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Kv. w w 4 W r 4 W ,4 ? 'v. S- fVV A fy . t'."' 1' w , EV r. 2 PLEDGE FAIR FUND, IS City Must Take Initiative De- clares Mayer, Asking Prem- ise of Five Millien ANNOUNCE SITE IN 3 WEEKS A Mayer Moere (111 nftcrnenn nked Council te paes n resolution plcilffliij; the City te rnlde ..OOO.OOO for tlie SeMquI-, Centennlnl. In Mlbnill ting the resolution the Mayer i-eld: "Ah n first step, looking te the ub- mission of mere delinlte nnd practical Jilans, n resolution in the nature of n pledge by the Council lx Mibinitti-d here- ivlth for your consideration. The Kt- ecutive Committee of the Inhibition Association Is net wedded te the form of it, but submits it merely as u -ug-Statien of the nVMrnhlllt.v of prompt nna emphatic nctlen. which will le tin- ! k ...,i.i ,!, ti,ii..inli.li(,i ;. COUNCIL URGED in earnest and purposes te move vigor- I probable deaths in the famine area this eiuly toward the patriotic, werld-ln- winter at J.OOO.OOO. new say that spiring coal In 1020." ,".000.000 is a low estimate, nnd many The Mayer. In his communication, say the number may reach 10.000.000. said the, celebration must be supported or even mere. ThN is pexslble par by city, State and nation nml ether tlrularly since the shortage of 'eriJ'fl' nations and independent bodies. oxen nnd camMs makes It Impossible "In order te Inspire ethers." said te reach the mere remote sections and the Mayer, "it is believed te be the duty since it is predicted the tphus epl epl ef the cltv te take the initiative in thel.iemic probably will l the worst thut bicccst. broadest way. In the judgment- of the committee and the Marnr. con fidence In thin grcuC enterprise would he best promoted by a declaration of the Council that it will guarantee Ip. borne r-uitable form net le-s than j 000,000, te be applied as needed, lea -Inc the details of expenditures for con sideratien when n site definiu-ly has been agreed upon nnd plans u,a,vc been approved." Assurance Is Needed Knglish (Junker Relief Mission, nnd The Mayer continued that ,f the: Dr. Guertacr. of the Herman Red committee had some nMiraucr of get- 'Cress, hae died within the last week tins the money, they could go nm-nd . of typhus contracted in the famine with the work of getting the equipment urea. and personnel needed, and could go te WhSTCl K Z: are assembled, the Jlarer said, nub i inei-tiu will be i held, se that the advocates of the vari eus locations ma be beard from. "Anether suggestion for jour con sideration." wrote the Mayer, "was that upon sanctioning the financial sup port naked for by the Kxccutivc Com mittee, the Sesiiul-Ceutennl.il movement would assume proertions warranting. If your body should think well of it. the resolution of your honorable body 'tntA n rniiimlttpp of thp whole Ssenul-Centennlnl. te be nrenared for ! future questions and details as tbey may arise. ' Before the Mayer's message nnd resolution were re.id. Councilman Hnll introduced a resolution of his own, te the effect that Council resolve itself Inte a committee of the whole te take , charge of ever; thing pertninlng te the Sesqui-Centennlal. ' Mr. Hnll provided that the commit- tee should w.ect its own chairman. In sneiklnr en the resolution he Intimated' The Majer Ltaed 7 com reh nsiV i, - ' are vitl. typhus at RuM.eiuk. near wife The jury as old he defendant qulry Is being T made in Tthi- matter of Saratef. and Anna I-euisc Streng, of lay in wait for his wife behind an auto aute Mtea an.l thnpwutlv" comuiittee e.x- Seattle, who is associated with the Eng. mobile ut Twenty-second street and pec's n report In the next few weeks l ui. Q-.aker organization, is recovering , Montgomery avenue; that when he re The Maver sa her.- wer- teuueej, I from ihe same rwlnilj In Mew. Ce - turned from her day h work lie shot her. -.. ... ..! i.a i.,..h . n niLtiiinnii (I'nrinv nr inn i-. iiltiiii ju inn u ( t ...... .-...,.....,....,--. . . . . . .. 'itiwaii the intention te make Richard I AVezleln. nrcsidctit of Council, chairman , of the committee i PTm rwolutien was pasi.vl. The j Ma jer d communication was then read , and; referred te the committee of the i .whole just created. :-.il- kiii r i r, ,, ... , , , , ! there is a spirit of criticism mani- Council recalled and amended en the!f(.Rte(1 , manv quarters, which Is sur sur fleer nn omnibus grading ordinance ,.:.. .., ..' ,imi.riri. nflttB! lufcf n'tnll rhr. ntn,niltii,n .. n. te strike out previsions for grading InCTumnll .ir.ni (mn. Te.,,- , u.hi man. Scybert street from Tnnev m Stlllman and Tanev street from 'n,n,n. , son t Mnst.r ' III his reply Director Caven draws. attention te the fact S2.000.00tl Is all (he city can new spend upon sewnge conversion, and outlines the work along inesc lines, irem inc epcniug et tin eneniuc of th Pennytiack Creck sewage- disne-m! plant down te the work- new going en at the Northeast p'aut, which we: started In HUT. WANT POLICE EXAMINERS Civil Service Beard Asks Council for Three Mere Empleyes The Civil Service Commission, in a communication frnm its president, Clin. ten Rogers Woodruff, today usked Council te authorize the acquisition of three additional iuestiguters, at a sal ary of S18(M) each, te exHinine the SOD ""applicants for police positions who will take the examinations in the near fu ture. The examination of these men, the communication states, would take many weeks, if dene only b the two examin ers