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PEIOCK'S CASE
MUST GO 10 JURY
Judeo Overrules Motion to
Quash Fraud Indictments
Against Magistrate
ELECTION BRIBERY ALLEGED
Aliened tenders of money nnrf prom
ises of $1800 jobs In the recorder of
deeds' office to influence the election of
Magistrate Evan T, Pcnnock ns Repub
lican city committeeman from tbe
Thirty-fourth vnrri, figure In the trlnl
today of Fennock (iml three others
charted with conspiracy.
William A. Gray, counsel for the de
fense filed demurrers to the indictments
before Judge Qulgley In uarter Sessions
Court No. 2. He argued that the law
covering bribery of election officials
could not apply to a ward committee.
The hidre overruled the demurrer
and said he would allow the case to go
ro a jury. His dec'sion. he added, was
not final nnd may be changed after he
further considers the points ndvnnccd
for the defense.
The other defendant nre .lames I,.
TValdln, (W4.1 Itnce street, u tlvtnff in
Orphans' Court. Daniel I.. Collin.
1430 Vine street, nn employe in the
register of wills office, nnd Daniel V..
Edwards. 4(110 Merion avenue, a mem
ber of the Republican executive com
mittee of the Thirty -fourth ward.
The allegations are thnt the de
fendants conspired to bribe other mem
bers ofv the ward committee so that
enough votes would be obtnined to seat
Pennock as a member of the Republican
city committee. The incidents are
alleged to have occurred last May when
A'are, and administration forces were
battling for control of the cit com
mittee. Pennocl; is n Vare leader.
After Magistrate Pcnnock nnd the
other defendant had been arn-stcd hist
summer, conspiraci. charges were
brought against four men who opposed
the Pennock forces in the ward. Sub
sequently the Indictments against the
four1 were submitted to a jury for n
verdict of not guilty It was alleged
today an agreement had been made by
the district attorney's office to drop
the charges ugainst Pennock nnd his co
defendants. Assistant District At
torney Gordon said he knows nothing of
micb an ngreement.
VIEW PLAYGROUND SITES
Council Committee and Director
Tuttln Look Over Grounds
Gathering information for a compre
hensive program of playground develop
ment, n committer of Council, with
Director Tustin and Assistant Director
Noppel of the Department of Welfare,
and Miss Sophie I.. Koss, chief of the
Bureau of Ilccreatioii, arc inspecting
playgrounds And sjtes today.
The start was made from City Hall at
11 o'clock, and the trip will take all
day. A stop was made at the House
of Correction for lunch. There Is a site
at Fifth and IJrown streets, recom
mended for playground purposes by
Mrs. J. Willis Martin, to be looked
over.
Couneilmnn Simon Waller, of tin
Twentieth ward, has suggested another .
site, bounded bi Kighth ami Ninth,
Jefferson and Mnster streets, but the
owners of factories on the site arc pro
testing. CONFESSES SLAYING DAT0
I Anarchist Admits Firing Two Shots
at Spanish Premier
Madrid, March 14. (Hy A. P. i
Pedro Mateo, a twent.v-threc-jear-old
anarchist, arrested today on suspicion
of having been one of the murderers of
Premier Dato, confessed to the crime
when taken before a judge. He stated
mm nu wus uu ocrupiim "i uie sine the citizens who voted at the last clce
car from which the premier was htiot . tlon. To put the commission covern .
last Tuesdaj
U1KMI uu'l mill in- uivu
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two shots.
Mateo gate the name of Ins ai-com
puce us jutniiiu i nsmuvii. wnu is uciuk
sought bj the police. He warned thej
JWJIt' l" llt'WHr- III I 4nill'ltll. Wit", II
asserted, had a camera tilled w ith ex
plosives.
Husband Has Body
of Mrs. Mountford
Cratlnurd from re One
Buffalo to bring their child home, fear;
ing Mrs. Mouutford would kill him."
Smiles at Swindle Charge
Asked concerning the charges that
she swindled Kverett Marshall, of
Ncwfield. Mrs Hon i face .-lulled
"Marshall i an engineer omplojcd
by the Pennsylvania Railroad at the
Newfleld iiowcrhoiiM'." she said "I
made his acqunintniv " when I was in I
Ncwfield last summer, ami I fretpieuuy
took Mrs. Marshall and other women
on nuto rides to New ork and At
lantic City
"Ho offered to lend me .i'JllOO when I
told him I wns going to Philadelphia to
borrow monej. He insisted that I take
the money, and did not even want me
to make out a note He said a note
was unnecessarv, ns he was such, a good
judge of human nature Hut I insisted
on a note and his wife made it out.
"I have learned since my nrrtst that
Marshall secured the money from his
mother-in-law. Mrs UosP Van Hook.
She is the loser and I am going to pay
her every dollar "
Mountford. before his appearance in
Camden today , was thought to have
.been in hiding in Canada, whence lie
fled when he learned Hint a warrant
for his arrest on the charge of bignni
had bc'-n issued in this cit at the in
stance of Ins wife's father
Two dajb before Mrs Mountford
disappeared she Is said t" haw de
manded of her husband whether his
love for her and their four-year old son
had grow n cold
That was more than one week before
the arrest of Mrs. ISoniface ami the
disclosure that she was married to
Mountford
When Mrs. Boniface was arrested on
a warrant sworn out in Gloucester
county by Marshall, charging her with
swindling him out of money. Mountford
also preferred u charge of swindling
against her.
On the day of the hearing, however,
Mouutford asked that he he permitted
to withdraw his complaint. Consider
able notoriety was glen to the case,
and the fnthe- of the first wife came to
Philadelphia from IlufTalo He had a
warrant issurd for Mountford's nrrcst
on a charge of blgainj. but before it
could be sencd Mountford had fled.
Sand Pits toStart Again
Rea Isle Junction, X. J., March 14.
