Wi!- 'fV.ytf JlT" , p, Sjjf'.! n.7- , . .iiv (J .' I gag Fqm &?en a Kiddie With Jack's TEN-DOLLAR-PRIZE Smile? -See Page 1$ Rpy THE WEATHER Snow fuming to rain and nlrlit: hmist iidoiu .t i.ffiicfsj nun icnowcii itf ciearm;. Timi'KitATi in: at i:Arii I S I II 110 '11 ,12 I 1 I 211 i.'ia '.'111 i.'tS l.'tl) '4.! VOL. VII. NO. 142 FOR WILSTACH ARI Park Commissioners Attacked for Disposal of Works From Memorial Hall ELI KIRK PRICE SAYS SOME BROUGHT MORE THAN VALUE The Nile of morn than lt0 paintings lelonglng to the Wllstnch collection In Memorial Hall, Folrmount Park, H criticized severely by Pasquale Farina. an artist, of 1827 Walnut street. Valuable paintings bought with trust funds bequeathed by Mrs. Anne Wll ftneh were sold for prices ranginc from S3 to $200. I'rof. Farina pays. He iiwrts tlint tho Fnlrraoitnt Pari: commissioners, under tbc terms of the WIMach will, bad no authority to nell nnv of the paintings, cither those In llie nrlgiunl collection or those acquired iibrqiicntly through trust funds. The artist also criticizes the trustees r.f the collection for sending many of the paintings to New York city for re lairs and renovation. This wns done, tii enjs. "in disregard of the fact tbnt it was done up to then, and during the previous fourteen years, right here In Philadelphia in n most conscientious manner, nt less coast and nt no risk at all." Priro Upholds Sale The committee in charge of the Wil ..tneli collection is hearted by .Joseph I.. VMencr. now In Florida. In his ab sence Kli Kirk Trice, vice president of lh" Palrmount Tark Commission, com mented on Trof. Farina's statement. Tie contended (hat the llstach trustees had tlio right to sell any paint ings bought with trust fiyids. that the nletrres "weeded out," as he termed U, mii Infarfniv nml tlint In some In- itnnecs they brought prices greater than tlielr wo-th The original Wllstach collection was left to the city by William 1 Wllstnch nnd numbered 10 palntlncs nnd pieces of statuary. Later Mrs. Wi'strtch left an endowment of nearly S02.".000 for the maintenance of the collection nnd the acquirement of other -works of art. "The Wllstach collection was taken rtnun during the early part of IMS," mid Professor Farina. "It Is about three years since 107 paintings were fnt to New York for repairs, or reno vation, or should wo say restoration? Sn-ernI of the 107 pnintings were never returned to tho museum. What hap pened to them? No one is allowed to ftnow. To any visitor inquiring about them, as n jule, Jliu nnswerls. yfhev flro being restored.' Charges Money Wasted "lly sending them out of Philadelphia the Wilstdch fund wns badly and uu nec'csvtrily reduced to nothing by using a largo sum of money to pay for the cleaning, vcstnriiis and destroying of sme of the pictures, and for the pay ment of heavy rates of insurance while they were being transferred to New iork nnd back here again. "A .venr later tin- Kalleries uer "rened again, but there wns only a Urn- j ited number of the pictures In the ex- I hlhltlon. Some of the paintings had I not been returned because, the public iih uuormea, me won: wnii'ii nnu to be dune to them had not been completed ai ine time of the opening. "Many other pictures In the meantime ti.'idbeen placed In some auction house 'a New York for sule nnd were sold nt a bargain price too unitizing to believe 1 1 a legitimate, fair public sale pro- "Miing, Calls Pnlnt.ng, Maslerpioces Among (he paintings sold were .. .-..im-iTs or me nnuan s'iiooi which . j'eie most worthy to be in luiy collec- FARINA CRUIZES S3 10 1200 PRICES ,. """ "'"my i" ue in zuiy c'oucc- a voung man lilcntineii as uaicon at- lion or flrst-iass nrt museum in (he I tempted to purchase an automobile utM. One of them, worth from $."000 ,'l'hursduv from a South Side dealer, of '1'. wns The i)eu, Christ,' by Car- i fering Liberty Honds in payment. The raeii, which, by the wnj . I saw on intuition in an nrt store in New Wh Cimtlmml on Pus I1e. Column Tour 106 ARE TAKEN IN RAID IM flAWC I A MOO IXADn . "n" r, ... . . forty. rive Women Caught In Net I Thrown About Young's Hotel I f"1'1' fnr iho aht tliroi montlis. Karly lil 1UO riniiL Uim iIntmtti jw I wi urnni -r. -.-- - - .. .- ... -- ..- ,....,-. I lnine.II.. tel V ll.npi. ten. n .i.ll.l Li.rt.rn 'de to escape niudc bj the Inmates. Nunc ran to the cellar to hide, some lushed f,,r jh,. tlre-escnpe and others jviiiiM have jumped from the windows nit for the cordon of police about the hotel. The proprietor of the hotel, Abraham "rnuoiis; the Inu tender, clerk, musi inus ami entertainers and visitors were all placed under arrest, sixty-one men ui'l foity-fivo women in nil. All those charged with being fre-lut-iitPi-K or inmates of a disorderly ...use were released for a hearing today heron. Miiglstiute Carson in Central Station. STRIKERS BEAT UP MAN Cra mp Employe Is Followed From Shipyard and Attacked bv Four I'o.ir workmen, believed to ho strike sy.niHiiliizerN. trailed James Little, a Hiiim shlpvard eiiiplo.ie, to a point. "."'irhis home at Second and Callow ill ! n,. i i. , , , . . . . ' m llliK liis work nt the hank. , iinuuicii nnu six men nnu women . nnUuiu f id., hnnk ii.clnreil tlm H...ft ' '" eiguiecn u.ve points in the city where v "re .uieslcd in Young's Hotel, (Jlrard OmeiiilH of Ik batiK 'tPl"'' tho t heft ,,, llre 0I1 H)ic ".in... and Franklin street, eurlj this W "" J '""A"1" tT ! ti ,UP ' 1 T,,c ,-vcrs' iril" Iwn one of the fining, in II... Inrgest ml, ever made or accomp ices w ho might be In uenc Ing , lnn,PMt ,n tllt. ,,,, ()f ,h " c h the police under the Moore nd.nin- '"' n.s. ' , ' ol"', ," i, ? 