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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23
CLOTHING STRIKE, ~ WEEKS
OLD, LIKELY TO END SOON
Some Firms Ready to Recognize the
Union, Others BaIk.

New York. May 23.-After twenty
four weeks of ccaseless struggle now
condition has arisen in tho strike that
has strangled tho clothing industry in
this city and in Boston sipcc December
G, 1920 A number Of manufacturers
have indicated their willingness to open
negotiations with the Amalgamntcd
Clothing Workers Of America. and these
negotiations may take form during the
present week.
A very considerable element. how
ever. among tho manufacturers of men :
clothing, particularly those firms which
make the clothes they sell in their own
shops and not in the small. scattered
shops of outside contractors. have
seeded from the Clothing Manufactur-
ers' Association.
Under the leadership Of William 4.
Bandler. who on Friday resigned the
presidency of the Manufacturers AS
sociation. they have revived the Cloth
ing Trade Association. which two years
ago was merged into the other.
These firms have announced tnat they
will carry on the war against The Anal
gamated, which they denounce ms o
radical. IN American and subvcrsive
organization. and will fight for the
'open shop.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23

Where you can buy a
piano, player or Victrola
and simply pay rent and in
the end have all the rent
applied toward the pur-
chase price.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23
MINISTER |NHER|TS
GIRLS $22y0D0,0OO
Reclaimed Her From SIums IS
Years Ago After Denying
Plea for Liquor
WILL ENDOW RESCUE HOME

New York, May %. --- Several mil
which the Rev. David s. r.
Byrne expects to possess after May 80
will be used. he said yesterday. in build :
ing and endowing a rescue home for
women and girls in Chicago.
He has Chicago first in mind because
IL was In that city. many years ago.
he found and reclaimed the girl Lucy
Byrne. To that act and her restoration
to her parents. and TO train of events
beside which some of our best fiction
seems dull, the Canadian clergyman
owes his expectation Of great wealth.
The fortune is conservatively esti-
mated, according to the opinion Of
Florida court. at. SO. 900, 900. That,
says Mr.. Byrne. was based upon valu-
ations of several years ago. but thinks
the sum now is about $40 900 900.
In 1906 Mr.. Byrne, who was not a
minister at that time. but was, in bust
ness in Canada, visited brother in
Chicago. Summing as gospel
worker, he was invited by q young
woman to buy her drink. He told
pray for her. He knelt. and as he
prayed the girl left him. intent on
having a drink lie crossed the street
to a restaurant. The girl came in.
apologized for. her disappearance and
said she thought it over and maybe
the prayer might help her. She re-
formed and went back to her parents
who then lived in Florida.
Her father was William George
Byrne. the first name having originally
been Wellington. lie was Of Scotch
and Spanish parentage. He never
learned to write and to his last day used
an Y mark as his signature but he had
great head for business. tie acquired.
saws the minister. oil. mining. grazing
and timber lands in many countries ana
much other property. so widely scattered
that he never knew just what he was
worth.
Two years after the family reunion,
lucy Lillian Byrne, the girl of the Chi
cago episode. died. Later in the same
year her father. w. g. Byrne. died at
White Springs. Fla. AtteStpd copies OF
the will and n summary of it. which the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23
POSTPONE DEMPSEY SUIT
Absence Of Champion Again Delays
Action by Physician to Recover $500

Hearing of, the suit brought last Me-
vember by DIR. Herbert NJ. Goddard. of
this city, against William Harrison,
JACK Dempsey. heavy weight cham
pion, to recover $500. balance on a bill
for an operation on the pugilists nose
September II. 1919, was again post
poned today before Judge Knowles in
the Municipal Court because Dempsey
was unable to he present.
Judge Knowles. who is sitting. in
Room i01 at City Hall. said the suit
will bc heard at 10 O'Clock tomorrow.
whether Dempsey is present or not.
Dempsey, in his affidavit. states that
his manager had n similar operation
performed for which DR.. Goddard
charged 500. lie AYERS hc paid the
surgeon $500 and denies that there is
an additional $500 due the surgeon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23
IRRElIGlON DEPL0RED
Baptist Minister Warns Against
LaMIess Tendency Of Times

Irrcigion and n tendency to lawlcss-
ness among n large percentage of the
people of the United States was de-
pl0rcd by the Rev. George s. Young.
pastor Of the .Jenkintown Baptist
Church. today in an address before the
Baptist minister's Mt their weekly meet o
ing. The meeting was held in the First
Baptist Church, Seventeenth and San
som streets.
Mr.. Young said 40 per cent of the
people in the United States had no
church connection.
The ministers decided to attend the
commencement exercises Of Grocer
Theological Seminary at Chester June Il
IN body. The Rev. Allen Hoban, of
Carleton College. Northfield, Mimi,
will be orator of the day.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23
WIFE NO. 2 STILL LOYAL
Offers Bail for Man Held on Bigamy
Charqe

