?&; -r -'"-j,-' 'jwf?wm r. nn iV.' w. yts-j i : i !; m ItT u. . ? ! li, Imh' tf; D? Lm t; , I LEASE IS.BRAf II ? Tentative Plan for Renting Lino to P. R. T. Said to Gimr ' antoe 5 Por Cent FARE IS NOT MENTIONED A lease rrntinc the elty-bullt Frank ford elevated line to the riillndclphin Itapld Transit Co for operation was presented to Mavor Moore today as Hie rtntllt of conference between city nnd company official". While tentative, the drift of the lease marks the Urn lone stride toward actual operation of the hich-specd line linking the indti-trifil northeast with the cen tral cltv Construction of the elevated bnri tlve venrs nvn While Citv Solicitor Smyth. Transit Director Twinlnc. Coleman .t. Joyce, counsel for the rompnny. and O. A. THchnnlson. vice president of the 1 . 11. T rnrcfiillv pinnled the detail" of the lease, it is understood conferees dis agreed on all but two details. These differences of opinion will be none over ilns afternoon, when Mayor Moojp confer with Thomas K. Mitten, president of the 1'. It. T . and the other city und cotnpativ officlnts who hifve been going over all phases of the situa tion. Fare Not Mentioned. It Is Said The lease is said to contain no reference to the fare question. lr pro- Tides in plain language that the city ie to receive a 5 per .ent return on it investment m ""'l'-''-.''-""'!.'.'",'' Investment approximates sll.non.miii. It is understood the question of guar intccinc a ." per cent return on the $30.0(10.0(K) of 1' 11. T. stock was not Incorporated tn the lease. ThW has been mooted point between city nnd com pany officials It is conjectured to be one of the two exiting iint. of dif ference The transit compnnj is said to nave agreed to maintain two powerhouses, one" at Arrott -treet. another at T.otterlv street. The cltv will provide and equip a powerhouse at Kairmount avenue. The Kairmount avenue powerhouse. It W said will he the city's 'ace in the hole" should a serious difference of opinion develop after cars begin shuttling back and forth from Arch street to Itridge street. Krnnkfnrd. In dlcusslng tbe r'riitiKtnril eievnicu omc time ago Mayor Moore wus quoted as saying a city -owned power house would enable the city to supply power to the Hue in the event of n erlous disagreement with the operator. . does to Counrll Thursday After the lens" has been gone over thin afternoon it will be in shape for presentation in Council next Thursdaj. The first contract for work on the "L" was let August 10. liU"'; when the column foundations from Callow hill street to t'ntty street. Krankfonl. were contracted for. The entire line Is" now completed, except for physical Connection' with the Market street sub way -elevated PRIZE CATTLE SELL CHEAP Average of Only $1200 a Head Real ized at Sale of Holstelns Priae cattle exhibited at the second "Brentwood nationnl Uolstein exhibition, in the Commercial .Museum in me i m versltv of Pennsylvania, brought nn average of only SJ'Jtm a Head when the auction snies opened today. There are f!V) head of cattle ,u the exhibition. Several hundred wealthy farmers from points all over the P.ust arc attending the exhibition to bid on the prize herds. The exhibition con tinues until Thursday. Thirton head of cattle were .mo tioned off during the morning and brought $l".ll."0. This was considered a very low figure by the .lenlers. con sidering the value of the animals. The most notable ale today was a prize cow named Ilazehvood Ormsby Poseh. 2d. a famous nntinal that holds records fur exhibitions in the West and which to'.k the blue ribbon in her class at the Miitets at tb' exhibition when It opened esterdav She was enn signed bv C' A Harrison, of Seattle.. Wash Tli animal with u heifer calf wns purctuisod ov Adner P'-vsticr, of Readmit Pa . win, hid S'JlWi BUILDERS HAVE EXPOSITION Architectural Models Also Shown at Third Regiment Armory More than 100 exhibitors are par tlciputing in the real estate ami build ing expoit.on which opener! !ai night In tli- First Regiment Armory, Uro.ul and t'lillowhill treets. and will con tinue all week There also is an archi tectural (xliiliitniu The purpose ,,;' the exposition is t'i bring to li- ,'itietitlon of the public tile progress and development. of .he building 'ndustr.v m this citv and vi cinity Hisplaj- of all material winch enter into bui'ding "oiis'rnition. princi pally lio'isiiig, ar nV"nbled togeiner with latest inventions and improve ments. An Inter-siini attni'tion is the archi tectural exhibit where , displaced di' algns ranL'ini from i model of an ideal group "f municipal buildings to a plau for the Se-.iiicerite-in.iil Rxhihition for PnlrmoniLi Piirk. design, d In Paul P Cret ' BROOME AT MOCK ASSEMBLY Attends Installation at Wm. Peonj Hip," School "Legislature" Super itendeni of Public Schools Broome ms'le an inl'orn'iil visit to the William Peim High Sfhool this morn ing, si'l he arrived hi the institution in time to nue ol the ui.i.u.il i ii-'i lint i'in of "cnH und r"iresentative." to the "legislll' ire At tile efn bisii.tl nf the percsea r Brcotne . ri-ssi lii approval of the practice of .oniluci ing moi'k legislative bodies in t ,e lo.nl high s.-hool as an educaticnii in- i-ui He wn accom panied "II In vi"" '" 'he sehonl by I f Wlllinm I' l.evi diputv super ntend ent of pub1 insi'iietion and formerly prini-ipai of the ,igl "' 1 TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES Wiliium H.i. !"- '"4 N T"i nl ifir" K M.in-w" jln,i V ITsl'lll. -t Hsrmsti Vli !. I."''.' W v-r-ns. n. m!l. ,Nrnl.f lt W No" Wllilsni T l-''" ""I1"' !' " '" ""J Mll.t. V JMr.ln-.n 171 K'-.r-m- .-.. Hflrt I tieis.mii oil . Hi J'"1 Hn- rlet's I J' nn .till "it ; ' " unit U.,.,, I II; ,!