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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-23

our Duus and the Wonderful February Sale 0v

The time is SO short and the opportu
imperative thing is prompt action.
Four more days to choose from the la
furniture in the country at February Sale (
What does it mean to you?
Are you sure you can afford not to tt
The great sale with all it's unrivaled a.
evening.
The time to act is at the earliest avail
time like the present when sonnet hing part
to be done.
and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-23
New Corsets-the Parisiennes
Are in Many STYLES

Parisenne ges made of pink brohe with semelasc tops
short bones, $3.50
Topess Pasennes pink broche with elastic
and moderate number Of bones, $14
pink broche opess with elastic inset under
skirt, trimming Of pointed lace, $2O
Floor)
The Washington times., 1922-07-15
BY DANIEL O'CONNELL,
International News Service.

DUBLIN, July 15.-Four persons
have been killed and twenty wound
ed in a battle at Limerick between
Free State troops and republican
rebels. according to information
from that city this afternoon.
Fighting continues. The rebels
are still holding buildings which
they had barricaded. The engage
ment is said to be similar TO the
battls fought here last week.
An attempt to free all the rebel
political prisoners In Mt. Joy jail,
including Rory" O'Connor, former
commander.in-chjef Of the irregular
army. was frustrated early today by
the vigilance OF the guards.
It Is understood that there are
more than 1000 prisoners in the Jail.
An official communlque said the
prisoners made a concerted attack
upon the guards and It was neces-
sary for the latter to fire upon the
convicts to save their own lives.
Two of the prisoners were wounded.
The prisoners dug bricks ont Of
the walls and used them as weapons.
The Jail was badly damaged.
An official military communiuun.
issued by Richard Mulcahy, minis
vi III lllC 1911
al government, reported the poHi-
ton OF the regulars in County Lin
erick satisfactory. The Free State
troops had been hard pressed in
Limerick during the all-day battle
that ragged Friday, but were able
to turn the tide.
It is understood that the regulars
are Withdrawing from Waterford.
Limerick has been Isolated and the
people fear starvation. Hundreds
are fleeing from the county, includ'
ing six American visitors.
Michael Collins, commander.in-
chief of the Irish Free State army,
has gone to great headquarters 10
assume actual command, &C 'ording
to reports current here.
Eamonn de Valera, commander of
the irregulars, is reported to have
fled from Wicklow county. He Is
believed to be in Cork.
BELFAST, July 15.-Fierce fight.
ing was reported from County Sligo
today.
Free State troops are shelling Col.
looney. The town has changed hands
several times.
An unconfirmed report was re.
ceived here that irregulars have cap,
tured Ballyshannon and Finner In
The Washington times., 1922-07-15
Motor Trucks Start
to Transport Mails
in Rail Strike Center

Transportation of the United
States mail by motor truck, owing to
the rail strike. was begun in at least
one section of the country, 1t was an
nounced by the Postoffice Depart
ment.
Orders were issued authorizing
truck transportation of mail between
Bedford and Switz City, Ind, AL
trains between those points having
been annulled.
While the Postoffice Department
has been busy mobilizing a paper
fleet of trucks for emergency uses,
the Indiana incident Is the only one
so far where trucks have been " =
dered in operation.
Elsewhere mails are being sub
jected to some delays, but on the
Postoffice Department reported.
The b. & o. today notified the de-
partment II Is disseminating trains
fifteen and sixteen between Pitts.
burgh and Chicago on Monday, and
trains 7 and 10 between Pittsburgh
and Washington.
Chief Inspector Harris at Atlanta
advised the department that trains
10 and 16, Savannah to Montgomery,
and II and IS, Columbus and Albany,
Ga, are to be discontinued today.
Inspectors in St. Louis, Fort
Worth, Seattle, Omaha and other
cities reported conditions quiet.
Offers from motorists and aerial
associations to assist in moving the
mails continue to arrive at the de.
partment In great numbers.
The Washington times., 1922-07-15
CRISIS IS.
BLAMED ON.
BANK BLOC.
Jewell Claims Wall Street
Group Is Out to Crush
Labor.
Continued from First Page)

