The evening world. Newspaper, April 22, 1920, Page 3

} / o My { 0 @ my —>—_ " ‘40,008,000 Pieces of Under- { wear and Hundréds of Thou- sands of Shoes in ‘Reserve.’ BUY ON HIGH MARKET. “Army. Now “Perfect 34” With 28-Inch Waist, and Larger Sizes Are Useless. By Martin Green. Special Staff Correspondent of The N head Evening World.) WASHINGTON, April now \nd again there comes to the no- tice of an outsider, watching the rec- ords of expenditures of hundreds of millions of dollars for the cost of Government floating by, that stand out as if Illumpated of business methods used by Govern- ment officials which, to say the least, are peculiar. It would seem much of the Government business associated with the purchase of supplies of all kinds is done by officials who are in the mental state of one waking up on Monday morning in blissful ignorance of what one had done on Saturday night. There appears to be no casting back in the sense that inventories of supplies on hand should be measured up with supplies needed. The illus- tration recently used by The Eve- 22.—Every instances TS ee ning World of the vanishing horses and mules of the army may well be applied to all branches dealing with purchases. The appropriations for horses and mules are used in every session of Congress as if the life of the army horse or mule is ‘limited to ene fiscal year. Take, for instance, the matter of underwear for soldiers. The War Department has on hand millions of undershirts and draw- ers. Of summer undershirts of a certain grade there are in ware- houses controlled by the War D partment more than 15,000,000. Stacked away with the under- shirts are between 15,000,000 and 20,000,000 pairs of drawers, suit- able for wear in summer. Qn March 30, the ‘Quarterma ter General of the Army asked for bids for 267,283 men’s unde: shirts under Circular Ne, 226: Bids for drawers about an equal number were requested at the same time. BUYING RIGHT SIZES ON HIGH PRICE MARKET. This demand upon a high price market for underwear against an ap- parently unlimited supply on hand prompted The Evening World corres- pondent to do a little investigating. All the records were thrown open to him. He was given an opportunity te look over tha lists of supplies on band, and he found that the army owns in fact to close to 40,000,u00 garments suitable for underwear in summer, But there were not, two months ago, in all this vast stock more than @ few thousand undershirts size 34 or drawers about 28 inches waistband measure. The bids for 267,283 men's undershirts call for size $4 gannents. Most of the undershirts on hand re of size 38 and larger, and the drawers—millions of pairs of them—were manufactured, it would appear, for men of Alder- manic girth and abnormal length Millions and millions un- ‘ts and drawers on hand, all ef them too big for the men in the army. It was explained to the correspon- dent that during the war, summer un- derwear was ordered in assorted sizes. Since the war it has developed (Continued on Fourth Page.) — GETS $12,000 LOOT IN HOTEL ROBBERY Thief Enters Room in Afternoon and Rides Down in Same Ete- vator With His Victim. The theft of $12,000 in jéwelry and cash from a room at the Hotel Wol- cott, No. 4 West 31st Street, was re- vealed to-day by an advertisement of- fering $2,500 reward for the return of the jewelry. The theft occurred about 5 P, M. last Monday while the victims, Mr and Mrs. John McCay, were dining preparatory to taking a train for Mon- treal, their home. According to E. B. Hopwood, an in- surance, adjuster of No, 55 John Street, who inserted the advertisement, the th\ f took the room next to the Mc- Cay \, picked door and trunk locks, ob- Sra the Jewelry and cash and then rod down in the elevator with Mr. Mc} y. Police were called in by the hof management, but the authorities Mat 10 public report of the crime, In. ‘ed in the articles stolen were an emer, and diamond brooch worth §2,- 600, a ylatinum ring set with twenty, nine diamonds and worth $1,500, a plati- num and diamond ribon bracelet of the same value, nearly $1,000 In cash and many ping, rings, studs and chains, Private detectives put on the case de- clare they know the thief, of whom they haye a good description, ee u B Fehrs Mei * food tonic aad VU. S:SPENDS MILLIONS ON