Vv ' ( ta-vjr trr .. ' it ik 1 rV- f " ' M V EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHELADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1921 2 WANTS TO BE REGISTER OF WILLS FT ' 5V R. R. FUNDING BILL LEAVE FOR W000 K' 'i APPROVE HARDING Engaged El AH ASK KNOWN FIGHTS s SCOPE FOR PARLEV kt Eh Vj, ' !'& R.' Formal Request Made in Letter Received From U. S. Judge Thompson MEETING IS HELD Alurant of the University of Pennsyl vania today formally roqueted the Hoard of Trustees to grant Oencrnl Leonard Wood necessary leave of ah renco, but to urge that lie tak up IiIh duties aa tlio new liend of the I Diver sity as quickly as possible. The alumni's request was contained In a letter written by J mine .T Whlt nker Thompson, of tho United States District Court, and wai rend nt n special mectltiR of the board held at Jioon today In the office of Clmrlei Custlfi Harrison, chairman of the board and former provost. I Ocorgo Wharton Pepper, who has acted for the board In ncKottationi with .tho Secretary of War concerning General Wood s assignment as (iovernoi General of the Philippines, Indicated before the meeting that an immediate decision would not be reached, i "Those members of the board pre.-ent at the niectlns today," said Mr. P. pper. "will come to a decision ns to what l best to do. and communicate their views to absent members of the board b telegraph. "A final decision r 111 not be reached until the answers of the absent mem bers have been received." Present nt the meeting today were Mr. Penner. Mr. Harrison. .Indue (5et Actinic Provost Pennimnn nnd Charles u. none, .ir. inc majoruj 01 " , members of the board are out of the city nnd could not get here fur the special meeting of the board today. Judge Thompson's letter, rmhodving the consensus of tho alumni, follows: "Mr. C. ('. Harrison. Chairman, Hoard I of Trustees, University of Penn sylvania. "My Dear Mr. Hnrrlson The situa tion which hns arisen ns a result of the recent communication from the Secretary of War to the Governor as ex-offleio president of the Hoard of Trustees has . uu. -..', aroused intense Interest among tru-, nlumni of tho Unlversitv, anil upon learning that a meeting of tho trustees was to be held today, a meeting of the subcommittee upon selection of provost was called for yesterday. Those present desiro me to convey to the trustees the impressions wo hate formed as to the attitude of the alumni toward the pres ent situation. , , , . "Wc all know thnt the election of General Wood a provost met w ith such enthusiastic and unanimous approval by the alumni that they have been ready to work zealously under his leadership for the development nnd future great ncas of the University. , "As the time approached when it was expected General Wood would enter upon the duties of his office, the desire to have him at the head of the Uni versity nffnirs has grown in strength and intensity. "While nn estimate of the serious ness of the emergency which may pro long his stay in the Philippines can only be formed by General Wood himself and bv the President and the Sccretnrv of .War through info-mat ion supplied by him, xe feel thnt we express the senti ment of the alumni in urging thnt if the exigence of the public welfare de mand a postpcneir.nnt by your board of the time when h may take up the duties of bis oiTioo. tho Influence of the Uni versity be cxeitod to cause whatever leave of ab.nec It mty be necesnry and expedient tu tlfut to be us short as possible. "Very tiuly your. "J. WlllTAKmt THOMPSON. "Chairman." The trustees nt their meeting today beard a report from Mr. Pepper, who returned from Washington last night after a conference with Hecretnry Weeks. "I came to Washington for a con ference with Secretary Weeks, as the agent of the Hoard of Trustees In place of the chairman, Charles Custis Harrl non, who could not come," said Mr. Pepper before the meeting. "The board deemed it expedient thnt the full situa tion from the standpoint of the Gov ernment be outlined, and Secretary Weeks has been kind enough to amplify his recent letter to the board requesting General Wood's release. I am return ing to Philadelphia to make my report. and the attitude of the University will be determined