Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, March 11, 1921, NIGHT EXTRA, Image 1

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THE WEATHER
Fair nnd warmer tonight followed by
Increasing cloudiness Saturday inotlcr
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VOL. VII. NO. 153
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devon home and
STEAL JEWELRY
0. Herbert Leaf's Summer
House on Arlington Rond I
Raided by Vandals
POLICE ESTIMATE LOSS
TO BE ALMOST $10,000
Rubbers jimmied tbolr way into the
,ummer horn- of CJ. Herbert Leaf on
Son road. Dcvon.-rucsdny night,
in after causing several thousand dol
lar, InnWc to tlie interior. escaped
?Uh about 510.000 worth of property.
The robbery was discovered cdncs
day morning by Albert Wortlilngtoi. n '
SSrtakor but was kept secret by tlif
police until today. Include, In the pro
irels was a necklace, which tlie police
i$Vns of pearls nnd valued at $B00O.
Mr Leaf declared Mic necltlace wns of
nmetlivMs nnd was worth but n few
hundred dollar".
la alilltlon in me nci-Miii , mr mu
w obtained a dozen of Mrs. Leaf's .
... . .t uAiiniinl silftnlsu In.
aether tv 1th a dozen suits belnnRlnff to
Mr Leaf A silver don collnr, on which
lias engraed. "nessle," also Is miss- ,
MfnlnK K,,V I1N ",,U rri"Hil uwitwii "
l',oeks on doors lendlnc to n number
of bedrooms 'n tne five-story house wer.
Fma,'hed. appaiently with a crowbar.
Mr. and Mrs. Lenf had not been at
the houi-c since last November. They
live at 2101 Spruce street. Mr. Leaf
i3 rrc-ddent of the steel firm of E. H.
Leaf Co.. with offices in the Ileol Kstatc
Tnit llallditiK.
Mr. Leaf said todny he believed the
robber nnd tlie nttendant vandalism
had lecu done by three boys.
"1 urn of thnt opinion because they
overlooked nn Imported niK in the living
room, valued nt $100." he said. "The
house was so torn up by tlie thieves thnt
It has been difficult to nscertnln the
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exact r.ttent of their loot.
Mrs. Leaf went out to Devon this
mfirnlne and will make nn effort to tic
termine what was stolen. As for the
$3l)fHI necklace. I think thnt is u mis
take, The necklace was of nmethysts
and would not bring more than n fow
hundred dollars.
"Appnrcntlj there were three of the
thieves, as three drinking glasses had
been set out on the dining-room table.
There was, however, no liquor in the
house."
PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES BACK Mr'; 11, TS t the House
CPUfini RflAPn DIPPED DM I f"r twenty-two yenrs nnd served for
vllHUUL tJUAHU Hlr'r'bH blLL!ciRhtm, PnlH tho lMterstnte and
! foreign commerce committee. He was
Hearing on Sterling Measure to Be co-author with Sonutor Cummins of the
Held Here Today
... . , i 1 i '
An indorseinent of the school board ,
ripper" bill now in the Legislature was
received today by State Itepreseutntivo
1'hilip Sterling fiom the Allied Patriotic
Societies of America, representing 15,1,
OOll nun and women.
Mr. Sterling, who represents the
Thirty-firM wurd, heads a subcommittee
of the House committee on education
which will hold a public hearing on the
oui imiay in Kimm -11)11. City Hall.
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flie ripper bill would oust the
pnsent board of education with Hm tlf
teen members nppointpil bv the bonrd of
jmlKos and would substitute a board of
(even members elected by popular vote.
OrgnnlzntiniiH represented bv the Al
lied Patriotic Societies are the' P. O. S.
of A . the Order of Ued Men. the Sons
jnd Dniighlerh of Llbcrtj, the Order of
independent Americans, the Loval
(Irniige Institution, the Knights of the
which l.ag ( tie Frilternii nn.l tn.
triotie Americans. tl. (ir,w .1 .. i, . i ,
aiivliunlcs, and the Daughters of Amer-
t. . . ' - "i - n i v. it i
PATROLMAN NOT GUILTY
Bernard Montague Is Ordered
Re-
stored to Duty
ine iivu .Service Commission tndnv
found l'ntrolmnt i Bernard Montague, nl
li.. ... n"1 Ihittonwnnd streets po.
f
fill I Kin Willi hn.l
nighuay robbery, not pniitv nn.i ....n....i
. , -- -., .. .,,, Him
been accused of
klm to"
Blm to ilntv .-...
I'a trn ,,n m .
befnr it, ? Mn,"tllK" was arrallgned
T , I '",' ',,n,,r,l ""'in outcome of an
, ' n'..rf ...... , tniuinj
nlflii t Vt i' ..' ""urrcii tne
Mm ,. t . ' V: rlle "l'I"sed vie I
aiiciteu nnli .mi ...Inl. A i .i.
" .Minn nrpnnnn
fu-nnti1. (n 1 1 n
jears old, 1,2, South Dorrance street.
P-f.ache, by Montague at leventh and
Rare streets, told to throw up his hands
J ,k i n "V,T wllnt vn'uable-j he hud
m Ms p,issessinn. Brcnnnn also charged
that some time Inter while in the vlcintv
Twelfth nnd Vino streets he again
?" ',nf,rnl;cd by Montague and told
t" m out of the neighborhood.
At the hearing witnesses testified
Zlri t," niBl1,' nf Ml,rrl1 rt tll(,y l'd
taju ronnnn "'""'en to "get" Moil
CHESTER SHIPBUILDERS HIT
8n Company Forced to Lay
2500 Men Next Week
Off
"V3ICr. I'a.. Mnr..1. it
Twenty
ployes o
he IT Cfal V ,I,P 10-000 employes of
' ""ii'iiiiiiumg i-o
will be idle
ISy-nfF ,..11 """" """iin-s. ill
inr tn . . ll,r on -"""(my. accord-
aetata to,iortc",e"t ot ono of ,he of-
flnlnel.?"" onin;ny believes thnt the
p"nJvllitmbn,r.rft"mont of the com-
wwraed 0hhn,,J;,M,,l Hhnrtl-V an'1 work
iff,, th", f0 botttH. Four other
th com any n,rca,,jr boen ,',,lvcrl',1 tl'
NEEDS RESERVE OFFICERS
Secretary Weeks Asks Them to Re
main with. r..
