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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-04-08
Social Items

Regular meeting of the w. R. G.
Saturday, April TO-
The Bridge Club
Mrs. E. B. Carisch will entertain |
the Bridge Club Saturday.
The Woman's League
The Woman's League will meet with
Mars. May Monday, April II.
Friday Evening
Dwight Chinook entertained few
friends at dinner last Friday evening.
The Birthday Club
Saturday afternoon Mars. Emma
Segerstrom was hostess to the Birth
day. Club.
The Bridge Club
Mars. Mat. Elertson entertained the
Bridge Club at her home last Satur-
day afternoon.
Kitchen Shower
Miss Lillian Mueller was given a
Kitchen Shower at her home on East
Maple street Monday evening.
For Miss Holmes
Mrs. E. j. Stewart and Miss Lee
more Stewart entertained at $50 din
ner last evening for Miss Helen
Holmes.
Cong. Ladies' Aid
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Con-
gregational church will meet in the
social rooms of the church Thursday,
April Is.
Six-thirty Dinner
DR.. and Mrs. c. A. Dawson enter
tanned at six-thirty dinner Tues
day evening in honor Of Miss Helen
Holmes, of Topeka, Kan.
Art Circle Give Surprise Party
The members of the Art Circle and
their husbands surprised Mr.. Chas.
Bartholomew at his home last eve
ming. A delicious supper was served
by the ladies.
Picnic Supper
Several of Mrs Emma Segerstrom S
friends from Mann Valley entertain
ed her at picnic supper at her home
Friday afternoon in celebration OF
her birthday.
at Dinner
Miss Bridges and Miss Lowering en-
tertained few guests at dinner at
the Sherman Davis home Thursday
evening in honor of Miss Dorothy
Green, Of Lincoln, Neb.
The Antitrust Club
The Antitrust Club held its month
ly picnic supper at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Cotton Whitconlb Tuesday
evening. Mrs. Whitcomb and Mrs.
Harry Campbell were hostesses.
Home Culture Club, Apr. IA
AmerlcanlZaClOn. koOilL-l
Mrs. Ella Taylor
Hawaiin Islands-Natural Features,
Early History
Mrs. Myra Chapman
Hostess-Mrs. Ada Bliss
The PoIIyanna Club
Mrs. J. n. Black entertained the
Pollyanna Club at her home Tuesday
afternoon. The ladies had sewing
been for the Henry Lunger family,
whose home was destroyed by fire
last Friday morning.
Picnic Supper
The Primary Department of the
Congregational Sunday school en-
loved a picnic supper in the social
rooms of the church on Tuesday at
ternoon. The party was under the
direction of Mrs. H. j. Elliott, Supt.
of the Primary Department.
Canned Fruit Shower
The Ladies' Athletic Club gave a
canned fruit shower for their in
structor, Mrs. Chandler, in the Nor
nal gymnasium last evening. After
the usual program of exercises coffee
was served. The Club then assisted
Mrs. Chandler to carry the canned
fruit to her home, where lunch was
served. The next meeting CT the
Club, April IA, will he a comic dress
affair.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-04-08
Canned Fruit Shower"

The Ladies' Athletic Club gave
canned fruit shower for their in
structor, Mrs. Chandler, in the Nor
nal gymnasium last evening. After
the usual program Of exercises coffee
was served. The Club then assisted
Mrs. Chandler to carry the canned
fruit to her home, where lunch was
served. The next meeting OF the
Club, April IA, will he comic dress
affair.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-04-08

Picnic Supper
The Primary Department of the
Congregational Sunday school en-
ioyed picnic supper in the social
rooms of the church on Tuesday at
ternoon. The party was under. the
direction of Mrs. H. j. Elliott, Supt.
of the Primary Department.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-04-08
Bargain No. z

Remnants of Wool Dress Goods,
Plain and Fancy Silks, Wash Goods,
Ribbons, Laces, Draperies, every rem
nant of yard goods in our dry goods
section in the clearance. Your chance
to get dress or waist, trimming or lin
ing at great saving.
One-Third and One-HaIf Off
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-04-08
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-24
Preacher in Wrong
Pulpit by Mistake
Presbyterian Student De-
HUers His Sermon to
AstOunded MethOdists
Special Dispatch to The Tribune


