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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-30
Malcolm A. SJpley

Malcolm A. Shipley, widely known as
an angler and inventor of fishing tackle,
died Yesterday in his home. 5l05 Wayne
avenue, of pneumonia, with which he
was stricken on Sunday.
Mr. Shiplcy was born in this city in
February. 1913. and succeeded to the
business founded by his grandfather.
Thomas Shipley, in 1890 said to be the
nlonccr sporting goods store in this
MI Shiplcy was an ardent sports
man, and an expert angler whose fame
nad spread throughout the country. He
formerly was member of the Pennsyl
yana Fishing Game Protective Asso-
rlatlon aud took an active part in its
dolibcrationS until his advancing age
,cd 10 his resignation from that body.
lle was member of the Military Order
of the Loyal Legion and for many years
was n vcstryman of Calvary Episcopal
'hurch. Germantown.
tlc is survived by his widow, Joseph
me Shipley, and son, the Rev. Nal
colin \, Shipley, archdeacon of Jersey
wy and rector of Trinity Episcopal
,hurch. Hoboken: also two daughters,
lNrs, David j. NJ. Stokes and Miss
l.ilic Stokes.
Funeral services will be conducted to =
morrow morning in Mr.. Shipley's resi- =
d'nrN by the Rev. Franklin Moore,
rector of Calvary Episcopal Church,
Germantown. The interment will be
made in Westminster Cemetery.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-30
DESIGNERS NEEDED
IN SOUTH AMERICA
Edwin o. Lewis Tells Students
of School of opportuni=
ties There
MISS SARTAIN TAKES POST

South America was pointed out as a
good field for the students who gradu-
ate from the School of Design for
Women by Edwin o. Lewis, president
of the board of trustees. who spoke
this morning at the exercises in con
nection with the installation of Miss
Harriet Sartain as principal.
Several hundred contributors and
friends of the school attended the exer.
cises.
In addition to being well spoken of
all over the United States, Mr.. Lewis
expressed the hope that the school
would bring students from South Amer
lea. He said there should be more co
operation between the industries and
the school. and that it should be ap-
preciated in all parts of the country
Miss Sartain. who succeeds her aunt.
Miss Emily Sartain. as head of the
school, was presented with q corsage
of flowers by the students. She thanked
them for their good wishes and said she
deeply appreciated the honor of head e
ing the school.
Herbert ID. Altman is vice president
of the board and Theodore 9. Knauff
is secretary and treasurer. The mem
bers include Kern Dodge. Paul King.
DR.. William p Wilson. Mrs. J. Ed
ward Lutz. Mrs. Harrison S. Morris
and Mrs. G. Shillard Smith. Daniel
Baugh is honorary director. t.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-30
WILL OPPOSE. SALARY BILL
Ware Men Against 26 Council Clerks
at Bio Salary

Twenty six Council clerks. at an an
nual cost to the city of $40, 100, are
provided for by bill approved by the
finance committee after political
wrangle that has again split Council
into two warning factions.
The ten Ware members will oppose
the bill when it comes up for final
action, while the eleven Moore mem
bers will pass it. Joseph p. Gaffney,
of the Ware forces. will lead the op-
position on the ground that the sal
aries are all right If they go to expert
enced men. but far too high in the
event of outsiders being selected. =
Richard Weglein, president of Coun-
ell, will have the final say as to all the
appointments, and he is not yet ready
to name men for the places. Gaffney
at yesterdays meeting of the finance
committee declared the administration
forces to be playing politics with the
Jobs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-30
COATESV|LLE BOY
UPHELD SHOOTING
Mayor OF Town Believes Clar-
ence McWilIiams GuiItless
of Fathers Killing
uE IS HELD FOR GRAND JURY

