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PRINCIPAL-TEACHER
SPLIT IS AVOIDED
Hlcrher Officials Limit Size of
Organization, but Remain
i, In the N. E. A.
TRAINING IS DISCUSSED
S' nv o Staff Corretpondent
Atlantic City. March 1. A sen
Mtlonsl fight ninowc members of the
D.nartmcnt of Supcrlntcndcncp of- the
National EducntorH Aduoclntlon, wns
I f Aided today by the liwrtlon of one
duie In a paragraph of the roorBonhn
ton committee' report.
The clause means tho Department of
Superintendence will not Recced from
the National Educntlon Association.
The reorganization plan, adopted to
fay, will mean two radical changes. One
i lA the number of members which will
"p reduced from 7000 to something like
1 "Oft
The other Is In tho matter of election.
The ballots prepared for this convention
will be discarded and nominations will
be made from the floor. It is under
tnod the same names as those on the
nrevioiiBly prepared ballot will be nom
inated, heretofore a nominating com
mittee was appointed by the president,
and this committee prepared the ballot
for election. ... ,
The provision for membership rends:
Mcrbernhip In the department of
euperintendenco nhall be defined to in
clude stiite. county and city superin
tendents (1000 population or more),
anslstnnt superintendents and all state
and nntinnal officers of school iidmlri
intration who arc members of the N.
B. A."
FinanccOKcpt Separate
The clause providing that the depart
ment of superintendence will rcmnin n
n. nf v. K. A. does not prevent other
organizations from meeting nt the same
time aim piaro unu iiuyiuk mm uirm
hers attend the convention of super
intenco It simply limits the voting
membership.
"The department of Hupcrinten
dfnee," the report reads, "shall pro
t(lf Its own system of financial sup
port and shnll financially ze Independent
( the N. K. A."
Th board of education deadlock in
Philadelphia, broken finally by the
election of Ur h. U. uroomo ns su
nrrlnti'nder.t of schools, was discussed
at a breakfast given by the Institute
for Public Service.
It was decided to offer a resolution
to the main body recommending the
manner in which n f-rhool supennten
rirnt should be chosen.
William II. Allen, director of the
Institute for Public Service, reviewed
the prolonged efforts or the fhilnilel
pliiu board to pick a superintendent.
He mid there was a feeling that school
men have been subject too long to the
whims of school hoards. The teaching
personnel, he said, should be consulted
Mhvn n superintendent is being chosen.
To Form Committees
One suggestion advanced was that a
committee of teachers be formed in any
city where n school head was to bo
fleeted This committee, representa
the of nil erndes. It wus said, should
fiiEceit urmi(lntcK,
Disarmament and general world
ponce, prohibition and universal womnu
fuffrnge arc leading factors iu the de
Telopment of new educationnl methods,
according to llenry Snyder, superinten
dent nf schools of Jersey Cltv.
'Disarmament mid world peace, while
not jet accomplished, will eventually
come, said Dr. Snyder, "With these
will finally dimppenr the demand for
rpeeiul training for war in our schools
.inu foneges and our courses of in
structinn must reflect our new rela
tionships with other countries. As the
prohibition of the liquor traffic becomes
efTccthe. the immediate results ought to
be thp disappearance of tlie parent who
is neglectful of his children through
drink, the re establishment of narentnl
authority, the close co-opcrntion of the
family with the school and many other
"iiviiiiiN reactions invoramc to the cause
o' ruination
Influcmc of Women
Unth accomplishments will relcasu
to educational purposes countless funds
which are now used either to destroy
iiic products of education or to rcpnir
the damage done by disregarding it.
i nivemil woman suffrage means more
thmi voting. It means that women,
heienfler, will participate in govern
mental affairs as much ns men and thnt
instruction in cilc mutters must be
inane to appeal to them ennui l.v stronclv
Vict to the child, the schools concern
the mother most directly. We may con
fidently expect that the advancement of
Miuenuon will retlect woman's intiu-
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One important rluinio in mnilnm n,li.
cation is its inclusion of health training,
uii- opinion ot Thomas U. Wood,
-f ( olumbia University.
A (trait safety cninpnign for children
M school and ore-school nee Ih n vitnl
reeessltj. Deadly and ruthless wnrfnro
Ini V.? cmstantly waged against
Mid life mid henltli lir imr-nmilnt...!
trade and industry, and by fulluro to
rrovlde adequuto space and safeguards
ur normal activities of childhood.
