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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-06
J. A. PHILLIPS QUITS
COMMITTEE OF 100
Labor Leader Charges organi-
ration Is Opposed to Work.
ing People
CAMOUFLAGE IS ALLEGED

John 4. Phillips. vice president of
the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor
and vice president of the Philadelphia
Typographical Union. today resigned
from tho committee of one hundred.
This is tho second resignation from the
committee.
It follows closely that Of Mrs. Archi
bald B. Harmon. which was presented
to John Walton, chairman Of the COM
mittce. yesterday. and which declared
the committee to bc too much dom
mated by Pcnrosc.
In his letter. dated today. TO Mr..
Walton. Mr.. Phillips charges that the
committee of one hundred movement
a at present controlled is not only not
representative of. but inimical 20. the
best interests of tho working people of
Philadelphia that it is hollow and de-
ccptivc, and that 1t is universally rcCog
nizcd as camOuf1agP for the purpose of
playing the outs against the ins with n
desire for political control as the pre-
dominating motive.
Letter to Walton
The letter sent to Mr.. Walton today
reads
For several days | have been con
Sidoring seriously the propricty of re
manning as IL member of the committee
of one hundred to which | was ap
pointed without my knowledge or con
sent and presumably because of my
connection with the organized labor
movement.
l.. 8 a.. ,.l,. ,t,,
tee | had co operated with that body to
the extent of my ability. with the belief
didates for Office who could be relied
basis for spontaneous movement on
the part of the citizens of Philadelphia
toward better municipal government,
and make possible the selection of can
didatcs for office who could be relied
upon to work out that result.
After attending the organization
meeting of the committee and after
examining its personnel and the list
of committees announced Ton none of
which has labor been given representa-
tom, am forced to the conclusion
that any hope which ! may have en-
tcrtaincd as indicated above is futile
in so far as the committee of one hun
drcd is concerned.
Not Representative, He Says
My reasons for reaching this cOnClu
sion. which has been arrived at after
free and open discussion of the situa
ton with many persons acquainted with
its various aspects, are that the COM
mittcc of one hundred movement is not
only not representative of, but inimical
to. the best interests of the working peo-
| pie Of Philadelphia; that it is hollow
and deceptive. and that it is universally
recognized as camoutlage for the pur-
pose Of playing the outs against the ms
with desire for political control as
the predominating motive.
As vice president of the Pennsylva -
mia Federation of Labor and as rep
rcsentative of the Philadelphia Typo
| graphical Union. ! cannot agree to be a
party to such deception and hereby pre- :
sent my resignation as "A member of the
committee of one hundred, to be- eff
| fcctive ut once.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-06
THREE BOYS BURIED
Double Probe Made of Fatal ExpIo.
sion at Stone Quarry

Funeral services for the three boys
killed Sunday in an explosion in a
stone quarry near Wayne Junction
were held this morning IN the Ckrainian
Church. at S15 Franklin street. The
victims of the explosion were Walter
Molrski. thirteen years old. 2013 Rowen
street Frank Hagen, thirteen years
old and his six year old brother, Stan
ley Hagen. 1875 Cayuga street.
The double Investigation of the ac-
cident started by Coroner w. Il.
Knight and Fire Marshal George w.
Elliott will be completed today. An
inquest will be held within a day or
two to determine who is responsible for
the accident.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-06
DEATHS

BLoCK.-Aug r. BERTHA BLOCK. aged
"a Relatives and friends INVITED to funeral
services. Fri. . p. at the residence OF
her sister, Mrs, Emma Stingel, 6sl5 Chest
nut st. Int, private. Hillside Gem. Remains
may be viewed Thurs after p. m. -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-06
n. Y. .POL|CYHOLDERS
MAY Be PROTECTED
Collapsed Insurance Company
Can Reinsure Clients in Other
Establishments
S1,75O,OOO IN FORCE HERE

