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VOL. VII. NO. 94
Hnlorcd nd HcconJ-rinB Mnttcr nl tin- Potontii lit I-hlladolpliln, i.
Under the Act of March 3. 1670
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1921
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Thousands Cheer Gaily Capari
soned Marchers as Annual
Parade Starts
1.15,000 ARE IN THE RANKS
OF BRILLIANT SPECTACLE
Jomic Clubs Poko Fun at 'Ioitib'
of Day as Well as Local
Celebrities
511,905 IN PRIZES AWARDED
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Jostly Costumes Set Mark of
Magniflcenco for Phila.'s
New Year Display
Jiust a Few Brief Facts
About Mummers' Parade
Start, IlrontI and Portor sticcti.
'I'imo of sUirt, 8:45 o'clock.
Twenty clubs, 15,000 men in lino.
Houte, up Broad dtrect to Olninl
avenue, to Columbia nvenuc. to
Tenth streot and disband.
Total amount of prize., $11,00.".
The New Year's shooters srored a
Iflean hit when they opened tire up
Itroad ntrct this morning and socked
rAue lfc!l tirget for a uullse.ve.
The parade, which was three hours in
;i'Utlnc. rang the bell, loud, long and
merrily.
Ornnd Marshal John 11. Baizley led
eft the pngeant, which started from
Tlroad and I'ortcr streets nt 8:15
o'clock, and proceeded up Broad street
to Columbia avenue, and thence to
Tenth street, where it disbanded.
An the historic, hysteric parado swept
up Broad street, the assembled thou
sands of Ihe city caught the carefree
spirit and laughter that washed away
the worricti and regrets of yesterday and
last year, and left them gay on the
't'rest of the new year.'
15,000 Are In Line
The great annual JHuienl Jainhort-e
was larger, brighter and more rollick
ing than on any dn siuce before th"
war. Thin morning Broad street saw
nn augmented retun to the days of the
good old niummcrtime. The parade hud
Sill the old spirit and a lot of new ideas.
The mummers themselves 15,000
lrong enjoyed the parade. Some were
(-inli'ng .ii Miinnii!r rnMuine. and others
).c!ed undir the weight of their glorious
Uapplnga.
liut it was nil for the glory of th
dub. aud the traditions of the day. mid
none of tlinn minded the long tramp in
the heavy trsppingx any more than a
3'rlnceton halfback docs falling over tho
1'ale goal iu''. T'len. again, the mum-
Jners didn t Iook .ill rutrn dry as they
capered Hieing.
This miming diplny satisfied tho
keerist nppetlri fur pngennlr nnd
caricature Jlur silli, color and How-
jtied cloth ndoriied the fancy clubs than
Jcver betoi'c. The kings carried even
"greater burden- of grandeur, had more
jiagt to cany their cloaks. The vari
ous club.s spared no more effort than i.
"X. Griffith in their Btrtigglo for decor
ative suprcmncj.
IJIto Animated Cartoons
The coinh" clubw dunccd past the eyes
cif the city with the droll gruco of frpc
riullj animated cartoons. Nothing- ec
taped caricature, from the city n idols
1o its nightmares. A laugh was hud at
Jiluc law, thugs, hindlnrdb. Man O'
"War bellv and Costcllo, bootleggers
And moi ic vamps. .
There was something irrcprcs.slbly
lioyish bout tho humorous delight the
tnarchen took iu their comic creutious.
, AH jear they have their fun made
or tbeni at tho movies and the vaudc
Villo houses. On thit ono day they
jump into tho sunlight nnd show all
tho rest of the people what they think
tig ridiculous, worthy of satire nnd
Slaughter They nro almost sure-fire in
B their humor
This mummers' parade is a great
ffcvent in tl e life of the city, not be-
fausi it Is a most gorgeous pageant,
Ibilt becaiib' it is spontaneous aud hn
intn aud fmnded securely on tho tradi
tions of tho people. In ita loyalties aud
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Continued nn rage Miteon, Column One
5 FAINT IN PARADE CROWD
Four Women and Boy Are Revived
at Hospital
1m p rsons, four -of them iioincii
Visitor- trom nut of town, nnd the third
teu-year-old boy, fnintfd in the
rrovid during the mummers' purudo to
ny
Oinri Schacffer, of West Mairview,
llcrnlio Stanley, nt oifi soutu-
k.nt street, wtlllamsport. I.'a.. nnd
Mon Cohen, tcu jenrs old, ot .iiw
Mn street, ncre overcome nt i uj
fii nere all icilicd witJiout t i in
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i It the Hahnemann llo.ipltnl.
