The evening world. Newspaper, June 19, 1920, Page 1

To Be Sure of Getting The Evening World, ‘Order im Advance from Your Newsdeale: Che | “Circulation Books | Open to All?’ | *Uaeeal LX. NC 21,463—DAILY. (The Copytight, 1920) by Tee Prose Publishing New York World). NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1 “Circulation stil Open to All,’ ————— TS I Vie | vi NIN EDITION Entered un Second-C' Post Office, New ¥ 920. PRICE jase Mutter rk, N.Y. IN GREATER NEW YORK Two CENTS BG CLOTHING CONCERN WINS. F-AGNBELH HARPS IN AUTOMOBLE SLT AGANST ABOR UNO; "yng GEIS $100 Amalgamated Clothing Work- ers Ordered Strike and Picketed Factories. CASE IS CALLED TEST. Company Charged Threats} Made—Union Contended it | Used Legal Methods. ROCHESTER, N. Y., June 19—Jus- tice Adolph J, Rodenbeck ip the Su- preme Court of New York to-dav handed down a decision sustaining the Michaels Stern Clothing Company of this city in its suit against the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of | America for @ permanent injunction | and $100,000 da: ign declares that no labor | union has the right to make itself into | a labcr monopoly and says that the Amalgamated tried to do so by e deavering te undermine secretly the United Garment Workers of America, the American Federation of Labor) union which was recognized in tho, Michaels Stern's factories. Justice Rodenbeck declared the American (prineiples of equal rights and equal opportunity for all, per- onal Itberty and freedom of action interfered with by all monopolies of whatever kind. He said that the manner in which the strike of the Amalgamated against the company was conducted was made a conspiracy by the use of threats, intimidation and violence, no matter what the in tention of the organization at its in- | ception. (The liability for damages against the Amalgamated, however, does not extend agninst the individual mem- bers, who are not specifically con- nected with the acts of violence and the like, ‘The decision warns that “ultimate success in the labor move- ment does not lie along this line, but in the direction of a peaceful exem- plifioation of a just and reasonable administration of the affairs of the union, with advantage not only to employers and employees, but to the public as well.” UNION TRIED TO ORGANIZE EM- PLOYEES. The suit grew out of an attempt by the Amalgamated Clothing Work- ors of America to organize employes of Michaels, Stern & Co. a Rochester concern making men’s clothing, and to negotiate an agreement with the company on their behalf, The case attracted wide attention because it was considered that it would serve as/ ‘y test case to determine how far a iabor union was justified in applying économie pressure against an em- ployer, and what means lawfully, might be used by a union In enforcing its, punposes. A The Amalgama ed called a strike of (Continued on Second Page.) Classified Advertisers CLOSING TIME 5.30 P. M. SHARP SATURDAY FOR The SUNDAY WORLD’S Classified Advertisements BRANSH OFFICES CLOSE ORE 5 O'CLOCK mo Classified Advertia be received for The Sunday World after 5.30 P.M. ral wilt Advertising copy for’ The Sunday World should be in The World office ON OR BEFORE FRIDAY ‘aw" 000 DAMAGES SHAME ON OUIJA! GAVE JOE BIERMAN THE WRONG DOPE Thought He Needed No License to Sell Boards and Now He's in Jail. HE fallure of Joe Bierman's aR oulja boards to warn him to beware of a man in blue with brass buttons and to be sure to ¢ t a license before peddling his wireless connections with the spirit world, resulted to-day in Bierman's being sentenced to pay $3 fine or spend three days in Jal, Bierman, who lives at No, 1036 Fox Street, Bronx, was the , centre of a large crowd at Broad- way ..d Murray Street when Policeman Thomas Lilienthal of Oak Street Stati-n found him selling oulja boards, Bierman said he thought the boards were part of a religious ritual and that be needed nothing sé: mundane as a Heense, “Your spirits have gtven you the wrong dope,” quoth Lillen- thal, as he took Bierman before Magistrate Simms in Tombs Police Court, Bierman said he would rather pass three days in jail than pay. He was permitted to take @ outja to keep him company. ‘OUTLAW’ STRIKE DECLARED ON AGAIN Leaders Assert 2,000 Quit on B. & O, Penn, and Reading— Roads Deny Claim, PHILADBLPHIA, June 19, railroad strikes were resumed here to-day, and their leaders asserted that 2,000 men have quit work on the B, & O., Pennsylvania and Reading. The leaders claimed that the freight traffic is completely tied up on. the Reading and the Pennsylvania. The Reading asserts that its service, both freight and passenger, is normal. The Pennsylvania says that while some freight crews were out aa passengor service is unaffected. The strike was entirely unexpectod and