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BELOYALORRESIGN,
BROOME TELLS
SCHOOL TEACHERS
tyeW Superintendent Says He Is
Adverse to "Revolutionary
Clean-Out"
r.nATZ PRAISES BOARD
AND OPPOSES RIPPER BILL
Teachers who apologize for. or preach
kfilmit the democratic Institutions df
America hnd better resign from the
Labile schools here before they are dls
Surd, said Dr. Edward C. Broome
hdiy In hto first public address since
Ms election ns superintendent of schools.
Dr Uroome spoke In tho William
jVnn High School, Fifteenth and AVal
i. utrects nt a general meeting of the
1 kr Khool teacher, affiliated with
rtJ Philadelphia Teachers' Association.
Tfcl i meeting, addressed also by Simon
Gratz, president of the Hoard of Ldu
tatlon. and Holand Morris, ambassador
to Japan, followed a series of sectional
conference on the wide range of sub
ps taught In the high schools of this
C The new superintendent, after a
felicitous introduction by Mr. Grntz,
turned the compliment, Btatlng he
ould be happy If he could accomplish
m much for the local schools as the
president of tho board has done.
No Wholesale Clean Out
"It doesn't take long to feel at home
in Philadelphia." tho new superinten
dent began, smilingly. "I feel that way
already. I hope wo will soon learn to
jo together and try to understand each
"We. can accomplish results In
schools, business and government only
by pulling together, nnd co-opuratlng.
I have an unfortunate name. It suggests
the overworked pun 'a clean sweep. If
that means to sweep In a clean and
lonest way I will accept the term. If It
Beans to clean out and revolutionize the
njntem In a short time without adequate
ctudy I will not accept It.
"I respect the traditions of Phila
delphia. I want to Btudy its ways and
tacouragc the good which I feel for
outweighs the bad and In time, with
jour co-operation, to make such changes
si 'progressive, modern education sug
letts. These urc my only promises.
School Autocracy Dead
"I am going to know you. In the past
I have picked out some very fine Ideas
from Philadelphia. I learned a great
deal about domestic science nnd school
architecture here. Nothing will be done
without being carefully studied.
"The days of autocratic administra
tion of the schools ate gone. No super
intendent Is big enough or, I migjit
say, small enough, to alt In his olbce
and run a school merely by using a
,.T,nhnnn nrwl i-tvlnf nnlCrfl. rThlre ill
too much to be learned from others, too
many able people in our system to be
Ulllictl in making our policies.
"Oivc the teachers us much Initia
tive as they can carry. I know some
thing of your laws, nnd I hope soon to
have a scheme that will work effectively
in jour schools. We believe that democ
racy is the best form of government.
We believe In our declaration of Inde
pendence. We believe In our national
tod state constitutions.
I'rges Henl Americanism
"We should believe and preach these
things'. There Is too much of a ten
dency to exclude our Amcrlcnnlsm, Al
together too many insidious- Influences
are nt work In our country to pull
down these things. If any of the teach
ers in the city don't believe in the.se
principles I hope they will resign before
'he superintendent learns about it and
i' put in the cinburrasslng position of
requesting them to resign.
"There is altogether too much ex
plaining of American principles. Wc
should stand up more for them.
"Leaders in school must be trained
educationally. We urc embarrassed by
delays in our building program, by re
tardutlon In the ndvancc of teachers'
salaries. Let m enssure you that we
will continue to .build and salaries will
lontlnue to Increase, I hope.
Holds Financial Hope
'Stick to the profession. It hns a
Uture. Not only spiritually nnd In
tellectually, but financially as well."
Dr. llroomp said education Is In n
Mate of flux throughout the country be
cause of i.o many unsolved questions.
Among those questions he listed co-edu-cation,
proper schemes of educational
"rganUatlon. of educational administra
tion, of vieatlonnl training and of the
? quest on of separate types of high
whool Commercial education, he said,
... , r " "'"rough overhauling.
I hope." ho continued, "that we will
nt have many formal meetings. Hut I
CP0 I will soon he able to get around
CoatlnnnI on Pari. Four Column Thr
ADMITS HE ROBBED WOMAN
Man Confesses Attack on Victim and
Exonerates Companion
ibovTr Fnllnowbl:i. Philip .street
..oove Cumberland, confessed to attack-
K,a',,,,rJ,n " "'anche Hose. -
l .?L,WK)iMt 1" hnm"' 3 W North
''itv Ilau'tft". '" ,nCMl drtcrt,v ln
lori'TV111 l,J,kc (,own wllPn he np
Utranje. Ucurcnnnts Wo0(1 nni1
all""1i!!.t'b!!!mf h, on Walter i I did it
lee sh!L,l'0nTnio1: Wnl,rr 1'r.vdlckl.
'erttriv "h0 'Som,'t. arretted
t.,1.1 y "V10 ,!Bme charge.
no, brnVV ""nnfesseil he entered Miss
a m , R, l'?me' Hciwrt h'r nnd ripped
ft? (bel rm hpr '""talning funds
to rilA J"N ''ffV11 from bank ,0 wnl
he M".,nIann, 'nc h man.
S? '? TXuwA t0 cntw "10 om.
teetlvftT'' ""i,"6'1 over the do
K bTa" 1727--'". all the money
Ph "Pent.
