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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
ELIZABETH GURLEY FLYNN
NAMED IN SUIT FOR DIVORCE
I. w. W. Agitator Accused as Core
spondent by Mrs. Carlo Tresca.

spondent by Mrs. Carlo Tresca.
Industrial Workers of the World lead
ers in this city were shocked and sur
prsed today to hear that Elizabeth Cur
ley Flynn, the Industrial Workers of the
World agtator, who as mere child
on City hall plaza made her first ad-
dress expounding principles OF social
revolution, has been named as correspond
ent by Mrs. Carlo Tresca, wife of Carlo
Tresca one OF the leading strategists on
the general staff of the Industrial Work
ers of the World army, in her suit for
divorce against her husband. instituted
I New Kensington, Pa.
4 counter suit has been hled by Tresca
against his wife, naming a friend, Tulia
Bellotl, as correspondent. In his suit
Tresca demands possession of his s-year-
old daughter who has been living with
her mother In New York for the last
two years, during which the parents have
been separated.
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, who was for
merly Mrs. Johnson, wife OF machinist,
whom she married I'm the West about
three years ago was was divorced from
him soon after the birth OF a child.
has occupied very conspicuous part in
the Industrial Workers of the World
movement in this country. Together with
William d, Haywood, Joseph Ettor and
Arturo GiovRnnitti, she is considered to
be the foremost representative of syndl-
calism in America. AB a mere child of
Is she made her debut on the platform
and was hailed as an oratoriCal prodigy
For a long while she was accompanied
on her speaking tours by her father
Since her divorce from her first nus
from she was reported to be betrothed
10 Joseph Ettor and Carlo Tresca. Ettor
is not married, and that Tresca has a
wife and child is now, for the first time,
revealed In the counter divorce suits.
Miss Flynn was very prominent in
the recent strikes at Lawrence, Pater-
son and Little Falls. She was confined
IN prison for three months two years
ago during a free speech" night at
Spokane Wash,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
NETGHBORS' CASH
GIVES DEAD MAN
ADECENT BURIAL
Raise Fund, Though Poor
themselves, to Save FAM
ily's Only Bread Winner
From a Pauper's Grave. !,

hearse and one cab drove avo,, s.o..
ooof North Lawrence street this afternoon
10 tne casual observer IL meant nothIn.
more than funeral-a common occ,r
renee-out to the widowed mother wbo
bowed with grief, clasped a little son n,
ne, breast as the cab fumbled over the
cobblestones, 1t seemed almost the enJ
of hope. And to her neighbors VIII
watched with barred heads the sorrowfui
little procession, 1t represented a sacrlhce
such as only sympathy could evoke.
FOR u was the Kindness of those neigh
oors which made possible that funeral
and saved Julian Tropouski bread win
ner, from grave in Potters Field so
that his wife and child followed his re-
mains to Green Mount Cemetery on the
last Of all earthly iournies.
Tropouski died on Thursday after an
Illness of two days. The blow fell sud-
denly and for almost "a hours the dead
mans wife went about the four-room
home too dezed to realize the truth. The
tears fell fast when Franz. her 5-year-
old child, placed his hand in hers and
asked, What is 1t, mother7"
She knew, too. that Julian had not
worked during the last 30 days. and that
there was no money in the house. She
feared starvation and misery, that her
furniture would be sold, and she and
Franz turned out of their four rooms.
her misery she forgot 1t all. She only
knew the man she loved was gone, and
that the little home they had planned
when three years ago they came hopes
fully to America had been broken up.
But her neighbors realized what Mrs.
Tropouski did not They had seen the
dread black wagon of the coroner come
and take away their dead to nameless
graves or. worse still, to a long table
where a surgeon welded the knife for
the benefit of science
The neighbors, like Mrs. TropouskI, are
poor. But poverty didn't stop them.
And so. when Mrs John Friedrich, 40
Rising Sun lane, which is Just around
the corner from the house of grief, heard
the plight Of her neighbor she lost no
time. but went among the others and
raised fund of s35. The money came
from old stockings, from tea cups and
from worn leather pocketbooks. 1t rep
resented the fruits of toll and misery. but
It meant decent burial for Julian
Tropouski
The funeral was small one. Thou-
sands of persons who today travelled over
the Philadelphia and Reading Railway.
the tracks of which run past the only
windows in the Tropouski home, did not
know that within 100 feet OF them was
a gref-striCken mother and wondering
child. They passed, deep in their papers,
but the poor neighbors came and placed
their arms about the widow and offered
the services of love and sympathy.
And as the hearse. with its little oom-
pany OF mourners, ratified UP the street,
kind friends felt repaid for the sacrifice
they had made so that Julian TropouskI.
breadwinner, might not go to a paupers
grave.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
PROGRESSIVES WILL
ASK ROOSEVELT'S AID
IN PURGING PARTY
Housecleaning Faction Pre-
pare Appeal to Leader for
Personal Investigation of
Alleged Betrayal in State.