-nor vofl?' Mnrrh " HJy A. P.)
Seeretnrru.fflrrr8 w'r" rf'd today by
until i . f,niCe.kHI,, htn'v wlth tho eoriiH
iwrkwf nut B 1,0lly cou1'1 b'"
Hee'ri,"ls)rr!,,"n. '"'"'her nf reserve of
"M 'an,l",8,"m,'1""i' the statement
ml,,n.a?.lI t,,0M'.wlm now hold com-
!'! i, 1 m '"'W'nny wllli-
rpspr
orve , " until tne nrgnn zed
Wen for i, . " fr""0'1 ""'1 'Irtlnlte
'"'nt resolv. '"'" ".B f"r"''''ted. The
' "f tin. rM.r':"H,M,H .nf veteran offl-
poliel
prr
" 'If rM.lt,n7n 1" ,1,p "llWIng up
""""-1 i , w ci";111 v"y mnterlp'
tnte or l'l",P'1'':'',"ftl't forconi I
wtTe force"" 1,lCi,nu'(i"C!,8 of our ro
fou w.i i V1 M,,si"'n" of work' on
Wrir 1, Tu lr ,,,. A"'""'' Onlf nnd
which IP ?tCBmh n r" N York.
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Entered aa Eacond-ris Mutter ni tli Potofflee, t Philadelphia. I'a.
t'nrter Inn Act of Mnreli 3. 1170
Honor for Hero
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(leiieral Ittitler ms today renom
innted as brigadier uenernl In tho
marine corps by President Hardltij,'.
Ho Is nlfertlotutcly known as
"(Slmlct Kyc" and "The riKlitlng
(Junker"
President Harding Makes Other
Nominations Butler Re
named Brigadier General
CRISSINGER IS CONFIRMED
Hy tho Associated Press
Washington, Mnrcli 11. Former
Kn'roentntivo John .1. Ewh, of W is-
cons'n, and .Maik v. I'otter, of Nw
York, were nominated today by Presi
dent Harding to be members of the In
terstate Commerce Commission.
Mr. I'otter is now serving as a mem
ber of the commission, having been
nomlnnted by President Vllson, but
never contirmi'il by the Senate. He wns
named for the term expiring in 1112.'!.
Mr. ICsch's appointment Is to till the
vacancy caused by the expiration of the
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'iin'i ihmiiiiiiiuuiii titiiii-
irPKi,ienf Ilnnlln,. Ineln.le:
today bj
Thomas O. Marvin, of Massachu
setts, nnd William S. Ciilbortson, of
Kansas, to be members
of the tariff '
1.1WM. ll ,
commission,
The latter is a renomlna-
t:on.
Walter Lyon, of Pittsburgh, to be
Frilled States attorney for the western
dihtriot of Pennsylvania.
Smedley Darlington Hutler, Logan
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I'i'llll anil iliurt kt-r. i" uv 4jiikiiuiit
C0I10rnls in the marliio corns. (lie-
nominations, i
Fred Morris Denrlng. of Missouri, to
be assistant secretary of stnte.
Wlllinni II, Joyce, of Los Angeles,
Calif., for membership nn the Fedcrul
Farm Loan Hoard (renominationl.
Medical Director Edward H. Stltt, to
be surgeon general of the navy.
Captain Charles II. McVay, Jr., to be
chief of the bureau of ordnance, with
tlio.ratik of rear n.lnilral. .
I V IIIIItMl , lltirn , lit ,M II .'H.All "i fcW
' be collector of customs for district No.
'24.
1 Chnplnin John Thomas Axton, to be
chief of chaplains of the army, with the
rnnk of colonel.
f'lotinn" I 'lirlun rtFA.Asi"T Ij ti
Colonel liustnve Lukosh, to be n
member of the Mississippi river commis
sion. Ernest Lester Jones, of Virginia, to
be director of thu Const ami Geodetic
Survey,
William J. Keville. of Massachu
reiu., ... n- i.ini iHiinn in... (I,.., i
"10 district of .Massachusetts,
The nomination of D. It. Ciiksingi
of Marlon. (.. to be coniptrollJF of t
setts', tn be I nlted States ninrshnl for
cr,
the
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currency was conurineu uy me ,-M'intie,
as was the renominntloii of Elmer I).
Hall to he assistant secretary or ngri- i
culture. 'T4io Senntt later confirmed the
nomination of Mr. Hearing. Mr. C'nl
bertson, Capinin McVav, Ernest Les
ter Jones and William J. Keville.
Mr. Denring, who was nominated to
be the assistant secretary of state, has
been In the diplomatic service seventeen
years, stiii'tinir in 11104 as second secie- 1
tary of legation nt Hnvnna. Since then i
he hns served nt Pekin, Madrid, Lon-,
don, Brussels nnd I'etrogrnd and also
hns been assistant chief of the division
f Latin -American affairs in the State
i . l
Department. i
.
Ir. Hearing was counsellor ot the
embassy at Petrograd from July li,
llllll, to November 17, 101(1. He is
named to the post which has been va
cant since the appointment of William
Phillips as minister to the Netherlands
two years ngo. He Is n native of Mis
souri, nnd nfter he wns graduated from
the 1'nlversity nf Missouri he took 'a
post-graduate course In jurisprudence
nnd diplomacy at Columbia 1'niverslty.
Brigadier General Smedley Darlington
Butler ls n son of Congressman Hutler,
of tlie Seventh Pennsylvania district.
