SSS?55S5SSS zsnsmseMGS, ?-V iM.$gi j,sV,lll?rW tfffXqH" ," ww 1,-wvyiS 'C1" 't-rfs . --- ! i-" w!wj(W1ril"r "l1! ttlKjI'IW1"'' ' " """ T-c"Mtrf tSIMt ! "'ftHi!i!hii,v' Swrtcw Goldand the Villains Foiled and all Photographed Beneath the Sea. Tarn to Page 14 Cuentng public Wtbqtx THE WEATHER NIGHT EXTRA ' Ociicrnlly cloudy mid somewhat un sfttu.i loiilislit nnil Saturday; cooler Saturday; fresh southwest winds. ' TKM'KATn AT KACfl notm ITUa I i I 2 i a i 4 i a i ill K'iL (14 or, t iu iii5 J l VOL. VII- NO. 183 MAYOR IS URGED TO REMOVE MIASK 0F'4CERTAINWIENT Would Cain Support of All Dp cent Citizens, Colonial Dames Say r.HARGE ONLY A DREAM, IS COMMENT OF VARE Unmaking by Myr Moor(' ot t,,p ..four certain men" fighting for gar,, Unt and vie. In this city, would rally crubllcnr,o.mdhl.nfornwnrnKnln, ,kc cormptlonlsts prominent citizens Tidying "ember, of the Colonial )mtf, In" Tuesday, the Mayor partly imr Idp the curtain hidlnR some of he difficulttr, of his battle for a clean Itr He declared If hi" was willing to LmpremUe with "four certain men' ad look lightly on vice nnd RambllnR, (hat til future path would bo n rosy got. Would Back Mayor to Limit "All associations of right-thinking nen and women would bnelt the Mayor I "hi limit in a fight ngninst vice nnd Sibil.." said Mr., .Tames Large. president of Chapter No. 2 of the Colonial Dames. Mr, Clarence l.eldy. one of the prominent members of the Colonial Dames, who heard the Mayor s address, mid (die favore.l full exposure of every n "working against the best nterests et the ritj in favor of gamblers nnd pundfrors to vice. "I be11oM in exposing things that ihonM be fought." .Mrs. l.ciuy uc .'eei "It is like rats in j lip ecllnr. they must he dm en Into the open to be exterminated, "i don't believe the neonle in general realize all the things the. Mayor has to enntentl with. This is n splendlil city mil everything tending to Injure it hould be exposed relentlessly. Conditions Grow Worse "Hiil rnntlltimiM net wore when an fivj .going Mayor Is lit office nnd there taw been easy-going innyors in mis city. I believe Muvnr Moore Is splen did, nnd every step he hns Inken has been n step in the right direction. I Oiinl lie means the very best for the fltj, and It is fine for Philadelphia to hare such n .Mnvor. Mr. Howard Page, another Colonial Ilame who was Interested deeply hv the. Major's address. ,nltl she believed de- rent citizens in this eit would give fall support to tlie Mayor In n finish ff.lt with those seeking special prlvl lejet for gambling nnd vice. Senator Vnre was asked today to state hlii views on the Mayor's) statement about "certain men" with whom he could cnnipromUe If he would. .Major Dreaming. Varo Says "Tbere is nobody, to my knowledge, helmn ilru-r fiends nnd gamblers," sold the senator 'That is just o dream of the Mnjor "The organization has been hacking the Mu) or to the limit ns far as the ntj nduiinlstrntlon is concerned. Hut le haxn't the right to dictate what hould be done about the Municipal Court and the county offices. The heads el the rourt and of those departments Vnow what they want. Ah for myself I bare been backing the Mayor right long In matters concerned with the (it; administration. "One nt the judges of the Cnuit of Quarter Sessions told me recently that on me separate occasions during il ptriod of three months he hail asked drui flcnd, after they were couvlcted and sentcnccil, where they had obtained toeir drugs ine judge told me that In every MM the convicted men replied they jae I obtained the drugs nt iJighth and vunsmn streets, in the Third ward, Iron a peddler in an automobile, who ffiide the sales while n patrolman looked on ' MAYOR'S WIFE REMEMBERS JURYWOMAN'S INJURED BOY Flower for Lad Run Over as Mother Sat In Damage Suit simultaneously with the return of eiuic for n plaintiff injured h nil -.u.iiiiiiiie. more came to .Mrs. t'ath Wine Sulhaeli. 71 11! Theodore avenue. I.,; i ,thc JnforH, the nows that her "'J hail met u slmilur accident. Atnus Siilbach, fouitcen years old. muVu?"!1'' "10 st"','t '" ''is way from U . '. " "cilii) . when he was struck iw ,rm'k ",' w,,s """bed to the iwmsyhaiila lli.spitnl. Inhn , ,,lt' ''heeifiil, biown-cyud buy. l.nH .. '"' '""" """I' bccuiirtif of braces bSt.i'r,"1" '"'I '"t of tl ecldent, i I, I ."VM"'; "J1" '"'"""I this nioniing r' ir '',r',l,."f Ml'"' J1"""'. bo Mn " Bti',ih "' ' " u,,h "N'it,, nn (,., . """ .i. .nun e is "Ulesnille .:,..! I .1.1.. I. .. ld slie !. ......... i iiiHIK .Mill Cllll 11, d lit ii i ncclili.nl W'owi.'l r"D llWll '" thltili of me?" ACCIDENT FATAL TOGtRL Chl1" Run Over by Trolley Car Dies Itl MnenlUI At nOo !""' '"i'1 nvenue. died lust 'T bv a tri ' r rifc',l, leS "' been cut The II M,., ',"' "erday nfleriioou. V'JlnK ,V.t. lAr ('"r wliio Hhe was Wtaii "!' b11""1 nwil near her home. stre. "". ' CH'ls, of the SIxK-llflii street tih... '.'