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VOL. LXI NO. 221
POPULATION 29,919
NORWICH, CONN.,
i)AY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1919
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PRESIDENTIAL TOUR IS
MARRED BY AN ACCIDENT
Two of the Accompanying Newspaper Men Were Killed In an
Automobile Accident at Portland, Ore. Two Others
Were Injured Witnesses Say That James R. Patterson,
of Portland, Ore., One of the Men Killed, Who Was Driv
ing Was Trying to Regain Position His Automobile Had
Lost In the Line President Wilson Makes Addresses In
Portland Senator Johnson at Des Moines Makes Vigor
ous Objection to Approval of Treaty Without Amendments.
Tortiand. Oregon. Sept. 15. An au
i "mobile containing members of the
;-rty accompanying President Wilson
ri a sceni ctrip over the Columbia
Highway near here shortly after noon
today, overturned, killing two men and
.nj-jrirg three. It was the first acci
dent of a serious nature to occur dur
:rt the president's tour of the coun
trv The dead:
l",en F. Alien, member of the presi-
ntial party and Washington corres
norden! for the Cleveland (Ohio)
JTa.u Dealer.
-iamcs K. Patterson. Portland, Ore..
ir..cr of the automobile.
The injured:
Snlci- Reynolds. Washington cor
respondent for the F.altimore Sun.
Robert T. Small. Washington cor-
rfspcnoen! for the Public Ledger,
Philadelphia, and former superintend-
rt of the southern division of The
A-o-.a;ed Press.
Ar.hur E. Sullivan. Portland, Ore.,
ws writer.
Allen and Patterson were killed out
right when the heavy automobile, be
mg turned aside to escape another au--.omcoiie
in its path, overturned, pin
rirg them underneath. The car
richted itself after turning over.
Small. Reynolds and Sullivan were
ridms in the tonneau. Small. who
was on the uuper side, was thrown
Icar and escaped with painful bruises
and lacerations.
PRESIDENT QUOTES FROM
ADDRESS BY SENATOR LODGE
Tortiand. Oregon. Sept. 13. Quoting
Tom an address made in 1913 bv Sen
ator I-ode. hairman of the senate
forcisii relations committee, suggest
ing that nations must unite as men
unite ' to preserve peace. Prcsidept
Wilson told a Portland audience lo
nizht that the League of Nations cove
rant carried out what Mr. Lodge had
ugg""trd. It was the first time dur
irc his speaking tour that Mr. Wilson
had mentioned hv name any of the
?njto-. oonosing thp league.
When the president went from his
hotel to the auditorium for his night
-peech h- again rode through dense
y crowded streets and was cheered
ail the way. TV audience stood up
rd anplauded for three minutr when
he entered the hall.
Asertir.g he had found few men
rppopd to a League of Nations., the
prrsident said the great objection
-eemed to he to this particular league.
-I entirely concur in senator
ledge's declaration," said the presi
dent, "and I hope I shall have his co
operation in carrying out the desired
end s."
He recalled his conference with the.
foreign relti I s committee on his
rst rrtt:i from aris and said every
-uggesti- n for improvement made by
the committee members had been
written into the covenant.
one of these suggestions, he contin
ued, was that the Monroe Doctrine be
protected. He asserted that not only
had the doctrine been specifically re
served to administration by the Unit
ed States hut it had been exended to
all the world.
At the behest of the United States,
lie added, a provision also had been
put in giving the members the right to
it hdraw.
Most of thee suggestions, said the
president, had come from republican
sources.
Saying he meant no disrespect to
the league opponents, Mr. Wilson stir
red up an outburst of cheering when
he added thai he had "no respect
whatever' for some of them.
The president asserted that "a very
few men" were proposing that the
covenant be changed to give the
I nitej states "a position of special
priviVjje-"
That he asserted, was directly con-train.-
to American principles, because
the nation had entercil the war large-';.-
to fight for the principle of the
equality of nations.
Germanv. sa'd the president. was
?k:nz iTt at the possibility that
:h- United States might be induced to
refuse to guarantee the peace settle
ment. To that end, he asserted, a
pro-German propaganda again was
bfcomint active in this country.
Mr. Wilson said he sometimes won
dered whether the men who opposed
the league have ever talked, as he had,
with women who had lost sons in the
mar. He declared many of these had
asked him to give all his strength to
n effort to keep other women s sons
from having to go to war.
"Through misrepresentation and evert-
other vile thing." he declared. "I
shall fight my way to that goaJ."
VIGOROUS OPPOSITldN TO
APPROVAL OF PEACE TREATY
Des Moines. Iowa, Sept. 15. Vig
orous objection to the approval of the
peace treaty and the League of Na
tions covenant by the senate without
amendments v.hicl. protect every in
terest of the United States, were voic
hv Senaor Hiram W. Johnson here
tonight in two addresses delivered be
fore large and enthusiastic audiences.