"aloon ".T" wnc '" ontsldo a
hous? iMhV" th,p r ,wl' t0 th0 station
batch f h ",a"0n '0l"i(, hp t,irc
P of aloft "ntlni to .$7fiO, on
Miss I S.nk " ,,.,. trct'net nccorded
Uk raEt.. mt .Bb? hud to be
"inney n her l.ilV 'm ,,0!,l'"l- The
"iif vIr,,,e,t rePwntl fourteen
Leads Another Lim' rick Pun Fight
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Harold M. Gnllngcr,
170 Lismorc arc.,
Glcnsldc
ARRESTED ON EVE ,
OE TRIP TO EUROPE!
F. M. Bashelier, Accused
Blueprint Theft, Held on
Bondsman's Cwptafo
in
WAS TO HAVE SAILED TODAY
Frank M. Hashelier, of thN city,
at liberty under ball charged with re,
ceivlng stolen goods valued at 520,000,
was rearrested I A New York nt mid
night with a ticket to Europe in his
pocket for a vessel scheduled to nll at
noon today.
A few days ago his bondsman, Elton
Sullivan, of Fifty -eighth street and
Grajs avenue, was told Hashelier wns
planning to jump his 2300 ball. Sul
llvan told Samuel Young, of the dis
trict attorney's office, he HioughtUio
man could be found in a New York
hotel.
Young spent all yesterday afternoon
and evening visiting hotels there and
finally found his mnn registered nt one
one West Thirty -second street.
He called the man's room nnd he
refused to come down to the lobby.
Young went upstairs and forced him to
onen his door. Hashelier denied that
ho was the man wnntcd by tho police, J
and showed tils ticket to Liverpool, tor
the White Star liner Ccdrlc.
Young arrested him and he wns sent
to the Tombs, where he will be held
pending extradition.
Uaabeller vas arrested In January
when It was alleged ho had in his pos
session plans, blueprints, drawings and
letters belonrliiff to the Kramer Wood
working Co. nnd tho Kramer Steel
Products Uo. These were stolen in
December, 1020. Following Ws hear
ing he was released on ball.
Hashelier is n civil enelneer and lived
nt the Lioraine Hotel when In this city.
His wife is supposed to be in hlcngo,
and he has n (laughter at IJryn Mnwr
College, according to reports.
MAN BATTLES BANDITS,
BUT IS BEATEN AND ROBBED
Joseph Montgomery Loses $43 at
Fifteenth and Washington
Three liighumcn nttacked .ln."e:i
Montgomery, 101(1 South Twentieth
street, nt Fifteenth street nnd Wash
ington avenue early today and robbed
him of $43. They left Montgomery
lying in on alley and e.scnped.
Montgnmo- noticed that three men
were watching hlra closely while he was
riding In a Fifteenth ntrect car. He
got off the car at Washington avenue
and the men followed him.
Catching up with Montgomery, they
drew revolvers. Montgomery offered
resistance, but one of the men knocked
him down with the utt of his revolver,
and while the others held him, searched
Mm nnd took his money.
Montgomery managed to struggle to
his feet, but was knocked down again.
The men then fled down Washington
avenue.
WOULD DROP COMPTROLLER
Plan to Separate Reserve System
From Treasury Discussed
Washington, March 12. (Hy A. I'.)
l'Inns for the separation of the Fed
eral Hescrve banking sjstem from the
Treasury Department, which includes
abolishment of the office of comptroller
of the currency, were discussed today
with President Harding by Chairman
McFadden. of the House bunklnc coin-
'mlttee.
Legislation designed to bring about
these changes, Mr. McFadden suid, WU
be considered at the special session of
Congress.
GIRL HELD ONJVIAN'S CHARGE
Young Woman Given Chance to Re
turn Engagement Pledge
Gertrude Tlerney, Ilrown street near
Twelfth, was held under $r00 bail b)
Magistrate Henshaw nt Central Station
todny, for n further hearing March 111.
to glvo her a chnncu to return a watch
nnd chnin belonging to George Herbert,
2221 North Sixth street.
Herbert said ho had met the girl a
month ngo nnd they had become friends.
Some time later they exchanged trinkets
as a pledge that they would keep un
engagement they had made, the girl giv
ing n brooch and the man the watch und
chnin.
According to Herbert, the girl did not
keep her ord, und he had her arrested.
He readily ngrecd to cnll off the prose
cution if he got his watch back.
CHINESE SELL CHILDREN
Famine Survey In China Shows 207
Thus Disposed Of
Now York, March 12. (Hy A. I'.)
Two hundred and seven children have
been sold, threo nbandnned nnd one
killed by famine-stricken parents In the
province of Chlhll, northern Chlnn, no
cording to n dispatch received here to
day by tho American committee for tho
China fnmlno fund. "These figures, the
report said, were the result of n famine
survey made In seventy-seven villages of
the province, where moic thnn 10,000
persons were found destitute.
Tho punsters ngoln rout th& Wcllesley
crummur forces today in the limpln'
lim'rlck contest. And tho funny part is
that tho jury, before voting, declared their
intention of NOT AWARDING tho prize
to a punster. Hero's Mr. Gallagcr's win
ning lim'rlck:
LIMERICK NO. 72
A soldier from France named
O'Kcefc,
Dined out and they gave him
corned beef.