v re they vro taken in putiol iu
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mstliiig i riiwils also prini'd Inn
i ir I'orotiij naiinii. seveiiieen
Id 2i:il Ninth Fifth street.
ntcd at .1 1 1 1 1 1 i- and .Mm Let
l the llahiii'iiitinu IIiiH)iltal a
, mi iMil'keil tiler the jouilg UOIUHII
in early three hours before she re-
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Mother and Daughter Fight to
Save Man From Incensed
. "Rum" Seeker
IS STABBED WITH KNIFE
Tour children were left fatherless
and their home plunged in misery this
morning through the murder of Wnssel
Smctnnko, who was stabbed to death by
a stranger witntn a few feet of n
whisky still In the cellar of his home,
at 42-1 North Fourth street.
The murderer was incensed by
Smetnnko's refusal to sell him liquor.
A light followed aud the noise of the
struggle awakened tho children, who
watched, terror stricken, from the doors
of their bedrooms.
Annn Kmetnnko, eleven years, the
oldest of the children, went to the aid
of her father.
Vhile the men were struggling about
the dining room rhc sprang at the,
stranger nnd tried to choko him. Ho
shook her off, but. the jslr! attacked
htm again. Mrs. Smctanko, who was
preparing breakfast at the rear of the
house, heard the screams of the chil
dren and also went to the aid of her
husband.
"Keen oft." Kmctflllkn shouted. "I
will be able to haudle him nlone." The
combatants fell through a door leading
to the cellar, ro ed down tlic stairway.
ivhcro tho struggle was renewed. The
stranger managed to get Smctanko on
his back nnd then plunged n knifo in
Ins nhdomen.
. The murderer then climbed out of a
cellar window nnd jumped over n fence,
lie drnuncd Ills soft hnt as ho escaped.
It Is brown in color nnd encircled by b
black- band. This is the only clue he
left.
Screams of the children nttracted u
milkmnn, who summoned the police.
Smctnnko died shortly ufler being ad
mitted to tho Hahnemann Hospital. .
The trngedy is more thnn a deftth
blow to the Smetunko family. Mrs.
Smctanko said today that she docs not
know how sho can mnlutaiii hor homo,
and has not enough money to pay for
her husband's burial.
She said that her husband began
making liquor about ii jour ago. but
she did not know how milch money he
made. He worked at tho still at night.
During tho day he was employed at the
plant of tho Baldwin l.ooomoUvc
Works.
The still, two barrels of mash and
s-ovcrni bottles of liquor were taken by
the police of tho Third street and Fair
mount avenne stution.
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COURT CRIER DIES
William K. Taylor Succumbs
Heart Disease Unexpectedly
William K. Taylor, court crier
to
of
the Superior Court for more than fifteen
years, died suddenly at his home, !130
South Seventeenth street, early today,
from heart disease.
He uas in tho Superior Court all of
ycstcrthi), apparently in the best of
health, nnd exchanged New Year's
greetings with all the other attaches of
tho court.
Through long connection with the
Superior Court he held a position at
once unique und important, for ho prob
nblV knew more concerning rules nnd
prccedure than any other person, ex
cepting the jurists themselves, and fre
quently attorneys consulted him con
cerning details of court procedure. Ar
HUigcmcnts ivU be made today for the
funeral.
City Perfectly Vry,
Says Enforcement Chief
"Philadelphia saw the ery driest
New Ycur's celebration last night It
has cicr had," said I.eo A. Crossrn,
prohibition enforcement agent for
this district.
"I inn glnd that Piilladclphians
took my warning not to imbibe." lip
continued. "I do not know of nuy
nrrcsts mado by my agents, nlthough
I uas informed this morning that tho
police bad urrestcd one man for vio
lation of the liquor laws.
"Some persons went to cafes nud
cabarets with a tlask on their hips,
but a pint or a quurt docsu't last
lung in a cafo among friends.
"The nrrcstb made lust night by
the police iicic not tho result of
drunkenness, but of disorderly con
duct engendered bj the occusion of
the birth of u New Year."
The police report ucuily .'100 nr
icsts for intoxication.
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RED OWNER
FOUND NEAR STILL
AS THE MUMMERS
and ccry comic put forth Ills best antics
of the line of march just nouIIi of
Paid Council No Panacea,
But Shows Some Virtues
First Year Under New Form of City Rule Far
From Unqualified Success Sixteen $5000
Men Attend to Private Business
By GROKOR
One jenr ago the people of I'hlladel-
phla changed their system of city gov
ernment. Instead of a big bi-cameral council
they elected twenty-one men to mutingc
their municipal affairs.
