5wi,:."oi?Ri" rv'" '3"T,t'il5ii'vv', 'r ? " r "1" .-W? m fH rw$wO fT 5Tr Wl"-M"" W r .1 rnt d CARDINAL GIBBONS' BODY LIES IN STATE Simple Coremonles Mark Ro- niQval From His Homo to Cathodral 12 MEN ON GUARD ALL TIME IJy the Associated Pre IlaHlniore, March 28. The body of Cardinal Olbbons was borni thin morn jn(r from the bedchamber In whloh ho dll Inst Thursday to tne uuncurai, where It will He In state until Thurs dn. the day of the funeral. The rcremony of removal was simple. Headed by an acolyte bearing a cjosh, the member of the Cathedral staff of nrlest carried the body through the coured passageway connect ng the resi dence with the church. Ilehind marched eltht chanting seminarians. Arrayed In the' mass vestments of an irchbishop. the body rests upon a cata falque erected at the head of the center elle Immediately In front of the altar. The Cathedral within nnd without Is draped In purple and black. Day and night until the hour of the funeral guards of twelve men, selected from the different Catholic laymen's so clctle, will stand beside the bier and each doy from early morning until late at night a "guard of prayer" from the Daughters of Isabella will kneel in the mwi offering prayer for the repose of the soul of the honored prelate. The six front pews had to bo removed to make space for the bier and for the procession which will be passing It continuously from 11 a. m. to 11 p. m. today, tomorrow and Wednesday, the time the public will be admitted to view the body. ' The first ceremony of tho funeral was t requiem high mass this morning for children, celebrated by the Rev. Louis R. Stlcltney, rector of the Cathedral, aislsted by priests of the late cardinal s household. Every parish school and Catholic in stitution In the city sent a delegation of from ten to twenty boys nnd girls ch and they filled the edifice from altar to door. After the mass the children filed past the bier for n last look upon the features of their beloved cardinal whose fondness for children was proverbial. The body of the prelate Is pitifully emaciated, but there Is no sign of suf fering on the face. Ai soon as tho church was cleared of the children the doors were thrown open to the public which had begun to awmble as early as 8 o'clock. POPE RECEIVES CARDINAL Philadelphia Prelate Has Audience Lasting Over Half-Hour Homo, March 2S. Preceding his departure from Rome tomorrow, bound homeward, Cardinal Dougherty today was rccolved by I'opo Renedlct. The cardinal's reception by tho Pontiff was most gracious nnd the private audience lasted more than a half hour. Afterward, the pope received tho Yerv Rev. Joseph A. Whltaker, of rhttadclphtn, who had accompanied the cardinal to the Vatican. IWoro leaving the Vatican, Cardinal Dougherty visited Cardinnl fSaspnrrl. the papnl decretory of state, with whom he had almost cordial conversation. Cardinal Dougherty and his party plan to travel to Paris and to Mill from Cherbourg April 0 on the steamer Olympic, due to arrive In New York April 12. Cardinal Doughertj received muny Easter greetings from friendt here in Rome and In the United States, tho messages from America Including a large number from Philadelphia. HE CAME OUT FOR AIR Then Police Arrested Youth on Sus picion of Robbing House Ilnrold Dorfcj, Negro, seentoon years old, 174 Rast Stafford street, was arrested eftrly today b Patrolman Kroram, who discovered tho boy hang ing out of n window at tho homo of Mrs. Annlo Lovott, !h7 Rust Hninei street. The Lovctt homo wns unoccupied, and wns being funiignted. Dorfej had gone to a window for nir when tho of ficer daw him. A'1' a henring before Magistrate rennoclt, this morning, it was found that Dorfey Is wanted on an Atlantic Clt warrant for theft. He confessed to hnving robbed the homo of Robert I). Dripps. .inOrt Wayne aenue. l onrs bro. Up ,wis held in 1000 bail for court. PHONOGRAPHS A combination of merchandising ability and capital can control the distribution of the finest line of Phonographs in the world in this territory. C 412 Ledger Office. . Before Changing Your Banking Connection, ask a "West End" depositor why you should open your checking account with us th ere s a Si West end trust COMPANY Broad Street at South Penn sojjare SCOTT STILL CAN LAND 'EM ii i . i Bill Adda $1000 to Job Booked for Thirteenth Ward Leader Harrlsbtirg, March 2S. Tlie hill to Incmasf the salary of the chief of the Ruroflu of Standards in tho office of tho secretary of Internal affairs from ?ii000 to .