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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-19
END n. Y. CAR STRIKE,
ORIGIN BEING PROBED
District Attorneys Investigate
Charge That Walkout Was
Due to Collision
8-CENT FARE PLOT HINTE0

New York. Aug. 10.-With the two
days strike of the $4,000 employees Of
the Interborough Rapid Transit Com
pany at an end and normal traffic re-
sumed on subway and elevated lines,
attention was centered today on in
vestigations as to the cause Of the strike.
District Attorneys Swami. Of New
York county. and Martin. of the Bronx,
continued their Investigations Of charges
made by Mayor Hylan that the strike
had been due to collusion between Of
fcials Of the company and leaders Of
the brotherhood for the purpose Of fore
ing an increase in fares from FIVE to
eight cents.
Mr.. Swami summoned more than fifty
witnesses to testify before grand jury.
Members of the brotherhood who are
said to have declared that they were
paid for striking were questioned by Mr..
Martin.
Under the terms Of settlement the
men will receive a wage increase OF
% per cent, and it is provided that the
question of whether they shall receive
tbo additional % per cent demanded by
them shall be submitted to arbitration.
RESUMPTION Of service began at mid
night last night.
The % per cent increase was made
retroactive to August | and. according
to Interborough officials. means an an :
nual increase in the payroll of 50,
600 900.
The agreement also provided for re
instatement of all strikers with their
| old seniority ratings and for arbitra =
ton of all other differences which can
not be adjusted by negotiation.
Settlement of the strike came at the
end of chaotic day in which the In .
terborough's 100000 daily patrons
plodded to work in driving rain
through choked thoroughfares, rode
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jammed surface car lines, steam trains
and steamboats, or committed them
selves to the not too tender mercies of
mushroom autobus lines.
Residents of upper Manhattan, and
the Bronx suffered most. Many, de-
spairing Of ever reaching the financial
tip Of the island by other than extraor-
dinary means, twice crossed the HuG-
son in a three hour trip to their Of
fees. Ferrying from 129th street to
Fort Lee, they made their way down
the Jersey side to the Hudson tubes
and thence recrossed TO Manhattan.
The city operated several motor bus
lines, charging a ten cent fare, but pri-
vate buses. trucks and automobiles
charged from fifty cents TO 81.
Although the terms of settlement
were regarded as liberal by officials of
the Intcrborough and state and city
officials, the striking brotherhood of In e
terborough Rapid Transit Company
Employees did not accept them readily.
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WILL CANVASS VOTE
ON STEEL WALK0UT
Representatives Of Unions Will
Meet Tomorrow to Learn
What Ballots Show

Youngstown. o.. Aug l9.--CBy A.
~ -- Representatives Of twenty hve
steel workers unions forming national
executive committee began arriving to-
day for the conference tomorrow to can
vass the strike vote recently taken IN
the steel industry and to make de
cision as to n nation wide steel strike.
Organizers in the Ohio district de
clare that the vote has been overwhelm-
ingly in favor Of a strike, and say that
reports from other districts indicate
like result.
The first meeting Of the committee,
which is composed of presidents of the
twenty five unions or their representa-
tivrs. will be held at noon tomorrow.
The organization represented includes
unions of the blacksmiths. boilermakers.
brick clay workers. bridge and struc-
tural ironworkers. coopers, electrical
workers. foundrymen. iron, steel and
tinplatc workers. machinists. metal pol
ishcrs. mine. mill and smelter workers.
molders. patternmakers, plumbers and
stcamfittprs. quarry workers, railway
carmen. shcetmetal workFs. stationary
fircmen. steam cnginecrT steam shovel
and drcdgmcn and swifrhmen.
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REGGIE VANDERBILT
SUED FOR DIVORCE
Former Miss Cathleen Nelson
Charges Desertion for Last
Five Years
( ASKS CUSTODY OF CHILD

