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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-11

be the finest seen at an auction for
some time, and buyers are expecting
the high prices which featured the
selling of the opening lots this morn
ing. to continue throughout
There are several fine lots in tho
collection which, buyers say, should
cause spirited bidding and very like
ly realize exceptional prices.
AS usual northwestern skunk is the
most popular. At the January sale a
top price OF $12 was paid, but official
quotations showed 10 per cent de-
cline.
Buyers expect that the high prices
paid for opossum will no doubt give
SKUNK a good send-off. as they are
closely related.
1t is evident that few buyers ara
going to wait until Prompt Day on
June to remove their purchases. At
present there is a very small amount
of goods left in the Funsten show
rooms. AS soon as the skins are
bought on the auction floor the buv-
ers have them removed and shtp
them.
Buyers are now predicting an ex-
ceptionally large October sale. There
is nowhere any evidence of a discour-
aging forecast for the market for that
sale, buyers believing that the pres
ent high prices are destined to con-
t1nue for sometim
Australia and New Zealand held
the floor yesterday, when 10000
pounds Of New Zealand and 100000
pounds Of Australian rabbit oecu-
pied the entire forenoon ana early
afternoon. These importations Of
CONTINUED on Page Nineteen.)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-11
COMPLAINS OF
STORES THAT DO
NOT COLLECT TAX
John W. Hahn Asks Revenue
Agent to Compel Collection
Statement From Gotham Hos
iery Shop.

Action may be taken by internal
revenue collector for the Second Dis
Tict sometime today to compel sew
eral shops to comply with the law re-
curing the collection Of the luxury
tax as a result OF complaint made
by John w. Hahn, secretary Of the
National Garment Retailers Associ-
alton.
Mr.. Hahn called the revenue col
lector's attention to the fact that q
certain shop on West oath street dis
played sign Informing customers
that the store would pay the luxury
tax on all taxable articles. This, Mr..
Hahn points out, Is a fragrant viola
ton Of the Treasury Department.
ruling that the tax must be marked
plainly on each taxable article and
that 1t must be collected from the
purchaser. The purpose Of the Gov
eminent, Mr. Hahn pointed out, Is
not to tax the retailer. but to tax
the public each time 1t makes a
purchase on any Of the specified list
Of articles
Unfair to Larger Stores.
1T Is unfair to the larger stores"
said Mr. Hahn this morning, ito per-
NIT the small stores to pay the tax
for their customers. The larger stores
are all doing their best to comply
CONTINUED on Page Thirty four)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-11
BRITAIN REMOVES PART OF BAN ON
IMPORTS; ADMITS WOMEN'S APPAREL
Must Not Exceed Is Per Cent of 1916 Totals Mems Wea
Free of All Restrictions - Huge Increase in April Exports
- Irish Linen Men Sail for u S.
(Cable from London Bureau.)

aD-Ih announced TODAY I'm
portaton Rtat, a.
of
oil import restrictions BOYS chns
remOve
EXPORTS
tina
wit April Of %-0~e~"eN
100000, - ~0"'~'NN'~ s"nS
April
Of
REGARDING COTTON HOSIERY
al1c
foreign cotton hosiery bonded by route
COMING HERE
H. G. Hanghon
sail from here May 10 the United States
Linen Nav m
$3.50 80 ~N' 80" VIZ Ao
MANCHESTER sPrVNERs AGAINST AMOUR WEEK
The Manhester spnnes and textile
Work on week basis They
increase SAT-
uday and 1t is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-11
Russian Anti-Reds Nav
Be Recognized for Loan
u. 8. Bankers Would Provide
$2O,OOO,OO0 for Railroad if
Washington Gave Sanction
Mew York Tribune

WASHINGTON, May 1o.-The need
for the operation OF the Siberian Rail-
road may hasten the recognition Of
the Omsk government as the govern
mcnt Of all -Bolshevik Russia, it
vas intimated to-day The banks Of
Great Britain, France and Italy are
aycrse to the diversion Of any money
from the immediate needs OF their
countries, 1t is said.
Bankers OF the United States have
Expressed a Willingness to make the
desired loan at once, regardless OF the
absence Of prospect for quick re-
turns, providing the administration
will recognize the Omsk government:
otferwise, they say, there can be no
responsible person or organization to
guarantee the loan and it's proper
utilization. After a number OF con-
ferences between oAciais Of the State
Department and Representations of the
banking interests, the American dele
cation at Paris was notified Of the
situation, and the immediate recogni-
ton OF the Omsk government was adj
yised. This, however, was not indorsed
by the ohciais In Paris, an, II was sx-
plxfned, such action would necensitate
re~opening tho entire Russian question.
which WAS not desired,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-11
Must Pay Tax on Raw
Skins as Well as Furs
Law May Not Be Evaded by
Purchase of Skins. Says
Revenue Bureau