followed the “outlaw’’ strike three months ago, which was ended by medi- ation after it had Ween in effect for a week. The resume of the walkout was de- cided wpon when a committee informed the railroad men they would have to wait until Aug. 5 for @ final settlement. ‘The time Mmit set by the men expired June Sees BIG WOOLEN MILL CLOSES. Nine Others Shat Down Becau Lack of Orders, (Symcial to The Eventos World.) PUTNAM, Conn., June 19,—The Pin ney Company mill, largest woolen mill in the town of Plainfield, notified its help to-day it would close until further notice. Nine other mills in Tolland and this county have closed because of lack of orders. The Horatio Slater Mills, with 2,000 hands, are idle until July 6, when they will resume on a three days a week basis, Many thousands of operatives aro now Idle, either all or part of the time. _——— REED RE- ELECTED DELEGATE | Missour! Senator's District Names Him After State Convention Turn Down, KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 19,—Untted |States Senator James A, Reed to-day was unaniniously re-elected, to repre- sent the Fifth Missour! (Kansas City) District at the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco The district delegation re-elected ‘Senator Reed after he had been re- jected by the State Convention, which PRECEDING PUBLICATION ordered the district to nemo another delegate, Vice President ob of Store sad | Two Managers Charged With Violating Lever Act. BAIL FOR EACH $1,000. ,Goods Sold at Close Margin Says Byother of Accused— Sees Error In Arrest. Fred A. Gimbel, First Vice Presi- dent; Joseph J. Dowdell, General Merchandising Manager, and C. D. Slawter, buyer and manager of the men’s clothing department of Gimbel Brothers’ store,-were arraigned before United States Commissioner Hitch- cock in the United States Court shortly before noon to-day charged with violation® of the Lever Act in four specific instances. They were held in dati of $1,000 each for hearing July 6. The thie were arrested at 10 o'clock by Special Agents John J. Mitchell, John 8. Johnson and J. J. Price on warrants isued by Commis- sioner Hitchcock on complaints sworn to by Agents Mitchel and Johnson. who charged that in the last two weeks, at a sale of men’s clothing, the store sold sults at an excessively high price. ‘The four Instances given by the agents were: One suit costing $5.50, sold at $20; a suit costing $33 sold at ; a sult costing $15 sold at $38.76, and asult costing $5.50 sold at $16, The accused were accompanted to the Federal Court Building by Agents Mitchell and Johngon. They went to the room of Arnim W. Riley, chief of the Federal “Flying Squad-on,” which has been investigating prices here. At 11.30 the trio proceeded down- stairs to the Commissioner's rooms. | About ten steps from the floor land- | ng of the stairway, Mr. Gimbel—who is a large man—slipped and fell | against a moving picture camera which had been pointed toward him. ‘The camera was smashed, but its operator and Mr, Gimbel were un- hurt, A general fist fight followed which extended out to the street, the four “Flying Squadron” agents acting as peace makers and eventually restor- ing quiet, ‘The. investigation into the alleged profiteering waa conducted under the direction of Lester 8. Kafer of No, 2 Rector Street, a newly appointed as- stant to Attorney General Palmer. This is said to be his first case as an Assistant Attorney General, Mr. Gimbel and his two associates had no comment to make while in the court room, It was learned they have engaged. the firms of Stanchfleld & Levy, No. 120 Broadway, and Rose & (Continued on Fourth Page.) CARPENTIER AND DEMPSEY TO MEET Will Confer in New Orleans Mon- day to Arrange Championship Match. NEW ORLEANS,’ June 19.—Jack Dempsey, heavyweight champion, and |Georges Carpentier, European cham- pion, will confer here Monday on ar- rangements for a championship match, acpording to a telegram received by Promoter D, J. Tortorrich, The message. from Manager Kearns at Los Angeles read: "If possible to arrange my business affairs, champion and myself will try und be in New Orleans Monday when Carpentier appears there, 1 think New Orleans would be ideal spot. Can fight twenty rounds there to a decision, #0 hoping to wee you Monday, with best wishes {rom the champion and myself,’ Jack OF PARSONS ONLY CLUE TO SUIGIDE OF RiGH LAWYER o Wounds Noticed on | on Face After Night Auto Ride Suggest Altercation, WITH ELIHU ROOT FIRM. Mysterious Letter Found in Room Where Prominent Man Shot Himself. Two hairpins found in the touring car driven by Hanry Humphrey Par- sons, wealthy young lawyer who com- mitted suicide in the bathroom of his aunt's home at Purchase, Westchest- er County, early Thursday morning, are the only clues the police of Har- rison