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VOL. VIIL-NO. 167
DANCE EVIL FACTS
?!1.b.i P.lArifinltinn'' and "Buai.
ness Reasdn" Charged te
? Censers of Public Halls
V;.
Havers miss walz tried '
TO ADVANCE. PRIVATE WORK
Tj
f, Harry T. Baxter and Miss Marguerite
'Walz made deliberate misstatements in
ftn, effort te "cover up" the dance hnlt
,HM, according wine nev. . v.re v.re
i'sen McIIenry, superintendent of the
:' Eplscepnl City Mission, today.
Mr. Baxter, chief 01 tne isurcnu 01
CItv Property, Is chairman of the com-
; mlttee appointed by Mayer Moere a
' jtar age te investigate dance evils. Miss
1 Walz and Mr. McHenry are members
' of the committee.
,', ' Mr. McIIenry charged yesterday that
Cnmnr rinnees hnvn flourished threueh
f the winter due largely te lack of Inter-
,. UV.V.'W V
j, (t by Mr. Baxter. Complaints hart
. kn ienered and nothing had been
i done, he asserted. The committee
J failed te llve up te his trust.
Beth Mr. Baxter and Miss wnls re-
piled. They said the dance halls had
jK Improved, and inr. mxter ucciaren Air
h McHenry himself had been Inactive in
' I ..iIhKmn Avnlntnlni, ,1,nt ti twna
iS.busy in connection with a drug store
J owned by his brother.
f, Minister's Reply te Baxter
?; i(Mr. McIIenry's reply today follews:
"I have read the newspaper Inter
s' views given by Mr. Baxter and Miss
Wal In reply te the charges of neg
' leet of duty made against him by my
tlf and ether members of the Mayer's
eemmlttee. They arc nothing but de
liberate and intentional misstatements,
. feMhe purpose of covering up.
i.i "Sir. Baxter's reference te that drug-
tore conversation was a bad case' of
mixed dates. There was no such store
In existence last summer. Net even a
" building en the store site. Net even n hole
1 In the ground. That store I was sup-
posed te be Interested in last summer
' was opened Saturday, February 4, 1022.
'Jyfer evidence te show hew shockingly I
it wai n,cgiecting tne community uunces
s lint mitnmer. snatched at a con versa -
tlen between iw which he hoped would
J, prove elnbarrassing. but which turns
! out a Doemerang.
Met Others Twice
"The truth of the matjer Is both Mr.
Baxter and Mls'AValz met me time
', after llme at both the Parkway nnd at
, tne .ueyamcnsing nvcnui: iinncee, cs-i-ept
when MIsh Walz was absent Iicr-
Vlf and in New Yerk, telling the Goth Geth Goth
emltes 'hew we did it in Philadel-
"Baxter's excuses for net railing his
committee together are imbecile. The
1 Oemmttee of the Secial Service Organi Organi
sateons wad much larger,, but I had no
trouble getting a representative turn
out whenever I issued a rail for n meet
ing. As a matter of fart, the whole
community was se aroused that every
body was ready (e de anything te stamp
out the evil. '
"The truth of the matter is, he did
net want the committee te meet ; neither
did Miss Walz. The reason was there
had been tee much publicity given te
the dance question te suit certain in
terests which Miss Walz represents and
the policy of soft-pedaling was adopted
in the hope of suppressing it.
, Sharp Words Used
"I was reluctant te get Inte n quarrel
ever this subject, but new that Mr.
, Baxter and Miss' Walz haie Intention
ally misrepresented the facts the one
for sclf-gloriliratleii, the ether for but
ntss reasons I 11111M net permit the
matter te rest where they would
leave it.
"If Baxter says he has control of
the dance evil iu Philadelphia, he con
demns himself. Everybody who knows
anything about the matter -knows bow
far he is from the truth."
" 'Nuff Said," Says Baxter
"I have told what 1 believe and knew
te be the facts In this ense already,"
said Mr. Baxter, when Mr. MeIIenrj 's
latent statement was lead te htm.
"What I said before sets forth my iu iu
altlen; I knew I am right, and 1 de
net care te enter into a public con
troversy about it.
"If Dr. McHenry Is looking for pub
licity, all right. Let him go ahead tnu
way he is going.
"Fer my part, I think it much mere
fitting that this should be taken up and
discussed in the privacy of the torn tern
mlttee." DANCE LEAVES $5000;
SISTER RECEIVES HALF
Other Portion Left te Miss E. M.
Fabian in Will Probated Today
The estate of Hella Dance, real cbtate
assessor, of )5!t North Twenty-first
Jtrcet, will be divided eiually between
his sister. Mary E. II. 'Dance, and
Mi Edith M. Fabian, the share of
each amounting te S'JSOO, accurdlng
te the terms of his will, probated today.
uance'a will, written In 11)11, was
iippn n sheet of the note paper of the
William H. Leeds Itepubllunn Club of
the Tenth Ward, of which he was an
active member.
His carper liegnit with a ?3-a-weck
Jeb ns nn errand boy, hut seen changed
tieni business te politics, lie was a
lieutenmit of the lute Senater Mc Mc
Mchel. He died March IB at his home.
' aietl sixty-four jenrs.
Other wills probated, were .1. Wallace
Keeler. HI West Hertter street, fll,.
5?''"es2 ' ""i". University
Hospital, 550(10. i Inventory of the per-
' Sn?.,nSk,tllt.-ef Mnrtha Canfleld, total
.tag 10380.47, was also filed.
