(0 flt 5 .; vi Vp - 'Ofr&i" T(r' f V ,! Euenmcj public Wzbzt THE WEATHER. Rain fonlfhtj raplilly folllnf Jem. ntrnturet Thursday fair and raider t frwli "olli wind. shifting to northwest. TKttl'KBATTBK AT KACII IIOUB NIGHT EXTRA. 'it r n mi in 1 1 an I a I a -arm m i ln 'a, '"-' VOL. VII. NO. 151 Enterc-d as Second-Clan Matter at the IViatnfflce, at Philadelphia r, Unrtr the Act of Mnrrli 3. 1ST)) PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH !), 1921 Publlahed Dally Uicfpt Kunday Huhscrlptlon Price In h Year by Mall, t'nnyrlnht 1021, ly Publln I.eripr C'ompiny PRICE TWO CEfrTS F TP.' .nrrs f I 1 . f . - - K HIT IN WAGES . P ORDERED BY P.R. R.; MHKI mm, men mi Bl - EllHH&.&4&Wi .'Readjustment" Affocta All Branches of Employes of Railroad Systojti PERCENTAGE REDUCTIONS ARE BEING WORKED OUT The Pennsylvania Railroad today an pounced a wage cut affecting both of fcers'nnd employes of the line. The amount of the cut wan not dis closed In the statement Issued at Broad Street Station. It was said that there -onld be a "readjustment" based on Tirions considerations. The factors In the readjustment ns announced will be the bcnlc of worm for similar work In other Industries, 1 u relation between uges ami me cost 'd living, the hazards of employment, the decree of responsibility, tnc train ing and skill required, the character and regularity of employment and In equalities of increases In wages or of treatment the result of previous wage jdjustments. Reductions to Do Varied All the revisions of wages under the present order will be downward, though In different jobs the reduction will be in different percentage. The statement follows: The board of directors of the Penn sylvania Railroad Co. today made the following announcement: In view of changed economic con ditions, It is manifest obligation to the public generally, mid especially to shippers, passengers, Investors and stockholders, that railroad expenses hi reduced. The management of the Pcnnsyl ania Railroad already has made n reduction of more than 70,000 men in Its personnel, seriously curtailing maintenance of rondway and equip ment, consolidated divisional organi zations, and lias stopped all expendi tures on new work. Hun will) such economies as have already len enforced, It takes almost the whole of current earnings merely lo pay current oiicrntlng expenses. It N evident thnt the requirements of the transportation act thnt rnii iouiIh ilinll be administered in nn effi cient anil economical manner, cannot be satisfied without still further re ductions In expenses. Readjustment Needed In February 70 per cent of all Pennsylvania system operating earn ingn were absorbed by charges for labor, agnlnRt n normal charge for labor of less than 00 per cent of earnings. A foundation for the restoration ol normal business cannot be laid until there has been a frank recogni tion of the real situation and a re adjustment of wages to meet the nl teieil renditions. The more prompt 1 an adjustment to the inexorable facts s innde, the more promptly can lliosc who nre now idle be re employed, and a basis established for renew id' prosperity, TWO CLAIM MUCH-MARRIED MAN HEREAS HUSBAND Young Women Tell of Weddings to Elderly Lotha'rlo Two handsome young women claimed man more than twice their age as bus bod before Judge Audenrled In Crim inal Court o. 1 this afternoon. The defendant, chnrgrd with bigamy ad said by the police to be one of the oojt. married men in the country, is forge Roj Salisbury, otherwise known to the police as .1. Colby Harrington. Detective (iomborow arrested Halls fury in N,.w york hist month on com Plaint of nineteen-year-old Rltn 7,1m- u."v ?f Vw,t Kty-ninth street, 'w lork city rJu yi-'Htied she had been mar- Mm..) " ..';' V- """Pe." who signed himself n "justice of the peace." in this ",'" J"n(; , A fw 'lays later her hns nand went through a Jewish marriage ZrnV" nil,lii"n to the civil cere '? ' f, 0,"lrl WHH Puzzled by the h... . ' inopf?' iMlco "l ,llc PMCC," Z ? ViftT, ir,n?,maKiHtr" f that " in Philadelphia, and uo justices of the pence in the county. Ine ,iilm ..ini. a ... .. ,,,,,.. -iiiimiii was equa y JOUthful lie en Tlnrfm f i.'.t mra.,nteBf11 I" hn,P '"rrlcI in ri,. ""i .niir in .ww iorK Jl ,P "'I lmV '"o'1 P ' Pfi Tj i '""' amI 8a,T thnt he has "done ""c in man' penitentiaries. FOURTH RECORD BROKEN BY WARMWEATHER TODAY Forecaster Says We'll Qet Normal Cold Soon, However hreakfn Jitho Jourth dy of rr Irn i.5l'ich warmth, but with n to- tnm,. p in t0'npPrature predicted 'o tomorrow morning. At S n'clnnl .1.1.. 7. . -fiomptn- i, "V "'orning tup tner- ZlllZKilttrJ "ty-f-ur degrees- Marehn n .i. ".l,"lK temperature for llurel Vhu h R,t.ori' of ,ha Weather Sire . Iky liiIUy to the atmos- u" ,v.h,'PBh, "m,le, the hlKh tempera- "bd. Sii". f "n,,-lpa,8nnt- At noon the Thn . r .W"H degrees. o"? r siU?Ci; lnrecnfr looks for "oh of n 2Ri tcnipc.rnlurM throughout 'r u ... 