5Wpw 7 EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1919 3 t- 8000 IN ILK OUT bay Shift Follows Action of Night Workers Divided Au thority, Is Complaint RIVETERS WANT GUARANTEE Between 8000 anil 10,000 workmen nt the plnnt of the Merchants' ShIpbulldlnR Corporation nt Bristol walked out in n general strike today. "Dlidcel authority and Kenernlly had conditions" nrc blamed for their notion. The men walked out shortly after S o'clock today when they learned thnt tho night shift had laid down their took thortly jlicr midnight. Virtually thc'l "tmllro plant is tied up. John A. Mellon, general organizer for tho labor unions nt tho yard, declared today that officials had been "paMsing tho buck' from ono to another in the matter of labor grievances and that dis satisfaction nmong the riveters as to piecework gunrnntres was only a thread upon which to hang the general wnlk out. "The riveters would hnve Vne on n eh ike, anyway," ho said. "Hut that is not the cause of the walkout. The men want to know who is in autlwrit) and who is not. Conditions nro verj bad in the yard with respect to labor. No Ono Accepts Authority 'Tor weeks I have been going be tween the company's officials nml the Kinorgeney Fleet Corporation unil no one Hecmed to limp nny authority to net on our complaints. I could.gct no Satisfaction. "The officials were warned that this would be n long strike. The men intend to stny out until they find out who they are to deal with." Mellon, who hns nn office in the yaul, was ordered out of the plant jesterdav. It is said. The men who worked on the night shift met ycstcrd.iv afternoon nnd discussed the mnttcr of (onditions nnd decided to take some action. According to Mellon, AV. T. Wilson, tho plant manager, attempted to ad just conditions last night. Mtllou savs hp refused to treat tvitli "Wilson about midnight nnd tho shift walked out. Mass-Meeting Follows Walkout When the other men reported for work today they punched their clock cards and then lnid down their tools. The walkout was orrtcny nnd no violence was reported. The men immediately proceeded to Textile Hall. Bristol, whcie a mass-meeting was held. 1 Tho complaint oPthc riveteii is based on the lack of gnarauteclfiom cither the company or the licet corporation that bv changing over to piece work thev will receive a minimum wagcof $0,40 per day. Under the Mnccy wage scale the rnte for riveters is SO centspcr hour. They ' claim that a lecent ruling by the Emergency Tleet Corpoiatiou changes many of the woikers over to n piece work basis, but thnt there is no guar antee that the class of work given them will enable the men to earn the equiv alent of the hourly rate. George C. Thacr, geneial manager of the Merchant shipbuilding Corpora- tion. said today that the compnny's hands were tied in the matter which is entirely up to the Kineigenc.v Fleet Corporation. He declined to discuss it. H. C. Higgins, director of the Tenth district for the Fmcrgency Fleet Cor poration, nriived in Biistol shoitly be fore noon, but icfuseil to issue a state ment or see the repoiters. l Stationers V StcrliiTd Silver Knives Forks """'Spoons with ServJnjt fieces to Match r Single Dozens Sets of Four"'OricHolf -Five - Six'OneHalf "' Seven Dozens. Encased in , Ylahogary ""Walnut A IIBIIIIWII Z7VERY man is judged by his clothes by nine-tenths of the people he meets, and to the majority of them the well-dressed man spells SUCCESS. t This may be "snap-judgment," but this busy world has no time to look up -your family tree or your achievements. It takes you at your own estimate, and it expects you to express that estimate in your appearance. Every man can be well dressed it is a question of taste", not of price. Purchasing here you are safe guarded against incorrect styles. Jacob ReedS Sons I mt U84.M86: CHESTNUT STfellT NEW ARREST HINTED IN DEATH MYSTERY Richmond Police Scout Theory That Mrs. Bicoff Was Slain by Bandits Police of Richmond, Va., virtunlly abandoned the theory thnt Mrs. Hosn ltlcou, daughter of Benjamin Barnn Mu. :il' North Thirteenth street, wns fatally shot by two negro burglars re ported to hnve entered the store of her husband, Abe Bicoff, former Phllndel tihiii merchant, the