PITTSBURGH, May 23.-Samuel
Neal student in the Western Theo-
logical Seminary, delegated to conduct
the Sunday morning service in the
Presbyterian church in independence,
near here, got into the right town. but
landed in the wrong church. He didn't
know that, however, until after he had
preached his sermon and pronounced
the benediction in due form
Mr.. Neal had been told the Presby-
terian church was the newer looking
one of the two in independence. Ar
irving in the town, he quickly con-
cluded after glance at the two
churches in the main street that the
Methodist Episcopal church was the one
in which he was to officiate, and with
out asking any questions he entered
and ascended to the pulpit. The
mystified congregation sang the hymns
he announced and listened wonderingly
to his sermon. The Rev. M. r. Flem-
ing, the regular pastor, dun founded by
the turn affairs had taken, sat with the
choir.
At the close of the service Mr.. Neal
congratulated members of the congre-
cation on their "fine Presbyterian
church."
But this is a Methodist church." one
responded. The disconcerted young
minister, discovering the real situation
apologized for his blunder, squared
himself without difficulty with Mr.
Fleming and then dashed over to the
other church to patch thin~s up there
as best he could.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-24
1aU0 Hurt in Auto;
Runs D0,1,n Another
Jack Rothstein, Brother
OF arnold, Finally Gets
His Victims to HosDitaL

After running down a man and wom-
an with his automobile at Forty-fif.h
Street and Madison Avenue last night
Jack Rothstein, twenty-nine, a cotton
dealer and said to be a brother Of
Arnold Rothstein, picked up the in
Jured persons, placed them in his car
and started for Flower Hospital. At
Fifty-sixth Street and Madison Ave-
nue. he struck and knocked down an
other man, who also was placed in the
machine. The three victims then were
driven to the hospital
The first two victims were Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Kearns, of 141 East Fiji
ty-eighth Street. Mrs. Kearns refused
medical treatment. Her husband suf-
fered abrasions of the abdomen and
contusons Of the right hip. John Nc
Davitt, twenty-five, of 383 East Twen-
ty-third Street, was the third person
injured. He received lacerations of
his face.
Rothstein was arrested by Detective
James T. Brady, of Inspector Under
hills staff. and locked up in the East
Fiftyfrst Street station. He was re-
leased when Arnold Rothstein appeared
before Magistrate Francis X McQuade
in the Night Court and gave a $1,000
bill as bail. Arnold Rothstein gave
his occupation as a speculator and his
address as 358 West Eighty-fourth
Street
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-24
Trend Toward
Lower Prices
Cheers Britain
Drop jim Wholesale Values
Expected to Affect Re-
tail Market Soon; Tea
and Cotton Lead Slump
Special Cable to The Tribune

Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Inc
LONDON, May 23.-The most cheer.
full development of the hour in Great
Britain, in the face of the depressing
state Of Irish and international affairs
is the strong trend toward falling
prices for many necessities of life.
which undoubtedly is being helped NOR
ally by news of American price cutting.
So far most, of the declines have been
in the wholesale trade. but that is
bound to bring down retail prices if il
lasts much longer. The last few DAYS
nave seen sensational slumps in the
cotton and tea markets and a tend
ency toward lower freight rates. The
principal factors RESPONSIBLE for the
decline are pubic agitation aimed
against the exorbitant costs, restric-
tlons of bank credits and overdrafts
and an all round decrease in the per-
sonal extravaganza engendered by the
war.
The propaganda of the Labor partv
has had much to do with the charges.
Both in the House of Commons and in
their own unions the laborites have
attacked high prices and their efforts
nave resulted in a general labor deci.
w AAAohC a IuOIOuSH luVGSLlRdLlON
Of the cost of living, especially re-
garding food and wages. The Miners
Federation is particularly active in
this direction and has called a confer
ence in London June IL to discuss these
questions.
One of the biggest drives against the
high cost of living has been aimed at
the prices of mems suits, and it has
resulted in number of tailors cutting
prices considerable In the retail
trade the only other big move so far
has been aimed at lowering the cost
of canned foodstuffs, which probably
will begin to show it's effects next weeL.
Careful and critical authorities and
newspapers, however, are not being
stampeeded into joyous outbursts. They
are still skeptical of the permanently
OF the decline, and question whether
the vital trouble. underproduction ha.
yet been sufficiently relieved to make
fundamental difference in price levels.
On the other hand labor leaders and
radical economists profess to believe
that a very considerable reduction in
the cost of living can be effected by
elimination of profiteering, corners and
trusts of all kinds
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-24
Johnson Leads in
Oregon by 774
Incomplete Returns Cine
Senator 4O,543, Wood
80, 1906

