Scssi.)lt Co'trt. Hci hus.uul Hvct In New York city T' : "io nfriic.l i:. C.illtoiuin. nnd 111 1D1S he was divorced from In i'i C.ilifuinin. Ii: briuKini' the tucscnt netion she stated ;h-' ,.shtcl a Pennsylvania dlvoice for piopeity icavons, DANILELS PRAISES HIS PROSPECTIVE SUCCESSOR WASHINGTON, Tcb. !23. Secutniy Da.atl, ,u I t.i.'.ny t:nt Edwir. Duiby. who hnb been t-( lectetl by Pit-.c'.ent-t lect Haul.-.,; t tiitiiy of C'e r.-ivy, would biiiiH to the post a wide expci:.! -n . ival amli that would be of gieat benctit to the navy and tin touiiuy. "I fuiuently cime in contact itn M. D.-nb, -.1 11 . the win when he solved 111 the marine cotjis " Mr Daniel, b.i; 1. "I believe he will nialu an ible Mcrctaiy ut th" r. ivy" SCALDED HELPING MOTHER Girl Tipped Over Basin of Water. Will Live, Doctors Say A nine eur old girl was painfully 1 scalded when she tipped over a basin of boiling water while helping htr - - mother wash dishes this mornlnz. ... . ..... KIiii iu Kiitlierlne nc s I nl.'lll l'. N" ".'' -'W 't condititm wa '"" ioUS' li?'en 'JStti&Ai' UjlnU ot viuTUQ.--dJI v KuWritrtlnn Price 10 n Tear bj' Mall. Public Iriger Company - fc'fl! - Llm'rick contest is a Kirl nrtlst. She Academy of Fine Arts nnd just at l M HARDING EXPECTS WM-:. ' -:rwmm ?!"T-imkJi" ,'i If, 'i-jrf$KzSn i HOOVER TO ACCEPy tntry of Former Food Chief lntq,o;- . ";. "'"tntivc appointment of Cabinet Forecast at St. Augustine CHR ST AN AS SECRETARY!JhiwnimW. .oHfr"' r.V ' ,..-. Hoover Won't Reveal His Attitude on Offer New York, Feb. 2.'. Herbert Hoover todny declined to make known his attitude toward the in vitation by President-elect Hnrding to become the next secretary of tsimmerce tendered to him last night by telephone from St. Augustine. It was indicated ut his office that he would have no stutement to make for at least twenty -four hours. Mr. Hoover in a statement last night said : "It is true that Senator Harding and I have had a conversation over the telephone this evening as to my ucceptlng a post in the cabinet "Naturally, these are matters re quiring consideration, and equally they are not mutters for me to dis cuss now." St. Augustine. Kin. lished reports that Feb. 2.1. Pub- Herbert Hoover I No formnl Imitation or acceptance has been exchanged bftwwn Mr. Hard- ing and Mr. Hoover, but the attitude of Mr Hoover has been felt out indirecth Only a few formalities reniuln to close up the selection of the cubinet. The ihunce that changes will be made in the personnel Is considered remote, although Mr Hunllng realizes thut contingencies requiring last minute shifts arc easilj within the range of possibillt). Aw. lit Word 1'Yotn Dwib) antl Davis The status of IMwin Denby, of Michignn, and Jnnies J. Datls, of Penn-) lv unni, sluted respectlel) for the portfolios of nuv) and labor, is similar to tlmt of Mr. Hoover. Formal f ' .11 mm' lie acceptances have not let been received them ., . , ., , ", " V" Uo" tm,n to of'Tiuiinediate appoint cnntlniird on f.iie Ichtis-ii. Coluni.i l"mir CAR LINE TIED UP Traffic Delayed by Accident on Fifth street Near Dickinson Hundreds of neonli. on th..lr t. work shortl) before S o'ch.cl: "th,M this , , , . mr.nnB w,'r!" delajetl for upward of u hnir linn. .. l. I l. . on Fifth street near Dickinson t, .!. 1. .. J . i . . . . . . . .""J ,V . " . ".l "i uarueu tne cur Just prior to tho ,l,,,''(l'',lt When the conductors saw the serious- ,"",N "f tJ'e tie-up they took upon then, - selves to issue passes good on other curs running north Mm., passengers had left the cars '"' trtI to walk the slush) Htw "h . J Wo ttZntlTiJ0'''? ' avenue Before uttempts were made to . l',nr,J"" ,,r"cUs' Al 8" ,he cars nr 'still lluid up. 1 inlfMlt ilnnMnn tllf. nnliinpr rt,,il,trn ..lilnl. 1 , " r ; . ......m. ,n,.i,un .....,,, Kuui'iii ui .sew 1 or eitv will hnvn has been Informally offered him muni- to become rurlleni .n,i ., r. "i.. " "t festly are not cretlltul bv President- , Tummanv become u Hearst -Roimhllin elect Harding and his advisers. fusion with Hearst the .!n,,,lnn.,J Jl NIGHT EXTRA PRICE TWO CENTS fflNSON SED(K I Entry Into New York Traction Fight May Have Wido- sproad Effect I AFTER FOOTHOLD AMONG VOTERS OF THE EAST 'Going to Ha Great Fight,' Says Johnson in A'. Y. New York. I'eb. IS!. (Tlv A V.) - Senator Hlrnm V,'. Johnson, of California, arrived here last night to take up his work ns legal repre sentatlve of the New York city gov ernment in its opposition to pro posed state supervision of city tran sit urged by Governor Miller. Senator Johnson Mill confer to day with Mayor Hvlnn and Cor poration Counsel O'Hrlen, who re tuined him. To newspapermen tho senator said : "It's going to be a great fight." n CLINTON W. OILDKRT t"T rl""Tondriit r.Tfnlnr Piilillc Mf ropirlotf, ;.,, Vu PuWc Lfdafr Co Washington Feb. 2-1. Washington ds Me Tin H.vu ir, ll.nl. 1TI. " mison s I'nfrv inrt , x t-i- I traction fight. ' l" iorK iiilngs nre breaking against Johnson onsulation wrth the California Venntor means that I'resi.lent -elect IlnrnMn ThY ??"