- Ill'l IVI s .1 Mr-viniT i-w ii Hr..4.t an1 lnr r 1. Mil N 11 Bsvmen.l r fl- levn.l mi Frt'ih VI Me irrsn ' i i.-"i'" ' CU.tn... II I .. I.. Ijin f".iiiir...i . lluth I M' o l jl ,ri" "' Wsrrv '' Hn,iii 1J'.'7 Tumps ' .SV,rms 10 -"hB Mil Wrsni'ln e "l.,rh.e K II . Ml V lh . Ahffttluni I1 i I" .lee eilarvll'e IM l?r.h ll.rt'.nosn N pi . Clsrrni" Wsshlnictiin i'lt'l Dufnr.l hi Itlll" M Mirths ISl'7 linrreH nt Trunk II H.iK r .son Jlr..r nor) i (.fhnelil-i- V'l Huh "' tV'llltaiif II Imi'h S.10I t liywater jl Mnr MeK.own. JVir, lUlnhrM.e t ItilHl I- I" Mv Usr.lfn ,irlliB X I Blunt"' h M I'urke 2fl.1l H 7S.I l It.nft I T 11. ir 4KJ.1 llron-i St srnl ami lnr ..ni lilt unO I ..nn I- is.in A a AlUrt II- oph lfl'-'l t'uve it and Matllrl.n Waltar 1". Moi KI, IT13 Doumon at., and 3IIISC ". ' '-riiuin T s- BREWERYJ3ARAGE BURNED Motorcar of Bait- Company Lost and. Building Damaged Flr ditmnffed a one-story K.irago be, InncltiR to the .T. H. nnltz nretvimr Co . Thirty-first nnd Thnnvpsnn- streets. Ht 11:30 o'clock today. An automobile be InngiiiR tn Harry Halt wns destroyed. Workmen discovered tin' Arc nnd, nftor sendinix nn alarm, fought the ilnmes. Shortly after 'he lirvuien ar rived the roof fell In. The building was n one story structure of wood 'and oor niRnti'd Iron. The origin ha not been Ictrrmlncii. Philanthropic Impresario Saves Her From Marriage and Mother From Death !!! EVEN LINGERIE PROVIDED It pays to advert i! Hut for the kind offer of a noble the ntllcal producer, Dorothy Miller, the ixtcon-.vonr.old Trenton hiss who ad vertised for .'?1 000 to pay for an opera tion on her mother, would be the bride of some one whom she did not love. I.nst night the gentleman who saw in Porothv ji possible "star." and wanted very much to save her the tin happiness that; mlghr be the result of her h.'it niiirrirnft'. sent a telegram urging her to consider a modest offer of a thousand-dollar contract covering n period nf ten weeks, After a family consultation. Dorothy arrived in Philadelphia this morning, accompanied by he.r sister, Mrs. Mnriei Rhnnt. Dres-cil in a ditrk blue wool suit with a very short kirt. and a large blue hat to match, trimmed simply with n green ribbon. IVrothy stepped blithely from the train and posed graciously for newspaper photographers ami moving picture men. On her way to the the atre where jdio received H certified cheek that binds the agreement. Doro thy tnlked willingly of her great op portunity. "Olil It's So "Wonderful" "Oh! Its so vviridcrfill !" she ex claimed. "I've always been .rn.y about the st aire and I know I will love it. I'd like the movies, too; but this kind offer came firM. so I will finish my ten weeks on the stage before t think of anything else. Wasn't bho producer lovelj to of- I fer me the thousand dollars? Mother j felt terrible about It ;it first, but now. she thinks it is lovely, too. Iivelv s a net word with the budding "star." "Now. mother can have the necesnry operation. 1 am so ilmnkful for thut. Qh. yes. the doctor we have is perfect I' lovely, and was willing to operate, but the hospital wouldn't wait for tlo- money, even though the doctor would Mother is verv proud, and couldn't DOROTHYHASSlOffl) ANO SHOW HAS HER stand charity, and she just had to have i.,,i,i..i rv... .1 private room at the hospital. alo Optimistic nn Crop lovelv lingeile to wear while there, j Ulnsslxiro. center of a large fruit Now we an get her these things anil I growing area, reports that farmers are pay for (tie whole thing. I do hate fearful of their yield of plums, cherries, eharify, don't you? I pears and peaches. "No. 1 never hnve dances) much : in; nteli winds, which prevented a frost, fact. I attended my first dance last flrp m !.,.. to hnve saved ome fruit. night, but 1 will mnk" good, I in sure. Fnlit srw(.rs the vicinity of "Wliat Do You Think I Am?" ' f;insboro take nn optimistic view of the On being asked if she felt nervous nt ' situation and declare that even though the prospects she slowly drew f'.-lli the i three -fourths of the hloswimi hnve been inovititblc powder puff, and tnnde an- j blighted, there will atlll be n profitable swor: iield provided one-fourth the blossoms v imt no voti tninh i am : i iimi - arc aved isn't in my di-.slUot, at all. Nothing j M r,A oVloPk r,.st(av afternoon. Jr. JL'nU ,n t,n,v u like Mr. clothes had been shunted off, nnd March PicStforu''t k'ra'nd'rmlved - rtar1"" """ "" """ her big hat to enable the visitors better r,"VTS nf "ln,ftr- to judge. I The abnormal temperatjire began fall- It is naturally curly, and I always, ing about It o'clock, nnd by 4 o'clock wear it thin way.'- "Thi waj " 1m in nnd renched 7 degree,. In tbe next half n couple dozen eurls hanging nbout her hour, during which the full force of the head, much in the fashion of the rilm storm struck the city, the mercury fell star mentioned, whom she hopes (.. to .".1 degrees, nnd continued Its down crnulnte. lit Icing remember th.nl the ward progres nt nn alarming rate. Tly well known Marv rs'irnn her career nn 8:1." o'clock last night the thermometer the Hpeuking ((). TAX REVISION BOARD MAY GO Bill to Eliminate Body Introduced In Legislature A bill which would eliminate the Hoard of Ttevlslon of Taxes from office next .Innuary and substituting an eec. five board chosen at the November eleitmn was introduced in the House it Harrisburg last night by Iteprcsentative .lames A. Walker, of this city. Simon Oratz i president of the board of revision. His colleagues are .? We. lev Inirhnm nnd f)nv-ii N. Fell. Jr. They receive Jsl'.OOtl a j ear each und w-re appointed hy the judges of the Common Pleas Courts The tax revision board makes as scssineiit-s on all taxable property n this city The present board nrou-e. in storm of criticism 'nf yenr bv what critics termed nrbitrary and inequit able assessments. MAIN LINELOSES HEAVILY Fruit and Early Vegetables Com pletely Ruined, Farmers Say West Chester. Tn.. March 'Mi With a ilrrp .f .ill degrees in temperature in this section lat night, heave ice formed nn the pi'iid". nnd the thermometer reg iMered as lnw a I." degrees enrh today in i his pIhcp. Produce grower nnd fruit men predict a heHM loss In hoth. The crop of peaches U a fai'ure in manv orhnrds, particularly for cnrlv vnrie- 1 tie, the hlossom of which had opened and nr" impl black pe. k mi the trees I todm I'enr also suffered heavily amf I in the berry patchc the red raspberry crop i S""C the hushc being killed by the i old because of tlielr tender nature, while bln kherr bushes sufferisl so- i verely I ... -i !