Preparations are being made for an ap-
peal to Theodore Roosevelt TO come into
Pennsylvania and investigate the alleged
betrayal OF the Progressive party here by
Van Nalkenburg, of this city.
This move on the part of the faction
in the Washington party, which is con-
ducting the Statewide movement TO
throw OFF the Flinn-Van Valkenburg con-
troll and rehabilitate the party, came
simultaneously with their rejection of
Clifford Pinchot as the Progressive can,
didate for United States Senate.
Richard r. Quay, OF Pittsburgh,
sounded the note of protest agains. the
candidacy of Mr. PiEchot. ntimating
that he regarded the former Chief For
ester for the Government as squat
ter In Pennsylvania. lie further de-
Clared that he favored a genuine Penn
sylyaniRn as a candidate. Mr.. Quays
attitude, 1t is pointed out, is particularly
significant in view of his personal friend
ship for Colonel Roosevelt and his posi-
tiOn as a leader in the Progressive move
meut in the western end of the state.
The stand taken by Mr.. Quay was
promptly seconded this afternoon by Will
liam F. Deakyne, of this city, the former
treasurer Of the Washington Party Coun-
y Committee and heavy financial sup
porter of the Progressive movement. Mr..
Deakyne said, while as yet | am not
fully advised as TO the reasons behind
Mr., Quay's move. still l feel well enough
acquainted with the situation to take
my stand by his side against MIR. PIN
chCt."
The plan to have Colonel Roosevelt
come INTO Pennsylvania and make per
sonal investigation Of the activities Of
Mr. Finn and Mr.. Van Nalkenburg has
been under consideration for several
days, although the sponsors Of the party
clean-out' movement are not willing 10
state who will make the first move
Mr.. Deakyne agreed this afternoon that
Mr. Quay viii in all probability be the
man TO go 10 Mr. Roosevelt and lay the
problem Of party regeneration before him.
we in Pennsylvania" Mr.. Deakyne ad-
ded, cannot afford TO have Mr. RooSe-
welt sacrificed to the treachery OF the
Flinn-Yan Yalkenburg influences"
While as yet no one has given any
reason for the unexpected opposition to
the candidacy of Mr.. PinchOt IL Is be-
lieyed in political circles that the oppo-
nents of the Flinn-Ean Yalkenburg con-
troll feel that Mr.. Pinchot Is so tied 10
these men that. II successful, he could
never be Independent enough to stand
as a true representative Of the Pro-
gresstYs partyN
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
CHINATOWN IGNORES
BIRTHDAY OF RULER
OF NATIVE COUNTRY
Young Chinese Party Assails
Yuan's Policy Instead of
Drinking Tea for MANY
Happy Returns"