BALFOUR MAY BE EARL
lr (Arthur Finds Life In Commens
Crewing Dull, ,
kmden, March tW.(Hy A. P.)
rVrilh,,; ,,,,!f,mrJM '" be iiceted en
,,'; 'he Turning News sajs.
fn,,,,r 1VMI",,",,' ,,.',K('r,l, ""If"'"' ha-
e ml life.h, t. Heuse of fmnmeiM
111 without nlbVlMl duties te ,.erferin,
niid remarks that he would he a god-
i; te the Hm ,f IVei-s. where his
Sluall "H " 'li,,k'1'l!,,i"n tt"u''l '' '"
"ViM8vn,Pn i!." AI'TOMOHILK 111)
4'J"1'. veu'll and It en pe 3S e.r.4 SS.
&,
BAXTER DISTORTED
VAI w -'i iy
m&Mit 1
I
InUrtd at Btcend-CIM MalUr at
Vndtr Hi Act of
Leaps te Death
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MRS. ELVIRA DEMAREST
An actress who leaped from the
fourth fleer of a New Yerk hotel.
Her husband, also well known In
theatrical life, was telephoning a
doctor when Mrs. Demarest took
her life. She had been ill for a
long time
II
I
Reform Leader for Years and
Was in Cabinet of
Mayer Weaver
COUNCILMAN FOR 18 YEARS
Themas L. Hieks. former Postmaster
of Philadelphia, who figured in several
political upheavals in this city, died
nt 0:30 o'clock this- morning nt his
home, C17 Seuth 'Forty-second street.
He was seventy yenrs old.
Jehn F. D. Hicks, professor of
chemistry at the University of Nevada
and the former Postmaster's only son,
was notified nnd will start East today.
Fer mere than twenty years Mr.
Hicks was identified with reform move
meats here nnd gained a reputation as
a hard fighter, politically. ,
1 Succeeded Acker in Cabinet
.Tust sixteen years age this month he
became the central figure in an upheaval
that caused his appointment na Direc
tor of Public Works by Mayer Weaver.
A. Lincoln Acker, new Collector of
the Pert, was Mayer Weaver's Public
Works Director. He resigned rather
than annul filtration plant contracts
held by the late Sennter "Jim" Mc Mc
Nichel. Mr Hicks' first official act was te
annul the contracts, a move desired by
Mr. Weaver and based en reports of
Majer Cassius E. Gillette nnd another
expert. The act then was regarded as
a heavy blew at the old McNlehel ma
chine. Mr. Hicks was born In Seuth Phil
adelphia February 18. 1S.VJ, and be
came Interested In politics when he
reached his majority. He was elected
te the old Common Council in 1877 nnd
served for eighteen yenrs.
In Cabinet Seven Months
In 180.1 he was appointed chief of the
liureau of Highwaa nnd two jear.s
later was named Postmaster of Phila
delphia, an office he held for four
years.
The directorship of Public Works was
his next important office, although he
only held it about seven mouths. Dis
agreement nrose between him and Mr.
Weaver, then Mayer, nnd in October,
11100. he resigned by request us
Director.
In August, 1010, he re-entered poli
tics by" accepting the chairmanship of
(he Keystone Party's State Committee.
He declared himself a candidate for the
Keystone- nomination for Mayer ami
he and his friends tried te head off a
movement for Itudelph Iilankenburg,
who was subsequently nominated ami
elected.
The year 11112 found him chairman
of the Washington Purtj. He threw
himself into the lloesevelfc third-party
movement and campaigned here and
through the State for the Colonel.
Wus C'mlc of Illanhenburg
Mr. Ulankcnburg, while Majer, fre
quently was criticized by Mr. Hicks,
who made comparisons between the city
expenditures under the "Old War
Herse of Reform" nnd these under
Mayer Iteyburn. bin predecessor.
When Mayer Moere wus campaigning
for the Republican nomination for
Majer, Mr. Hicks opposed him and
supported Judge Patterson.
When Oitv Controller Walten died
Mr. Hicks was mentioned as a possible
Hiicceoser, nltheugli timt boom uul uet
take tangible shape.
Mr. Hicks was in the Insurance busi
ness and had office at 0312 Chestnut
street. He beeame 111 about three
months age. Deatl) was attributed te
angina pectoris.
He is mirvlved by his widow, by his
ten, Prof. Hlelis, and three bielhcrs
nnd a sister.
MURDER INQUEST CROWD
SEARCHED FOR WEAPONS
Corener Takes Ne Chances en Re
vival of Gang War
Philip Tesene, 738 Seuth .Ninth
street, was held without ball for the
fJrnnd Jury by Corener Knight teduv
en the charge of murdering James
Markesella, 1-14 Seuth Alter sheet.
Persons attending the inquct were
searched for arms because of fear that
Markrsella'H friends might try te in
jure Tesene.
Witnesses testified that Tivene had
been excluded from a club near Ninth
mill Christian sttreU ami that en
Maich -0 the young man fired sevcia!
vlmU Inte I lie windows of the iluli iluli
heuse, Oim of the bullets struck .Maikesclla,
who was Instantly killed.
DO ()V KVKR READ TIIR TARCRI. TOST
ceimnnij ienjrri inifrvvunc. dh ptgv
?bbbV'Jk ' IbbH
:'v1bbBf '?' ' i' bH
HICKS IS DEAD
ONCE POS
MAST
th Poilefflc at Pblladtlphla. Pa.