1,n,vi dutry here. AVorkers in all slops In Mrniio,,. The hotel is In the ward, known that he v.. . d J''" ;'" '" ''"V'4;, ' tlic c-ity went out Inst April on u Vle'mnna c-'iilrol.e, by D.ivld II. Mine. aK'',"f Ijlherty bonds to cheek o or, ami, f(), ,,lK,lty t.entH ft , ' Thirty-three Tlie Ii,.t.i i,,i i. i,. t ,it i hiieh a bond transaction occurred onl uiw ,-n,i ,,.. ,..i,i, ,i.. " 'A., " "us nme to imiKp the innT. .-.t 1 u I'lm-K , " i"" .' 1 .-.'.. f.ighteen shops remain out. The mns- V.'lng Lieutenant .lohn Murk", of the and bank ofl.cinls said he wrapped them tep ,,,, rot!ently brought nn lujinc I'lghth and .lefferson streets .station. ' brown paper and tucked them under ton WU ( nst thp vn wll cl J die ""ding n detail of thirty detectives and '' "r" whJ , 'l': "''in., m.iinv, wii '. 'St"k, ,",r,l- Ho n,lvlh(',l "' oontend Pttfrolmen. blew his whistle and closed, Thursday. Al,,I,n""no e ' K' , V1, '"I Ing parties that this was a poor tin e in nt. ti... i,..o went to lunch that day with Dalton. " (li .t ,. 1 .,.. "".""- . . ( . " . . 7 I . ' . tniiiimi.ii iinrt HlltiiU Wit Mill t nfklttifiMW --.. . " v?!,', ""l". fleets, mst night, and heat him up " Forged pussix.ris i ....,.... u,.s.i ";'".idl..g to a report to the olie . able and dangerous iiliens to enter the - ... , ,,,, ln lllu noosevelt liiih- ' '"nsi niiin-n . I'll'1,! fr treiitmeiil. cierv European countr) It was an- lw.nty.four men lolli'iing around m.unccl tndu, at the State Depurt- incplnnt were in rested Inst night, bun ment. ,llhln an I.oiii were released n copies , An Iniestlgatioii conducted by Amer- '! the charge signed by Magistrate' bun consular oflicers abroad has i shown, Imris They wi have hearings at the department's statement said, that intra! Police Court this morning. , passport swindlers have been operat- erslfor Irazer. assistant tothepiesl- ing on a wholesale scale. Gangs have "ni of the si In Hi II. .... ......, ii... i.. i ...I... le.l with cotiutcrfe t nass- .lrMii ...... . . . .. .." stnt.,.., ....".", .' r ".".. in i ,i.."" .". loioiimiueii nguiiist the ear l T V '!inS't"tcs of men do- IroiihL ll0 1,,v"lved In tho Mrlkj n unrnier in niiiiuii)' iiocn EM.red a, 8mi.C.., , m.,,,, . ., . lh, nder lh AM nt mw Ml i ii I James Puts Blame on 'Mary ' for Exposure in Paul Case Is Repentant and Ready to Pay Penalty, While Schuck Is Defiant and Apparently Carefree as Men Enter Death House at Trenton One breathing defiance and insisting that be is Innocent, the other penitent and sorrowful, Raymond W. Schuck and ! rank .T. James, murderers of uavici m, rani, entered the death house in me mw .lerscy state prison nt Tren ton shortly after 7 o'clock last night. As the condemned men nu-nltetl tl.n opening of the steel door Schuck turned and snld: "They got me wrong, but If you don't mind will you please glvo my regards to dear old Hrondway." Jomcs appenred dozed, but he smiled at the apparently carefree attitude of bis former pal nnd added: 'I'll appreciate your kindness If you will get in touch with my wife nnd mother and tell them I feel fine." Approaching the state prison, Schuck and James spoke t6 each other for the first time since Schuck 's orrest last No vember. It was Schuck who spoke first, when ho said: "Well, Frank, hero's our new homestead. Ilather an impos ing structure, don't you think?" Schuck Shows Bravado James, who bears no malice against Schuck, replied: "I only wish I could bring myself to believe that it is to bo my homestead. I fear our stav here will be short." Then Schuck startled the sheriff's attendants when he said: "" hy, you don't think for one minuto they nre going to touch us off. do you? Don't bo kidding yourself. We'll get a new trial and beat It sure." Uuilng the rido from Camden to TO RETURN BONOSi President Asks Boy to Give Back $772,000 Will Then Seek His Release TRACED TO WAUKEGAN, ILL Hy tho Associated Press Chicago, Feb. 20. The Northern Trust Co., from which William Dnlton, seventeen, took ?772,000 In Liberty Houds, will urge the police to release the youth if he will return the secu rities, it wns announced today by W. S. Miller, ice president of the in stitution. "If Dalton wishes to nccept this offer he should notify me at once, cither at thp bank or at my home," snld Mr. Miller. "I will help him to. straighten out and get settled back in the right road. "If ho will bring back the bonds at once we will urge his release. We can not promise that lie will not be prose- cntm! Whiimi n decision ns tn that must be made by the city olucinls, but we WU do all we can to help him." Two clues to the lllght of Dalton were being traced h police today. Dal- ton had been in the u'inK s employ tnrce enrs nnd ns-eived S0," n month Tho youth, who Thursday night drove up