William Hanscl. of 4T22 Darrah
street. Frankford. was confronted at
Central Station today by his wife whom
he had believed dead for .tho last eight =
cen years and was held in $500 bni for
court by Magistrate Carson on charge
of bigamy after tho woman had testified
that she married Hanscl twenty years
ago.
Hanscl married Miss Jane ii. Kers-
lake August last.
Mrs. Hansel No. told the magiS-
lrate that she and her husband had
lived together barely two years after
their marriage. She lives at 3l4O Hart =
vile street
Mrs. Hansel No. > was in court to
give bail for her husband.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23
The Winds
of the World

Ever hear OF the two boats that
rocked in the river and one. was in
love with the ocean and one was In
love with the shore, and the winds
of the world carried the shore loving
boat. out to sea and left the sea-
loving boat In the harbor?
Well. anyhow. that's how 1t was
with the two heroines of Ruby NJ.
Ayres' book The girl who wanted
to work with the man she loved
found too late that he was rich. The
girl who frankly wanted riches fell
in love with wastrel Of good
family but weak morals. ... ....
Material there for a good story,
isn't there?
Well, read it.
1t begins today on page ~.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23
CLAIMS SUICIDES BODY
Brother Of Man Who Jumped From
Hotel Window Arrives From Chicago

Edward 4. Hoffman. IT Chicago, ar
rived in Philadelphia this morning to
claim the body of his brother. Gustav"
y. Hoffman. who committed suicide Fri
day morning by lcaping from seventh
story window in the Hamilton Hotel,
Broad ami Walnut streets.
Before leaving the city Hoffman told
Deputy Coroner Ward that worry over
business matters was probably responsi
bio for his brothers. act. Hoffman was
in the insurance business.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23
MISSING GIRL IS FOUND,
MAN COMPANION ARRESTED
Gertrude Lang. Who Disappeared
May "a, Located In Baltimore


Gertrude Lang, seventeen years old.
1912 Salmon street, FrankforG. missing
from her home since NAV IA. was To-
Gated in rooming house in Baltimore
yesterday.
Mrs. Herman Lang, mother Of the
girl notified the police of this city soon
after her daughter s disappearance and
"flicrs" bearing the girls description
were sent out.
William Schaffer. twenty eight yenrs
old a butcher. formerly living at 1886
Allen street. who Mrs. Lang suspected
as knowing her daughters whereabouts,
was arrested by the police when he ar
rived here vest srday from Baltimore to
get fresh clothing.
Lieutenant Of Detectives lie Strange
cross examined the man and learned
that the girl was living in Baltimore.
The Maryland authorities were i'm
mediately notified and Detective Charles
Scbwar. Of the Missing Persons Bu-
rcau, was sent from this city TO locate
her.
Schaffer admitted he had been living
with the girl and that he bad been sep
nratcd from his wife for some time. lie
has one child.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23

shpload Of German TOYS Arrives
!, New York. May 23.-The American
hner Mahchurla arrived here Yesterday
ronn, hamburg carrying cargo OF
'erman made toys and 6TG passengers
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23
BABY DIES OF INJURIES

Carl Ticrncy. twenty months old.
1874 CreSson street. Manayunk, died
today in the Memorial Hospital. The
child was struck Saturday by an en-
press train on the NOrristown branch
of the Reading Railway near his home.
His skull was fractured. >The baby had
wandered on the tracks and was hit
as his mother ran to save him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23
|6NE DEAD, I HURT
NMOTOR M|SHAPS
u.,rv p. Richardson, Detention
House Superintendent, in
Fatal N. j. Accident
STEERING GEAR IS BLAMED