President Yuan Shi-Kai. of China, held
a birthday party the other day. He at
tempted To make It a worldwide affair
and have il commcmorated by a celebra-
ton in every Chinatown in the world In
Philadelphia and most of the cities of the
United States the birthday idea was not
received with acclaim.
II was explained In Chinatown today
that If sun Vat Sen had proclaimed
throughout the world that he was giving
a little party all the Chinese laundries
would have closed and Race street, be-
tween Ninth and Tenth streets, would
have been hung with banners and lighted
by red fire.
sun Vat sen is the revolutionary leader
in China. lie Is so popular that the chi
nesr administration would like his troops
to catch up with Mr., sun and compel the
latter to recognize the natal day anni-
verssry Of the President by a toast drank
in poison.
When the proclamation OF the birthday
party of the President was received by
representatives Of the SIX Companies here
II was duly posted, as a Chinaman is
naturally courteous except when arguing
with patron over laundry bill
II remained posted few minutes. Then
a EIay-bearded Celestial calmly tore it
down and threw IL into Race street. The
action was evidently popular for no COM
plant was heard.
Then to emphasize Chlnatown's attitude
the young Chinese called a meeting OF
the Chinese National party which was
held all day yesterday in the Chinese
Masons headquarters on Ninth street.
near Race.
The Cinnamon spent the day in criti-
Cism of the President and In expressing
their admiration for Doctor sun They
drank to the health Of the revolutionary
leader, and 20 the CONSERVATION Of his
enemies in tea that was strong and bey-
erages that were even stronger
William Lee, who has AmeriCanized
his name, goes TO a regular barber shop
and purchases his clothing IN a depart
ment store drank beer last night and
discussed the President OF China.
Among the other statements he made
In racy American slang was that Presl-
dent Yuan was either a crook or a
"bonehead." II did not matter Just what,
but he was hopeless. He was either the
tool of the Imperialists or fat headed"
and was being made a monkey Of
Mr. Lee was positive in all his asser-
tions
Most OF the Chinese In America come
from the southern provinces, where sun
Kat Sen Is q faVorite.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

War-bound in this port, separated from
his wife and two children in Hamburg
Germany. with a ffteen-year-old son, a
prisoner in England. Captain Louis
Mas. master OF the Hamburg
liner Prlnz Oskar. is frantic with grief
and verging on the brink Of a complete
nervous breakdown. The vessel is an
chored in the Delaware River off the
Philadelphia NAVY Yard. She has been
there since early in August and dare not
leave this port for fear that she will he
captured by a British cruiser lurking
off the Atlantic coast
The plight of the captain is pitful He
is torn with doubt and uncertainty. The
veteran seaman, who In his hundreds Of
trips across the ocean. has faced death
unf1nChinEly is bowed and bent with
grief, His loved ones whom he has not
seen for months. ar. swallowed up in
the vortex Of the strife now rending Eu-
rope.
\ month has passed since he has had
word from them and the uncertainty of
their present condition ia a tremendous
stran on his mind. He is tnconsolable
Members Of L." rev say he sleeps but
little and is constantly talking OF his boy
who was captured with the Hamburg
American line steamship Eronprinzes-
sin CeCile at the outbreak of hostilties
The boy wrote his father a cheerful let
ter which was received on August y from
Falmouth. ENGLAND. He said he was con-
fined in the poor house and was expecting
to be transferred % a detention camp
BE brave, father, all will come out
right" he wrote I'm concluding his loving
epistle. He asked for money with which
to buy food as he said the food he was
getting was not good.
Cantain Mas sert his son money. but
- he NOT "a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
AGREED WITH SHAKESPEARE

n must not Do supn0Fed that hecause
the Kaiser quoted Shakes peurc TO he
or not 10 be"-in his manifesto His
Ma a'esty Is good Shskespearean. The
o1utrerg may br suUmised from an Incl
Qent which occurred al a lunch at one
uf the Berlin Embassies
An English diplomat was discussing
some hig affair Of the moment with a
lady AS our Immortal William has OBJ
served" rh" diplomat remarked, there
is a tide in the affairs Of men that, taken
al ft' GOOD. leads on 10 fortune"
Na-ssr locked puzzled.
"Eaar Is quite true" he is said to have
acgI.escrd but I don't remember -ay-
ing it."-Tid-Bits
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
READING MAN CHARGED WITH
SENDING BLACK HAND NOTES
Government Experts Declare He
Mailed Typewriter Demands.

