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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-16
M0T0RIST RUNS DOWN BOY;
CAUGHT AFTER CHASE; HELD
Under $500 BaiIAAIso Fined for
Driving Without License

William j. Keene, 904 North Six
teenth street, an insurance broker, while
driving an automobile last night, struck
William NJ. Booming, Jr., thirteen
years old, 2030 Green street, at Six
teenth street and Fairmount avenue.
He was held in $500 bail today for q
further hearing December is on charge
of assault and battery by accident. He
also was fined $40 and costs for driving
without license.
At the time of the accident Keene did
not stop, and John Rakus, 721 North
Seventeenth street, taxicab driver,
pursued him. When Rakus attempted
TO jump on the running board of
keene's machine he was throws to the
street and badly injured. suffering a
fractured arm and n possible fracture OF
the knee.
AT the hearing today, Keene testified
be did not know he had struck the boy
and did not know that Rakus had at.
tempted to jump on his car. He said
the first he knew of the accident was
when he was arrested at Eleventh and
Parrish streets by Patrolman Van Horn
of the Twentieth and Buttonwood
streets station, who chased him in an
automobile.
Patrolman Van Horn. who witnessed
the accident, said Keene was driving uI
Sixteenth street at moderate speed ant
at Fairmount avenue he almost collidcC
with another car. In avoiding the col
lision, said the patrolman, Keen,
turned out, and in that way struck thu
Booming boy, who was riding bicy
Gle. keene, he said, swung his ca,
back into the street and drove on. Keen,
admitted he does not own the car anC
has no drivers license.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-16
LoRENz OPENS N. Y. CLINIC
Examines Sixty a Day Under Aus
t. piees Of Health Department

New, York. Dec. 16.--(By A. P.)-
Or. Adolf Lorenz, noted Austrian sur
geon, today opened public clinic here
under supervision of the Health Depart
ment. The clinic will be directed by
DR.. Jacob Sobel, of the department.
Arrangements have been made to cx-
anime about sixty cases each day. DR..
Lorenz will dictate recommendation to
a stenograpber, and will mail them tc
relatives of the persons examined.
The State Department of Education
which grants licenses and directs the
professions in the State, recently mott.
field DIR. Lorenz that he would have to
obtain a license If he decided to con
duct his own clinics.
The surgeons cause was championec
by DIR. Royal S. Copeland. Health Com
missioner, and the clinic opening today
at his direction was said to be within
the requirements of State authorities.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-16
WON'T DIE, R0SEN SAYS
seventy.four Years Young and Feel
ina Fine. He Telephones

New York, Dec. 16.-Baron Rosen,
former Russian Ambassador to the
United States, denied in the Hotel
Netberland last night he IS in a serious
condition as a result of his collision
with a taxicab Wednesday, The Baron
answered the telephone himself, with a
cheerful voice.
There are several misstatements ip
the papers about the accident" he said:
I'm the first place my age is not nd :
vanced. I'm seventy four years young
not seventy -four years old, and / have
no intention of dying. It's true my
shinbone is broken and that won't bt
able to move around for a while, but
it is nothing serious. | am feeling first
rate
Baron Rosen stepped from behind ar
al" pillar at Sixth avenue and Fifty.
fourth street Just in time to be struck
by the taxicab. flc declined to have
the driver arrested.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-16
COL. kemp PLANS !
TO STEP INTO JOB|
Inquiries Of Washington Abo,t
Bond as Postmaster---wlu
Be Ready December Al
SMILE AT THORNTON DEFY

Colonel George r. Kemn
Postmaster here, and instrno, appointed
sumo charge of the Office NJ u tbe 70 as.'
business December 81 has 'ae close Of
Gated with the department in Wssh'unnl W"hunl''
ton concerning his bond. He will h.u,ng n n
pared pare Ito to take take over the Office on N ~, ~,
Postmaster John II. Thornton.
ments to the effect that he doos sste,
propose to quit the Office, "nsuvV uVes not
pay, are not viewed serjonslv 20
Washington. '''uS'y IN
He will cease to be Postm,s..
the close OF business December AZ, az !, =.
high official of the department sail o a
day. 1--WE will see to that n, "
never is any trouble about tbe's tbe.s
Department officials regard tn.
tons case as CLOSED" It was re,taso.n ,av.n,
today. His statements are ;nto.ursee,
as having a distinct political tinsa ..ea ,
as intended for "home consumptier y sno
What will happen II he persst. ..
his position up to the day on wb;cs - y
Is scheduled to leave the Office !. a ~
gested by the practice Of the dsn..
iuVhb III otltI GUSTS. he MSlal ~.
cedure is for two or more rosta, ~
spectors to station themselves in ~. ~
Postmaster's Office. When tha hon.
comes for him to step out, he goes ont nu'
whether he wants to or not-and /.
does not come back. The inspectors a.. !.
armed with full authority from Il. ~
department to take any necesss,v
measures to enforce its orders and mn
tect the Governments interests, 6rl,
a Federal Court can intervene.
81 shall fight to the limit"
This is the declaration of Tborn,o,
today. The Postmaster has held NJ.
post for eight years and three month,
and said today he intended continuir,
being Postmaster until the President -.
quested his resignation.
"If Washington charged that thsr
has been maladministration during N,
term it is up to them to prove Il ana
I shall demand proof before I leave ths
Office. The fight has just started and ma
II they intend to oust me they will hsw
to fight back" -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-16
MEET ON BANKING LAWS
Committee In First Session to Con
slider New Regulations

