Hm-HJJHH - -r-rv i 'wf . i. ... , vf'1' -wwnw vdxiw ttMffiwa - , .,. yrj isyrywggtgsr .jUi Imim iilili' iia.i ViUx jfi&PK1 Tnr. ncMircn MIGHT EXTRA EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER Mostly cloudy foment unci Saturday with slowly rising temperature. Lew Ml (enlgnt aueui ;iu iir .- uegrers tkmi'KKAtuhk at r.A( u net HOUR Mini krTefli2iTT27 i as mil mn I i i I VOL. IX. NO. 91 Entered ns Second-Lin..! Mattel nt the retnmr -it ruilaclelehU! P. Under tb Act of March 8. 18T0 I-ubll.hed Dully Exetpt Bun-lay Pb',7lp,1'X.rrrnm!,in """ b' "" Cepyrlsht, 1022. by Public Kdctr Company. PRICE TWO CENTS PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1922 GRAND JURY UR6ES REFORMS IN COUNTY PRISONS Recommends Humane Treatment for Convicts With Mere Attention te Health and Welfare Awmsm ii j"i h i - w .; & . --j- i ' i '.i i r-y n- i' hi & a "ll . l I , 'y Kp I !! ' 1 lit -.-, I V 1 l-J OT .. MlAaiMIMA I I . 1. t1 i RULES CALLED TOD STRINGENT r&3 mzmmmm MAYOR; VON TAGEN iii mr cases Iir lit M; . : a.1 Ask Anether Physician Be Em ployed te Give Mere Time te Health of Men FARM EMPLOYMENT FOR PRISONERS IS SUGGESTED Would Abolish Dark Cells if They Are Believed "Cruel and Unusual" Helme8burg Exposure Brings Quick Results Quirk notion followed exposure by this newspnper of conditions nt the Helmcsburg County Prison, ns shown by the following chronology : DECEMBER 2 rirst nrticle outlines abuses nt tlie prison. DECEMBER 4 Dark-cell sys tem described. DECEMBER R Exposure of methods by whlcli welfare workers were deceived, including description of sumptuous meals served te keep ers. DECEMBER C Proof produced thnt Judges mid probation officers, were acquainted with brutal treat ment of prisoners. DECEMBEB 7 Ceuncllmim Ro Re per demnndn in Council investiga tion by Benrd of Judges. Uc-olu-tlen calling for Inquiry adopted. DECEMBEU 8 Judge Audenrled orders Grand Jury te Investigate. DECEMBEB 0 Other Common Plens Court Judges urge changes te make rules mere humane. DECEMBEU 11 Grand Jury begins questioning of witnesses. DECEMBEU 12 Dr. J. M. Baldv, State Commissioner of Pub lic Welfare, instructs prison officials te correct nbuses by January 1 and orders cle.m-up in all county ails in State. DECEMBER 20 Grand Jury files presentment, making recom mendations for improvements nt Helniesburg and Mejnmcnsing. Mere humane treutment for in tiates 'of the Philadelphia County prisons was recommended today by the Grand Jury. It reported, how ever, that it found no actual cruelty cither at Moyamensing or Holmcs Helmcs burg prison. More palatable feed, employment, excrcise nnd the privilege of smek ing nnd chewing tobacco were urged bv the Grand Jury net only as n means of adding te the contentment of the inmates, but for reducing un ruliness which requires punishment. The investigation of the two county prisons was ordered as a result of disclosures in this news paper, the Grand Jury report bear ing out accounts of unsatisfactory trentment accorded convicts. The Grand Jury found that "net suf suf ielent cam is given te the welfare of lie prisoners." It suggested that two Physicians Instead of one he employed 'e leek after the health of the jailed Mn nnd women, More Workshops Needed Only half the inmates at Ilelmcsburg te emulejed, the Grand Jury btated, iltheugh there Is enough space, te pro pre ide mere workshops, thereby prevent ing Idle prisoners from breeding ever heir plight. During 1021, the report continued, even convicts were kept In dark cells lur periods net exceeding twenty-four hours, whlle this year five inmates wen e punished, principally for lighting oi ei ler breaking prison equipment. The Grand Jury noted thnt some persons may regard the uee of daik 'Ula ns uniibual nnd cruel. If that be 'rue, the report added, then the dark ella should be abolished. The report referred te the act of 1017 OJtherlillL tirisnn fnrlnn titul vvnfv "hops, and said thnt the carrying out of tbatp lece of legislation might uupieie P'idiic Institutions, we beg te submit "j" louewing ns our report, it.: 'In I'lirtheiance of their special w."