"Next time I fctherc,"
Said he, "I declnrSH
I'll 'steer' clear, t 'can meat' no
more grief." -'
Don't Forget to Give the Kiddies
Jack's Jingle Box Today, Third
Page From the Back
HOOVER TACKLES
Government Agencies Zealously
Guarcj Power Which He
Needs for Reorganization
CONSULTS WITH REDFIELD
Hy CMNTON W. GILBERT
Stuff Oorr-nximlrnt Krnnln rnblle Ijrdcer
(Copvrfcht. list, &j rubHc Lt&orr Co,)
Washington, Mnrcli, 12. Secretary
of Cornmereo Hoover had n conference
todny with ex -Secretary W. T. Ited
field, on of his predecessors In his de
partment on the subject of such a re
organization as will make the depart
ment of ( 'otnmerce a real factor In tho
world tndi.stry and trade.
Hefore neelng Mr. Hoover, Mr. ned
llcld said "Tlfe job Mr. Hoover has
Is not big enough for him ns It stands.
When 1 was secretary of commerce I
used to receive letters nnd requests
every dn based on the supposition thnt
I was thr real head of the government
In Its relation to commerce. I used to
have to write or .say that I had very
little to do with commerce.
"Mr Hoover will have to do the
same thing unless he is able to bring
nbout a reorganization which will ex
tend his nuthorlty ovr various Inde
pendent bureaus which have very real
uuthorlty over commerce. I found my
position in many ways rather humili
ating." Hooter .Has Difficult Task
Mr. Hoover's conference with Mr.
Iledfield nnd nirf recent statement to the
public show how deeply concerned he Is
In making a big job of his department.
He Is hedged about with a great mnny
difficulties. There are three big fields
of activity outside his department,
transportation on the railroads, trans
portation on shipping lines nnd the
development of foreign trade.
The ralroads are In the hands of the
Interstate Commerce Commission. The
merchnnt marine Is In the hunds of the
shipping board, which In this way con
trols the development of shipping lines
which open foreign trade. Foreign
trade is lnrgely under the control of
the State Department.
All these existing agencies nre
.strongly Intrenched. No one would se
riously propose putting the Interstate
Commerce Commission under the secre
tary of commerce. As for the shipping
hoard Mr. Harding Baid the other day
that its appointment was watting upon
his finding the right kind of man to
name as its chairman. He offered the
post to Mr. Tcngle, president of the
Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, but
got a refusal. Seeking u mnn of thnt
stature does not indicate any intention
to subordinate the shipping board.
Hughes to Handle Foreign Trade
As for foreign trade It Is the State
Department, and the Senate foreign re
lations committee of the Sounte, not
the head of the commerce department,
wh'ch is pushing the aggressive policy
respecting trade ln Latin America,
which Mr Harding told senators was
one of the objects of his administra
tion. Take foreign trade away from
the Stnte Department and you take
nway the real aim of most modern
diolomncj .
Mr. Harding, it is known, wishes the
secretary of commerce to work In close
harmony with tho secretary of state. It
is his idea that Mr. Hoover should fol
low up whut Mr. Hughes and Mr.
Fletcher do, but ln the nature of the
case the really big work, constructive
work in the foreign field, will nlwujs
remain in the hands of diplomacy.
T.. i .itftflst Innu Imvn hiinn .mirla iftfli
respect to the Interstate Commerce I
Oiinmisoinn and the shipping board.
One '.s tlutt the secretary of commerce
should be ex -officio a member of both.
Tho other is that the executive func
tions of thesp independent commercial
sidles should be taken nway from them
and bestowed upon the secretary of
commerce The first suggestion if
adopted would rot increase the renl
authority of the commerce head, though
It might improve co-operation.
Splitting the executive functions of
tne comini'wuiiH irom ineir judicial i
., . .j ,i. . , .....'
llllll Ul"" ' "". rim mu VAIflltllK UIVII"II
in the control of commerce and create
a new one Tho separation Is by no
means ear. Tho making of policies In
the Important function nnd that would
probiili continue to be done judicially.
Politicians Dislike Hoover
The politicians are jealous of tho or
ganization they huvp already created.
They do nut like Mr. Hoover. Some of
them would doubtless be glad to sw him
full. Altogether he Is In the most diffi
cult position of any member of the cab
inet, even including Mr, Hughes, who
is hedged nbout by senatorial Influence
reaching into the White House nnd even
Into his own department.
In recent conference with the press,
Mr. Hoover showed n sense of his diffi
culties which wns never nppnrent In his
similar conferences when he was food
administrator.
He has two ways out, one to enlist
public opinion In his support. The pub
licity he obtained nt the time of his ap
pointment and his recent press confer
ence had thut object. The other Is to
..lit. ill! tllC Voluntary ,n.nnorn,lnn n
o did when he was foodq
administrator mm tntis create a busi
ness sentiment In his uld. He Is work
ing in both directions, with whut sue
ccis It it injposslblp, to predict,'
DIFFICULT TASK
PENROSE DOUSES
COMBINE HOPES
FOR PLUM
If Watson Must Bo Placed, Why
Not Glvo Him Kendrlck's
Job, Senator Hints
DELANEY IS "SUGGESTED
r-nn itu Tnpinn'nrnPUIDl
run uill incMOuncnonir
Hy GEORGE NOX McCAIN
Washington, Mnrch 12. Senator
Holes Penrose is keeping his finger on
the political pulse of Philadelphia.
