'fi-'t," fj''"-''Wjjj5-j(iv ! w il V. ,i Cuenmcj public Sleftcjer a.' THE WEATHER (Jcncrnlly fair tonight n ml Wetlne. iJnvs slightly colder tonight with pioh ahiy frost on lowlands: northerly winds. Tiairr.it.vmti: at ij.(ji wit-it s" Ti iiti in im t rillTi TTS i NIGHT EXTRA 12 i41 l-ti 41 it jlli -- j 'iy J" "' f,' rTrf-VV VOL. VII. NO. 1G2 METHODISTS MAKE . 91 The Rev. J. E. Crowthor Named to Arch Street Church Hore Is 'RAIDING PARSON' RELIEVED OF HIS PASTORAL DUTIES Vlnely one n.iMnrs of tho Philndol ijht.i Methodist Kplscopnl Conference, Inriwling twenty-live with charges in this cltv. wcio transferred to other pnl nitc tniinv by ltishop Ilcrry nt tho clove nf the Ifllth RPlon In the Wharton Meinnrlnl Chipeh. Fifty-fourth ami Catharine streets. The Hpv. J. K. Ciowthor was nmneil Ait pastor of the important Aich Street Church, nt Thoad and Areli streets, whose niilplt formerly wns filled by the Krv. Virsll 12. Itnrer, who nereptrd n call to the Meridcn Avenue Church, In dinnnbolN. The Hov. TL K. Johnson, known ns "the raiding parson" for his netlvities as n fedcrnl prohibition ngont. wns not returned ns pastor of the Twenty-ninth Street Church, nt Twenty-ninth nnd York streets. He wished to ho relieved from pnstornl duties. Succeeded by Kov. fil. M. Katirnck Dr. Johnson Is succeeded by the Ilev. George 51. Hnbcook. A resolution wns toted earlier today to nnmc Dr. Johnson 11 field agent of the conference board of prohibition nnd public mornls. The pastors of the four churches in Frnnkford were transferred, liivltiilliiK the Kov. Gladstone Holm, n widely kiown member of the conference, who was sent to the .Mndlson Street Church, CliCitrr The changes then- bore out M porta that none of the Frnnkford pas tors wanted to retain their pupils this ur. The appointments follow . I'lIILADtiL-IMIIA NOKTII DISTItlCT Itetheiina -CJ H milliviiKnn. !irlk1urir fiertrnm Hhn Buitleton Jiviiwi Cunnlnshnm Church of thf nednetner V K P-owl 1,-umberlnnd t"tieet 1. W. IIumpliicn fat .vlteehenv Avenue e II. I-vnrh. Kl MonUnmery Avenue Wllllnm Downey Krten A I). Git KnV) Avenue A. J Klntker. ralrhlll E U. linker. I'or chane- Amu Johnson Frankford- Central J. T Gi!iener riankforil Aenuo K. W. Sheet Orthodox Street I. S. Soils flehoboth N. II Mnstera. Ho.metiuurK A A. Thui.iDsois lCn&imt( n H. J. Cl.trltei I vmla!e Alox Ollijon. Undlej V. I- Caifon. T '.omni H A. Itelven Oak Line I II. JTnrk miIiuik 0k l.nne Park H. II M'lliiui Norrin Siiuaro tl. W Tovry Voiwciun nnd Dinlh MtflMion . Miied td Port Klchmonil D. I. McCarlnej Tro Idfnco S, II Toi. Majnt .tanun V V Hardolrh Mint phlllii'n KranU Duncoinb-i- iimm .1. I . Illnrl minion Mriiinrlnl V A. I'i rjunvn o'liniuitun !. !'. Kliikrli) Summcriteld J I Cnx icuny 1 11 MuViun. Wminonilni I,. P. Knihuimn NORTII'.VRST IIISTIIIC'I- A. J. Kynett Mpmorlal W .1 l.lnrtJi ': C. Har.riirK Mi-morlil A E. Cim!l. ChMtnut Hill T w. 7. Ilarratt '"olumtila. aimiiuc It Wells fookmnn Urnont Ilantlrn. Klthlh Street Mlfnliin T. V Meheim t'ltth Strft MlHiInn .M K. lili ' heltnn Avcnuo A P IloUasun Church ol the Advocate J. p Shook Klmt Church K. .1 Nlnde. Mount Airy J. v Tlndall Saint Stephnn'fc V. M. Ori Oiittiiemane C. T. Itt-nhurpei Hancock Street O C. Ketvlp Mmorp ltntiort Hetherliiirti.n Mount Carrnel- II S Stull Prk Avenue M II. Nlrhulr lnt .lohn' J T. Swlndel,- Soventh Street A I. Coppei Tabernacle C. W. Kitio Tlogj Samuel McWllllnins Twelflli Htrrt J i; Itlch Union J. O Illckerton SOUTH UIHTBICT Ab'gall Vare Momoriiil J W Peikuipnie Jlrch Street J. n. Crowther. utthany J. K. Junte. llroaiJ Street Hi nry Hee 'hrlJtlon Street David I.urd ilodrvlow a. n Tomklnii Cmenoni -C U. K'ippell. Bk-hteenth Street ltlchurd Turner. Elmwood II. n. IIuwclls. J-ulth J. r. JlorrU, OroHi Streot O. II I.nrah. Mariner's Iltthel Cornelius Hudson Mount Vernon K C Thomu 01 vet T .V Bare. Pitman -C. A. Henjamin St i li rito'a .1. S. IluKhe St l.uUc'i- .1 U Petro. Jt 'aura Dlmlchclll. Jt Matthew's II. E. Walliev Jtvera Memoiiul O. II. Ilindhead 014 and ).leenth Streoti P II. Chaprimn. ai.oatn (West Philadelphia) William Ham cord in der venue Supply. Bprniilija Avenue K I) IVcI.ei Slllni? llfir..n.T In.i aM.rn. in nlrtVenth Stroot s. W. Parvm rw'nty-Becond Streot CI M lili h. Wharton Momorlul W K. P. Jliu woodlnnd Avenue K. C Cnitei WKST IHSTKIC'T Ailuty hamuel McAdams. i slvury-w. a. Mltchull contennry ie J Andruu lentlnutd on Pare I'larlren. 'oluuin rive REV. DR. S. A. K. FRANCIS DIES IN HIS 83D YEAR H Was for Fifty Years Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church lir Itev Dr. Samuel A. K. Fiancis, 'oi hitv ycurs paBtnr of Trinity Luth 'ran t hurch, Eighteenth and Wolf Mi",. N died nt the parsonage. 