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VOL. LXT NO. 240
POPULATION 29,919
PRICE TWO CENTS
NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER '8, 1919
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Decision Reached at the Session In Atlantic City of the Am
erican Electric Railway Association and Affiliated Bodies
Also Contend That Labor Must Be Forced to Furnish
a Certain Quantity of Efficiency at a Certain Pride Con
clude That the Question Must Be Fought Out Between
the Public and Labor, With Capital Looking On.
Atlantic City, X. J.. Oct. 7. Dis
cussion of the street car operated by
one m.in. which was said to be the
reaicat improvement in electric rail
way operation brought out in the
! t decade, statements that the pub
must be educated to the need for
higher fares and the declaration that
ii'.jor must be forced to furnish a cer
tain quantity of efficiency at a cer
t.n price were features of today's
-sions of the American Electric
Railway Association and affiliated
1 "" 'f v.js iiiauc mcn.;erai session aeciaed name a nuni-
is one
that must be fought out between the
pub.:c and iabor, with capital merely
looking on.
Job E. Hedges, of New York, de
clared that tiie public should -.be edu
cated to the need of increased reve
nue for the street railway lines if
they are to exist. Most persons, he
iid understood that any business
concern must make its costs and
something: ever as a profit or divi
dends if it is to exist. He blamed
pontics for miiny of the ills of the car
'inrs f the country, sayin
"A cheap way 10 get votes is to at
taci the traction line;?. We need sub
Manual men in this counlr'-. who will
d-irf to tell the truth to the people as
we never before needed them. Trac
tii-n companies have been facing ;
ra' e situ-itior. for years. but the
fro.lrm which dirc-rliy f-oinwns mil
I ons of riders i3 just getting before
the public.
"Tha companies have been forced
to brrak contracts with municipali
ties for the carrying of passengers at
hvc cents because it is a physical im
possibility to carry them at that fisf
ure and stay out of bankruptcy. Nev
ertheless. I am an optimist. I believe
ti-.e American citizen is on the level.
' ur great problem is to get the facts
before the people in language they can
understand. Then our problem will
be done because the American people
are sound to the core."
Mr. Hedge, who is receiver for the
Xew York" Railways Company. de
clared that "when the financial bur
cins undei which we now are laboring
reach the point where we cannot
maintain a reserve. 1 am going to
ark the court to stop the running of
ca rs.'"
This, he added, would be in about
ninety days.
Members of the public section of
the conference held a meeting tonight
at whici it was said the general atti
tude they win take toward various
labor nueslions as dlscise5. 1
-Somewhat of a seneral agreement
was reached by- the public represent
atives it was learned that no resohi-
WATERBURY REPUBLICANS
RELECT MAYOR SAND LAND
Waterbury. Conn.. Oct. 7. Mayor
William H. Sandland. republican, was
re-elected in the city election here
today by a plurali'. Qf 771. over the
democratic candidate, t rancis f
txuiitoile. an attorney of this city. The
whole ticket was elected, nearly au
candidates receiving Tifger pluralities
than the mayors. Mayor sandland
crried three wards out of six and
polled within 15S votes of his oppon
ent in the fifth ward, usually strongly
rtemocrauc. The vote was: Sandland,
231; Guilfoile. 6.460. The victory of
the repuolicans is looked upon as a
vindication of their policy of extensive
public improvements.
The republicans won three alder
men at large out of five for four years,
ar.d three out of five for six years.
Three republican aldermen hold over
that tne new board will consist of
nine republicans and four democrats.
Controller Elmer E. Parker. whose
handling of the city's finances was
made a target by the democrats, was
.-"-elected by a plurality of 978.
The campaign has been the hottest
n the history of Waterbury and the
iote polled was the heaviest recorded.
TO REDUCE MILITARY
GUARDS IN BOSTON
Boston, Oct. 7. In announcing a
poi.'-y of reducing the military forces
now guarding ti.e city becausc-'of the
ro'ice strike, by relieving units from
time to time as circumstances seem
:o warrant. Brigadier General Samuel
r.. Parker. commanding the slate
troops, said tonight ma, a provisional
battaiion o the JOth regiment of the
state guard, from the western part
r.f the slate, would be relieved to
morrow niiit. and would probably
entrain immediately tor home. The
companies aEected are D, of Holyoke:
I. of Northampton; F. of Pittstield,
and M, of Adams. Major Herbert P.
J-Tidridse, of Worcester, is the com
manding officer.
KOCHAK TROOPS HAVE
RECAPTURED TOBOLSK
I-ondon. Oct. 7 The Siberian city of
Tobolsk, at the junction of the Irtish
and Tobol rivers, which was captured
lv the Bolsheviki toward the end of
their eastward push against Admiral
Kolehak's forces early in September,
was recaptured by Kolchak troops on
October s. according to an Omsk tele
rram received todav in official quar
ers. The naval flotilla of the all-Russian
rovernment on the Irtish assisted in
he capture, the advices state. - Many
nsoners and quantities of supplies
were taken t. iti the town.
S. S. DESTROYER TALBOT
15 DISABLED AT SEA
Boston. Oct. 7. A radio message
nicked up at the naval radio station
here today said that the destroyer
TalSot was disabled, with the destroy
er McLanahan standing by. The po
sition of the vessel x-as not clear, but
she was believed to be off New York.
