davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening journal., 1921-06-01
R. R. SHOPME
VOTING TODAY
Pennsy Men Considering
Company Proposition For
Naming Committee
WANT THOSE LAID
OFF TO HAVE SAY

Pennsylvania railroad shopmen,
including those actively engaged by
the company and those on furlough
or laid off are voting today at an
open meeting being held in the odd
Fellows Building, Tenth and King
streets. The reason for the ballot
ing is an order issued by the COM
pany for the election of three repre-
sentatives by the men as commit
teemen to assist in settling labor and
wage differences. These committee
men, according to the order, must
be actively engaged in the service
Of the Pennsylvania railroad and
only men OF the same standing can
vote for them.
Active and other employees are
obiecting to this order. stating that
IL violates a ruling outlined by the
Federal Labor Board. The meeting
and ballotiDg is held today to further
this objection. Some of the men
say that it gives the minority control
as only about 25 per cent of the
working force is actively engaged in
the shops today due to lay-offs and
furloughs. Claim is made that they
retain their seniority rights and
should have the right to vote on
their representation.
The balloting will determine the
attitude of the men on the subject,
regardless of their affiliations. It is
expected that about 1000 men will
vote during the day and the meeting
will be kept open until about II
o'clock tonight to allow all the men
from the various shifts to partici-
pate. Meetings OF the same sort are
being held all over the "Pennsy"
system.
A fun attendance was present at
the opening Of the meeting at $50
o'clock this morning. Robert w.
Kramer, president OF the Central
Labor Union Of Delaware and DEM
ocratic candidate for President of
Council, spoke to the men and ex-
planned to them the ruling, which
is known as No. 119,. made by the
Federal Labor Board. Matthew c.
Ralston. president of Brandywine
Local No. S22. Carmen's Union, pre-
sided in the absence Of z. r. Logan,
president of the Wilmington Local
Advisory Board. Mr. Ralston also
assisted in the explanation.
The balloting started after the
meeting. The ballots. which are Sc
cret, are sealed and will be sent to
the System Federation. No. 90.
ARccording TO some of those pres
ent at the meeting the choosing OF
representatives will have direct bear
ing on the new working agreement.
The national agreement is abrogated
on July /.
The crafts of the shops participat
ing in the balloting include machin,
lists, boilermakers. carmen. sheel
metal workers, blacksmiths anc
lie electrical workers.
Evening journal., 1921-06-01
NEGROES DID NOT
HAVE POWELL RING

City Detectives Mahoney and Vir-
den were sent TO New Castle this
morning to investigate the arrest OF
two Negroes in that city giving the
names of William Hill, of Smyra-
and John Jones, of Wilmington, sup
posed to have stolen a diamond ring
from the apartment of Mrs. Arthur
r. Powell, All Market street, on
Memorial Day.
The ring did not answer the de-
scription Of the stolen ring and the
Negroes were released.
Hill and Jones attempted to sell
the ring to City Councilman Kee
OF New Castle and to J. Mash-
cola at the New Castle car barn
Chief Of Police Toban later arrested
the men.
According to detectives the mems
actual names are William Clark anc
George Brown. Clark. they said
also has gone by the name Of Bow
Spalding.
Evening journal., 1921-06-01
MAY HOLD DOWN
PRICE OF BREAD

