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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-22
STORE LOOTED OF CLOTH
Material Valued at $4,000 Taken
by Thieves in Touring Car

4 big haul of wooIcns. valued at
$50 900. was made when thieves viSt%l
the tailor store of r. BratspiS. south .
west corner of Thirteenth street and
Columbia ayenuc. early yesterday.
After breaking two locks on the front
door. the robbers gained entrance to tho
store. Sixty bolts of cloth. some OF
which were displayed in the show win
dow, were taken. The stolen goods were
carried away in a touring car.
About three months ago Il gang Of
thieves robbed the store of Robert o. +.
Stewart. Of Fifteenth street and CO.
Iumbia avenue, Of $4,000 worth of
cloth. While citizens watched. the
thieves placed the goods in an auto and
drove off.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-22
ENFORCEMENT BILL 4.
PROPOSED BY 'WETS'
Near-Beer and Other Soft
Drinks Taxable Under Coun-
ter-Measure Drafted a
LICENSE Is REQUIRED

Harrisburg. April 22.--"Wet" lead
ers plan to introduce an enforcement
act into the Legislature some time this
week in opposition to the two cnforce-
ment bills now pending in the House
which were introduced by the "drys."
Representative William II. Ramsey,
of Chester, floor leader of the VETS
in the lower chamber. will sponsor the
measure. One provision in the proposed
measure will be the same as the bill in -
Produced some weeks ago by Mr.. Ram
sey to define an intoxicant as a bevcr-
age containing more than 2A per cent
alcohol.
Another feature Of the bill will be a
provision fixing a license fee for the
sale Of all beverages containing alco-'
hol. This bill will require n license
for the sale of near beer and other.
liquids containing a small percentage of
alcohol.
A lineup between the "wcts' and
"drys' is sure to cnsue over the Ram.
scy measure. The ''drys' will oppose
any bill which defines an iutoxicant
as beverage containing more than
one half of per cent alcohol.
DR.. c. F. Swift. superintendent Of
the Pennsylvania Anti Saloon League,
indicated the position of the "drys" in
a statement today.
at is known fact" says Doctor
Swift, that for years the federal gov-'
ernment has standard giving the per-
ccntage of permissible alcohol in bev-
erages as one half of I per cent"
THE brewers and liquor people Of
the country will awaken to the fact
that in their propaganda of manufac-
turing 2a per cent beer and the threat
to continue their business beyond July
1, thus seeking to nullify the law, they
are not dealing with political party
nor certain class of state and federal
officials. r.
"They are finding that they are deal.
ing with Uncle Sam. who stands for
the highest good to the greatest num-
Der.
'These liquor people will have to
learn that when the federal government
writes its opinion into law they will
have to abide by it whether it is to their
liking or not; just the same as many
other people who have not liked the
license and liquor laws for the last fifty
years have abided by them until in a
legal and orderly way a change has
been brought about
If the brewers persist in manufac-
turing beer "they will receive just
rebuke and punishment at the hands
of Uncle Sam, according to Doctor
Swift.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-22
BOOM SUTHERLAND
FOR PRESIDENCY
West Virginia Senator Called
Logical Candidate" by A'll-
ance at Newcastle, Pa.

New York, April 22.-By a. F.)-
The organization in Newcastle. Pa. OF
"Thc Sutherland Alliance for the pur-
pose of promoting tho candidacy OF
United States Senator Sutherland, OF
West Virginia. for President Of tn"
United States on the Republican ticket
was announced hero today by Bert +.
Kline. editor of tho Newcastle Herald
aud one Of the organizers of the alliance.
Senator Sutherland has been notified, he
said. and has consented to the use of his
name.
The papers Of incorporation, filed to-
day at Newcastle express the belief that
Senator Sutherland lis the logical man
to be selected by the Republican party
as its candidate for President.
In addition to Mr.. Kline, the incor-
porators are George S. Long, Quincy y.
Mcbride and James A. Gcalcy, all busi-
ness men of Newcastle. Mr.. Kline OK
planned that later a campaign manager
would be appointed and nation wide
OF ganization effected.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-22
TACONY DELEGATES TREES
Planting in Disston Park for Each
Soldier Resident Lost Overseas