new at work. The matter was referred te the Fi nance Committee, as wns the ordinance introduced hist week providing for the lean of Sl.000.000 te the Delaware lllver Bridge Commission. BOULEVARD IN PARK SYSTEM, Falrmeunt Commission te Let Old! Traffic Regulations Stay The custody of the Roosevelt beule. tard bas been given ever te the Fulr Fulr meunt Park Commission b action of City Council. Richard Wegleln. president of Conn. ell, read n today's meeting a letter he wreta te l-;il Kirk Price, nf the park! The streets v,eud have traversed the I De egates from tne tloer enticizeu ttie ,""'' I .V. V s . street, wncre mcj eie immuiisierci union n mm-, hhsui- ii .viiniiu-- site of the old Spring (iarde.rr.wrveir Americans for permitting priests en hcter. pleaded guilt. te reporting ,0 b) Mr!. arwqc. mother of the nt wv;k will also be played at the W wr nit ihrS ,v iii,.ii, .1,1 their local committees. liquor, and was sentenced l Judge W(1man. Second Regiment Armery Instead of sold as lets T e n-hw , srn ' luS 0. are carrying te jjay u line of $1000 w.thin tw MrH. Stnrr nn() Mrs. (Jree,,,.- went the audlterr.ini of the school. te de this g'rading.P I would hi co, little publldty about the Americanos, fhe prison sentence was mis- ,; neighbors and lelatnes ,e i-uther , It was also announce, I the league the city $20,000. t wi J "t mated organi.atlen, and are net permittcl t0 perilled and one for carr.Mng a roveher (.1(,,K. as we'l ns shopping us much ns game which was sche, ul.,1 for tomorrow Director fen of the Dei.artmcnt print matter which does net come wa nt pressed. possible in what Meres were one.,. between illaneva Prep and the new of Publ c Works, presented S neugh the Bolshevik liaison office be- , wart7. was arrested by a State The mirvhlng oliHUrexi. innocent np- j ndditi..,, Salesannuni High, te be plajed ell tela n eep e Mri n'wer Te the een the American organization and trooper near W 'rX, nZ', I Parent,v et nny I"lf'"'p'1 that their In the feriuer'K gym. bus been post pest recent letter et' Dr Fdwirl Marti. he Soviet Government. "? ,wh'lp. c?rr,MB -iBhtylyc eallens Klht,T um .Red in the hospital, wow Hni-i and will be pln.e,l Saturday CommlsslemT of ,1 r' Stnte Depa. tm i Americans say this suspicious .,. We,f .."j, nZ "be cume i" ''nR. the Ph.ne in. thetr grand- nisht. January 21. of Health, in which the Coinnilw-lenor tude is a handicap te their work. but'fJ ?" ht'Jl. '." Sut" ree or 1V"lhcr H, .''T0 'u ".'T ""slnl" P' n. .v n.nT.,., .. . urges Immediate steps , step puutl..n they believe this attitude will disappear ', ""' fnn 0V whlch was confined "'J1.0 ex'ltr,"-v "be,(" "'f !" '"!V",,lr''-. PLAY CAPTAIN BALL nf ihe DMnwnre Hirer with the nronesed Imitation of the !?um,.tn.e 'I1"0,rl ,ni . ..en,". .'. ,.: (ireeue is an auti.mebile ..iilesi,,.,,, . commission, ueuing wnetner any changes would be made In the present traffic regulations governing the use of the boulevard. Mr. Price's reply seated tt the beulevnrd would remain n thorough ' -JTare'' for pleasure and burden vehicles, as .HWtioierc. 'STADIUM BILL AMENDED Csuncll Changes Ordinance and Than Repasses It ' The ordinance passed by Council ln ! weW mithnrlzlnir the eitermlen nf ,, , . it . jr .-.-- . -.7: . .."..-.- "...".": :, Hf iPrej'Cteu nimium at I'ranKiin Field K- 1 imtever adjacent str?ets. was recalled . - atittitM II.m Mm ! nflt xn G,l i, A , I . em tha Mayer's oflice tedav te receive vhluftr aiucndinentH which will ncrmlt It . ,e comply with the regulations of the i. Iepart.sut of V"bllc Safety. )k, fvju was tnen reneAsea anu returned r fv,tlie Maypiutf bla cpnsider.iitlen . ,, fr". ' ' ' '"' -' V ' bu.- ntH. RELIEF WORKERS TYPHUS VICTIMS; Three Dead, Four III of Dread Disease in Russia Fam- ine Area FAMINE HORRORS GROW Rj the Aivielslrd Pr! Mncew, .Inn. fi. Iliila hn begun the jrnr 1 02VI with eight months of i unspeakable horror before her nnd the ' terrible dread flint next ummer' crop may nnl. t-tlghtly relieve the gnawing famine, At Taratn. Saratef. Samara. Tfa, Orenburg nml Kazan freien bodies ere stneked high awaiting burial in trenches ulilch workmen cannot pre pare fnt enough for the victims of fnmlne. cxpeiiire nml tjpliUK find ever day the situation is growing worse. American relief worker", who erlg inulh eniitlnnslv nlni-rd the number et Uussia has ever sullcreil Relief Workers Tjphm Victims Tim Anieticniis ii i-f feeding nearly i nnn nnn ni.,i,ir,, .m.l tl,r llrltisb and various ether organizations arc fur-' Directs Defense as Jury Is Told He nibbing nourishment for at, leu-t 100.- Shet Wife en Street 000 uudcr the most dangerous cendi- T k , tlen. .... ... . Dr. Reginald larrai. of the l.pi- demies Commission of the League of Vntlens: Miss Mnrv Patterson, of the ...Ml Nnn.-y ebb nn.i - Station. Is cenvaieing fnm ' the , -liseaw Ht t ta. . i Ti.ii .r ii.., nininn iiniirr , m iitrn iHiiiiii iin iiiiirutii iiiiii iii-ii rr- These cases liae occurred among less ini'i-irii.n.. !. 'iii . ..., Bun, . than tifty foreign relief workers In the.dldn t give her the ether barrel and famine area, who exerted every pre- make a goedjob of it. caution te avoid contracting typhus. ...,- .nr. n,.. The disease is se prevalent throughout MUST FACE TRIAL nit of hr- Velca rezlen and in Turkestan that the Soviet Government has stepped ' -ii -- P,.i. ,n nJ fmm these All iu.-v.rii,vi -vs -w ....u ... -.,-. rcglen!' Living Worse Off Than Dead Oeerge Newes, of the llrltisb Save .u ,'uiu..", i.