March 8, 18T 1
WOMEN'S GOWNS
ENDANGER MORALS,
SAY METHODISTS
" ,
Conference Repert Urges
Lenger Skirts and Dresses
Higher in Neck
PASTORS' APPOINTMENTS
' TO BE ANNOUNCED TODAY
The railroad strike, the rum scandal
nnd Immodesty of women's dress were
hard hit today at the 13."lli annual
Philadelphia Conference of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church, In the report
of the Cemmlttc; en Legislation and
Reform.
The conference, meeting nt the
Wharten Memerial Church. Fifty
fourth nnd Catharine streets, vigorously
applauded the committee's denunciation
of the evils of the day, which did. net
spare Methodists who permit dancing.
In regard te the impending coal
strike, the committee declared It "the
Immediate and outstanding mennce te
the peace, noed order nnd prosperity"
of the country, and demanded that na
tional and State law-making bodies give
It their Instant attention
The committee welcomed the advent
of the "golden rule" in business, nnd
praised the Mitten management f the
1'. It. T. Company as the best exempli
fication of this rule In practice.
TJie Wencr law was condemned by
the report ns the "easy and secure ie
fuge of bootlegging." nnd the advocacy
of light wines and beer was deplored
ns "leading surely te anahy, rampant
ciime nnd all the horrors of lawless
ness." Daneln? came In for the sharpest
condemnation of all, particularly danc
ing in schools nnd colleges. The com
mittee deplored the tendency te give
duncca by every sort of organisatien,
even among Methodists.
The renert was sinned by the Revs.
Charles Tteads, W. II. Llndemuth and
W. P. Klllngswerth.
Say Miners' Strike Threatens
"The Immediate and outstanding
menace te the pence, geed order and
prosperity of our country," said the
report, "is the grcqt threatened strike
of coal miners, both bituminous nnd
anthracite. The bitterness of feeling
between operators and working men
prevents even a conference between
them, nnd they are utterly regardless
of the rights of the third party, the
great public who have paid for se long
a time excessive prices for coal.
"We regret that though warned se
often by fearful Industrial wars, like
the steel strike, the railroad Dtrlke and
ethers, Cennrcss still has failed te
pass a law for the judicial determina
tion of these labor disputes. If the
Kansas law is Imperfect nnd Inndo Innde
qunte It certainly points the way te
the wise solution. We call upon our
State and national legislatures te give
first place te these matters.
"We welcome the (ielden Rule into
business. Such lemnrknblc experiments
nt the Nash Clothing Factory, Ivow
Seap, National Cash Register and many
ethers are inspiring demonstrations that
Continued en Toge Twtltr . Column One
TARIFF BILL TO COME
UP IN SENATE THIS WEEK
Committeemen Tell Harding They
Are Ready for Action i
Washington. March 2S. (n.v A. P.)
Confidence that the tariff bill would
be reported te the Sennte by the
Finance Committe this week was ex
pressed today by Senater Watsen, n
member of the committee, and Senater
ilent Ilnrdinc.
The Indiana Senater said the cpm
i Senater said the c,mi- J " " u ' ' ",'
seen decide whether te ''' ft ,"J "''i' M"
present plan of levying nm 'J'0' cxctllt ,he
sign vnluntien or adept i "eYl,ns, , '.i'J' ,., , ,
...i,.i..ei. ..!. .... n. i The pearl necUlace lig
mlttee would seen decide whether te
rontlnue the pres
ilutles en foreign
the American wholesale price as the
basis.
Reth Senatgrs said the President de
sired te knew the status of the tat iff
bill. Watsen told him "we expect te
clean It all up this week."
The bonus, was net mentioned, they
said, nor the reported split between
Internal Revenue Commissioner Hlnir
and Assistant Secretary Dever, of the
Treasury, ever appointments. The In
diana Senater said, he had hnd noth
ing te de with any teperted light en
Blair.
WOMAN AND MAN SLAIN
Husband of Victim's
Is Sought
Housekeeper I
.
Woodstock, N. B., March !iS. (Uy
A. I.) Harvey Treiiholme and his
housekeeper. Mrs. Olive Swim, were
shot te deatn In ttie U'rr.uieinie iieme
ni Renten Hldge lust night
The body of Trenheline wns found
lying nciess the rear deurten of his
home and that of the housekeeper in a
pantry ndlnlniiig the kitchen.
Marry Swim, the woman's husband,
is sought by police.
LIM'RICK PRIZE AND SPRING
COME TO MEDIA SAME DA Y
Se Miss E. Claire Powell, of 320 West Second Street, Feels Like
Singing With the Birds and Blossoming With the Flowers
There we-ie two robin red-breasts. 1
real, honest-te-goodness butter I y,
Si, gentle J-oplers. It wanln. Media,
'" ....inn. dav. nnu
snrlngtinie In the
veweii, f aa
West S e p e n d
Mreet. MeilU,
als-e. . . .
