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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-14
HUNDREDS RESIGN
POSTOFF|CE Jobs
Low Salaries Force Clerks and
Letter Carriers to Quit,
Say officers
PUBLIC INTEREST is URGED

Low salaries in the postal service
letter carriers in this city TO resign and
more than 500 have quit in New York
4 according to officers of the Letter Car
Tiers Association.
n national campaign has been started
py the organization for the purpose oi
interesting the public and Congress in
higher pay for the service.
!. Men arc leaving the service all over
tne country: there are vacancies in ali
postoficcs and few men to I'll them. The
men complain of the inaction of the
fostal wage Commission which has
oeen investigating the service for
fourteen months and has not vet reached
the stage of report. For the last four
months 1t oven has been without a
chairman. The postal employees work
~ hard and the salaries low, even the
oldest members in the service do NOT
receive more than $500 per year. with
the bonus of $50 added. Deliveries
have been cut down. regardless Of the
increased service. Employees are quit
ting because of the inadequate wage.
and the new men taken on as substitutes
timers"
The scale for letter carriers starts a,
forty -onc cents an hour for now mon
and reaches only fifty seven cents for
men OF long service: a substitute rets
sixty cents an hour. \ now scaIe is
needed: the men declare. with $500 as
the minimum salary, and S24OO for
service of six years and over. The bur.
den of the work falls upon the older
men, who have to see that the substi.
tutes are correctly started on their
routes, which are often totally strange
TO them. At that the substitutes stsy
with the service only until they can find
better paying position. Most of the
regular force are married mon and have
q hard time supporting families on their
small salaries.
There are five deliveries in the cen
trail section Of the city and three in
the residential SECTIONS. This neces-
states the carrying of packs. sometimes
weighing as much as sixty pounds. for
miles. The carriers want more deliv-
cries so their bundles may be lightened
Some of them tramp as many as ten and
twelve miles daily through all sorts of
weather.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-14
LEWIS HOWELL IN RECITAL
Baritone Gives Excellent Program
Before Crowded, Enthusiastic Hous,

!, Lewis James Howell gave his annual
song recital last evening at Griffith
Hall before as large an audience as
could be crowded into the auditorium
He was in fine voice and scored Il great
success at each appearance.
Z Mr.. Howell has the somewhat unu
sual ability Of rendering both dramatic
and lyric compositions with equal case
and effect. In the operate field he sang
Mozart mon piu andrai'' from the
Marriage of Figaro and Bizet's
"Quand lie tlamme,' one of the most
effective and dramatic of arias. Each
was given with the right amount of
dramatic intensity, but with his own
individual Interpretation according to
the text and to the different spirit Of
the times in which it was composed
+ The Bizet number was especially well
given.
In the songs which he presented Mr..
Howell covered pretty we'll the range of
baritoue literature. He began with five
of the old italian canzone. which arc
more interesting than the violin liter
aturc of the same period, only because
the Italians of that day knew better
how to write for the voice than for the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-14

violin. Then followed a wonderfully
beautiful group consisting of Gretchani-
nof's Over the Steppe,' Arensky' s
How Beautiful Were Once the Roses"
and three lovely Schubert songs, the
performance Of which showed that
Schubert has not yet been eoualcd as
composer of songs. The last was n
modern group, which were sung as well
as the classic. but with the difference
in spirit required by them.
Mr.. Howell was assisted by Nina
Prettymau Howell. violinistc, who
played, as she always does, with excel
lent tone and impeccable taste. She
gave first the Franko arrangement of
Rimsky's Hymn to the Sun" and n
Moznrt Kreisler rondo, later playing
Wicniawski's brilliant Polonaisc in A
and closing the program with Tor Au-
Inns ldyll and Moszkowski's "Gui-
tarre."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-14

Anothcr PHENOMENAL purchaso
White crepe de chino or Jersey
also colored stripe silks, broa,;,
cloths, cfepes de chihe and p,Issv
willows. French cuffs.
Ltt Brothors-1Tlrst Floor, 9TH St
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-24

A buriesque feature hat may well
entfce those who ook only to the
legitimate for their entertainment
win be seen next Monday at the Ma
jestic theatre during h course OF
the production to be offered by Mollie
Williams Greatest Show. This Is a
sensational dramatic playlet entitled.
"sThe Unknown Law" which tells a
tragic story of the North. II was
written at the suggestion OF Miss VIII
liams by Frank Tanning. who spent
some years in Alaska, and is present.
ed by Miss williams, supported by
Mr.. flaming. Burlesque lovers Will
recall the sensational act La Dance
Enticennent." which these two great
artists presented for several seasons
and when they are told h a The
Unknown Law is. stiu more dramatic
in its intensity they Will need no fur
Their assurance of the quality of n
act. In that act Mr. Tanning enact
ed one of the most realistic death
falls ever witnessed upon any stage.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-24
strand Attraction