The committee recently named by the
Pennsylvania Bankers Association IL
consider the proposed codification of the
State banking laws will meet for the
first time today Mt the Bellevue STRAIT
ford.
The committee will work in accord
with the State Banking Commission
and study the proposed changes in the
barking laws.
The committee consists Of John f.
Chalfont, Pittsburgh, chairman; John
g. Reading, Williamsport Il. NJ. Mar
lin, Dubois; J. W. B. BauSman, Lam
caster; Edward J. Fox. Eastou; II. Il.
Hsgy, Reading John II. Mason, Phila
dslphia; 3. w. Lewis. Pittsburgh
William A. Law, Philadelphia Con
gresham Lewis T. McFadden, Canton
H., r. Mcdowell. Sharon; II. 3. Coll,
Pittsburgh; J. NJ. Wilcox, Thiadc,-
phla; James p. Mccullough, Harris
burg, and A. B. Mcdonald, Erie.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-16
COLLEGE MEN NOT
BEST WHITE COATS
Needn't Be Educated, Says
caven, Opposing Mental
Examinations
WANT JOBS OPEN TO ALL

College graduates do not always
make better street celnning sunern
tendents than practical uncducated
men, according to Director Caven, of
the Department of Public Works.
lie made this declaration, today, be =
fore the Civil Service Commission, at
hearing to determine whether TO give
mental examination to street clean
erss, placed on the city payroll when it
takes over the cleaning of its streets,
January /. All will be exempt IL in
the employ of the various contractors
up until December Is.
Il know of one college graduate, I"
said the director, 'who was appointed
a superintendent of street cleaning. He
failed dismally. He got affairs into a
condition of chaos, through his misman-
agement. His men were forced to work
on Sundays to catch up. lie was fred.
Another man was engaged He was
uneducated, but he got results"
Albert Smith Taught. secretary of the
Civil Service Reform Association. sug-
gested rigid examination of the moral
character and reputation and record of
applicants for street cleaning jobs be
| made. This was objected TO by Com
| missioner Neeld, who said that street
cleaning jobs were considered one of the
lowest forms of employment, and n man
with a prison record should be allowed
to try and make good in his efforts to
rehabilitate himself. if he so desired.
Mr.. Taught countered with the sug-
gestion that hold-ups were becoming
frequent, and one couldn't be too care
full. Commissioner Neeld reminded him
that many hold-ups were the result of
desperation born of unemployment.
The street cleaning forces of the con
tractors who now do the work will be
taken over by the city. Director Caven
wanted all those engaged by the con
tractors prior to December | TO be hired
by the city without examination. Chief
Dunlap, of the Bureau of Highways,
suggested December 10 as the exemption
date. There are eight superintendcpts,
thirty tvc foremen, 100 sub foremcn.
twenty horseshoers. eight whcclwrights,
five harness makers and 1850 labOrers
to be taken over.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-16
British Commons
Ratifes Irish Pact