-l.l. . . i 111 uie prmiilt e ueui-. n"i;ti ugii alio i rhubarb, which-were growing tlnelv and j coming to innrket in good rpiniifitlcs. were literal)). destroei nnd lettuce. I under glass was frozen Manv eai-h I , plants were also damaged to u great I .extent nnd blooming II. hut, are uiltd in many (lower garden. , Ioouum. ..f ' lit" hard.v nature, the wheat will not1 .offer nnd a big crop h predicted in thi section FROSTS EXTEND FAR SOUTH, ' Forecaster Promises Cold Spell Will' Be Short Lived Washlnrton. March 20 -i A P . ! - The cold wave which broke into an unusiinllv warm spring lnt night con cd tinned today oer the eastern state, but ,. was giving way to normal temperatures I.. .1... Ml. 1,11.. Well urn tie Weather iii ,", ...-. Ilureau predicted disiputioii of the cold spell hi tomorrow night, etcepting in i Florida. i-l i Freeinc temperatures were reported enrh todav as far south ns western North Carolina. northern lieurgia. northern Mississippi find noithern Texns I'rosts oci urred this morning In central Alabama, central Missis sippl, northern Louisiana nnd central Texas 'Hie rntire Ka-t at the same time shivered with temperatures below I freeilnir. EVENING PUBLIC CROPS HARO HIT Growers in Some Sections Say Fruit Orchards Have Been Ruined . COLD AGAIN TONIGHT A storm which swept down from the ! fires f T.akes region Info yesterday aft ernoon and last night was accompanied i by rain, hull and snow, followed by a .killing freeze, which Is believed to have I l.Wl. 1 ..! ..l. ..-.1.. l llnnnuvK'niltfl iiiiHiil'Tl irnil niriiniiin m i - n,,v ,' , New .Tersey and other states on the middle Atlantic seaboard. The storm, which drove the tempera ture down f7 degrees In twelve hours, caused one death and injury to Ave per sons in and near Philadelphia. Exact extent of the damage to or chards in southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jebsey cannot be estimated until warm weather ensues and the re action is noted on the blossoms. Peach, pear nnd cherry trees appear to hnve been hardest hit. Moistened by rain, which fell nt i o'clock yesterday afternoon, the fragile blossoms were easy prey to the freakish wintry blaut from the north. There was no frost, because of the high winds, but Ice formed on ponds. 'lonlglit will be fair with, freezing temperature, nnd with the- falling of the wind, fruit growers fear n killing frost which would complete the de struction wrought by last night's storm. -Irrsry Krnlt Ilartl Hit nurlingfon county. N. .T., farmers fear the fruit yield of thousands of .teres of pear and pencil trees will be lost .is result of the drop In tempera ture, which reached :4 degrees above zero nccording to the official observer nt the Htofces Seed Fnrms, nt Moorrs town The loss, it is feared, will reach sev eral hundred thousand dollars. There was no actual frost, but the full blossom of the peach nnd pear frees. flrt moistened by the rainstorm, are believed to have been frozen during the night Ice one-pinrter of an Inch thick was reported throughout Ilur llngton cciiintv. Apple trees had not yet blossomed and are believed to have ecaped dninage. Vegetable-., raised on a large scale in the Iliirlington eetion. also are be lieved safe. If the fruit trees are dam aged farmer plan to put out acres of additional vegetables to make up their loss. Heport.s from Atlantic Cltv indicate heavy daiiiiige to peach trees In all sec tions of Atlantic county, anil particu larly In the vicinity of Hammonton. Vlnelarid and Kgg Harbor. The trees were reported in bloom three weeks earlier thnn usual It is feared the loss by the freeze will ! heavy. Ice formed on pools In various parts of the county. , showed '-, and .11 nt 1 o'clock this i morning. Hallroad. trolley and vehicular traffic was greatlv Impeded nnd the driving gale mnd navigntloii of the rlvr vir- tunlly impossipie. Sonxe Snow Frll Snow Ml in several towns along the Mnin I. me for three-quarters of nu hour lust nigh', and this morning a temperature of 20 degrees above zero was recorded. , . , , t 0 :.',0 o'clock last nlgnt landscape 'gardener In suburban sections called 1 then- men together, and working with ' Innterns. covered with burlap and news- ; papers ninny gnruens in w-nicu i-hi.j plants had been set out. One Main Line fruit grower reported that examination of a cherry tree, which was in full blossom vesterday. revealed it hud been denuded of it blossoms by :he sudden frnt. He declared that the 1 damage to orchards will be enormous. ' The dentil caused here was that of 1 u-mi,.m t Imvi. .if I(i:i0 South Dnr ien street, u member of the crew of the ! i; S S Chenango lie was swept iv i which lav at I'b-r K. South Wharves, in the Pelnware, mid was given up ns lost tile wlml trolll tlic icck ill Hie vt-rei I He hnd placed ft shirt on a line on me I . . . I .. .. -I. - ... nMl. ...1 ! .leek to dr nnd when the storm nrriv-d he sought to save it lie vva nowim into the liver und imh lflt een ns ifte tide carried hnn toward the New .ler ,ev ide A lHnm dislodged by the wind struck Joseph Illeh, of lll.'el Lambert street, (ieinantown, working on a building op erntion at Hroadwuy und'Ftoyden street. In I'nmdeti. He wns treuted ut Cooper HokihiuI Five year-old Milton Knfz. of .10! S.. nth Fifth street, wns swept into an open cel'nrvvn.v near hi home He Is in a -.ernlous condition from concussion of the brain at the Pennsylvania Hos pital. Mrs Madeline Romberg, of 22111 south Fourth street, was knocked down In an automobile nt Fourth and Moore , f ,.t the heurht of the storm while Htremiiting to recover her hut. She wns taken to .Mount sinnir iin-pnai. ner left nnn was broken and her bend ami body cut. Hliiided by the storm, drivers of two automobiles "ru-heil head-on into each other at full speed on the state high nv ent of Mnrllngton. The nutos went driven bv John llnrri. .f Burlington, and Churlc l-'ildn.v . of 1 lorence. V J. Harris and his son. Norman, were in lured, the boy seriously. They were tnken to the" HurliiiKton I'mergen-y Hospital MORE DIVORCES GRANTED Court No 2 granted the following di- ir.-es ; H. mrl VI Vo.injr tiom William 51. Y'-untl r M Mnjer trim I.'keph I" Sfsyer tl.i.i)., n, l.nngwsv f-..m r.nima l.snrwaj l' M llevillt frnni Jiihn I. M"wltl K-Mm 1' Aurons Imm vlfil Aai-.n. t anfa K llolle fr. tn W'lilism .f llil'a .'l. rwn'e Vliila Stein rr'.m Knul Sloln M.is'in i i'iirr ffrn H-imicii 1 I'.irry rA fisi'iisun frnni .l.itili lunl.lsi.il t-.n"!!i' I. Petiir frunt Altieit t Dph tr Mv Court No I: M irv 1'. Murm from Ilellr l nurn IVwt A nui-r fr'im t.nn-i H inner Mnn i M'.r'i- i fn.ni VV ni Morrison. K-n-ces P i.ra'. ' from Onr'-e'il llrster i .1-1 i ' r- in i ' n io l era, II r ii, J Pi n an Mime I rtuttm. John A I'nncit troni I'rtsla llorlelt jUlvU A. WrUht from Kluuior IU WrigM. &Y WINTER'S VISIT LEDGEJt PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, KENSINGTON mNvi 5Si nrui wutitiao miv Having Pulled a Few False Alarms Himself, How Can He Save Himself and the Hun- t , dred for Her? One Hundred Fer the bent Ln$t Line Supplied by ledger to the Incomplete Llmerleh Which Appear Below RULES OF THE LIMERICK CONTEST Cantss' t onfi l sjOt one. All tint If reirnfr(1 tfir von tn An Is o write nail tnl In ynor lt tine to th I.tmertrk. atn for cnrvMiMnre the coupon pflntM NUttr, Flenik write plmlnlr. nJ te stir n sad ymlr niim ml di1r. 2. All nwr tn tft l.lmsrlcK whl'h U I printM iiaw mnst M reeio i inw offics of the Rtrstso rctia Ltiii by (1 o'clock ThurMar evenln. AddrfM ' ama rite(tlee nn natnW irtrert on coupon. THE WINNEH OK TODAY'S CONTEST WII.O IE ANNOUNCED ONE WEEK FROM TODAY Cut Out and Mail BvKNJ?r Pt'nt.ir Trrir.n. TO THE MMEKICK CONTEST '. O. Hot I3Z1, Philadelphia. LIMERICK NO. 92 Marie was caught out In the rain; Prom tears she could hardly refrain.' "Oh, my costume,' she cried, "Has been recently dyed (Write jour answer en tint Una) .Yiime N'lrfrf (Jd 'o fitu and SHitr Today's winner was rnoten by n Jury of employe of the Acme Mnltlgrnphlng nnd Addling Co., Thirteenth and Arch slrtrt. .... Tomorrow's winner was selected ny n Jnrj' composed of tho baslietball team j and coarll, liax ime iounirj '',. '""rp '..' "lr J"r' ; min Sfhool. Sllva, Tnnnj Pllrertliornc, Marie I?l- lex, Elsie Oloeckner. Mlllan Fritz, fne of those chipper lads who hns Mary Savastnno. Veronica f. Ilrlnk been kidding his friends about winning , man, Marie Phillips, Florence Mllekof. Is in deadly fear this day. ITe wins, on a line he admits Is not so good ns a lot he has sent in. He wan so afraid to admit he wrote it that he almost ralsiol coming to the limerick ofBec to be Iden tified llecnuse he's been sending fake telephone messages to soma of the fel lows who work with him nt the Phila delphia Savings Fund, he was and is afraid there'll be music nnd he won't hear it. flowers he can't smell, and n new man on his job nt the bank. He hud been making fellow-limerick-crs think they'd won, when they hadn't. Knowing that he has won, lie fears or feaied when he enmo in to see us that the.v might need an aniimiancc tniT'ftf inroj," taid old Prof. MeOte. f . I- 1 .. ..... .. t .. nasi I ri lit llatialiaia- . . . inne nun nvvii.v icnii r. .. ....... . ... .- .. clerk and runner ni " , ' ilnesn I wni.t io cense civrsiua "i enij. . running. He desires to live- There's u rnnuin nnd it's A sllC. He's twenty -three nnd single. Has hopes. Also, by the time tills is rend, he'll hnve n check which will help the hopes nlong. He never even finished grammar school. He's worked for the Phlladel nhla Savings Fund nine yenrs, since he was fourti-en. "I'm a collar and tie man.'" he admits, "but don t tiolrl that against me. Mv middle name is Patrick, nnd they are. but a pnrt of the Imple- metits of my trnde. "I know a gentleman by the name nf doe Hnwley who will be tickled to rend this. Also some of mv relatives will get a setback. They said I was a bug on limericks, nnd here I am, you see. winning a 'buggy' limerick. I've sent in fortv. Now I've won, j won t be any grabber. I'll step out nnd give i the next fellow a chance." ' Not exactly a pun line, this, was it? What put it over was that it was one of very few along that line, and vet It was one Hint a lot or peorue might hnve thought of. Nothing pain- fill nbout the words although quite suggestive of tbe bug btiHlncsB. Our jury came right to the office to ie how things were done, lnev came - - - ,. ... . with belis on. One of them had n good recipe for grape wine. Another had a pleoslng plot of blonde tresses Captain Noon Dies Leading Fire Fight ' Cvntlnmst from rf One ' rough stairway up to the window of the i Nest it apartment. Fisher weut up and 'innded the seven children, the oldest, onlv nine rears old. down to his com- , pnnlons The mother and father fol- lowed Then the patrolmen turned their at - tention to the rescue of families living on the other nr shle of Kenllwnrth street. ii wntcti tne ngni ciuu ironis. mr ... . .. . . .... , ... ,.