by the members of the board." . CHOSEN K. OF P. TRUSTEE Phlladelphlan Elected to Office of Grand Lodge Oil City, Pa.. Aug. 17 (Hy A P.) Samuel M Pyfer. ol Philadelphia, was elected trustee of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, Knights of Pythias, 'last night nt tho Pvthinn contention here. Officers of the grand inner guard and grant outer guard remain to be chosen. The contention opened lure te-ter-day, and will clo-.u on I'riday afternoon. More than a thousand members of grand and subordinate lodges and uniform rank are attending. In addi tion to the svssion of the Grand Lodge today there will be a military parade of the various regiments of the uni formed rank. Most of the Grand Lodge meeting yesterday was devoted to routing bu-i-ness. A chest of silver was presented to Henry S. Jones, retiring grand chan cellor. Addresses were made bt Past Chancellor H. H. Ho:ie, Mayor D. J Bolton, Oil City; Grand Chancellor Harry 8. .Tones and Hrigadlcr General W. A. llillegaH. Election of grand in ner guard will feature today's Grand Lodge meeting. Deaths of a Day Chas. Pharazyn's Funeral Charles Pharazyu, Sr., who was burled yesterday fiom his home In Lin denwold, N J., was a veteran of the Mexican Indian and Civil Wuis, nnd was within five years of being a cen tenarian when bO died on Saturday last. ' Mrs. Waterhouse's Funeral Funeral services for Mrs Bes.de Por ter Waterhouse, widow of Archibald N. Waterhouse, who diul cm Monday at her home, at 1.VJ1 Locust street, were held this moinlng nt 11 o'clock In St. Mark's Piotestaut Bpiscopal Church. Sixteenth nnd Locust streets. Interment was mnde In the cemetery of St. James the Less J, S. Crowell Cincinnati, Aug. 17 (By A. P.I J. 8. Crowell, foimer owner of tlio Crowell Publishing Company, Spring field, O., publishers of the Woman's ilotno Companion ami Farm mid Fire aide, died early today in n hospital in this city. He hud been ill for iiiuiiy aiftaths. r , Albert E, Eckert ' imidsburr, Pa., Aug. 17. Albert 'ckert llfty-one years old, Demo- Knucr ana postmaster at Jiast died Testrcdav. lie w-nn a. 1 trurteA when Mm u-linol )Mft frdSprgaaM. TO SWEEX-WIFE Protection of Rights of Woman Held in Kennedy Murder Case Demanded NEW EVIDENCE UNEARTHED IJy tlio Associated Press Iis AiiReles, Calif., Aug 17 Ar rivni of a tiunk here latn last night, consigned from San Praiici'co to Mrs Mitdalj lino Obcncliiiin, held In jnll here on chnrge of murder, nnd the uitncn.urnt attempt of the Sheriff's office to seize it as possible evidence against her. was the signnl for n "righting announce ment" today by lier attorne. Hnlph It Obenclialn. her divorced husband. The trunk, according to Mr Ohen chain's statement, belongs to him. but Mrs Obenchnln had been using it. Some property In It. he said, belongs to him It is a regulation army locker trunk. Will Ask Injunction "I will npply for nti injunction as soon as the courts open this morning," lie said, "to nrevent seizure of the trunk without warrants. I Intend to show) now that the defense is through with quietly acquiescing to every deed of the prosecution whether it hurts the right of the defendant or not." Simultaneous with the publication of Mr Obenohain's dcc'nrntion to begin nc tivelv liis campaign for the freeing of his former wife from the chnrge of im plication In tin' mysterious slaying. . nrintwl fmrn t'hnrli's S August ,1. ot .1. UPltoii ivmiruj. Suininar. who in expected to e one 01 t .. stnr uitnev.es ucainst Artuur - P.urch, college f liend of Mrs. Obenchain. Shortly .ifter Hurch's nrret and in diitment for murder, Summnr told the nutlurltles he hud seen Hutch in a madster on the oceiii highway near Santn Monica the night of the blaylng. Meeting In Uoad llcliearsod I.nto estcrday Sumtnar accompanied . llemitv Sheriff William isriffiit to 'lie identical snot of the declared meeting !.(.....- "4-- . . ., ., and rehearsal wli-U lip win was uie ex- act occurrence, iie -.nu ,V'"w "" 1 "V nig toolc place nnrny mirr iv .