..""! -ran.l Jury .met en eigui us ijtuntlen. . .....-. . . . rs amount te .ni,iMti.utni a month, ftie ,"" '"i" i i,".. ,Vi , " , ,. ,, ",, '. ',,! ' , ""ll"1"1 "" '"""., """'""s"1 i mininus mere uian the i.egis'nture m ueieriiune new- miicu c.ertnany could , Acceiapanjlng the report were about FIRE DAMAGES CELLAR Ameri, - JX'S- M J u ! ZZ 'M ; rT ' POr "" ' l ,h "M r "'"' nt ' '""1 " ' ' "Pn..len.. or sem. IS&Wtf"" lte Threaten,ng"B.axe oNerth Fra.er " ' " " ' ''" lf' ., ' rT , , Stre6t Hxt.nau.shed by F.rcmen STORM MOVES NORTHEAST JXXZ ,Afe,Wn WX ' X .rlV't:,,. an',' tea'chs' :;,;:, . si "-'; t ance of an expert unem- 'In accordance with the d root charge ,-,,. wns ,1 seovered in the cellar of , stM Dspayed Aen ,dj was en the premises. The struct 11, r... initie is des,' i!,,., ns sen. us ' iM "'V "'" '"" coal m their wirds. m the has) . at ,,,,.-,.,,1 ,.,j..ted, he cil commission with a broader scept, f Judge Charles . Audeuried. he . ,I0I1U. f Hum Ural, l'-'li! North , Warnlnps s im uispiayea Along (ru . purin tl r ikbIi tl Be m the "n,,t "" -l""l'l''t be atn .eal in 'said. we,,;. ,..tnl ?"0 iiitci.tien , . .. having Bummeued the Grand .lurj ,, KinIl.r treet, early this morning. Atlantic Coast limns who were passing were wmn led latter l" wi ti 1 u broken r an Mr """ " ,h" ',rw'" '"" . "As l'-eeusl, stated," mh.I the'1"" n,t rtMllt "euhl bp ,0 ,aakc tb nlSeWbe? )8, i102?' t0 'IT'T , T. Before 11. emen from L.ig lne I enipatn ( Bj,,nB((1, Dec. 20,-(B5 A. P I The windows of trau.cars mse wme and kicked her about the head and hedv !'" " ' " fcS" l'" n et, ll Auditor (leneral. "I hau- censerM.tUe- people of this count rj see "hat Presl- 1 m , nnd he having explained te the Ne- ,i arried and 1 nt " el" lt The storm that has been sweeping broken, but no passenger was hurt. before she finalh succeeded in heal in: heiv ,,llM ,n 'he people of the citv. It y estunated the revcim-, of th.. Cem- ,,,.. nr,ni ,,,,,, , . , "embers of the Grand Jury their dutj threatened te destroy the house. Middle and North Atlantic coast . ... T " limeff m"unK,ls their busin.-s 'e g, t the coal te the menwealth for the appropriation period ,lcnt n"r,IIB l'"eticlly told them In r,,i""""i; TV-" T, , (iowrner-edoot t.oerge S. Sller has Several stations tie hurenit said, i "A ' .".'" .7 "', rM ", '' ' '""' " bv a posse, di.rlne which he was shot I '" tl" te th" fact that coal nrtiwiu in ' continuation M-hoels and eth t nubile "l""' "'"" i-"-i view Uit 'or taking testimony and hea.,1 lu all ;' ',, r.de,i.'k M. P. Pcarse, of repe.te.l a wind velocity of .sixty mile, v f, "J ly ,,pi" IV!"1.! "."'V1" ; " ,h, '"R ''' sl",rlfr """ ' "", u'""'l" ''"lcr.sl te (ensumes s, lie! agencies Mixhhiimhi This I "the question of L'urepean debts te the fenthuifU en I'll.. riTr, (JhiimiTuu Motiiehoii. fe.iner Assistant I tilted an hour Ileavv snowfall in : pmtlens k "!' " "8UI' ",eK "N" Peeling Is high here and fanners ' within a few hours. That is as it , amount, as it new develops, in s0 far1 , , . ---- Suies IMstrlcl Alliuiiej, as his private of N,.w l.iiglund and New erk also ' fietn all parts of the ceuntrv swarmed "'wld '' s It refers te the provi-lens of the I emnium en I use rue.. Column Twu WM M UMIKIMJ IOU 111:1.17 I'KR- wcrclarj. He is new engagtd in tjiellvas icperlul ."" ' UJci'? "' i 'lifn an Think of Wriilnr """ ""' ,nw" rm for iiiinndiate "If the Htuitieu woie renllv as bad IMmunds Act. was net fei .1 two vcar I TF ,n wir akp ieniiv.i ... .,. -Jaf'W'iriJK.SS r pJlSlpracticef law In Newark. Uaevv having fallen at Portland, Me. i , t ViiUHn.. I funislunent of the Negro. teu(lmitU v, Tttu t,uuTn-bU' Cemlnuttl en Vm tu,uwu - ' W!?ad.Wi ! "LJZ?L 'SIT 001!' SHOUTS r v Clirlstmas sleds were christened today when this bunch of resy-cheehed boys gathered at Geerge's Hill, Fair mount Park GUTTER STANDS BY Munmoter, Storm-Tossed Off Cape May Coast, Wirelesses She Is Safe STORM DISRUPTS TRAFFIC The first real snowstorm of the win- -rt.T !. T1KIT..1.1..1.I.. ?