Senator William E Borah of Idaho,
was to have spoken here with Sena
tor Johnson, but he sent a telegram
from Chicago stating that he had been
railed back to Washington to partic
ipate in the senate debate on the
peace pact
Senator Johnson's principal address
was delivered at the Coliseum, under
the auspices of the League for the
Prservation of American Independ
ent: "We fought a righteous war and
wen," said Senator Johnson. "With
eur m'ght and our treasure we de
termined to destroy ruthless militar
ism, and it was done. In the peace,
we would make it impossible for this
mounter ever again lo threaten Ihe
The victory for the United States
means neither territory nor repara
tions. It should mean the triumph of
1-i.r loud trumpeted ideals for cixili-
. A wektE or &pXl
tions, for self-determination, for de
mocracy. It means for England,
France Italy and Japan huge terri
tories, vast numbers of people, im
mense national- gain. The burden
must be borne of protecting and
safeguarding these enormous tallied
gains. The question . is, and the
League of Nations squarely presents
it, who shall bear the burden? Shall
the burden rest upon the gainers,
those who made a mock of self-determination,
of the rights of weak
peoples, of all our - high sounding
idealism, or shall the burden, at the
command of one who was a- party to
the mockery, be thrust -upon the
only non-profiteering nation, the
L'nited States
The sole reason, whispered in fear,
or ominouslv hissed to create fear in
! the rest of us, why the United States
I should become the world's guarantor
! and underwrite the rape of China
j and the partition of hundreds of
j thousands of square miles of terri-
' tory ana tne transfer of millions of
human being to England, France, It
aly and Japan, is that by doing so the
possibility of future wars would be
minimized and there maye be a
greater sen;, of security in the pos
session by England, France. Italy and
Japan of their newly acquired peoples
and territory.
J "But this argument
in Its last
analysis means that United States
power and treasure and blood will do
tor England, France, Italy and Ja
pan what otherwise they would be
compelled to do for themselves.
"This is not a league of nations to
prevent war. It is a league . of arm
ed nations in a gigantic war trust.
In its very creation it has been
stripped of every idealistic purpose it
ever , had. It contains within itself
the germs of man;.- wars, and worse
than that, it rivets, as in the Shan
tung decision, the chains of 'tyranny
upon millions of people and cements
for a, I time unjust and wicked an-r.c-..uions.
It is a great world econ
omic trust wherein a few men sit
ting in secret may control the econa
"i" ocst.'nies of peoples: It is no;.:',
league of peoples, nor does if anv-
n nere . concern itself -. with peoples
whose past wrongs and future riglits
were so eloquently portrayed by the
president. It is a " power in a. new,
terrible, and sinister sense."
PRESBYTERIANS DENY PLAN
FOR INTERVENTION IN MEXICO
New Tork, Sept. 15. The Board of
t oreign ,M issions of the Presbvterian
Church, through Dr. Robert E." Speer,
its secretary, repudiated today a re
pcrt made recently by Rev. Samuel G.
fnman in which he declared "inter
vention in Mexico is coming just as
fast as certain interests can pogsibly
force it." asserting that inspired pro
paganda was being used ' to .bring
about this result.
The report by Mr. Inman was sent
opt with the signature attached of J.
B. Wootan. director of publicity for
tne J-resoyterian Church in the United
States, with the announcement that it
was made public through the Presby
terian board of foreign missions, but
Ir. Speer asserted in a letter to the
National Association - for the Protec
tion of American Rights in Mexico
that the report was not taade to or
issued by the board of missions or the
committee on cooperation in Latin
America.
"Neither the Presbyterian board nor
this committee has taken action or
made any statement with regard to
political conditions in Mexico," Dr.
Speer said.
INTEREST IN PARIS IN
BULLITT'S 3TATEMENT
Paris. Sept. 15. Peace conference
circles are giving much attention to
the published account here of the tes
timony by William C. Bullitt, formerly
attached to the American peace dele
gation, before the American senate
committee on foreign relations. The
statement accredited ' to Mr. Bullitt
that has aroused the most interest is
one o the effect that Phiip Kerr, sec
retary to Premier Lloyd George of
Great Britain, .had apologized to Mr.
Bullitt for the premier's denial in the
house of commons -that approaches
had been made by the soviet govern
ment to the entente.
Mr. Kerr has authorized the state
ment tht "the accoun of private con
versations between himself (Mr. Bul
litt), Mr. Lloyd George, and Philip
Kerr, as reported in a. New York tel
egram to a Paris newspaper is a tis
sue of lies."
MOVE TO PREVENT DUST
EXPLOSIONS IN GRANARIES
New Tork, Sept. 15. David J.
Price, director of th United States
Grain Corporation's campaign to pre
vent dust explosions in granaries, will
arrive in Kansas City. Mo., tomorrow
to investigate the causes of the ex
plosion which wrecked the Murray
elevator there Saturday, killing nine
persons, injuring six others and caus
ing a property loss of more than
1500.000. The grain corporation made
this announcement here tonight, stat
ing that Mr. Murray had left Wash
ington Saturday for the scene of the
accident.
PORTO RICAN SUGAR CROP
37,000 TONS LESS THAN 1918
San Juan. Porto Rico, . Sept. 15.
The government today announced that
the last sugar crop aggregated 406.
600 short tons, or 37.000 tons less' than
the 1918 crop. It'added that the ship
ments to date had been 341,000 tons.
ULL WITH HEAVY PENALTY
FOR THEFT OF AUTOMOBILES
Washington, Sept. l.". The . " liou.se
today passes and sent to the senate a
bill making transportation of a stolen
automobile from one state to another
subject to Ave years imprisonment
.
Cabled Paragraphs
Work For Allied Forces.
