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f Governer-Elect Thanks "Will"
for Aid Given Hit Finance
Investigators
CONNELL SEEMS SLATED
FOR STATE.HIOHWAT CHlfcf
m
('Meeting at City Club Radiates
Qoed Feeling and Mutual
Felicitations lv mimA tiinnlinf lm nnvpriier-elect.
StBd Governer Sproul fraternised M
iW before at a meeting today of Mr.
KPlnchefa Cltliens' Committee en State
Finances and Indications were nec
"wanting that the frlendHneBs weuia
H'take definite shape In a day or se In
f the appointment of a State, Hlghwuy
f "SLrSSE .- mt In the CltT Club'
I wider- the chairmanship of Prof. Clyde
tii King." The chief events outside of
l the Jfjnmcans exenangee ircincci.
State Highway Dcpartment.by William
Hi'Cennell. former head of the High;
S: w,,-n nf PhtinripInhiA and chief
. investigator, for the Pinchot Commit
tee or tbe state nignway y"5"
Before Mr. Cennellwaa 'called en te
read his report, Prof, King announced
that the report had been approved by
three of the best highway engineer In
the country, and also by tbe advisory
members of the Plncbet Committee.
These points, in connection with
Governer' Sproul's offer te appoint as
State Highway Commissioner any one
' selected by Mr. Einchet, 'Indicated te
nWrrara tlmt.thn GovcmerelCCt mtffht
request Mr. Sproul te name Mr. Cen-,
neu. Ti;e emce et eiuie iiigeway vum
mlsslener has been vacant slnce the
death of Lewis S. Sadler.
1 vHamey'HBds;tl6tagt. t
i Tim hiirli mneA tfnturA 'Which marked
the relations between Mr. Pinchot and
tke Governer en me into conference when
Mr. Pinchot and Pref: King called at
the Union- League nt 10 o'clock "te
escort Governer Sproul 'te the CJty
.Club. Bread street pedestrians enloyed
If the unusual, sight of the Governer,
IHIlKm DT OB UUtl'EUUr'UlCUfc UUU A&.
Klnz, threading their way through) the
aigoed center for the linn in'bucklng.
the tide of traffic. Greetings were shout-
traflie. The uoverner nppenrcu te mane
ltd or waved every new and then ns'ene
of the ether of the three r,us recognized
ey psMcrs-ey.
Arriving ai tne ijiiy uiue, air. in
chat end the Governer withdrew for a
i.prlvste chat and then joined tbe wnlt-
iing committeemen umi wemen.une i
i us latter was Mrs. .Mury ntnn.i)S,5V
rence, et Pittsburgh, daughter of form
er Senater Flinn. who Is being boemen.
for a pest in the Pinchot cabinet.
airs. Minn looked smart ana cmcient
With a leather brief rasa and a bundle
of reports. Meanwhile, the Uoverner
sroeu usiue unit rcmurKeu unit nn ex
ited te "leek law niid influential"
mt the meeting, adding that all he had
re rentriDuic wnn "letH et experience."
tin opening the meeting ut. ftlug said
no work of tlm cenunittee, llke all
laul, was divided into iliree narts:
First, the budget; second, tbe fiscal
iiatemenr, and third, Mipclnl reports.
euay s session In te consider specinl
ipens such an .Mr. (Xii.ucll'a dealing
Itli the State highway system.
Mr, Sproul wan obvleuslv keenlv In
terested in Dr. King's statement that
Teair would be given by the committee
0 definite nccninnllHlinientM nf tlm niiHt
liufct OK definite cTltlclmn u-nnlil b timt:
las clearly Mated, ltcfcrrlng te the ex
perts working for the committee, Dr.
King snid ihcv were, nil "first chelccH,"
that there hud been no refunnls owing
ie me pre-cmincnce et the Uovernor Uevernor Uoverner
elect n nn administrator. The chair
man CUnt'Illdpil wllli unrm nrnUn fnr
(Jeveftier Sproul'e direct help and co ce co
.epuatleii. Sproul Praises Pinchot
Opening his address, Governer Sproul
referred te the Governer-elect as the
"distinguished center of nil these actlv
itles." "I think the plan ndeptedby
Mr. Pinchot." he continued, "for learn
ing the conditions he will have te face
at Harsisburg is commendable. I in
dorse it and have heard nothing but
which Indicates the high-minded mo
tives which have animated tlm lnvMti.
' Mtnva Dm ffl,iw M.td lit itt.l .
filP congratulated for their notable pub
yilc service."