Clarence McWilliams, sixteen years
aid has been held for the action of the
rroud iury in Coatcsvillc in connection
with the killing of his father, Robert
McWilliams, during struggle Wcdncs q
Joy night over the possession of rifle.
Sentiment in Coatesvillc strongly
fovors the boy. although the father was
rclI liked and respected. mo jury will
crcr declare the boy guilty" said Mayor
4 II. Swing today. The reports
rriptcd in today's morning papers give
IN erroneous impression. The boy did
rot admit that he shot his father. Both
thc boy aud mother IN their testimony
ot ,hc hearing and at the coroncr's in
opcst last night denied that they had
nullcd the trigger of the rifle"
The shot which killed McWilliams
wos fired when the son picked up the
rifle duriug quarrel between NlcWil-
,omy and his wife, Mrs. Rachel McWi!-
ams.
According to the testimony given last
nighl before Alderman l.. c. Robinson,
who held the boy without bail for the
Grand iurys action. there was Il quarrel
when McWilliams, ~a Philadelphia and
Reading Railway engineer. arrived home
and found that his supper was not ready.
According to Mayor Swing. this was n
rrpnucnt source of fl lblc in the home
"I'll smash YOU in the mouth it was
testified the father said.
net while I'm here" the boy an
swprcd. The boy then picked up the
rifle. u small repeater of the pump"
typc He had bought it only week
ago. He did not point the weapon at
his father. it was testified.
Mrs McWiliams graspcd the weap-
on. The boy was holding it with both
hands, wide apart. The mother. it was
testified, grasped it in the middle. The
father. who had been ten feet away,
closed in and seized the hluzzlc. The
three swaycd back and forth. struggling
for possession the gun. 1t went off. &.
and McWilliams. holding the muzzlc.
fell with bullet in his chest. He died
later in the hospital.
''Thc boy maintained in his testimony
that his hand was not on the trigger y
said the mayor today. He is not a
vicious boy. ] questioned him several
times after he was arrested. 1t may be
that the gun went off accidentally,
without either son or mother pulling
The trigger Mrs. McWilliams testified
that she had not discharged the weapon.
THE father was generally respected
in Coatcsville. He worked every day
and worked hard. He was good man.
The boy is not a vicious boy. either
He is lust an American boy who wanted
TO protect his mother, as any boy
would, -
The boy worked in the mills at
Coatesvllc and earned good wages.
part of which he gave his mother each
week, He is one of large family of
children.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-30
RAG SHOPS BLAMED
FOR MUCH DISEASE
Consumers League Secretary
Says That Sanitation Laws
Are Violated
LEADS TO TUBERCULOSIS

That great deal or illness is due to
fragrant violation of the sanitary and
industrial laws. is the opinion of Mrs,
Florence Kelley. general secretary OF
the National Consumers League.
According to an investigation by the
league, there appears to be direc'
connection between some shoddy indus
tries and number of cases of tubercu =
losis.
SIN Philadelphia the Bureau OF
Health attempts to control the rag
business said Mrs. Kelley, in her re
port on the textile industry, "by ruling
that all rag or junk shops must be IL.
censed; that they shall not be occupied
as dwellings that rags shall not be
sorted in manner to permit the escape
of dust or dirt that rag shops shall not
receive, keep or store fats, bones or Ter =
tilizing products that public highways
shall not be used for sorting rags, paper
or junk: that old clothing must be
washed ana disinfected before being re-
sold. But what regulations does Phi =
adelphia enforce?
"To see the surroundings OF raw ma -
terials used in making government sup
plies, fifty nine rag establishments III
Philadelphia were visited. peddlers eel =
lars, rag shops, jobbers or petty deal
ers, wholesale houses and WOODEN rag
graders, All these were indescrlbablA
bad as regards dirt, sanitation ana ven
tilatiOn.
1.-THE scavenging evil in Philadelphla
is not controlled. Children may be seer
picking from ash barrels, dumps .anC
wharves rags which they sell to junk
dealers. who. in turn, sell to the mills.
Rags picked up in places of filth OTTER
carry their germs into factories .wher'
wiper waste and other waste products
are used. Investigations show that rag
which pass through the fulling and dye
! ing processes of cloth manufacture, &c
rid of the germs, but mixed wool ant
| cotton rags frequently pass through I'M
process and%appear on the market a
all wool.
| Rags or clips are carbonized oni'
when cotton is present in them and th'
process is not always applied, says Mrs
Kelley's report. OF fifty one shoddy
yarn or cloth mills, only three ha'
tarbonizing tanks; in the remaining
ones where snoddy was made, the rag
or clips were fed direct from the bale
into the machine.
Not only in the collecting of rag
and in sorting them are the condition
deplorable, but in some textile mills Wis
tied were found fragrant violations o
sanitary rules. OF forty eight plants
twenty nine failed to comply with tn
law to provide seats for the workers
only one provided a lunch room, il
many mills the women reclined on tn
bales of germ laden rags during thei
lunch hour.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-30
ATHLETIC AFFAIRS
PLANNEDBY LEGION
Committee Will Have Baseball
and Basketball Leagues, and
Conduct Track Contests
May TRY FOOTBALL, TOO

