Vf , ' 'jn-t if ir, ' - iff, fiviprpiy ? TifYT. flf' 'W' " i , VUv. '( -v f ' fs-'. . " T .tVMf" V fctftfes Learn a Lot From JA CK'S JINGLES While They're Having Fun-Try Today' s-See Page 22 s 1 Kuenittg jjubltc ffiebger THE WEATHER Fair tonight; lowcil (cinpcrnltire ,boul Si1reMJ I'YIilay unsettled wllh Hfht snow; moderate north to east wind's, 'rKm'nMTrnr. t v,rn iicun nrrn no Jya u- i 'i i m rTI4'Tariii5 isn ir.3WTi i NIGHT EXTRA ft.rrrvrsT' VOL. VII. NO. 140 HOOVER PUTS IT . gm f TO HARDING fI II Pill I JIB if Asks President-Elect to Decide if He Should' Take Cabinet Position CONTINUANCE AS RELIEF ' DIRECTOR IS ALTERNATIVE Next Executive Must Determine Which Place Former Food Chief Shall Hold ASKS ENLARGED PORTFOLIO Proposed Official Urges Reor ganization of Department as Changes Are Considered Hoover Says He Wants Yo Political Favors Xetr York. Feb. 21. The Sun iij that a majority of Herbert Jliyiw's associates and counselors, with whom he has been in conference for mwhI days, nre understood to titf itdrited him against accepting the pott of secretary of commerce on tlif rrniinds it would "kill him po litically." To this Mr. Hoover is understood to hare replied that he wanted no political favors now, or any time in be future, nnd that this was the weakest argument that could be aide against his acceptance. By tin? Associated Press Vetv Yorlt. Feb. 21. Herbert Ilsoter declared in a statement today ilt he had left it to President-elect Hirdlni to decide whether he could be ft more service ns secretary of com merce or as director of European re lief. In a utatement dictated to the Asso diteJ l'rcs, Mr. Hoover said : "I left it to Mr. Harding to deter mine whether ho considered I can be of com service to the public as secrc lr.T of commerce or carrying out the nilnliM 4titatV nlvartrlv Anltmalflil I nri A An tprlrate citizen." ur. Hoover a statement was dictated after he had announced that upon In- ijlitlon to become a member of the ?t cabinet he had put up to Mr. Hireling a proposal for general rccon- iirnctlon of the Department of Com merce. The statement was issued after Mf, Hoover had been naked by news paper men if his announcement meant ihit be would enter the cabinet if his tiew were met. Mr. Hoover said that in proposing to Sir. Harding reconstruction of the Com merce Department bo suggested enlarge ment of its field. Asked If he would 'nter the cabinet If his views were- met, M ld he bad not "put it up to Mr. Harding in that way." "It was not n Witlon of 'take it or leave It,' " he Hid. Mr. Hoover declared be had under sea the responsibility of directing the 'ipenditure of $30,000,000 or $40,000, ""0 in Kuropc money contributed by Pwple of America and bo must (on linue to have general direction over that 'ipenditure. 'Ai the Department of Commerce 'odJ today." Mr. Hoover said, "it foatiits larcely of a croun of scien ce bureaus which have only n remote naectlon with commerce Itself." H added that if he should accent the tuition he k.iw a way to make changes Mch would make of it a "real Dennrt- "'ot of Commerce." Toe foreign commerce of the United UIe, hn Raul. nortir.iilni.li. in (l, !?' M.ur nr five ypnr"- it closely bound . Si ,hf Prosperity nnd development w thia country. kinr i be,leved manT impoitant il.r uu" u" maue wunout ntmi ' legislation, through reallocation "bureaus, "lLr.'ld(!nduthat hc eP-'tcI. in fact. a til be n Kencfal reorganization ft. ii.R?rnm?nt ,vith ,h' nlvcut of V. iln administration." I. .". Hoover .nlrl l. u.i ... ...i- Ilkn ,U .. .iv lull, 111,1. IMII.l mLii r"nniWlity of expendins inf i. A00"10 chHdicn are depend- "11 BISO lield rllo nr.v nr. l-l,l ftluconr, roortem. Column rw "DRYS" SURE OF HARDING -.. BVQV(Vi( k VIKHk ni-Saloon League P,ut Confidence v-oming Administration "alllmore. y,b. 24.(lly A. I- )- tt undJ ,i c,'f,oro?!nent of the-Volstead Or idw.,l'5,I,,,,ri,,nf fl'lmlDlRtration," Ctnerai . . "" ot tervllle. O., Wfess hfrC Amerlea U i" on "Itr ii. ' i. "flit IV for V.' . hinuc,f w' stanil Duihfrt. IT enforcement. Harry M. wt fori' ",tn"c,r 8en,-a'. ""I be n l)B iw.'ft "T'0'' .enforcement. Ho 'Win. but VT !iIe U a born poli- 'Actual' J ' "''BOM Is ft cold, in- "TM i en'or"ment. '"' '"'hey a . n",tMre.nL,')l,irlne w1- "'tl'l -f"""" "D(,r ndvl('e of '"" fovcpK .1 "lp 0,ncentrniini: treu, s " "' Micceedlng Cou- v avx. Knt.reel s, (Second-H.., Mtttfr at the. uiiut tnc Aft of .Morel! 