$4000, is on final passage lu the Senate tonight. Politicians think the job, now vacant, is slated for Max Mayer. Varc leader of the Thirteenth ward, who Is now chief of the Uureau of Weights nnd Meas ures In the office of the county com missioners, The Senate has on Ita final passage list tonight the Walker bill, which has already passed the House, adding Penn sylvania members to the Dolawaro river bridge commission. Richard Wcglelu, president of City Council, has been urged for one of these placed. Mayor .Moore will also have a candidate for the other place. OPPOSITION READY TO KILL VICE BILLS Sowers Measure Restricting Police Work Booked for House Voto Tonight EDMONDS TO LEAD FIGHT Bv a Stuff Corretpondrnt Harrlsmrrg, March 2fi. Declsivo ac tion may be had tonight on the two Sowers underworld bills which would restrict the usefulness of the Philadel phia police department, providing Rep resentative Sowers, of the Twentieth ward, decides to press them to a final vote In the House. Friends of the Moore admlnistra Hon hope Sowers will "go to the bat" tonight so that theso choice pieces of underworld legislation may be wiped off the calendar. The first of the Sowers bills is on the House "final passage" calendar, marked "postponed." It can be called up for final passage tonight. The sec ond of the bills, which has a similar Intent, Is up for final passage. The first measure provides that In the case of arrest without warrant, as In a raid on a gambling house or a place of Ill-repute, the Jurisdiction of magis trates shall be limited to their respective districts. That Is, if a man were ar rested In one district, for gambling, he would have to be taken to tho mag istrate of that district; he could not be taken to City Hall. Furthermore, If a man suspected of being n crook were caught in one dis trict he could not be taken to City Hall for the purpose of finding out If he was wanted by the police of Philadelphia or any city. City Solicitor Smvth suggested amending the hills so that the powers of the committing magistrate In City Hall would not bo curtailed In any way. This amendment effectually disposed of tho plea thnt the bill is opposed because It would prevent "kldnnpping" on election day nnd tho "chahing" of a political worker from one station house to another until the election was over. Franklin Spencer Edmonds, having noted that an effort was being made to deceive legislators from other counties, by talk of election -day kidnapping, an swered by presenting Mr. Smyth's amendment, i.nd saing that such kid napping had not occurred for many enr, and certainly not under the Moore administration. The second bill increases the penalty against u policeman for failing to take prisoners to the nearest magistrate. Mr. Rdmonds will lend tho fight against the Sowers hills on the floor of the House, if Sowers goes so far as to press them in the face of public opin ion in his home cltj . "MORAL GOWN" IN PARIS Dress Designed by Local Clergymen a Hit Abroad Philadelphia has given Paris a fash ion sensation. Tho "moral frock," de signed according to specifications lnid down by locnl ministers, has taken tho limilevurds b storm and threatens to supplant the tattooed stocking and the illuphanous skirt. At the Auteull races, which were held esterduy, tho "inoial gown" was in troduced bj Princess Rospigllosi. When the princess entered the Inclosure a gasp escaped from a group of women attired in such thingH as monocles, rat tlesnake shoes and dlnmond-studdeil Hindu robes. The princess' gown wns made at u fashionablo shop at the Hue ile la Paix. It was cut along the lines decided upon bj Philadelphia pastors. reason : ? mrarr VRRBVMj t m Efc EVENING PUBLIC ASSEMBLY STARTS E Legislators May Reach Point of Dropping Jdbholdors to Find Funds SCHOOL NEED IS URGENT Dv a Staff Coi-rtspcndent IfarrMiurg, Mnrch 2S. Memberi of the Legislature are becoming despernle. The old question of revenues nnd ex penditures is more acute. Kicks irnlore nrn liflnr rintt-1 fmm nil over tho state because of the pro- iosoa policy of retrenchment ounrl the public school s.stem. The kicks are so numerous nnd-romr of them so bitter thnt soma members cannot stand the strain much longer. A proposition hns been advanced cry quletly-to look over the economy program mapped out by Harry 8. McDevltt. secretory to Governor Spronl, when he was secretnrv of the now de funct economy nnd efficiency commls slon. Members realize a sincere effort In the-direction of real economy must be made fl more money k to go to the schools. If some nrovlslnnn In n w. port really were adopted and put Into effect n number of nersons mm- . nected with the state payroll would find wicmseives separated from the meal ticket the taxpayers now provide. tiling ndicntes thnt the aero hour hns ..