2X5(1 soutii Eighteenth street, today. He wns m his eighty-third year. rt.i l' Prnn,,is Wfl,t -"rn at Amiij. .... cmiHiy, ra., in IKIi. lie it. lie cBtne tais city am 1 hurch. which took chnrge of Trinity wns Ills llrst and only ',?nrge, ism In 11)14 he celebrated 'is fiftieth anniversary ns its pastor anil at t -. .... r.t.MM mini nun nirutii ri u,v ''IK Tliir t 1 I.V tlwn .l,wtr.nntl,v.. - ..,..- "inerlttis. Vt thp tjm( tle. ,.iwi.t wns rstab- siletl there were few- homes in the ine'i!! . nni1 !r' -'"rnneiH wiih partlcu "iny interested in the locnllty'n devel "nmont nnUnr,'v '" V.tv D'- r'lnncis taught in nnhllt schools in Herks county. in n.i.1 he entered (Jettjsburg College. '."'' riidiiated In 18(12, He then entered no Inlon Theological .Semliinry in mf.ii, rk ?lty nml '"."Ked in city h tl1,1, J,nr,t ,,,,,lnB his jenr there. t "il . ,,n Kraduated from Ciettvsburg Theological Seminary. .,, ""V'lK the Civil War he worked with J! (christian Commission nt Fretlerlck Itv camp, Mnryland. il,e., lK l,1,r,vlvt1' by two daughters and ,P' cAfBfi'l';hlldren. His daughter-. LVrH,,K,ls!nbetl' F" Spit n",, Mr" 'larth.i Claiiss, both widows ami school nr. V7S in '.,lis dt'- n,l grnndchildren Mi,, iit", 1S.l,wu'', HflirolHlmliii and """lll,i flousH, both of tills city, nil Mnmiiel Pi,,uu v..... r t'V.01 ""vl'-i'H will bo held In Trln- Lutheran Church at 2:30 o'clock "-"j.- PULPIT CHANGES 25 ARE IN THIS CITY Ilnter. d ns Second I,--. Mutter m the PoMofnee, ni Philadelphia I'luler tho Art nf March S. IStli WHERE WORKMAN WAS KILLED BY ' -ikk iK KmSiaWiv $mWwmti3BNmmt?4w5zi ftl&i&Z'&'tt I.eder Photo Service Scene at l!0lfl Winter street, where n si.ty-yenr-old man met death, nuotber employe was buried under debris, but iliiK out nllve, antl foreman narrowly csrniied death by rllnt;lnc to u Joist when a wall of a house that wns being demolished collapsed about 11 o'clock tills morning WORKMAN KILLED IN WALL COLLAPSE' Another Employe Is Buried I Under Debris at Accident at 2016 Winter Street FOREMAN ESCAPES DEATHI A uotkmnn wna killed, n i'rund i burled under it pile of tlebrN, and a third had a narrow escape by clinvinK precariously to n MnyliiK joist when i a wall collapsed ut 11 o'clock today nt 201 ll Winter street, where a huihliiiK i is be'niB demolished for the l'nrkwnj. The man killed wns h'rnnk Ouliin. j sixty years old. I1U!) Carlton street. , Ilv was bulled tinder tons of brick nnd life hy iihphyxintioii ai HIS South: planter, ulid his bndj dug. "tit b other ! Frankfort avenue. Veiitnor. which cot -woiUmen and the views of two tile i '.age the couple, uiairied onlv sx companies-. William Km hush, lillj -live eni' old ' i I'Jltl .North 'la.vlor stieit. was aiso also iiurieu. mil less ueepi ne was ie-- cued by (ieorge Whltely. 2117 Fan mount avenue, the foreman, who him- self had n nnnow escape Whitelv. with a gang ut laborers. dug nt the point wlieme nunc Fur- bush s groaiu, and they got linn out i nllve. He wns taken to the Medico Chirurgicnl Hospital. lie had cuts and htuiM'S of the bead and face, but so j far as the doctois have determined. .. .... -.!( ... LiirLin t (l ill ! t ; eniui.vii i....n- -.-.....-, . . ,,.,,. tlv ,..........T.,i f...;.. .k.. .1 1 The men wen- woiKlug on the iiiiru "i'i . -..' ........... mv .su... r. floor of the building when the crash , "n returned to her l-riinkfnil avenue . ,..,. The i.'ist vvnll of the building, eottnge. She was alone in the bouse ; ! S '., It l I J t t1"'!!' . 'W !H . . . . ' nicks ot the demolition .. i- . mi gllVe Wliy I suddenly and collapsed n a bower of helck nml nlasler dust. Whltely. with (ialan nnd Ftirbusli, was winking on the Moor which diopped when the wall gnvo way. (ialnti and Furbush vveie dropped down the chuie ot the i ippcd Iloor Into the piled -up bricks und dibris of the wall I Whitely was standing near the op posite wall. und. though lliiovvn nit ; his leet. gmspud at a projecting loM ns h" slid b.v, saving himself, though I he hung In midair lie then winked hBiid over bund along tlie joist until I lie could get a footing, and made his ', wav to the gioiind. Though shaken by the accident, he was utile to dircel tlie work of rescuing Furbush. Furbush's groans led the resciiets. hut thete was no means of knowing vvheie (inlan lay. The lircmei. were t-enl foi and under command of Mnttuliou Chief .lacub Wnlbert. attacked the pile of debris with shovels. Half an hour later the body was found FIND BODY IN BRYN MAWR Radnor Police Unable to Fix Iden tificatlon of Man The liodv of tin unidentified man was found in the Ilrjn Mawr station of the Philadelphia and Western Hallway shortly before noon today by Patrolman Wilcox, of the Undnor township police. Demit Coroner William II Donnellv, of Lnnsdowne. who wits summoned, de clared death due to u hemoirhage. nnd ordered tlie body removed to o Lnns downe undertaking establishment. Search of the body revealed no moans of identification. The man was of mid dle age. well dressed, and carried a small nuiount of mnne.v In his poikct. hut no papers. A