Qoverner Sprout then sketched tbe
divelepment,and expauslen of tbe State
Government since he first went into
ide service et tee commonwealth twenty-live
years age; told hew the State
Government had been brought into
Cleser touch with Hi i iwink .! ,.
the way was open for the new Governer
w upturn me functions or the State,
In relation te the people, along deslra-
ute linen,
Turning toward the Governer-elect,
Mr. Sproul pledged him the full sup sup
pert and Influence of the Governer's
race te neip tee new State Adminis
tration in getting a "running start."
Mr, Pinchot, who was undoubtedly
impressed by the ' Governer's whels-
CeaUfMi ea rat Mlattew. Celuum EUkt
5ns dlJn't Hwnt a hiuband!
Ha iUn't wmi m wiht
Hut tbey married en an orig
inal theory. Out of this
mialnt Nlttmtlnn Tl.i-fn T,1.
l4 has woven a fascinating 'novel,
ThcSubconacieu8
leurtBhip
,fe yaww xuviweAY
KVb .. A h' P A'i
iUDGEILUytl-tASI
IF i ' :
:fetts Congress Administration Btil WeuM Half Staggering Treasury Lesses
Art Leader Dead
MRS. W. ORKE STEVENSON
Secial leader and prominent la the
artistic life of Plilladelphla.rwhe
died today after, a collapse due te
overwork In staging grtat- religious
drama In California
ART LEADER, DEAD
Secial Favorite Victim of Over
work in Staging Huge Bible
N Outdoor Drama'
END CAME SUDDENLY
AIM. W. YnrVa Sfairanann n-Melv
known socially andn lender In artistic
p.iru, men ni iu :;ie e cieck tnis morn
Ing nt III" home of her sister. Mr, ftam
uel .T, Ilcmlersen.'at Media,, after '.an
illness of i ten Hnvn r',
Mrs.-ttevensen's death was caused
by overworked worry eter death and
Illness which have stricken her family
In recent months, her friends say. ' She
pad recently returned t from California,,
kere 'for' tad- last three years', she
had been devoting all her time' and
energy te a religious pllgrimage, play
depicting the life of Christ.
She came home, her friends say.
badly run down and fatigued almost
te the point of complete .exhaustion.
She had planned te go' Seuth with her
father. Samuel Price Wetherlll, , who
himself had been ill, but has recev
ered
Twe weeks ae Mrs. Stevenson cel
Japjcd In New Yerk. She wns brought
t Philadelphia and was resting at the
nme or ner cr.
Recently she had
improved, and her friends had no fear
that she would net recover. She died
.very quietly this morning after another
collapse. Iter death Is believed te .buve
been caused by heart failure.
Death Busy In Family l -Mrs.
Stevenson's death is the fourth
in her family within n brief span of
months. Mrs. Sara Yerke Stevenson,
Mrs. Stevenson's mother-in-law, one
of tbe city's most distinguished woman
writers and an International authority
en archeology, widely known also for
her 'Peggy Sblppen" column in the
Puni.ia Lkdeer, died November 14,
1081.
On April 1 of this year W. Yerko
died at .his home, 251 Seuth Eight
eenth street, after a short illness. He
wns In Ms forty-sixth year, and dis
tinguished as a sportsman and writer.
He was commander of a section of the
American Ambulance iu France before
this country entered the war.
Death visited the family again en
AucuBt 'tt, wnen Cornelius Htevensen,
Mrs. W. Yerke Stevenson's father-in-law,
died In Atlantic City.
Mrs. W. Ynrke Stevenson had en
loved a varied and distinguished ca
reer, though still a woman in the
nrime of life. As Miss Christine Weth
erlll she was ene of the cleverest and
most beautiful of the debutantes of tier
vear. She' was married, when still
verv young, te Jehn V. Rice, Jr., a
noted but eccentric young inventor,
and went te live in a picturesque old
mansion at Edgewater Perk, N. J.
The marriage proved a failure, and
nfter three unhappy years of wedded
life she returned te ber parents' home.
She obtained a divorce two years later,
lrf June, 1002.
Fer several years the young matron
lived at home with her parents, and
after she re-entered Feclety becamn
much sought after for her beauty and
Uvncity. She became Mrs. Stevenson
In 1008.
Founded Art Alllauce
Throughout her career Mrs. Steven
son was mere interested in artistic
than social enjoyments. She was active
for years in the Plays and Players
Club and was for some time president
of that organization, resigning in 1010
te devote herself te a project which
she bad conceived of founding a school
of serious drama in Philadelphia.
, Mm. Htevensen was orlslnater and
founder of the Art Alliance, and was
lis secretary at the time of her resig
nation from the organization In May of
lf)20.