.. "U Worn on. I .. v.".," P-oiornZ "M'-'T.1.'1''"' "" arrested the ,, ' ennui!!. "all"ave '"""" Rradley, .Villi TtHitj - in i ii ,, t , lh.. ..i... . " :. m n trriiui II.....I... IV II to the I'lii- fit n, "l'"l in a passing mntor lulduiglit hint l I ""' u'sni Vtl until ?"." UironJ i if Hi, .0l.stnV famoua marbla iJor,l btttlon ?m.V J." n,' Sunday'a Entered as Beeond-OI&M Matter at the rostomce,. at rjilladelphla. Ta. Under the Act of March 3. 1870 Important Activities in Legislative Session Defeat of anthracite tax bill pre dicted after It Is twice modified at wish of operators. Appropriation bills of $21,400,000, Including $,1,801, BOO for hospitals, reported to House nnd passed first time. Governor signs hill governing ex change of old road bonds for new ones, nnd other bills, including de ficiency appropriations. Senator Eyre reports judicial ap portionment bill with amendment re moving Judge Hnusc, of Chester county, n Democrat. Two mine-cave bills rcpoited to House after alleged attempts to kill them In committee. Neither Is con sidered likely to pass. GIRL CHASES HAIR-CUPPER; THREE LOSE THEIR TRESSES Middle-Aged Man Snips Locks as Children Watch Parade ' A 'Mack the Clipper," described ns tall nnd middle-aged with a gray beard, snipped luilr fro mthe heads of three schoolgirls lust night near Broad street 1111ft l.nliti.l, ni'niiiin ...lilln tlm olillilpeii watched the demonstration In honor of (.ordinal Dougherty. 'flic "clipper" was chased by Helen Devlne, fourteen ycois old. 20120 A street, Kensington, who lost three of ner long, dark-brown curls. The girl was standing with it group of pupils of tho Visitation rarochlal School, B street and Lehigh nvenue. The girl said she henrd the snip of n pair of shears and turned In time to hce the i mil push through the crowd. Ha escaped. Marie I.enry, fourteen years old, Pnlcthorp street near Diamond, also lost some of her hnlr. She did not de tect flic "clipper." The third victim, whose name Is not known. Is u pupil in St. Columbn's School, Twenty-third street nnd I.chlgh nvcuue. "MAYOR SAM" WON'T QUIT May Not Have Whiskers, but He Has the Votes Snm Rudolph, twciitv-two years old. "innvor" of I'pper Dm by township, say- he's going to stick to his job. This U ills reply to critics who wnnt him parted from his $'1000 Job because thev believe their "mayor" should hnvt whiskers, or, nt any event, the matur ity t lint goes with whiskers. "I :im of age," explained Sam, "unci I wns elected by n vote of 7 to !!, "Anyway. J 'in not lenlly the niayoi, I'm just secretary of the township and of the bonrd of commissioners. "1 haven't i.nwor t" approve or xcto ordinances, nnd my lurisdictlon is un der I he commissioners, not over them." "Mayor" Sam snld he contemplated no i nclical reforms In I'pper Darby. He does not favor jazz dancing, but he W not up in nrins against it. til. Is will be inteicsted t.t learn that the "innyor" Is uiiiiinmiil. lie was graduated from I'pper Darby High School in 11)111, ami attended the engi neering Mhool at Penn in the class of 11120. Hi is partial to blue si rge suit,., h" has line dark eyes nnd nn engnglng sinlle. And also, girls, don't forget the SiJOOi) snlary. "BAD BOY" TO REFORMATORY Benjamin Feldman Sent to Hunting don Criminal Since 11, Police Say Tho title of "champion hud boy" wn.s given by police today to Itenju mln IVldman, Sixth street near Callow hill, who was sent to Huntingdon Re formatory until he reaches his ma jority. Feldtnan wns convicted before .lodge Sliull. In Criminal Court Nn. I. of ioh liing .lames Cnvonngli, of Chester. Apiil 1-, at Darlen and Vine streets. The hoy got .$1. I'olico sny Feldman was arrested when eleven years old for entering to steal. Ho wns convicted nnd placed on prohntlon. In 1017 he was arrested seven times on various charges! and liunlly wns sent to the (ilcn Mills School, from which he escaped. The boy wns arrested three times in 101S, being placed on probation em h timo despite his escape from the le form fcchool. SEEK TO END ARMS EXPORT State Department Asks Congress to Amend Present Laws Washington, April 1.".. t By A. P i Blanket pioliihttion ngninst the ship- l incut, of arms nnd munitions to any 'country where they might he used for revolutionary purposes has been nsked i of Congress by the State Department. I Speclllcnlly, the department reiiuesisl nn amendment to the net of 1012, which ' prohibits such shipments to Aiuericun countries, The Senate foreign lelutioiis coinmlttee considered today the depail nient's reipiest, designed primarily, Ii was said, to stop munitions shipments to China. I'arlv euaitmciit of an i nmendiiienl is iiroposed. Some of the foreign pnvvets. It was explained, have icipiestcil the I'tiited Stales to Join in the effort to pi event intuitions shipments to nil countriis wine revolutions nte in progiess. Mem bers of the foielgn iclntlotis coinmlltee said, however, that It wns not inillcnteil Hull conditions in Iieiiind were u factor In the ploposed levision. JUDGE SCORES PRISONER Man Who