George y. : .hacher, we'll known in
Reading as the state treasurer of the
Patriotic order NJ Americans, was placed
on trial before Judge Thompson In the
United states District Court today
charged with sending "black hand" let
ters 10 " II Ludeu and Samuel H. Bell,
also pf Beading LUdou received a letter
demanding that 5000 he deposited at a
certain place. Bells letter called for
S5nl
The letters were written on typewriter
and signed with an CHl Expert witnesses
testified for the government, charging
that SrHaoffer used the mails to defraud.
The defense has not Vet been announced.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
THE WEATHER
Official Forecast

WASHINGTON, Sept. a.
For Eastern Pennsylvania and New
Jersey: Fair tonight and Tuesday; not
much change in temperature; gentle
variable winds.
The area of high barometer continues
TO overspread the eastern half of the
country, causing generally clear skies.
The crest of the area has drifted Slow
ly southwark to the CarOlinas, and the
temperatures have risen in northern
districts from the Mississippi Valley
eastward across the Lake region, the
Ohio Valley and the north Atlantic and
New England States. A trough of low
pressure extends from Manitoba south-
ward across the great plains and over
Northern Mexico, causing showers and
thunderStorms throughout the greater
portion of that vast region.
u. S. Weather Bureau Bulletin
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
WAR WORRY CAUSES DEATH
Aged Germans Anxiety Over strug-
gle in Europe Ends His Life.

Death due to general debility, thought
10 have been brought on by his anxiety
ever the war in Europe, came TO Fred
crick Dinner, in the Odd Fellows Home.
nth and Tioga streets. Dinner was 81
years old. German by birth. and
wheelwright and wagon builder by
trade. For nearly 80 years he was q
member of Schiller Lodge, No. S5, I. o.
o. F. Two daughters and a sister sur
YiYe.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
GOVERNMENT NOT BUYING
WORKS. DANIELS DECLARES
Investigation Made Merely to As
certain Cost of Building Armor.

investigation hHue utISly TO AS
certain Cost of Building Arnor.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels visited
the MIdvale steel works today, accom-
panied by the president of the company.
Before leaving I.rague Island. whore he
had been inspecting the new marine bar
rIcks and tho warship Alabama, Sec
retary Daniels said
"Tho Mdvale Steel Company has not
teeu offered to the Government for sale,
HOY does the Government contemplate
buying that or any other steel works.
The Government is conducting an inves-
tiEarion 10 determine the cost of build
ing armor plate II is should undertake tc
d. so and. having been invited 10 in
speet the plant Of the Midvale Steel
Company / am glad to do so, because
! hoDo that my inspection Of the plant
md any facts that I NAV bo able 10 OBJ
tain may aid the department in its in
vestlvarion."
Secretary Daniels will return to Wash
.nston this evening,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
Jan for Harness Thieves.

Judge Seurle. in Quarter Sessions Court,
today sentenced Herman Aylaud and
Warren NJ. HaTdcastle, both colored. 10
Is months IN the county prison after
they had pleaded guilty 10 stealing har-
ness valued at 500 from the stable OF
Thomas Collins. $50 West Hortter street.
Ayland has been arrested on three pre-
yious occasions for larceny.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
Headache Cure Nearly Causes Death

Mrs. Emma Banker of 3llS Judson
street, early Sunday morning took an
overdose of aromatic spirits of ammonia
in an effort 10 relieve a headache and
narrowly escaped death. She was
treated by Doctor Benedict at the SA-
maritan Hospital.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
Ends an s5o-Mile Hike