She threw herself from that time
Inte the work of organizing the gicnt
religious drama which was tbe cul
minating achievement of a life devoted
te th .sarvice of the arts. She wrafe
the book of the, pbUtJHint a' canyon
near Hollywood, Calls?, for its pres
entation, and, devoted all her time and
energy te the huge work of bringing
out the drama. .
FLEE ALGERIAN QUAKE
Village eple Routed as Tremors'
Damage aulldlnga v
Algiers. N6v. SO.By A. P.')-Twe
earth shocks today, following Jlve
tremors Sunday, evening, sent the in
habitants of the vlllace of Frem en Hi,
near Cavalgnac, into, the open country.
'Wha niiakaa lianaatad )ha J..u.i
!-rrr tt.t-tstt ,,sir?""i'w
w iMTtiwsmaw saattaer are
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IS
STEVENSON
1MANGARCREWS
FREED OF BLAME
Exonerated at Inquest Inte'
Fatal Accident in Northeast
Section Last Week
28 RIDERS TESTIFY
CAR WAS SPEEDING
Public Service Commissioner
Clements 8its 'Beside Corener
4
Knight During Proceedings
A Corener's Jury today exonerated
the operaters1 of two one-man trolley
cars which crashed at Richmond and
Madisen streets. November 8. causing
the death of Frank Dunleavy, 2121.
North Newkirk street, and injuring
.twenty-six ethers. '
Sidney "Walker, 0040 Glenlach street,
operator of the northbound "car, was
arrested after the accident. Ernest C.
Andersen, 3513 Braddock street, In
charge of the southbound car, had been
held as a material witness.
Safety Devices Shown-
The jury's verdict was that neither
man had been guilty of criminal negli
gence. The operators thenwere sum
moned before Corener Knight, who dis
charged 'them from custody.
Experts from the Rapid Transit Cem
pany showed by diagrams and .ether
means'' the safety devices used with the
cars operated by one man who also acts
as conductor. , .
The accident occurred during the
evening rush hour when' two one-man'
cars 'collided after one ran threutY an
'open switch and twenty-ilx persons
were Injured. Dunleavy was the only
one fatally hurt. .
Threugn a '.-special invitatMn;tr;ein
Corener KnlbtPubllc .Service Commissioner-
Clement sat beside' hint, te
hear the testimony. Tbe Corener, an,
Eouneedt' the start.ef the proceedings,'
ewever, that the jury would net con-
cern Itself with any question as te the
Sracticabillty of tbe type of cars which
gured in the crash, but its duty was
merely te .determine IF any criminal
responsibility could be placed.
The hearing room was crowded with
residents of the north and northeastern
sections who were aroused after the
collision and . have threatened action
against ene-man cars.
On Special Jary
On the special jury vere Edward 0.
Lucten, of the, I.ucten Knitting Mills,
foreman; Dr. Maxwell DeFerd, 1524
Chestnut street; Russell 'Ball, of the
Philadelphia Gear Werk ; Frank Lyens;
of tbe Levell Cleck Company ; Oustave
Iudwig,.et tbe 'Prospect Brewing Com
pany, and Charles Havey, of the firm of
Van Straateq A, Havey, Wayne Junc
tion suit manufacturers.
The Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Company was represented by a corps of
special Investigators and several attor
neys. Tbe twenty-eight -witnesses were
mostly car riders who were in the cor cer cor
llsien. Richard Wagner, who was riding en
the northbound car, testified that th
motorman had been told by the super
visor, as ,he,Ieft the carbarn at Alle
gheny avenue -that his car was late and
he should hurry. The car started off
with a jerk, he aald, and failed te slew
up as It approached the electric switch,
where the crash occurred.
Testify
Henry Rein, 188T East Palmer street,
testified he was' en the southbound trol
ley and vwns knocked senseless.
"Are you 'a regular rider en that
line?" tbe Coreher asked.
"I was, but I'm net ne'w," Rein an
swered,
Albert Schell, 1330 East Palmer
street, said he was en the tame car
with his neighbor.
"The electric switch doesn't always
work," he testified. "As late as last
Friday the- motorman had te get off
and threw it by band."
The south-bound car was late and was
traveling "lickety-spltt," Fiank Ferry.
2023 Gerrltt street, testified. He said
be works at the Frankford Arsenal and
was en the front plntferm of the south
bound tar, Dunleavy, the mau fatally
hurt, .was standing beside him,
Ferry said that after the crash tbe
trelleymen did nothing te aid the In
jured anu that a rescue party was
formed by spectators.