GERMANY HAS SENT A
NOTE TO SWITZERLAND
Cop-TihaRcn. 0-t. 7. According to a
despatch from Berlin, the Tageblatt
ssrru that Germany has sent a note
to Switzerland asking amelioration of
the unfavorable eonditinns under
wkih German prisoners are confined
IB auaertca n camps
IF STREET
ARE TO EXIST
tions or suggestions be advanced by
that group at the outset but to permit
the labor group and the employers'
group to put forth their suggestions
i.nd to throw their influence for tha
ideas which would accomplish the
greatest good for the nation. This
rather general agreement however,
was not considered as precluding the
advancing of suggestions later in the
conterence. 1 .
The representatives of the employ
ers at a meeting fo'lowie the een-
ber of experts in var.jus lmes of in
dustry as advisory members of the-r
Sroup.
A resolution was adopted endorsing
the policy of the coni'trence to hold
open sessions and admit prss.
It developed in this connection that
it was due largely to the efforts of
the employers that the deliberations
were opened to the newspapermen.
Several delegates made individual
suggestions, which the group instruct
ed them to draw up and submit as
definite resolutions, to be introduced
in the conference by the group ohair
man. The- resolution offered by Mr. Fus;i
for the employers' group follows in
part :
"Resolved, that the questions to be
considered by this conference .sre of
vital importance to al lthe people of
the L'nited States, indiviutiility and
collectively. Employers and employes
of every grade, in all branches of
American trade and industry, lartio
jr.d email, as well as in 'he public
service are primarily con
cerned in the establishment ind main
tenance of such relations between em- I
nlnvpr aa nrill 410r.11 in -. . .... - . i
pro- I
duction, adequate compensation for
services rendered and :i proper re
turn for capital investal . and for
management
Each member of this conference
should always rtcoynize tl-
rights and needs of others and that
it is inconsistent with tee principici
of Arrenran life and American inst;
luiions that the special interests of
at'.v f.roup of the people should be held
paramount to tin general gv od.".
.Mapnus W. Alexander managing
director of the National Industrial
Conference Board, voiced the senti
ment of the employers toward tie
day's proceedings in a statement. Dart
of which . follows: ,
As the conference progresses the
employers remain confident that pa
tience and sincere endeavor will point
some of the larger industrial prob
lems toward their just and satisfac
tory settlement.
GOVERNMENT TO MAKE NO
INCREASE IN FREIGHT RATES
Washington, Oct. 7. The railroad
administration will fcnake no in
crease in freight rates before return
of the railroads to private ownership
January 1.
Director General Hines wrotj T.
De .Witt Cuyler, chairman of the
railway executives, today that it
would be "impossible for the govern
ment to esUxbhsh any general read
justment of rates," because earnings
o- ;t- r r.r. h "under the abir.ii.'l
conditions prevailing in the early part
of this year did not afford a fair test
of income.
The manifest desire of the public
to have the Interstate Commerce
Commission exercise full authority in
any readjustment of rates to be ef
fected under private control also was
cited by the director general as an
objection to the railroad administra
tion s undertaking such a readjust
ment. SELECTING A JURY FOR
THE LONG MURDER TRIAL
Montpelier. Vt., Oct. 7 Selection of
a jury was started today in the trial
of George A. Long, charged with the
murder of Mrs. Lucina C. Broadwell.
whose body, stripped of nearly all
clothing, was found in a garden in
Barre on May 4 last. Of fourteen
talesmen examined all but six wei'e
excused because they had either ex
pressed opinions on the case or said
they had formed opinions which the
evidence would not be likely to maiie
ihem change. Neither the prosecu
tion nor the defense had exercised its
right of challenge.
HENRY MORGENTHAU IN
FRENCH LEGION OF HONOR
Paris. Oct. 7. Captain Andre Tar
dieu, representing President Poincare,
today decorated Henry Morgenthau,
former American ambassador to Tur
key and lvad of the mission to Po
land,, as grand officer of the Legion of
Honor in recognition of his services
to France before and during the war
Mr. Morgenthau will leave for New
York tomorrow by the steamer Adria
tic, sailing from Cherbourg.
FORESHADOWS EXCHANGE
OF PEACE TREATY DOCUMENTS
London, Oct. 7. The German pre3S
foreshadows the exchange of docu
ments relating to ratification of the
peace treaty in the latter part of Oc
taber according to wireless reports re
ceived here. This, however, is con
tingent upon the completion of rati
fication by Italy, France and Japan,
the papers intimate, and they point
out that the treaty would thus come
into force before the terminaion of
he debate in the United States senate.
GENERAL PERSHING IS
IN THE ADIRONDACKS
Utica, X. Y., Oct. 7. General John
J. Pershing arrived at the Brandreth
Preserve in the Adirondacks late this
afternoon, where as the guest of Gen
eral McAlpin of Ossining. one of the
owners of the great estate, he will go
oufl th runways tomorrow si
pursuit of deer.
Former Kaiser to Move
Amsterdam, Oct. 7. The former
German emperor will ... remove from
Atnerongen about December, 1 and
take up his residence at Door.
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Cabled Paragraphs
Norway Adopts Prohibition.
Christiania, Oct. 7 National pro
hibition has been adopted in Norway
by the vote at a general plebiscite
held yesterday.
ARGUMENTS HEARD BEFORE
- THE SUPREME COURT
Washington, Oct. 7. In accordance
with the government's announced in
tention of resuming the prosecution or
the anti-trust cases pending in the
supreme court, now that the war has
ended, arguments were heard today in
appeals. brought in suits instituted by
the government under the Sherman act
against the alleged anthracite coal
trust and the United States Steel cor
poration. The hearing of the coal cases
was concluded, but owing to additional
time being granted both sides for ar
gument, the steel cases will not be fin
ished until Friday.
