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SfvpF? jrvi' " t '? ?rv? jwp; r- ). -t-2 ??? "V fljl i-r 'vnpnr "ffiTr, i - v" L li m v i'ui l 1J1A "1 Bt't" :-. ' 1 ?1 ' I it n ATI ?a ? . j i. . rai'-i . f EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEHr-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MAfcOH & 1921 WM WOOD MAY DISCUSS PEHNJFER HERE General Expected In Phila. To day to Talk Over Provostship With U. of P. Trustees TENDER "VERY TEMPTING" General Leonard Wood Is expected to tie In Philadelphia this afternoon for n conference with George Wharton Pepper nml Charles Cutls Ilnrrison concerning the offer nf t In- provostship of the University nf Pennsylvania. Washington reported tlmt General Wood hnd left on the 10 o'clock train this morning, nnd hnd arranged to stop off nt I'hllndelphlii for the ronferenre. Yesterday nfternoon Mr. 1'epper nnd Albert Rrunker. of Chicngo, former president of the Fodernted Alumni Or ganizations, conferred with the general In Washington. Mr. llrunker is n close friend of General Wood, nnd wns one of the prinelpnl "Wood boomers" dur ing the lat presidential ciimpnlgn. Oenernl Wood wns quoted as saying Penn's offer of the provnstship "was Tery tempting," nnd flint he felt "favorably inclined to It." "My tnlk with Oenernl Wood makes me very hopeful thnt he Is going to be favorable to the proposition." said Mr. Pepper. "At Itn present stHge It is only n gentlemen s ngrcement Frnnce reach some understanding with Gerniuny on repnrntions It Is Impossible to move successfully for nny world association of nations; nnd the possi bility of the full of the llolshevlkl In Ilussln niters the whole problem. If n stnple nnd conservative government Is set np In Ktissln the prospects for the present League of Nations diminish. Kii.hsIa M.i In Problem Itussln will hardly enter a league or ganized ns this one or having the snme membership. The present league has reeognlred the participation nf old Rus Mo. It numbers nmotig Its members Countries which were once part of llus aln and other- like .lnpnn, which nre occupying Russian territory. Ilussln, if she regains her strength, will resist these decisions, which were made ngninst her during the Rolshevlk regime. Accordingly. If Ilussia recovers, her tendency will be to nbnndon the present J.engue of Nntlons and sfnrt anew with nn nssoclntloii which probably will not Include In its membership states to whose territory Russia has a legitimate clnlrn. Thus Mr. Harding's foreign policy waits upon the stability of Hurope, the establishment of permanent relations be tween Germany nnd France ami b'ng hind, nnd upon the fnte of counter revolution In Ilussln. Mr. Hnrdiug needs time. PATRONAGE DRIVE MADE UPON HARDING BENCH-MADE" LIMERICK PLEASES ANOTHER JUR Y OF THE FAIR SEX South Ardmorc Man Goes Into Silence of His Cellar to Compose Prize -Witt' ning Line Fifty-four Young Women Scan Scanilalous Imputa tions Against the Red, Red Bolsheviki The Jury thnt rhose today's limerick winner was composed nf members nf the class nf 1012, Girls' High School, nnd nf the chvw n( 1014, riillndclpliln Normal School for Girls, at their ro union In the Hotel Walton. The Jury that ehnse tomorrow's winner wan composed nf members nf the Oak Iane llepubllran Club, uho met nt tlielr headquarters, llrnnd street nnd York road. have not voted for General ood ns provost. Thnt question could not be decided until the meeting of the board on the 21st of this month. "It would be awkward for the trustees to decide to make nn offer of the provostship to any one nnd then have thnt individual decline It. I have merely sounded General Wood to ascer tain how he views the suggestion. "Mr. Rrunker nnd I tnlked to the general nfter hit conference nt the white House with President Hnrding regarding the offer of the governor gen eralship of the Philippines. Of course, no reference wns made to thnt offer either by General Wood or by our nelvcs. I heard thnt General Wood hnd declined the offer of President Hnrding. but had agreed to go to the Philippines nnd make n survey which would en able the administration to formulate its Philippine policy." Harding to Support Colombian Treaty Washington, March 8. President Harding encountered tndny his first big tintrnnngc drive since he entered the White House. During the morning his offices were beMcireil bv members of Die trustees i Congress nnd others, most of whom nre Contlnnrd from Fnjri- Ono ( members favor It. President Wilson nt one time urged Its ratification. The reason for pressing the ratifica tion of the treaty is to improve this countrj's relations with Colombia, nnd also, In general, with I.ntln America, where our failure to pay Colombia's claims, arising on of our obtnining con trol of the Pan-American cnnal, is hav ing a bad effect. Issues l"p to President This isue, as well ns the tariff, will, ir. the. Inst nnnlysis, be found to be squarely up to the President. In the end he will have to make ciear his po sition. If he is determined, his party In Congress will follow his leadership, but without action by him there veein no likelihood thnt nny result will be reached by the conferences thnt are be ing held. The same qunlitlfs thnt caused him to face the opposition of Ilirnm Johnson nnd his friends in de ciding to have Herbert. Hoover In his cabinet will have to be brought to bear upon Republican legislative and foreign policies. With regard to the Colombian tn-aty the fight is unpleasant. Senator Lodge, chnlrmnn of the Senate foreign relations committee nnd leader of his part in the upper House, is strongly in favor of Sushing it through Senator Ilorah and enntor Kellogg lead the npNistlon. Their ground of complaint is that the trenty is a reflection uin the metnnr nf Theodore Roosevelt, under whom tin rights to thf Pan-American canal were' acquired In this objection some nieui bers of the Roosevelt family concur. On the other hand. Senator Lodge was one of Colonel Roosevelt's closest I personal friend, and was hi clmli e for ! the nomination for President by tin- Re publican National Convention in P.ild. Mr. lodge, moreover, contends that Colonel Roosevelt himself negotiated with Colombia, offering to pay .s'J.lliiil, 000 upon the claims upon which it i now prnpo.ed to wv .