Jehn Brand, 4470 Richmond street,
told the Corener he was en the south
bound car with his wife and Mrs. Wil
liam Aslaes, his sister-in-law,
"We were going te a wedding In Ken Ken
slnsten and, had started late." he tes
tified. "The car was going se fast that
I remarked te my wife we wouldn't be
lute for the wedding after all. Then
came the crash and wc were all knocked
down,"
$50,000 FIRE BURNS
ELWOOD, N. J MANSION
Retired NY.'.Hotslman'a.Heme ant)
TreBhlea Destroyed
Tne countryheme of Rebert 8. Smth.
retired New Yerk betslman, en Pleas
ant Mill roadVElweod, N, J., was de
stroyed by, Are at 0:80 o'clock this
morning with a less estimated at nearly
850.000.
Many trophies gathered by Mr Smith
in Nurope and ether parts of the world
were destroyed, together with all ether
contents of '.the muiiBlen. .
BY CORONER'S JURY
Five men in jurec as
Scaffold collapses
One May Die at Result,of Haddon Hadden
, field Church Accident
Five 'Phtladelpbians were hurt, one
critically, this morning when a scaffold
collapsed in front of the First Baptist
Church,, Haddonfield, N. J., and Hung
them te the ground.-
Jehn Sler, forty years; old, 1000
North Orkney street, fractured- hlsV
skull. Surgeons nt ,thc West Jreyf
Homeopathic IIupltnl believe He will
die. . , ,)
The ethers, who escaped with cuts
and bruises, are Jeseph Rttter, ,1047
Chatham street: William Rapp, 4208
Penn street; Jehn MnthU, 2030 North
Orianna .street, and Frank -Snyder,
3012Wfkel street.
The men are brick pointers em
ployed by J. S. Shepnrd, 24 Seuth Fifth
met, Lauiueu. .' i . , ,
Bier and Rlttcr were working en tbe
reef of the church and tbe etners were
'en a scaffold suspended n.few feet below
the cornice. Shortly after 8 o'clock the
Haddonfield fire whistle blew and the
workmen could hear the .bell efu fire
entln. . """ ,
Accerdlng( te( the ether; men, Hitter
mill nivr, uugi-r iu bcc mu uiiue two,
liimru.il down en the wiKTelfl. Tne im'
pact tore loose a stone pinnacle te which
a scanem guy repe was nuacaea.
ONE KILLED, 3 HURT
Twe Women in Party Said te
I
Be Speeding in Crash
at Collingeweod
TWO CARS WRECKED HERE
One i man was killed and three per
sons,, Including two women, were In
jured . In a head-en collision of two
automobiles early today, .at Celllngs-1
woeu,n,Jt J-v . - - ,
r The man killed was TehnH, Has
kins, thirty-two years old, 402 Kings
Highway Haddonfield driver of .one. of
' In the auto driven by Hasklns were
EarlBntby. "of Mprestewn; Mrs. Lucy
Merianal 1206 VdnvW -strettV-Cara-
des, and Mrs. Beatrice lnt, Jiadden-
bld'Jy cut Wid bruised. .Tey were taken
te West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital.
Mrs.- ijeat. siigntiy iMured. was at
tended byi'a physician near, the scene of
the accident. - , ..
A few 'minutes before strlklns the
car In Cwngswoed Haskfns" collided
with an automobile driven by Harry
Ireton, 410 Market street,' Camden. Ire;
ten's car was knocked Inte a ditch. He
escaped -with a few bruises. ,
ucenpents of tne car.wnicn ngarea
in the' Colllngsweod accident with Has-klns'-
machine disappeared. Theipelice
have no trace of their identity. -
, Admitted Drisajlag, PeUce'Say
Busby, when questioned by Detective
Deran, admitted that "they hadibeen
drinking," but didn't specify who.
Tbe car, driven by Haskins, waa go
ing, out the White, Herse pike at a
rapid pace when it struck the Irenton
automobile. Without waiting te see the
result of this collision, the police say,
the Haskins party then proceeded along
the pike at terrific speed, and, after
going in a sigsag course, crashed Inte
tbe ether machine at Colllngsweod.
The car drlren by Haskins struck
a curb and rolled onto the lawn of a
house aear the read. Haskins waa.pln
ned aader (he auto. ' ' ,
'Drivers Cscape Injury ,
Drivers of ttwe automobiles that
crashed at, Bread and Wolf streets
early this morning escaped Injury, al
though the machines were a mass of
wreckage. - '
William Stein, 8343 Eastwick ave
nue driver of one machine, escaped
without a xratcb, as did a passenger
who left- before arrival et the police.
Jehn O'Neil, driver of the ether car,
received a slight abrasion en the right
leg. 7
, Steln'a car was overturned, tbe front
end smashed In and otherwise dam
aged. O'Nell's machlne was thrown
te, the sidewalk by the force of the
collaten and was almost demolished!
