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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-11

WhltC hanUs and arms-
luttcrmlk however is not always oh
taiuahle hut specialist has at last per
fcctcd method of concentrating butter
milk and combining II with perfect cream
which YOU can huy in small quantities
ready to use at ! NJ Ecl,erd or any
hrst-claSs drug store 10y simply asking for
Howard 81 Butter milk Cream
There is no secret about il nor is there
any doubt about the result II iust com
mon, ordinary buttcrmilb in tile form of a
wonderful cream gently maSsagcd with the
finger tips around the corners 0f the eyes
and mouth Howard Bros Chemical Co
buffalo. \
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-11
Marymaids Meet.

Tho monthly meeting Of the Marymaids
Society Of Wesley NJ. +. Church was held
Wednesday night at the homo ofMiss Nellie
Webbcr, 1916 Lancaster avenue. Those
present were: Miss Mary Bcckman, Miss
Ethel Cattersall, Miss Edith Valleau, Miss
Webher. Miss Marjorie Ewing, Miss
Anna Boulden, Mrs Driscoll
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-11
"DOKEYS" TO HAVE BANQUET.
Interesting Event for the Members
Scheduled for Tonight.

Habib Temple No 205, ~ q. X X.
commonly known as the "Dokcy's." will
hold banquet tins evening ak the
Lambros cafe, at 5 o'clock Covers have
been arranged for over 100 members. An
elaborate program has been arranged bv
the committee IN charge and n number
of surprises have been arranged for
The next regular meet ting Of the Ton pic
will be held on Saturday evening. n
which time final arrangements viii bc
made for the ceremonial to be held on
Saturday night, June % when class of
25 "Tyros will be compelled to feed the
camcls and guide them across the hot
sandS
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-11

The old time ap
pliCation Of put
q m X n n Il
Cream Ia whitcn
and preserve the
skin and rc1avc
harsh little wrln
klCs and ugly sal
lowness is grand
mother $ rccip 9
q n q " q III g n
throughout ( u 9
country are again
using il 10 ensure
a beautiful com
plCXion and snow
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-11
Advises Ordinary
Buttermilk for Wrinkles
and Enlarged Pores

This Good Looking Young Woman Uses
old Time Recipe of nuttermilk Cream
in n Now WAY Gentle Massage
With Fingers Refore Retiring All
THAT is Necessary
New-York tribune., 1920-05-20
Board to Use War
Methods in 7ie-Up
Euery Shipper, Consignee
and Consumer Must
Help, Asserts WooHey

CHICAGO, May 19.-The Interstate
Commerce Commission "intends to
proceed as if hostIities were on" in its
efforts to relieve freight congestion,
Robert w. Woolley, member of the
commission, declared tonight in IN
Wholesale Lumber Dealers. Ii there
constructive thought, vision, patience
and whole hearted cooperation of
everybody, he said, it was to be found
in the present plight of the railroads.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has been concerned over the sit
uation ever since a fortnight after the
end of Federal CONTROL" Mr.. Woolley
declared. "The breakdown in service
started almost Immediately"
The speaker said the problem was
being attacked promptly and vigorous
ly, but that the commission and rail-
roads could not bring back normal
shipping conditions without the CO.
operation of every shipper, consignee
and consumer"
The commissioner held that regard
OF transportation problems in the
future must be Sin a sure-footed man
ner"
N"The Offices of every Governor, Mayor
and state commissioner, of every sound
thinker, of every broad visioned man
must be made Immediately available, :"
he added.
Referring to railroad managements,
Mr.. Wooley declared that although
they were doing the best they know
how, "the lack of vision which char
acterized their actions in some i'm
portant instances" was to be deplored
There can be no question as to
their honesty Of purpose" he con-
tinued. 81 do not even criticize them
for being slow in applying for loans
from the $500, 100000 fund placed at the
disposal of the commission under the
transportation act, but although they
gave informal notice of their needs for
much larger amount, they have actual
ly requested less than 100000, 900 for
equipment"
Commissioner Woolley said the sooner
railroads placed orders for equipment
the nearer would be the cure of the
transportation paralysis now prostrat-
ing the country
New-York tribune., 1920-05-20