3, 18TII IbyAYAyAyAyAw MSwJBVAVAflBBfd ivSAVAraBVAjl HEKUURT IIOOVUK 'I'lio former food adminlslralor has left, tho fleclslon to President -elect Ilardlns as to uhctlier lie will he of more valuo to the public as sec-retarj- of commerce or head of Eu ropcan relief worh MAN FOUND DEAD IN STREET; HIS BODY HADJJEEN ROBBED Police Seek to Learn If He Is Victim of Murderer Ton Mnrntn, twenty-five jenrs old. 1S37 North Twenty-first street, wus found dead in un nlley near 70-1 Hod man street nt 0:.'!0 o'clock this morn ing, with his lint nnd urcrcont missing and the pocket of his clothing turned out, indicating lobhery. There wcro no marks of violence on the body nnd the police arc unable to determine whether tnc man was mur dered for his money or whether hc died of potoon nnd was later robbed. An autopsy will be performed nt the morgue in nn effort to determine the cause of death. John Comiskey. of '120 South Sec ond street, discovered the body. He notifleii the police of the Twelfth nnd Pine streets station. At the Pennsyl vania Hospital physicinns said the man bad been dead several hours. "FRIEND" ROBS MEN OF $813 Acrobatic Brothers Lose Money After Extending Helping Hand .lames Pnrker. of Now 1'oik, is STflS poorer today than he was last night, nnd h's brother, John Parker, is loser by .$'15 tho result of misplaced con tldeiice in a friend, they allege. The Pnikcrs nre acrobats, playing under the stage niur- of Pnrker I!rother.s. and filling nn engagement at n Camden theatre. Ten days ago they met a one-time stage associate, in Philadel phia. He was down ami out. James nnd John divided the cost of n new suit of clothing nnd nn overcoat nnd hat for him. They paid his board bill nt the Camden hotel where they were staying, nnd intended tnking him with them to New York on Sutuiday of this week. According to the report made to the Camden police today, n key wus inken from JnmeH Parker's clothing lust night, and while the two brothers wore sing ing their net their trunks wore Inoken into and the money stolon SSII! in nil. The "friend" is missing. TO ENF0RCEJ.IQU0R BAN Regulation Forbidding Foreign Ship ments Sent to Customs Officers Washington. Feb. 21. (Ily A. P.) Orders putting' into effect portions of the recent opinion of the acting Jittorney gencrnl that shipments of llniiors from one foreign country to another through American territorv violates the prohibi tion net have been sent to nil customs officers, it wns announced today nt the Treasury Department. The particular immediate effect of the regulation, officials said, would he to cut off liquor shipments from Canada through Detroit, or Ogdensburg for transshipment at New York for Cuba or elsewhere. That part of the acting attorney gen eral's opinion holding t hat it is illegal for ships hound from ono foreign coun try to nnother with liquor cargoes to touch at American ports still is under consideration, it was said. Should the opinion be enforced liter ally it is expected tlmt some foreign governments will enter a protest, as ninny of their ships now call at Amer ican ports for fuel while on voyages from one foreign poll to another. TO, Urge Constitution Change Ways and means to spread informa tion and mouse interest in the import ance of n state constitutional conven tion will he discussed at n dinner of public-spirited citizens in the llellevue Stratford, March 1, at.(l:,.0 p. in. The speakers will include ficorge Wharton Pepper, Justice, V. I. Schnffer, At torney General (ieoige Vt. Alter uuil ThopiUH Itnelnini While. Today's Developments in tXational Capital Tho Senate mnnufnrtuicrV coni m'tlee agreed to report favorably (he ('aider coal bill after eliminating provisions for emergency legulatlon ami speiial taxation. Mondoll announced Mint the House will hold night sesions. The deficiency nnd Indian appro priation bills were completed by Cou giess. Separnte conferences of Senate Republican and Democrats hme been culled for Match R. Over the President's elo the House nassrd I he MrKooun Indian hill, .122 to IS The ii'unl nppropiiatiou bill, carrying SIOO.BOO.OOO more than it did 'when it passed the House, was reported to the Senate, ' "j Po.tftfflce. ret iMlicliii.. P.. CONCILIATION OFFER IS MADE BY WORKERS IN TEXTILE INDUSTRY Union Officials Suggest Meeting With Employers at Which All Cards Would Be Placed on Table Face Up WILLING TO DO FULL SHARE TO REOPEN MILLS; MANUFACTURERS TO CONSIDER PROPOSAL TONIGHT In a ktlcr addrcMed to the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger, the Philadelphia Textile District Council, United Textile Workers of America, suggest a "get-together" meeting with the employers, 'when tc labor difficulties existing in the industry here might be adjusted. This offer follows thu publication in