'e'ay' wl,h Possible drop Pet'tid n, Um I0'"1 V'110" ral iH Xut sivrn,hiB ,Pst looke1 for o'' olW effi'V10,"0"', rhe expected temporary f- tho rain wi" X,c '"it 'owmMM.ri1''' for,,VHter believes the If It looMr "r,,aM1w'll "ve out to sea. iil ,1" lnd ,hr nlr '''ISP and frosty, "3 tleSreoH? "" r t"morrow f "hout Bump on Head Kills Child i hnrli... r ..t "otiibs i.i '.V1 "" rinht ren 'ed .oil i i : ' ;vr. " t'0 t Iron . fej"1 'p. Children's Hos itreet. 'Pitnl PlajInL. ., ":".'. rK,.u . The child when. i ,,.. "':, law ln "Is home n l. 'tmekl h.h.-r,,A ??:'"."" 'P Lwn ,, ..i.. " i accident happened - nvVKg ago. HIH'- liMwillliiiLLBi rTHi&1vVflflHB3 (IHIi$H lilMiiiiJBBIl JANE NOVAK KUmdom has Just been surprised by the announcement of the en gagement of William 8. Hurt and Jane Novak, a well-known screen beauty, who last appeared In Phil adelphia In "Kycs of the World." 115,000,1 ASKED T Measure Necessitates New Taxe3 for Revenue Despite Economy Program MAY START BIG FIGHT Uu a Staff Co espondtnt Ilarrlsburg, March 0. A big revenue-miser, to provide nnnunlly $15, 000,000 for Improvement of thn public school system of the commonwealth, Is being prepared and will be offered In the House next Monday night. Those back of the bill say with an tliority, that there is strong sentiment in the House demanding that addi tional revenue be obtained for the next two fiscal years. The House appears to be in a mood to take the question of getting more revenues on its own shoul ders, despoite the harmony arrange ment nrrived at in Washington between Senator Penrose, (iovernor Sproul nud Htutc Chairman Crow. That conference was supposed to have stilled all plans for laying new- taxes. The question, however, was brought forward by Auditor (Jenernl Snjdcr, last Monday, when lie said the state needs more money to keep from slipping backward. Sensational Fight Seen Snyder Is a political ally of the Gov ernor. The introduction of the bill niny lead to the most sensational legislative battle of tbc session. The measure will be offered by Rep resentative Phillips, Clearfield, who re marked : "They put It up to the House. Well, here Is the hill which will do the work." The proposed taxes will be laid on the naturol resources of the state. Coal is included and coal hod been virtually eliminated as a revenue possibility bj the Sproul-1'cnrose-Crow conference. The rates proposed in the bill nre : Two cents a ton on hard and soft coal ; two cents a ton on fire clay : two cents a ton on iron ore; one cent a ton on limestone; one cent a barrel ou oil; also one cent on everv 1000 feet of gas and J?l on every 1000 feet of lumber. It is planned to hnve the tux laid at the source of production. fjcuifleni Debate Proposal The Phillips bill followed u confer ence of House lenders which was par ticipated in by Representative Sterling, of Philadelphia. Sterling is particularly interested In supporting Dr. Klnegnn's plans for the advancement of education In the stnte. He also Is sponsor for the bill to replace the present appointed school board in Philadelphia by a small, unpaid and elected board. Sterling had proposed to offer a bill along the lines of the Phillips measure. Phillips, however, nt first propo-'ed that the new revenues should lie raised for general purposes. Sterling conferred with him and persuaded him to change the hill so that all the revenues raised would bo applied to the schools. "The bill will go in Mnndnj night." said Sterling. "1 nm glnd there seems to be such a general sentiment in the House for increased revenues for the state und such powerful Interest in schools. If this proposition is accepted by the Legislature It will be the biggest thing in Pennsylvania for ninny years. Pennsylvania's school system, which hns been In the lower ranks, ns com pared with other states, will be able to jump into its rightful place." WOMEN JURORS SENT HOME Case Dismissed When All-Night Session Is In Prospect A jury which included three women was dismissed last night by Judge Swartz lu tho Civil Court, Norristown, when It failed to agree bv midnight on a verdict In n damage suit. In dismissing the jurors nnd order ing n new trial Judge Swartz said that he could not keep them out all night because of lack of accommodations for the women. The trial was thht of John Mendell, a Philadelphia!!, who was being sued by Miss Sadie Davids, also of this city. According to the latter, she was riding in the "tub" nttached to the motor cycle of another man, and was injured In a collision with Mendell's automobile. STITCHES IN CHILD'S EYE Delicate Operation Performed In Hope of Saving Boy's Sight I-uirnster. P March 0. One of the most dellcnte operations known to surgery was performed at St. Joseph 'h Hospital today, In an endeavor to save the sight of four-year-old Kdwanl Shellenberger, 2.11 Franklin street. Kdwnrd, while playing in front of his home, was struck In the eye by n stone thrown by a p'nyniate, The sharp edge of the missile penetrated the child's ejehall. inflicting n deep cut. At the hospital severul