nicnt of April 'JO. The men were reported to have opened li.ffnn line ulirttl ullA flttnmntPfl tO tim- ' fire on her when she nttempted to pre cnt them fiom oerpowerlng her bus band nnd robbing the cash register. The Jtiehinond police nro now work ing on the theoi thnt no burglars en tered tho plnce. They promiso sensn tlonnl drvclopnicnts nt the coroner's In ipust scheduled for tomorrow. It was ntiinated thnt n white innn is under sus picion nnd inny bo tnken into custod nfter the inqucbt. Although Mrs. Bicoff lingered for n day or two nt Virginia Hospital after being shot, the police sny tliey were unable to obtain nny (olieicnt stntement from her. Her principal thought, the say, was about ner tiinciren mm wnui would become of tliem in event, ot ner death. The police say they hne been unable to locate nny person m the neighborhood who saw the supposed burglars running from the direction of the store nfter the pistol snots. 9 MORE PHUA CASUALTIES Two Local Men Dead, Others Wounded, In Late Report The names of nine Philadelphia lns arc in n .casualty roll released by the Wnr Department today. Piivatc Henry 13. Kbcrle, -110 West Xorris street, died from accident nnd other causes; Private Daniel V. Craw ford, 1!022 Stcnton ncnue, was wounded scvcrcl; Private Wnlter Hnuns, Cnstor road nnd Cottmnn street, wns wounded, degree undetei -mined. Among the wounded slightlv nie Privates CJtildo Clttadini,' 1118 Moore street, nnd Gnctutio Cri&ofulli, 2122 Trjon street. Two men nro reported missing in action Sergeant Albert W. Buckner, 7117 Tulip strcit, and Private Kdnnrel A. Smith, 1220 Shncknmaxon street. Corporal Daid C. Ware, 1228 North Fiftieth street, is l eportcd missing I n action. He formerl was classed as wouudod severely. M Irate Joseph .1. isnlurick, L'122 Walsh street, killed in action, was previously repoited missing. CAR HITS MAN, 60; GOES ON Trolley Crew, Ten Minutes Later, Refuses to Aid Wreck Victim Patiolman Sinnott, of the Twent secoud sticet nnd Hunting Park ave nue police stntion, found n bruised nnd feeble aged man propped ngniiibt a wall nt School house lane and Illdge nveuuu early today. He said he had been hit by a trolley car. "They picked me up and brought mo here aud then went on," he told the patiolman. "Loolc at my wagon theie." Sinnott saw a w reck in the street. The man said lie was Thomas C. .Ten ner, sixty jcais old, oC 204!) North Iteese sticet. He said ho was a maker of biooms and was starting out to de liver when n btreet cnr hit him us he crossed llidge nvenue. The wagon wns Nlemolished nnd the aged man throw n to the sticet After Patrolman Sinnott line tnken Jcnuer to St. Timoth's Hospitul he le tuineel to wait for the tiolley car. He wns told by the crew that they left the niau unaided because their passengers were in a huiiy and they weie nlieady ten minutes Into. M JOBLESS AND FRIENDLESS , MAN ENDS HIS LIFE AT 70 Two Other Suicides Reported One Youth. Leaving Note, An- nounevs Desire to Learn More of "Hereafter" ' "Seventy jenrs old; no Job nnd not n friend in the world." These were the InRt words ot Joseph Ilnrkins, who shot himself through the bend last night In hhfioom In Winter street near Ninth. "It's a mighty cold world," he had previously told his lnndlndv. A one-dollar bill was all that Har kins possessed. It was found pinned to his vest pocket when he wns taken to llnhtumann Hospital. Haikius's suicide was one of three reported to the police. Chnrles Wnddell, Jr , 4810 Beau mont nciiue, a student, wns found dead with n bullet wound in his henrt nt Wissahickon drive nnd Allen's lnne. A letter in his pockets said Wnddell wanted to "lenni more nbout things in the hereafter." Captain (. 