-'.". immi.iMii. So he Insists thnt. in principle, the pending treaty dots in thing which Roosevelt himself was not at one rune willing to do, the ohiertlomible aisdogy to Colom bia, contained in it a originally drafted by the Democratic administration, ha ing been eliminated. If the pending trenty can be got through, the pl.in is to prncis.il to the negotiation of n tieaty of .unity nnd torauitTif with Colombhi, which will place our rflntmns with that country upon u normal bals. Tariff Policy Difficult The tariff policy pp si tits much greater difficulties than do. s the Coloui bin tre.it. President Harding stated the proble'm before him in hi inaugural address when he said thnt this country cannot sell where it does nut lmy. To devise n tariff which will exnetly pin- tcct such American industries ns rupnr protection, and yet leave our market understood to hnve made recnmineuda tions regarding nppointtnentH. So far the President has mnde few divisions about any except the highest appointment, of his administration. Within the next few dnys. howeer. he is expected to select n considerable num ber of men for vnennoies on vnrintie overnineni agencies, wnc ot the sun- eels to which he is giving most thought s the memtierslilp of tlie sh lining hnnrd. but Secretary Chrlstlnn said to day thnt nny talk of definite selections for the board was pure speculntion. During the morning the callers nt Mr. Hnrdlng's office included Senators Lodge, of Massachusetts: Wnilsworth, of New York; Sterling, of South Dn kotn ; New, of Indiana ; Hlkins, of West Virglnin: McCumber, of North Da kota, and Cnlder, of New York, all Republicans: Senator Shields, nf j Tennessee. Democrat: Fred t'phnm, of I Chicago, treasurer of the Republican j National Committee, nnd Charles D. Hllles, of New York, former llepub I llcnn national chairman. Senator Lodge's call was generally I understood to concern affairs In which i the foreign relntlons committee, of I which he Is chairmnn, Is Interested. He ' declined, however, to reveal nny details of his talk with the President. After I leaving the White House Senator Lodge entered the State, War nnd Navy Iliilld- ing. where he conferred with Secretary Den by. of the Navy Department, nnd Henry P. Fletcher, under-secretary of stnte." but he refused to disclose the separate mntter of his talks. One Hundred Dollars Daily For the Utst Isiat Lino Supplied by Any 'Reader ot the Evening Public Ledger to tho Incomplete Limerick Which Appears Below RULES OF THE LIMERICK CONTEST 1. Contest la open to nny ono. All that li require! for you to do ti In write and fnd in your liirt lines to the Limerick, usinr tor cenvenlenre the coupon printed below, rime write plainly, nnd be ure to add your name and nudr. S. All anxrera to the Limerick which li prlntm below moil be received nt the office of the Uv.mko ITDLin Litma by a o'clnek Thursday eenlni(, Addrees fotornre riot numiier wiven on coupon. ot tn mo be Answer! left at the office Uvnsiso Pi'hlio Lsnans will admleelble. .M-.ntin 8. The winner of the ONR "UN!iKl? DOLLAn prli for the beet last line lo each l.lmerlck will be announced one week afler the J.lmerlcklp Pr,n,t2irt to 4 In caee of ties, 10o will U awarded 10 eaen succeeerui contestant. , C The decision of the.lud". tn I.Unerieit contest will oe nnm each Title "Profiteers" Assailed at Hearing Continued from Vuro One representing the building and loan asso ciations of the state, spok" for the bill. In advocating the bill Senutor Vnre said: "When my brother wns recorder nf deeds he told me thnt he thought the trust compnnie.s were holding up the people. If It was true then It I dou bly true tndny. Recorder of Deed Ilnxlctt tells me thnt property changes hands three or four times while thej nre waiting for the deed. Kadi time that property changes hands the com panies make n new chnrge." Adoption of the Torrent system in this state would set up a new nml ex pensive court, with its train of clerks nnd aKsistants without benefiting the public nt nil. In the view of the title cnmpnnv officials who commented on statements mnile lonay neiore nn- .-senate ludlelnry committee at Harrisliurg. "It looks to me like a political meas ure to furnish jobs. It has no real com mercial value," said John 11. I'msted. vice president of the Continental r.quitnhle Title and Trust Co. "I don't think adoption of the hill would ninke a pnrticle of difference. The people will not employ the system. The best instance of that is In Chicago. I studied th system there in P.U-!. If there was one plnce In tne country where uch a system of registration would be needed you would think it ' would be there. "Chicago had suffered a great fire and all early records had been dt stroved. Yet up to 1012 less than 10lV case's had come before the Torrens ' "I don't look on this bill nt all serl nuslv. There nre things thnt could be done to improve the situation. These I iild come through a gf"' Keneral reg. Istmtion law. Rut if a registry court i is set up the whole establishment must he maintained, even If onl one or two , application a year are received. I "Titles in this city are very cheap compared with other cities. As com- I ...,p...1 with title cosrs in .sen .mis,, ,itk1 New York they ai i... " ' ..' ...!.... I !..,.. l!..,.l,..r nrukl. ' former .iuhb" lonne-i - I lll'Ilt Ol tlie I Olllllliiliw-nn.i .,--.