A play of rare scenic spiendors, of
deep emotional moments. of stirring
dramatic incidents, finely acted and
superbly directed is the new Selznick
Picture, "Out Yonder," starring
charming Olive Thomas. which OPEN
ed a three-day engagement at the
Strand Theatre Thursday.
Miss Thomas is cast, is totally differ
Miss Thomas is cast, is totally differ
ent from any which she has thus far
essayed. Flotsam is a ragged little
sea waif. the daughter of a lighthouse
keeper, whose life is spent on a lonely
reef in the Atlantic. No place here
for the gorgeous creations of the
French modistes that the fair Olive
has heretofore shown to such advan-
tage. and yet she never before has
been more charming nor made a
greater appeal.
Many spectacular incidents n ex-
traordinary scenic effects are embod-
led in the picture and in the matter
of realism Director Ralph Ince has
gone far beyond n previous effort.
Coming Monday Anita Stewart In
Human Desire"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-24
5NTlhe
Sea Story nj the Djtmas

Here's a red-b1ooded. thrilling fea-
ture picture in which the action doesn't
lag for a second. It's Punch with a
capital p from opening title to final
fade-Out. II you know one thing
about Hobart Bosworth, it's hat he
is the perfect example of vigorous,
robust American manhood. He acts
looks. n is the Great Adventurer.
This virile actor in a smashing story
by the well-known Gouveneur Morris,
produced by the mastery hand of
Thomas H.. Ince-you don't need
much Imagination to know what's
in store for you IL you read
Behind The Door" in Golfers
Weekly. Hobart Bosworth is
the never-to- be-forgotten Sea Wolf
He's coming to the Ditmas, your fav-
orite theatre in a picture on which
he ID leaps from the fighting top
OF a U. s. Navy dreadnaught into a
raging sea; (2) clings to the periscope
o ia submarine while it submerges
under him; t3) fights an angry mob
OF men in a battle to the death; (4)
rescues a drowning sailor and swims
n half-mile with him through a stormy
sea; t5) wreaks a revenge upon the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-24

man who killed his wife. Behind the
Door" a heart-gripping story of the
sea. with an exceptionally strong sup
porting cast, headed by Jane Novak,
who has appeared in many Ince pro-
auctions with Charles Ray. William s.
Hart, etc.
The p~hotoplsy is well worth seeing
at any price.
Evening star., 1920-05-23

among the foremost in the United
States. Among those exhibiting are
H. K. Bush Brown and Brenda Put
nam of this city. Edward Berge of
Baltimore. George Grey Barnard, Stir
ling Calder, Anna V. Hyatt. Paul Man
ship and Janet Scudder, to name but
a few.
Such an exhibition as this on even
larger scale Meld at this same time of
year in Potomac Park would be an
event of the utmost interest. and VIII.
it is hoped some time come to pass.
The Pan-Pacific Union composed of
the several countries bordering on the
Pacific ocean, is proposing to call an
art conference to be held in Honolulu
some time next year, with the object
OF tha creation Of "A museum in that
city with permanent and periodic eX-
hibitions, together with periodic con-
ferences Of artists. critics. manufac-
turers and artisan leaders. Such
conference and exhibition would lay
special stress on the applied arts, with
the idea of developing the resources
of pan-Pacific countries along these
lines.
A notable exhibition Of printing is
Row in progress in the galleries of
the National Arts Club. Granercy
Park N w. under the auspices of the
American Institute OF Graphic Arts.
The object cf this exhibition is to in
dicate the standards obtained by
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not the impression of suspended ac-
ton. which is unpleasant. but of con-
tinuing motion.
Zorn uses line almost exclusively.
Not long, sensitive strokes but a null
tiplicity of little. short. nervous
strokes. which, in the aggregate, Gre
ate the image. He is no less famous
as a painter than as an etcher. He is.
indeed. one of the great men of our
day.
X X x X
In the chapel of the United States
Naval Academy at Annapolis is now
to be seen the lately installed Fara-
gut memorial window. commemora-
tive Of the c.eat admiral of our
American Navy. in whose honor one
of our city parks is named. This
window is unusual iE being. historical
in character and shows the very at
tractive use to which stained grass
mig hit more often be put.
A unique exhibition of sculpture In
the open air is being held at present
in Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia.
under the auspices of the Philadelphia
Art Alliance. This is the first time
that anything Of the kind has been at
tempted in this country.
The exhibition includes groups ap-
propriate to parks, parkWays. memo
rial projects. statuary. sun-dials and
fountains suitable for a garden. etc.
And the contributing sculptors are
Evening star., 1920-05-23