-..r,',l rnrt h nu- "."iO ' fr0I(.n bodies, many of whom were .dilldren. buried in a trencn at Baratel I r..., ..i.iiren nnilprfcrt nnd scnntllv in one , 'dav. He says tralnleads of i (,at are ridlng from the famine nrea , ln R'uch a pitiable condition that the jiving children are worse off than the , dead. ' 1'1,'p Soviet Government has agreed te erant the American Ilelief Adminlstra-i t0 ji,e USe of S000 cars' nnd 200 loco- .!..... ...n(pn.i tn tnn tha snrmllra. irhlt-li the 32O.OOO.O0O just appropriated! k,. u initiH Stains' .will nrevldp. If estimated that COO cars nnd five locomotives will be required daily fort (erf y days. i Although the higher officials of the Bolshevist Government are giving the American rciiei werKers co-epcraiion, . " Americans Criticized In tha rfrcnt nll-HussIn censress Dr. Frldtjef Nanwn and the official bends uure commended much mere heartily rhn.i was the American delegation. RctLlUes. of the Soviet Cheka - MPWRPRRY- TH.-PAP-F SFWATF . . 4J4n n r, j iii H claim seat I Washington. Jan. .". 1 15 A 1 Senater Newberry, the title te whose seat is te be decided next week, re turned te the Capitel tedu and began preparations te clear himself against the ehurses made bv llenr Ferd, his Democratic opponent Mr Newb-'rrv cunfe--, with Sena Sena eor Spencer, chairman of the Election Ciiinmittpe, which conducted the in quir int the Michigan case. When the Vewbcrr else ir Inte debate in me M'luitc. senator ppenter s.-iiu tnat i tliere wns ..iiitn a preunn I ij taut tie .lueuir ci'iiiiiui ieii .i,i.-iiikji n iiiiii ciiiie before the Senate te make a state ment Senater Harrison Democrat, of Mississippi, asked that the limitation te be placed en debate early next week be net atuilled t Mr. NVwberry, de claring tne one-hour -leried was net suhVlent for a man whose seat it con tested te defend himself. Senater Spencer objected tu the proposed i hiinge. saying there was no mcessit for it. The objection l.llled the sug gested (hnnge. S0CIETY W0MEN AS MODELS Exh,blt Exquisite Costumes at Art I All,-.,,,-.. s-.U..I.. nutaitvb vtatnciiity A lumber of exquisite costumes were exhibited at the Art Alliance this after neon bv Miss Pegg Thayer, Mrs. David Lewis, Miss Elfrieda M. Klau der. Mrs. William J. Bnlrd, Mr. Harrison K. Cnner, Jr., Mrs. Dobsen Altemus, Mrs. (jeergiana Brown Harbe son and Mrs. . Nellrui Fdwnrds. The same women, all s'lclnlly jireniinent. will show ihe gowns ng.iin tonight. Mm, Bertha Helley, nn artist, spoke this afternoon, and will talk ncmu this vvening. Following her talk this aft ernoon an informal reception wns held for which the hostesses ver Mrs. Har rison K. Caner. Jr., Mrs. fioerge Dallas Dixen, Mrs. Henry 8. Jeanes, Mrs. Charles 7,. Klamler, Mrs. Jeseph Lath, rep, Mrs. J. Bertram Lippincutr, Mrs. Oeeige Heraco Lerlmer, Mrs Imogen B. Oakley. Miss Harriet Snrtaln, Mss Careline Slnkler, Mrs. J. Mndl'en Tayler and Mrs. Carrell It. Williams. Missing Ex. Soldier Sought ':". "5P!i .. -. w.n niV?r l l0 P.0"." . by the family of Mrs. Martha A. Beck, et inn iertn iiurteentn street, te locate her fen, a former service man, who hs been missing since he was mustered out of the service two years age. Mrs. R,ck died this morning. She was uiiyeiTm jcem eiu any pae been in ill ntaiin some EVENING PUBLIC WHERE ONE WAS KILLED AND TWO i.WsliWmWiUiii.i)U)iiii I l I I " '? 'W"?..!!!- WjBmmmmWmMlLJ '"'" "'Mm i... 'vSjSjSjI i IS OWN ASSISTANT LAWYER AT TRIAL FOR SLAYING WIFE, I iensc ny taKing notes ana udvibing ins attorney. Illinm Henjnniln went en trial for his life teduy before Judge Davis. Renjamln is charged with the, murder of his wife Matilda, who was shot Junc lf 1021i ,, ,,,,.,, two dnyg lnt. ni..-,i tf,.,,v k-iw ' ,.,,!1, "l,11.101, A! l?!??. , ?"tr' S' 'LiZ ..' lrni .e . here iiis wife was d .tig In :.triit::i,z'": ."....." ,;.r.:'i . s,,e8m,n "ena salesman Leses Fight te Avoid Hearing Here Lesing his tight in Supreme Court ' in .New erli te gain Ms freedom en n writ of habeas ceruns and defeat extra- I dltlen proceedings. Murray Kehl, n -cw ier sieck salesman, wns rriunmi . ..,.. i ....,.. nr ii.i.A.inn here today in custody of Detective Ilelnv. Kehl, who was accempauled by his wife. Is wanted here te nnswer charges of securing money by fraud from J'lrhael Wahl, of 1-30 North Twcntj- ninth street. According te the complaint. Kehl enme te Philadelphia last August te deliver some oil stock heuzht bv Wahl. He Is said te have represented that lie had for sale railroad stock valued nt $2000 for which he usked S1500. Wahl Paid nnd received the uteck. Later he lenrned the stock was valueless. The firm which employed Kehl denied knew- ledge of the transaction, stating it had nevtr eran in um fiuiu nn-rii-ii 10 S2275 LOST IN LIQUOR DEAL Chested Man Out Cost of Beeze and jaj i- ... , , . . . . "!1 tiiciier. i n.. .urn. i -.t a lM"ial session of court te.ln .Mlclmel nrtz had nan Baltimore and had it sold in Chester for .$22 u gallon. He ices the money r,ni,l for thr nlcohel m ntMit ion te Hie 'fine. . . . . - ,...,.--. 15 YEARS FOR AUTO THIEF i Judge Monaghan Gives Stiff Sen tence for 1920 Crime Themas A Waters, was sentenced te Eustern Penltentlnr today te mtc from eleven te fifteen ears by Judge Monaghan en i barges of robber. and assault Waters enfeie,! n garnge earl .n December. lil'JO, ainl nt the point of n reveher took the automobile of Jehn Whittiker. Tr.iflic (Itiicer Jmeb U vinj,. ,)r lati r saw the stolen auto iuujiied en the riiniiiiii: mol)11(, n beard. He wns thrown efl liy Wnlti-i, EGYPTIANOFFJCAL SHOT Crimes Dept. Controller Wounded in Attempted Assassination Caire. Egypt. Jan. ."i M!y A. P.) - Hadreldine llej . Controller of the Egyptian (levernment Crimes Uci.nrt- ment, narrowly eeapeil iiss.