-' mice ami irusi o., ii nn- ,..,,. .-...-of trust companies here apparently wen. made hv persons who dbi not un- situation Popocatepetl four gentle office feline with the volcanic disposition) Ftrolled In thirty minutes late today and eyed our bald head with his tisunl morning skepticism, "Row-row!" he began by way of preliminary, "I suppose your jury didn't show up and there wnn't be nny winner announced." "For n talking cat you're a wonder, but your nmiuble conclusion has gone awry as nlways," we replied. "You disillusioned old son of midnight song. we hail one of the best -looking juries tlmt ever got together In Philadelphia, nnd If we had been called on to decide anything ourself, our nerves wouldn't nave heen equal to the task. "Give hpeil. Ponocatetietl" (and we grabbed this sorry rounder by the scruff ot ins necKl. "it Is n wonder we nnmlt. that this finally wns decided, for a jury of twelve women is a cnutinn, nnd when fifty-four hnve tn Hx the fnte nf anything, even n Llmpln' Llm'rlck, there's considerable shnppln' 'round, that's all." "I cnuld've told you ns much (row row)," remarked Popocatapetl. "I have learned something about the fair sex myself, what with my 1IT excur sions up nnd down the "cnt-rinlto of evtnlngs. How did they ever decide, anyhow V About n third of them were tnnr- nod. old top. nnd, of course, thnt menns they have become hnhltual deciders of everything. So the rest took exnmple from the matrons In the crowd, and after reaching bnclt and forth nil nronnd the tabb for ench other's pencils they finally reached u decision. "Row-row " concluded Popocate petl, ns he mnde n leap for bis bunk In the waste basket. "I notice you're balder than usual." he added for a parting shot. "Suppose It wns the mental strain of wntchlng them chew their lead pencils." No, it wnsn't thnt. nnd if we nre out n couple of our few remaining silvery hairs this morning, Okeh, say we, for that visit with the fair gradu ates of the Girls' High School, and of the normnl school, was good medicine for an nged but upright lie-pollynnnn. Okeh nnd okeh again, as reference tn the snmple photograph on the back pnge will prove. They are only the teller, but O. Spirit of Sprinj. thnt Isn't de scribing those who didn't tell those who "ain't nyin' nothing." The Wert nnd the Wistful Miss Gertrude Noar. who kindly acted as ambnssndores extraordinary. In ar ranging for the trial by jury of the ten best limericks, told us confidentially thnt statistics show thnt about one-third of the Girls' High School class of 10111 nre now married. A sweeping glance through our horn-rimmed spectacles fniled to disclose this fact, nn which she insisted, although we thought we de tected one or two who might listen to reason, l Troiii the wnste-bnsket Popo catepetl .says that those two were not nnrried, "The married ones won't do thnt," he rows). Well, anyhow, the winner nf today's limerick certainly ran considerable gauntlet. Just how much calm, de t.ichid judgment lurks benenth hnlf a hundred dainty coiffures is hnrd to guess. Just whnt inlliiences a decision made between nibbles at the end of n lend pencil Ls beyond any mere he- pollynnna to conjecture. hen one look at one pair of llos pursed juill cioiisv over some problem (only thnt and nothing more) one knocks wood and says, "I wonder." Here were lifty four pairs of lips pursed judiciously over ! our llm'rlck ballots. And we hadn't even given 'cm the photographs of the I writers to go uy, mean old thing that i we nre ! i Also nfter they hnd decided nnd nil the bnllots were counted, there were lit- tie regretful sighs and even some ex clainntionx right out bind, as if certain mes among the uncertain really wanteil to change the mind they hnd so care f nil v made up. Said the Raid -headed K.litnr sternly : "1'nfortiinately, ladies, now thnt I vour bnllotH nre cast we cannot grant you that ancient prerogative of i Imiiuing nur minus, for we Know rnpoeatp netl admit that our voice can he more xtri-mclv "olieyeii man ins mi iii-i-iinui i aim ynn I know, ladies nf the jury, that none of hi won in wisn io sum me nanot- ninininrc HOT PUITllier Kivrn on coupon. .iinrri-u cnnirni "ill ,"- " rtVTIP THE WINNER OF TODAY'S CONTEST WILL UK ANNOUNCED ONL. WEEK FHOM TODAY Cut Out and Mail EvTnrTo Pcnuo Leuokr, TO THE LIMERICK CONTEST '. O. Hot 1521, Philadelphia. LIMERICK NO. 74 Said nn author, "Now this, my Inst book, Will be n success, for it took Five long years to write," But his friend snid, "Good nightl ' , ,.....u.'....;..J.J. CWrlte yocr anewer on thta line.) flame ., Street and No. CUy and State. SEEK TO IMPROVE F DELIVERY 0 FOOD Municipal Rosonrch Buroau io Start Campaign Against Antiquated System PRAISE EUROPEAN METHOD iVrnP 10llt t,,,s bench -made limerick, ill father has n number of farms In I umherland county, and there grows the black walnut for the furniture r""'u! "' f"r ""'' 'am"?' it J'hat in 'time does a man who has omen wninilt furnlllim neeil w tli n of the mark aiming." some of the experts arc To this wo can only reply thnt our limericks are not written with nny linrd-and -fast Idea of a single line being the idenl conclusion. Doubtless iimerlcK prize? remarks Popocatepetl, there might bo such a line, but it would sourly. 