Special TO The Evening journal.
WASHINGTON. y. c.. June L.
Senator Ball, OF Delaware. is prepar-
ing legislation designed to restrain
the bakers Of Washington from add
ing three cents a loaf to the price OF
bread. The Senator announced this
morning that he has information
which convinced him there was what
amounted to a conspiracy among the
bakers OF the Capital to load the
people with burdens.
The day after tomorrow the
/ bakers intended to add three cents
a loaf TO the already too heavy
price that the people in this district
are paying for bread" said Senator
Ball. The district committee wants
/ to report an emergency measure
dealing with this situation"
This occurred during the hear
ing on the proposed extension OF
the BAN Rent law Incited by
Colonel c. A. Lancaster. who is one
OF the champions Of the landlords
who are naturally opposed to reg.
ulation OF their business, a number
OF people refused to leave the dis
trict committee room when Senator
Ball announced that the committe,
was about to go into executive ses
sion.
II was an extraordinary and al
most unprecedented scene. Tn
landlords held tenaciously to thei
position until il was apparent that /
they didn't move Senator Ball woul
invite the sergeant-at-arms to inter
vene
These hearings are public and
is only right that after having grant
ed the public the courtesy OF par
ticipation in our deliberations tn
committee should be accorded recip
rocal courtesy when we ask you q
withdraw so that we can go into eX
ecutive session." said Senator Ball.
Colonel Lancaster continued to ad
dress the committee after Senate
Ball announced that the hearing
for the day had come TO an end.
what do we care about the pric
OF bread. We are interested in tn
landlords getting a square deal,
Evening journal., 1921-06-01
MILLER QUITS
School TICKET
Informs Committee He
Never Authorized Use
of His Name
CHAIRMAN SAYS
HE GAVE CONSENT

George b. Miller. president Of the
retiring State Board of Education,
has sent the following letter to Clar-
ence J. Pyle. chairman of the Citi-
zens' School Committees:
Dear Sir; 1 am informed through
the columns of the daily newspa-
pers that my name has been filed
with the proper authorities as can
didate for the seven-member school
board. l have not filed my name as
"a candidate for such position, nor
have authorized any one to do so
for me. If this has been done by
your committee, 1 ask you to kindly
withdraw my name at once. as 1 am
not a candidate for election to the
new school board. II any petition
carrying my name on il was pre-
sented to the canvassing board
would be glad to know who did it,
and who started the petition, and
secured the signers to it.
In response to Mr.. Miller's action,
the text of letter which was sent to
him on May 12 was made public to-
day by Chairman Pyle. The letter
reads:
Dear Sir:-For the ultimate good
of the cause, and in order to stop
criticism. both just and unjust, which
the Executive Committee Of the Citi-
zens' School Committee is receiving
at their weekly meetings, will you
permit me. as chairman of the can
didates' committee, to uncondition-
ally withdraw your name as a can
didate If 1 consider it necessary. and
If it can be shown that this will aid
our cause?
will you furthermore agree and
publicly state, if necessary, that as
long as there is a representative list
Of seven candidates finally put in the
field that can receive unanimous sup.
port, you will endorse and work Gel
such a ticket?
Yours for the good of the cause,
(Signed) JOHN W. MORRIS.
Chairman Candidates Committee
II also was announced that th'
Citizens Committee has the origina
letter, which was sent to Mr.. Miller
and returned to the committee
| Chairman Pyle has issued the follow
ing statement regarding Mr.. Miller'l
action:
"As chairman of the Citizens
School Committee. in reply to Mr.
George b. Miller's letter, I wish t
state that Mr.. Miller was waiteC
upon by both Mr.. Morris. chairman
of the committee on candidates. ant
myself and that he personally gav'
his consent to the use Of his nam'
as a candidate for the new seven
member school board; further. tha
we hold a letter, signed by Mr.. Mi
ler authorizing the use OF his name
also, that 1 personally. in the pres
ence Of Mr.. Morris. volunteered Il
take care OF his petition, secure tn
signers and file the petition, whicl
was done.
Il frankly state that I cannot un
derstand Mr.. Miller's attitude in thi
matter. However. action will b.
taken by the committee OF the who'll
at its next meeting, which will b'
held in Council Chamber Monda,
evening. June G, at o'clock.
on receipt of Mr.. Miller's letter
Chairman Pyle Immediately with
drew the petition for the Mile
domination. and NJ. Howard Jester
secretary Of the Board Of Canvasser
for the coming school election
struck Mr. Miller's name from tn
list Of candidates being prepared 70
the printer.
Evening journal., 1921-06-01
ACCUSE TWO OF
ROBBING STORE
Steiner and Thielman Each
Held Under $500 Bail
For Court
SOME ARTICLES
ARE RECOVERED

