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VOL. VIL NO. 212
liEciisir
TMEEPl.T.U.i
: III REPORTS
Commission Suggests $1.05 or
' $1.10 as Fair for Quality
Now Supplied
RECOMMENDATIONS SENT TO
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COUNCIL THROUGH MAYOR
f
i-1000,000 Minimum to BeJ
Paid to City by U. G. I., Whose
Management Is Praised
DATA FOR NEW LEASE
I
favors Body to Regulate Busi
ness and Fix Costs to Con-
m
sumers Every 6 Months
ln increase in tho price of gas and
rjOTtlnliatinn 01 inn iinu-ii iiiitiiuii uiiii
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4tjtem are recommended in the report
filch the (ins Commission submitted to
Council this afternoon, through Mnyor
Moore.
A price of $1.0." or $1.10 per 1000
cujIc feet is a "fair rate" for the
ntialllr of gas now supplied the city
by the United fins Improvement Co., the
tommtMion finds. The present rate
Ml.
The commission's 171 -page report
iwrpt over tlie entire field of the gns
iltuation here and wliilo not definitely
Jrrwmmondlng a new lease furnished a
miss of data on which a new agree
ment might be based. Tho present lease
would eiplre in 1027.
Outstanding Folnts In Report
Among the outstanding; points in the
report are:
The city-owned gas works should be
operated by a company having no other
Interests, although there is no objection
to the stock of the operating company
btlnj owned by a holding company.
A permanent gas commission should
he named by the Mnyor with the np-
TprovM of Council to supervise the exc-
Tcntion of a new lease if one Is adopted.
jTMs commission should bo empowered
'to ,81 the cost to consumers, say every
'ill months.
' A minimum payment of .$4,000,000 a
'jear to the city from the proceeds of
,the gas plant should be paid, with a
continuance of tho present free gas
. Uinting for municipal purposes.
The T'nl(ed Gas Improvement Co.'s
iBanagfrnent of the ens works is praised
fand It Is stated that the company's effi-
iciency should be given consideration
when a new lense is adopted.
I Commission's Summary
U Following Is the commission's brief
Jiummary of the program it recommends
5 to modernize the present gas plant
and provide the best and cheapest serv
ffclfor the people. :"
First. Continuation of .m0 II. t. u.
heating value with nower conferred
upon a regulatory body to change
each standard if conditions in the
future so recpilre. The Commission
bellcTes such a standard will provide
better and jess expensive gas than
twenty-two candle power standard,
that the vast majority will be bene
fited and t tin t those illsnilvuiitiii-rcoiiNlv
affected consume not more than fi per
ifni nt me entire amount of gas sup
plied. Second. r.'stabllshmcnt of adequate
pressure requirements and regula
tions as to Impurities, testing of gas
and meter inspection,
i Third. Continuation of company's
I Present policy of examining and ad
Justing nnnliances without, cxnonsi!
J w consumer.
if Fourth.. Intension of works mnnu-
k ifcturlng facilities and their adnpta-
i "him iiri'M'nt conditions, uenerat-
( l facllltioK nre not modern lu all
i pects and nre not entirely adapted
' ,,JPr0(1,lolnK as at the least cost
with available materials at current
Prices. Lnrge expenditures must be
iMile within the next few yenrs for
Mdltloiuil facilities to meet the
rowing demand for gns.
I'laut Kxtcnsinn Urgwl
fifth. Construction of n modern
coal gas plant ns an addition to the
Misting property.
sixth. Kxtcnsinn of distribution
J stem to areas entitled to gas serv-
aIui ',n,"")l(, improvement through
'raal 1iIk1' l,r('S8,1,, transmission
(int.. .'" "nmeilinte preparniion ol
SPtns for these additional facilities
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hren e neeessnry for plans to bo
"Prepared i up .. .i. i ..
IMennl.. . ' lul ' "t"UK nullum-.,
,mracts let anil the work started this
fc KUil
' from " L ' fvialon for securing
tthe next rf ,n "'(m,)'0()" within
! ilO nnnXLnlft05 '"nths. and from
ni.i ' :. ' "' Ti.UHMMHiii aililltlonnl
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nin
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KUn!L,n.nv 'T. !'"'l either liv the is-
suam.n , . '" "'" 'iuier uv nie is
a ll" of ' ''i, l"mU f WH'I
. ...r. 'he oneratini? nrmr,v
' of nni.!1' U(,,',"K"itlon In neW lease
comn.i..n.,1,,,rtlo' "f the amount the
Wmr. ? VK nH i,s "'"tmnrtUi'J it -
ran.. ..: '" '" Pinpenj. 'Hie com-
to r."K l,l,,l'"'s,,,,l tho commission
l too run'n,ll,,"'l, $14.00(1.000. This Is
The ;.,;, """ """ be iijin
iK.nii,niCt '""mint must be 1
for
f -""i. (UHli comDensatlon to ih
. Carted on asr six, CohmTn To
,Jato,ywsu-
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n. V. '" KI,K mi- he reduced n.s
r,n 1tly nn'1 nH mpidly as postdhlc.