-- ii i vim til in l ui UK i vi iii iu uii it iDiij' mile gale thnt swept out te sen and! buffeted vessels ever a wide radius. " At 0 o'clock this morning the Ship- 'ping Beard steamer Munmoter, from Xfw Yerk te Neifnlk, Hashed distress' signals by radio, saying she was water- legged and listing te starboard eighty 'miles southeast of Cape May and asked for help. The const cuard cutter Khkapoe started from the inlet nt Cape May at ,.., n l.nitln Itu miiv tii tin, ilistrpssed vessel, which it reached about 1 o'clock. , Sheitlv before the Kiekapoe reaelii-il liier side the Muninoter righted herself t. t i I. I seveial degrees and the skipper limum 'd the ship'.N operators by wireless that hu honed te- he able te bring her through the storm. It was a fust thought she would haiu te be aban doned. The Kiekapoe will tow the ship te the Delawaie Breakwater. The Munmoter's position was given a sixty miles southwest of Five Pnthnm Hank Light. The Munmoter is a steel meter ship owned by the I'nlteil Stn es Shipping Beard. She was formerly called the Courtels and wns built in Bcerse. Mich. She is of US" tens displace ment, nnd has been in the coastwise freighting trade. Shipping Tied Up "The worst, practically. In the hls hls terv of the pert." is the way maritime men sum up the congestion of shippliw tmlny at the pert of Philadelphia, due te storm conditions In the North At lantic, fog nnd today's sleet and snow. Ne fewer than thirty-four steamships are today inched In the congestion at this pert. Of that number about n dozen ves ves sels, several of them huse freighters of from 0000 te 10.000 tens, are in their doeks waiting te lie unleaded. me shipping companies are said te be hard put te it te find enough longshoremen te unlend then. Of the lemaiiilng vessels, another do.en are just new ready te leave the lcinlty of the Ddawnie Breakwater for their various destinations all of them having been fogbound in or near De aware Bav for poiieds ranging from twenty-four hours te fie dnn. .n ni.. .Liu n.nrnliiL' ucee still held ' The ether ships are m-seis nun up DISAB LED STEAMER iit Marcus Heek or Keedv Island by'iiiih they were riding, shot nt the , storm conditions some inbound, some outbound, but all adding their quota te the wetk and anxiety et tae uiariume , nutherltles and shipping companies of the pert. Inured In Gale In outlying pnrts of the city and In suburban sections the snow and sleet wns driven into deep driftb, obstructing traffic. . . . . , Seeial persons were in lured during inn iiiiiiuiim n. .. - ....-..,...,. , piiU en the icy sidewalk struck his head or; the pavement and was picked up unconscious, whlle another walked tin blinding storm. im mini, sup Ugalnst a moving nuiuiiiuunu uu.i "" knocked down. .,,.,,,., , I'Tft B,!'V s nite, l! HCM'IUUIh Ul mi' '"J - ,.,nr. silzer Names Pearse Secretary ,,.,.. ip... !. (Hy A. P.) ing out the cl j 8 snow '" j' Tieasury te pay American pre'- - iwratus, Jehn II. J?p,1 ',!,'" 0I y,, du-eis of feedstuffs for commodities Dublin Startled by Explosion In leckmen" wVre Instructed te 'see thai "t "U Shep-Three Pedestrians Hurt the street 'resslngs w ere c eared b t a n.l i(M ... rut. n isii . IMi,(Ij ( p ( .1., uiiirniis woie used in hauling the r," , ,. ...,.. .. ... ,,.,, ,,..in..l nnUi m. vi.i , ., - i pirn c as striiriiv mums mtuiiii nj- in ,.,,,' ,. """" ' snow nwn. nlilnlnf tn .... ., isti i.il i.bligwlinih and repaj the lean t',;:;,"",1."l K1,K,'nn ,llls ,' "'" , The attU00? wbhl.i ten jears and in the meantime The whole iil was st.utled l,,.t live inches in some sections, was gen- .'"