policyholdcrs in the New York Ma
tioual Insurance Company, forced into
liuuidatiou through failure of the North
Penn Bank. may BE- protected by re
insurance. The Pennsylvania Insurance
Departments 1916 report, the list
available. shows S1,750 900 of its in
surance in force in this state.
One of the best informed authorities
on insurance matters in this city today
gave the opinion that the policyholdcrs
may be protected. As he explained It,,
the S235 900 in estimated unearned
premiums of the company would have
market value.
This sum represents the amounts paid
by policyholdprs for protection extending
beyond the current year. When an in
dividual buys insurance for his homo
against fire he usually takes out pre-
MUM running for from three to five
years. The proportion of the premium
extending beyond the current year is
rcckoncd rs ''unearned premium.
Though this is set down as liability. it
is snlablc commodity under the pres
Cnt circumstances.
James J. Boland. of Scranton. presi-
dent of the New York National Iusur-
ancc Company, it was pointed out. could
60 to one of the old established insur-
ancc companies and get price on these
''unearncd premiums.
All Can BE Protected
1t was said that if he sees fit to make
this arrangement. all policy holders in
the New York National will get ample
protection. The purchasing company
will forward each of the policy holders
"ridcr'' to affix to his policy. and in
the event that his property is destroyed
by fire, will pay him the amount called
for in the premium.
The New York National Insurance
Company was formerly the National
Lumber Insurance Company, also of
New York.
The New York Supreme Court au-
thori2cd a change of name in May. 1917.
The new name was assumed July I,
1917.
Mr.. Boland is described as an ag-
grcssivc business man, who entered the
insurance business as matter OF family
inheritance ana maze success OF IL.
ii' was 'o' H'"LS S'n't"t as'h' III 'he
lor'l'rn part Vi ."e S'"te ior various
insurance '""'i'u"nS' anu sen. agents
and established branch offices in many
S.'"l.'. i, ,o'''"'un'.''' ~ NV ''l a"'oi'
~ "eo '
~ .r's A., a.',
: ,,lt,a. I,,,,,ao can,,,,,
''''''O
Say Company was f0p Heavy
The belief is expressed by insurance
men here that under Boland's manage
mcnt the New York National wrote so
much business it became "topheavy."
1t is related that for several months
during the early part of the present
year the New York superintendent of
insurance held up the report of the
New York National until Mr.. Boland
could add the sum of about 500 600
IN its ASSETS considered necessary 70
tborouyhIv safecuard tho nolicv holders
Thouyb the ronort made nublic nv Su-
ncrintcndent Of Insurance Phillins, of
Now York in connection with the com
uonv's nrosont difficultics is "ss of
March n 100" insurance oxnorts
horo .ov tbot tho renort actually did
rot ANNA ou+ untiI last limo
I-ndor .ho Van. ynrk law rho s10o
noo noodod oo;,Id not ho horrowod fron,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-06
ACCEPT FUNDS week
AFT TER BAN ON CHECKS
North Penn Accused Of Taking
Deposits July 17--orders Re-
pudiated July 8
ARMY DOCTOR LOSES ALL
Dry La,U Hit Saloon Man,
Then He Lost in Bank Fall

Behind the bar of his scantily pa
tronized saloon at Twenty fourth
and Huntington streets. Jacob Mil
Ter. owner of the place, today looked
the picture Of detection.
"Job ain 'Hgot nothing on me- he
sighed. First prohibition. Then
the loss Of my license money. And
now this Wholesale swiudle. They
took all I had. am a candidate
for the poorhouse.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-06
LOST AND FOUND

TERRIER-Lost. fox terrier. female. blind
II one sTSeS e. MSomhs NJ as
NOTICE is hereby given that policies Nos,
isusaSee snS saSr Q, ths ssss ssrins 10 ssy
Mcdonnell covering. respectively. premises
s2s and e32 North St bernard street, PhIla-
tinn has been made for duplicate policies.
Thomas Boyian, Attorney for Applicant
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-06
DYING FROM AUTO BURNS
Explosion Follows Attempt to Find
Gasoline Leak With Lamp

Shenandoah, Pa, Aug. 6.-While
repairing Il motortruck today, Frank
Whitsavage endeavored to locate leak
iu the gasoline tank with the aid of a
lamp.
Whitsavage was fatally burned in the
explosion that followed. the mOtortruck
was destroyed and the fire department
had difficulty in subduing the flames.
which communicated 20 buildings near
~ n
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-06
Uncle DaUe Wdgs
Finger at Han1py
Continued From Page One

gresham Moore's name Mr.. Lane said:
Mr.. Moore's name has been dropped
through the natural course of elimina-
ton. Having been chosen apparently
by the other. side it was hardly to be
expected that he would be favored by
the organization.
THE process of elimination will go
forth through formal action and com
mon consent in the organization until
out of the four men now being con
Sidered only one remains.
The organization will 90 into the
primaries solidly united behind that
man." he said.
Asked as to whether Penroses ac-
ceptance of the Stuart boom would cause
the former Governor to be shelvcd by
the organization, the veteran ex-chair-
man replied
I'm not going to guess as to that.
But if Senator Penrose wants Mr..
Stuart very badly, we might not want
him at all.
100 Are mice People"
Mr.. Lane characterized the committee
of one hundred as an ''immaterial quan =
tity" in the campaign.
They are very nice people with very
uncertain ideas as to what they are
aiming to do. Among them are mum =
ber of very estimable ladies. Some OF
them do not live in the city at all."
Briefly the independent strength is
not to be rcckoned with seriously in the
Lane estimation.
They cannot hope to win. for the
organization will be united for a pod
ular candidate" he said. Il
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-06
Thousands Forced TO Walk