Before argument sin these two cases
were begun, the court at the request of
Solicitor General King consented to
postpone temporarily the hearing of
arguments in government suits against
the Eastman Kodak company and the
Associated Bill Posters' and Distribu
tors' union. These are expected to be
herad possibly late this fall.
Except for the order of the federal
district court calling for the severance
of the Central Railroad of Xew Jersey
from Reading interests, the govern
ment lost both its cases in the lower
court asrainst the Reading Holding
corporation, the Lehigh Valley Rail
road company . and the United States
Steel corporation and their subsi
diaries. All the cases have been ar-g-ued
before in the supreme court so
the Lehigh case was submitted to the
court today on the printed briefs pre
viously filed by both sides. The other
arguments were virtually repetitions of
those already presented.
In asking for the dissolution of the
Reading company, Solicitor General
King argued that the evidence showed
that organization with its subsidiaries
was controlled by interlocking direc
torates and had a monopoly in anthra
cite coal. These contentions were de
nied by Jackson S. Reynolds and Rob
ert W. JDe Forest, both of Xew York,
representing the Reading company,
who also asserted that the separation
of. the Central Railroad of New Jersey
from Reading interests was not to the
public interest. The railroad, they
asserted, was not competitive with, the
Reading railroad but instead comple
mentary. Mr. Reynolds declared the Reading
could not compete with coal companies
operating in the Wyoming Valley sec
tion 01 the antnracite re.?ion because
it costs less tu ODerate there and said
" reH""- lIle "'5
b,een reducect a clear indication of
absence of a moivjjoly. He argued
tha tthe government had not proven
all of its allegations and asked the
court to consider the pending case on
the basis of the evidence produced.
Arguments in the steel case were
opened by Judge C. B. Ames, assistant
to the attorney general, who asserted
that the organizers of the steel cor
poration had in mind restraint of
trade and the enormous profits certain
to come from the industry. . He re
viewed the formation of the corpora
tion, beginning with the organization
of the American Steel and Wire com
pany in 1S03 bv the Morgan, Gary,
Carnegie interests. He will resume his
argument tomorrow, after which he
will be followed bv R. V. Lindahurv of
Xew York, C. A. Severance of St. Paul
and David Reed of Pittsburgh, appear
ing for the steel corporation.
QUIET PREVAILS IN THE
INDIANA STRIKE ZONE
Chicago, Oct. 7. Quiet prevailed, to
night throughout the Indiana zone of
the Chicago steel strike, with federal
and state troops in control of the sit
uation. At Gary, Ind., where Major General
Leonard Wood, commanding 1,600 fed
eral troops, has established "military
control." government agents seized a
quantity of radical literature in several
raids and a number of persons were
brought before the military authorities
and questioned. They were released
later.
An effort by several hundred strike
sympainizers 10 noiu a meeting in one
of the city parks at Gary this after-
noon was broken up by troops without
violence or arrests. The crowd scat-
icicu "i". "'s """,cu iM5 wards. The vote was Fitzgerald
Several arrests were made during
the day on charges of carrying con
cealed weapons. ,
General Wood and Mayor Hodges is
sued statements at Gary attributing
riet disturbances there to "Red 'lead
ers. '' " '
In South Chicago, where no troops
j..... . l 1. .1 a
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eral thousand strike sympathizers par
ticipated in a parade late today. A
squad of police marched at the head of
the procession. A number of men In
army uniforms, estimated at about 150,
came next in line. One of them wore
honorary medals.
At Indiana Harbor, where martial
law has been proclaimed by Adjutant
General Smith of Indiana, in command
of fifteen companies of state troops,
the Marks Manufacturing company
announced today that it had started
operation of its blooming mill and ex
pected that the plant would be running
ful canaicty by tomorrow.
No effort was made at any point In
the Chicago district today to interfere
witihmen s-oing to work in the mills.
Richard Wierseman. a former sol
dier, who led the parade of strike
sympathizers at Gary yesterday nnrl
later addressed a meetine- in East Side
nark. s brought before , General
Wood today and questioned. He was
released.
ANTI -PROHIBITIONISTS ARE
FLOCKING TO JAMAICA
New York, Oct. 7 Jamaica is going
to be the -'Mecca" of anti-prohibitionists
this winter and the exodus from
the United States has already begun,
according to ths Rev. Christopher
Sullivan, a Jesuit missionary, who ar
rived today on the steamship TuVial
ba. Many hotels on the island. Father
Sullivan said, had been closed during
the summer to prepare for the "wet"
season which will be in full swing in
two months. American tourists, he
said, formerly spent about $500,000 an
nually in Jamaica, but the amount
the coming year, he believed, -nfbuld
exceed $1,000,000. "
STRIKE OF CARMEN IN
WORCESTER SETTLED
Worcester, Mass., Oct. 7 A strike
of the carmen employed on District 3
of the Worcester Consolidated Street
Railway system, which kept several
towns without trolley service today,
was settled tonight. Both sides agreed
to submit to an arbitrator the demand
of the men that one- of their 'number
who had been discharged beJ reinstat
ed. . .. -
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Minority Expression
Caused Early Adjournment of
Industrial Conference : Yes
terday To Be Remedied.