., , ... -, ., ., .,1..,. n ,lent exnles en. far .x- f...i..i n I'm. The. t'eliiinii Three ... ..iit ... i, .,., .1.1 .i..t.. , cecums me miniiiiir ueioniiuen it a nltemiii te ij neil .lames lieaii, a M'jrn, 1 nu.11 sum .n hi hi. 1 rni.si IT Uif ,m imnrenri.itinn of thr..,. ni.i a oiiartei ' - inu rt'iiui uti iuihu 'i mi- f rut in-1 .. -- .-Mii nunr Tin i i nrnn(.niniie nm t i " .---...... . -- -. . .. s ,,v ! n hmi imhu i '( m nut ui. ii.u, im itLLt-r id .iir. .t iiiizt --1 nn r n Snow and Ice Fellow First Storm of Winter The first real snow storm of th winter covered the ground today with a thick mantle of white, nfter deluging the city with sleet that turned te ice Inches deep in sub uibnn sections. Shipping is tied up along the en tire Atlantic coast, t."n vessels being In the lower Delaware Bay. Wires were heavily hung with ice, and the possibility of danger was in creased by strong winds. In many parts of the city signs were blown down during the sleet storm. Ceal yards are bring besieged by householders pleading for an Imme diate bupply. , ten! yards are being besieged by nOUBCIIOllierS PIUUUIUK lUr UU IIUUJU- ., . - UlatC bupi)ly- WILLIAM J. LtlYlr', dl. LUUI5 BREWER, COMMITS SUICIDE, Third Member of Famous Family te . . ,., , ,, Take His Own Life St. Leuis. Dec. 20. (By A. P.) Wlllinm J. I.cmp, fiftv-feiir vears old, i te Morehouse of Fedeial iinestigalers. tf !, wintnm T TemiJ1 l"1' " warrants as ,et, but these of the William J. I.emp , ,ln e )jp ilal-,(1 ,n my lmllN wllll)1 Company, committed suicide . ti,e next (eyf ,inJS t mvu no relmbl president ' I'Tewcrj today by sheeting himself twice through ' the heart in the office of the brewery, It was the ihird suicide In the family of the famous brewers, ins fattier ami .- . a sister liming taken their own lives, in the plot, he did net bellcie that many with the P. K. T. for operation before Lemp appeared nt his office nt I) A. ' were actual partici; .ints in the kid- , the completion of the 'inc. M. today ns usual, it was stated, anil napping and deaths of Walt Daniels The Miner had already declared him shortly thereafter floury Vehlkamp. and Themas Uichards. I self for a subway terminating at Hunt- lce president, arrived and greeted "I have talked with the survMng yaTi avenue I-f'uP; "Wclli ll,ew ,l0 you feel today?" i members of the Mer Hull go part whei "it a after 'this that Ceuneilmnii "Oh, I'm feeling worse, A ehlknmp were kidnapped," he said, "and all I Ven Tn-en told the Miner the "titliei -t,a!!LKc,1,.?,,''plipi',r r, n lM,i(1 tht're l'"',no meJ' than eighteen! inR i,WU be informed' just wliat the 'ihe Mllllam J. Lemp Brewing Cem- or twenty in the masked band." I phm were an.l it was then that the pany just before the achent of preln- Special Deputy Shenft Calhoun, of (j,.ht be-en LItien was considered one of the lnrg- Morciieuse, was te leave llateu Konge I "Mr ".Miner don't von think before est brewing companies in the world, this afternoon for Baltimore with tlie ,. j',,,, discussion iii fuither chtall. It oevoied a feurteen-ncre triangular ' requisition papers for the return of , Tint" either ou or the Director of tract in the southern sectieii i of the citv j Dr. H. M. McKein, charged with mur- i Transit sheulc'l let us knew just what is Mini uis Miiiii-ii in ,s.,n,w,inm. n nnywc ill i uiiui'l'lliJII llll llie .UOrCllOIIse sold nt auction last June te five dlf- feient inteiesis for a total of MS". 