"Taris, Sept. 15. (Havas). General
Louis Frnchet d'Es.arey, commander
of the allied, forces in the Xear East,
conferred today with Field' Marshal
Allenby concerning, it is said, mili
tary occupation of the Mediterranean
littoral of Asia Minor.
NEW HAVEN NEWSPAPERS
EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTIES
New Haven, -Conn, Sept. 15. New
Haven's three afternoon, newspapers,
the Register, the Times-Leader and
the Union went to press this after
noon without the assistance of their
regular editorial staffs. The report
ers and copy readers went on strike
early today and they, were busy get
ting out the first issue of "The Re
porter," a newspaper published by the
News' Writers Equity Association of
New Haven. John T. Flynn, president
of the- news writers, is editor of the
paper, and the staff is larger than any
ever at the disposal of a newspaper
in this city. The association has fifty
members, all of whom are on strike.
Two members were expelled because
they refused to walk out.
Managing editors had a busy day
handling copy, with advertising and
business office employes covering va
rious ."beats." The strikers were
about in force, however, and seemed
to, have more than their usual num
ber of friends at the so-called news
sources.
Large red ink placards carried
through the streets informed the pub
lic that "The Reporter" was to ap
pear, and he publishers announced
later that the 5. (WO copies printed had
been sold quickly.
The Journal-Courier. the only
morning newspaper in the city, was
being gotten out tonight under the
same conditions as existed on the
afternoon papers.
No. statements were " given out by
the publishers of the four dailies In
regard to their position on the strike.
However, Colonel fvorris G. Osborn,
editor of the Journal-Courier, l .id:
"I am sorry that the strike of the
news writers lias happened and don't
wish lu jh;u uitsi e ua uu Lilt: inc. x
may say something later."
The demands of the news writers
have not been made public. A state
ment in their pape- says that the as
sociation asked a meeting with the
publishers o discuss a wage scale but
the publishers declined to hold a con
ference. DE BEKKER DEFENDS THE
CARRANZA GOVERMENT
Washington, Sept. 13. Statements
issued by the League of Free Na
tions Association to counteract what
the organization has charged to be a
plot to force intervention in Mexico
were largely based on information
received from George F. Weeks, pub
lisher of the Mexican Review, a
Carranza organ, L. J. Dc Bekker, a
member of the league's committee on
Mexico, today told the senate foreign
relations sub-committee investigating
the Mexican situation.
Admission that he received his -information
as to conditions in Mex
ico from Wreeks was made by De
IBekker in the course of a 'sharp- cross'
examination by Chairman Fall and
Senator Brandcgee of the sub-committee.
The same cross examination
brought cut that Ie Bekker based his
charges of an organized movement to
force intervention "on newspaper re
ports" but further questioning as to
tlte newspaper reports brought the
statement that none were at hand but
that he would "subscribe to a cliping
bureau" and get the "evidence' de
sired. De Bekker defended the Carranza
government in his testimony.
SUBJECTS TO COME BEFORE
. THE MINERS' CONVENTION
Clc eland. O., Sept. 15. The sug
gested national political strike Oct. 8
which western labor men yesterday
held before President Wilson as a pos
sibili'y -in case Thomas J. Mooney Is
not re'eased, the political bankground
of tiie Illinois miners' strike now in
progress, a demand of the radical ele
ment for a withdrawal of the miners
from the American Federation of La
bor H?.d other political topics on which
radiod.s nad conservatives in the
Unittd Mine Workers of America are
sharply divided, bid fair to occupy the
attei tion of the convention of that or
ganization almost all this week. The
committee on resolutions, though re
porting a resolution asking a re-trial
for Mconey, will not endores the pro
posed strike.
Feeling runs high and the debates
on these subjects will be protracted.
A resolution against tre use of con
vict labor in coal mines anywhere in
tne t. nited states has been approved
oy tne committee on resolutions.
GREAT BRITAIN SALVAGING
VESSELS GERMANS SCUTTLED
Washington, Sept. 15. Acting Sec
retary of State Phillips today received
a despatch from London stating that
as a result ot the efforts to raise the
German vessels scuttled at Scapa
Flow, the battleship rtaden, the crui
sers Frankfort, -Nuremberg and Em
den, and fifteen- destroyers, have been
floated and three other destroyers pro
bably will be raised.
SUPREME COUNCIL TO
SEND NOTE TO GERMANY
Paris, Sept. 15. (By The A. P.) The
supreme council has agreed to send a
note to Germany saying the peace
conference disregards the German re
presentations that General "Von Der
Goltz and the German troops in the
Baltic states are not under German
control, and holding Germany respon
sible for the speedy withdrawal of
those forces.
CHICAGO STEEL WORKERS
ARE ORDERED TO STRIKE
Chicago, Sept. 15. An order direct
ing steel workers in the Chicago dis
trict to suspend work next Monday
was issued "tonight by Theodore Vind,
president of the South Chicago Trades
and Labor Assembly. Mr. Vind said
the order. whicfr" affected 130.000
workers, was issued on authorit7 ef,
the steel wprlfers' association and
would not be rescinded.
SMITH STILL IN HANDS
OF MEXICAN BANDITS
El Paso. Texas. Sept. 15. Latest
advices today indicated that Dr. J. W.