Reports come that some of the sand
pits, In which work was stopped for
the winter, will resume within a few
days.
Orders are said to be. coming in for
Cape May county sand because of a
building Wom.
Some pitii hare been running all win
ter, but comparatively few hands have
beta at wwk. '
CIVIC CLUB DISCUSSES
REPORTS FROM WARDS
New Century Members Are "Told
History of Lehigh County
The Civic Club's committee on ward
affairs, under Miss Clara Mlddleton,
held o meeting this morning at 1.100
Spruce street. Heports were gltcn from
the various wards.
Miss .lane Campbell's Monday Morn
ing Class held its usual meeting at the
New Century Club. Mrs. F.dwln .1.
C'ummlngs gavo the news of the weak.
Mrs. Edwin Hand he history of I.e
high county. Mrs. John Gibson rend a
poem, and Miss Anna Cope Hartshorne
siwike on "Hubens." Warwick Jnmes
Price will speak at the New Century
Club this nfternoon on "The Quarrel
over Silesia."
The Regents Club held its regular
meeting at the Plastic Club hnuo
247 South Camac street, this afternoon.
Mrs. Joseph M. Caley was in charge.
Kdward N. Morrell, of the Prison
Reform Ieague discussed "Penology"
before the Woman's Club of Iltdicy
Park. Mrs. II. Duncan Yocum. the
president, will preside.
Kenneth I,. M. Pray, of the Public
Chnrlties Association, spoke on
"Progress of Legislation at llnrrisburg.
and the Proposed State Department of
Public Welfure" at the meeting of the
Monday Conference this afternoon In
the assembly room of the Emergency
Aid, 221 South Eighteenth street.
ONE MINGO DEFENDANT
BEREAVEJDBY SON'S DEATH
Another Confronts Jury With Eye
Closed and Face Painted With Iodine
Williamson, W. Va., March 11.
(J3y A. P. 1 A touch of pathos entered
into the. Matewan gun fight trial when
Circuit Court convened this morning.
After the seventeen defendants had
taken their seats it was announced that
the two-year -old son of one of their
number. Arch Williams, had died dur
ing the night. The defendant, how
ever, was in his accustomed place and
rebuttal testimony was continued
"Doug" Mounts, another of the de
fendants whose illness last week do
la ed the progress of the trial to some
extent, nppeared in court with one ejo
closed and his face painted with iodine.
It was announced that he is suffering
with influenza In the throat. He told
Presiding Judgu It. I). Hniley that he
was very sick, but declared that he
would sta In court ij tie died in his
chair.
Tho first rebuttal witnesses called
were women employes at the I'riasi IIo
tei at Matewan the day of the pistol
and rifle fight last Mny.
Albert C. Felts, the private detec
tive for whose murder in that engage
ment the seventeen men nre on trial,
stopped with his party at the L'rlas
Hotel during the time they were in
Matewan.
AUDUBON READY TO VOTE
New Jersey Town to Pass on Plan
for Commission Rule
Audubon, X. J., will hold a special
election tomorrow to decide whether or
not the borough wants a commission
form of government, in place of the
present major and councllmen.
In the event that there is nn nffirmn.
tive vote there will be another special
election in live weeks to elect the com
missioners. A hot fight in the borough over the
commission government proposition will
culminate this evening in a mass-meeting
of taxpayers, held In I.ace Mill
Hall. Speakers will be there from At
lantic City, Haddonfield nnd several
other Jersey towns where the commis
sion form of government already is in
operation.
I'nder the New Jersey law a special
election to decide on n commission irnv.
eminent mny be held where a petition to
that effect is signed by 20 per cent of
i . re ... "
meni mio men. u is necessarv to imv
a majorit vote, which also represents
.'10 nor cent of the vnfcr nf tUn lu,
election,
5Pn n
vote acts as a "rinner" fi
the existing government Audubon has
a major nnd six councllmen at pros
ent. There would he three commission
ers, with the individual receiving the
highest number of otos acting ns
major The present mayor has two
years to serve, and two of the coun
cilmen were named at the last election
for a three-j car term
NABBED ON CHECK CHARGE
Man Wanted Here Is Arrested In
Syracuse, N. Y.
Harrj W. Iterlin, of Newark. N. J..
wanted hero on a eliargi of passing a
worthless chce'j ainoiiiitinL' to SMJil.ll
n the sporting goods store of Kdw.ird
. Tryon, (111 Market street, has hern
crresieu in Syracuse, ,n i , anonling
to a report from that citj.
On Kibruim US. according to an
affidavit sworn to bj Harry Ward. s!i
Arch street. Berlin, purchased fifty,
nine revohers and twelve police whistles
from the sporting goods store He paid
for the merchandise with a check drawn
on the Rnsovllle .Mutual Bank, of New
ark nnd carried the goods awav with
hi in
Later it was found lie had nn funds
in th" hank 1 1- whs indicted In Now
ink for fal-e pretense anil by the grand
jury hero last Fliday for larceny.
Doteciiie Hanlon. of the City Hal
s'liiad, loft today for Syracuse to bring
the man to this ir j
THREE HELD AS BANDITS
Men Are Accused of Holding Up
and Robbing Barber
Three Negroes, alleged to have held
up and robbed Frank Kruno, a barber,
In the ijoorway of his shop at Wis Ruin
bridge street, yesterday afternoon, were
today held without bail for court In
Magistrate Harrigan, of the Third and
De I,ance streets station
The men held are Kric Jackson,
twertj -eight years oh; William Kan
ford, twenty -Iho and Joe Perry,
twenty -two, all of Twenty worid
street near Christian
It is clurgod thej took a watch
valued at $."() and n .10 goldplccc from
Rrlino His shouts attracted Detcetlw
Snnno. of the Second and Christian
streets station. When Sunno sought to
arrest the men JnoK'on Is said to have
drawn a knife and cut the detective's
bund
Held for Firing at Tormentors
Knraged, it i" said, because sooral
bovs called him names. Frank Williams,
a Necro. of Christian street near Kixlh,
turned on them and fired soeral shots
into their midst at Sixth and Htawa
tor streets, ycstcnlay afternoon De
tective Walker, of the Second am
Christian streets stution. and James
nvoomiin. a fireman of Truck No. 1).
