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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-14
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

Tho following decisions wer" handed
down bv the supreme Court today:
ruDfer vs Baldwin !.uyomot.ye works
lnpelIart p NJ 1, Tn!ls iH!ph!" Iudg-
C;e-mar,o,1 Trust 20 " R.sse- snpe'.
ant Tudgnlcl' = rmed.
P,oyDI appellant -. RarOr barres af-
r-raJ A, cost Of appellant
saffron appellant. "a 'hurnev Sol,
Dscree affirmed A. cost Or appellant
t,ha,han ar,d Phoenix national Bank vs.
TulI appellant Judgment affirmed
SChws!l2pr ~ quake tity taO Co. ap-
,ai'ar, JulgmAnt affirmed.
Nc, '.a y : estate Decree ar Tmed az cost
pEH GURIAM Il I
B,ur.:. appeEun'. = Mora" JJdsmen' a.
rrmed
,AIaTt ~ P-rrsrc Judgment affirmed
Wa-ner 20 American Ralwu"s. appellant
. judgment anime!
wayu- Title and Trust 60. - Ires', "p
reliant. Judgment arirWe4.
Mutual Trust co.. aEp"ilai' - MUM .
a. JIGgInp'. Affirmed
Rerar'. RppsilRI' ~. ltr1dIns Trans
ard ILgh, 60. judgment affirmed
NOSC HZIStER. 9. j.
Cor-lEau ~ ConraE. Appe liant DecFe'
lGlrrrcd AZ cost Of appa lant.
= clifford IS Pn!lads phia RAPID Trans,
ca appellant Judgment affirmed
b PtGb ~ Mes -Bement-Pond {" Iuai
mon IN med for Stpu.a'N" an'''. o.
$4,000
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auto repair department Scott Motor
Co.
Samuel Narish. 7GS South Fourth
street, salesman.
Harry lndictor. go Mexican street,
cutter
Joseph Nolpe. 1910 Amin street,
Keystone Telephone Co.
NJ. Hoffman, 2411 South Darien
street, moving picture operator. Royal
Theatre.
n. II. HaImon. 25S1 South Mildred
street, salesman
Louis Grenspan. 1885 South Eighth
street, manager.
Joseph A. DE Sales. 1921 Jackson
street, chauffeur, Armstrong & Latta
Co.. OBJ Land Title building.
Lin 'rickitis seems 20 have spread to
the spirit world--we don't mean the
Kind you find in bottles, eithcr--judging
IRON the experience of Mr.. Brierley,
who wins the 800 awarded today. Mr..
Brierley didn't make this suggestion TO
us, but 1t seems to us that this IN the
only explanation Of the peculiar expert
ence he had in connection with
lin 'rickin'.
After all, why shouldn't q couple Of
spirits get together each evening and
sitting on soft bank Of clouds, talk
over the doings of ny poor mortals who
are all busy lin rickin'?
Wen tell YOU the experience Mr..
Brierley had and you can all figure out
your own explanations. So. here goes.
You see, Mr.. Brierley has q nephew
Bernard Ashworth-who no lives with him
and who thought that he would try to
play a little joke on his uncle who hus
been lin m'ricking almost since the be =
ginning OF the contest. SO last Fri
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Dream Palace appeal
by Minister 10 Council

Hot Point Talk on the Million
Dollar Dream Palace, was the sub
iect Of Il talk last night by the
Rev, Dr, Arthur baldwin, AZ the
Chestnut Street Baptist Church.
DR.. Baldwin's message was di-
rected to all member Of city Coun-
ell and Messrs. Rurch and Limebur.
ner in particular.
Few men got second chances, "
he said. "You went wrong once.
We understand you are to have the
opportunity to veto the Dream
Palace appropriation.
"Do II,
"ShOw that you have repenLcd,
THE crowd you voted with will
only smirch YOU. Vote right now. !"
The minister then gave his mes.
sage TO Council as follows:
"Give US less talk at S1l 60 per
minute and more wisdom, less poll y
tics and more business. less faction
and more loyalty to the public in O..
tercSt, less Of self In the limclight
and more the vision Of greater
and better PhiladeIphia."
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DECLARES ATTACKS
WON'T BEAT MELLON