printing arts in this country and to
further advance the art.
The exhibition continues until June
/. and a portion of it will. in all prob
ability be circulated by the American
Federation of Arts.
X X X
The United States is represented in
the international exhibition at Venice.
which opened the last of April. not
officially. but through the beneficence
and personal effort of Mrs. Harry
Payne Whitney. who collected group
of representative American paintings
by American artists and arranged to
have them shown in the attractive
little building heretofore occupied by
the British at similar displays.
The collection comprises examples
of paintings by Thomas Eakins, Alb
bot Thayer Twachtman. Weir. Robin
son. Hassam, Redfield, Bellows Luks
Glackens and others.
After the close OF the exhibition in
Venice it is to be shown in Paris, then
in London.
Miss Ellen Day Hale has closed her
studio in st. Matthew alley and gone
TO her summer home at Foley Cove,
Cape Ann. Mass. She and Miss Glenn
ents have a picturesque little place on
the Massachusetts north shore an
ideal studio overlooking the sea It
is there that much of their painting
Evening star., 1920-05-23

painting by Edward " Redtield.
The Island" 10 which the first "
A Clark prize Of 81 oDu. carrying with
il The Corcoran gold medal was
warded at the CorCoran GalieTys
BIENNIAL exhibition in 1908. has been
presented 10 the National Gallery of
Art BY Duncan Phillips of this city
by whom some years ago il was pur-
chased
This picture. which j. = typical eX-
ample OF Mr Redtield,s work. STOW 5
a bit of snow covered land. on which
arr one or two humble dwellings
separated from the main land by a
narrow stream. The composition
consists of series OF horizontal
parallel or almost parallel lines aid
has comparatively little of beauty ~
commend it, The charm and merit
of the picture are derived from the
manner of treatment. the interpre-
ta;ion given therein of the illusion
of light and air. the impression OF
cold and winter stiffness.
Mr.. Redfield has made specially
of winter pictures. He is realiSj
and All the same time an impression
list. He paints what he sees. his PIE
lures are like open windows IN
wall They are vividly real. yet they
concern themselves chiefly with the
subtieties of luminosity and atmos-
phere.
Edward Redfield was born in
BrIdseVilIe Del. in December. 1868
He studied first in the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts. which has
given US some of our best American
artists aud then in Paris under
Rouguereau and Robert Fleury. APP
parently he assimilated the best of
the French teaching and applied the
knowledge that he gained while In
rhe French capital in solving such
problems as he encountered without
losing his own individuality or sur
rendering his own point of view
He is a fortnight painter. frank. gen
uine. sincere: his art is of robust
sort youthful and frankly American
His pictures are to be found in the
permanent collections of almost all
of the leading art museums. and ne
is well represented in the French
national collection.
Two small and interesting groups
of etchings lent by Ralph King of
Cleveland have lately been placed on
exhibition in the atrium of the Cor
coran Gallery of Art. one group is by
other by the Scandinavian. Anders
Zorn Both are among the greatest
etchers not only of our own day. but
of all days.
Cameron is undoubtedly descend
ant of Meryon. Whistler and Haden.
but because of this fact he is none
the less himself. None of the great
etchers have been able to render sur
face texture more beautifully than
Evening star., 1920-05-23

lands. are not only amazingly beauti-
ful. but entirely satisfying. His use of
line in combination with mass is re-
narkable
Iorn is an artist Of quite u different
type. His ttchluES are mostly OF ng
ures-people. Very vital people They
are not reticent, but to the contrary
almost aggressive. insistent, demand :
ing. Yet they are III their own way
quite as engaging. Two of the Iorn
etchings in this collection show sub
jects dancing. one pictures d Swedish
peasant dance. he other is dance in
which those from the gentlcr rank
are taking part. In both instances
there is remarkab Bile swing and mo
ton. an impression of things in fuX-
Evening star., 1920-05-23
Notes OF Art and Artists

Cameron None have presented archi-
tecturaI themes more poeliCally or
with greater renneinent ana elegance.
Camel on etcniuaS OF buildings have
not oaly charm. but dignity His
landscapes are scarcely less notable
and ms portrayal through this me
diun OF great stretches of open
country. rolling hills rough plans
such as found in thu scotch low
Evening star., 1920-05-23

Gloucester. Mass. during July and
August. From the LIST of June on she
will have a studio on Rock Neck, East
Gloucester. LEILA MECHLIN
Evening star., 1920-05-23

IL done and that all their summers are
spent
Miss Felicie Waldo Howell will con-
duct summer painting class at
Evening star., 1920-05-24
COAL COST FACTORS.
Federal Trade Commission Renor+s
on Bituminous Production.

