The evening world. Newspaper, April 27, 1920, Page 2

Bo ee They Pals yen gave thelt | A to demand from the city the 1 ogo of Charging a 10-cent fare. and hardened was told that these ‘altruistically trying to ald troley strikers, and . (also that they were astute propagan- ; pecking to create a friendly| nosphere for 10-cent trolley fares. miceting last night was pre- phos tap oll aan ‘Wilson, organ- Association tit tad Mesctsho Ratlway Bm- ployers America, who was sum- ‘ Washington fop the AMERICAN WODLEN MAKES $3069 ON EACH SHARE IN 1919 (Continued From First Page.) Take 80% From Indiyid- uals and Corporations, - Vote During the Com- ing Week, (Special from a a on of The Kren- WASHINGTON, April’ 27.=—-The Johnson-Rainey bill to raise revenue for the soldiers bonus appropriation Provides that in addition to all other taxes here shall be levied upon {he net income of every individual and corporation for the taxwble year 1920 profits, It ds provided that the tax imposed on net incomes of individuals or cor- Porations shall in no case be greater than an amount which, together with and with good prospects of full pro- duction for the year.” profits taxes Imposed by the revenue Referring to the foreign business of | act of 191% upon the nét income. of the company, Mr. Wood eaiq its ex-| individuals or corporations for the portagenoy and subsidiary had main-| taxable year 1920, equals 80 per cent. tained branch offices in Argentina, | of such net income. Braail, Chill, Colombia, Peru, Cuba, | tne p ‘Mexico and the countries of Northenn | indivi! whose net incomes for Burape; as well as jn England, France, | 1917, 1918 and 1920 does, not exceed em, @pain, the Philippines and | $20,000, nor to any corporation whose piiriva. ; average'net income for 1917, 1918, 1919 Total foreign. deliveries amounted | and 1920 does not exceed $100,000, to ‘abolt $4,500,000, sala a fin the case of an individual the $4,800,000 and business . wl /teom “war profits” ie definad as the company refused to uccapt because) amount which hin average net in- of inability to make deliveries to~| come for 1917, 1918, 1919 and. 1920, talled $13,000,000. lpss his average income, war profits » American Woollen Company, |404 excess profits (axes for such commonly known as the "Woollen | years, exceeds his net income for the Trust,” wag one of the corporations | taxable year 1044. exposed in The Evening World's “Is| In the caso of a conporation. “war ‘This Proftecring?” series. It s cap-| Profits” means the amoynt by’ which ftalized, at $60,000,000, of which|its average net income for taxable $20,000,000! is common stock and] years 1017, 1944, 1919 and 1920, less $40,000,000 is 7 per cent. preferred. |its average income, war profits and. The dividends paid for 1919, there- |excess profits taxes for such years, fore, show a totul of 16 per cent. on| exceeds its average net Jncome for common stock. the pre-war period, plu@or mifus as poe ie the byeyart dy poem the case may ‘be, 10 per cent. of the after ip pe difference between its average invest- Rapeneed, Qasodrited to 3.708.008, The | capital gor the pre-war period. and was the year the European war By 1916 jt te ju Ma.everage invested capital for the ‘ recent Has “Years 1917, 1918, 1919 and Piety 61, an inc: (hry oe pein roe roped 1920, In the case of a corporation not in’existence during the whole of $12,824,084 or $42 per cent. It must be remembered that ty re at eer ont ok injany one year during the pre-war 2 SRBREY OOF Of care tow le de- phil rt ‘and’ production ‘period the term “war profits’ is di ee ee eee One, Brpmieeat {fined aq the amount by which ite ene ean" and excess profits tax ar average net income for the taxable years 2917, 1918, 1919 and 1920, less ify 16 the Lr vcr io etcat tae its average, income, war profits ahd faying 7 per cent. dividend on pre. | excess profitg taxes for uch years, t etodk, Jn 1916 common stock |exceeds 10 per centum of Its average +0. to $15.32 & share; in Hanvented eapltal for the taxable years camoriated ¢0 <o $8136 a share, It | 12% 1918) 104@.and 1920. Treason the share| It is “torthek provided that the tax ‘i ast fwere not ‘@s large | imposed iby this act shal) be returned, sed flaw does not apply to Deed ena that %.261er Vasgesnod, collected and paid upon the