000. Lemp had been downcast since, it was said, as he had hoped te get a much larger price for the pioperty. MYSTERIOUS TAXI SHOOTING DII-771 CO PUIPAPn Dni IPC rUts-Lbb UHILAUU rULlUt Cousin Fires Upen Weman and Then Kills Himself Chicago, Dec. 2!). (By A. P.) A mysterious tnxleab sheeting, In which Mrs. Pried. i Merrill was wounded bj her second cousin, Jeseph Lang, who , then snot iiimseii iniiuiy, conirenteii the police tedaj. Lang died in n bes- ,ri J.!TJ' I M"' ! ,V, t i i . ii . i m " ;. ,1 e k tta Lnng, he said, had known Mrs. Merrill i : ...... -. -. ::. ' before her marriage. Police said Lang fired utien Mrs. tnprill ns she tied from the tnvie.'ih in ..imufleur and missed and then shot him- i st.if. - -- - rCDII)l A M PDrrnlT DDnDnem cniiMi unuun i uurueuu Senater Bursum Would Have U. S. l mti S1 000 000 000 te Buv Feed I Lend 1,000,000,000 te Buy Feed i Washington. Dec. !). (By A. P.) i:teiibien of creel is tci C, ermaiiy up te a m.nlinum of .1. 000,000.000 for use i jn ,iiug loeustiins in wie ii ,,,. is pr0pesed in a bill lntred 0inv ,). Senater Bursum, of M(xjre nmi refened te the Pin lining loeustiias hi wie inuei Introduced New femimttei. riie bill, which. Senater Bursum 'said, was framed ."en sound business Bureau t' be centered enst of Cape ' J ll" I'llllllll Ced and moving east-northeastward, s:.n. u urn ni:s renin n el Nn hived from I Int terns te Bastpert, Me. H.. . .......1.1 nut ,nt.Iln t , .,. tit . - - ' !" II il. . f., ...III.. .. .1,.. . , .. i ti I..l. Il.tttlll.. -Ill I t. i -. a '" . J.7. ; ! .K. Iinmll. The OMlIOsen lieliri-...! In 11 I .ill.-,...., 1 ,., hn n ..inf.issiMl lin nll,,M-,,iln,l ...! . ,1 .1 1.11 ..:.. lull. ,,i ..... . , ... . i . EE IRE ARRESTS FOR KLAN MU DERS Further Warrants Are Soen te Be in Hands of Louisi ana Sheriff BIG McKOIN DEFENSE FUND M(llireCt Kl., .. an.-SliPilff Pred r.1,w,,,f,1 - f f..in1inii nrUl inillV .niMnm, wi ..I-II..-H.. ...... deflated there will be mere arrests in the Morehouse Man munler anil Kiu-i napping Investigations upon wie r - inrii iir mi! i t'liriiii vninaiuf "i were in New Orleans jesterd.iy attend- '"S cenfeicnce w-ith State eUuials. 1 1 nave no eiuci.ii nuru u n, ui- nien," said the Sheilff, "but I knew there are te be wrests en the return information lelntive te the alleged con- i.essii. is or iwe peivms ineiving ieuj. lie citizens.' rdierlff Carpenter .said that while "Ml 1.. 1 .111 forty-live clti-ccns might be itueUed kidnappings ,' c ahead en March 1?" asked Council- luends et Dr McKelu continued , Ven Tagen. tnda te offer their nssKtame te tl WIumi en came in here the ether former Mcr JJeuge Majer. It wa,(I.M." Mlid the Majer sharplv. "and SVe,w,n!!lu."s ",;,',V"tler wny "' ,"1"''acd for this hearing, I told you di-. islflO.enn te aid him Itinetlj jem .etild have a lie-iring and I Inen.ls of the physician expressed t1(I jeU distinctly we Would net dis- .'' T i, '"""Jl '. "iW t lie- matter w th wm se far as the Marjland. will net honor requisition I ,.m.lm,Prj nmn1 W(,re (.nn. erned." pa.iers Meanwniie, ellerts ate glng ..t ,,, wm llNtin, th Mr, Maver." forward in live or six jiniMie. t thN ,epIie,i Tagen, "that we were com end et the State tc mi-u a grcit fund , ilis ,,nvn i1Pre for ,llnt ,,llrppn. We te defend net only Mckoin but I-s.ibly ,nnlp (Ie Iirrp n, ,.i?011s " ether defendants ..VeIl nr Pir0me te he here," said New Orleans. Dec. 20. Governer !!ic tM-?"1' tti,h ce,':1'l"r;lbu ""Bj pnrK,r Ativn,,. r!i p i .i. but if veii a re coming hole te find llli ''"li 1 ...! i. I .t .' "". ' .' "s-.n -.i... ,iiii nil- .;, - ,,, ." . .. , ' , "" , i .. V " ' r V'1 ',? 7 f J " ' 7" 'fe V-.'ll - iiilii'i .- jii".i a ill "i. Mini iiiviivi ii''iiiirs ni !k ;u,:;: : :,,,,B ,m M ,;m - i-i-." The (lovetnor was in the confuenoo sex oral hours during the mernn2 lb went te Baten Rouge In the nftcnenn, but late hist night he nnd Mr Cece held an i xtended telephone ceiners.j. "'1 lne ""Ilp ei wuicn wns nor made "'ftr' ,,.,., , , , i ,, , """J""" "' """ ",nl lume m-iuuu uu- .-iii uuuri wi in.ir it was an intensive study of th ii.i t mnaa nf ilniMimenlJirv nvl.lnn ..,! ever te the Attorney' General'. ..'1 e. 