The crash could h heard tnr MmV.
Patrolman Lauber. of the Fourth street
and Snyder avenue station, heard , it
anu uurriea co me scene, lie arrested
both men.
Jeseph, McLaughlin, of Lansdowne;
was killed, and Rebert Stabl, S027 Oak
ford street was injured when the au
tomobile in Which thev wera.fUlnv
struck a pole yesterday and overturned
Jehn Magewskl, five years old, 2572
Richmond street, was taken te tbeEpIs-'
copal Hospital last night in a critical
conumen. iie was strucu ex an auto
mobile at Richmond and Huntingdon
streets, and his skull was fractured.
Herman Scbacher, 2227 Seuth Sixth
street, driver of the cer, was arrested.
Charles Kecfe, nine years old,, 2012
East Huntingdon street, while roller
skating, crossed Emerald street and
Huntingdon last night and ran In front
of a truck operated by William- Can
non; 2526 Ellswerth street.' The boy
was knocked down, Tils right" gnkle
broken and he suffered numerous con
tusions. ' Cannen took him te tag Epis
copal Hospital and then was arrested
for assault, .
Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Shay, of' this
city, were injured-when their meter-
i'iwid uiuim in me ironej iraeu
and was net seriously injured.
reter uausgner
241 Berkley street
automobile last n
automobile last night near his bei
The driver of the car, who save
ISM.
his
name as Herace Cretbanel, 4553 Wara
.avenue, took the boy te St. Luke's
Homeopathic Hospital and then :silr
rendered te tbe Germantewa' 'Mice.
Tbe child suffered bruises of theesd
SlUU, WUt ( '
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Mmra
N AUTO COLLISION
tne I'ersiemen bridge, ceiiegeville,.aad, .
wss upset. Shay suffered ssversi'frSc '
tured ribs.. Mrs, Sbay, who is'aa in
valid, was thrown clear of tin wmi
at
GOOD BUSINESS
POLICY ISSEtN IN
Adoption of Subsidy Bill Would
- save uevernment $25,
000,000 Annually
RADICAL LEADERS READY -TO
ATTACK "HIS MESSAGE
lesue Raised by President
Likely te Be Dominating, Is;
" sue in 1924 Campaign"
1 By CLINTON W. GILBERT
Ataa? rorrrtnendtnt Ermine Public I.ttr
Copyright, 193 i, Vv PutUe Lttatr Cetntanv
Washington, Nev, 21. President
Harding's message, which he began
reading te Congress nt 12:30 today, is n
plea te cut the actual losses en the
Government-owned merchant fleet cre
ated during the war by granting public
iu iv privuiu operation ei incse snips.
As, Mr. Harding presents the figures,
the United States is new losing $4.-
e00'000 " "f "
rm a amhail! net OA AAA AAA . QA
V( s OHUQ1UJ VI 9VWVVW IU SFUVa
000,000 a year, which will enable, pri
vate owners te take ever and operate
the ships.
Stripped of all the presidential
rhetoric, that Is the proposal financially
considered. He does net ask te lay a
new burden en the taxpayers. If bis
hopes be realizedthe existing burden
of $50,000,000 losses would be cut 'in
half.
,' The President's ether argument is,tbe
patriotic one. The war left' us in. a
position te establish an American mer
chant marine en tbe high seas. . .The
opportunity Is net the best that could
be conceived,, for the ships were built In
haste and often badly. And they were
net punned te meet the varying needs
of trade.
Geed Business Policy
Still there they are in existence and
requiring our determined action en the
part of the people te keep them en the
seas. There is at-hand what the Presi
dent calls "the beckoning opportunity
teequip" the United States' te assume
it befitting place among thermions of
'the' World whose commerce' is" Insepar
able from tbe geed fortunes te which
rightfully all peoples aspire."
The President puts his case tbat it
is at once- geed business and geed na
tional svirlt te make the takiu- ever
and operation of the Government ships
flnalclally attractive te prlvate Inter
ests. But all through the speech appears
the President's lack of confidence that
his proposal will commend itself te
Congress. The message Is n plen
rather than a declaration of policy. It
is the plea of a man wbe is aware of
formidable opposition. In individual
exchanges of opinion net a few in
Heuso and Senate have expressed per
sonal sympathy with tbe purposes of
the bill, and then uttered a discourag
ing doubt about tbe sentiment of their
constituencies. It would be most dis
couraging if n measure of such tran
scending national importance must have
Its fate depend en geographical occu
pation, professional or partisan objec
tion. Election Settled Fate of BUI
The recent election settled the fate
of the ship subsidy which Mr. Hard
ing recommends. It was an issue all
through tlm West, Many Senators and
Representatives were returned te Con
gress en November 7 committed against
Government nid te shipping. Many
ethers ni-e iu the state of mind de
scribed bv the President in the psssage
Ust quoted. They are geed, regular
tepublUuiiK. They would like te sup
port Mr. Harding's proposal,. ,but they
ate afraid that If they de sjQp'yars
from new they will net cemc,DafU te
Washington, '
' Congress never had a taak laid, be
fore It that it wns mere unwilling te
take up than the one for wliich the
President has culled then back two
weeks befere tbe regular session begins.
