.. . ''-?t"?jfc-"'' -jv 1 "i ' f iiU-, ' . i . - m-, ,,,, -.. -,..- frrv vn it EVENING PUBEIO CEDaER-PHiEABEEPtaAV' SATURDAY, ilAKOH M " m -m rv . i ; wxl - I Ml Ik ffi ijl E WITH SOVIEI ENDS Conditions Laid Down by Mr. ( Hughes Make Resumption of I, Commorco Unlikely 1 ADMINISTRATION IS UNITED ' n- I he Associated Prcs Washington. March !!tl. Condition laid down by the State Department as prerequisite to nny resumption of trade relations between this rotintry unci Bovlct ltiissiu. while dealing oxelusUol) with the economic frniltios of the Soviet nystem. were regarded today as striking bo fundamentally at its entire structure as to have ended viftunllv all possi bility of an early resumption of com mercial Intercourse between the two countries' In a statement yesterday, replying to the recent Soviet message to this gov ernment proposing n reopening of trade relations Secretary Hughes declared the United Stute.s should nol consider Buch n course until fundamental changes had been made in the economic system underlying the Soviet regime. Safety of human life, guarantee of property right, free labor and observance of the Banrtitj of contract" were nmong the requirements laid down, (inly by meet ing thrse requirements, the (statement said, could Ilusstn hope to nchleve eco nomic rehabilitation and rebuild her foreign trade. Issued b Secretnrv Hughes nt the conclusion of a two-hour discussion of the IlusMan question at yesterday's cabinet meeting, the statement, which was transmitted to the American con sul at rteval for delivery to the Soviet authorities, wns regarded h having the solid bucking of the administration in defining the nation's future policy in dealing with the Bolshevist Govern ment. VALVE OF RUSSIA . TRADE IS DOUBTFUL Helsincfors. March IM iP.y A P i Extremelj conflicting views are e preyed b) Americans. loth here and In Stockholm, regarding the poihi1itv of unj extensive trade at present with Soviet Kusin. Some declare that there are huge potentialities in Russian trade Other take quite the contrar.x view It is pointed out by many Americans of the latter opinion, including repre sentative of large banks und general importing and agricultural machinery concerns, that the jiIo of gold by Hus sia to the Swedish bunks has rolled up a comparatively large ereillt balance for immediate purchases of food, agri cultural machinery and transportation equipment When thK balance is ex hausted, however, these Americans de clare they can see only lln and lum ber, with posihly some leather and platinum, as commodities which will be nvailoMe for export from Russia fur several vear to come. One general importer who i par ticularly interested in flax said the I'nilejl States would have verj little chance to obtain nny of the pre.-ent Mippl. which is smull. as it nlreadv had been largely pre-empted bv the British $1000 BRIDE ASKS SAILOR TO COME FOR INSPECTION If Rhode Island Suitor Falls She , Will Raffle Herself Off Trenton, March I'll. After lurning down a Philadelphia swam jesterday. Dorothy Miller, the prcttv sixteen-ycar-old girl who has offered her hand in marriage to any white man of edu cation and refinement, who will pay $1000 for an imperative operation upon her mother, aunounced today that she had wired an ex -sailor from Rhode Islund who had sent her a proposal, to come to see her. "I think 1 will li'.-e the ilor," she said, "but I've got to sec him to make sure " If the sailor fails to come up to her expectations Dnrothr said sio would raffle herself off in a marriage lotterj . "I will Hsk 200 good red-blooded Americans to send my mother $5 for her operation then I will sue each rny photograph with m name on it nnd will agree in two veurs' time, or when I nm eighteen. I will select my future hus band from among the lot " Dorothy was rpjltn cnthii-.iniif about her plan, but said it would "nil de pend, of course, on the sailor" she ha Inrlted for the "once over " MOTORIST HURT IN CRASH Driver Blamed for Accident to Have Hearing Today in Allentown Allentown, Pa.. March it! Charged with driung recklessh on the houleiuid hetween this citv and Hethlehem, .Jaiin .-, M. I'orter, .Ir son of an Kaston busi ness man and formerlv a member of the facility of Lafayette ( ollege, was ar rested here yesterday. It is alleged Porter's car collided with tin car of "William .1 Stem. of Hethleh'in. enousl injuring the latter I'orter alos Ir charged Mith dm ing a car while under the influence of liquor and without a Pennsylvania licence lie was relensed for a hearing todav. Porter was acquitted of a charge of manslaughter in connection with the death in 1010 at I'litasaiiqua of Lieu tenant .lames McKcm. who was killed by an automobile said to have been driven b Porter TO REAPPORTION HOUSE Scientific Redistribution Plan Being Prepared by Census Bureau WofJilnclnn, March 2( (Itv A. P I r-A scientific plun for reapportionment of representation in the Mouse is being prepared by an advisory i oniuntteo of the census bureau und will hi' lwhinittcd to the congressional committee luiirinaii when the extra session of ('ongiess con Ttnea nxt month Upon failure in the lan ( ongre-is of the congressional rcnppmtionineiit hill passed by the Mouse. Chairman Suiher land, of the Senale census , omnuttee requested the cnnuniltee of ixpirl- to draft recommendations Ir limiting. ton, of Harvard I'niversity. heails the advisory body and has ad lud Senator Sutherland that the new ,,,n will be completed oon It contemplate nfd r sttldy of the lOltl census, nnd population distribution, n scientific plan for setting House membership between the simi,. The basis of representation. hower, would be left finully for Congress to .determine MORROW AS CANAL GOVERNOR Wwlilncton, March LVI.