Smith is still . in the hands of Mexi
can bandits. E. Monson. carrying the
$6,000 ransom demanded, visited the
appointed rendezvous last night but
the bandits, probably frightened away
by the activity of federal cavalry, were
nut -here. Monson returned to Sanl
Eulalia to await further iiifoim:ilii.
A man usually knows where he sot
his hat. but when it comes to his un-
Hrila. tveU, that's a differ story,: r
1311 SOjdfeTS .
In Rome Mutinous
Italian Ambassador Says the
Military Penal Code Is to Be
Invoked.
Washington, Sept. 16. The Italian
ambassador advised the state depart'
ment today that the military penal
code would be invoked to put down
the mutiny of the Italian irregular
soldiers who under the command of
Gabriel dSAnnunzio invaded Fiume.
BRITISH AND FRENCH
HAVE LEFT FIUME
Paris, Sept. 15. (By The A. P.)
Twenty-six thousand Italian troops
are now in Fiume. according to the
latest advices to the Italian peace del
egation here. The British and French
troops have left the city, lowering
ther flags at d'Annunzio's request.
LITTLE WORK ON TREATY
BEFORE NEXT WEEK
' Washington, Sept. 15; The German
peace treaty, with its league of na
tions covenant, was called up today
in the senate but plans of the senate
and individual senators were consid
ered as precluding any actual work
on the pact until next week.
While the treaty was put before the
senate to be ratified or rejected, there
apparently was no disposition to speed
it along until after the interruption of
business by the Pershing ceremonies
Wednesday and Thursday. Senator
Sherman, republican, Illinois, will take
up most of the time of the session to
morrow with an attack on the league
covenant and Senator Reed, democrat,
Missouri, who has been speaking in
the west against it, will speak Friday.
The reading of the treaty, section
by section, hardly is expected, there
fore, to begin until Monday. The lea
gue covenant comes first, and right at
the beginning almost is the amend
ment by Senator Johnson, republican,
California, which would give the
United States the same voting power
as Great Britain.
After Chairman Lodge had formally
called up the treaty today he present
ed a printed text of the treaty with
Austria, supplied him by a Chicago
newspaper, and - obtained unanimous
consent to have it read. Senator
Hitchcock of Nebraska, who, as rank
ing democratic member .of the com
mittee, will conduct the administra
tion fight for ratification, made vig
orous objection to this proceedure, de
claring it "a mere squandering of
time."
To have that treaty read, with a
dozen senators listening, would be
flying in the face of public demand for
speed. Senator Hitchcock said in ap
pealing to Senator Lodge to have the
document printed and let it go at that.
This Senator Iodge agreed to do.
There were two speeches today for
ratification, by Senator Jones. , New
Mexico, and Senator Overman. North
Carolina.' -. both, . democrats. . Hen tat
MeV'umber. North JJakota, a repub
lican member of the foreign relations
commitee who refused to sign the
majority report against the treaty
filed an individual report, opposing all
amendments and urging modification
of drastic resirvations.
AVhen the senate begins real work
on the treaty it will be taken up every
day at two o'clock. Snators were
agreed today that no attempt would
be made to delay it, because of the
general desire to dispose of it finally
without any waste of time.
NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL
CONFERENCE OF CANADA
Ottawa. Ont., Sept. 15. "In the
United States, if we cannot lower the
cost of living in any other way, we
are going to have a law passed that
the price received by the producer
must be stamped on the commodity.
said Warren S. Stone, president of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Kngineers
of the United States, today in an ad
dress before the National Industrial
Conference of Canada. "Then we shall
soon find out where the trouble is;
whether it is the wholesaler, jobber
or retailer.
A twenty per cent, increase in wages
and a forty per cent, increase in liv
ing cost will never brmg peace. The
peace period must end war profiteer
ing, and the cost of living must come
down.
Mr. Stone declared that the prob
lems in the United States and in Can
ada were the same: that the social
unrest was only sli Itbering under the
crust and could easily be fanned into
flame.
SATISFACTORY CONFERENCE
ON THE SUBJECT OF SYRIA
Paris, Sept. 15. (By Th.e A. P.)
Premiers Lloyd George and Clemen
ceau had a satisfactory conference to
day on th7 subject of Syria. tem
porary arrangement was reached for
the regulation of the situation, and
was approved by the supreme council.
It will remain in force until the
United States is ready leal with
the whole question of the future sta
tus of Turkey.
The general opinion, voiced by an
official of the British delegation, is
that the conference will sit ten days
longer, and then adjourn for a vaca
tion of twenty days. It is learned in
other quarters that the French and
American delegations are opposed to
adjournment but that the British are
insistent.
FIGHT BETWEEN NEGROES
AND WHITES IN NEW YORK
New Tork, Sept. 16. One negro.was
killed, two injured and a patrolman
assaulted in a fight between negroes
and whites which broke out early this
morning at 135th street and Lenox
avenue, in the heart of the negro sec
tion in this city. Police reserves were
summoned from four stations.