rtp er Ways surplus fine |4me Lasis, in the same mauoer, and Was stored away before} subject to the same provisions of at the dividend balance, law, including penalties, as the taxes [A aw BS aatatinc ter imposed iby titles two and three of DUR DIE APRIL 29. the Revenue Act of 1918, and et th : same time as therein provided fdr the FOR SUBWAY CRIME yeturn and payaient.of income taxes ‘or the taxable year 1920, Ditus Conialesioue of atakinl Sov? oe Surprise of Sing Sing, Smith] enue is authorized ty grant a @easons able extension of time for the pay- Fails to Save Men Who Killed | hen of the tax whenever in his judg- ¢ m pod cause exists, Ticket Agent. h extensions are limited to ‘Sing Sing“officials are preparing be het bah gee gg an exténsion * the é€ecution Thursday night] oF Ume tay tha tas Saver shall pay im addition to the tax due, 4a ‘ot Jathes Cdanidy, Charge McLatxb-| interest at the rate of 1 per cent, on “a, Joseph Usefof and Joseph Mila-|+he amount of cach instajlitent ‘not #0, all of the Bronx, This will pe} Paid¥from the time the Installment F | the largest number to go to the chuir] Wa Ue. a AE RS ARN e used in ant one time since the four gunmen! ine Act inciudes associations, joint ?who murdered Rosenthal were put] stock companies and insurance com- =) ip death gix years ago. panies: the term “iaxwble ye "Guards of the death whtch were} cans the calendar year, on the fis. fazed lust evening when told to r ending during such calendar oye for the execution, because) Year, upon the basis of which the not ‘ re have pronounced both Mo-|'"come \s computed. weniin and Cassidy menjally de- around the prison The term “prewar period’ is de- ‘ted ahve two would be electro- a , Govermmor granted a hearing fined as meaning the calendar year j911, 1912 and 1913, or if @ corparation ine pase of ail four Bronx offends Sunday afternoon in Albany and Was not in existence during the whole (prison attendants were expecting all of such period, then as many of such years during the whole of which the “yesjerday to hear that at leaat two (Othe four death sentences would corporation was in existence, It is expected that the saldier onus e-commuted bo life imprisonment, he only news the prison keepe will be completed ‘by the sutb-commit- © of the Houxe Ways and Means wived was to “make the usval ar. urementa.” * Series eeaes sl §NION PACIFIC HAS “VBIG INCREASE IN NET ene’ amit It is expected full’ caninitttee will approve the without ny Gnd remort it to House on Saturday, The leaders plan to ha we A sharp fight $8 expected on the floor between the onmanization Republicans and oértain led by Represbntative Royal Johnson nd supported by the Democrats, over he method of raising the neccasary revenue to meet the bonus appropria~ tion, CALLS HER LIFE A HELL. Wife tp Swit Says Sm Stood 1 for the Children. “My life with him has been hell, Wut bore my burden for the sak of our children,” explains Mra, Stern, wife of Dr, Israel Stern, 106 Rast 96th Street, filed with Supreme Pag “Previous Year—Over $8,000,- : y 000. to Surplus. LAn increane of $1,817,009 in net in- ¢ from all sources 1s shown for 1919 githe Unidn Pacific ‘System's annual over $he figures for the previous when the roads ware under Goy- ment control. The 1949 net income was $34,419,215, ental of $39,369,410 was paid’ by the ri Deocto: incomp from 41) sources wan $49,- approximately $2,500,000 , over Interest on the funded dobt and : ous..corporale charges were 166,573. t widends are at the rate of 4 per samt Bod preferred #tock and 10 per cent the common. A surplus of $5,194,- 1 wee propetarees to. profit, and i? Nae, St of No. Court application for $1¥) a week aliman: and an allowsnce of $500 for counsel fee. The ¢ M Biten fie dren, Besxe. ven, tive yearn old, duet and ornel insurgents, | a living | > ai Richard P. Lydon in support of an b= |e Ste 2 ia tee Tn her sult she alleges miscon- Dr. be ae onewer, denies 1 =f Ae! ibs: = BONUS 1080 SOLDIERS Jotinson Rainey * Bi Bill Would ; HOT PIGHT EXPECTED. ‘Measure ‘Will Come Up for @ tax equal to #0 por cent, of war 9 the income, war profits and excess ~ This feature of Senaekecspensonsesoscosooooocccoosesscoccccceesoess | Cleveland Visitor Is a Foot More in Circumference Than in ‘Height. Miss Emma Hendrickson of | Cleveland, O., who