pursued the man, who is said to have
fired ot them, too. They ruptured him
..I ui.ti, ,111.1 nilsworth. streets. .Mag
istrate HurViean, at thttTliW ?' I De
Lancer nip otn stnllon, W' Wl'llnnm
in rmtvall ioc cvuri,
A "PAT" FROM WILMINGTON WINS
THE LIM'RICK ABOUT
Born in Cork on the 17th
of March, Collins Has No
Grudge Against Limerick
From This Date Forever
more And His Line Scores An
other Victory for Pun
ning Army A gainst Gram
marians of Wellesley and
Points East
By Sptvial Shlllalagrapli
Willi the Um'ricli Armies, March
M The Ides of Mnrch arc here, as
J. Mcllhcnny O'Cnesnr would hnvo
remarked, careless-like. And the
headquarters of the gloriously vic
torious Pun forces nre now located
in Cork. A triumphal march wns
led by proxy for one P. J. Collins,
now of Wilmington, Del., but some
time since of the town with the
name that would stop n bottle.
Owing to the fact that the seven
teenth day of the month is more or
less an Idc all by itself, the head
quarters of (teneral (lice are
wrapped in expectant slumber.
A heavy mist lies over the camps
of the "straight liners," who arc
now completely encircled. The
rumor hns been going round thnt
there may he further demonstrations
by Thursday.
A wireless hns been sent to the
Grammar Guards instructing them,
If alive fo ninlntnin silence, other
wise to acknowledge defeat on peril
of annihilation. '
Today's limpin' llin'rirh winner was
chosen by a Jury compose! of sales
people at Stewart's women's wear store.
1027 .Market street. I'lioto on tlio back
page.
Tomorrows winner was selected by
the Ladles' Auxiliary'. Logan Post, 370,
American Legion, at Director Cortel
you's office In City Hall.
So you can sec thot the war is more
orlesN on its last llm'ricks. so far as
the straight-liners are concerned.
Stranger things mny have happened
around the Ides of March, but Cork
harboring the lim'rick army without
benefit of battle aside from the mild
final frnraa with the Grammar Uunrds -
is a sight to behold. Nothing stranger
hns been seen by many since the Night
of the Big Wind.
First, wo will give you the names of
the jury which selected the winning
limerick line for No 7.1: Jean Mann,
Sally Alter, Mno Lucas, Peggie Wilson,
Sydney dayman, Knthryn Onrlin. Ber
tha Burns, Molly Cherim, Sarah Pol
lack, May Wolfson, Edith Knsanow.
A well-balanced jury of young sales
people in Stewnrt's store ut 10i!7 Mar
ket street, fit to pronounce sentence on
any lim'rick, you will ndmit.
Now the name of the winner, about
which you nre usually kept In suspense
in this column through n long series of
pninful details: His nnmc is Patrick
Joseph Collins. Born in Cork. On the
17th of March. He lives in Wilming
ton. His business is not women's wear.
He sells brushes for the Fuller Brush
Co.. Hartford, Conn.
There hnve been times when he did
otlier things, like working ou n railroad,
building steel skyscrapers, riveting ships
nnd other little things like thnt, which
go to make up the life of the sex which
is only half fit to rule tho nation. In
asmuch iu there is a little Patrick
Joseph, eighteen months old, his dad Is
content to be a lesser half in the eternnl
scheme of things. Patrick J. Junior
counts for n mnn nnd u half, anyhow,
which makes it a mnjorlty for the men
In the Collins household.
Now. here is the lay or the land The
limerick in which he won was about a
gentleman from Dublin named Pat.
Along comes Patrick Collins, from the
Uuore or less neighboring town of Cork,
and spikes the sum. tan tins rat loi.
llns hao won by the narrow squeeze of
one vote because he knew how it wns to
lie bewildered by New York and flab
bergasted by the speed with which they
pursue the feverish dollar up there? It
would seem so. Knowledge of his sub
ject seems to have made him u convinc
ing writer
Pnt Collins was digging in his gar
den when the phone in the (rehouse
ncross the street lot out a hullabaloo. A
fireman came dashing over to the little
garden in Wilmington (where they raise
wars and Brandywinc and everything
wild i.
"You are wanted on the telephone,
Mr. Collins, ' he said, respectfully.
"Hello." said Mr. Collins.
We adjusted our false teeth anil
clutched Popocatepetl around his collar
to maintain decent silence.
"You hnve won a hundred dollars "
we announced in our best bankers' Kng
llkh l V'. Imvn nornr utwn thnt ntiiih
bill we hae learned nlnce thlh tonti-vt
hoirnn thnt tho ohrniu. thrllU ni'oiile. iiml
we like to reneat it nn urescrlbed bv our
juries I
"Oonil for you !" shouted bnck Pat.
We silicone that wan the Urandyw ino
atmosphere down around bin idacc.
"What do you iiieun, sood for us?"
we inquired mildly. (We always have
to inquire in tho plural, because Popo
catepetl insists on beinp meutioned gen
eral! wherever possible )
"Well I mean, this is Rood news, '
said P .1 Collins And some more,
He wns thereupon extended an invi
tation tu take n train for Philadelphia,
bringing with him such evidence of per
sonal pulchritude as he might see tit.
lie brought IiIh fucc nnd n photograph,
hnlh of which are not so bail, take it
from our beaut) corner expert. We re
produce the photograph. The face went
smilln' on out to Tift -first nnd Mnster,
where the winner's, mother lives, to
break the good news.