the Evening Public Ledger February J4, IS and 1G of a series of three articles by Sherman Rogers, labor expert, in which the views of both the cmployersi a way out of the difficulties slioivn. The offer now made by the workers is in line with the suggestions of Mr. Rogers. The offer will be considered tonight at a meeting of the executive committee of the Philadelphia Textile Manufacturers' Association. Wil liam J. Tracy, mediator of the stale Department of Labor and Industry, says that the workers' proposal is "a step in the right direction." Mayor Moore declares, that he will be glad to assist in any way in adjusting the differences. The letter from Hit Textile District Council follows: To the Cdltor o) the Ki-entna "utile Ledocr: Sir Permit us to say thut the tex tile workers who are members of the United Textile Workers of America und nffiliated with the Textile District Council of Philadelphia have noticed with great Interest the treatment given bv your valuable paper to the dc- piorauie conditions now existing in jl me lexinc industry, I'liilailclpIiin'N greatest Industry, the value of whose product in 1011), according to the report of the Corn Kxehange Uiink. was more than $21)2,000,000 and which reports show shared most gen erously in the prosperity of the coun try during the years 10l4 to 1020. in clusive. We studied with great interest the articles written by your Mr. Itogers, nlso your editorial on Thursday, Feb ruary 17. nnd ut n meeting of our council held yesterday notion wns taken commending your paper for the interest shown In the situation and tho fair nnd impartial manner in which tlie subject wbb treated. Permit us to say that tho textile workers who are a part of our organi zation are vitally Interested in the welfare of the Philadelphia textile in dustry and wish to sec it maintain the position that rightfully belongs to it. We desiro to see the employers in the industry prosper and the workers nttain their just share of the fruits of the industry. It hns always been the desire of our organizations to co-opcratc with the employers or any sincerely interested body In making the Industry that which it should be. We fully appreciate that this can not be dono while antagonism, preju dice and misunderstanding exist, nnd assure you that we are willing to do our full share in eliminating the evils which have a tendency to act detri mentally to the be'st interest, of the industry or Philadelphia in general. Wo know of no better or more urg ent time to adjust matters than ut present nnd feel thai this can only be done by laying the cards on the table face up in a sincere effort to get together nnd not take advantage of ono nnother. eliminating a lot of petty nnd picayune prejudices and setting ourselves to the task and goal of mak ing n belter, bigger and happier tex tile industry for Philadelphia. Assuring you that this is our de sire and aim, we are. Y'ours sincerely. Philadelphia Textile District Council. United Textile Workers of Amcricn. CJKOUGK CIIKECH. President. CHAW.KS SElFnilT, Secrctury. February 21, 1021. Offer Is Opportune The meeting of the executive (oin mlttee of the Philadelphia Textile Man ufacturers' Aocintlon, which will con sider the workers' offer, will take place at Ml 5 Arch street. The offer is said to be especially op- ('(inllntiril on Furr lire, Column To BLAMES MOTHER FOR ACT Man Tries Suicide Because Parent Married Second Time Alfred Ogden, thirty-two years old, 2S27 Noith Ilroad street, attempted sui cido last night, according to the police. He is in a serious condition, nt the Sa maritan Hospital, from the effects of gas. Ogden left a letter, in which he de clared his mother's second marriage wns distasteful to him, nnd was a cuupe for his act. Ogden is u roomer at the Ilroad street bouse. He was found uncon scious on a bed with nil gns Jots in the room wide open. At the hospital it was said ho would iccover. DEFENDS GIRL SLAYER Uncle of Elizabeth M. Lance Does Not Blame" Her for Killing Father "She's u fine little girl, nnd I'm sure everything will come out all right." George A. Lance, of South Cooper street, Hevcrly. N. J., made this com ment today Indicating that he did not hold his niece, Elizabeth Mubel I.unoe, fifteen years old. culpable for killing her father, Kdgur M. I.unce, jejterdu moiulng. The girl fatally slabbed her father in going to the uld of her mother, whom the father attacked in their home ni IliO South Ronsall street. She was allowed bail in $1500 nnd is now ut the home of her uncle in Ileverly. SNOW JUST SAYS HELLO Flurry Here Barely Long Enough for Greeting A slight flurry of snow arrived shortly after 0 o'clock this morning, but censed after a few minutes. Tho weatherman predicts that neither snow nor ruin will mar the remainder of the dny. The temperature uill be about 28 de grees tonight . Tomorrow some snow may fall CI.OWN NIOIIT AT 1JEACX ARTS CArE. Brpid Cilfurd v. Pouvtnlr SurorUM. m-Utv, J " " ".'. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1921 and the workers wov voiced, and Mayor "Glad to Assist" in Textile Adjustment Mayor Muoro is willing to lend all the aid he can toward ndjustlng dif ferences between textile manufac turers and their employes. "The Mayor will be glad." hc said, "to assist in Hiiy way possible In the adjustment of uny such dif ferences." LABOR ASKS VETO OF RAIL AID BILL . Urges Wilson to Kill Winslow Act as v Unjustifiable Con cession to Railways DEFIES "OPEN-SHOP" DRIVE Hy the Associated Press Washington. Teh. 21. President Wilson wns urged to veto the Winslow Townsend bill as "nn unjustified and unjustifiable concession to the railroad owners who iinve shown n wanton dis regard for laws and lawful processes," in a resolution adopted hero today by the executives of national nnd interna tional trade unions atlilinlcd with the American Federation of Labor. Should Congress attempt to override n veto mid enact the measure which provides for immediate pnyment of a largo part of the $000,000,000 due the railinnds under tho transportation act, legislative representatives of all lnbor organizations nro instructed to "use every effoit nnd all legitimate means" to prevent passage of the bill. Refusal of tho railroads to meet in general conference with railroad work ers' unions, tho resolution said, wns evidence of "n purpose to destroy trade unionism that is identical with the so called 'open shop' movement in the steel and other Industries." Tlie conference nHo went on record as supporting the workers of Porto Rico in their request that the I'nlted States Congress appoint n commission to in vestigate industrial conditions ns well as the general governmental affairs of the island, especially affecting educa tion, health and -uiiitutiou. economic und living conditions! of workers. U was also demanded that tho constitution of tho I'nlted States and the laws passed by Congress intended to protect tlie American workeis shall bo npplicd "fully to the workingnien of Porto Plan Publicity Campaign Plans for n publicity nnd educational drive to offset "open shop" und other propaganda of enemies of oiguuizod labor were considered here today nt the conference. While details of the program nre withhehld, it is understood proposals hnve been submitted for conducting u central information bureau for the dis semination of the principles of union ism. Plans aNo nre being considered, it is unde.srtood. to send it corps of "minute men" throughout the country to give the nublic first-hand informa tion regarding the orgunied labor movement. Publicity may also ho mod to boost the federation's legislation program nnd aid its light against injunction und in dustrial court. Recommendations regarding the pub licity campaign will no made lo the Continued os I'aie To, Column Onr WOULD DREDGE SCHUYLKILL Mayor Asks $5000 to Prepare River for Regatta Major Mooio submitted n letter to Council this nfleruoon requesting the passage of nn ordinance which would appropf 'o $."0,000 for use of the Park Commis ion in dredging the Schuylkill river so that it will ho in (ondition for the regnttn in May. Tin Mayor pointed out that tlie rier is in a deplorable ondition opposite the boatliinises above the Fnirmotint dam. lie stated It) is estimated more than 100,000 cubic jntds of silt and mud hnve accumulated and that it is practically impossible for the arlotis boat clubs to use their slips. Wo nlso emphnslzed tho importance of clearing the liver of nil debris nnd unnecessary accumulations in the in terest of public health. "We take our water for drinking purposes ftom tlie Schuylkill." he stated, "and it is highN desirable that it should lie kept fie'e from obstruction nnd as clear as pos sible," ' WRIGLEY DRUNK WHEN CAR KILLED GIRLJS TESTIMONY Witness at Magistrate's Trial for Manslaughter Says He Went 35 Miles an Hour CASE AGAINST MOTORIST OUTLINED BY PROSECUTOR Jury Chosen to Try Magistrate Wriglcy ForenvHi Theodore Friss. glass man ufacturer. 22-1 North Fourth street. No. 2-R. P. Lloyd, carpenter. 210 North Franklin street. No. S William Rose, lockmnkfr. 