weighs 685 pounds, |arrived in New York to-day on her | first viel. At Grand Central Term- ina] Miss Hendrickson attracted Aome attention, Reporters showed so much interest that the young lady jotted these tacts about herself on the back of an envelope: Age, 28. Single. Height, & feet, 51-2 inches. Shoe, |$200,000 THEFT , CHARGED TO CLERK Pleads Not Guilty i Bail Is ‘Fixed at $30,000; , $173,000 Not Accountéd For. Donald ©. Burgess, twenty-two, of No, 601 West 135th Strect, pleaded not guilty to-day before Judge Mulqueen in the Court of General Sessions to in- d@ctments charging him with the theft from Henry L, Doherty & Co. af No. 60 Wall Street of securities valued at $200,000, There were two counts, on charging «rand larceny in the firat Bree and the other of receiving stolen property, Badi was fixed at $30,000. Young Burgess, whose home is at No, 601 West 185th Street, had been em- ployed by the Doherty 6rm three years. , A short time ago he was promoted to the position of cuncetlution clerk, hand- ig bonds, “certticates and other se- ourhties, On April 16, it is aileged, the Citles| Fuel & Power Company sent’ twenty ad interim $1,000 certificates to the Doherty oMces to be exchanged for bonda. Doherty & Co, claim that these certifigates never have been cancelled. It was ii ee Uhat $173,000 are still un- accounted Bungess salen the charges. ‘TOMFOOLERY’ ONE CAUSE OF H.C. L. U. S, Chamber of Commerce Head Also Blames “Corporation Bait- ing” for Higher Cost. ATLANTIC CITY, April 27.—The high cow. of living may be attributed In part to “corporation baiting,” President Homer ‘Ferguson told the United States Chamber of Commerce to-day, “Those responsible for corporation balting are making the most noise about profiteering,” Mr, Ferguson said. “A wocd deal of-the increased cost of liv- Ing la due to ‘tomfoolery.” He cited railroad legislation as one form. of corporaition ‘baiting. He con- domned the Federal tax system and de- clared the organizatian would -poll chambers of commerce in all citied on a Programme for changes ip the tax laws. HAVRE DE GRACE ENTRIES. HAVRE De GRACE, orien Ma, Ae on: the House act on the iiLuext | o ; Pour iwarokle and 118: Provaga: 8 “Pack Bay, Rach—t9 Pai? | QParnuccuser, "m4 10) fp ttt ‘or Wi dines ersey ir) Clara CH Cone of the Moat, Da Ht BAOP —CMiain mana sols. kM 1A, | tou ee ‘3 wo igaa 108 it et Ks, AS | Malone that any such examination of | Dr, re. | o DTSIOSSLSSOSHPHCSESSOSHOHOO LO OGG: erereees ©98030 Waist 6 feet. Hip, 6. feet 7 her height.) Thigh, 48 inches. Calf, 32 inches. Neck, 23% inches. Ankle, 14 inches. ‘ Little Emma; is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, John Hendrickson of Cleveland. Her mother weighs 450 and heg father 400 pounds, but tte seven children scale down all the way to 216. ' “I don't consider myself fat," Miss Hendrickson, “and at the same time 1 wouldn't give a nickel for another pound. What I'd like to know is where a girl can get a Food big steak.” ‘ HISHFIELD TOLD TO DROP STRATON| Smith Conveys Notice From Judge Malone After Commissioner Subpoenaes Preacher, Iycldents fdlowed one another pe idiy in’ the Hitshfield-Straton | controversy over ‘view, conditions, The Commissioner of Accounts issued @ subpoena for the pastor of Calvary Baptist Church to appear before him to-morrow morning and tell what he knows outb police ‘conditions. Dr. | Straton turned the matter ov to | Thomas B. Felder of No, 14 Wall Street, his attorne: ‘The latter was asking for delay Assistant District Attorney Smith advised Hirshfield inches (greater than 5 te said to-day t | i | when James E, for Judge Straton might sertously Interfere with the trial of the Police Inspect Dominic Henkry, set. for May 10, and warned Hirshfield to desist. It developed that Hirshfield wrote to Judge Malone last Saturday asking him if he might go ahead with his inquiry, 200 FRENCH KILLED ~ _BY TURKS AT URFA Official Report Attributés the Re- verse to Treachery—Armenians Are Accused, PARIS, April 27.