They were to receive a salary of
$.'000 each to thnt thoy might devote
their time exclusively to the city's busl-
In retrospect, have they been faith
ful, diligent nnd loyal to the pledges
they made?
With fewer than hnlf a dozen ex
ceptions they not only have nttended
to the city's business but hnvo also at
tended strictly to their priiato busi
ness ns well.
Sixteen of them havo jobs on tho
side.
They nro practicing law, conducting
business, carrying on manufacturing
establishments, or soliciting advertis
ing. It is difficult to discern nherc these
salaried oflleials differ .from the unpaid
henchmen of the bosses, whd lhrgcly
composed tho old Council..
It is u question for each cltixen to
decide for himself.
The elusive dream thnt the smaller
Council would bo composed of men who
WILMINGTON OPERATOR I
KILLED BY CELEBRATOR.
Stray
Bullet Hits Man on
Way
Home From Work
Wilmington, Jan. 1. Alfred T. Jor
dan, nn operator iemplojcd by tho
I'ostnl Telegraph Co., was fdiot and
kil'cd shortly after midnight while re
turning home with his father.
Tho shooting occurred at Third nnd
.Jefferson streets nnd the bullet is be
lieved to haic been fired by a New Year
celcbrator. At tho same Instant that
the report of the revolver was heard,
Jordan's father saw u Hash of lire over
the fence of u nearby jaid.
Jordan wa. taken to the Delauure
Hospital in ma nopo tunc n sparK ot i
life might remain. lh-slclnns there
.... .1 . .. . .
laid denth hud been instantaneous
Jordan liied at 814 West Second
street and luis well known here. The
police nro making a determined effort
to find tho persons who fired the shot.
1920 AUTO TAGS SAFE HERE
Police Will Not Make Arrests Today
for Failure to Show 1921 License
Assistant Superintendent of Police
Cjeorgc H. Tempest, utter receiving u
report from Ilarrisburg last night, an
nounced that policemen will not urrest
motorists iiho luue 1020 liccuscs on
their cars In this city today.
Nearly 100,000 owner, of motor vi;
hrcltis in Pennsylvania havo not re
ceived their new tugs.
There were 581, 80o licenses tot
pneumntic tire vehicles issued for tho
jenr Just past. According to fTtnte
Ilighwny Commissioner Sadler, in Ilar
risburg, notice was served three months
ago that no extcntlon would bo granted
for those not complying with the law
in regard to obtaining new 1021 li
censes, Tho revenue fiom licenses for motor
ichicles in 1020 was more than
$8,000,000.
15-MINUTE TROLLEY TIE-UP
P. R. T. System Without Power as
Result of "Station Trouble"
Trollcv service throughout the city
ins belli up for fifteen minutes bhortly
after 8 o'clock this morning by power
trouble at the Philadelphia l'leetric
t'o.'s plunt. Many New Yenr Bhooters
were compelled to walk to the gathering
point of their clubs before tho parade
on Broad street.
Tim tie-up cxtcuded to the subway-
elevated lines. Tho principal delay litis
encountered on the Market street sur
face and subway lines. The shutting
off of power was said by electric com
pany nfucinlN to have resulted from
''stution trouble."
CALLS IT "FOUL" CRIME
Magistrate Waxes Facetious In Case
of Alleged Turkey Theft
"It wus a foul crime," said Magis
trate Mce'eurv fucetiously toduj, as ho
held Charles Margaret without ball for
stealing a turkey from Charles (iallu
gher. of 1010 South 'IV cutj -fourth
street.
In addition to taking the bird, !nl
higher said that Margaret knocked linn
down anil took .$25 from hliu. The
allied attack look placo at Ititiier
street and Wccoacoc avenue.
Margturt was silent at the hearing,
PASSED CITY HALL
as the parade shuiic past City Hall.
the Municipal llulhllnc
NOX McCAIX
u.ou,i blcU t() (I1,jc
leks in City Hall
to the c.c1iikoii nf private hiiliics,
hns gone glimmering.
If you uant to find a councilman you
call him up lit his private ofllce or his
home.
The minority or Vare clement at the
outstart was elected on a platform that
made no pretense to reform.
It has not chunged its position. It
btill clings to its old gods.
.Still Loyal to Its Boss
!.. iJ.!?rn rlll,.hril,.ii,r ."'? wtr?C" !
tivc program. It is still loyal to the
boss under iibose banner it marches.
Ah a minority It has fought for its
ideals whatever) they may be.
Its loyalty nnd persistence have been
Its outstanding virtue.
Tile administration majority stepped
into Its S5000 jobs shouting for reform.