-- police went arounil to ine renr. cumoeii fm.es nnd broke In back doors, waking the occupants of the houes nnd In many raes onrryiuii iiieio nui 'IM.. Amr. -(... M ..lArl.n The fire was n iiectnculnr one. The fight club was seething with flames ben the tlrst engine arrived It prob ably hnd been smoldering nnd grnd lally gaining a hold on the wooden .nte'rior of the building, from the time the club hnd closed earlier In the eve ning, after the weekly fight show had been pulled off. If is believed a cigar i ., brown away nv a peetaror cati'eo me iir One Fireman Injured The (Ire spread so rnpldl.v through the building thnt it wns Impotable for the firemen to mnke nny renl headway ngninst If. The building was deslru veil. nh one fireman was injured and he not seriously. He wns Morris Williams, of Kngine Company No. 22, of Second and I'me streets, lie was nu ny mum ht,,ii,.s uheii the north wall nf the club- house collapsed. He was tnken to the Polyclinic Hospital. The lire for ii time threatened the Woman's Southern Homeopathic Hos pital, which is at rtrond nnd Fitzvvnter .streets The blaie was so fierce and hot, and fanned so vloleutly by a trong wind, that there whs real danger for a time that the hospital would take fire. The Mames were shooting fifty feet in the air and the burning wood was Lcndiii nn columns of sparks and ember which were carried nrross the street to the hospital building. Thu firemen guarded the hospital, however, extinguishing embers as tney fell, and the building I'bcuped dnmage. Among the Negro families made boiiiel'ss tcinporurilj when the Hijuioh ii l tack d the houses on Ivvnilwurth street were the following: Mr Jennie Cuter, l.l.i.l rVenllwortn streit; Mr .1. Hali, 1-Vil Kenllwnrth street; Harry Iloileau, 1!III Kenllworth slreet, and .lulia Sanford. l.'IH Kenll wnrth street Two houses on Watts street which were damaged were occupied by Miss Mlllan WiUon, 727 Watts street, and (Senrge Hodge, 721). Hodge helped re cue Miss Wilson, who U hU (Uter-ln- Tiiree persons, driven' from ,thclr bomca during the Arc, ma4a accawtUoni "KIDDER" Dollars Daily Any Reader of the livening Public Answers left t th Offle'S tj Kthsiso rclto LrsJ will Jto tw 8. TTis vnnnor of tl-e. ONF! ''I',? DOLUin prn lor tn pv '""ML"'1 esch MmsrteK will " annoatwej ofl m week uttut the Wnjjne l PJ"v . in oi ii. '" "'.' f ----- - a m. .j.a,(I rtflfAHSnt . Tie il-sfllslon of the'. JM m fjmrl1r ennlest will l flnill. on which our wild photographer wanted to stake out a c aim. Another had friends who had friends who had egg nog for Raster. A dlstlngtilahed Jury of typists. Including a vnunr ladv with a speed record at addressing envelopes. .unoei , nue. ir iook mem ten min utes to agree more or less on a win ner. Then they addressed themselves to the Job of getting out of range nf the photographer after he had net their types Imperishahly In the archives of this contest, mtiltfgmphlrnllr speaking. When the votes were counted the winner was found to be, as haa been stated, JOHN P. DAVIN. OIO West Harold Hfreet. The limerick, as completed by Mr. Davln, reads: Limerick No. 80 . --irr nj mom ejtrcmo intprrtt to me; llotlt thr common and rare Are dcurrving of tare, lie mutt "tcrttch for a living," "oeer- gee! Other lines on the ballot were: "nut. HEKwnre and IJEE where there's no nEE." I.ewln Levy, 2044 North Twenty. sixth street. "Vv-U" cause "tarant-ul-a"- groe. John M. Ulack, Ambler, Pa i For bug-Juice now brings a good re. .11. r.. llyrne. 121 West Fourth street, Ilridgeport, Ta. Or they mite use their llce-scnue (o flea. 'Frederick Hyde, 1112 dlenwood avenue, I In fly papers my esay you'll sec. C. H. Wlltbnnk, 210 East Durham j street, Mount Airy, Hut when glowworms let "flreflr," 1 1 "flej. ' John F. Beuerle, 2101 Kast uorann street Don't "T" "na' nor "Ca" fleA: H. Engle, T42S let "M" "Ii." M. Mngee street. Through A. II. I received my riezrec. Patrick F. I.awler, 213 South Thirty second street, l.olwyn. I'd "Bee'' "hugs" If I'd let a "fly" , "flea." Frank Itcstall, 1220 West , Hazrnrd street. ' The winning line received five -otes. , the line bv M If Pni. oiin,i ,... -. -- -..- ......., ..,i'- votes, while that of 0. H. WlltzankJ nun uie one oy i.cwih i-ry toon one vote apiece. if theft when they went back this morning. I.ouis Mnrnin. who ocniples the sec ond floor of 70!l South liroad street, whlen was threatened, but not seriously iinmngeii nj tne names, said thin morn ing a gold watch nnd chnln, valued nt $".". hud been stolen from his room, and that his clothes had been rifled, Mr.- K. Hoyle, living on the third floor of the same house, reported the men ot her glasses, smecombs anil 'toilet articles from her dresser, and her '' i.uwnru. reporirii ins cinines rilieu. "r. r,. i nompson. i.vw jeniiworih strre!. sum tnnt is-iii.w nad h'n stolen fio'n her home. Noon Had G004I Itecortl Acting Captain Noon, who died dur Ing the tire, had a record of splendid service in the Bureau of Police, to which lie wns appointed a patrolman March 2o, IK'.i. tin July 11, 11)00, he wns pro moted to house sergeant. So faithfully and efficiently did Ser geant Noon perform his duties that he wns Appointed, a lieutenant March 0, 11(14. nnd placed In command of the Second and Christian streets stnllon. On June !I0. 