Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-21
CONGRESSMAN MOORE'S
LETTER
Florida L. Bound Philadeiphions
Visit the Capitalization
and the Bourse
Feb. 81.

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Washington, Feb. 81.
IF EMIL p. ALBRIGHT, president Of the
i Bourse, will make public a letter he re-
ceived from the Postmaster General, con-
corning the cancellation of the lease for
the premises occupied in the Bourse for
postoffice purposes. II will not throw much
light upon the reasons why the department
Insists upon the change. The original con-
tract provided for its termination "at the
option Of the Postmaster General" and the
present Postmaster General Is a man Of
action, as witness the overthrow Of the
pneumatic tube service. John Wanamaker
sent a ,.letter to Washington urging the re-
tention of the tubes, but It had no effect
upon his distinguished successor from
Texas.
THE folks going through to Florida are
= increasing their visits to the capital.
j. X. Washington, Of Salem. an old school
Democrat. stopped Off to shake hands with
his Republican Congressman, Browning
and this after hearing the Camdenite crate
on the naval bill. other Philadelphians
passing through included NJ. d. swisher, the
music publisher. who thinks Miami the
garden spot Of the earth. Mr.. and Mrs.
Swisher were longing for their old side.
partners, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry c. Dunlap,
who have reached the point where they
like to travel a little, too.
=
TT COUNTS to be on a live COMMITTEES
= George p. Darrow, of Germantown, was
put on Banking and Currency. Carter
Glass, OF Virginia, a friend of President
Wilson, was chairman. When Glass sue.
coded Secretary McAdoo at the head Of the
Treasury. he suggested barrow for tho
assay commission and he was appointed.
Now the Chelten avenue Congressman will
have a chance to count coin at the minis.
Congressman L. T. NcFadden. OF Penn.
sylrania. is also a member OF the Banking
and Currency Committee, on pleasant
terms with the new Secretary Of the
Treasury. A few nights ago the Pennsyl-
vanlans Joined their fellow committeeman
in a farewell dinner to the former chair
man. Glass is a newspaper man. and the
boys say he is working hard at the big Job
that has been thrust upon him.
THAT bully old newspaper man and poet,
- j. st. George Joyce, has put in an APP
pearance at the capital in search of edi-
torlal Information. Many nice things have
been said about him in recent years, and
none OF them more interesting than the
"reminiscences Of his career and experiences
on the other side when ireland was laying
the foundations for the freedom which is
now the rope Of many of her patriots.
And there are those who remember Joyce
and his dudeen when he began his Phila-
delphia rounds-George Barton. the author,
and George J. Brennan, the Pen and Pencil
Club orator. included. Richard Harding
Davis and Peter j. Hughes also used to
do labor in those days. and many a night
they stood with Joyce on the outside Of
District Assembly No. /, at the old labor
headquarters at Eighth street and Girard
avenue, waiting for the meetings to break
w. Powderly was then the Sam Gompers
of today.
EDW1N BRINToN, who, as leader Of the
~ old Third Regiment Band, never missed
an important Philadelphia parade, has been
putting In some time at the capital. He Is
now First Lieutenant Brinton, L. S. A.
and looks every inch a soldier. Because
Of his adaptability as a leader the lieu.
tenant has been given a number of camp
assignments during the last year, in which
he seems to have made good.
HOWARD SAEGER, of the Eighteenth
IL Ward, and p. +. Martin, the tugboat
operator. who keeps in touch with harbor.
bay and Atlantic coast towing. may sit
down now at any Port Richmond refectory
and felicitate themselves till the cows come
home. Paddy Martin for a long time has
been trying to locate his son, Private
Charles Martin. Company A, l0sth Infan.
| try, American Expeditionary Force, and
Toward Saeger and Bob Grier have been
giving him all the comfort they could. At
last the good news has arrived, and Paddy
Martin finds that his boy has come out Of
the fighting without injury and is a part
of the army o. occupation in Germany.
Let Port Richmond rejoice.
ARTHUR MORROW has a sister; in
"A fact, he has more than one. And they
are all bright and public spirited. One of
them, Mrs. Elizabeth II. Erskine, is con-
nected with the Pennsylvania Society to
Protect Children from Cruelty. That's
how Mrs. Erskine comes under the notice
of Washington. Her work carries her into
the homes where soldier boys are badly
needed, and her inquiries naturally arouse
sympathy. 1t is a story carried here in
many ways, but 1t evinces the interest
some people are taking in the boys, whose
lips are sealed after they muster into the
government service.
Germany Always Objected
DR., Maurice Francis Egan was largely in
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