continued from rage One
trary. he declared all he ever had sug-
gested was that the character of the
population would be taken into account
as well as the economic and gcograph-
ical' conditions.
Sir James Craig, the Ulster Premier.
and Colonel Spcnder. secretary to the
Ulster Cabinet. arrived in London to-
day for consultations regarding Ulster s
position. He told newspaper men he
had come in connection with the impor
taut question Of listers boundaries,
which the treaty stipulates arc to be
fixed by commission. He hoped be
said, to have an early opportunity OF
seeing Austen Chamberlain, the Gov
crnment leader in the House of Com =
mons, and possibly Prime Minister
Lloyd George.
THE present position appears to
throw us back to where We were in
1914" he said. He added that the
boundaries issue seemed to him to be
a very serious matter Indeed.
Without that I think | might have
been able to secure approval OF the
Diary proposals entirely alter the out
look"
Dublin, Dec. 16.--(By A. 1.-THE
crowd greeting the members of the Dali
Eireann at the entrance Of University
College was much thinner this morning
than on the two previous days of its
consideration of the Irish peace treaty
The private sessions of the Dali, il
is declared in some quarters, have been
devoted largely to an attempt to dis
cover some method whereby 1t can ac-
cept the treaty and at the same time
not register a defeat for De Valera and
his followers. The principal difficulty
in the way is said to be De Valera him.
self.
The Dali can accept or reject tht
treaty, but cannot make fresh one
without repewcd negotiations, yet parts
of tie debate in secret session are sale
to have been concerned with the details
as to how the delegates might have Sc
cured better terms.
The attitude Of the republican army
is causing much speculation. lis head,
irt the Dali are admittedly divided OF
tho question Of accepting the treaty
but all the leaders agree in deprecat
ing any interference by the army il
the political decision.
The official organ Of the army de
clares that whatever the decision mas
be the army will accept it in the true
spirit OF disciplined soldiers, in sup.
port Of the national will constitutional lS
expressed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-16
MAY PRESERVE TODD HOME
Plan to Convert Residence Of Lin.
coins Wife Into Museum

Lexington. Ky. Dec. 16.-Mary
Todd Lincoln's home during her child
martyrcd President, Abraham Lincoln
will be purchased as memorial to her
and as museum for preservation Of
Lincoln furniture, manuscripts and rel
les now in Kentucky, il plans of u group
of interested citizens materialize.
The old Todd home formerly was Il
saloon and now is u soft drink stand.
Those wishing to secure it for historical
purposes have obtained an option on the
property.
The historic rooms where Mary Todd
spent her childhood, and where she re-
ccived Mr.. Lincoln. are much the same
as when she married and when she Wis
tied her old home after marrying Mr..
Lincoln.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-16
REPUBLICAN WOMAN'S CLUB
NOT. TO ENTER ANY MERGER
No Basis for Union With County
Committee, Says Mrs. Lorimer


1t has been decided finally at meet
ing of the Executive Committee of the
Republican WomanS Club of Pennsyl-
vania that there is no basis existing
for q rumored merger of the ograniza =
tion with the Philadelphia County Com
mittee.
According TO Mrs. George Horace
Lorimer, president Of the club, Our
plan and our scope are entirely differ
ent and along different lines. The. aims
of the two organizations do not coin
eide. l believe both have important
work to do, but it differs in many essen
tial particulars. Their work is not our
proper work.
ours is primarily an educational
organization, founded on the plan of
the Union League Club for men. 1t is
20 be a Union League for women. We
shall continue our original plan. namely,
to form branch clubs of Republican
women who will be in sympathy with
and work for the plan of the parent
club.
Branches will be formed in Frank
ford, Oak Lane, Tioga, kenSington and
other sections of Philadelphia. One is
forming now in West Philadelphia.
Incy Will De tOrmed also Ill MOntRolu- :
cry. Delaware and Bucks Counties.
These branches will come under the di-
rection of chairman of branches, yet
to be selected
"Our whole work is educational. We
hope with the aid of capable speakers
to educate and cnligbtcn our voters. At
present that is all we will try to do.
No merger is contemplated. but it is
hoped members of the Philadelphia
County Committee will join the branch
clubs. All branch club chairmcn will
be members of the Central Executive
Committee of the club. Our main club
house is at 210 South Seventeenth
street. -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-16
GARAGE For SALE
DEATHS