wad h and ihaln bore no enslaving which would clear up his identlt.v. CITY MAY GET U. S. PIER ., trv Wnltcr Lewis, a N'egio, for the Mayor and Sproule Confer on New, nmi.m,r uijo f .lohn Dalton. near Offer From Government his home nt Sharon Hill, have been ,.,. ,.:., ,,,! accepted and the uctuiil trial is ex- Atiol.cr eflorl to get the , ,i ,.,,,, , ,, mAl.r wlly t the courl- fe.ie.al Vnt J? 0 ','. ' house in Media late this afternoon, tnking oveiMif tlm .lunrterniustei spies f , I)uv, ait(U nt the foot of Oregon, avenue ''', waylaid, tubbed and shot lo death Delaware tiver was made to In . v In j , . h ()f ,u I(,wi) an U()a. the Mayor nml Dim-tor Sproule con- , riHp another Philadelphia leneu. . . ,. ,l.n ..nr...l.n.lnri nf the mOctintt it ,V1 III" I .u. ii.n..-.. " ;- V . . . . it. ... .V... ..1. I., ,.r... was neciueii to auiien- m mv n.' n - IS - mil progrnm, wlileh M to iiiko ovei mi .i.ii piers tor operation on '."'-'""" milnv before Judge Hnuso, .ounsel for those under which municipal piers are l)btlil)(,(1 hPVMance. operated, returning to tho government '''uweVtlT'tC Mnior instructed D.- Safe-Oeposlt Boxes Affected rector Sproule to t eject the offer of (he Itnrrlshiirg, Mnrch 22. A system government lo take over tlie piers bn-1 whereby safe deposit boxes unopened cause of the exacting terms proposed bj- for seven years ma.v be opened after the army, but nt tlie suggestion of the legal piocidilngs by the auditor general Qiinilennnstor's Department negotin-1 and attorney general and unclaimed tfons were reopened and tho government contents escheat to the ennnnonwealtb has since made a new proposal for the after notice and hearing, is proposed . cltv to take over the piers on a per- a bill presented by Senator Smith, Dau ccntngc basis, tho government to as- nhin. The Dawson escheat bills, passed sumo responsibility for Iobscs on direct by the House, were favorably reported rentals nnd atoms! receipts. In the Senate soon after. Pa Coughs Up Bullet Curried Since Uattle of Vicksburg l-inelt. Ala., Mnrch 22. ( Hy A. 1'. 1 W V. Meadows, heventy-eicht j ears of ukc, of this place, veteran of the Civil War, and shot in the eye nt the battle of VicksbntR, July 1, 1M1.1, today coiikIumI out the bullet nnd is in his usuul good health, de spite the fnct that he had carried tlie .slug weighing approximately one ounce in his head for tlfty -eight j oars. Mr. Meadows was n mem ber" of Company (!, Thirty-seventh Alabama liifnntt'.t ENDS HER LIFE 12 HOURS AFTER HUSBAND'S DEATH Bereaved Pittsburgh Woman Com mits Suicide at Atlantic City Home Atlantic Citj. March ' Within twelve hours after her husband fell (lend .Mr-, ams McKee Owens ended her inonihs ngn, lui, taken iosesioii of last Fridu.v ..,',,. ' i ........... ......;.-. ,u. ... l-iin ; X'ltis old. it ealilt.v I'lttsburgher. ex I l'lreil shorllj after he hud i ashed it I IV, , "' ',' t:"t""1 rit-v Nutioiutll I 'Innl. yesterday afternoon. .Mrs Owens , j "s siiuitnoiied nnd became h.vsierical - ""'i 't iiunuiiiiu s irugic ueuiu. After (oiniiiuiiiciitiiig vvth Curl lies- i penheide, her sister's husband, vv ho ! is a guest at the I'liullnntc, Jlr.s. Owens I had arranged to send the both of her husband to Pittsbuigh today. The widow I.tiw ..ilf.i'u xe.iri, ,l..v. ...I, ..I iiio.il. I.... --'';"" "' ' ..-. .. ., ... '."l .' "'"' mi"1 iiioiiiihk iiiiu lines- ligation icsultcd in the d'scovery of her hlehss ImiiI.v. ( ou iiiy Phvsicinn Soulier in. ule an investigation ami later issued it c-ilillcate setting lorth sti cule A tragic Icittute ol the Ml cule was . the fuel that the bereaved woman had.nre willing to go r.head nnd pnv SI," inken her husbntid's clothing, including' nnd in some instances SIS n ton foi nil the minor detnils of diess. with her (heir coal unil hail them huddled in her lap I N'ef winter the pi he of coal will id l lie wwenses formerly resided al ,. -I i A.vlesboio avenue, I,;tsburgli. bul bad! sold all their holdings there i EDWARD H. HANCE INJURED j Weil-Known Chemist Does Not Know Uaui l-t VASfin i-li,f.v rn Q,ffr ,... i.w .M ..v... v... i... ..v.. l.dwnid tl Ilnnce. liftv-'wo vein liftV-'WO VCIllS I old, of 2(101 Chestnut street, a member of the 111 in of Ilnnce Bins. & White, pharmaceutical chemists at (!2.'t Oil lowhill street, was found unconscious at midnight in front of his home, witli u deep gash on his head A pedestrian discovered the m.m Ijmg a few feet frum the doorNteiis of his Iiome He was removed to the Hahne mann Hospital. His ntnlp was cut and Ids skull inaj be frin tilled A watch and $13, found in his pockets, indicated lie w-ns not Ilie vic tim of robbers When Mr Ilntue icgained conscious- ness nt (I o'clock this morning he told know them his son. Ihlwiird II Ilnnce. .'Id. that he I said lasl week thai the House was could recall nothing that would indicate , getting nervous mi flic tevenue and ap how he had been Injnied. I propilnrinns ipiestlon It gave evidence .Mr. Hutice is prom neni socially ami is a member of several clubs. His wife was granted a divorce last November, after Ihe.v hud been married twcnt.v-tive j ears. MURDER TRIAL STARTED Four Selected to Try Man for Death of John Dalton Foui members of the jui.v which will Xritin. were arrested following tlie uiur- till 'Hi Tliey me said to have implioai ,.. .I.I...1 .,. t..l.n U .. fmrllli.n , wipn t,lc w(, ,,,,, (,r( ,inaigiied iiinii mull ii7 in il .iif....... PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY. MARCH 22. 