'I haven f unn ono vet " nut h ,n.!K..t,..i v,.. n, .., f ..ml. nrf?'nl1 i"'0!".. nl. cn' "" 5'" Krl cr8 because, after all, cleverness nnd wit in versification are born of ability, training and experience. If there is nny feature about this contest thnt 'heerfiil and philosophlcal'llke your old ...u.i-iien.ieu ooss, who never wins be cause he get pnid for not winning just for writing the first four lines ""'' interviewing handsome lady juries, today's winner, then, is: gives u pore or hnld-hendcd editor joy, It Is that thousands oT our readers are discovering that it docs take appllcn- K. S. HOOKER l'on nn,l cleverness to turn out even n IS Exst Tiintbull Ave., slnBle entchy line. South Ardmnre. The ability to compose limericks, or His limerick rends as follows: missing lines, Is nn index so culture or ii i i v o cleverness, but writing Is nn art, nnd wmencli .o. OH. tnH cnt0,t hns revealed that the f.ii- ",0'jnevifc tcifd, iri't long hair, "solid, dependable fellow" who thinks "lie saic war would make cvcrithina a poet is "queer" and thnt "anybody ""' i can do it" sometimes mukes himself out HV ici'l make the poor rich." ' the biggest IIOOB of all. Hut thrv said. "Xir-nvitrh : I The nen IS mightier Hinn tlie sword. Palms thai itch-ski will stcitch-ski; nnd thero's many a moneyed individual wno tans down trying to write even n passable limerick in his supposedly ua beware." Other lines on the ballot were: No. 1. "All of vltoli goes to sdiow no rjits there." Four votes. II. I. Vieti ties, 112," West Seventeenth stn-et, Wilmington. No. 2. "Your tonic's Teutonic, we swear." Eight votes. William II. Sedgley, 111 North Thirty-sixth street. Camden. N. ,1. No. .'I. "Don'telui Noah 'red' Ark mewls 'beware.' " Albert K. Knslck", Kit Bros. No. 4. "cLtts I'lnnlsh this Hussion bug-boar," Seventeen votes. (,-. II. Sturgls, 0 South Twenty-tlrst street. I v.. r. nn l. .. .. m..i. ...I... ..u 1f, ,i. WJl lliu ui -tiiii, nun ihijb I ,, - z .. . - ,,- .,- ., , tl.r u-np.fnm'r" 11. 1). O. .lohnson. n"' fro" these, nnd sending the linnl tlve tongue. No line we might write would be "the line." because writing Is I our business, nnd .perfection In any I single bit of his craft is the goal which I the discerning writer knows he never j can quite achieve. Heplles to Letters I To A. It. II. Your line regarding the rollicking sailor wns one nf fewer than fifty that reached us after the wlnnowlng-out process, and it must be lidded that it ranked well among several ot its Kind. Jt was simply n matter of picking Imperson new i i hi; i ,".SH) lVntridge street. No. !. "Wo will not sign n Questionnaire." C. A. Downs, Morris Huibling. No. S. "Our sun-item nave ursi claim nn ImiIkmI hair." Clara E. Tim mills, L'OO South Thirty -seventh strict. No. 0. "Take n sneeze-sM; your brain -ski needs air." Two votes. Er nest V. Wright, V. S. N.. I'erryvlle, Md. No. 10. "We can't all bo rich. It's n snare." One vote. . t npo-Jllanco, Twelfth nnd Dickinson streets. "A Van" writes: "No doubt you nre the recipient of much criticism in regard to the lim erick contest that possibly a communi cntion In dissimilar strain will be some what of a diversion. "I hnve often wondered from the thorough wny the limericks nre written bow the uuthor iutended the finishing line to read. So by way of suggestion don't you think n good ideu would be to itemize eleven unswers instead of ten, the eleventh being the way the author intended It. I ndersiaiju. ten to the Jury. Decisions on the final ballots are hard to analyze. Juries differ In education, tuste nnd conception of whnt makes a good line. In some casi-s what appears to be n pnlnful pun strikes them as he me most clever, although tins Ing t seldn; seldom happens. The line thnt "sings well" seems to nppenl, first of nil. and your line, while clever in Its play on naval terms, does not run off ns smoothly as It might. Humor thnt Is real ought to catch on most quickly, but there, ngaln, it Is up to the jury to decide whnt is funny and what isn't. Thanks for your (lattery anent our pay and our bald repartee. We are virtuous and need a wig, but we are not wealthy, nor will we ever be, alas! The committee of twenty-one of the Iliirenu of Municipal llescnrch today voted to begin n campaign tn Improve the food distribution In the city. This action wns tnken at headquarters of the bureau in the Franklin Hank Iluildlng nfter E. 0. nigiow, chnlrman of the agricultural committee of the Chamber of Commerce, told of conditions, Mr. Illglow ,snld no change in food distribution in the cltv has been mnde since 1 8Stt arid that his Investigations led Mm to believe there is a loss of something like 0 per cent in distribution here, trailing attention to tlie im prored conditions of distribution in Europe, the speaker dcclnred Phila delphia should Immedlntelv begin a sur vey tn determine the, rcnl fncts nnd If losses were found to set nbout making remedies. Mrs. William E. Kinglebnch also spoke of market conditions In Europe. The regular monthly meeting of the social welfare committee of the Civic Club wns held this morning nt 1.100 Spruce Htreet, Mrs. Murdoch Ken drlck, vice chairmnn, In the absence of the chnlrman, Mrs. II, fJonlnn Mc Couch, presided. Mrs. McCouch ls in Hnrrlsburg In the Interest nf the pas sage of tho bill for increased appropri ations to carry on the work of the mothers' assistance fund. Heports for the month nf February were read. The Independence Unit Chapter, Daughters of tho American Involution, met nt tho New Century Club this morning to discuss plnns for n card party April 2 in the Ilellevue-Stratfnrd. This chapter is one of thirteen, whose combined efforts