Is YOUR advertising
always at work or only
now and then?
The Holmes Press, Vrintm
1313-29 Cherry Street
Philadelphia
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to narmonize
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decorations
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PANCOAST TWINS
IttchnnI and Howell rnnconst, 2220
nlglit during a flro In their home.
Howell J.
VISITOR AND MAID SAVE
PANCOAST TWINS IN FIRE
Carry Boys From Smoke-Filled
Room In De Lancey Street Home
Dick and Howell I'ancoast, Jr., nine
year-old twin sons of Howell W. Tan
const, were saved from probable suf
focation during it fire nt their home,
2220 Do Lancey street, shortly before
midnight. The children were rescued
by Morris G. Ilelmnr. who wns visit
ing Mr. Pnticoust, and Naomi Allujne,
a maid.
While Mr. 1'nnconM wns reading
clouds of smoke suddenly drifted from
the cellar stairway. He went to tho
cellar to investigate nnd Mr, ltelmar
groped his way through the smoke
tilled house to the bedroom of the chil
dren. With the assistance of the maid
he carried the boys to the first Hour.
lliey yere not Injured.
GERMAN MEETING BARRED
Masons Refuse Opera House for Pro
test Gathering Sunday
Alleged Oernuin sympathizers who
engaged the Metropolitan Opera House
for a meeting next Sunday have been
denied the use of the opera house by
W. Freclnnd Kendrick, potentate "f
hit I.u Temple, which owns tho struc
ture nt Itrond and Poplar streets.
Mr. Kendrick announced today he
had ordered the manager of the opera
house to cancel the engagement for next
Sunday. A permit for the meeting had
been obtained by Joseph McGarrity,
publisher of the Irish Press.
A protest against the proposed meet
ing had been made to Mayor Moore hy
Major William O. Murdock. adjutant
of the American heglon in Pennsylva
nia. Letters of protest also were re
ceived by Mr. Kendrick.
The purpose of the meeting, accord
ing to Mr. McOnrrity. was to protest
against alleged atrocities against Ucr
man women by French colonial troops
In tho occupied area of "(cnnany. ,A
similar meeting wns ncid in New Yoik
city last night.
While thousands of war veterans
moved about their lines, more than n
thousand policemen Inst night stood
guard at a New ork meeting of uer
who booed and '
man sympathizers
hissed the name of President Wilson.
"It is a remarkuble thing that
Americans will stand for a meeting of
this kind," said Colonel Frederick W.
(inlhruith. commander of the American
Legion. He mnnaged to gain entrance
to the meeting in Madison Square
Garden, nnd remained without protc.it.
, Fourteen Legion members electrified
the throng wiien they shouted :
"Hemember the Lusitnnia ! Remem
ber Belgium! Remember Kdith Cu
veil !"
They were escorted out while the
crowd cheered Germany. There was
little disorder, although the speech of
Dr. von Much, chairman of the meet
ing, wns interrupted by a Legion man.
The throng, nngry, yelled :
"Lynch him! Lynch him!" The
legionnlre wns escorted to the street
by policemen
Kvery speaker except Mrs. Sarn Hard
Field ond Colonel A. K. Anderson, who
served with the 10."th Infantry of the
Rainbow Division, ridiculed and sneered
ut the President. Among the speakers
were the Right Rev Patrick Grattan
Mythen anil Otto A Stlefel, whose
ridicule of events iu the last four years
brought cheers and applause.
Clothing Prices at Reed's
In a State of "Normalcy "
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RESCUED AT FIRE
Do Iinccy street, were rescued last
They ant children of Mr. mid Mrs.
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TUG-OF-WAR ON TUG WAGES
Operators Threaten 25 Per Cent Cut.
Union Officials Threaten 8trlke
Attempts by tug boat operators of
the port of Philadelphia to put Into
effect n reduction of 2." per cent in the
wage rate of crews are not being fa
vorably received by the men, despite
the depression now prevailing in local
shipping circles. According to officials
of the unions, n strike will be declared
If the owners nttempt to carry out the
lower scale plan.