-Uly A. P.) Lleulenant Colonel ,Iuy J. Morrow, army engineer corps, is understood to bare been selects! by President I lard Inj as gmeriior of the Panama Cunal Zone to till the vacamy ciiused by tho resignation of Colonel Chester Hani inf. Colonel Morrow is now acting b0' ernor of (be zone. ' PE PA ! BP!' :bbbbHmbbbbW IH ' A' -jbLLw ALFItKl) CROCK l'"our-ycar-old boy who was hilled by a trolley car opposite his home, llS Ridge iienue. BOY KILLED BY TROLLEY Child Runs In Front of Car and Is Injured Fatally Alfred Croee, four yenr sild. -ll"S Ridge avenue, was struck nnd fatally injured by a trolley car opposite his home last night. The child hnd gone across the street to purchase n bng of candy. Returning home he dashed in front of the car nnd the motorman was unable to stop in time to avoid hitting the boy. A wheel took off one of his arms uud his skull wns fractured He was taken to Memorial Hospital, where he died this morning. The mo tornian. Harry Pollock. Dauphin street near Thirty -second, wns held without bail today for the nctlon of the coroner, by Magistrate Price. Horn Says Mitten Makes New 'V Club Cnntlnunf from I'sice Onf the company and the Public Service Commission. Mitten's 1Ofter The letter of Mr. Mitten to (he Mayor outlining his latest proposition follows: "Considering the execution of a con tract covering the operation of the I'rnnkford '1 nnd Ilustleton line, in conformity with the conditions set forth In my letter of yesterday, and also the rate of fare to be considered in con nection therewith. I desire to reltcrnte the thought expressed by me at the meeting in your oflice. That re-establishment of P. It. T credit, so essen tial to accomplishment, depends not only upon the assurance of a sufficient fare to cover the period pending flnnl adjudication of property valuation, but also depends upon the spirit of co operation existing and the help given P R T by the city government, and pnrtictilarh by the Department of City Trnnit. in the development of a well and economically operated transporta tion system "Since our meetine of resterdav. I feel that I should now state that, with the approval of the Public Service Com- mission, I urn willing to undertake the added burden imposed by the Frankford i. nnu Musucton line, without Incrcas ing the basic fore of seven cents cash. but with the clinnge to five tickets for thirl v-five cents insteud of four tickets for twenty-nve cents as now. "Since the operation of the Frank ford '1 during 1021 is the goal towurd which we hnve nil long been striving, I would suggest that the legal depart ments of the city nnd company make every effort to cut the red tape sur rounding the awarding of construction contracts by the city. to the end that .ill possible construction work on Frankford '1 be turned over to P. II. T. for completion so that its effective organization can be immediately di rcted to this accomplishment." Therp are implications in the Mitten letter thnt the company l not receiving proper co operation from the city, and also that the Department of City Tran sit has been responsible for delays In the construction work. City Willing. Niya Twinlnj Asked today if there was any basis for these implications, Director Twin ing, of the Department of City Tran sit, said "the city 1h willing to hare the company do everything it possibly enn to hasten construction of the line.1' When asked if the suggestion of Mr. Mitten that the construction work on the. Frankford elevated be turned over to the company wns warranted, Director Twining smiled hroadh but declined to comment. At present there are only two stations lo l.e completed, one at Huntingdon street, the other nt Falrmount avenue. The station nt Huntingdon street is already under contract. With these stations built the only remaining work will be the connection of the Frankford l.ne with the Market stieet disrated nt Front nnd Arch streets. The two lines are separated approximately one hun dred reet The drafling of a tentative lease foi tl.e FrniiKford elevated was resumed to day at Citv Hall by City Solicitor Smyth, Transit Director Twining, Coleman J Joyce, counsel for the p R. T., and fJ. A. Richardson, vice presi dent of the compuny. Mr. Smyth an nounccd the fare question would not. be di ussi d Favorable action on the Millar li.ll w.is urged on members of the State Senate nnd House from tnii itv in ti legrams sent today by William .1. Na-h prisident of the I'tntrd Itusiness Men's Association This hill grants the Public Senice C mmission power to nnestigate the ruiUil" paid to underlying companies of a public servire corporation and to reduce the rentals if they are excessive.. Tl.e Millar measure is sdnduled for final nnditig on the House i nlcndar next Moulin night Mr N'ash said today a innwrm of iln heal delegation favors the hill "An eniiouneemenr of a P. It T ilehctt, Mr Nash said, "simply meuns the compain is short of rent If this ridiculous and prohibitive rental charge were eliminated and tin high wages ;ll'l some of the men reduced, there would he no necessity for a further in i reuse in fnre Then is mi appeal now pending be fore the Stale Siipn me Court, tilt d by the i it and the I'nlted Ilusiness Men's Association The appeal was from a decision of the Superior Court- di missing nn order of fhe Public Scmn Commission whp h directed the P R T (' to pi cent facts loncerning its underlying rentals. It is understood the lease will he rushed to lompletinn