-r- -'fi -t' V EVENING PUBLIC LEDQEK PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1921 Hi SflT. l!ft ' w wre s ' i c ' & i 1 jst rfiffl f " fV t T w ; t.! .. VARE BILL GIVES COMBINE CONTROL OF Asks Stato for $250,000 to Bo Expended When Council Givos the Word WATERFRONT SUPERVISION TO BE TAKEN FROM MAYOR Tty n. Snff Corrc&jtoiiflriit Tlarrisburg. March P. Another stage In the war between the combine-con trolled Philadelphia Council nnd Mayor Moore was reached today. Senator Vare offered a bill in the tipper chamber providing an npproprin- tion of $2.'0.000 to the Department of , VTharvcs, Docks and FerrlcH for dredg- ing the Delaware and Schuylkill ami improving tho harbor. The bill, how- ever, contains tin- signitlcntit proviso: The moneys so appropriated shall' enly be expended ns uuthorized and directed by Council of IMiilad Ipliia This provision gives Council the fitml power over appropriations, taking it . away from the administration. The bill also provides for Hie np- ' pointment bv the Governor of an engm 1 neer at ?IOOO a vein- 1.1 co-operate with ,'a if J'j I"lr,m,'"t '!'. V'P ,,nc"": ?f I for out of stnte fuiifls -.. ,.., .u.it.H., ...,,. n , of pain The state appropriation is onlr ef fective when Philadelphia hat cm traded to spend nt least an equal amount. The department in Philadel phia will spend miifli inori. than the state amount sum. no the appropriation will be available for Director Sproulc May Iov Paving firab The Daix -Weglein hill for short-term , -r.. ... ..... .... -turn -(. in ion for street renavini?. hi- u-lii..t, iho P" Ine-Oouncn hopes to get H firm -l- .M .... .'riiii,iii ff ui -Jil.TPf.lFUII worth of street repaving. is in a pre carious position The combine may lose out after all. The bill has parsed the Legislature, nut Governor Sproul may not sign it itirtnermore, the bill was denounced, today by Robert Patterson, .,f the Du ! ' i .uuuicinai iiesearcli. as "botch and a "nien." and as being not at nil tne kind of bill approved bj the Chnr tcr Hevision Commission Further he wld. tho Dalx-Weglein bill appeared to be diametrical! opposed to the spirit of the new charter Mr. Patterson made a trip here to .search for the joker" which he Is cor tain is concealed in the ngcii termin ology of the bill. He had hoped to get here before the bill finally pa-cd the Legislature, bt when he arrived, found the combine had virtuallx steam-rollered the measure through the House and ocnate. Hold-Lp Semn-. Certain In view of all the rircumtnnee it would surprise no one here if the Nov trnor took lots of time considering whether he will sign the bill; nU-o it Mould not surprise au.v one If the Governor sought advice from Attorney Ocneral Alter as to the iuner lega'l idgniticance of the bill. It was recalled today thnt the Gov ernor in his message to the Assemble cipressed the feeling "there should be ns little tinkering as possible with the fundamentals of the new chnrtci at the prcscut time.-' . Mr. Patterson said Uie bill as passed in its amended form, looked like the "worst kind of tinkering. " ., ";.t,lo"k'' '" "" ' '", J "'lint if the bill is made a part of the churter in its present form it - :!l ne plunged into litigation. ' Litigation would block for :i time the combine's plan to do the repmg To avoid this it is possible suggestions iniiv be made to have the bill reeallcd from the Governor and n-amended to suit all hands. The Questionable Section Mr. Patterson said there wa- a great deal of myterj in Philadelphia as to the precise language of the bill as finallv passed The language which is regarded as debatable i.s as follows. Section It shall bo lawful for Fuch city to borrow monc; or incur debt in accordance with the terms of existing law for the purpose of acquiring prop. rty. erecting huildings. bridges or other itructures (but not for the repair of the samel, paving and repaving street) (but not repairing the same), or fr any other lmnroement nf n nm-.,... .... AH a temporal kind or for capital o,lt8v ' of any kind prmided that all of htich I proposed expenditures or for repaving or Improvements uf a temporarv kind are certified to the Council by the city controller to be capital expenditures ns distinguished from current exiiene-i vrior to the authorization of such debt.l und provided further that m cuses of loans for repaving ami improvements of a temporary kind the estimated or guar anteed life to the citv of Mich repaving or such improvements of n temporary kind for which the money is proposed to be borrowed, shall also bn certified ly the city controller. The certificate of tho city controller shall bo limit nui onclusive as to the character of tn proposed expenditures and as to the e. timated or guaranteed life to the citv of itch repaving or improvements of n temporary kind and provided further that all money borrowed unci nil debts otherwise incurred under the provisions of this section for repnvlng or im provement of a temporary kind, shall be paynble within the estimated or guaranteed life to the citv of such re paving or such improvements as certi fied to the Council bv the city controller, provided further that tins amendment tball in no wie affect or pertain to loans authorized or issued before the passage thereof Mr. Patterson thinks the distmc tions made between repaving. "or im provements of a temporarv kind," nncl "capital outlay of anv kind " indicate inherent danger in the bill, and that the door mav he opened for using the miai,. ure to provide for current expenses. , EX-PATROLMAN ON TRIAL Anthony McGarvey Accused of Mur dering His Landlady Anthony McGarvey . former patrol man of the Twentieth iiml Perks streets station, went on trinl todnv for the murder of Ins landlndv, .Mrs. Anna McXally. 