15)21 TALLIN G WALL Operators and Miners Work To' gether to Keep Light Off Their Industry ASSEMBLY IS THROTTLED V.y ttKMWK XOX AUCAI.V HaiTislMirg. .Match 22. The anthra cite coal in.eiests hae the f.cgisln tuic by the throat. There will be no investigation of the trun this session. The resolution of fered by Itcpiesentative Class, of Phila delphia, lies bin led mountains deep in the judiciar) special lommittee of the bcuutc. Even were n to he gitlvitnhced into a semblance of life it would be onlv to parade it as a i tii-joil Its irovisioiis i-otilil mil he fulfil led . for there is i.o tiun. for LlniL.uiiW. ''''! sime life opening of The -e.-Kloo" me (,ai loonvtst.s have been working Ugainst evervthinv in the shape of bills or resolutions affiM'fitig thpir imluslrv Tho odd feature of il Is Hint' the uilneis" lepnent.tthes hae been hustling along hand in glove with the operators Neltlue vl.l,. ..,.,. .... i...,i i.... I .Neither i.'ipital nor labor wants tnv! legislnlien passed alleclini! the itnlhra- ing anthni- cite trade. Metaphorical ihev have .1 i...".. 1.. ."" ."".', '" ' put their u u ineir uo.e anil given tlie on Miming public the horse laugh .'"'" -Meastues Due (o Die Mi l.l.. I.... i. ..If . .1 .n..t.' .-.. ........ mn iim .1 iliini ll-MrilllVI ninnuirn iii coiumirtee I IICV fPlllle tl COAL PRODUCERS JOIN TO KILL PROBE the anthracite trade, but thtv hnve no'attve Martin, sponsm- tor tile loll, lie chain e of passing. I And vet these ,nmc legislntois who are lending n helpin;; hand to the com- lunation of i-o.il oncrntnis nml miners I soaiing again. 1 rnin the beginning ol the .uesent session nf tlie Ccneral Assembly I have einph.ikixed two fuels that the ones- tion of tevenue neiessary to meet tin expenses of the state is pin amount .. .. l "'I nun me iiiiiv -uau.v in-' snp-anii-go l, ,...i";" i.," ."..:'. ..:,ri.V0.,"L' ,' ...., ,. ..... .. '. --' ! i uMiin in iiii'iiti,ii in i in it uiiiii ueari.v nair toe i'-mhii was gone. Willi feVVPP l.llls I HMti.,1 n. ,1, n . H.r.n I inan nt any nieviniis sission in rears. it Iiieittit tliei'll n l.l. tl.,., II...... .....i.l.l l, .. ..... .,...,.., ...ti. iii n . .iii.., .i - i il tremetulniw iirnu. i.f lUi.wluti.,n ., ...,. ' tilar jum toward the emL 1 I.ctrenchnient Drive Neccssarj And that inm is loming. The w ise-i heimeis in the House urn iitstling K gel their ineasiiies tliruiigh before the deluge Ilv the same token Ilie Hou-e is awakening In the tiui Unit if it doesn't letreneh now a lot of appropriations I f. fn n.i.n.. In I... Dli....ililn.n.l ... ...... I. .. . extent that their snnusors will nevei .... n"l". ,w I" l-lll IISII I ' I IU 111 .sl ,1 Hlj , of tlint fact last night A bill presented bv Mt Iliilili nf I'hiiuiieipiiiu. proposeu to unions the salaries of couit Interpieters in l'hila- ueipiiia ami ni isiiuikii iiom .s.ouii i !s.'t.i(10 per annum I Franklin Sptuer Ltlmotiils, of Phil adelphiii, mnile n few brief lemnrl. I which vveie like acid on silver foil i theie was nothing left of the bill when he tinlshed Increase ll.nl No Chance. He meiel) pointed out vvluit has btc.i self-evident all along that the Legis loture was voting money to. increase salaries all nlting the line fmm Suprriu,. Couit judges 'to the lowest i-ouit at taches. If the piocess did not stop tho luck of revenue would stop the game nutomnticall.v . The ltaldl lull wns hopolosslj beaten beyond cliance nf a comeback Persistent demands are being made for a definite and detailed statement of affairs in the stnte tieasiny Several roMilutlifns demanding facts and figures have been offered. ' .efericd to committee for coser'.ion I. . intuL uiiiiiiici wiin iireseniHi I nni Physician Killed at Rail Crossing Hi-own.sllli Pa.. March 21 - (Itv A. P. I Dr. Hubert W Smith, of Califor nia. Pa , was killed tnslantlj and his wife was Injured .vesterday when their automobile was struck by a Pittsburgh and Lake Krlo passenger train at the Newell crossing Dr, Smith attended West Virginia Fnlvcrsity, a Phllndel phla medical school and the State Nor mal ocuooi at uautoriiKu MARON RY B L DEFEATED N HOUSE LACKED SIX VOTES Ballot Is 99 Ayes to 104, With 104- Affirmatives Needed to Repeal Brooks Law EXCITING FORENSIC FIGHT PRECEDES STRENGTH TEST One-fourth of People