After the store of Samuel Cholo-
dance. 1919 East Thirteenth street,
had been broken into about o'clock
this morning, Harry Steiner and
Joseph Thielman were found in a
lot near the store with goods alleged
to have been stolen from the store
In their possession.
The two men were each held in
$500 bail for court on charges of
breaking and entering by Deputy
Judge Lynn in Municipal Court this
morning.
The store was entered by raising
a window after an unsuccessful at
tempt had been made to force a
door in the rear of the building. A
Jimmy and a hatchet, said to be sim
liar TO the implements used in en-
tering the Strand Theatre, were en-
ployed in hoisting the store window.
A considerable quantity of mems
garters, shoe laces and candy were
stolen.
Cholodanco testified in court to-
day to the forcing of the window
after an effort had been made to
rN'AAA 'AAtA tAAAAN nl A0AAAIk a rear uuuI.
He identified as his property a large
quantity of goods alleged to have
been taken from the store by Thiel-
man and Steiner.
Joseph Haines. of 1922 East Thir-
teenth street, testified to seeing the
two alleged burglars after the store
had been broken into. Near them
he said, was a small pile OF articles
and one OF the young men, he said
had some goods under his shirt
Both men. he said. were intoxicated
and when they attempted to arise
they fell back to the ground again
after they had been apprehended by
officer McAleer. Before they were
arrested. he testified. Haines said he
saw one of them running across a
lot from the store "as a drunken
man would run"
officer McAleer explained that hs
arrested Steiner and Thielman in a
lot in Fourteenth street, near the
Cholodanco store. at about 3.15
o'clock this morning. He recover.
ed a jimmy and a hatchet, which
he produced in court.
The two defendants. the Officer
testified, admitted that they had
been in the store" and told him tha'
they had been drinking "blow pipe"
"They might have had a drink oi
two" testified McAleer. Both OF
them had in their possession articles
that had been stolen from the store
the officer said.
Philip L. Garrett was counsel fol
/ Thielman. He offered no defense.
Evening journal., 1921-06-01
Dance ENDS
&. 0. P. CARNIVAL
Women Will Enjoy Pound
Cake Gift From May
orally Candidate
WHITE HOUSE
PICTURE FOR HOME

Hundreds Of Republican men and
women attended the G. o. p. Car
nival last evening in the Auditorium.
The affair was given by the Repub-
lican women of this city for the
benefit Of the club house. s23 Ship
ley street, and the educational work
of the women's committees While
the bazaar opened in the morning
and was well attended throughout
the day the largest groups came last
night Myrth and gaiety prevailed
throughout the evening and in every
respect the carnival was one of tbs
most successful ever held in this
city.
Music for the evening was furn-
ished by Halliwen's Orchestra and
Shorter's Orchestra, these musicians
donating their services. During the
evening a box Of candy which had
been donated by the Reynolds Candy
Company was presented in the spot
dance. In addition to social dane
ing a delightful speciality number
was given, by little Miss Harriet
Finerty. Miss Lillian Rodihan also
pleased with solo dance.
Displayed at one of the booths was
the photograph of Mrs. Harding, wife
of President Harding. which she had
sent to the Women's Republican Club
OF this city. The picture was auto
graphed by her. In a fitting address
Leroy Harvey. candidate for Mayor
on the Republican ticket. presented
the picture to the Wilmington Re.
publican WOmen's Club. 1t was ac-
cepted by Mrs. Donald S. Ashbrook
chairman of the Women's City Com.
mittee and will be hung in the club.
house. S23 Shipley street.
One of the most entertaining feat.
ures of the carnival was the sale Of
a pound cake, donated by Jane,
Lambros. The cake was prettily iceC
in orange and on top was a white
elephant" The cake was awarded
to Mrs. Florence Warren, who IL
turn sold it to Mr. Harvey, who pre-
sented it to the Women's Club.
will be cut tomorrow evening at thu
weekly meeting Of the club, at 50:
/ Shipley street. From this donation
$50 was realized.
Many Wilmington merchants mad'
generous contributions to the car
: nival. The Republican women thanl
all merchants and individuals whit
donated anything. AS yet the finan
cial proceeds have not been tabu
lated.
Evening journal., 1921-06-01
ANOTHER BOOST
In COAL PRICES