Charles K. Davis, of Galley, Davis
& Co.. cliairman, Tug Hoat Operators,
Port of Philadelphia, declared he had
"nothing to say" at tho conclusion of
a two -hours' conference between own
ers and operators at the Uourse yester
day aTternoon. From other sources,
however, it wns learned the owners con
sidered having a committee meet a
committee of the unions, as requested in
a joint letter of the Masters, Mates and
Pilots' Association and the Marina En
gineers. The meeting was suggested
when the owners, on February 0, sent
n letter In which the 25 per cent cut
was proposed. ,
AGAINST COAL TAX
State Chamber of Commerce Don't
Want Sproul Plan
The Pennsylvania State Chamber of
Commerce bnnrd of directors, meeting
In the Ilclleviie-Strntford yesterday,
announced thnt 000 members, in a
referendum rote, hnd disapproved of
Governor Sproul's propohed bill to tax
coal ot the mines nnd that a tnx of one
mill on the eapitnl stock of corporations
hnd been disapproved. The third bill,
that of allowing a tax on billboards and
advertising signs, was approved.
The directors, hailing from all parts
of the state, decided to submit to a
referendum the bill which would give
the Public Service Commission power
to suspend new tnriffs and schedules.
Tho bill providing that Interest in ex
cess of 0 per cent and up to 8 per cent
may be. charged, in the event that an
agreement in writing be made, was ap
proved by the board.
Baboons for Zoo
The Zoo futility will be increased to
m-v '' " high-priced, though small,
consignment of animals and birds from
a large New York dealer. A dog-faced
baboon, an Anubis baboon, two pairs of
Cape hyraxes, of the smnll mammal
type; one hairy mandril and some
finches will nrrive in crntes via an ex
press train All the animals were cap
tured in Africa
rtlSBNE!
Dinner Tea Services
Plat Table Silver. Knivee . Forks , Spoons
Sterling Silver
tff No one regretted more than
we the necessity of charging
the high prices of the last lew
seasons but we could not
sell at the old low range of
prices without depreciating
quality, and that, of course,
was unthinkable so far as
Reed's were concerned.
(( And so we kept faith with our tra
ditions, maintained our quality stand
ards and our reputation, and todav
stand stronger than ever in the
esteem of the thinking and reasoning
Philadelphia public.
4f Now we aie simply delighted to an
nounce that we can invite you to buy
Reed's clothes at the old prices $30
and upward for Suits and Overcoats,
and they are just the same splendid
quality clothes that we have alwajs
sold only for a time we had tq
irgc
more
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SLAY CARD PLAYER;
SUSPECTS CAUGHT
Supposed Arab Is Stabbod to
Ooath In North Tenth Street
Lodging House
PROPRIETOR IS DETAINED
An unidentified man, believed to be
an Arab, wns stabbed to death In a
fight in a lodging honse at 253 North
Tenth street early this .morning, and
two men, believed to have done the
killing, were enptured nfter hard bat
tles with the police.
The trouble started at 2:ft0 o'clock
when Mrs. Julie Chugoy, who with her
son Frank, nine years old, occupies a
room adjacent to that in which the fight
took place, heard sounds of a scuffle.
She listened nnd heard choking sounds,
with the smashing of furniture nnd the
stamping of fecr
Running to tho first floor, she no
tified Joseph Gregory, proprietor of
the rooming house. Gregory tried to
enter tho room where th fight was
going on and ran to the EUventh and
Winter streets police station, returning
with Detoctives Lavery nnd Barron.
The three men broke i? the door of
the room Just in time a see two men
escapo through the window. One of
tho fugitives ran up the fire-escape
to the roof; tho other ran down to the
street. A rapid survey of the room
disclosed the body of a man lying be
neath the mattress.
Slabbed Five Tlmr
The man was stabbed in both sides,
in the neck and twice In the head. He
was dead. A knife with an eight-inch
blade, of Spanish make, lay upon the
floor.
Gregory ran to the street to head off
the man who ran down the fire-escape,
while the two detectives ran to the roof.
Gregory followed his man through an
alley nnd over a fence, finally bringing
him to bay on Tenth street. The man
fired three shots nt Gregory, who re
turned the fire, the duel being inter
rupted by Patrolmen Murray nnd Gay,
who closed in.
The man rnn to a lodging house nt
224 North Ninth street, darted in the
open door and was fount edrlr up in a
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SONS
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bed, feigning sleep. If wns nnuled out
nnd taken to the station house, where
he gave his name ns John Smith,
twenty-four years old, of Vine street
above Twelfth.