He wns cducnted at the Friends' High
School nnd In Hnwrfnrd Grammar
School. At the outbreak of the Span
ish-American War the youth lie wns,
then nineteen yenrs nf age decided to i
enlist nnd elected the Marine Corps ns
the branch of the service which would i
furnish him the best opportunity to see
action. On his first attempt to enlist
he was refused bj the officer command-
ing.
Lieutenant Hutler then went to the
Philippines, tinil in 11100 he went toi
China, where he served with marked'
courage and distinction in tlie Boer.
rebellion. He was offered the Victoria
Cross bv the British for valor in this I
w.' . .. .1.1 .,.( 1
wnr. lie was twice wouuucii in uen
tsln. lie wns rapidly promoted, nnd as
major was In coininuud of the mnrlnes
nt Vera Cruz.
Ono of his notable feats was making
mnps of Mexico City, when be entered
Mexico City ns a spy, gaining valuable
data.
In the world war he was sent to
Brest iu the fall of WIN, and he cleaned
up this port. It grent efficiency was due
to his work.
To his men he was nffeotlnnntch
known ns "Gimlet Kye" nnd in the
aervleo as thu "Figbtlns Quaker,"
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DRUG USER SUES
GUARD AND FLEES
Was Being Taken tO Jail After
i
necoiving aenienco ot
. Six Months
! POLICE WAGON DRIVER
' SUSPENDED OVER ESCAPE
Michael Church, alias "I'ltchv." sen-
traced to six months In the llouso of
Correction as n ilniR user, nnd snld
li the poller to be a notorious vender
i of narcotics, knocked down a prison
van Rimrd Saturday morning near Moy
nmenslng l'rlon and esenped.
The flight of "IMtchy." with its at
tendant thrills of n chase and pistol
, shots, was kep't a secret until todny by
the police, when "filers" were sent to
nil police departments In the Enst, nsk-
1 Ing his nrrest on sight.
1 The tiollee "enroreil
pol ce -covered up the cscnpe i
becnuve
tnej hoped "Pitchy would
turn up in His old hnunts. From the
hour he lied nil the known marts of the
drug traffic have been searched nnd
watched. "I'ltehy's" friends have not
seen him. He is believed to have left
the clt,, nnd hence the "fliers" nnd be-
lateil announcement of his escape.
Driver of Van Suspended
Oeorge Hllss, driver of the van in
which "Pitch" was to have been taken
from Moynmcnsing Prison to the House
of Correction for the service of his
term, has been suspended by Superin
tendent of Police Mills. It is said thnt
Hllss violated orders In the manner in
which he received the prisoner.
Church wns arrested Jnnunry 20 by
District Detectives Mctinrrltty and
Murturci, of the Second nnd Christian
streets station. They found $4000
worth of drugs in his possession. The
police say he Is one of the most active
peddlers of drugs downtown, working
always below the "deud lines," nnd
in the Italian section.
As has happened with other men ar
rested on similar charges, he managed
through his attorney to get his trial
postponed from time to time. The first
trinl date set for him wns Februnry 7.
This wns set back week by week until
he was tried March -1.
Though he had ?4000 worth of drugs, I
It wns decided to accept his, plen thnt '
he was a "user" and not a "seller" of1
the forbidden narcotics. Judcc Monag- ,
linn sentenced him to six montlis in the
Correction, where users are sent so they
inuy be given n cure.
The prisoner hnd been lodged in the
untried department nt Moynmcnsing be
fore his conviction and sentence. Snt
urdny Illiss wns sent to the prison to
get him nnd start him on his Journey to
thu House of Correction.
(iunrd "Took n Clinnco"
It is said there is u police rule that
vans must be driven into the prison
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J ,lru ""ii me gaies ciosco nuer iiii-ni
u,e,ore w ' F uoo'lnl- ,. ";
stead of following this practice, Illiss
left the van standing on Pnssyunk ave
nue nn dwalked Into the prison nfter
"Pitchy." He brought the prisoucr out
alone, and walked him down the run-
1 way to the waiting van,
I Suddenly "Pitchy" swung on Hllss,
Imvllng him over. The prisoner ran,
while Hllss, on the ground, drew his re-
I volver and llrcd. His shot went wild,
I but brought out half a dozen prison
guards, who joined in the chnse,
I "Pitchy" rnced nlong Passyunk nve-
uiue to Dickinson street, out Dickinson
street nnd through the grounds of a
church nt Tenth street, and lost nun
self in a maze of small streets and
nlleys. He wnstthoroughly nt home in
the neighlHirhood, nnd vanished a few
minutes nfter he broke away.
FRENCH TO QUIT CILICIA
Premier Brland and Turkish Na
tionalists Reach Agreement
London. March 11. (Hy A. l-
Prcmler Brinnd, before leaving
hpf.irn leiivinir for
nr t,j morning, conferred with the
'1',,-i.ui, ,,nilr,r,,iliut ,lnlcmlnti in Inn.
,) nd venched nn agreement with it
the question of the rapid evncuntlon I
, the French of Clllcla, Asia Minor,
' An ncreenipnt also was reached for
FROM
PRISON VAN
' CUMMINS SEES PRESIDENT HUIua nurUIWU OniUUncm interior or uussia, says a dlM.atcn to ;;';.,', trv , mnn.lBP Hnm(.h,v," trent of amity and commerce between , holding a conference with labor repra-
OUrVIIYlllMCtia rnCaiUCIMI , the London Times from r0''"1: For a long tiuu-after Marie's appre- the Inited States and Colombia. The se,,ivcs at Bethlehem, Pa . today.