PORTLAND, Ore, May Ex-senator
Hiram w. Johnson had a lead Of TIA
votes over Major General Leonard
Wood for the Oregon Republican PresiS
dental preference, according to figures
tabulated tonight by the Portland
"Oregonian." These figures are based
on complete returns from 412 of the
Alb precincts in Multnomah County
Portland) complete returns from twelve
and incomplete returns from the other
twenty-three counties of the state.
The vote stood Johnson 4O,543, Wood
39,769, Lowden 14.487, Hoover 1906
In the contest between Senator
George E. Chamberlain and Harvey
Starkweather for the Democratic NOM
ination for United States Senator the
vote stood: Chamberlain, 1885;
Starkweather, 7,158.
Robert B. Stanfeld had heavy ma
jority over Albert Abraham for the
Republican Senatorial nomination on
the face of the incomplete returns.
DR.. Esther Poole Lovejoy was lead
ing Mrs. Alexander Thompson for the
Democratic nomination for Representa-
tive of the Third Congress onal Dis
trict (Portland). In the second Con-
gressional District Representative N.
j. Sinnott, Republican. had comfort
able lead for denomination.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-24
Troops Called
AS 1000 Storm
Jail for Negro
Cavalry From Fort Myer
Disperses Mob IL Miles
From Washington; Man
Slain and Fiancee Robbed
Captive Makes Confession
Girl, Secretary to Repre-
sentative Britten, Gives
Details of the Crime

WASHINGTON, May ga detach.
ment of cavalry from Fort Myer to.
night dispersed a mob of more than q
thousand persons which had sur.
rounded the Jail at Alexandria Court
House, Va, twelve miles from here, at.
tempting to obtain possession of Will
lam Turner, a negro.
The troops, dispatched to the scene
at the request of the Sheriff Of Alex
andrla County, have been stationed
about the Jail. The village was reported
quiet late tonight.
Turner is accused of having shot to
death T. Morgan Moore, an employee
of the naval torpedo plant at Alex
andria, Va, and of having attempted
to attack Miss Pearl Clark, of Wash
ington, Moore's fiancee and secretary
to Representative Britten, of Illinois
The negro was arrested early to-day
about two hours after Moore was
killed Turner later confessed, accord
ing to the authorities.
Moore and Miss Clark, according to
the report made to Virginia and Wash
ington authorities by the latter, were
seated in an automobile near the Vir-
ginia end of the Potomac River bridge
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when the negro approached them.
Pointing revolver at Moore, Miss
Clark said, the negro demanded money
When Moore refused, Miss Clark said
she became frightened and jumped
from the machine and the negro
started after her. Then Moore, ac-
cording to Miss Clark, seized a revol-
YER from a door pocket of the auto
mobile and fired at the black.
In an exchange of shots Moore was
shot through the heart and the negro
struck in the leg and hand. Accord
ing to Miss Clark, he continued to pur-
sue her until she had given him some
jewelry.
Turner, who is said to answer the
description given by Miss Clark Of
the assailant, was captured in the vi
cinity of Arlington National Cemetery
The police say Turner bore two wound s.
one in the hand and the other in the leg
when arrested.
Moore and Miss Clark, whose home is
in ChicapO ware to he married soon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-24
Compers Calls
For OVerturn
OF Congress
Summons Workers to Join
in Eliminating Enemies
and Electing Friends to
Overcome Unjust Laws
incompetent, He Says
Asserts Lawmakers Failed to
Pass Needed Measures
Aimed at Profiteering

Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, writing
IN THE American Federationist," sum-
mons all workers and citizens to ioin
at the coming elections to force an
"overturn" in Congress-the elimina-
tion of enemies and the election of
friends. He declares the working
people of the United States "are to-
day speaking in mandatory terms and
have reached the point where they will
no longer endure or suffer injustice
oy legislative enactment and profiteer-
ing by private pirates"
"Labor's Protest Against Rampant
Tragedy" is the title of Gompers's ar
tlcie, which takes up the. entire cur
rent issue of the official organ. "The
| Federationist."
He charges fragrant legislative dis
ordinations against labor and saws
appeals of the wage earners for re-
lief from profteering, relief from the
high cost Of living, relief from reduc-
tlon of wages have been made under
conditions most aggravating. only to
be met with deception. if not treach-
cry" He declares the high cost of
living is paramount issue with the
American HBople."
Discusses Railroad Strike
American labor has plodded under
terrible restraint, Gompers contends
Inc recent insurgent strike among
railroad workers was one of the symp-
toms of Americas labor trouble. he
declares.
"Only two classes of people were
surprised by that outburst." declares
the, Federation chief, "the Ignorant
and the blind To be sure, the rail-
entirely wrong and foredoomed to
failure. However, the undeniable fact
is that they acted in response to a
situation that was aggravating in the
extreme, situation which has been
for two years clamoring for relief, q
situation which officials and employers
had failed to comprehend and failed
to meet and which had been made the
playthng and footbaH of officials and
employers.
"The great body of railroad workers
has shown patriotic restraint and
long-suffering forbearance.
american labor generally has had q
sense of responsibility and of duty to
humanity, while those who profiteer in
the products of industry have cast
aside all honor, all restraint. all de-
ccency, all consideration for human well
fare"
Five Demands Are Made
Mr. Gompers excoriates Congress for
alleged Incompetence in handling the
high cost of living problem and for
alleged restrictive labor legislation.
He condemns the Attorney General and
the Department of Justice FOR "comedy''
activity against profiteers. He cites
profiteering and the increased high cost
of living as against unequal earnings
Of labor. He then puts forth organized
labor's platform in five demands 8
against what he terms the assaults
from pirates of commerce and trade. -
They are:
First-Immediat adjustment of
wages. both in private employment
and in government service, to at
Continue on psss shrse}
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-24
Wilson Orders Shearing
OF White House Sheep
Flock Will Be Stripped of Wool
Tomorrow; Disposition of
Product Not Known
ON The Trioune's Washington Bureo

From. The Trioune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, May 23.-woodrow
Wilson, sheep raiser, will harvest his
annual crop of wool Tuesday. The
White House flock, including forty-six
sheep, twenty-six of which have abu,i.
dant yields Of wool. will be sheared on
order of the President.
How the fleece will be disposed of
has not been made known. Last year
the wool was given to the American
Red Cross and auctioned to the highest
bidders. The 1919 yield averaged five
pounds a sheep, and netted the Red
Cross considerable sum.
The decision to shear the flock is be-
lieved to have been hastened by de.
sire of the President to make the sheep
more presentable to sightseers. Re-
moval of the flock from the south part
of the White House grounds to the
lawns in front may have benefited the
sheep, but it has given an unsightly
appearance to the heretofore well-kept
lawns of the Pennsylvania side.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-24
Condemned Man Asks
To Die on His Birthday
Sing Sing Warden Refuses to
Change Date of Execution
From Next Thursday
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

OSSINING, N. Y, May 23.-Walter
Levandowski, one Of seven Sing Sing
prisoners whose death has been set
for Thursday night, wrote to-day to
Warden Lewis E. Lawes asking him to
let him die Wednesday.
"Put my execution a day ahead" he
wrote, "and let me die on May 2S,
which is my twenty sixth birthday"
He explained that he regarded his
birthday as the unluckiest day of his
life and thought his twenty sixth
would be a most fitting time for his
death. Warden Lewis refused to grant
the request, one reason being that the
others whose death has been set for
Thursday have superstitious objection
to any change in the plans.
Although seven are slated to die
Thursday and invitations are to be sent
out to-day, it is regarded as certain
that reprieves will arrive for four of
the men. These are James Cassidy and
his three accomplices in the robbery
and murder of Otto Fiala. a subway
station agent in New York. Lunacy
proceedings are pending in Cassidy &
case.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-24
Do,Uager Queens Sight
Impaired by Illness

LONDON, May 2s.-Queen
Alexandra, according to an off,
cial report issued to-day, has
been suffering from a severe
bronchial attack, which is now
subsiding.
During a violent attack of
coughing small blood vessel
burst in one of the Queens eyes
causing troublesome impairment
of the vision," says the state
ment. "It is hoped that with care
and rest this inconvenience will
pass, but her majesty's engage
ments must to some extent be de-
pendent upon the progress made"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-24
Theories Vary on
BergdoH;s Flight
u. S. Agents Believe Es-
cape Took Place Earlier
Than Was Reported
Special Dispatch to The Tribune