Certain of them, kept up the clamor
until the golden calf of patronage wns
ititcii iM'inrp tneir eyes.
After thnt tho shibboleth of "Wll urp
for the people" died upon their lips.
But tliere nrc iIm as well as foolish
couucllmanle lrglns. Tho nise one
arc still wide-awake and waiting for a
beter municipal dnj. I
There wore livo foolish councilmanlc
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THREE PERSONS SCALDED
WHEN BOILER EXPLODES
.
Preparations to Greet New Year'a
Noisily Has Serious Ending
Three persons were scalded last night
when an exploding boiler showered them
With hot water in tho rear of 100 Powell
street, Gloucester. Steam uns being
generated in tho boiler in order to blow
n big whistle nben 1021 arrived.
The injured nro:
Frank Thorn, twenty-five years old,
100 Powell street. Scalded over entire
bodj. Condition critical. Cooper Hos
pital. Catharin" Thorn, twenty -s"? jenrs
nl.l Illu .flfn
Scalded -'tout arms and
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illinm Tighe, fourteen jenrs old,
. , ,, . ' ,.., r, ,, i i ,
brother of Mrs. Thorn. Scalded bands. ,
Thorn had erected the boiler In tin
yard of his home. Shortly after 11
o'clock he wns watching the stenm
gauge rise ihen the boiler exploded.
Fragments were blown forty or fifty feet
uway. '
"FIRSTS" OF YEAR
Just a Few Incidents of the Year
1921
l'ir-t tire alarm of the je.ir Mox
14:11. Nineteenth nnd Cullowhill streets
12:01 n. in. I'a No alarm.
Fi'st man arrested- Buster J. Curry.
.'U'J North Thlrlv-third street, churned
with driving nn nutomobilo while j
intoxicutcd 12:01a. m. '
First automobile accident Nine- i
tecnth and Spruce streets, automobile
owned by Buster ,T. Curry demolished
when it struck n light stundard 12 :0t
' First honest mnu found Policeman
John Lynch, of the Twelfth and Pine
streets station. At l':t' o'clock he
found n S5 bill in front of the station
house und returned it to its owner.
Firat shooting of jenr -llnrij Price,
5201 Chancellor street, accidentally
shot ill the right leg bj u New Year's I
celebrator at Fourth und Mifflin streets,
at 12 ;().': a. m. ,
First not call of year to Sixteenth
und Lombard streets, at 12:10 a. m. 1
Police of the Twelfth nnd Piuu streets
stntlon. I
First iimbulaiico call--Intoxicated I
man needing medical attention, tnken
to Pennsylvania Hospital nt 12 12 n. in.
First denth from accident -Andrew I
Conley, 115b Greene street, German- ,
town, fractured ..kull iu fall on puvo- I
nient.
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I'uni uiuiui-i- ,, uph'-i mut'utiiivo, tl
North Fourth street, killed in quarrel.
M'GANNONFACES RETRIAL
Murder Jury Is Discharged After
Stalmatee of Forty-elfjht Hours
Cleveland, Jan. L (By A. P.)
William II. McGannon, chief justice of
the Municipal Court, will face 1 rial a
second tlmo on tho churgo of slojing
Harold C. Kugy. Tho jury which de
liberated his fato on the charge of sec
ond-degreo murder was discharged late
jestcrday, ufter having been deadlocked
prnctleully forty-eight hours.
Fifty-three, ballots wcro taken. With
the exception of tho first, on which the I business that has iiccumiiluted during
into stood seven to five, the balloting 'his almost continuous conferences ou the
was leu to two for conviction. Jurors I policies of his administration. Ho nr
Arntild Ilirschmun und Al M. lillck held lunged to have his New Year's dinner
put for acquittal, they said, because of at homo with Mrs, Harding iiud several
lusuUiciuiil evidence. I pci'sunul frlvuds.
IdKcr riioto Krrlr
The photograph shows a portion
IBBONEY DREADED
FATAL JOURNEY
Assistant to Drowned Lawyer
Says He May Have Had
Premonition
I). Clnicncc (Sibboney was lerj ie
luetunt to moke the trip to Mexico
iihicb ended iu his death by drowning
nith three associates iu the Hay of
Cainpechc. according to .lohn V. Broun
lcj, assistant to Mr. (iihboney, head of
the Ijiw and Order Society, today.
"Mr. (iihboney was very reluctant to
take, the trip remarkably so. I do not
know whether he hud n premonition of
ill-lister, out lie dliln t want to go, which
was rather peculiar, because lie
was
fl1tlna ntlllilll Iiil t ifl nlfeAB!- lw At lmfd
undertakings'," Sir. Brounlcy said to'-
day.