Vast trees which
,. r ' thrusting
fort h tentative
imds. th rough
fields In which the
horses grnzed and
the c h I k e 11 s
...,,.1rwl nwnv nftcr
worms, or what- V
eer it is they are .
eternally hunting A
I.. M.,ll,n.. Pfiilli '
Inte the icy . rewEM,
town, te the very front deer of the
jeimg lady, who wns waiting nnd
nnti'himr fur us.
oil see, tlic day beinre w;c journeyed.
out te ttee lwf but slie was uet umeug
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PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1922
i
Today's $100
Lim'rick Winner
i
, E. Claire Powell
326 W. 2d St., Media, Pa.
Bank Clerk
OLD "ITEM" BUILDING
DAMAGED BY FLAMES
Seuth 8eventh 8t. Fire Threatened
Twe Other Structures for a Time
The Rosenteor Gas and Electric Fix
ture Company building, Seventh street
below mnrket, which o'hce housed the
Item, wnH damaged by Arc at 4
o'clock this morning. It is estimated
that the less Is between .$7000 nnd
9S00O. The origin of the fire is a mys
tery. The third and fourth floors of the
brick structure were burned out, but
the lower floors were saved from ex
tensive dnmage. A large part of the
stock can be salvaged, It is said.
When the members of Engine Com
pany Xe. '20 nrrlvcd llames were shoot sheet
ing out of the reef nnd were begin
ning te lick the sides of the building
tewnrd Chestnut street occupied by .7.
P. Manning, representing the I,nndls
Machine Company.
In about half an hour firemen had
the flre under control. The dnmage te
the Mnnnlnr hulldlmr and the one
tewnrd Mnrket street, occupied by H
Tanhnuser. was trivial.
Ress D. Davis, chief of the Fire Bu
reau, took personal charge of the tire.
HELD UP; KNEW BANDIT
Motorist Robbed of $193 by Twe
Men as His Aute Stalls
Twe bendlts held up Themas Kay
and his wife, 302 West Scdgley avenue,
at 8 o'clock last night as Kay was
repairing his stalled motorcar at Ruth
and Somerset streets. The men robbed
him of S11W.20.
"I knew you, Jee." Kay told police
he said te one bandit who hnd thrust
u revolver against his chest. He said
the robber then covered part of his
face with one hand.
Mrs. Kay was almost hysterical as
the second man erdcied her te remnin
quiet. After the held-up men fled Kay
yelled for police nnd wns heard by Pn Pn
tielmnn Kasterday, of the Belgrade and
Clearfield streets station.
Shortly after midnight district detec
tives arrested Jeseph Phillips, n for
mer pugilist, of Hurley street near
Allegheny avenue. Kay said Phillips
wiih one of the held-up men.
After turning Kay's pockets Inside
out, one of the robbers, according te
Kay, ran into the home of James
Mayer, 'J700 Ruth street. Detectives
Investigated and said Mayer and his
family were at n motion-picture show
at the time of the held-up. At u hear
ing before Magistrate, Dougherty, Phil
lips, who Is twenty-seven jears old. was
held without bail for the Grand Jury.
BIRTH'0F DAUGHTER WINS
MAN $100,000 IN JEWELRY
Califernlan at Last Gets Necklaces
for Which He Sued
Oakland, Calif.. March 28. (Hy A.
V.) James C. Ilium. Jr., by becoming
the father of u girl, has wen the right
te inheiit two necklaces, one of dia
monds and the ether of pcurls, valued
fm.ilin,' nf ilWl IWU1 Iltu ..,H,.. "U ....
Rvn Ultim.' bequeathed them (e be his
en li is wife gave birth te a daughter.
Ilium, who already had come into
possession of the i est of his mother's
$,'130,000 estnte. brought suit lest year
te get the ueckluccs because his wife
nun oerno a en. He contended that
"" ''"iil I , t tl .? TALI u,
will provided he should iicoive half
Hie estate nt tiiirty-tive .war-, of age.
nccKiaces, wlien
lienrl necklace limned in the Sinn
r riineisee courts Inst jenr when Su
perior Judge Themas F. (Irnhnin
ordered that It should be taken from a
safe deposit box and worn once everv
thirty da.s te keep the pearls from
losing their luter.
$2500 FOR TENANT'S DEATH
Owner of Unheated Apartment is
Dlamed for Less of Baby
New Yerk, March 28. A King
County jury before Supreme Court
Justice Cropsey jcs'.ciday uwnnled a
erdict of $2,100 le James V M
!''"l'!l,cn1"r '',' ,lls 'It against his former
landlord, dcergn II. Jucksen, for
Cochenour sued for the death of his
four-nienth-old son. William Daid
who died February 27. 1020. wli,.,, n,.
i ocueneur inniiiy lived in an apart
ment house, owned bv
Jacksen. In
liroeKi.Mi. (.ociicneur
testified the
apartment was virtually unheated dur
ing January. HtiiO. As n result, he
h.iiii, mi. I'uiiti I'uiuiut'mi iiinui'liitis
Jacksen alleged the i-hlld was me.
maturely born und weak.
these present . hn!u,j fione te the hie
city for the day. Se we left word thn?
we hail called ,0 sec her nmllne '.Imt
. - . ..in, iiiNfi
kllP U'flu ti1,ifi(.n ,.1 Iw. ,1
turned en the morrow.
Her winning line completed the Llm'
rick ns follews:
Lim'rick Ne. an
There once, wits a fellow named tiny
Who said he would write a great nlny
u"i!i '"are," said he, P "'
"Will net be oiie-twe-three
I'll be known from Main Street te
Hreadway."
