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bottle. was hurried TO the Polytechnic
Hospital.
The two suspects we're arrested
promptly and taken to the injured wom-
ans bedside at the Polytechnic Hospital.
At the Twentieth and Fitzwatcr streets
station the police had ''broken' the
two men and got confession from
them.
When the men were brought to
my room, Houston said" continued
Mrs. Sterrett, II am sorry for what
did, but it would have happened to
any one who came along. We weren I
just picking on you; any one would
have got the same medicine.
THE other man, Wilson. said, 4
nm sorry for what happened.
The additional charges against Will
son grow out of his positive identitiCa-
zion by Mrs. Mary Milligan, of l10S
South Sixtieth street, as the man who
had held her up with two other women
at Twenty fifth and Pine streets the
night Of February p.
Mrs. Milligan told the police that
she and Mrs. Anna Talbot, of 1IO6
South Sixtieth street, had been at the
house of n friend where there was a
death near Twenty sixth and Pine
streets, the night of the twenty first,
and had left after midnight. They had
not gone far when Wilson pointed what
they thought was a pistol at them and
took their pocketbooks.
The arrest indictment and trial OF
the men have been as expeditions as the
police and district attorneys Office coulC
make them The two were to have beer
tried yesterday, but Judge Monaghan
reluctantly granted postponemcnt be
cause the lawyer who represented tn,
men asked time to examine the bill oj
indictment.
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ALLIANCE PRAISED
Councilman Won Tagen and
Other Political Leaders Call
at Headquarters
WAR ON BROWN MACHINE

Representatives OF nearly every ward
in the city called today at the new
Prnrosc. Moore alliance headquar rters,
on the third floor of 1894 South Penn
square. The visitors pledged their sup
port. Many who had thought for a
time of descrtng the standard Of Mayor
Moore have reconsidered, 1t Is declared.
Councilman Charles o. Won Tagen,
n stanch supporter of Mayor Moore.
said today:
Leaders in all sections of the city
are friendly to Penrosc and Moore. The
organization of the Penrose Moore
alliance is protest against the Brown
Cunningham Ware combine.
Tho battle cry during the Mayors
campaign was eliminate contractor
government. Therefore. any combinn =
ton which is opposing the Mayor can
regular Republican leaders. Even the
practical politicians see nothing to gain
by alliances with the Wares.
The so-called strength of Judge
Brown is nothing more than II dream,
and is confined almost entirely to the
Fifteenth ward The fact Thomas W.
Cunningham. who was president of the
defunct Republican Alliance, became
connected with Judge Brown was sufi =
cicnt reason for forming a new organ
ization. with the road clear for good
government. The real practical poll
tician has seen the light"
Representative Harry Trainer. who
returned from Harrisburg today. viii
confer with several ward leaders and
workers at the new Penrose. Moore
alliance headquarters and map out
plans for strengthening the adminiStra
tion forces in the fight against tn,
Wares
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TO IMPROVE QUARANTINE
Mayor Advised s2ss,ooo viii Be
Spent at Marcus Hook

Assurances that Philadelphia = mari
time needs would BE- considered by the
present Congress were received today
by Mayor Moore from Assistant Spcre.
tary Of the Treasury Laporte.
Recently the Mayor sent Communi.
cation 70 the secretary or the Treasury,
advising that the Qunrantin" stations
at Marcus Hook and Reedy Island worc
greatly in need Of Improvement. In
reply the Mayor received tho following
telegram this morning:
II tax" pleasure in advising you that
on III" recommendation of this depart.
mrut. the President approved and the
secretary submitted to Congress- ycstrr-
day an estimate Of expenditures at the
vort- Of Boston, New York. Philadrl,
pnju and Baltimore. This inclnded
SGHN G2u for improvements at the Phil.
adrIphia quarantine station.
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n. J. ICE CREAM BILL
VIEWED AS MENACE
Health Officials Oppose Move to
Cut Down Nutritious
Butter Fat
WOULD REDUCE FOOD VALUE

