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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1919
Page
2
A Meyer tailor discusses the cost of a three piece suit priced at 70 dollars. He claims the design yields two years of service and estimates the daily cost at ten cents. He notes a suit he wears from 1915 and invites readers to inspect fabrics and get measured for a Meyer built suit.
A contentious conference on postwar rebuilding heard calls to curb unrest with prompt action. Breckinridge Long addressed delegates as U S Third Assistant Secretary of State, urging credit stability and international goodwill. French, Belgian, and Italian representatives outlined needs for long-term credits and food purchases to sustain reconstruction efforts.
Fragmented wartime account notes German forces under Ludendorff clashing with Russians on the Niemen front. It describes the Tenth army advancing, railways destroyed, Grodno and Vilna lines, and the complex movements near Grodno amid heavy fighting.
New York report notes two fifths of the government's 25 million silk cartridge cloth stock sold to Bush Terminal Company and MulLane Silk Company. The deal, the largest silk sale, prices at government cost plus 60 percent of future profits. Officials including Vice President Marshall and War Secretary Baker oversaw the salvage experiments. Women in Washington, including Mrs. Marshall and Mrs. Baker, planned gowns or hangings from the material.
Detroit reports Radical changes reshape the Protestant Episcopal Church. An executive board will oversee church work, unity with the Congregational Church advances, eight synods gain power, and the presiding bishop’s term is set at six years. A $10,085,804 budget for regular work is approved. Women were defeated in bids to enter church legislative bodies. Portland is chosen for the 1922 general meeting.
In Baltimore on October 22 the Universalists opened their biennial convention with a welcome by Mayor Bro, a keynote by Dee McCollister of Salem, and a sermon by Rev. E. Tomlinson of Salem. Japanese visitor Chijiro Kawabata addressed the gathering urging liberal Christianity in Japan. Officers were elected. speakers included Mrs. Agnes R. Conklin of New York and Rev. Dr. Lee A. McCollister.
Gen Pershing has promised the principal address for the first reunion of the Second Division United States Army. The reunion opens in Chicago on Armistice Day November 11 and lasts three days.
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