Washington. Fob. l4.-Andrcw w.
Mellon. Of Pittsburgh, reputed TO b"
one OF the richest men in the United
States, possessing wide business ex.
perience and diversified holdings, in
cluding. at least until reccntly. half
ownership of the O.srholt Dstillery,
will he aaqrtnted secretary OF the
treasury in the Harding cabinet. in the
opinion Of Senator prnrose and others
President elect Harding had full
knowledge Of Mr.. Melons corporation
and whisky holdings and despite this
knowledge. il is said hero. has asked
him to accept one Of the most impor-
tant places in the cabinet.
Opposition that has been stirred up
by the Anti Saloon League 10 the ap-
pointment of Mr.. Mellon will be null
ii6ed. il is thought, by Senator Pen
rose. because OF the known desire Of
the next administration 10 transfer the
duty Of enforcing tn" prohibition law
from the commissioner Of internal rev
cnue 10 the Department Of Justice.
"Mr. Melen has been criticized II
,ertain quarters because Of his alleged
ownership Of dStillcrl stock; will this
nave any bearing upon his appoint
rnent!" Senator Pcnrosc was asked.
NO impOrtanc" az all can be at
rachcd 10 Mr. MeUnn'S ownership Oi
distillery stock, which | understand h'
acquired as a banking transaction, re
plied Senator PpnrOse. "All this ha'
been we'll understood, aud no Interest
will exist in III" minds Of the public
because Of the proposed change Whict
will take prohibition enforcement iron
the secretary OF the treasury ana th'
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MISSING MAN Is FOUND
Birmingham, N. j., Citizen Taken
in Charge by Relative

After drawing $40, 900 from the bank
and turning it over to his employers
last Friday. A. j. Mullen, forty five
years old. OF Birmingham, y. j., dis
appeared from his home. His family
fearing he had met with foul play, no
tilted the police of this city, who sent
out 'hyers" to locate the man.
Detectives Enright and Lcinhauser,
OF the Eleventh and Winter streets po-
lice station, who were standing at Elev-
enth and Cherry street late Sunday
night, saw a man answering Mullen y
description walking rapidly up Cherry
street. They stopped him.
Good evening, Mr.. Mullen" En-
right said.
How did YOU know my name" the
man asked.
Il guess You don't remember me. but
you better come along until make
myself known" the detective said, az
he took the man to the station house.
4 brother in law of Mullen appeared
early this morning and took charge OF
him. Mullen said that he had become
bewildercd and had wandered away from
home.
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0RGET AN|laOS|TY,
INAUGURATION PLEA
Harding Makes Headway in
Preparation OF His Speech
for March a
WON'T ENTER INTO DETAILS
Ry the Associated Press

st. Augustine, Feb IA plea that
The nation forget the animositieS and
psrtisanship Of the aftcr-war period
and put its shoulder unstintingly to
the wheel Of reconstruction 10 expected
to form the keynote of Warren G..
Hsrding's message to his fellow coun-
trymen when he comes into the presi-
dency.
Although the inaugural address still
II far from complete, It was learned
Yesterday that considerable work had
been done toward its preparation and
that the subjects il is 70 cover virtually
had been selected.
To Keep Hands on Business
1t will be very brief and will at
tempt no detailed discussion Ut any
problems awaiting solution. pne OF
thc outstanding features is expected to
he an appeal for confidence in the ma
tion's business stability. linked with
m assurance that during the next four
wears the administration will keep away
from meddling methods in its relations
with the business world.
Detailed statement of "A taxation pol.
ICY, nOWeNPT, Is W wv T'SrINVh NhNl
Congress has been called into special
session, probably in April.
II is believed Mr.. llardingS address
will touch very briefly on the question Of
IN International peace association and
'vil terscly pledge the incoming admin
istration to use its best effort TO secure
n peace agreement cOmnatib;e with
American aspirations. there is eS-
pected also 10 be word of friendship
for Mexico and the res; OF Latin
America.
To Talk With Hughes This Week
For the present Mr.. Hhriing is de-
voting little time to the actual word
iug Of the document, and most of the
real work Of putting his ideas into Ian
Suage probably will not be done until
rext week. He has = heavy appoint.
,nent list during the next Few DAYS. and
hy Saturday viii have heard the ad-
vice Of several prominent party leaders,
including Charles Evans Hughes. gen =
orally understood to be the prospective
secretary Of state. MIR. Hughes is eN-
pected here Friday or Saturday.
Among those who had appointments
today was Thomas W. Lamont. part
rer in the Morgan banking house. who
helped frame the financial sections OF
the treaty Of Versailles. The purpose
Of conference vas not revealed. but II
was presumed that Il related 10 .ntc' p
national finance.
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VOTING ON SHIP WAGE CUT
Referendum Of Yards, but Results
Not Announced