The greatest congestion was in South
Brooklyn, where thousands of persons
were forced to walk. Coney Island
virtually was isolated, so far as l.
trains were concerned.
A few minor disturbances were re
ported by the police ns strikers at
tempted to gain recruits at the car
barns.
At two meetings. the latest adjourn
ing at a. M, between 1000 and 3OWO
employees of the Brooklyn Rapid Tran
sit Company. members of the Amaiga =
mated Association of Street and Elec-
tric Railway Employees, voted to strike
to enforce demands or an eight hour
day. recognition of the union and in
crease in pay to seventy five cents an
hour for all trainmen and a proper
tionate raise for other employees.
Receiver Rejects Demands
These demands. which were submitted
to Lindley NJ. Garrison. receiver in
control of the company, had been re-
jected. Receiver Garrison, in his re-
ply to the mems demands, refused to
deal with what he termed an outside
organization.
Immediately after delivering this re-
ply to the demands of the unionizcd en-
pleyes, officials of the company began
organizing forces to operate the cars.
They relied upon the motormen on sub
way and elevated lines. who are mem
bers of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, to report for duty. as they
wore honnd nv contract which il was
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-06
b r. I. MEN STRIKE,
CR|PPL|NG SERVICE
Serious Traffic Congestion Re-
suits as Garments Action Para
Iyzes East River Lines
VEHICLES PLY OVER BRIDGE

New York, Aug. 6.-Service on the
subways, elevated and trolley lines OF
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit system was
demoralized at the rush hour early to-
day BY the strike Of part of the COM
pany's 10000 employees. The walkout
set for & a, m. did not assume serious
proportions until s a. M, when thou
sands of passengers on their way TO "orh
in New York from various boroughs
across the river waited in vain for cars
The East River bridges soon were
crowded with automobiles. motortru'Ks
and other vehicles pressed into service
CONGESTION in the subway trains. when
were operated on a limited scale was
most marked. Trains on the IL ROADS
ran desultorily and the surface cars
gave only part service. .,
Motormen employed on the elevated
and subway lines of the Brooklyn com
pany, who are members of the Broth
srbood of Locomotive Engineers. will
ouit work at p. IN. today in SYM
pathy with the striking trainmcn ana
guards, according to Edward smith.
chairman of the executive committee OF
the street car mems union. who said
he had been so advised by rcprcsen-
tative of the brotherhood.
Nonunion operatives began putting
their cars into the barns at : 30 a. m,
declaring the attitude of the strikers
was threatening. Pickets were to make
their first report to the union leaders at
10 80 a. m. as to the number of men
nm striko
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-06

"Whilc. owing to the involved state
of the company'S records. it is imnoS-
sible. without cxhaustiv" examination.
to arrive at an accurate statement o.
financial condition. the f0l flowing may
be considered as representing approx
mately the present condition o. the
rOmnany
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-06

TO SERVICE OFFICERS, CAP
TAINS OF INDUSTRY AND OTHER
PERSONAGES, A DEPENDABLE
TIMEPIECE OFFERS AN ESPE-
CIALLY PERSONAL AND PERMA-
NENT APPEAL.
The Pulaskian., 1919-02-21
Miss Margaret Williams

The death of Miss Margaret Will
hams, which occurred Feb. 10, 1919,
brought sadness to many relatives and
friends and has left a vacancy in the
worlds activities that will be hard to
fill.
Margaret Jean Blair Williams was
born February 10, 1899. She gradu-
ated from the Princeton, Mimi, pub
lie schools and entered the high school
at Minneapolis, but before graduating
came to Little Rock and graduated
from the Little Rock High School in
1917. For time after her gradua-
ton she held a position in the Bank
of Commerce and later she taught
successfully in the REQ and Corning
schools.
Possessed of the unusual will power
that makes its way over every OBJ
stacle, Miss Williams was successful
in her school work in a measure more
than common. Nor was her success
limited to that field of service. When
the epidemic of influenza closed her
school and the town was filled with
sick, she rendered first class service
as nurse to many sufferers.
From the active life of an efficient
young woman just starting on life
work seemingly stretching into years
of usefulness, she was stricken down
She seemed to recover from an opera
ton, but complications developed,
which from the beginning made her
chances of recovery few. She seemed
to understand how few her chances of
The Pulaskian., 1919-02-21