stitches were tnken In the eye In nn attempt to save It, and although thirt-six anxious hours will pass before Mr. and Mrs. Shellenberger can know definitely whether the eye will be saved, hope's nre held for the success of the opera tion, i IN EDUCA IN PRESIDENT URGES SENATE TO RATIFY TY Harding Assumes Party Leader ship In Transmitting First Official Documont DECISION TAKEN WITHOUT ENDLESS CONFERENCES Ry CLINTON W. C.ILREUT Won" Correaiinndrnt Ktrnlne rnlille I.rilarr Copiirlolit, IDS1, hu I'ubHc I.ttlorr Co. Washington, Mnreh I). President Harding, In the messnge he sent to the Senate today on the Colombian trenty, made his first definite assertion of party leadership. On this Issue he did not wait for endless conferences nnd efforts nt conciliation. Having chosen Ms course, he neted, & The genernl expectation is that the party will follow him in ncccptlng the Colombian agreement. The split Is serious, nnd, with Rornli lending the opposition to the treaty, n long fight is probable. Rut the opposition to the treaty probably will disintegrate stead ily under pressure from the White House. Defective leadership in the Senate Is responsible for President Hnrding's being compelled thus enrly in his career to assert his authority. Senator Lodge nnd Secretnry Fall assumed thnt there would be no difficulty in putting the Colomblnn trenty through. It was al lowed to become known that this wns the policy of the foreign relations com mittee group in tlie Sennte. The plan bore no special, stamp of approval from the White House, and had not behind it the weight of any particular author ity. Publicity with regard to it gave the opposition a chance to consolidate. Atmosphere Unfavorable at First The atmosphere wns rather unfavor able to the treaty. When President Wilson proposed It, many of the Re publican senators had voted against It. Senator Lodge's lrndcrship in the Sen ate Is not so strong that it can be taken for granted that men who follow him will vote without question for some thing which n short time ago they voted against. Rut this seems to have been taken for granted. Moreover, the so-called Roosevelt wini; of the Republican party is not in the most pleasant frame of mind. It wns not recognized definitely in the ap pointment of the cabinet. It has nn ncsistnnt secretary, Theodore Roosevelt. Jr. It wns easy to raise the standard of revolt among m-ii lu this state of mind. Iletorc the administration or the Senate leaders knew what was hap pening the Senate wns polled and the opponent of the treaty felt n 'wired that they could muter enough votes to beat it. Among the senators they counted on were only two or three Democrats, so the defection among Senator Lodge's followers was considerable. President Center or Discipline It wns nolv when this situation de veloped that Senators Lodge and Sec tetnry Fall tinned to President Hard ing fur aid. The only center of party discipline was the President. He had lo net quickly or see his administration become one of conference nnd concilia tion which never made a decision. A little faltering would have been fatal. The whole trouble might have been avoided had there been in the Senate a better understanding of the Senate situation. Had the move for the treaty come to the Senate primarily from President Harding in the shape of .1 mc"Migf, the opiKisition would hnve hail no chance to form. All but a few of the Republican senators would hnve bowed ut once lo the will of the Presi dent nnd ndmittcd the force of his rcu Mins for changing the party position upon Colombia. For nny lesser man to tell it to change Its position was un wise. For Mr. Ilnrdlng to spenl only after the opposition had crystallized was inexpedient. The division Mr. Hnrding faces over the Colombian treat v is not the begin ning of anything. The Roosevelt wing of the party may be roused on issues that relate to the past, or others purely personal to their dead leader, like this one; but there is no real line of cleav age between them mid the conservative rulers of the party today. They arc touchy about Colombia and about the failure to put (icnernl Wood in the cabinet, but on the real questions of the day, the tariff and foreign relations, they divide us other Republicans di vided. This estimate leaves out of con sideration the extremists of the Ilorah Johusnn sort. Iloosevelt Schism Thing of Pnst The Roosevelt schism thus belongs to the past. There is no cohesive princi ple in it It will present a united front on foreign relations or the tariff. The issue which relations or the Colom bian treaty is, therefore, unimportant, except as it shows the weakness of Sen ate leadership and ns it gave an op portunity to President Hnrding to as sert his authority. If any real division comes to trou ble the Harding ndmlnlstration it will arise over the tariff. These men who are In the opnsltion on the trenty today will themselves split nwr the tariff if Mr. Hnrillnz exhausts his efforts as n conciliator nnd