1Kfll North Rocknell street, before n jurv from which the distiict attorney had enrefu'lv excluded all women. William Flndlnv Hrown., ns sistant district attorney Irving the case, challenged two women drawn on the trial panel Mrs. McNiillv was shot Ausui '-" of last year The patrn'man snnl lie had dropped his gun when in the kitchen denning it nnd one ciirlridgc Intel ex ploded, striking the victim Coroner'n Physician Wailsvvorth tes tified ut tile inquest that the bullet hud taken u downward course, entering the mouth and penetrating tho chest, und the flesh phowed powder burns. Dr Wadswortii said he did not tce how the bullet could hove taken the course do scribed ( Jt had been fired accidentally ly the jytapon striking the floor. HARBOR WORK OW Councils Gave Director Say in Funds "It linn been customary for Couuoil lo have jurisdiction over the expenditure of the antiunl Mate appropriation for wharves, tloeks anil ferries." sale) Dlreolor Sproulc, head of ttint department, comment ing on the bill offered by Senator Ynro "Hut Council nlvvn.vs has Riven tin- department free rein in spend ing thin money," lie added Uiehnrd Weglcin. president of Council, said: "Those who feel thnt if the money were given to Counrll the administration would be hniu strung are merely building n man of straw, nnd wasting useless energj to knock him down again." COMBINE'S GOUGE OF STATE FOILED , . ., Commissioner Sadler Rejects . . . ... ' Bids That Would Profiteer . Miili ! I ,1,., by iVlllllons in Labor ,cl T,.,,pr. madict nmor ASK TWICE MARKET PRICE It. C.KOfUii: NOX McCAIN Harrlslmrg. March fl A road con trnctors1 ring has been reaching for the unroat of the State Highway Depart m. That, perhaps, miiv he considered a brutal wnv of putting it. but it describes the situation There is a combination of individil al, firms and corporations engaged in road and highwav building that ba planned to milk the Highway Depart ment and pocket huge profit IIIIN MHN ill nuv' I" O llllll'' IM lldlll .- .... .,..... ...i.. .. n I his was to have been none v holil- ures and estimating labor cost at vlr tuall double the price at which it can be ohtaincd today. The .department is in possession of facts regarding meetings thnt have beeti held in connection with this masterful proposition. Commissioner Sadler has rcxersed the prix'i ' ltcfore the curtain drops it will lie a case of the throttlers throt tled He ha- decided lie will sacrifice a part of his road -building program for 10-1 rather thau accede to the demands of the combination. His department organization is in such admirable shape that there will be no delay in proceeding with a lorge part of the work alreudy determined upon. Nineteen Proposals Reject etl On I'chruan 1'last out of twentv six proposals for highway construction nineteen were rejected. A great line and cry was mad" Cer tain newspaper friends of the contrac tors itistantlj prang to their defense, TMb took the shape of on attack on the department and its so called short sighted policy in failing to appreciate the fact that costs of labor and mate rial for the present yenr had changed little, if un. from those of lust jear. Fnfortuuutcb for the contractors. Commissioner Sadler had all the facts at his command as to costs of material, labor and all else that gne, towiud high way construction The bids uihertised for and rejected in Fobruarx arc being readvertisvd for and will continue to be readvertucd for until the contractors decide to gio the state a fair dent. Retwecti three and four eighths of the expense figuring in n tojii building con tract Is for labor. Forgetful of the fact that the war is over, that the countr is returning grudmillv to normnlcv, the members of this ( oinliinatiou have been figuring their contract, on labor ut war time figuri s The untraitorV Krror Thi" 1-, lift -the cents ait hour fur vrdiuarv unskilled labor. The conspicuous error in their calcu lations has been forgetfulness that Com missioner Sudler his engineering de- l pnrtinent ami hend of construitlou are not onlj road builders themselves, but. if iinj thing, are holding a steadier linger on the labor cost nnd material situation than tliey are themselves Fuilcr their prisent jstem of bid ding the contractors have been estimat ing on the regular contractors' profit, and l" nddition from 'ill to HMI per cent prolit on their labor N bile the contractors have been plao ""' ,,",,r r"' for lnb,or nt fr,om , "' tiftj five cents ncr hour, the depart ment has been receiving offers of labor at from twenty-five to thirty cents an hour Tins, mo m sections where labor ,s m"r '"""''d Thousands of unemployed men are seeking work. Applications are iloodlng the department. It is the best class of labor The New "ersey Zinc Co . at Palmer son. t.chigh county, has offered the services of several hundred men for highway work nt tweuty hve cent.