Miss Powell U emplejed in tl pi
National lank, of Mcdla.'Vi ere 'for
he Inst three years she has jrnn?
the vnrleus Intrlcac es of the liniVn.
business. On her way te ? ''
the morning she mvkm h.'r J" k. "
figures out the line, which she se ,s '
n seen as slm inn write It down
At the bank she's been bucklnV n
sorts of competition. There's Ttl nV.1"
"Irish wit" Vf ..nt of the RlrlH . 'ui'
cautious soul who gees off allbv Ii7m.,1
cwUmw4 m . Tw.iuUM,Ceiiim;rK7
CAMDEN WOMAN
HELD IN KIDNAPPING
OFWOODBURYCHILD
Esther Tannenbaum, Relative of
Missing Ida Kramer, Is Ar-
rested en Suspicion
WAS SEEN WITH GIRL ON
TROLLEY, TWO MEN ASSERT
Esther Tannenbaum, twenty-eight
years old. 720 Chestnut street, Cam
den, was arrested this morning by De
tective David Hunt en suspicion of
knowing something about the dlsap dlsap
pearence ln.t Saturday of seven-year-old
Ida Kinmer from her home In
Woodbury. N. J.
The woman, according te the de
tective, told conflicting stories when
questioned nbeut her movements since
the disappearance of the child. Soen
after her arrest she was turned ever
te Deputy Sheriff I.enp, who took her
te Woodbury.
Mis Tannenbaum is a relative of Ia Ia Ia
dore Kramer, father of the child. She
was at the Kramer house lest Saturday,
according te Mrs. Kramer.
The prisoner admitted that she had
visited the Kramer home in Woodbury,
but denied that she had taken the child
away. ,
The Camden police say two men hnvc
identified her ns n woman who was
seen with a child In n trolley car last
Saturday, riding from Woodbury te
Camden.
Herbert C. Cerscy. a Negro section
hand, employed by the Public Service
Company, the police sny, identified
Miss Tannenbaum e a woman who en
tered a trolley car with n child. Cor Cer
sey lives at ,111 Fisher avenue. North
Woodbury, and was at work near the
spot at which the woman nnd child
bearded the car.
The ether Identification was made by
Talmndge .Rem, a conductor en the '
Woodbury line. He lhe.s nt lerkshlp
Village. He said lie saw Miss Tannen
baum en his car with a child Inst
Saturday.
He said that the woman and child
rode all the way from Woodbury te
Camden.
Miss Tannenbaum, when questioned
by Jeseph T.auann, representing the
Attorney General of New Jersey, an
swered nil questions usually with a
brief "cs" or ','no."
Site denied that she rode with the
child from Woodbury te Camden. In
sisting that a mistake was made by
the men who Identified her.
Miss Tannenbaum is tall, dark and
of rather massive frame. She gave
nn Indications of nervousness when
questioned and her answers were clear
and direct.
She said she was nt hep home all
Saturday evening nnd that her move
ments since then could he fully no
counted for. It was impossible, she
said, that she could have taken the
child from Woodbury, ax-die went diiect
te her home and had been nt no ether
place.
One theory advanced te explain the
cliild's absent c wus that slie had been
carried off by a man who sought ie ie
vengr against the lather. The mar
brought under suspicion was dis
charged bv Kiamer. Inquiry convinced
the Sherifl that this man leuld net linve
had nil thing te de with the kidnap
ping. Anether tale was that three men had
been seen discing what appeared te be
a grave near Wredbuiy. Ne grave was
found.
WOMAN, 76, BREAKS NECK
' IN FALL AT ATLANTIC CITY
Miss Elmira Van Dyke, Leng
Teacher Here, Fatally Hurt
Mi
l.lmiie inn D.ke, scvenU-slx
years old, of -l.i0:i Kliig-elug nenuc
termerly a te.ulier in the Wilten I'ub
lic Scheel, at Twelfth and Wharten
streets, died today of Injuries received
when she fe I down a flight of stairs
in the home of Mrs. Crerge Illevcr, in
Vcntner. Atlantic City.
Miss Van Dike tripped ns slie de-
f-ceniled tlni cellar stairs, fell te the 1
bottom and broke her nrek and fiao fiae
tured her UiiII en I he concrete fleer.
Members of the household carried her
upstairs ami sent her te the Atlantic
CItv Hospital. She died en the way.
Mis'. Van Dle had been visiting for
11 week nt Mr-. HI 0.1 or s home, und
hud planned te ictinn te Philadelphia
leilnj. Her teaching iiiteer began In
lS(I."i, when she was nlnclcen years old.
and ceiitlnmd untl' her letlicmeiit in
TOIL'.
WIRTH BALKS ONCE MORE
German Chancellor Calls 60,000,-'
000,000-Mark Demand 'Impossible' 1
Ilerlin. March '-N.dty A. P. 1
Chancellor Wlith t.ihl the Uelchslag
today 1 hut the demand of the Allied
Iloperutlniis Commission for 1111 addi
tional tiw lew of S(l(UM)O.(MIO,0(l(l,
marks, tiaiismltte.l te the German tlev-
eminent last week, was absolutely Iiu- I
possible.
BELIEVE LOCKOUT AVERTED
Engineers' Trades Unions Accede te
Employers' Proposals I
Ignition, .Match L'-i (By A. P. 1 - 1
llie tlirenlcniMl loiKeut In Great
llrltain's enslnecilii!: Indu-tiy appeared
te lie nt
dav.
leat tempeiatlly aiciicd te-
Represent nlUes of the engineering
trades unions decided te act ode te the
employ its' piones.ils as a basis for re
newed negotiations.