to u garage in Waukcgon, north bhore suburb of t'liicngu, nnd asked to leave his automobile all night, was identified as Dnlton. He then went down tlic street to tbe Salvation Army hotel and nsked to be allowed to sleep threW.K roaV len.Ung north from Wnukegnn had disclosed no trnce of tho youth enrlv today, A voung man identified as as Dalton at- salesman refused to accept them. The young man's companion gnve the name of John Ohliiiskl. and nn nddress which Inter tunted to be fal.se. Investigation of Dalton's home life nnd associates threw no light on the theft, nolice said. His chum. Kvert Dovale, a pnge in the sunie bunk, said he never talked fliw)Ut girls. scnt most of his evenings nt a . M. ( . A. school ami uppeared Tl.n lin.wls. nf the fourth Issue, were I snld he noticed homing strange in ine . lioj'x iictlous. After eating, lie said, Dillon left him. snslm: he was going up the street. ,, A reuard of $000 hns been olTered or Da'tons arrest and a $A.000 e-, ward will bo paid for return of the . . - bonds. Judge Londis. nf Chicago, recently was 'severely criticized in both tlie Sen ate and the House for practically frce Inrf .. initio? Iinnl: clerk, accused of em bezzling $711,000 from a bank at Otta wa, III. At the time Senator Dial de clared that It would set a bnd example. I Impeachment of the Judge was tnreiii ned. Judge Lnndlr criticized the bank' .... ...... f.. ..i..i., tl,,, ,iiiiir mnn onl . SfJO n month. ...liciuin it'i hi.L.b .,,v .-"" U. S. PASSPORTS FORGED Dangerous Aliens Obtain Permits In A European Countries ,.. ,,.,", o,, n,v i i. . Washington. 1 cb. Jll. Hy A 1.) " ".;.:... ..',....,. ..I... :.i.i.... north in im-ir pimscnjiuii . my niuu.-i staius with forged signi-mrr American consular oflicers nnd coi s of counter ' felt fee (.tiunpx um ucnU BANK URGES YOUTH ii nut ' eiiwi' - .,.. i. .. v ii nil iiiu I'liiiiiuviiu nnMii ii' i u icii ii i ! i . I'..U...I h.'ft..li.L- .1 M rilllllLT Its. II I'll III 11 I1IIIIH1 uentnrj public meftcjer Pc,tf,m?(, , iM,a(,clDW. . March 3. 1870 James Would Malic Amends, He Says, in Death House "I'lay the game of life fair. That's the only way. There nre good and bad breaks in the life of every one. My ndvlce Is to fight off tho bad ones and take ndvnntage of the good ones. As I look back Into my life I see where I failed, but if (!od will be good to me and give me the life that the law demands I will spend the rest of my duys muklng amends for tbe misery I have brought, not only to my own dear ones, but to the family of David S. Paul." Frank J. James. Trenton Sohuck nnd James boro up well. The latter realizes well the fact that his hope of getting a new trial Is slim nnd seeniH to bo resigned to his fate. Schuck takes the whole nffnlr as n joke. At least he would have his lis teners bclicvo ho docs. As tho train left Urondwny station In Camden he wns asked how he felt. "Well, you bco I am wearing my pink shirt In honor of the ocaslon nnd nnturally I nm feeling in the pink of condition," bo replied laughing heartily Continued on Po t1t, Column One TO GET SHOP VOICE Committee Plan Considered for Industry Here to End Labor Troubles DETAILS NOT COMPLETED A system of shop committees is pro posed by the Philadelphia Textile Man ufacturers' Association us a solution f the lnbor troubles which have beset the textile industry in this city. Uecently the Philadelphia Textile Council, addressed an open Jctter to -the editor of the Evening Pi.'iimo Lunai;it, setting forth the workers' desire to con fer on a basis of mutual friendliness with the employers. This letter was considered at a meeting of the Manu facturers' Association Thursday eve ning, but so far no reply hns been sent. The plnn evolved by the manufac turers is said to tie the fruit of many months of investigation nnd discussioa. The nuthors of the plnn have not in dicated what it will be in detnil. The plan wns presented nt the meet ing Thursday night and a brief state ment bus been Issued by nuthoritv of the committee in charge of the1 plnn, through J. Louis Ilenton, managing di rector of the association. For Ileal Representation "The Philadelphia, Textile Manufac furors' Association has had, from the time of its organization," says Mr. Hcnton's statement, "ns one of its principal purposes the application of a plan of real representation of the work ers in the several industries and depart ments by the well -recognized principle of elected representation of the workers, forming a committee to meet in council with their employers for the discussion of nil problems of mutual interest. "The plan will be placed before the Individual members of the nssuclotion for consideration." May Knd Dyers' Strilcn OilieiTH of tiie dyers' union, in com pliance with a request innfle several ilas ago by Judge Staake. hnv.. mi. pointed n committee to confer with the master dyers in nn effort to make peace ' n't... i..i ...i,.nn.i ,. . ..t i. .. . l A "V.'A" '.'""""' "l ''Koi.v cenis mid ..,.. rthur 'McDounell nresl.lni .. i T 'r' "m- .1?'.T.V.eJ '.' ..UI"i ?"' ." 