In honor of seventeen soldiers from
Tacony who gave their lives for their
country during the war, tree for
each hero was planted and dedicated
in Disston park, Tacony. yesterday.
after parade of members of the
Tacony Service Flag and Memorial As
sociation. residents and units from
the army. navy and marine corps.
The services were conducted by the
clergymcn Of Tacony and the trees dcdi- -
Gated by the Rev. Dr. Robert A. Ed
wards, of the Tacony Episcopal
Church.
The soldiers honored were: William
II. Oxley. Earl Schultz, Benjamin
Fischer. Herbert S. Lytton, Leo Nc
Cabe, Marshall Lever, John ]. Crome,
William Thompson, Edward Cantz,
Edward s. Smith, Anthony Vcresky,
Harold Il. Morz. Patrick O'Bricn,
George w. Roberts, Jr., Nicholas
Christie, Harris Ayrcs, Jr., and Gia-
come Mascarcli.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-22
PREFERS DEATH TO MEXICO
Spaniard Held for Deportation Cuts
Throat at Gloucester

Death looked better than Mexico to
old Spaniard who is being held for de-
portation to Mexico at the Gloucester
immigrant station.
He tri|l to kill himself this morn
ing by cutting his throat with safety
razor blade. He said he feared he
would have to go back to Mexico and
he preferred death.
He was sent to the detention station
on April II while his case was being
investigated. When found with his
throat cut this morning he had made
such a good job with the razor blade
that only the quick action OF DIR. Lewis
Swartz and. Dr, William Ma"Lcnnan
saved him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-22
Soldiers in May Day Fete

Lakewood, y. j.. April 22.-Tho
public schools of Ocean county will
have their second May Day fcte here
on Thursday. and all the soldiers home
have been asked to take part ia the
parade that will mark the celebration
at the conclusion of which there will
be competitive athletic exercises. May
pole winding and the crowning of the
queen will be features of the day. T..
!. Nelson. of Toms River. is chairman
of tn" committee in charge. and County
Suprriutc cndent G. \. Morris. secretary.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-22
SEEK MORE CITY FUNDS
THROUGH TYEL We BILLS
Councils Legislature Committee Goes TO Bat at Harrisburg
Tomorroo-Hope "Pm Teeth in Personal Property Tax

4 fight for more city revenue will be
staged by Councils legislative commit
toe tomorrow before the ways and
means committee of the Legislature at
Harrisburg. Twelve bills affecting
directly the city's income will be urged
for passage and approval.
The most important of the measures
is lengthy document drawn by Robert
f.. Lamberton. common councilman
from the Twenty second ward. to put
teeth" in the personal property tax
act The measure is similar in many
ways 10 ono that was introduced two
years ago and that met the fate of
many other Philadelphia measures dur
ing tho closing hours of the last SEES
sion.
It provides penalties for those who do
not make the proper returns and
broadcns the authority given to the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-22

Board of Revision Of Taxes to make
collections. 1t is designed to matcri
ally increase the citys income from this
class of taxation.
Other measures for which approval
and carly passage will be- asked exempt
the city from certain classes of state
taxation and bcQucsts such as the
johnson art collection from the collat-
cra inheritance tax. still others pro-
vide for the return TO the city OF n por-
tion OF revenue obtained from the Ii
ccnsinE Of automobiles.
In the absence of Joseph +. Gai1ncy,
chairman of the legislative committee
Of Councils. the members will make
their arguments under the direction OF
Councilman Lambcrton, chairman OF
Councils survey committee and n most
active member of the legislative com
mittcp.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-22
.SPROUL RESERVES
CHARTER OPINION
Governor, in Hot Springs,
Reads but Refuses Comment
on Penrose Statement
WANTS CITY TO BE HEARD
Believes He Should Take No
Part in Controversy, Which Is
Peculiarly Philadelphian
I,y BEN EONDEN