NEWARMY OUTFITS WITH | GREAT STOCKS ON HAND | | | |They Haven't Forsaken the “Home Page,” but Since Be- coming Voters They Look for Political News, Fair- Minded Editorials, Humor That Doesn’t Differentiate Between Sexes, Dramatic “Heart Interest” Stories, Child Welfare News, Every- thing About Cost of Living and News of Theatres, Music and Ate, So Declares Mrs. GIRL SAYS SMITH WAS CALED 008 BY MSS PHPPS Woman in $50,000 Suit cet of the Warren (O.) Wanted Money and Ring, Lata oes Declares Former Chum. Marguerite Mooers Marshall. i HAT do women want in a Frank MeDermott, attorney for newspaper? Miss Lillian Phipps and Irving 8S. I put the question to one of Van Loan and Mrs, Van Loan in ele a women who abe news- executives—Mrs. Z. H. Deming, the combined $50,000 love suit manager and treasurer of the ites brought by Miss Phipps against (Ohio) Tribune, just now in New York for the sessions of the American News- Paper Publishers’ Association and the annual Associated Press reunion, And Mrs. Deming, who is a comely, dark- eyed, intelligent person with—she con. fesses it—two chief interests in lifer women and newspapers, itemized the following topics as those about which the intelligent woman of to-day ana of to-morrow wants to read in William Russell Smith, grocer, and the latter's suit against her and the Van Loans for $20,000, said to-day that before the case goes to the jury “Dickie” Donovan and Harold Terworgy, as well as other masculine friends of the girl, would take the stand and tell of their as- a Tenafly sociation with her. her Donovan probably will be one of Ae Selig the witnesses called this afternoon. ‘pity, Editorials. For the first time since the. trial began, Miss Phipps broke down and cried While Hstening to testimony this morning. Eva Young, the white wife of the former colored chauffeur of the Van Loans, testified to numer- Btrong, dramatic stories of so- called “heart interest.” ‘ News pertaining to children and their welfare. Humor—but humor which shows ous meetings between Donovan and men, as well as women, in an amusing light. Miss Phipps, as well as to comversa- aie lions in which Miss Phipps had talkea | 77070 me un = peradliecinge tereeitn helpful which pertains to, the After cailing Drs. J. .M. Prootor and J. M. MdKellar of Englewood to testify of their examination of the physical condition of Miss Phipps, the dafense rested. Anything about the cost of liv- ing, its control or cure. News of the theatres, music and art, In short, Mrs. Deming and I agreed Woman Journalist Tells What the Women Want In a Newspaper To-Day ON ELEVATED 10 BE The first witness was nineteen- year-old Charlotte Burkhardt, pretty and blonde, who ggomptly launched into an account of the reasons why she is no longer the friend of Miss Phipps. While she talked under the direction of Attorneys William B. Gourley and A. F. Hart, counsel for Smith, Mias Phipps and her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Irving 8S, Van Loan, sat nearby taking notes. Miss. Burkhardt ‘said that she had that, with the possible exception of the sporting page, there is practically nothing in a newspaper of interest to an intelligent man which is not equal- ly of interest to an intelligent woman, and that, while women are no: losing to-day reading the front page ard the editorial page with genuine eagerness and understanding. “Woman's point of view toware the news,” pointed out Mrs. Deming, who is an officer of the Ohio Woman Suf- known Miss Phipps and Mr. Smith for|frage Association, “has been changed more than a year, and that for a time|greatly by her admission to the elec torate. Now that she is a yoter, nat- urally she takes a new interest in prob- lems of Government and public «ffaacs —and where is she to obtain informe tion about them except from the col- ums of the newspaper? . “She is not going to lose interest in managing her kitehen or in bring- ing up her children, and she will wel- come helpful suggestions relating to those important ta: ks in newspapers. | But the time is past when a man edi-| tor can offer a woman a second-hand | recipe for bread pudding or a formula} for a new tidy and consider that her mental needs are completely met in} his paper. ee continued the wo- man newspaper manager, “do geem to like ‘heart stor- fes’—but