- " -mikkciiuii iii iininir cimn n uiuvru ior some members. Report Hidden With Relies McDevItt's report, which mado i comprehensive study of the state gov rrnmpnr lAtrArhn. w.i.i. ... i - " ti real economy recommendations, wns adopted br the urBiuiurr uunng me Jirumbaugh nd ministration with 1nnl nlmiita nt .. proval. Then It wan filed away among ti 5tn?'t .l0 dispatches of Oncral """" " urieni. Rut no ono nirftf YmtlmA.i mm.l .1 . vr " . ;,"'"""-""hum' iiuo eiieoi. .- jinu men some eentleman xc h gold -rimmed spectacles nnd a historic turnofmlnd looks up some of Penn's old deeds, or peruses over the reports of tho r reneh and Indian war, but the economy and efficiency report, while musty nnd dusty, hns not been consid ered of sufficient vlntngc to attract at tention. Rut ogitatlon over the school appro priation has suddenly Imbued some leg islators with u burning desiro to as certain whether economics can be reached through some other agency than the public school system. The trouble is that constituent of some of the legislators, in writing them about the public school appropriation have been brutajly frank. Tho writers have not hesitated to pay their respects to a condition of affairs whereby salary ruinrrn Ko inrougn witn great enthusi asm while a financially abbreviated policy is adopted on the school question. Intensive School Drive On Since Governor Kproui Informed a group of school teachers that the reve nue in sight for the next two years would not permit a greater Increase to the 524.000.000 appropriation for schools two years ago than $6,000,000, a regular drive has started over the state. Much of the impetus for the drive has been supplied by the school teachers themselves. They have gotten "mad" clean through at the legislators nnd hae resorted to an organized propa ganda which Is being circulated through the medium of the school children. "Is there any reason why the chil dren of Pennsylvania the second rich est stute in the Pnlon should not bo so well educated as those of neighboring states?" asked a prlntPd circular being glTen wide circulation. "'Citizens of Pennsylvania, you are sovereign. Demand greater appropria tions for our schools and the great Penn sylvania school improvement bill will bo nut through this session of our Legis lature for our school children. ' Attention is called to the fact that while Pennsylvania is tho second rich est stnte in the I'nion she stands twenty-first in educational progrci.g and her HUN FOR EV N Ejjf . Priced With VftrjLe Because Priced l P Only One Profit w By The Producer BB 1 Via THE soft pedal is on Springtime Fashions. Simplicity is the keynote STYLEBILT Suits and. Top Coats strike no tone be low pitch in cut or cloth. 100 ALL-WOOL STYLED BY OUR T7. Hilton Company 1211-1213 Chestnut Street ins Ctoihtt Shopt tifPniKipat Cilia mUm NEWARK NEW YORK BROOKLYN PllADEU!nA CHICAGO SZSSft . LEDGER-i?HILAI)ELPHIA, 'MONDAY, Bill Permits Shrinkage of Kitchens and Bathrooms HarrLslmrg, March 28. Kitchen ettes more shrinking than the vio let will be permitted under the terms of the Rums bill which Is on final passngc In the House tonight. Mr. Rums hails from Judge Rrown's ward. Ills hill exempts kitchens and bathrooms from the requirement thnt rooms In Philadelphia shall have not less than seventy square feet In area. per capita revenue -s 'os In 1018 than anv of her adjacent srstcr states, being lust nbout one-hnlf of that of New York. , , , So acute has the situation become, that a general conference may be called by the Senate and House educational committees to try to dig up more reve nue for the school system. More reve nues will mean more taxes and more taxes will mean n fight In the legis lature SEEkTrMORY FUNDS $300,000 to Be Asked for Drill Shed nt Harrliburg Harrlsburg, Mnrch 28. The State Armory Hoard has decided to nsk an nmendment to the