Stnh C,rrespondtn, Of the Evening Public
Ledger
hot Springs. Va. April 22.-';ov =
rrnor Sprou read with interest today
the statement Of Senator PCnrOSe pro .
posing amendments to tho city charter
revision bills. but declined to indicate
tho impression thcy made on him.
II am too far removed from the stu
alton down hcrC.' he said. ito make
any comment on what Senator PCurosc
suggests.
Senator Tcnrosp makes many re
commcnda tionS in his statement, but |
do not feel that | can talk about them.
I do not want tn discuss any specific
features Of the charter revision bills
until all those interested in the bills
have threshcd out their differences and
the matter is placed before me in final
definite form.
Il shall not inject myself into the
Philadelphia situation because am not
n Philadelphia resident. and ms Gov
crnor do not believe 7 should take any
part while the matter is still being
worked out
For that reason | shall not make
any comments on any statements from
any of those Interested whether the
statement come from Senator Penrosc
Senator Ware or an! Of tho independents
who ar" interested in this measure.
II shall wait rather. until the wishes
of tho citizens Of Philadelphia have been
>olidiiicd into some definite FORM
The Governor has SO greatly improved
in health since Sunday that he is prp e.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-22
PenrOse Demands
Haste on Charter
Cont,uued from PAGE One

) Contiuued from PAGE One
his Influence to one side or the other.
There is no longer any question that
the battle will be fought out in the
Legislature, and it is doubtful if the
governors influence could avert a ces
sstion of hostilities. lie is known ia
have put forth efforts in the past to
bring the contending factions into an
agreement on a new charter for Phila
delphia which would be satisfactory to
both.
The governors attitude toward. "rip
be" legislation as announced yesterday
in the EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER,
caused sensation around the Capitol
ypfe followers were elated when they
<aad Of the governors stand on legis
x17sq watch would seriously endanger
<seir domination Of the political ma
rtiner5 N PtiladeIphia.
q eoaisenss seepsd se per-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-22
Dies From Knife Wounds

John Bentley. thirty eight years old,
1741 Norwood street. died in the WON
ems Homeopathic Hospital from knife
wounds received in a fight Sunday and
the police are seeking John pirkcuS.
forty years old, who roomed vita Bent
ley. ana who has been missing since
the fatal Stabbing
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-22
To Launch Two More Destroyers

Two torpedoboat destroyers will be
launched at the New York Shipyard.
Camden, during the next two days. Tho
first Will leave the ways tomorrow
morning at s 30 and the second We'd
nesday morning. Both launchings will
be private. There arc fourteen de-
stroycr boats still on the ways. and ten
are almost ready for launching.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-22

Harrisburg. April 22.--iI"ariug Of
her son. for the first time in two years,
Mrs. John Ditkerson. Of Florida, was
told Yesterday that the Young man.
Hardy Dickerson, will be electrocutcd
early next Monday morning. The
mother heard her son was in Jail here
and had the sheriff of Suwanee County,
Fla. telegraph to see what could be
done
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-22
Combined Court Bill In

Harrisburg. April 22.-Senator Ed
ward w. Patton. of Philadelphia. intr"
duccd a resolution in the Senate
providing for constitutional amend
ment which would permit the Common
Pleas Court of Philadelphia to consol-
date and operate under one president
Judge.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-22
Will Cable Baker

J. Jardcn Guenther, secretary of the
Philadelphia welcome home committee.
will send a cablegram to Secretary
Baker in France today asking parade
of the entire Twenty eighth Division.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-22
Mayor Has Plans of His Own

invited guest would say. | don't think
they need me at all.
Mayor Has Plans of His Own
Mayor Smith has taken no active part
in the charter revision discussion other
than to request City Solicitor Connolly
to draft his ideas into a bill, which was
to have been prepared by the called
Connolly charter revision committee.
This committee, in the words of its
organizer. has done little other than
'mark time" The Mayor several
times placed himself on record as favor
ing smaller councils, but never out
lined in detail his plan of selecting the
body. He has also declared in favor
of the retention of ward boundaries. In
so far as the Woodward bill affects the
Office of Mayor, the present executive
is not officially on record.
Presumably speaking from knowl-
edge of the Mayors views. Solicitor
Ccnnely has openly advocated the re-
tenton of the contract system of street
cleaning. although he. on the other
hand. insists that it would be good
thing for the city if it owned and oper-
ated its own garbage plants.
Asked what he thought Of thr amend
mcnt suggested by Senator Penrose and
the police bill introduced by Senator
Dax. Thomas Racburn White. who
framed the charter revision bill, said:
Il do not like to commit myself on
bill have not seen and before the
committee has had time to consider
them. | am for the nonpartiSan priu
ciple in municipal affairs and believe it
should be included in the charter re.
vision bill if it's possible.
I'VE did not suggest that in drawing
up the bill we were perhaps little
conservative. because we were trying to
| formulate bill which would be passed
without creating an unnecessarily hard
/ fight As to the police commission bill.
! | cannot talk without seeing it. We
| discussed that. too. in formulating the
charter revision bill, but did not in
cludc it so as not to complcate matters.
To Keep Police Out Of Politics
| Our whole purpose in considering
the police question was to keep the
police out of politics. The charter re e.
vision committee will probably meet to
discuss these bills as soon as they can
! see the measures in revised form. In
making this comment. am not ex-
pressing the views of the committee but
only my own
| Asked if he thought developments of
the last two days at Harrisburg would
interfere with the success of the char
ter revision bill, Mr.. White said:
II have not seen anything yet that
would"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-22
number of officers and men OF the regi-
ment TO be sent to .cacn, follow:

The officers and men Of the 1O0th
Machine Gun Battalion are to be dis
tributod as follows:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-22
Troops Back From Var
and HOme,Uard Bound
ARRIVE

yedy3, at Boston with hfty;elght officer,
and 2ls0 enlisted men. including 200 mem.
bers OF the Yankee division attached TO the
1O3d Field Artillery. part OF the l2sth Field
Artillery. Bakery Company No 3O4 and
Illinois. Wisconsin. Pennsylyania and Con
met by a feet of welcoming boats 0ns
carried a delegation from Missouri headed
by Governor Frederick ID. Gardner Whose
special mission was TO greet members OF
the l2Sth Field Artillery, made up almost
entirely Of st. Louis men.
DUE TODAY
Mobile at New York. from Brest, April
IS, with 2e73 army personnel
Psnaman. at New York, from Brest, April
10. with 20g5 men.
Duca Desii Abruzzi. at New York. from
Msrseilles. April b, with llI5 army per-
sonnel.
DUE TOMORROW
Manchuria at New York. from Brest.
April 10. with 1.5s army personnel.
West Gslsta. at New York. from BreFt,
April Q, with tweuty-seyen men OF Casual
compsny No: e2s; lhigs,s Wn,l ,rom s.,,..
April 4, with thirty-tvo men,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-22
League May Aid Wares

:" fan the league has taken no def.
inite action on the Philadclphia bills,
but number Of lis members individ
ualIy have expressed hostility to the
measures. \ meeting will be held in
the near future to ascertain the leagues
sentiments.
Representative Ramsey. Speaking for
the bill. made reference which caused
something Of sensation.
Il hope. he said. 'the House will
pass this bill despite the senior sen
ator's supposed statement in today 5
newspapers that he favorS noupartisan
elections.
The vote was 81 for and o. against
The two factions began sparriug last
night for the first advantage in the big
battle.
The net result of the opening skirmish
was a draw.
Senator PeurOse succeeded in forcing
the Woodward charter bills out of the
Senate municipal affairs committee for
second reading, but Senator Ware coun E
tered and obtained further delay in
the final action on the bills in the upper
chamber.
NdIt. as IdSl 'dlu tb uPldN ma
action in the Senate on the bills. an
nounced another hearing. His an
nouncemcnt was considered a def to
/ Senator Pcnroses determination to put
I the bills through the Senate as speedily
as possible.
/ Senator Ware sprang his card when
Senator Woodward. sponsor of the
measures which have been resting in
Senator Wares committee for the last
I two months, asked that meeting of
the committee be called to consider the
bills,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-22
APARTMENTs WANTED

nished' Of two or three rooms and bath
or use OF bath, in q respectabie neishbor-
hood; no preference for location long as
the above requirements are ilied.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-22
ROOMS WANTED

FURNISHED ROOM wanted with or with
out meals, in private family, or desirable
roomng or boa riding house; give price anC
full particulars in answering
q, BOWEN,
AlS Spruce nj
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-22