-issinutieti today at the hand- of a euih, believed te be a Ntudent The Controller was serieusl wounded -UTursUit,, .liniCT! Z ' latter escaped. Hiidrelditie Me has been prominent In the prosecution of the "i-ugeaiicc gang." an antl-British organization, seven of whose members were senten-ed te denth last war. but had their sen tences commuted. PENN INVITED TO PARIS French Ask Quaker Track Men te Enter Reunion Games An invitation for u l'niersit of I'mniBvli nn in relrn tnnni t. m - t.. win ill I- HI Pari" ,ns been receued In Lawseli nuiiriA liau l,n,l v.ir u kanun ,,.. u m Robertsen, truck coach, from Captain "is oeionging. ,, HN rescued ey Maurice Delvart. who ran here with the firemen, nnd was relived at the Worn Wern French rein team in the I'enn games, en's Homeopathic Hospital. Robertsen Is aked te enter a Clunker quartet in the French Reunion (iumes te be held en April 10 and 17. Robertsen said today that he would present the Invitation te the Red nnd Illun Track Committee at the next meeting Fester Heme Beard te Meet The annual meeting of the Fester I lit il iiiiuu Heme Association will be held at the home. Twenty-fourth and Poplar street-, 'lucMley morning at -lOiilU o'clock 4ya rosue Idem. Atv, LEDGER - PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, imm 'V'H Hcsldcnrc of Charles (Irt-ene. Wnei!bur. V !.. damaged by fire carl. ted.i.. The white llgnre te the left indlr.it cs .Mr. (irccne div ing from second story window wjtli four-year old son In his linns. The bhuli Mctirc shows the servant, Sarah Paige, leaning fnim third story window . (Jeergc Green, ,Ir., brother-In law. who rushed Inte the hlailug home anil saved si- ear-old Lella (irreue. Is shuuu In the cirilc. The child died later, lleleu Is Charles (reenc, the father, he suffered a broken leg and arm In his jump. The son he clutched was u- -ratclicd Child Dead, Father Injured in Fire Cnnllnuril frnm I'acr Onp dew broken, nor of the wnitet's shouts, but said she had n vague uetinn linn she was awakened b I he n-iu-Lliiis df the Cliltnms tree which wn in a room en the flr-t Heur ellrci-llj below her but rlininhcr. Sin- said when -i,- did w-ike up and opened the deer tin- whole lower tloer seemed te b" In llaun and -mel.c was pouring up the taircn-e. The whole fainll. cc:iped in t li ii night clothes nnd rcr. particle of (lething in the house was burned. 'I he blaze destroyed the Interior of the build- lug nnd even leaped Inte the buck jurd. iilnmaclnc an autoineui c In a iicarhx "hed. The children und Mrs. (;reenc PMt t the home et Mi. (iivone's i linr,. ,mg J.cwln Strr. across the this city. It is feared his injuries ale mere serious than apparent. Deaths of a Day ' " CALEB S. RIDGWAY Sen of Fermer Philadelphia Hotel Hetel man Dies en Jersey Estate Burlington. N. J., Jan. .". -Caleb S. Ridgway. sccnt -four ,cars old. son of the lute Jacob ltidgwaj, formerly proprietor of the Rhlgwuy limine, I'hlladelphiu, died en iiis oeuntrj es tate, near Celuinhla, l'ueduv night. ifter an Illness of scuernl we-l;s. Com Cem Com pllcailens cnin-ed Iiis death. lie is survived by hit. widow and three children. Mrs. Sarah liriice, nf New Yerk City; Jacob Ridgway. of Co Ce lumbuH. and Kldgewoed Rldgwa. of Philndelphhi. , William Hank William Hank, seentj-lwe ears old. of 1517 Ilolljweod street, fell dead while walking at Twenty-seventh and Oxford streets, about !l o'clock last eening. He was rushed te the North- western General Hospital, where It was disease. Arthur Pressey Aj-thur Pressey, a probation efluei, dier tedny at his home, II,", Chchtuut street. Iladdenfie'd, N. J. He was lift. -five ears old." Prier te hi t,p IMiliitment as probation officer, lie was Recorder. Mr. Pressey hud been n resident of Ilnddenficld for thirty-fhe vcarH- Man Overcome Saving Clethes Fire in the home of Meri is Vole Ivitch. ".'1-7 Cumberland street, resulted in ,'100 damage last night. The tire 1 wbs caused by a defective flue. Philip lagan, n uoerucr. was owTeeine hv - r--- till. . smoke wlien lie tried tii sac some of Parents Rescue Children In Fire Twe smnll children were carried te the st. ect by their parents early this morning when fire was discovered In n ..,,,,,,, Imiiuf. nt Tilt I.fiiiilinril uii-ent The bhu.e started in the kitchen of tli apartment nf Mr. and Mrs. William Jehnsen. Negroes. The damage amount- -,1 te seeial hundred dollars and wan ...nllneil te the Jehnsen .lpartllle.nl. Armery Looted of Ten Pistols HURT IN FIRE l COURT SAYS KIND WORD FOR MOTHERS-IN-LAW Presence In Sen's Heme Net Cause fop Wife te Leave Norrlstevin, ln.. .Ian. J5. In grant ing n divorce te Leenard Henry, eT i Mentclairc, from his wife, Victeria Henry, Judge Jehn Fabcr Miller, of Montgomery County courts, alvca n helping hand te the much maligned mother-in-law. He myn she has ni ,. place in her son s home, nnd her presence is net sufficient cause for the wife te leave. In the testimony it developed that Mrs. Henry was jealous of the atten tions which her husband paid te his invalid inetner. 