Washington. Feb. 14.--(By A. PD--
Results OF the referendum vote now
being taken among shipyard workers On
acceptance Of lower wage scales will
be reported next Thursday in New Yorl
at, a meeting Of union heads. Rpports
from various districts are reaching
American Federation of Labor head.
quarters here by wire, but will not be
made public,
The referendum was ordered after
committees representing the Bethlehem
Shipbuilding Corporation aud tho AT.
lantic Coast Shipbuilders' Association
had served notice on the unions that q
reduction of production costs was ncces-
sary because of business depression. The
Bethlehem company proposed a 20 per
cent cut effective not later than today.
Union leaders objected TO the short time
allowed TO learn the sentiment ot tbe
workers and today protested ignorance
as to whether the company would pro.
ceed with the reduction without wait
ing the result of the referendum.
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SHIP CAUGHT IN ICE PACK
Without Ceal and Helpless--u. 8
Cutter to Rescue

New York, Feb. 14.--(By A. P,l-
Caught in a heavy ice pack of Louis
burg, n. S., the British steamship
Bristol City, without coal for steam or
heat. is helpless and drifting north, ac:
cording TO radio message received
here today by the United States naval
communications service. The coast
guard cutter Seneca was Immediately
ordered to her assistance.
Tho message, which said the ship was
in a perilous position and in need Of
immediate assistance, gave her position
as about 100 miles east Of LouisbuTg
near Cape Breton.
The Bristol City, a freighter, of % !
tons, sailed from Bristol. England
January %, for New York with cargo;
Captain J. J. Carey was in command
with crew of forty men.
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WANT NEW TAX SYSTEM
Commissions Being Paid to Collector
Arouse Main Line Residents

Tax commissions amounting TO about
ST.. 900. said to have been paid to
George Cane. Of Bryn Mawr, treasurer
Of Lower Merton township. for his
services covering one year, are given az
the cause Of movement for what ~
termed an improved system OF collect
ing taxes.
This movement is said TO have been
launched by members of the board OF
commissioners and is expected TO take
the form of bin in the Legislature t"
divorce the fee system from township
politics. This bill probably will be-
based on "A tax revision report drafted
by Il commission named by Governor
Sproul, and will do away with township
trCaSurers.
MIR. Game is said TO receive a "a! !ary
Of $4,000 a year for collecting the school
tax, while from the township, the county
and tho state he receives commissions
Last year he was paid $500 by Lover
Merton and between $1,000 and $53oll
BY Montgomery county, II is said. or
this money he must pay the expenses OF
his office. including rents snd the h'rc
Of clerks.
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Holmes Queried
on Dream Court
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tion or alteration Of buildings for the
Municipal Court or any Of its
branches. TO What extent have they
been spent and how much remains
available 60 be added to the 81 .O00.-
600 contemplated by the ordinance
referred to?
Does this item have the approval Of
the Municipal Court as srch?
Very truly yours.
]. HAMPTON MOORE, Mayor.
Evidence that Mayor Moore "is on
the inside track" in demanding that the
city have some control over expenditures
OF the Municipal Court. was found to-
day by his friends at Harrisburg in
the report to the state Legislature. Of
the Governor cominisSirn on consti
tutional revision.
The report Is in the hands OF the leg
islators who are studying II in prep
aration for the vote on the state admin
istration's bill providing for submitting
TO the people the question OF holding q
constitutional convention.
Home Rule Proposed
II the convention is authorized. then
there will be opportunity for the con
stitution to be 80 written as to place
control of Municipal Court expenditures
In the hands of the municipal authori.
ties who have to supply the funds.
In the Introductory summary to the
proposed constitution ss written by
members OF the commission, there is
contained this significant paragraph:
Philadelphia county officers - TC
meet problems peculiar to Philadelphia
T. is proposed that in u county coeXtep
sive with city (such az Is the case in
| Philadelphia county officers may b,
abolished and their duties may be i'm
posed upon city officers. In order I,
! eliminate the 'mandamus evil IL il
further, suggested, that in such countis'
! the salaries and expenses OF county
officers and the expenses Of the loca
judges should be controlled by the mu
nicipal authorities
Would Abolish County Officers
Az il is now. the proponents of tn
Municipal Court contend that city otii
cials have nothing to do with the court
except to ladle out huge sums OF money
Only county officials who happen TO b.
IN political sympathy with the Munici
pal Court, II il held. have anything T.
say about what the court shall do AM
spend.
The commission recommends tina
county officers be abolished and that:
''Fhc expenses of local judges shoul
be controlled by the municipal authori
ties"
The foregoing sentence, said legisla
tors, represents precisely the position 10
which Mayor Moore " now fighting
Another blow at the Municipal Cour
: " struck by the commission in the fol
lowing section:
Duties of courts TO be judicial onl
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john BRIERLES.
ai2 Brown Street,
Gloucester. y. j.