mcntc both camps. Pcnrosc mon seem
confident that tho charter bills and
other reform measures arc going
through in their present shape. The
Ware mon are counting on tho Gov
crnOr 10 aid them in keeping out any
thing that would hc objectionable TO
their organization.
"Thc Governor and | arc in entire
accord on III" proposition Of legislation
for Philadelphia. was tho comment of
Senator pcnroSc on the Governors in
tcrviow.
"Thc bills contain no 'ripprrs. - " hc
said. "Thcy simply arc designed to cure
obvious evils, and tho police bill is
drawn to take the police out of poll
tics.
"Any program that suits the Gov
crnor will suit me- said Senator Ware.
"Wo arc for tn" Governor and for
anything he wants from the General
Assembly,"
This uttcrancc Of Senator Ware was
significant because among other things
which the Governor approved was the
small Council proposition.
George W. Coles. chairman Of tho
Town Meeting party. summed up the
sentiment of his followers in this state
mcnt:
II have read the governors state
mcnt. and there is not word in it
with which | do not agree. We have
understood his position from the outset.
I might say that we have considered no
legislation which would conflict with the
Governor views. We have had many
requests to present drastic legislation.
especially demands that Mayor Smith
and Councils be ripped out Of office.
Proposition Rejected
Nothing of this sort. however. has
been considered by the charter revision
committee. since we learned some time
ago that the Governor was opposed to
ripnCr$. We were urged to incOrporate
clause in our charter bill by which
the present Council would be eliminated
Immediately. and would be succeeded bv
Council appointed by the Governor.
! This proposition was not favorably con :
81 iercd.'
\ big factor in deciding the fate of
/ the reform bills. if the Governor keeps
hands off. will be the Legislative
/ League. an organization of independent
House members from the rural districts.
Var" members of the House fire.
uucntly have played for the support
of the league. which so far has been
able to defeat every measure its mem =
bCrs lined up against solidly.
The Ware forces in the House scored
a trick last night when they threw votes
enough to the league to defeat the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-22
PenrOse Compromises

Senator PenrOse was reached by tele-
phone at his headquarters. The result
was a compromise.
Senator Woodward wanted the hear
ing held tomorrow, but Senator Ware
insisted that ii be held next Tuesday
because Mayor Smith has been Ill and
could not come here tomorrow.
Senator Woodward finally agreed to
have the hearing next Tuesday with the
understanding that tho committee would
meet immediately after the hearing and
sasen aFtica on the bills.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-22
OldChdrter 0. X,
Asserts Er-MdyOr

Continued from Page One
delphia is we'll governed. but nothing |
can say will help things much.
Il was in the Bullitt charter fight
and Mayor Filter was the first exccu-
tive under it's provisions. was the
second. but my experiences are all back
numbers. I don't know what | could
say if called before the committee. l
am unusually careful to know what an
invited guest would say. | don think
they need me at all. -
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OFFICIAL PAPER INCOME COUNTY
ARE YOU A FIRE FIEND?

Fire Is responsible for a great
er loss of life and property than
any other agency and 80 per
cent of the fires are preventable
At this time of year it is part
iculerly important to clean up
and destroy all rubbish and re-
fuse.
In Is of the principle Pac-
if1c coast cities, 1135 fire alarms
were received in April. Virtu-
ally all of these fires were due
to carelessness.
Think of this terrible loss that
could be so easily prevented if
just ordinary precautions were
used.
We read regularly of a house
burning up with children lock-
ed in it, of school house fires,
hotel fires, forest fires and great
factory fires, etc., and in 8 cases
out of 10 the cause of the dis
aster was plain carlessness or
thoughtlessness on somebody's
part.
1t is much easier to prevent a
fire than to put it out. Be Care
sstii.
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REGISTER AGAIN TO
GET VOTE

Those who desire to vote at
the special election called for
the purpose of submitting a law
relating to amendment of the
primary, Sept. 2, must register
providing they did not vote at
the last general election last
November.
Already quite a number of
people in this county have re-
gisteered, and those that have
not will have to get busy and do
30 before July 18th, which is As
days before the election on Sept
End. However this election may
be called of, as petitions are be-
ing circulated all over the state
asking that it be called of until
next year. Soldiers who have
been away and did not get to
vote last fall should also regist-
er now if they wish to cast their
vote this fall.
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THE AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE SESSION

A large number of counties
are joining in the summer sess-
ion for teachers at the Agricul-
tural College. The six weeks of
work there provide for the new
requirements for the certifi-
cation of teachers.
The state pays the round trip
$500 for those who attend the
Summer Session which opens
June % and closes August 1.
For counties situated as this
one is the payment OF travel is
an important matter. Teachers
may have a vacation trip at
small expense especially as
board and room is provided for
six weeks at the Summer Sess-
ion for $40.
Full normal and certificate
credit is given for six weeks in
the summer session.
A practice school is maintain
ed.