'l ney imd quarrels nbeut it nnd she left. .ludge Miller, in his decree, says: "The mere physical presence In the house of tier husband's mother, with out en thing ele. Is net recognized by the law as reasonable cause for a wife te desert her husband, and that when she docs willfully nnd maliciously desert nun whiieui renseniiDic cause, and fei the second time within three months J s- Hp, s ",.w. rn.S!"5' he is net required te hunt for her. nnd 'S.. work In Blnlrsvllle. if she is found, entreat her te return." ' D'?vIs J," ", ',mti'c "' V . but has lived in Pennsylva CATHOLIC STAR ELIGIBLE Coffey, Forward Luminary Play Today Frank Ceffej . the speedy forward and acting captain of the Catholic High Scheel Iho, who has been Ineligible for the basketball five for the lasC three jvecks en account of schelnstlc trouble. tlve for Killing Policeman becanic eligible for further games by' .., ,, , T - , . remi-vlng his conditions tedav? I Cambridge. Marfs., Jan. C. (By A. This niineuiiccnic.it coming en thc )A inemerntidum found in a note- 00 of the Atlantic City High game b400, n. th" 5'V i01!!1'"'"0".;70 nnd the two league games of next week A- Vrcs,en' of Wakefield, was attacked makes the Purnle and (inld outlook nil Jncempctcnt for ndinisslen as cvi the mere hrlgl.ter. Coffev Is one of . ent" '" u rM Hubmltteil today by the best Heur workers in the M-helastic ' "euiiscl for I larenee AN. Ixud. of Mel i in Irs ,,f Hi,, ,-lfv m.,1 lll i -,,s rose, n shoe salesman, who is en trial n... V f I Mm i.kt Mi...... .. ..1.L ,, .ii i i ... . . . . ;c win uc imi.-k in iiis iiiii pus puimi was chiingei and will be played In the i iecenil Regiment Armery at hecenil Hegimcnt Armery at Ilread street nnd Susquehanna avenue. West Philadelphia High Scheel Girls In Exciting Game An exciting game of captain ball was staged this afternoon by the girls of i the West Philadelphia High Scheel be- It eon teams representing sections -1-B nnd ".-It in the gyninnslum of the in- 'stltutlcn. The game, which Is played with an Indoor baseball, kept the twcn tj -four lassie's .en the jump from start le litilsh. Twe ten-mlniitp haUes were phi. oil. and the -1-B girls came through with lljlug colors bv the score of 1P te 2. At the end of the first half the winners led by S points te 2. 1 The tenuis were niude up ns follews: In another game the -1-A girls de fected the :t-A team, n te i. 4-D Misses DoretliS' Numi. J-nn n.ir tnn lit n Twrr, Ora TcIit, iBBbfl c OiUKlm Mart lllinil. Ilemrice tJimb. Cur nlit Vnunir, Miirenrrt Moere. Msrj t'arnr bell cmlwrine Hern. Ilnv Oarrtf. ,1.V(lnif lllU-itietli llnrtleti Carinelltta i-iirreli Grnce Likens, Hl-iner I'ullen. Mnry Pjfeur Zsrerlt ZnUe. Mury Hlienen. Iioreilion Kern. I'rMnees M. fatfeny. Vlr BlniH I'oemleit. Aliie lllei.m Una SVlnicter. TS rrfeiee wan Ml fallen. Resa Lee Pays 12-1 in First fnnilnutd from I'nif One f'unaul. Cret, Cremnna Matiken Ilnh ful Hertlm S "!'" "'.n sijr-ONn IIACIJ. thr, .-fir-olds jn,l up. , lulmlnir Olirnf. IIUDll. H furleHK I cir.ileite, 11". Mec-ey. . 7-'J 7-, 7-10 J TMxIa 10M, inetnas .in l ii-i 3-1 .'I lMillnndrrer. 107. A Wll en -'-I R-l 1-1 Tliiic. 1 11 1-5. Marjerle M, Itsncnrm. lieraM Murphv. Klu-.ev. Iivs. Cupcra. Mias Itatikin snil rerliey W. Hlifii ran . ' iiirr.)n!'-ni:x. purr iinm i muff Henu It2. Tiirni tlliltii iit.i, in- """i iihnk rur"i. ,,,. ,,m. rurienaH: I . . 1 1 ..-. efn !'-.-, rnfr .in. A n.r. :t..s 3 Tlv Hull. ins. A iviimin 10-1 1-1 2. lime 1-07 Meat, i nierifl. Mnxer i:ei-, Iinsne. nrllllant nay Happy Ihulnn. I'reil Mnney. Oinnlnelent in,l ttckpln .line tan HAVANA RESULTS l-llisr HACi:. thref-vfar-elUH uticj elalmllil. 70C I. V.l furlenin, . 1 Te Up. HI. K'iii"ly 7-2 n.,1 :. War T 101. nl.) IL-l -l J l.ldht IMntatlr 1 1) I. C'hal. merv - - ''V r. Mill. Arlfunlsa. Mhi up, Hey neq, Hllibl't'. Aerifimaiinn. pneriy riril, oneta. Jehn J. H'l'' . f'l- ftoclilntjlierae and i)r90en aUe' ran. HlJCONU IIAI'K for four-car-old urnl ..n t..in,inff ie-rfi t700 eii furlenvi- l vr Map. in. ''"Ji"" , '- n- jj-- j, ;,;',?;, ' iV "jvnm.n ' t 8-? si's Tiiiie 1 .Oil 3-S. Kll.-s e., Iiuferd, c-y jier n.u. tiavensf-a Jtrlsi. Htvllllan anil Hlerman ul'pnrn"i HAfT. four-jrar-eltls and up, eiaimliit. .""', J0;. ' 'nUr , ., . At'a Yl' in?! Ke.mriiy ' J-'i :e a-s S. iiia-ii u'im ohm. ie.. unui nmra , . -"-i i Tlnif-. I'll a-ft, lev Alcnu, rocaielle, Main He hinr I'lunK Jee de Valta, ..llkfi nnd Trleuiiiliant li lan I'OI'HTII liA r,. iuur.yrnr.uiuB tfeu ug', aba SHUr ("ill II i h e ... m' he S les", IV , ' M-" with an additional-notation of enc-half a minute te three-nunrters of SI Vi In t r m.. id ('.'.lieli Cln statutory offense. It Is the centcn- n minute If all traffic slgnafs are syn- i u'lT 4v '''1M1 'llmi of the State that the police Ichronized throughout the city nutome- Til" "ini. w s t.rlirinall- scheduled nc'r urprlscl Loud and n woman In j biles will be allowed te proceed un liter- te be d.r ed'in VlTe a. 