H. 10 ,,othor
Ne"p"''' W. 80 aus ,.y.
/. romance OF high socIetN was Sh"'''re"
with q crash when papers were served
on Reginald G. Vanderbilt in a suit for
,.. ,i-o,o brouobt hv Mrs
'o''.
'anderollt. Inc papers ''r' 9'' '''' ''
his farm in Portsmouth
Mrs Vanderbilt charges dcscrtiOn
~, A.. ,,.. $40 ,o,rs Sh. doce not
st aIirnny hu+ ronrcsts thc custody
~ tboir nnI,. child CothIccn. fifteen
yssr ala
4 Vl,iIc !, bad been whi,percd in the
r;,,a colony for sometime that the
ys,Reoy;c'' yandcrhiIts were unhappy.
the actual filing Of divorce suit by
Mrs Vanderbilt took socictyS breath,
,s she is n Catholic.
Mr. Vanderbilt has until September
to file answer IN the Newport County
Superior Court. II i, reported he will
not contest the action
Mrs. Vanderbilt was Miss ta'hI'cn
g. Nelson. daughter "f Mrs. Frederic
Nelson. The late frCd"ri"k G'bhHrd
was her uncle.
Reggie" Vanderbilt is tn" son oi
Cornelius Vanderbilt the second ana
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Deaths Of a Day
CHARLES EDWARD CLIFTON
Former Easton School Teacher Dies
In PRESBYTERIAN Hospital


Charles Edward Clifton, who had
been a teacher in the public schools of
Easton, Pa, more than forty years,
died Sunday in the Presbyterian Hos
pital. He had been in failing health
several years, but his condition became
critical only week ago.
Five years ago Mr.. Clifton retired
>.from the Easton schools, and in Janu
sry last moved to this city. Since that
time he had lived with his daughter.
M.ss Matilda A. Clifton, S51 Wynue-
wood road. near Overbrook who is con
nected with the service section of the
Red Cross, Sixteenth and Chestnut
Streets.
Mr.. Clifton was born in Whitehall
township, Lehigb county, sixty nine
years ago For many years he was
active in Democratic politics in Easton.
He was g member of various fraternal
organizations in that city, including the
Masons, Knights Templar, Odd Fellows
Knights of Malta and Red Men.
Besides his daughter, he is survived
by son, the Rev. Samuel Clifton, who
Ia pastor of the Second Congregations
Church, Winsted, Conn.
Funeral services viii be held tomor
row night at S o'clock at the Wynnc.
wood road address.
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20 KILLED BY NINE BLAST
Score Of Others Escape Death in
Colorado Disaster,

Trinidad, Col, Aug. 19.-Oue man
has been rescued alive and not more
than twenty men. including William
Christopher. fire boss. are believed to
be dead in the Oakview Mine of the
Oakdalc Coal Company. near Lavcaa.
which was wrecked by an explosion.
The explosion. said to have been
caused by gas. occurred about a mile
and half inside the workings. William
Davis. miner. was rescued alive.
About forty men were in the mine when
the explosion occurred. Ten came out
of the main slope and Eight or ten others
out by way of an old slope.
Rescue work was going forward rap
idly early today.
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HIS "SUPER-VENUS" SUES
"Grecian Baby DoIW Asks 100000,
Charqina False Arrest

New York, Aug. 19.-"You are my
Grecian baby doll! You are faircr than
thousand Nenuses.
These and other endearing terms,
Miss Ray Emory, screen actress, al
leges were the cause of breaking up
the Ray Emory Productions, Inc, "
by its president, Alexander Coils, of
Newark, n. J.
Coils caused her arrest on a charge
of forging his name to two shares Of
her stock in a transfer to DIR. J. II.
Trainor, OF Newark, n. J. She was
held for FIVE days in the Jefferson Mar
ket Court.
Miss Emory has just brought dam
age suit for 100000 against Mr.. Col
lis for false arrest and8 injury to her
reputation.
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TROLLEY STRIKERS RIOT
One Dying, 20 Hurt In Clash With
"Imports" at Oiean, N, ~.

OIean, n. ", Aug. 19.-(By A. P)
Frank Sagerland was shot In the abb
domen and will die, and more than a
score of others were seriously injured
here last night in a fight between strik
ing employees of the Western New York
and PENNSYLVANIA Traction Company
and strike breakers. Douglas Jennings,
shot in the right thigh was so oau,~
mauled after being wounded that he
will probably lose his leg.
The fight started shortly after dark,
when a number of strike breakers. who
had been brought here to take the place
OF the striking carmen. ventured out
side the car barns. They were set
upon by strikers and hundreds of sym
pathizers. Wires charged with cleo
tricity were strung about the barns to
keep the mob from rushing the prem
ses.
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Henry G Hay. Sr.. Dead