Although the Baltimore Coal Ex-
change at a meeting in that city yes
terday decided to make no changes
in the retail prices on domestic sizes
Of hard coal for the present. Will
mington dealers today announced
another increase in prices. The in
crease is 20 cents a ton, and IL was
announced that another Increase
would be in order on July 1. The
new prices quoted today for net
cash are as follows:
Egg size. S13.10; nut, $3.50:
stove, $3.50, and pea. S11. The
May prices for the same grade Of
Goals were: Egg, S12.S5: nut and
stove. S13.25. and pea, $1O.S5.
Evening journal., 1921-06-01
No BIDS FOR
SCHOOL BONDS
Claymont Fails to Get an
Offer For Proposed
$25O,OOO Issue
WOULD ERECT
NEW BUILDING

Not a bid was received by the
Board of Education Of the Claymont
special school district, yesterday
afternoon. for the $3.50. 900 in bonds.
Proceeds from which will be used for
erection of a new high school.
Sluggishness of the bond market
generally, and the ability Of investors
to get as high as 1-2 and even
per cent. interest from other securi-
tics, are assigned as the reasons for
the failure of the Claymont issue to
sell. The Claymont bonds pay 6
per cent, but under the present
school laws they cannot be sold for
less than par. Only recently an issue
of bonds by Wilmington brought
only a trifle over $50 for a par of
500, while a S7,OOO,OOO bond issue
IN Philadelphia failed, bids for
only about 100000 being made.
William G.. Robelen, president OF
the Claymont School Board. said to-
day another effort would be made ia
float the bonds, and that a higher
rate of interest might be decided
upon. The board is anxious to get
the $25O,000 in hand before July 1.
when the revised school law will be-
come effective and make sweeping
changes in the administration of
school districts throughout the
State.
Claymont has been granted s125,-
600 from the p. S. dupont school
funds by the Delaware School Aux
iliary. conditional on the sale OF the
$250,000 in bonds. 1t also has a site
of IA acres for the proposed new
school, so that the entire 1875, 900
to he derived from the bond sale and
auxiliary will be used entirely for
| the building and eouinunant
Evening journal., 1921-06-01
SSO8 Is AIETHODISTS'
THANK OFFERING

The annual thank Offering of the
Young Peoples Society of the Wom-
ems Foreign Missionary Society Of
the Wilmington District was held
last night in Wesley NJ. f. Church.
Mrs. II. Z. Sheppard. president Of
the Young Peoples Society Of Wes-
ley Church presided.
The devotional exercises were in
charge of Mrs. Ella Jones. A dem
onstration entitled unto the Heavy
Laden" was presented by members
of the society. Piano selections were
given by Miss Emily Jones Mrs.
Ruth Marsh and Mrs. Lucy Jones
entertained with singing.
The Rev. Z. W. Wells. pastor Of
Wesley, welcomed the guests. Fol-
lowing the program all the societies
of the city made their reports and
the sum of sSOS.12 was collected for
the thank Offering fund, while
s264.9O was paid into the treasury as
dues.
The thank Offering fund will go
toward purchasing Ford cars for
missionaries in the foreign fields.
Evening journal., 1921-06-01
ESPERANTO LOST,
CREW Is SAFE

HALIFAX. n. s, June 1. Omitted
Press) Captain Behman and his
crew of 25 from the sunken fishing
schooner Esperanto arrived here to-
day aboard the Elsie II, under COM
mand of Captain Geel. All the sur
vivors were well.
The Esperanto. which won the in
ternational fishing boat race last
fall. struck a sunken wreck in a
dense fog off Sable Island and sank
in fifteen minutes. Behman said.
The arrival of the Elsie II dis
PEELED fears which have been felt
since Monday that the New England
fishermen had gone down with their
boat.
Evening journal., 1921-06-01