A person who purchases raw skins
to be made up into a garment, will
not be able by this means to evade
the tax on furs, according to John
w. Hahn, secretary Of the National
Garment Retailers Association, who
has obtained a ruling from the In
terfal Revenue Bureau at Washing
ton on this point.
A woman who buys four or five
skins to be made up into a garment
will be required to pay the tax on
the skins at the time she buys them.
The man who makes up the gar
ment for her will not be required to
Mr.. Hahn stated this morning that
fact that certain large retailers.
stores of Chicago, were permitting
manufacturers to figure the fur tax
on the net price after deducting the
cash discount. In the case Of a gar
ment selling for 800, for example,
these stores are permitting the man
ufac turer to bill them as follows:
One garment ......... $4,000
per cent DISCOUNT. 500
Net price ........... 92.00
Tax ................s. 500
Total ............... $101.20
This Is In violation Of the regula-
tions issued by Commissioner Roper
requiring that the tax be figured on
the gross price without deducting
cash discounts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-11
POINTS TO BIGGER
FIELD FOR STORE
AISLE MANAGERS
Addressing Best & Co.'s Men S
Council, James GooId Advises
That They Be Put in Charge
of Personnel.

Service to the public could be I'M
proved, the work Of the salespeople
could ba made more efficient, and a
better grade of men could be attract
ed to the position of aisle manager,
II greater degree Of responsible
ity and a larger managerial authority
were vested in the position of aisle
manager, said James Goold, retail
editor of WOMEN s WEAR, addressing
the Mems Council Of Best e. Co., New
York. yesterday afternoon.
This talk was the first of q series
or addresses to be made at the next
six monthly meetings OF the council.
Men from different vocational fields
will be invited to these meetings to
speak on topics Of vital interest to
the men employees Of the store.
Aisle Manager Should Control Per-
Mr.. aoold p sGnns1' out that tho
tendency in the largo departmental
lied retail business Of the present
day is to separate the merchandising
from the personnel activities, and to
place each in the hands Of specially
trained persons. The buyer, he
stated, should conf1ne himself as far
as possible to merchandising matters,
while questions Of personnel, d!rec-
ton Of salespeople, and similar prob
lens should be handled by special
lied personnel department, acting
through the aisle managers, He
said:
"The aisle manager, in common
with men in almost all other occu-
pations, Is facing the competition of
women who were drawn from the
household into vocational careers, by
the war 1t Is merely repeating O
familiar fact to say that women to-
day occupy more positions Of execu-
tive responsibility than ever before.
This condition is as striking
in the department or large specially
store as anywhere else.
THE fact that women have re-
placed men In large number Of &C.
Invites Is not a signal to men to
relinquish the fight or to step out Of
certain fields in the belief that they
are woman's work rather than a
mans. On the contrary, 1t Is q call
to greater efficiency. it is a summons
to each individual to put forth the
best that is in him, and the man
who has the goods cannot help but
welcome the challenge and rise to
the occasion and demonstrate his
merit and capability.
Women Eager to Prove Their Ability.
IF women have replaced men in
many capacities 1t Is largely because
Of their greater willingness and Gag
erness to demonstrate their ability
and it means to every man that he
IS facing new competitor and that
he must prove himself worthy as
never before.
II understand I am addressing a
meeting composed of buyers, depart
ment heads, credit men, aisle man
ayers and others representing vari-
GUS branches Of this stores organi-
zation. / have been called upon to
address you as an outsider, to tell
you how the store appears to the Wis
itor, to the customer. to the person
you seek to attract to your counters.
However little the visitor may
know about the store and its inside
organization, he learns in q very few
CONTINUED on Page Thirty-nine.)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-11
SKUNK FOR EXPORT PURPOSES
BRINGING HIGH PRICES TO-DAY
AT FUNSTEN SPRING FUR SALE
Northwestern Skins Most Popular Advanced Opossm Price.
May Affect Skunk Selling - Skins Removed as Fast as
Sold 49, Auction Closing Tomorrow
STAR Correspondent.