I imagine ren like them too, | she was the warmest friend Miss Phipps had, but when she “saw the way Lil- lian was treating Mr. Smith, and her behavior with other men,” she gol dis- gusted and declined to have anything more to do with Miss Phipps. “Just what do you mean by ‘the way she treated other men'?" asked the attorney. “Well, she told me she didn't love Smith, that he was just a big boob and that she was in“love with Dick Dono- van, Then there was a Haroid Ter- worgy, an ensign ip the navy, as well as other men whose letters Lillian showed me,” said the witness, The witness added that several times she had refused to go out with Lilian and different men, and that once when she remonstrated that Lillian was not treating Smith right, the other gin’ had said, “Ob! I'm just engaged to him because my aunt wants me to get tis money. AS soon as I get a good big ring from him I'll break the engagement and keep the ring.” Ali this time Miss Phipps was toss- ing about in her chair, and looking as though she'd like to bite the pret- ty head from the shoulders of her erstwhile friend, On cross examination Attorney Mc- Dermott for Miss Phipps brought out by questions and answers that Smith After all, we're nine-tenths buman| and only one-tenth masculine or fem- inine.” “And really,” I suggested, “if we read tales of love, jealousy, despair, criminal hate, in Maupassant, Kip- ling and other masters of fiction, why should we be criticized for studying with interest TRUE stories of the same passions and their effect on hu- man destinies in real life, as they are caugbt and chronicled in the daily| papers? It was Shaw, you know, who gave the perfect definition of journal- ism as ‘Literature in a hurry, " “That's true,” said Mrs. Deming. “And, after all, I believe the most | interesting stories in any newspape! for most women are stories which had never asked Miss Burkhardt to) concern children—only that means dance the “hoochy ku" in the pool|So much besides new directions for | smocking the baby’s frock! It means room of the Van Loan home, as had | news about the city water supply and interest in the “home page.” they are! |a new RESTORED MONDAY Victory for Evening World in Fight for Improved ‘Rush- Hour Service. Frank Hedley, President of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company to-day notified Public the Servige Commission that beginning next Mon- day morning seven car trains will be run on the elevated lines during the downtown rush fhours, Reatlers of The Evening World will recall that two weeks ago this news- paper unearthed the Interborough plan of “robbing Peter by paying Paul” at the time Mr. Hedley added 600 cars to the subway schedule, In adding that number of cars to the subway service, the traction company, without filing any change of schedule with the Public Service Commission, began to reduce the size of its east side express trains on the elevated lines from seven to five cars. Following this exposure by The Evening World, the Interborough filed schedule with the Transit Bureau of the Pyiblic Service Commis- sion, This action was followed by Commissioner Nixon's letter to Mr Hedley, enclosing copies of the in- spections and checks made by transit inspectors, The result,{s that Hedley will now restore the seven car express service until 10.30 A. M. when the trainmen swing for their lunch hour, —_ GUN PERMIT: ISSUED BY POLICE It ds possible for New York ‘gun men” with criminal records to obtain mits to carry revolvers from Just the Peace in nearby counties, it revealed by District Attorney Lewis of Brooklyn this morning in reporting on the case of Thomas Mongno. Mongno, who had served a reforma tory term for forcible entry in 191 arrested two weeks Judge Dike's court, while the Ju sentencing his brother, Louis Mong to Sing Sing on a charge of highway rovbery. A loaded revolver and a per mit to carry it, issued in December, 1919. were found in his pocket his permit wag go in County wa been asserted, and that while the! how the Health Department is pro- witness considered herself “better |tecting milk and what is being done danced with Mr, Smith. She ad-|Children's Bureau at Washington mitted that she and Lillian had|and ever so much more.” danced together before him at var-| gg PO women read the sporting ious times, D page?” I asked. “Do you love Mr, Smithr’ usked “L never do," confessed Mr. McDermott. “Certainly not, I'm | Mrs. Deming. “Neither do I," confessed her inter- engaged.” Q. “Did you ever kiss Mr. Smith?” | Viewer—and then we spoke of news- A—"Not that I know of.” * paper* humor and its appeal to @.