1(1 Ulll mes Wnlstenholme, secretary of the TEXTILE WORKERS union, have sent n letter to the em- i ' pl())0r8 affected, saying thnt the men I comvM ,vith the judge's reoie.s"lMen , wllillm.et the muster livers' com M mlttee ut the earliest convenience of the employers. I he master dyers hae not vet indicated when they will meet their I nit... The workers, who r..mnt .., .....I ...v... . .. . ......... .. .... ...... .1141, 1 iney win go uuck in worn ut seventy cents an hour. P. R. T. WINS RULING commission Decides Company Is t""' '" Not Regular Freight Carrier Tho Philadelphia Hupld Transit Co. cannot 1h considered us being in the freight business, the labile Service Commission ruled today at Harrisburg. The ruling was tho outcome of n complaint by tho Lehigh Valley Kapid Transit Co. regarding the division of Joint freight rates with the P. It. T. Co. The latter contended it could not lie considered n freight concern. Tho commihsijii declared the propor tion of light freight curried bv the p. H. T. Co. and the income therefrom is small compared with tho passenger business.. The commission also directed tho Sun Co.. engaged in the oil business nt Marcus Hook, to "get together" with tho Pennsylvania nallrond and the Iteudlng Hullwuy in the matter of rates to this city. When you htnknf writing tUlnk tit ViUUTNG. Idf. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1921 MAItY WASYLIK Whoso romance went on tho rocks after her groom- to -bo refused to marry ncr after having accepted S30O and a ring from her "CUPID RAFFLES" HELD Swain Took Gems and Cash From Girl, Is Charge Peter Vollchelofsky, arrested on com plaint of his bride-to-be that he had accepted !?:t(IO and a ring from her and then refused to take her band In mnr riage, has mnde n common practice of this method of obtaining funds, accord ing to testimony at his hearing today. Anthony Knchulis, owner of the rooming house in which the blighted ro mance hud its origin, testified before Magistrate O'ltricn that he had known tho young mnn in Pittsburgh. lie said Yoitchelofsky had treated a girl there In it similar munner. as well as another girl In this city. Mary Wnsyllk, the pretty twenty-two-year-old girl who lodged the charces ocainst the mnn. he said, wus the third victim at lenst. The affiiir went smoothly with the couple until jesterdny. All arrange ments had been made for a wedding in the ltussiuu Orthodox Church, nt Frunkliu nnd Ilrowu streets. Then there was to he a rollicking party aft erword nt .'i(M Kater street, the room ing house in which the couple and many of their friends lived. Hut then Yojtohelofsky "reniged." lie said he wasn't going to marry the girl. He said he was in love with Annie ICovcll, unotlier roomer. Immediately' love fled from Mary's heart to make room for resentment. The arrest was made and the wedding plans canceled to the great disappointment of all the guests. ' He was held under $."00 bnll charged with obtaining money under fulse pre tense and larceny by bailee. VISITOR DIES FROM GAS Warwick Township Farmer Acci dentally Suffocated In West Chester West Chester. Pa.. Feb. 20. Frank L. Talbot, aged sixty-seven, a former school teacher nnd for many years a member of the schorl board nnd a su- pervNor of Warwick township, flies- ter county ami a lirother of the lute mns(,nc;.!!; Ulumlniuing gainst night n he wns'a vLit'or! lton"""n' w'" The ston of u nmiet xviim lnASn .! it is supposed he had turned the How j on when retiring. lie wns found dead' in bed this morning. Till hot had been ' sick and was just recuperating after! an uttnek .if pneumonia, lie had con ducted a large farm in Warwick town ship. COLLEGE NOT ALWAYS BESlI Such was the sentiment cxnresscd to day b Dr. Frank I). Slutz. principal of the Moraine Park School at Dayton, O.. who talked on "The Creothe" Im pulse in IMucatlou" ut the Friends' Ccntrnl School. "There is too much family nnd racial pride and tradition forcing our young men into colleges these days," he' said. "No beneficial results can accrue when the man is unsuited for college." Dr. Slutz spoke of the creative im pulse ns one of the grcutest things in education. "Do you think in our American edu cational system we have too much Mulct, till all creative response Is stilled? I shall leave thnt question to be answered In your own minds." He was address ing teuehers nnd principals of Friends' schools. "The thing we must do." he continued, "Is to generate in capital nnd labor alike new pride in electorship, n restoration of that pride every good workman used to feci in his product." HOLDS TWO IN ROBBERY Committed Without Ball In Attack on Camden Woman Harrv Hrown, twenty-seven enrs i,i ...,,i Wlllln.,, TUMr .. 1..1.. icars old. both of North Fleventli street ' .i ...... ... x n ts, ., . . this city, were committed to jail with out bail bv lteenrder Stnckhouse, of Camden, today, charged with robbery and attack on Mrs. Hesslo Heibtcln, of Soinerdale. Witnesses testified tlint two men called nt the home of tho Hersteins, rang the bell, and when Mrs. Herstein answered, knocked her down, dragged her upstairs and niudc her tell them where valuables were hidden. Tlie rob bers took $-lH0 wortli of money und jew els. Heck, who is suid to have planned the robber), is a brotlwr of Mrs. Herstein. A third pnrty in the crime is believed to huve escaped. Felony to Bribe in Sports, Hill in Senate lliirrlsburg. Feb. I'll. A hill mak ing It a felony to bribe n partici pant in any sporting or athletic con test will be introduced Into the State Senate on Monday by Senator Wll Ham J. McNIchol. """ I runr i i t itiu -t r t n r amAn i. i&.i ...... .. .. .. i"n'-t'iviiiiiiiJrni.nii;-it iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ... su.ui.u .