10S Margaret street. No. 11. L. Copeland, clerk, 1027 llalnbridge street. No. tt Charles Wagoner, painter, 10." Last Penn street. No. 0 William Douglas, collector, 0240 North Twenty-first street. No. 7 Thomas Moran. bookkeeper, 2010 Kensington nvenuc. No. 8 Ailen Kcrsohner, machinist. 2.12 Fast Ashmead street. No. (1 Edmond L'ngle, clerk. 1110 Columbia avenue. No. 10 W. S. Dutinell, piiutoi. .1020 Wendle street. No. 11 William M. Onrtling. mill worker. 1041 Fnirliill street. No. VI Edward Casldy. mercantile marine. .1700 Spring (inrclen strcctr Magistrate Myron I'. Wrlgley was druuk and driving his machine nenrlv thirty-five miles un hour when lie struck and fatally injured Mrs. Mury Ilrady. of 722 Spruce street. October 28. nt 'r' street und Allegheny ave nue, according to n witness at the magistrate's trial today. Tho witness was William J. Walker, 220 East Wlshurt street, who on the night of the accident wns driving nn other car, which the magistrate's car passed just a few moments before the j otitis woman wns hit. Tho magistrate's trinl. long clelacd and frequently deferred, began in onru est this afternoon, after all of yesterday and part of today had been spent im paneling a jury. Room 200, Quarter Sessions Court, whore the trial is being held befcue Judge Duvis. was jammed this morning and afternoon. Many minor political lights were noted in the audience. The last juror was obtained shortly after noon. Assistant District At torney Gordon explained to the iurors that the magistrate was charged with involuntary manslaughter and driving an automobile when intoxicated. Gordon Outlines Case Mr. Gordon pointed out to the jutors the difference between voluntury nnd in voluntary manslaughter, und said the commonwealth expected to show that the defendant. Magistrate Wrlgley. was driving at high speed nnd wns grossly negligent ns lie approached Mrs. Hrady und her escort. Louis Rittenhouse. "We intend to show," said Mr. Gor don, "that Magistrate Wrlgley was in toxicated, as can be proved by his notions nt the Northeastern Hospital on the night of the nccldent, and nlso before he reached there. "We will ask a conviction under both bills of indictment, thnt of voluntary manslaughter and that of driving an automobile when intoxicated." John M. Ristino. Gill East Tioga street, a brotlier-in-lnw of Mrs. Rrndy, wns tlie first witness. Ho said ho iden tified the body in u hospital, on October SO. Ho stated the accident occurred at midnight. October 2S. The first direct testimony was given by Louis Rittenhouse. .1100 Tnmpa street. Man Describes Accident He said lie was with Mr. Rradj on 41... ..:..l, ..r .tin n.iiitn,il nn.l Im u wt ItU- nielli . i.i. in..,'ti. in,., ,,.- nil,, she both were .struck. The accident occurred at ton minutes before mid- night, ho testified, nt Allegheny avenue and F street. The witness nid he no- ootiipunied Mrs. Rrndv ton theatre nnd later had taken her to u restaurant nnd i wns osenitinz her home "Wo weie standing about five feet from the eiistbound trolley track on Allegheny avenue." said tho witness. "Two niitomobilos wore coming cast ; one in tho car track and the other neai the curb. The one in tlie car track, when about fifteen feet away, veered toward us without any warning. We both were muck. I wns dragged about l."0 feet clown Allegheny avenue on tlie fonder. Identities Himself "When I managed to get off the fen der I found Mrs. Ready lying on the street. I shouted to Magistrate rigley to come buck. Ho got out of the onr nifd enmo toward mo. Mo said: 'I nm Mngistratc Wrigley.' Then he walked nwny. The man who dioc the other car. Mr. Wnlker. took Mrs. Ilrady to the Northeastern Hospital. Magistrate m-tcley then returned and nut me in Ills car and w landed in front of a mill. I told him the hospital was on the other side. II" finally took mo there. Ho wns talking and nggra.vatiim me. I told him he wasn't fit to run u car mid that ho wis drunk. Outside the hospital .Vrizlev nd lnittoe that be lui'1 two ur tlin" wins C'cntlnucl on l'.itr I uirtiTii, Column Two Movies Hunting Ground for Drafted Jurymen "It's at tlie movies you gel "em." according to Sheriffs Deputy Thomas Ruck. It was there lie got nn oiimp draftee for the WiirIpj Jiu v. Forty deputies weie sent out wilh five subpoenas each, for tho spe cial Wrigley venire. "Get one of tlie five or don't come back," each was told. Ruck found one man wns nl a movie. It was crowded, so the deputy bad the manager call the victim's name fiom tho stage and tell him he was wanted at home. The talesman sought the office and Ruck "nabbed" him. I'ublKlied Dailv i:xrpt Kundu CVin-r'Kht 1021 Law Student Wins Today's Limrick Prize 1' S 1 V, ..