d,.i, en. .,., Nt x,i,-n tin i Both Llttle Victims Are In Lnnkenau J ll ltn.1'" h" CLf,CnV,r!. "Th7C7 hension with Trendway in connection I administration is pursuing a policy The Ontario and Western Railroad Is
I Railroad Situation Not Taken Up, Hosoltal I thr.,I,UR I iniX. TJJ'n JTI with the Peirce murder, nothing defi- which will aid these American interests expected to 1mih a statement in regard
, Says Iowa Senator rr ,, Ho8Pta . ! uot Ion Is dpscriboil as on t astr ophlc.no , M , , , ctmcl,rninR ller nt the smn- time reeognb-ing the equity to proposed wage reductions todnj"
WaslUngtnn March 11 -( Bv A l',, Tw? ril 1,1ren ,T' . lniJUrV? B,IBh.Vy ,,",, 'So. .rl Z Fp Iri, r 'ii tK "e atlves. Then it was found that Mrs. of Colou.b.a's claim. The N-w York Central announce,! its
i,.m. "i" n oi e "of he authori I ln """""oblle accidents in the north- from Siberia since rebruap 11. Ihe kv fon,ierlv Mrs. Snyder, of How little the dctnilt, of the treat- proposed reductions would become ef-
7t t" transiortTthn act con e W"rn, Mtnn ,,f ,hf W,y tmlaj;-, , 8 t,m,,on T, .T! f thU 7 nTt Si!!? Margarets Wile N Y. was the mother count in this u.stanee is shown b, a fective April W. ,.,! the New York.
! with VrtZZrUnrZc odav a he ,., ',nlll". .J? b V.f TLT: of Susie Sner. or "Boots." Marie, story wind, is told on the Hill. One of . New. Haven and Hartford proposed cut
Wliite House but said the matter (lis- ,"";, ," i i" V. iii ' .! . tint 40 finri Commi nlst trooos nsshe has been known In this case, ran tlie senators opposed to the treaty went will be etlemve a- of April IT. Twelvu
cussed wnsaimo tments In the I.nnkenau ospltal with a pos- tinues '" 1-j1'WKetl?'"'" '"but that nwiiv from home several years ngo and to the President to protest against it. sul.si.llar lines f the New York Cm-
PltlZoT,uZiZWt taken J " frr tur.- . ;jV; ;Sft0 b5kA0 i,, o ! l luothrr hn,l m;. I.ard from hjr si,,, After be had got through, according to trnl will follow its lead. It was r.-
i.p.. e senator snid, adding thnt he did, bn" driven bvu" Lnuber J? "'".-. iment is reported to hnve been de- until the relationship was trnced by out- the .turv. Mr. Harding said: "Well, ported
nil -t to talk with th I'rfHiilrat l Nrth merlrnn "tree? I iuber who 1 slders n few mouths ngo. ' o ve got something ...i me. ouve, Itcduet.on ann.mi ments were ae
on i suhlects until next week i i i i -An i n V u .i" ll..nir fichtinir continues in Petro- ..... .. .. ,, , u o cvidentlj rend the tn at. ' companltd in most inses throughout tho
on i s,,i,j,HHuiitlimxt v.e.K. ,,,,, JoOO bai to await the re- H "?. 8 ''J "B. nl?"J'""n .'? i,,i". "Wasn't a Bail Girl." Mother Says , Wluit , .muted with the President was .ountry with a statement that "changed
the immedinto exchange of prisoners, a HOLD EXPRESS CO WORKERS
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cessation oi uosiiiiiies oeiweeu inc
j rench nnd nationalists, on measures
to ensure tjie safety of the persons and i
nronertv of Armenians, and for the tiro
toetlnn of minorities In the evacuated
territory.
DEFENDANTS WON'T TESTIFY
uui i.iiunniu "ui -
So Announced In Court Where Hat
field and Others Are on Trial
Williamson, W. Vn., March 11
None of the seventeen defendants on
trial in connection with the death of
Albert C. Felts, a private detective,
during a gun fi.ht on the mnln street of
Mntewnn last Mny. will be called to the
stand, it wns announced when the court
took Its noon recess.
The morning session wns devoted h
the defense to picking up loose thrends
and weaving Its evidence into whole
cloth. Several witnesses who had prev-
lous'v testified were recalled to clarify I
testimony given heretofore.
Laddie Hoy Carries
Harding's Morning Papers
Washington, Mtrch 11.- (By A.
P.)- Laddie Boy qualified as
White House messenger ns well as
innsrnt todny, carrying tho morning
papers to President Harding nt the
breakfast table.
The Airedale has been wot king nn
the "stunt" several days, but this
was the first time ho i;ot through it
without a hitch, nnd ho wns the
proudest pup In Washington In consequence.
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1921
WRIGLEY TO RESIGN OFFICE!
AT REQUEST0F HIS FAMILY!
Magistrate In Jail for Auto Fatality I
to Write Sproul Today
Magistrate llyrtm K. Wrlcley. who Is
scrvltiR u thrrc-yeiir term In Moyn
inensinK prison for Involuntary man
slaiiRhter and drlvinir an nntomoblle
when drunk, will write his reslRiintlon
froiu the minor Judiciary today.
That wns learned from nersons close
to the former political chieftain and
poiico court "Judge." who on tnc eve-
nin of October 2S struck and fatall
Injured Mrs. Mary K. Hrndy. of 7l!'J
Mnritf.A ufrnnf ...1. ... l..t 11 iiu t . fli.i
ui'i.x. n..-vi, .1IUI1 fill ..nn ... u'
Btreet waiting for n car at Allegheny
nventie and V street.
, Yesterday Henry Dubbs, Wrlgley's
personal nttorncy, pnld him n long visit
in his cell nt Moynmcnsing, and the
mngiHtrate told .Mr, Dublin He nail de
cided to meet his fnmlly's wishes nnd
resign. He usked the lnwyer to get I'd
ward Wrlgley, his brother and stanch
supporter during the trial, to bring him
n resignation blank toduy.
The magistrate will fill this out to
day In his cell anil his brother will
take it to bo mailed this afternoon to
(lovcrnor Sproul. It should be in the
hands of the Governor by Monday.