';roving demand during tlie coming
S2"H,r ''nn e met without large ex
'ffc i mfK nl ,lln additions may
tti . .'"."Pcrntloii by the fall of 1H2L
Entirc'l ns Sccond-CUM Mutter nt the roslomrn. Bt Philadelphia, ra.
Unur I he Act of March a. ri70
TWO ENTRANTS
"Cut That Out!" He Tells Wit
ness Who Assails Muni
tion Makers
THREATENS TO END INQUIRY
Ry tho Associated Press
Washington, May 10. First wit-
rcsser. today at tax hearings before the
Sennte Finance Committee came in for
grillings by Chairman Penrose and other
committee members.
W. M. (lark, who said he spoke for
tho four railroad brotherhoods, and who
protested against repeal of the excess
profits tax. was asked by Chairmnn
Penrose for his credentials from the
brotherhoods. The witness told of ac
tions taken by various locals of the four
organizations nnd snid lie was author
ized by their executives to speak for
them.
"That doesn't mean anything. " Mr.
Penrose said. "Anybody can come in
here and f.ny they speak for a whole
lot of people. I've seen It done In poll
tics many times."
"There's no politics in this," re
turned the witness.
Itcnjnmin C. Marsh, who said lie rep
resented the People's Reconstruction
I engue nnd the Farmers' National
Council, was the next witness. His
stntemeut that his organizations repre
sented .'1.000,000 persons, brought from
the clinirmnn a request for a list of
members. Mnrh replied thnt the lists
were retnined by local organizations,
hut ho assured the committee he was
speaking for more people than "any
body who hns been here."
"There's no evidence of thnt." Sen
ator Penrose retorted-
Senator Kmoot, Republican, of I'tah,
asked for details of the Reconstruction
League. Mr. Marsh nttcmnted to give
them and Mr. Smont snid: "Oh. you'ie
just one of those that farm tlie farm
ers."
Later Mr. Marsh attacked the muni
tion makM'h of the country as spreaders
of propaganda.
"Oil, cut that out." exclaimed the
chiiiiman. "We've heard that stuft
oer and ovei again."
Mr. Mnrsli continued his statement
nnd was informed by the Pennsylvania
Senator thnt the committee wns getting
"terriblj tired of such discussion," and
unlc-s it end 'I the .vimmittee hearings
on the tn revision would have to be
brought abruptly to a close.
YOUTH HELD WITHOUT BAIL
ON RUNAWAY GIRL'S CHARGE
Anna May Clark Appears Shy and
Demure at Hearing
Starched collar and cuffs of gingham
nnd a neat blue serge suit made fifteen
year-old Anna May Clark appear a hlij.
demure school girl today as she testified
against Fred Ilelmnn, twenty years old.
accused of a statutory offense.
The youth was held without ball fo
ourt by Magistrate Oirelis in the Fif
teenth 'ind Vine streets station after
the girl briellv told of her experiences
with him. She disappeared from her
home. -001 Summer street, April 'JS and
wns brought back to this city Mny IS.
The girl has been in the House of
Detention since she wns round nt raw
ling Locks near Valley Forge by Dls
trict Detective .Haggerty, who traced
her skillfully after a telephone message
b Helnian. then unidentified, had given
a' slight clue.
Dr. Maude A. Moyer. of the Munici
pal Court staff, testified she had exam
ined the girl. After the hearing the
girl was returned to the House of Deten
tion. lleiman had nothing to hid in his
own defense. The testimony did not
bring out where he had first met the
girl, who was attending school when
she disappeared.
JAMES M. BECK APPOINTED
SOLICITOR GENERAL OF U.S.i
Former Phlladelphlan's Seloctlon Is
Announced by Attorney General
Wasliluglou. May II). -(!! A. P.) -Appointment
of James M. Heck, of .New
York, and formerly of Philadelphia, as
Solicitor (ieneral was aniiouiieid today
by Attorney General Daugherty .
COOLIDlQE ORDERED TO REST
Washington, May 11). -illy A. P,)
Vice President Conlidge continued today
to l.e confined to his bed with what was
described as a mevoro cold. At Mm, olllcn
nt the Capitol it ya(Lsald that It might
be oeverul days bef'Da ho returned to
'fit"
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his duties as his phjrvelnn had advised
a.uriei tm.
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These two girls nre on today's honor roll In tho Movlo Rcanty Contest. HsLr'WiB
Others will ho found In tho Dally Movie Magazine i t'H
PENROSE PEPPERY
AT TAX HEARING
IN THE MOVIE BEAUTY CONTEST
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THE MAGIC LAND
OF MOVIEDOM OPENS
ITS GATES TO YOU
Von are invited to enter and live
there, if you wish. You enn mnke
for yourself nny enreer you desire.