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timidation as a strike weapon. The
bill was filed by the railways operat-
Ing in Maryland.
It asked an injunction to apply
throughout Maryland to prevent
similar occurrences. The complaint
cites eighteen alleged instances Of
intimidation and seven cases Of either
kidnapping or assault.
The bill was filed against the Inter
national Association Of Machinists at
Washington; International Brother
hood. Of Boilermakers, Iron Ship
Builders and Helpers Of America,
Kansas City: International Brother.
hood Of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers
and Helpers, Chicago; International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers,
Washington; International Alliance
of Amalgamated Sheet Metal Work
ers, Chicago. and Brotherhood Of
Railway Carmen Of America. Kansas
City.
The Baltimore and Ohio Injunction
charges the stirling workmen with
conspiring to injure its business and
prevent 1t from placing other men in
the jobs left vacant by the strikers.
The Washington times., 1922-07-15

said. sis that 1t has been persuaded
to reduce labor costs on q theory
that the cost of living would then
fall to the new wage level instead
of performing its duties to help main
tain wages on the level OF the actual
cost of living"
The beginning Of the third week Of
the strike saw State troops on guard
in Kansas, Illinois, Missouri. West
Virginia, Indiana and Michigan.
Disorders in these States have COM
PEELED State authorities to step in to
preserve order and protect railway
property.
Federal troops have been ordered
held in readiness in Texas for strike
duty and corps commanders nave
been directed by Secretary OF War
Weeks to make all preparations for
service in case Of emergency.
While the strike thus far has
been confined to the shopmen, the
stationary firemen and oilers are
expected 10 join in the strike Mon
day, and the probability still exists
that the maintenance of way men
will join in the walkout unless an
earlier settlement Is reached.
The Washington times., 1922-07-15

mer member OF the Federal Board
for Vocational Education, and n
former legislative agent Of the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor.
Officials of the local stationary
firemen and oilers said today they
had not yet received orders TO go
out on strike Monday. The strike
order was issued yesterday at ma.
tional headquarters of the union at
Chicago.
IF our men go out--and am
confident they will dc 80 IL author
ized-lt will tie up operations at the
terminal so tight that hardly a
wheel will turn" sail Newton A.
James, business agen. IOr the fn e.
men and oilers.
But I have agreed to give the
terminal officials forty-eight hours
notice, and 1t will be given regard.
less Of when / receive the official
order from Chicago"
The Washington times., 1922-07-15
DyESEMbARGO
VOTED DOWN IN
SENATE, 36-32
Thirteen Republicans and All
Democrats Combine to De-
feat Measure.
International New. Service.

BY a vote of SO to 30, the Senate
this afternoon defeated an amend
ment to the McCumber tariff bill
establishing a temporary embargo
on the importation of foreign dyes
and dyestuffs.
Insurgent Republicans combined
with Democrats and sent the Sen
ate tariff makers down To defeat.
Thirteen Republicans, led by Sen
ator Moses of New Hampshire. and
every Democrat present, voted
against the embargo.
The insurgent victory was the
third scored this week over pet"
amendments OF the Senate Finance
Committee. On this vote, however,
Senator Smoot RepD of Utah, rank
ing member of the committee. Gre
ated a small sensation by voting
to reject 1t.
The embargo was urged by the
dye interests as a means of protec-
ton against a threatened German
invasion of the American dye mar
ket. They demanded its passage
as a war measure"
The insurgents, however, won
support away from the committee
by contending the embargo would
build up a monopoly in the United
States for the Chemical Foundation
and the E. I. du Pont, de Nemours
Company. Senator Dupont CRep.)
of Delaware was one of those Vot-
ing for the measure.
The insurgent Republicans voting
against the embargo were: Senators
Borah of Idaho; Capper. Kansas;
Cummins, Iowa; Harreld, Oklahoma;
johnson, California; Keyes, New
Hampshire; Mccormick. Illinois;
Moses, New Hampshire; Nelson,
Minnesota: Nicholson, Colorado; Nor
beck, South Dakota; Norris, Ne
braska; Smoot, Utah.
An unusual situation preceded
the record vote. Vice President
Coolidge put the proposal to the
Senate for an AYE and no" vote
and II carried. Fully a minute
passed before Senators realized whai
had happened.
King Dem) Of Utah, made
parliamentary inquiry and wher
the Senate learned II had already
passed the amendment, an uproai
followed. with a score Of Senators
demanding a record vote, the Vic,
President directed the calling Of the
roll and the vote followed.
The Washington times., 1922-07-15
100 RAIDERS FLoG WILMA
JEWS AND PLUMBER SHOPS