so it nm ho pre Milled to Council liev't Thursdm The representatives of the city and the com. pany plan to work tomorrow on the draft It will be submitted to Minor Moore in lube for the transit confir eme T llCsdlll BREAKFAST FOR JOBLESS Rescue Workers Entertain Unem ployed In Frankofrd More than ItlO unemployed industrial workers were given breakfast at the American Rescue Workers' headquar ters, 20111 Prankford avenue, this morn ing Later in the day baskets of food were given to fumilles of johless men. The riiMiiuntinn serves soup every day, all day long The movement is to relieve the stress in this Industrial section. BERGDOLL RELEASE HANGS ON POSTAL Effort to Free Slacker Brother of Fugitive in Germany Comes Up Today PRECEDENT TO BE SET Kansas City. Mo.. March 20. (Ry A. P.) Whether mailing of n postcard constituted sufficient notification of n summons to the colors tiqder the selec tive draff net (a the principal point in volved for decision in habeas corpus proceedings on call In rcderal Court at Kansas Citv, Knn., today to bring about the release from prison of Grwln iierguoii ot rnnadclpliia. Rergdoll, brother of drover Hergdolt, draft tlodgcr now In Cirrmnny, Is serv ing n live -yenr sentence in the federal penitentiary nt Leavenworth, following conviction by court-martial on charges of falling to report for military duty durlug the war. It is expected the decision will deter mine whether several thousand alleged "slackers" will be brought to trial. Rergdoll contends that he never received notice to report for mllltnry service. The government contends a postcard notice wns mailed to him, nnd that proof of mailing Is all that is required. Hergdoll's attorneys seek to prevent the introduction by the government of this testimony, claiming that It is not properly admissible in habeas corpus proceedings. Defense attorneys say they expect to prove that the court-martial was Invalid because the record falls to show that Ite-gdoll received n draft notice. LEADS IN WELLESLEY DRIVE Delaware Makes 100 Per Cent Show Ing In Endowment Campaign Delaware residents have made the best record to date in the drive of Wellcslev College alumnae to raise n $11,700,000 semi-centennial fund, uccording to Mrs. (leorge Racon Wood, local chnlrmnn. who claims a 100 per cent showing in the cnnwiss of that state. Closely following Delaware, which is the first state to make a perfect show ing, come York. Adams and I.ancnster counties in Pennsylvania, says Mrs. ood in her statement, given out fol lowing the receipt of word from nntinnnl headquarters in New York. "This district, which includes Del- aware, southern New Jersey nnd Penn sylvania, hn.s already raised almost half of its SliOO.000 quota." stntcs Mrs. Wood, "and I expect other states a'nd other counties to follow the example nlresdy sot by Delaware where every graduate bus subscribed to the fund which will endow faculty salaries and erect uew buildings." GAYNOR PAIDJO FREE SON Ex-Mayor of New York Gave Woman Large Sum. She Asserts New York, March M. A statement that the late Mayor Gay nor paid a large sum of money to Mrs. May Oddo Gnynor upon her promise not to con test the annulment suit brought against her by his son. Rufus. nnd thnt while he wus mayor he directed that n mar riage license be isMiod to her nnd Nel son (iammatiN, a lawyer, is made in papers Hied in the Kupwino Court in it suit by Mrs. (Inmnians for u separation from her third husband. This and other incidents in the tangled mnrital affairs of Mrs. (lummans arc described in ntlidavits submitted to Jus tice New burger on un application by Mrs. riaminans for alimony on the ground thnt she and an elghteen-y enr oll! dnughter. Constance, by n previous husband who has been adopted by (jnmmnn.s, have no means of support, while her husband hns a Inrgc income as mnnngor of the San Juun, Porto Rico, branch law office of Rounds. Hatch, Dillingham & Di'beolse, of this city. James P. Chapln to Lecture James P. Chapln, assistant cura tor of the department of ornithology of the American Museum of Nuturnl History, New York, will lecture Monday evening in the lecture hall of the Academy of Natural Hclenccs. Mr. Cliapin was one of the two members of the American museum Congo Krpcdl t i on whh'h spent six years in the heart of Africa, five of these in the north eastern Relgian Congo. Mr. Chapin will speak of his experiences with the bird and other life of the Congo forest nnd the Savannah country of the Sou dan to the North. Mr. Chapln's pic tures have been selected from thousands of negatives secured by the expedition. Deaths of a Day William H. Vanderherchen Willtum II nndcrherchen, ninnufar turer of awnings und banners, died ; yesterday He lived at 1031! North I ark avenue, and his business establish- ment wns at 111 nnd Jlfl Callow-bill ptrfer Mr Vanderherchen was u member of t'ovennnt Lodge No. .fKl, F. and A. M. ; Harmony Chapter. Kndosh Command er. . Knight-. Templar, nnd Lu Lu Temple. The funeral will be held nest Tuesda afternoon ut 2:.10 o'clock from his late residence. Hurial will be in Mount Peine Cemeterj. James S. Whitney's Funeral Funeral sen ices will he held todar in Calvarj Presbyterian Church, Lo cust street near Sixteenth, for James S Whitney, former cur-wheel innnu fueturer and sou of Asn Whitney, at one time president of the Philadelphia nnd Rending Kailwny. Mr. Whitnej, who was ninety -one tears old, died Saturday nt his home, Ifl'J" Summer street. Of lute yrnrs he wn.i ncthe in edurntional and philan thropic work Mr. Whitney is survived h two sons, Asa W. Whitney, of Bris tol. Tenn.. and Thomas