Lured Benefaetor'o Daugh ter From Home Gets Year In Jail "You me the nieiuiest friininiil brought before me since 1 came to Philadelphia. My onlv rcRrct Is that I cannot give you u longer sentence, said Juilg" Shull today In Criminal Court No. 1 when he sentenced Hector L. DcIrhiIo to ii year in Jail. Delgado was convicted in exactly six teen seconds by a jury on which one woman, Miss Catharine Story, was serving, of having brought Rose Har ris, sixteen years old, to this city from New Ynrkeiix his wife. Julius Harris, the gill's father, tes titled that he had token Delgado into his home in New York three years ago when tho defendant came there from Porto Rtco to work as a translator In an Importing house. !'Mv daughter nursed him back to health when he was almost dying with iiillttcii7.it during the epidemic. the father continued, "and this Is Hie wn) lie repays us " Joll'eet Slnilim Orrheetra an eter heard nelody nul pp In combination. Uanca to It "ilium to It: at dinner and altar tha. Iheair.. Uotal AdalBhla, Ctiaitnut and ltn-4du. DEFEAT FORECAST F R STOOL'S B L TO TAXANTHRAC1TE Measure, Twice Modified at Wish of Operators, Has Few Friends Loft AMENDMENT PUTTING LEVY ON PUBLIC IS WITHDRAWN tin a Staff Ccrrcwamtfnt Hnrrisbiirjr, April 15. Defent of the anthracite coal tax bill Is predicted by those who have been following legisla tion closely this session. Weakness of. the backers of the bill is Indicated In the two reductions made in the proposed tax. The tax now pro posed Is 1 j per cent on the price ol coal per ton nt the mines. Tho origlnnl tax proposed was 2Vj per cent, but n reduction wns made fol lowing n conference with the Governor nnd the clause to prohibit the opera tors from passing on to the consumer any ehargo additional to the tax wns taken nut of the bill. This prohibitory clause was put back again nnd the further reduction to IVj per cent made following another con ference with the Governor. Strong opposition to the bill hns de veloped among the coal operntors and retailers, while members of tho House say the sentiment bnck home Indicates the consumers feel they are paying enough for conl now without having a tax imposed. With opposition from so many sources nnd n genernl sentiment every where ngninst additional tax burdens. il,rn lu il frnwlni? belief anion!: Illl'lll- hers of the House thnt the niithruclte tax bill is going to have a rocky road to travel. APPROPRIATION BILLS REPORTED $21,400,000 Hnnlsburg. April 1... More than 22.-1 appropriation bills, carrying more thnn S21.400.000. ' reported to the House of Itenrescntntives lat night by Chairman William J. McCnlg. of the appropriations committee, and passed for the first time just before the House ndjournpil for the week. About fifty hills, most of which are for Mate hospitals anil state Instltii tl.ms nre to come, ii ml they will be ncted upon next week, when the appro priation bills passed finnlly by the Sen nte will bo reported out nnd sent through the House. . The nggregnte opprnprintions by classes a're: Hospitals. Sll.ftOl.SOO; homes. ,sS,.?.. 000. nnd miscellaneous. S1.K21."21.:,.0. The chairman Informed members that tho genernl appropriation bill, whjeli hns passed two readings in the house, will come out within u few days. The greatest item in the bills icporl ed out Is Sri.'JoO.OOII for the cnie of the Insane for two years, while SI. "011.000 Is provided for increase ot teacheis sal aries carried by the net of 1010 and SI (iOO.000 for the teachers' retirement fund: SI. 200.0011 for mothers' pensions, double' what was voted lust session; SI .000.000 for state higliwav 're wards" : S1.2."0.000 for tin- Natlonnl Guard and emergencies; SI. 200.1100 for I,.. 1'iili-ersltv of Pennsylvania; SiO.- (100 for the I'nlverslly of Pittsburgh. S10.000 for the scsnulcpntennml nt Philadelphia and S15.000 for stnrtlng the state fair. Included in the bills reported me the following recommendations for Philadel phia and vicinity: Women's Hnnnttnl. jnynon. Niitlnniil Htnm rcli HnMiltnl MOOO ,th" Medlcn-Ch rurulcnl t-nnin.' iifinotm; I'ohullnln Ho natal of lb.. University ot lennHaela. Jinn. 000. MnnlRimiory Hospital. Niirrlatynn Ph. Jii OOOi N'nrtliweetern Cioiieral lln--nltal 151.0110. Philadelphia OrjhoiiMllr li.uiiltnl nnd li.llnniirv fnr Ncrjnua lVlseaiei. flo.OOO. Weil Philadelphia den- Contlnuril nil I'nRr Twenty, t'nlumn rnn WOMAN'S JUR Y SER VICE PA Y FILLS HOLE IN HOME BUDGET Two U'vvlis in Court Hns Opened ISi'W I 'into on Hu manity to Young Mother of live. Pleased and pinuVi thai she hns been able to add something to the steadily decreasing family cuuVis. Mis. Jenn lette Ixerl. of 2".l South Melllck street, twentv -five-vear-old uiother of five I children, is lompleting her two weeks ' !.. tri.... iii t'riiiiliiiil Court No. 1. I In her mind, she lias spent that Sill n dozen times. She luis piilurcd every lone of her ihildreti. fmni the tiny tliree months old baby to the six-year-old eldest, in new nnd ilainlv trucks; she !.., .. vnrloiiM new things nboilt Ihe house that she hns been longing for nnd felt she coiihlu I afford: she has liietuied the young husband with u new lob nnd the famll h'PPJ and pros neroiis. Phillip Kerl. lh" buhand. has been wllbout n ioli for two weeks. Hut alas. Slid in icality cuniiot go ... r,.P hh ! renin iliilhirs nnd .Mrs. Ixei wnnls to use the uioiiey where mend the biggest hole In the lt will family ""Mt has been n wonderful holiday for me " said the young mother today us she hurriedly picked up some of the scattered baby clothes in the iving room and complete, her own .toilet for thedav's work at City Hall "I hadn't been diiw.i town for months. 