11120, I.leutennut Noon was mnde acting captain and nsslgneij to command the First Police division, comprising tne downtown districts. During his service Captain Noon wns fnspientl.i commended for bravery and loynltj to dntv. Captain Noon lived at 210 FlUwater street. He wns born June 1H. 1801, in ireiniiu, iiiki enme 10 America with hi parents when u boy. He wus a weaver before, he entered the Police Hurciiti STILL FOUND IN WORKHOUSE Grape Juice and Corn Simmer on Stove In Delaware Jail Wilmington. Del.. March 21). A Mill una discovered In the unlike lent place In the worm nere yesterday. It wan uncovered by Warden PUimmcr In the kitchen of the New Castle County worKnnuse. ,s a result or trie dis covery four prisoners had till their prlv lieges ianen away. Warden Plummer said he had (duelled something suspicious and on Inspection found two gallons of grape juice and corn cooking on the stove in the jail's kitchen. Where the prisoners obtained the muterial for their attempt ut dis tilling I" 0 mystery Decoy Phyalclan; Steal His Motor Dr. Phillip flestnn, ot I. '101 Knst Moyamenslng avenue, received n call yesterday to come nt once to Front hnd Federal streets, to attend an ill per son. When he arrived there he found that no one was 111. When he was ready to leuve iu his motor cur he found It missing, The uall,iv, believed to huvc beca A Uecojr, A NfARCH' 29, 1921 W$ R. R.'$ WASTE 3 MILLIONS A DAY Lauck, Labor Economist, Tolls Federal Board Management Is Inadoquato TRAFFIC LEAGUE LOSES Hy the. Associated Pre Chicago, March 20. The root of th railroad difficulty Is not in national agreements, but In the Inadequacies of management, declared W. .iett i.riick. consulting economist of the railroad labor organUatlons, In beginning pee dentation of railroad labor exhibits before the t'nlted States railroad, labor twMtr.1 ffl.lnv. "Conservatively stated, If railroad management was rharacterhed by rea sonabln efficiency and bAd available for Its nse a proper amount of capital or credit, labor costs would hare shown a radical decline under national aree ments." Mr. Lauck declared, "and eav Inga In operating expenses of at least $1 ,000,000,000 annually would be made, or almost Jfl.OOO.OOO a . day. We shall demonstrate this fact concretely by reports and analyses which we have had prepared by reputable railroad engineers and experts. Upholds National Agreement "Itv the series nf exhibits which 1 am about to present, we shall establish the following facts: "First. The policy of establishing national agreements or uniform rates of pay and working: conditions Is In conformity with custom and precedent In the transportation Industry and lit accordance with the best public policy, a fhown by the awards of boards of arbitration nnd the act- and recom mendations of other official ngcnclcs during the pre-war period. Second. In other lending industries of this country collective bargaining on a national scale, and national agree ments as to working conditions and re- intlons hnve been foiund to be the best means of stabilizing conditions, pro uniting industrial peace and nccclerat ing business. "Third. That In Great Britalu these fncts have become go clearly recognized by both employes nnd emplojers thnt national agreements nrc encouraged by the federated industries and the fen oration of trades unions as n whole nnd the effort la being exerted to make them compulsory upon nil employers and em ployes in a given industry. Calls for "Human Standards" "Fourth. That the former railroad administration In entering into na tional agreements, therefore, merely rec ognized a tendency which hud almost reached complete development prior to the war, and which was sanctioned by enlightened opinion both within and without the transportation Industry. "Fifth. That the representatives of the railroads have given their sanction to nationnl rntes of pay and working conditions of mglno and train crews. "Sixth. We shall further show thut the arguments of the railroads- arc the same which hnve been urged in all patt years to prevent the establishment of human standards in industry, and shall demonstrate that the railroads are now consciously and deliberately taking ad vantage of a temporary Industrial de pression tr destroy human standards which nre snnctioned by the thought nnd practice of the lending industrial nations of the world." Refuses! Itlzlit tn Intervene The bonrd today declined to admit the National Industrial Traffic League to the rules case now before the bonrd. "Hearing of the petitioner would not be helpful and would not he In the public interest." snld the board. The decision nlso argued that to ad mit this organization as a party con testant would result in opening the gates to dozens of similar bodies and perhaps prolans the hearing for a year. Following the bonrds ruling, I.uther M. Walter, counsel for the league, filed protest with the board declaring the body could not obtain nil information necessary to fully determine the rules dispute If the "representatives of the paving public in traffic mutters" were excluded. Mr. Walter also asked to he heard orally in argument for tlio league petition. The board's decision to exclude the league stated thnt under the transporta tion act the league was not legally en titled to bo a party to the rules hearing as it had not participated in the first lienring, which resulted In the wage award of July, 1020. The league, claiming to represent fti per cent of the country's shipping In terests, petitioned the bonrd on March Ifi to be made u party to till! hearing. SHIRT IS THEFT EVIDENCE Woman Identifies Huaband'a Gar ment and Suspect Is Held The identification of a safety razor by a husbund and of a home-mad? silk shirt by his wife resulted In the holding of two men for a hearing at the Fourth nnd iork streets station tills morning, t'hnrged wit It burglary. The 111011 gave their names nn Walter Selg, forty-one years old, Hope etreet near (tlrard avenue, mid Horace Koch, thirty-eight yenrs old, 'Twelfth street nenr Fairmount nveiute. They were arrested yesterday at Ilroitd street and Allegheny avenue by district detectives from the l'ark nnd l.chlgh avenues sta tion. A ecnreh "' Hiplr mom resulted In the finding of a number of articles. In eluding tne i-nzor nnd the silk shirt, which were Identified by Mr. nnd Mrs. .1. Wood Hatdorf, of 122.1 West Cam bria street, ns having been atntcn from their home the night of March 21 . They were held without bail by Magistrate (llenn. IJKATH8 THO.MAH. March 38 at hla Int.. met. Atnr. West I'oint. ra. . SII.AK 11. TIIOMA4. iril ht lie atlvFi. rrlondM .111. llarrv Clay Council No. T. Jr. O r. A. it.. In vlted to funral servten Thursday. 