George 3, Kaiser, secretary OF the Phil
adelphia Botanical Society, sos Locust
avenue, has returned from an S5O-mlle
hike through the Adirondack Mountains
by way of the Delaware Water Gan ana
the Catskill Mountains. lie was on the
road for % days
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
Man Dies From Gas While in Bathtub

Despondent over the loss of relatives
in the European conflict. George Deort-
fel. 81 years old, of 37l3 North nth
street. committed suicide by Inhaling
gas in a bathtub late Saturday night.
His body was found by his wife.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
charged With steallng Camera

a discharged cmployc, William Morse,
Isg3 Wilder street. of Fred c. Nixon
NirdHuRer 1873 South Broad street, was
held under his own bond AT the Central
police station today on the charge Of
stealing camera from his employers
office. He gave bond TO appear when
wanted.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
NEW ERA DAWNS AS
SECRETARY DANIELS
STARTS SHIPWAYS
Official, in Breaking Ground,
D e c ar S Improvement
Means Vast Industrial
Boon to City and Yard.

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soor,.o,,. 80 A.. >..... ,.-.....-
VI '"' .'"NE 'oS'P"'S IAN
ie's' welding EIt-coNered pick, ana
Director of Wharves, Docks and Ferries
Coorrc w Norris u.;tb d si,,ilsrl,. coot-
=" sp'"e' uus srr'aI mole IN the ground
OH the western waterfront of the Phila-
delphia Navv Yard Mt / o'clock This
.,,,.r,.,
Inc ceremony, simple in itself, was tre-
mondously impressive in its pussibilities
II marked the beginning " the constrtlc-
ton of now shipways. which moan a vast
industrial boom To This city IN general
and tho navy ward in particular.
In the words Of secretary Daniels.
'he building OF the Shipways and the
mort nIrood,. n,,,tra,,.l,, VI" s,
y 200 uU is mo Icas, ,,I,p 70 h. ,ona
In tho rc,- fy,,,,, h,, ,,,,,,,to,;.,a ~,
r,,rs,r,,ti,,,, - Nv. it 80 ~ ~ ~.
prorrd ~ tba ,,r.,,,,s, s"a,i,,a,,,.,,.s
tho world ''
The sbInw,vs ,or, ,,,,,ol q, tbt, cf,,
ooonrdi,, r,, " us ,,s e,.S,
tbo r,ns, sLtIeI Iahao.s ns ~, shiS
building trades wore 70 he fo,nd bnrn
1his r,,,,,..I' ~ lDa'' ,,i
forth lo,,d ao,ia,,sa sr,,, .,,. .i,,.a.,I.
of sp,r,o,.es ~ ,Lo .sm, - 49,, -
ser,bioI -, .Lo,. ~ m,u t'"
aus u;,,r br,y.,,, a,,d obos.s
barea =. ,,,ada ~. ,,t'to,, 80
/ hro,,,,,. 80 -, 'i''
g., s,S-,.. 49,, ~ '''' w ''Us'"S S"e''S 1''
IL hts 80, s,...... r,.,,t.,- ..,,,
,,., -" 7eT,eta'H Ea"'ets p'tN
.a.iaaI3 u'uu.t 10 f.l'au'lpnIa ma ils ms
w.. ~, 'Val asotIatiohs' ,''. us Ioh'riuuUons 10
m Country Hst OF heroes ne said ne
,, mopeI IN lne near future an APPROXIMATION
@ H@vu,I ne maze 10 raise the trlsate lhlla-
de!pn!a now lying at the bottom of Fri
poli haroor and that 1t would be brought
oack 70 this city
wATCurr-1 u.,rrr>.c ,,.rrn
IN commenting upon the struggle now
rending Europe and President Wilson'S
policy of "yat,bfuI waiting" Nv Do,i.,s
.i,.
''''
To-day We behold carnage and she'd
ding OF blood in Europe. Those great
countries have quit writing history with
a pen and are using sword they have
thrown away ink ana are using blood.
Wisdom foresight. patriotism and
great Amertcanism kept up out of a
war with Mexico. You will recall that
several months ago the press and mon
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
LOCAL FIRE RECORD

| i2:55-Res!dence 133 Fishers avenue AIN
Frank Wagner I.,s,..''a'-s's's -
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-07-10
WISCONSIN TOBACCO MARKETS
Continued From Page ~