1 urn lucky to lmvc mv mother living near, and she takes care. .f tin' baby all day. Phil looks ufler the i theis It bus been u splen did experience and I should like to sen., agalii. It is fun to go down. town every luornlng But when I com.) back in the evening I feel as though 1 had been gone .. ,r,ntli nnd 1 tun so crazy to see the bibles I'hll Is s" good to Iheni, but I ;m alwuvh nfriihl something will hap ien to them while 1 urn gone pe it . HNiiM nlvvnxs been easy to say guilty' or 'not guilty' from tho jury box," fih went on, as sho rode dowu PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1921 Bank Cashier Kills One Bandit, Wounds 2, Seizes 2 One Automobile Robber Escapes From Cicero, III:, Financier Eleven Persons Imprisoned in, Vault by Gang l$y the Associated Tress Chicago. April 1.". It. Witowskl. cashier of the state hank of Cicero, a suburb, successfully defended the hank ngninst a band of six iiutuiiiohile ban dits today, killing one robber, wounding two nnd cnptiiring two others. Only the driver of the car, .who remained outside the bank, escaped. When the six men drove up to the bank five of them entered with ilinwn revolvers. 'I'ltn leniler nntirnllf lied theciiue oecll- nitwl be Witowskl mid ordered him to I the rear of the bank. The other ban- dit.s multiplied ten other persons who were u the uiiiik. including r. i . Stoffel, vice president, to follow Witow skl. OpenlrTg the vault, the robbers forced their captive to enter Wl.lln tint i.f flit, ltiindlts Mlnnil ennril f the other three scooped up the money I In the cashier's cage Into a ling. As thev turned to escape Witowskl pushed the door of the vault nj.tr nnd fired through the aperture. One bandit fell SEE PLOT TO WRECK LI Spikes and Connecting Plates I Removed From Rails, Of- i ficials Say j DISCOVERED AT VILLANOVA An apparent attempt was made to wreck the ensthound "lliondwiiy Limited," on the Main Line of the Pennsylvania Knilro.td. just Vlllnnovn, enily this monilng. cn-t of Itailwn police lire Investigating. Spikes nnd connecting plates had been removed from severnl rhils. Near by were the tools thnt hud been used to spread the mils. A toolbox lit Villa tiovn stntion hud been broken open nnd n crowbar and wrenches rrmntcd fiom il. DiseoM'i-y of the spread rails was made hv the mntoruinu of the iiv-t local elet trie' train which rains from Paoli to llro.nl Street Station In the morning. He noticed un irregularity in the rails in fiont of Ids car mid stopped. He hud pased Vilhiimru station nt ll:..l in New orU. II averages ii. live to heventy inlb's nn hour W ll'i" stretch of the load, and was due shoitly after 7 o'chfek. Ollicials disregard I he theoiy care less wiii-kiuen mil) have left the spikes off. but think lli"ie is a possibility irrcpouihIe bovs may hae tiled to liring about a wrccK. K .1. Cleave, superintendent of the Pliilmlelphla division, ut IIiirrNhiirg, has n sipiad of ruilwav police mid others winking on the case. "As yet we have found tin lues nor nny motive for the act.-' he aid. "We sent men to Vlllnnovn nnd will use every means to inn down the perpe trators of whnt iniglH ciimIj have le suited in a .atiistroplie " I''ingeiii lilts nre "aid to lme been found both on the tool box and the tools. These were taken by the ih lis lives. Yesterday u slick of ihnainile, at tnched to n wire, was found on n trestle which tniries the Pennsylvania Rnilionil Hacks over Newton hike, ul West Collitwswood. N. .1 Extracted Tooth Causes Death 'Shamohln. I'll.. April 1". An traded tooth was the c.iuse of death here of Mrs. Anthony Knurr ex the MRS. .IHANHTTI-: IxKRL lu the trolley. "There were cases in which terrible things weic spoken of. 1 felt terrible, but I am sine it i right for women to serve on juiles. 