general armory building bill, now pending In 11 House committee, for $300,000 ror construc tion of n drill shed for the nrmory pro nnscil tn ho hilllt nn n site to be donntoil bv noonlo of Harrlsburc ond $30,000 ench for armories of Ent Htroudbur and Latrobe. Tho latter plnces linve units of the Thirteenth and Tenth in fnntrv rofflments. resnoctlvolr. In lew of the prospective transfer of Harrlsburg units of the Kigntn minn trv to cnvalrv and the location of Rnt- tcry A of tho First Field Artillery here the drill shed of the Hnrrlsburg armory would bo a big affair, sufficient to provide for various exhibitions nnd displays of the state government, in cluding the Department of Agricul ture's midwinter farm products show, various agricultural dlsplajs and the exhibition of tho Departments of Labor nnd Industry, Health, Mines. Forestry nnd Highways from time to time. Selection of the site is In the hands of a committee with which Lieutenant Governor Hdwnrd R. neidlemnn and Adjutant General Frank D. Reary urc co-operating. The site is to "be within easy reach of the Capitol nnd the build ing In accord with the genernl style of the State House group. Interpreters' Rlae to Be Pressed IlArrUhiirg, Mnrch 28. Represent!--tlve Raldl, Philadelphia, says a move will be made for reconsideration of the vote by which his bill Increasing the salary of court Interpreters wob de feated '1 st week. He orlglnallv pro posed ta Increase tho pay from .$2J)00 to $3500 If the bill Is reconsidered he will lower the proposed Increase to S.1000. LUCKY STRIKE cigarette. Flavor is sealed in by toasting JfaJhuj. tttn-(Z HANDTAILORED OWN DESIGNER i:i A i pasted SCHOOL BOARD BILL PASSAGE PREDICTED Representative Sterling Says Penrose Is Not Opposed to Election of Members UP IN ASSEMBLY TODAY llv a Staff Corrtipo tijrnf Hnn Ubiirg, Mnrch 2S. "Senntor Penrose did not sny ho was opposed to tho hill which would open the wny for tho direct election by the people of the Ronrd of IMucntlon for Philadelphia." That statement by a prominent mem ber of the committee of cltlens which called on Senator Penrose nt Washing ton Inst Friday, is considered Important with regard to the Sterling bill provid ing for the election, gradually, of mem bers of the Ronrd of Education. The measure Is on the House calendar tonight ns n special order for linnl pas sage In tho lower chamber. Mr. Sterling may have the bill put over until tomor row, however, if the ha tor holidnjs cause 11 "light" Hous tonight As a counter to this news from Washington is the comment of another Philndelphinn Interested In the success of tho Sterling bill. This was: "Simon Grntz, president of the present board, counts on the help of Senator Penrose In br'MKliig about the defeat of the bill." Howoer. Rotirosontiitlvo Sterling declared that despite Mr. Grntz or his AVARINE SUPPLIES for Your 1921 Fit-Out ' arb ready for your Inspec tion. 12cry bout needful that sou can think of Is here. Also the h a in o ' Vanderherchen policy at Quallt First nlwnys. F. Vanderherchen' Sons 7 " Water 81, ".It ic Sign of tho SaW iZimtiiliic In Csnrss Diamond Wedding Rings In any dost rod a(re tfr to harmonize ty'lA ijo EtySagameni fthd jDEING JVell Dressed is mere-- ly a matter of blowing where to buy your clothes. jj Well-informed men realize this and naturally come to Reed's to make their selections in Apparel. J Spring Suits and Top Coats of a Quality, Type and Character obtain able only here are moderately priced at $30 and upward. JACOB REED'S SONS U24-K26 Chestnut Street Office Supplies You Need Every Day ill n dry ". fca8fttt.J STATIOM-IHS RNflltAVKtlH rill.NTnUS 1II.ANK HOOK MAKKIIS lIVMNKhS FlIlMTt'ltK ' I'1' "i'l " UJfJJ.X. L. -J Cm fjj p J-i J2f- ( p 2 trrf NSKWrtffwftiW WfCm Chestnut Street at Ninth MARCH 28, 1921 frlendx. the bill was certain of passing the House. He says the senior I niled States sonator has not Issued orders ngnlnst Ms hill. "The bill." snld Mr. Sterling, "will pnss the House by n comforlab r inn jorit. I inn enrouinged ns a result of tho conference of citizens, men and women, reprcseiitutlve of the enlight ened thought of Philadelphia, with Sen ntor Penrose. Senntor Penrose's friend h altitude and m poll of tho members In the lower ohnmlxr convince me that the hill 'will pnss the Houe without any trouble. , , "The bill has been amended so thnt only two of the secn members of the' now boaid nre to bo elected next v..,..i,. fPI.. ntlirr K-i ninv h re appointed by tho hoard of Judges from out 01 tne proem inrinin-r-iiii' "i "i" if O...I tVicir, ipfl Bfttnn uiin ml not like the nmendment. They would pre . .. ... . 