Special Dispatch 10 Evrniro Public Led0er
Trenton, March 3.--The State De-
partmcnt of Health totay opposed n
Senate measure now before the As
sembly for the manufacture Of ice
cream, substituting ingredients claimed
to be harmful to public health. The
original measure was introduced and
supported by the Health Department,
but an amendment accepted by the
Senate nullified the departments bill.
"An attempt is being made by GER
tain interests In the state to break down
the safeguards heretofore established by
law for the protection of the public
health" said statement issued by the
department Senate bill No. 101,
which fixes the standard for ice cream
and which was introduced at the in
stigation, Of the State Department OF
Health, has been amended in the Sen
ate in such a manner that not only is
the usefulness of the bill destroyed, but
it permits the use of ingredients which
are not normally present in ice cream,
and which. IL used. will bring about a
very material reduction in the food
value of such ice cream.
1.-THE essence Of amendment Is the
permission Of the substitution OF coco
nut fat for portion of the butter fat
contained in the milk from which ice
cream should be made.
s,E,oryhody hplipypa thQt iCp Crpnm lS
made from milk or cream. If this bill.
as amended. Is permitted to pass, the
ice cream will no longer be made from
milk or cream, except In small part.
but will be manufactured out Of vege-
table fats and oils, which lack entirely
the growth producing, qualities which
are contained abundantly in butter fat.
"Ice cream Is used very largely as a
food for infants and invalids and IL con =
sumed in enormous quantities, and the
Legislature should be interested in safe &.
guarding the health Of the people who
consume 1t. Ice cream manufactured
under the provisions of this bill. as
amended. would not be the ice cream to
which We are accustomed. but subsu =
tute made of cheaper and less nutritious
materials.
The State Department of Health is
very much opposed to the amendment
which has been tackled on to this bill
without its knowledge or consent and
will do everything in its power to pre-
vent its passage as amended.
"With the enforcement Of the pro-
hibition legislation the consumption OF
ice cream has already greatly increased,
and it will increase very much more
in the future. This being the case.
it is exceedingly important that the
food value of this very important food
product should be maintained at least
at it's present standard" :,
Assemblyman Corios' bill to permit
prosecutors In rural counties to appoint
an unlimited number Of special deputies
was defeated in the House. The meas
ure was urged by Prosecutor Gaskill
Of Atlantic, a member Of the governors q
anti crime committee.
The House also dlsapproved a bill to
prohibit avintors from flying over
spectators at public gatherings.
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10 HELD AFTER CRAMP RIOT
Men Charged With obstructIns
Police Near ShipbuiIding Plant

Thirteen men. arrested yesterday
charged with inciting to riot in the
vicinity Of the Cramp shipyard, had
hearings before Magistrate RenShaw,
in Central Station today. Three were
discharged and the rest placed under
bail.
James Logan, Beach and Ball
streets and Bernard Devlin. Aramingo
and Huntingdon strets, according to
the testimony, attempted to interfere
with patrolmen experimenting the
moving Of goods from a house which
had been wrecked in rioting earlier in
the week They were held under $500
bail each.
Mike Poppas. Alexander McAllister,
John ConrOy. Bernard Bantam Charles
Constance, William Schuddetter and
LadiSlaw Boltz were held under $500
bail each to keep the peace.
George W. Dwyer was fined $3.50
for an alleged threat to get" Mounted
PatrOlman Lash, and held under 500
bail to keep the peace. John q. Han =
lon, William Mccarthy and Jack
Tryon, a retired member Of the police
force. Of 11l7 Palmer street. were dis =
charged
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2024 Estaugh street, and third to Mrs.
II. B. Cooper, Of 1714 Arch street.
The Albert Clinton wunderlich Post
50. American Legion, added the limpin
lin rick feature to their last dance, and
they report IL great success. The
dance was held in the Craftsman's Club,
in Drexel Hill. and the incomplete lin =
rick was:
At each 90 Post affair
The best of all Lansdowne are there;
They'll go busted on busses,
But, in spite of all fuses
The winners were First. Miss
Marion Mishlcr, 21 Linden avenue
Lansdowne; second. Miss Helen Reid,
231 n. Highland avenue, Lansdowne.
Tho IIm'rickers' Letter Box
From Mnx ). Lewis, Allentown. Pa
Some time ago ! started 10 work on the
though have never been fortunate enough to
be winnsr or eysn haSs my scsTYss name pp, ,oS on
pleasure In writing my answers.
ra deal error I am guilty OF in writing my
must be observed to write the correct linn.
erick line and also that cleverness and VII
ns sa%a n1" Sns r.usss .ucS as nne but
would II be asking too much TO have you
offer some sort OF a criticism on my lires so
win WIN a prize or At least get ali the fun
and pleasure your contest offers In tho form
OF writing the answcrs1
~ have been highly amused at your
chronic Knockers The contest Ia better
minus these poor sports. They have prob
ably failed to realize that II 10 not compul-
sory that thy enter your contest and sub
nit lines.
"One more question: II a winner lived In
a city quite a distance from Philadelphia,
taking, for example. the city live In. or
other cities In this section. would your rep
DaTaOnal
ner as he does when local Individuals VIM
IT trust that I have not taken up too
much OF your valuable time and that may
receive reply to my Inquiries In some
form
(Your lines scan properly. but the ideas
OF those you inciosed were. unfortunately. the
same that great many other contestants
had. Distance from Philadelphia II not con.
sidered in awarding prizes. Yes. We would
probably send a representative to Allentown
to you-aud we hope we will have to
before the contest closes.)
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M'CAUGHN|TES DON
INAUGURAL SPATS
Twenty-fourth Ward Only Phil
adelphia, Group to Attend Hard
ing Ceremonies En- Masse
PARADE THIS AFTERNOON