have in their effort to unravel the mystery surrounding his death, ‘The hairpins were found this morn- ing after they had ben overloked in the first hurried search of the motor. Capt. Andrew Munroe, Chief of Po- lice of Harlson, who is conducting the investigation said they are tho first intimation that a woman might be involved in the suicide. “There is no question that the death of Mr. Parsons was a suicide,” sald Munroe to-day. “The gash under his right eye from which he was bleeding when he arrived home about 6.80) ‘Thursday morning was inflicted by sharp knife or a razor, and we are trying to find out exactly how he came by such an injury. “There is talk of a man answering| Mr. Parsons’ description having been | in a dispute in the vicinity of Hun- ter's Island, but we have not as yet) been able to verify this story or to connect Mr. Parsons with it.” After making as ¢areful and com- plete an investigation of the suicide as possible, Dr. John Stella, Coroner for the district, said to-day ‘he be- lieved Mr. Parsons had killed him- self in a fit of melancholy following a fight probably over a love affair. “I have not been able to get all the} facts I would wish in this investiga- tion,’ said Stella, “owing to the dis- tress the suicide has caused his aunt, Mrs. Jefferson Hogan, and her son, Arthur, both of whom were devoted to young Mr. Parsons, But I have learned he was subject to fits of de- pression, as was his sister, who, I understand from Dr. Corwin, family physician, killed herself some vears ago over an unhappy love affair. ‘{ believe Parsons got into a dis- pute over somé affair of the heart and in the course of it received the on his cheek. He was heard to sob hysterically by the cook when she admitted him early in the morning, “] shall not hold an autopsy,” Dr. Stella continued, “because there is not (Continued on Second Page.) BIT THE “BIRD WHO PASSED DRY LAW” Old Woman Also Downs Two Chinese and Throws Snuff in Policeman’s Eyes. An old woman taking a wavering route met Patrolman John Schulz In front of No. 10 Catherine Street last night. She stopped, and with hands on her hips glared at the policeman, “{ thought {t was you,” she said, | “You're the bird that passed that P. hibition Law, and you ashamed of yourself ! Just then two Chi the old woman, who ought to be ene brushed ngainat nodked both down. WILL NEVER AGREE TO IRISH REPUBLIC Lloyd George Declares England Will Go as Far as Lincoln ‘Did in Civii War. LONDON, June 19.—Premler Lioyd day with regard to the sending o ftroops and munitions to Ireland that the Gov- ernment would never agree to an in- dependent Irish Republic unless abso- lutely beaten to the ground. ‘This state- ment appears in the official report of the conference, The Premier, drawing an analogy be- tween Ireland and the United States, said that President Lincoln faced a mil- lion casualties and five years of war rather than acknowledge the tndeper- dence of the Sauthern States,” and’ the British Government would do the wai thing 1f necessary. PITCHED BATTLE BY: IRISH | FACTIONS Nationalists and and Unionists Fight for Two Hours in Streets of . Londonderry. LONDONDERRY, Ireland, June 19.— This city spent another night of terror last night as a result of violent pistot and rifle fighting between Nationalists and Unionists. There was a two-hour pitched battle at the Riverside. Com- parative quiet was finally restored by the soldiery. Many of the Unionists engaged in the} hostilities were ex-soldiers. The smali police force in the city was powerlegs in the face of the violence of the opposing parties and the military jultimately had to be called out. The reports received iby the authorities dur- | ing the morning showed that several men been wounded in the firin, During the fray, armed parties of both factions controlled large areas in various parts of the city. These parties stopped all pedestrians, whom they searched for arms, U. S. TENNIS STAR WINS LONDON TITLE, Large English Gallery Thrilled as Johnson Triumphs Over American Opponent. LONDON, June 19.—In one of finest tennis matches ever seen in Gr Britain William M. Ji ton of San Francisco, singles tennis champion of the United States, defeated William T. Tilden of Philadelphia in the finals of the London Lawn Tennis Championship tournament to-day. Johnston won by the score of 4—6; 6—4. A record attendance of several thou- sand persons saw Johnston win the chanpionship. Time after time the bril- amt returns and counter volleys evoker rounds of applause. Johnston and Tilden won the doubles championship in the London Lawn Ten- nis Tournament to-day by defeating R. Norris Williams of Philadelphia and © 8. Garland of Pittsburgh in straight sets in the finals, The score was the — HENRY’S SENTENCE STAYED. Supreme Court