Fight on Roof
Meanwhile the man on the roof,
hotly pursued by Luvery and Ilarron,
came to bay on a clothes flat. The two
'detectives closed with him, nnd they
.rolled about, kicking and thrashing
around with tints and legs until Hie
arrival of Patrolmen Lapatinn, Mc-
Uullum, Tryon and Simpson. Tbe re
enforcements put an. end to tbe fight
and the man was dragged to the station.
He gave tho name of Rubin Mora,
twenty-four years old, of 2o'.i North
Tenth street. Morn, Smith and Greg
ory were locked up for the night, Greg
ory as n material witness, the other
two on suspicion of murder. It is
thought they may linvn lured the dead
man to the room of Mora for purixises
nf robbery. All will be arraigned be
fore Magistrate Grclls today.
The dead man was about thirty-five
years old. Detective Hclshaw, of the
murder squad, has not yet been able to
establish the man's identity. Smith
and Mora declare him to have been a
gambler. He came to the room, they
told the police, to engage In a friendly
gamo of cards. Then, they declared,
according to the police, some one turned
the light out nnd the scuffle started.
They deny stabbing the man.
Wills Admitted to Probate
Wills were admitted to probate to
day In the estates of Joseph MeCoo).
IK East Columbia avenue, $350, nnd
Daniel Mohan, 1527 Rltner street.
$2.1,000. Inventories were lfled in these
estates: Hlizabctn ft. .Mosley, ?,,
240.33; Jnnn II. Poster. $4."02.nS: Ida
Ilassel. .$01117.28; Clara E. Wilson.
$4804.34. Letters of administration
were granted In the estate of Wlllinm
F. Steele. 8020 Ridge avenue, $8000.
MacDonald & Campbell
500 Winter Overcoats
and Ulsters
Greatly Reduced
$20.00, were
$25.00, were
$30.00, were
$35.00, were
$40.00, were
$45.00, were
$50.00, were
All these goods are our own unequaled MacDonald
& Campbell Standard stock.
1334-36 Chestnut Street
pTYLESHQES
o4nnoundrR
a presentation- oj
Authoritative models' Chat domhine
distinction of style lVifli edonoin cjtost:
New Light Tan
Strap Pumps
With High or
Hby rrench Heels
$8
.50
iAi vv.
Silk Hosiery of Quality $40
Tho Naw fcir im HlmJew
12UChftmt Sh-ecV
ITSTA1HS STOKE FOK WOMEN'
Take Elevator
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MAYOR AND MITTEN
DIFFERfl'TERNIS
No Guarantee of 5 Per Cent for
P. R. T., Mooro Says in
Contradiction
ADMITS
HITCH IN PLANS
Major Mooro took exception today
to a statement by Thomns E. Mitten,
president of the P. R. T. Co , that the
city nnd the company were about ready
to conclude a Frankford elevated oper
ating agreement which guaranteed n C
per cent return on P. It. T. stock.
"There is no understanding on the
pnrt of the eit that it will accept from
the P. It. T. the f per cent return on
its rnpitnl Investment in the Frankford
elevated on condition thnt the P. It. T.
Is to he nble to pay fi per cent to its
stockholders," the stntement snys.
"Thnt condition is entirely new nnd
has not been n part of conferences be
tween .Mr. Mitten nnd the Mayor. The
Mnyor's proposition, which Mr, Mit
ten agreed to tentatively, wns thnt the
P. R. T. was to toko the Frunkford
nnd Ilustleton lines over at n lentnl
equivalent to fi per cent intprest on the
total Investment of the city in these
lines without nny condition whatever.
"The Mayor recently stated thnt it
would be !ieccHiif.v to hnve nddltlonnl
conferences with Mr. Mitten. The re
port just announced confirms that
i statement. The recent hitch In nego
$30.00
$33.00
$35.00
$38.00
$40.00
$45.00
$48.00
$50.00
$55.00
$58.00
$60.00
$65.00
$68.00
$70.00
$75.00
$78.00
$80.00
$85.00
$96.00
$98.00
$100.00
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New Combination
Strap Pumps
Patent Colt With
Gray Suede
$8
.50
tiations with Mr. Mitten nrose, because
nfter the city hnd proceeded In good
faith to fully equip the Frunkford cle
vatcd line and had nctunlly uindc con
tracts for cars, Mr. Mitten enme along
with n new proposition ns to city ex
penditures for P. It. T. benefit. Tho
city has some rights In tills innttcr ns
well ns the P. U. T. There has been
no thought of evading or avoiding nu -thorlty
of the Public Service Commis
sion. It already hns exercised Its nu
thority by raising the fare from five to
seven cents at variance, we believe,
with the tcrnn of the 1007 contrnct
made between the P. It T. and tho
city."