"I have not received any reply to my
wire to the Tropical Products Co. rep
resentative nt Chcnken to determine
If imv of the bodies had bopn recovered.
'"I'll e means of communication is a
devious one. which includes forty miles
on horseback by n messenger from
Cnmncehft to Chcnken and return.
"Mrii. Oihboney is nrostrnted over tho
sail liens of her husband s death aim.
nnrillm, n l,n. Tl rinrenrn flill
honey. .fr.,sho is under the care of u
nlivsielnn ns ,, result nf hn nhfirT:.
Official confirmation of the drowning
has been mude by Acting Secretary of
Slate Norman II. Davis, on receipt of
advices from the American consul at
rrogreso.
Details of the drowniue nro inching.
but the belief is that the men were iu
fflnoWT&ra:
:", c?v Rlr hnvi"e :" ii-'i
in ..auiiuii. iiuiiri-ir mill lli'lini Li, mill
were caught In a storm nenr Chanipoton
It is not even known if the bodies of
Glbboj)ey and of John B. Mnrkley,
Lawrence Markley nnd Frank W.
Shriver. the three other victims of the
accident have been recovered. In event
Continued on 1'nte Two. Column Sit
JAIL RUM SLEUTH AS DRUNK
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Didn't Watch Hotel Guests Nor
Self, Say Police
F. B. Ctiiffncy, u federal prohibition
agent, detailed to confiscate "hip
pocket" liquor at n hotel on Broad
street near Walnut last night, wns ar
I' iivn wit .1 i.llfiifci- ,7 uiuiinriunno Ullll
disorderly conduct nnd today sentenced
rested on a charge of drunkenness and
to five days' Imprisonment.
fiaffuey, nith three other men, hnd
becu detailed to the hotel. Shortly be
fore midnight, Patrolman Moore said,
friiffney appeared in frout of the hotel,
apparently tho ringleader in n brawl.
When Moore npproached Gaffney tho
man displayed bis badge and proclaim
ed his authority. Monro arrested him
and took him to the Fifteenth nnd Lo
cust streets station.
Today, nrralgned Wore Magistrate
O'ltrien nt tho Twelfth and Pine streets
station, (inffnev again showed his
badge nnd announced ho was a prohibi
tion agent.
"I don't euro if jou're n prohibi
tion agent or not five days, fuid
the magistrate,
KILLS WOMAN AND SELF
infatuated Man Ends Year With
Double Crime
i Willlnmsport, !,.. Jan. 1. (By
A.
, I'.l .Mis. litto
Borgus, u widow.
housekeeper for Bernurd Kline, n
farmer living twelve miles from here,
wns shot and killed Into last night by
William Nickels, of this city. Nickels
then shot himself ami died curly this
morning in n local hospital.
Nickels was infutuuted with the
woruuu and was alleged to have killed
her when slm refused to livo with bim.
MURDER OPENS NEW YEAR
New York Police Believe Killing Due
to Social Club Feud
Now York, Jan. I -Ulj A P )
The ew Year wns only n few minutes
old when nnothcr murder was reported
to the police. Henry Sehnepp, u butch
cr, who wns wulklug pust a social
club in First avenue, waa shot tbrco
times by nn unidentified man, who es
caped. Tho polico believe the murder was the
result of n feud in the aocial club.
HARDING HAS HALF HOLIDAY
President-Elect Devotes Part of Day
to Accumulated Business
Marlon, O., Juu. 1. (By A. P.)
President-elect Harding took only n
part holiday iu obseriaucc of the comiug
of the new jear. spending much of the
'ihiv nt his desk at work on iiilecelliiiien,,
ACKER TO REMAIN
PURCHASING AGENT
MAYOR ANNOUNCES
News Indicates Passing of Cab-j
inet "Crisis" Harmony j
Now Prevails i
I
ALL AIDES ARE BEHIND I
MOORE IN COMBINE FIGHT!
i
.Minor Moore formally nnin'iinccd fn.
duj thnt A. Lincoln A'kT will remain
with the administration as city pur
chasing agent.
The announcement brushed away re
ports involving Mr. Acker which hnvo
been current In City Hall since tin: now
famous vote in Council on the Mayor's I
Municipal Court veto.
It showed the passing of the cabinet!
"crisis" nnd indicates with certainty
there will be no changes there. ,
The Mayor starrt tho new year with
a cabinet in complete harmony with his
policies und solidly behind him in his
war on the Broiin-Ynrc-Cunninghum
combination. I
There bus been no denial thnt rem-1
tlons between the Muyor and the pur
chasing agent have been strained
slightly. This was nttribuieu to coun
cilman ("inns' notion in luting to over
ride the Mayor's veto last neck. Gons
Is a follower of Mr. Acker.