1 am pioiiil that we run ami so glad t lint we can vote. 1 think every woman should be broad minded ami have ,i wide knowledge so she can better piotcct and teach her own chlldin what is right. "I am so enthusiastic over jury duty. It gives you a clioiu c to stuilv tnees, tolciirn more nboui Immunity. It shown you funny and sad. unusually mid ordi nary things about life. 1 would like to be n lawyer. If I could I would Hike up the study of law now It In fasci nating mid ii worth while calling But, after all. mi babies are the most I m pcirtnnt to me iind they are the ones I must be mother nnd lawyer, doctor aud moat evcrythFiig vm for," , BROADWAY IED "i10 i .""'n U.iiii . . . e dnnchTg .Airs. LoiVls ('."Madeira. delayed truth. II teen ""' .. ,.,pM ()mlltl responsible for the only Ra.lwuy olhcials Mb. i ". " legislation rnntn. Hns dancing in Penn- were Kiirt-ml with malicious nitni . le J.,,,,,,, MK So ,,,, r,. lllWM, ,.,,,,., f "llru.iilwiiy Linii cd inns from (Hi- ilr,nu (ll ri-iillun. and Kdw.ird i w m i 1 fMmi ?$Mr M?mK w jVv.tK&-l Yfi M sssm .JP 3 From Chicago with n bullet through Ids head and two others were seriously wounded. Mdiiiwhlle the Cicero police had re sponded to the bank's burglar nlarm. arriving just In time to fire upon the lleelng bandit who had waited outside In the automobile. The other two rob bers were captured after n running pistol tight of two blocks ti nd the money re covered. In the exchange of shots Steve I'icht. n policeman, wns wounded slightly in the leg The slain bandit ms been Identified ns .liilinn .Norwcll. tinny years om. The wounded men are Joseph Wagner, twenty-one, ami I.nuis Custer, twenty. One of the iinwouiidcd bandits wns Identified as .John Kurlui. All lire from Mitcnpn. Six tinned bandits who held up two bnnk messengers on nn Illinois ( entral train enrlv todoy. captured two satchels containing $(WS.000 woith of cameled i hcihs utid escaped In n tuxicob here. TO COURT-WIARTIAL Dance Instructors and Public Officials to Dethrone "Rags" and "Blues" MEETING IN TUSTIN'S OFFICE King .Inz.:. who Mi's Mnrgiirpt Willis, dance reformer. sa)s, "makes tame girls wild." will quiver in bis thvone room this afternoon when dance iru-li'iii'tor and city welfare nflicinU cotifei with the men who compose and liulilNh rues, blues and other music In nn effort to turn oft the supply nt its source. And nobody will mistake King .Ifli". s shivering for n shiuinn . He will b" hnniled mi ultlinntiim to emier in- n, good king or nbdlcnlc. nnd his subjects in the ilnuce linlls, cabarets, "kafi'ee klatches" and "de-rugged" pnrlorswill know him no moie. The confluence to in.;r. the jar, will be held 111 the office of Director Tustin. Sitting on the mutt -martini of the un tamed trombone, saxophone and oboe will be Miss Wnlz. who iceentl) Iiim.- t t !.....- t., 1 tlW.t.lM T.1U ' " . ' . . n tin Hotel and cafe managers win tiiso attend Mayor May Not Attend Mayor Moon- has been invited, but because of a meeting of the 'Delnwuie bridge commission it is believed lie will not he able to attend. The dunce reformer will tell the men wlio niiiipiise nnd publish ja.z to con fine their masterpieces to music for vio lins, clarinets, drums nnd musical In sttuiiieiils, nnd for goodness sake, to forget to put in u lot of uncanny notes i to he interpreted by train whistles, toin-tonis. kitchen utensils, steamboat sirens and bombing planes. The coiil'ciees wnnt to take Ihedanee music out of the kitchen, mid put it bm k in the drawing room chiss. so that lilano mid oilier musical instruments will not go completely out of style. lintel Men To Be Warned According to the reformers, the hotel and cafe men. managers of dance halls and other friends of jazz will he told to piohlbit vulgar diMicing mid to iiinu -their respective establishment !'- spfctahlc I "We will give them one dinner." said one mouther of the committee which I reel ntly took up the ipiestion of tiizaif i dancing. "If they do not show n will ingness to co-operate in stmnplng out the unsightly and immoral dances wi 1 will iceoiiiincnd lo the Mayor that then ' Mceui.es lie i evoked." ' Miss W.'il said; "We're getting the hotel men and .in., kinss together to I try and bring about an nmlcalile un ilii'standing nnd to make dancing better. I We wnnt to sec if we can't get the ' people who vviife mid publish Jll. to. tame it. Says ulgaritj Must Go "This nuisii . with horns and bells' and whistlis. seems to he an incentive1 i to vulgarity e want young people. 1 to have a good time, hut vulgarity i must l?u. I "Tlits iiitis.ii we have now niukc'tnmc ' girls wild. The noises thnt miisiptei aile its music nt i' positively barbaric," Recently the Philadelphia Dancing, Mhsteis' As'iieiuliou appointed a com- mlltee, iiu lulling Miss Wall', Walter I i Wrne mid John I eigle. whii II w.III serve ns il cleillllli; house for ciiliiplulllls lit! the public. A coinplnlnt made to any ' iiiiuibet' of the loniuilttie will be Inves tigated and the ienlt of the litvestign- 1 t lull will be submitted to tite Mayor , with i ecoiiiiiiiiid.it tolls. MRS. MOORE GETS ON JURY Sits In One Cd3e. but Is Rejected, When Called for Another Mrs. , Hampton .Moore, who ha . been waiting fruit'ess'y fnr dajs i,, K,, a chance lo sit on a jury, had just a taste today of dealing out justice. With .Mi's .1 nullum l.lppincoii. I who n No has in en waiting in vutll to bo called for seivuc. she was a member of u jury which i elm tied