ho cluusc in Mr. Mitten's stntement
to which the Mayor objected wns:
"As the city and the company arc
about ready to conclude an operating
agreement by which P. It. T.'s paid iu
capital of $30,000,000 and the city's
investment in Frankford 'L' are envh
to receive a like return of ft per cent
per annum from the combined revenue
of P. It. T. and Frunkford 'L,' it has
been urged that tho city nsk the Public
Service Coininlsion to participate in the
conferences lending up to the execu
tion of this contrnct."
Mr. Mitten said thnt because of in
creased costs the Frankford "L" can
earn little, if anything, in excess of its
operntlng costs.
Camden Man Overcome by Gas
Thomas Kinney, seventy -nine years
old. of 2210 Hroudway. Camden, was
found unconscious in his room yester
day. Gas was flowing from n Jet The
man was taken to Cooper Hospital,
where It is said his condition is seriou.
Perry's
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5 Days' Closing Sale
of Winter Overcoats
at
HALF PRICE
Beginning this Morning, Tues
day, March ist, and continuing for
the next Five Days, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, March ist to 5th,
inclusive, we will close out the
Balance of our Winter Overcoats
without reservation, at
Exactly One-Half Their
Original Selling Prices!
$100.00 Crombie Beaver Double - Breasted Raglan
Ulsters will be sold for $50.00.
$100.00 American Montagnac Conservative Overcoats
will be sold for $50.00.
$90.00 Double-Breasted Great Coats in plain colors
and dark herringbone patterns will be sold for $45.00.
$85.00 Double - Breasted Town Ulsters will be sold
for $42.50.
$60. $70 and $80 Ulsters and Overcoats will be sold
for $30, $35 and $40.
$45 and $55 black and Oxford Conservative Overcoats
will be sold for $22.50 and $27.50.
$15 Reefers short double-breasted jackets for motor
truck drivers and heavy-weather wear will be sold
for $7.50.
Even if you can't wear one of these
Overcoats a single day now, buy them
and wait for next season!
Sale begins Today, Tuesday, March 1st;
ends Saturday, March 5lh
Terms of Sale
Cash Only
No Refunds
PERRY
Sixteenth and
OFFICE
A GOOD office boy is a big help in a
busy office.
YOU'LL get one if you advertise in
THE LEDGERS IB
TWO SOLDIERS ARRESTED
Camp Dlx Men Accused of Beatlnj)
and robbing Taxlcab Driver "
Two CHtnp Dlx noldiera aro tmdr
arrest In Camden on charges of; having
beaten a tnxicab driver, robbing him oj
$40 and driving off in the machine'.
The prisoners who were arrested by
Patrolman Wilbcr, of the Camden
police department, and authorities from
Camp Dlx, nre Francis A, Chlldera and
Thomas Liugcl. It is charged tbey
hired Max Waldman, a taxi owner nnd
driver of this city, to take them lo n,
point in New Jersey. . Near llevcrly,
it iu alleged, tho noldicrs attacked Wald
MiDii. knocking him unconscious with
an iron, taking his money and driving
away, nfter throwing him Into the
roadway. The arrest wns made when
the men returned to Camden In thi
machine lute last night.
Henry Tetlow's Will Is Upheld
Tim vnlidity of the, will of llenry
Tetlow . the wenlthy perfume mauufac
turer of Jeffersonville, Pa , who died
Jnnuury 8 1010, leaving his entire es
tate to his wife, was sustnined by the,
State Supreme Court yesterday.
The will wns contested by Henry
Tetlow, 2d, and Grace Tetlow Sntiveur,
grandchildren, on the ground that tho
testator lacked testamentary capacity
and that undue influence had been used
in the execution of the document.. A
lower court already had upheKW tho
will. A
No Alterations
No Exchanges
& CO.
Chestnut Streets'
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