-is George AV. Phillips, 1205 Cottmnn street,. Fox Chase Jack's Jingle Box is Third SLAYER'S 'DOUBLE': Man Identified Even by" Scars Proves Innocence at De layed Trial PROVES ABSOLUTE ALIBI! Viti Novell!, thirty-four v.-uts old. i is free today aftrr having been confined for nine months in MoyHiiicnsing prison, charged witli a murder com mitted by u man whose "double" he is. Antonio Mereurlo Is the tnun tho police wanted. They hnd a thorough descrip tion of him. Vlto Novell! Is the mnn I who faced Judge Einletter in Criminal Cotttt No. 2 yesterday, and who wns freed utter being positively but mis takenly identified ns the murderer. Knty Green, twenty-five vonrs old, of 800 Fcrnon street, wns shot down by Mcrcurio in May. 101". as she was leaving a grocery store near her home. She wns married. Mercurio wns in fatuated with her. Time nnd again she had rebuffed his attempt to win her love. The tragedy followed. Three years passed without tlie police 'being ublc to find Mcrcurio. Then from Yonkers. N. Y., came a dispatch saying Vito Norelll had been arrested on n charge of forgery and gnve n Phila delphia address. Tho Yonkers police wanted to kttow If their niun wus sought on any graver charge here. Photographs were sent und a complete description of Novell!. Eeti to the marks on his body he was tlie double of Mcrcurio. Up was extradited, given a preliminary hearing nnd committed to Moyniuensing Inst June. As they bud testified previously. Kntv Green's innther and sister positively identified Novell! ns Mercurio yesterday. His counsel faced "a difficult tnsk. Rut he got and produced before Judge Fin ltler immigration and naturalization papets undo out for Vito Novelli. Furthermore, be produced the employer of Novelli, who swore thnt on the dnv the murder was committed Novelli was working for nn Italian uewspnper nt Pittsburgh. Ho nlso showed photo graphs published in thnt paper identify ing him. under his own name, us un authorized solicitor. Judge Finletter instructed the iuiv to free tho prisonei . It is not believed that he will be taken hack to Yonkor. OCEAN TRAVEL COMES HIGH First-Class Passenger Rates to Eu rope Boosted 10 Per Cent New York, Feb. 21. (Ry A. P.I Effect i w1 today first -clu-s passenger rates trom nie I niton Mutes to i;uro , l.l""11 "'"' ""cu mf per cent, "", announcement was made public "V scleral of the lurge linos, the new mtes not applying to tickets already Inioked or purchased. Tho now rate docs not apply to second class or steer- tigei lllle N CELL 9 MONTHS COUNCIL C0MM$T$E APPROVES TRANSIT BILL The bill broadentpift,'tcf,jQw.efs.,4f,Uiecity transit department , , , 1 Cl '' 'lLS' x'l li. i ''l i Tvnicn w.itt iiieiiuit'ii 'wr, ,qiuiiiii!ii.ijii 10 um; siime legislature w approved tociay oy Qoincuv law, c.oinniut?ev under its piovi flons tho transit clepajfme.nt voiidhave(''hive juusdiction nvu all "tinnsit mntters a idv transit failHties'V-jn the city, excep-m bteam inilroads. Al 'V "i ', ' I ILLINOIS SENATE VOTES FOR BUILDING INQUIRY SPRINGFIELD. Ills.. Feb. S I The'state Senate today ndcpn l a. resolution calling foi a joint ItglftVative oominisMon to inves tigate alleged building combines, .Wd,;h.ousi;iS conditions m th, state and to recommend legislation to lelieve the situ.uioii. CINCINNATI TRACTION EARE RISE ENJOINED CINCINNATI, Feb. 21. In the common plena covin of Jurl'.i Stanley Matthews, today, the Cincinnati Ti action Company wns temporarily enjoined from ndvnncing the street catfaie fioin cl-,lit and one-half cents to nine cents on Match 1, as picposcd unnor the 's.civice at cost" oidinaiice, FIND "DOPE FACTORY" Agents Say It Is First Time Manu facturing Has Bee 'covered Here Federal agents toda"-a. they un earthed a "dope l.'h-tfir.i " on K.itei street near Sixteenth. George ltrooks mid his wife EsieU.i. weie ai tested tis proprietors. It is the first (use ihe ugents have found here where dope was nctu.