More than 200 political workers who
would blush to be caught with spats
while electioneering. will form big.
vivid splotch Of color this afternoon as
they parade from the Twenty fourth
Ward Republican Club before leaving
for the Harding inaugural at Wash
ington.
They are members of the Blakely n.
McCaughn Marching Club, the only
Philadelphia organization to proceed en-
masse to the capital, where in former
years Pennsylvania avenue was dazzled
with the gaudy raiment of inaugural
paraders.
Led by McCaughn, candidate for
postmaster Of Philadelphia, the high
steppers will march down Lancaster
Forty first street and Lancaster avenue.
To Cover Central Section
The route is from Lancaster avenue
and Market street. to Nineteenth, to
Chestnut, to Eleventh. where the Re-
publican city committee headquarters
are located thence to Market street,
round City Hall to Broad, to Walnut,
to Twenty fourth street.
Gray overcoats. pearl gray hats, gray
spats, gloves and ties make up the uni.
form equipment Of the marchers.
At the head of the colorful line will be
held big silken banner bearing the
likeness of Senator Penrose, 'Our
Leader" as the inscription proclaimed.
A serenade for Mayor Moore on the
north plaza of City Hall is included in
the plans.
The club leaders arranged for din
ner at the Rittenhouse Hotel before
entrainin at the Baltimore and Ohio
station.
Mr.. McCaughn plans to hold a little
parade in Washington tomorrow, which
will include march past the Wnrdman
Park Inn, where it is hoped Senator
Penrose will look from window and
see the stalwarts.
S25, 900 Saved for State
The simple inaugural ceremonies or
dercd by Mr.. Harding have saved the
taxpayers of the stnte S25 900 at least.
Plans had been made to appropriate that
sum for a special train on which mem
bers of the Legislature would ride to
Washington.
Under the circumstances few but po-
litical leaders will be in the national
capital tomorrow to see the President
elect take the oath of office on the Bible
George Washington used for the same
purpose.
Governor Sproul will be there and
Senator Grow, Republican state chair
man, and W. Harry Baker, secretary Of
the state committee. 1t is said Mr..
Sproul will confer again with Senator
Penrose after the inaugural ceremonies.
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JOHNSON ART REPORT FILED.
Master Formally Recommends Hous.
Ina Of Pictures In Museum

NJ. Hampton Todd, the master ap-
pointed by the Orphans Court in the
estate Of the late John G. Johnson,
corporation lawyer and art collector, to
suggest propositions for the sale of real
estate, the old Johnson home on South
Broad street, and also to recommend the
proper disposal and housing of the ST.
800, 900 collection Of pictures and other
art treasures, today filed his report in
the court.
The report recommends, as Mr.. Todd
gave out two days ago, that the collec.
ton left the city be housed in special
wing of the Municipal Art Museum,
now being constructed on the Park
way. The master also reports favor
ably for the sale of the johnson prop
erty. $40 South Broad street.
The report will be at once ordered on
the calendar for action by the court and
it is believed the recommendation will
be approved and decree granted by
the court accordingly.
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HORSE, IN QUICKSAND,
SAVED AFTER LONG FIGHT
Workmen Rescue the Animal at End
Of Two Hours