The trouble was said to have start
ed when a man, wearing a straw hat
after the season for summer headgear
had closed, had it torn from his head
and broken. This led to seizure of
other straw hats and what began as a
jest turned Into a savige fight. One
white mPii soon was .ced under ar
rest. STRIKE OF TAILORS IN
HARTFORD SETTLED
Hartford. Conn., Sept. 15. An
nouncement was made tonight, that
members of the journeymen tailors'
union, who have been on strike for
ten days, have reached an agreement
iih .s-ven concerns ami will return
lo work. This settlement, it is said,
will affect about fifty of the 150 tail
ors but. ne hundred v.nnd fifty wo
men garment workers also arc on
strike in. this city,
Police And Firemen
Of Macon, Ga., Defiant
Became Insolent When Called
Upon By Citizens to Dis
band Unions.
Macon, Ga.; Sept.' 15. Acting on a
demand made by Macon citizens today
at a mass meeting, the city civil ser
vice commission tonight called police
and firemen here to dissolve their
unions immediately. Members of the
firemen's union announced they would
"only be ' put out with guns" while
the commissioners were hooted by
the police when the order was pre
sented. .
HOPE FOR SETTLEMENT
OF BOSTON POLICE STRIKE
Boston. Sept. 15. There were
grounds for hope tonight that a gen
eral strike in sympathy with the po
lice who quit their post last Thurs
day would be averted. These were
found largely in the sentiment which
favored recourse to the courts in an
effort to have the strikers reinstated.
Strike sentiment is known to be
strong in certain union quarters and
Frank xi. McCarthy Pew Jtngiana
organizer for the American Federatton
of Labor, and President Michael J.
O'Donnell of the Central Labor Union,
in a formal statement tonight justi
fied the action of the police in strik
ing and attributed to Police Com
missioner's rule forbidding the affili
bility for the lawlessness that ensued.
Thev also pointed out that the com
missioner's rult forbidding the affili
ation of the police with the Ameri
can Federation of Labor was not pro
mulgated until after a charter had
been sought, and that the commission
er had been warned three weeks be
fore the strike of what would happen
if he attempted to enforce his new
rule. .
Counsel for th labor leaders con
ferred with their clients today and it
was reported that the supreme court
miaht be asked to grant a writ of
mandamus compelling the police com
missioner to reinstate . the strikers.
Meantime the recruiting of a new
police force is proceeding expeditious
ly and the first of the new men now
in training will appear on the streets
next Modnay. With the state guard
and the volunteer police on duty until
the new department is thoroughly or
ganized, it is believed that the city will
not see-a . repetition -of the disorders,
at' least Uhh3ss a general strike is
declared.
The first attempt to disorganize the
normal life of the city will be the
signal for the bringing in of whatever
number of federal troops may be nec
essary to protect life and property.
Police Commissioner Curtis receiv
ed Guy Oyster, secretary to President
Samuel Gompers of. -the American
Federation of Labor, and John F. Mc
Innes, president of . the police's union,
Mr. McCarthy and Mr, O 'Donnell to-
ljnymm J,aifj--lafld6ged a letter to
1r. O'DoiueH saying that the action
which he had taken was the only one
that he could take under the law. The
conference appeared to have left the
j situation just as it was before.
governor uoouage. , in a iaih wun
newspapermen made it plain that he
had no intention of removing the po
lice commissioner, as the labor lead
ers had requested or of ivestigating the
act of the commissioner in declaring
the places of the strikers vacant.
The state executive board of the
American Legion instructed the secre
tary today to send to all local com
manders instructions to call special
meetings of their posts, at which the
commanders are asked to urge those
who can do so to join "the ' organized
forces of the state which are under the
governor's control." The command
ers also are requested to obtain the
names of "all who can be relied upon
in case of emergency to assist in the
preservation of law and order," and
to arrange local emergency organiza
tions for those who do not join he
militia.
The Raincoat Makers Union placed
itself on record today as being ready
to take part in the general sympathetic
strike. The other locals affiliated
with the United Hebrew Trades have
previously taken similar action.
GOMPERS IS BUSY
IN CURBING STRIKES
Washington, Sept. 15. Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, returning to his
office at the federation headquarters,
went over the situations arising from
the police strike in Boston and the
proposed nation-wide steel workers'
strike September 22, but refused abso
lutely to comment on either.
There were indications, however, at
the close of the day that the labor
chief was making every effort to ob
tain from heads of the steel workers'
unions consent to call off the proposed
strike and to await the industrial con
ference called for October 6 by Pres
ident Wilson before taking action.
The work of Mr. Gompers was seen
in the decision of the United Mine
Workers in convention' at Cleveland to
support a movement to delay the steel
workers" walkout. In requesting that
the mine workers make this decision,
Mr. Gompers forwarded a ,JeUer from
President Johnson of the International
Machinists' Association favoring post
ponement of the strike. As the steel
workers will hold a meeting Wednes
day in Pittsburgh to discuss plans for
the strike, it was snggestan in some
quarters that President Gompers was
endeavoring to influence these work
ers through their affiliated unions.
WOMEN AS "PROVERBIAL
SINNERS AGAINST HEALTH."
New York. Sept. 15. Women were
described as "proverbial sinners
against health" and warned to get rid
of the idea that because they were
women they were entitled to special
consideration by men, in an address
delivered today by Dr. Anna L. Brown
of New York at the opening session of
the International Conference of Wo
men Physicians conducted under the
auspices of the National Board of
the Y. W. C. A.' Dr. Brown is' a
member of the national board and the
organizer of the conference which has
attracted delegates from almost ev
ery country in the world with the ex
ception of Germany and her late al
lies and Russia.