It. Whitney, of Philadelphia, and by two daughters, Mr Theodore Weise, of Munich, Oer man.v, and Mrs. Wakefield, of San Jose, Calif. Mrs. Henry E. Haupt Mr. Henry L. Haupt died after a it rnkc of apoplexy yesterday at her home, '.'2r South Fortieth street. She was a daughter of the lute W. II. nnd Mary A Witte Mrs. Huupt was an nlurnnn of tin1 Mornvian Seminary at Hethlehem. n charter member of the Philadelphia Choral Society and tho Philadelphia Music Club nnd an nbso uate member of the Fortnightly Club. She is survived by her husband, a sis ter Mrs. A. T. Smith, of this city, and a brother, William F. Witte. of Spring town, Pa. The funeral will take placo on Tuesday afternoon. Services will be rondueted by the llev. J. Henry Harms, of the Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion, Twenty-first nnd Chestnut streets. Dr. James A. Dale York, Pa., March 20. Dr. James A. Dale, former state assemblyman and prominent banker, died today. He was seventy -seven years old. For many ears Dr. Dale was n Republican leader In xork county pontics. MR. POTTS PERCEIVES THAT FOR ONCE HE WAS NOTBEINGSPOOFED West Philadelphian, Father of Four, Balked at Com ing to the PhoneBut That Special Delivery Letter Made Him Change His Mind One Hundred Dollm'8 Daily For the Beat Ltst line Supplied by Ang Reader of the Evening Public Ledger to the Incomplete Limerick Which Appears Below ' . RULES OF TnE ' iSii:f1.". opn ,0 "ay pn- All that If reaulreu for a, ia a u .a wt nA raa In your Ut linn (o ths Mmerlck. u nr for convcnlanco the couoon minted i ior j-ou to io ! to write n rour Urt linn to ths Limerick DtlOW. Plata writ, nlalntv and tut f Mr in 'da your name and addrets. 1 ?VW ,0 ,h Umerletc whloh ti Printed btlow muet be received at the onice of the Evisiso l'CBLio Lidoib by B-..nioc, Mondav MenlnK. Adrtresn TUB WINNER OF TODAY'S CONTEST WILL BIS ANNOUNCED ONE WEEK FROM TODAV "mice; hoi numoer mven on coupon Cut Out and Mail BvEjrrNO. PnriLio Lr.notn, TO THE LIMERICK TONTEST P. O. Box i:S.i, Philadelphia. LIMERICK NO. 90 A farmerette down on the farm Concluded she'd buy an alarm. Sard old Mr. Brewster, "Why, lady, the rooster (Writs your anawer on this line.) Name Blrttt and Xo. City and State Today' winner was selected by a Jury of chairmen, eastern committees, Mount Holyoho ColleRO endowment fund campaign, at a luncheon Riven by them at the College Club, 1300 Spruce street, rhotograph on-back pace. Monday's winner chosen by a jury nf employes of Lulgl Illenzl, costumers, 1714 Walnut Mreet. Mount Hnlyokc undoes ever thine, thnt Wellrsley tiieil to do for culture in thli contest. A pun hns won obhIii, but by a very narrow pnueeze. Despite the fuct thai it hnd uothlnR to do with groceries, which were the mnln topic of our limerick, it was put on the bitllot becauo it was a good, eny-reading line, and pounded "natural." The sort of thing a nun might hnve said in such a fix. So many contributors, digging like gophers for mit-of -thp-wu. inctlioils ot paying simple things, forget that naturnlnSHS counts a little nnd that n logical line makes a good impression ns a rule. Wo renlly think thnt sonu juries nwnnl tho prize to puns because they think it's u In mode, and for no other reason. Unfortunately, we get very few Hues to select from that nrcn't puns. We gnvc the Mount Holyoke jury five minutes to decide in, and they "done noble." Never have we heen thirteen women ballot So quickly. True they came in near n deadlock ns they could, but that tsu't important, now As for Mr. l'otts: Hr"s nf Hritish descent and hns four children and has been out of work for two months. Also they've been spoofing him about the contest, so that when he was cftlh'd to the nearest telephone he wouldn't come, lie sent little Willie. oleen. It took a special delivery letter to arouse Mr. l'otts' Interest. That letter, mailed nt Fifty -second nnd Market streets station at 7:15, reached Mr. l'otts shortly after 10 the next morning. It told him that unless he established his claim to the winning limerick by 10:.'t0 the prize would have to be awarded to the net in line. Arbitrary but necessary. The idea was to mako him believe he'd won. You should hnve heard him on the telephone at 10:.11! He was born at Marcus Hook, grad uated from Wilmington High School nnd Ooliley College. He followed tidewntcr up us fnr ns Philadelphia, where he has REHFUSS ESTATE $32,000 Widow Left Property of Late News paper Man An estate of $.TJ.000 was benucattieu to his widow in the will of George W. Uehfuss, 'J.ini Lumber! street, which was probated today. II" was real es tate editor of the Pl'w.to Lkhomi. Other wills probated included those, of Elisabeth V. Sdilamozitz, 24H0 North Marshall street, $20,000; .lulius Stock er. ."02.1 Market street, $4000 ; Mary (). Cotton, 50 Fast Walnut lane. S.ntVIT : MHrv Clarke. Jasper and Adams streets. $loWX). Inventories were filed -fir the estates of John D. MaKulre. $31 .ft'12.00 : Hot tie H. Herkenstock, $8787.08 ; Sarah II. Brown. $4370.75; Elizabeth W. Kem per, $4035.31, and Laura P. Mllliken, $1H,002.00. OPPOSE CATTLE SHIPMENT South Dakotans Object to Sending Herd to Germany Trirp. S. ! March 20. (By A. P.) Authorities here are taking extra pre cautions to prevent further Interference with a shipment of 000 head of cattle which have been corralled for shipment to Germany. The herd wns donated by farmers ia the vicinity of Scotland, Hon Homme county, and was to have been shipped from that city Wednesday night, but the cattle were mysteriously released from the corral and it was with dlfli culty that thej were collected again. Ilepojts, from Scotland indicate thnt further efforts will bo made to prevent the shipment. TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES Horn I. C'hrlnman, as Maplewnort m and Mri 13 rnlmnr 4MB York rl, AloKn'ler H lUthflnMrr N'w YorK N Y , Mid Kmnu I.lntz 1114 Karl st William r Yot .banndale. Pa , nnd Alwo M (Iron, 8.1 w 1'nnnmn el William A Kvn tl2l Walnut at , nnd 8I.U M HDthr I1J N Mth xt ChurlfH P. Iliriley. M2R Hpmr nt and Mnd'lrn H. Wolrourh. 