-win summer, as ou.uini journeyed to er the night of Ausust o. He mid his wife millcs one week-end when the fotui were riding alous. when a roadster tains plated. The pi event lloor is onlv speeded down upon them, nnd after bo- twenty years old, though it begnn to . I. t,.. ..r l,l .. .. .tn i K..7,,- nmreieil. he sa.d. nt the glare of crowned to "lie -m'- "i '- ' """'snow signs ot wear in nn wneii tne the undimmed lishf. Summar leaned out of the ear and "called down t he I urivpi of the roadster. He spoke of the "Well," he said the driver of the roadster' iTlled, sarcastically, "I'll trade lights with you." The dritcr of the roadster, whom lie snid Mrs. Summnr also plainly saw, was Hai-ch. he declared. The meeting place was '-"OO yards west of the place where the -tock of a shotgun was washed ashore and found sixteen hours after the shooting and later turned oter to inveuigators. in the belief that it was the one UM?d by the slayer and then thrown Into the ocean. GREEK ARMY mInACES TURK'S LAST DEFENSE Constantino's Forces Plan to Cut Off Foe's Retreat Smyrna, Aug. 17. -(Hy A. P.) King Constantinu's fast-moving nrmy is now within eight miles of the last real defensive positions of the Turkish Nationalists, along the Sakaria Kiver. sixtv miles west of Angorc. The Greek right wins is at present crossing the extensive salt desert to the south of this river with the intention of cut ting off the letreat of the Turks to ward Angora. In nil, there are four Greek columns mnUini? a thrust toward tne Nationalist teat of government nnd one striking to the north toward Ismid. ' Athens, Aug. 17. Greek forces hate driven n deep wedge into the Turkish lines and have readied the Sakaria Ulver, says an official state ment, issued here. Sivn-IIissar has been tnken by the Greeks, who hate established u line limning to the southeast from that city until it touches the Snknrin Ulver lit Tajir. Kaimas. west of Slvri-Hlssar. was taken on August 14, the stntement snts, and the Greek line extends north ward until the left flank of the advanc ing troops lests on the Pursnk Ulver, which flows castvvnrdly nnd joins the Sakaria near Polatli. It is usserted that the Turks nre evacuating Ismid. Turkish occupation of that city some time ago aroused fears that the Turks intended an advance upon Constanti nople. American Doctor Injured in Fire SuUinlra. Greece, Aug. 17. Dr. Hus- sill ht-'wnrt WiiicnV.d, of Uirhmon X a mcdic.il head of the American lied low unit here, was seriously burned Ci Suntlav night in a fire which destroved two buildings occupied by the Uert Cross child -health clinic in Kalinarla Paik. All tho American nurses, escaped without Injury. " I den late yesterday, William Milligan, Robert W. Buchanan's Funeral ' thtrtv-sh yeais old. UMli Broadway, Hubert W. Buchanan, wldelv known Camden, is in the Ileum npnthio Hospi Civil War veteran ami one of the few I tat theie, with n possible fmetuic of Miiviviiig members of Naval Post, No. I the left leg. William Abbill, of Brook KM) G A It , who died last Saturday lawn, N J , driver of the bus, reported at his homo, ITiS Mifflin sticet, was the ac ldent to tho police, saying that buried this moinlng. Funeral services Millignu was tliiown when the bu were ueld In the Church of the Sacred made n ptematuie htnrt. Abbill was Heart, Third and Heed streets. released on his own reeogniance. LIVE MAN GOT SHAVE, DAVISON'S STORY Danker Sits Up on Operating Table to Tell Yarn to Doctors About Undertaker Turning Barber in Emergency Veti Yorlc. Auz. 17. The surgeons inid nurses who took pnrt In the oper- imon Intt week in Koosevelt llnspltal on Henrv P. Lavlson. of J P. Morgan fi Co are still tall log about his re I.iaikable display of eoolncs, unci nerve nt all times, even un to the moment tho niii'sth'tic waH applied. As Mr Davison lny o.i the opprntlng table one of the nuises approached with i razor pieoaiatorj t shaving the bnir from the buck of the car, where thp incision wa to be mnde. Dr ( h.nliM A. I'Mierg. who was tc per foim the opeiatlon, smilinglv re lieved tho nurse of the inzor anil said "I think I will do Ibis job mysplf." "That reminds me of a storv." said the patient, sitting up. "A friend of mine who wns n mining engineer got into ,i small Western town late in the afternoon with nbout four days' ginwth of beard on his fnce. "'Where will I find n bnrber?' he sa.d to tho clerk as he icglstcrcd nt the only hotel. " 'No such thing in thit town,' said the clerk. " 'What do you