- ..wh.m, rt.ciiua llie llo.'ir.l ot 1.. ncnt on nf Miic ,. tt i. t . .... ..".. .. ' ..' ' the trnsfi.es nn.l ... ....... , . , , . , . ....... i ;,... '" s ,l"u colleges., according to l'r ie , , ..,....-......- ....t ii.. iiwuy irom ii smnrcK lis tit e of tin "- "- -" ' i ii V Vi . ,,, ,' ""n i . itruennerg, ot the I n ted States ". -i .". ...niii.-i .in .inn- ..i me iiermnn people, bv savlue in-, .i. .,.. t .. . .i .'l liienil.ershll. of llffeen. 'Phw. w or. .......... tt. ....... .,..t. . .. . . . . icier. Irn!i.il.u. ...T.,.. I.... .1... .t .. '. " 'i...u ioiicge eiiueiiuuii is noi ine cntcwav I f .. ., ,inc iieiuui .-service ai i. nsnington , . , ".,,'". "i""''' "" nn" uuiij oi uie lieniMu neonle u to heaven. There arc other things just ll,'r"'".0t' ' "f other cities, as well as our "Tlie government realizes keenlv and '"'''tion laws All actions under the inevitable am wuy. ns viiliinble, it not more eo. There are h""..'" '' large. 1-ifteeu niembers not H tnking steps to combat this situn- f""1' "re to be t a strietlv iionpuiti- many tpes of men whom colleite educa- ""lv 'Vln"PC'('SN"r:v ,mt results In prob- don," Dr. Cruenberg asserted. "The !un character, it was stipulated. M,w ' IncMtable fl.,i, .i.... r...f iwinndi " illil llie most vicious leature ot the .li.tt ,,f tl... s.l...,.lu lu ,. mntt f ..i. i ine excclltots an. I trustees nre .1.. m In tlie sine sense, u in, Wilson . ...... ,ll.i.- lli.bU... V. lb. . , ,, , .............. .r. .. ..... , , v . ... -I,i I. . EDUCATION BOARD IS ARCHAIC. RIPPER Representatives Sterling and Edmonds Assert System Is Antiquated and Inefficient REASONS ARE PRESENTED FOR ASKING ELECTIVE GROUP Sharp criticism of what wcr termed I unpopular, undemocratic an6 Inefficient features of the present Hoard of Kdurn- I tion wns directed today by speakers at - the long table luncheon in the flub. Members of the Civic Club participated in the meeting. One of tin, km.iik ora it'nu Dr. Kiinniol P. ("open, of the American Council on' Lducntion. I Hills now before the stnte Legislature were discussed with a view to bringing ' about a change in tho present sjstem. uepresentntlve l'hillp Sterling, WHO has offered a bill providing for a small, unpaid hoard, elected by the people, spoke ns follows: "The board ns presently constituted nnd chosen is undemocratic, oligarchic mid autocratic. "It Is traditional with Philadelphia that the present hchool board Is own ed, openftcd nnd controlled bj a few of its membem, who. while responsible and thoroughly honest, huve, neverthe less, been sitigulurly honored by up pointuunt nnd reappointment jear after J ear until their neriod of servlci-. in several instances, readies within n minimum of thirty years and a innxi mum of fifty years of service. "Hoard Huslncss Closed" Lately, especially with the question of the selection of n superintendent, we find that this control lmq ln.,.n umm. what softened, but with what result? iho husiness of the board was com plttely closed a deadlock for u period of eighteen months nnd the .$H.',0(il), (H)O corporation went on without a su perintendent." "No one of us has reason to sav the recent selection of Dr. Hroome is not n good ,ns. It Is our rtutv ns Phihidelphinns t f,.,. wtn confidence that Dr. Hroome will bring new life to our schools. It has, however, been Intimated that at the last moment the board refused the superlntendency to one of the foremost educators in" the Last a present state superintendent, bccitisf he laid down certain demands. I liese conditions were, us I understand it from him. as follows: "First. That as superintendent of the schools fie should bo normittiwl to ul. iiiiiiiiirr ine senooi system without in terference of the board on matters ex clusively school administration. "Second. That he should be free to ndvocate u change In the size of the school board us well as to clmnge the method of its selection. Obviously, this man had enrefulh -st'" 10 (1 I hllndelnhia schools ICpially ot"iou are the the reasons that he did "ot B1'1 tU(! Jb- Keasnns for Small Hoard pMSnT IX "T'T for his ndvocne, of change: , V, V ."" ""' '. ." .n"vni board to properly function. Second. A desire to follow the progressive tendencies of other cities for a smaller school board. Third. A desire to bring the school board closer to the people and the people closer to the school board. 1 ourth. A desire to restore to our t . I .St.. 1 it i I tl hdcnce,f "fhn : mbl'by- rrileV ... t .. . l t i j .... i i .ii-iu ox ine iiurucn in cxirn judicial niiiiointmeiits. LI1 ..l.t.1 tllllf . ,1... .l..t.......lnn ..f? ..... .