PURCELL.-Decemb II, JSssaan
PURCELL, Funeral Monday st s'W gsn,y Z;
from the residence OF his hTGlheI, i'ui 'reauia
Purcell, 1928 s. .54th 1t, solemn cssfs
mass at Church Of Most Blessed SSssih,dn
at 10 A. NJ. Interment New PsI
Cemetery. Employees OF conn oians 20 Of wh1
Court No. and ell organizations "
no was a member invited ., HANNA
Cassidy tnee Cunningham wife OF XII
cassidy. Relatives and friends oI, InSSS nsr
funeral on Monday at 0 A. NJ ir93more from
residence. 2l2 Ardmore ave- Coini1
Solemn roquiem mass at,osnt a. T ST ped
t,huroh at 10 A. NJ lntermeh' ''
GODFREY.-Dece 10 l@2li ond VEsl
daughter of the late BENJAMIN utuneral II
line +. Godfrey. Due notice OF 'u"''
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IS. ANNE. D
OF late Patrick Mooney. RelssuoSslB
friends also Married Women. SI'N on Na
the Gesu Church, invited 70 fpIs,s'i ireSidsps
day, $50 A. NJ, from her 'am 'assmouism T,
$40 North Uber at. solemn Iea uinterna
at 10 A, NJ, Church Of the desu, oers ploa
Holy Cross Cemetery. Elktoh V8''
bWYER,-Ds,S,s,mSeTD I2,,, D,ysr, u; g. NRslai.!1
and friends invited to funeral MSnoSs scls,
x. NJ. from 25i9 u. somsrsss. Sch, 81; 10
requiem mass al st. AIMS ChnFe"
NJ. Interment st. Ann's CemeisI "a RGkRI
MARY, daughter Of William inyltet
Brady. Relatives and TlshoI M f9
| funeral on Monday At fSv Il 800.
residence Of her parents 2Vrlhburch of n
ssn.G sVIs,aG sss,.%.at G1sss Ss ssaS's intsrrsH
fs,,~ " y 'ffrr IfIefif' r. i'vYiNe. fN tsf
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-16
WOMEN VOTERS MEET
Penna. League Discusses Arms Par
lev al Luncheon Today

Penna. League Discusses Arms Par
ley at Luncheon Today
Women's interest in the subject OF
the limitation or armament was amply
displayed today at the intercounty
conference and round table luncheon OF
the Pennsylvania League of Women
Voters, held at the Acorn CLUB.
The conference was participated IN
by officers and members of the Phila
delphia League of Women Voters and
of the leagues in nearby counties, as
we'll as by prominent women leaders,
representing a number of women's clubs
and organizations.
The speakers were DR.. Vernon kel-
logg, of the National Research Council,
who was a member of the Hoover or
ganization during the war; Miss Amy
Cryan, Of the University Of London,
an exponent of the subject of in
ternational relations. and Lady Bea
tricc Wolselcy,. of the British nobility,
who is in this country in the interest OF
stronger relations between the women
of this and her native country.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-16
O. K. FOR BERLIN ENVOY
Karl Lang, Charge d'Afalree. to Sail
for America This Week

Berlin. Dec. 16. - Approval By the
United States Government OF the ap-
Charge d Affaires at Washington was
delivered to the Foreign Office here yes
terday. Herr Lang will start for the
United States at the end of the present
week.
The new charge has been in the Ger
man consular service at Montreal, Chi
cago and st. Louis. and also in Rus
sia. Recently he has been attached Ia
the passport section of the German EN-
bassy in Paris. He Is about fifty wears
old and speaks English. He has made a
favorable impression in American officia
quarters in Berlin. After he is released
as Charge d'Affaires at Washington
Herr Lang will assume the post of Ger :
man Consul at New York.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-16
CHILEAN VOLCANO ERUPTS
Mount Rnehua Rains Rocks and
Pours Forth Hot Ashes

BnenOs Aires, Dec. l6.-( BY 4. r
Eruption of a volcano in the Andes
Mountains, believed to be Mount Rine-
hua, in Chile, is reported in dispatches
received here. The townships Of
Osorno, Union and San Pablo, Chile,
were considerably damaged by falling
rocks.
Incalculable damage is, said to have
been done to the grazing lands north of
Lake Manuel Huapi, hot ashes cover
ing the ground to depth of nearly six
inches. The livestock there is in dan
ger Of starvation unless it can be
transported from the affected zone. The
reports add that further eruptions are
feared.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-16
MORE SKIP-STOP PROTESTS
Philadelphia Residents Ask Public
Service Body for Relief

Harrisburg, Dec. 16.-Complaints
against skip stops on the philadelphia
Rapid Transit system at Eighteenth and
Dauphin, Eighteenth and York. Eight
eenth and Lehigh avenue and Nine
teenth and Cumberland streets have been
filed with the Public Service Commits
sion by J. Is. Mahony and others resld-
ing on Eighteenth street. and against
the skip stop at Sixty second street and
Haverford avenue by w. s. Hasson.
Complaint has been filed by the Pitts
burgh Terminal Railroad and Coal
Company against the Pennsylvania,
Delaware and Hudson, Lackawanna,
Erie, Lehigh Valley, Reading and other
railroads against refusal of through
rates on coal.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-16
BERGER APPEALS FOR DEBS
Wisconsin Socialist Appeals to Pres
ldent for Clemency