-ilh being ma nu fact u red fur sale, they say. Agents I'nfrecd and Dny were passing the house lute yesterday when they de tected fumes. They obtained a si-nrtii warrant and the door was broken in Tho agents suy two largp keltic- of opium were j cooking. Opium nlso was found eon j coaled in bed mattress nnd in a trunk. , flubteriptten I'rlc JO n Tear by Mill. hj I'ul) r r.dr Company Mr. Phillips is a younp-stcr who is study ing liis Blackstone nnd Judge Landis' base ball opinions in the office of Herman L. Hcclit, former member of the Legislature. The lim'n'ck by which hc "copped" the ON'K IIUNDRUD DOLLAR prize was: LIMERICK NO. 58 J funny old fossil named Low Said, "Geology all goes to show By the veins in the rocks That the earth has had shocks"; Well, the earth's next to Venus, you know. Page From the Last Today BURGLAR ESCAPES Thief 3 Times Exchanges Shots After Discovery in West Philadelphia Homes HOSPITALS UNDER WATCH A "lightning burglnr." who escaped bullet showers from five policemen in West Philadelphia early today, return ing the shots during one chase, entered throe homes nnd eluded his pursuers The thief first pried open a rear win dow in the home of Rernurd Miller, -ill South Fifty-sixth street. He did not combine lightness with tleetness of foot because Miller heard him. The householder ran downstairs. The burglar leaped through the open rear window. Miller followed, shouting for help. His calls wire heard bv Patrol man McLaughlin, of the Fiftj -fifth and Pino streets stntion. McLaughlin fired four shots as the burglar sprinted down Fifty-sixth street. All the bullets missed, ap parently, nnd tho burglar escaped. ThU occurred at 2:43 o'clock. Enters Second Hon Twenty minutes lutcr a man answer ing the same general description broke into the home of Mrs. Agues Mon tague. ."2H0 Cedar avenue. Mrs. Montague heard him and threw up a front bedroom window, screaming for Help. Patrolman Ribbihoii.se, of tlie Fitty-fifth ntid Pine streets station. heard the cries and saw tho mnn leave the house. Tlie burglar ran with n long, swing ing stride, head forward and arms pressed to his side. Ribbihouse tired five shotH after him. Again the bullets missed their mark and the bnrglur got nway. I wo unsuccessful attempts and nar row escapes were not enough for one crowded morning, apparently. The inioi next .limmlcil open a front wtn - clow in the home of John L. Crew, oilll t ntliarlne street. He unlocked a vesti bule door nnd the fiont door for n quick getawuy.' Couple Kelgn Sleep Mi and Mrs. t'lew feigned sleen a the burglur flashed a light over them, i Then lie walked b.ick to a rear bed ! room, where John Crew. Jr.. ti hnv. i was asleep. The thief obtained u gold l hiiiui nm, .?, in uumi in mat room. j Mr. Crew got out of bed and eront ' lo the hullwuy. He saw the burglar I leave the boy's room and hurry down tlie stairs ,t tlie same moment Mrs. BULLET SHOWERS i row cipeueu a window and called for League of .Nations and jot bo heard nn help. 'till questions in ,ich the allied and Lieutenant Montgomery and Defoe-- assoclntcil powers arc Interested und tloi Thomas and Summers, of the on ,inj fe.it tire wnich tlie league is e -Fiftj -fifth and Pine streets station, pooled to decide. The extreme cliffi. were on Catharine street ns the burglar otiltv of discussing and deciding itnpoi -ran from the Crew home and sped east, t n nt iilestions uniii r thoo unimi- Tho lieutetunt und the detectives stance, was pointed out fired after tho fugitive, who tinned Discussion of tho "R" tpe of inan oecasionally and returned the shots. daie -the Relgiun iiinndatoi v nrnr The chase led to Forty-sixth street and German Fa-f Aftui. those of Frnni Chester avenue, whete toe burglar os- and Gioi.t lliit.'ii ove, Togolnncl and eaped. toe K.iinerun. and that of Great Itrn mil over German Southeast Airim wn j on the or ir ot business for this nftei -j noon in ounce tin with the Amcuan note . CARUSO READS GREETINGS Receives Felicitous Messages for His Forty-eighth Birthday Tomorrow New York. Feb 21 - i l!v , Pi Riithdii.v ctoclinjs loiitiiinod in let i"is, telegrams and cable message's to day wore read to Enrico Caruso, con- inlcseing ftom an attack of plouusy I ami neart tumble who will celebrate the forty-eighth anuiversniy of his biith tomorrow Th. attending ph.v nc iuu allowed u,e noted tenor to sit up while Mis. Cum so load a portion of the felicitous mes sages. .Mr laruso still has some fever the nhvslcian rcnorted hot ..n , piiysician reported, but said ,u J it would diuppear n u few oy8, hoped PRICE TWO CENTS U. S. CLAIMS EQUAL VOICE WITH OTHERS ON MANDATE AREA Note to League Council Pro claims America's Interest in Germany's Overseas Lands RIGHTS WERE FORFEITED, SOME DELEGATES HOLD Ily the Associated Press Paris, fob. 21. Tho I'nited Slates Government m its nolo tn tli Council of the League of Nntions on th ques lion of miindntes olnitns nn e()util con cern nnd interest with the oilier princi pal allied and associated powers in th overseas possesions of Germany and in their disposition. This wns shown today when tho note sent by the ' morienn Stnte Department and Inid before the council of the league yesterday wn made public. The council ngnin took up the note this morning, considering