-v-,...., .....i ...... u- .lurri...... ui me powers of initiative to nu rous small , bodies termed subcommittees. Hlfs Secret Sessions ' We haie here fifteen members di vided into seven committees. Koch com mittee has seven niembers, including its chairman, so that each member must serve on two or more committees. "All the business is transacted pri mnril) in the small board, and these decisions virtually become laws upon recommendation. Thus, we have I. the process all business transacted in private b Rtur-chiimber pi. .cess, "The business is so split up nnd so subdivided that nn honest nnd efficient member is virtually helpless, because lie can only watch about one -third of the business. "The public meetings of the board furnish but little protection because n large purt of the business never get ! there, and what little does is general! discuss...! in formal speeches. " J Advantages of Small Hoard . "The experience of tlie Inst century is clearly and unmistakably that a small school board is In ever wuy n more efficient board than a large one. j It is less talkative, and hence handles I (..ntlniietl on I'nce 1'hr, Cuhuiiii 111, ' FAKE LIQUOR IN TRUNKS j Railroad Officials Give Tip and AI-, cohol Is Seized Coiitlxation by Federal agents nt noon lodii of two trunks which were afterward found to contain nenrl) twent gallons of alcohol .olored to re semble whisky is taken to Indicate inilways do not intend to trunsort liipiors illegal! if they can help it Tlie trunks were consigned to a town in West Virginia by nu unnamed resi dent of South Philadelphia, and were to have been shipped from the II. and (. station at Twenty -fourth and Chest nut streets. Because no shipping address other than "Care of the Hailwnv Agent nt " wn marked on the trunks, railway officials were suspli'ous, nmj Federn'l authorities were notified. In vestigation toduy revealed a quantity of old clothing in each trunk. These garments covered, in one trunk, ten one-gallon cans of the alcohol and In the other, eight one-gallon cans. An effort Is now being made to locate the bhipper BILL SPONSOR SAYS lif-l Published Dally nxrept Sunday. Copyright, llii-'l. by Palmyra Captures the $100 Prize Our friend from New Jersey, who runs oft" with today's lim'rick prize, has proved that it pays to keep in the running. He vr.s strongly tempted to give up a few w ueks ago, but decided not to he a quitter. Note tho result. The winning fan is a clerk in tho accounting department of the Pennsylvania Kallrond, 23.') South Fourth .street. He has been successful in many contests. His completed limerick is: Said a learned astronomer, "My The stars must be up very high, For I've been on Penn's hat And they're higher than that" There arc stars within reach Mack Marcus Howard Schontz icon'l buy. GarflS,d, nmi c!"lr!cs H,s- " . Palmyra, N. J. FOK JACK'S JINGLE CONTEST FOR KIDDIES SEE THE THIRD PAGE FROM THE LAST UNISEX SECRET TAUGHT CHILDREN Teachers at Atlantic City Favor 25-Year Program of , . Education "MOTHER GOOSE" MUST GO lV a Staff Cnrrea:,ontltnt Atlantic Clly. Feb. U'd. The Na tional IMucatioual Asocat!nn got after the sex problem in enrnest today, when a discussion of the subjct was held at the First Presbyterian Church. A twenty-five-year program, starting from the crnille. was advocated and cxtni courses in blologj . psychology and ecology were mhocnted in the schools and colleges by Dr. T. W. Callowav. as sociate director of edlicationul activi ties of the American Soclul Hvgiene As sociation. of New York. Miss Kntherine HInke, of New York, advocated training every boy nnd girl for parenthood from the kindergarten up. .She also called for a humanizing of study courses and rapped unmoral fairy tales, "If this sort of program is ndopted there will be less looiencss when these young people arrive at our age," she said. "Our ideal must be for u pence-time service and not for u wur-tlme service. e must huve more health training and better health teuclnrs. The children must learn to exercise curly and not to do it perfunctorily. "We have got .to bre.uk the lockstep hi iiiiii'iiuiin. me nresent inrn g...1. !:?? "f lf'y J-urs ago. but liumanize history and geogruph ,;"vrr n ","'!:'" '''""K''' prorti.,,, ,)f ,..., m,. f,,r "Mother Goose" Must Go "Wo must eliminate all fnirv stories that linve no moral. Mother (loose stories must go. We must eliminate tlie unmoral fairy tale and tell tales which contain truth. Publishers sny thnt it is growing increasingly difficult t.. sell serious works. "We are the ml) country thai hns dared to stand for disarmament. Var is still going on. We must tench tho children to stop it. "We should not nive the cl.ll.l mvu mat win inspire martini feelings -nnd should be careful what we say t,. them Mf we would prevent the next wur." The appointment of Herbert Hoover I I., u place in I're.sid. nt Harding's cab inet is especially sutisfnetorv to T.'.ll. I Olio school teachers of America, nc-nrd- .i . " "'. - ing to iiugn M. .Magill, held secretarv fL :V,lt'"al """"""''''I A- i t..'