Washington, Oct... 7. After perfect
ing an organization today, the -Industrial
Conference , called by President
Wilsoij, got tangled up in its owi
rules and adjourned until tomorrow.
Secretary Lane was elected perma
nent chairman. In his speech of ac
ceptance, he stirred the delegates, rep
resenting capital, labor and the public
to great enthusiasm by declaring that
the high purpose of the gathering
made failure impossible in the effort
to harmonize industrial delations in
this feountry.
Proceeding to the adoption of rule,
the conference struck its first snag in
a protest by John, Spargo, of New
Yorw, a xyiresentative of the public,
that the report the rules commit
tee made no provision for minority
expression and was a "travesty" on
.vtree deliberation, HJs criticism
caused early adjournment of the
morning session to permit amend
ments to be formulated by the re
spective groups, but on reconvening
the rules were amended without ma
teiarl change. They provide for pub
lic? sessions and unanimous vote by
groups on all conclusions and deci
sions, ad require the asset of a group
before any member of it can intro
duce a resolution.
A committee of fifteen was named
to recommend for or against all res
olutions introduced as follows
Representing the public: Thomas L.
Chadbourne A A.'Landon, H. B. Endi
cott, Charles Edward ' Russell and
Miss Lillian Wald.
Representing capital: S. Pember
ton Hutchinson,. John W. , O'Leary,
John J. Raskobl Herbert F. Perkins
and J. N. Tittermore. . . -
Representing organized labor:
Samuel Gompcr, Frank Morrison,
Matthew Woll, W. , D. Mahon and L
E. Sheppard.
The employers group was the only
one ready, under the rules, with any
business, Frederick P. Fish, of Boston,
offering a resolution declaring the
need of the industrial situation was
"incre: d production, adequate com
pensation for services and just return
on capital," and that each delegate
should be guided in his actions by the
good of the country as a whole, rather
than by the interests of his particular
group.
Mdtion then was made to adjourn,
strenuous action from the. conference,
egates who have been demanding
which evoked quick protest from del
Gavin McNab, San Francisco, a rep
resentative of the public, said he
would offer another resolution to give
the conferencesomething . to do, but
Air. Spargo macle a point of order that
the resolution had not been presented
to the group first and Mr. Gavin was
forced to desist. It then was sug
gested that the . Xtimittee ' of fifteen
hold a meeting and tbe groHPS aUo
get -together a a means-trf-'e-Oeditins '
busiiss, but this was, deemeti unwise
as the committee members-would be asked as to the possibility of the
absent from their group meetings and J strike , spreading beyond the steel in
besldes the committee had no business j dustry, W. B. Rubin, counsel for the
cussion about the rules, it was decided stee workers, said that "unless the
before it except the perfunctory elec
tion of its chairman. After much dis
to adjourn anyway to mee tomorrow
morning at 9:30 o'clock, .when each
group is expected to have something
to offer for consideration.
Disregarding the rules, the confer
ence paused - in its work to adopt
unanimously a resolution of sympathy
with President Wilson in his illness
and hope for a speedy recovery.
NEW HAVEN DEMOCRATS
. RE-ELECT ENTIRE CITY TICKET
New Haven, Conn., Oct 7 Mayor
David E. "Fitzgerald, democrat, was
re-elected in the city election here to
day by a plurality of 2,830 votes over
the republican candidate, James A.
Haggarty, a former major in the 10d
I " n ; .i . 1 SStatca InfonTrv Vi c moin
der of the democratic ticket, was
sweptinto office, although no candi-
date had a piuraiity aa ar&e as Mayor
Fltzgreraid who carried 11 out of the
(democrat) 11,779; Haggerty (repub
lican) 8.949.
The republicans gained one alder
man, which will make the new board
stand thirteen democrats and eight
republicans. For controller, Charles
E. Lockhart .formerly a captain in the
102d regiment, was beaten by his
democratic opponent, Arthur D. Mul-
ilenr by a margin of 2,320 votes. Sev-
eral others on the republican ticket
were former service men. Mayor
Fitzgerald's plurality was 155. more
than he secured two years ago.
A proposition to establish a muni
cipal ice plant in New Haven was car
ried by a majority of 1,288. The vote
was: yes 3.909; no 2.62L Only about
one third of those voting made known
their preference on this question. A
second porposition, that the pity float
municipal ice piarrt, also was carried
a $500,000 bond issue to construct a
but only by a majority of 279. The
ice plant referendum wah made pos
sible by the board of aldermen ap
proving the suggestion of Mayor
Fitzgerald, following a city investiga
tion into the alleged ice monopoly in
this section.
STEAMER POLAR LAND
HAS BEEN TAKEN IN TOW
Halifax, N. S., Oct. 7 The steam
er Polar Land, aleak in mid-Atlantic
with her sides straining -under the
pressure of a cargo of wheat swollen
Dy mrushmg waters, was taken in tow
today . by the steamer Bannack. The
Bannack had rushed to the assistance
of the Polar Land after the later sent
out calls for- immediate assistance
yesterday. Both vessels are Amer
ican. .
The Dominion marine and fisheries
department, which received word by
radio that the Bannack had reached
the side of the stricken steamer, said
it was expected the Polar Land would
be towed to the nearest port. Her
position was given as approximately
1,000 miles from .New , York. She was
mound from New York for Gibraltar.