A horse. one of a number used in a
construction operation in Peters street
between Twenty eight and Twenty
ninth, slipped into IL bed of quicksand
there early today. For two hours work
men labored TO prevent the animal being
sucked under and suffocated With the
aid of ropes and a derrick the animal
finally was rescued.
SChott Bros, contractors. are build
ing n sewer in Peters street. n narrow
thOroughfare. A workman backed the
animal into the excavation at 80
o'clock today, and the animal slipped
into the mire of the Quicksand.
Workmon quickly realized the danger
as the horse sank deeper and deeper.
Ropes were passed beneath the
horses body and held by workmen
standing on the edge Of the embank-
ment.
by the time derrick was riggcd the
animal had sunk to it's neck
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Once more in the history of the
United States and the allied nations
has a veteran Of the big scrap been
handed something on a silver platter.
so TO exclaim.
Stanley johnson Livingston, a vet
eran of the First Canadian Infantry
Battalion, who did his four years In
France, who was gassed in the second
battle of ipres, when gas was first
used, and who otherwise has done
something else but wear out asphalt
pavements all his life, is winner Of
today's lin rick contest.
1t doesn't make any difference that
Livingston, who is just twenty five. il
now occupied at the fairly tame occu-
patton of dental mechanic with the
Philadelphia Dental Laboratory, 1900
Chestnut street. He still Is n nervy
young man.
For he won on his thirteenth lin rick
and thereby becomes, as we have hinted
above. one of a few-a very fcw-ex-
service men who have ever had any
thing handed them on a platter. He
concludes that the Battle Of Chestnut
street is not so bad after all, and that
the first twelve lin 'ricks are the hard
est.
When the hour came for Mr.. Living
ingston to be notified he was busy mr.
ticulnting a set OF false teeth That
means he was teaching the upper set
to come down on the lower set without
skidding-a very embarrassing posi- =
bility.
"Mr. Livingston" we said when We
met him, "a grateful world offers you
500"
Immediately both he and the teeth
became inarticulatp. Mr.. Livingston
ex sergeant major in the Canadian in
fantry, actually blushed.
Todays winner says his method was
very simple. "In my spare time ] just
thought about the limerick and IL I go,
an idea that looked good put it down
II | didn't l waited until morning and
then looked at it real hard once more.
That is the time when your mind Is
Clcarest. As a matter of fact, Id for
gotten all about this limerick, but you
can bet | am glad to meet you
Livingston was born in Australia
and lived there until he was fifteen
From there he went to Durham, Natal
South Africa; later TO the Canar!
islands. then to Portugal, London. Ire,
| lnnd. where he took up the study o
his profession. thence to Canada ant
to Florida where his people now are
He rooms in Norristown and is single
Legion Post Picks Winner
Mr.. Livingston y line was chosen b.
ballot at a meeting of the David Jane
son Post No. lS3. American Legion
! during their meeting held Tuesday eve
ming in the Big Brother House, at .
South Van Pelt street.
| Following an address by Z. J. Cat
tell. the members all got busy voting 70
! the limerick winner. The officers Of tn
post got to work counting the ballot
that had been turned in while tn
other members waited with conSiderabl
interest TO find out the result of tn
voting. Meanwhile they discussed plan
for the dane" thAt will be held by tn
post on April 8.
The post has recently completed
membership drive and now consists q
nearly two hundred members. who rep
resent every branch Of the service in tn
army and most Of the branches Of scrv
| ice in the navy.
When the votes were counted W
found that III" winning line had beer
written by
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close seconds in winning the favor of
tne jury. as each of these lines was
given ten votes, while line No. ., by
Mr. Townsend, and line No. o, by
lieutenant Lambert, each we're given
two votes.
The officers of the post who acted as
committee of tcllcrs were:
- Louis $. Potsdamer. 1918 North
Broad street; post commander.
Howard l.. Berliner. 2133 Spring
Garden street; senior vice commander
of post.
II. Stanley Samter, 3415 Race
street junior vice commander of post.
II. B. Adams, 5243 Greenway ave-
nue.; finance officer Of post.
Oscar T. Flelsher, 2301 Green street !:
adjutant.
Herbert d. Reis, 1888 West Al.
legheny avenue; historian and publicity
agent.
Lim'rickitis Spreads Everywhere
Linn 'rickitis is still spreading. in spite
OF the fact that this contest has been
going on for twelve weeks. The fans
do not seem to tire Of it, judging from
the information We get every day.
AT the banquet of the Sons of Della =
ware in the ballroom of the Bellevue
otrattord on Tuesday evening, they had
a limerick contest. The verse was:
When Delaware's sons come to dine,
They praise an old state that is fine;
Its trees (and it's bcachcs)
Are noted for peaches
There were three prizes given. and
the winners we're: First. Mrs. Frank
). Busscr second, G. L. Bartlett third
Miss Emily Graham.
Tho limori,L foyar .-o, rooontl,. ,o, -
tracted BY the Curtis Country Club al
Lawndale. They at once planned a
limerick contest, that was held in con
nection with their last weekly dance.
The stunt proved wonderful sue
cess. bringing out the largest crowd of
the winter dances. The winner of the
first prize was Spick Hall, Of the Eve
MING PrMIo LEDGER. The second
prize went TO Mrs. VI. NJ. Helms. OF
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PHILA. ARTISTS WIN AWARDS
Leopold Seyffert Gets Prize for Por.
trait Of Or. Richard D. Harte