If any of the proletariat or llluminatl
think otherwise, then that faculty in
each of them Is either wnrped or atro
phied. He isn't deciding vexed questions of
factional importance as yet; and he
isn't wearing his intentions on his
sleeve or publishing his purposes so
thnt ho who runs may read; but he's
on the Job.
I am sure that Clerk of Courts
"Tom" Cunnlpghum or Judge "Char
lie" Drown, of the Municipal Court,
might give evidence of this fact were
they so disposed. Hut they're indis
posed at present writing.
There nre some unofficial but very in
teresting stories ngltAtlngtlie eastern
Pennsylvania congrcsJ(g(fil delegation.
Sometimes Its informntJon is nt first
hand, viz., of the Washington brand.
Very often It is Becond-hnnd, coming
from Philadelphia, nnd consequently a
trifle moth-eaten and frayed.
These latter-day ones aro bright with
the mintage of the capital.
They have to do with some of the re
cent pilgrimages of city statesmen to
the senior senator's office and apart
ments. Likewise with their acts else
where and that of their allies.
Vare Turns a TrlcU
Thus it carried' here that Senator
Edwin II. Vare is to have the entire
legislative delegation from Philadelphia
as his personal guests at the annual
Legislative St. Patrick's day dinner on
the 10th.
Always forehanded the Senator hns
beaten Judge Brown to the post.
Which recalls the additional recital
current in congressional circles that
when Mr. Cunningham and Judge
Drown lost called on the senior senator
the question of Philadelphia county ana
city affairs was tentatively and deli
cately projected, or injected, Into the
conversation.
This was particularly with regard to
the citv treasurshlp and the receiver
ship of taxes, both $10,000 plums to
be shaken down at the fall elections.
It was suggested by the senator's
callers that perhaps Mercantile Ap
praiser Thomas F. Watson, former
maglstratc nnd Senator Vare'H own oc
cupant with the consent of friend
Cunningham of the place of chairman
of the llepubllcnn city committee might
possibly be induced to accept the ad
ditional responsibility of city treasurer.
The senior senator intimated n mere
side remark in the course of conversa
tion, as the senator himself so adroitly
Fiuts it at times that maybe a sturdy
lepubllcan business man might be
available. One, for instance, of the
chnrncter of Charles J. Delancy, a high
class man of worth nnd Integrity.
Rumor Factory Ilusy
Mr. Delancy, It will be remembered,
wns defeated for Congress In the Third
district by former Sheriff Harry O.
ltansley, the personal choice of Senator
Vare.
It will also be reluctantly recalled
tbat there were very unpleasant changes
of double-crossing, throat -cutting, sell
ing out, trading und general hoss
wrangling ngainst some of tho senior
senator's friends In thnt ungodly melee.
In connection with the mention of
former Magistrate Watson's name, ac
cording to the veracious congressional
chatter, the senior senator also intl
muted, In a purely casual way. that
Contlnurd nn 1'niie Two, Column Four
YOUNG BRUSH HOME AGAIN
Was Not Runaway, Relative Says
of Reports From Shore
Mrs. Louise Doud Brush, mother of
Matthew C. Brush, former hertd of the
Hog Island shipyard,, today character
ized the disappearance of Mr. Brush's
thirteen-year-old nephew, George Sn
bln Brush, Jr., from the Brush apart
ments ln the llltz-Carlton ns "all due
to a mistake." She Indignnntly de
nlod reports thnt the lad had run away
to "see the world."
The boy. who has made his home
with his uncle und grnndmother for the
last two years while attending the Kpi.s-
copal Academy
demy, disappeared last Wed
nesday. He had started presumably
for school. Ho wns discovered last
night at Atlantic uuy.
The Atlantic City police Mild he at
first endeavored to hide his Identity
and later admitted that detective stories
he had read had given him a desire to
seek adventure. He was brought back
to the city last night by T. . Bragg,
assistant secretary to Mr. Il,.isli, who
Is in Florldn.
"It's all due to a misunderstanding,"
declared Mrs. Brush. In her npartments
,n,iaV
"Ueorgo is home now. and
tlmt's nil we re Interested In. Tk.
search for tilm was an error. He went
to the shore nnd did not stop at the
hotel we expected. When we couldn't
et in touch with him we got panicky
nnd Btnrted n senrch. There's nothln'g
to the runaway story."
PEPPER MAY GET U. S. POST
Rumor In Washington That He May
Be Made Solicitor General
Tho nnme of George Wharton Pepper
has been mentioned In the new ndmln
lstrntlou circles at Washington ns n
posslblo appointee to the position of
solicitor general.
There have been several aspirants for
the post, but lately the race has nar
rowed down nnd nomination is expected
at any time. Former Senator George
Sutherland has been talked of, but it is
believed the President bus some other
position iu mind for him.