a campaign to arouse interest in
athletics will bc conducted by the Amer
lcan Legion committee on athletics in
..~ea,.. Philadelphia county.
X9sLSA This announcement is
,SE.SEaYNSyA coiDcident with the
S&ERISSTS@a naming Of the commit
AE%S$S&2TS tee on athletics today,
NyISSY with Edward J. Koell-
SsaslsSs~ sans;nlssS~ sted, of the State Fen
cibles Post No. 142, as
chairman. He proposes athletic con
tests among the posts and expects to be
able to develop an American Legion
baseball league. The committee is as
Follows: Edward J. Kocllsted, Post
l42, chairman; James G.. Owens. Post
26; Herman II. Berlin. Post % Harry
Edwards. Post 1888; Raymond NJ. Kra.
mer, Post IT'S; Joseph A. Aldinger,
Post 90; Orian L. Chupin. Post 3:32 I;
W. r. Address. Post 376: Clayton w.
Wyam. Post 3SS. and James A. Bull,
Post 1856. Chairman Koellsted has
called meeting for February 2 to or
gauizc.
lie said:
''rhr committee intends to form in
each of the seven districts of the city
baseball league. At the. end of the
season teams having the highest aver
ages will receive trophies as district
champions. District champion teams
will then play for thc county champion
ship. trophy will be given to the
county champions.
"Another feature will be track and
field games.
cat the close of the baseball and
track and field season the committee
hopes to form football and basketball
leagues. Later on matters might
progress to the point where baseball,
basketball or football games or track
meets can be held in conjunction with
representatives of other counties near
by"
An amalgamation of Post 20 and
Post 81. in the Twenty seventh ward.
was effected last night. the combined
membership being go. with an avail
able membership of approximately 400.
The post will work under the Post 20
. charter. and will be known as the How
ard c. Mccall Post. 1t was named after
the son of Joseph Il. Mccall. The
post will meet in the library at Fortieth
and Walnut streets. The present Of
licers will continue: J. B. Mccall. Jr.,
commander; Vincent A. Mccain. adju-
tant; Paul A. Olive. finance officer
sergeant at arms. Bernard McCafferty.
There will be chosen an executive COM
mittee composed of four members from
No 60 and three members from No. 20,
with the commander as an ex officio
member.
Captain Walter NJ. Gearty Post, No.
80. will hold its regular meeting next
Thursday night. February 5. in the
First Infantry Armory, Broad and Cal
lowhill streets. Post Commander David
r. Simpson has invited Judge John NJ.
Patterson to speak to his old comrades
Oh "Amaricansm. .
Until the matte of au actual MEM
bership on paid up members is prop
erly adjusted this post. which now
numbers 600 enrolled. will not make any
special drive for additional members.
. The post commander has sent each
member a questionable. to ascertain il
the enrolled members are going to re
main. loyal and be carried as paid up"
members.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-30
PRIESTS ARE TRANSFERRED
Philadelphia Rector to Establish New
Parish in READING