PHILADELPHIA. May 23.-Depart-
ment of Justice agents believe that
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll. who escaped
from two military guards at his
mothers home in Wynnefeld, may not
have disappeared Friday afternoon, as
reported, but at some time between
2:55 o'clock that afternoon and II
o'clock the preceding night. This ap-
parently was borne out to-day by Mrs.
Eugene Stecher, wife of Ike Stecher,
Growers chauffeur
According to Mrs. Stecher, her hus>
band came home in the machine late
Thursday afternoon, ran inside their
home on the Westchester Pike, and
said: Don't wait for me for supper
tonight" He ran out of the house,
jumped into the machine, in which an
other man was sitting, and, without
even saying goodby, was off Who the
other man in the machine was is not
known, and Mrs. Stecher has not seen
Continued sn pase sIsht)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-24
Rail Clerks Defy Chiefs

ATLANTA, May %. - Leaders of
striking Central of Georgia Railroad
clerks announced tonight that the
clerks would disregard the warning of
railroad officials that failure to return
to work tomorrow would result in
the filling of their places.
The strike, which started nearly a
week ago, and which is effective in half
a dozen Georgia cities and towns in ad-
dition to Atlanta, is said by the clerks
to have resulted from the refusal of
the road to grant them a conference
for discussion of higher wages. Rail-
road officials assert the strike is illegal.
since all wage matters are for deter
mination by the Railroad Labor Board.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-24
CarranZa Slain Sleep:
Loyal Troops in Valiant
Stand Against Traitors
ReaUard Offered For
Villa, Dead or Alive

Ell PASO, Tex, May ga
reward of 100000 pesos for the
death or capture of Francisco
Villa has been offered by the
Government of the State of Chi
huahua. This announcement was
made here late to-day by the pro-
visional Governor, who added that
1000 troops left Chinhuhua city
this morning under orders to hunt
down the bandit chieftain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-24
Pirates Kill Two on Launch
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Nav l

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, May IL.
"A party, said to be Venezuelans,
chartered a motor launch here last
Sunday. ostensihly to proceed to the
south coast Of Trinidid. Arriving near
Asphalt Lake, the crew was ordered to
proceed to the Venezuelan coast.
The owner and engineer refused to
comply with this demand and both
were shot dead. The rest of the crew
escaped by jumping into the sea. Armed
forces from Trinidid and a British
warship are searching the Gulf of
Paria for the launch, but it is pre-
sumed that the party has already land
ed on the Venezuelan coast.
There are reports that the intention
was to board and attack steamer
carrying shipment of gold.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-24
League to Postpone
Inquiry In Russia
Special Cable to TAe T4bvr

SpectoI Cable to The Tyibwme
Copyright. 1920, New York Tribune Inc.
ROME, May 23.-The council
Of the league Of nations has de-
cided to postpone indefinitely its
projected investigation of condi-
tions in Russia through a COM
mission. The Bolsheviki have
until June Is to reply to an in
quiry- sent by the council asking
whether the Lenine-Trotzky gov
ernment is willing to receive
a commission representing the
league, but the general feeling
here is that the military opera
tions on the Polish front and the
invasion of Persia by the Soviet
armies have complicated the stu
alton so the league cannot pro
ceed with its investigation for
some time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-24
Berlin ''Vor,unerts'' Wants
To Kno,u Who Lost the War

GENEVA, May 23.-Under the cap
ton, who Lost the War;" the Berlin
"Vorwarts" publishes two documents,
signed by Field Marshal Won Hinden-
burg and General Ludendorff, former
Quartermaster General, dated in Oc-
tober, 1918, asking the German govern
ment to make peace Immediately
Ludendorff's request was dated October
ber q.
"They say they were stabbed in the
back by the Socialists" says the "Vor-
WARTS" which then asks the question,
"Who lost the war;"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-24
American Aviator Missing

WARSAW, May 23-Lieutenant Har-
mon c.. Rorison, of Wilmington, N. c.,
a pilot in the Kosciusko Aerial Squad
ron, has been missing for several days,
since he began fight to obtain a re-
port concerning the Bolshevik lines on
the southern front in the Ukraine.
The Polish military authorities are
of the opinion that he either was shot
down by the. enemy or forced to land
inside the Bolshevik lines. Efforts
have been made to ascertain the fate
of the aviator by wireless.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-24
GOOD MORNINGS:

GOOD MORNING.:
What constitutes good results? Not nll-
ing your Office with '.job-hunters," not
wa sting valuable time interviewing unde
sira BILE applicants. but in getting what you
desire with the least possible trouble and
expense Call the Good Morning Girl.
! .}ecknan 5000. and give her your adver-
tisement for tomorrow's Trihnne.--Advt.