Gary, Ind. Aug. 10.-tBy A. PJ-I
Henry G. Hay. sr., of New York. as
sistant treasurer of the United States
Steel Corporation, died of heart disease
here yesterday, at the residence of his
son. Henry G. Hay, Jr. Before going
to New York in 1908, Mr.. Hay was
a resident of Cheyenne, WyO., where he
was engaged in banking. He was at one
time surveyor general of the territory
of Wyoming and later state treasurer.
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DENIES sLAYING WOMAN
Norfolk Youth says HIshwaymsn n
Killed HIS Companion

Norfolk, Na,. Aug. 19.-CBy A. PD
-Tcstifying at his trial yesterday on
a charge of6having shot and killed Mrs,
Jean Shwabzy. a young widow, on the
night offApril %, Filler d. Chapman,
aged t%enty one. assistant manager of
the Store at which the woman was en-
ployed, reiterated his original story
fiat Mrs Schwabzy had been slain by
"a negro highwayman. He testified he
had known the young woman only ten
days, and denied he had any reason
to put her out of the wah.'
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WOMEN'S NEW GOWNS LONG,
AND YES, VERY MUCH LOUDER
Striking Feature of Latest Modes in Clothes and Millinery
ihc Veritable Riot OF Color
udcrwood & Underwood.

"You can Just say trimmed. because
in many instances half tho coat is fur.
"Prircs, admit. arc frghtful. The
best suits range from $50 up. and these
have just shown YOU arc 500. They
arc much higher than last fall. Rur,
strangely enough. the few tailored or
plain suits VIC have this season are
quite reasonable compared Win last
years prices There are splendid tail
orcd models III velours. silver tones,
broadcloths and tricotines. ranging
from so to So.
Brown PredominatcS
Brown in all its varying shades is
probably the best color. There Is n
peach bloom shade that is particularly
good. 1t is rich. creamy brown with
Just n hint Of peach shade, There is
also cocoa shade and the bronze
brown. brick. terra Gotta and burnt
biscuit are popular.
''To be quite frank with YOU while
think the suits charming. as whole
they don t present anything new except
in cOlOrs. But tn" gowns-oh. they re
simply ravishing. Never have | seen
such beauty of line and such splendid
artistry in trimmings.
Erich cmbroidercS are the newest
trimmings, and they are wonderfully
designed. Embroidered medaIlions, fiat
Pailcttes and metallic ribbons of a
leather like variety are splendid on
afternoon frorks. many of which are
made with coats to match. These coats
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Edward A. Jenkins

Baltimore, Aug. l9.-Edward Austin
Jenkins. seventy eight years old. one of
Baitimores oldest fnanciers and di =
recter Of the Eutsw Savings Bank,
Western National Bank and the United
states Fidelity and Guaranty Company
died here yesterday al his country es-
tate. Death followed several months
illness. believed TO have been due to q
general breakdown,
MI. jenkins was d member Of several
hltbe. He wac son of Austin Jen
tins and Mrs. Mai@->=.es - JaAkiax,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-19
MAKE NEW LIBERTY MOTOR
Americas 24-Cyllnder Shows 67s
Horsepower In Tests

Washington, Aug. 19.-lBy a. PD
-Completion of twenty four cylin-
der Liberty motor, which has dNv"l
oped 67S horsepower III tn" initial
tests. was announced yesterday by the
War Department. 1t was declared to
compare favorably' with foreign mo-
tors Of the same power.
The new motor is expected to be Of
value in military aviation, as it per
mits the use of n large low speed
propeller. 1t weighs only 1.A7 pounds
per horsepower, against 2.1l for the
Liberty twelve, and consumes SO
pounds of gas per horsepower hour
against 81 for the smaller model.
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AGREE TO CONFER
IN ACTORS STRIKE
Managers Name Committee to
Meet Idle Thespians, Prob
ably This Afternoon
BROADWAY STARS ARE SUED