'K ,: Ca' I !? ' 1? XWl 0MAl& nfler 'a'cl 'signal8"""" "UmbCr "' b,Ck8 olio High, but at the Inst moment it I rout! in ttnkefield nnd thnt when theinfter each signal. II If lllll I iiii. it 1..ti ..,! I..... al. ' JANUARY 5, 1922 PREACHER TO HEAD OTJRYEORCES 1 Early Appointment of the Rev. J. T. Davis a3 Prohibition Director Forecast MeCONNELL TO RESI.GN ftj a Staff Corrrtttenlttnt i Washington. .Inn. f. Appointment ,of the Itev. Jehn Themas Davis, of ilUalrHville, Indiana County, os Federal ' Prohibition Director for Pennsylvania i wan forecast tedny en official authority. It weh said Davis' nppelnment may be expected In the next few days, and that, celneldentally, the resignation of William O. McConnell as Prohibition Director will be officially announced. Davis, whose name hn been prom inently mentioned In connection with the prohibition peft, was said te have been approved by Senater Penrose. The late Senater had ngrced te "go uieng" On Davis, and also guaranteed the resignation of McConnell. Informing officials Interested in the .Pennsylvania enforcement problem he would back them up in the reorganization program. The Hennter had seen Davis and talked with him Jind it was understood the change would be mode Immediately nftcr the holidays. Prohibition Commissioner Haynes was out of the city today. In his absence, ether officials were reluctant te discuss the prospective change In Pennsylvania. It was said unofficially, however, that Senater Penrose's death does net change the situation. S. I. Ilulter will remain in Phila delphia for he present ns associcte di rector nnd head of the field force in Pennsylvania, it watt said Jehn Kxnlcles, whose recent contro versy with, Federal Judges In Pittsburgh embarrassed the prohibition unit nnd threatened te bring I.xnicles Inte con tempt of ceart, is te be retnined at Ureeht ; Salem Brass mid Iren Works Pittsburgh in charge of enforcement end H. C. Hnrt; J. B. Jehnsen Com Cem work In the western end of the State, pany and J. B. Jehnsen, Jr.; A. according te present plans. Wcisklttcl & Sens Company and Tf Tn,.tu 1b rtni.Alnli.,1 1.l ,1hve ,1111 tTn.... fi XXt hi. I . .1 . Vil , T, , 4,,e ,r m. i. ........ i. " ".' " at last have one of their own number in the prohibition directorship. He isle. Nlman; Sanitary Company of an out-nn-eut prohibitionist is en- America, nnd E. M. Itbedcs; Haines, titled te be called "Itevcrend" by virtue Jenes & Cndhury, Inc.. and T. N. of ordination In the mnlstry. and hiw i uvesey ; Essex Foundry Company, the i backing of the Anti-Haloer League Abcndreth Brethers and Charles F. and church organisatiens In Pennsyl- Tllttlc KCCrctnry of tllc nwitern Seil vmI. lie is regnnlcd by C-ommlsslener llpp Manufacturers' Association. Haynes. who Investigated h s qunllfica- i The in(Ictmellts -vcrP rcturnC(i en i,0"i" lJ1i7UBKy' '"J .exceptionally well cvll,rnc(, linfnrthed by theC Leck voed "'lie' is Chairman of the Law nnd Order Committee in the lower branch of the State Legislature, and has been active in religious, reform and educa tional work in Pennsylvania for many He is new engaged In t. .M. rth Carolina. aula bince his veuth. He waa educated in rsertn ! Carolina and Pennsylvania schools, at I tended Hucknell College and wapre Will pared for the ministry In Princeton Theological Seminary. CRIME HINT IN NOTEBOOK Memorandum Held te Supply Me- , ier inc n i icri -ii iiuiriicr vi i iirriuu -I lift m,mn,nliMlim u-nst "Clarence ,..-,-,-i-. ..-- -,,.. . ,,. n .,-, . ItWllli-rflltll IMIHItlll ( I', 1'IIW patrolman indicated his intention te prosecute be wns shot and killed. LIVESTOCK TRADER SHOT Kansas City Man Killed In Lebby of Exchange Twe Othere Wounded Kansas City, Me.. Jan. 5. (By A. P. I Harry Bruener, of Des Moines, was shot nnd killed, and Adelph Drn Drn bes. Cedar Itcpldn, la., and W. B. Hnll, Kansns City, 'ero wounded when, according te witnesses, Frank Thomp son, i stock rnl.ser of Olnthe, Kan., f pencil lire en Biuener in the crowded lobby of the Livestock Exchange here today. Drahos and Hnll, railroad livestock agents, weie bystanders nnd eack was struck by one bullet. Drnhes was wounded in one lox and Hall in, the iliflnrts ! IIMUl'llll I', At police headquarters it wns stated Thompson admitted the sheeting, but declined te say why it had taken plnce. Itruencr wns employed by a local com mission concern nnd was engaged In trading en several livestock markets. GAS BLAST KILLS MINER Twe Others Badly Injured In North Seranten Pit Scrauten, Pa., Jan. C -(By A. V.) One mnn was killed and two ethers ludly burned today by an explosion of gas In a mine operated by the Leggett Creek Coul Cemp.uiy at North Hcrnn Hcrnn ten. The dead man is Peter Oustltus. for ty. Men burned ate Victer Rncunle. thirty, and Jeseph Saskaleuska, forty. They are in a hospital. Coiffure Combs of. tortoise shell with diamonds. J. E.CALDWELL & Ce. JflmftY Silver - Statieneiiy Qiestnut and Juniper Streets Topcoats Our di.tinctive Ul.tcr. and Topcoat., ready-'to-put-en ler tha 1922 season, have been officially pro pre pro neuncod perfect'' by our many patrons who are a,iB ,cm. Price. Rebert Stewart, 1501 Walnut St. Sporting and Mufti Tailor i Bretchci Maktrt '.w Tork Star, is Kj.t 7th fltr.ei v UENTIST'S' WIFE ADMITS INTOXICATION THREE. TIMES Defendant In Divorce Action at Shere Denies It Was Her Fault Atlantic City, Jan. . Mrs. Mar guerite Hulire Fltrslmens resumed the stand tedny In the divorce action brought against her by Dr. Otte Icrey Fltrslmens. wealthy dentist. Mrs. Fltzslmens today vigorously de nied that she had ever made the state ment "Fltz, you have enough en mt te hang me." Tim wltnfisa nrtmlflAfl Ihnf ahn hnrl i " i" Vi." ": . i ,-l.i' -,i I uccn unuvr inc liiuuence or iniexii'iiuiik liquor three times during her married life, but disclaimed that In any Instance It was her fault. On one occasion, slip said, her .husband had brought tve ether dentists home.te dlnner,nnd wine was served. She took tee much nnd drank some mere xhen ether company came after dinner, getting sick and be coming unconscious. On nnethcr qccasien