-, an hour. Man More Offers In f Icurticld county one concern has volunteered to place at the disposal of the d'pnitmciit l.'I'Ml nfl-n at fhlrtv cents an In ur Similar offers are coming in f r.mi difleient parts of the ,-tate If Commissioner Sadler were disposed to accept tile bids nt the estimated prices of contractors identified with the combination he would be contributing to their pmkets in labor alone from Iweci ty -hve in thirtv cents an hour per man A- tin contiRctii will run into mil lion the Hiiiniint saved will reach an Mi"riii"U-. sum It will go toward building uiauv additional miles of slate highwav With reduced stnte .ippropriations and the defeat of the federal nppue pruition lull for highwavs in the last Congress, the necessity for making every dollar spe ni on Pennsvlviinla highwnvs produce o elollnr s worth of results, has nispiri'cl Commissioner Sinller with n determination tee go the limit in coin bating the combination, More Important than the descending rate of wngeix and the uu rcin-iug mini ber of laborers seeking employment, is tile rising se'llle of efficiency It i as Important ,i the wage schedule in ion tracts unit in piuel building b. tin- ele parttnent itself. I. art August Commissioner Sadler got the efhe'iencv se'llle up to "." per cent In November it hnei risen tie S." per cent. This spring the man on state hlchvvav work who is not Kill per cent efficient will be dropped from the pay roll Anil I Ins order will be enforced to the limit Commissioner Sadler bays MARK HALL.ER Mark Duller fori v -three years old, L'lL1,'! Sleuth Fourth street, awakened Ins wife lasi night, complaining of severe pains, and died before medical aid could be summoned Mr. Huller was well known In the southern section of -the city, where he was In the real estate business. He was u member of Ham ilton Iodge, F, nnd A M and of several Jewish societies. Funeral Hcrv ices will be held Friday afternoon nt Ills late home, ond internieut will l'" in Monteflore Cemetery ANOTHER LIM'RICK WINNER PROVES IT ISN'T JUST MA TTER OF "GRAB" Miss Byrnes' Friends Had Tried to Persuade Her Merit Didn't Count in This Contest, but She Stuck to It - -V I usually am cnllwl af the drug tore, so I tried there first. Nobody wanted me, I went to a grocery store. No call thre At last some one sug gested that the call might hnvc conic from the saloon. I tnnk- n .lmm. on it " Make Good Fiction Scenario There jou arc with the scenario of another chapter in the KvnNixn I I'blio Lkdokk'n popular scrlnl AATnriV'1 Wu PICK Ul .-scene ramuy room in a corner i saloon Time 10 a. m. I Knter. woman portrait and miniature I painter, hair touched with grav. mem ber of old Quaker family attending I Knee Street Meeting, ns have many good old Philadelphia families for years. She answers the telephone. And she learns Mint she has won a limerick prize of, SKID An appointment U made. (To take her photograph.) She leaves the I saloon I Fiction editors would fay it wasn't! done. Well, it wns I Surah Palmer Hyrnes, of the Plastic' Club, graduate of the Philndclnhia to InetnTe T?- TiT" Sfi "' to dictate a few lines. The deaf -and- dumb jouiig woman will please take tl.f dictation Heady, shoot: "As an elderly cat of considerable experience in tho ways of this world. 1 ! Pain:;; ll'lBTtrncl0,?,?K tf M.'SS Sarfah ' I aimer Hjrncs ought to be n lesson for , some of the short sports who hao been aing that these limerick contests were 'framed.' "While strolling back and forth along some of iny fuvorite boulevards ut even tide (and later). I ha now nncl again heard some of these real 'wipe guyn' tell how they met somebody who knew some body else who had it '.straight' from a man who worked on the Bvunimi i'fni.tf I.nncirji that 'they' rend only a tew hundred letters evcrv Hnv. nnrl threw the rest uside. Couldn't be bothered. "I'm an old cat. and I can't get around like 1 used to, but some cold, graj morning before this contest is ended. I'd jusi like to hunt up a few of these melancholj ravens nt home. I'd Ilk- to stroll past the corner cop as if I were winding up the night instead of beginning a hard day's work, and then once I'd satisfied him I was only a respectable night wHtchman in h cheese factor I'd like to turn to and tip over the bottles of milk on the doorsteps of every one of these jolly good fellows who are sure the Evk.mnu 1't ui.,0 r.i.tioErt juries sit up nights thinking of wa.is to do them wrong. en,. J..? l'"',en 'w ,,llen,Mnt .,,' An,, 'n pair of shears stands tho Forty-MC- , .'I. The nine lines submtttwl on the I nil- i.. ' r. 1mi r MontPnrnnc. ond Ward Republican Club. The ballot, nsido from the winner, were. Paris, inis submitted nn answer to i. ,, eontlnpent of the O n P i:Vi:UY I.IMRKICK SO FAR TO , ??1 there h force for nsneclal 'lee- No' "vo n heart for IHIJ's no DATE Now she has on: to TtokV l t VII ,E l"l,lloll,ln'' Krc1 M- Itus1'. -' Right here. Ponocatenetl. our ofllcc -,!l.r.P.:. . 