will be used to raise funds for a memorial nt Valley 1'Virgc. Following the business meeting n silk ting wns unveiled by the vice regent, Mrs. Kouls Silence. The meeting closed with n talk by Mrs. E, Wager- Smith, of tho Quaker City Chapter. Mrs. Smith's subject was the story of war songs from Itevolutlonnry dnys to the present. Miss Jane Campbell was tho snenker on current events nt the meeting of the Kovlew Club, of Onk Kane, this morn ing, held in the Onk Kane Library. The Philadelphia Section of the Council of Jewish Women held Its monthly meeting lit Mercantile Hull this nflernonn nt 2:110. Mrs. Max K. Margnlis, president, was In chnrge. The program consisted of n business meeting and ensemble singing, followed by nddresses by Mls Harriet K. (Sold mini, executive secretary, on "The Per sonal Service Iliirenu as a Protection lo flirls." nnd by Mrs. Mina C. Vun Winkle, director of women's bureau, House of Detention, Police Depart ment, Washington, on "Preventive and Protective Work for Wins in rollce Departments." Mrs. Edward W. Pry lliwskl sang several songs. The Philadelphia Mothers' Club was addressed this afternoon at its monthly meeting nt the Art Alllnnce, 1S2.I Walnut street, by Mrs. Miriam Finn Scott on "How to Know Your Child." The Philadelphia Music Club's monthly meeting wns held in the Clover Room of the Helleviie-Strntford this afternoon. The junior members of the club, headed ny Miss Julln v.. Williams, were in charge of tho pro gram. TO ARREST TRUCK DRIVERS Warrantt Out for 101 Violator! of Motorcar Regulations Residents of downtown Philadelphia and other crowded sections of the city today will begin to obtain a long-sought relief from what had become an intol erable nuisance, Truck drivers who hnve awakened sleepers at 4 o'clock a. in. by shouting, singing and swear ing nt full lung capacity, must keep quiet or go to Jail, Superintendent of Police Mills today said these unnecessary noises must stop. He added that, because of complaints he hns received, ho hns had a special dnlnll cheektnir un on the nolse-mnkers. tnklng their numbers, and they have neen women, uis orocr ior nrrcsis mi- . -----' '- n, uas nnnnrH. i ...n i ..i l,l. i$3.fiOO.OOO for H, "I'Pnrtlot ""J?" ','l-7 .ci,"",J"V""..,:",V" ft i coulnment nf ,l. "v. '. ""Piftlon ur. .UlllS HIlIU OC HIS" UIIU n-ini; that the drivers responsible for the noise are nlso reckless and foolhardy. They often drive without lights and take other chances thnt nre unnecessary. Hence 101 warrants for the arrest of 101 persons are being served today. CiWAfUTj TRANSjTDEADLOC Controversy Over Frankfordfi vatod Lease Apparently Nearer Settlement CONFERENCES TO CONTIfJl Although the cltv lias . S3.ri00.00fl fr ii? - "IWtlor equipment of the Frnnkfo' f 7," J f"r..lnn"y 'rn,,'s n.F'!K iiIoW,?' ture. another n.o.iii. V .".' "V n tween the P. R. T. Co" 7 hn ' over an operating agreement I llllIPAHrtno !.. . i vsit tn IM'lWPPIl nnd Thomas E. Mitten. mmW... the comnanv. devei, , .PMJ1cnt MAYOR TO PLANT WAR TREEjSTOattMSS,' stock In return for n R per cent rl on the municipal investment in high-speed line. " Altliough the Mayor Intlmnlml i Mr. Mitten might he nt.emS 0 nugn his Integrity. Mr. Moore m" he was willing to continue ronfrm in nn effort to rench n working nt, ment. Will Take Part In Triple Ceremony on Arbor Day Mayor Moore nnnounced todny that he would co-operate with Oovernor Sproui In celebration of Arbor Day April 8, by planting a tree In Inde pendence Square on that date as a memorial to the soldiers and sailors who served in the war. In setting aside April 8 as Arbor Day Governor Sproui announced that he would plant a tree in the State Capitol grounds, nt Hnrrlsbnrg as n war memorial. Mayor Habcock, of Pitts burgh, has signified his intention to iifTlclnto at n similar memorial service there. The ceremonies will take place simul taneously nt 2:,10 o'clock in the nfter noon. A unique fenturc of the plnn Is to hnve the soli used In plnntlng the trees to come from ench of the sixty seven counties in the state. INDICTED FOR FRAUD ON U.S. Former Reading Railway Employo Accused of Aiding Lumber Co. Jnmes M. Smith, of Rending, Pa. was indicted here tndny for nn nllcged sharo In aiding the Sllverthornc Kumber Co.. of Ruffnlo, N. Y to defraud the government of thousands of dollars. Smith Is declared to hnve nltcred a checking record of lumber shipped by the Sllvcrthrono company. Civil stilts arc said to hnve been en tered ngninst the Sllverthorne company In an effort to recover money paid by the government on alleged fraudulent rlnims. Smith was Inspector nnd fore man of the Philadelphia and Reading lumber yards at Rending for fifteen yenrs. TO DISCUSS EDUCATION Mrs. A. B. Fernandez to Address Germantown Women Some newer Idenls of education for Philadelphia will be the subject of nn address which Mrs. Alice Harrows, Fernnndez, of the Bureau of Education, Washington. D. C, will deliver nt the flermnntown Academy, Greene street nnd School lane nt 8 o'clock tonight. Dr. Edwin C. llroomc. newly ap pointed superintendent of schools, Is ex pected to be n guest. This co-operative meeting In the Interest of education Is under the auspices of the Woman's Club of Germnntown. the Mothers In Council, Ieague of Women Voters and the Woman's Kengne for Good Govern ment. The meeting is open to the public. llnrnes, in en lie, . Miss Mnry K r22 Cookmnn inenue,, Asbury Park Winners are usualy picked two or three days before their names are pub lished and awards made. It is utterly impossible to comment on the submis sions of nn individual, as tlu totals. I run into many thousands and utiles .t....i ..... ... ..1.... Ilm Jnv Inn ..liiviinf It ..mtp uniiii, ftillt! tritu tin, twmr, ,fttl llnl llllll I IIIUII III SI1 Ull. JU'rf - - .