do for a riiave and a linircut?' abked tho stranger. ' "Suave ourselves nnu the women- folks cut our balr,"tfy " 'Well. 1 neyer abojftd myself la my Lrducr I'hoto Service John M. Callahan, a second-hand furniture dealer, nt 2301 South street, wants to bo Register of Wills. Among his qualifications, ho says, aro tho facts that ho lilies pels and is "always wet" PEACE PALACEWEARING OUT Sandals for Versailles Visitors Urged to Save Floor Special Cable Dispatch CowrtoUt, 1031, hv I'uhltc Ledger Comvanv Paris, Aug. 10. Since the peace treaty was signed in tho famous Hall of Mirrors nt the Versailles Palncc the tide of tourists hns Kciensed so much that the hardwood iloor is wearing out and the authorities in chnrge, al ready burdened by repairs costing 4,000.000 funics to other parts of the palace, are considering making every visitor slin nt cimdnls nt tlin ilnnr. Visltlnc crowds broke nil records this .rt rtrtx f . , . entire Allied nrmy took to sightseeing after the mmlsticc. TO AID HURT SOLDIERS Money Sought for Truck to Pro vide Outings A movement has been launched to bring nn added ruy of sunshine Into the lives of the 1100 permanently crippled, mninud nnd disabled war veterans now residing at the Philadel phia Navy Ynrd, The proceeds of the campaign are to be devoted to the purchase of a large, fully equipped truck to be used -for taking the war heroes on periodic out ings into the country. It is thought that in this way the thoughts of the men will be ditcrted from their injuries to some extent nnd their inteiest in life will be maintained better. Hichnrd Wotowltch. of the Crew I.evick Compant, who is conducting the drive for funds, announced that the appeal is being tnken to a limited number of individuals nnd business con cerns in this city. MATE HELD IN SHOOTING u S. Shipping Board Craft Offlcor Accused of Killing Sailor Douglns Thurber, third mnte of the United States Shipping Hoard vessel Casper, was held in $S000 bail for court by United States Commissioner Man ley yesterday for the alleged killing of Thomas Hognn. a member of the ciew, while nt the American docks in Hor denux, rranc. Members of tho crew testified that Hognn ind seveial others camp aboard drunk the night of the shooting ntu created a general disturbance. Tunrbcr ordered them to turn in, nnd upon their tefusal a general light ensued. Thurber declared at the hearing that he had nctcd In line of duty, and while he vv.h involved in the fiht, he had no lecollectinn of the shooting. Nab Silk Robber Suspect Ham Kieigermnn was arrested here ypstiid.it for complicity in tlio hold-up nnd robbery of tvto motoi trucks of silks, valued nt more thnn $1.10,000, near New Brunswick, N. .1. The rob- I bery ocnirred July 1. Detectives from thnt city nre expected to nrnve here todny to arrange for extradition of i Kleigprman, Alexander Kieigermnn, lUichaul Hiller, West Hoboken, N. J.. ' ' ,'" ",,",,,; ', '" ,"" ' n 'TJ1 J, l"'1 t0 hn' bom ca' and Joseph Lundy, all of whom nre nectid with it. Man Hurt Boarding Bus Thrown to the ground while at tempting to mount an autobus in I'mn- DEAD MAN'S life nnd must hnvc a shave. What am I going to do?' said the visitor. " 'Dunno.' snid the cleik, 'I might find homebody. Got to think it over.' and he culled Into consultation the I sages sitting 'iiound the stove. Menu timo th traveler went up to his loom to nvvait rcbults About nn h nir Inter theie w.is n knock nt tho dror nnd n ! tall, cadaverous-looking man entered, cany lug a Lilac it hag. ' " 'I have cnino to shave you,' said he. in a Hcpulchinl voice. 'Lie down on the bed theie.' I " -What'll I lie down for?' said the I guest " 'Lie down, stranger,' said the -oleo cinlnouslv. Tie black has was opened I the ia.or was well stropped and within I a short timo the mining engineer line I one of tho smoothest slinves in his life. 'He nrose, gave tho caller a fut fee and snid : " 'Will you gratify a stranger's curl rslty 1 Why elld you make me lie (low n when you shaved mo?' " 'Because,' said the visitor. 