"Sure, I've been trjing in this con
tent ever since the 1.Mh." explained
Mr Collins jo) fully, "and all the time
in wife t.n.vs. 'Your letter will get no
further than the mail box.'
" 'Ah, you wnit and see, I l get
prize jet.'
"The firemen heard my conversation
over the phone. 'Well, what do ou
know about that?' they nil said. And
when I told the wife. tdio aaid. 'I knew
it nit along that you would win. IJon't
forget it iHn't long until Kaster.'
"So von can sec what will happen to
that hundred."
War Wasn't Kiiouglt
Collins had three brothers in sen ice,
two oversens in the ami ami one In
the nnv Himself, he shook such n
mcuu riveting hammer that they idilppcd
hlin from the ateel works in Pittsburgh
straight to Hog Island Being a bit
disappointed with the battle of Hog
Islnnd nnd seeing no hope of farther
warn in sight lie up and got married
on Armistice Day Prom which vou
may draw such conclusions as ou like.
Colllna' face, we inn) add, still
matches the photograph you will JiavfeJ
iwiru mi i-ujji- i, i in- puoiogrnp
wim uui; limn ucitirc me weiiiiing, w
Hnve it. j oiioi-Bicncu tajs ue aun
lifii-
One Hundred Dollars Daily
For the Dett Last Line Supplied by Any Reader ot the Evening Public
Ledger to the Incomplete Limerick Which Appears Below
RULES OF THE LIMERICK CONTEST
1. Contett Is otn ta ny one. Alt that la
rfqulrxt for you to do la to write nd
end n your lot lines to the I.lmrrlck.
ui Ine for convenience the coupon printed
belor. Pleeae write ptalnly, nd be
n IMf to add your name and address.
- '! nwra to ttie Umerlck which la
Printed below mutt b received at the
omc of the Uvasiso I'cslio Liidobb by
n o clock Wednesday cventnr, Address
THE WINNER OF TODAY'S CONTEST WILL BE ANNOUNCED ONE
WEEK FROM TODAY
Cut Out and Mail
BvEitmo rurjLto Liroonn.
TO THE LIMERICK CONTEST
1'. O. Itoz 1523, Philadelphia.
LIMERWK NO. 79
"It is spring!" cried the molorboat fan,
"And it's time that my little craft ran.
With pep now she oughtcr
Make speed o'er the water '
uaiuiiiro wot numwr siren on coupon
(Write your answer on thla Hoe.)
Kame
Street and A'o.
Citu and State ,
! poses that matrimony Isn't always ns
bad ns It Is painted. The Collins smile
hns not yet come off.
Tho winner, friends
PATRICK .J. COLLINS
ton w. Third street
Wilmington, Del.
Ills winning limerick No. 73:
A fellow from Dublin named Pat
Said, "Xew York 's not a bad fotcn at
that;
''There i plenty of moitry,
"iJnf think it is funny
"It's dollars, not pounds, make us
fat."
Other last lines on tho ballot were :
No. 1. "That soft doujli's so hard to
get at." Jack H. Neiklc. 01218 Elm
wood avenue. Four votes.
No. 2. "When Ruth bats they' yell
'Iran on her, fat!' " C. 8. Golllng, 131
Walnut street, Hnrrisburg,
No. 4. "Wbero tlrose 'bears' I've
Heard tell or are at." Mrs. P. J.
Byrd. 247 Walnut street, Audubon,
N. J.
No. ,". "All tho 'coppers' arc 'sham
rocks' hnwzatf" Charles II. Smith,
141S Princess avenue. Camden
No. II. "Though R tnllis. It won't
stand for hack chat." Henry J. Hud
son. 711 North Fortieth street.
No. 7. "Tho sub-'welghV a. 'lon-L
how's 'at?" George S. Foote. 220
South Fifty-seventh street.
No. H. "Bgorni, It's, hard to get
at." E. P. Andrews, "!)24 Summer
street. Two votes.
No. II. "L'ncle Sam guards tho
Scotch with a gat." John S. Hcvcrly,
0034 Catharine street.
No. 10. "It may talk, but for me it
won't cliat,
York road.
Mrs. G. Thompson, 5010 .
I
Tho Lim'rickrrs'
l'rom Friink Wellcroth.
Letterbox
?nv.w ir.ai itiif. i
rliburic "IMeafe In me
know If this con- I
test Is open for any reader of jojr paper !
rca-ardlran of the city In whhji ho la em- Vmm II. IJ. C. "t hae been trying to
ployid. .... . J , ln J100 for some time. I nollco your wln-
(Vea; absolutely We have had a number nt-r are nun- men nnd oun- women, t
of llnea from Harrlshurg on our ballots). ,i pot 'hlnk that n Mr. haa won one et.
., .,, . Are they taboo? 1 am going to try a little
To It, I'. Dlnxnmn nnd mnny others Tee. , longer.''
It Is permlNslt.le to send In ns many last . (Oh. pleas, n IJ. " n. IJ. Z. on u.
llnea to a limerick aa you wish. It Is not Via had oim' wlnnor ettenty-alx years old
necessary to havn them all on coupons. We and Hnother, If memory isn't at fault, a
prefer that each line be on a piece of paper elxty)five-year-old womnn with m.in thll
about the size of the coupon for convenience dren and grandchildren. A Mrs -aboo? If
In handling. hi, made audi a rule aa thnt. there Is one
"- " Mrs who would mighty soon tell us what
To many Inquiring fnns We hare received ho thouzht of It.)