o,o non was killed and seven persons
.,rs injured ms the result o: nuto'no
Nle accidents in and near the city dur
M the last twenty four hours.
t,enry 2. Richardson. superintendent
,,be House Of Detention, was killed
whsr his automobile overturned near
p,ri;ngton, y. u. late Saturday after
.nr and went into n ditch Faulty
n.oar,ro nvv eear il believed TO have been
ss.snonsible for the accident.
H. Richardson died at tho Burling
,on County Hospital of fracture Of the
skull. ,,oo e., ,.
.on street. driver Of the car. said after
M accident that he had had trouble
nth the steering apparatus for some
lime and n defect in the gear was pri =
marily responsible for the accident. Mr..
Richardson was on his way to pass
the week. end with Mrs. Richardson
Who was awaiting him at their summer
eottage at Browns Mills. y. J.
Mother and Child Hurt
Attempting to shield her nineteen
months old child from harm In n mo
torcar collision lasf evening. Mrs. Marie
yeter was badly cut and bruised on
tbe head and body. The child. Ff-der-
ick., was slightly cut on the head
Motber and child were taken to the
Samaritan Hospital.
The collision occurred at Ridge and
Hunting Park avenues.
Otto Binder. 1874 Columbia avenue.
Philadelphia. Is IN the Mace Hospital
at Wildwood IN serious condition
from injuries received when his runa-
bout overturned last night on Surf ave-
nue. at Nineteenth street while going
at high rate OF speed
Charles Barker: giving an address
near Sixth and Wcstmoreland streets.
will be lrraigncd for hearing tonight
st Ogontz, charged with reckless driv-
Ing. According tc the Ogontz police.
Barker was operating car thai.
crashed into one owned by X. Il. Chase,
OF Roslyn, ana reDounding. smashed
into another machine driven by Thomas
Lane. OF 'Iensidc.
The Lane car was overturned and
wrecked. Lane escaping with cuts and
bruises, batker car. was nearly
wrecked, ana ne was painfully cut and
bruised
II was necessary for attaches of the
Abingdon Hospital to strap William
HAYES. bridgeport. Pa, engineer
hurt IN motor accident, TO- bed yes
terdsy in order that his injuries couid
be determined. He was crazed and
uDnerved by the accident.
Tried IN S,oro Cvo,;,,
H., ,.;,L
~ a!Ss, W. Mi.H I'r"iS Auch, OF ''ien-
ra rae wus S;',t Living u ",otorcFcIc over the
hasloh nlgmWay az h"SiNn. Abingdon.
wne,i co''isioh 'eE"rrea 3 with motor
ysr Ta. NV w .. ~ ioWhroe; OF W
IN. has' ns Tlsa,a'o,eiand ; street ihiladel-
r.. pnm. in!IS urHu 10 nVoid striking a
gsyeils. anu rrnsh'o mo the fender Of
i,.. LuS''''' '''''''''''' Huch escaped IN
~Hn;; VIZ. 1o., ,,
plo Jaro. three year-old boy. Of
,sa m"oT shoh M'oae, ~ recovering from cuts
anu shocR' caused when he was struck
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23

reporter saw today. show that in the
will $500, 900 was left to servants. a
third Of the estatAto the widow. quar-
ter to the daughter. n quarter 10 the
only son. George w. byrne. and the
residue to David 8. Kidd. conditioned
on the last named changing his name to
David s.. X. Byrne The Canadian
who had set Lucy Byrne on the straight
path was David s. Kidd-the present
Rev. David s. X. Byrnc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23
TO CONSIDER GAS REPORT
Chamber Of Commerce to Take Ur
Experts Data

: The Public Utilities Committee of the
Chamber of Commerce will consider the
report of the Mayors Gas Committee
at n. special meeting this afternoon.
Copies of the report have been fur
nishcd the committee. and it il expected
that the meeting will bring out some
lively discussion.
1t could not be learned in advance
whether the committee will be ready to
make a statement on the report imme =
datply after the meeting. or at some
later time.
The Washington times., 1921-04-12
Voie
Waists, 79c

Only about $50 of these
waists, some are lace trim
med and others have neat
embroidered collars and cuffs.
The Washington times., 1921-04-12
MELLON SPEEDSUP
NEW TAXPR0GRAM
Secretary Tells Congress Lead.
ers His Statement Will Be
Ready In Few Days.

Secretary Of the Treasury Melien to-
day informed Senate and House
leaders who will have charge of the
revenue program that he will be pre-
pared within q few days to present
formally the Treasury's statement of
new tax sources to supplant the ex-
cess pronts tax. the repeal of which
will bs recommended.
Secretary Mellon again called In
tho Treasury tar experts, and ar
ranged to devote his time almost ex-
clusively to the tax question, in order
10 get the matter before the COM
mittees OF Congress as soon as DOS
sible. pO'
The proposals for q saIas tax. as
ono means Of deriving new Govern
ment income, provided the test
problem for tho Treasury officials
The secretary and his chief advisers
are not yet In Agreement over what
the Treasury will recommend a. the
best policy.
Despite the pressure from leading
Senators for . sales tax, Secretary
Mellon has not yet reached q defnite
conclusion that this alternative shall
be resorted to or whether some other
suggested sources OF possible new in
come should be tapped
At the Treasury today officials de-
clared that Secretary MELONS recon-
nendations may go before the Pres
ident and his cabinet for approval and
immediately thereafter submitted to
the congressional committees
The Washington times., 1921-04-12
BEER TO Be ON TAP
AS MEDICINE SOON
Mellon Struggles With Problem
OF How to Make Brew Avail
able for Sick.