WILMA, July 15.-Terror.stricken
Jews are fleeing Radin, following a
raid yesterday by 100 armed horse
men, presumably Lithuanians. With
the aid of machine guns the raiders
drove the Jews into the synagogue
court, and there inflicted floggings,
stripping the Jews Of their clothing
and personal possessions. They also
raided most OF the shops.
The home of the Radin rabbi, a
scholastic dignitary known through
out Jewry as "Cheetz Chayim," was
entered and he was dragged from his
sick bed, the raiders removing the
pillows and all objects Of value.
The Washington times., 1922-07-15
OLIVE THOMAS ESTATE
GOES TO HER MOTHER

NEW YORK. July 15.-onee
Thomas. moving picture actress
who died in Paris on September 10.
1920, of poison said to have been
taken by mistake, left gross
estate OF $37,094 and a net estate
of S27,644. the appraisal filed yes.
terday by the Deputy State Comp.
troller shows.
Miss Thomas husband, Jack
Pickford, who was in Paris with
her at the time OF her death, Is
engaged to marry Marilyn Miller
the first of next month According
to the appraisal he relinquished all
claims to any part Of his former
wife's estate In favor OF her mother
Mrs. Lorena Van Kirk, Of St
Louis, Mo.
The Washington times., 1922-07-15
PRIESTS PLEA
To POPE ASKS
RIGHT To WE'D
Vatican Confirms Reported
Receipt Of Petition. Blu. De-
cIares II Is Anonymous.
BY GUGLIEyINO EMANUEL,
international News bery;ce.

ROME, July ia petition has
been addressed to the Vatican ask.
ing for q dispensation to relieve
priests of their ecclesiastical obli-
CATION OF ceIibacy, It was learned
today. The Indications. however.
arc that the petition will have no
results.
Petition Is Anonymous.
The Italian newspaper Epoca had
declared that the petition was sign
ed by q number of priests and soII.e
cardinals, but inquiry at the VA:-
lean ELECTED the Information that
the petition WIS anonymous. with
no names to indicate the uuthor-
ship
Officials OF the Vatican denied
that there is a general desire on
the part of priests to marry. They
pointed out that the papal policy
in this respect is best cxemplificd
by the recent accumulation OF
a Roman Catholic priest in CZecho-
slovakia because he had Joined an
antibachelo Organization.
In view of the policy OF the Vat
lean regarding the private life OF
priests and the fact that the au-
thors of the petition dared not sign
1t, belief is prevalent that 1t will get
no attention at all.
Prelates Said to Have Signed.
To use the language of the Italian
newspaper. the petition asked that
priests be relieved "of impossible OBJ
scrvance of ecclesiastical celibacy."
The petition states further on:
Purity of life, which Is the high
est aim of the church, is reached
through the free working Of mans
nature, not by coercion and the
imposition OF laws against nature"
Celibacy on the part OF Roman
Catholic prelates is as old as the
church itself. Bachelorhood was
imposed through a desire to model
the lives of the churchmen, as far
as possible, after the life OF the
Saviour.
The Washington times., 1922-07-15
Railroad Strikers,
in Deadlock Now,
Expect Crisis Soon