The following Catholic clerical ap-
pointments and transfers have been
announced:
The Rev. Edward f. y. Curran,
of the Church of st. Anthony de Pa p
dua this city, to establish a new parish
in the northwestern section of Read e
ing, under the patronage of st. Mar
garet (for English speaking Catholics)
The Rev. Joseph Il. McDermott.
D. D., of the Church of Our Lady of
the Rosary, to be pastor of a new
parish in Amber. under the patronage
of St. Joseph (for English speaking
Catholics).
The Rev. John G.. Fitzgerald. OF
st. Josephs, Reading, to st. Marks S,
Bristol.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-30
ORGAN RECITALS PLANNED
Series of Free Noon Programs Will
Be Given in Churches

A series of free noontime organ re-
citals, arranged under the direction of
the community service, will be insti-
tuted at st. Stephen s Episcopal Church,
Tenth street above Chestnut, with Rollo
F. Maitland at the organ, assisted by
w. Lane Hoffner and James y. Corneal.
The recital begins at 1915 and ends
at IL 80.
Reoitals will be in these churches {:
st. Stephens, Calvary Presbyterian
Church, Fifteenth and Locust streets,
week of February 8, David Crozier Or
ganist; week of February IS, Old Christ
Church. Second and Market streets.
Jesse p. Stackhouse, organist; week of
February %. Holy Communion Luth-
eran Church. Twenty second and
Chestnut streets, William Latta Mas
sau and Harry A. Sykes, organists !:
week of March l, First Unitarian
Church, Twenty first and Chestnut
streets, Philip Goepp. organist week of
March s. Holy Trinity Memorial
Chapel, Twenty second and Spruce
streets. Ernest Felix Potter, organist {;
week of March 10, st. Peters Episcopal
Church. Third and Pine strets, Harry
NJ. Gilbert. organist; week of March
-, First Presbyterian Church. Seventh
street and Washington Square, Ralph
p. Lewars. organist.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-30
Professor Awarded Medal

DR.. Henry. S. Pratt, professor of
biology at Haverford College, has been
awarded the French Medal of Gratitude
for his work in the restoration of devas
tated regions in northern France.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-30
Deaths Of a Day
Gilbert Collins

Newark. \. j., Jan. 80 Gilbert
Collins, former justice of the Supreme
Court Of New Jersey, died yesterday
from pneumonia at his home in Jersey
City.
Justice Collins was seventy three
years old. He was born at Stonington
borough. Conn. August %, 1876. Mr.
Collins was named to the Supreme
Conrt by Governor Griggs in 1897
and served until 1908. He resigned
to resume the practice of law in Jersey
Cytv
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-30
MAYOR APPOINTS HARPER
Takes Place of Moran as Chief
Clerk in Office

Mayor Moore today appointed Robert
ID Harper to the position of chief clerk
of the Mayors office to take the place
of Herbert Moran. whose resignation
has been rendered otake effect Febru
ary /.
Mr.. Harper is twenty nine years old
and has been connected with the Office
of the Mayor for number of years. He
was appointed to the position of con =
tract and ordinance clerk by Mayor
Reyburn in 1911. He is a graduate of
I the Central High School and University
of Pennsylvania. and lives at 513S
Chester avenue, The clerkship carries a
salary of S2500.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-30
Fire Damages Chabrow Store

Fire damaged the store of Chabrow
Brothers, 5240 Market street. to the
extent of 5000 today. The flames are
believed to have started from rub
bish pile in the cellar. where cigarette
had been thrown. Apartments on the
second and third floors of the building
were not injured, Joseph w. Cohen is
manager of the store.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-30
HOSIERY BURNS IN MILL