have been so hard hit that shipments of
coal intended tor Canada have been
held up and distributed in that city.
Conditions in Cincinnati, Chicago, De-
troit, Duluth and Kentucky and Vir-
ginia cities were said to be on par
with those in other Places. Leaders in
the mining industry. says Mr.. Hale, are
now considering the advisability of r.
questing the government to revive the
coal pool of 1918. which was adopted as
war emergency measure, as way oat
of the difficulty.
1t is possible the local traffic con-
gestion will be still further aggravated
by the announcement of T. V. O'Con-
nor. president of the International
Longshoremen's Association, that the
lighter captains in the port would be
ordered on strike this morning. The
men, he said, will be asked to 60 out
IN support of the striking coastwise
longshore workers, who have been out
three months.
This would tie up not only the
canal barges, but all lighterage to coase.
wise vessels, many of which have been
operated with non-union crews. The
move is also taken to forestall any
efforts of the merchants of the city
to assist in restoring the business of
the coastwise lines by organizing an
independent trucking system to see
that the goods are hauled to and from
the piers.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-20
Rail Labor Board
RebuWs Insurgents
Plea for Hearing Denied;
Sliding Wage Scale
Proposal Is Considered

CHICAGO, May 19.-Consideration of
a suggestion made by. f. T. Whittier,
representative of the railroad man
ayers, providing that a sliding scale
based on fluctuations in the cost Of
living be devised for railway employees,
who have asked increases of $1,000
100000, was begun late to-day b. the
United States Railway Labor Board
After the session the board, which
to-day refused to consider petition
tor hearing presented by insurgent
strikers, issued statement declaring
that the present case would be pushed
to conclusion as rapidly as possible.
The strikers petition was presented
by John Grunau, president of the Chi
cago Yardmen's Association; H. E.
Reading. president of the United En-
glnemen's Association, and officers of
sixteen striking railroad unions.
The board stated it would not under
take to hear any disputes or contro-
verses except those which it was au-
thorlzcd to hear by law. The petition
stated that no wage scale would be
considered satisfactory (which does not
provide the necessary machinery for
all men and women now away from the
service to be returned to their former
positions without prejudice and with
their seniority unimpaired.'
The petition was signed by officers
of the Yardmen's and Eng1nemen's
associations in Chicago, New Jersey,
New York. Wellsville, Ohio; North
Carolina, Kansas City, Youngstown.
St. Louis, Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincin-
natl. Canton. Ohio; Columbus, Terre
Haute, Indianapolis, and Covington,
KY.
The transportation act of 1920, by
which this board was created and
under which it acts, expressly named
and described the classes of applicants
entitled to be heard and what should
be done to entitle them to a hearing,' y
a ruling handed down by Judge R. NJ.
Barton, chairman of the board. said
"It must be thoroughly understood
that the board cannot undertake to
hear any disputes or controversies
except those it is authorized by law
to hear and cannot and will not hear
the application of parties who are
acting in disregard of the law and
who are not complying with the law
and the rules of the board.
at also must be understood that
the board will not allow the hearing
of the present case to be disturbed
embarrassed or delayed by the at
tempts to get other matters and cases
before it., No more important case
can come before this board than the
New-York tribune., 1920-05-20

minals and shipping conditions are
such as to warrant the most drastic
action on the part of those Interested
This situation is not only affecting
the reputation of the city as the busi-
ness center of the country and de-
moralizing business itself, but it is
also threatening the food supply.
"For years we have been discussing
marginal railroads, terminal ware
houses, better wharf facilities and the
combination of express and trucking
interests under single control, but we
talk and do nothing. | do not mean
to imply that any one is especially TO
blame for this, but that it is manfestly
due to supineness rather than to lack
Of interest. 1t seems to me that in a
community like New York City, with
its vast business interests; some group
of men should get together and work
out this problem.
81 know that there are petty inter
ests, but these should be submerged
for after all, the welfare of the great
mass of people is greater than of few.
"You may be assured that l stand
ready, as your representative mere, to
join in this important work"
New-York tribune., 1920-05-20
would study details Of the suggested
orders and reach decision speedily.
Industries Face Shut.Down