she had taken liquor en the advice of n friend after Infection from a teeth extraction and she said her husband advised her net te drink en en cmpy stomach. Explaining the ehnrjc thnt she enter tained generously nt her apartments. Mrs. Fitzslmens stated en the stand today that she felt "the need of social diversion," nnd was obliged te enter tain her friends because she saw "se little of her husband. INDICT SEWER PIPE MEN Eleven Firms Charged With Viola tion of the Sherman Law New Yerk, Jan. fi. (By A. P.) Indictments charging violation of the Sherman nntl-trust law hove been re turned by a Federal Grand Jury against eleven corporations and ten Individuals, alleged te have btcn members of a sewer pipe combine. The Indictments, re turned secretly several weeks age, were unsealed today. Defendants named were : The Central Foundry Company and Itebcrt II. Itust, of tbnt company; Semcrvllle Iren Works nnd William J. Klrby : Krunn Iren Feundrv nnd W. A. "nj v. -i.-iikiin.-i , .suiienui v eunurj Company, of New Yerk. Inc.. nnd Mnx W"-' Committee. TRAFFIC DICTATOR FOR N. Y. Plan te Control All Vehicles In Man hattan Frem Central Point New Yerk. Jan. fi. Dr. Jehn V. I Hnrrlss, Special Deputy Police Cem- iinissiencr, Began experimenting yester day with powerful signal lights which win ee installed from wee it te week until traffic in most of Manhattan will be si multaneously stepped and started by red, green and yellow lights, all oper eper erated by a single switch In Times Square. When (lie system is fully in operation it will mean that a traffic dictator sentcd In the center of the city will press a button causjng scores of red lights te flash and halting tens of thousands of vehicles nt once en the most crowded streets of Manhattan, while allowing tens of thousands of ether vehicles nnd hundreds of thousands of pedestrians te proceed. Automobile drivers will no leneer be stnrted nt one corner nnd stepped nt the i next, said Dr. Harrlss. The signal re- ma ns en In F fth avenue new from I . ' . " ;. URGES NEW WHEAT TARIFF Ladd Asks for Protection of Growers In Northwest Washington, Jan. fi. (By A. P:) Taxes en imports of wheat and flax which would protect growers of these crops in the Northwest against "ulti mate extinction" was nsked of Senate tariff makers tedav by Senater Ladd, of North Dakota. He asked for a tariff levy of twenty -five cents n bushel, or the Heuse bill rate, en wheat nnd sixty five ccnta per 100 pounds, or fifteen cents above the Heuse rate, en flour. The rate en flax, Mr. Ladd said, should be forty cents u bushel as against n tax of twenty cents ln the present emergency law and twenty-five cents in the Heuse hill. As a compensator duty en flaxseed oils, the Senater asked '. I . . I ",r ,l,rce " ","e, cents a pound. or approximately twenty. six cents a Ballen. BANK ASKS MORE CITY PAY Beest Frem $24,000 te $36,000 Sought for Acting as Fiscal Agent A request for additional compensa tion has been made by the Philadel phia Notional Bank through Its vice president, Heward W. Lewis, for act ing as fiscal agent for the city, The request was bent te Mayer .Moere and suggested that the present com cem com pcnsatleii of $1M,000 be increased te $30,000. Mr. Lewis points out that the scope of the work has been en larKcd, making the increase necessary The Jlayer forwarded the rmni 'X Council, where It will be considered uy me i. iiiuiiL-c -Miimiiice. , uur Uua tv S l uhf-r 11...,. our Uuaiiicsj timU, made te order, SllC, , rittiiswa i L Beard Reaffirms Its Power, te Fix Intrastate Rates COURT DECISION CITED By the Associated Prtis Washington, Jan. D. Interim, M .ommerec uommlsslenrrs Hall, Eiclji ' nnd Campbell appeared before the Stti. ate Interstate Commerce Committee t0, day te present the views of the Mn. mission en the bills new pending which propose amendments te the Trnnspetti. Hen Act. i Tbe aggrcgote valuation of $18-.' 000,000,000, placed by the commission en railroad properties as a basis for estimating return, was determined, Mr, Hall said, by taking Inte consideration ' the original cost of the properties, ceit l ui leprimuuiiuu, me uccruea UCprecil- Hen, the emeiwt of investments, th corporate histories of the Drenertln.tv. . vaidc of the lands, and ether values and I "elements of value, If any." 'I Commissioner nail pointed out that the commission would have granted an increase in freight rates in order te give the railroads the Gevcrnmint guarantee, but found it necessary te provide for an Increase in tntcrettUV passenger fares also when tbe Laber Beard granted increases In wages. Commissioner Hall insisted that undtr the decisions of the Supreme Court th commission bas authority te remove an; ' uiscriminaueu uciwueii lutcrsiaie and intrastate rates and fares. "We did net undertake te fir a slntlt intrastate rate," Commissioner Hill declared, "although we could have dedt Ceairman Cummins directed the com-: I mlsslener's attention te tbe charge that, the commsslen had authorized the rail- -reads te Increase intrastate rates "te rcmove the disparity" with Interstate rates. "In no case did wc regard the dii parity alone nnd by itself," the com-' mlsslener replied, "as establishing un due prejudice and unjust discrimination. , If wc had been Inclined te de se. there would Imve been no neccssitv for till prolonged bearings and investigation of j rniiread values." The Transportation Act was described by Commissioner Hnll ns providing