'rM" reeetd. it was asserted . icidv 0X()(,(,(ls , volllme tlt ns.mll,,, , nnv criminal case in the history . r the United States. These who conferred with rh clnr. i crll0riin Attorney General ,.r. As. . continued en m Twe. cti. mn tour TWO MORE IRISH PAY DEATH PENALTY . , . --,7 . , ""Ul ","' ""nngoment, which pre eiu.iis vie.ciii.cuui permits pi, Keting was in nii-i-i usmj in ine insii Ien ate heie, besieged bj Irlsli Uepubli Moere Adjourns Meeting, but Reopens It as Order Is Restored ACCUSES COUNCILMAN OF SEEKING DATA FOR P. R. T. Four-Track Subway en Bread Street Wanted by Olney . Residents Mi.yer Moere and Councilman Ven ' Tnscn, who headed n delegation ef10l)aJ whcn jlis motertrucl; and a pas citizens from the Ixzan-Oak T.ane ' spnRf,r frnjn rr,m,( llt a grade cre"s section engaged In a heated lotate in the Mayer's reception room today dur- I ing a meeting te discuss plans for Bread street subway and te receive suggestion for changes n the original Tayler plan! of transit development. Tour times the Majer told Council- I man Ven Tagen te sit down. Four times the Councilman refused te de se j , ., ,, .. ,,. and finally the Maer. censidernblj nettled, declared the meeting adjourned Order was restored a minute later. however, and the meetinc continued nfter Ven Tagen said he would Intro- i nice repealing enuiiiiii'es which weuiu. f carried, defeat all plans for the de- mnnmnnt r.f tin Ttriifl ulrnf mhtt-li'. I ..r...v ..v .-i niv- ' v.,.-. -i. -1, f Mayer Arcllses Ven Tllf,fn , pllrin(. t0 proceedings the Mayer Mrengiy sRgrsted that Ceuncllmim Ven T,.n ,.-na cn..H., lnfr,r,,,t in., whirl, 1 rr..A nn c...ii.t nfoKien en niitfii , ,, ' " . .. , ., , .. he could turn eer te the Philadelphia Uapid Transit Compan quietlj. The iew was heard by the members of ' the Joint Transit Committee of th(. i Iluslness Association of Phi adelnliia. ! The discussion between Ven Tagen and the Majer tame after Ba.wnend A. White, Jr., representing the Oak Lane Improvement Association, finished a sneech in which he made a reuuest that. all things being equal, a four-track subway he . enstructed te Olney incline. and that the city enter into a contract ,,,!,. ..nnlnmn nlnn , nil sn nn enn , . , M,,, .,.,., ... ... . 'ilk mi ...i. i'iiii' ii i iriiii 1'iiirn ,i,' teiesteil what is te be dem " "1 ic"'it that remark." said Ven' l An-f SSuS-'-lf veu " it P.,,..h fer.jurs,.if n i,. ,. .,, ,, : hate te wait "1 will tell J en the purpose ih.it brought us here," Ven Tagen inisweiul "We are tapaers who fuini-h the mono whlcli miii are te spend en this impreM'ineiit." "There me a geed many ether tax paers," said tile Majer with fume feci Ing. Ven Tagen answered "We hne a IIKht te UlleW llOW tills money Ih te lie "pent and if the plans for the Mibwaj iv te be hidden and the citizens aie net te knew what these p'.uis are geinc te be and hew this thing is going te be handled." . .... .u.nei ,iuiii,. ... . ,-, t O'hn M.n.n- Iti.nned from his chair ,, tunilIlg te Ven TnRP ask,,!. "Did jeu come here te lecture the Majer.' , "We came heie te tell the Miner." COHtlmie.1 en 1'ace I'mir (hmm l'mir DEPUTIES SURROUND JAIL TO KEEP MAN FROM MOB Weman Attacked en Maryland Farm Said te Have Arms Broken I.-i Plata. Md . Dec ."!. ( Bv A P.I- Keating that angry i.ewds would u, ...ei i,. ...... i..,f- ti. ,.,.. mn di-miui ii.iiun iii H'lr (.11. ..IIP UUI.T t ..He th,. ntnrin Bean, n twenty-three. year-old la- i I I1 ' . .. ... . .. . ..Anl 1,. I , ... .1... I ....1. 1.. Sl.n. .w...,r1 . ,.l I I !.... iiiiiit. ,ns I'm i uri'ii iiiii'r n i,i,i p i. se i e.h it ie inn ie im- i.'iiiui' -. .inns-, ir ..inn- iii.iiiu.i si ii-i s. .iiriinu n sin eis t ... . Cigarettes in Moscow J ,000,000 Rubles Apiece Merrow, Dec. 20.