1i. lie man, of the I'nlted States medical corps, (E0 Carpenter's lnne, while walking with his wife nlong the Wissnhickou drive, discovered the body. At first they supposed the oung mnn to be nsleep, but on coming nenier Cnptnin lie man discovered a small caliber army levolver Ijing on the ground beside the recumbent fiRtne. On HERO HEALTH OFFICER HERE Charles Forrest, Winner of Belgian "War Cross, Given Floral Tribute When Charles Foire.t came buck to his office in the Bureau of Health, Cit Hall, today, after n long stay in Franc e, he found his desk coered with llowers, mid the faces of his friends ot the dc pnrtment wreathed lu welcoming smiles, Mr. Forrest, who 1 ives nt 210" Thompson street, has been nn inspcctoi in tho Depnrtmcnt of Housing nnd Sanitation since 1014. When the wnr broke out he went overseas with tlip lOSth Field Artillery, Headipiaiters Ootnpnnv. After some njonths of ser ice in France his outfit was transferred to Belgium, where It wns to support a legiment of Belgians nnd two regiments of I rench. Mr. Forrest's chief nnd enviable' claim to distinction is that he only piivntc iu n gioiip of lit f .fill Hie ntlioru Worn nflinnra. Ameiienns who were nvvarded the Bel- ginn War Cross by King Albert. The cross was given him nt Bioven for hnv- ing hetoicnlly kept open the telephone lines between Ypies nnd Scheldt on No- v ember 2. He nlso, under intense iirc. cairied some wounded civilians to safety. . These Hclgian soldiers ore some ihitt shakers," said Mr. Foirest today, I "and, believe me, when they go to pinning c losses on ou they don't stop nt a little thing like kissing jou on both cheeks." Wife Seeks Mi'sslng O. H. Hunter Mis. Owen II. Huntei, 1214 Fast Palmer street, has asked the police to assist her in n seaich for her hus band. Hunter left his home suddenlj more than n cnr ago, and his wife, who is supporting their two children, hns heard nothing from him since. Furniture Savings 'A to 2 in This Linde Clea Many full suits and single pieces at half their present value because the makers have discontinued these styles and we need the room they take up on our floors for new goods arriving daily by the carload. It's the biggest furniture event in Philadelphia this Spring. Comparison will prove it. Prices everywhere are ad vancing. They will not come down for a long time. Oppor tunities like this are rare. You can save enough' in this sale on furnishing a home to completely outfit a nice bedroom. Isn't that worth while? SALVATION ARMY HOME SERVICE For many years the slogan of the Linde Stme has been "Cul tivate the Home" The Salva tion Army is mahina a drive this week to raise in Philadelphia a million dollars for Home Serv ice. It's a splendid object. To our many emtomers nnd friends we say: "PLEASE GIVE." i j $4.71, worth J0.30, Mahoganv Prtscllla SevvlnK Table with remov able tray. 7, worth $10.80. Mission ltocltcr or Ann Chair, In niahoijany ; genuine leather. IHI i-pn rni fnM' iM r) . , v . ( 138, worth $108. Tills high-grade Old Ivory Hill. 4 pieces. Handsome Adam style Dresser, ii; Chif fonier, $36; Bed, $33; Diessing Table, $35. B ffflli $80, worth $40. Walnut, oak or ma hogany.' Swell front. Largo mliror. Select Now! We will hold Open Friday Evenings Until 9.30 closer examination he found the oung man was dead. On the dend ninn's person were found several letters addressed to the clt editors of vlrtimlh cer newspaper in the city which lead as follows: "I haven't a trouble in the world. Don't think I am rjcrvous because the writing is somewhat shak in outline. This note wns written In n trolley cnr. If you nsk me If I over killed nny one. I must nnswer no, not even n Oermnn. If I break the Commandments, I will not die, but will go to hell. I nm doing this to learn more nbout things iu the heic after." While wailing to see his wife, fiom whom he had been srimrntid. John AVet- 7cll. tvvenlv eight cnrs old. n icturnrd soldier, Inst night committed suicide bv di inking poison iii the home of Mrs. Cntheiine Franklin, 20." West Susquc hnniin nvenup. Wetell, nccording In Mis Fr.inklni. appeared at the door and asked to see his wife, who is a lodger iu the house .Mrs. Franklin left him standing in the hall while she went to notlfv Mis. Wet 711 of hrr husband's presence. Upon hei ii-liirii she found Wctrcll hlng on the floor groaning, with nn emptv bot tle beside him. He died before the nr ilwil of an ambulance from the Kpis cnpnl Hospital. GOT "FLY" UNDER HORSES Youngster Demonstrates Baseball Ability Despite Handicap While showing how tho big linguers catch "high 11 " bulls toclii. a small bo stumbled in fiont ot the wagon of Chillies Pmks, a pioduce clcalci. lit Twcnt -seventh and Somerset sheets. Pinks chew the