Cantlnufd en Vnt NliwUen. Calsmn Mix
SUBSIDY BILL OUT
, x
Heuse Committee Accepts Measure
With Amendments
Washington, Nev. 21. (By A. P.)
Tha Administration Merchant Marine
Bill, wllh amendments agreed te yes
terday by Republican members, was
formally reported out by the Heuse
Merchant Marine Committee today,
without a record vote.
dETS VANDERBILT WEALTH
William A. te Inherit en Twenty
first llrthdsy, Friday
Portsmouth. R. L, Nev. Ml. (By
A. p,) William u. vanaerbllt, en
his twenty-first birthdsy next Friday,
will come intopessesslon of the for
tune left him by his father. Alfred G.
Vanderbllt, who lest his life In tbe
sinking of the Lusltania.
IteginaW V. Vanderbllt. brother of
Alfred, has held the properly as trustee.
Oakland, i" rauuiry rniBie uere,
which has been unoccupied alnce Al
tvmii VfliiderbiltV death, is beins mne.
jvsted and will be reopened Thursday
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ARGUMENTS OF PRESIDENT
FOR MERCHANT MARINE BILL
4,StngK'iiiiK leies" caused by war-built mercantile eeN would be
rrlleu'd.
t'eniinciclul independence would be established In time of peace.
Ships would inept the necessities of national defense In war.
Charge that a few would be enriched and special Inteiests benefited
challenged. '
Other maritime nations oppose action because it would work te their
detriment. '
Three eetiif.es nie pessible: Flist In constructive, te enact the pending
bill. Second Is obstructive, te continue Government operations and attendant
losses and discourage private enterprise. Third is destructive, Involving sac
rifice of ships and surrender of nspiratinns.
Program would diminish public burdens, reducing expenditures by half.
KU KLUX THREAT IS SENT
TO CLAY AT CAMBRIDGE
Was
Member of Klan, but
Dlt-
agreed With Policy
Cambridge, Mass., Nev. 21. (By Ar
P.) Hubert C. Ciuy. of Colerado
Springs, Cel., a Harvard sophomore and
a descendant of Henry ('lay, has In
formed the Cambridge police and Dean
Grcenetigh, of the college, of receipt
of n letter signed "K. K. K.," in
which he wns named te leave the city.
Since that time he has carried a
pistol about the cimniis.
j Clay, a Weild War veteran and
president of tne Harvard Gelf Associa
tion, admitted lmlng formerly been u
member of I lie Ku Klux Klan. but de
clared that he had withdrawn because
he was net in accord with the Klan'a
policy of 'btrlking in tbe dark."
lie te id tuc
pelice that while the
LAST-MINUTE NEWS
COUPLE FOUND.UNCONSCIOUS FROM GAS
Richard Brecks, thirty-eight years old, and his wife Ellnerc,
thirty-five, were overcome by gas at neon today In a rooming
house at 607 "North Tenth street. They were heard meaning by
Sirs. Tlnry Tfribl, who conducts the house. Her husband, .Charles,
broke into the room and found Brooks unconscious in bed, his
'wife overcome en the fleer. Theywere taken te the Hahnemann
Hospital and -trul recover. tThe police believe It was an accideut.
Brooks works nights at Baldwin's and sleeps in the daytime.
SENATE AGAIN SIDETRACKS SEATING MRS. FELTON
WASHINGTON, Nev. 21. The Senate again deTayedlactien
today ns te whether it would allow ,Mr. W. S. Telteu, of
Georgia, te take her scat as the first woman Senater.- Soen
after she pic3cnted her credentials the Senate adjourned te
hear Prcsldut Harding's address. V
MISSING BROKER
FOUND,ISARRESTED
W. W. Weed, Alleged "Brains"
of Stock Swindle, Put Under
$5000 Bail
NABBED AT CITY HALL
As he wa"! preparing te surrender,
Walter W. Weed, tiensurer of the
defunct -stock brokerage firm of L. B.
Tayler & Ce., who has been missing
since Friday, was arrested In a City
Hall corridor tedav by County De
tective Velgt.