- i B A. P.) -Ameiican-made rignrel'is new nre en sale In the strnts of Mos Mes Mos (ew for about one million soviet rubles each. The Bolshevik ruble lml bf'ii fluctuating te such an ex tent lately that !e.ilers beuM nnii articles! billions of rubles overnight. Tliee were principally luxuries sought by speculators, the "qua "qua drilllenalrcs." One day the ruble dropped te .'iri.000,000 t. the dollar, and two dnys Inter Mopped bn'k ngrin te 27,000.(100 in the dollar Tin' street car fare was increased from fiOO.OOO rubles te 1.0(1(1,000 for a single ride. TRUCK DRIVER HURT Thigh Broken When His Car and Train Crash at Woodbury Pred Cook. North Heward street. this city, driver for the American Stere .enipnnv ns inJure,i nt stfe o'clock ! ing I1(,lir 7edbur.. N. J. ! (.enU's ,.ft tIlg, nM frnetured audi ,f ,H ,)el(,v,,(, ,, Wlll iMj,irr,i Ilfc.riinllJ ' ,W1V ja,mi,i ) k f tl. steering, vhp(iIi ti- iin , ,.,.,,,, 1P (re J of the irml. and iilme.t dn.illiu,' th" luen.eiitlxe The tiain was the Salem liraneh "t the IMiiisjhiiniii HiiIIiuimI and was bound for Camden tumi Swcdesbore. Vf)nk , hp hft, no, ft,(l)) thp ,,., lu I js j,, a Woodbury hospital. i TWO WOMEN ARE HELD I qj QU0R SALE CHARGES 0ne 8 Mether of Three children, .. .. Beth Are Grocery Keepers women one the mother of tlnee childieu, the ntlier attired in neli turs nm wearing a turban teppul "" WVlllg p.ll.Kllse plllllle. W held lertiinl t"da b .Magisiiate I.mi mWj rhlIBP,, ,, .,., Int,.:(.llt I1(. liquor. .Mis. Anna inlth. who keeps n cre "hi j.ery story ami nei.catessVnau.i.N,,rt,enp. , . . forensic battle with a . , .. . ." i reni slrt.,.t, nH heki in ,-,.,uu nail nfter Dpteellie PmiiII. tpstlripil In, liml heugh, half a piw of gi w her store. December 1!7. Mrs. Smith uns the miiiii no;i i.iis'ii prisenei. Mrs. L.iuia iimneiiiiaii. .iccenni.iniiU by her three ehildieii. appeared te nfj.da -. 1 iVt ansv !! a .hnr.:e of llnu halt .i pint cti, Iliiekiiis, at tier (jrecen el sij we,, i stii.cr lec mlier, 20. She was held in Midi) bail. LAST-MINUTE NEWS MASKED MEN V'HIP AND DRIVE OUT CITIZEN HOLLIS, OKLA.. Dec. 2D. Franlt Day, thTrly-cignl, a ten ant farmer living six miles neithwcst of here, was tnken from hib bed late last night by nine marked men, severely whipped and eulered te leave the community ,vbefere another sunset," ac cording te the steiy he told county authorities, today. The farmer bald the men accused" him of manufacturing liquor nnd ether acts. NINE HOMES ROBBED IN DICKSON CITY SCIIANTON, Dec. 120. County detectives today wcie tiyiug te hall the epidemic of burglaucb in Dickien City, uear here. Sine Sunday night nine homes have Ticen cuteicd and jewelry valued at .20U0 and cas.li tetalling $&0J ateleu. Tlic liuiglnrs paid a bciuml vtfait te one house. FELTON FINDS COAL SITUATION EASIER Chairman of Fair-Price Cem- ,: nn.l-, r- 1 f.n ""''cd wuv.io.ice w.ljt i uci fn MerQ Than Allotment DEALERS SAY OTHERWISE Tiie .-oil situation lias se far im- Bethlehem, Pa., Dec 2'i --Auditor prove I that th"te is tm further eaise tieneral Samuel S. Lewis told the for al mn insists I'dar t' Pelton, PennsjU-mia State lMucai ,ti Assoiia Asseiia chnii'i'i'i of th,. Pair-price Cotu'iutteo tien, in aliiui.il oenentio. inlnj. that of the IVnusvhat in l'uel t'oiiinusslen i unless the inws were chanced the neTt Distiissin,' the situuien mdin , Mr. ' Legislature would be cnnim lied t make jareis -, v. it . t'eal Being Dellwred i '" n mnlertf f cases, where no U. S. MUST FACE DEBT ISSUE ANEW; JOHNSON ASSAILS BORAH PLAN Irreconcilable Senater Calls Economic Conference "Worse Than League" JW0ULD EMBROIL NATION ABROAD, HE DECLARES Twe-Fisted Breads'de Fired at ' Harding Suggested That Attl Proposal Called "Bait" tude of U. S. Has Barred for Farmers Restoration Meve3 EXPECT SENATE VOTE TODAY ,.,.. ... ,!.. ueteat et uomrevercea Amena- ment te Naval Bill Ap- ' pears Certain I - I tJ'j A "i-le(-rI rrii I Wa'ltiliRlen, Dee 20 A vote before ' night en the Berah piopesnl for n world economic conference, which is opposed by the Administration, was sought by Senate leaders today while the third day's debate en the project proceeded with increasing fury. As "Irreconcilable" colleagues of Senater Berah hurled broadsides at his ' . ,. . !.