Bootlegging, Stiys Snyder Amlitoi Oenernl Hinder totl.iv gni his views uncut repeal of the llrnoks nigh liene Inw ns follows: 'it will cost the stnte $l.Mt0.000 a yeat in lost revenue to repeal the Inw "" "The stnte received more liipior fees last jenr with the VoNtend net in operation thnn ever before." "One-fourth of the iopulntinn of Pennsylvania today are bootleggers, why shouldn't the htnte benefit from it?" "If n man obtains n barrel of li quor from u druggist because be is sick, why shouldn't the state collect the tax?" tin a Rtifl Corrrvponrteitl Ilnrrislmrg, Mnrch 22. The Martin bill wns defeated by it vote of till ayes and 1(11 nays. (Ine hundred unit four votes were needed to pass the bill. The vote was taken nfter a long period of perfervid and spirited oratory. Onl three l'liilndelphia members voted for the repealer: Kdmonds, Franklin and Walker. Thirty-eight riiilndclpliiatis votid against the bill. All morning before the vole the House. seeth. J with the talk of wet or dry; to drink free!) or not to drink freel) . Wets worked for the dr.vs in some cases, and In others dr.vs worked for the wets. The drj measure was up for consider ation, hut neither the preliminary lob bying nor the ilelmte wus dry, hoth were spirited. Ihby for Votes All morning the wets otiducteil a drive for the votes. They lobbied harder than ever, for early this morn ing it looked as if the drys were about to put their bill through the House, without the lien e struggle that had been expected. When the debate began only stand ing tooln was available. Evcrj meiiibei of the House was in his seat while etn the staid senium'" left the uppei chain -hei mid deigned to notice what was going on in the House All nl out were men mill women The wet-, with thoughts nt the vanishing drink, looked anxious. I tut how dif leieiil tli".v were in .ippctiruin.c lloinl. loluisl. prosperousi-Iooking. Toe dr.s. stein, grim iiMftii ttu'e r iw. - tir.nuiv i lows 1'ieei.i When the debute ot iiniliu wiij. ti tenseness swept through the atnio.--phete As speech after -porcli was made I lie nudiciii'c uj-i enthralled at one time with religious fervor and another v.ith laughter. Teats seemed to ligut lot piece with i onicih For oiatoi v also was a siifcial onlei . ,1,,tn Kl'ies, tne vvcls anil me ilrys, np- pulled to (lie sentiments ami emotions a. well as in the reason I '1 l.l iniliieiice of women mi tlie ilch.i.c was strikinglj revealed in the forensic eftiut on behalf of the ifrjs b.v Chair man Davis, of tlie House law and order comnilltei . The debate was oneneil bv lt"inesent- used n homely illustration nnd cum pared the Volstead int. with its boot- Meggers, to a dor with tleas lie said thai the dog hud a w.iv of getting rid I of the Mens bv dipping into water I "Let us take the Vnltr..d in I." lie said, "and dip it into the wntei "(live ' il . sluing solution of Peuusv Iviiuia I i llfnlt i no III ' The Martin speech was il eil ui- ouslv as weie all other efforts The suhjiii under debate seemed to have a I...I...I l .....h.l.Mll 'ltlll..ll til ...'..Ft III. It. I nl ,..,...... ..,., ,.,,.,1 luininn lti tlie crowdeil I llllliilier ...... - -- --- - ....... followed Mi. Martin with an appeal to. liriui-i'iiiimir ' uiiiii. I.. .,i.i..iii, SI, MHO! suppui I ot t'l bill "foi the sake uf liu- nillllll Hepre illative Siailll.iniler. of All,- gliellV .ollllll. IIU'II illll-r III spi'iift, - . . .. nguills! Ilie lull Sladiliiiuler is i o-.ij.eiating politically with 'In (Mivn wing in Allegheny couut.v and the ((liver i,,.i is drv . Mr. Stinlluiiidci branded I'm hill as no I itnilitiiisl on I'tntc Iwo I itlitiiui .semi PROHIBITION AGENTS SLAIN Tw0 shot to Death When Searching . ' for Liquor in Texas LI I'.iso, Te.. .Mint Ii 22 -div A P S F. lleckott ami Arch Woods ledenil piohibition agents, were shot to death earl.v today while searching for 1 ipinr on u lancli owned b.v Neil T. She.'ii'iunn. neai this eit.v I Vderiil olhccts wttc nifoi'iiied last ' ighl thai a load of tweutj -tluee cases of litiuor was to be sent iii toss the hoi del. in coi ding to members of the raid nig pait.v. I be piohilnlinii agents weic Hearing ,i house ou the ninth when eoinninndeil to hull Continuing to advance, the, ngi nts were greeted bv a volley of bill ' jits ftom the house, and Hiackett ami Wood, tm i li fell, inortnll.v wounded. i Oilier niembeis nf the raiding pnttv leturiu'd the tire fimu woodsheds uici bai ns When the 111 ing from tho hou-e leased, otliLvrs i-nu-rcd. bin toutnl no one I here I MERCURY DROPS 42 POINTsI "Air Mountain" That Caused Warmth Vanishes, Cold Ensuing That "nil- mountain" which the weather man said forced the tempera ture up to "-.I iiogices yesterday after- - .. ... .... .. I '-'' "'"" UT " , J' J" !T"W run' pi""... ...... .... , ,. . i.,i.