—The latest informa- on received at the Foreign Office ir Asia Minor indicates that 200 Freneh soldiers were killed in battle with Turks at Urfa, northwest of Mesopotamia: A large detachment is thought to have got back into the town while others escaped in other directions, The official version attributes the French reverse to treachery. The French force comprised seven unarea men, of whom two companies white French troops and the rest Be negalese riflemen. Reports are in circulation that the French were led into ambush by Armenians chosen from the popula- tion of Urfa as guides, but there is no oficial information confirm this, GOVERNOR’S SHOES LAST THREE YEARS) Parker of Louisiana Praises Moral Courage of Those Wear Old Clothing. NEW ORLEANS, La, April 2.7—"1 have bough only one pair of shoes in elect John “M. Parker, ireas to the, Tulane Univer- sity Old Clothes Club, ‘The man who has the mora) courage to weur old clothes these daya te setting an example of indépendént manhood to the whole world,” ‘the’ Governoy-clect stated, wap tt HIGH PRICES COST 2 LIVES. Asked for Money, Demtiat« Outs in Paria] Who | am AND CRAIG SOVETS rsp NTL OVER FUND BRONXRENTSTRIKE, "TAKEN FROM BANK, ASSERTS RO ROBITEK Comptroller Saves Self From! Justice Gets Eviden Evidence of Or- Arrest_and ‘Blames ‘Berolz- |' ganization and Will Refer “heimer for" ‘Contempt. Cases to Prosecutor. Charles L, Craig, Cit¥ Comptroller, saved himself from arrest to-day on a ‘charge of contempt of court by ‘filing notice of an agpeal to ‘the |Court of Appetils in the, Supreme Court of Kings County. ‘At thesame |time the Comptroller advanced, out- side the court, the defense that the | act of contempt with which he is | charged was really committed bby City Chamberlain Berolaheimer, William J. Schieffelin, President of |the Citizen's Union obtained, some |time ago, an injunction restraining the Compttotier from selling certain bonds. The bonds were sold and Jus- tice Manning, in the Kings County Supreme Court, held the Comptroller Justice Robitzek, in the Bronx, stated from the hbereh to-day that he had concrete evidence of the ex- istence of an organization which is forming soviets among the ténants of apartment houses in the Bronx. He said that these organizers: were axi- tating the tenants to strike, telfing them that the time was coming when ‘they would ‘have no rents at all to pay. This, he said, was oréating a serious situation and that he intended to Iay bis information before the Dis- trict Attorney and that those who cathe before him charged with such agitation might expect short shrift. Three hundred cases’ of landlord fgainst tenant were on Justice Rob- ituek’a calendar, In 90 per cent. of the cases Justice Robitzek adjusted ynty of contempt and fined ‘him $260 er on the basis of a 20 or 25 per ni d costs, amgunting to $82, Comptroller Craig appealed. Appellate Div ent, increase above the rent pald a The aad ago. In each case he obtained Ision™upheld Justice | tor the tenant possession of his apart- Manning.’ The Comptroller refused to] ment for the coming year without the pay the fine and Justice Manning Was) ohance of an increase until May- 1921. about to issue an order of arrest when] mye other 10 per cent. of cases 8 |be epee beetles of further appeal Oh | wang eons ii" WhiGhh” dhe: taddlorda the case. ‘The notice halted action in| demanded ‘possession of the apart. the matter of order of arrest. f = ments without giving the tenants Comptroller Craig's defense was b nt + ina Beattan eh Mayor the alternative of an increased rent- Soneneour sn Ting before Mayor! ai,’ In holdover. proceedings under Hylan on a bill, backed by the Comp- J the new laws the Court is empow- i re troller and passed by the Legislature, | (Maas t a tedadt apie A abolishing the office of City Chamber- thieteen months at what the Court lain, Comptroller Cralg sald: ‘ “phe acts for which I was adfudged Rone Grunig pate sues t wel itted by the - 5 Nags sured i abi ‘ ants the right to remain in their City’ Chamberlain, who signed the checks and issued the corporate stock | “>artments until August 1 and some in deflance of the mandate of the su- | U2t!! October 1 at the rent they are preme Court.” } now paying. “Comptrolier Craig is like the man| One Of the cases adjudicated was who wants to be a, bridegroom at|*h@t of HarryéSilverstein, owner of every wedding,” said Borough Presi-,|°" partment house at No. 871 Fox dent Connolly of Queens at the hear- | Street, On April 20, last, the land- ing on the bill. “If he can’t ‘be the|/0rd Appeared in the court against bridegroom he tries to have the wed- | Wenty-two of his tenants in non- ding declared null and void.” Payment proceedings. When these Connolly charged that the Comp-| tenants appeared most'of them had troller wants to boss not only his own| Children with them and for some rea- department fbut the Court House] 9" Silverstein withdrew his pro- | Board and the Board of Education| ceedings. As eoon as Justice Robit- as well. He said that the merging of]. 