Invited to Ileccptlon
But tho entente cordiiile uns re-established
when Mr. Mooro personally
telephoned to Mr. Acker nn Invitation
to attend the New Year's reception in
City Hall last night. A lengthy con
ference witn the .Mayor aim wiin v-nj
Solicitor Smyth followed.
Mr. Moore leaves for a vacation in
Florida Monday. Director Caven. of
Public Works, and Director Cortelyou,
of Public Safety, will act ns field mar
shals in the political war during the
Mayor's absence.
Colonel Thomns 11. Burch. American
minister to Portugal, called on the
Mayor this morning. They are friends
of long standing. After leaving the
Mayor's office Colonel Burch told of
reading of Mr. Moore's election while
the minister wns in Portugal.
"Good Man for Major"
"I turned to my wife at the time." I
Colonel Burch remarked, "and I said:
'There is a good man for Mayor.' "
When it wns seen that Colonel Burch
would need all his diplomatic finesse to
get through the crowds encircling Citj
Hall the Mayor detailed Police Ser
geant Weiss tu escort the caller through
the holldaj jum.
Air. Mooro wus umios'seil ),j me col
orful mummers' pugcuui. Ho suld thcie
might be some who would object to
some of the crudities which crept into
tho big parade, but he added, "whole
hearted jovhilitj is better than red
riot."
ECCENTRIC IS MISSING
Elliott Penrose Jones Comes to Phil
adelphia for New Year's
P.llinU Penrose Jones, the demented
West Chester mnn who defied the police
to arrest him for the last three duys, is
somewhere in Philadelphia, and prob
ably nrmrd. The local police watched
for him all nlsht in the New Year's Rvo
crowds, but found no trace of him.
He "escaped" yesterday afternoon,
leaving his home on North Walnut
htrcet. West Chester, and walking un
molested to the railway station. Neigh
bors nil uiong the route telephoned to
the police station, and there wns u great
bustling to find Chief of Police F.ntri
kin. The chief got to the station a few
minutes nftcr the tram pulled out.
Jones' mother said she did not know
where her son had gone, and for all she
knew he might hnvo gone west to be n
cowboy, ns he had been on a ranch at
one tline and there became a vcrj good
shot with n revolver.
l'arllcr iu tho day Jones hnd agreed
to go to a sanatorium, stipulating that
ho wns to be accompanied by a physi
cian or lawjcr. He Is a big and power
ful man. six feet two inches tall nnd
built in proportion, lie is about thirty
five j'cars old.
A
KLEIN CAPTURES
FANCY CLUBS; LOBSTERS SECOND
Pi'izc-wimieis in tho Mummui-.' PaiaUo today tollow . FANCY
DIVIS'ON Fii'bt prize Clunk's Klein Club, ijilUOO; bccond, Lob
bter New Year's Association, ijbOO; third, Golden Sllppei New
Year'd Association, $050; touith, Silvex Ciovvn, $500 BEST.
' DBLSSED CAi'TAIN Ocoige W. lit eiahott, Klciu Cnib, 5250; sec
ond, Ivltcnnel J. Quigley, Silvn Clown, $150; thiid, ilobcit Ui cJ
Lobster Club, S100, HANDSOMEST COSTUME William Tuiistoix.
Klixn Club. 15' EEST CLOWN J. Wefclty Myeu, Lobstn Club,
;;.i50; hccond, Ihoman Gamble, Kline Club, i100; ChniUa DeMont,
Kimo Club, S75. BEST-DKESSEU TE10 lnunett, Gannghcr und
Gainor, Golden Slipper, $100.
LCST 3 DA S Ir W0OT--S, bTUDFNTS WILL PC0VKR
"ABYA::. J-:. II, Ju.. 1 Tim t.viuauip nml (xhaubtion but
foii'i by three Ii.iiiM.'l Nttub its, l'i three ,v mil two ' sht , ov
tV wlntiy -.lopes ami bummit of Mgunt V.i-.hiivtun fiom v.'hi"'.i
they leturuod to safoty lust night, lett tluni with only n blight
illi.i.80 today. Mux Goldberg, of Chicago, nnd Ben Sehelnman, of
Cincinnati, were enid to bo "recovering vapidly, while Emmanuel S
Cook, of Duluth, whose collapse caused him to he caviled pnrt woy
by his companions, ivnu btill n, sick mnn hut on tho mend.