-, litis morning, tlie temperature was down to U degrees, a drop of 12 dogieea in a little mure thnn twelve hours The storm, which routed spring Inst evening, wns so severe that telegraph poles on Ontario street, between ICdge mont anil Thompson, were snapped off near the base, and fell across the street, blocking traffic At Ashland, N. J., two houses were unroofed end one collapsed lu tho high wind. Frost Is predicted for tonight. V'ubliBhttl D.iih l:xpt HunlHk Lancaster Dad He hus a jrrown daughter, and Euator will soon be here. That wns enough to give today's winner his idea for a win ning limerick line. He had been on the honor roll twice before, losing out. b oik vote tho other day. This time he can buy her the hat! LIMERICK NO. 80 Suit! sweet Millie. "Well, now, I declare; Easter's here and" I've no hat to wear; I will look through this aisle For some cheap, simple style. It's 'dis-turban,' but dad's trimmed, 'aisle' swear." Give Jack's Jingle Box to the Kiddies Third Page From the Last WOMAN ARRESTS HUSBAND AND GIRL Mrs. John Bundick, of Virginia, Nabs Couple in Broad i Street Station MOTHER OF TEN CHILDREN .lohn Itumlii'k, of Patksb'f, Vu. ' knew he had made a serious mistake when he nrrivid at Itn.ad Htr-et Stn- tion late last night with n ycutig i woiiiiiii timeiuig eoiiiiiuiiioii unu wiii sei.ed about tlie neck bj his wife. "Abu!" she shrieked, clinging tightly to him. llundick's companion. Mrs. Helen Hoe, dropped her traveling bag and st.tt ted to lice, but she wns hnlted h.t "Lew" llalley. railroad detective. The two prisoners were tnken to City Hall and lodged there on n charge of dlsorderh conduct preferred b.v Mrs. Ettie Ilundick. the wife. An'ordiug to Mrs. Ilundick. for some time she had suspected her husband, and when she learned yestetdav that he was planning a long train journey she decided to investigate She took an earlier train ftom I'arks ley and arriving in Ttroad Street Sta tion enlisted the services of ltalley. The two lav in wait for the train which Mrs Ilundick thought her husband wart on. As liiiiidick and Mrs Uoe walked through the gates, Mis. Ittindlck took cnto of her husband, und Itailey if his companion Mrs. ltundicL later told Magistrate Itenshaw in Central I'oltiv Court that she Mispcctcd litt husband of no infatun tion for the woman. "I have borne him ten children Hi., u-ifn --'ml "Ir H.ieiMs Hint he hn been nftriieleil liv n voilllirel nnd nrel irel tier woman thuti I am. The magistrate held UundicW and Alts Uoe in !?G0O bail for a fuither hear itig Mnrch 21 PEACE PROSPECT SEEN IN PACKING INDUSTRY Report Tentative Agreement Be tween Employers and Men Near Washington, March 22. illy A P I As the cabinet assembled toduy to consider the controversv between tne J lent puckers and then cniploves. theie vtere rcioi ts rhai a tentative agreement was being iippro.ii lied. One plan being con -nlei cij was that the wage teiluc lions whiih went into eiTect .vcstcrdav should stand, that the puckers agivi; , to extend the Altschuler agreement urn - 1 iding for seitlemeiif ol different cs hv a pcrmnueiii ailntrator and that He i eight -hoiii diij be agreed upon subject to peculiar condition-, obtiiining in the I pin king lndustrv I Parlies to the . miferences, wliuh have been oinlui ted with Secietarie. Davis. Iloiiver and Wallace, icfuseil to discuss the ii pints und nhinet ollicials !..!..!. ...I i... : iiuiiuinim u no ii Hence, it was snul, v.,.,..,,,.., ,1... i ptospci of a tenta liiid tesulteil ftom pri- i, ...,, ..... ...... Tje llgreeiueill Tllte isintcreiices h ciricers last night representatives mid 'in n tiie caiunci with the pinkeis' bv Seiretat.v Davis this liiorniiig with tin' siiiknsini.i fm tin1 that plans in-vvuikei- Asia Minor n'e WrLFARE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER ACCOUNTING HARIUSBURG. Mnich 22. IVIoinbeis, 0f the state commission of public v.clfni'0. which Hitccecdcil the commission of '-nfety ar.'l (hftine. will lake up the Strauss resolution call inn for nil nocount Inf whm they meet hete tomouow. This mcetiiip vni culled some Mine aso to clo60 tt) the nftnlis of the Lody. The ictioit of tlie safety nnd defcrtbe body wns publibhcil some time njio. IORTH GERMAN LL'OYD INCREASES CAPITAL WASHINGTON, Mnich 22. Cnnitaliuatiou of the Noith Gct m.'iu Lloyd Coinpnny heb been iucit.itril fium 12.'),00t),0L)0 nuiik. to 'jO.UOO.OOO nmikh, the new issue ot stock to ji.u tp.-ip.we in (uvplei ii tnininjio hi 1021, .tccoi-cUtig to .t iepoit to the Depnttiiuii. ol Coi.it .'