1.1'""r..J?..iLr8:, IV"" J?: North Eighth Mrcct. like to wait i.utll these 'XI'VFR.MORF rl'1 nppinprintinn bill carrying approx HIRDS' arose, und watch them come i imntel S.S.0(l(l.()0t) passed first rending out und discover their spilt milk. I'll today. It wns reported out of commit -bet the street would be so full of briny ,P0 "'"' u'iven first reading immediately tears tlmt the cur ii.ni.lu ,i-,,1,l i,' bv tin House. iiiiu, II l K( uie HIIO II MIL I Cl rusty before noon Youth trulv, ThcunHs Popocatepetl, Feline Volcano of the Limerick Department." Which is lhe office net s way of sav ing thot Miss R.vrnes is different from a few a very few folks, happily in i thnt she has been able to keep on going without meditating suicide because of her unappreciated genius. She has writ- ten imerick after imeric t nnd never even gotten on a ballot. Her mother. linn laughed at her and told her that llmericking wns a farce. Had Skeptical Friends Some of her skeptical friends have told her (Where have we beard it be fore'M that her lines "certainly OFGHT to win but they won-'t, because these contests are nil for the insiders, you know Here's what alio savs about it : "1 have observed this: That most of th" winners have had ill least a fair education Maybe that helped them to realize that every idea that looked good lo tliein wasn't n innsterpircc. and may be that is why they didn't always ugree with admiring friends tlmt their con tribiilious 'weren't read, anyhow ' I have done some writing, under various noni ce plumes, for the Huston Trail script al-o for a southern pnper. "It s out of business, now, ' she laughed. ' I hope J didn't put it nut of business "I isn't tell you, though, how much set up and flabbergasted I was when ymi ioc me I had won. After going nil over the neighborhood to locate tne phone where I was wanted, that was,ers for state employes ure not popular good news indeed " .in the House since the administration Yon II have to go a long wnv to find ! lenders reached the conclusion to suh- manv like .Miss nyriics. UI old iJUBKcr stoi k she admits herself that she led, for nianv vears. the "sheltered life." ller fo'her was"forty-two years foreign entrance clerk at the Customs House His tendency wus to "stny put" in an ngieeuble berth She Lllte-i M.-iclilnrr.v Sieiiiething iii Miss Hyrnes. ' ri?. up The -pint moved." This is the way she puts it . "I reali.ed that I was getting along and tint if I was going to share in the knowledge of tilings generally, of people ull upniiid nn', I couldn't begin any younger "During the war I worked in the volunteer factory run by .Miss Sims Admiial Sims' niece on Mnrkct street Then I decided I'd like to try running a nun lime in a regular factory 1 kneu I could do it ami I enjoy being nieeiinel ii'iiclilnfry 'I ui nt to work in the Roxfnrd Knitting Mills. Later I was told 1 could have n position doing clerical work e n n farm Journal in the city That e, uncled interesting. Hut I liked nuiHiinerv better, unci I went to work tunning some of their binding mn e hiue Also. I worked severul months for the Hrown Instrument Co. ' b oflieuil age is thirty-eight. That , keeps me jusi on tile .safe siele, so that when I want to do things they won't think I'm passe. I'm just beginning to paint on glass, and I find it very 1 fasi Iniiiing. D. V I Deo xolente) 1 1 inn going t e make a go of it. , ' What shall I do with the hundred? I Will I II trout sotno ot ttie iteonlc I've worked with. I'll senel some of it for taxes on our llttl place up in Massachusetts-, where I work sometimes in the summer. And oh. ves! I'll give some to the dentist anil, finally, I'll see if I can't locute the colored man who called me to the telephone this morning " And there you are Incidentull), she's going to hunt up erne ot the friends who knew "posi tively" that nn "outsider didn't stand a chance " She didn't know xvlin t she wen, hi buy her. Popocatepetl row -rows to this effect: "Probably some gum, so the kind friend will still hnvc something to chew on." Cats will be catb. 4s to the jury, when they read this we know they win be glad tlmt o woman won, although she Is not par ticularly interested in politics. Way up town where util nrK rcv'ji and Hroad street cross like the bladcsjf One Hundred Dollars Daily For the Heat Last Line Supplied by Any Render ot the Evening Public Ledger to the Incomplete Limerick Which Appears Below RULES OF THE LIMERICK CONTEST 1. Contest Is open to onv on AH that Is required for you to eln Is to vvrllo an4 nd In your lntt linn to tho I.lmtrlrk. ulnt for convenience tho coupon printed below Please wrlto plainly, nd be sure to add your name and addrest. 2 All answers to ttis l.lmerlck which Is printed below must be recehed at the ofrico of tho Kvkmio PrnLtc I.r.tior.s by t o'clock Friday evenlnr Address j-oMomco lion number given on coupon THIS WINNKK OF TODAY'S CONTEST WILL 1IK ANNOUNCED ONE WKKK FUOM TODAY Cut Out and Mail Kvr.MNo Prnt.ic T.Eiiann, TO TIIK MMKIUCK CONTEST V. O. Hot 152), Philadelphia. LIMERICK NO. 75 Said a soldier who went o'er the Rhine, "This is only a debt; not a fine. The Teutons must pay And there's no other way . .i,yl. l.i .