A report by the Federal Trade Com
mission and a letter addressed r.
senator Walsh Of Massachusetts nv
J. D. A. Morrow, vice president of the
National Coal Association, dealing
with the cost Of production and prices
OF Dituminous coal, have been made
pubic. The report of the trade com
mission compared factors entering
into coal costs last February with the
average for 1918, while the letter de-
nies Senator Walsh's contention as
made in a recent Senate speech that
large profits during the year.
The Federal Trade Commission re-
port showed labor costs increased 20
cents. cost Of supplies advanced 2
cents and general expenses cents
per ton between 1913 and last Febru-
creased only cents. or from 81 65 to
$2.74 per ton, between the two periods
The margin" per ton, the report
shows, was 81 cents per ton in 1918
and 81 cents in February. The report
explains that margin" is the diner
t. o. b. mine cost. and includes selling
expenses. interest, income and excess
profits taxes and other items.
In his denial of charges Of exorbi-
tant profits during the war. Mr. Nor
row In his letter asserts that aver
1917 was $2.26 a ton,
During 1918, when prices were under
government control, the letter add
ed. the average price was only 81 81
a ton, out Of which 80 cents a ton was
paid in federal taxes" During that
year 337 out Of 1851 operators report
ed losses and the average per cent
net income for those making profits
was less than II per cent, Mr.. Nor
row wrote.
Following government withdrawal
prices under competition in open
markets sank to less than the Fuel
Administration maximum limits" ac-
cording to the letter. which added
that additional increases in cost of
material and greater lost time ad-
vanced mining costs.
Evening star., 1920-05-24
TWO MURDER ATTEMPTS
PUZZLE CHICAGO POLICE
Shots Fired From Vacant House
With Intent to Kill States
Attorney Hoyne.

CHICAGO. May 24.-Detectives "a to-
day sought to unravel the mystery
surrounding two attempts yesterday
on the life of Maclay Hoyne, states
attorney. From a post in a vacant
house across the street from the
Hoyne residence two rifle shots were
fred at Francis j. Hoyne, ffteen-
year-old youth, who strikingly re-
sembles his father In connection
with the attacks Mr.. Hoyne revealed
that since prosecution of the men
charged with the murder Of Maurice
("Moss') Enright. labor leader, was
begun. he and his assistants had re-
ceived scores of threatening letters
and telephone calls.
In the past seven years I have re-
ceived hundreds of threatening let
ters," Mr.. Hoyne said, explaining that
many Of them came when he began
prosecutions after the race riots here
last year; others. apparently from
radicals. were received about Nav
day. and the most recent ones were
connected with the Enright murder
case.
Mr.. Hoyne said he would not he
deferred in further prosecutions. add
Ing that within the past two weeks
seven men charged with murder have
been sentenced to death and that
trials Of twenty-seven more will be
held In the next two weeks.
Evening star., 1920-05-24
M. P. CONFERENCE TAKES
UP ROUTINE WORK TODAY
Election Of Secretary and Reports
Of General Church Boards
on Program.

GREENSBORO, N. c., May a.
Election Of a secretary and reports
of general church boards was the
principal business facing the quad
rennial general conference Of the
Methodist Protestant Church when it
began the first session Of it's fourth
days work here this morning. with
Rev. Thomas II. Lewis, president Of
Western Maryland College. Baltimore,
who was chosen president Of the con-
ference late Saturday afternoon, pre-
siding. The conference failed to
reach the election Of other officers
before adjournment.
Rev. Charles S. Mcfarland Of New
York. general secretary of the Fed
eral Council of the Churches Of Christ
in America, is scheduled to deliver
two addresses before the conference
today. one this morning. the other
in the afternoon. At the morning
session he will report on the work
Of the council as it relates to the
churches represented in the council,
with especial reference to the Meth
odfst Protestant Church. The Fed
eral Council Of the Churches of Christ
in America is an organization by
which the churches coordinate their
efforts in various activities, and the
address of DR.. Mcfarland is expected
to have an effect upon some of the
policies to be adopted by the con-
ference.
Evening star., 1920-05-24
ANTHRACITE WORKERS
IN WAGE NEGOTIATIONS
Convention Hears Two Proposals,
One for Increase, One
for Commission.
for Commission.