Turrmun. piece goods department
Emery shirt Corporation, l40 North
Thirteenth street
The lin -rick as completed by Mr.,
Brirrlcy was:
SAID q JoautW young fcUow named
chase.
II Luo,c ! Coa E;ng BE- Of space;
! lrW IcnrH HriGtiOT
i,d yfnrflc hc nnti0H
He Lrds "misr in cloud zoe cant
trace.
Mr.. Bricrlcy lin rick was No. =
on the ballot. The other lines were
40. /. And the gull and l. gull
displace. Thomas :. Craven, 20 West
NShmcad place. Germantown.
NO. =. But a Sky Pilot settled his
case. James !. Mccullough. Under .
wood Typewriter Co.
30. : doctors say It's the 'few"-
a plane case. George W. Phillips, S3l
Land Title building.
30. = But poor Chase found the
space hard 10 face. Howard J.. Wheel
rr, l4o West Washington lane. Ger
mHutOwn.
10. u. ran sail.enl, which craft
shall race? {. r. Sommar, 'ol4
Boyer street, Mount Airy.
SO. :. \ow they say Mrs. Chase
Mrs. Chase. Mrs, d. Kimball, Jack
son. Mich. visiting at JS4o HadheIt
street, ann,
No. :. Til they asked him, Wha,
flowers in case?" John IL. CasSel
"3O7 North Fifteenth street.
No. q. lis grave" undertaken!
he'd face. \, NJ. Turner, Room 2l'
| city Hall. -.
80. 10. VIII the King Bee tly II
that ease? John II. Moon, letter,
carrier 0O2, Fairhill PostOfiice, Lehigi
avenue aud Hutchinson street.
Tho linz written by Mr., Brierle,
rorclved five Of the twelve yot"s, cast
while line >, by James J. MCCULLOUGH
cnuturcd four votes. Lines =, and
cgrh received one vote.
The names of the jurors follow
Miss Anna Kinis, 033 PHSsyunk ave
nue.,
Miss Iilda Brumberg, O43 Passyun
avenue, employed by Oppenheim 4
j, SChlecter. 33G Federal street, ap
prentice rompOsitor, Evening Builc
tin.
BENJAMIN Cohen, Gl6 Cross street
clerk, Mitchell. Fletcher Go.
! James Bruni, 920 Watkins street
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HELD AS ECONOMIC SPY
Man Caught as Burglar Was Taking
Picture OF invention

New York, Feb. 14.-By A. P,)--.
F"ncral authorities were asked by Mag
iStratr Short, OF brooklyn. today, to
determine whether Paul Harrick. of
Rochelle Park, y. j., held under $1,000
bail on charge of burglary, represents
a German economic espionage system in
this country.
Edward Burns. manager of cork
manufacturing firm in Brooklyn, and a
detective, hid themselves in the factory
last night in an effort to discover the
mystery Of the recent disappearance of
numerous tools. About midnight. they
said, lIarrck, guiding himself with an
electric pocket lamp. posed Il drawing
of nn incompIeted invention and started
to take flashlight picture OF it, They
arrested him as he was adjusting his
camera
Asked whether a spy system still OK e
listed here, Harrick himself declined Ia
answer them. explaining Il am n Ger
man
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S2O,OOO in Drugs
Seized in Bank
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rest Saturday he was released in SD 900
bail. an amount which he had no diff E
Guilty in having furnished. :.
The drugs seized in the safe deposit
box" said Special Agent Oyler. ARE
part Of a big lot that was smuggled in
from England. The ounce boxes the
narcotic was in had never been opened,
The drug was in the pure state.
Through mixing adulterants in the
Grug tae fifty ounces found in the safe
deposit box could be increased to loo
ounces and peddled to users for about
100000" >,
Officials of the trust company said
today they had no knowledge Of the con
tents of the box. II they had, they
stated. the government agents woult
have been notified at once.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-14