(. . . . Xatnc Street ffmf .Yo. City and Snr (Write "our (answer on this line.) ' executive board, we I Knrf nf Illr ,i,. j, ! ?"tcrc,i tLt lfnow i J, ' lunl KBOW I An?.. . ,.. ., new itsj mind nnd ledge in very short m.n ' nnP,P, ui, jTsfre un, d7romNc i,, up . ,,.. This in spite of the fnct that ouc cl ue toning una cw York and was i feeling, well, as though she wanted to get home and remove the. flying dust ot Hnbel from an otherwise, quite respect able pair of Quaker City hands. rice photograph on tne oncic page So toda m winning limerick finished out by .SARAH PAL.MKK KYHNKS 1,S0:t North Cuntac .Street. was It reads tfAn. ll'iliim took sirref Mim Aiintr To citMirr, iic tnid: "I don't enre 'or much ; Irt tne iccr What they hnvc that siif.i tne." Bill said, "Peach, lettuce both be a pear." It was No. 10 on the ballot, receiv ing nine votes. Three other votes were east for Xo. $58,862,968 IS PROVIDED IN APPROPRIATIONS BILL But Amount Asked to Run State Is Expected to Be Cut ty a Staff Correspondent HiiiTlsburg. Pn.. March II. The gen- The idea is to have ll revised down- ; ward bj the Hoiife appropriations com- mlttee. The appropriations by departments ' ns carried in the bill now nre : Govcr- nor, $!I7,000 ; Llcutenunt Governor. I SI i.'..'Xl ; State. .?lN:.7Un : Auditor General. IsS.lV.'OO ; Internal Affairs, I SKI.ViOll; Trciisurv. .f.'I'H.DOO : Attor- ' nevs Generii . S"7i.."(l() : Ilanh nc. St44.(,00; Public T..Jiei'in.,u "i . i r.47.000 ; Adjutant General. $ Il.,:i00; I Insurance .f.'.W.lino : Stute I.lbrarj ! ' . ... . . . .i I and .Museum. N'JRMlHi; Legislative Reference, ,tir..(KM) ; Stnte Reporter, I .f'JU.OOO J Public Grounds unci Rullil-I mil in liiu Guillen a, - hud assembled the No. U, ..,.,...,... i cL::0l,.'WO: Censors. .fl.'lS.IKK) : Health, Sl.l r',l!)0; Water Supply. .fHO.-lOO; I Public ('harities. SlOfUHNJ; .luUit'lary, Kl.lil.-i.NM; Legislative. .i,ji:i. dm; legislative .loiirnnl. .flti.lKW; on funded debt, .fill, 180.75. iiiti-iiei. TIPSTAVES' RISE FAVORED Bill Adding $500 to Salary Goes to genaie .... , , , Ilarrlsburc. March P. Sulnry rats- suiuie n program oi ecuiiuiii.v in i' requiring new revenues, lint It is tut ferent with salary raisers on which the taxpayers of Philadelphia must pay the ' The lull to increase the salary of' second-grade inspectors of the Depart- incnt of Labor and Industry was de- feated overwhelmingly by the House. A short time Inter the same group of legislators voted to give the tipstaves of, Philadelphia a S,H) increase, 'the vote cen the measure wns unnniinous nnd it now goes to the Senate. The tipstave salary raiser was in - trodueed by Representative W. .1. ltrach, who comes from .fudge Hrown'H ward. It originally provided nn .fSOO increase for tipstaves, but was amended to mnh.o t no maximum salary .?-iivni, a ."00 increase SCHOOL LOAN BILL UP ings .M.mks. I, .ii commissioners pr0Krnlll ,, M,1Pr). nub of ,ivB uml; 'i i l Ulc; fv ?S 1 I'rnnkfor.l in the library this nfter ?1000; Hoard of Pardons. ?3WM): Agrl-I nn0I, MrM. nini.i.h v. stiirtev.mt ore. ; X'J, ' ' ;V,' ' ' .'. . L ' '',! l M-luecl, and .Mrs. .. tulTy, Mist l.u : "".. sll....SfKI: I'iijheriM. nice l-ightowlrr d Mrs. F. F. Hor- 'iiiii..xw: runic rr.niing, .''r' t . ! 7" Ipn'1 '" H"' discussion. 'Trankford 1 1 venue coinnilssioners, .f.lSOO; I.nbor Aeencics" was the ,nio and Industry. S'.'..'!(H,IIK) ; State Police, "h "us '".JJ"C' I footlights "for good und all" on Satur Measure In Housa Today Doubles day night, Mrs, Souther said: Institutions' Borrowing Capacity ' , 'V1'5 !"','1llV;ulj:' .I''1 ,r"th,Pr bo ,he ,, . . ,, , , I happy, lovln' little wife that I am now Harrishurg. March n.Represen U- thau tho greatest star on the btage." tlve Philip Sterlings bill permitting - - school boards m Philadelphia and other I r.... . .. , , . districts in th- state to double thcir 1 Governor and Mayor to Plant Trees borrowing capacity for tempornry loans l Mayor Moore will co-operate witn has been reported out of committee at Governor Sproul In celebrating the first the instunce of Mr. Sterling. It comes I Arbor Day of the year, April 8, by up for second reading in the House planting u tree in Independence Squurc. todav. The tree will he a memorial to the sol- Mr Sterling is sponsor for the hill proposing it small, unpaid, elective board for Philadelphia. "Passing of the bill doubling bor- rowing capacity," said Sterling, "will greatly aid the Philadelphia school board in meeting present financial exigencies." , Philadelphia Firm Gets Road Job llurrisburg, March ! Conner A: I Ley, Philadelphia, have been uwardeil the contract lo build 11,! 117-1 feet of state highway in lleiisalem township, Rucks county, ut $l-IH.sri.or. This In the first award to he made on bids opened this year. The bids were received Fell mar IV Women End Council Smoke Atlantic City, March 0. Women'B Influence, nlicady felt In the appoint ment of Miss Anna Williams to the i Hoard of Education and of Mrs. Fro ok Mooro as overseer of tho poor, has banished smoking from thp Council chumbcr In Ventnor City whllu the ' members are In scatioi: , nf the alio bo ritjintsalble). 