falls to hold together the industrial sections of the country, which wnnt to reach the foreign buer, and the agricultural sections, which want to exclude the foreign buyer. In the end Mr. Hardlni; w 111 have per sonally to decide this issue as he just lias the i ninniDiun treaty Issue. POST FOR HARDING'S FRIEND D. R. Crlsslnger May Be Named Comptroller of Currency Washington. March I). (My A. P.) D. R, Crlssinger. a Marion, O., law yer, is understood to be under consid eration for appointment ns comptroller of the currency or ns a member of the Federnl Reserve Hoard. It was said nt the White House today that nn definite select inn had been made, although Mr. Crlsslngrr's name was amoiiR those being considered for some high govern ment position. Mr. Crlssinger is n lifelnnc friend of the President. Some years ugo he was Democratic nominee for Congress In the Marion district, hut in the snine cnmpalgn was n supporter of the He- publican national ticKet, i COLOMBIAN TREA Colombian Treaty Taken Up in Executive Session Viishlngton, March 0. (Ry A. P.) Ratification of the long pending treaty with Colombia Is urged by President Harding In his first formal message sent todny to the Se'nnte. Immediately after re ceiving the message the Senate went into executive session, thn uaunl procedure In taking up treaties. The text of the message wns not made public nt the White House, 'officials holding thnt it was execu tive business which could not properly be given' out unless tho Senate so decided. The Sennte closed its doors without tanking the message public. After a half hour's discussion ns to whether the treaty should be con sidered during the present session or postponed until the ApHl session, the Senate ndjourncd until tomor row with nn announcement by Sen ator Lodge, of Massachusetts, Re publican leader, that he would then move n proceed with It Immediately. Scnntor Lodge snld the President's message, which was short, would not he made public at present. m KEPT FROM PARENT Relatives of Man Who Killed His Stenographer Fear to Tell Mother of Tragedy WIFE IN SECLUSION HERE The family of Willis E. McCurdy, of this city, who yesterday shot to death Miss Alice K, Hnowden nnd ended his own life in Central Park, New York city, nre keeping ,ncws of the tragedy from his mother. It is feared the shock would 1ms more than she could stand. Irwin P. McCurdy, a brother of the suicide, is married nnd lives nt 040 South Cecil street, this city. His mother lives with him, Todny he is In New York and will return with the body. At his home, Mrs. Irwin McCurdy de clared that Willis MrCurdy's widow is in Philadelphia, but declined to give her address. She is believed to be nt the home of her parents here. She nlso declined to give facts describing vari ous circumstances of their lives. "Willis was n fine fellow." she said. "This has been a terrible blow to all of us. "We know nothing about the details. Yesterday afternoon a telegram came stating that Willis was dead. That is all we know of it. "Willis was a model husband. He nnd his wife wero like a boy anil girl together. I wonder if he renlly did do it. Those notes snld to hnve been found in his pockets may he only hearsay, but of course we know nothing of it." Found Near "liners' I.nne" The dead man's father, n Presby terian minister, now dead, lived at "i8!I4 Ashland nvrnue. Mrs. McCurdy, stunned by the trag cdv and the revelation that her husband had been unsuccessfully courting Miss tMiowilcn, his stenographer, hurried to this city yesterday, bringing her eight-year-old daughter, Frances. MrCurdy's body is now in the New York morgue. Dr. Charles Nnrris, chief medical examiner, this morning issued a certificate of suicide. The bodies of McCurdy and Miss Snowdeii were found nt 7 :.TO o'clock jestcrday morning near u place in Cen tral Park. New York, known ns "Lov ers' Lone." Roth had been shot on the right side of the head, just above and back of the ear. The girl's right hand wns gloved, the left wns glnveless, exposing u solitaire on one linger. In the breast pocket of McCurd.v's coat was a copy of Kipling's "The Vampire." Police also found several notes, in endearing terms, addressed to "Alice." One rend: "I can't wait un til I see you tonight." In nnother pocket was a brief note to "Nan," said to be Mrs. McCurdy, which read : "I know I am n fool, hut I can't help myself, and I don't know how it will all turn out." Was Student ut Penn McCurdy attended the evening classes of the Wharton School in 1012, one year before his father, the Rev. I. P. McCurdy, brought his family to this city from Lnnsford, Pa. He worked for a time with the American Surety Co. in this city, and then was given n' posi tion in that company's New York of fices. McCurdy was personnel manager for the company, and Miss Snow den wns his confidential stenographer. No one in the office apparent! knew of the one-sided romance, although Mrs. Wil liam Whitney, a sister of the dead girl, said Miss Hnowden