New York. Aug. 19.--Three impor.
tant devclopments-all calculated to
cheer the spirits of New York's thes-
plan strikcrs-were reported last night
in the labor dispute of the Actors
Equity Association and the Producing
Managers Protective Association.
For the first time since the strike
was called. the managers indicated
willingness to attend conference at
which representatives of the Equity
would be present.
-Four more Broadway productions
went into total eclipse, closed by the
sympathetic strike Of stage hands aud
musicians. This increased the number
Of "dark houses to nineteen.
Arrangements for spreading the stage
hands and musicians strike to the
hitherto undisturbcd vaudeville and
burlcsQuc houses were reported to be
under way at headquarters of the Stage
Hands and Musicians Unions.
The conference of actors and man
ayers was suggested by Eugene Walter
and Avery Hopwood. playwrights. who
sent messages to the hostile camps
asking appointment Of representatives
10 confer with them.
The producing managers agreed i'm
mrdatcIy aud named George NJ. Cohan
David Belasco. Winchcll Smith and
Arthur Hopkins as their rcpresenR-
tivpS, declaring they would be reaHy
to ontcr conference alta o'clock tbs
afternoon. =
Closing Of the Aston. ReIwyu, FortyS
oigbtL Sfroot on,T Nov Amsterdom room
tboatros smt, s w0s for4d nr i> Iast gbt hy sym
MINIMIZE Str;ke II sin aebEnds and mu
sicians rho Slows heEeby added to-
H. i;st of ..nostnonod'' oRoS aro Fast
is Woet {" vhirs stonr,oL Gor tho soc
nrd t;r,o ,r,r;n, tho st,jLo .S."The ChaI
Ionec > ''Tbns1o Nvbo WAN in Dark
nasS, aud Zio,fsId's 90 oA~,ock Ro-
yro'. omd tiidnisht FroIic 4
| No.n tbon Doom str;k;rg actors ac-
trosso. nn,' era" Ytnao IN bapJs and E,msicians
mnrcbnd yesfcrdav "a fternoon fn one Of
| thc most rnusuaI ndrodps pvcE seen in
thc Streets Of Manhattan, Swinging
| along singing shouting and karryinp
! 0ags and banners. tho nrocessioh moved
through tho heart of the theatrical dis
| trict from Sixty third strpetS down
| broadway to Madison Square, De.
spite the rain. high spirits marked the
march and tho actors war song
"One for All. All for One and All fo,
Equity" rang clear from start to fnt
ish. ~
Actors and actresses. who SerVef il
line and welfare service in th@ wal
soldiers. sailors. marines and y. NJ. G
a. workers formed SOLID BLOCK IN TIT
parade. komplng along toward the enc
o. the procession were Marie DressIe
and 500 men and women OF the newl!
formed 'horus Equlty ASSOCIATION.
Last nlght the Equity Assoclatlo'
opened lts All star neneht perform
anre at the Lexington Theatre, operat
ing motor buses and touring cars t
supply transportation TOR patrons at
tected by tn" street railway strike.
for having joined the actors strike
ants in suits for $500 600 damage
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CROP OF MURDER CHARGES
Second Accusation Follows Unesrth-
ina Of Skeletons on Kansas Farm

MapIehill, Kans., Aug. 19,-jBy A.
PA second charge of murder was
filed yesterday against Rufus King, in
connection with the finding of three
skeletons here.
The second charge accuses King of
the murder of an itinerant jewery
salesman who disappeared seven years
ago. One of the three skeletons found
near livery stable formerly operated
by King, according to state officials in
yestigating the case, is that of the ped .
dler. Kings preliminary hearing on the
charge of killing Reuben Cutshaw will
he held at Eskridge Thursday.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-19
$4,000 VETERANS JOIN
Charters IssusB to 1893 Posts of the
American Legion

New York, Aug. 19.-(By A. ~
Membership in the American Legion has
now passed the 900. 900 mark. it was
announced today. Charters have been
issued to 1898 local posts, and applica
tions sor charters have been received
from s1OS posts II. process of organiza
ton.
EvSw@Stutc has 4n active branch of
the legion New York heads all the
state organizations. with 277 posts sc
tuaIIy charRrod, Pennsylvania il. SEC
ond. with 21o posI chartered and Or
ganized. Nassacb bhsctts has 21s, Iowa
and NebrasRs,-each 151, New Jersey
101 and Texas 90.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-19