It also was learned that the magis
trate is unlikely to appeal to the Su
perior Court for a new trinl.
month la which to make up their minds
inc prisoner s attorneys nave a
whether they will nppenl. The abrupt ,
and emphatic manner in which the Su
erlor Court denied n sutiersedens and
tny after Wrlgley had bee
en convicted
and sentenced, is considered a bad
ered a
augury for the success of un nppenl
BROOME VISITS SCHOOLS
New Superintendent Seeks Personal
Contact With Teachers and Pupils
Dr. Edwnrd C. llroome, newly elected
superintendent of schools, mndo his first
tour of Inspection of public schools this
morning, to "see the machinery run,"
as he expressed it.
Dr. Hroome wns nccompnnied by Dr.
Oeorge Wheeler, Dr. Oliver C. Common
and Dr. Louis Nusbnum, nsoclntc su
perintendents. The new superintendent has promised
to spend much of hls-tlmo In personally
visiting schools. He wishes to make a
more personal contact with both teach
ers nnd pupils. At Knst Ornnge, N. J.,
where Dr. Hroome held a like position,
he carried out this policy, ho feels, with
good rcultl.
Dr. llroome hones to observe condi
tions in the schools which will aid him
In the making of recommendations for!,v,
future chnnges.
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SPRING, THAT'S ALL!
Poets, Brooks, Meadows, Blue Sky,
Sunshine, Dreams
The world Is full of spring poets to'
dny. The most eloquent of their free
verses js: "Gee! This is some !
weather!" Hut their hearts are metrl
cal and sing madrigals and odes.
And deep within every man is a de
sire to go and fish. This is true also
of people who never knew rod nnd line
and don't care for fish or fishing any
how. With some of them the desire Is
merely to have n thinking part in the
fish drama and to be n part of the'
scenery. They hnve no difficulty In
visualizing the scenery purling brook,
green meadow, budding trees, bright
sun, blue sky over which white fleecy
clouds scurry. The drenm drnmn hns
lots of atmosphere and it is permeated
with tho scent of the awnkenlng earth
carried on a fresh sweet breeze.
Yes, ma'am ! As we remnrked before,
this ls some weather. And there isn't
one of us wdio isn't willing to ndmit that
spring fever is worth having and
worth Indulging, If there is hulf a
chnnce.
Tlie hottest March 11 was In 1S1W
when the thermometer registered 0S
ilegreps nnd tne coldest on record wasi,,rs liro Htrlklng.
in l(Wi wnen the mercury stood nt li I
degrees above zpro.
If It'll do you nny good to know It. '
the temperature at 2 o'clock was .Tf. I
and toniglit is to be "fair and wnrmcr.
lad hud dodged in front of his ma
chine from behind another ns he was
going east on Columbia nvenue.
John False, eight years old, 201S
Thompson street, wns knocked down ns
he wns crossing Glrnrd nvenue near
Twenty-seventh street by the machine
of Frnnk Chabrow, J1221 Turner street.
liabrow took his victim to the Lnnkc-
Iinu Hospital, where it was discovered
the lad has sustained only slight
bruises.
Four Are Accused of Stealing Goods
From Concern
Four employes of the Adams Hxnress
Co. were arrested in their homes last
night by William Mahone, a City Hall
iV",,','t)V1'' "" n r)uiTS" of Btc""n K00,lM
frm the company.
At n bearing this morning In Central
Station before Magistrate Renshaw the
prisoners. Onirics Rosener. Knst Sus
quehanna avenue; Samuel Hart, of Sev
enteenth street near Columbia avenue:
Peter Grondcl, of North Pnlethorp
street, and George Snllor, of Knst Lnrp
street, wero held In $!(( ball for the
gtanil jury.
HURT, THEN ARRESTED
Driver of Truck Is Accused of Being
intoxicated
. m"x'faiea
1 nul Kaslaii.ot j.nst L.'high avenue
l wns held In $1000 bnll for the grand
jury wnen arraigned uetore .Magistrate
Itenshnw in the Central Police Station
on ii charge of driving an automobile
while intoxicated. .
lie wns arrested ear! today by Pa- I
trolnian Tonilliisou after the motor- '
truck he was drUing struck a rut near
the station house and threw him to tlie !
street. Tho policeman testitled that the
vehicle was moving at the rate of thirty
five lilies an hour when the uccideiit
occurred. ,
Explosion Report Is Mystery
A false report of a gas explosion nt
G and Tioga streets sent wtrol wngons
burr) Ing there nt 0 o'clock this morn
ing. The report wns telephoned to the
electrical liureiu, which relayed It to
several station houses In the northeast
section. Police aro trying to (lud the
person who tent the fulso alarm,
siii mi n - t i r rt ii n rii . . . . iiii irriimnr n i n i ii- ill inivi- i air in. iiiil
.iiir nr rn piiiiii m inniriti tutii rim uriui. ii4- i.n. ion, t"'i. "-"ti
i
REBEL ULTIMATUM
SENT PETROGRAD
Revolutionaries Domand Sur
render of City by Soviets
by March 25
800 BOLSHEVISTS ARE
DROWNED CROSSING ICE
lly tho As-soclated Tress
IOndon, March 11. Revolutionary
authorities nt the fortress of Kronstndt
hne sent nn ultimatum to the Soviet
i authorities In I'etrogrnd, demanding the
I surrender of tho city before March 23.
If the city Is not given up the ultl-
I mnttim declares, there will be a general
bombnrdment, It is asserted in nn Abo,
Finland, dispatch t the London Times,
Wholesale arrests and executions of
workmen nre said to have occurred nt
Oranlenbnum, Systerbnk and I'etrogrnd.
Kronstndt Innt nljlit sent out n wire
less dlspntch denying Ilolsh'evik stnte
ments that ths fortress was without
food, sayH a telcgrnm from Stockholm.
To the contrary, there is plenty of food
nnd ammunition there, the message
stated.
"Artillery firo from Kronstndt has
been extremely well directed," tne wire
less dispatch is quoted fta raying. "The
fortress of Todlcbcn and nil other So
viet bntterles on the Znrellnn peninsula
hnve been completely demolished. Two
of the four twelve-inch guns nt Krns-
noye (iorka have been silenced by guns I
from the battleship retrppavioysK. ,
Ivrasnove (.orkn has been Isolated. The ,
railroad to it has been destroyed, and n
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I'M" T ZZXJ1 XL n
rest of the HoMhevik forces.