-,!-, ,. ... , .. l ' J IHf .NRVUl .IPPrnnriUlHUl U1U. IIIO It- Publican managers negotiated quietly for a rellcall bef. re adjournment nnd a N Y . n. Senater Hiram Jehnsen, who fought shoulder te shoulder with Senater Berah against the League of Nations, ---.. .0 JV7 Ut.UiOi " uu" ium u we tr,'n. fictml iitfjieU tin the rnnferenee nlnn' j ue proposal, ne said, was worse ... , ,., , '"an tne league nnu mere naciy ie embroil us in i-mepcnn contrever . les and rtnallv make the United urates .. t ' . T Z fnn hiimI nn I'acp Twe. t nliimii Tun $44,000,000 NEEDED FOR STATE SCHOOLS Financial Condition of Depart ment Revealed te Teachers I bv Auditor General Lewis , BIG DEFICIT FORECAST nt appioxlmatelv $11 'J, 000. (.00 I i ne i.i'Kisiuuire en iiiji apprepri- ..'I... i I...... ... ...... ..... arcu ter ini) support of c nien si Drift Toward Change America's Foreign Policy Strongly Indicated lr BORAH SHAKES NATION FROM ISOLATION STAND (PERIL LURKS IN INACTION j rreDiem et Allied Borrowings May Yet Be Linked With ,, Reparations By (MVrnv w. GIMtEKT s;tntr Ctrrr."enrtr!it Kri-nlnir Puhllp Idrrt Idrrt fenwiyht, 10 J J. by Public Ledger Cempanii Washington. Lee. 20. With the de feat of the Berah proposal for an eco nomic conference, which new seems as sured, this country will enter once mere en a period of drift during which a re re re lonsideratien of its attitude en the allied debt will take place. i imi iiiuen emerges irnm ihn riAnntM Tl... I. j. .. ... in the Senate n,l .be triw .. n- ,. , " - .....rt , M.,- n i i c linS s letter te Senater Ledge of ""' extent te which the Administration's hands hae been tied by the Debt Fund Ing Act. Though no one Is willing te go en iccerd in fat or of cancelling th ,ti.. en e.erv sl,Ie u )e .,..., ., ...r. r,.-r .l i. . i "" "' Ur WU ,nter,:sts t- ' tempt economic aid te Europe we must fnc . question once mere: What shall we de about the d'bts? That far we have gene toward a new orientation f 0llr interests and rospenslbllltleii In ' u" luiuncs 111 Hurepe. j The fir't step may be the censlder- ntlen bj nn International commission t of experts of the Burepean economic problem. Suggest Reparations Inquiry It can he said en the highest authori ty that the Administration has made approaches te seeral Hurepean Gov ernments te learn whether nn exact and scientific inquiry Inte the amount of reparations Germany can pay would be acceptable. Thii commission would probably be unofficial and the United States has signified Its willingness te be represented en it. It Is understood that Great Britain, Italr. Beleium and Germany hnve sig nified their approval of the plan. But Prance has refused Its consent. The poiMen of M. Polnenro's Got Get eminent is that the nbilitv of Cormany te pav reparations cannot be consid ered apart from the ability of Prance, ,ind ether allied Ceernments te pay their war borrowings. Time for the moment the situation rest, li.,t the way is left open for Prance te call for u broader economic et fercnee, such as Mr. Berah pro posed in his resolution. If such a conference were unofficial, if its determinations were net binding in anj way upon the Governments rep resented, lt would be Impossible new for the t'n'.ted States te refuse te hn topresentcl even though the conference might b.) expected te report that the problem of repartitiens could net be -.epaiated from the problem of rhc allied debts. Whichever plnn werej ndepted, whether the Aduiuilat ration's propecul if an ex pi it unofficial coinmlswlen te pref- te)s can be nude toward reatering Burepe in'onemlcally while the) United s. e t ? i
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