'I never shaved a livo man rcfore, I nr.i the village undertaker.' " At Hoosevelt Hospital last night It was said Mr. Davison's couuition con- Itlnued to Improve, No inoro- momjr bulletins will bo issued, !a GIANT FISHHAWK CAUGHT BY SURPRISED ANGLER Captain George E. Wchr Has Battle With Bird Before "Landing" It Casting out an Innocent-looking lino with an unsuspecting minnow ns lure for sonic monster of tho sea and then having nn enraged and thrashing fish hawk with n wing spread of nearly five feet jerk the line almost from his hands, was the experience of Unptaln George 1. Wehr, Philadelphia representative of Merritt & Chnpinan Company, salvage contractors, whllo fishing last bumlay In tin .Maurice Ulver Love. Captain Wehr was working on a wreck some dlstnncc from shore, when he decided to lish. A lnrcc minnow affixed to the hook had no sooner struck the surface of the water when the huge bird dropped fiom the skv and swooped the ftait in Its curted beak. The fish hook, however, fastened itself in the tipper portion of the beak nnd the bird wns unable to escnpe before Captain Wehr had landed It on deck. The hawk cut n deep gnsli in the hand of one of the onlookers with its tnlons. In captivity In the Bourse Building. vvWip Captain Wehr hns his offices, tho blid ate invenniisly of ment nnd INi. '11ns evening the bird will be placed In the Zoo. WILL URGES TITHING Children of Mrs. Agnes Metcalfe Told to Help Charities "Ilxamplc nnd precept" are to servo as the guide to the children of Mrs. Agnes Metcalfe in their charitable contributions fiom tho money left to them by the will of their mother, who died in the Hamilton Court Apartments, Julv 0. The will, ndmlttcd to probate today, values the rstnto nt SUo.000. It snid in part: "I trust to each of my chil dren to contribute ouc-tentli of the amount left them ns they havo been tnught by example nnd precept for tho glory of God and the good of their fol io wmen." The will of Louis Mnrk, a prom inent shoe denier, who died in Atlantic City. August 7. mentions n number of chaiitable institutions among the be quests. The will values the estate nt SI .10.000. The Mount Slunl and Jct isli Hospitals each receive $2000. The Hebrew Shelter Home, the Hebrew Orphans' Society nnd the Juvenile Aid Society each receive $1000. The re mainder goes to his widow , Mrs. Tincy Mark and three sons. The will of Andrew Smith, 1813 South Flfty-p';hth street, leaves an es tate of $14,000 to relatives. Inven tories of tliu peisonnl estates of the following were filed : Caroline Guenther, $737S ; Patience X. Kane, $10,001. 2 PROBES OF AUTO LOAN CO. Integrity Finance, Evicted for Not Paying Rent, May Go Bankrupt Investigation of tho operations of the Integrity Finance Company is being mnde by both the Detective Bureau and State bank exominers. Counsel for creditors hns snid n petition of involun tary bankruptcy will bu filed against the company. The company wns eiected from Its offices nt 124 North Fifteenth street Saturday by the Sheriff, nnd nt the snmo timo its office furnltuio was nttnohed for three judgments, totaling npproxi mat ely $10,000. Hobcrt J. Bolts, an attorney rep resenting ceitniu of the creditors of tne concern, will file the bankruptcv peti tion on August 22. Mr. Moltz said yes teiday that tho nominal assets of tho company were nenrlv SlUIl.OOO, The lia bilities exceed $.10,000, he said. Tho business of the company wns to finance purchasers of automobiles, rank ing it possible for customers to buv cars by ranking smull payments. Plan Co-operative Control of Pike Councils of boroughs along tho Chester pike will meet tomorrow eve rung in the Council rooms nt Norwood to form n co-operative plan for the cine of tho pike, on which tollgates were re eently nbollshed The boroughs plnn to make improvements to tho pike nnd to arrange n system whereby repairs till he mnde when needed m:rus HA1.III.IIT At Illtrrlt N J AllKUlt lrt IDA, VIIUHMA wife i.r Hnbert Halii-it Puncml servlc.13 SaturU 2 1' M at hor lute rcsl'iTK 1, C"rnr llroo.l nnd I'lno stj IJmrlt N J lntirmenl nrlvatce rAi.Ki.NfTi:iv - Ausunt in c-iiAm.ns unii of CJ VVIIHum nnd Anna FiUkon-lr n i f .12.10 Oram IVrrs mud nstd IS lllt tltrs and Irlrnda aro Invited tu attrnd fun-rji f-rvlre un Thurda 2 I M rirlnrs ot n Horsch. 