JZ
Happy ISetv Year! Here's
Winner of Limerick 12
Here's tho first lucky llmerleher
for tho jear 1021. More alsmit lilm
and nnothcr limping llmcrlrh
will bo found on Pago 2.
The limerick prize announced
todnv was awarded by a jury of
gills' in the .1. 13. Stetson factory.
Till WINNER
ALVAH BUSHNELL, JR.
222 Mather Ave., Jcnkintown, Pa.
HIS LIMERICK
A'oip wc come to the happy Srw
Year
And I he limerichrrn nil icnnt to
hear
What new leaf you're turning,
What old habit npurnlnp
"I've reformed so my wife thinks
I'm queer."
NEW YEAR'S -TOLL
Man Dies After Fall Four Re
ceive Bullet Wounds Four
teen in Motor Mishaps
SEARCH FOR REVOLVERS
Celebration of New Year's Day is
being mnrkod with n heavy toll of acci
dents. One dead nnd nineteen injured
was the early toll among celebrants.
A fall caused tho' deatli of a man ;
four persons were shot ; fourteen were
hurt in automobile or motorcycle nccj.
dents. Merrj makers who used ball
cartridges instead of blanks in firearms
caused injury to a mau and u woman.
Andrew Currj, fifty-four jenrs old.
4-138 Greene street, Germantown, re
turning home after watching the
merrymakers in the northern section of
the city, fell in front of Ills home. His
skull was fractured and he died a few
minutes nftermldnight . in St. Luke's
Hospital the first death from accident
in Philadelphia iu 1021.
Girl Shoots Mnn
Bichard Zoener. 581315 Cemetery nve
nuc, is in the Gcrmuntown Hospital
with a bullet wound iu the leg. becniisn
a woman celebrant did not know n re
volver was loaded with ball cartridges
when she "shot in" the New Year.
JCoener stepped to the front porch of
his homo nt midnight. In the neighbor
hood merrj markers were shooting re
volvers. Miss Caroline Koubiml. six
teen jvars old, and John Itowlnnd.
eighteen jenrs old. her brother, and
both nf ."S-I!l Cemetery aieuue, weru
using firearms.
John, according to the police, was
shooting n thirty-eight caliber revolver.
Caroline wanted a "try," aud John
passed her the weapon. Instead of
pointing tho revolver in the uir. Caro
line ioiutcd It straight. Tho bullet
ploughed into Zoener'" leg, indicting a
nnstj wound. Tho bov and tho girl
were required to furnish S500 buil foi
a further hearing, after n preliminarj
hearing was given lij Magistrate Deiu
today.
Miss Fannie Uhodcs, thirty yenrs old,
of 1710 Diamond street, mnj die from
n bullet wound caused by a careless New
Year's merrymaker.
She was standing on Seventeenth
street nenr Fairmount avenue, with
friends who were awaiting the coming
of the new year. A number of New
Year's celebrntors were in Fuirmount
avenue and several were using rcvnlier.
lilt By Stray Bullet
Suddenly. Miss Uhodes clasped her
hand to her chest and fell uiiooiiseiou.
A stray bullet had penetrated her bodj .
At the Hahnemann Hospital today her
condition wns verv serious
Police have no clue to the identity of
the New Year's shooter who used 'ball
cartridges instead of blanks.
William Watson, thirty-four, jenrs
old. iy Negro, of 1.T14 Ixrnibunl street,
was shot In tho left side during an nl
tcrcation with three men iu n saloon
f nntlnnn! nn I'wce Tn, Column I'll
T R A
FIRST PRiZE
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ONE DEAD
19 HURT
HARD NG IS LENT
ON KNOX PLAN TILL
PUBLIC GIVES CUE
Wonders if Loagueless Leaguo
Fulfills Expectations of
Voters
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MAY STAND WITH PEOPLE
AGAINST SENATE MAJORITY
By CLINTON . .IU:i;i'T
.SUIT ( nrrrMinitilrnt I'trn'ne I'lilille lAttt
i 'ijiiiriahl. in;i l,u I'ubl'i l.rdurr Co.
Marlon, (.. Jan. I. -President -elect
Harding has given no sign regarding
Senator Knox's scheme for designating
tho passing of n resolution by the Amer
ican Congress nnd tho pnssing of sim
I'ar resolutions by foreign powers ns
nn "association of nations" He re
mained inaccessible to tho press. He
devoted himself to seeing government
officials upon financial questions nnd to
shaking hands with visitors who enmo
to shnko hands with him.
Ho is doubtless waiting to see what
public reaction is to the. policy which
tho Bepubllcnii majority in the Senat
proposes with regard to international
organization. Tho statement of Mr.
Knox wns put out, doubtless with 'Mr.