8. The winner of the. ONE HUNDllED 1)OMAR prlre for tho best lait linn to each l.lmerlck wll be announced one ucek after the l.lmerlck li printed. 4, In case of ties. $100 will be Awarded lo each successful contestant. 8. The decision or tin Jufiies In each l.lmerlck conien win do nnai, Answers left at the office llvrsiso PL'iit.lo t,niir.R will A,', ,:itu. ..J.J$hM)toh..... Slio's stranded: and site's 'canned Hill for "faro." Clara Haiti- car. 1X12I Diamond street. No. .'1. Ho was game, but lie quailed, I d-eclair. Mrs. Fred J. Mullgrave, Wilmington. No. 1. Try no ft coal; jui a "sooier" It's there. F. A. Sykcs, Pleasant ville. X. J. .No. 5. Rill's grace, was n solo. inspired prayer. Charles Gilpin Al Men. Thirty-fourth and Hamilton ! streets. Xo II. then for Rill was mil at the plate 'faro." J. C. Kessberry, No. 7 She a.s "right"; all she, "left" vra flic cJialr. George W. Lock, til Fast Madison avenue, Col lingswood, X. J. Xo. 8. Slia hud tongue, and lie's mute with despair. John II.' Oakcs, nriOf! North Seventh street. No. 0. For dessert Rill liatl cust ard right there. C. D. Nuesslc, 70 Xaek aveuuc, I.ansdalc. CHILDREN ASKED TO AID 'CLEANER PHILADELPHIA' Clubwomen Seek Co-operation of Youngsters in Campaign Th "clenner rniiacieipnia com mlttee of the Civic Club sent out letters toclnv to all schools In the central part oi ine city asKlng lor co-operation In, the committee's criisnile for "n cleim city." Itenoits have come to the com mittee of the litter oirpntiers and fruit skins, for which school children are held icsponsiuie, and u campaign is planned of periodical talks ut the schools on municipal health, cleanliness mid beauty. Mrs. Howard Magolllii. '' jnnan of the committee, told of lis ''ny,'K ,osl 1 1"1 el ty .ft MM I to c-leaii parts of. ' nlrmotint lurk after u certain school I'"1' there. New Inglon . '".'. '"' " -" cciiiis hi nuin- MOD discussed by Warwick i ;u"" ' r'w Iiof;,1, ,.l!1(,,1currrnl c,,",1s dfpurtiuent of the I'hllomuslnn Club tit-it) iiinrnlhn M ci Viilt.in Will.... I "",""'"""" " Prcsldccl. . rlulm.(lll, eonferenee IKUUCI 141111' I I'UUI I III 1 II II .1 Llil ! .Methods of Invi-sting Cnce Hetwren Sneciilutiii DifTer- , ,,, this nfternnoii nt the nieeting of the Woman h Club of Media. Mr r w uiuge, .Mrs. Cllllorcl A. Woodbury and Mrs A I-. Piltchiird are members ot ' the committee in charge. - Thp ,...,., ,,)lllin,lle, of the Forty -second wnrd met this nfterunonJit the f)nk l.nnc Library. , "Amerlcanizutinn" was the subject pre. sentisl. ,The speakers were Mrs. Fred- ii, p ,,, !,- nn,i ivininm iin.,. Vn1h. Mrs. William F.. tiroben wns t.ilr liulrtniiii DDlnt? DCMflllMPCC OTAPC uuiuu nunuuuuuo dinuu Georgette Cohan'6 Husband Buys N. Y. Stock Exchange Seat New Yorli, March 0. - ,1. William Souther, who eloped with Georgette Cohan, the sixtcen-jear-old daughter of George ,M Cohan und Fthel I.cvey. bought a seat on tho New York Stock l.xehaugo yesterday for ?IV,),000. Simultaneously vritli the statement that "Young Hill" was to invade Wall j street came the announcement tlmt his wife was to abundon a stage career, I Ruck stago of the Orphciim Theatre j Rrooklyn, where she and her mother Hro appearing in a vaudeville net this week, she declared last night that she didn't know the first thing about her young hubby's business ventures;, and what's more, she didn't care. iVpropos of her decision to nuit the dlers of the world vvur. Governor Sproul will plant a tree In the grounds 0f the State Capitol at Harritburg. Soil from 'each of the sixty -seven counties of tho state will bo placed ubout the tree's roots, IrvW-l WJWj Kilifl i L4 JL9 'J I'' u uliow vnu vv can make oijr bci nmil tn th day it n bought, riLlupanlad facial to new for 1-A th i-r N vv covers furnlnheiJ--ole1 rnvora wtuhul Kruthrr Mrrlllzed nnil Made Into Mul trtnn. Ilu bprlno llounliolitorfd, 37 jrs.- (.iprreriecff 4e SICHEUS ipirinvc iniure enure oallnriirttoii Zd antl Wash- ington Ave. ''" fBtl e)crlivre. lMtnlt It 7 i none 4wiie 4503 Mrile Hi DAYLIGHI PETITIONS STARTPROBE IALK Foos of Bill Roady to Let Co Their Heavy Cun3 to Block Progress INQUIRY IS IMPROVABLE- TSu a Sto CorrrjrfOrtefciit Harrlsburg, March 0. Foes of the Kdmonds daylight-saving bill may at tack the petitions urging passage of the law. The hill was reported from the com mlttee on retrenchment nnd reform nt today's session of the House. The hill was reported out of commit tee this morning will come up for finnl passage in the House Monday night when the opponents of the measure plan to uiitonTl their heavy artillery. Representative Orccn, of Philadel phia, wnnta n legislative investigation of the petitions urging pnssngc of the hill. Green got all wrought up nt the hearing before the Bub-commlttee, of which he is a member, over nn allega tion that some one nttached IiIh nntw' to more than one petition. For n min ute it looked ns though Green would demand nn Investigation at once. "I was told," said n speaker, "that one man said nt n recent meeting in Philadelphia that he had signed