HAMON SHOT IN BED
PARTNER TESTIFIES
Told Business Associate He Had
i
No Chance to Protect
Himself
GIRL'S HAND ON HIS HEAD'
It' the Associated I'rcv
Arilmorc. Oklit., March H. Clara
Ilamon, on trial charged with tho j
murder of .lake I.. Ilnmon, shot thej
former Oklnhomn Hcpubllcnn natioual
committeeman while he wns lying on Methodist ministers In the Wesley Hulld
the bed in his rom. Rrrct D.inlnp t- '. h;ventpcnth ami Arch streets
ilny testified Ilnmon hail told him two o rend thnt Japan is ii peaceful
days after the shooting. Dunlnp wns a i nation, the bishop said; "hut again we
former business nsioclnte of Ilnmon. rPn'' '"' "' 's J'"" purchased the
"He told me h went over to his largest fleet of bombing airplanes ever
room late in the evening, threw off his ordered, to give her the doiulnnnce of
coat and vest nnd Iny down op the bed !'' Pacific. She is preparing fur war
for a rest." Dunlap testified. wi, ",T "lv riv1 '"' ,,iut an-she
li.mln.. mmtel Unman ns hnvinL- Preparing for war with the fulled
i Dunlap quoted Ilnmon ns hnum;
ald : "I had been there only h short
-:-..- !-. -. ...... ..- .--.-,
heen there only ii short
' tl,no when ' ll,nrd Clara come in. Sin
laid her left hand on mv head and I! " ooilrovv Wilson was bitterly flayed
felt her right on my shoulder, when she the bishop ns "the supposed reprc
bhot inc." I'cntntive of this country who gnveJnpiiii
"Of course I have been looking for," '""tholil on the mainland of China in
this." Ilunlno nnnlcl TIntnot, n l.avlni-. ""'" to '"H'rc ,ll' I"P.''Hpfe Slgun lire
said. The reply was objected to and
. .
sustained
"He said he did not have chance
to protect himself; that she walked up
to the foot of the lied and shot him."
Hunlup further quoted Hamuli.
Mr. iMinlup wns asked if he had made
any report to the county attorney or
sheriff iitid said he hnd not.
Ham Gone; Five Held
Charged with stealing n fourteen -pound
hum from Sadie Ioztintoss, pro
prietress of n delicatessen store, nt
TwentN first and Cress streets, Satur
day night, Magistrate ltenshaw held
.John Stellnmet, eighteen ,enrs old, of
Twenty-first street near Wharton;
Thomas Vance, eighteen jenra old.
Twenty-first street near Cross; Walter
MePaildcn. nituteen years old, of,
Twenty-second, street near (inrnet ,
Michael McCue, eighteen .vcars old,
Twent first street near South (inrnet,
and James Truett, a Negro, of
(iarrelt street near Klghtcenth, In $100
bail for the grand jury.
Trotter to Speak at Penn
The Christian Association of the I ni
remit)' of Pennsylvania will give n re
ception nnd dinner to the members of
the freshmnn class this evening in the
Houston Club. Mel Trotter, the evange
list . who is now in tho cit), will spcuk
to the students on the liquor question.
John Telmosse, president of the senior
class; Herbert Hinghiim, president of
the freshman class, and Jnmes Patter
son, president of the Christian Asso
ciation, will also spenk.
Supreme Court Decision!
The Huvreme Court of 1'ennsylvsnli
filed
the following decisions today
Cnmao v Philadelphia llapM Transit Co,
Jiiilmnei-t affirmed
My Justice Walllni .Mnrkln o, Patterson.
Judumeut atflrnivit.
Jlv" Jusllio (iluumgii Jtoaamuasler l ul
s. apiqiuewr ei o. wecrce uiurmeu.
DUBLIN PA T
Answers left at the office ot the
KTKSISO rt'BMO LtlHlCB will llO "
admlulbie.
The winner ot the ONE ItUNDIlED
DOLLAR prlre for the beat laat Una to
each I.tmerlck will be announced one
week after the Limerick la printed. . ,
In cate of tlea. 1100 will be awarded to
each euceeatful conUetant.
The dccti'in or the Judses In each
Limerick conteat will lie final,
eo miiny roqueata for cflllclsmof llnea that
wo cn no lontrer hamfle them. Many fana
ernd In lines they have written nnd nak ua
what wna wrons- with them For the bene
fit of nil, we will repeat tho simple rules
thnt jruldo ua:
LaM tines may contain either eight or liW
uliablea. It tney contain eight, the accents
m-jat fall nn the second, fifth and laat. If
they rontnln nlno. the secerns must fall on
the third, sixth and laat. '
The lint lino must rhymo with the flrat
and iccond.
All answers received nre carefully sorted
m n. trained ataff and llnea with the same
arneral Idea are placed In aeparate plica.
Ideas that are common to a areat many com
petitor nro obviously not entitled tii lUp
prize. We want unique llnea llnea ahowlnVJ
cieierns una oriRinuuty. ir two nunnrea
IiiTfons eend In llnea with the same Idea. It
naturally cannot bo conetdered unique or
orlKlnat. Thcieforo that Idea la not plated
on the ballot Where only n. few contratanta
say a doren or twenty havo th eame
Idea, hut hne It worded differently, our
Judrcs In the office select the one they con
alder moat fitting- to represent that particular
Idea and It la put on the ballot. We confirm
our ballot to ten llnea. After the best of
the arloua Ideas havo been enrtcd out we
Bo oer them carefully nnd pick out the best
ten ind these nre tho ones which are put
on the ballots for the Jurlea to vote upon.
If you do not aeo jour line on the honor toll
It dofsn t iiocesmrily mean that there Is any
thing: wrong- with It It may almply be that,
la this proceas of elimination, It hae had to
le way to llnea which the Judge consid
ered better l'erhapa you don't agree with
tho opinions of the Judgra You may be
right Hut there nro ten persons ecry day
who think ( know what we a.r0 doing,
They nro the Xtn whoso names are on the
ballot The rest of the fana don't think so
kindly of ui Hut we've aot the Job to do
and we are doing It tho best we know how
and we hope those who lose will understand
that no one Is excluded for any reason other
thun that of merit.
From 1" I'fnn -"I Just want to fess ui
for sating one Mule thing about a line, and
that una tli.it there wan nothing In It.