The arrest wns made foen after seven
ethers, directly or Indirectly associated
with the firm, had been held for a
further hearing Thursday nt 10 A. M.
by Magistrate Ceward at the request
of .the District Attorney's office.
Weed, who is described bv detectives
as the "brains" of the brokerage con
cern, was taken before Magistrate
Ceward, who set boil at $5000 for a
Jienring with the ethers.
The Rev. T. Asher lies. Twentieth
street near Spruce, one of the defend
ants, left a sick bed this morning te
go te Central Station. The seventy-two-year-old
clergyman fermeily was
secretary of the Pennsjhnnia Railroad
Y. M. 0. A. He was a drummer boy
In the Civil War. His wife i seriously
111 at their home, ignorant of her hus
band's arrest. He Is under $500 ball.
Mr. Hess asserts he was duped by
the bro kers and their salesmen who
had him introduce his friends te them.
One couple lest nearly all their life
savings by exchanging gilt-edge se
curities for Stock peddled by the Tay Tay
eor agents.
The ethers held for a further hearing
are J Jehn A. Scott, Fifth and Duncan
non streets; L. B. Tayler, William Y.
Kessler, Tenth and Jeffersen streets,
and Mr. and Mra. Lawrence Barnes,
Fiftieth street below Locust.
All are accused of embezzlement,
fraudulent conversion and conspiracy
te cheat and defraud. It Is alleged
clients here were swindled out of
$ 21 ,000
JUDGE PATTERSON IN BED
Shin sons infected as Result of
Slight Injury
Fermer Judge Patterson is confined
a ecii ui ui" ---, .ueu apruce street,
suffering from an Infection of the shin
bone following the painting of an in
jury with iodine.
About ten days age Judge Patterson
Injured the bone slightly iu an automo
bile accident. Mra. Patterson painted
J -. J at- Inil Im , Ta4 l at a . .
1 i"", . "I' - or improving,
th condition became worse. Examine -
jfil,,cu" J M i-frcties
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&.. i- i u-ra.a aMSaSSu jJf .
ii2J.. Wi
note might aeem "a joke" te Easterners,
such a message in uoierauo uum uc
deemed a serious matter.
' Advised by the dean te go unarmed,
Clay said : '
"Well, I'd a let rather sheet some
body' than have my body tarred and
feathered."
HOLD LOST SHIP'S CAPTAIN
Owner Alse Accused In Topoto Tepoto Topeto
bampe Wrack In Which 80 Died
MexicaU, Lewer Calif., Nev. 21.
(By' A. P.) A. Librcau, owner, and
Captain Gomez, master of the steam
ship Topolobampo, which capsized
Surfday at La Bemba, en the Gulf et
California, with a less of life esti
mated at eighty, were te be arraigne-1
here today en charges of negligence.
L
League Opens State Convention
With Big Attendance at
Harrisburg
NEW LEGISLATORS THERE
Bv a staff Correspondent
Harrisburg, Nev. 21. The Pcnnl-
vanla League of Women Voters ha
mobilized here, and already its collective
voice is belns; heard in the Capitel.
where a geld dome shines against a blue
sky and an American flag snaps sym -
uuiicuuy in me wmu opevc it,
v twos ana tnrees ana in mere pre -
tentleus groups the delegates te the
important gathering of an "all
partisan" league have poured into Har
risburg. Twenty-seven counties are
represented.
As the delegates trend the marble
steps of the Capitel they turn ever
a fresh page In itB history. This
is the first body of women ever te held
n convention within its solemn walls.
They sit in the hall of thn Heuso of
Representatives, using the official desks
of the State's lawmakers.
And in a second fashion these women
voters upset tradition today. As Uieir
hosts swept up the Capitel steps they
bore with them members of their sex
who through election by the people and
iu competition with men have wen the
right te euter these walls as official
lawmakers.
They nre the women who wen places
in the Legislature in the recent election.
Debate en Train
One train, speeding across the autumn-decked
fields of Pennsyhanla late
yesterday nfternoen, might be said, In
a certnlu sense, te liave borne the por per por
tenteusilcss of the convention of wom
en voters and te have pointed out its
larger sense ever the mere ritual of Its
gathering.
On this tiain. the 3:28 from Phila
delphia, rode Mra. Lewisj Lawrence
Smith, vice chairman of the league;
? Charles M. Lea, of Deven; Mrs.
' .n.i 1. Unl,......... .t lf
Edward 1. Uartihernn. nt tt..
d, all members of lt Ntntn unnA
ere rode also Miss Martha O. Themas
i, he will shortly be known ss the Isdy
member from Chester.