142R Porter t Charlm McC!hln HOM Harttlle si . and .MukkI llrunka. 20.1S Hartvllle it Jamf Urin 1S12 Chrlallan at . and Otr- alrtlnn Carliir. 18 PrlcQ at Hror M. Hupnaon, 132 Trailer nt., and Allc J. Ilurkhorn 14M N B7th n William Oot, 4S0U llooistalt houlenrd. and norencn rahrlnior. 3S21 rrankford FrVnk J Hannan 1RIB Stllea at and .Mary MeCartor. 1W Htllfa ft Oeoricn II nallantlnr. 2H DoKalb sq., and EliTla N rhraim 8724 Walnut at. Walter A Bold. '-'111(1 Annln at., und Paulina K. H-n- 1"" t7th at L.011I11 Toetow. 120 .N ,'3d at , and Anna M Murray 2140 IVmbertnn at Hall Nauman, 714 Kalrmnunt vc , and Hara Wlaaman. lS-t" N BOth at noy Johnaon IB'18 N .AlJ-r t.. and Kllta- li-th llutchlnann. 1321 N 2Mn at John nradv, 8; N 45th at , and Hannah M Iloyla 20 W. Somaraat at. rharle V lfeahur 1S43 Krankford a , and Annie Jlltherlnirton, n20 Parkaldu Prank Duckett. 4314 Pottr t . and Mar aarft B Mahonuy, 200 H JJutchlrfiion at litnJamln V Trono, Hanover. IU., and Ella llalllncr. Yorlf. I'a , Joaoph Nuaabsuirer 4SJJ Orlanna at . and Jane Cummin". t62 N. JUlnti at. LIMERICK CONTEST' Answers left at the cfflce ot the Etkmno re duo Linoca will a.'ao be . ndmlMlble. 3. The winner of the ONtt TTUNTnBO DOt.LAn prlie for the beet lait line to each Limerick ;k win m ami ha l.lmartslr la will be announced, on weslt aftF? the Mmerlck It printed. 4. In ran of tlet, f 100 will be awarded to each aucreatft:! ronteatant. (I. The ncliton of the judires In each umaricK corneal win be nnai. been n stenographer clerk nnd other things around factories nnd offices ever since. He hus four kiddies to support and u wife, nnd this hundred looks mighty big to him, he ndmlts. Here nre the names of the college women who awarded the prize to Mr. Iotts: Florence Clement, M. Mar garet Maj. Helen II. Heycr, Mrs. A. M. Holding. Mrs. Clinton A. Strong, Mrs. H. M. Crist, Mrs. K. ,H. Hnin mond. Mrs. I G. Crnmtnelln, Mrs. .1. M. Iloyd, Mrs. Clinrlcs K. Steven-. I.oulse Connolly, Leah Fedcr, Mary Hershey. The winner: , WILLIAM .JOHN I'OTTS, 0338 Theodora St.. West Philadelphia. His limerick: it rjroccr irith too much homr-brrw dot ennfmrd and he xaid. "A'oic fcncio That thnc goodi on my shrives Would get mixed tri'ri rArmscIrca--I'vc an ocean to ship the whole crew." He received six voles. Xo. ;i got five otes and No". 10 uud 1 each re ceived one. The other lines ou the roll ot honor were : Nn. 1. "Them's grounds to for Sal Soda to sue." C. K. Ilrcnrlcy, Swarth more, Pu. .i No-,.-J. "Tl,t 'fH got my flour 'barrelled' too." Mrs. M. B. Mulfuid. St. Luke's School Wayne. No :i. "For the moon shine's in groceries too." 11,-nry Clurk, 53(1 cst Huntingdon street. No. -1. "The dry with the wet Laws, some stow!" Mrs. Murv Voor hees, 2(M0 North Ilouvler street. No. "i. "Peaches dressing arc raisin' this stow." .T. C. Kcchhcrry, MM t hestnut street. No ft. "It's u cui-ua-mon can't bo true, 'blur.'!" .lames C. Cnllahuu, enre of Micheli's. Philadelphia. No. 7 "For the sailo in a welgh's tipsy too." O. J. Morrison, dr.. Mar tin & Wil-on, Sudcr uvenuc and Swanson street. No H. "Slimlllnc i-nrli t ,...1 pine 'butt' 'fir' 'yew.' " .1. A. Duvall '.i!7 Kentucky avenue, S. V., Washing- iUII, U. I . No. 10. "IJut the cheese, was quite Mrnnc mid pulled through." Q. J. Morrison. Jr. (address above). LODGE TO LEAD IN SENATE Slated as Head of Republican Steer ing Committee Washington. March 20. fBv A. PA Senator Lodge is to be ehulrpinn of mo uepublliMii steering committee ns w'll as Senate floor leader for the ma jnntj, according fi plans made by the Republican organisation. He will suc ceed Senator McCumber, of Xorth Da kota, as head of the unofficial steering committee, which lias a large part in directing purty action. Senator McCumber. who was n mild reservationist" in tho treaty rontiovcrsy and not in harmouv with a majority of the Republicans .A that "litest, has been given a place on the committee of committees, hlch makes jiihlicnn assignments. Scnntor La I ollette is n new member of the steer ing committee. PATROLMANJJUSPENDED Man and Wife File Counter Charges In Arrest l"hn Cramer and his wife, Dora, who were arrested at Broad street and Montgomery avenue last night charged with disorderly conduct, were dis charged todaj by Magistrate Kenshaw nt Central Station. Motorcycle Patrol man .loh,, l.ewis. against whom thev tiled (oiniter charges, was suspended rom the force and will he given a hearing befo,0 the police trial board Inter There was an automobile accident at Broad street and Montgomery avenue ast night nnd some one telephoned I ruiner to coin,, take the smashed up car nwa. His wife went with him. Shcn they readied the place some one else was on hand who wanted the job. ui u'Yl "n ,"lt0"'"'on in the midst of which Patrolman Lewis appeared ami arrested the Cramers. The latter filed counter clmnres against Lewis saying lie was drunk. l.K.Ui.lVKRTlHKMF..VT8 gCJy3 .NOTirH IH HKKKIIV OITEN Til VT .. . .. 