Mr. Pepper gained fuvor with the
present administration, due to his op
position to the I.engue of Nations and
Versailles peace treaty. He was in.
strumentsl In forming the League for
the Protection of Amcricau Iudepen-deuce.
Town Dsnee TonUM ls-pe. Orch. JUnd.tmi
tiouveiilr'alnv UurUen. $Uih fc W(,t( J
1
Held Up by Bandits
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BKATRICi: KOl'DEH
Mne-ycar-old girl who was held
up and robbed of $1 nnd groceries
by boy bandits
BOYS BEAT AND ROB GIRL, 9
Child Knocked Down and Money and
Groceries Taken
Juvenile banditry was practiced last
night, when three boys "held up a
nlne-yenr-old girl at Point Breeze ave
nue and Heed street und robbed her of
$1 nnd groceries she was taking home
She is Beatrice Soudcr. of 2310
Mountain street. The little girl is ill
todny ns the result of rough handling
by tho boys, all under twelve years of
age, who threw her to the sidewalk
after she refused to part with her money
and goods without a struggle.
GEORGE HARVEY TO BE
AMBASSADOR TO ENGLAND
Definitely Selected by President
Harding for the London Post
Washington, March 12. (By A. P.)
George Harvey, of New ork, editor
of Harvey's Weekly, is understood to
have been definitely selected hv Prpsl.
dnt Harding us uuibas'sador to London
to succeed Jojln W. Davis, who now is
returning lWhie. The nomination mnv
so to the Sfiate before the present ei-
iranrninary session ends.
It is known thnt the Senate foreign
relations committee has been polled to
determine sentiment ns to Mr. Harvey's
selection, nnd the understanding is thnt
all the Republican ns well ns Demo
cratic members now in Washington
hive expressed approval.
William Walter Husband, of St.
.Tphnshnry, Vt., wns nominated today
by President Hardine to be commis
sioner genernl of Immigration.
Hnrrv
Hilton Billany, of Maryland, wns nomi
nated to be fourth assistant postmaster!
Kenernl. Carl A. Mapes. of Michigan.
was renominated to be solicitor of the
bureau of Internal revenue.
(Jcorge Harvey, who some years
,"V.7 " VL." "X '?tt.,i" ?."!, .."
imr.o, uiui'l'iw v..t ........... .uivill-
Ian bestowed upon him by his Vcr
ment parents, is n native of thnt state,
having been born iu Bcechwood in 1804,
He has had n varied coreer as news
paper and magazine editor, his chief
claim to fame being his "discovery" of
Woodrow Wilson as presidential tim-lie-
and he was active in promoting
tli' letter's nomination ami election In
11112 Soon afterword he broke with
th- president nnd thereafter was one
of his most vigorous critics. In last
fal's campaign he zealously advocutcd
the ejection of Harding.
HOLD UPJVIANJN AUTO
Four Bandits Get $2 In Cash and
$75 Watch and Chain
-j ir men in nn automobile halted
James 11. Mntchette, of -47U8 D street.
Inst night while he was on his way to
the 1 nluii Presbjterlnn Church, n't A
stnet and Wyoming nvenue, to meet
his wife, who was attending n church
meeting.
Tlicv thrust revolvers nt Mntchette
at il i.rdered him to turn over his money
JlntrhettP had only .
which he gnve!port .
t. th.. peeved bandits. Then they took
I, K"hl watch and chain, worth $ 7." I
n-nl iirov.' awaj.
Mntchette furnished good descriptions
ci 'In' men nnd guve the license number i
o t'.e car to the police of the Branch- I
t. u station.
!
EX-KAISER HITS AT ENGLAND;
s r te3 Book Blaming Great Britain
for World War
Vmsterdam, March 12. i By A P.'
The former Kaiser 1ms writtten for
pnatc distribution a book by which he
attempts to show that Kiiglaud was re- '
sponsible for the world war. In the
Milume he hns collated historical facts
nnd data relative to interiintion.il
agreements between all countries in-
v.iltetl in the wur from IRS-t to 1011. '
and these facts have been marshaled ,
in parallel columns by Count Ilohcnzol-1
b-rn. sas the newspaper Het Volk. '
He declares Kngland's responslbllitv
fur the war centered In her "plot to
l-nliite (iermnny." and refers to "the
iimlilliatlon of I'ngllhh banks in April.
VHl, piepnratlons for war by the Brlt-
,li fleet In June, the same jenr, and the
It'issiun mobilization of forces on Julv
s "
"Thus. says the newspaper, "the
former emperor tries to find adherents
for the thcor that allied mobilization
iniule It Impossible for Germain to pre
sent the war."