the commission "short cuts" te accomplish what it was otherwise authorized by law te de. Commissioner Hall told the commit tee that It was net until nftcr the State ' Commissions had failed te take action in adjusting discriminating Inter state rates, of which the railroads had complained, that the commission au thorize! the railroads te increase their fltate rates te the level of the inter state rates. He denied that the rates in twenty-four States had been "frozen"-1 or made immovable by the action taken by the Federal 'Commission. MAYOR OF CHESTER ROBBED New Haa Jeb of Ferreting Out Thief of Shaving Set Chester. Pa., Jan. 5. Acting Chief.' of Police illinm T. Jtamsey lias been busy the Inst few days interviewing Mayer William T. Ilamscy in a Terj personal case of theft which occurred right in the city executive's office. An admirer of the Mayer gave him a silver-mounted shaving set valued at $.10. With the general public vlsltlnj the City Hall ever the holidays, it U believed some one saw a chance te re duce his barber bill nnd grubbed the hair-removing equipment. With the resignation of Chief of Police Davenport, the Mayer assumed the police executive duties, and as plain William T. Ilamsey he la wondering what success the Mayer and Acting Chief of Police will have with this bjt of detective work. mSAI, IWTATB IlKNT flTV l"nrtei1. Wurflieiit.es, .Miiniifarturlnic I'lftef; 918 FILBERT ST. S-story warehouse, centalnlnr about 60W Kiuure feet, hoi-water lieal. rear en trance Cemmerra at. Apply Penna. Ce.. M7 rhatnut at. AUCTION NEW HTOCK OP ruilNITURi:. enitatlnf of tiedroem ault. dlnlnr-roem suits, run. rarpeta and bedt and bran tied mid fpr'iu. silk floss iimtireis, chain and rockers. U Inc-room suits, etc.; muat be void te blcheit bidder at any pi Ice. Friday, .Innuary 0, at 10 A. M. U07 WALNUT DKATIIH OKAM On Jan. a. tu:-.'. JOHN I.. " or J.aUnla and th lat William H. 11 Oram Friend muv call Friday eenlne t h!a lats realdi-nee, 07tu Ualtlmnrn hv. Inter ment at Hhamekin. Pn., Saturday afternoon. f'UMMINOH. On Jan. .1. 1U22. LOUISA W . widow of Henry K. Curnmlnxs. Servlcji en Saturday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, at IM rtaldenue, 2tl Plnn at. Interment .nrlvai; ItOVliH At Strafford. Pa., en .In. ANNA H neYF.lt. widow of JJr. J. Warn" Iwyi r. in her 83d :ear Services at the r r dence of her dauihtcr, Mra. Jeeile I Ureiives. Strafford, I-a , Saturday, 11A.M. l'urther eervlcea at 2 I'. At., ut St. Lukes informed Church at Trappe, I'a. ., . IIASSOLa Suddenly. Jan. 4. at his W realdme. Htl 13. Wahlnteit lane, Jr Jr matitewii, I'llANK, liusbitnd of Huwrww Huasele Due netlc of funeral will M " I'llESsKV Jan. B 1P22. AnTHUH.h" band et KIU Preeaey (ne Schwab), of Clieetnut t . lladdeufleld. N. J. I'unertl and Interment slrlellv lirlvalf). Friends irny call Friday, 7 te t 1. M. .,.i i.errus. Jan. a. iih annie uirrys. uxKil 7 Uelatles and frlenda Invited te iunerul Saturday. 7:.1( A M.. from parlor' of D r. tUlUnher. 2321 U Huntingdon J Mass at SI Anne'M Chuirh. 0 A. Jl. Inter ment Hely Cress Cemetery WILKINSON. Jan I. StJSIL! 11.. wHe of William S. Wilkinson, aied 70. runrl erlci-s Saturday. 2 80 I M. at lale ril denie, S7.1D lladrleld M. fluternient strlelU nrimie. Arlington Uiinelery. viewine " , day evening. .,. i HIMIWAI.T --.Inn .1. lf22. JIAnOAIll.T I. KINtlWALT Funeral services en S;W 'isy, 11 A. M. at .'.JO rullege inc.. Lsn- uKi,r. lnterinent New Hellund. r. BUANDHTAUTTEU.-i-Jaii. 4. iIIHISTIAN lustiamj nf Maggie llrundstaetter. formerly of 1338 N 4lh t Uelatlves and friend". William I'enn Mund. Ne. !in. D. O. 8. lt- Vullinr Krar.ken (Jut Vcrein Court r': iltk Henri. Nq. 231. F. of A. Invltfi i in alletid funeral servlceK. Sunday. 2 V. i 'larlers f. F Ilrenner, 1332 N. 4th St. I terment l;rlfite. t-tA LVlii...' jmi. .,. .v -i:fiiivuii. A , - "' ,s K . wlilnu; nt Wllli.im ljntilf,. Relal ves SI1S .irlends are Invited le attend funeral, Pt- I urda.v. 2 1. M.. from residence of her sen. I II l-'raiik Orlfflth. IIHOS V.m Dyke si . T- icon lnlernieni Mngrelln Cemetery n , MAI.LUN --Suddenfy. Jan. 5. 11122, JO- IKl'll. buleved non of Sarah A. and isir .lanits 1 .Mallen, und ifrandsnn or late J. ciiih aiil Sarah Ke'nan. llclatlves anj friends, also all serltles tif whlrh he ineniber are Invited le uttend funeral. J'.n. day. h 80 A. Xt . from lit mother a r" dunce, aiil'S ,sv. Sth t. Solemn refiulem w" M Verenlct'H A'hurch. 10 A. M. prselieu- I liiierinenl r Cathedral Cemetery. .,..a ' 1 Mai-KINNON. Jan ,. 11)22. AONb? , Ule of Kaiuiiel MacKinnen, at tier ''T ii-eltlrm-e. lllkln Purk Due netlcu of funtrt! tlll I." ulen ,,h Hi. ill itii) 72il mr of hlu age, HOUliUT II IIULMII IlclHiUffi nnd friends Je., 5 I ml n attend tunmul en trevenin ',' First month. 7th, nt 2 1' M . nt the rjVf ilimje of his win, Arthur K llulnw. ';," tnrrl si linrinaiilnun Interment r" I'll ate einll fluwers .,. . 1ILCK On Jan. I. 1022. MAIITIIA AilifM Un-k (nen Isliy). ased ! ItelntUBS ur.d friends invited le funeral I Miiiitiuv, at I P. M.. ' Ulft N' 1.1th si Interment prlvnn-. Nnr.lJ; .. . 1 fl....lu ..i.t rnU 9uildl7 r-niii 7 tu 0. llnrrlsburg papers pies" i TLIt.NLIt. At Ilelhlehem, !'.. ,n "" ll ,H.J. I.YPIA SIMS TtlltNlrt ,, UcHt). lfe of Albert Turrnr, ltnltfJJj and frltnda nre Invited te tha services, JM naiuruay aturtoen. ut ,2:30 e-cincir., y?T Church et tha Nativity. 'lMUilehsti. .'i..ill lermmt urivats. at Memerial Pmu Vi' PENDING Bill Va