—"What do you mean, don't you|Women readers. know when you kiss a man?’ A.—| “There's nothing the matter with woman's sense of humor,” declared Yes, but I don’t remember kissing Mr. Smith—ever.” Enoch Young, the former chauffeur of the Van Loans, took the stand and kept the court laughing by his re- cital of the family affairs of former employers, He testified that once when living at New Rochelle he had seen Donovan leaving Miss Lifian's room carly one morning. Donovan, he testified, was in pajamas, Mfss Lillian was in a Mrs, Deming, “but I think she would like to exercise it once in a while by a chuckle at jokes on husbands instead of on wives. When we get a few women cartoonists, newspaper his} = == witness in this city, when in company with other than Mr. Van Loan, She also testified that Mrs. Van Loan had told her ahe intended getting a divorce from Van Loan and marrying one of the other men, when "she promised to night robe. pay me the $250 she owed for hats ‘This witness also gave much evi-| went on the witness, dence regarding the actions of Mrs.| This evidence was introduced in Vah Loan, He was followed by Miss/ answer to tho threat af Mra, Van Kathering M. Carlisle, a Now York! Loan that sie intends bringing suits milliner, most ‘stylishly dressed, who for slander <gainst persons who have told of frequent visits paid by Mrs. discussed her priyate affairs in the Van Loan to the establighment of the course of the breach of promise sult. ( ‘ | waa obtained from the New York police Mr. Le ited an instance 1 County Justice wno recent mits to two well known Ni issued Yori |p convicts, | = humor will be less one-sided and \therefore of more interest to women I do not think women will de- mand that the politics and the edi- torials of their papers should agree invariably with thelr own point of view, but I think women do want honesty and fairmindedness in their newspapers. y, if L were x@ing to make a paper just for women— I've never thought of such a thing— but if I were—I would be actuated by the same motive which always has guided me in newspaper work That ts, L would make a pnper not for women as women, but for READ- ERS—I wouldn't put it on a basis of WOMEN TOON IN OLD CLOTHES, 40,000 to 20,000 Expected to March in Denim, Calico and Patches Saturday. Plans are nearly completed for New York's “Old Clothes and Overalls” parade on Saturday. From 10,000 to 20,000 persons are expected by the or- ganizers to be in line, The number will include men and women from all walks of life. The procession will start at 1 o'clock, it le announced, and mareh- ers are advised to be at Columbus Circle between 10 and 10.80 o'clock, Mayor Hylan will not head the pro- cesvion, He declined an invitation with regrets at what he said was an important out-of-town engagement. The, Mayor gave the paraders a set- | tion of Broadway on which to hold the “Economy Show” and wished them “godspeed.” Fifth Avenue will be closed to {he procession as |% the result of a city ordinance which 3 bars that thoroughfare to all parades except on unusual occasions. Following is the line of march: \e Paraders wilt’ fall in at Columbus © Circle from 10 to 10.30 otclock Sat- |% urday morning; at 11 o'clock the pa- | rage will start south on Bight Ave- |% nue to 23d Street, east to Broadway © and up Broadway to Columpus Circle, % where the procession will disband. Unify and individuals will then go | over to Fifth Avenue, where they @ will mingle among the crowds preach- ing by their example the need for clothing economy. “This is a serious protest existing prices,” the from headquarters asserts, CDI PPLIDO EO FO®IGEOEOEOO® 64604658623 é a fad.” BAN PLACED ON AUTOS IN THE PARADE. In keeping with the above an- nouncement, a an has been an- nounced on motor cars in the pfo- | cession. ‘It is. argued that automo: | biles do not indicate econcmy and | that furthermore they handiqap the displaying of patches and cheap den. | im cuts for both frocks and