DELAWARE MAN GETS POST
Former Representative M.H.r Ap.'
pointed Allen Property Custodian
Washington, March 12.-(B A. P. i
- Thomas W Miller. f Wilmington. I
pel a former member of the Hotisp f
ItepresentatUos. wns appointed alien
prupcrt custodian tndu In President
Harding The appointment does not re
quire Senate continuation,
Mr Miller is ft lawyer and has been
waged in the. practice of his profes
Men sl"e hr retired from Congress,
paring the 11120 campagin he was In
charge of the eastern branch of the Re
publican speakers' bureau Ho succeeds
I'rancls l Gnrvan, who was nnmed
ulleii nroperty custodian when
Mitchell Palmer, was Appointed attorney
k..1 tti-.i veacu nnt 1 -
PJII-U1 fc" .i.-.w H,U
Harding Asks Americans
to Aid Starving Chinese
President Issues Appeal Declaring That Relief
Fund Still Is Inadequate, Although
Nation Has Given Liberally
15
Ky tlie Associated Press
Washington, March 12. An appeal
to the American people to "do every
thing in their power" toward tho" re
lief of famine conditions in China wns
Issued tndnv bv President. Hnrdlnir.
The President declnred thnt iiltliniich i
the nation already had given llbcrallv i
to tho relief committee the fund still I
was entirely Inndequnte for the task I
"At this, the earliest practicable mo- j
ment of my administration," said the '
President's statement, "I desire to add l
my own to the many appeals which j
linve been issued heretofore In behalf of l
the starving people of u large section1
of China. ,
"I am informed that tho American by manifold ties of friendly nssoelu
committee und the church nnd other' tlon, confidence and good will. The
organizations co-operating with It have j American nntlon has never failed to
already remitted several millions of dol- i demonstrate its friendship for the people
lars to the'Americnn and International! of China nnd that friendship hns always
relief committees in Chlnn, nnd thnt al- been icelprocntcd in a manner which I
ready n great relief work hns been nc- feel Justifies the hope that In this hour
compllshed. Nevertheless, my informa- of China's distress our people will do
tlon Is that tho means thus far placed everything In their power for its ameli
at the command of thes organizations ' orntion."
AY LARA HAM ON
PREPAREDTO FLEE
Garage Man Swears Accused
Woman Got Ready Day
Before Shooting
HER MANNER NERVOUS,
By the Associated Pre.vs
Anlmore, Okla.. Mnrch 12. Testi
mony that Clam Hamon, on trial for
thp alleged murder of Jake L. Hamon,
came to his gnrngc the day before
wamon was shot and ordered two extra
casings placed on her automobile, say
ing thnt she was "going to take n long
trip," was offnrcd today by Harry
Foster, n garage employe.
Foster, the llrst witness called by
the state today, also said that he had
seen Clara Hamon with a pistol a num
ber of times, and thnt the morning fol
lowing Hnnion's shooting, Clara came
to the garage and usked that tire
changes be mnde quickly, as she had far
to iro.
The witness said the young woman
wob very nervous. He saw no bruises
on her face or hunds, he testified.
It wns agreed by counsel that the
afternoon session of course should be
curtailed to one hour.
It is expected thnt Mrs. Jake L.
Hamon, widow of the oil man, will be
cnlled ns a witness for the stnte.
S. P. Freellng, Attorney General of
Oklahoma, announced thnt Mrs. Hamon
would be followed on the stand by
Frank L. Ketch, who wns Hnmon's
business manager, nnd Dr. T. L. Irwin,
pastor of the Presbyterian Church nt
Lnwton. Okla., who officiated at Ho-
men's funeral, would be another wit
...,
ness.
The prosecutor added thnt under pres
ent Indications, the defense would be
able, so for ns the state was concerned,
to begin Introduction of its testimony
Monday.
Upon the aestimnny of Mrs. Jnke
Hamon, Frank Ketch, Krret Dunlav
and Dr. W. W Hnrd. said Mr. Free-
ling, the stnte placed its chief reliance.
ur. iiarciy. wno icsunou yesieruny. isiir,;i(. u is n morality play and has
trie proprietor or tne unspuni at which ,
Hamon was treated for the bullet wound
from which he died.
Another important witness for the
prosecution, Mr r reeling said, is T.
W. Snllls. tail driver pf Fort Worth.
Texas, who in a signed statement de- I
clnred he droe Mara Hamon from ;
from Ardmore Sails has been kept
waiias to M, ..-... u I.,-, omul I
under cover l me prosecution Hi Ard
more since the trinl began.
Hamon hnd a net estnte in Oklahoma
of approximate $1,200,01X1, debts and !
inheritance tax (leuucteii. according to
the report of N. W. Gore, nsslstant
date auditor, which was made nubile I
jesterday. Mrs. Jake Hamon. and
the two c il iiren received iuu.(mk each
from the estate in Oklahoma, the
Outstanding dcMs- were
j5.'jttiS7.'12il.."l. and the inheritance
the estate was $12,000, the re
tax
report
showed.
TODAY'S BASKETBALL SCORES
Ti-cntonHigh 10 1-124 Atlantic City High.. 5
Wooclbiuy High- ... 0 514 Camden High 5
CENTRAL AMERICAN DISPUTANTS MAY INVOKE LEAGUE
GENEVA, March 12. At the headqun iters, of the League of
Nations, it was stnted todny in the office of the secretariat that no
fuithei communication had been received relntive to the coutro
voi by between the fnnama nnd Costa Ricn governments. Al
though no official statement is made, the impiession Is, gaining
that the two nntions will ultimately submit their dispute to the
League of Nations for settlement, rather than to the United States
and that the final adjustment probably will be made nt Geneva.