112S N. 3d at. lntirraont Green mount rcmotcry. JONHH At niverton, N. J., on Auiruiit 10. UU1 rAIlIlli; KliNNEDV wltV of William McLean Jonca and dtuKhter of tha lata Hob en V. Kennedy Rdntlvea and frlendi In tltod to sen Ice on Krldny 10 A M at tier late rosKI"nce. 101 Main at , Itlterlon, N J Interment private. I'AOK Of diphtheria Auifint 17, HAIt OLD W. TAOi:. Jr need il jeirn of 212 riymoutn Place. Merchantvllle N J. Funeral etrvlcea private 'Ihuraday 2 1 M Inior li.ent Harl lh C'en"lery I.AA1U.N -AUUei It HUl Cil'.UlUilJ C ', huslund of Ilcrtha Ilr artbelt Laxton ltd imveH and frlendK. rIkci Co M National Cluardn. und Claton T hmlth Post and Aux llnrv of C'laMon V Smith I'om I". O. H of A N" il.'l anl emilitoa of fprlnB tleld Water IVorlo. am Invite 1 tu attend fu.ni.ral on Katurdjj nt 2 I' Jl from rl dctica of Alfred c llruadbdt. Media. Intir ment Media Cometerv. ADAMH JOIIV 13. huahand ot Jane Adarne. died Antiust HI Ho,ntlve and friends. ftlKO Ocean City lyidso. No 171. V. and A M Philadelphia Conalatory. Valley of Philadelphia, and I.u I,u Temple, Myitlc flhrlne of I'hlladelph'a are Invlltd to nttnd Mineral. Krldnv 1 .10 IV M at lh" M E f'hurrh, of Port Itopubllo J J, Itemalna may ho viewed nt hla late realdenco, 081 H, t miatosa et Philadelphia Thurtday even Intr InKrrnent Port Ilnmblc N. J KHHKNVBI.M3n Aunrnt HI, 1021, at VVeatvllle, N. J , JIAHlUl.T, vvlfo of Hamuel A Khrenveller Ilclatlven nnd friends of the faintly, nlao Kn'TKetlc LtKlge, No. 8, I.nd ci I. O. M.. of Weatvlllo, N. J are In vited to attend the funeral. Friday after noon, nt 2 o'clock, from his slter' residence, Mrs. L. M. Deubel. 1821 Hnrlnr CJarden St., I'hlla. Interment North Mt. Morlah Ceme tery, mrienua may can inurauay eyonituj, tter 7 tVclock. ' M PLAN ITAL0-S0VIET PACT Trade Agreement Soon to Be Signed by Two Nations Uome, Aug. 17. (Hy A. P.) ne gotiations for nn economic agreement with tho Uusslnn Soviet delegation here, the Mcssnggcro says today, havo nlmost been completed. Tho agreement, which is to ho signed in the near fu ture, contains four points, tho news paper asserts, as follows: First. A mutual undertaking to open negotiations Immediately for nn eco nomic and commercial agreement of the widest kind between the two countries. Second. HusMu jM to afford Italy the same facilities and advantages ns those granted other countries. Third. Iiubslu is to give equitable consideration to Italian claims for credits with regard to Hussia. Fouith. An undertaking by the Soviet Government that its delegates in Italy will abstain from anv attempt at propaganda in the kingdom. KING PETER DEAD Ruler of Serbia Came to Throne Through Predecessor's Murder Uolgrado, Jugo-SIavhi, Aug. 17. (Hy A. P.) King Peter of Serbia died y cstcrdny. Tho aged warrior had been ill for several months. Ho wns seventy-six yenrs old and on account of failing powers relinquished the throne to his son, Alexander, In 10111. He succeeded King Alcxnnder when that monarch nnd his Queen Drnga were assassinated In 1003. SKIRTS' FUTURE UNCERTAIN Modlstes Fear to Make Them Any Shorter New York, Aug. 17. Women's skirts can only go in one direction and still be dignified by the title of skiits. They must remnin at the present length or be made longer. If thev nre made anv shorter they become glidles or sur cingles. This seems to he the consensus of lending modistes of New ioik. Dress makers and scouts for modistes return ing from Paris sny skirts there nre to he much longer, but they doubt if the free and independent American women and girls will accept the Pails edict. Rum Raid on Canadian Line Detroit, Aug. 17 (By A. P.) Michigan State roilee, endeavoring to check the flow of Canadian beer nnd Honor nrross the Ditroit Hiver from Windsor, mado several raids nlont? the water front early today, niu'stlug eleven men and seizin" a considerable ouantltv of contraband liquor. One inid netted 2.i0O pints of Canadian beer and nle, m addition to n (inutility of homo biOvv. Meanwhile Windsor .ittorneys wprc un derstood to bo preparing today to for ward to Ottawa thirty applications for ehnrters for Huns desiring to engage in tho liejuor export busini ss. Held as Drunken Motorist Herman II. Miller, of 510.1 Osden street, vva arrested hj I'oliceman Gross nt Toi-ty-second nnd Market streets Inst night, charged with driv ing an automobile while intoxicated. Miller was examined at the Thirty second