hoiso back on lis hauurlies unci the bo lolled from be neath the horse's hoofs. "Thanks, mister," lie said ns he puked himself up and dusted off his clothe. "I didn't get hull a bit." "I)idou caUh the '11 ' "V incpiireel Pmks. "Sine I did." was the leplv. nnd Hie oungstcr opened u giuuv hand and showed the ball. Held on Complaint of Wife v t.loi.n f ii.ivinc brick, wiappeel in enviame e biwuh-.. i - - - - was the daj at a liearing of nn assault and iint- seventv ti rv case befoic Magistrate Pennock. rs otlicriCel'ia AVllsmi, wife of Louis Wilson, of. a sweater, wits produced as evmen e i- llior, Hunting Paik nvenue, testified thnt her husband struck her with the weapon during n quuirel last night. She added that he bit her hand. Quarrels ilmve been fieipient for n cur, she said, The husband, who is fifty onis old, was held in $500 bail for couit. I DON'T BUY FLY SCREENS TIntll thii ( th (P4lBaafiCff u'l'hltodelphlit njfjt"""! Runt-Proof Kvrrlimtlne Itewlrable ' 10-DAY DELIVERY Phono VVillnnt (1077 for I'ntliimtor STMN-WAY AIK!. CO.. S12 X. Dirlen St. Sal "tfW i5l.no, worth jiS.73, Iloai y Porch HooKor Closely woven Beat and back a... . , win IK 111 II If Ml I 111 'II jiiimi ii -IrszS 11 "ij, IjjjjUi-- V v r feiijiiiJllA'o 1S0, worth 5183. This very fine Living Room Suite. Davenport, C feet. Largo Ann Chair and Kireaide Chair, upholstered in Brovjn Spanlbh Imperial Leather. 9145, worth fin. Quartered oak liuffet. veiy rlc'.i and Bturd) Three drawers, two closets $170, worth $240. Four-piece large and massive Queen Anne Dining Hoom Suite, In quartered oak, richly hand carved. Buffet, 60 In China, Cloret, 45 In. Serving Table, 40 in. Extension Table, 48 In. your purchase until wanted. HENRY LINDE League of Nursing Education Backs Nation-Wido Movement AIDS HOSPITAL An eight hour dn.v for pupil nurses iu hospitals is nchocated b. the League of Nuislng Kdiiiiition anil the Penu Slania State Association of N'mses. Legislation iu this state to mnke eight hours the legal winking cln for u pupil nurse on wait! dut lias been discusseel by these two oiganiations nnd inn (ijHliilllp iu ii bill to be piesented be fore the state t.egislatiue. The J.eague of Nursing IMucntion, which is national in its stope nnd has its membership nmong the supeiintend ents of nurses anil graduate instruitois iu training schools of the laigest hos pitals iu (lie (0111111', is behind n nil -tlon wide movement to cut down the winking Iiimiih of i in pi t nurses. A tutuni that legistered nurses weie prepniing to demand tin im reuse in snhuv to S40 a week and n strict eight -hour working dnv uliu.li would make it iiccessai to cinplo nurses in three shifts iu (uses of seveie illness in pri vnte families - was ulixilutplv denied b the head muses of hospitals he re-. The cxpiessed the belief that the minor was "pmpiigiiudn of the wnist soil," designid feu the puipeise of ells (editing tlie plan foi an eight-lioui da for pupil muses -Must Heel lire Working Hours Miss Cln ton, superintendent of nurses nt the Philadelphia General llos pltal and funnel local head of tho League of Nursing IMucatiou, explained that for the lust jmr the; women who admliiistei the nuislng htaffs of hos pitals tliioiis'hout the coiintr had been urging shorter hours for the pupil nurses upon their hospital boaids. "The boms of work for pupil nurses," said Miss Clnvton, "must be cut down either bv agreement nmong the hospitals or b.v legislation. We m a M HousE f WENGER Ik M 1229 WALNUT ST. V I Fur Vaults Iffll This is an invitation to call and j& I iMffl inspect our Dry Cold Air Fur lwl liM Vaults, and then we ask you to visit ijul MSu other stoiage premises. The out- jlmk YKk como of your investigation, we feel llfflli Y3.J suie, will be manifested in your JDx V. piomptly asking the telephone w jKSsk operator for WM sn, "Walnut 1S0S." JffiwL IfWQv - There ain't nonsuch Years ago, when the L. B. Automatic index was first introduced, many people said the same thing that Uncle Hiram did when he saw his first giraffe. "There ain't no such animal" Business men could hardly believe that any filing sys tem could be so devised that it would check itself against errors. and at the same time be siiftple and