SALAZAR ASKED TO FORM SPANISH CABINET
MADRID, Match 12. King Alfonso today asked Senor Alidade
Snlnzav to form a mini&tty, following the declination of Senor
Maura. Scnot Allende Salazar was former premier and minister
of public woikb, aud Hit. ministry was succeeded by that of tho late
Picmici Dato.
- . ...
FIRE ON WEIGHTMAN ESTATE
Barn on Place Leased by G. Helde
Norris Burns
. ... . .
A Mnn" '"" M'eeiacuiiir lire occurred
on tne v cigiiimuii esiuie, liypsy und
School House lanes, Germautown, last
night, when a two-storj frame barn
burned to the ground The glare of
Uie Humes attracted many residents of
the scc'.lon.
The estate ilensed bv G. Helde Nor-
i!n,idiiTi,rrai,,g l
at 2101 Locust sueet. The barn In Olo Valley" I Tennessee .1 '..n ,.'.'r l',V,ban'1' ?Ip,' .V'rHon vxplnlnMl!
!'?!'? Arc'""r to the no.' settled, withocca'slonal' ns'n.i ,' lV. .? '"' !!'r "i'i. 'T"' " I
". ' "v ." '""" are "wpoctea f cans. , Region of tho-Great Lakes ..n , . .T i. 7. ".""'i ""'.i '" "V" a. ..
UiC me uinre settled nufl nowK . . """.' i.i l " '? f'l'.'wrcu Iiltl r'
' MieojWH nowb. . s 'i to death with her offeetlwi," , i( jft,.
are entirely inadequate to the tusk they
confront.
"Since the beginning of this relief
movement n much more accurate under
standing of the grave situation hns be
come nossib'e. The Department of State
has, from time to time, made public
information received through Its retire
scntntlvcs in China us to the conditions
prevailing there. The picture of China's
distress is so tragic thnt I am mown.
therefore, to renew the appeals hereto
fore made nnd to express the hope thrt
the American people will continue to
contribute to this humnnltarlun ciiusi
as generously ns tney possibly can.
"The cry for succor comes to us from
a people far distant, but linked to us
TO JOSEPHC. SMITH
Brother of Former Mayor in
Hospital Was Found Un-
conscious on Street
UNABLE TO EXPLAIN HURTS
Joseph C. Smith, H810 Willows uve
nue, brother nnd secretary of former
Mayor Smith, is believed to have been
blackjacked nt Ridge avenue and Jef
ferson street at 11(30 o'clock yesterday
morning.
Mr. Smith is in St. Joseph's Hos
pital, where he was taken in the patrol
of the Nineteenth nnd Oxford streets
station. He has bruises of tho head and
n possible fracture of the skull.
Mr. Smith could not explain what
happened to him. When he recovered
consciousness, he snid, he remembered
having stepped off n car, but not what
happened Immediately afterward. The
next thinif he rememhora )m envu ..ia
of being put in the patrol wagon and
I taken to the hospital.
1 Dr. Frederick H. S. Smith nnthnr
brother, who lives at the hume address
on Willows nvenue, said nt Uie hospital
today he believed his brother was the
victim of un attempted stick-up, al
though his money nnd jewelry were
found in his pockets undisturbed.
RARE BOOKS ON WAY HERE
Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach Pays
$161,000 for 210 Volumes
Two hundred nnd ten old and rare
books, recently purchased in London
by Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach nt a total
cost of 101,000. will be brought to
this city within the next month.
One of the most interesting of the
books thnt will be placed on sale ut
the Rosenbach flalleries is n copy of
Kverjinan." printed by John Skot. in
been used us the basis for the modern
play of the same name,
The olumcs purchased by Dr. Rosen-
bach were n part of the famous Britwell
library in London, owned bv Christie
Miller, a wealthy Briton. The highest
price pnid for one volume was S.7S00 for
Nicholson's "Acclastus." dated 10OO
una containing early quotations from
Shakespeare
I)r Roseubnch will attend seveml
other sales before returninir to this city.
3 DIE IN LOUISIANA STORM
Mireeport. Im.. Mnrch 12. Three
persons urc dead, about thirty others'
are injured, several of them seriously.
re-'tween $."00,000 and $1,000,000 is r,..
aim properly ( ainncc est mated nt tie
MYSTERY IN INJURY
ported as the result of 'n terrific wind'hHS 1"','n rpli7f,1 becuuse of three sH
oiwim nun II tntlFt if4 I HM L 1 1 W" I tT II
Uuisinmi. especially in Clail.orn nml
Caddo parishes yesterday.
'
storm h loh swept over north vptirn
4 0
ti- 9
COLD WEATHER COMING
Rain or Snow Also Predicted
for
First Part of Next Week
Washington, March 12. (Hy A P i
Weather predictions for the week be
g'nning Mondnj are.