2k learned of this withdrawal he the Chamberlain's office into that of| fined the landlord $5 in each case, as the Comptroller would mean that the] the Jaw empowered him to do as Comptroller would pay out money and] costs for having dragged the tenants cheek up on his own accounts, Such| to court. a condition would not be tolerated in] Sijverstein appeared with an attor- business, Connolly said Rey ang asked that the cases be re- When Comptroller Craig gharged| opened *and the fines remitted. He the Queens President with opposing| explained that all he meant was to legislation for the appropriation of|ask for an adjournment of the ac- 5,000,000 for wage increases for city] tions until he Could get counsel.’ Jus- omployees. Connolly accused Craig of| tice Robitzek adjusted the rents of telliyg “a deliberate falsehood, the tenants at a rate just below the In reply to an assertion by the|25 per cent. increase. Comptroller that he had always co-| Justice Boyce, in Brooklyn, also is- operated with the Mayor and in turn] sued a warning to those who seek to asked his co-operation by signing the | spread discord among ‘the tenants of bill abolishing the Chamberlain’s of- | his community. He counselled placing fice, Mayor Hytan said: faith ip the new laws and ‘to rely on You know there is personal antip-| the Judge to protect their interests, athy between you and the City] pledging*that each cise would be con- Chamberlain. [ must consider that.” | sidered individually, with a view of When Comptroller Craig spoke of] doing justice to Jandlord and tenant. City Chamberlain Berolzheimer draw-| + In making public the statement by ing city funds from the (National City | Justice Boyce to-day Mr. Applebaum, Bank, which had been a city deposit-| associate counsel to the Mayor's ory for many years, Mayor Hylan| Committee on Rent Profiteering, said: a: “The Justices of this city are deter “phat seems to have been the whole | mined that the protection granted by cause of the trouble (between you and | law to the tenants shall not be turned Berolzhelmer. He drew city funds] into a sword against fair landlords, out of the Standard Ol bank, didn't| Mass action is abhorred ‘by the on . Judges. It only acts to the serious “Yes,” replied the “Comptrolier, “the| detriment of the temunts. A tenant withdrawal of the money without] who joins such strikes may find him- notice from the National City. Bank| self evicted within ‘a short time. A was partly the cause, /As a result of| tenant who abides iby the law in a the City Chamberlain's act ‘“we| peaceful manner will find himself haven't @ friend in the Street.” benefited and amply protected.” “Well, well,” replied the Mayor. On complaint of Michael Mad- “That is reall too bad. Because the|daloni, Mrs, Lena ‘Bortugno, a tenant Surking Fund transferred money| farmer renting three acres of land from the Rockefeller, Standard Ojl{at Eastchester Road and Given |Piace, Bank we have Wall Street down on| the Bronx, told Justice Robitzek that us, ‘have we?” _|Maddaloni, a neighbor, had seen the She Sinking Fund tranafer it but | improvements she had brought about a flea bite,” replied the Comptroller.|and had leased the land over her ‘The amount’ characterized by the| head for $75 4 month. She is paying Comptroiler’as 4 “flva bite” is gaid to} #40. She admitted that she had not ‘be about $11,000,000, paid the (April rent, as charged in Herfbort 1. Carpenter and J. G. Saxe|the complaint, because she did not favored retaining the office of| know to whom she owed It, Justioe Chamberlain Robitzek told her to way the money ——— to the court. LIKENS PROFITEERS Hol Ge a dan lee masa sy TO RHINE ROBBERS. amicable agreement. aoa Justice Davies said he saw no signs of asrent strike in Harlem as it was apparent that thp landlords and ten- ants are beginning to