CHICAGO, July 15.-Negotiations
for settlement OF the strike of rail-
way shopmen were virtually at a
deadlock today as the strike entered
its third week and no end Of the
walkout appeared in sight.
Conditions on the railroads attribu-
table to the strike are becoming
more serious, all reports Indicated,
and predictions were made that the
coming week might witness the
crisis of the controversy.
Chairman Ben w. Hooper, OF the
United States Railway Labor Board,
was continuing his efforts today to
bring about an adjustment, but
would hold out no definite hope Of
success. Peace parleys thus far ar.
ranged have developed no basis upon
which the striking shopmen and the
carriers could reach an agreement.
The difference between the roads
and the employees were described by
Hooper as fundamental" The
unions are insisting that the basis
Of settlement include abolition of the
contract system, modification Of pro.
tested working rules, revision of the
wage scale and establishment of a
national adjustment board.
The railroad unions demanded that
all men who went on strike be re-
stored to full seniority rights.
The railroads, It was announced,
are willing to agree to abolition of
the contract system and to the es.
tablishment of regional adjustment
boards. They refuse to agree to
restoration of seniority to strikers
and contend that questions OF wages
and working rules must be taken up
through the Labor board.
B. M. Jewell, head of the Railway
Employees Department of American
Federation of Labor, and leader of
the striking shopmen, today charged
that a group Of twelve banks and
financial institutions control the
financial policy of the railroads and
laid the responsibility for continue.
ton OF the strike to Wall street g
desire to crush the labor unions. He
named the twelve institutions AS
follows:
National City Bank Of New York,
J. p. Morgan q Co., Chase National
Bank, New York Trust Company, Me,
chanics and Metals National Bank,
National Surety Company, American
Surety Company. Equitable Life AS.
surance Society of the United States
Guaranty Trust Company. Equitable
Trust Company, First National Bank
Of New York, and the Mutual Life
Insurance Company Of New York.
These institutions. Jewell said, con,
troll 81 per cent of the railroad mile.
age of the country, ard also the
equipment companies and many OF
the coal mines upon which the rail.
roads depend for fuel. They hold 267
directorships, Jewell said, In ninety.
two Of the first-class railroads.
These financiers directing these in.
stitutions, the shopcrafts leader
charged, are the forces In back OF
the difficulties Of promptly settling
this strike"
Jewell again attacked the wage
reduction decisions OF the labor board
as unjust and charged that the board
deliberately violated the transporta.
ton act that created 1t and which
required that wages be "just and
reasonable" in relation to the cost
Cf living.
"The mistake of the board" Jewell
The Washington times., 1922-07-15
Use of U. s. Troops
in Strike a Blunder,
SAYS Union Official

Use Of Federal troops In the Fall
strike would be colossal blunder,"
1t was said here today by J. J.
Noonan. member OF the executive
council OF the Railway Employees
Department of the American Fedora
ton OF Labor, who came to Washing
ton from Chicago for a conference
with federation officials.
use of Federal troops would be
an irritant, not a salve,' said Noonan.
Noonan denied that railroad labor
is seeking to XIII" the Railroad
Labor Board.
I'VE don't object to the boards
exercising its legal functions" he de.
clared, but the law gives 1t no
power to enforce its decisions, and
labor resents it's arrogating to itself
power which n does not possess"
The Washington times., 1922-07-15
LoVELESS "RADIo" WIFE
GETS $50 ALIMONY

J. Fletcher Tibbs, radio fan ex-
traordlnary, lost the first round in
his wife's suit for divorce when JUS
tice A. A. Hoehling yesterday signed
an order requiring him to pay $50 a
month temporary alimony pending
final determination Of the suit. ..
Tibbs was sued by his wife, Eliza
beth Roediger Tibbs, on the ground
Of cruelty, desertion and neglect. The
latter consisted, the wife alleged, in
that the defendant has become so
enamored Of the science Of radio that
he spends all of his money on It to
the exclusion OF herself and baby.
Tibbs Is a stenographer in the EN-.
ploy Of the Southern Railway Com.
pany
The Washington times., 1922-07-15
CHILD DEAD, BABY MAY DIE,
FROM EATING STRYcHNINE