There was. I didn't use my brain to see It.
Unit's all There I feel much better."
ITImt little note made a clow of genuine
piei
Wo
ensure spread all over our bald head.
oniler how many other fans, deep down In
thdr tieartr are Just n, little sorry fur
some of the thlnirs thev have written UsT
Ana postal caras cruel onea een imm ua
r away na Charleston )
Methodist Leador Tells Minis
ters United States Must
Arm for Conflict
FINDS FAULT WITH WILSON
l'redictiUR thnt "wmio ilnj soon
.Iniuin will htriho the I'nllcd StntcH."
Uitihop Neely. of the Methodist Church,
declni'iel thu I'lilted States nhotild "hnvo
the stroiiRcst navy in the world" this
I morning at the weekly meeting of the
sfntoti "
i Aai, ivi.w,..
' ill iiii iii'iifi. irion i i mir u mil
of
statesmanship wns that?" questioned
l uie uiNiiop. termini) it wns not
i American '."
Turning to the recent agitation to
limit the size of our inilitnr) and nnvnl
forces, Mishap N'eelv said: "There is
an insidious propaganda under wn.v in
this country to stop the building of
warships I regard tills as a grave dan
ger. We should have a naval force
greater than that of (Jrrnt Ilritaiu."
Referring to the speech of the Itev.
W. Noble, district .superintendent for
Korea, of the Methodist Church, which
hnd preceded his address, the bishop
said: "How the cruelties, massacres
and outrages in Korea can go on with
out our protest is a matter I cannot
see.
Mint Ho Something Wrong
"There must he something wrong in
our education or our methods of think
ing. Tin1 situation is most horrible in
the face of the accomplishment's of
present -day civilization. I believe the
gospel is the only force which can
(Jinnge it, but the gospul must huve
uilltnr) and naval force to enforce its
doctrines."
TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES
flnmuiM llfitMnripr 210IV Catharine hi . atnl
Hildie A .ineknon, 1705 v Hehlnvtun avn.
John MelMHtlanl, 10(11 i:isunrih si , uii'l
Clvlra Itumlii 73.1 Annln st.
Jekaii lliislllu. 1311 I'lai Inn si
M. I'Hincrn sola .Morris 8t
i;arl l'uo ntztu o07 Kuuffinan st
Capnllt Mil raesiunk
Antonio Sanlorn, MH V. Alder
Jennie V.nrlenuii, 7 HI Wharton si
Rnecu Mnrclollo, 14SI H Ileiilal,
rilomena ltoilla lKnft H Itlih st
Mlrhele itpiHdo, si'7 Carpenter
Toiesa Oallo, S27 Carpenter st
Martin A I'oigrcne. 'r',". !;, lurch
JAPAN PLANS IR
SAY BSHOP NEELY
nnd Huo
and Mny
St Hllll
st und
si and
st and
llarrleit .i. titanierser. .'s.iu Amber st
Aroilo (1 rosso, mil H. t'lltlmi nt , nnd An
gel a Trlhltn, pan B. Annln st.
Carmela Marline, llov I.yiiu avo,. nnd Itose
iU Pulls, 1113 tonn nn'.
juhli .Mariano. Woodbury, nk J, and' Maria
llnrhvltl Vlnelivnrt. N. J
Juiiiej IJ, 1'uko, VI is Jefferson itj, and
. 'UIHWIHBI i,mV f VTVWC .(,
F
ORMULATE TARIFF
T,
Congressmen Meot With Mellon
to Draft Plan Differ on
Precedence
WATSON F0R SALES TAX
tty tho' yMoclalcd Press
Wajvlilnrton, March 14. Formulation
of a definite program for tariff and In
ternal revenue legislation confronted
Republican members of the' Senate
finance committee nnd tho House ways
and mcnnn committee today on meeting
with Hecrctnry of the Treasury Mellon
to draft detailed recommendations to be
submitted to President Harding.
Whether enactment of n stop-gap
emergency tariff mensure should be given
precedence over revenue legislation was
one of the questions to be decided. Al
thourh the Renubllcan members of both
committees wero known to hold diver
gent views on Nils point, the unit ot
sentiment appeared to favor nn attempt
to put through us speedily aa possible
after convening of Congress in April a
tionv emergency tariff measure for the
protection of agricultural interests.
Senntor Penrose, chalrmnn of the
linnnco committee, has expressed the
opinion that Mich n measure could be
passed in short time If more closely lim
ited in Its schedule than wns the
Kordney bill vetoed by former President
Wilson. i
Would KirfJ Kjvccss Profits Taxes
Hmirtmcnt of tax legislation abend
of tarlfj revision wus advocated in n
statement ny nennior ouisuh, 01 m
diana, n Republican member of the
finnnce committee. He also declared
for repeal of the excess profit taxes and
the higher surtaxes) and substitution of
"n moderate sales tax."
A budget law and arrangements for
pnyment by the Allies of n definite
amount of their debt each year also
were urged by tho senator.
"The business world expects Imme
diate relief from the groat burden of
taxation now Imposed upon It," said
.Senoor WnUon, "nnd it Is the first
duty of the Republican party to meet
this expectation."
Senntor Watson t-nld t was unwise
to attempt to pass n temporary tariff
measurn based on the' Paync-Aldrich
or the Dlngley or the McKlnley law.
"None of them la applicable to the
existing situation," he said, "and to
attempt to make any of them so would
lio to enter upon the ennctment of a
complete tariff law on tho floor of the
Semite virtually without previous con
sideration by any committee.
Tariff Legislation Disturbing
"We should settle tho question of
taxntion first nnd then determine ns
nearly ns possible the amount of reve
nue to be thus derived and then we can
determine precisely how much we must
raise by import taxes.