Are Yeu Reading
Hall Caine's
Powerful New
Nevel of Sin
and Consequences?
The Ulaatcr of Man
ts a frunk ami prippnip din din
cHiwien 0 the rights of the
unmarried mother.
New Running
Eucning Public fficujjcr
See Page 15
Published Dally Except Sunday,
I UDiunea ""fcJJJJfe, 1BJ2
Blunder Brought Raid
en N. Y. Women Smokers
After Night of Feminine Indignation, Man
hattan Wakes Up te Discover Officials'
Faux Pas
New Yerk. March 28. .New Yerk
women who smoke cigarettes, from the
llehcinlaii Indies in Greenwich Vlllnge
te the "100" frequenting the bin ho
tels nnd high-clnss cafes,, all hnd the
laugh en New Yerk's police depart
ment tedny, from Commissioner En-
right down.
Fer the anti-smoking law. suddenly
placed In effect by the police Inst night,
today was found te be non-existent.
Inevstlgntien proved that Alderman
McOuinnes' erdlnnnce forbidding
lis -,..111 ..l..nHrt .
smoking by women in public i laces net
only had never been sWicd by JUje ,
Hylnn. but hnd neve, even been pas-ed
by the lieatil of Aldermen. I
Dan McCoy the "Geat"
Daniel W. P. McCoy, mi ompleje In
the City Clerk's office, was led forth,
caparisoned in sackcloth and ashes as
official "goat" for nn error thnt had
set pre nnd even anti-smoking women
en the warpath from the Ilnttery te the
far reaches of Harlem.
McCoy, It was explained, wns
charged with clipping the official city
recenl for resolutions and ordinances
that have been adopted and approved by
the Mayer nnd sending them along te
the proper officials for enforcement.
Mi Cey was still tee much overcome
by the wrath that hnd descended upon
his head te explain just hew he hap
pened te Include the anti-smoking bill
in his list of ordinances adopted and
approved. ,
Ne "Cerner en Ivery"
City Clerk Cruise rallied te McCoy's
defense, however, and intimated broadly
that the clcrk'H office by no means had
a corner en "ivory."
Had Police Commissioner Enrlglit or
his aides read the purported ordinance
LAST-MINUTE NEWS
CHILD RUN OVER BY TRUCK? IS IN HOSPITAL
Alme Taddel, seven years old, 4500 Frankford avenue, is in
the Frankford Hospital with possible internal Injuries as i lcsa't
of being run ever by n truck at Griscom and Gillingham streets
this afternoon.
" PENNSYLVANIA "CONGRESSMEN INDORSE FAIR
Fhiludelpliia'b StbquI-CuiUnnial plans iccelved fuitlur im
petus in Washington today when the I'uiusylvnulu con311s-sien.1l
delegation met in feiinnl caucus and unanimously indeiseJ tlst
jueject and pledd tilth1 suppeit te legislation 'j the cxp sltien
NEW TRAFFIC BILL
Police Head Says Proposed
Measure Would Put City
Back 20 Years
TRUCKMEN TO STUDY ACT
Complain of Ante Rides
en Roosevelt Boulevard
The I'a 1 k Commission wn crltl-
I.ed for "unui-eess.irllj strict traf
fic regulation along the Knoeolt
Henlvevard in 11 le-xdutlen passed by
the Keystone Automobile Club.
The Park Commission's rule, for
bidding an automobile with smoking
exhaust te go within the limits of
the Park, is being enforced uleng the
great highway.
"The rule may be a geed one In
the bounds of Fnirmeunt Park, but
when it Is applied te a public high
way it Is cariyiiig control a little tee
fur.'"- i-ald .1 Morten Weckc. pi eel
dent of the club.
.,,, , ffil. r,,mlIH.(, ,u.1Kls.PIi
,'',.,"'. .".."..' 1 1 .' .1. . ...
.in 1- 1 miu I'll v 11 -, t 1 1 1 1 1 1 1: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 r nit nt
Superintendent of Police .Alius while
business men nml team owners bcann
.--. ... , - . , , " " - -.-.. ---. -.-
stiidvlng Its previsions and preparing
ASSAILED BY MILLS
for public hcnriiiK-. lncWs K"t iihrend that Majer Reed had
"Such an ordinance as this would ft" TjrVm,v "'LlS"0,' h'UIi. JeMJ,!h
threw us back te the Daik Ages." aid , . C- " ,,,.' f,V ,TnrlrL' v tlie IVniisyl
Superintendent MlIU In .INcusfenE the , S,"' ' ,'rrrs Aoclatlen. and
ineamiie which would completely revi-e I ulu'"' l"Hir.
,1 w.v ,,.,iiUi. ,.-nlMt Litis nml sirnn 1
,,11 previous ordinance- 1
Tm lil 1 1 iii w itifin.iriti h !i wiinclii
.- Mit ." i--i y " i--.-.
rumuuuit "i i imm u hum i nr in
..., ......1 l f,...ll ..m 'IMmrsilni- krl"." " .V""'.: '""". 110 WOUId IOC-
IMUIIH l ! Xlll I.-..V ....... .,. ,, m
Ceiiiicllmnn en Tngeii. It then will
be referred te Council's Public Safety
Committee, which will arrange, public
hearings.
An hour limit for parking in the sec
tion between Vine. Pine. Seventh nnd
Twentieth streets, between H :.'!0 A. M.
and tl P. M., is among the previsions
thnt drew the police chief's fire.