Justice Donnelly to: day signed an order staying the exect tion of the sentence pronounced by Jus tice Weeks Tuesday against former Police Inspector Dominick Henry until decision is rendered in the applicat of Henry for a certificate of doubt, Henry was sentenced aft viction for perjury to not less than tw: nor more than five years at hard labor sonable When Schulz arrested her she bit his| in Sing Sing. finger and threw snuff in his eyes. Argument on the application for the She was locked up tn the Oak Street! certificate of reasonabie doubt was Station, She gave her name as Mary| hoard by Justice Donnelly yesterday Williams, sixty-seven years, old, and) Justice Donnelly gave the attorneys sadd ane lived In Hamiltan street, unt!l Friday next to Mle brie The wn rer a, Bs Tistast aan y orders that Henry be confined in Tombs until decision is renderea the |George declared to the railway delega- | tion with which he conferred yester- AUTO KULS GIRL | AND HER MOTHER: | POLICEMAN Vici Two Others Sertou betously Injured | in Accidents in Manhattan and Brooklyn. DRIVERS NOT CAUGHT. ‘Daughter and Parent Return- ing From Graduation Exer- cises When Fatally Hurt. Automobile accidents claimed the | lives of three persons to-day and two others were seriously injured. Mrs, Catherine Froehner, No, 864 | Cypress Avenue, Brooklyn, and her | daughter Hsther, nineteen, died in Kings County Hospital from injuries suffered when they were run down late Inst night by a speeding ma- chine on Putnam Avenue, between Ratiroad and Irving Avenues, Bast New York, Patrolman Harry A.'Mehl, No, 84 North 15th Street, Woodside, L. 1, died in St. John's, Hospital, Long Island City, He was injured when an auto in Which he waa’ riding, collided with a Jackson Avenue car near Flushing. Charles J. Koeliner, No. 121 East 77th Stqpet, riding in the machine with the policeman, is in the same hospital in a serious condition. Mrs, Froehner and her daughter were on their way home from grad- uation exercises in Bushwick High School when they were struck by the automobile. No eye witnesses were | found by the police and the victims | were too badly hurt, on boing re- moved to the hospital, to give a con- nected account of the accident. They said the machine was speeding and | that it was driven away without any ttempt being made to help them.| Detectives are trying to find the) driver, who left his victims lying in| the street. Miss Froehner died at 2.80 o'clook. Her mother died five hours later. Mrs. Froehner was the wife of Bonno Froehner, who runs a knitting | plant at the Cypress Avenue address. | ‘There ure two surviving children— | William, fourteen years, and Alice, eleven. When news was taken to Froehner that his wife had died, following the death of his daughter, he put his arms around his children and wept. “Everything was just beginning to go very well with us and the future if | seemed bright,” he said. While trying to make away with a stolen automobile as its chauffeur clung to the extra tires in the rear, an unidentified man last night struck | Elsie Thuin, twenty years old, of No, 62 West End Avenue, at 114th Street and Seventh Avenue, The chauffeur jumped from behind to as- sist the woman, but the man did not stop. The car was later at 110th Street and Lenox Avenue, —s abandoned | Hearse He Starts Dashes | Into Telegraph Pole. While John Gleason, three son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin A, year-old ason, was playing in his father's big auto- mobile hearse in front of his homp. No. 3 Elghth Avenue, Whitestone, yeate jarternoon, he stepped on the self-starte and the machine dashed across th street, crashed Into a telegraph pole and turned over Mra, Gleason was looking out of o window at the me. She rushed down stairs and when ashe & car strike the pole she fainted, Gleason also ran out and with the ald of John Hw wot | righted the automobile, ‘The boy waa , | hanging onto the steering wheel with \poth hands, He was unhurt — WORLD RESTAURANT, eet asec, Riaeat it, (2 felade Mayonnalee, Soe ad as “fthote ” ibner, | fer.” Fourtesath Boor, Ww. Ids. Ar ARREST OF Three Know An important conference has staff and the detectives who hav |the attempt to unravel the mystery of the murder of Joseph Bowne Elwell, racing man, gambler, whist authority and expert on feminine The entire case has been gone over, of the telephone calls, the keys to the house and the “lady of the pink’ charms. lingerie.” ELWELL ACTIVE CHURCH WORKER Intimate Friend Says He Lo Interest After Whist Became Obsession With Him. OME light on a little known phase of Biwell's life of twenty-three years ago was thrown to-day by an intimate friend, John Griffin, an insuran ‘broker of No, 84 William Street, former secretary to Ggorge Ehrety the brewer, “Twenty-three