uHtlrS. VI winch MISS Claru MluuIctOn
is chairman, held n meeting this morn
ing at 1900 Spruce street.
Miss Jane Campbell's Monday morn
ing class held it's meeting at the New
Century Club. Mrs. Julia WilletS vii
liams gave the news OF the week, Mrs.
John Gibson Current poem, Mrs. lIar
rict Iummis Smith an original story,
and Mrs. James Monaghan the history
Of Monroe county.
Warwick James Price spoke at the
New Century Club this afternoon on
"A Now Menace in the Negro Prob
lem.
The Delaware County Anna Howard
Shaw committee gave Valentine
luncheon today at the Twentieth Cen
tury club, Of Lansdowne. The speake""
included Mrs. Henry G. Lincoln. vii.
Transport DIR. Martha Tracy and Mrs
James Starr, Jr. Mrs. Carl l.. Alt
maier was in charge Of arrangements.
The Monday Club OF Fox Chase had
Il luncheon today TO celebrate its
| twentieth anniversary. The president.
Mrs. X. X. Boggs, presided, and Miss
Jane Campbell was one Of the speakers,
The legislative committee OF the
Woman = League for Good Government
, met this afternoon Mt the Emergency
Aid. 22l South Eighteenth street.
| The Monday conference followed the
meeting. The Govcrnor's Legislative
Program was given by Lieutenant
Governor Beidleman. "Rcforcstation'
was discussed by representative from
the State Forestry Department, Mrs
II. II, Birney presided.
The Philadelphia Auxiliary OF th,
Southern Industrial Educational Asso
citation held its monthly meeting at tn,
Bellevue Stratford this afternoon. Mrs
A, Gielow and Miss Hall were III,
speakers, Mrs. Louis Lewis, the prcsi
dent. presided
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HORSE GETS A BATH
Rescued After Becoming Frightened
and Dashlng Into SehuyikilI

A horse, frightened by automobile
horns. plunged itno the SchuylkiM river
near City avenue bridge today and
swan about for forty five minutes be-
fore il was driven ashore.
The horse was attached TO carriage
owned and driven by Max Levin, 5l3S
Ridge avenue. a fruit dealer, Levin
was driving along the east river drive
when the horse SHE'D and ran away,
dashing the carriage against a tree
The harness parted and the animal,
without the encumbran"e Of the car
riagc, galloped into the river.
Levin wps urhurt, The carriage was
smashed,
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George Allen

Tne Oodl Of G"org" Alien. &uo dIed
ON tho steamship lmpcrator ,hoTtjy
nftcr it arrived a, Southampton Jan
Wary 30. arrived in New York yes
rer,iay. Intcrmcnt will be private.
Mr.. Allen wus seventy four years
old and was married April 20 last year
To- Miss Lillian Kraus". OF Spring
Lake, y. !.
lie leaves four daughters; The Alien
estate. I.angdnic, Is at Fifty seventh
street and City line. Ovcrbrook
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Camden Man, Shot, Dies

Churles TreatopenOn, twenty nine
years old. Of 3l3 Stevens street, Cam
den. died today in Cooper Hospital OF
bullet wounds. The police say he vas
shot by Angelica Gundo, thirty five
years old, OF COS Henry street, Cam
den. Gundo surrendered and VIII be
charged with his death.
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Jacks Here!

Tell the kiddics that their very
own particular limpin' lim'rick con-
test begins today.
Give them the second section of
the paper and let them have their
own fun with il.
AND THEY CAN WIN TEN
DOLLARS.
Show them the page opposite the
funny pictures. They'll find IL there
with the rules and everything. It's
called
Jacks Jingle BoN
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Ardr.w pousa Hepburn, D. D.

Hamilton. o.. Feb. li.---(By \. P.l
Andrew Dousa Hepburn, d. D., an
authority on English literature, died at
oxford today. iIc was formerly presi
dent Of Miami University there and Of
Davidson College, Davidson, ", n, Hc
was ninety one years old.
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DEATHS

CARPENTER, At his rssldence., rs :
IS!S st FSHb Il sS Ns. 9E2E9E Is sst T&N
GcrmantCwn Mon. a:aO =. N.
TYLER EsSsSdoglEb e hawfT,1Sfi hfTa Ef A,S;rt
e. Tyler. Funeral services on Wedns'aa'
morning. al II O'Clock AZ her lA'e residence
Inicrment at Princeton, y. J, TX
HELP WANTFD-FEMALE -,
sTENoGRAPHER; must he peat and GCup
plpasant personality. Colro MS w.
bulletin Bldg.
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Or. Dewitt c. Shaw

Or. Dewitt Clinton SHAW, formerly
Of Philadelphia, died suddenly Of heart
d seas" in HprinStcldi Mass lie was was
a native OF New York state, but was
graduated from the Philadelphia Dental
school in lSSS. IL moved to Mnssa
chusetts seven years ago,