it with par tictilnr reference to this claim advanced bv the I'nited State-. Some of the other membeis held thut America had forfeited such rights by withdrawing, as an associated power, from tho supreme council. In the summary of tho note, which wil ttinde nulilic restore nv It i-im r- 'lyenled that the Fnitecl States declared it had never pivon its consent flint ttie island of Yap. an important link in tlie chain of onblo communications in the Pacific, be included in the territories subiei ted to the mandate of Japan. Tlie principal feature of the note, in addition to the points contained in tlie stnnmaiy. wns the American contention of equal right nnd interest in disposing of Germany's overseas possessions. On tills the note snid: "As one of the principal nlliecl and associated powers tho I'nited States has eunl concern and insonarable interest with the other principal Rilied and asso ciated powers in the oversens possessions ofGorinnnv. and consequently an equal voice in their disposition. Which lr is respectfully submitted cannot bo under taken or effected without its consent." Misapprehension Over Yap Referrimr to the attribution of the "'. Ynn to Japan, the note reads " bile this government never as sented to the inclusion of the island of inp in the proposed mandate to Japan, it may be pointed out thnt oven if one or more of tho other principnl allied und associated powers were under mis apprehension as to the inelusion of the island in tlie reported derision of May 1010. nevertheless in the notes above mentioned the I'nited States Govern ment makes clear its position. comprised Unit sent bv the I'nited ciresiimaniy tlie notes referred tn ;staies to treat Itntain on November 20 Inst, with the copies submitted to the French and Italian Governments. J he notes set forth the American position on the responsibilities of man dntory powers. The Japanese mandate wuj npnroved bv the council of the league Dei ember 17 in Geneva t At tlie time when these notes were addressed to tlie respective government above mentioned, nn ngrement had no' joeep readied on the terms of the h,' canon or tlie mandates covennir former German islands in the "seift Therefore the position taken by t President on behalf of this coverniiiom lenrly set '..' neees.--' hnd thi ioiiIt of effectively withdrawing any -itegestinn or imnljrntinn of assent. mi tnkenlj imputed to this government long before December 17. 1020, tlie elate i ine council s meeting m (ieneva Situation Piu7le- Allies 1 lie dic uss.on ot the council this '""ruing centered on tlie question of how' the I'nited States could viiiaio "utnle the .Supreme ( oiincil of the The otlieiut suninian of the Amcncan note gnen out last night follows- "The government of the rnitcel States dec hires it seires the oeeusiun lo end the council . tlie league a i opt of a nolo addressed to Earl Cuivon cliritish foreign minister I on No umber 20. setting forth in detail III mows of ihe I'nitoil States on the re spoils bililies of mandatory powers. A eop of that note has been sent to tht French nnd Italian Governments. "The I tilted States Government ( niitlniiril nn I'jc l"mirtrru f nlutiui (In BIG STEEL MILL CUTS PAY Jones cS. Laughlin Announces 20 P. C. Reduction in Laborers' Wages Pillsbursh. Feb. 21.--(Rv A P. i - reduction approximating 20 per i out in the p.iv of all laborers nf (1s .looes McLaughlin Steel Co. will be. come rfToitivo Mutch 1 it bei ,ime known here tcdnv Readjustments of I he wage of tonnage nun in eonlortn ilv with lie new labor si ale iiU,, will be made at the sumo time. The .loiies A LltMghllii Co. one of the largest of the sleil conipaiiils cm plovs in normal limes about '."i 0OO men The new into of pav will ,r thiltv seven icnts mi hour, the piosenl lllte being fentj sU cents an hnui. AI I l' pet cent of tlie uirii employee! in u steel mill ure classed us labore is I ni 1 1 will be no i hange in hours oft. working conditions in Ihe conipanv's plant. The new ta'e will be oppioxi nililel) the same as lias iilnadv been established bv several of the oilier in dependents tlie Jones &t Lliilghliu Co. being tlie last of the big independents to make a ledin lion Burning Mattress Gives Scare A burning mattress in tl(. (.ollar of flit. Inline of Authonv Kit iufn. LI iitiih 1 Edgeiiiiuit slioel, tills morning ' (ifj .i... i ...i.i. i i . lie iiimisi .inn nuiuivc nun fjlUSCCl a senora) scare, hut little cluiuuge I pal).serby turned in on alarm, and the flre was easily extinguished. i I If ti'l !i A rv I V. V , .A "r-.t -i
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