understand the new rent laws, will insure justice to both parties. He also said landlords are less inclined to brite tenants into court, preferning to settle directly with them. ‘Some landlords, he said, are laboring under ‘the impression they can charge enough rental now te ake pp for what they lost during the dull ‘season, This, he sid, is a mistake, All agreements made by the Mayor's Committee before April 1 are void, he said, SS DOCTORS STRIKE IN ITALY. he? New Jersey Judge Tells Local Grand Jury Not to Wait for Federal Action. attack on profiteering was made to-dayby Supreme Court Justice James F. Minturn at Paterson, N,J., in.a change to the Grand Jury in the Court of Oyer and Terminer, He said the peo- ple are in the habit of looking to t Federal authorities for relief, but that he saw no reason why the County Grand Jury should depend on the Federal au- thorfties to any great’ extent when | their own homes and ‘firesides were being molested by modem pirates. |" "He stated that there was on the sta- An Wife's Throat and Ty LOUISVILLE, Aprit 27 matte a dis Cussion about the high cost Jt living, Dr, Charles B. Nary, a dent f, cut his wife's throat, slashed Nis sis er-in-law oe, | Mra. M. HL. Fentos, and thfa cut hi He ts dead, afd Dix wife told that bis wife wehold al- years old. own throat, ity for tute books of New eJracy legislation of | the kind necessary to dind indictments nd to punish prafteers severaly. He | spoke of present profiteering as a sys- |tam which corresponds to that of the | rovers on the! Rhine in the middle And Embalmers Jota Them, Mak- ing Funerals Impossible. ROME, April 26.—A fresh strike was begun in’ Milan and extended through- otit that province to-day. It is repori- ps jed 250 doctors, 250 secretaries, 1,000 em- Tho dollar has loat one-third to one- | balmers, 80 veterinarians and 8,000 half of Jts purchasing power, he a&- wlan wectrie and we or vine strate sorted. Fo spoke of the necessity of ‘inaralp © ae curbing slik thefta in Paterson, Bo beld Y urguble s ‘ - ” 4 IN MID-OCEAN AND. SAILS HOME UNWED English Girl Who Came Here to Marry American Soldier Goes Back to, Mother. HERE is nothing in the tm- migration laws about a woman who changes her mind in mid-ocean, 60 Miss Violet 1, Cooper, a pretty young English woman who came t6 this country as a cabin passenger aboard the steamship Mauretania last Thurs- ay, had her way about, it and is now on the same véssel on the ‘way home to her mohter, “What was your purpose in coming to this country?” asked an immigration inspector at Ellis Island. came with the intention, of marrying an American ~ soldier who was my sweétheart in Eng— Jand during the war,” she replied. “But on the ship I changed my mind, because I knew that I could only Ifke him as a friend.” To spare the soldier's feelings the immigration authorities with- held his name. CHIEF IN LIFT STRIKE RESIGNS CITY JOB Was Getting $1,400 Salary While on “Sick Leave,” Bossing Ele- vator Men's Walkout, Thomas J. MbGIll, leader of the reo- ont elevator strike by the Elevator Men's Union, has resigned his position aa chief starter of elevatofs in the Mu- nictpal Building. McGill led the recent strike while on “sick leave.” Mcuill's notice that he was leaving was given last night and another man was in Bis position this morning. Ac- cording to Col. Frank Hines, Superin- tendent of Public Buildings and Of- fices, MoGill resigned “for a better Joy.” McGill, while leading the recent strike az shown exclusively in The Evening World, was drawing a salary of $1,400 a year from the clty. MAKES GOOD SHOES TO RETAIL AT $4.50 Fair Profit at That Price, Declares Warden of Sing Sing ‘ Prison. Sing Sing Prison’s shoemakers can turn out shoes to retail) at $4.60 a pair and the price assures a reasonable profit, according to Warden Lewis BE. Lawes. A pair of the shoes was sent yesterday to the Department of Cor- rection in this city @8 a sample of the work. “This price, aske@ for the substantial men's shoes turned out by the, prison factory, gives some idea of the’ actual cost amd the profit being made on shoes for which dealers outside are charging two and three times as much." The prison factory also: turns out shoes for women at a correspondingly low figure. SEER ie oO ae HUNGER STRIKE ON SEVENTH DAY Great Crowd Surrounds Irish Prf&on .When 174 Prisoners Refuse to Eat. LONDON, April 27,—The “tanger strike" of 174 of the 179 Irish prisoners in Wormwood Scrubbs Jail has entered its seventh day. The condition of twelve of the prisoners was reported serious. Seventy were in bed from weakness. ij Irish sympathizers staged a great demonstration outside the jail last night, ‘Thousands of persons partici+ pated, singing Irish national songs and praying for the prisoners The demon- stration will continued until the prisoners are freed. FORCE CHEAP HAIR CUTS. Wholesale Purchase of Clippers Causes Barbers to Cat Pricer, ALBION, N. Y., April 27.