1 1 :n a. m. In the Church of Ilreihren t'poer Dub In llowi Valley Ha HlNUWAlr March 2S. IlltTil ANN. wlilow of .lucob K. Uliie wait asm! 7a vrnra. :ti'iHll"e ami fiifn.l Invited to funeral arvlc Thum.lay. s p in. urerise'y, at hur late residence. !.'4ft3 N. lth nt interment " IUIa.-March 28. 1(121. I" RANK. hu. hand of Ilrtha JKr (nee Kemhell, atrd f!3 tear. Relatives and frlrn.l. Invited to funeral Thurtday. 2 t. m from h'a at residence. 01 10 Lawndale v Iwndale, rhlla. Interment Itllleld Ometerv. rrlenda may call We.tnanday evenlnir. I.KE. Mai-.-h 2. CAWli.INi: M . v-t ef John ltt and diuthmr ef Kllu and the late Krancn Altmue. i-unerai servioes Thureday, s :io n. m. . from her late resident'. 5.M.. Oreenway ave Solemn reouleru masj at Church nf the Moat llleeieil Sacrament. (t a ni. Interment strictly nrlvaie llolv ne deiimer f'emeterv Itenmlne tnav he, viewed Wertnealay. H p. in KAIIIMAN.-March 28, MATTIB KAMI MAN. sued M llelapvea and trlende In vlieil o funeral services ThurMnv, Ifi-sn a m. from her lale. reeldence. a4 1? HI4 ave Interment private. lU'SK .vrareh 2S. 1021. rAIMTTK A lfe l late Clark U, Ituck. Itelailvee and friends invited to funeral ei net Tliursday 11 a. m. rem her lata residence 7S VV Sharpnack at. nermanliiwn In terment private. Remain may ! vl.wed Wednesday 7 tn U u. m. HNVPKll. MVmrestOwn. N. I . Third Month JOih HKSSIi: M., wife ,.f ri"' M. Mm . r itid d.iuxhter of Henrv v and I5Hj. spelti C. Ilnuklni. Kutieriil I". I.Jif "Jiii . m . frvm I'Vlends' Mcetlna im., Mi,f,w. town, N .1. Train leavee Market Hi. Kenv Phlla 1 '.'S p. m. fer Monreinwn IIAKK18. March 27. JIIHN C. JU.. nun nf John O, and lleijln Ifarrla. hi hU llih. vear. He.i'e and frleuU nlno Q'luker City lOSO. I. o, (if V invited to fuiicral srvloa. Thursday, 2 p. ni.. at.hle lal iislilenee 1314 15. Hawdnn it fnttrwent Palmer Cemetery I'rkivle mey call Vrd neislay alter 1 v.-m. .. - 4 BftlSTOL YARD TO CONTINUE Shipping v Board Renews Worklno Agreement Temporarily The shipping board hns nrrnnged teni iMirnrily to continue fts former worm ing agreement with the ltrlstnl ship yard, built nt great cost during tne war. That was announced In Washington to day. If had been c.tpcctcd fhaf either the government would buy the land on which' the yard had been built, or the yard would purchase tne government supplies stored there. No agreement was reached, however, for the liquida tion of tho yard's affairs, Kccrntly President Harding told newspaper men there should be a board lippolnted to liquidate the ndalrs of concerns which have been functioning since the war nn enterprises partly under government control. WORiToFlLiEF FRIENDS' THEME Philanthropic Service at Homo and Abroad to Bo Dis cussed Today DISARMAMENT ADVOCATED Philanthropic activities at home andj relief work abroad will be nmong tne rinestlons accorded greatest considera tion at today' session of the Phila delphia Yearly Meeting of Friends, .it the Fourth and Arch Streets Meeting House. The. second meeting of ministers nnd elder will be held this morning in the Fourth Street Meeting House, to be followed by 11 business session this af ternoon. At the first. buslnenB session yester day, Oeorge Warner read n resolution which is similar tb the resolution now being agitnted by the women's disarm ament committee, to the effect that the President of the United States be urged to cail nn iritemntionnl conference on disarmament. Thn resolution added that It be urged that no further appropriations for navai or military increase no mauc until such a conference be called. Various exnresslons In favor of that resolution were giren from the body of the meeting, nnd the meeting an ft whole seemed to be unanimously ' In favor of sending such n resolution to the heads of the departments in Wash ington. a Committee Named Yesterday morning William lllkhop offered an opening prayer, and after n short period of worship Davi II. For svthe. clerk nf the meeting, called the roll of representatives. Several com mittees were appointed, and the min ute of the representative meeting, the executive body of Uie Yearly Meeting were rend in full. Oeorge M. Warner told of his in terview with President Harding on the subject of disarmament, when he and eight other Friends, both Orthodox and Hickslte, went to Washington for 0 conference with the chief executive. Warner read to the meeting the ad dress which he had read the President, and reported that Mr. Harding listened with interest to his proposals, although he gave no promises of any definite enure nt action. Mr. Warner nlso read a resolution in the interest of disarmament, which It was decided to send to Washington as sOon as possible. Tlia meeflnir vesterdnV wns the first In the history of the Yenrly Meeting to include both men nnd women in nti-i-ness " session. The representatives, coming from seven (Quarterly Meetings under the jurisdiction of the Yenrly Meeting, were all present except five, who are HI. Committee Appoint Among the several committees' ap pointed were: A committee to