Tho problem of how beer and wine
for the sick shall be made available
through retail druggists without fur
ther delay was given consideration to-
day by Secretary Of the Treasury Mel
lon.
Demands for regulations to cover
the sale and distribution of medicinal
beers and wines. Secretary Mellon
said. have become increasingly urgent.
He said that II would be necessary to
expedite action upon the new rules.
Although five weeks have elapsed
since the opinion of former Attorney
General Palmer "liberaiized" the
liquor laws. by freeing beer and wine
under doctors prescriptions, Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue williams
has delayed action. and left the mat
ter to his successor.
Tho beer and wine dilemma will be
cleared up probably within a few
days. Secretary Mellon said, by the
appointment of . new rovenue COM
missioner. Commissioner Williams
resignation took effect last night. The
name OF hts successor is expected to
go to Congress in a day or two. In
tho event of further delay II was in
dfcated that Secretary Mellon may
tako hand personally and direct the
drafting OF rules to regulate the beer
and wine sales by druggists.
Prohibition officials have been liter
ally swamped by appeals from all
parts Of the United States that the
malt and vinous liquors be made read
lily available to consumers.
The Washington times., 1921-04-12
JAPANESE BARRED BY
DELAWARE LAND ACT

DOVER, Del. April 12.-Jap-
anese and Chinese are barred
from owning property in Della
ware through q bill passed by
the legislature and signed by
Governor Denney.
For two years alleged repre-
sentatives of Japanese colonies
from California have been in
specting valuable farmland in
Sussex and Kent counties, ad-
joining Maryland, in some in
stances obtaining long-term op-
tions on the land. The opposi.
tion to the Orientals led to an
agitation that resulted in a bill
preventive them from settling
in Delaware.
The measure is said to be a
copy Of the bill enacted by the
California legislature.
The Washington times., 1921-04-12
BILL DIRECTS BLOW
AT Jim CROW LAW
Another Measure in House
Would Put Lynchings Under
Federal Jurisdiction,

Two bills. alleged to be primarily
for the protection and convenience of
the colored citizens OF the Southern
States. have been offered in the House.
and, IL approved, will give the Federal
Government jurisdiction over all
trials involving lynching and would
abolish '.jim crow cars on railroads.
Congressman l.. c. Dyer, Repub-
lican. of Missouri, introduced the
anti-lynching bin. 1t stipulates that
persons accused of lynck$ng shall be
tried in Federal instead of State
courts, and persons found guilty of
completely in lynchings shall suffer
the death penalty. Congressman
Dyer said his measure was in harmony
with the declaration against lynching
in the Republican platform and he
expected favorable action at this Con-
gress.
Congressman Martin b. Madden,
The Washington times., 1921-04-12
BELIEVES CONGRESS
FRIENDLY TO LABOR
Unions loqk for Better Attitude
From G. 0. P. Lawmakers,
Says Morrison.

Organized labor expects the new
Congress to be "more friendly than
its predecessor, Frank Morrison.
secretary Of the American Fedora
tion OF Labor. declared today.
"The last Congress was the most
hostile to labor in the history of the
country. We look for a better attitude
on the part OF the new body" said
Morrison.
The legislative committee of the
Federation, having "looked over" the
new Congressmen and Senators and
having "sized them up" will make a
report to the conference OF labor lead
ers to be held today at the call of
Samuel Gompers. to draft a program
of labor's demands to be submitted to
Congress.
The opinion generally expressed in
The Washington times., 1921-04-12
ADvUrIsBsGDNr.
Weak, Thin Folks
Need Phosphate
Saws Or. KoI|e

Or. Frederic 8. KoIle. the New York
author Of medical text books. whose
opinions are greatly valued, writes:
when the nerve tissue begins to
lose its vitality. woman begins to lose
her youth and vivaciousness. She be-
comes irritable. moody and despond-
enC II would be godsend IL more
weak. thin. nervous men and women
we're aware Of the efficacy of Bitro-
Phosphate
Thousands Of thin. rundown people
Whoso nervous energy Is nearly ex-
nausted are turning to Bitro-Phos-
ghate - dispensed by Peoples Drug
stores and other leading druggists.
because 1t helps to re-vitalize the
nerves. increase bodily weight and
bring back energy and mental keen
: CAUTION: Although Bitro-P Phosphate
~ On eroellent 94d IN relieving ,oeGk,
sssToous cowditiohs, its use Is not dd-
Stsed ssless Increased pei0ht Is desired
The Washington times., 1921-04-12
HOOVER Is OPTIMISTIC
ON RAILROAD SITUATION