quick and common-sensible. Today, Uncle Hiram speeds from his farm to the circus in his super-six and takes the giraffe and the airplanes, too as a matter of course. Today, too, the L. B. Automatic index has become such an accepted part of business that business experts some times wonder how in the world they ever got along without it. The world is moving double-quick these days and the business man who wants to keep pace with progress has got to step some. The L. B. . Automatic index will see to it that you get your letters when you want them, and help you to keep two jumps ahead of tomorrow in all that concerns filing. It Is, truly, the system that solved the filing problem. Write for catalog G-5018 Library Bureau Card nnd filing- Founded nn Filing cabinets systems wood and steel M. W. MONTGOMERY, Manager 510 Chestnut st, Philadelphia Saletiroom la 4? teadlnc cities of the United States, Great Britain and Franc feel that the only way to get the result we nim nt is by making nn eight hour dnv mandator "It Is generally agreed that the pupil nurse hns to work too lint d. WV feel thnt n eii I who has to attend classroom lectures nnd gle time to studv should not be forced to spend more than eight houis n dnv working in n hospital ward." Smb. a law ns Is advocated bv the (superintendent ot nures would mnke ( lit neeessniy to expand the pioscnt stall's lot hospitals b.v at least one-fourth, or possibly one hnlf. Iu most hospitals the present arrangement keeps the pupil unRk'PRO iiiurses on dut twelve hours. To com YYUnrtnOjll)v wjt) ,p SUKKC9tcd law it would he necessary to hnve three eight bom shifts. Fears for Proposed BUI Dr. A. 13 Blackburn, secielaiv nt the Pennsvlvnnln stntc honrel of exam iuers for leglstratiou of nurses said today in discussing the project that he did not think sue h n bill (oul'l li passed "1 am very much in sympathy with the movement, ' said Doctor Blackburn "but in inv judgment it would be ditfi cult to pass an (ight-hour law foi pupil nurses "1 believe the smaller hospitals of the state would fipnp such n law lis passage would compel them to mnke A perfect dinner demands Salted Nuts, favors, Bon Bona to harmonize with the table decorations D16 Cnestnut 5t. WW u 1323 animal " sfti V large additions to tho number of their" 'pupil miroes to do the work they are doing now i "You probably will find that the 'superintendents of nures In the larger i hospitals in Philadelphia arc in fnvor of the eight-hour bill. They hnve wait Ing lists of applicants for ndmission to their (mining schools, nnd wouhl have no trouble lu getting the number needed. Hello! I'm J?ie JZiilte Ch&mub Ask Your Grocer! Balch Price 5th Avenue Straw Hats For men Are alone in Supremacy and Numerous In Style. Prices, $3 to $12 cxci.usim: piiim.. DisrniuuTon, w M bldllK w ' V I 11th and Chestnut I X N'TII. TUN kmh "You Can't Make a Good Omelet Out of a Bad Egg!" Neither can you make a good Suit of Clothes out of an in ferior fabric. i So we made sure to get our fabrics right. f For one thing, they're new? Just as soon as the mills swung back to civilian wool ens and worsteds, we were there with our re quirements. J And we got the pick of the first products of the looms. Have been getting them all Spring. CJ How they do walk out, these 'fresh, new, vigorous colors and novelty mixtures! The.se handsome flan nels in blue, in Oxford, in green, in brown, in single stripes and in cluster stripes! J And the new serges ! Oh, bog With Memo rial Day in the near distance! CJ Make up your own Memorial Day combi nation. Put a pair of new White Flannel Trousers to a new Flannel Coat of Brown, or of Blue, or of Oxford for a change! A good many are going to do it. It's go ing to look snappy, and will give you double service out of your reg ular Suit ! 4J Finely made, rightly priced, and here in great big generous va riety and all sizes, of course! Perry & Co. "N.B.T." 16th & Chestnut Sts. '1 ' 't JfQ M U I A'ZI v?l 1 -i I 1ft if, 8 ?i A 'HI I TWI vSl - i5 J it n m n.i l M "Al XVM .k W ITS? U r" jSq,oii;H;r,, VUiuiugjit ana inues ,K,' 1 nm '! 'V m mmmmmmm n i . iTs k ' a if o,' ..'""! 1 , .ft JtlX V-- m.,. V.J
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