MoRRISTowN, N. j.. uly 15.-
Two children of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
II. Holland, staying with their grand
parents while their parents are in
Atlantic City, attending the Elks'
convention. yesterday found a box
Of trychnine tablets and ate some
Of them.
Albert H., jr., three and one.half
years old, was found dead by his
grandmother, ando his brother Ed
ward. two years old, was taken
to q hospital in a critical condition.
The Washington times., 1922-07-15
Merchants Will Aid
Shop Strikers Here,
Says Business Agent

Several Washington merchants to.
day came to the aid of the striking
railway shopmen, according to
Charlie Frazier, business agent of the
local organization.
Donations Of money and merchan-
disc were made by the business men,
Frazier said. The merchants prom
ised their hearty cooperation to the
strikers, and, according to Frazier,
said they would continue to help the
men as long as they remained out.
A mass meeting will be held to-
morrow afternoon in Washington
Hail. Third street and Pen nsylvsuia
avenue southeast. The principal
speaker will be Arthur Holder, for
The Washington times., 1922-07-15
DRUcCED CIGARETTES
SOLD NEW YORK GIRLS

NEW YORK, July 15.-Discoyery
in Greenwich Village art circles Of
little band of De Quincy disciples.
who follow their masters example IN
wooing the muse with narcotics, was
announced by the police today follow.
ing the arrest of Jesus Sustas, a cafe
proprietor. and Thomas Marland, a
Mexican seaman. on charges Of Offer
ing narcotics for sale.
The two are alleged TO have devel-
oped a narcotic cigarette, which they
sold in large quantities, at a quarter
apiece, to villagers. Most of the Gus
toners, 1t was said, were young
women.
The Washington times., 1922-07-15
MUSCLE SHOALS
. BIDS ALL VOTED
DOWN|N SENATE
Ford's Offer Rejected by 9 to
7-Three Minority Re-
ports Offered.
by international News Service.

Repudiating every single pro-
posal for final disposition of the
Governments huge nitrate and
water power projects at Muscle
Shoals, Ala, the Senate Agricul-
ture Committee today threw the
whole problem back to the floor
Of the Senate for decision.
The committee first voted, 8
to 7, to reject the offer Of Henry
Ford, and then, with Republican
Senators splitting party lines,
voted, 8 to 5, to reject the Norris
plan providing for permanent
Government ownership and oper-
alton. All other rival bids for
the project were rejected unan-
imously.
Minority Favors Ford.
The committees decision prevent
ed the making of any majority rc
port on final disposition OF the
project.
The seven Senators who voted for
acceptance of Ford's offer will make
one minority report TO the Senate
urging that the project be turned
over to the Detroit manufacturer
At the same time, the five Senators
who voted for the Norris plan viii
present another minority report urg
ing permanent Government control
OF the project.
The action OF the committee
means at least two or possibly three
minority reports will be made tc
| the Senate. Senator Ladd Rep.
or North Dakota will submit the
minority report recommending &C
ceptance of Ford's offer. 1t will
be signed by the seven Senator:
who voted for it today.
VIII Recommend Norris.
Chairman Norris Rep) Of Nebras
ka will submit second minority
report, which will be characterized
as the committees minority repor
owing to his Craftsmanship. Thii
will recommend passage of th'
Norris bill creating a Federal cor
poration TO permanently operate
the project.
A third minority report may b'
submitted by Senators Keyes Rep.
of New Hampshire. Kendrick Dem.
OF Wyoming, and Harreld (Rep) o.
Oklahoma urging the Senate to re
! ject all the present proposals, In
| Guiding both the Ford and the Norrii
plan. They would urge the Govern
ment to complete the project ant
then decide on its future disDosi
ton.
The Washington times., 1922-07-15
GIRL WIFE SLAIN
IN BRUTAL DUEL
WOMAN VIEWED
Witness Says Jealous Slayer
Welded Hammer Till
Death Came.
Rx unirersnI service.