The chance is youm right now.
The Itetzwnod Film Co. has asked ua
to find three girls worthy of train
ing nnd fcnturlng in their films.
You yourself may have latent tal
ent thnt needs only awakening to
carry you to success.
It's merely n mnttcr of sending in
voitr photograph. Why not try it?
See tho Dally Movie Magazine, page
MAYOR PLANS THAT CITY
DO ALL STREET CLEANING
Sends Details for Proposed System
to Council
Plans for the city to do all its own
street cleaning, beginning October 1.
we e submitted to Council this after
noon by Mayor Moore. The Mayor
sent the plans to Council after a con
ference with Director of Public Works
Caven.
Tho city now cleans all streets in
the district between Columbin nnd
Washington nvenues and the Delaware
and Schuylkill Rivers.
In a communication to Council the
Mayor pointed out thnt .$1,000,000 had
been spent by tho city for repnving
streets during the last year. He pre
dicted, In view of nn extensive re
paving program now tinder way, an
other $1,000,000 would be exhausted
during the next three months.
An ordinance providing nn appro
priation of $5,000,000 for street pav
ing will be submitted to Council this
afternoon. The proposed appropria
tion is expected to be approved by
Council provided the members have op
portunity to suggest some of the streets
to be paved or rejmvcd.
"GHOST,'' SYSTEM OF HOSES
UNDER FLOOR, SCARES WIFE
Pittsburgh Man Arrested After She
Complains of Strange Noises
Pittsburgh, May 10. Moans, groans
and taps on the floor in the home of
Charles Ituss, at 018 Lysle street, ceased
suddenly yesterday when Buss was
arrested on the charge of being a suspi
cious person,
Mrs. Hush had complained to the
police that strange noises had been
heard in th house at all hours.
The police ullege Russ wished to get
his family out of the house and that he
hail placed a hose nbout two inches In
diameter under the flooring in his wife's
room. From thnt hose branches were run
to various parts of the house and noises
made at one end of the house carried to
all parts, keeping his wife in n nervous
condition.
CUT 'DRY' AGENTS HERE TO 5
Fifty-one Men Laid Off Until July 1
by Fund Shortage
Only five prohibition agents will bo
on duty in this city after tomorrow
until July 1. Fifty-one of the sixty-five
agents in this district were notified to
day to hand over their badges and
pocket credentials.
The "vacation without pay" until
duly 1 was made necessary, it was said,
because of tlie failure of Congress to
appropriate funds for the agents' pay.
lf the force remaining, five will be
on duty here, one in Pittsburgh, one in
Hnrrisburg, one in Wllkes-nnrre and
one in Newark. The Philadelphia Dis
trict covers Pennsylvania, New Jersey
nnd Delaware.
The Federal Grand Jury meets next
week. The agents sent on "vacation" arc
grumbling been use they will not be able
to nhtnin temporary employment. They
said they will be called to testify in
tiiis and other cities during the time
of tlie lay-off.
SAYS MOTHER OF 11 ELOPED
Willow Grove Police Detain Woman
and Man
Mrs. Amelia Dattelli, thirty-six
years old and the mother of eleven
children, was detained by the Willow
Grove police today and Joseph Stablnl,
twenty years old, was arrested on com
plaint of the woman's husband in Jer
sey City.
Dattelli notified Willow Grove police
several days ago his wife had eloped
with Stablnl and thnt he expected them
to appear in Willow flrove, whero the
young mnn hnd relatives.
They were located Inst night and the
arrest followed. Stablnl wlH bo held
fpr extradition njid the woman detained'
unfit the arrival of her husband t?
inorow
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1921
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FDYTHE APPLETOfT
4185 Norm Pariert St---
STOCK EXCHANGE
.1
Former Member of Brokerage
Firm Expelled for Alleged
Violation of Article
NEW FIRM IS RECOGNIZED
Henry D. Hughes, a former member
of Hughes & Dier, brokers in stocks,
grain nnd cotton, 14115 Walnut street,
wns expelled from the Philadelphia
Stock .Exchange nt a meeting of the
Governing Committee late yesterday
afternoon.
At the same timo formal announce
ment was made that the brckragn.firjn,'
which is also a member of the Pitts,
burgii utocK I'.xciinnge. tlie t iitcngo
Tfoard of Trade and the New York
Produce Kxchnnge, is recognized nnd
will continue under the name of R. D.
Dier & Co
Mr. Hitches wns polled from the
exchange for alleged violation of Arti
cle i.'0 of the constitution, which pro
vides for the suspension or expulsion
of nny member found guilty of nets
detrimental to the interests of the ex
change by two-thirds of the Governing
Committee.
' No Specific Charge Given
No specific clinrgc of Irregularity was
announced by the Governing Committee.