priceless. There is a lot of senseless
scare" over this question learned in
the way of sanitation, the proper
mode of living, ETC., ETC., of unem-
ployment, at time of year where
there is always unemployment, COM
plieated this season by the tinidities
unavoidable in this period of read
justment. But as soon as the sap be-
gins to run up the trees, and courage
among the business men supplants
timidities, there is bound to again be
scarcity of labor. particularly as i'm
migration will be small for long
period.
Think of the number of able-bodied
men who made no resistance whatever
to the draft, in spite of all the evil
predictions, and then consider wha,
chances there are in a law-abiding
body of that kind for PRONUNCIATION of
crazy theories and heresies, such as is
tearing to pieces what is left of the
decimated manhood of European bell
gerent nations.
There are no statistics concerning
the women workers of the war, but
every little hamlet in the United
States proved what its women could
do in the great cause and in numbers.
devotion and efficiency it would not
q
be a preposterous supposition that
they exceeded this total of more than
24,000,000 men.
Here you have accounted for al
most half the population; therefore
what is the use of borrowing trouble
over what those good citizens are 60
ing to do in peace times with the
greatest business opportunitjss fair
ly yearning for them to az 70
The strength of nat @ n its
people. England and tba stood
the test to the admirare pf the
world. We were ready tosesti,t what
those sister nations endlAe,d had it
been necessary to go Though the
ordeals. Fortunately We were not
called to them. We can be as great
IN peace as we proved ourselves to
be in war; therefore what fallacy to
even imagine this huge army of
Americans doing other than the right
thingl
The Pulaskian., 1919-02-21
PRETTY HOME
WEDDING

A wedding, news of which will be
of interest to large circle of friends
throughout the state as well as in
Little Rock, took place recently, when
Miss Katherine Fay Davidson,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. G. P. David
son, became the bride of Ralph G..
Templeton, son of George Templeton
of SCOTS. The ceremony was per-
formed at the home of the bride by
the Rev. B. F. Cato, in the presence
of a small company of friends.
Miss Nellie May Davidson was at
tendant to her sister and Ernest
Davidson served as best man. The
bride wore becoming costume of
white beaded georgette, with tulle
veil, caught with clusters of orange
blossoms. Bride roses and lilies of
the valley formed beautiful bou-
quet, carried by the bride Her at
tendant, Miss Davidson, wore shell
pink georgette with Turquoise beads.
She carried bouquet of pink sweet
peas.
The wedding march was played by
Miss Hazel Brewer at the piano, with
a violin accompaniment by Charles
Brod.
After a brief wedding journey the
bride and groom have made their
home at Kerr, Ark.
Out of town guests who witnessed
the ceremony were: George Temple
ton, the Misses Minnie, Louise, Fay
and Florence Templeton, and George
Templeton Jr., all of Scots, and Mrs.
r. J. Moore of Helena.
The Pulaskian., 1919-02-21

recovery were and IN the same splen-
did spirit with which she had met the
hard problems of life she met the COM
ing change. Her faith was mistaken
and she looked forward to her going
away as a change not to be feared
Funeral service were held at the
Emmanuel Baptist Church by the Rev.
E. P. Alldredge, pastor. The body
was taken to Sheridan, Wis, for in
terment.
The passing of this efficient and
lovable young woman seems an ire
parable loss, but the influences set in
motion by her short life will liveon
and on.
She made many friends in Arkansas
who will long love her memory. She
also leaves many relatives, among
them Dow Williams, St. Louis; J. R.
Blair, Plafnfeld, Wis; W. H. Blair,
Bowen, H.; S. R. Blair, Champaign,
ILL.,; F. E. Poll, Almond, Wis, all
uncles of the deceased and Miss Mary
Blair and Mrs. F. E. Poll, aunts, both
of Almond, Wis.
(The above notice which appeared
in the Pulaskian last week contained
several errors, unavoidable on account
of changes being made in the
printing plant The corrections are
made herewith
The Pulaskian., 1919-02-21

he is simply sheep following lead
ers, and continues year after year to
send his proxy to the same class of
men as those who have misrepresent-
ed him right along. If the stockhold-
er would waken up to his duty and
join with his fellows and elect real
representatives, at least 80 per cent
of corporate greed of selfishness, and
go per cent of corporal scandals
would be eliminated.
Men and women who own bonds and
stocks are entitled to protection from
their Government and they get a
great deal more than they did 20
years ago. These people are not sell
fish, and they should not have that
stigma put upon them when it be-
longs upon the shoulders of others.
The Pulaskian., 1919-02-21
BELGIAN RELIEF cLUB-12 black