. .al Tl L-11. A. I
,.riu n 'i, wm. T?.in u
reported In n Reuters dispatch from '
o..i..t..(n... c?A..iA. .nMn.. A. !.! '
'" ..v....,., w. ......on. .. ...v. -.. ., "
Helslngfors. Soviet troops are said to
linve mutinied nnd murdered HolsticvlK
commissnrH there. Another dlspntch
mentions street fighting between the
Holshevikl and anti-Soviet units in
Liev.
Bolshevist forces attempted to reach
Kronsinut irom nesrorcwK across u.e
'ce Dut were repulsed, according to
M
KRONSTADT
" ii""i .juiui..c. ...u n.c i ull, wuinui nenmes oi ine uiniriinvni.
Ice nnd It is reported thnt 800 of the 'house corridor, where she nnd her hus
Rolshevists were drowned. MnnyUmnd are caretaker. Her reeular fea-
wounded hnve been brought into Kron
stndt.
The Bolshevik general, Tuchntschew
ski, received re-enforcement from Smo
lensk nnd began n vigorous offensive on
the I'etrogrnd front, but suffered heavy
losses, says n dlspntch to tlie Ixindon
Times from Ilign.
War Minister Trotzky ordered from
I'etrogrnd the entire Bolshevist south
west nnny to the aid of Tuchntschcwskl,
but the Moscow commissary of thnt
army replied thnt he could not trust his
troops and demanded special instruc
tions. General Avroff. the dictator In I'et
rogrnd, the dispatch adds, is reported
to hnve ordered the electric light and
water power stations blown up. There
nre 40,000 snllors nnd soldiers nt Kron
stndt. They have a plentiful supply of
ammunition nnd mines, nnd their morale
excellent. More thnn 24,000 labor-
n iH ,Pnnrted from Shllsselhurir. near
Petrograd, thnt the snllors of the fleets i
.. i ni-no Vi,n,.n ,,n,t n, ,..., ),,- ....
volu.(1 nnd organized n revolutionary
cominittee.
I Trustworthy news received from the
has been bombed by airplanes from
Kronstndt.
A Helslngfors message reports the
anti-Soviet peasant leader Antonioff
has badly defeated the Red troops in
the Kursk region.
MOTORISTS AVERT SUICIDE
Camden Man Stopped aa He Was
Preparing Leap Into River
Joseph Anderson, nineteen yenrs old.
nf Mlokle street near Third, Camden.
..........nfn.l frnn, fnmtilnr. fwtxn !.
was prevented from jumping from the
Federal street bridge into the Cooper
river at 1 o'clock this morning by a
man nnd woman passing In an auto
mobile. The ) .mug mnn has been ill. I'nable
to sleep hist night, he procured a rope,
went to the Cooper rlier, tied one end
of the rope to four bricks and was
tying the other end about his neck
preparatory to jumping in the river
when he was Interrupted. He wns nr
rested nnd will hnve a hearing today
before Recorder Stuckhouse. He is eni
plo)P.l as a clerk in a grocery at Secoud
and Krie streets, Camden.
METEOR FALLS NEAR TOWN
Heavy Enough to Create Shock
When It Hit at Clearfield
Clearfield, Pa., March 11. A meteor1
heiiv) enough to create a shock that !
wns felt for miles fell last night about
one-fourth of a mile from this town.
Hundreds of persons hurried tn the
spot where the seeming rock formation
-ns still red hot and sending forth
flames. The top of the meteor is about
seven feet from the surface of the ground
nnd the hole is about five feet in diame
ter. Today's Developments
in National Capital
Xmiprnu.i nominations were mnde
bj President Harding.
"Secretary Dnvls went to a cabinet
meeting prepared to take up with Mr.
Harding the Impending meat-packing
strike
Senator Cummins conferred with
tue rrcgiueut on appointments,
I'ublliihed Dally Kxcept I'unday. Kubecrlptlon I'fljc IB ft Tear by Mall.
Courrlnht. 1021 by 1'ublle l-edKcr Cotnpnrij
Ushers Insist Her
Wellcsley College jury tried yesterday
to put nn eternal ban on the punning line
in this lim'rick contest. But along comes
tho Ushers' Association of the Fourth
Presbyterian Church and says good pun
ning is worth Just $100 a line, nnd to
prove It they give the prize todny to
Miss Stackhouse's limpin lim'rick, which
follows:
Limerick No. 71
A gunner went hunting for game
With a dog that was docile and
tame;
He said to the pup,
"Come, boy, get 'em up
Comb the brush for a liare that is
lame."
And Jack's Jingle Box is in again
as usual third page from the
back.
T
ii
RELATIVES
COMINGTO TRIAL' DOLLAR DIPLOMACY
Mother Writes to Girl in Peirce Rapidly Establishes Latin-Amer-Murder
Every Week From j ican Policy With View to
New York Assisting Business
SHE READS BIBLE IN CELL' PICKS ENVOY TO MEXICO
While a chastened "Boots" Rogers. ,
In her cell nt Moyamenslng, pours over
1. no Inrtna- nVi tin! vfWVn t tf 1Y1 Unnift
itii; tun irut'io nur nan iA.tn . ,
times rends the Ilible. and jroon over in
-" - ' ; ; - -
York ls ncrvnR) T nna anxiously waiting
,irr trIaI wllch Btnrts Tuesday,
IogH RKer Mnrie'B young sailor
I husband, who has been working in ew
Mersey shipyards recently, expect, to
come to Philadelphia Monday.
Mr.
nnd Mrs. Julius PInnovsky, stepfather '
nnd mother of Mnrlc, nre hoping to be
!.. ,I..I.... K lnl
. , "" r '" ..