North and Middle Atlantic states,
cold and unsettled, with rain or snow
oer southern and snow over northern
parts first liulf of tho week
si,.n, i,i,..,i i v . . i auerson, .ir . tor wie .uveitis- of h!ir k
'UKRAINIAN REBELS
CAPTURE CITIES IN
III
Bolshevik Troops Reported to
Have Been Driven Out
of Petrograd
SOVIET REGAINS MINSK
AFTER TEMPORARY LOSS
By the Associated Press
Constantinople, March 12. Three
itles In southern Russln. Kiev, Dks-
terlnoslnv nnd Odessa, were recently oe-
nipled by ITkrnlnlnn revolutionary
troops led by Simon I'et'urs, the peas
ant leader, nnd General Mnkno. Re
cent advices, however, would seem to
Indicate that Odessa has been again
captured by the Bolshevikl.
Tho revolt, according to news reach
ing here, begnn on February 2."), when
Ukrainians occupied the center of
Odessn. They were virtually anni
hilated by Soviet troops, but the tables
wcro turned n week later when the
Bolshevik garrison of the city was
driven out by Ukrainian bands, who
hanged the Soviet commissaries.
The Ukrainians, assisted by the Rus
sian Social Democrats, controlled the
city for n few dnys, but the Ukrainians
began looting nnd during the disorder
the Bolshevikl retook the city.
(encral Makno appears to be in au
thority at Eknterinoslav, and reports
allege JcwlBh pogroms have been in
progress there.
Petlura's army took Kiev on March
2, and executed the Bolshevik commis
saries, but the present situation in that
city has not been cleared up In dis
patches reaching Constantinople.
Warsaw, March 12. (By A. P.
Petrograd is in thp hands of revolution
ary forces and the Bolshevikl have
been ousted, It was declared In a wire
less dispatch received here todny. The
messuge, which was confuseil und dis
connected owing to the weakness of the
sending station, is believed to hnVe beca
sent out from Petrogrnd.
It was declared in the dispatch that
food sent by Colonel Edward W. Ryan,
American Red Cross commissioner to
the Baltic states, had arrived, but
whether It had been received nt Kron
stadt or Petrograd was not clear.
A dispatch from Vilna says nnti
Bolshcvlk forces fought their way into
Minsk and held control of the city for
five hours, but were Inter driven out
by Soviet forces. While occupying the
city the revolutionists killed many locui
communists, It is said, nnd when th
Bolshevikl re-entered the town they ex
ecutcd more thun 200 persons, many of
whom were Poles, who were accused of
sympathizing with the insurgents.
A radio dispntch signed by Prof.
Hcrmnnn Zeidler, former president of
the Russian Red Cross, states he has
undertaken to regulate food supplies tot
the Russian revolutionists. Kussinn
members of the refugee colony here state
Prof. Zeldler is n widely -known
surgeon nnd has had considerable ei
perience in directing food administra
tions. The reports receied in governmental
quurter.s here say the revolutionary
movement continues to spread I in the
region surrounding Minsk. The Soviet'
nuthorities are described ns making
desperate efforts to control the sittia-.
tlon. A wireless appeal from the Kron
stndt Insurrectionists was picked up to-,
duy by tie Polish Government radio
station here. It made an urgent plea
for food supplies and for outside re
inforcements. T.con Trotzky. the Russian Soviet war
minister, according to Russlnns here
who are in dally touch with their coun
try. hns offered a reward of ,".000,000
rubles for the bndj , dead or nllve, of
(icnernl Koslovsky, the revolutionary
leader in the Petrograd region.
(ienernl Koslovsky. In return, is r.
ported to have offered 10.000.000 rubles
i for. Trotzky's body
.'? ls Imln.ted out here that a million
nU'Les ,",'? ls ,wortu "'f"" !" ,
" '"" " " n... L-w-
HERN
RUSSIA
' ski. In command of the Petrograd front,
oub reverses he suffered
War Minister
. t i t ----.
llrotzky is rejiorted to have taken
, m "f '; l'l"rters at Sestron
'about twenty miles northwest of Pc
om-
troretsk.
etro-
grad.
TIED IN SACOND SLAIN
I Body Pierced With Knife Found- on
New York Outskirts
New York. Mnrch 12. (By A P.)
The Inxiles of two unidentified men
were found almost simultaneously to
dny on the outskirts of the city.
One, a mnn apparent ntmi'it thirty
live j ears of ago, had been tied up In a
potato sack ynd pierced with a knife.
The bodj. still warm when the police
came upon it, had been abandoned 200
feet from the eastern boulevard in the
Bronx,
The other, a well dressed mnn nbout
twenty-four years old, was discovered
by a Boy Scout iu u clump of bushes
along the New Jersey Pnlisades, near
I'.nglewood. Near the body was found
a bottle of poison, nnd the llm were
.burned. Inside his hat wus stamped
I "Yonkcrs, N Y."
! RETAINS TENNIS TITLE
c
I Mrs. Edwin A. Falk, Indoor Title
holder, Defeats Miss Bayard
New York. March 1J Mrs. Edwin
A Fall;, national indoor titleholder
defeated Mis- Martha Bujard, of Short
' Mills. N .1 . in the singles flnuls for
the women's Metropolitan tennis chum
ploiishlp here today. The scores were
it--, ii-1
No Crime to Be Loving, Judge Rules
Judge lVrguwin solemnly established
the lejal principal today that It is no
crime to have an affectinnnte dlsposi
tlon He ruled that th mere fner tt
lour wife being a "little clinging vine"
Is not reason enough for sending her to
prison. Therein! c he granted the writ
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