.' Time hns come when sex education t .1 .. . . monicur, oceans, tne ipiestion of lm- morallf has reached their very thresh- ..id. thousands ot their girls and boys i.re threatened nnd great numbers have already fallen victims ns a result of lav- Coiitlnunl on 1' me 1v.i, Column i:Uht HITS UNIFORMED POLICE AS JURY PROBERS Tlie investigation of piospective women jurors by uniformed pniici-men was ciitlcised today by Julge Barratt In Commo'i Picas Court No. 2, who &ald officers in plain clothes sdiould bo letiiled to call nnd question women drawn for Jury service. The jurt,jL was eommtnting. on a complaint made by Dr. Aithur H. Newlin, 1801 Pme 3tieet, on behalf of his wife. HARDING NAMES ROOSEVELT ASSISTANT TO DENBY ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA., Feb. 20. Definite announcement was. uadi by Piesieitnt-elect Hnidiu", today thnt lu had selected Edwin Duiby, iu Detroit, Tor secictnry of the unvy, and Theodoie Rojsc vi It, sou of the founti Picsident, for nbbistnut sccvctaiy Both have accepted. WILSON SIGNS BILL FOR PAYMENTS TO RAILROADS WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-Presldeut Wilson signed tcday tUc Wuiblow bill, authorizing partial payments to lailroad und 1 ji.. iii of the transportation act. MORE SNOW IN SIGHT Weather Bureau Forecasts Unsettled, Conditions Next Week Washington, l'eb L'(l. (Hy A. P - Weuther i.redictions for the week he- , ginning .vion.in.v nre. North and Middle Atlantic States: t onsideral.le . loinllness ; unsettled, oc iMiNiimul hiiows, or nims. tfiiiiH.rutiir.. nrnr or nn titiriniii i . i '. ------ i South Atlantic and Hast (iulf States : I Unsettled. ...caMoual ruins, tempera- ture near normal. I Ohio Vnllej and Tenniwe: Norm,,! ' ) Vnlle and TennesM-e : Ntirmal u.eintnre. consldernl.l., rlniollnnss tenu.einture. consldernb e cloudiness. occniionnl miows and ruins. U..L'i...t of the i : rent i.i.i...i. !.,... . niionnl snows and ruins. ' I cd, piobubh snows, tempcrnturo near Uormnl Ful.ecrtptton Price 10 a Tear by Mall Puhllo LedKer Company HH33jSHHHfl ! BONUS BILL PUI BEFORE SENATE ,"" K'ory thnt was his when the Reported by Finance Committee i of political envim" or Tos" the With All Tax Provisions ' "tS'J " risl't nbo"t him,?.:. I l lis ',,u0 ID history Is rather cold Eliminated eonsolutlon to a man recently active . , j1"'1 "'Joying tremendous power. It in OPPOSITION CROPPING UPtb"X?.t0Xr,;.S,rt i "'"N Propose,! to a public man in Indl- Ky tho Asnk.II Press Wa.sl,lgto, Feb. W.-With .1, tiix pravisions eliminate' the soldiers' bonus bill wus ri-jiorted to the Senate today by the finance committee. The rilUll hnnilkl iiwimIiI lin hnm ... Iii.t.i.1... 1 V 11123. The question of tuxes to meet the cost of the bill was left for the next Congress. Aside from striking out the tax provision, the committee made little chnnge in the House bill, retaining the five opptions of n cash bonus based on length of service, deferred certificates, farm and homo aid und vocational training. Senator McCumber, in charge of the hill, plans to call it up in the Senate nt the first opportunity, probnblv next week. Several Senators gnve notice of their opposition, and Senators (Jerry and Jones reserved the right to offer amend- ments on the floor. They indicated that iney wo'iiu seek to have the bill made immediately effective hy offering amend ments to restore the taxation provisions. Senator Thomas, who opposed the bill, expects to file a minority report. One of the amendment nil.Ii.il !. il.n f"0""ilee provides that all claims muHt ut- iin-ii uy .Mliy l, !::. six effect, so' that the K'oveVnmen i v ueioro any ot the provision tlie cash or other options. HARRISON CITY PROBE FUND IS HELD VAI in RY PnilDT IO ntLUVMLIfJ DI LUUnl $700,000 Trust for Investigations of .... u "Municipal Affairs" Estahiuiri rls..i, directed the trustees to obtain in- formation s to the method-, of mi,,,,,,, linl administration nnd to frame egi- liitioiii.. aid reform mow-incuts i this. citj and generallj to improve goei n- mental conditi.ins Philndelphia." Another purpose f the benefaction. It is Stilted. IS tf. invest .'llle nil Inn. - - "' .X.H., ...I 11 InHpnl contracts , 1P ,M.m,11 of ...., i iiiiiiipu.o mimes, n, i iciuriiK mi- dor and .lames I', llngeti. Judge Henderson's ,!. isjon wa based on nn adjudicated ue. ount of the eic- utors and trusties Mr. H.itrisi.n died Mav i ins home, lo'JO Locust street CHAMP CLARK RECOVERS Former Speaker Better After Pleur - Isy Attack, Doctor Announces. Isy Attack, Doctor Announceb. WlLslllni-lnt. IV,. "llll.. . 1. . II..res..il n,.i .,'.. " - ' '' I iiepreseniutivo ( hamn I lark, of .Mis- ' ---, " ...,. v i.wh, Hi .UIS- ,ourli ,,ruetl-ully has recovered from the attack of pleurls which has con- ' lined Mm to his bed for tl... ist .i..v. i... ..I,. .1 i. , ,,. .ni - "J"i "" '".'"I'IMII, i', iJfSX MHIUti ... ... J . """"'" LU ,uu" iiiiiiiiiiu on io.i.ii "r. Shoup said thai while the pleura! trouble bad rendilv vlelded to treat .,. .here w,r.. m ,,' t ' .....' J ment there were eoimillei.tl..,,. , mnt - .,",rp 'r tomplicatloiis usually ' ............ ., ' - ii.hii .',' ,!, ' i L1 " l"e.m v Mr ' ll''k has reached. ' lt'll,J''t 'll the udvaneed age whici. nisri! TONHIIIT AT TUT VMM UAHUKN. 