frequently had complained to her of tho manager's at tentions. It is believed McCurdy became desper ate when he learned Miss Snowdeii was engaged to marry Charles 11, Mills, of Rrooklyn. The younjj woman went to her sister's apartment, where she lived about fl p. m. on Monday and snld she had a dinner engagement with another girl. When she had not returned at '2 o'clock yesterday morning Mrs. Whit ney, alarmed, notified Mr. .Mills, and both began n search for tnc young woman. They viewed her body ut the morgue when informed by pojlce of the tragedy. Mrs. Whitney snid McCurdy hail threatened her sister several times and that Miss Snowden was about to give up her position to avoid his advances. She saiil she believed McCurdy waylaid her sister Monday night and induced her to walk In the park. "While my sister admired Mr. Mc Curdy for his business abilities I know that she hated him otherwise," Mrs. Whitney said. "She revolted at the thought of him. n married man with a child, offerlne his love to her, and she told him so." ROOSEVELT IS CONFIRMED Senate Approves His Appointment as Assistant Naval Secretary Washington, March 0. (Ry A. P.) The nomination of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt to be assistant secretary of the navy was confirmed today by the Senate. The nomination had been before the naval committee, to which it wns re- ferred when Colonel Rnoanvnlfu ,..,,.. won submitted by President Harding, M'GURDY'SSUGDE BRITISH ATTRBUTE BREAK TO BERLIN'S CLUMSY APPEALS Lloyd Coorgo Surprised at Fail ure of London Parley to Reach Understanding ALL IS QUIET ALONG RHINE; FRANKFORT FEARS INVASION Kfrtnl r-tiMr filipafrh. TopirloM. till London, March 0. Dr. Walter Si mons, flermnn foreign minister, nnd the rcparntions commission he headed left London for Rerlln yesterday, nnd the Rrltlsli now are beginning to wonder how it nil happened. It Is nn open secret thnt most of the Rrltlsh conferees, from Prime Minister Lloyd George down to the lowest expert adviser, hoped for nnd expected a set tlement with the Germans from the London conference. They now blame the Germans for clumsy presentation of their case and score the French for their fixed determination not to accept anything short of the Paris proposals. Rrltlsh public opinion, ns represented by the London newspapers, is divided. The government organs all support the break in the negotiations, from the Times, which denounces the Germans. to the Chronicle, which regrets the break, but does not sec what else could have happened, Llbernl papers, like the Dallv News, Westminster Gazette nnd Manchester Guardian, nre furious and accuse Mr. Lloyd George of bowing down before French imperialism, violating the treaty of Versailles and starting a new war. Diuucldorf, March 0. (By A. P.) Although 7000 French, Rrltlsli nnd Bel gian soldiers were today occupying Dus- seldorf,, Duisburg and Ruhrort, the people of those cities were proceeding nbnut their usual affnirs in apparent utter indifference to the presence of the nllleil forces. There were no signs today of any immediate labor movement by German workmen ns nn outcome of the occu pation, the effort of Hgitators to bring on the long-threatened general strike ir. protest against the imposition of the nllled penalties having failed. This refusal of the workmen to strike, at least for the time being, is nttrib. uted gy the 'leaders to the poverty of the men which would not admit of their existence without their daily wnge. However, the temper of the laborers in the Essen district is reported such that it is feared the agitation may develop a menacing situation there. Military Not in Evidence Allied troops to the number of .r000 with four tnnks nnd three river flotillas are stationed here, but the military are not in eviuence excent that double sen tinels were at the street corners, with machine guns. Alongside the order of the French f:eneral of occupation, which wns posted n public pluccs, was the proclamation by President Kbert calling the people to bear up peaceably under the Entente's "slavery." (icnernl Degoutte's order places the miners and other function nrics of the public utilities" under military control. It likewise forbids passenger train service, except for workmen and international travelers. There have, however, so for been no cancellations of trains or other changes in tins service. General Gaucher, commanding the French troops in Dusscldorf, visited the burgomaster today und told him General Degoutte hud no objection to the meeting of the Rhino provincial Landtag coiled for Sunduy, provided no speeches were made with regard to the occupation. The communal police uro remaining on duty . The security police force, which was disunited yesterday, received its arms back today. The men on duty were reduced to the smallest number consistent with the preservation of order, although the burgomaster had rnntlntittl on I'nrr l'ourts;n, Column Our JUSTICE WITH GUN ROUTS SIX BURGLARS, INJURING ONE