Washington, Dec. l6.-(By A. P.)-
Victor Berger, Wisconsin Socialist, who
was twice refused seat in the House,
called at the White House today and
il was understood appealed to the Chief
Executive in behalf of Eugene V. Debs,
Socialist leader, serving a sentence in
the Atlanta Penitentiary for violation
of the espionage law.
MIR. Berger said he called to see the
President as a member Of Congress,
but unseated," and found that Mr..
dIarding had "a big heart. He de-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-16
Two Men Rob Camden Grocery

Two Negroes robbed the grocery
store of Theodore Lambert, Ninth street
and Atlantic avenue, Camden, about
s o'clock last night. getting about 81
worth of merchandise. Lambert told
the police this morning that the men
came in and picked out the groceries
and started from the store without pay.
ing. When he demanded money they
threatened to shoot and got away.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-16
Chandler Hearing Postponed

Owing to the indisposition of ].
Howard Reber, counsel for Willard =.
Barrows, trustee for the defunct broker.
nge firm of Chandler Brothers e. Co..
a creditors meeting for today was post
poned. 1t will be held next Wednes-
day in the ofice Of John M. Hill, the
referee. in the Penn Square Buildipg,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-16
CITY WILL DEMAND
BETTER L TERMS
Transit Commission Takes Up
Mltten's Suggestions to End
Frankford Problem
PUBLIC NOT AT HEARINGS

A fight for terms more favorable tC
the city in the agreement proposed by
the p. r. T. Company for operation
Of the city-owned Frankford Elevated
was started today by Transit Director
Twining and City Solicitor Smyth, on
Instructions from Mayor Moore.
Better terms were insisted upon by
those officials, as Councils Special
Transit Commission met TO hammer out
new agreement. The first session
was held in the Office of Richard Veg
loin. president of Council.
The commission was created last
Tuesday when Thomas Il. Mitten,
president of the p. r. T., offered to
operate the city.built line in conjunction
with the Market street subway elevated.
Object TO Mittcn's Plan
Under the new Mitten plan the city
would receive the difference between
the operating receipts and the operating
expenses of the Frankford Il and
would pay a proportionate rental for
the use of the Market street subway
from .Eront, street to the Fifteenth street
station. Mayor Moore is fighting for
more liberal terms and is preparing
for municipal operation of the IL.
The conferees representing the city
we're Mr.. Twining. Mr.. Smyth. Control
Ter ,Hadley and Mr.. weglein. The COM
pany was represented by h. A. Rich
ardsen. vice president of the 7. K. r.,
in charge Of operation: W. G. Dunbar,
vice president in charge Of finance, and
Coleman j. joyce. counsel for the COM
pany.
The session began at 11:10 o'clock
behind locked doors. Mr.. Smyth brought
Assistant City Solicitor MaEee with
him. The only other person present who
was not member Of the commission
was Frank W. Short. executive clerk
sf Council
Rates Are Discussed
In preparation for the conference Mr..
weglein last night read ninety five
typewriter pages covering the state
ments and discussions at the transit
meeting last Tuesday.
Six tickets for quarter may be the
rate of fare charged on the Frankford
elevated line IL the city operates the
municipality constructed road.
In his message to Council yesterday
accompanying the ordinance authoriS-
ing the creation of a Bureau of Opera
tions to run the line, Mayor Moore sug-
gested that il the city operated the ele-
waited "a return to the rates of fare
prevailing in 1907 might be brought
shout"
Six Rides for Quarter?
phat means the old six rjc75 for a
quarter which prevailed up to 1909.
The suggestion that the city might
underbid the Philadelphia Rapid Tran
sit Company on the matter of fares II it
operated the Frankford road was easily
the outstanding feature of the transit
situation yesterday. The low fare, it
was said. would attract riders and
would materially increase the number Of
passengers carried in addition to boost
ing the receipts.
In Council yesterday Mr.. Weglein
charged that the proposed agreement
forwarded to Council last month by the
Mayor would have ''stuug the car
riders of Philadelphia to the extent Of
1900. .0O0," because of a contemplated
increase in rates Of fare from four
tickets for. quarter to a straight
seven cent basis.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-16
SAYS PROBE HITS TRAFFIC
Railroad Official Urges Commission
to Hasten Its Inquiry

Washington. Dec. 1G.--(By A. P.)-
Constant agitation of the railroad rate
subject has had harmful effect on
business in general ana a tendency to
retard traffic, T. G. Powell. vice presi
dent of the Erie Railroad. said today, In
testifying at the continuation Of the In
terstate Commerce Commission investi
cation into transportation rates.
He asked the commission to hasten
its investigation, in order he said, that
its conclusion might decrease the dis
turbance and relieve the expectation Of
general lower rates.