'J? .rorartn.rthlp lifrttofara con dudfd by tho undfralancd. under tin tlrm nam' of """ niAui.r-s i:. iimcki.ky & ro . w I'h 'iff leoB at 111 firoviway n(j JUh ,trrt and nth Hvanu. Nw York city, nn Hut. at.! lloalnn, Mam.. Halem. Mtu , and 30n WldiU nr llulldlm. Philadelphia, Pn .has thla da tn dlaiolvxl Ijy mutual conain" Charl's K. HrlckJty will onraKe In th bu. neaa of nvntmi-nt acvurltlaa at sVi Mxl.im lane. Nfw York city under the naino of rilAKI.KH K lK!CKI.EV. W .1. MiOIInn, J. iluaiell Duller and War irn Ackerpian haje thla Hay formed a now coparlnerahlp, under th firm nanus of MeAlJNX & COMPANY. and will conduct a general Mock brokeraae and Inveaiment accurltlea Nuslneta at 61 llroaylway. nnd 44th at. and nth. ae .w York city. 63 Mate at.. Iloatoij. M.u, , SHiem. Maaa.. and 300 Wldener Uultllnc, l'hlli. delphla, l'u. J. nrjssr.1,1, iifTi.Kii. PsUd March 24, 10JI. """;, WAGES HOT FIGHT on yjpys Senator Parry Attacks Valua tion Plan as Wodgofor Ton-Cent Faro NEEDS ONE VOTE MORE Srlat niapatch to Hvtntno FubUc Ltdocr Trenlon, N. J.. March 20. Senator Parry's fight to free the new board of Public Utility Commissioners from the mandatory features of the Allen rallwny valuation net ot ivm was renewed yes terday in earnest when the Fssex scnn tor hurled another broadside into .the traction magnates. Senator Parry Is ursine the Legisla ture to nccept IiIh bill which will permit the new utility commissioners to exer cise Independent judgment lu deter mining the nluntlou of the Public HeryJfL Hallway Co. nnd Trcntou nnd Mercer County Trnctlon Corporation for rulemaking purposes. The Parry bill needs one more vote to pass the Se'nntc, Senator Marlcns. of Hunterdon, Democrat, stands nlonc among the mluority representatives iu silent opposition to the Parry bill. Five Demoerntle senators Simpson, Barber, Heath, Brown and Kays Toted for tho measure, as did Ilunyon, Smith, Whit tle, Bright and Parry, Republicans. Senator Parry is gunning for the ueccs enrv eleventh vote. Senator Parry said if the cngincerim firm of Ford, Bacon tc, Davis, of New York, report n valuation of $11)0,000, 000 for the Public Service Hallway Co. there will be a higher fnre. "There is no other state in the I'nion in which trnctlon magnates have dared to pass u law so unfair to the public ns the New Jersey valuation net of 1020," said Senator Parry. "With the de feat of my bill nnd the passage of an antijitney bill, the Public Service Cor porntion feels the ten-cent faro already within its grasp. Who do you think will win?" ' Itepdbllcnn State Chairman K. H. Slokes regrets the Assembly's nctlon in stripping him and the Democratic state chairman of 'the power to appoint members of tho county election boards. The Plerson bill passed by the House grvcR me uppointing power to the twenty-one" county chairmen in each party. .lonn .iiuton, personal counsel to Governor Edwards, was boomed today bv the Hague machine us its next can didate for governor. Mr. Milton is cor poration counsel of Jersey Citv. Public hearings will be given in the Senate Monday afternoon otf the bill lo place jitneys under the jurisdiction of the Public Utility Commission nnd Ihe antilnudlnrd measure to prevent dis possession of tenants who pay rent rrguiariy. JAPAN DECIDES TO SEND WARSHIPS TO KAMCHATKA Government Displeased by Cession of Part of Republic to Russia Tokio. March 20. (By A.' P.) Japan is understood to have decided to dispatch u battleship and four destrov ers to Kamchatka for the purpose of protecting Japanese fishing enterprises there. It is said this nctlon was taken following reports that the Fnr Eastern republic had ceded part of the peninsula of Kamchatka to the Soviet Govern ment of Moscow. Viscount T'ehida, Japonese foreign minister, declared In the House of Peers at Toklo on Tuesday that Japan would he obliged to adopt whatever action might be necessary to preserve her rights in Kamchatka. He said the Japanese (io eminent bad protested the cebslon of part of Knnichntka to the Soviet Government and had made live demands relative to territory there, but thnt the Far ICastern republic, the seat of whose government is at Chita, had not answered. UNDECIDED ON SUIT Former McFadden Governess Too III to See Attorneys The conference Madame Jeunne Au herlet was to have had with her attorneys over the advisability of a suit for al leged false arrest against George II. McFadden, Jr.. has been postponed to next week because of tho illness of the former governess. Madame Auberlet was freed bv Jiirfen Johnson nt Media Wednesday of charges of larceny nnd consplrncv. The judge ruled that Mr. and Mrs. McFad den had failed to make out a case agninsr uie woman. J. Borton Weeks, counsel for the former governess, id today her ill nc.ss in dun to her arrcbt nnd the strain of six ilajs in jail. Charges of larceny nnd conspiracy also had been made against Blanche Muguit, a former maid In the McFad den household, because nf the disap pearnnce of the jewels, worth SCOO.OOO last October." ' Mile. Mnguit yesterday called at 1T'4 Walnut street, the McFaddenV town house, and obtnlned her personal be longings. Sh is under $5000 bail for a hearing April 2. SHOT IN FIGHT FOtTgUN Man Injured When Brother Tries to Disarm Him Lawrence Corcoran, forty .three years old, of .1120 Memphis street, was shot In the left side when he and his brother, James, fifty years old, were struggling ior possession or u rcuicr. The wounded man Is in a serious condition in the Episcopal Hospital and the brother under nrrest as a material wit liens. James Corcoran told the police he and his brother had been out drinking together nil day yesterday, and after they came home last night liiwreni'o went to his room. James wondered why the brother was so quiet nnd followed him upstnirs. He saw him sitting on tho edge of