Horace H. Lcc. a member of the com
mittee and secretary of the exchange,
refused to comment nn the expulsion,
further thnn to say that Mr. Hughes
hnd been found guilty on the chnrge of
violating Article 20.
He said the article provided for al
most every reason for expulsion.
According to an officlnl of the new
firm of E. D. Dier & Co., the New York
Stock Exchange officials on Wednesday
of last week notified the Western I'nion
Telegraph Co. to discontinue wire serv
ice for Hughes & Dier.
Planned Dissolution
This wns done immediately, and as a
result, the firm's stock market reports
were no longer handled. Steps were
then taken, it wns said, for the dlssn.
lutiou of the firm, hut this dissolution
was not announced until yesterday
though It was accomplished before the
expulsion.
Hughes & Dier hnd been nstoclnted
In the hrokcrage firm for nine years.
rThe firm had offices in New York,
Pittsburgh, Cleveland. Harrisburg,
Reading, Allcntown, Iiancast,er Al
toonn, Pottsvilli! and Camden.
Mr. Hughes had been a member of
the Philadelphia Stock Exchange for
twenty-two years. He lives on Mill
Creek road. Ardmore, nnd is a promi
nent clubman, well known in Phila
delphia society.
BEATEN BY ROBBERS
Jenklntown Man Loses $1.20 and
Goes to Hospital
Two hold-up men. enrolled icchum
their victim had only $1-20, beat and
kicked William llurd, of Jenklntown,
early today in a lumber ynrd at Jenkiu
tow and then escaped,
llurd wns unconscious when found bv
the police and was taken to the Ahlng
ton Hospital.
Two suspects arrested later bv the
police were taken before the injured
man. but lie was unable to Identify
either as his assailant.
Huril wns on his way home when he
wns attacked while passing tlie lumber
I yard. The men searched him, and then,
tinning ouiy some clinnge, Iiegan to
bent him with their fists and a club
wielded by one of the robbers.
MRS. BERGD0LL "MISSING"
Mother of Grover Falls to Appear
Before Investigating Committee
hi n ttnff f nrrinirrtt'!if
Washington, Mny II), --Where is
Mr. Emilia C. IlergdollV
She didn't appear as scheduled before
the House committee investigating the
escape of her son. Grover llertrdoii, (bis
morning nnd Joseph F, McDevitt.
operative of the Department of Justice
in Philadelphia, sent word that she
could not be located in Philadelphia.
Rho was supposed to present to the
committee her book today. Upon her
failure to oppear, tho committee nd
Jdurned. Mrs. Frcldn JHcchcr. wife of "Ike"
Kteeher, .ivboSTWed with IJergdoll, a
'fcchcdujqil tf Appear before the com
HiUbw t 3 o'clock this afternooat
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HUGHES
DECIDES DELIRIUM
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Drewes Ends Theory Woman
Wa3 Murdered
SECOND AUTOPSY SHOWS
SHE WAS PLEURISY VICTIM
Miss Anna M. Garrett, of Swnrth
more, whose body wns found April 10
in Rrnndywinc Creek, died of drowning
and not of violence.
Coroner Drewcc, of Delaware Coun
ty, made this positive statement today
in making public, complete results of
the final poRt-mortem examination. The
post-mortem wns performed by Dr.
Fred Huntlnck. Colllngdale, and Dr.
Joseph Dunn, Chester. Coroner's phy
slcinns. Coroner Drewes nlso stated the phy
sicians had found ample evidence Miss
Garrett at the time of hr death was
suffering from pleurisy nnd probably
had a high fever nnd mny have been
delirious.
"I am quite certain Miss Garrett was
drowned.' said Coroner Drewes. "I
do not know, of courre, whether tdie
committed suicide or died as the resnilt
of accident. However, the very evident
nleurisv suceests the woman wnB de
lirious, and mny hnve wandered into
the vreek by accident.
Earlier Examination Inndequute
Coroner Drewes also said earlier
examination of the body, made In Ches
ter County, where it was found, wns
inadequate.
"A small piece bail been cut from th
lower right lobe of the right lung. The
stomnch had not been removed. My
pliyslcinns made n complete examination
of the body, spending two hours on the
task.
"They repotted there wns positive!
evidence or water in ine lungs, indi
cating drowning. They nlso found
the pleura adherent, showing Miss Gar
rett was suffering from a severe form
of pleurisy. It wns evident nlso from
their exnmlnntlon thnt her health wns
seriously impnired by the ndvnnce of
nge. Taken nil in nil, there wns ample
evidence to base a supposition Miss
On rett was delirious and not herself
when she wandered away from home."
Coroner Drewes snid i very careful
examination of the body hnd been made
for mnrks of external violence, but none
had been found.
Miss Garrett was heard to declnre
the day before her disappearance: "I in
""rtot going; I'm not going to do. it to-
Her notions nt the same time, ac
cording to n witness questioned bv Dis
trict Attorney Taylor, who made thU
new phase of the case public today,
showed great mental agitation. The
District attorney believes her words
nnd actions ns described tndny warrant
a fair Inference that she was then con
templating suicide.