Great frillS and furhrlOws. Mabel
Did YOU over sec such Il SunburSt Of
gorgeoVsuoss in women, clothing as
shops arc showing as the newest modes?
After the masculine. tailor made
military effects Of wartime the new
gowns and suits and millinery seem al
most daring.
Embroidery Of yorn or silk or chenille
in brilliant rolorS; beads of every shape
and hue: fancy buttons: bruids long
graceful fringps; fOunces and drapcs
and frills: feathers and imitation fcath
"rS; short haired fur-every SORT Of
trimming is good and the more the mcr-
, rier. Tho only thing fashion makers
demand is plenty of color.
And Philadelphia buyer say the
skirts are just as long aud just as mar
row as they ever dared to be- last spring.
All this talk about Paris derrceing full
er skirts may be true for Paris. hut
America has her own fashion makers
now and "hOmc rule says American
women ar" far more graceful and better
| looking in tho long skirts. True, tho
/ effect of width is given In many of
| them by tho panniers. graceful draprricS
and soft plcats, but the undcrsktrt will
remain skinny. Suit coats are modcr
atoly long, most of them fur trimmed
| rather full about the hips.
\ World Of Color
"Thero is a world Of color turned
loose in tn" fall gowns, explained II
local buyer. 'aud even womru's suits
are surprisingly gay. There arc, Of
course. few plain modes for those per
manentIy prcjudiratcd against extreme
styles. but for the most part all the new
fall things make YOU think Of new and
gorgeous butterflies. Just look ar these
paprika, mahogany, and h'nna SUITS, -
and she brought out several or the
brightest models. one Of them, almost
a crimson. was enriched by deep cape
collar cuffs and wide pockets Of gray
squirrel fur.
"Virtually ali the best suits are
laden with fur, the buyer continued.
the latter direct descendant Of Sir
Edward Plowden. barriSter in the
time of Queen Elizabeth. His country
home is part Of an estate which is about
two centuries old.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-19
COAST-TO-COAST AIR RACE
100000 In Prizes to Be Distributed,
With $4,000 for First Prize

New York, Aug. to.--Plans for
transcontinental aerial derby from New
York to San Francisco with more than
S1OO. 900 in prizes, including a first
nrize of 500, 900, were announced by
Captain Charles J. Gldden, chairman
Of the aerial touring league committee
of the Aero Club Of America.
No date has been set for the contest,
which will be international in character
and sanctioned by the Aero Club of
America under the rules of the inter
national aeronautic federation govern
ing all aerial sporting events.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-19

Leon Hilbronner, aged sixty FIVE,
who, for thirty years. was the Phila-
delphia sales representative of Sylves-
ter Levy, of New York, silks and
linens, died on Sunday. He had been
in poor health several years. He is
survived by his widow. who was Miss
Tiliie Shoyer, and sister, Mrs. Re
becca Wolf. His funeral will be held
this morning at shoyer's Hotel, Az
Arch street, where he and Mrs. Hill
brouner lived.
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William n, NaaIe

William H. Nagie, aged fifty seven
years, a patrolmsn of the Twentieth
and Buttonwood streets station, who
had been a member Of the police force
a quarter of a century, died Sunday
at his home, S12 Stillman street. lie
had been i'll since May. Mr.. NaglH
Is survived by his widow, who, before
her marriage, was Miss Frances Miller.
He was a member of various Masonic
organizations, including Lafayette
Lodge, st. Johns Chapter, PhiladeI-
phia Commandery and Lu Lu Temple
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-19
arsak in Chinese Gable Repaired

New York, Aug. 19.-Direct cable
communication between the United
states and China and Siberia has been
restored, the Commercial Gable Com
many announced yesterday. The ser
Vice had been suspended for several
weeks BY a break IN the cable between
Manila and Shanghai.
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philip StenueI

Philip Stengel, a Civil War veteran,
died Sunday at his home, 122 jarrett
avenue, Rockledge. He was a mem
Der Of the Twenty third Pennsylvania
Volunteers and Captain Philip r.
schuyler Post, No. 81, g.. A. r. Mr..
Stengel is survived by his widow, His
funera, will be held Thursday, and in
terment made in Lawnview Cemetery.
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Or. Jesse Williamson

Word rec ched this city today Of the
sudden deatn of DIR. Jesse Williamson
at Bay Head, \. j., whore he was
spending part of the summer.
Doctor Williamson lived at . Chest
nut avenue, Chestnut Hill. lie was
graduated from the jefferson Medical
College in 1878, and for some years
practiced his profession in Wilmington,
Del. He was a member of the Phila-
delphia Cricket Club.
He is survived by a wife, who was
Miss Sophia W. Thayer, and several
daughters.
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