—When lo- eal barbers a month ago raised prices 25 per cent., men andgbeys bought ra- zors.and halr clippers, ‘To-day the barbers went back to old prices. ~ 7 4 ‘Doctor Declares Woman Sui ‘Hippodrome for $100,000 Is Disabled for Life. Mire, Ethel Gchubert, known on the stage as -Lillian (Lorraine, was ®er- manently crippled as the result of In- juries she. suffered in the New York Hippodrome on Feb. 9, 1918, according to testimony fiven in her behaif in the Brooklyn Supreme Court té-day, Mrs. Schubert is suing the New York Hip- podrome Corporation for $100,000 dam~ ages. s Dr, J. Sherman Wright of No 90 Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn, testi. fied that Mrs, Gohubert would continue to suffer pains in'her left hip and t her left leg fvould be « little *shorter than the right. Mra, Schubert was ane of twetve girle representing the hours on « clock, Ghe felt twenty feet from a ladder ant as: serta she slipped bedause of the negli- gence, of the Hippodrome Corpora’ and its employees. Se eee INTERCHURCH FUND BOOMS. Expeeted= Baptists in the Lead. At) a luncheon in the Hotel ‘MeAlpin of the leaders and workers in the Inter- church World Movement campaign for $236,000.00 to-day it .was announced that+the campaign is going forward with greater frolume than was ex pected. Reports from Greater New ‘ork announced that up to ‘2 o'clock is afternoon the workers to-day had taken In $628,310, @ total for yesterday and half of to-day of $2,692,683 in the reater city. STindividual reports from the different denominations showed the Baptists in the lead with $4,800,000 collected of tho church's quota in New York of $10, 000. Six. Presbyterian churghes re- ported collections of $220,000 ‘of their quota of $966,000, and the Disc Christ reported $34,000 raised of thelr tuota of $40, avphere wil ‘be another luncheon at the MecAlpin to-morrow, cts OO KINDRED IN HIGHWAY JOB. Doctor Named Herough o' Dr. J. J, Kindred was to-day ap- pointed Highway Commissioner of Queens Borough by Borough President Connolly. The position has been va- cant for eighteen months, the last cumbent being Arthur M. Barrett, "whe resigned to become Deputy Public Ser: vice Commissioner. Nearly $2,000,000 has been appropriated for Queens high- ways this year. ‘The new Commissioner is proprietor of the Rivercrest Sanitarium at Astoria and the Belle Meade Sanitarium in New Jersey. He is a Democrat, +a friend of President Wilson and was @ member of the Sixty-second Congr + insioner For a Deuel (Surrenders In Perjury Case Walter Rogers Deuel, former Aasist- ant District Attorney, to-day surren- dpred himeel’ to Judge Mulaucen In General Sessions indictmenta charging Attempted paige pation of per- jury in the Baff murder case. He pleaded not guilty end ball was fixed at phen jp Musica, a former investigator for the, State, inaicted Deuel, ia expected to surrender this afternoon. —————————— C. WEINGRE “™ “CHEESE | “Company coming! Run, Sis, and make some dainty. sandwiches with Ancre Cheese. Their cap- tivating flavor is sure tc please everybody.”* SHARPLESS, SS PHILADELPHIA [PENNY AMORTRD GL0s8 GOODIES —Thie i in pl Havers, “comnrised "of Orye Joo ti Cate, tens, wad many ‘others. iryatal Blocks, The Kiddi: ASSORTED that Lddion diversity of rich in @ box. These For Tomorrow, wily dpectal 28th in _w collection of loog diversit: ft Twista Sutinett uit, Mint and 8 4 Spicy = POUND PROFIT ome “g Satinedts Filled Con! POU: BOX Tuesday*s Attractive Offerings Own Sweets ¥ dinks of Sireetnese mounted a arnt yore ie at be 2 Hann 24¢ Other Attractions CHOCOLATE co} ED CREAM Pj ae MINTS—Thewe are big, toothnome dink of riche i inves of ° f