.. toilay liom Coiutil Gcnen-.l Cofthi, ot Bi.l.n. Con stmctioa of shipb atul llu ilt-vclopmeut ot service, he caid, are ex pected to bo c.iuicd out by this, iucicasc in capital. BOY DEAD. 6 HURT IN CRASH Train Strikes Truck Carrying 30 to Basketball Game Near Syracuse Sracuse, Manh 22 One buy was killed and six uthois were jp;,ired last nighl when llio sciond Linniri express nil the New York Central lines crashed Into n truck carr.ving thirty boys nt Klrkville, twelve miles east of Syra cuse. Tlie bojs all were tiom Marcellus and were on the wav to Kirkvllle for a basketball game 'I'lie truck was hurled into a ditch Fiirmers rushed to the aid of the victims Harold Wilson w-ns found dead and six of his com panions In Bcrious condition were rushed to Syracuse hospitals, w illi' rittirn Prifr ( Wur Mini Pubtl' I,"0fr t'ompim Gets $100 Prize EDGAR JONES (ill! . Lemon St. Lancaster, I'n. Giant Dreadnought Leaves Ways as Part of Big Naval Program ROOSEVELT AT CEREMONY) tl 1(, pies.-n f AsMMant Seere tlirx f ,. Vv TI dure Itoosevelt llll( .listineuished gathering of gov erll.Ml and shipbiiiMing nilieiiiN. ti,,, siiiierilreuilnaiigbt. ( "lorinlo. was launched without mishap o'clock this afternoon from at 12:-H covered I LAUNCH COLORADO AT CAMDEN YARD wav at the Camden jiud of the New , tlmt this competition will he augmented. York Shipbuilding Corporation Itailroad ojipositioti to the remission As tlie huge fighting crott took to the."'' t"""' "l"it Aiiiericiui shipping In the Delaware thousands of men. women , 'J"'1" ' !r,ri,l"M""."lln',rk l!" , . ,. , .. . tented (lie tree fulls legislation when and children, commanding vantage j it was before Congress in mitt, though. points for a mile along the river fiont.'ut that turn , the powerful opposition of lifted their voices in ,. r which m.u - I Xenntiir Ellhu Hoot to the bill on th gied with the vvhist.es bel.s of tb, , " li,!' nti'ltiKlijlS rivir crnfi ( vague suggestion that it would seriouiily Mrs. Until Nicholson Melville daugli- i embarrass him in his relations with ter ot I tilted Mates senator Siiimici I). .Nicholson, of I olor.ulo, christened' the sin. Tuken bv mum ns a gooil omen, a In ttle of water was used in the christening I'eiemon Instead of tin- cus. touiiir.v isjumpaguc. The watei was sent b.v the governor of Colorado A moment utter tlie .siiperilie.nliuiight iail glided down the wa.vs .mil was nlln.it. Assistant Secretin. v Itoosevelt was asked if he would penunnlh push the big naval pi'ograio. "Will I'' You ten 1 will." he re plnsl with u vigoi which charm leiijied tt'e tlltelHIicis of his fathei Among the visitors on tiie sponsot's I liluttorin iv liei the battle . i lift. ivn I Inillli'liril vveie ciiator I- teliiighiivsun. i i oiigrcssiiniii I i Panels., n. of the I First New .lei-siy district, anil t 'on I gres.s;nan Kelly, of Michigan I Marvin A Neelati. pri'sidein ol the .New iitk .Milpbaihling I 'oriporntion. unu 11 a. .iiagoiiu ni-si vii c iienent. were iioms to tne visitors ininist i ill ion is cmnmittul not only to The Colorado is the hngesi warship remission of tolls ii,on i nnstwisi ship ever laiiiiclied in the Delawaie She is i ping, but upon nil American merchant 1124 feei long, with a Kspliicemeiit ,,f shipping passing through the canal, .'I.'!. ii(HI tons, which is tiilil toils heaviei i President Ilnrdiug. in his speeches dur- tniltl the Idaho, the llltges liie.ioliH hilt tiesiii luuncheil in ilie Delavun' Her tuur prupellets are eittiitillv driven, u ml will develop ;js ihiii hots,. pow e GREEKS PREPARE FOR WAR New Offensive Afjanst Turkey Ex pected to Begin Soon Ciiiisi.tiiliuople. MiihIi '.".' i l . I P i- Oreek fmies in .s.n Mmoi mi leportnl to be eneigi 1 1. all v prep.iimg for a new oflensive in tlie due, tion of i I'ski Shrhr an iiupoilnnt citv in the interior of Asia Minm more than half wa to Angola, from the Hieek ociu-i pntiou ilea aiotiud Sinvrna It is I llllileistoiid the offensive will begin late' this month 'I'lll'ee i hisses nl in mile w ci i . ,iiied suiudiiv bv King Con . and n piii is i iveii mid appear ii. in.u. al. l lileek offensive in in pt-i p nation i in tne 'niurs ,m stauiinc nf i ,ree tion, Atlcns w. ARMY OFFICER ROBBED Judge Audenned Caustic to Captain Who Admitted Drinking How have the niiglin t.illen. Ui .lllllge Alldenrieil s Mills;,, , mnliii in to Captain Weslev Km- I ; .. who admitted ill inking in a saloon at F.lovenih ami Aiih lun. m tesiifv mg about a robbeiv n, win. I, lie was' the victim. Captain knu said In liuu n few drinks" uiili Mn Inn I o'Cuiintll, ot Knston, and that nfn r leaviii", O'Con nell followed Inm to his i.tom ami tobbetl him of $1110 O'Conuell plcmleil that he litul been in Philadelphia eisht months and had been unable to find work He was sentenced to eighteen months PRICE TWO CENTS j Mi flGHTHSlN BF CANAL TOLLS President's Plan for Free Pas sage of American Ships Faces Opposition COMPETITION OF WATER LINES ALREADY SERIOUS Crave Position of Steam Roads Adds to Complexity of Problem PROTESTS TO BE IGNORED Little Doubt Felt That Congress Will Repeal Present Law n.v CLINTON V. (.ILUKItT Min" 'orre.iMnilent Kienlne Piildle Ledger roniiinni. toil. u I'ulhc I.ctlo'r Co. Wusbliigton. March 22. -- President Harding. In Ins tirst message, is ei jiectcd to recommend legislation