The Bannack was believed to be
bound from Baltimore for a French
port.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
DELEGATES HAVE SAILED
New York. Oct. 7. All delegates to
the International Trade Conference
from France, Italy and Belgium, and
part of the British - delegation left
Brest yesterday on the U-.S. S-. North
ern Pacific, according to - cable ad
vices to the Chamber of Commerce of
t-he .United States'; made public . to
night: The 'delegates-, ,, 47 strong, are'
due here October 13. --
President Wilson
Appetite
Its Failure;Ha Been Regarded
One . of the - Serious Draw
backs to His Recovery.
.Washington, Oct. 7.President Wil
son's condition improved again today
and. his appetite, : the failure of which'
has been one of the serious drawbacks
to his . recovery, showed a decided
change toward normal.
; So far had he-, progressed that his
two married daughters Mrs. William
G. McAdoo of New York, and Mrs.
Francis B. Sayre of Cambridge, Mass.,
who came to his bedside several days
ago, returned to their homes tonignt
after consultation , with the president's
physicians.
In their day bulletin the physician
said:
"The president's improvement has
continued. His appetite is decided
ly beetter and he is- sleeping well."
Dr.-. Grayson' and the other physi
cians showed a decided Tnclination to
guard against over-optimism, however,
as they believe another setback still is
within the range of possibility. They
continued Mr. Wilson's confinement 10
bed and kept official business away
from him. t
Messages of solicitude and sympa
thy continued to pour into the White
House from all parts of the world.
'Late today v the following cablegram
reached the White House from Pres
ident Porras of Panama.
"With the greatest pleasure we see
by today's cable about the improve
ment in your health. We crave it will
be a turning for the best."
THE PITTSBURGH DISTRICT
STEEL STRIKE UNCHANGED
Pittsburgh,, Pa., Oct 7 Conditions
in the steel workers' strike in the
Pittsburgh district were without
marked change today.' No addition
al plants were reported to have start
ed up and the strikers did not an
nounce any material additions to their
ranks. The works that resumed yes
terday in the Donora-Monessen field
after an idleness of two weeks were
reported as .. having continued opera
tions tofiay, while strike headquarters
received word from organizers that
some men are in the various works
but there is little, if any, production.
All the big plants of the Carnegie
the strikers fnileii to ?Vmf dnwn whon
the walkout began are continuing tc
operate. The company reports that
men are slowly but steadily report
ing for their old 'jobs.
The executive council of the Pitts
burgh Central Labor Union met behind
closer doors tonight to discuss the
steel strike . situation, and the refusal
of the. authorities to permit the hold
ing of mass meetings in the open and
in some places - in halls. Complaints
against the state police' , and deputy
sheriffs; were also . under discussion, it
was said. -; ' , . ' J ' " ,
The meeting gavaAa3-J,eiort
hat .h-i council might consider the
lawlessness of the state police . and
other authoritie stops and the work
era get justice. Pittsburgh will prob
ably see one of .the greatest strikes in
its- history."
Strike leaders complain that besides
being denied free speech, the strikers
are being arrested for having union
cards and that picketing in many mill
towns was forbidden. Mr. Rubin and
J.. G. Brown, a strike leader, attended
the federation meeting and laid be
fore the labor men evidence of alleg
ed persecution of strikers.
According to a telephone message
from Secretary Hinckle, of the Allied
Mill Workers' council, of Steubenville,
Ohio, steel workers at Weirton. We-5t
Virginia, living in company houses
who refuse to work were being evict
ed. Thirty or forty men sought refuge
in the local strike headquarters from
the police, it is said. An attorney wuj
sent to Weirton to look after the in
terests of the strikers.
$1,200,000 WORTH OF FURS
SOLD AT NEW YORK AUCTION
New York, Oct. 7. A totJ of $1.
200.000 worth of furs changed hanil
at the autumn fur auction hero today.
This said to establish a record lor a
single day's sales, and brought the
grand total since the auction opened
up to $2,200,000.
Today's record was considered re
markable in that not one of nearly
600,000 pelts sold brought more than
$43. Increases over last spring's saleo
ranged from 10 per ce it. on tlyins
squirrel to 60 jper cent, on nutrii. The
only decline was on the uric of Aus
tralian fox. which dropped 20 per
cent.
HEARING OF APPEAL OF
BOSTON PARK POLICEMEN
Boston, Oct. 7. The appeal of the
nineteen metropolitan park policemen
who were discharged for insubordina
tion and disobedience to orders, for al
leged refusal to perform riot duty dur
ing the early days of the police strike,
was heard today by the Metropolitan
Park Commission. -A verdict will be
rendered on October ID.
The former officers based their ap
peal on the contention that they were
not guilty of disobeying orders, since
no formal order, was given by any su
perior officer. .
NATIONAL CONVENTION
OF LAUNDRY OWNERS
New . York, Oct. 7 The national con
vention of laundry owners voted here
today to petition congress to enact a
law . to prevent 1 the sale of merchan
dise composed of cotton and other
material as "all wool" and mercerized I
cotton as "pure linen or silk. The
proposed legislation provides heavy
penalties for improper labeling of such
merchandise.
This action was recommended . by
Dr. Harvey G. Ellegem of Pittsburgh,
the principal speaker at the morning
session. .
INCREASED PAY FOR ALL
NEW YORK CITY EMPLOYES
New York, Oct. 7 Increased pay for
New York policemen and other city
employes was virtually assured today
when ' the Board of aldermen adopted
a majority report of a committee re
commending to the board of estimate
that the three grades of policemen
and firemen receive yearly salaries of
$1,600, $1,800 and $2,000, respectively.