would study details of the suggested
orders and reach decision speedily.
Industries Face Shutdown
Despite all efforts reports continued
to come that scores of industries
either have closed or face a shutdown
within short time because of the
freight jam.
Officials of the car service COM
mlttee said there was a ray Of hope in
the smaller, number of cars waiting
movement, which had fallen below 2OO.-
600, as compared with 100000 April "a.
rms reduction. however, does not
accurately tell the story of the con-
gestlon at this time, according to Off
cials, who said the shortage had cut
down the number to be loaded, and
hence a falling off in cars ready for
movement
Seriousness of the freight situation
was pictured from new angle in a
petition presented to the commission
by the National Federation of CO.
struction Industries, which includes As
sociations of brick, lumber. cement,
glass and heating plant manufacturers.
The federation rccited that in normal
times its members furnished one-third
of the tonnage of the railroads and it's
finished products approximate in value
Healiy tnTee DllllOn dollars annually.
The situation is particularly acute,
the petition declared, in view of the
serious shortages in housing, which
| 1T was expected would be alleviated
within the next five months
For some time during the immediate
past our plants. quarries and mines
have received insufficient car service, ,
the petition continued "More recently
the lack of shipping facilities has
caused many of our industries to cur
tail production, and in some cases to
shut down, notwithstanding accumu-
lated orders of an urgent nature. Ma
terlal IN enormous quantity has long
been in transit representing Investment
charges of such proportions as to have
materially affected the credit condi-
tlons of the country.
The ultimate and not far distan,
effect of this continued inactivity OF
the construction industry will be finan-
clal stringency throughout the coun.
try, bankruptcy on the part of some
corporations, serious condition oil
unemployment and an increased degree
of underproducton."
New-York tribune., 1920-05-20
Calder Urges Ne,u York
To Take Drastic Acti0n
Calls on Business Interests 10
York Out Solution of
Freight Tie-Up Profile

From The Tribunes Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, May 19. - Senator
Calder sent a letter to-day to New
York business organizations urging
them to take drastic steps to remedy
freight congestion. He asked the
Chamber of Commerce, the Board Of
Trade and Transportation and the Mer-
chants Association to launch a move
ment to improve port facilities through
city, state and national aid His letter
said:
when I was in New York on Mon
day l made a hurried survey of ship
ping conditions in West Street. | also
inquired of men familiar with these
conditions, and am convinced that never
in the history of New York has there
been SO much cause for ssatisfaction
on the part of the business organiza-
tions of the city. Because of the poor
facilities and inability to handle the
freight Of New York, particularly Man
haitian Island, the supremacy of this
port is threatened Our railroad ter
New-York tribune., 1920-05-20
u. S. Acts as
Freight jam
Here Grows

Continued from pauo caol
New-York tribune., 1920-05-20
Federal Grand Jury
In Neuark Conducts
Rail Strike Inquir,

The Federal Grand Jury in Newark
took up the recent rail- strike yester-
day. Nearly a score Of witnesses, in
Guiding several newspaper men and
railroad employees, testified.
The newspaper men were called, it IS
understood, to testify regarding state
ments alleged to have been made by
Edward Ntzhugh,, strike leader, that
Lackawanna engineers and fremen
would join the other strikers The re-
suit of the grand jury's deliberations
probably will be made known on Mon
daN.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-20
houston Asks More Funds
10 Handle Foreign Imports

Homnsa.eshlNGTON, May 19.-Secretary
eresss e.oh asked the Senate to-day to in
serv;s appropriations for the customs
beca"so. from Sl0300,000 TO 11,8O0,000
az OF unexpected foreign imports.
lncrs.oa oae anticipated the tremendous
iowsJ IN customs business which fo,-
ilswed ls,.d termination of the war" said h,s
nss' .s.se'' adding that customs and tor
Yea, eoiiections for the present fiscal
as we're we're expected to reach $4,000. 600.
sj.st;ahst .sa,hst sls3,00O,0O0 last year, neces-
,-"s additional employees.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-20
800 Men Quiz A}teT Dispute
With Master Mechanic

ROANOKE. Va. Mag 13.-ApDroxi-
mately 800 Virgiqian railway s:iopmen
walked out to-day as a result of dit-
ferences with the master mechanic a:
the company's Princeton, ". Va.
shops, according to information given
out by officials of the road All crafts
at all points along the roads re-
ported affected, two hundred men being
ont here
New-York tribune., 1920-05-20

are said to be mounting into the hun
creds of thousands of dollars.
typlcaI case of the experiences Of
mnumeraoie industries is illustrated in
that of the Hegeman- Harris Contract
ing Company, OF 1875 Madison Avenue.
Out OF nine opcrations conducted by
this company, W. F. Beery, an official
of the firm, said that five had to be sus-
pended through lack of materials.
Terminals Here Clogged
The enterprise tied UP, he said, in
wolves about S250,000. Two carloads Of
steel, he declared, have been two
months coming from Youngstown, Ohio,
a carload of brick has been a month
getting here from South Amboy and
time at Shop Mills. near Trenton.
The traffic experts of the railroads
inform shippers, it was stated, that it
is useless to get the stuff here because
of the inability of the roads to get it
across the river. The marine strike,
they say, has tied up large number
of their floats and they cant get new
men. They decline to further clog up
the terminals here until they are able
to get workers to handle the floats.
The coal situation is becoming more
serious daily, according to Frank Burns.
vice president of Burns Brothers,
among the largest coal dealers in the
city. Less than fifty per cent of the
normal amount of coal, he said, is be-
ing distributed to any point in the ma
tion. Some sections. he said, will soon
be without it entirely.
The company here, said Mr. Burns,
New-York tribune., 1920-05-20

one 1t Is now hearing and there can
be no plausible reason for or just
excuse for this board to allow the
hearing of this case to be displayed.
disturbed or DELAYED by other matters"
New-York tribune., 1920-05-20
Harbor Situation Desperate