The conference, the principal object
of which is to offer solutions for the
problems of social reconstruction, es
pecially in regard to - women, was
opened with an address of welcome by
Mrs. Koberf E. Speer. president of the
national hoard. Dr. Brown followed
with a general outline of the purposes
for which the gathering had been
railed and adjournment was then
'lakexL until tomorrow.
( Condensed Telegrams I
Bar silver was quoted at 61 pence
an ounce in London; New York price
1.12.
Alaska sealskins advanced 10 per
cent at International Fur Auction at
St. Louis. .
American mission investigating con
ditions in Turkey and Armenia arrived
at Mardin.
Italy planning eltctricfieation of 3,600
miles of railways. Worlt will be done
gradually. . ..
Production of steel ingots in August
amounted to 2.746,081 tons, at the rate
of 80 per cent, capacity.
An order was issued by the Aus
trian government expelling lo.uuo
war refugees, mostly Gailcian Jews.
United States Grain Corporation will
receive bids of first clear flours, up to
Thursday for 30-day shipment for ex
port. Samuel Gompers in a message to
Gov. Coolidge of Massachusetts, pledg
ed there would be no more police
strikes.
London Mornina Post announced ar
rival of foreign gold coin in England
amounting to 12, 000, 000, said to be
from Germany.
British Red Cross Society and Order
of St. John decided to contribute 1,
000,000 to hospitals and other charit
able institutions.
Shipping Board announced steam
ships under the United States flag now
comprise 24.8 per cent, of the steam
tonnage of the. world.
Several villages in the Province of
Sienna, Italy, were seriously shaken
by an earthquake. One person was
killed and several injured.
Submarine Board Corporation's plan
to construct four fabricated ships for
an Italian shipping company was ap
proved by the Shipping Board.
An American company having a
capital of J100.000.0OO is being organiz
ed in Poland to extend credits to Pol
is hcities, according to Swiss advices.
Premier Nitti received news of entry
of D'Annunzio and Italian volunteers
into Fiume while the Chamber of Dep
uties was engaged in debate. He was
astounded.
Mexican bandits held up the pay
master of the Escondido Mine, fifteen
miles south of Eagle Pass, Tex., across
the border, obtained $4,000 and fled in
the paymaster's car.
Three men alleged to have held up
banks at Bartlett, Newton and Ben
ton. Kansas, were arrested by Federal
agents charging them with theft of
$86,000 hi Libert bonds.
..Copenhagen Telephone Co. ordered
two telephone exchanges( costing II,-
000,000 fro mthe Western Electric Co.,
of- New Vork. " The exchanges will
handle 10,000 subscribers.
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
ordered telephone companies operating
after Oct. 1 to discontinue $3.j0 service
connection charge authorized by 1'ost
master Genearl Burleson.
Physicians attendnig Edward F
(Pop) Geers "grand old man" of the
trotting turf, who is suffering from a
broken collarbone and concussion of
the brain at Syracuse, N. Y., declare
he will never ride another race.
Nephew of King of Siam, Prince
Arthiti Arra, who has arrived in
London, is attracting considerable at
tention because of his American accent.
He attended school in Boston.
German merchants in Mexico took
advantage of the raising of commercial
restrictions by placing important ord
ers in Germany. The amount is said
to have reached 1,000,000 marks.
Joseph Caillaux, former Premier of
France, who. was in prison for more
than a year, charged with having trea
sonable dealing with the enemy, was
transferred to a private hospital.
Arthur Henderson, M. P., trade union
leader of Great Britain and Secretary
of the Birtish Labor Party, will speak
in Washington some time in November
under the auspices of the National
Federalation of Federal Employes. '
L. J. De Bekker, chief publicity agent
of the Mexico Committee of the League
of Free Nations, will be the first wit
ness when the Senate Mexican Sub
Committee resumes investigations to
day. Reports from London say the first
open market transaction in gold bullion
since the embargo on gold exports was
removed will take place this, week
when 1,750,000 of South African gold
will be sold.
An airplane built and designed by
Alfred W. Lawson flew unheralded
from Syracuse, N. Y., to Mitchel Field,
Mineola, L. I., with nine passengers,
making the 313-mile trap in 2 hours
and 32 minutes.
Elsie Janis, an honorary captain of
the A. E. F grave an entertainment for
the American Legion ex-service men
under the auspices of the War Camp
Community Service at the Madison
Square Roof Garden.
NOTE HAS BEEN SENT
JAPANESE GOVERNMENT!
Tokio, Saturday, Sept. 13. (By The
A. P.) According to the newspapers
today the Japanese government has
received a note from the American
government concerning Japan's desire
to exclude Manchuria and Mongolia
from the consortium under which fi
nanciers of the United States, Great
Britain and France and Japan will
assume a dominant position in the
finances of China. The American note
insists that it would not be wise to
exclude the two countries.
The Hochi Shimbun voices the
opinnon that Japan will make con
cessions ad that the question probably
will be settled by a compromise.
U.
S. FORCES LEAVE HONDURAS;
ORDER HAS BEEN RESTORED
Washington, -Sept. 15. Order has
been restored in Honduras and conse
quently the landing force from the
United States cruiser Cleveland has
returned to that vessel at uerto Cor
tex, the state department was advised
today.