The witness who gave the District
Attorney this new evidence wns Mury
Finch, n colored womnn, gate tender
nt the Swnrthmore avenue crossing of
the Pennsylvania Rnilronil, not far
from Miss Garrett's home.
Gate Tender's Story
Mr. Taylor repeated the story today.
The gate tender said, as quoted by Mr.
Taylor :
"Early on the afternoon of the day
before Miss Garret disappeared, she
came down the road and walked along
the railroad track, and she sec;ned very
much excited nnd nervous. She enr
ried on her arm a hat and n coat. Her
hair was somewhat disheveled. She
suddenly turned nway nnd walked out
the rond some distance and then re
turned to the wntctitKix
". -s Garrett came up to me nnd I
said. 'It Is very warm,' n'n.l I replied
thnt it was. She wns fanning herself
with hir hnt. Slip appmeil linwililprnd i
and she said to me: 'Aren't you lonely ,
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I Here at tins crossing: i saiti. vi ny
ino; I'm not lonely; arc you?' Miss
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ti t r.i . i iifn
I iiarreii repnru, in, i mil i wr,v, viy.v
t lonely.' Then I said to her: 'Why you
I shouldn't be lonely. Don't you live with
those people across the wav (the De
Voys)?' She said, 'Yes; that Is true;
but for all that they are no comfort to
me.'
Started to Cry
"She then start's! to put her hand
kerchief to her fnce and begnn weep
ing. She walked away a few steps and
then suddenly she stopped nnd she snid.
'I'm not going; I'm not going to do it
today.' "
Mr. Taylor docs not nssert that the
gatetender's evidence proves Missi
Gnrrttt committed suicide, but says he
believes this is more direct proof of the
suicide theory thnn any proof so far
adduced for the murder theory.
He made what he -aid probably
I would be his final statement in the case
today. The District Attorney said:
"Wc feel that we have given this
mysterious case fair and diligent con
sideration. We have run out every
due. but the facts are so few that it is
impossible for me to positively deter
mine whether the death of Miss Gar
rett was due to violence or suicide,
"However, there is positively no cvl-
hience of murder. Of this I am sure.
(tut there is some evidence of suicide."
Mr. Taylor referred then to the fact
that the black bag which Miss Garrett
had carried with her and was supposed
to have contained $200, probably had
only $11111 tn 11. lie explained this b
saying thnt the day before she disap'-
pearcd she went to the First Nationnl
Hank lu Swnrthmore, where she cashed
two Liberty Ponds of 101) each
In llauU an Hour
Previously the-c had been spoken of
as "checks." Miss Garrett, Mr, Taylor
snid, hail leinalued in the bank mme
than 1111 hour, and had gone to her Mif...
deposit box In the bnnk, placing therein I
$10(1 lu cnsli. "Hence.'' Mr. Tnvlor '
said, she had not $.W) with her when
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"It may be possible.-' he continued
"that this bag could be found iilon.- '
the banks of tho Mrandywlne, If the
woman wandered there to commit mil
cldc. If It was dropped there by her
It probably will be found next fall, when
the present thick foliage Is gone.
"It Is nlso possible that Miss Garrett
may have dropped the bog elsewhere iu
her wanderings, and R may have been
found loim before this," '
MISS
GARRETT
0 DEATH IN CREEK
l'ubllahtd Dally Except Sunday.
Copyright. 1U21. by
Circus Methods A ssailed
as Disgrace
Wp m e i. Controlling Washington's Home,
Shrine of Patriotism, Consider Protests
Against Quarter Admission Charge
By OEOIW5E
Washington, May 10. The regents
nnd vice regents of the Mount Vernon
Ladies Association of the I'nion are
today In solemn conclave In the his
toric' home of George Washington on
the Potomac.
JL 1 llllll llillllltll lll.lVMlt, aitlii ....
regents are present from States as far
west as Califurnln.
They are discussing a storm of pro
test thnt has arisen In the last three
weeks over their ownership nnd control
of this shrine of American patriotism.
The I'nlted States Government will
endenvor to tnl;e control of Mount
Vernon.
It lyoposes to abolish the twenty-five
cent admission fee to the grounds and
mansion.
It was this fee tbat started the move
ment of protest which has gained great
headway In the District of Columbia
in the last month.
Pretty much every Washington or
ganization Is In favor of the Govern
ment's determination to tnkc the con
trol of Washington's home from the
Ladies' Association.
legion Commander Approves
Tlie department head of the Ameri
can Legion, Colonel Jnmes A. Drnln.
hns come out In favor of Government
ownership of Mount Vernon.
Representative leaders of the Civil
and Spanish War veterans' organiza
tions and the Sons nnd the Daughters
of the American Revolution hnve spoken
in favor of the step.