suits. | Another ban is placed on the so-| called “publicity hound.” He will! not be allowed to cry’ his wares either by voice or placard, the committee announces. ' Aaron Rachofsky and Walter) Kingsley, two of the organizers of Saturday's “Economy March,” an- nounce that business men, theatrical men and women and many high schools, grade schools, Girl Scout units and thousands of individvals have notified them of their intention to get into the procession. Others wanting information are requested to} call headquarters at Bryant 6690. — | Armin W. Riley, head agent of the | Department of Justice “Flying Squadron,” to-day denied the claim of clothing manufacturers that denim prices will soar sky high by Satur- day. “Economy Parade” organizers say the supply will not be exhausted, inasmuch as several thousands of the marchers will wear old clothes. - “Patched trousers and remodelled dresses of the vintage of 1914 will mean even more Honor than a new | pair of overalls or a gingham frock," the committee said. Already several clothiers have an- nounced sales in suits, but this move- | ment is only scattered as yet. Organ- | izers are looking for @ general price | decrease before long. The Brooklyn letter carriers may soon appear in overalls. Postmaster W. 0. Burton, of Burton, received | word to-day from First Assistant Postmaster General J. O, Koons of | Washington authorizing the carriers »pear in gray denim in all cities | where a majority oNthe carriecs de- | cided on it, All Brooklyn carriers will vote on the question, The usual spring uniform of the carriers costs from $30 to $35, ‘The denim will cost | $6 and $7. meantime they are sorrewhat h the statement made hnell, secretary of Aus- BE. F. Nichols & Co., who at yesterday's | monthly luncheon of Manufacturers’ Export predicted a probable increase on all foodstuffs and an almost certain In- crease In sugar prices, Decreased pro- duction in foods is responsib! said, urging the necessity and labor getting together, the American Assoviation, OVERALLS DEMAND DOUBLES IN WEEK Manufacturers of Working Clothes Have Not Raised Prices, but the Retailers Have, POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., April 22.— Overalls manufacturers In this city and Wappingers Fulls report the demand for working clothes has doubled in the | last week. At the factory of Sweet, Orr & Co. it was said that the whote- | sale price has nat been increased, al- though retailers everywhere have in- | creased thelr prices to consumers Two hundred pupils of Poughkeepaste High Schoo! nem of the ur Claas, went to school in overalls to-day all having sworn not to wear any other wnt sex, And I believe that's the sort of | outer clothing they have been */paper women do read and will read,” | graduated a | concluded Mra, Deming. | | — Killed by Ante tn Broadway. Governor Sens Conductorette BIN.) yferman Ury, seventy-one 0. 8647 | ALBANY, N. Y., April 22.--Qov. Smith] proadway, was killed to-day at Broad to-day signed the Lockwood-Cauifleld| way and 149th Street by an automobile bill, repealing the “conductorette” law of 1918, which restricted the hours ot| Qreok Aventa, labor of women employed on traction! Solomon A Mines. 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ROME, April 21.—Mucy anxiety. felt at the Vatican concerning the of Monsignor Jose Candido Pinol-Ba' former Bishop of Granadg, and head of the chureh in G In 1919 Monsignor Pinol-Batres arrested by order of President Cabrera, charged with having pi against the Government Pope having satiatiet himself that the sation was unfounded, comm with President Cabrera and the liberation of Monsignor Pinol-l and also permission for him to leave country. Monsignor Pinol-Batrex went to United States, which country he Nov. 16 last for Naples. From all trace of him has been lost. Im ters written before his departure New York, Monsignor Pinol- ‘ated that he was constant agents of | Preaident Cabrera, feared an attempt would be made te more than eight yards of cloth are — required to make him a suit of clothes For lesser mortals only three and @ half are necessary. The newcomer is a growing young. ster of nineteen. He is eight feet five inches tall and wears a size 14 glove. and a 9% hat. 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