btrect nnd Woodland nvenuo stntlon by Police Surgeon Muller, who said Miller wns under the influence of liquor. Miller will havo n hearing this morning before Magistrate Dugnn. Carnival to Benefit Hospital In nn effort to raiso money for n new buildinj;, ofiicinls of the l'rovldenco (icncriil Hospital, nt 112 West Tulpo hocken Htreot, fScrinnntown, nre con ducting u street cm nival at Tulip a:id Ann streets all this week. The pro ceeds from the various amusements will go to help mako up tlio sum usually np luopriatcd by the State This year the Htato appropriation m cut from 55000 to 32000. Get Yardstick Measure the height of the floorboard of differ ent cars. This will lead you into consideration of many vital factors of comparison. A Marmon 34 is at your disposal. A demonstration made gladly. THE HATCH MOTORS C9 OISTHII1UTOI1S 720 N. BROAD, ST - PHILA. A rWMWBWWPWWnggEtWIsHB'JIHrr Sonato Commerce Committee Orders Favorable Report on $500,000,000 Plan TO AID ROADS' FINANCING IJy Uio Associated Press Washington, Aug. 17. Favorable report on tho Administration's Hail road Funding Bill was ordered today by the Senato Interstate Commerce Committee by a vote of 7 to 2. Tho bill would nuthorbo tho Vnr Finance Corporation to use not to ex ceed Sn00.00O.00O to purchase railroad securities from the Railroad Adminis tration and preserve interest rates upon securities hereafter ncceptcd from the carrier. A provision to permit reopening of settled accounts with raiiioads for the funding of securities of those roads went out In committee and a provision added to prevent rnllrocd funding from Inter fering witlf aid for financing agricul tural exports. The life of the coiporn tlon would ho extended to July J, 10--. under another committee proviso. Senator La Follette voted with Senn tor Stanley, Dcmocrnt. of Kentucky, ngnlnst lorortlng tho bill, while Senator I'oniercne voted for it. It developed dining consideration of the I ill that the War Finance Corpora tion is now attempting to form n syn dicate to puicliasc Government holdings of lnilroad securities and relieve the Government of further rnlliond fund ing operations. RENEFIGHT IN MOROCCO Tribesmen Said to Have Lost Heav ily In New Battle Mclllut, Morocco, Aug. 17. (By A. P.) There hns been shurp fighting be tween the advance posts of the Span ish Foreign Legion and Moorish tribes men south of this city. One Spanish lieutenant has been killed nnd several soldiers wounded, jwhllc the Moors are reported to hnvc lufferod heavy losses. Madrid, Aug. 17. (By A. P.) Gcncial Berenguer. Spanish High Commissioner for Morocco, will go to Tetunn to negotiate for the surrender of the principal chiefs In thnt district, bays n Hlnrio Universnl. It is Indi cated that n punitive expedition ngnlnst the rebellious tribesmen will not begin until next month. 3 DIE IN FAMJLY TRAGEDY Kentucklan Kills Wife and Mother-In-Law, Then Ends Life Hopkins itlc, Ky., Aug. 17. (By A. P.) Gnivcy McCord. twenty-five, yesterday bhot nnd killed his wife, nine teen, nnd his motlicr-ln-lnw. Mrs. Hnr- lnnd Durham, forty-five, and then com mitted suicide by taking poison when Deputy Sheriff W urner attempted to ar rest him. The McCords, prominent Northern Christian County people, eloped and were married in Clnrksville, Tenn., Inst January. Mrs. McCord, who wns snid to ho nn expectant mother, and her husbnnd separated several weeks ago. WIFE ENDTHERTiFE Husband Finds Another Man In Home on Unexpected Return Bridgeport, Conn., Aug. 17. (By A. P.) Mrs. Elizabeth Wolfe esimmltted suicide nt her homo hero yesterday bv taking poison. Her husband told the police that lie had been called on the tciephono while at work and nn anony mous voice told him to go home. Wolfe said lie came homo and found a man in the house with his wife. He bent the man up and filially escorted him to the door, he said. Returning to nnothpr room, Iip snid, he found his wife in a dying condition on the iloor. Irr 13 Soldering Furnaces unu stppwanceg SE.Vr for CATALOOVU L. D. Berger Co., 59 N. 2d St. Veil Marhrt SM Kcvstone. Main 4000 SILOS Special Prices and Shipment in 48 Hoars Savo your corn crop. Cheap feed -Milk producer. E. F. SCHLICHTER CO. --- 10 S. 18th St., Phtla. 