Vote TO merge

PHILADELPHIA June 1.-Ap-
proval of combining with four other
branches of the Presbyterian Church
was given last night by the General
Assembly of the United Presbyterian
Church. at its closing session in the
First Church, Fifty-eighth street
and Chester avenue.
The five great Presbyterian and
Reformed bodies will be known as
the Presbyterian Reformed Church
es in America, and will be one of
the greatest Protestant Church bod
les in the country.
However, yesterdays action was
not final, as the proposed union must
be voted upon by the Presbyteries Of
the United Presbyterian Church in
the next year.
The report was presented by the
Rev. Dr. W., Charles Wallace, presi-
dent Of Westminster College, for the
Committee on Councils.
Both the Northern and Southern
Presbyterian Churches will be in
cluded in the proposed union. The
doctrinal basis of union follows:
The Presbyterian Reform d
Churches in America accept the
Scriptures of the Old and New
Testaments as the inspired Word of
God and the only infallible rule of
faith and practice. They recog-
nize that the doctrinal standards Of
the constituent churches are essen
tial in agreement and are different
expressions of one and the same
doctrine"
The combined churches will act
through the UNITED Assembly of
the Presbyterian Reformed Churches
of America" which will meet "at
least biennially." and in special ses-
sions whenever desired. All the
constituent churches will be repre-
sented in this "declarative, admin
strative and judicial agency" but it
shall exercise only delegated powers.
Each church body will have eight
representatives in the United AS
sembly for each 100000 commune
cants or fraction thereof. up to 3OO,-
900, and four representatives for
each 100000 communicants addi-
tional.
The United Assembly will be en-
powered TO receive other churches
into the united body, to correspond
with other churches and TO harmon
ize and unity the work of the mis-
sionary educational and benevolent
agencies.
Each church body will retain con-
troll of its property and the property
of its subordinate judiciaries institu-
1 tions and congregations.
Evening journal., 1921-06-01
COAL PRICE LrMPEn

The large anthracite operators,
like the Reading, which reduced
prices at the mines on April 1, have
advanced prices ten cents a ton, ef-
fective today.
The new prices at the mines are:
Broken. $745; egg, $40; stove and
chestnut 1895 and pea, $3.50.
In the trade yesterday it was
stated that some Of the independ-
.ent and small operators are asking
an advance of from ten to fifty cents
a ton, and some OF the large retail
companies were slow to name retail
prices for June.
Baltimore retailers today an
nounced that despite the wholesale
cost increase the retail price would
not be increased.
Evening journal., 1921-06-01
ILLNESS DELAYS
TAITES' DEPARTURE

Owing to the illness OF his wife,
Ernest S. Taite. who yesterday re-
tired as manager OF the Hotel du-
Pant, has been obliged TO cancel his
travelling reservations for pro-
Jected trip to the far west. Mr.. and
Mrs. Taite and their niece. Miss
Virginia kenney, We're to have
started today on their journey to the
Pacific coast Mr.. Taite said he was
ncpeful Mrs. Taite would be well
enough to make the trip by the end
OF the week. The family is still
occupying a suite in the Hotel du-
Font.
Evening journal., 1921-06-01

TULSA. Okla, June ! Omitted
Pdess) Fires started by the rioters
themselves threatened destruction of
the city this afternoon and tempo
rarily halted the bloodiest race war
in the history of the Southwest.
Six white men and A Negroes had
been killed in lighting which began
last night during an attempted jail
delivery by Negroes Of a Negro youth
on a charge Of assaulting a white
girl. when the rioters ceased fighting
and turned their attention TO the
conflagration.
Scattered fighting continued on
Evening journal., 1921-06-01
FOUR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. sAIL.