the bed "fooling" with a revolver, James, fearing that it might go off, tried to take It from him. The gun exploded. James called the Belgrade nnd Clear field streets station and the wounded uian was taken to the hospital. Old-Faskioned Jewelry rcsot and reconstructed in the newest and most artistic forms ot most moderate charges. J. E. Caldv?ell & Co. Chestnut and Juniper JUSTIFIED, SAYS BULLITT Writer; Criticizes Lansing In Open Letter on Latter's Book Now York, March 20. William C. Bullitt, n newspaperman, formerly of Philadelphia, who went to Soviet Bus Bin on u special mission for the Amer ican pence mission. In nn onen letter to Itobcrt Lansing, former secretary of state, takes exceptions to statements mnue uy tne latter In his new uook, "The Peace Negotiations." Mr. Bullitt cites Mr. Lansing's course In revealing now secrets of the Peace Conference as- Justifying Mr. Bullitt's statements to tne nenatc loreign rela tions commlttco in September 10, 1010, of confidential remarks made to him by Mr. Lansing, for which Mr. Bullitt was severoly criticized. The sthtcments concerned the clash of opinions between Mr. Lansing nnd President Wlluou. CONEY HAS CHANCE IN TEN TO RECOVER X-Ray Photograph Shows Frac ture of Throo Lumbar Verte brae Aviator Cheerful By the Associated Press Natchez, Miss., March 2tt. With his back broken and his body paralyzed from the chest down. Lieutenant W. D. Coney, transcontinental flier, whose nlrplnnc crashed near Crowvlllo, Ln., yesterday, while he was .attempting a record-breaking flight from Jackson ville, Fin., lo San Diego, Calif., today was battling for his life in a Natchez hospital. Physicians sold he had about one chance in ten of recovery and that his condition was "very serious," but the flier himself remained cheerful and expressed the hope ho would yet be able to make the flight. Lieutenant Coney was brought here from Crowvlllo by way of Monroe, La., last night. Au X-ray examination showed fractures of the third, fourth and fifth lumbar vertebrae and physi cians expressed the fear he also had suffered internal injuries. This morn ing considerable fever hnd developed. The flier's mother, who watched lilra hop off nt Jacksonville early yesterday morning nnd who wns prostrated when she heard of his fall, la en route here to be with him. The lieutenant explained that his mishap was due to englna trouble, which developed after he had been six ho,iir' In the nlr nnd which forced blm to descend. In landing he struck a tree nnd was thrown from the machine. He wns unconscious when extricated from the wreckage by a farm hand who had witnessed the fall. ATLANTIC CITY JOYOUS ON EVE OF EASTER Boardwalk Presents Brilliant Spec tacle After Morning Fog Lifts Atlantic City, N. ,L. Mnrcli 20. A heavy bank of fog which .enveloped the resort early this morning lifted toward ten o'clock, a warm sun broke through the disappearing mist, nnd before noon the thousands who had invaded the city for the annual Easter nornde were en joying the delights of nn early June dny. At noon the wnlk resembled an Easter Sunday morning In point of crowds, nnd In point of styles, u day in early. summer. Colors were perhaps more pronounced thnn for many seasons past, women vying in their display of brilliant hues, both in headgear nnd gowns. Skirts nre. If anything, shorter than ever. Tim feature of the pre-Enster parade this morning, was the appearance of fifty beautiful models on the wnlk, ar rayed for the most part In the last word in knitted garments. ltnllroad men estimated that the three lines entering the resort would bring 7.1.000 people here between now nnd to morrow morning. All trains are run ning ln sections, and more than the i usual number of Easter specials ore lieing operated. Several of the beachfront hotels are filled to overflowing nnd last evening they turned applicants for rooms away. The side avenue houses were busy to day taking care of the surplus. Elaborute programs bnvt" been pre pared for the enjoyment of the visitors this evening. The event tonight of chic! interest to Philndclphians will be the performance of the Mask nnd Wig club of tho I'niversity of Pennsylvania, at the Appollo theatre. TO CONSECRATE CHAPEL Services Wednesday for Thomas Chapel of Mediator Memorial The Chapel of the Mediator, nt Fifty first and Spruce streets, memorial to George C Thomas, will be consecrated nt 10:"0 o'clock Wednesday morning. Bishop lthinelnndcr will be the conse- crntor nnd will be nsslsted by Bishop Gnrland. In addition to the conseern tion nf tho chapel, there will be n festi val for the entire nnrlsh of the Church of the Holy Apostles, Sunday evening, April .1. More than four thousand invi tations have been sent out. The cornerstone of the chapel was laid in 1010 and for the last two years workmen have been engaged In finishing the interior in time for the consecration. The stained glass windows on the sane, tuary, which were executed by S'icoln D'Ascenzo, depict in medallion 'form the life of Christ. The Bev. Dr. Nnthnniel S. Thomas, bishop of Wyoming, nnd former rector of the Church of the Apostles lu this city, will bo the preucher. ANASTASIA'S SON IN ATHENS Young Leeds Flies From France to Join Greek Princess Athens. March 20. (By A. P ) William n. Leeds, Jr., scventccn-yeur-old son of Princess Anastnsia of Greece, formerly Mrs. William B. Leeds, of New lork, urrlved heresies terduy by nlrplnne from France to join his mother, who recently underwent a Young Lewis landed in Cherbourg from the steamer Imncrator Sunday "- Vi" VV " w'icre the niriuunu wan uwiimng mm. . UNSIKG ALSO Senators Declare Poaco Confer. UMU0 oxory uondomns Secre . taryaa Well as prosidont NO KIND WORdTor AUTHOR rc the talk of tf..i.i i..?'