Senator Arthur Capper, of Kansas,
PRICES EXORBITANT,!
SAYS ALBA JOHNSON:
Ponh'c Maurlau QnaalAi- Hal
dares Nation Must Return
to Honest Princ'ples
"R. RS. DOING THEIR BEST"!
A return to the basic principles f)f
honesty upon which American industry
and commerce were founded w-as the
pleaof Alba II, Johnson, president of
tho Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce,
in his address at the annual Hey-Day
exercises of the Ciilverslty of Pennsyl
vania in Weightmnn Hall'thls morning.
"Certain manufacturers nnd mer
chants are striving through certain de
vices to gain the advunt.ige by charging
exorbitant prices. They do liot furnish
goods that come up to the former Amer
ican standard," the commerce expert
declared.
'As n nation," he continued.
of certn in forms of honestv becniiso thev
t certain forms or honesty because they
ave been based on an exchange of
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It
se
Tlie main object today seems to be
to get something without paying for it,
but in tlie end we pay tbe price. A
student can get a rating without being
entitled to It, nnd the business mnn can
extort by excessive prices without pay
ing the penalty Immediately, but in the
end both pay the cot,t.
Railroad, Doing Their Rest
"The railroads excused themselves
for excessive rates by saying they hnd
to pay high wagts because many of their
men were called into the service. Now.
they arc seeking reasonable rates, and
I are making a conscientious effort to re
'" "' ",r""'r """"".tu-.
"The ernmus dea fht you can get
something for notJiing seems to permeate
former standards.
IHuh wl
soi-nii nun iniiiirniK classes,
..trjoHnnnti
iil of fair dealing, hvery young
ures his best ideals by gtvlmr
mi i . a! . t i t rt
"s niiiiiirj im n union m oren iium
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man secures his best ideals by giving
,nnr, tlin.i ... n.nnilM nf III, 11 Tl..n
more than is expected of him. Those
who do not. pay In loss of prosperity
nnd character. ,,
Mr. Jnluirioii was greeted by acclaim-
lng cheers when lie was introduced ny
John C. Telmossc. president of the UVJl
Continued on Toce Mix. Column Threw
s n nation, nc eominuen, we1, ,, , , ,-, ;
have lost sight of the fundamental fncts U wiping In harmony. There is no
HELD FOR DEATH OF WOMAN IN HIS A'UTO
Thomas Coiuoy, Thirty-third street near Indiana avenue, wni
held todny without bail for the Grand Jury nt n Coroner's inquest
Into the death May 3 of Mrs. Elizabeth Kelley, thirty-one yenrs
bid, 800 East Willnrd street, in nn
tord nvenue nnd Tiogn street. It was
hn automobile south on Frankford
Hint the machine somersaulted.
passengers.
TO AWARD HONORS FOR
WASHINGTON, May 10. .Honor
medical research work by which deadly tropical diseases were dis
:overcd nnd serums developed for their cure will be given Dr.
3arlos Chagas, Director General of the Public Health Department
ff Bl'nzl1) by medical societies lu thp
-omlng' visit to this country.
SHIP SINKINGS SUSPICI0
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(jovernmeni to investigate
1 union. Mnv 111. The nnderuritnra
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here. snv the Kvenin.. ' . i.nv. .,..
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cnersi'tlc steps to investigate the extra -
ordinary number of Greek ships which
foundered or otherwise i-er. totally lost
when the shipping s'imp begnn.
The newspaper adds that within n few
wrelts claims nmounting to more than
Mfl.000,000 were presented to Lloyds on
hteount of lom of vessels. It is declared
that iu certain cases criminal proceed
inr are peaking. .
U
hnbierlntlon Trio 10 a Tear by Mall.
Public ledger Company.
at Mt. Vernon
.VOX McCAIN
nas expressed a
determination to In- '
troduce n bill in the Sennte with this ,
in view. ,
A number of Senators and Repre- ,
sentatlves nre said to advocate the
nntionall7ation of the estate.
They quote the expression of sur
prise of a recent distinguished foreign
visitor to Mount Vernon, that a feel
should be charged to visit Washington's
home and tomb. '
"In my country," he is quoted as
raying, "shrines of patriotism are free
to the public. They" are regarded ns
heirlooms of the nation."
A number of delegates to the recent
Nationnl Convention of Masonic Clubs,
held In Washington, first gave expan
sion to their indiguntion over the
twenty -live cent admission fee and
turnstile arrangement at the gate.
No official nctlon was taken, how -ever,
beyond the mere expression of
disapproval and verbal protest. It was
denounced as un-American, and gov
ernment ownership of the properly was
urged
Apart from the admission fee. there
nre several objectionable features con
ncoted with the present Mount Vernon
situation that grate hnrshly on the sen
sibilities of patriotic visitors.
Chicken Dinner Ilallyhnu
The electric railway from Washing
ton to Mount Vernon via Alexandria i
wild to be owned, or nt lenht controlled,
by Philadelphia capitalists.