Leopold Seyffcrt. Philadelphia artist,
and members Of the artists colony near
New Hope, Pa. figure as prize. winners
in the ninety sixth annual exhibition Of
the National Academy Of Design, open.
ing in New York tomorrow.
Mr.. Seyffert is awarded the Thomas
X. Proctor prize for portrait of Dr..
Richard d. Harte. formerly director
Of health. Awards to artists of the
New Hope colony are:
Carnegie prize. $500, to John Folins.
bee, for Jersey Waterfront" Isaac
\. Maynard prize. 500. to r. Sloan
Nredin for his Young Lady in
White: the Altman prize for land.
scape, $500, to Robert Spencer for
The Ragpickers"; the Altman prize
of $1,000. one Of the largest awards OF
the exhibition. goes to Walter Ufer, Of
Taos. New Mexico, for figure entitled
Hunger.
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Isaac 6erson

Isaac Gcrson, circulation manager of
the Jewish World, dropped dead at his
home, S07 North Union street, ycstrr. .
day. lie was one of the best known
Yddish journalists in this city. having
devoted twenty eight years TO the pro .,
fcsson 4 widow and four children
survive him. He was fifty years old.
Funeral services will be held today,
and many well known business men and
public officials will attend the services,
interment will be In Har. Lebanon
Cemetery. Frankford.
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STANLEY j. LIVINGSTON
Philadelphia Dental Laboratory
1900 Chestnut Street

Ioo' NHrSlIut 'H"t
The lim'rirk as completed by Mr..
Livingston was:
Limerick No. 81
The boys IN the scashOrc hotel
Seem Ia hate the mere sound Of the
bell;
They crp. "That poor fish!
N0w what does he wtSh -.
Wen sea il the lobster piH
'sheH.'"
The other lines on the ballots we're:
No 2 FOR the ring isn't gold, we
can tell. Miss Beatrice Combcr, Dos
North Thirty fourth street
No. 3. They're bad eggs, they don't t
scramble too we'll. ."-Georgt l.. Town.
send. 1904 South Park avenue, Had
don Heights, y. J.
No. l. All he spends is the evening,
some SWELL" - Joseph DOrgherty
lll0 Glover lane. Chester. Pa.
No. 5. All he tips are the scales.
let him yell. IL. l.. Dieck, 1873 East
'rube e. feels Mrs. Alice =.
Truscott, 10 Springfield avenue, Mer-
Chantvillc. y. J.
No. I, But they scale him for tips.
big and swell. Miss Mary Hess, S3.l
Preston street. West Philadelphia.
No 4. Tho bell can be t0lled. II
can't tell.--Mrs. Grace Plying, lO4s
! North CamaC street.
No, O., They can pike on a sucker
so we'll. Lieutenant John G.. Lam.
bert Engine Go. No. 4, 1923 SAMSON
! street
No. 10. Hop, you chumps, his gold
scales may tip well!-Dan Anderson
Hotel Richardson, Dover, Del.
Mr., LivingSton's line was No. on
the ballots and received twelve Of the
thirty six votes cast by the members 0i
the jury, Line No. 3, by Mr.. Disck
and line No. s, by Mrs. Plying, were
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Student Activities
at u. of p. Today

1 o'clock--Press Club meeting,
37O6 Locust street.
80 o'clock - Sophomore class
meeting, Houston Club.
8 o'clock-Phi Kappa Beta So
ciety meeting, Houston Club.
s o'clock - Sophomore vigilants'
committee, Houston Club.
7 o'clock - Pennsylvania board
meeting, 1851 Woodland avenue.
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Two Charged With Assault

Charged with assaulting the driver of
a mail truck. James Dobbins, twenty
four years old. Emily street near Front.
and Frank NJ. Burke, twenty-Sevcn
years old, Hoffman street near Second,
we're arraigncd before United States
Commissioner Long this morning. They
were held in $1,000 bail for further
hearing. The truck driver was unable
to be present, and the police were un-
able to throw any light on the cause of
the attack.
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CARDINAL NAMED TODAY
Archbishop Dousherty to Be For.
maIly Elevated at Secret Conslstorx

Archbishop Dougherty will be ele .
waited to the cardinalate at a secret con L.
sistory in Rome today The public
consistory will be solemnized Monday,
completing the ceremony. The arch +.
bishop arrived in Rome yesterday.
A layman has been invited to witness
the Vatican ceremonies. Edward l..
IIearn. of New York. European com .
missioner for the Knights Of Columbus,
has been so honored. He recently was
awarded the ambassndorial star Of the
Order of St. Gregory by the pope in
recognition of his work overseas.