All city employes who receive less
than $2,000 are recommended for a 20
per cent increase and all above $2,000
one of ,10 per cent. Laborers' wages
are put 'at H a. day.
mfcu-j. 1, ttHTth 111 ."rift 1 .JL.a
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Regaining
Condensed Telegrams
Vienna will order
20,000 , tons 1 of
American coal.
Downfall of the Turkish Cabinet is
causing worriment in Paris. '. ..
Loyal Order of Moos decided to ex-
terfd its organizations to Europe.
The Weather Bureau issued a storm
warning from Delaware Breakwater to
Eastport. , .
Bar silver was quoted at 64 pence an
ounce in London; New ... York price
was $1.20. - , -r.
Secretary Lansing presided over tha
Cabinet meeting which considered
routine matters.
Alaska Gold Mines ' in September
milled 176,780 tons of ore,, averaging
83.9 cents per ton.
Col. E. M. House sailed from Brest
on the transport Great Northern for
the United States.
. Gold bars amounting to $620,000
were withdrawn from the Assay Office
for shipment to India.
Mayor Peters report that Polish
forces, after two days fighting with
the Bolsheviki, captured Dvinsk.
According to reports, cigarette
smoking is on the increase in Eng
land, especially among - the women.
The Italian Government has sent tha
Duke of Aosta to Fiume to ask d'An
nunzio to await the decision of the Al
lies, v
.Twenty men were found guilty of
smoking in the subways around Bor
ough Hall, Brooklyn, and were lined
$1 each.
French Chamber of Deputies ' pro
tested - against expenditure of
.$400,000,00 for American war supplies
in France.
Admiral Grayson announced an im
provement in the President's condi
tion and that he is constantly asking
for work.
Gen. Simon Petlurc, leader of the
Ukrainan forces, declared war against
Gen. Denikine, anti-red leader, in
south Russia.
Lindley Harper, Spiliard, an Ameri
can kidnapped from his ranch at Al
varado, Mexico, and held for ransom
has been released.
According to reports at Helsingfors
ten persons were killed and 28 injur
ed by a bomb thrown at a funeral
procession in Moscow.
Embargo- of the Shipping Board
against England during the railway
strike- was partially lifted as a result
of. the ending of that dispute.
'American Consul General at Buenos
Aires cabled the State Department
that drastic reduction in freight' rates
to the-United States and" Italy-was or
dered. - - ...-.,,.-..--.
State police discovered and seized a
liquor -'still on a farm near Scranton,
Pa. Moonshine whiskey was finding
its way into the mines and valley for
some time.
Lava streams flowing from the vol- 1
canoa Mauno Loa, which was in erup
tion for a week, became obstructed
and piled up a mass sixty feet high
and 300 feet wide.
London Westminster Gazette com
menting on President Wilson's illness,
says: "The entire English speaking
worm 10110 ws nis progress with sym
pathy and concern."
Steamship Passaic Bridge, which
went ashore. Saturday off .Earnegat
fahoals en route to New York with, a
cargo of grain from Rosario, was
moved six feet by tugs.
Government troops " with machine
guns were stationed before Govern
ment building at Warsaw, owing to
reports agitators were planning a dem
onstration against Poland.
In opening the United States Su
preme Court Term, Chief Justice
White announced the customary call
upon the Chief Executive would not
be made owing to his illness.
Ernest Albert Gustav Kurth, a Ger
man, formerly employed as a butler in
thp Wanamaker home, was arrested
for sending a bomb to Mrs. Rodan
Wanamaker, who narrowly escaped being-
killed.
Thomas Logan, 17, of South Boston
who had been employed at the Groton
Shipyard, riding, on the bumpers of a
car in a freight train passing west
through Bridgeport, fell off at Fair
field and was killed.
Estates of the late Gladys Cromwell
and her sister Dorothea were appraised
as follows: "Gladys $657,950; Doro
thea, $661,748. The sisters, prominent
war wtu-kers were foun ddead in the
Garonne river, France.
. Graduated increases in pay for postal
employes, instead of fiat advances of
$150 annually provided by the House,
are provided in a substitute bill or
dered favorably reported by the Sen
ate Fostoffice Committee.
As a result of the capture in Brook
lyn of a man passing bad checks, the
police are confident they have in cus
tody the accomplice of Gordon Faw
cett Hamby in the' robbery' of a
Brooklyn savings bank of $13,000 and
Killing or two clerks. :
TREATIES RATIFIED BY
to lt MNu Or ITALY
Rome, Oct. 7 (By the A. P.) King
Victor Emmanuel has ' ratified - the
German and Austrian treaties by de
cree. .
The Giornale D'ltalia says that each
decree contains two aritcles, the first
authorizing the government to exe
cute the treaty fully and the second
setting forth that the decree be pre
sented to parliament to be converted
into law.
WAR AGAINST HIGH PRICES
TO BE RENEWED WITH VIGOR
Washington, Oct. 7. War against
high prices on the necessities of life
will be carried with renewed vigor to
the country this month and. waged
through a series of meetings that is
expected to enlist the co-operative ef
forts of federal, state and local offi
cials. A decision to adopt this method
was reached today in a conference held
between Attorney General Palmer and
a committee of the National Associa
tion of State Attorneys General.