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Hoist and a sister of Miss Mnrion Heist, one of the three beauties finally telcctcd for the niovlca in the leceut contest. She is twenty-thrco years old and a brunette of unusual type. She is iden tified with the Home Service Bureau of tlio American lied Cross. The wedding will take place tho first week in September. Lincoln Pen Thief Fooled Chicago, Aug. 17. (By A. 1M Tho thief who took "Lincoln's quill pen" with whidi he signed tho emancipation proclamation from the Historical So ciety exhibit nt the Pageant of Progress loBt week hns a valueless duplicate of the original pen. tho society nnnounccd today. The real pen, It wns revealed, Is still In its place nt the society's rooms. Sons of Scotland Celebrate New York, Aug. 17. Sons of Scot h.nd fiom many pnrts of the Fnited States assembled In Brooklyn todiv to tho music of bagpipes for the forty second nnnunl convention of the Order of Scottish Clans. Arrayed in their best kilts and bonnets, the men of the bonnv elclls nnd highlands, representing 17" brnnches of the order, recalled in song nnd story their homeland. The Engagment Diamond Its quality is significant of its sentiment J. E. Caldwell & Co. Chestnut & Juniper Streets fsnpm I I "AT I i ,0 I Store Closed Saturdays During August V rtir J -.SW' OJS III . JH iSF JIT tuTfoVyawrit ( Mm gmmt W km Jw Vm Wm. JJmW &mrancs Price Bottom Touched - - A Further Reduction on Remaining Lots of Men's Oxfords cr As an Added Attraction Wo Include Several Hundred Pairs High Shoes THIS is n good timo to buy your shoes for full! It is too bad the term of "Pre-war Price" hns been Ubed so often for this is a real Pre-war Price! No mistake about it. THE BIG SHOE STORE Four Floors With Seating Capacity for 600 Men, U'omeii, Misses, Uoya and Children 1204-06-08 Expected to Bring Up Most f urea international Queations at Arms Conferenfco ' : TO EXPLAIN FRENCH AIMS Uy the Associated ies, Paris, Aug. 17Prcmler BrUm who expects to attend the conference o ' disarmament and tho Far Fnrt . ' Washington this autumn, win not IS to confine tho discussions to th" ,lS ' question of disarmament. It , 2l . in well-informed quarters, said 2 1 Eclair. This newspaper '$! the organ of the French Premier It Is declrcd M. Briand considers tdi ' occasion favorable for the consign. 1 tlon of most of the great Intcrnatlowl ' problems, nnd that ho will take M caslon to expound to America the legitl' i mate alms of the policy of Franci throughout tho world. Washington, Aug. 17. (By A Pj' The Senate claim to a share of u. ' sponsibillty for tho foreign nffalra of tho Nation was recognized bv President Harding yesterday by the designation o! Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, of Maim. chnsetts. chairman of the Foreign Re. , lotions Committee, as a member "f hi American delegation to the Diurmi! ment Conference. un Entirely aside from Mr. Lodge', c. '. sonal qualifications, tho view u as J. fleeted in high Administration crC?N hat the significance of 1.1s selection "to ' in tho fact that he was In a position to act as official spokesman for he Senatl committee to which arc referred inter! national compacts requiring Serial, "advice and consent." The Pre.lSJJi was said to feel that bwai.se of It, S responslb llty Jn foreign affairs Vou ho a great mistake not to give the Sen. . an official voice whllo the negotlatloM uio in progress. bauoiu Tohlo, Aug. 17. (By A. P.) " t. my belief thnt the greatest bcnrfitu tv.! world will derive frftn 'the fort& conference In Washington will be of in economic rather than of a diplomatic ' or a political character," say's San Miito. the leading ngure In Japanese ; spinning industry, who took a prom' ; inent pnrt In the popular movement for s nrmnment restriction in this country , He added: "I very much hone that th rowers nsscmblcd around the conference- 'it fnliln .fill nnneenf pn in H.nU n,i,i-u . ....... ..... ...... ....... ,,.i uui'iiuon on achieving economic results. "The ago of so-called 'diplomacy' and of political intrigue has passed and tfu world Is now entering on a new era, nn era of mutual co-operation anwai nations." Once- A-Yeai Original Prlcca Were Up to $8J0 Market Street m 'Kf mWLs U ... -- - ' .r,' , ,