st Louis, May 9.-Skunk, probably
the most staple article Of the Aneri-
can fur trade, win occupy the entire
days selling today at the annual
spring auction Of Funston Bros. &
Co. The auction will close tomorrow
night, after a 12-day session at the
International Fur Exchange, in which
some Of the highest fur prices on rec
ord have been realized. 1t is antici-
pated about $4,000, 900 will be the
final total for the 100000 skins sold.
AS at the recent New York sale,
most Of the skunk offering Is likely to
be sold for export purposes, as this
skin is said to be in exceptionally
large demand abroad. The export de-
mand is expected to boom prices.
At the New York sale skunk sold
at about the same level as in Janu-
airy. At that sale the Eastern and
Central skins brought January prices,
while the northwestern skins showed
a slight advance over January fig
ures.
1t is understood some of the Eu-
ropean representatives here have
heavy buying orders.
The skunk Offering today contains
100000 skins, against 10000 skins in
1918 and $4,000 in 1917.
Today's skunk offering is said to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-11
WHITE LINEN
AND JET BEADS
FOR NEW BAGS
Model 10 Be Duplicated Also N
Colored Linen-Crochet Used in
Clever Waps-Pdillefted Bags
STAN Correspondent.
WOMENS WEAR.

Paris, April %. Perhaps In no
accessory Of a woman's costume -
there such activity Il. present, as
in bags. AS previously reported,
they are the most popular OF eli
souvenirs in spite Of the fact that
prices are very high While the
A. e. F. seem to prefer beaded bags,
the more initiated are purchasing
almost anything else in preference.
Today, when Madam Cans, who
creates many of the novelty bags
which find their way to America.
said that she would have stopped
making beaded bags many months
ago, only there was such a demand
for them from America and from
South America, where she has a big
following. Madame Cans has a me.
tallic beaded bag which Is very ium-
inous and quite different In effect
from the beads usually used, and
these she still considers excellent
CONTINUED On Page Ten,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-11
DAILY RETAILING
(See Also Main Retail
Section Last Six Pages.)
Over 5000 Luxury Tax
Booklets Distributed

More than 5000 Of the book
lets, entitled '"rhe Luxury Tax
What 1t Means-How to Col
lect It." have already been sen.
to readers Of the Fairchild
publications who have re-
quested copies.
The booklet contains, in ad
ditlon to detailed analysis of
the new taxes and a complete
system for collecting them In
retail stores, q summary of all
official and unofficial rulings
to date by the Bureau of Inter
nal Revenue at Washington.
For copies Of the booklet. ad-
dress Tax Information Bureau
WoAEN's WEAR, 8 East 18th
street. New York. Enclose
10 cents to cover postage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-11
RADICALISM TO
BE SUBJECT OF
SENATOR'S PROBE
State Committee Making Prepa-
rations to Investigate Cloak
Industries Labor Troubles;
Workers Demands Discussed
at Some Length, 1t Is Said.


The State Senate Committee ap-
pointed to investigate Bolshevism
and other radical propaganda here,
Is making preparations to investigate
the expected cloak and suit strike,
those responsible, and the causes that
brought about the present condition
1T was learned today The actual In
vestigation may begin some time next
week. 1T was learned. Filed in among
the committees papers Is a copy Of
the recent demands submitted to
cloak and suit manufacturers by the
international Ladies' Garment Work
ers' Union, copies of the present
agreement, which, in the event Of a
strike, would be a scrap of paper
and other necessary data
Not the least of the many causes
that, it was said, decided the COM
CONTINUED on Page Nineteen.)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-11
The Success of Pure Service

Reproduced above is front page from "Wonaen's
Wear the Daily Newspaper of Retailers Jobbers and Man
ufacurers of womens apparel and Observation-Disclosures read
quoted and followed all over the United States.
"Womens Wear is striking example of leadership in
WOMEN'S WEAR
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-11

Modern Trade Journalism achieved through the complete and
commanding character of tie sincere the great retail
and wholesale fashion industries
Service and sincerity above ALL the solutions of the
future And that already the reputation and effect of
'Womens Wear, The Retailers Newspaper"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-05
FORM IN BASEBALL,