- ' ..... ...,. .( " . I ,1.,, ,..Tfc, one, but to hnve it published with the j It never even comes to our bald-headed rest In . our paper. I attention. We never even know "This would be interesting In no ! "who's who" until the jury has chosen small degree and would show how w-ldc i the winner. HARDING MAY GO TO ALASKA President May Spend Part of Sum mer In Pacific Northwest Washington. March President li.F.tnm! till l...n..nl.lv ..,..,, to fnri.cn iirmliirts. "There arc no excessive i-mii)(-s iruuiiui; "j -- ,----. ,, , i l and to do this in ih- citing elmntie here. In- said. state of Eurnptnn industry and Edward H Itonsall. vice president ..f change. I- a ta.k .ailing for tl xer- the Land Title and Trust Co., when else of the highest stnt..manshlp and told of Senator are s criticism of the the wide-1 knowledge. , title companies, remarked: The division in the Republican pnrtv "It -n't true. Hut I haven t any on the tarifT is sharp It wn- ln.ll-, ohjis-tbui to any one making any eritl coted In the revolt df New Engl-iud ,-iMii they want to make. representatives against tin- emergency tariff which was promoted hv the rep resentatives nf tin- agricultural West A mistake bv Mr. Harding In cither direction may snllt tin- party in the next . ongressinnal election ns the Payne-Aldrl.h tnrlff 'aw spilt it In the arifniulbt ration of President Taft. Situation Is Critical The issue Is the most critical one that will confront President Harding in his whole administration. The Co lumbian treaty dispute calls for great ability as a .oiiei'lator. or a rapacity to make decisions nnd firmness in car rylng them into cxeeiitioii. The tariff problem calls for both these qualities I and a knowledge of tl .nnoinlc ef j fects of customs duties and a vision of the trade ib-stim "f this country, such as no one In Washington now pos sesses. Some criticism is hoard in Wash ington "f the failure of the Harding administration to hno jiolieies a' rendy furnu-d. Hut Mr. Hnrdiug faces n tnriff problem unue complicated than thnt ever confronted by a Republican President and a revenue problem as lltlicult as that which the war created for President Wilson. In the end he, nnd no one else will have to make tlie decision. Tin1 dillicu'ties are such thnt there l no point in tlie criticism that he lb not et rend). With ngard t" his foreign policy of Annulling the nations of the world. erents In Europe change the sltuatluu from day Jp 'l'" L'ntll England and I'liev said. Aye: over their coffee cups, nnd we began to think wo were pretty good. A l.encli-Miule I.Imerlik Now as to the limerick they chose, t was a bench -minlo IimerlcK in every l sense ol tne worn, n inin-ricu n finss, i When you read "bench -made" you are r 'lining no pun. i in- mini wno wrote i he winner has a workshop in the base ment f his home In South Ardmnre, and after trying several times to land in the honor roll without sun em, he vot despernte one day and descended into the cellar. "No, 1 didn't go there for Inspira tion," said Mr. Hooker. "I thought I might just as well put my mind to it wnrx, so i toon iiown 4 WOMEN INDICTED ,U. S. AWAITS REPLY MuMlEN TO PANAMA NOTE Total of Nineteen Owners and i Costa Rica Has Announced Its Eleven Bartenders Accused of Selling Liquor SOME TRUE BILLS REFUSED The federal grand jury tndav Indicted nineteen saloonkeepers nnd eleven bar tenders for allojjo.l violation of tlie Vol stead act and refused to indict eight .saloonkeepers nnd seven bnrtenders against whom Indictments were asked. Trial of the thirty alleged violators and others Indicted yesterday will be Intention to Comply With Hughes' Request Uy tho Associated Tress Washington, March S. Costa Rica bnvltig announced Its Intention to enmr ply with the recommendations of the I'nlted Htntes Gov eminent looking to ward settlement of the I'annniu-Costn Ricnn conflict, State Department offi cials today awaited the reply from Pan ama to tlie Identic notes dispatched to thnt republic and Costa Rica, The Costa Ricnn Government, re plying last night through Its minister DAVIS COMING HOME U. S, Ambassador to England Qets Cordial Letter From President I-ondon, March 8. (Ry A. P.) .lohn W, D.ivls, the rvtiring American ambassador to Great Ilrltaln, has re ceived a most cordial letter from Presi dent Harding announcing thnt the President will comply with Mr. Davis' request that a new ambassador be ap pointed ns soon as possible so that Mr. Davis mny return to the I'nlted Slntes, The American newspaper correspond entH In Kondnti hnd u farewell confer ence tills morning with Mr. Dnvis, wiinm they hnd met regularly for in formal discussions throughout the am bnssndor's term. As a tribute of es teem nnd affection the correspondents presented Mr. Davis with a set of pipes. QUITS INTERNATIONAL A. F. L. Severs Relations Following Resolutions Supporting Soviet Washington, March 8. fRy A. P.) Formal notice of the severance of re lations between the American Federa tion of Knbor nnd the International Federation of Trades I'nlnns wns ills- pntched today to the lnternatlnnnls' headquarters at Amsterdam. The ac tion of the American Federation, taken at n meeting of the executive onuncjl here, followed the adoption by ttie In ternational organization of resolutions In support of tlie soviet regime in Run sin. The text of the communication was not in ii do public. TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES t.onl Paris, California, Pu., anil Marlar.vlnln ill Kora. rallf.irnln, I'a. Oaetnno Vllaln. Dnytnn. O.. ami I.oul for nnxttl. I)aton. O. Anitfln tannnnn, Whfsllnu. W. Va., and Om enta ltlMh. Whfsllnif, V. Va. HamuM fiantuecl, Avnnilnl Pa,, nn,l Marls 01 Vltantlrrtn. .Wnndale. Pa. Antonio HptnnlMter. 