Hnrding's approval, to ascertain how
the country would tnko it nnd how the
wor'd would take it.
Would tlio public regard tho declara
tion of a common policy by nations,
without organization, ns an association
of nations within the meaning ot Mr.
Hnrding's cnmpiiign speeches''
Would such n declaration bo no.
cepted as filling Mr. Harding's pre
eh-
lum pledges ;
What would the nress aliro.irl wiv nf
this plan to abundon the League 'of
Nations, dec'ute a common concern in
tin- Interests of civilization and let In
ternational organization stop there?
Now Waiting for Public ((pinion
Tin- Knox plan wns made public in
Marion to attract the widest intention,
insure greatest publicity and invite ths
most comment.
If the public of this countrv and
abroad sbou'd accept the Knox plnn us
ndejuuati'. Mr. Hnrding may be found
yielding to the .Senate as the easiest
wu out. If this country and the world
should regard permanent organization
ns of the essence of international or-
summon, mo posltlou of tho Senate
majority would bo weakened and Mr.
Harding would probably continue work
ing toward an international league con
fereuco or parliament, of which the
present League of Nutions would fur
nish tho basis.
The strcugth of the Knox or, move
properly. Senate majority plan is that
it supplies to Mr. Harding nn easy way
out of his difficulties-. The President
elect n troubles nro nil over the world
association. All his campaign speeches
pointed to the erection of a new asso
ciation of nations or the modification
of the present Lougue of Nations.
The failure of the irreconcilables in
tin- Senate when thej announced their
progruin upon Mr. tlnrilingV return to
Washington from Pnnunui wus thnt It
did not provide for an association of
nations, although ono had been prom
ised. They were for a world court and
for the recodification of international
low. But not n word did they sny
about nn nssooiutmn of nations. Thvj
had a happy thought.
One Way to Sidestep the League,
"Let us call. ' they said, "the Knox"
resolution, which is n declaration ot
our Interests m preserving thcpcucn
und defending the civilization of
; i.urope. an ussociatilon of nntions, pro
vlded other powers express similar sen
timents." I lli the same ilctiiuiroii Mr. Wilson's
, Pnn-Aini-rlcuti doctrine is an ussocia
; lion of nutions of the western hemls
, ptn-rc. though nolmdy had thought of it
in inai ngin netoro. .iinrion and Wash
ington are waiting to see if the Ameri
can public and the. people of Kurop
will accept tills definition of nn associa
tion of nations.
The Senate majority plan is nn easy
wuj out Id-cnuse it dodges the necessity
of a two thirds vote, n difficulty which
wiskeil President, Wilson's proposed
h-ugue. and lie, big ucross the putb ot
his stcceh-01'
If the coiintrj nnd the world aio con
tent to uccept in place of the l.eugue of
Nations on association as intungibln
ns that created by Mr. Wilson- Pan
American doctrine. Mr. Harding t-nn
bae it without u two-third loir in
the Senate. A mere mujority in both
Houses of Congress will suffice to pass
the Knox resolution, nnd the Ilepubll
cuns can give Mr. Harding that
majority without the aid of Democrat
votes.
Two-Thirds "ioto Is Problem
It is true that it would lequire 1
two thirds vote m th Senate to create
the world lonrt nnd pass arbitration
Continue! n I'mr Pur. Cnliimn ThrF
CARUSO "COMFORTABLE"
Tenor Sonde New Year's Greetlnfl
to Friends From Bedside
New orh. Jan. 1 B A. p.)
Tbo condition nf Knnro Caruso, opera,
singer, confined to his hotel hero with
pleurisy nnd eninvi-nin tmlai whs re
port ed com fort. 'ibli
From his b. dside List night Caruo
sent the following New "nur's greeting
to his friends
"I am Tlieplv grateful to my friends
for their eipiessTons of sympathy nnd
wish them al a liupm New i cur. '
DE VALERA PIQUES BRITISH
Rumors of Arrival In Ireland Not
Confirmed
lAtnloti, Jan 1 (By A. P.) Ilia,
ports that I'minuin de Vab-rn. "Presi
dent of the Irish Republic," bus landed
in Ireland ban- grentlv piqued public
ouriusitj. nnd confirmation of thfse ru
mors is eugcrlj uwuitcd
Newspupers feature the statement of
1 Carry Bnlniid, secretary to lie Valers.
to the effect that "the President ' ban ,
arrived safelj in Ireland, but noue but
succeeded in Hsci-rtiiiiiing lie Vslera's H
whereabouts, nor n-colved any nw75
relatives to the Hliiu Fein leader bs
I vnud what has been cabled from Mf
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