Form has been defined as the brief
interval between getting ready and go
ing stale and Is applicable TO all forms
of sport.
Bris Lord was discussing the matter
IN 1915 and had this to say: Some days
| come out on the field feeling soft
and sluggish and windup with a couple
Of wo-baggers. Although feel rot
ten | hit every one on the nose and
get away with It, The next day / feel
fine am ready to lace the ever
lasting hid off the ball. On such DAYS
] can't get n past the infield."
There's no answer to a situation of
this sort, 1t merely exists. And com
ment by Bris Lord Oh such a condi-
ton Is worth while for Bris was as
hard a hitter as the Southern has ever
known.
Bow-Bil Cannon, Sam DUNCAN and
Bill Cranston welded the mace with
telling effect in their respective DAYS
but none of these approached the
standard set by the smuggling citizen
of Chester. Pa.
Bris employed 2O7 pounds Of beef be.
hind every blow of the season. Even
when he hunted, third basemen ducked
for over.
The power of Lords batting eye re-
calls the absence of the same in the
person Of another member of the 1915
a~rray--Jack Bushelman by name.
Bushelman went through two-thirds
of the season before running up his first
base hit. When he finally arrived he
was too ~dumfounded to realize 1t and
lit out for third base, !
%
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-05

The most noteworthy event in golfing
circles is the impending match between
James Brady and Walter Hagen over
a 36-hole medal route for a purse OF
$500. AL
Hagen and Brady, deadliest OF rivals
for years, have been at the dagger's
end throughout the 1919 season. Ad-
mirers of the two marvels have ar
ranged the match for Sunday az Deal,
N. j. To announc the date Is quite
sufficient for the gallery will be there,
for this rarest Of treats.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-05
AND INDIANS
READY FOR SERIES
Open Three Day Stand in Chi
cago-Dick Kerr May
Work in Odd Game.

CHICAGO, Sept. with the local
team six and one-half games in the
lead, the Chicago White Sox and iris
Speakers Cleveland Indians were ready
today to open a three-game series
which will have an important bearing
on the final outcome Of the race for the
American league pennant. Both clubs
were idle yesterday and the rival man
ayers said today that their men were
ready for the opening battle,
Manager Gleason, Of the Sox. am
nounced that both Of his pitching stars,
Cicotte and Williams, were ready after
long rests. Dick Kerr. who had been
showing to good advantage in his re-
cent starts, probably will draw the as
signment for the odd game
Detroit yesterday gained a half game
on the leading Sox and their trailing
rivals, the Cleveland club, when they
defeated st. Louis, Should the Sox and
the Tigers win their games today Cleve-
land will drop to third place.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-05
AGAIN
IN TENNIS
Johnston Defeats Tilden for
National Turf Singles
Title.

FOREST HILLS. n. Y. Sent. 5-CaH.
fornia is again supreme as the home
OF the worlds greatest tennis PLAYER
Tor the season of 1919. William NJ
Johnston, of San Francisco, defeated
William I. Tilden, H., of Philadelphia,
here yesterday, in straight sets in the
llaal match for the national turf singles
championship.
In eliminating the towering Phila-
deiphtan BY scores of 90, GA, Ga,
Johnston placed himself upon a tennis
pinnacle seldom reached by a racket
masters. He was the sole survivor of
Us players who began the struggle for
me title Aug, %, The field contained
the famous Australian team, winners of
the English championships at Wimble-
don, as well as American
IN the A, E. f, tournaments abroad.
Johnston's victory stamps him UNI
q~uestionably as the best tennis player
competing in the game IN any part of
the world this year.
The point score and stroke analysis,
while not indicating with their cold
figures the brilliancy of the tennis bat
tie, give an Illuminating insight into
n effectiveness of the racket work.
Johnston won three sets none, is games
TO II, and 100 points, to 50. Johnston
was guilty of rs outs to Tilden's 80;
30 nets TO Tilden's 3S: while the loser
49, @AAA = WIN AANS AOuul lduilS
to Johnston's one. The new title holder
scored almost twice as many place
ments as the loser, the score being,
Johnston SO placements, Tilden II, while
on the other hand Tilden drove through
eight clean service aces TO three for
Johnston.
'Johnston's victory gives him a-sec4
oond leg on the championship bowl, the
9San Francisco player having won the
1915 championship from Maurice e.
Mclaughlin on the same strip Of turf
where he won his title yesterday.
Today the opening exhibition matches
between the all-American and all-Aus-
tralian teams will begin, In these
matches Tilden and Johnston, r. Norris
Williams, IL, of Boston and Wallace
Johnson, of Philadelphia, win oppose
Norman Brookes, Gerald Patterson, r.
V. Thomas and Randolph Lycett in a
series of singles and doubles contests.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-05
AttabOu!
Big Coy1e Shea