Was Watching for Thieves Near Winslow Junction, N, J. One robber was shot nnd five others forced lo flee, carrying their wounded comrade, in a gun fight with Justice of the Pence John W. Rrennnn. nt Winslow Inn, on the outskirts of Winslow Junction, N". J., nt 11 o'clock last night. Rrennnn. acting os a drteetUc, was in hiding at the inn. which had been robbed scleral times within the laj,t two months. At 11 o'clock he henrd a team ap proach the inn. Five men were mov ing down on the reMirt when Frennun sprang out and ordered them to sur render. Immediately two of ic five opened fire on Itreunnn, who fired directly ut the five men. One of the robbers cried out In pain, clutched his side and fell to the ground. Two of hin ( omrades pro tected by the tire of two others, picked the man up and carried lilm in tlie di rection of the road. As they were carrying the wounded man u sixth robber, who had been left in charge of the team, opened tire on Rrennan. EXPLOSION WRECKS OFFICE Members of Allen Secret Society Sought After Norristown Blast A supiMised bomb explosion lant night wrecked tlie office of the Norristown Mngnesiu Co.. nt Norristown. rnusini: heavy property loss, but injuring no one. Members of a secret organization of foreigner;, are being sought. Detective Sarnlii, of tlie Norristown staff, found evidence Which seemed to prove conclusively thnt the place had been w recked by a bomb. Tlie police believe the dynamiters were friends of several foreigners, former emploies of the plant, who are now in jail, charged with having stolen blankets Chief of Police Eiler, of Norristown is superintending the investigation. A gang of men have been working nil day to clear iiway the debris, and when it is all removed the police hope to gain i.dditicmal evidence that the explosion was pi-"ineditnted. Tlie explosion blew nut the whole side of the two-story stone building and tore off part of the roof, beside wrecking the interior of the building. The safe was found to be Intact, and there wns no reason to believe that robbery might have been the mot ire. Quaker Woman Sarah Palmer Byrncu, who hus sub mitted ut least one last line for every limerick since our contest began, wins todny. She hns something to say to her friends who told her thoro wan no such thing ns winning a limerick contest. Tho longer she watched the growing list of winners, the more she thought of her chances, LIMERICK NO. 69 When William look sweet Miss Adair To dinner, she said, "I don't care For much; let me sec What they have that suits me." Bill said, "Peach, lettuce both be MISS SARAII pALMEU a pear." r BYRNES 1803 N. Camac street Jack's Jingle Box Is Still Here for the Kiddies. You'll Find It Third Page From the Back Opposite the Funnies BABY OIES, 3 ILL F Mother and. Two Children Nearly Asphyxiated by Flow From Open Jet POLICE WHISTLE BRINGS AID Frances Rraknes, eleven months old. is dend today from gas poisoning, nnd her mother, Mrs. Anthony Brnknes, and George, aged six. and John, aged four years, ore seriously ill in Hahne mann Hospital. They were token from 1827 Carlton street ut li o'clock this morning by patrolmen and firemen. Mrs. BranU Kalris, who lives with her husband and a son, Charles, aged eight, was overcome! when she went to the Brnknes home on the third floor und turned off nn open gas jet. At 0:45 o'clock this morning An thony Brnknes, tlie husband, returned to bis home from his work at tbe Franklin Sugar Refinery, where he is employed ns a laborer. He had not been notified of the accident nnd did not learn of it until neighbors told him. Mrs. Kairls said thnt about 1 o'clock she heard groans and became alarmed. She awakened her husband und he went into the next room, where their son Charles was asleep. He was all right, and Knlrls went back to bed. Again Mrs. Kulris heard grouns and this time she got up and started searching tho house. She went to the third floor and smelled gas. She kuocked at the Rrak nes door, but got no nnswer. She man aged to get It open and at once closed it ngain. She said the fumes were ex tremely heavy. Mrs. Kalris has often visited with Mrs. Brnknes in the room and she knew the location of the gas jet and rushed In and closed it. She rushed out to call her husband, but fainted in the hall way. The husband heard her fall nnd went up nnd revived her. Then he ran to the street. As he emerged from the doorway he bumped into a passerby. This man. told of the trouble, drew "a police whistle nnd blew it repeatedly. Patrolmen Trnls and Clapper, of the Twentieth and Buttonwood streets sta tion, henrd tlie whittle iiikP ran to the house. One of them rang for n patrol wagon and the other went inside. Severul firemen, off duty, had been awakened by the whistle blusts nnd. dressing hurriedly, joined tlie work of rescuing the victmih. When the pn trdlmen got the font into the lower hull the firemen applied lirst aid by placing coats under the bncks of the four nnd pumping their nnns The mother was put on a stretcher and curried to the patrol wagon and the policemen, each with n child in his arms, rode with her to Hahnemann Hospital. "She always was cureless with that gas," Mrs. Kalris .nid. "Several times 1 found it (lowing and she said to me, 'Oli, I ginss one of the children left It on.; " She snid Mrs Urnknes has been ill u good deal during the hit year, but that she usually is hiippv and good unturcil despite it. FROM A IE JUDGE MACNEILLE SCORES JURY FOR ACOUITTAL A jury which today acquitted Ssmiuick Lcoun, of T.nsi Clic?"