Twenty-Year Setback
"The ordinance will set us back
twenty years nnd would result in hope hope
less confusion." Mr. Mills declared.
"By thnt I menu this:
"Take Chestnut street between Thir
teenth and Bread snoot- In tlml
block tne normal new 01 tramc is iitsj
cars an hour. Itli one-Heur parking
". .- 1 -.in;
( nnilnjril en IMicr Cmir. Column four !
0I1D hKAIi Kl.Ti: (III IMIIM.S ,nr
lwiv allaUlf. ResU Ulsmiriril llal
I rUt clanilflcntlen pants S4, U.t unci i-U.
Subscription Price 10 Tr by Mill.
by PuBHe Leaser Company ;
r
cnrefulli. he declared, the would hae
illsonvered it was net n proper docu
ment, as It did net bear the Mnmp of
the cleik's office certifying that It hnd
been approved by the Mil or.
News that It was all a mistake came
lllke a reprieve from the gnllews te pre
prieters of scores or places wnere grati
fication of milady's passion for the
seething weed was the chief source of
bread and butter revenue.
Fashionable smoke shops for women
had sprung up In Fifth iiienue. llronil llrenil
wny nnil ether ndvanoed centers, while
Greenwich Village hnd conic te depend
lllWIinini 1 JMUKt' IIIMI Mini' ' IIV1H.II11
me cxrlllsvpV 0M hIllek,. ,.lnRS ,
, ntmespheie of ItnliKiniiiiil-m
JM, ( , )f .. thnt
i..,,,.., , '
cheers
El en Tuxlmen Warned
Hut the ordinance making It a crime
for proprietors of public places te let
women smoke loosed upon a thunder
struck town last night by squads of
Commissioner Enrlght's finest did net
step with spreading gloom in advanced
places.
It even had Its effect en downtown
cafeterias where stenographers and
women clerks forgather for luncheon.
Fer the smoking "evil" t lie ordinance
was designed te cheek bus spread te
New Yerk women In many wulks of
life.
Tnxlcab drivers were beginning te
worry, tee, for fenr their cenve.iances
might be ruled "public places" and
banned as smekeries for fair faces en
route home from the theatre thus
causing a switch te the subway route.
Ills Nights of Nights
Alderman McGulnness, father of the
erdlnnnce that hnd n hectic life from
Rundown te sunrise, was almost the
Continued en Tnee Three, Column One
REED TICKLES VARE
BY SLAPAT GRUNDY
Sprout's Anti-Fisher-Anti-Pin-
chet Efferts Only Bring
Greater Discord
BIG COMBINE NEAR ROCKS
fioverner Rpreul's first efforts te inz.
up (he anti-Fisher and nntl-Plnchet
moiements by evoking hnrmeiu wound
up today in n tumult of dieerd.
As a fonseqnenco the lendeis in the
U1I1I lenrese organisatien are holding
hasty conferences nmem: themselves
eml trying te iisure out "w lint te deV
whet te deV"
They nic deadlocked among Harry
A. Mnckey, Lieutenant Governer Bel
illeninn and Attorney General Alter.
The "harmony conference" confirmed
one suspicion, and thnt was that the
are-Maeee-Leslie illlnnci ,,,.;..ieii,.
formed te grab both the snecess"nrshlp
:.1,; '"?
. I ' "i KiwiiK'r
ill' 111 1- hUUl.
.Net only that, but it was learned
Him .-"uumr iiuc. wee at iiim was
bnrfli multl-mllllennlre. for successor
te Ciew. s new ipnilv in m-.. i c.
ii.-iiix-n 10 suppnit .leiifi a. Hell, Pitts
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i... ,,..,,, .....1 in . t .
'"v .f """ s wur-uuc .Majer Unvlil
A,..1e,,!l .
"-' h ideas liecnmi' enrrent nfter the
i.-lni, i'ili i..
ym.p w , ,. ,, ,, ., ,
i ... t . .- . -.-- . t
H 1-
unillThlOOII, unit ir iu
wcrc elected
I'.. 1 t.-.l Sll., .,... C'..... 1. ... .. '
egiuze tlie aies as leaders, if thev
were sun in iniitiel of the Philadel
phla organization. Of course that
rested well en the shoulders of Kd
Vare. who was tickled pink nt Reed
fpr tearing Inte Grundy In a way that
the Seuth Philadelphia leader would
Continued en I'nen Four, Column Twe
ORDER FOR DEPORTATION
OF CLUB BUTLER ILLEGAL
Ruling Made by Federal Judge, but
Probst Is Held
New Yerk, March i!S.- illy A P )
AuL-i.st Probst r.irn.e- 1. ,&., ,. .....
unl)B n0(.k 'CUl , ear Plttsbuicli
st: !X:,A g!;i,!;: &-.
stilly ordered deported, Federal Judge
iie ruicii iniiiiv, in n iecs en en
I'lebst s hh.ieas iuiium iicllnsi. PinhM
wns held, however, for further deporta
tion proceedings.
PRICE TWO CENW
m en ii le
FIERCELY
rtuim-miniii-m i
ui yuu iiuii i i-iiw;;;j 3
vp
.. lG.liJ
Treasury Head Ignores PeHjvb'
xictans ana manages ueparvy rftfj
ment as Business Man ?,fe
. . 1 m . . i "AT',.