.1? ' ' Senators who fierCd ,.,; T'"' contents and those L " ...., ' ln tained copies of the book d The,' ' views avidly. ,hc " Almost without exception the , came in for condemnation for his .. Kven Mr. Wilson's bltterej t JJ cared the Lansing book ,hoed h "cnunlly to bo condemned " M Ilepublicans and Democrats natural,, took opposite sides of the control over President Wil.on's nolleis. j attitude as a genera, rule8. SeHt;nb llcan senators who helped detent .? Versailles treaty were e.pH.5X,, World Has Forgotten "Dr." wn.' Senator Mcdlll McCormlck, ffl liean, of Illinois, said: PUl" "Whatever opinion the reader .. ' form on Mr. Lnnslnc's , ,B,J . Paris, he can Vm !.?. n r?'Ma t treaty and covenant for the Vnrac w. ' Rnnii: "" l" l"K" ron by thi I uThT ?'orld1haH forgotten Dr. Wit. son. Let US do an Inn .....i ...'. ""' heart set to work construcUv yW pair the damage. Let iih Inhnr i. If" J rSalm of realitL and l""prd li. J ' u, i,Scm"M o common econS life of Europe and America." Ic Senator G. M. Hitchcock (N'ebr.i. ka) Democrat, who led the flght ratification of. the treaty, "w C hf not had nn opportunity to read ILm. sing's book but hnd read part of hi W1lsnntCn,,0hf,,S,,''mC,n'-,C,,u """Weed,,: W son published in maganlno form mVn my ij,J'1Fmc?1 I're-ldeiit wLa made n mfstake In taking Sccrc '! Jwn'J0 1';uroP,c,.n?, hnmlllntCT there," Senator Hltchcncir .u ft,, r questionable whether SecretarV Lan sing coultl have rendered uny rcnl . ce to the President under any cnnJI tlons. But having been taken to I',t be should have been accorded Ihe con sidcratlon given the high official, of t p ovcrnments nt the peace con' , "In yicw of their relations, it I, ob vious that Secretary Lansing , ,,it'r, fairly. His Iwok could not be fair, in ho Is necessarily bitter over the way he w-as treated. Judging from what I rud ?i ,li8 ,nr1,,,0,?H' .wh,ch I'rrecded public tion of the book, Lansing considerablr overestimated the relative position of Clemcncenu. and I have no doubt he greatly underestimated the position and service of Woodrow Wilson." One senator, who said he had not been able to obtain n copy of the book, declared that from a reading nf the re views, it wn apparent to him that Wil son and Lansing were equally to w condemned. He took the ground that Lansing Miould have resigned and told the country what was happening at Paris. ' Another Tteniihllcnn tn.in. ei4 2 If what Lansing tnys iu his book ii ' true, it was his business au(t his ' triotic duty to quit the Peace Con ference nnd inform the Senate of Ihe facts which he now publishes, many of which we discovered for ourscivm." Lodge Mule; .Moses Blames Wilson Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, cBaif man of the foreign relations commit tee, who led the fight for reservations to the treaty, has read .the Lansing too. but refused to comment on it. One of bis confidants said he understood the senator would have nothing to fay citier now or Inter. Senator Moses, of New Hampsbirt, one of the "bitter enders," said: ".Mr. Lansing states and his boor shows that on President Wilson alont must rest the responsibility for the failure of the pence negotiations ii ' looKea upou from nn American stand' point. While the book presents a se vere indictment of the President's poli cies und actions nt tho Versailles con ference, tho author has been more than fnlr to him considering the treatment he received from him afterward, and he appears to have gone out of bis ; to cover up nnd make excuses for tin President's shortcomings." Several senators who declined to be quoted, declared the book reflected "dl credit alike on the President and till secretary of state.'' There were no kind words anywhere for Secretary Lansing. IKATH. FOX. On March 1, 1P2I. ruVIJ) VOX. of Woodatown, N. J., (locd fathir ut Ail tor M. Vox. llurlcd March fi, 1(!1 lliar.EY. March Sli. I0KI. JOHN' J.. J ot tha lata James and Maraarrt Ulster. Dat i.ulU'c ul the funeral will ti uh'n (rom li'l Into rcaldnnco. 2419 N. Marihall it KKNNA. March 23. JULIA M . dauibttr nf James and tha late Man- Itrnna (nt-;l-Huco). Relatives and frl'ndi alio II . M Sodality, are Invited lo afend funeral. Monday, 8 tt. m.. from lol- resldenci. Ill MKhalo ae., Falls of Hcliujlklll Hliri mm Ht. Hrldet'b Church. n:30 a. m. Irlrm(nt Wcxtrnlnatcr Cemetery ..... WBLliK. Suddenly. .March i'l WILtlAUi son of Kred and Ixulse WtAe used !? IV nrnl nrlce near Yardley at parenli riy dvno', Yardley. P., Tunday. .Murch Vl. Ul p. in. Cnneyancos will meet train li Yardley atutlon lcalnr Iteadlnr Tirmlnjl UH7 a ni. Trolleys at Wat's corner, U'l ley, 10:30 a. in, ,.nur dTAATS. On March IB. 1021 OI'0rR?,' 8TAATH. aa-ed HO years SerNlf" ,en Tut'' :ay afternoon, at 2 o'clock, at tli-I rlendjB M. K. Church, near SniKii" I'l ,'vh' mar bo lecd on Monday eenln. al iw OlUor II. Balr Illd.. 1820 Ch'Jtnui n rniiuaeipnio. ,.,, P'CtfNOn. -At VUiMUnn " of Ilrldtet ond Ihe lata Michael OCmMf. r.ged !I3 yeara. Ilolatlvea and frlri'J; ' Invited to tne lunerai. on ,' ": ,;; at 7:80 o'clock, at hla li!, cl,lcn'' m ',i i-uinai! at. Maaa of aoleinn requiem Church of Our Lady of Mercy at 'l" Interment at St. Mary'a Ccmetor) ilt Uf tlfl. IH. Nation 8exttt err tccl It can be nnaeaod up la thirteen woedj the moit dT uie with the peatt meaiureofeomfott nd enJoTmeat. SAMUEL EARLEY MOTOR CO. 676 N. Broad St. I 21,t Im V aueoorul ',,'rf.W ' . t c I I ) "V A . -, riJ-Vlt-m', ,., j,jj,4
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