THE QUESTION OF THE HOUR.
Don't speak to me of politics,
Or Mexicanic trouble.
Don't breathe a word of Germany
And league of nations muddle.
I'm not inclined to rave about
Bootleggers and their tricks
But hurry with the latest dope;
Who'll boss the chesty Chicks?
I've very little interest in
Shantung or in Japan;
In prince of Wales, the kaiser, or
In any famous man.
But here is what will wipe away
A most distressing frown:
8 | wonder who will get the Job
When Barger throws 1t down?
Will it be Miller of the Cards.
Or Moriarty?
Or Knabe of the famous Phils,
OF popularity?
Come quickly with the burning dope
And spill it heartily,
And ! will pay you monthly wads.
Or maybe quarterly. b
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-05
LUCK IN GOLF.

The luck of the draw and the physical
and mental condition of the entries are
important factors in every tournament
and 1t is unfortunate that both Evans
and Ouimet, picked as finalists in the
national amateur, were compelled to
draw their share of the combination
so early in the game.
Ouimet opened with a bad case Of
tonsilitis and a piping hot fever: Evans
carried a lose Of neuritis. After ex-
hausting his energy in trimming Evans,
Ouimet had nothing left for the rest
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-05

Heron was at the top of his game
and furnished unbeatable golf from the
start. He was neither sensational nor
spectacular; merely steady and reliable
with a heart breaking habit of running
down long puts when the test ar
rived,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-05
PIRATES DEFEAT CUBS.

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 5-Pittsburgh
won from Chicago yesterday by a score
of 4 TO 3 in ten innings In a hard fought
contest. Adams held the visitors score
less until the ninth inning, with two
men out. when they fell upon him Tor
three singles and a triple, scoring three
runs. In the last half Of the tenth with
one out Whitfield tripled over Robert
sons head and scored the winning run
on the squeeze play rs Barbara hunted
toward third base.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-05
KINsELLA GOES UP.

Young Robert Kinsella, son OF the
Giants famous scout, has proved the
worth OF his dads Judgment. Father
Kinsella watched his boy develop on
the lots of Springfield until he con-
sidered him worth a professional trial,
whereupon he sent him to Little Rock.
give the boy a chance with the Giants
In the spring training trip. The sale"
of Bob by Little Rock to New York
has Just been announced. The son of
his father has been hitting $50 In the
Southern league and is one of the
fastest men on bases in the circuit.
Pretty good for a 1~s-year-old boy.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-05

Of the trip and was stopped with a
decided jerk.
Having eliminated each other they
TOOK no further part In the debate and
We're merely sideliners, for the rest of
the way. Meanwhile Jones and Heron
advanced to the final match and as
Bobby dropped out Dave continued ia
the throne vacated by Chicago Chic.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-05
Johnny TiILndn
Defeats Malone
At Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, Sept. s. (Spl)
Johnny Tillman, Minneapolis, out
pointed Jock Malone, st. Paul, in a
great l0-round fight here last night.
Two Minneapolis newspapers gave the
called It a draw, although admitting
the local boy had a slight edge. TIM
man carried off the honors In eight
rounds while Malone won two rounds.
Johnny not only outboxed Malone but
outfought him ms well. Promoter Col
Inns announced after the fight that he
would bring champion Jack Britton here
to meet Tillman the first week In Oc-
tober.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-05
Crackers To Divide
Nice Pot For Winning
Flag For Atlanta

NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 5.-Receipts
which Atlanta players will obtain from
the series of three victories here over
New Orleans which won the Southern
association championship for the
Crackers was announced last night as
$685. 5 Gate receipts totalled $3.50. 1t
was recently decided by the Atlanta
club officials the share would go to the
players II they won the series,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-05
OFF GAME BECAUSE
OF STREET CAR STRIKE

COLUMBUS, O., Sent. 5.-Yester-
days game between Columbus and 81
Paul was called off because Of the local
street car strike.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-05

Heron had played in but two ma
tional tournaments before he won his
amateur title. He failed to qualify
his first time out and was dropped in
his first match on the second start. You
never can tell in this game where form
weeks play so heavy q role.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-05

What might have happened had
Evans been on his game and Oulmet
in the best of health Is a matter TO be
passed along ~unanswered What might
ave occurred had Frank and Chick
postponed their meeting to the finals
Is also a baff ing mystery. Suffice ii
to state that both gathered an equal
share of the hard luck menu.