wILKEsBARRE. Pa. May 24.--Rep-
resentatives Of 175.000 anthracite
mine workers employed in the three
hard coal districts Of Pennsylvania
met in convention here today to de-
eide the fate OF their wage negotia-
tions, which have been in progress
with the operators for nearly three
months.
There were more than 500 delegates
present when the convention opened.
with John L. Lewis. international
president Of the United Mine Workers
presiding.
Two proposals for the settlement of
the controversy were before the con-
vention. One was a tentative con-
tract submitted by Secretary OF La
Dor Wilson. which grants the miners
a slight increase in excess Of the Is
per cent already of1cially offered by
the operators. and awards recognition
Of the union. Should this be rejected
the alternative proposition 10 to sub
nit the dispute to q commission Of
three persons appointed by President
Wilson. The general scale commit
tee will recommend the adoption OF
the latter proposition.
Following the report OF the conven-
ton credentials committee, Mayor
Daniel l.. Hart will give an address
Of welcome to the delegates.
Evening star., 1920-05-24

Elaine HAmmerstein is the pictured
star Of '"The Shadow Of Rosalie
Byrnes," another twin sister story.
featured at Loew's Columbia this
week. One sister is a singer who
marries a young lieutenant Just be-
fore his departure for France. Dur
ing his absence her sister, known as
the Flame" in the underworld, calls
to seek aid. ana Rosalie 10 confront
ed with an offer Of large sum to
renounce the young lieutenant and
say she does not love him. Needing
the money. she accepts the PROPOSE :
tion. and her forged remuneration is
sent to the young lieutenant when
he returns, OF course, the matter is
set right. In the meanwhile other
things happen to stir the pulse and
hold the interest. Minor features,
with music. round out the program.
Evening star., 1920-05-24
VALUABLE BEAR SHOT.
Black Prince Killed In Bronx Zoo
Park, New York,

NEW YORK, May 24--''Black
Prince" most valuable bear in the
Bronx Geological Park. was shot and
han hea ny prrs for early
The animal. which IL said to have
been the finest specimen Of short
legged Canadian black bear in cap
tivity. climbed out Of his cage during
the night and kept a large force of
police on vigil until daybreak. when
he was cornered in a remote section
of the park. BLACK Prince" weighed
800 pounds.
Evening star., 1920-05-24
Palace.

'The Dark Mirror" which features
Dorothy Dalton at Loew's Palace
Theater this week. is q familiar type
of story dealing with twin sisters,
one rich and high in social life. the
other q denizen Of the underworld.
The former, according to the story,
is subconsciously affected by the lat
ter, Of whose existence she is iEno-
rant. A young physician. in love with
the society girl, undertakes to fathom
and remedy this condition. In the
meanwhile the girl, who bears a
striking likeness to her sister, is kid
naped by Red Carnahan's gang" in
the belief that she fs the sister who
has deserted Carnahan for q Span
lard Mr.. Carnahan, however, has
found and drowned the object Of his
affections and this ultimately paves
Of the society girl. Orchestral music
Evening star., 1920-05-24
Crandall's.

A village storekeeper, a beautiful
daughter. q mortgage. q flinty-heart-
ed landlord, q farm drudge and a rus
tic lover are the elements with which
the Mack Sennett comedy forces
make "Down on the Farm" this
a laugh riot. 1t 10 not me1odrama.
but burlesque. with hocks Of ducks.
geese. pigs and what not playing
their part. A great dane. Teddy; q
wise cat. Pepper. and little John
Henry, jr., q precocious youngster,
Evening star., 1920-05-24
LEE HUTCHINS' CAVEAT TO
FATHERS WILL DISMISSED
Judge Holds Admissions in Suit
Bring Case Within Previous
Appellate Court Ruling.

Justice Bailey OF the District Su-
rreme Court today rendered an opin-
ion dismiss!ng the caveat Of Lee
Hutchins to the probate OF the will
of his father. S:ilson Hutchins. which,
has been in litigation for eight years.
counsel for the son will note an ap-
neal TO the Court OF Appeals, it is
stated
In his opinion Justice Bailey de-
clares that the answer Of Lee Hutch
ins admits facts which in the opin-
ion of the court. bring the case with