In nop linmit nt Hilt
Lenox nvenue,
Harlem, Mrs. PInnovsky taled of the
ense todny. Her blnck, fluffy hair was
pompndored nnd coiled
bend. Her brow
trouble and sadness
nnd yenrs.
, HtlP sat with ner blue-cnecKed apron
Wrapped about her hnnils on one of
tures, especially her mouth, remind one
of Marie.
NYrltcs to Her Kvery Week
"I bavo written hiislo every wecK ana
.... ... ,. . . .
n eves reflected the ,"'", ',",, ,;,, "'"""" " '."" i nkiiksi moor. .Men engaged In the se
have heard from her every week since ;. .' f.i, .i , .ui, I
o'H- ,he mn,,,Lr i i!-?- nSSl "- theTanf
who calls .Marie Nii-ie. ,, tions. a development in the Uitin-
"I nsked her to write to her husband, American situation upon which this
too, and she bus been doing thnt. Mr. I government is expected to taken prompt
Rogers hns been woikin; in New Jersey stnn(j,
lutely. He comes over to see us almost ,
every evening. No. 1 never knew him ' Policy Is Dollar Diplomacy
till u few months ago. He means well j q;),,. Lntin-American policy of Mr.
by 'Susie.' Harding's administration is dollar di-
"Of course he Is anxious nnd nerv- ,,lmncv. Hnck of the quick change of
ons over the trinl. just as I am. Hut I (acP ( tne itepubllcnn party with r.--we
think she is going to be freed. Mr. KanI to tll(1 ,,wnpnt f S2.-,,im((I.(MMI to
Rogprs is planning to take her to his rlo,non is t, int,.ntioii to aid Ameri
people n Texas to live for n while. 1 , cnn bUMlnPMH interests In the countries
U11I1K MIC II UK BI.Ol ll SU. ,1-Jlir ""'",
us pretty cheerful letters. She believes
she will not be convicted. We nre hop-
ing everything will turn out all right, i
"1 have bii'ii sick myself for two!
weeks nnd now little Julius hns ton
sillitis. Hut if I nm nble I am going '
to Philadelphia Tuesday morning tor
the trinl. It
hard for my husbniid
nnay. with this big I
nnd me to get
Susie was alwajs headstrong," said
Mrs, l'lanovsky but she wnsn t a bud
girl. And when she was home she didn't
care much for dancing and running
Contlminl on I'mrr Klditren, Column Kluht
WITNESSES CLASH AT TRANSIT HEARING
Owen F. McLain, attorney for trolley patrons protesting against
the skipstop at Eleventh and Somerset streets, passed the lie to
H. Harland Horton, traffic engineer of the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Company, af a hearing before Public Service Commissioner
James S. Bonn this afternoon. "I don't have to take that," said
Horton, starting for McLain, Commissioner Benn rapped for
order and denounced both men for their attitude.
GERMAN VOTERS POURING INTO SILESIA
BRESLAU, Silesia, March 11. The first contingent of voters
for thu plebiscite in upper Silesia to determine -whether the region
shall be German or Polish, which will be held March 20, arrived
here thlb morning. The train carrying the voters came from
Duisburg, and on board wero eight hundred miners and their
wives, who will be tho guests of private' citizens until tho day of
the voting. Up to noon today ten thousand eligible voters had
registered in the Breslau district.
SPOON AROUSESSUSPICION
Woman Arrested for Intoxication
Concedes She Uses Narcotic
Police of the Kleventh nnd Winter
streets station found an opium outfit,
consisting nf a single silver spoon In
possession of Sophie Shields, 01(1 North
Hope street.
Sophie wns arrested at Ninth and
Race streets charged with Intoxication.
The spoon was found hidden in tier
clothing when searched by the matron
of the station house
A.conliiv to the police, the spoon
IV. i ... ,..i . ' """
of having been used to prepare a drug.
I1".'. llfZLZt'l ",,c wna "J11111
wa ni .1 i ii e in i nil liowe,l traces
to use of the narcotic.
Punning Is Good
j0f'Zs' ' s
!-Haittia!aaaaaaH
3I82
MISS KATHEUIN'E 1
STACKHOTSE
21G North Thirty-third
street
iy CLINTON V. CIIJ1KKT
sufr rnrrrimnltnt r.nlo rubllc l.Hrr
Convrlohf. MSI. lu "utile Ltdaer Co.
Washington, March 11. President)
Hnrdlng'H Latin-American policy de
veloping rapidly Several circumstances
HARDING
RESTORES
is right on its toes with respect to! virtualb "every railroad in the A est an-Latln-Americn.
One is tho fact that nounced proposed wnge reductions yes
Mr. Harding has already (licked his(terdny. Further statements from line's
umhantor. !. M!'itlc.'. "lthn",?1',t,!R!that have not yet announced nrooosed
government hns not yet recognized the
Obregon Government and will not ree-,cuis were predicted today,
ognize it until an agreement between' Officinls of various lines today were
this country and Mexico has been signed I arranging conferences with employes in
by both parties. an effort t() . Kr0PlnPntN on ,-
, """"""",' ". """" " proposeii reduction. The plans, as an-
noml nut hor ti ti ho W It I riluirul if i m. . .... .
ri'hlui i,hiI,iiuiii.I.k in nni nD rkdd ft '
on top of her, ?,',"" ,'";, ' " .," , ""' " i nouiicea. anect only unskilled and sernl-
nt many months menu hi naming """B 'e uuiiii .uibu. tual operation of trains, telegraphers
ni. iiuiuiiih iiiniiu inn wiii w. .i. . ami station agents nre not inc hit pd.
Isnbelle and to llrowusvllle with .Mr.
j-, .. .- 1 -' .UKUI (till l-lTT
Crneger bh guide. . York. ;,.. Hm-cn nnd Hartford, whose
Another circumstance pointing to the proposed reduction announcements In
advanced state of the Latin-American eluded men In eighty-five classes of
policy is the instant taking up of tin-, labor, were expected to open negotia
Colombian treaty and the forcing of it i thins with their men next u-peW. Ar.
i to a state where its passage is assured
over miner iorniiuiioic opposition.