-.-. avenue, and Frank Decenzo, ot Enst Haincb street, of tlie chaise of conducting a gambling house, wns severely reprimanded by Judge MacNcllle, of the Municipal Couit. Citing the evidence of patrolmen that they had found dice and twenty cloll.i.s on a tabic in a barber shop oT the defendant's. Judge MacNeille saul, "It ib lidlculous to acquit men with such testimony bcfoie you. It ib a travesty of justice." HOSPITAL HEADS MUST REPORT 0?I INSANE PATIENTS HAIUUSBURG, March 0. The quaitciTy repoits requir.vl u jjai cling Hit iudihout insane in stnu hospitals for such ptrsens iiuu; be made by the dircctois. or ninnageis of sucli hospitnl or no him in str.ct conformity v.ith the law of 1010, and the newer to do ao cannot be delegated by directois, manages, or tiusteeb to some other officer, accenting to nil opiuiun given today to Auditor Geiuial Chni'ltb A. Snyder by Deputy Attorney General Emcr&ou Collins. GIRL, 6, KILLED BY TRUCK Child Run Down in Frankford. Driver Is Held Dorris Hamilton, six yeins old. .'110.'! Wakeling street, was struck and killed hi an autotruck at Harrison and Hur rah streets, I'lanKford, at II o'clock to day. The child was crossing Harrison street when she uas stiuck bv the machine. The driver. William It. Al ton, l.'IM l'luxier street, was arrested and held t aw nil action the coroner, nftcr a hearing nt the I'Yankford sta tion The child wns- dead when carried iuto Hie t'Yunkfurd Hospital. Artist Wins Prize W . tM ia'J2lH UHfK: ; MEDICINAL LIQUOR LID TILTEDJBY U. S. Opinion by A. Mitchell Palmer, as Attorney General, Just Made Public CAN'T STOP MANUFACTURE By tho Associated Press Washington, March t). The govern ment is without uuthority to prohibit or limit the manufacture and nle of liquors, wines or beer for nonbeverage purposes, according to mi opinion by the uttorney genernl made public toda' by the Internal Revenue Bureau. The opinion, one of the most compre hensive dealing with the question of prohibition, expressly states that there must be no limitation on tlie use of liquors except that prescribed by Con gress in limiting the sale of spirituous liquors for medicinal purposes to one pint for ten days. The question of limitation thus, the opinion said, is left to the good faith of the phvslcian. "Subject to this limitation. " the opinion continued, "obviously there hns been committed not to the judgment of the commissioner of internal revenue nnd the secretary of the trensur, but to the professions judgment of the Physician, the question of the qunntitv of liquor that may be used to advantage us a medicine in encli cuse. "As to this qmtion. I think the in tendon wns to leave th phyMcinii un fettered by governmental control but subject to be dealt with criminnllv nnd by revocation of Ins permit if he acts Inbnd faith." The opinion, existence of which be came known Sunday, was signed bv the then Attornei General Palmer unci was d a tod March ".. Commissioner Williams in making public the opinion did M without com. ment, saying thut he hud not had op portunity to discuss t, wllljP,.t with Prohibition omuiissinner Kramer and therefore had prepared no regulations to carry out the construct ion of the l,lu by Mr. Palmer. Ho said. howeer. thut the bureau would give the matter its immediate ntn ution and expected' t,, prepaie some regulations at a ver cnilv (Into. The foregoing interpretation of ,,. prohibition law was gheii hi Atlnrnei lieneral Palmer prior to his surrender of (.flico. and therefore it stands ns of ficinl: it will be followed In the Internal Revenue Bureau unless or until It shall be reerei l ttorne.v General Dauch ci'ty. MINGO TRIAL DELAYED Court Session Suspended on Ac count of One Defendant's Illness Williamson, V. Vn., .March fl --iRi A. P. I Due to the illnoH of Doug Mounts, one of the defendants in the Miitownu shooting trial, there was no session of Circuit" Court this morning If Mounts Ims siitncicnth nvoiercd this afternoon firther testimonv will be heard. MAY MODIFY DRY BAN Officials Consider Lifting Rule Against Liquor Withdrawals Washington. March !i i ll . . t Internal revenue olhemls are consid ering removal ,f the ban prohibiting withdrawals of liquor from win chouses. Coiiiinissiontr Williams said today 'ihe decision of revenue and prohibi tion oilii'hiU not to grant permits to wholesale dciileis hereafter, putting an end, to theh business, will stum) .... . Mr- Mlllums, lidding that the lu provide that tlie retail