In the haTrbor the situation is des-
perate, officials admitted yesterday.
The railroad floats are operating slight
ly less than % per cent Of normal.
There are but fifteen river tags in op-
Grafton, as against ninety under normal
conditions. The railroad is operating
these tugs on a twenty-four- hour sched
ule. with twenty eight crews
The freight offices of the company
also are congested by shippers seeking
information concerning carloads OF
merchandise. some Of which have been
en- route since last February. The con-
that the personnel is no longer able to
cope with the situation.
a tour of the Offices emphasized the
fact that the system of permits has
gone long way toward tying up the
railroads. This has arisen out of man.
ufacturers seeking permit for new
shipment into the city after the en-
barge was first placed. In several cases
these permits were issued, and the OPP
Grating departments looked upon the the
permits as a kind of priority order. The
cars for which these permits were is
sued were forwarded ahead Of other
freight tied up IN the yards along the
way.
A sufficient number of these permits
have been issued to completely wreck
the operating schedules by the plllng
up of more freight in the already con-
gested receiving terminals. 1t is to
get out of this difficulty that the forty
eight-hour embargo was applied yes
terday.
In other cases permits have been
given to get out cars that have been
. tied up in the Greenville and other
nearby yards. In many cases this has
meant boring out the car IN question:
or, in other words, moving large
number of cars ahead of 1t and then
putting them back after the permit
car has been removed. This has pre-
vented efficient working systems IN TIE
yards.
Petty Graft Explained
II was learned yesterday that this
has been done in many cases by snip
pers tipping yard masters and 0thei
workers to get car out. An evidence
of the petty graft that exists vas
GIVEN at the Pennsylvania offices. one
Shipper was inquiring about q car tha'
had been on the road since the mlG1! j {
OF March from Youngstown, ONO ne
official who answered his inquiries
said; .,ol hrs;
moss and | needed the merchandise a
much as you say | would GO over si, U
the yard and grease some pains n.y.
when the situation got better "ou'I
anDly to the railroad for repa'e
You can't do anything now "''"ou
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-08-21

qualities of humanity than Will be
found in the mansions along Fifth
avenue.
"These people from their great
heights Of seif-consciCus righteousness
and superior excellence, peer down on
and discuss these humble beings as
though they were so many cobbie-
stones In the street without any re-
gard at all for their feelings or their
rights in the community. II is most
unmitigated wrong upon this piaintltr
and think the jury has been very
fair and the verdict Is not excessive
willie is off on his tugboat and we
can't have any celebration until he
gets back on Sunday" said his moth
err Hell be happy boy on that
boat. though, this night. 1t wasn't
the money he was after. It was his
good name. Willie's been a good boy
and he's got a bank book OF his own.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-08-21
Hunts for His Old Pal to Share Riches

way SOS to scare Bill Then | was
afraid to 90 to hotel or anything.
"Bill and me lived for twelve years
down at the old shack at the end of
the street When l see there was no
use trying to get living out of fish
ing, put it up to Bill. who was eighty
five and kinda set in his ways, that
we ought to 60 out after money.
bill said was crazy and got mad
Mt me- | ups and goes away alone.
But never was mad At Bill.
II wrote him from South Africa In
1913, and | wrote him again from Aus
trala on my way home in 1919.
couldn't come home without anything.
cause he'd Of knowed / was crazy. l
went down the coast and wound up at
Florida last year.
Il made n little money With the
boats. Then came prohibition and me
back and forth from Cuba night and
day. | made Il fortune. | got $1,000.
Now | come back. and the Shack's
gone and no trace Of Bill. l asked
thousand folks today. but no one
knows"
At the Wilmette station every one
knew and greeted Jerry. He finally
left for Chicago In taxi and said he
was going to find BILL
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-08-21
Genial Stranger Produces an Impression