Although the Pulaski Heights Bel
gian Relief Club is comparatively a
young and small organization such
excellent results have been obtained
by the workers that they have re-
ceived a letter from New York head
quarters commenting the garments
sewed by the club members and re-
questing more examples of their work.
The club was organized by five young
Pulaski Heights matrons for the pur-
pose Of supplying needed clothes for
Belgian refugees.
The first shipments of garments
included is black aprons for wear by
little Belgian girls. Later 35 flannel
cite baby dresses were made and sent
to the New York Office. A number of
aprons are now being finished at the
weekly meetings Of the club, held at
the homes of the members.
At a recent meeting, the members
voted to introduce a paper to be read
each week while the work was in pro-
gress, "Why We Should Patronize
Paris Fashions" was the subject of
the first article, which was thorough
~ enjoyed by the listeners.
The regular meeting was held Fri
day afternoon at the home of Mrs.
William Stone, on Pulaski Heights.
After the business was completed re
freshments We're served and social
hour followed. The organizers of the
club are: Mrs. Robert Mitchell, Mrs.
benjamin Burke, Mrs. William Stone,
Mrs. Logan Walters and Mrs. Wayne
Harris.
The Pulaskian., 1919-02-21
THINK A BIT OVER THE MAN
POWER WE HAVE.

This week figures have been given
out of the registrations under the
draft and they prove to be the enor-
nous total of "a, ,021; men in the
prime of life, and every one of them
undoubtedly able to do his share of
work, although, of course, only a per-
centage of the total were fit to be
used as soldiers. But those fit for
any duty, the most strenuous in the
world, exceeded 100000, of whom
almost 100000 were with the colors
in some form or other.
Practically one man for every fam
lily in the country was subject to the
draft, and the number of men so sub
ject was only a little bit more than
than the number of individuals who
bought Liberty bonds.
Here is the proposition to think
most about-everybody admits that
we have profted in a financial way
from the war to an enormous extent
and are the richest nation on earth
from property standpoint. Are we
not also the richest nation in the
world in man power? War losses did
not impair Il anywhere near as much
as did the Spanish influenza.
Then it must not be forgotten that
some 100000 men have been i'm
proved physically by the training they
received, as they never would have
been improved under normal condi-
tons, and what those men have learn
ed in the way of sanitation, the prop
er mode Of living. etc, etc., could not
have been bought at any price and the
continuing value of that is almost
The Pulaskian., 1919-02-21
Al Dav Meeting

An all day meeting was held at the
Pulaski Heights Baptist Church on
Thursday by the Baptist City w. NJ.
II. The business session began at 10
4. NJ. and in the afternoon a prorram
was rendered as follows:
Devotional service leader, Mrs.
VOORHEES,; vocal solo, Miss Mary Gar
ner; docs the Church Owe the Child
Anything; if So, What?" A. NJ. Rod
gers, few minutes given for gener-
al discussion of this subject; piano
solo, Miss Joyce Manning; my Ex-
periences in France" DR.. Dashiel;
piano solo, Mrs. Crawford; "War
Revelations of the Lack of Vital Re-
ligion Among Men," Mrs Seymore.
Colonial Tea
A Colonial silver tea was given
Friday evening from 8 O'Clock until
II o'clock at the home of Mrs. 10
seph Simpson, GIT North Ash Street.
The affair, which was one of the most
successful of the season, was under
the auspices of the Ladies Aid Society
of the Pulaski Heights Presbyterian
church.
The Pulaskian., 1919-02-21
DEATHS.

Funeral services were held Friday
afternoon for ]. E. Stanley at the
family residence at Levy, the Rev j.
B. Searcy officiating. He died Thurs
day at a local hospital Burial was
in Thomas cemetery. He is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Cora a Brown Of
Ironton, Mo, and seven sons, w. F.,
mayor of Levy; E. L., J. W., T. E.,
and E. o. Stanley of Levy; P. l..
Stanley of North. Little Rock and DR..
NJ E. Stanley of Jacksonville.
The Pulaskian., 1919-02-21
Pulaski Heights News

Pulaski Heights Red Cross headquart-
ers in the DR.. Morgan Smith building.
Five days of each week are being de-
voted to the work by band of en-
thusiastic workers, who under the
direction of Mrs. Herbert Smith and
Mrs. Lally, are getting splendid re-
suits from the meetings.