54 Narlnsy t.. ami Mixrls OlrmviiM. H Naalnv nt. Frank Mllnmsiie, Nsw Yorlt. .V Y.. ami Fllomena Valentu, Nsw York, N, Y. Attlllo Manclnl. Mil Clnrrtl St.. ami Ante (Until. 1111 narri-lt nt. Joiitph Metara, Pltlphurgh, Pa., nml Arran- Kla Ilnmaclno. Pltuliurtrh, Pa. Mlchs Haponaro, New York, N. Y., nrsl Marin PIstrnpfrtnM. New York. N. Y Orlnl Oraxorlo, I'mlnn. Mass., ami Caih- erlno l'arasrnll. Ilnvlnn, Mans. Ounr.- I,urlMttl. IH2a S. 13lh st anil Anna Torlo, 1(153 t, 1.1th at. Franroro i.imann Duylnn. fl., ami flllila PIpcucI. I)atnn, O. Ans'sln Vlllanl. Nw York, N, Y., an.l I'm- rhaca Paxqiiarlpllo, New York, N. Y. Anaeln l'urorl. Helluoml, I'a., nml Paniua nahrlelll, llellivooil, Pa. Anci'lo I.util. Plitshiirah Pa., alfl Pllo- insna VnOInn, Plltshurah, Pa. Nlfola rtl Hanto. Cniiimhua. O., an.l Dn- msnlca ill Nardo, rnlurnhus, o. Alfonso Psitrniilol. H2ft Momme at., and Marls c. Momtlnl sn Montrnac m. Iinnrtnlru Armula, Warrsn, O,, ami Kllomsna Pamlnl. Warren, o. VsKertnn Huppolette, Promby, W, Va., and Marsherla Vliiro, Promb, W. Va. an.l really worn, so i uni uown two limericks and spent perhntis a cniinle Harding will spend part of his siimiuer! of hours over them. That's why I vacation in Alaska and the Pacific asked yon 'which one? when you called lllii on uii' ii-i', - ,h It linppenc.i, my neighbor told northwest. If the affairs of government are In shape ns to permit It. rimer Dover, of Seattle, who man aged the Republican presidential cam pa'gn in the northwest, interested him In proposal. President Harding Is oiiilerstooll to have told him he hoped to make the trip and would go if ut nil ' ln" poss tile. President and Mrs. Harding have hnd a desire to visit Alaska for some time and tried to get away two years ago fur thai nnriMise. It has now been sug gested to him that In- combine a tishiug' tr'p to til..- .xiriuwesi iioo .iiisnu wno an inspection of the national pnrks and various reinitiation projects, together with the eng'neering and rnllroad pro- iei'ts In Alaska, When approached on the subject In I., understood to have ciprcsHCtl a desire to make a few speeches along the wny. It the trip Is arranged. From Seattle the trip to Alaska could he mnde on a navy destroyer In two dnvs' time. Should tin- Pres'dent go to Alaska it is understood lie would be accompanied bv Scerctury ul tho Interior Albert li. held before Federal Judges Thompson . Il0r, to the American note, said that i iiio.i. . i,.,.,i,,nl,ir novt Mondnv oruerK ua.i neen issueq tor ininedinte and DIekinso,,. beginni ug next Monday wUll,,rIW1, of frf.rf from ,,. ,,,. morning. They are llnlile, if guilty, to j,uted territory beyond the Slxoln river a tine from .-." to $500 each. laud that instructinns had been sent to Four women nre among the dealers ! " f'"'!' on the I'aclHc side of the indl.ted todav. They are Wllhelmina - ' '""nma-Costa Itlciin bonndnry to ad Herzng Tw'eiitv-nluth street near V"nr" " farther. The Costa Rlcan I'letclier; i:ilen Mulligan. Kombard "ernment nlso announced its rendl street near Seventeenth; Helen A. ness to accept the demnreutlon of the Riiugli. Ninth street above Race, nnd ' ""'indary between its territory nnd that Catherine Jabollnskl, Third street IlllllM- Vim SIHten Ashed (n Cnnfereiife The Mayor has written to Mr ten inviting him to n conference ', Thursday afternoon with Public S Commissioner Clement. Others prt will be City Solicitor Smyth and Tra Director Twining. The Mayor's contention thnt hit mand for a 5 per cent return nn city h investment wns without str of nny kind was supported by Dltt Twining. "I have always understood from Mayor," he said, "tnat there Is no derstaudlng, nor hns there ever one, between him nnd the P. p. where a fi per cent rentnl for the Fn ford '1 would be contingent upon company's ability to pay Its stoeU ers a 5 per cent dividend. ' Twining for Municipal 0wntrsti Speaking as an engineer, he said, not as director nf transit, Mr. Twii at the Knglneers' Clu'i last o strongly advocated municipal ownn of street railway lines. Such line maintained cannot long continue public nnd hnlf prlvnte. "Rapid trnnslt can be obtained Ir city when the public wants It 1 enough to nccept responsibility,' declared. "If you nsk If It is at able through the P. R. T. Co. or corporation I would sny no." Mr. Twining snid thnt govern menns public service. The wntrr ply nnd part of the street eleuiiinj tern here nre directly under city troj, he continued, while gn ami sit are in prlvnte hands under n puhile control. Colonel Sljeldnn Potter, nn speaker at the Knglneers' Club, lie was not favorable to the ph municipal ownership. The first to be done, be said, is to root m prejudice that exists agiiiast any higher than live cents. I'lilbulelpli added, will not have real rapid ti until It pays for it. . ANASTASIA UNDER KNI Former Mrs. Leeds Has Serlou eratlon Performed In Athei Athens, March S. (Ry A. Princess Annstnsln, wife of 1 Christopher, underwent nn npei yesterday nfternonn. Dr. Iiernii assisted by Dr. Allien Hoover, bei chnrge. The Princess' eundithin considered grnve. The surgeon clnrcd nfter the operation wns nve she would not be out of danger fn crnl days. The patient wns o operating table for seventy-live in nnd the operation wns deserlb difficult. The surgeons declared another i tlnn, not particularly serious, in! required utter n few months. Tin cess stood the shock well, ami Hoover described her as