n verdict for the iiefeuilnnl in il suit settled out of court, on hunting instiuctioiis from Judge Barrutt Both Mrs Moore ami Mrs. I.ippin. cott were tailed again In serve on an other Jul j, whli h was to hear a suit hi ought by two attorneys ngninst a former client to recover fees. Bolh wcie promptly challenged, however. "It must he that thev do not like my looks or something." said Mrs. Moore, when she was dismissed from the sec ond Jury "But at least I enn now go around to ihe Mayor's olliee nnd tell him thnt I have served on a Jury, oven If It only acted under instructions from the judge." WICKED KING JAZZ . ..in.l .l.n fln....iali.n amlllllll ltl...ltl- Published Dally Except Sunday. Copyright. IQ'-'l. by BUSH TRANSPOR :T CALL OFF WALKOUT "Triple Alliance" " Split Over! Miners' Refusal to Reopon Wage Parley COAL DIGGERS' EXECUTIVE IS SAID TO HAVE RESIGNED lly the Associated Press London, April 1.". An unexpected and sensational split In the ranks of the powerful "Triple Alliance of labor" this afternoon complelelv chiiuged tin complexion of the blackest Industrial ci UN Grent Britain iuid ever fnced, and averted the protected strike of ruilway nieti and transport workers in sympa thy with the striking miners, set for 111 o'clock tonight. Kvents developed with sudi sudden and staitling changes ns to leave the public in a maze. Simultaneously with tho aniiouiiceinent In the House of Commons l,r Prime .Minister I.Invd George thnt the miners had reected his invitation to reopen negotiations with tin mine owners on the terms ndvnn I Inst evening by Frank Hodges, the min ers' seeietary. came the announcement that the railroad men nnd the transport workers had canceled the strike called for tonight Reports thnt Mr. Hodges had resigned lis general secreturv of the miners fed eration were reiterated in rellnble ipiiu -ters late this afternoon, The resigna tion, it wns added, had been nccepted. Advises .Miners to Negotiate .Mr. Tliomns this morning Informed the miners he believed thev should lie- ept the proposals of .Mr. Hodges for n resumption of negotiations, nnd thnt under the circumstances the executive of the inilwdymen would not feel instilled in lulling out Its men. The executive of the transport workers took the nnie view . In iiddressliig ConimoiK the premier said that upon the ipiestion of n national settlement of vvuges the government nl ri'iiih hud cxpicssimI a favorable opinion, hut it regnided n national nool as In juilnus to the whole lountrv becnue it Involved the re-estalilshmeiit of con trol. The government declined to ucpep this, lie said. If the vtnmglc was to continue, do I'lnivd Mr. Lloyd (ieorge. eviry one should realize it was not u struggle to support unv scale of figures out forward by the owners. The gnve.-iiinent, lie said, was not uumuittoil (n the suppoit of 'Any scale of wages advocated by I he mine owners, and the government's i it 1 r it I v.iis perfecilv open lie ,.iil leMei (om the Miners' I I'edci.ition slating thrl the onlv con diliiii on uliiih n I. iiiniir.ir.v settli meiil 'litll'l! ll.t II llt)il II ls' itttit tflilrili iniut ,' , ,, ": , '.", ' ...... i, . ..i --..IM "I II,.- ,. ,. IIIIIUII,S i f u iifitntii.il v ijes Isiard ami n na tional pool. Premier llnpiil for Compromise In hi letter iiivitiiiz the miners Prime Minister Lloyd George said the general impression leceivnl from .Mr. Hodges statement was that the miners were "now prcpnred to dl-tllss with the own ers the ipiestion of wii'jes without rais ing the i ontloversutl issue of the t.a tlonnl pool of wages, provided arrange in. uits of n temporary character were made without iirejiidiee to further dis i iissinn of the ptoposiil for n national pool when n further settlement comes to he il'-n II with." The mine owners kilo 'list night made pnh'le the following statement ; "We want, and again invite, the millets' n'prosontntives to sj down with us. both nationally and in (lis. Iiiils. to s( e what may lie done to im prove the wage conditions of those classes of workeis who would be most scvtrelv affected by n wage reduction. "Ciuler present conditions we are u'lidy to sacrifice all claims to n return of thy industry . and will be content with .i iniiiitlih leview of the 'Itinit iftli until i in iiinstiUHos improve. Government i nut ml has left the Industry bankrupt. "We will tin our best to uiiike bettor leiius tor underpaid workers, nnd pub- ii h extend tint, initiation to the miners i, taiet ii . and talk things over. What lse i an I'.ie owners do?" AM) RAILROAD MEN BRITTSn MINERS' STRIKE STILL 0IxT5 CALL CONFEREKCT- LONDON, Ajiril 15. The cnlllng of n cor.fci-piice of icpte-en-tntix'cs of the miners fiom nil the coal fields, nt n dntt to b t'xe-i toiuoiinw. was decided upon by the Executive cf the m'uei3" fcl eintion this, eveninc. It took this action after henrinc; the tle cibion of the railway men and trnnspoit woiktis to cancel their syiupailietlc bti'llte. Frank Hodges, the mineis' sccrctmy. whci questioned regarding this decision, said it meant that the ni'.nei'd' atiike would continue. DUTCPI MINISTER TO SPAIN MAY COME TO U. S.