five of these petitions-" "Wliats that?" said Green in n startled tone. "You should place the facts with this committee. This committee should know about that. Who wns your in formant?" "Do you want me to tell you pri vately or publicly?" the inuu nsked, snmewhnt confi.sed. , "Publicly, of course," relumed Green. The man pointed to n spectator. The spectator was cross-examined by Green. He admitted he heard ft man sny just such a thing at u meeting in Hrnokllne, n suburb of Philadelphia. "Do you know the name of the ninn?" nulzzcd Green. "I may be able to find out and let you know, tno spectator answered. If tho spectator forwards the name of the man who was so anxious for daylight saving that he signed five pe titions, there mar be trouble. It may Involve a legislative investigation by a commission with full power to sub poena witnesses, hold hearings at Hrookllnc and employ counsel and handwriting experts ru examine the petitions. The handwriting experts may have to examine and compare the thousands of signatures on the petitions und Green may want to subpoena every signer. Rural members were outvoted by city members of the Douse Monday night on the .tlll to license fishermen. If (lie line-up on the daylight saving bill runs anything like the line-up on tho fish license bill the House should pnbs the incufctire. Kven if It should pass the House it may find rough going in the Senate. Politicians may consider it a political expedient to shelve the daylight saving measure to appease the fanners who arc dead set against it. BLUE LAWSTOBE AIRED Public Hearing Arranged for Dills Affecting Sabbath Ilarrbbitrg, March 0. The first bat tie over the blue laws will be toduy. A hearing will be held on the McCarthy bill to legalize Sunday fishing. Anglers who want to shntter the blue laws by giving the fish no rest arc expected to appear before the House committee. N'o defenders nre expected to appear for the poor fish, but the Rev. T. T. Mutchler will be on hand for the Lord's Day Alliance. Leopold C Glass, 0f Philadelphia, rhalrman of the judiciary special mm mitten nf the House, announced thnt a public hearing on blue law bills would lie conducted in the hall of the House Tuesday, March 'JL'. Glass' committee will meet jointly for tho hearing with the municipal af fairs committee. Special attention will be given the Smith bill, providing for local option on repealing the blue laws end the McCnun bill, permitting Sun day baseball and football games. ADVANTAGE FOR JUDGES Proposed Law Would Place Them at Top of Nonpartisan Ballot llarrlsburg, March 0. - Trickery nnd efforts to win nominations on the non partisan liflllnt by candidates relying on the fnct their surnames begin with "A." would be discounted by u bill in troduced in the House by Representative Davis. Jt would amend the act of IflRt providing for the nonpartisan selection of judges and officers In second class cities. The bill proposes thnt the sitting judges shnll hnvu the advantage jh the ballot null would not be displaced or put at a serious disadvantage bv rpeidl datcs whose names begin with "A" or "H." Sitting judges, candidates for re nomination, xvould have their names plared on the ballot first and these would rnnk in the order of seniority, Candidates other than tdttiin: judges would be placed in rank by casting lots. Constant Temperature 717 economy! jLV Vacuum oil con trol and thermostatic water regulation keep the Ansted Engine at the right temperature at all speeds. Investigate! Lexington Motor Co., of Pernio. W A. Huiwr. I'rrslilcnt l.r.XIVt.TON III II.IIINf. BSl-Bil NtlRTH IlllOAJ HTnKKT Iadnfiton Motor Company C000". imJiM. u. s. A. "PmSmM tM'tufir'mm ,.. .!S,M tBiStfii .ft. . .HVVVVVVV . , 't m " niteiririf i Trr U r 'V 'V$3&HHiKjsL' ts mmimmiSmmmmmmmmmSmmmm MRS. CVKRIG I1RAKNKS MRS. SARAH KARIK Mrs. Ilraluiea ia ovorromc by gas today whlcli caused the death of Iter cleven-months-old tlniighter Itancca. Mrs. Karis, a neighbor, rescued tho woman I ' Deaths of a Day GEORGE W. MARCELLUS Old Actor Who Supported Booth and McCullough Dies Arjed 81 Gcorgo W. Marcellus, n veteran ac tor, died yesterday at the Roosevelt Hospital following an attack of pnou monla. Mr. Marcellus wns eighty-one years old, and during his enreer had plnycd more than 700 different pnrts nnd hud supported such actor1"! as Mrs. Drew, John McCullough and Fdwln Uooth. Mr. Mnrcellus lived at 003 Green street with a pon. His wife died in the summer of 1020. Hl stnge ca reer extended over n, period of aixty years, nnd he ployed the part of tra gedian in the fending Mock companies until the early eighties, until bo began his support ot the various stars of that time. Delos B. Hempstead After nil Illness nf twn nintittiu Tlnlna 11. Hempstead, of the ship brokerage firm of O. (J. Hempstead & Soni -11 South Fighth street, died ycttcrdny in inc wejou rnmnritan jiospitai, i.eoanon, Pn. He was seventy-five -yenrs old. Mr. TTemrtstenil u-nu fnt-nii from I, lu home, at HUB Diamond street, for treatment nt the hospital. He is sur vived by n widow and a daughter, Mrs. H. .7. Helienk, the wife of n prominent merchant of Lebanon. Sergeant Harry A. Wallace Street Seree'nnt Harry A. Wallace of the Hunting Park nvenue mid Sclnivler street station, died yesterdnv , in lladdnnfleld. N. .7., while visiting' hi daughter, Mrs. Raymond Sterling, ' 110 Moutitwell nvenue. He was sixty three years old and had been suffering from stomach trouble for severnl ycurs. Funeral services will be held tomorrow-1 nfternoon from his lato residence. ."