An optimistic view OF the railroad
situation was expressed today by
Secretary of Commerce Hoover, who
stated that he had hopes the rail-
roads would be able to pull them
selves out of their present financial
depression.
The Secretary said II might take
two years for the railroads to get
Lack to a normal basis, but he ex-
pressed confidence the present situa-
ton would right itself without any
drastic departure from the present
railroad policy.
The Washington times., 1921-04-12
Ou," Watchfulness- for You

IN THE days when the steel industry was in it's
embryonic stage, Andrew Carnegie conceived the
idea that chemical analysis could be made to de-
termine quality In metals-and thus make more
safe the steel girders, structures, engines and
boilers thereby aid In the conservation of
human life.
With the same zeal that marked Carnegie S use
of chemistry to protect life against accidents, we
using chemistry to protect you against the
impurities of food the harmful organisms In our
laboratories there are scientists who carefully
examine and test every ingredient that goes into
The Velvet Kind"
Our exclusive formula and patents applied for protect
tees to superior wholesomeness and purity
We do NOT use gelatin, gums starch tlers in1ita-
non ldp0r:s or foreign substitutes for cream
R1x< We DO use pure cream pure milk pure cane
0NI sugar and genuine tlap0rs in 1.-The Velvet
Kind" OF our creation.
Phone dealer today for trial order of the that
ceeds charm the good old fashioned kind your Mother
made
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PLN-SACKS CORPORA TTON
WASHINGTON, d. c.
The Washington times., 1921-04-12
EXTRA!!
Housedresses,
S1.49

FaSt-color Amoskeag
Glngham may be had in
checks, plaids, stripes and
plain colors or color COM
binationS. There is a
large assortment, which
makes selection easy. If
you are looking for REAL
housedreSs values these
are the seasons best.
The Washington times., 1921-04-12

Republican. OF Illinois. Is author of
the anti-"jim crow" bill. II provides
that no railroad engaged in interstate
commerce shall discriminate as be-
tween white and colored passengers.
and that colored passengers shall be
entitled to use the same coaches and
sleeping accommodations as are used
by white passengers.
The Washington times., 1921-04-12


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The Washington times., 1921-04-12
At this unusual price we offer---
Serge Dresses, 50.

Can you imagine yourself ~
buying Spring dress at this
price. 1t sounds funny but you can do it here
tomorrow if you come early. There are only
p dresses and they're shown in good style in
navy blue only. Basque, braid trimmed and
scalloped bottoms. Also few velours in the
lot An exceptional bargain for tomorrow.
Sizes for Misses only.
The Washington times., 1921-04-12

Made of good quality
percale and shown in
stripes, checks and
plaids. This is a special
for tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1921-04-12

Shown in white and flesh,
and may be had with either
lace or embroidery trimming.
The Washington times., 1921-04-12
Boundary Decision o. KID.

The Supreme Court OF the United
States yesterday handed down a de-
cree affirming finally the action of
the commissioners In establishing
permanently the boundary line be-
tween Mississippi and Arkansas.
The Washington times., 1921-04-12

official labor circles here is that no
anti-strike or other legislation to
which organized labor Is bitterly op-
posed will be passed at the present
session.
The Washington times., 1921-04-12
LANSBURGHs 6 BROTHER
Who Is the Bargain 9th for =?

o
style! And Of
Evening star., 1921-08-28

respect to naval power II the various
building programs are carried through
to completion. but no others initiated; |;
whether any Participant in the con-
ference intends to do any secret
arming between now and the time II
convenes, November IL. -
Japan Is known to be building three
superdreadnaughts: that knowledge
has been given to the world through
the Japanese press. Hints have come
to us. through various channels. that
there are building operations going
on in that country in secluded ship
yards, concerning which the outside
world knows. or Is supposed to know,
nothing. These hints have come
from returning American visitors.
who, as Yankees sometimes do, poked
around through districts other than
the Benton-dori or the Ishiwara.
where all well regulated tourists are
supposed to go. The reports of these
tourists are vague as to details, but
definite enough in the declaration that
there is a deal Of feverish activity in
the matter Of building ships In yards
where visitors are not welcomed.
Some hazard the conjecture that these
ships are a new type OF bombproof
vessel. wlhile others believe they are
the conventional type of battieship.
and that the japanese government
merely is building three, or four extra
ones without notifying other countries
Of the fact.
Whatever Is being done by the