Fire in the hosiery mill of Herbert
Brooks, at Hancock and Huntingdon
streets, destroyed several boxes of hos
iery valued at $500 early this morning
The flames were confined to the fourth
floor, where they originated. The fire
was discovered by the driver of news
paper delivery wagon shortly after
o'clock. who gave the alarm
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-30
Chamber Asks Explanation

The Chamber of Commerce and other
organization have asked Director Hines,
of the railroad administration. to ex-
plain why south Atlantic and gulf ports
have been favored above Philadelphia
New York and Boston in the matter of
export freight rates from the western
central districts.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-30
Georae A. S. Morris

Reading. Pa. Jan. 30.-George \.
). Morris, Readings first dry land
lord, and brother of Jack Cardiff
former lightweight pugilist. and now
an evangelist, died of heart disease to-
day at the age of forty eight years.
He conducted the Hotel Metropole, at
seventh and Chestnut streets, during
the last four years as a temperance
hn,i GO -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-30
HOME RESERVES TO DINE
Mayor, Sproul and Other Executives
Will Be Guests

Will Be Guests
The final banquet of the officers of
the Philadelphia Home Defense Reserve
will be held tonight at the Hotel Adel :
phia.
Governor Sproul, Mayor Moore. Di-
rector of Public Safety Corteyou,
Superintendent of Police Robinson. As
sistant Superintendent of Police Mills,
who was colonel of the Home Defense
Regiment. and a number of others will
be among the prominent guests.
On this occasion the officers and
many representative Philadelphians
will honor Lieutenant Colonel Hulley.
who was the volunteer commander of
the organization. Lieutenant Rudolph
Sailer will be toastmaster, j. Il. Sea
man. who was regimental adjutant,
will speak for the officers. Corporal F.
i. Mendez will speak for the enlisted
men,
The Washington herald., 1920-07-05

Z mana peels or fall down with heart
disease. Even the sport from Ko-
komo. Ind, Who claims to be Q
cousin of ex-Mayor Low and scat
ters nickels from q cab window,
nsdk not putin his appearance.
Thsre was nothing to stare at
and William Pry had Fremont.
tions of .ennui.
But he saw . large crowd
serambling and pushing excitediy
In front of q billboard. Squirting
Tor II, he knocked down an old
woman and child carrying a
bottle of milk, and fought his way
IKE . demon into the mass OF
spectators. Already In the inner
line stood Violet 6eymouf\Svith
one sleeve and two gold hllings
gone, a corset steel puneture and
q sprained wrist, but happy. She
was looking at what there was to
see. A man, vas painting upon
the fence: Eat Bricklets-They
FIN Your Face"
Violet brushed whsn she saw
william Pry. william jabbed a
iady IN black silk raglan In the
ribs, kicked q boy In the shin.
! DIT an Old gentleman on the left
ear and managed to crowd nearer
70 violet. They stood for an hour
looking at the man paint the let
ters. Then williams love could
pc repressed no longer. He
touched her on the arm.
Come with me-" he said. 81
know where there is q bootbiack
without an Adams apple"
The Washington herald., 1920-07-05

mis- features. he stood over the
victim of the accident, listening
to his groans as IL to the sweet
est music. When the crowd OF
spectators had swelled to close
ly packed circle William saw
violent commotlon In the crowd
opposite him. Men were hurled
aside like ninepins by the impact
of some moving body that Glove
them like the rush OF tornado.
with elbows. umbrella, hat-pin,
tongue, and finRcrnails doing
their duty, Violet Seymour forced
her way through the mob of on
lockers TO the first row. Strong
men who even had been able to
secure q seat on the $50 Harlem
express staggered back like chill
dren as she bucked center. Two
large lady spectators who had
seen the Duke of Boxburgh mar
ried and had often blocked traf-
nc on Twe1ty-third Street fell
back into the second row with
ripped shirt-waists when Violet
had finished with them. william
Pry loved her at first sight.
The ambulance removed the un-
conscious agent of Cupid. Will
nam and Violet remained after the
crowd had dispersed. They were
true Rubberers. People who
leave the scene of An accident
with the ambulance have hot gen
uine caoutchouc. I'm the cosmogony
of their necks. The delicate, fine
flavor OF the affair is to be had
only in the after-taste-in sloat-
The Washington herald., 1920-07-05
By O. HENRY