dioggist nu ...... ..,.,-,- .i,,,-i-i iiuoi me wurcnouscs, it FIERCE BUTTLES FOR PETROM RAGE IN STREETS Rebels Capturo City, but Soviot Retakes Southeastern Sub urbs, Reports Declare MACHINE GUNS BARK AND ARTILLERY ROARS Bolsheviki Rewin Fortresses and Train Guns on Kron- stadt, Helsingfors Hoars PORT MENACED BY FIRES Trotzky Takes Rofuge Behind Fortifications His Infantry Suffers Severe Losses By the Associated Pics Copenhagen. March 0. News of the Russian situation today wns conflict ing, with the latest Helsingfors dis patches reporting thnt the Soviet gor ernment forces had reenptured the fortress of Krosnoyn Gorko nnd Sys terbnk this morning, nnd were training the big guns of these fortress upon Kronstadt, where fires were observed. An infantry assault by tlie Soviet troops upon Kronstadt is reported to hnve been repulsed with enormous losses to tlie uttiicklng forces. These renorts were preceded by claims mnde in Helsingfors dlspntches that I'etrograd was in tlie hands of the revolutionaries. According to n Re val special, however, the Soviet troop recaptured the southeastern suburbs of l'ctrogrnd. The Helsingfors ndvices reporting the capture of I'etrograd by the revolution ary forces said that the victorious troops were those which had been fighting against the Russian Bolsheviki near that city for several days. They asserted thut a terrific bombardment of I'etro grad wns followed by machine gun bat tles in the streets of the citv from which the insurgents emerged victorious. Thousands of fugitives from I'etro grad ure clamoring for entry into Fin land, Finnish advices state, London. Mnreh I). (By A. P.) A version of the situation in I'etrograd given in n Central Nws dispatch from Helsingfors dated today, (ays that fighting is continuing in the streets of Petrogrnd and thut War Minister Trotzky nnd M. Zinnvieff. the Soviet governor of Petrogrnd. were reported to hnve taken refuge in the fortress of St. Peter and St. Pnul. surrounded by a large number of protective troops. All attempts )V the revolutionaries to cap ture this fortress, the niensage snys, were repulsed. Communications between Russia nnd Siberia have been cut for more than a forttiight. snys an official wireless mes sage from Moscow today. The break is ascribed to the work of social revolu tionaries operating with generals for merly attached to the forces of the latu Admirnl Kolchnk. the message adds. I A Tokio dispatch of March C quoted travelers arriving in Vladivostok from Cliin. seat of the Bolshevik Fnr East ern Siberian republic, ns stating that ,in anti-Soviet movement lind been started bv troops nnd peasants in the ii'terlnr of the r"pnblic. I Warsaw. March !. i By A P I The White Uuthrninns hnve proclaimed their iiideprndeiiir from Russia, nc- ding to a Minsk retwirt received her today (The Rutheniiins meant probably are those inhabiting what is known ns White Russia, comprising the south western Russian province, (entering upon Minsk. BRITISH SHIP ON ROCKS OFF MAINE COAST IN FOG Wandby. Bound From Algiers to Portland, Likely a Total Loss Ivennehiiuhport. Me., March f (By A I i The lug freight t-trnmshlp Wandby. bound from Algiers for Port land, crashed on the rocks at Walker's Point off this purl in a heavy fog to day. She hud apparenth mistaken her positions, as her captain thought he was at the mouth of the Kennebec river, according to radio dispatches The steamer lies inside Bumpkin is land, between the mouth -of the Kenne bunk river and Cape Porpoise This is more than liflv miles to the westward of the Kennebec river. According to n iirmers familiar with Ihe loenhtv where she struck, it will be impossible to save her The Wunilbv is a British steamer of :!!I-1 gross tons, built ni 1S1MI. She is registered us ownid by It. Ropncr A Co.. of West Hartlepool She left lgiers February 1!1 for Portland to takeout a cargo of grain for Italy. New York, March '.). (By A. P.) The American freight steamship Mas sillion Bridge fiom Constantinople for New oYrk. is reported aground nenrthr ntrunec to Ambrose channel approach ing New York A thick foe obscured . the chaiicl markings BILL FOR WOMAN'S BUREAU Addition to Department of Labor and Industry Asked Harrlshurg. P,i.. March il A bill creating the bureau of women nnd chll I ilren in tlie Department of LutVir and I Industry ndvociited by the Stnte Indus tral IJounl was introduced In the Si mite today by S( imtor Smith I hitiph n The direi tor, who mav be a woman. is to be it it it I a salary of ?l(l()(l, while the commissioner of labor ami industry will appoint the staff The burcuii is to en force the laws ichiiive lo women and children ami study moves for their wel lure. Michigan University Head III Ann Arbor, Mich., March 8. The condition of President Marion h. Bur. ton. of the riilverHlty of Mlchlgun, III with pneumonia, was reported un changed todny. His phyalclans said he spent a restless niclit, .' r .. . ,t) . ' M can.. .AM
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