years ago,” said Mr. Griffin, “Elwell was an en- thuslastic church member. He attended regularly the Tompkins Avenue Congregational Chureh, ‘Tompkins Avenue and McDon- ough Street, Brooklyn, of which the Rev. Dr. Meredith was pastor, He was an active worker in the interests of the church, attend- ing the regular Sunday services and even the Wednesday evening prayer meeting’, He also etarted the Young Men's Club in the chureh. “A little later, however, he joined the Irving Club, where he first became interested in whist. Cards became an obsession with him, and soon he lost ali inter- est in the chureh, which he left, I believe, about eighteen years ago. $15,000 CASH FOUND Full Estimate of Estate to Be Read Next Week, with Petition for Probate of Will. BABY OF 3 AT WHEEL | gnarew atacrery, of the firm of Day AS BIG AUTO UPSETS, les, Auerbach & Cornell, attorneys fur the estate of Joseph Bowne Elwe! Little Son of Undertaker Unhurt as |stated this morning that a petition for for probate would be made on June 2, when the widow and json- Richard, of Elwell would be cited filing the will to appear in the Surrogate Court “fhe executors and heirs of the e: tate,” said Mr. Macrery, “ure dispose to do the right thing by th son If but if the want a they will ge said all the he lawyer papers of t urdered man were now gathered t that he 1d go over th and would have an of the of the estate ready som time next week, So far as the exam’ nation has gone there appears to $10,000 in personal property and $15 in cash, All the rpalty that has bee found in the name of the whist expe up to date Is the island at Palm Bea: and property at Long Beach wo her and ‘o-morrow value Bix (4) Bell Mel. For india ‘EL INVESTIGATORS JOIN IN AN ALL-DAY SITE, Theory That Whist Expert’ Was, Slain Over Racing Bet Revived— —Women Complicate Mystery. day in the District Attorney’s office, participated in by the prosecutor's It is expected as a result of the conference that there will be an arrest before night of at least one person ag a material witness, 23 YEARS. AGO IN ELWELL ESTATE widow ani estimate ne fl ort oh oa 2 WaT YSanfASRa i WITNESS NEAR Slayer, Says Joyce been in, session the better part of the ¢ been engaged for the past week in including discussion anew ® New ‘trails and old ones which had been discarded were taken up by the investigators and one of these ie in ~~ tion with a row Elwell ts als leged to have had with a ‘horseman, One of the theories advaneed a week ago by the investigators.was that this row might have led to the nuwe- der, It was over a gambling debt that the alleged trouble with the horse- |™an oocurred and in the story as vaguely told the murdered man ape peared in the character of a “quite | ter.” In @ roundabout way it-comes | to the police that threats were made, but they were serlously made or were carried out is another of the problems with which the ime vestigators are wrestling, The investigators confess them- selves puzzled for the reason that s9 many mystifying angles have been m- Jected into the case, not the least con- fusing of which is that Elwell’s esea- pades with women were so varied. According to Edward Rhodes, his chauffeur, he picked up in his car even women he did not know. Assistant District Attorney Joyee, who has charge of one angle of the inquiry, said he believed two, three, and possibly four persons know who killed Elwell and that the slayer knows they know it. ‘The reason they are withholding information, he intimated, is that it involves the good name of a woman. The crime, he is convinced, was the work of a man, HOU SEALED AFTER VISIT BY ELWELL’S FATHER. Joseph C, Elwell, father of the |murdered man, went to the mys tery house to-day accompanied by a lawyer from the Columbia ‘Trust Company and an inventory was taken, of all the household effects except those in the room where Elwell was slaim. The door of this apartment was closed and sealed, with the name of Detective Thomas Donohue on the seal, The police guard has geen with- drawn from the 10th Street house, which hag been turned over to the family of Elwell. Walter Elwell, brother of the whist expert, to-day gave a reporter @ deck of cards which: q| Be S#id had been found in one of the | Pockets of the dead man's evening | othes, which were last worn by him, ‘To-day the matter of the telephone jcalls from Elwell’s home, within a° few hours preceding the murder, Jawain loomed up as @ possible clue, Soon after the investigators heard of | these calls it was given out that they’ _jhad been im the afternoon, The Evening World last Thursday stated it had information that at least ¢ of the calls were made from Elwel home on the morning of the murder, Now comes information that the” telephone company started an inves- st whether y u, s a]