The party was landed September 9
to preserve order -and to protect the
lives and property of foreigners In
Honduras. ...
STORM CAli
DEATHS N
At Least 3,000 People Are Homeless and In Need of Help
An Appeal For Food, Bedding and General Supplies Has
Been Sent Out Damage to Property Is Estimated At
$4,000,000 Port Aransas, 25 Miles From Corpus
Christi, Was Completely Demolished The 609 Resi
dents Are Believed to Have Escaped.
Corpus Christi, Texas, Sept. 15.
From fifteen to twenty-five persons
are dead, approximately 4 COO are
homeless and property damage, it is
estimated, will reach $4,000,0(10 as a
result of the tropical hurricane which
raged here for twenty hours.
The city is in distress and Mayor
Gordon Boone has sent the following
appeal to Governor Hobby at Austin:
"Please send at once two companies
of national guard with supplies and
join in an appeal for financial assist
ance. Condition here deplorable and
immediakte help needed."
The court house is being used as
a morgue. At least a score of per
sons are afloat in Neuces Bay tonight
where the were washed out by the
waves. Tney were clinging to spars
and debris and what few boats were
left undamaged by the storm were
being used tonight to recover them.
The city is without drinking water.
There were no lights or gas tonight
and the food supply was insufficient.
Unless help reaches here tomorrow
morning there will be serious suffering
it is ferved.
The railroad to the Causeway has
been washed away but the town can
be reached from the west. Word was
received tonight that a train is com
ing north from St. Louis, Brownsville
and Mexico. It was believed supplies
could be sent from Laredo.
The entire North Beach residential
section of the city aas been swept
clean, except the Spohn Sanatorium,
the United States public health ser
vice hospital, which was occupied by
37 soldiers sent here for treatment,
and one frame dwelling house.
The damage was caused mostly by
the tidal wave driven in from the
north by a gale estimated at from 65
to 70 miles an hour. The official rec
ord of the tide places it at 10 feet, 6
inches.
Soldiers are on duty.
TOWN OF PORT ARANSAS
IS COMPLETELY WIPED OUT
Houston, Texas, Sept. 15. Port Ar
ansas, twenty-five miles from Cor
pus Christi. on the upper end of Mus
tang Island, was completely demol
ished by the hurricane Sunday, ac
cording to a wireless message picked
up here today, which reads:
"Port -Artmsas completely demol
ished by hurricane. Customs officers
and all records lost."
The message In the first direct
word from what is believed to have
been the center of the tripical dis
turbance which swept inland from the
Gulf of Mexico. Sunday, between Cor
pus Christi and Brownsville.
The radio is believed to have been
from a ship, the signature being that
of Captain Luther, deputy collector of
MRS.' W. P. HARRISON WAS
NOT SERIOUSLY WOUNDED
Seoul, Saturday, Sept. 6. (By The
A. P.) Mrs. W. P. Harrison, of Chi
cago, wio was wounded by the bomb
thrown at Baron Saito,. governor of
Korea, on September 2, i nan attempt
to assassinate him, is not in a seri
ous condition, though she and her-husband,
who was also slightly injured,
are still in Severance hospital.
Mrs. Harrison was wounded twice,
under the left arm. A piece of metal
has been extracted from one of the
wounds. She was also wounded in the
back.
Recounting their experiences, Mr.
Harrison said they had just arrived
from Peking and as they were near
the station sightseeing, they joined
the crowd around the official carriage,
in which Baron Saito was riding.
Suddenly he saw a small object like
a bronze vase, with a smoking fuse,
roll under the governor's carriage.
Mrs. Harrison screamed: Its a
bomb!" She instinctively covered her
face with her arms and then collaps
ed. Possibly this saved her from more
serious injuries.
First aid was rendered and then Mr,
and Mrs. Harrison were taken to the
hospital which they expect to leave
soon. The government officials are
showing great solicitude over the oc
currence. Baron Saito said to the corres
pondent: "I regard the outrage as a
mere incident. It will not deter me
from carrying out reforms.- On the
contrary, I consider it a splendid op
portunity to prove the sincerity of
Japan's motives."
Yesterday Baron Saito drove to the
Korean palace, where he had an ap
pointment. There were policemen sta
tioned along the road every six feet.
The governor made the jourey without
incident.
BIN KOWIT2 WAS THE
VICTIM OF ITALIAN BANDITS
New York, Sept. 15. Belief that
Benjamin Binkowitz. the young Wall
Street messenger whose mutilated
body was found near Milford, Conn.,
three weeks ago, was murdered by
Italian bandits from this city after
his disappearance on August 12 with
$178,000 worth of Liberty bonds he
was carrying fo rhis employers, was
expressed here tonight by the police
after Captain John Mayer of the Mil
ford police and Detective Frank Varel
li of the Connecticut state police had
conferred at police headquarters with
Sergeant Detective Michael Fischet
ti. commanding the Italian detective
squad of the New York police depart
ment. Captain Mayer and Detective
Varellt accompanied by Sergeant Rob
ert Hubbard of the Milford force,
arrived here this afternoon to check
up on the Ney York end of the case.
Clues indicating the murder was the
work of Italians were not revealed.
DECORATION FOR WHEAT
DIRECTOR J. H.- BARNES
New York, Sept. 15. Julius H.