!' " "npotlon for granted. ..' 1Iar,'ing foreigu policy in favor or an (isKopiiiXnn r.t ...i , - useful monns nt ,.n.. ii . :', iinutflr... ,L. r -....-,.... ij D position on 1 Johnson is inc i.ranic ot .Niitnna. .Mini; rrowoeq into very snu.i space at the extreme left of hla mltVn 1 Twnr mll'" roo,n in Wash ington, he has gone to New Y'ork to . ,,h n,luhllcuns of New- Y"ork nV'irninithp """fi wu' lhe Mepublicuns of Illinois nre split. i.,;Vs Vfn.(,,!pi,I understands it, fiov- 'Ml7InIivrS lon r"cy fa unpop. iiilnr in .New York clt) . The people h.Z rTnt. h " d-nlaf of the rlShtof 'tepnP '" Sffpt,on w,,lrh threntens (Conization 1 If this is true, is in diffl Ictiltlw. If it stands with Miller and the traction po icy b, the issue in tha ' ntyoraii-v r Ttion nPXt '" 't fa SUM to lose the hitherto excellent opportunity elect an untl-Tammsny mayor. If I f. 'I00;1 "t stand with Miller, it is ' likelv to hnvo no real choice, but to go to Hearst and Johnson points the wy ,T?v,"""rsV Tt N ,ho ,Irart "'Tor. Ui)Ion, who enguges him ns counsel to represent the city in the traction fight nnd it Is close connection between John I son and Hearst which has led to John son employment. . Hearst to Meneflt louucaiiy the effect of Johnson participation in the f,s,t WH be this: hther the whole locnl Republican or- nrr. and Johnson profiting b ncqulrlnr 01,J 'oljojving in New York' such as h ""J1 in I hlcago. or else the local Ile- publicans w he snllt nn.l fi. radical Republicans who resent Gov ernor Miller's traction policy will be shepherded into the Hearst fold by Johuson. This New Y'ork move is Johnson's at tempt to invade the Lust. In the re cent national campaign the California senator did not show strength east of fhicagn His candidal') broke on the seitionul issue. The traction tiuht gives him a chance to sell himself to the people ,,f the Fast. He will upppcar before New orlters as their champion nnd New York ty is tin best politi cal stuge 111 America The ces of New Jersej , where lie has much support al reaih will be upon him He will look much more real to the count rt a )er from now than he does todui Prac tical!) rejected in Washington, he !. gins to build from the ground up by seeking popular supppoit on the bor d"r line between the Republican pHrij nnd Hearst If the Hoover nppointrr.ent and the League of N'utions tight have gone against Johnson, other things besides this New York opportunity to stago himself as h popular champion have gone in his fiiMir It is the judgment of the best informed in Washington thnt the whole fiKht to end prnnurift, has substantially failed. Johnson nui taken no part in it but he is nlmost tho onl) outspoken direct primaries nd uicute in the Republican part) He lion let the unit primurie, mote show its strength ami it las shown little, Meerldge Turned Tide The real test come in Indiana. The Republicans there determined to do own) with direct primaries in the state All went well until former Senator Al bert J Ileicridge jumped into the rlnt nnd told the women voters of the state that the pollt'ciuns. having given tha women the vote, were about to tnke nwaj from them power to make noml nitlnns lteverulge hud himself elected to office on this Issue Senator New, Ills opponent, has dodged the question, r,.. fusing to come to the aid of Governor McCnij in his opposition to the pri maries. What has happened in Indianu has 'righteneil the politicians In other states in which direct primitr es havo become established Tver) bod) Is afraid to propose the abolition of popular nominations, tor soon Mctcrldge wll. come forward and make capital out of the popular t) be ' an urouse over tho Ihsue. As soon us the opponents of direct primaries hine failed. Johnftnn will nr t t i i t i i "' probably raise the issue he has prom- ..u I., .1111111 11 i I111I 1111.11 il I i tirimar) for the naming of the 1'iipniur e PreM l -, . . 11... i.:.. f..... iit i i , . ueiit um "in muni' iuiiiiciii tieytiiop ment will depend upon what he can muke of his new rule as ttie national champion of. the people against tht public utll t) Interests. The fhc cent fare is u burning question everywhere, i Johnson has the center of tho state, a htg national figure, in the best adver tised city in the world. It will lio I easy for him to mflUe litlcal capital in every c vy in uu (Kry, ulilril br the H-'irsl : ;itWKp,iporH i!u Jh Htnrn't ncwtf-oistrlbutliig orgaulM ' q 'I'Si -to-t, frjtoM POLTCAL GAIN HEARS ALAN ii
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