LOS ANGELES, July 15.-
While two women, stripped Of all
the veneer Of civilization and hurl-
ed back a thousand centuries into
the elemental passions OF hatred,
fear, of jealousy, fought a duel to
the death on the lonely side of a
sun kissed hill, a third woman,
who had part in their quarrel sat
and looked on until the awfulness
of the savage spectacle was too
much for her and she turned and
went away.
Tells Graphic Tale.
This third woman, stepping unex-
pectedly into the picture Of what
at first promised to remain an un'
solved mystery. told yesterday the
story of the hammer murder OF
Montecito Drive "wednesday even
ing, and upon the strength OF her
testimony the grand jury returned
an indictment charging beautiful
Clara Phillips with the murder OF
pretty Alberta Meadows
The teller OF the story Of the
primitive duel was pretty Mrs. Peg,
u
Phillips. The latter Is the twenty
three.year-old wife Of Al Phillips,
Los Angeles oil promoter. living at
TO3 West Fifty-third street. Mrs.
Phillips, Mrs. Caffee said. asked her
to go with her to meet Mrs. Mead
ows, which accounted for her being
present AT the duel.
The victim OF the hammer murder
Mrs. Meadows, was only twenty
years old. the widow of a man who
was accidentally electrocuted sev'
eral months ago. She was Look
keeper in the First National Bank.
Insane. jealousy OF Mrs. Meadows
whom she accused OF having stolen
the affections Of her husband, turned
the young wife into q raging fury
according to Mrs. Caffee.
That the accused woman denied
the charge and begged for mercy
when the hammer struck her, served
but the more to infuriate her enemy
who struck and struck again, even
when life was extinct and the crush
ed and bleeding body OF her victim
lay motionless in the dust.
Mrs. Caffee's story corroborated
one told by Mrs. Phillips husband
who, unable to bear alone the bur
den OF guilty knowledge, went to the
sheriff's office and betrayed his wife
as the slayer, after he had assisted
her to escape from the State.
On the strength of his story Mrs
Phillips was arrested Thursday night
at Tuscon, Ariz., and is being held
in jail there awaiting the arrival OF
Sheriff Traeger to bring her back
TO Los Angeles.
Tells Of Threats.
Mrs. Caffee. prior to going before
the grand Jury, told her story to
Chief Of Police Oaks at police head
quarters.
Il saw Mrs. Phillips strike Mrs
Meadows again and again with the
hammer. The blood spurted from
Mrs Meadows head and 1t made
me sick. ] turned and ran away
said Mrs. Caffee.
Mrs. Caffee declared that threats
Of death II she told at first deferred
her from going to the police, but
she could keep silent no longer
and yesterday visited Chief oi
! Police Oaks.
The Washington times., 1922-07-15
OFFICIALS WARN MOTHER
SALE OF BABY Is ILLEGAL

BYESVILLE. Ohio. July Is
Baby Richard Turner will not be
sold.
State authorities yesterday notified
Mrs. Augusta Turner, the childs
mother, that the sale is against the
law and that she will not be per.
mitted to auction off her baby. Mrs.
Turner had offered to sell Baby
Richard for $4,000 to obtain funds
to care for her mother. who is
suffering from an incurable disease.
The Washington times., 1922-07-15
WHERE THERE'S A WILL
ThERE,S SURELY A WAY

LOS ANGELES. July 15.-Frank
Meek, of Danville, ILL.,, wanted to
take off some OF his 3o5 pounds Of
weight. He walked to Los Angeles
and now weighs but 224 pounds. He
is now footing" 1t back to Danville,
hoping to take off still more weight.
Meek claims he is the only man to
hike across the Mojave Desert with
out carrying water.