..ID'.t ! .Virtli hevenlcenth street. Interment will be in Harlclgh Cemetery. I'mn ' deu. A detail of police from the dls- , trict will escort tho nrocesslon to Tlio , cemetery. Colonel Thomas P.. Kills, nssistnnt director of public cafety. will I aibo uuenu tno ceremony. Baron Moulton, English Jurist, Dies liOndnn. March fl fllr A. I 1 I7aron Moulton, one of the best-known jurists of Kngland und a member m ' the judicial committee of the Privy Council since 1IH1!, is dead, it was an nounced Here toclny. He was born No vember IS, 1811. nncl wns rcliicntecl nt New Kingswood School unci St. .John's College. Cambridge. He served several terms in the House of Commons, nnd during the war wns director general of explosive supplies m the ministry of munitions. i To Observe Forrest's Birthday The 1 1.1th nnnlvcrsnry of the birth of lulwiu Forrest will be observed nt a dinner to he held tonight nt the For rest Home, Hristol pike, Holmesburg. It wns the intention of the former stage I folk who live nt the Forrest Home to follow nn annual custom nf ,l,.r,rU.i Sih)erv?are Important Price-Adjustments Permitted by changed conditions J. E. Calcktell & Co. Chestnut and Juniper JUST WHAT THE GERMANS WANT- was told in this morning's Public Ledger by B. F. Kospoth in a special cable dispatch, which ex plains why the Germans believe they have nothing to lose by again forcing the Allies to war like measures. It was iii this morning's, PUBLIC L io,ra iran WORKERS STRIK E Induatry Virtually at Standstill , Throughout City, Union Loadors Say COURT INJUNCTION IGNORED , 17y the Associated Press New Yorlt, March 0. Annroxim.i.i. ' 10.000 workers In misses' nnS 0 did? ft .dress factories went on strike tol. il,,,r,n! ?!!"?JLn.S?."t K.""l3urKi "e neu iiiii-uiuuuiini juaaics (Inrmrnt Workers Union, where it was clni,,,.i thnt the industry In Greater New Z wns virtually tied tin. lofk I'nlon oflfelalB Bold the strike had been called for the purpose of estab ishlng mlulmum wage scales, regaining the wage rates in force before the recent reductions and forcing the entire in. dttstry to rccognlro the union and Men agreements. Pickets were stationed in front of the factories today and when the worker. v,.ullv.v. ilia Br iinnacn a copy of I the general strike order nod were as I signed to various halls where niais. i meetings were held. No disorder vvas I reported. The. fcnttlAp tinn InrtitBlr li nounced, also wns tied up bv a strike of 1200 members of the Feather Hon makers' Union. The workers dommd n "union shop'"ond a forty-four-hour week. The nction of the union was taken in the face of an injunction granted ves tcrday by Mitchell h. Erlanger. Hii preme Court justice, forbidding the or ganization, through its general prcsl dent, Kidney Hlllmnn. nnd other officers from conducting a strike against Joseph Slcolney & Co,, t0fl Ilrondwav. or from picketing the firm's shop. Skol ney & Co. employ 400 hands and do n business of $.1,000,000 a car In granting the injunction, 'pending trial of an action brought by the msnu facturers against the union for $230, 000 damages, Justice Erlanger refused to dismiss the complaint against the union and directed that the Injunction go into effect at once. The suit is the outgrowth of a strike called on Janunry 27, when the com pany announced Its intention to run its business on the "open -shop" principle. Justice Erlanger characterized the union's conduct ns "a malicious ami unlawful conspiracy to cause the plain tiff's factory to be shut down ond their contracts to bo broken or unfulfilled until such time as the plaintiff shall submit to tho demand of the amal gamated workers to unionize their fac tory." "It is clearly established that picket ing is lawful that a man may work or not. as he shall chooc; that he ratty strike with others and peaceably seek others to join," the decision adds. "Hut it Is equally settled that a worker mav labor and provide for himself and fam ily without being subjected to the dan gcr of ussault or threat of bodily harm; that lie cannot be compelled to join a union; that employes may not be en ticed from their employment by thrcnti or otherwise; that the right to live and let live is a God-given right, and Hint nil rights will be protected by the court." A BUILDING not properly de signed is obsolete be fore it is occupied. Depreciation through obsolescence is greater than through wear and tear. The intensive ex pcricncc of. our 40 years of practice en ables us to designbutld ings that are truly economical. Let us consult with you THE BALLINGEK COMPANY 5ucrior to BALLINGEP. &- P ERROT ASCIIITECTS lNGINtEA5 CDNSm'CTOM Philadelphia New York LEDGER V l .'-Ht OTIi,yWtiWuMt.'-i;; i Egggjg1. S '.r ' :u V
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