Continued on Tme Mix. Column Fltr
SPROUL SEES G; 0. P.
OF STATE AT PEACE
'
Governor, in Washington, Calls'
Penrose Leader and Indicates
He'll Support Knox
MINIMIZES SORE
SPOTS
Bv n Staff Corrnpnuftoii
Washington. Mnv 10. Governor
Sproul came to the Capital today talk-
lng hnrmony in Stnte politics. Out of
t'ie atmospnere or tils visit came the1
clc.tr impression that he will support ,
I'nlted States Senator Knox for re
elu'tlon next year and thnt existing dif
ferences In the Republican Stnte or
rauizntion will be smoothed out.
He wns ready 'to acknowledge the
leadership of Senator Penrose.
"The organization bended by Senator
Penrose is Intact, as it always has
been, the Governor said. "Evervbodv
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" "f tn" I'nsylvanin organization.
'There are some sore spots, but there
" " Kwrnl disaffection."
Sees Harding With Knox
"What happened during the legisln
live session i at ilarrlst.urg. he wet
on. "is well known, but it hns some -
tin, I,.,.,, ,!..;.,, ,.,.i.i i.
legislative iirn-rrnm in which we were
Interested nnd it hns been cnrrl-d
through
'There was nothir.
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in w hat occurred
V , 1, 1 Ll 1 c """"" "P'rif,
or attitude toward Senator Knox or
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Senator Penrose. It really was the decision making profit on real estate in
State organization asserting itself." ,me fr purposes f taxntlon.
Governor Sproul mnde this statement -phis tendency to n m olnt eon
""I.?. .' ith I'Il-nt Harding in sen', ives 7 n r net ,, ZVr.J.Z
tl)p White House at noon lie entered
ntwl offices " TlMH nm
I nnini(1 with thp pr,.sdent for nerhans
i c.f..,,,, mliiuti-H While ho -nu ,),,
was described as a socinl call, was us!,-
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, iiiiini iiiiiuiiin. i miit
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wns described as a social call, was ush-
, in ,srii nml . Pr'i,,,.. ,h
.... :
I Governor and the Senator exchanged
I piPnsntries nnd swapped stories
n 1. .......
lalls 011 1 wo Missions
1 Coventor Snronl evn 11 ne.l h l.n.l
1 called to take up two matters with the
I Continued on race Mi, Column Kiir
automobile nccident nt Fiank-
testified Conroy was driving
nvenue at a inpid rate and
Mrs. KeTIev was one of four
MEDICAL RESEARCH
awards for achievements, in
United States upon his forth-
INSECT'S BITE FATAL
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causes uieven-Year-Old Hoy's Death
in Chester County Hospital
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1 .... . ... ... .. , ,. . ..'iof the mater
.mint- in i,ir ncmn nisi nieni
at tliol
Chester County lfospitnl of Joseph
Sloun, eleven years old.
The hoy, an orphan nnd a wnrd of th'i1,nM l""'"' ""' """est ''! mlud is
Catholic Children's Rureau, had been
sent to West Chester to be nlnced with
n family there, Whllo lit play a few
days ago tho boy was bitten on the arm
by an Insect.
Rubbing of sore apot caused irri
tation nnd later an infection, which ro-
Buiira intBiiy.
PRICE TWO CENTS jtf
j flff SUCCEED
WHITE AS CHIEF
JUSTICE ,IS BELIEF
Age and League Views Alon
Militate Against Appoint
ment of Ex-Pre3ident f
PUBLIC SENTIMENT LIKELY '
TO INFLUENCE HARDING
By CMNTON W. ttlLTtERT '
Ktnrr rorrermni!nl Krentnc PuMIc foilre
Cnpvrlottt. 19tl, bv Public t.rdaer Co.
Washington, May 10. The death of
Chief Justice White will lead. In tho
gpnernl opinion here, to the naming of
ex-President Wlillnm H. Tnft to suc
ceed him as head of the Supreme Court
bench. The President hns giTen no
sign, but in nlne-tenths of the di
cussion Mr. Tuft's nppolntment is
taken for granted.
Against Mr. Tnft only two things
count.
ins age nnd the opposition to
( him in his own party of those who ob
ject to his league and treaty views.
In general. Chief Justlres have been
younger men than Mr. Tnft, who i
sixty-four.
There have been only eight Chief
Justices since the foundation of the
courr. The first two resigned after a
brief nervlce. but In the last 120 years
there have been only six Chief Justices,
whose average service was twenty
years. Justice Whito served eleven
years as Chief Justice, after sixteen
years as Associate Justice. Marshall
served more than thirty years.
W hen Mr. Tnft ivnn Pr..l.ii i, i.i
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that a mnn of sixty-five was too old
nun ii man of sixty-five was too
to be put on the Supreme bench
President Harding mny desire to n
( hlof Justice n man who would
and
make
j cupy the post longer thnn Mr. Tnft
m wi.
nuiini ik liseiy to.