1 .i. .......Hii.. ler Hint HIP people nave ino ii)iiiuiiiiiiiij of voting directs nr"Ct November for an ontlrel) new board. My amend ments were mnde, however, so that the stigma of 'ripper' might be avoided. Portonnlly. I am more Interested In tho grndunl introduction of tho prin ciple of direct fiction than the per emptory elimination of the present bourd. (Vrtalnlv there Is no feeling of personal animosity." Man's Body Identified by Relative The body of a man found by fisher men March 10 In the marshes nt Pros pect Rank, Deering's Farm, south of this city, wns Identified today by rela tives ns that of Antotie Wi-lus, thirty olclit mn nhl. 11.T Hlirol stroot. Detec- itlves Abeam nnd Fretind. of the Fourth 1 street ami Snyder nonue station, de cided, after nn Invo'tfgnllon, thai Un man died of nntural cnu-o. r-ii: : ... - ".., ' VUIUIIS 19 IIUl U o"'- (There's not a piece of appa ratus in the entire institute. 'The Collins System is the expression of a new health- assuring idea. Tt must be experienced to be realized. Let us give you a demon stration treatment. COLLINS INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CULTURE COI.I.IN.S HI.DO.. WALNUT HT. AT 1.-.TH - llVbii ., Columnar PADS Variety of Rulinp 2 la 25 Column! Hoskins MITI INK NciDh tn'ttrr m.irle $1.00 Quart Hoskins Inkwell, $1.50 STATE FIGHT OPENS ON A UN AX Motor Interests Rosort to Let ters and Advertising to Block Cent a Gallon Levy liM a Staff forrMpondfitt Harrlsliiirg, March 2S. VllOoer suggested n tax on gasoline for the pur pose of speeding up the revenues of the state, started something. Protests against It uro pouring into tlie State Capitol nnd In some sections of tho state advertisements nre being printed cnllln? on motorists to write to Starting Tomorrow, Tuesday Morning Right when they can be of Immediate Service An Extraordinary Offering of Special Lots in New 1921 Spring Overcoats at Prices that show savings of from $7 to $17! Spring Overcoats conservatively val ued at $35 and $40, will be sold out in this Limited Period Offering, at One Price, $28 Spring Overcoats conservatively val ued at $45, $50 and $55, will be sold out in this Limited Period Offering, at One Price, $38 Live Numbers in this Season's Most Attractive Light-weight Overcoats conservatively valued at $35, $10, $45 $50, $55 all going at these two Prices- $28 and $38 Earliest looking gives richest choice.' Perry & Co. Sixteenth and Chestnut Streets Announcement THE MOTORING PUBLIC IS CORDIALLY INVITED TO VISIT AND INSPECT. DURING THIS WEEK. MARCH 28 TO APRIL 2. 9 A. M. TO 10 P. M.. OUR HANDSOMELY APPOINTED NEW BUILDING AT 933 NORTH BROAD STREET (NEAR GIRARD AVENUE) AND THE COMPLETE LINE OF NEW MODELS OF THE "ITSPLAK3FOR ITSCU" $1195 T O T IOUH i The Gardner Motor Co inc. ST. LOUIS USA THE VERTNER MOTOR CORPORATION ; 933 N. Broad St. . Phone, Pop. 1021 I Service Stution. 1310 North Fifth Street Phone, Ken.. 5855 3 their roiirosonliiMws. The proposed U.C is on' cent n gallon. Rivinucs lire the special order of tho week The lenders will attempt to solft the problem in a series of conference. Runlness concerns and motortruck owners tho "ship by truck" IntcrcstM nre up in nrms ngnlnst the gasoline tn-c. They sny It will greatly Increasrt delivery costs nt u time when normal conditions nre the goal of business. Stntitielnns of one of the big oil companies have It pretty closely figured that the gafollne lax would net the state two and n half million dollars tt 'year in r-wnue. They figure tbnt an lnerng)- of 200 gallons n yenr Is used b) owry plensure car In the state, and that In 111211 this would have meant for I the i"21,S.'4 enrs registered n totnl con sumption of l.'l.".lt7(I.S10 gallons, net- 1 ting u tax of Sl,:i."!l,70S. , Trucks nn- heavy consumers of gnso line, the overage being 2()."0 gallons a year, which means u tnv of $20.00 for each truck or a total for the state of $1)00.7-11 from the -IS.Mll truckfl , reglsteicd lust year. "i n Hi 1 l J Mi 1 N . A a ii Hi UM i 4-4A i , t -y A Wttr' iwfr"w'i .". -t . " . i. '-'. ,1, t r , -itiV) h , , HV , ,wM' jwca, .' iir.ir-M
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