N ENNER -Somchody knocked mt
- the front door Of the Robert Ecrk-
man residence ut 395S Short lnrmcr
street ut midnight. and Mrs Ecrk-
man. expecting her husband homo.
opened the door \ stranger stood on
the porch. ,Iauntily he lifted his bat.
and with n pleasant word on tho
weather he pushed past Mrs Hickman
into the house. lie entered Il bod.
room, sat down ON the bed and cpro-
fully removed his shoes and euctq
what do you mcNn2" cricd Mrs
Berkman.
This is my bed" explained tho
stranger gcnlalIy, "nud mn going
to sleep here tonight"
THAT'S my husbands he'd" criod
Mrs Bcrkmnu. "nud ~
'Oh. your husband" snid tho efrnnr.
or, shaking his hend anIlv. "he vonI
I've home tonight 1lr don't Mood -
he'd now. | sent him o,rr tho rance
cut his thront with THE
Her" The stranger produced u With
cd looking bufel,rl tulfp
Mrs Erri,mnn tuut ,,nc tnat ~ thc
knife and thrn W.w lhrturh III,
scrrcn door / fcv mln,trg tata, T.,
troimnn neary, lon1ine rrnv nr
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-08-21
Fortune Like a Bolt Out Of Clear oky

1 a., inheritance b"@at +a.-..
-. lcr rrI. els three tcar- a-.' M
r,l,tft. had three sons II" ~ 1ot
Fro. ,fry an had t""h ..lI"d ne
Oar nutil he la"Ecr toia h."H
Even dion, although ho.a.h% " ...7
hands peppers 'hat pro.et i.;l y 3"
,be owner 81 thr dead r"latlF"S aS-
fotc ErcuEcu "as not convinced ~,
until lfocEcn a-1nd him II he he"e'-i
ans ready money
"Wrl. uor. mI2ht u" 81 ! f'l
could spare hat much" Br"Ha"h - .'l
"ynu hrtfcr take this tho.@aa"A
tine lawyer responded, pr"ling Ten ~"
bills off = roll I'm
ErrIckcn paid hIs oe"r1lHe h'H.
houphf biz supply Of groceries. a
co,npIctc outfit Of clothing for hltl-
.,If half dozen garments for ~
wife. pockctcd the remainder 81 ms
81 900 and after arranging TO 70 70
IrncRap'e office In Winnipeg next weak
dcpartcd With all speed for nom.
The estate. valued at sl.Jr"" IN
Canadian money at present rX'i."''--
rot.s consists almost entirety O ran
estate In Brussels. # Br"nkeh "
,.ides TO return TO his natlTe lahd -
ti,.o h.. ,yilI be one Of the w"aith!"St
mon IN the capital. Whether he shaH
20 or stay in Canada depends On
trIp he probably viii make TO Beig.dn
in about three weeks
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-08-21
"The Toughest Kid in HelPs Kitchen

NEW YORK.-A Supreme court jury
N decided that William McCue was
not "the toughest kid in Hell's kitch-
en-" and awarded him $3.50 damages
against the Russell Sage Foundation
and publishers of book entitled Boy
hood and Lawlessness." in which his
picture appeared with this caption.
In asking $4,000 damages the boys
complaint set forth that in 1914 a
photographer appeared in the "HelPs
Kitchen" district. where he lived, and
took his picture on the ground that
he wanted boy Scout pictures"
McCue. who is now of age, said he
was an altar boy in st. AmbroSe's
church at the time and has never been
arrested or charged with delinquency
In any form.
In denying a motion to set aside the
verdict, Justice Ford said:
There is not a scintilla of evidence
that he was tough at all. 1t is a
wicked libel.
THAT is the great trouble with
these movements. They think that
where there is poverty there must be
criminality.
"As a matter of fact in those hum
BILE little homes in the vicinity section
nictured in this book will be found
more Christian piety, more devotion
to real duty, more of the sterling
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-08-21

yETINNIPEG. MAN.-Wh"n Constant
w Brcuken, "A Belgian homrst"ad"r
drove into the village Of ldIIinuu =
few days ago. he hcoitated to Z" INTO
the general store because he hadn
paid for last months groceries ana
didn't have the money to pay them
But his pantry was empty and i" n""1-
ed feed for his team, 50 he entered
In the store was H. {. iiockcn,
Winnipeg lawyer, inquirlng the way to
Breuken's place. IIocken introduced
himself to the farmer by handing hun
a letter from Belgium, containing IN"
information that a rich relative OF
Breuken had died interstate and, as the
Saskatchewan homeSteader was the
next of kin, the estate belonged TO
him.
Breuken knew Of the rich relative,
but he had not heard of his death ana
even if he had he would not have ex-