grant ing free passage through the Panama canul to American shipping He will er outlier special opposition from the American tuilroads on account of the set ions tltiani'ial condition in which thej now tind themselves. Itecaus,. of the low 'freight rates on shipping pi evading and the high freight tin iff charged b.v the railroads, the com petition of tlie canal route In now sen oils If the tolls charged for the pass agi t ships through the cnnnl are re mitted, it IV fpiir.ift lit tl... Hnll.AJd cutain toreign tiovvers. contributed to making free tolls impossible Itailro.ul Opposition Serious At this time, howevtr. the railroad opposition is nmre serious because of the grave financial condition in which thev find themselves. In 11)1" canal i oinpetition did not threaten the stabil ity of the roads themselves It merely piomiscd to reduce their profits. At this time it will immensel.v complicate the problem before the government of seeming I'm the railroads an adequate return upon their capital invested The Republican position in IDIfl wan in favor of no tolls upon American co,istvit shipping in the cnnnl. All the ICHiluig Itepublicnus. with :i few c options including Senator Itoot. were for the hill. It ha- rema.ned the pnrtv position evei sm, ,.. being re- I nttlt med and bro.ulened in th ( lllcago iiiatiorm ot mm. mi t nit now the ad- ' me the caiiiiaigti. emphasized ills dec I 'aratlons fot the tiee passage of Amcr- ii an snip I tit t if ihii railroads are weak, so in Vmirii n it shipping PieMdent Harding n.is two weaklings mi his hands instead ot one The mil ion owns u merchant in 1 1 ine mi wbn li U i losing SI, 000. 000 u ii.iv I' inns! make n market for these ships 'Ihev i an onlv he operated at n disadvantage nonpareil to British men hunt shipping Our seaman's law governing coiuliiions of enioloymcnt upon Ann in an inert hunt ships makes the i ost of op, rating tlniii higher thau the i ost ot operating Itritish and other foieign sh,ppmg This country has not the c). peril in e in foreign trade which Fnglnnd has Moieovei. wheie pn seiiger ships ni e i mn ei ned, i he dry law of this louutiy make travel ou an Amor it .in vis.el le-s pleasant for moat per sons tiiini on foreign ships i ine wav to hung about a pant) b iweeit Aiueiiiiin and foreign shipping In this p.n-1 of i he wot Id is to favor Amer ican ships passing thioush the Pannra Canal bv it i emission of lolls It is this . niisiiif latum which letl the tcpubli .ails at Chii.iUo to tioclare for no tolls on all Ann in an -limping, instead of milt mi i oast w isi shipping in which tllcle was no i nltipi titiaii between this i u lit rv and loreign nations Mop CiMired hy Cummins liccnuef Mi llnrdiug hus this task t huildiiig ii i 1 1 licit in merioan hot loins op his hands it is not doubtsd i lint lie will rctoninioiid and that Con gress will miss a law peiinitting Ameri 1'iin shiiping to puss tliiniigh the canftl v nipt froin lolls The daiiiaic this will do to the railroads will not be suffl- ieiit to tlt'ier the administration Sou nun Cumiiiiiis. vvhu is .nor' concerned wiin the lute ui the null mills thun any me else. Iiiuisi Ii fin ors remission of tills to American shipping in the canal. 'hit iiniliu t subsidv to American shipping involved in this legislation will in i iin-iiloi.thle The maximum toll now s i! 2il p"r mi ton icgi. tered From inis the elinige inns down to soventT- wii .tuts a ion loi ships traveling In ballast A lli.iMiii-tmi ship would PT fi-uiii ?"2iio to S12 (Kin for ii passage tin-in!'.!!, iln canul Coiupelitoi- nl It.iilroJtls Al iri sent tin i .mill is an vffectlie .mnpclitor with tin railronds. owing i.i th- last increases in might rales on lu,- hut' r Id nods ut tin- War De pnitmeiit -luiw tlmt in the hrst five mouths .iff r tin- in w rate- went into effect, Sepli'lnliei- lo January .'II the tonnage of ves-t-U pa-sinn through the uiiiiil totaling ."i2.i o'.'l pared with .villi. ."si. in the live previous months In la uiiiii-v of this vi ir the total tonnage was l.Vi.s.,',1 mule than double any month precctliiin iln- imieiise nf rates The eflul i'f dist eiuiiti.ttii.il in fuvop of Aiii'-ni .,n sliipiuug in the Panama. i. innl toll will be in put liallic bftWPPn tins coiintrv noil Latin -Amencil and truth- hoi w i en the eiisi const nf thin niiiutiv ami Australia and Asia Inrgel) in tin bunds uf American ship owners. This ills in with the vigorous trade. pulii-v to whiih the Harding adminis tration is cumiiiitted in Latin America anil the Oiienl It will tend to fclr liier the division ot the world for trade purMises between this country and (heat llritaltl. of which signs are fir. V ginning in inpiypiy. ..' vf .ffv-J jC-ltfelffaHrtv "ku$S3'X-tf ! ,,.A, .?fsj n ' f 'S..'".HVj.tj;J,Ht A lv,.'', iViilci.&il.'it'TV Jr ' iIiM.j.i'ai"1 -- . , w
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