The managers of the Lancaster
County Seed Leaf Tobacco Growers
association have been a good deal rat
tied by the recent supreme court de-
cision, which practically rules that an
organization of this kind has no legal
status, and it's contracts, therefore, are
void. The Seed Leaf association peo-
pie are doing their best to convince the
growers that their organization does
not come within reach of the ruling of
the court, but they will have hard
time convincing the growers on this
point. 1t has all along been urged by
the association that it's members could
sell to whomsoever they pleased, but
after the tobacco was stored in their
warehouse it was foregone conclusion
that it was there to stay.
1t is now on the edge of the summer
season when packers and cigar manu-
facturers look for trade to ease up.
Yet there is now evidence that the leaf
trade and cigar business are about
awakening to better state than that
in which they have lain so long. Pack
ers report more visitors than usual and
more inquiries after goods, and num-
bers of them are now sending out sam
Piles by request who had almost for
gotten that such things as samples
were wanted And not only this, but
the packers have been selling some
goods, 1909 and 1912 mostly.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-07-10

THE old line republicans have spoken
emphatically on state questions. So
much of the platform as is confined to
those questions is excellent. Their can
didate for governor is an honest, able,
fearless man, gubernatorial timber
through and through; so unlike the
products turned out by the one man
convention of the primary election con-
traption that itaamakes one feel reson-
ably certain that sanity is truly return
ing to Wisconsin, even though COM
PEELED to make it's way against strong
current of wild progressiveism. The
platform on state issues is the voice OF
Wisconsin's tax paying electorate as
one hears it everywhere in village, city
and township, wherever home owners
live, wherever industry thrives and
men have the courage to speak their
convictions. 1t is not, by any means,
the principles of the few who wrote it.
They but recorded the plant of the
people as it manifested itself in the tax
protesting meetings held in various
parts of the state. Strong as it is in
its denunciation of the record of the
progressives, it is not half as strong as
it would be if it embodied a concensus
of the opinion of the great body OF
electors on the subject, for it is fact
known to all that few men can be
found who are not advocating the en-
tire humiliation of the whole progress
i've bunch. -MadisOnian.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-07-10

WILL the tables being published by
apologists for the tax-eating admins
tration to the effect that taxes are
lower in Wisconsin than in Minnesota
ease the conscience of the average tax
payer who has painful remembrance
of the last receipt of the treasurer?
Everybody is ready to admit that Wis
consin taxes are higher than necessary,
so what is the use of telling US that
other people are being blistered harder
than we are? Minnesota taxpayers
have already spoken on the subject by
turning down at the recent primaries
the governor who was largely respon-
sible for a wasteful administration.
Something similar is in store for the
Wisconsin high takers this fall.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-07-10
Ben Franklin's Advice.

In letter to a young friend who had
lust married he gave him the following
advice which is Just as sound today as
when Franklin gave it:
''Treat your wife always with re-
spect. 1t will procure respect to you,
not only from her but from all that OBJ
serve it. Never use sighting ex-
preston to her, even in jest, for sights
in jest, after frequent bandyings, are
apt to end in angry earnest.
''Be studious in your profession anC
you will be learned. Be industrious
and frugal and you will be rich. Be
sober and temperate and you will be
healthy. Be in general virtuous anC
you will be happy; at least, you will
by such conduct, stand the best chance
for such consequence.