"Nothing is more disturbing to busi
mvss thnn tariff legislation, and it would
not he possible for us to pnKs a tem
porary measure and n pennnnent mens
ure under nine months nnd during this
pcriix! the financial and industrial In
terests of the country would continue
to be disturbed nnd distressed, whereas
they are entitled to n period of repose
and to something like certainty in leg
islation and governmental policies."
With n definite ngreement reached on
the proirnin to bo followed, both Sen
ate nnd House committees planned to
legin work probably this week on the
fiscal legislation for the April session,
the latter undertaking the draft of the
first bill to be Introduced immediately
upon the convening of Congress.
CARDINAL SAILS. APRIL 6
Reception Planned for Philadelphia
Prelate on Arrival Home
Cardlnnl Dougherty and his entourage
will start for home on March IS), leaving
Rome for Paris that day. nccordlm- to n
dispatch. I Ir will sail from Cherbourg
on April ft on the Olvmplc, nrrlvlng in
New York on April 1L'.
Mnny feuturrs are included in the
welcoming program arranged by (Ath
ollcs of the Philadelphia diocese, An
nouncement of a dinner to be given bv
tho fourth degree of the Knights of
Columbus was made yesterday by John
V. Loughney, master of the fourth de
gree. There will also be a civic mass
meeting at tho MetrniKilltan Opera
House, to which the Major and Gover
nor have been invited ; n solemn poltlfi
cal mass with the new cardinal as cele
brant, ii reception by the clergy and a
street demonstration by the children of
the parochlnl schools
MME. CURIET0 SPEAK HERE
Noted Scientist Says Philadelphia
Will Be on Her Itinerary
Madame Marie Curie, considered the
world's foremost woman scientist nnd
co-dlbcovcrer with her husband of ra
dium, expects fo tnlk nt tho University
of Pennsylvania in the course of n trip
she will make to this country early in
Mny.
"I do not know exnetly what cities I
will visit," said Madame Curie vester
duy, "but certainly Philadelphia nnd
the University of Penns)lvanla will be
Included."
Madame Curie is a professor and
lecturer nt the Horbonne and wns given
the Nobel prize for chemlstrv in 1011.
One of the reasons for her trip to
this country is to receive n gift of one
grnm of radium from u committee of
American women.
ENGINEER BADLY BURNED
Intervention of Pedestrian Saves
Man Who Touched Exposed Wire
Kdnnrd Hoppel, 00,1 North Twelfth
street, chief engineer of the Philadel
phia Klectrlc Co , wns seriously burned
and would hnc been killed by a dynamo
in a plant at Kensington avenue nnd
Ontario street yesterday afternoon but
for the intervention of a pedestrian.
Hoppel wna repairing tho dynnmo
when he touched an exposed wire. The
d)nnmo held Hoppel as a powerful mag
net and it was impossible for him to
free, himself.
There Is an electric bell in the plant
which rings if the electric current is
short circuited. The bell wns heard by
John Anderson, of fiO-17 North Seventh
street. Ho rushed Into the plant and
rescued Hoppel ufter the engineer hud
been burned on the arms and idlest.
Hoppel wns taken to the Kplscopal
Hospital
11KATIIH
Mrfich"" 11!
..)"!'.' .. .M.;ic-h is Kii:iiKtliJK
it'jjjunu.-s. ueiauvTH nnd fr ends, also
Athclstan Lodge No iK, 1" and AM are
Invited to attend funeral eervlrea. Tues
inih Inst . '! p. m.. at his home, 3710 N'
13th street '
JOHNHON March 12, RAM.V WHPRI .
Hit. daughter of the line Norton end Kmllv
lloyt Johnson. In her flfilh year. Hervlcea
Christ Church. Tulnehoeken and MeCal um
sta , Oermantown, Tues,, J p, m, Interment
prlvVto. Kindly omit flowers. "'"nent
r HIIOVVN.; Huddenlv. on March U. ut
residence, 30 bast renn st.i Oarniantmiii
HTHWAnnaON, ma of ne la s Al.'Si T. ?J
Ilelallves nnd
AND
AX PROGRAM
MVj V. -..,. i
Condition of Highways
ThroughoutxStata Today
Condition of highways this morn
ing: Mncoln highway (Trenton to
Chambemburg) : Fair In Rucks,
Lancaster and the eastern part of
Franklin county ; elsewhere good.
William Penn highway (Enston
to Chanibersburg) : Oood except one
mile of unimproved road In Lehigh
county near Allcotown, which is Im
passable. Daltlmore pike (Philadelphia, Me
dia, Krnnett Square and Oxford).
Oood. .
Philadelphia nnd Reading pike:
Good.
Lancaster nnd Harrlshurg pike:
Fair In Lancaster county, good in
Dauphin.
NEW YORK LAWYER
10 BEWEEKS' AID
Mayhew Wainwright Nominated
Assistant Secretary Crago
Fails to Land
OTHER OFFICIALS NAMED
By the AMOcUted Tress
WuAhlnrton, March 14. J. Mayhew
Wainwright, a New York lawyer, was
nominated today by President Harding
to be assistant secretary of war. The
Senate confirmed Mr. Wnlnwrlght's
nomination.
Mr. Wninwrlght formerly was a Nn
tlnnnl Ounrd officer and served through
the war on the staff of Major General
John F. O'llvnn. commander of the
Twenty-seventh (New York) National
Hiiard fllvlalnn.
' Former Hcnrcsentntlve Crago. of
Pcnnsylvnnln. who for some years wns
a member of the House military nf
fnlr.K committee, has been tiromincntly
mentioned in connection with this office
nnd the selection of Mr. Wninwrlght
entne as something of a wirprlsc, ns his
name had not been mentioned In the
gossip here regnrdlng the position.