-Four Wilmingtonians sailed on the
steamship Caronia from New York
today. for Europe. They are Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph S. Hamilton and
daughter. who will go to the Rotary
convention, at Edinburgh, Scotland.
before making a tour OF Europe, and
Mrs. Isabella ID. Mason, past worthy
mistress OF Diamond State Ladies'
Loyal Orange Lodge. who will visit
her parents in Ireland. and also will
visit Scotland.
Evening journal., 1921-06-01
ALEXIS |. DUPONT'S
FUNERAL TODAY

The funeral OF Alexis Irenee
dupont. secretary and director OF
Z. I. DUPONT de Nemours and Com
pany, who died on Monday, will be
held at o'clock, new time, this
afternoon from his late home Pelle-
port. The pallbearers will be p. S.
dupont. Irenee du Pont, Eugene +.
DUPONT. r. n. Wead. William S.
Hines. Andrew c. Gray and James
y. Winchester, Of this city; c. J.
Maxwell, OF Philadelphia; J. G.
Ewing. OF Atlantic City, and Ross
( Perry. OF washington. d. c.
Evening journal., 1921-06-01
NEW Lineup ON
TAXCOLLECTORS
Three Republicans and One
Democrat in Combine
Elect Slate
TWO DEMOCRATS AND
F. R. JONES TOGETHER

Ignored by the Republican mem
hers Of the Levy Court, in their eau
Gus yesterday afternoon for the va
/ rioUs county tax collectors, Frank II.
Jones. of Wilmington. Republican
member of that body, cast his lot
with Commissioners Strahorn and
/ Buckson, two Democratic members
of the body, when the election Of
the collectors took place. Commis-
sioner S. A. Collins, Democrat,
voted with the three other Repub-
lican members of the court, Presi-
cent Albert J. Stetser. Boyd Mccoy
ana James Ball. and as a result the
slate that had been selected at the
! Republican caucus was elected for
the coming two years. by a vote Of
4 to 3.
Those elected were: Frank Mere
dith, Brandywine hundred; George
Carroll. Christiana hundred. and
Frank Dennison, Mill Greek hun
dred, who were elected without OBJ
position.
The other successful candidates
were as follows: James IA. Carpen-
ter, st. Georges hundred; William
| Leach. New Castle hundred; Rankin
Colmery, White Clay Creek hundred {;
Benjamin Lockerman, Appoquini-
mink hundred; George Baton, Red
Lion hundred; John Beth, Black
bird hundred. All those elected are
Republicans.
The candidates for the various po-
sitions who received the votes of the
two Democratic members and Mr..
Jones were as follows: Eugene Il.
| Paxon. st. Georges; Clayton Appleby,
New Castle; William Armstrong,
White Clay Creek; Sudler King, APP
poquinimink; Stewart Beck, Red
Lion and Walter Donovan. Blackhird
hundred.
Some Republican members of the
court today said that Commissioned
Jones had not been asked to attend
the caucus yesterday because he had
refused to abide by the caucus that
selected road supervisors several
weeks ago. At that time Mr.. Jones,
who in representing this city, in
sisted on naming the road super
visors in two of the down-county
hundreds He was opposed at that
time. but when asked to support the
others on the slate in case he was
allowed to name the two super
visors he refused. He was then in
formed that he could not select any
Of the supervisors and he left the
caucus.
It was conceded today that the
action Of Commissioner Jones means
the election of w. A. Scott. Of Town
send. as a member Of the County
BOARD OF Assessment. He Is opposed
by James Buckson. relative o.
| Commissioners Buckson. The TIVE
candidates are Democrats, the po
sition being allotted TO a member o
thar party from the lower section o
the county. Three of the Republi
can members and Mr.. Collins, Demo
crat. are said to favor Mr.. Scott foi
the position.
This will cause the breach nov
existing between the Republican
commissioner to widen. With Com.
missioner Jones opposing Mr.. Scott
the other Republican members vii
cast their vote for city candidate
who will be a Republican of theii
choice. and who will have the sup.
port Of one Democratic commissioner
at least.