151) ALLEGED
. IV. W. CAPTURED IN RAID
Taken Near Weirton, W. Va., They Were Marched Into th
Public Square and Forced to Kiss the American Flag
Iter They Were Driven Out of Town By Police anc
Deputies It Is Claimed Most of the Men Were Furnace
Workers From the Pittsburgh District.
Weirton, W. Va.,, Oct. 7. More than
150 men, declared by police authorities
to have been members of the "Red
Guard" of Finland, were rounded up
here today, marched to the -public
square of Weirton, forced to kneel and
kiss the American flag and were then
driven out of town by police and dep
uties. ' : Seven of the men, suspected
of being the leaders of the radicals,
after kissing the flag, were taken to
the county ail at New Cumberland.
Later, all but one was released. He
is being held for investigation by the
federal authorities.'
The raid, .quietly planned but sen
sational in its results, was the out
come of many . threats that have been
CROWDER TO REYlRE WITH
RANK OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL
Washington, Oct. 7. The peace
treaty was sidetracked for three hours
today " while the senate debated and
passed a bill'; to bestow upon Judge
Advocate General Crowder on his re
tirement from t-he ' army, the perma
nent rank of lieutenant general.
Then, at three minutes to five o'
clock,, about the usual adjournment
time, the pact was called up and for
thirty minutes a reading clerk strug
gled laboriously wittt the printed
text unyl he reached the aection re
lating to Shantung, on which the next
fight will "ue made. At that point the
senate iuit work, for the night.
There was no announcement regard
ing any decision to take up other mat
ter in place of thp 0, and at two
o'clock Senator Lefce, chairman of
the foreign relations committee, walk
ed into the chamber, while Senator
Chamberlain, den;ocrat, of Oregon,
was speaking, cn the Crowder bill,
looked araunil, and learning that an
aOTremont had been mdde to dispose
of the measure, returned to the cloak
room to wrestle with republican
groups over reservations.
Senator Lodge told members later
that the aarecment on the promotion
measure was made by Senator Knox,
ronnriiiTOn. of Ptnns vl va nia. who in
troduced it, and , Senator Hitchcock,
of Nebraska, in charge of the demo
cratic forces; Senator Chamberlain in
opposing it spoke for two hours, and
there was much other debate betore u
vote was reached.;.;. , :, ..
During the- "morning hour, the two
hour period beginning at noon in
wbich everything on and off the cal
endar is discussed, there- was. how-
ever a snarp wranyie
due to charges that the League to Ln
forco Peace and other organizations
were -putting out. propaganda in an ef
fort to force the senate to ratify the
treaty unamended.
Senator Brandegee, republican, or
Connecticut, who recently announced
that he would , vote for all amend
ments - and reservations and then vote
ratification, started the clash
by presenting telegrams and letters
sent by the League to Enforce Peace
hie constituents at New Ha
ven Senator Poindexter. republican,
of Washington, added a word in de
nunciation "of the len propaganda
practice, and attacked Senator Hitch
cock who previously had charged thdt
many opponents of the league
Bolshevists and pro-Germans.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
HONORS CARDINAL MERCIER
Xew York, Oct. '.-Columbia univer
sity today conferred the degree of doc
tor of laws, "honoris causa, the high
est distinction in its power to bestow
upon Cardinal Mercier. pnmate of
Belgium and "spiritual hero of the
greatest of wars." Ten thousand fac
ulty members, students and their fami
lies and friends stood in the bright
sunlight on Mormngside Heights, at
the base of the broad library steps, to
witness and take part In the cere-
mThe caruinal was the guest of honor
at a dinner eiven tonight by the inter
racial ccuncil.
Appiause greeted the cardinal when
he sa-::: that perhaps in later years he
would choose to spend his last days
in the United States.
FORD TO RUN LINE OF
STEAMERS TO IRELAND
London, Oct. 7. The Cork Develop
ment Association has received a ca
blegram from Henry Ford, slating
that he is considering running a line
of steamers to Ireland.
OBITUARY.
Henry Mills Alden,
New York. Oct. 7. Henry Mills Al
den,' 83 years old. editor of Harper's
Magazine, since 1869 and a direct de
scendant of John and Priscilla Alden
of Mayflower fame, died today at his
home, 521 .West.lllll street ne was
active almost, to the last, despite his
advanced age. He wa seighth in de
scent from John Alden.
He was born at Mount Tabor. Vt..
Nov. 11. 1S36. ' In his early youth the
family moved, to Hoosick Falls, N. Y.(
where he started to work in a cotton
mil as a bobbin boy. Owing to long
hours in the mill he found no time
for- schooling until he was 14 years of
age. , - "r '
In two years after leaving the fac
tory he, had 'prepared himself for col
lege. He entered' Williams in 1S53 and
supported himself . by teaching and
other occupations. .Mark Honkins was
president- of "Williams at that time,
and Alden's fellow students numbered,
among others, James A. Garfield. Hor
ace E. Scudder, George ' Washington
Oladden and John J. Incalls. When
G.trPeTd came to New York after his
nomination for the nresidency, Alden
c.illed -upon' him. They had not met
for years, but Garfield greeted him by
his old college name, "How's "Meta
physics'?" - ...
After graduating with hpnors. Alden
snent three- years at ' the . Andover
Theological semlnarv. , where he took
a.lvar,t.i.?.e of that institution's ma.-?-nifi"e"t
r?ieek library. , -
While at the seminary he began lvs
iiterary 1 areer wit hthe eeeptar.v
by the Atlantic Monthly Of tw of bis
articles, one of which. on The Eleifri
ian Mysteries, was sent to J-" editor
rl that .perlodii'1.)! iinl."tow - yoni"
"'- by h:.-. i'rlend, ITarri Beecher
Stow. , - .- .