prepare letters received by the Yearly Meeting, last year for reading in thnt body, nnd one to examine the treasurers report nnd mnke out a budget of expenditures, for the coming year. FIGHT FOR SUICIDE'S CHILD Judge Reserves Decision In Case of Marie L. Warner The lesnl bnttle for the possession of nine-year-old Marie I.oulse "Warner wat. continued today before Judge Urown In the Municipal Court. Mr. Marie Warner, of I.ynn, Mum., the mother of the child, wns present with a divorce decree from a Massachusetts court which awards her custody of the child.' Tlie girt Is at present nttcndlng the. Lankenau School, Twenty -fourth street mul (lirnrd nvenue. Custody of the child also Is being claimed by a woman calling herself Florence Warner. Mhe also has de olarod her name to be "Miss Jones. Tho child' father committed suicide , carlV last monill uy hiiouuiib imn-.-ii In Cobbs Creek Park. He left a letter with ."Mis .lone" directing that his duughtcr be placed in an orphanage nt Mooseheart. III. , Judge , Urown reserved his decision In the case alter Hearing man ciium. eir. and Mr. Warner had been separated for several yeurw, W nrncr Jiving In thiV j city. Takes Poison on Visit to Friends Heading. I.. March 20. While William Parker., a well known farmer of llerkley wo visiting friends here last evening he raised a bottle of poison to his mouth and an Instant later lay wrtinmg 00 mc men. .- ... ,..i.i. . being taken to the hospital. He lived t nlnne nnd Is ld to have been despond- . ent. He wa titty years qui. Wedding Gifts This Jewelry Store Aims at Widest Service There nre beautiful articles for a trifle, nnd costly objects of rare beauty nnd wonderful workman ship. But whatover tho price paid, patrons are assured of full value for their outlay. The -Carious stocks arc as .open to examination as the exhibits in a museum of art treasures. E. Caldwell & Co. Chestnut and Juniper J' ft 1 CARFARE Flffll BEGINS IN TRENTON Cities and Towns OppcsoMn. creasp Before Utilities Commissioners' COMPANY ASKS 10 CENTS Uv n fllaff Correspondent Trenton, March 2(1, When tb r... lie Service Hallway Co. appeared 1 before the New Jersey Public rum; Commission to defend Its pica for a ten cent fare what proml.ea to be on. of tho most bitterly contested fights h. tween n public utility nnd the ptZt started. ev.iuv Thu hearing U expected to Ust three days nnd most ,p.f the cities and towns of the Mate tire represented by atte,r. ncys end by delegation. The nnblle determined pot to pay more, the ," roratlon Insist a ten-cent fare I vital ! ncccssn.ry, nnd horn are locked Commissioner John J. Tracer nf'i., sey City; Harry V. O.born. ofi&ft nnd Harry Hnchnrach. former mayor of Atlantic City, are sitting. r When the bearing opened. Thnma, V MrCjrfer. president of the Public Re,V: ice Corporation, took th stand M plend for the ten-cent fnrc. with free Iran" fer. "The last normal year of the rem. pany wis In MM." iie ald. "It then operated with a five-cent fare After paying operating expense and ftettlnr anlde for depreciation and paring fh4 charge fhe company earned Sl,,VOOO00 over and above those charge. "In 11)17 the war came on. and the trouble of thn railway compnnv began By the fall of 1017 cost W& mount setloiiBly. Th company utrug g ed tliroujrii J017. lly 1018 it clearly een something- would have to be done to keen the company from n. solvency. Higher revenue wa needed to meet rising cost. Wages df Kmploye Kalsaf "Tn March 1018, application was AIM o charge seven cent and two cent fat Initial transfer, and one cent for i second transfer. That application wu based on cost at that time. On Jul, M the board mnde an order allowing the company to charge the one cent for a transfer. "Meanwhile at Washington the n fionai war labor board made an otin raising the wage of the'trainmen of the company. ihn company at once again filed p. plication for n seven-cent fr, or enough to offset the wage Increase, in September, 1018, the aplplcallon w3 granted, to lost until April 1, follow ing. Then the board di-ccted the fare be reduced to six cent." Subsequent change were reviewed nnd Mr. McCarter then declared the zone frtre controversy thnt followed with Its fnlluro nnd abrogation, and the res toration of the fnr to seven cents. Uk admitted the. failure nf the 7one y. tent, which, he said, slowed down the operation of the car. Patrons Say Kb I Too Much The Public Service Corporation, which operates electric lines In nearly all section of New Jersey, filed It tn cent tariff Inst January. The old ('till. ties Commission' suspended the rte for three months, the time limit eiplriu Friday. It I declared by the south Jerneymtn that in view of falling costs, even t seven-cent farO 1 too high. The pro posed ten-cent fnre Is branded as ex tortionate. The presence of nuraernui moforbusses, however. I a feature la the case that l working to the ad vantage of the car rider, for they are given ft never-Increasing Mrvlee be tween Camden and suburban towns that makes the rider In many casei, inde pendent of the trolley company. The trolley company has been given the "go-by" several time before In Id contests with the public. It Is freely declared by the people they will ride In the lnntorbiisseA Instead of patron ir.lng the cars If the new fure goes into effect. 20 Servo 20 Years In Tax Offlei Twenty emploje in the office of the receiver of taxes will complete twenty vears In the service. of the county ea April I Only, ten nre eligible fur pen sions, having passed the nge of sixty jcr prescribed by the pension law. None of the men, however, plans to take advantage of the retirement pre vision. rlipsalone Joryou HIS9 CUPersonak P-QjJl if F' k T M, r
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