Two souls with such congeniai
tastes could not long remain
apart. A. . policeman drove
them away with his night stick
that evening they plighted their
troth. The seeds OF love had been
well sown. and had grown up,
hardy and vigorous. into a-iet
US call II a rubber plant,
The wedding Of william Pry
and Violet Seymour was set for
June 10. The Big Church in the
Middle Of the Block was banked
high with flowers. The populous
tribe OF Rubberers the world over
Is rampant over weddings. They
are the pessimists of the pews.
They are the guyers OF the groom
and the bauterers of the bride.
They come to laugh at your mar
riage. and should you escape
from Hymen's tower on the back
OF deaths pale steed they will
come to the funeral and sit In
the same pew and cry over your
luck. Rubber will stretch.
The church was lighted. A
grosgrain carpet lay over the
asphalt to the edge of the side
walk, Bridesmaids were patting
one another's sashes awry and
speaking OF the Brides freckies.
Coachmen tied white ribbons on
their whips and bewailed the space
of time between drinks. The
minister was musing over his
possible fee, essaying conjecture,
whether IL would suffice to pur-
chase q new broadcloth suit for
The Washington herald., 1920-07-05

ing over the spot, In gazing fx-
edly at the houses opposite. In
lowering there in dream more
exquisite than the opium-eater's
ecstasy. William Pry and violef
Seymour were copnoisseurs In
casualties. They knew how to
extract full enjoyment from every
incident.
Presently they looked at each
other. Violet had, brown BIRTH
mark on her neck as large asa
silver half-dollar. william hxed
his eyes upon IL. William Pry
had inordinktely bowed legs. yio-
let allowed hor gaze to linger un-
swervingly upon, them. Face to
each staring at the other. Eth
quette would not allow them to
speak; but In the Caoutchouc City
1t is permitted to gaze without
stint at the trees In the parks and
at the physical blemishes Of .
fellow creature.
At length with a sigh. they
parted. But Cupid had been the
driver of the brewery wagon. and
the wheel that broke a leg united
two fond hearts.
The next meeting Of the hero
and heroine was in front OF a
board fence near Broadway. The
day had been disappointing one.
There had been no fights.pn the
street. children had kept from un-
der the wheels of the street cars,
crippies and fat men in negiigee
shirts were scarce; nobody SEEM
ed To be inclined to slip on >ba-
The Washington herald., 1920-07-05

reading room, II Senator Depew
or M. Chuck Connors walks out
to take the air-if any~of these
Incidents or accidents takes place.
you will see the mad. Irresistible
rush of the rubber" tribe to the
spot.
The imSoseance of the event
does not ev15t. They gaze with
equal interest and absorption at
a chorus girl or at a man, paint
ing a liver pill sign. They will
form as deep a Gordon around a
man with a clubfoot as they will
around q baked automobile. They
have the furof rubberendi. They
are optical glutons. feasting and
fattening on the misfortunes Of
their fellow beings. They gloat
and pore and glare and fsquint
and stare with their fishy eyes
like goggle-eyed perch at the
hook baited with calamity.
1t would seem that Cupid
would find these ocular vampires
too cold game for his calorinc
shafts, but have we not yet to
discover an immune even among
the PROTOCOL? Yes, beautiful Ro-
nance descended upon two of
this tribe, and love. came into
their hearts as they crowded
about the PROSTATE form of a man
who had been rum over by a brew
cry wagon.
William Pry was the first on
the spot. He was an expert. at
such gatherings. With an ex-
preston of intense happiness on