Barnes, United States wheat director,
received the dfcoration of tin officer
in the t.esion d'lioniif ur, at u lum h
pon here today fciven in his honor by
I he French hiy li commission. Among
I hose present were M. "asanve. direc-
' tor general o the commission.
SED AT LE
CORPUS
CISTi
customs for Port Aransas and Corpu.s
Christi.
Port Aransas has a population of
approximately 600 'persons, and is in a
more exposed location than Corpus
Christi, where 15,ooo live.
Believed Port Aransas People Es
caped. Dallas, Texas. Sept. 13. FeaiH
of serious property damane around
Corpus Christi bay were expressed
here today by former residents of
Corpus Christi, who said th at if th
water from the Gulf Stream had
reached a depth of six feet in cr
tain sections of the city, as reported,
it was almost certain thai manv
dwellings along the bay had been
washed away.
While it was thought ample warn
ing had been given to residents of
Aransas Pass and Port Aransas, and
that they had made thier way inland,
it was pointed out that it was likelr
their homes had been inundated, as
these places lie lower than Corpus
Christi.
Efforts to establish wire communi
cation with Corpus Christi and
Brownsville, or nearby cities, had not
been successful up to noon todav
city.
25 OR MORE PERSONS
DEAD IN CORPUS CHRISTI
Austin, Texas, Sept. 15 Twenty
five or more persons are dead as thn
result of the tropical storm in Corpus
Christi, according to a message from
Former Mayor Roy Miller of that city,
to headquarters of the Southern TV-'
partment U. S. A., at San Antonio,
and forwarded to the slate adjutant
general's department here late tonight.
Dallas, Texas, Sept. 15. Reports
late today, not fully confirmed, how
ever, were that at least 3.H00 people,
were homeless in Corpus Chritsi and
were in need of help. It was said
most of these probably were from tho
North Beach residential section,
which lies lower than the rest of tho
AN APPEAL FOR HELP
FROM CORPUS CHRISTI
Houston. Texas. Sept. 13. An ap
peal for food, bedding and general
supplies was eeit out late today troni
Corpus Christi, received here by wire,
from Refugio. The message said:
"Please spread word that food sup
plies, cots, bedding and general sup
plies should bo rushed to Corpus
Christi at once. Aid and relief nee-,
cssary account result of storm. Dam
age approximately three million dol-
lars with twelve or fourteen known
dead and great number homeless.
(Signed) "ROY MILLER."
SESSION OF INTERNATIONAL
BROTHERHOOD CONGRESS,
London. Sept. 13. The International
Brotherhood Congress today opened a
four day session in the city temple.
Dr. Clifford presiding. Messages were
read from Sir Robert Borden, premier
of Canada; General Jan Christian
Smuts, Cardinal Mercier and John Wj
Davis. American ambassador.
Ambassador Davis' message said:1
"The great need of the world is to
hold before mankind the truth of their
brotherhood and make it a living, vi
tal force among nations."
The main purpose of the ensrress Is
to . attempt to draw together the
classes of the various nations and
generally to support the .League of
Nations.
Tomorrow Arthur Henderson, secre
tary of the Labor Party, will open dis
cussion on "Brotherhood and So.-ial
Lnrest. The Rev. Samue Zane Bat
ten, general secretary of the Baptist.
Brotherhood Federation of the L'nited
States, and Sir Harry Hamilton John
ston, president of the African Society.,
also will speak.
Lord Robert Cecil and Professor
Gilbert .Murray are to talk on
League of Nations.
th.
DISCONTENT "THE PRICE
WE PAY FOR THE WAR-
Hartford, Conn., Sept. 15. "I some
times feel that I can even thank God
for the tactics of the .L'nited States
senate in its treatment of the peace
treaty, when I remember that by it.
senate's conduct the American peopla
are being awakened to a realization of
America's new position among the,
nations as a result of the war." said
President William Douglas Mackenzie,
of the Hartford Seminary Foundation
this morning as he opened the two
days' ministers' retreat in the chapel
of the seminary.
Dr. Mackenzie contended that tho
present discontent that is rife in ev
ery part of the world is "the price we
pay for the war. It was right for
America to go into tho war, but tho
war itself, was born in iniquity. And
we are now going thrnueh the after-
rriath of sin. It is the high calling of
the Christian church to know what is
the fundamental purpose of Cod in
spite of changing circumstances of
human life and how that divine pur
pose may he worked in Adapting our
selves to these new conditions.'
REVOLUTIONARY FORCES
PROGRESS IN SALVADOR
San Salvador. Republic of Salvador.
Sunday, Sept. 14. Revolut ionnrv
forces under Generals T'taz and IVr-
rera have occupied La Ksperanza. tho
capita! of the Intibuea department.
Honduras, after a fi:'lit with ti-ootn
loyal to Former President Francisco
Bcrtrand, accordiii.t to advieos receiv
ed here from Honduras. The Ber-
trandista troops, under command of
General Theofilo Carcamo. were pur-,
sued by the revolutionaries, the ad-'
vices stated.
THURSDAY, OCTOEER 9.
FIRE PREVENTION DAY
Hartford, Conn.. Si-.t. la. 1o-rnor
Ilolcomb today issued a .ru. i.nii itluit
Melting aside Thursday, i i.-iiibcr- y. its
Fire' Prevention Hay ' i:i the stato of
Connecticut., .
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