Mr. Wainwright was tnken to the
White House today by Secretnry Weeks
for a conference wltli rresiucnt iiuru
inr. Ah ass stnnfc secretary of war
Mr. Wnlnwrlehr. will be In rhargc of
the procurement of suppplles for the
Wnr Department nnu otner nseni ni
fairs. l'ugene Meyer, Jr., of ew lork,
who wns managing director of the war
finnnce corporntlontinder President Wil
son, was nomlnnted by President Hard
ing today to be n director of" the cor
nnrnttnn for n term of four years.
Mr. Meyer, who Is a banker," served
diirlne the wnr on numerous) govern
ment commissions, including the war
savings committee, council of national
defense nnd the war finnnce corpora
tion. He first beame a director of the
corporation in April, 11)18, nnd was
mnnaglng director from .Marcn, liu.i.
until the corporation wns dissolved a
)car ago.
Elliott Wndsworth, of Boston, Mass.,
wbr nominated In be assistant secretary
of the treasury. He will be In charge
of foreign loans.
TOOTH IN LUNGS IS FATAL
Comptroller of du Pont Co. Dies In
Wllmlnnton Hospital
Wlllngton, Del., Mnrch M. James
11. Ilrond, comptroller of the tin Pont
Co. tiled in n hospital last night from
lung Infection caused by a tooth vVhich
slipped down his throat during a dental
operation performed a month ugo.
At thnt tlmo four teethwcrp drawn,
but only three were located. The nres
encc of the missing tooth In the lungs
was discovered by X-ray last Thurs
day, but Mr. Broad van' then so seri
ously 111 physicians despaired of his
life. He had shown symptoms familiar
In cases of gas poisoning during the
war, it was said, and was being treated
for possible effects of gas administered
during the extraction.
nmeraias
Mounted in jingcr rings, bracelets, brcockts,
bar pins, earrings, sautoirs, wrist watches and
other jewelry of distinctive charm. . v
A Unique Feature
of the collection is an uncut emerald crystal,
recently found in the Chivor Mine, Colombia,
South America.
It thighs 630 carats, and is further remarkable
for depth of color, quality of material, and crys
talline formation, being twelve sided instead of
the usual hexagonal shape.
Prices Adjusted to the More Favorable Current Conditions
J. E. Caldwell & Co.
Chestnut and Juniper
150 Schools
Must Close
unless some relief from
the inequalities of the
present system of tax
ation and assessment is
obtained. Thomas F.
Healey in the first of a
series of special articles
told why the system is
wrong and what will
correct it
In This
PUBLIC
JUMHIM CO. CALL
EMPLOYESJO VOTE
Ask Workers in Plants to Choose
Representatives to "Indus
trial Democracy"
PROPOSED STRIKE DEFERRED
By tlio Associated Press
Chicago, March 14. Armour & Co,
today called-an election in nil of Hf
plants for tomorrow for the employes to
choose representatives to form an In
dustrlnl democracy, In which workers
and employers would have equal repre
sentation nnd which would settle all
questions of working conditions, wages
and hours In tho Armour plants,
Tho representatives will form a tem
porary obnrd which will work out per
manent plans. The announcement of the
inching company said thnt It wa.
planned eventually to hnve n xdant con
ference board of flvo members In each
plant and n genernl conference board of
three members, selected from all plants.
The outline of the nronoaeil ntnn i
given out by Armour & Co. raid that
when the representatives of employer
nnd employe could not agree on any
matter, the question could be referred
to an arbitrator.
Strike Plan Deferred
While nwaltlng the outcome of medi
atlon plans and the result of a strike
vote, employes In the packing plants of
Chicago nnd other centers In the Mid
die West decided to go to work todav
tinder the reduced wage, scale announced
by the five leading packers. More than
100,000 men arc affected by the reduc
tlons of 12 nnd 12 per cent In the
hourly rnto and piece -work rate re
selectively, with tlmo nnd a half for
overtime only after ten hours.
"Any assumption that we arc at
tempting to establish a ten-hour dny
is wrong," said n statement from
Armour v& Co. today In answer to
charges of union leaders.- "The whistle
in the Armour plants will continue to
blow nt the end of eight hours' work
each day."
At mass-meetings held in a half
dozen racking cities yesterday the
workers were advised to remain at work
until the strike vote was completed,
which it was said here would be about
Friday. T'nlon lenders suggested Fri
day, March IS, ns the date for the pro
posed cotnerencc in Washington nf rep
resentntlvcs of employers nnd employes
with James J. Davis, secretary of labor.
Armours Defend Wage Cut
"Our cut In wages is small when
compared to other firms,1' said the
statement of Armour & Co. "We hao
a list of twenty-one other lirms reducing
wnges where the decreases ran from
14.25 to .'13.1 per rent, The stock
holders of Armour & Co. could not
dodge the fact, thnt we arc losing money.
That tawny wages nre reduced."
Thousands of packing house employes
inarched In the rain "back of thi
yards" here yesterday nfternoon, and
Inter listened to outdoor speeches of
union leaders who urged them not to
btart n "runnway strike,"
Washington. Mnrch 14. (By A. P.i
Secretary Davis had recolved today
replies from the five leading packers and
their employes agreeing to his plon for
ft conference here between two reprc
sentntlvos from each In an effort to
reach an agreement on the question of
wages and othor differences.
Mr. Davis hns not yet set a date,
for the conference, but he Is understood
to be considering Friday of this week,
ns suggested by tho employes, who will
by then hnvo checked up the results of
their strike referendum.
Hot Ashes Start Flro
While cleaning out his furnace last
night Valentine Ktihn, 4(V10 Richmond
street, dumped some hot ashes in a
wooden box. Early this morning his
son, John, smcllcd smoke, nnd finding
the cellar on fire, turned in an alarm.
The blaze was extinguished with a loss
of $100.
ld
Is Church
Music Dead?
Homer A. Hammon
tree, Chorus leader for
the "Mel" Trotter
Evangelistic Campaign,
said that most of it is,
in an article in the
weekly "Church
Forum" edited by F.
W. Norcross
Morning's
LEDGER
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