3UTH AMI VlAUKEl' 1 i . i . """ uo",ullsnca me government of the United States ', i ,r" mm f"'"1 fif, S,',m-H, '-rente,! l,y that of Lincoln, which saved It and ' , the late Ihonias Skclton Harris,.,,. ..no- that of Wilson, which marked its entry time I nited .states minister and consul into first place as a world power Ac- generiil to Lg.ipt. for the invi -tigation cident or opporttinitv makes 'creat of municipal nffairs" wus held valid Ptesulents in this sense. Cleveland today by .lodge Henderson in ti. ur- Tuft ..r Koosevelt in the pri-Mdeucy at I plums' Court. the mecis,. lii,.i.,r,. i,....' v:i .,..'.. " In estiihlisl.l.ir. i h.. f I M- ii.... , tw.i.l.l I i :.'..'."" "uo NIGHT EXTRA PRICE TWO CENTS AS TERM CLOSES President's Part in "Great War and Petty Peace" Held Apt Summary ! FUTURE WILL WEIGH HIS " WORLD LEAGUE EFFORTS I lly CLINTON W. (JILHKKT 1 MatT Cfirrrspfin.lrnt Krrnlnr rulille Induct1 J C'utivrtiht, mil, lu Public I.iAcer Co. I Washington, Feb, L(i. In n few I days Woodrow Wilson will step out ot j the White IIou to take his place in I history. That is all nny one ee.s boforo , him ; consequently there is n good deal o speculation hem about whnt hln Mace i history will be. Will the judg. ment of manl-nd restore to him some "T."1 hr i " Wvornor. , 1 Iw r ' r''1 ' lle W "ln , rs tl"'-v wi" oarry me out nnd I bur-v ,ne over there and what good will it do me to know that on a piece of I . ii ' !... V. "uro.o over mo will be my name ami u.e minis governor of Indlnnn.' " It i DISPUTE WILSON'S PLACE N HISTORY is like congratulating a man on the fact that he will havo a fine epitaph to tell Mr. Wilson thnt his plnee In his tory is secure. A friend tried to do it the other day nnd the President replied, "I don't cure n fig about history; what I want is to t,ce things done la . the present." Disagree on (.rcatness It is u had time to nssicii Mr. Wll. i f? I,InCl? in ,'istf';' He has pluyed UlH m,rt t0 rcccntlj. So about uli tnose who would indicate to the out going President his exact stution in th sort of legendary btatuary tmll of the popular mind are able to saj is "Well, ho will nlwajs be regardeu uh one of our great Presidents, Washington, Lin coln and the,. U'tU..,. " a ...i .....' " -! rtte.,!!!ifT , t ! "."N.V'V!,.1. '"". a"'I they ; l- Tr iik: vcrlm lmrtI. -T Now,-, I'rndoxlcnIly a man may be a fLe,ai ,' r',hl(,nt without being in many respects a greut man. A memorable ' presidency is one in which great event lmV! occurred. There have been three Limb tlifiti .if H'...i l. .. .. 7 ' . ' .". '... """'"pon. winch started Wilson pliijd a lending part in "'rent events in the world's gnitct war in making the p.a.e that followed it' In tring to organize the nations of the arth. His .ipp,.rtunit was urcatcr that, that of an) olher President except Washington and Lincoln, An no one r..n st,-l I, t .l...- .... ..". "" "UO moie , , Mr. V u' . . . . .; ... ." " ... Ifler that I,. I was uieviiaiiie un win The giratness of the countr.v international! did not come from Wilson, hut starn.i far back before his du.vs It cam. to i. .cognition, uowever, under nun. reopie saj that ine nrst ,.t an (.ceptiouuI list of con- structive ii ensures that .listiiiguished ins udminisrruilon, the I i-derul He -crve a. t. should lie cie.liie.l to the lc piiblicans, for flu- ..ntiiiteij it Ilut bilory is rather cureless ,.f jirecursors. It is indifferent to the bards that pre ci,l Homer and rath, r applaud the bi.ar. 'What he though he might r nunc l.e went und took llie .same an me." vv'iis,in went and t....I, tlie turreucy work ..f Ahlrirh and made it liM Womuii suiTinge was . timing along and ne went nml took that, too. National prohibit it. he didn't g and take. Hut it hnpp 1 under his adininistrn tion und he will prolalilv get the credit for that, too And hi., wise the Income tux am. n. in,. 'lit to the constitution. a extiaor.liu.il v list ,,f constructive ineasurts for one prcsi.lencj . Hut Wilson's place m history won't depend noon these measures. it will depend upon what Mr. Wells calls hup pilj. .apii.ill.ing the wonls: "The Great War and tlie I'ett.v Peace." It IS the close lelations of those two ud-je.tivi-s Vieui' and peti.v' that con stitutes the tragcfi.v of Wilson and i. nkes linn forever one of the squabbles of lnstorv There is enough of tile great Cuntliiuril mi I'iikp lti, r.iliiiiin One N.Y. OPERA HOUSE FOR SALE Mrs. Hammersteln Unable to Hold Ti'TTVnt Tlr'. - . o"!:ir,Tl,,.,.,t.,r"t..in,U,;,H 'becll struggling to pn serve as a monument -,l" '."' "I"'.'"'' K-llllH oi ner line nus ,"""": lr.u' 'r,"'".' ." '' VM0 W nmi he... lo.lnv It U nil.ie.l ..t l (milium IH'M' KKIU.l. Ii IH Mrs. llammerste.n'M business agent stilted thut tlie buildinj wus on the mantel, inn .virs. iiaiiimerstein Hisfil u hmii nu iU. aniioun'piu'M !.,.,. ..I, tli Milii.iMi.il 1 ... 1 K iu"" "'" ' v r"1 i ii. a .. .....i,. i: . . .. .. teinporurj niiaii, ml n.l.at'... "","t; " "'"' that if the Maiilmt. !'"' ''S .1'".KH from"'" '""" ' f Mm. ''""'"''V: "" '" ""I" " ' 0li, "ll"""lrPl"V; "" lM'i Hill he u to piesere It asu home for opera, iiiii, n ur u uomy ior opera, H'e ( hicngo Uperu Co , under thtf iiirucuuii oi ...ui) itiuiieu, now is play mg at tho Manhattan. The Han Carlo "Opera t.o, in said to be ouo bidder for tho theatre. .-, .IWKH4 iiuir li'r i irii'iii TOM i iinrn I: t'rfi 1 ', t, Hi m V..M yni i lVJt . rv I.V4- U& Fv.1 s
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