A third is tho uuick intervention of
this country in the dispute between
II1N
,,. ,! r,,stn ,,,,,. 'TIllu .tlfpPl.n.
tll fht. Mllltll
Senators who had never
heard or thought of the Colombian dis
pute came out of the conferences In
which they were lined up in support of
the Harding-Fall plan to pay Colom
bia's claim talking nil.
Colombia hns granted oil concessiuns
to Aniprifiiti inlHrpstM. K,,r rln.s.. ..nn.
-' -; - . .....
i-v.-shmii in nun- viiiui il nm niM'rsf.iir.i
to clear up the canal claim and hne n
not so much the terms ot the treat) as
tlie removal of the dispute which sio.nl
in the waj of Aimricaii .lewdopnient of
i '..l. ...,.; , 'CI,,. m.. ..i - .....
i iit.illllil.l , liif I'll ll 'l "l 'l lllU'.l l -lll i
Continued on I'mce Klelitrrn, .iliitun Flu.
HURT BYAMJONIA BLAST
, Workman Cut and
Overcome by
Deadly Fumes
John II. Brown, of :iili) North
Kleventh street, wns seriousl) cut and
overcome b) fumes when an ammonia
pump exploded in the cold stornge ro
of McCrah & Hunter's grocery, at
Wnrnock and Venungo streets, atS:.S0
o ciock tins morning
Brown's life was saved bv linen
Kim, of KJl W.t WWinso strm, Win
wn't'he'VxBon":,,::::;;: Ih-
"i" riisaeu into tne ammonia I
r00m nnd drugged Brown out The
.". n was taken to the Sa.uai
He rushed Into the ammonia lilled
he In
, tf0M " "" """" lu l"c a"""4""
PRICE TWO CENTS
MOVE BY RAILWAYS
TO CUT PAY SCALE
Virtually All Companies Have or
Will Reduco Wages, It
Is Predicted
CONFERENCES WITH MEN
ARE BEING ARRANGED
est Jersey and Seashore
Passes Its Dividend Today
'I he directors of the West Jersey
'tid Senhore Hnllrond Co. (the
'"nnsylwinia lines to the shore re
irtsi voted today to defer pnyment
if the semlnnnunl dividend of 2(.
per cent.
The directors Ftated that no divi
dends would bo pnld until "financial
conditions can be more definitely as
certained." They also stated that
"wTisteful wnr-working condltious'
nnd standards" have been placed;
before the federal wage board.
In railing to pny the dividend the
directors maintained that they were
liest serving their stockholders.
Hy the Associated Press
New York, March 11. A general
move by the nation's rnllronds to cut
war-time wnge scnles, long forecast by
rail officials, appeared to be In full
swing today. Following the lead of
severnl lines which earlier hnd an
nounced proposed cuts, the New York
Central nnd New York, New Hnven
and Hartford Hallroads In the East and
I Th.. W..- Vr.i-i, r-r,,,ni n.,.i ,, v.
, rnngements for early conferences also
were rcorted being made bv the Santa
Fe ; Chicago. Milwaukee anil St. Paul;
, Chicago Great' Western: Chleniro
Kock Islnnd and Pac lie, Chicago and
Northwestern. Chicago and Alton and
Chicago, Hurllngton nnd Quincy, all
with headquarters In Chicago. A re
duction of 20 per cent for every em
ploye was proposed by the Chicago
Great Western In its announcement.
The Long Islnnd Rnilrond met un
skilled emplojes' representatives hero
yesterday and, failing of agreement, an
nounced the mntter would be plnced be
fore the railroad labor board. Union
Pacific officinls. It wns reported, nlso
failed yesterday to rench ap agreement
with maintenance of way employes In a
meeting at Omaha, Neb , and decided to
submit its wage problem to the labor
bonrd.
A plan to carry out proposed wage
reductions announced Wednesday by
the 1'eniiMlvnnia Railroad was reported
fmni Philadelphia to be In the making,
bj executives of the road. The Phi a
itiiiiuiii
delphia and Reading Rnilrond cnlled' a
cnnferciicf
with unskilled employes for
, conditions necessitate changed wago
i scales .n proposed rediu tions are
based on the federal labor board's
awards ot Inst ,iul when it .fllOU,
INHI.iMKI increase was granted to ,
niii. (inn workers l liese increases
favored for the most part unskilled and
semiskilled labor
P. R.R. CUT TO BE
ABOUT 12 PER CEXT
The Pennsylvania Railroads wage)
i cut. announced Wi'.lneln and now
being worked in detail, will amount
tn about 12 1... per cent of present pny
, in the "cliiMiltied groups ' of workers,
nccor.ling to estimates tuade today at
Broad Street Station
I These wire not olhcial figures. Ther
fame, however, from an authentic and
l well-informed source and wei based on
the preliniiiuir) discussion among of
ficials. It is said that the cuts will not likely
he lower than In per cent nor higher
than lfi. except in a few cases whero
t ie increase in wages In one trndu was
disproportionately high.
Th" salaries of x.sutives will twj cut
even mo'.' deepl), it i, said among those
ih.se to the situation, than the wages
of classified einplo.ves The rumor i
Contlnunl on 1'ime Klchtern. Column Two
6 YEARS FOR SAFEBLOWERS
Two Men Plead Guilty to Robbery
Attempt Near Penitentiary
Two self-confessed snfeblovvcrs who
blew . pen a safe in a building two
blocks from the Lastcrn I'ententlary
I were sentenced to six )cnrs each ill tlld
cou nty prison todaj b, Judge Audan'
rnsl.
' Fiank Snder ami Frank Smith, tho
I defendants, pleaded guilty to entering.
' to steal from the dental manufactory'
of De Santo and lloskins, southeast
corner oi rsineieeimi street nna loir
mount avenue on Febrlary lfi.
A patrolman who heard systematic
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