BLAIR'S REMOVAL SOUGHT
AS STEP IN CAMPAIGN
Dry Forces and Benus Sponsors
Jein Place-Seekers in
Their Attack
EXPERTS RETAIN POSTS
S. H. Gilbert, Jr., Assistant,
Carries Out Ideals and
Methods of Secretary kI
Hy CIJNTON W. OILHKRT
HtnlT i'nrrrtpeiulrnt Kifnlni Public IdffT
Coiwrleht, JDtt, bv Public Ledger Cemvanu
Washington, March US. The job-
hunting Republican politicians have be
gun a drive against Secretary of th
Treasury Andrew W. Mellen nnd his
first assistant, S. H. Gilbert, Jr. Os
tensibly It Is aimed at Commissioner of
Internal Revenue Mlelr, who lg one of
Mr. Mollen's subordinates. President
Harding has been asked te remove Mr.
Ulair.
Lined up against Mr. Blair is Elmer
Dever, who was made Assistant Sec
retary of the Treasury in charge of col
lecting revenue nt the instance of the
politicians who were Impatient at Mr.
Mcllen'g failure te find jobs for geed
Republicans. Mr. Dever was Mark
Hannn's secretary and afterward secre
tary of the National Committee. He
is 0 man of great power among the or
ganization Republicans.
Alse In the fight is Representative
Fordney. of Michigan, chairman of the
Heuse Ways and Means Committee.
After Mr. Dever's appointment, Mr.
Fordney secured the transfer of Geerge
S. Paul, chief appointment clerk of In
ternal revenue service, te the prehlbi-
tlen enforcement division and the pisc
ine of one of his henchmen. Cnrl lira.
bill, of fJreenvlllc, Mich., ns his suc
cessor. Mr. Blair protested against this ,
change as causing a leg of efficiency, -nnd
when Mr. Dever was nwy frost" ,',
Washington Mr. Blair transferred VkiJi.
Orabill te New Orleans. 'sv
" Tta-W--' -
Dry Forces Attack Blair 4 $jj.
j.iicn me storm orexe. Ana or le. !
(llAflnii n ..a ,1.A nMUlJllflna n!nA t!. !?
.VM.ar. u,U I..C lut,viVa,IC flltlUC ,
velved. Mr. Blair, supported by Mr.
Mellen, hnd been taking n less stringent
view of prohibition enforcement than
Rey Hnynes, tl;e enforcement officer.
Notably the two of them had recently
overruled Mr. Hnynes In the matter of
shutting up theFlelchmann Yeast Com
pany as a law violator. The dry forces
have joined the job hunters against Mr.
Blair.
And while the soldiers hove no spe
cial interest In the case of Mr. Blair,
they nre nngry against Secretary Mel Mel
eon for his opposition te the bonus and
seeing In the light something mere than
the removal of BInir, they are giving;
it at least moral support.
If Mr. Blair is removed or forced te
resign it will menu the turning ever
of internal revenue collection pretty
completely te the politicians, which
Mr. Mel'en has firmly resisted, and
many beliove that it will lead te the
resignation of Mr. Mellen and his able
Mtung first assistant, Mr. Gilbert. At
least that Is what all who dislike the
Secretary of the Treasury for his firm
stand against politics in ids department,
for protection of public resources,
against bonus raiders, nnd for his re
sistance te extreme measures in enforce,
ing the anti-liquor laws, new hope.
Issue Against Mellen Grews
The issue ngalnH Mr. Mellen hill
been steadily growing. He is n busi
ness man and net 11 politician. Hit
sees 110 reasons for disrupting n service
t which requires training and experience
jut te cxeate jobs
we is experiencing
, all the usual difficulties which business
mill face in public emce.
It is lit
secret that he is net happy .
The Internal reienue contains Tt'iOO
nnn-Chil Sen ice jobs. As the col
lection of Internal icwntie vastly ex
panded uniler the Wilsen Administra
tion through the passage of the income
tax laws and ether special tax laws.
I Ailmln
I most of these jobs were filled In thnt
organization built up by his prede.
niiiiuuii. .nr. .iviiuii iiiueriicil
cs.er. it was reasenatiiy emelcnt. He
was opposed te tearing it te pieces just
in ci eate job.
The Republicans looked at thee 7,100
jobs with hungry eye-. They exerted
great pie-stue upon Picsldcnt Harding,
who sought te effect a compromise by
Inducing Mr. Mellen te accept Mr,'
Dever a- an assistant, a sort of politi
cal leader who would effect a working
t'enllnurd en l'af four, Column FIte
Chimney Catches Fire,
Though Steve Was Celd
Shades of tin Atitigenlsh glmrt
must hnvc been stalking In a house
at ,'HOtl North Tenth street Inst
night. That's the only explanation
thnt Julius l.nndosberger can offer
for 11 lire thnt routed his wife and
himself from bed at ,ri o'clock this
morning. '
They were, awakened by a rafl
plug nnd found the room filled with
smoke. There was a flre along the
chimney at the celling. ,
The rapping wns made clear when
the milkman, who was irspenslble
for It, began shouting te the u'cepers
that the chimney was en lire. But
the cniiKe of the Hre pu'.zlr Mr.
nnd Mrs. Lnndeslierger, ns there hnd
been no fire In the stove, or In nuy
part of the house since 'asl evening, ,,
The chimney nnd eelllng foil, cau-
ing several hundred dollars' daingfe
before the lire wns cxtitixulfhe ty
firemen. ,,
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