a "cnur nnd exemplnrv patient." He iiil.le If the operation hnd been delny. other week the princess' Illness hnve terminated fntnllv. It Is stood that as soon as he hnd ei the pntient Dr. Hoover insisted m Immediate operation. Buttermaker's Conviction Ui Rootling, Pa.. March fi. -Wagner, in civil court yesterday tnlned the conviction of I. K. Ke Irfibnohevillc. charged with inn turlng nnd selling butter nihil with wnter. The defendant hnd for a new trial. DENBY SEAGOING CHIEF New Secretary of Navy Plans Join Fleet Movements Washington. March 8. - (Ry A. I Secrelury Deiihy intends to be to Justice Fall. Hie When sue ciinn 10 i-nu me io ine phoim thut she Imped It wasn't nny had news, but she wasn't sure. Refore you had called two other calls had been put In. "ne was to tell a man that bis ther nn.l men. anoiner was in tell mother neighbor s wife thnt he hnd crushed his hand badly. So you can see that It looked ns If I was to be the third receiver of bad news." Mr. Hocker's voice was a trifle shaky when he answered. That fumes to mind quite clearly. When told what had happened to his limerick, however, lie recovered 111 n hurry. Mr. Hooker, who was graduated from Ohio Northern I'niversity and Is an expert iliemlst, i innrrieu and has a ' l . ..Il. ..... in.inlLu ..1,1 Hit, ,1... tlllO ooy rijeiii-'ii " !.. ,,i,i in,- ifim, doesn't go to the boy. It goes to buy leather seats for some black walnut furniture which dad has been building tills winter Last year .Mr. Hoclter. who In u building contractor ami has heen a teacher of manual training and chemistry, erected Ills own home at Smith Ardmorc. It was in the workshop where he hud been making furniture that be other saloonkeepers and bartenders ludicti-d today ure: Mark I.Miinn, 'JSI York street; Stan ley llorkonnkx, -b'1.17 Falrmount ave nue; Peter Mlkonls, fW.'j North Six teenth street r.dward C. Johnson, 2471 Kensington mentic; Michael Mclinr ritx . fiii.'i.'i Ilaltlmore uvenue; Snliiis Mai.kus. 1201 Vine street; John J. Illn. kley. 211:15 Ridge avenue; Truest Kipskc, York and Natrona streets; John Jlyeis, I ourth mid fs.mtli sirecis; .xne 1 1 ray hoes, proprietor of Young's cafe, Franklin and G Irani avenue : Joseph P. Cnirlgoii. .VJul South Klghtv-scvcnth street; Henry C. Griiber, Ninth and I'Mgem.uit streets, and llennnu Fogel, Chester. Pn.; llnrry Cohen, Daniels vllb'. I'a.. and Hairy A. Henry, New tow 11 Square Those ngninst whom bills were re- I rok.Mil ore! rioirlcs McDonald Ninth nml linen streets! llernnril Mel Icruint t . ' M Simmons. Ii:i2 Sillier street. $25 trim tt. ,ii. on,.. ml uti.wit- itiirimr.l .1 ! (Win lohn A. '.cruel'. 11 LIS Knst Oxford Plwiii. 1014 Market street: John , street. .IS"5 ; and Marin G. Dennis. 15 - . .- .. . .. .'...a. . ., .. J. lt Soutti llliy-ninin sireei, i,nm. of l'n na 11111 as fixed by Chief White, of the I'liltcd States. The text of the note dispatched to Cota Rica by Secretary Iluelics. which. with tlie Costa Rlcan reply, was made public last night by the Stnte Depnrt ment, showed that the I'nlted States earnestly urged Cota Rica, llrst, to cease hostilities; second, to withdraw its troops from beyond tlie Slxoln river line and Instruct those beyond the status nuo line on the remainder nf the fiont to uihauce no farther, and, third, to make an annronrlate settlement in uccoidance with the dccltdon of Chief Justice White. Wills Probated Today The following wills were probated lodin ; Patrick J. Karkln. 1 1151 North Seenteenth street, .r.2.O00; Henry A. Weldeninn, .'IS North Sixteenth street, XT.-.fld : Samuel Abranis. died 111 Na tional Stomach Hospital. $7000; Kmiiin ) a seagoing' bend of the naval estab lishment. He announced todny that lie planned to go to Gunntnnnnin, Cuba, winter base of the Atlantic fleet, and re turn with the fleet early in April if his duties permitted. He said he Intended to go to sen whenever possible and to become thor oughly familial' with the administra tion of the fleets, FLETCHER TAKES OATH Becomes Under-Secretary of State, Succeeding Norman Davis Washington. March 8. (Ry A. P, 1 Henry P. Fletcher, of I'cnnsylvniiln. former nmhnssiidni' to Mexico, was sworn In today as under-secretnry of stnte, succeeding Normiin II, Davis, Mr. Davis will remain nt the depart ment for n time to nsslst tlie new olfi oialH nnd will continue )ls chairman 01 uie .imcncnn ue'egnies to the inter. iiaiiuiiui I'.'iiiuiiinicaiiniis cnniereuce. h llospi IUI2 M 1'uerst . 2570 I'rnnkfnrd uvenue! Charles McGill, Second nnd Race streets; George Yelland, Iliibtleton pike and Castor road, and Patrick and CharleH Carr, 14JI0 Market otrect. Tin following Inventories were filed: .Tnine II. Mliigus, $70,1118; Kdwnrd K. J off. ,Mi:i5; Wlllliim W. Dougherty. $10, 200, and Maria Marturnno, 5400O. HK,TIIW " ItlllMf'I.D. On Mnroh-a! TlCM Jn SKI'lIINi: IKANNIR) nKIMOI.n. -'Harvl.e on Weilnrmlnv uflernonn, at a o'clock in i!r 1p'rlvair.",1C"C0' JHi "' "'" " '"''""..a. AMTSIIMKNTM JOHN COWPER POWYS Will Lecture Tri.MiiUllOW NIHIIT mi "GOETHE" HKUK CUI,TimK KITKllAWy'l'l'imri. neketa nse at Knlranei Or XJooktorti, 121 e. tth t. Wedding Stationer) Invitations to the ceremony, the reception, the wedding breakfast. Announcements, at-home cards; the bride's personal stationer. Engraved From Hand-Wrought Plates J. E. Caldwell & Chestnut and Juniper Co. SMASHING CHURCH POLITICS The PUBLIC LEDGER This Morni printed an article by F. W. Norcro: telling how Bishop Berry has outlaw all pre-conference arrangements f Pastoral appointments. That is One of the Many News Featu) That Distinguished the Morning Public Ledger li S J-i. Wtiek -e JiiW.A Vi-yta?-wf wc W., ';tvrfj