There were three significant hap
penlngs in the three-hour trin that
spans Phtladclpfnd Harrisburg
One wss a shk 'ehit nn th. r.M-.
subsidy bill. V" .
a cenn was anx mal setting of
the keynote of the cot,
ntlen by Mrs.
Hmlth.
A third waa the en let
isauanca of
tne piatierm or Aiartba
. . a. .- .". " T
nil
ta
Tlifim-M ,.,
her taking her seat In the Legislature
at its coming session.
t, " Mpsrsts laws from
political partlsssai -study tkt im-
V 'fib ima'Al' -
WOMEN
VOTERS
MEET IN APITO
i - y. y ? jr.
HARDING INSISTS
U. S..MUST HAVE
T
Favera Compensation te Assure)
Independence in Peace and
Safety in War
SAYS PRESENT EXPENSES
WOULD BE CUT IN HALF
Challenges These Who Declare
Legislation Would Enrich
Special Interests
PROBLEM A PRESSING ONE
Asserts Failure te Act De
cisively Will Be Disastrous
te U.S.
MAC N
SHIPS
Bu Anectatet Pri
Washington, Nev. 21,-Enactinent ef
the Administration merchant mariae
bill was urged upon Congress today' ky
President Harding as necessary; te rs
lleve the Government of present "stag
gering losses" in operation of the war
built merchant fleet, and te establish a
program of assured shipping te serve
the Natien in war and give a guaranty ' '
of commercial independence in timers1
peace.
Personally addressing a Joint session
of the Heuse and Seaate, the Presldeat
declared an actual monetary saving as
the-Government -would result from -th
proposed law. Hs cltalfanged war v
slaustien of favored tnteresta-aBd'S,
enriching of the special fewtlw ex- .
pease of the public treasury.- The It,
lotion, he asserted, automatically
jeriSfl against enrichment or perse.
wsr bestowal. i
l,1?. ?uccm '"". bops ft"
will," he added, "the Government out
lay is returned, the inspiration of op.
pertunity te earn remains, and Ameri
can transportation by sea im
tained."
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Finds Opposition' Abroad
The President said concern about tits
American merchant marine policy wss
net limited "te our own domain," add
ing that the maritime nations of the
world were "in complete accord wit
the oppesiUon here te the pending
measure." He declared these nations
had a perfect right te such an at
tltude, but that he wished te stress the
American viewpoint, which he said
aheuld be the viewpoint "from which
one sees American carriers at sea, the
Independence -of American commerce;
and American vesselu for Amwi-a
reliance in tbe event of war."
, Mr. Harding declared it would be
uiuai mecvurnging it a measure of "suck
transcending national Importance"
must have its fate denenrf nn n ant,.
1 tal - - -.! I . "
iuii, uivuiwuuirai, proiessienai or par-
tisan objection. A commercial eml-
nencc en tbescas and nmDle aaenclM
i 'or 'be promotion in carrying of Amerl-
can commerce, be asserted, were of
no less importance te the people of
the Mississippi and the Missouri Vnl
less, the great Northwest and the Recky
1 Mountain States than te the seaboard
euinu anu maustnai communities In-
. lanu.
Common Cause, Common Benefits
"It Is a common cause, with Its bene
fits commonly shared," said he. "If
Government aid is a fair term te apply
te authorizations aggregating $75,000,
000 te promote geed reads for market
highways, the President added, it is
equally fit te be applied te the es
tablishment and maintenance of Ameri
can market highways en the "salted
seas."
As te present Government operation
of the Shipping Heard fleet, Mr. Hard
ing said tlicrn was the unavoidable task
of wiping out a $50,000,000 annual
less, and losses aggregating "many
hundreds of millions" in worn-out,
sacrificed or scrapped shipping. He
called attention that the Government
ships were being worn out without any
prevision for replacement and that a
program of surrender and sacrifice and
the liquidation which he 'declared would
be inevitable unless the proposed legis
lation were enacted would cost scores
of millions.
The cost of the proposed leglslgtfc
giving direct aid, be said, with ocean -carrying
maintained at tbe present av
erage, would net reach 320,000,000 a
year, and the maximum direct aid If
American shipping were se promoted
that it carried one-half the Natien's
deep-sea commerce would net exceed
thirty millions annually.
Text of Message
The text of the President's address
fellows :
"Late Mast February I reported te
you relative te tbe American merchant '
marine, and recommended legislation
which tbe executive branch of the Gov
ernment' deemed essential te promote
our merchant marine and with it ear
national welfare. Other problems were
pressing and ether questions pending,
and for one reason or u net her, which
need net bu recited, the suggested leg
islation lias net progressed beyond a
faverable recommendation by the Heuse
committee. i
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