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MEMBERS OF
Blade against foreign-born workers
uiiii.. employed in sieel plants
here.
A large quantity of "led" literatui
was found in the headquarters of the
radicals. One placard read in Fin
nish: "Red Christmas 191S; Red New
Tear's 1919."
Another read:'
"The people's flag is red, my bkMxi
runs red; hoist up the red flag on t
pole and let us live or die under it."
W. W. Hill, a patrolman, formerly a
United States marine and a veteran ot
Cl teau Thierry led the raid and it
was at his command that the radicals
wers forced to kiss the folds of tha
flag.
TRANS-CONTINENTAL AIR
RACE STARTS TODAY
Mineola, L. I.. Oct. 7. Air Commo
dore L. E. O. Charlton, air attache of
the British embassy at Washington,
was selected tonight as the first avi
ator to be sent away from here to
morrow morning in the great trans
continental air race and reliability
test to San Francisco and return.
Commod V Charlton, who is the high
est ranking officer entered in the con
test, will fly a Bristol machine and
will alternate as pilot with Flight
Lieutenant P. E. TrailL also of the
embassy staff.
At sundown tonight fifty machine?,
representing eight different makes and
resembling giant grasshoppers. were
lined up on Roosevelt Field awaiting
the signal to start. Seventeen other
machines had either arrived and were
being prepared by mechanics or wei'9
on their way here from neighboring
fields. Sixteen machines were pre
paring to essay the eastbound trip
from San Francisco. The contest is
limited to military aviators.
Commodore Charlton will be sent
away promptly at 9 o'clock and one
half of the other machines are sched
uled to follow promptly at two-minute
intervals. The other half are
scheduled to leave in the early after
noon. Three American "aces" are lncluflra
in ihe Kst of starters. They :re Lieu
tenant Colonel Harold E. Hartney.
Cupain .loin O. Donablson and Cap
tain Field "indley. Other prominent
flyers to ta-- vart are B. W. JIavnard,
who wen the recent Toronto-New
York race; Colonel Gerald Brandt;
Colonel C. C. Culver and Captain De
Liivergne, air attache of the French
embassy.
PHILADELPHIA PRESSMEN
TO AID NEW YORK PRESSMEN
New York. Oct. 7. Governor Smith
has been asked by Bernard Nolan, the
president of the Pressmen's Union No.
51, one of the organizations on strike
here, to investigate conditions lead
ing up to the walkout. Mr. Nolan an
nounced at a meeting of the union
held here today. The governor as
sured him. said Mr. Nolan, that he
would do what he could.
Philadelphia pressmen. who J
cently received an increase of $S
week in wages, have agreed to con
tribute the increase to striking press
men in this city until the strike is set
tled, labor leaders here announced to
day. John Adams 'rnayer.
retary of the Periodical Publishers
Association, announced today that the
magazine Housewife was not affect
ed by the lockout of the pressmen. Mr.
Thayer said ihe name of the House
wife had teen inadvertently included
in the list of periodicals of nationwide
circulation, given out by him whica
had suspended publication because of
the labor trouble.
KING ALBERT RAN ENGINE
OF TRAIN TEN MILES
Chicago, Oct. 7 The Kin of the
Belgians today ran the engine of H
own 'train for ten miles. The special
fain on which the king and his party
are tiaveling westward was stopped at
Wauseon. o., while his majesty climb
ed int othe cab of the engine and took
over the throttle from the grimy pilot.
The kina, who has a thorough know
ledge of locomotive engineering, rati
the heavy train for ten miles without
a jolt. Then he stopped the engine
and returned to his car.
The train was stopped for an hour
at Toledo, the home of Brand Whit
lock. American ambassador to Belgium,
where the party received an enthusi
astic welcome. The stop was made by
the king as a personal friend of Mr.
Whitlock and not as an official visit. --
MEETING OF AMERICAN
LABOR PARTY IN HARTFORD
Hartford. Conn.. Oct. 7. Following a
meeting of the local branch of the
American Labor Party tonight, Tim
othy .M. Crowley, state chairman, an
nounced that the party will oppose
enforcement of the act adopted by tha
last stafe 1 'slature which provides
that minority parties must present, a
petition with he signatures of one per
cent, of the voting list in order to en
ter candidates. Mr. Crowley predict
ed that the fight would be carried to
the state supreme court if necessary.
At the meeting tonight a resolution
was adopted calling for a conference
of all minority parties in the state to
plan opposition to the act which was
characterized as dangerous in prin
ciple. .
SWEDISH LEGATION AT - "
PETROGRAD LOOTED
Stockholm, Oct. 7. (Havas). Dr.
Hellner, the minister' 'of foreign ai
fairs. has received from a private
source advices that the Swedish lega
tion at PetrogTad has been looted
by Bolshevists. An ' inquiry has been
opened. ..
KNOCKOUT IN BOXING
BOUT RESULTS FATALLY
Jersev City, N. J.. Oct. 7. Receiv
ing a fracture of the skull when
knocked down in a boxing bout here
tonight, Meyer El'is. 20 years old. -of
New York, died soon afterward In - a
hosr.ital. Ilia opponent. V UiorU
Dovle, also of New York, was arrest
- technical charge of Uii
laughter. , , . . ,.r-..
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