- KCTTERDAM, April 15. J. H. VanHoyin, Dutch lOist. to 15,1.1. i.. i being considered by The NethcilaiuU govcin.uint ab i.i i i t. i- r W.ibhlnston, bays the newspaper MnsVootle, oi t.iie c.;. . JU It 'now mentioned tor the Washington post btvital tuu's it. il..1 4Mi, iptci.ally in the autumn ot 1017. i EXPLOSION IN HOME I Leak in Gas Range Said to Have Been Cause A slighl exphi.loii billowed bv a small llic oiii.rred m litllti n'c'ock tht morning on ihe eigluli tlom of the Glad stone Apaituieiits nt the northwest coi ner of I'leveuth and Pine tieet. The explosion ociiii'icil in a newly n stnlled gus range It is Indicted theie was a leak In tin' gas louuectioii nnd thnt gas gathered in the oven The door of tlie stove was lilow n open mill a quantity of grease caught fire ' No one was Injured and tlie tlie wan extlticuislied before an engine cum vjiany arrived. Subscription Price 'Id a Tenr by Mall. Tubllo Ledfer Corp.pany 2 Wives Under 1 Roof 1i) t iiilerwood HKItlSKItT T. ANIMtKWK suit for divorce by wife No. I and one for annulment of her mar riage by wife No. !! are now the portion of the New York broker who tried the noxel experiment of marrying a new wile and bringing her home to Ihe with the first, without regard to matrimonial law" or (inventions New Test of Strength Is Due in Council Today on Appropriation mWmM.i..M -til MAYOR AND VARES TO CLASH ON VETO trainmen mid conductors. H ulso -tuart-rr-n nnnnpn nu A DP en I "(r','ts telegraphers, clerks, shop em CHARTER DODGED, CHARGED ployts. nif.inten. f way employes. A fight is looked for in this afternoon when the Vnre Cunningham combine will try I Council Brown -o puss u bill over the Mayor's veto The bill provides for an appropria tion of S.'iOOO lo repair, alter and furnish a room in City Hull to he used by Su- ' prenie Court Justice Schaffei , The Mayor is to veto tli bill because I llio niiiirotiriiition is inni'e to the county ' commissioners instead of the Bureau of L. llcitiu.i'tv Council wiM ad on excess bill fori, em inns ilenartuicnts. totaling S."i1.- I"0 27. Mnnv of tlicsp bills nic old. . .. .- ....1. .i i e some I nilUZ inn I lliri-c nun i-.hi -,-uts. , 'I'lie appropriation of S.VI.000 to Mayor ioore ftir preliminary work on ihe' RlSil World's Fair here is up for passage, the Van's having made peace witli Mr. Moore on this question. Other financitl legislation on the long ..nin.wtnr includes nn ntinroiiriatioti of e .,- jiiii, f.... i.cl i,f li.tii.il' I, tl tin, ' .s.l,iilii' n't .' ' Parkway in connc'tiun willt tlie con vention of the I'ldependent Order of. ' "dd fellow in June and nil nopro- iiriatlon of S1IIIHI to till' clerk of Coun cil for expenses incidentnl to the Franklin Memorial lelehratioii here. There is also a bill mi the calendar authorizing the creation of u bureau of , automobile under the Mayor. At pres ent the vmioii. departments huv ami store and keep it" their automobiles n the: see til. Tlie bureau of aiitoiuo- ' l.lles would iii'tchase nil clly machines. store Ho 111 anil puieiuis, me gas nnil oil foi tlietn in bulk. The move is to iiit expenses. The program outlined by Director Tustin for park, recreation i enters and bath lioue also will come mi for i otisiilerution -, .. c... ten nnn LSWW.U. WV. IW. vvvwv l'e.-iiig he Vis s.isiattied tlnuiifi.il loss in i an o ol his suspension fnun nieiiili-isii.i in tV Niw .lersev Mali Dental Socniv. Pi William G. linn- rnlian I mw . of Newark. Ii ' bein suit to r s:,"i,iitiii d-im.igis froci th'' o- Dr I lanr.ilicn .i" rs the -usprn- .'IC lof was urn instilled look an nil!" nl to Mm icil adds that le bo.iril of I .'IISOIs of tin- socletv mid IUt"ll that I' wns rtin- LOCAL TEAMS ARE IDLE Phillies and Athletics Unable to Play on Account of Rain The Phillies und Aililey loth in joved a ihtv of lest Ihis attt'.xf.wn as a lesiut ot tlie lust iiiiiiv day of the season Mmmgi r I I Donovan held off illilil shoitly nftt i noon, when he saw i theie wits no oil. nice ot staging a g.iiiu I all I liillile Ihe iniiiiilllicclueiit that the 'contest with the (illilil.