Public .Sentiment for Taft
StSTnkTl&'V 222
fnLSl't S Cnidnet" 7Z& M
inuuentin men of the party there is no
j more desire to see Mr. Tnft honored
than there was
to see Mr. Hoover
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iiuiiuretl. iiur ir. llnrHInn I. i u-
"j-'1' " "Mr to mnke a choice to
I iiii-iin- me puoiic.
S.i ,f 'Vr-. Tnft should not be appointed.
J'"""11 ,s Kcnernlly believed thnt Mr.
, llnr,'ng will promote some one already
"." ..u"' . hench. Justice Pitney or
JIIHUfc ;,nn "eviintcr and name ex-
-." '-miuhtiiiiki n ttie vn-
''"f,?, on """ .bench' thus created.
...... ....rim- mine was one of
the great Judges. The Supreme Court,
reached its Iiighct level of abilitv when
( hlof Justice Fuller presided over it
nnd Justice White wns one of the nsso
cintes. Tlie Chief Justice was not as
great a lawyer as some of his predeees-'"
srs. but the average of the hench was
higher than at any previous time.
Since the death or retirement ofChief
.lustlee 1-tillers nssocintes nrml,if.ni.
to the bench have not nlwavs been of
tlie highest mmTlVv . ,i -i i
' ' "K'lwt q. allty and ra put changes
i""" .u,p prevailing uncertainty of ceo-
, ":::!,i:..LVonN,.h"laff' '
and robbed its decisions of thnt suro-i
"."..."""" 1C "n" '" times of greater
stability.
Demand for Conservative.
, a,. . , , ""',"
1 Here is a stronc desire nmonr n
,Pi'!icans to fill the Supreme Court with
conservatives to replace the Justices
who ore llKoly to retire in the next four,
enri nnil thnu Minis tt ... .......I. .....-
- ' ' . It P.llMlftll villi"
servative for venrs tn e,.mn si,.,,
-'""" .". ii-n
criticism is heard of the recent rent
i,lw decision of h r,.,. ...i ,.r ..
,,-, ", "a,u"n ,""" ' r ."'
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L V th!' ""b"1' 'i,i.,, ,l""
on
the
"l"'iu.- m-in-ii w.is 100 oiu-insillol
in its point of view and Mr. Wll
f.';r a11ol,, ''""''t.iig it by nam
liberals such as Just ces Itrnnile ,
tied
n its point nt v ew and .Mr. Wllunn
sit about correcting it bv nnmlnt-
iberals such ns Justices Itrnmlols nnd
' lnr c' Nmv ,l,p tendency again is to-
ward fon-ervatives. A little later, if
Mr. Harding should overdo the naming
of isinserativi, there will be n reac
tion toward radicals. The resull
these two tendencies is a wenkenln
the court.
I Chief Justice White wns n st
I onservntive i opposed all the
tmn toward radicals. The result, nt
these two tendencies is a weakening of
rone
de.
. I - ....... ...Mt. I' Jil'-l-IIUlUVB
nnd townrd direct democratic govern
VlMnllllllint. II II 1 ft..... rn...An. . .!&
ment. Although a Southerner, he was
a st roue Federalist. During his twenty
years of presiding over the court greoter
development of the powers of Congress
and of the Federal Kxeeutive at the
expense of the Stntes has taken place
than In the presidents of nnv other
Chief Justice.
This was not due to a domination
exercised over the court by Mr. White.
! The tendencies of the times, the neces
sity of obtaining results pointed to
ward an extension of the Federal
I powers. The Chief Justice, though a
I Democrat, offered no resistance to this
development. The majority of the other
Judges ns Republicans were federnllzers.
j White I'nllhe Marshall
1 It is not probable thnt any one will
j ever repeat Marshall's success In ab
solutely controlling the court from the
I Chief Justice's seat. White was not of
, Marshall's domineering temperament.
In spite of a certain burliness of ap
j pea ra nre which suggested great force,
1 he was a gentle, kindly man who was
1 rather a hnrinonixer thnn a ruler of th
j court. He was often in the minority,
I especially In recent years. Mnrshall
j wns never, or almost never, In the
. minority.
White lanks. in the opinion of
'lawyers, with Marshall and Taney as
'one of the tin re great Chief Justices.
" '" nc 111
It will be difficult to replace him with
1, man of his stature Hughes would
make a grmt Chi. f Justice, but Hughw
1 is llidisiicnsahlc where he is The reif
' . - - .--.-
innterilil is of the order nt
i-,,t,.r and White rather than of that
j of Marshall and Tnner.
On the bench itself now that Whit
1 iiiiil 01 .insure iiraiuicis, ,vs ine pres
ent reaction spends its force he will he
nn increasing hillueice In the court,
csprclnlly if a lesser man fills, the post
of Chief Justice. V
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