- had been caii- celed Almost ut tin Mime tunc wind t tune i fioiti New oik that the giimc sihcililli'd tlu ii- between the Macks ami taiikcis also had been called olT mi account of tbe Inclement weather. The same teuuis will come, together tomorrow afternoon. PRICE TWO CENTS L RAIL AGREEMENTS SUITS BOTH SIDES Labor Approves Many of Sixteen Basic Principles Governing New Conferences EXECUTIVES MEET TODAY TO ARRANGE NEW PACTS By the Associated Press Chicago. April lfi. Both railroad executives! nnd labor lenders today de clared the decision of the I'niteil StntA Railroad Labor Board abrogating the national ngi cements would materially advance the effort to arrive at nn agree ment satisfactory to all parties. Th loaid directed individual roads mid their employes to confer nnd agree upon new working rules by July . Lnbor representatives said many of the sixteen basic principles laid down in the bonrd's decision to govern thu conferences on new working agreements, esiednlly the eight-hour day und th right of the employes to organize nnd select their own representatives, Include principles they have been fighting for. Rnllwny executives said that the de cision recognized their contention that many of the rules should not bavc na tional application. eighteen Unions AITcctcd The decision affects members of : eighteen nnlnns Including nil thnie affiliated with the railway department of the American Federation of Labor. j In this group are the "big four." the organization of engineers, firemen, siicci- menu workers, switchmen nnd those members of the National Organi zation of Muster. Mates nnd Pilots of America who nre employed by rail roads. When the nbi ligation of the na tional agreements was iiroposed sev i nil months ago by V. W. A'terbtirv, vice president of the Pennsylvania Rail load. It was ileelnieil thnt the national agreements were costing the railroads S.'IOO.IIOO.OPO a year, because certain ecotiotnles in shop conditions cnulil not be put into effect under the old rules. Rail Kxecutlves to Meet A meeting of the conference commit' tic of the Association of Rallwar ': ell Kjiis utives. of which L. T. Whiter Is minium, was called for today to dis cus, tin, implicit ion of the decision to the individual roads. The executives' side of the iirgtiiuenl in fuvor of abro gation of the old national agreements was presented to the board through Mr. Whiter. "There can he nn question t lint th decision lias opened the wnv for mora iitisfacorv nils and working conditions tlutt tire now in effect, smd Snniuel O. I lu ti ti . ulitor of the Rnilvvnv Age. to day, "and should result In u substan tial increase in efficiency of lnbor and a teiliictlon of railroad expenses The tie i isinn is partly a victory for the rail ro.ul and pnrtlv for the employes. Whnt the oittiom" will be. so fat as railroad cllii iency is eoiicerneil. depends upon tin- . .inference to be held." Members Terms Kxplre The decision enme just before tb , terms oi lr.iee uieiiioers oi me noaru i expired nt midnight last night Thee 'men. appointed for one year when the lioatd wns oignulzed. are Henry Hunt. ' Clin iniinti. one of the representatives ! of the genernl public; W. L. Park. t'hicago. a railway representative, and I .1. J. Forrester, Washington. D. C . i . . , , , . .... one oi tlie i.inor meniiiers. ineir sus iiu.iit. i'ivii lint lieeti nun -lllteil mill ' ,flr pIUes will be vacant because tht . . eietiling the board failed to specify ,i ... niembeis should continue in office until their siici essors qualified. Last night's decision bad nothing to do with the vnrious wage conferences which have been instituted by various railroads within the last few weeks and soilie of which luive already resulted In ili. pules that have reached the board. The rules finding will affect pny en velope only in so fnr ns it results in inoilllicntloti of regulations coiiceinlng wb.it lonstitulcs overtime, defining just when ti railroad ttinii stalls work and miliar subjei ts. The unions held n conference nn the tuiduig this niurning. their meeting in ng ptesji,.il over by B. M Jewel!, ptcsidcnt of tlie inilwtiy employe de partment of ihe .Miiericiiu Federation of l.iihui It was inilicatcil that bolli the unions ami tlie conlercni e coitiinitt if the as sociation of railway exieuin.es would is-iic sialcin.nl Inter in the day New oih. Apnl 1."i.-iB A P I Sruiiue. Goiiiiel's. luesldiilt of the tinT - iii I'eileini mo of Labor, ileelnieil lodav thai the riilioad labor board "iviiiiitlv ll.t I ben iiillm in ed by big business" ii' old' nng nhingaliiMi of ex isilug uiilioniil winking tigiccuieiils !m tiiici tin i.iniei and tle'lt luploveH. i "The whole luiltvilt ail." he s.ild n ( itntltiuril mi I'is'e luentv, ( nliimn One BRIDGE COMMISSION CALLED Governor Sproul Summons Joint Body to Consider Finances A noi'tiiig of the P ii is. 1 v a ii in and New , lei sty Joint Bridge t'ouinilssion has In en ut led In l.ov i un Sproul for till" afternoon nl the office, of tin t oiiiniiioii 'i I In Wid ner Building. lleorge Well-ler. II lliellllll" of th" boaid of i ngit.i 1 1 -. -uiil tin inectiir was ailed piiniittlli In disi i s tiiiitiu'cs. r Today's Developments in iSatiunrd Capital t'lii'ii iiiiiii Foriliicy. of tltc win und iiie.iii- I'omiuittce, ilecluic.l the ellleU'cliey tlll'llf Idll must pass llliul lei cd a tlie House resinned conslti nation of lite tariff and mitl-dump-illg iiteasilie A i ompromisi' movement tins been begun to boosl the House member ship to 100. Til l ivrlllnr papera ara M1IITINU fAfKUS-Tilii, '7' i NAT NA t i . ..-ri--i'H ,i . .'fcv .'.tj-xvfal v.rM-. .i -K.twh.'...llls. '
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