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ADVERTISEMENT.
BMMMMMMlMIMimill
E?*fypti*vn
DEITIES
"The lltmost m Cigarettes
Phm end or Cork tip
fceplc cf culiutr, vefinementand
Ciiucattcyj invuriMy preter
T)e<ttfS to aay otittr UcartttZT
aiiBMiiMtPlMli
or personnel of any ariritration board that mighl take up the
controversy.
ln this regard tin' Mediation Board that went to Now u>rk
was severely handicapped. Their powers were limited by the
provisions of tho Newianda act, which permits s board of three
or six arbitrators, Supposing that the brotherhoods consent to
arbitration, they most certainly would want ? representative of
<ac'h brotherhood on the board
. that, th.-re would
? vri thl
brotherhood naanibera of th. board
aml Um raihraj* memhera as to tho
anderatood
tha rri._iiletit.q-. - fear.<
oa thi :? ? promise tO inter
n thal caa. too, and i!'
Bppohlt th*- neutral arnitrators.
ulation and no
01 .. | be ob
? ?? r. U-d par
The White
p| for the rresi
enient. The Ol
WiUJam
l.ral Koard
.vho ar
. ..
: orning. Judtf. Ckaatbera intro
1
"lee Appears To He Melting."
. _. | , .i_ to be mclting a lit
laabara, when he
trt. conference. "I feel
uuiii -jation thun
vs nen 1 cama dei '";:-k- * ara
-it will
It 18
?...i.l be a
.."
When .1 . -??
_bout the ,
es, he re
. II TV.
_.|| .tion at all. ifie
realdflBl ?implv (.ave them some i
thinps to think about. That in ull.'
B rail?
road marn.. ' r.-linh the
-.?d tO
I that ?uch would
? they ramo here, but
thev hnd trred hHrd to avert it.
. v left the White House la'.e,
?
Hotel
takii
? _k'Hin ln
iin hour, trying ? "nd a way
1 xltuation that would
HriitherhiMids Optimistlc.
The four bre- wera
all day lonp. al?
though r. r.ervous when
they e_m<- ? '?'- hit* Hon-.
, two hours
with the 1 ' -.>'? The
small army cf rcpor'i-rs e-athered on
uwn and driveway beaiflg
lubor leaders and previ rited th.
.
? least one que .tion
... head of the
. _ay ('oi.durti.r_.
| ? -ne unions.
"Absolotely net u word," said the
?what tlus
ri.l. "The
?nation,
. . ?
him. I won't have fl
?;rrup."
?U.II \. L'ain?"
he win askfld.
"Pi il ly; in fact. we probably shall,"
he replied.
'Th. ' oh*?"
"Abaolutely n
raona in this country
? like tn read the . teru.rrapbie
rnir Dtflfl ' f whal took plaee in the
ihe Preaident and
way tr en
Carreiaaa Leada l??legation.
Gan
| . .m and a weulth of mytrtol
? iadc tr, thfl Preflldenl
for the traii i ? who
knew him well will admit it. Hfl led
tha dl wlth Warren S. StOBB.
<>f t)r. ? pnion; W. G. 1
rainaiflB, BBd w of the
te the White
? tenr.
ha.i been in thi
av baek Ib 181
hen Pn I ??id
railway
men -hut lerved ??> a rue foi parl of
?
nlder as :
'
Houflfl atud_ra a few minutes after K>
o'clock.
n this is his arpu
ment. it ia n
inditions. Th.-.
the sole aini of their demati.N That
.r
liour more
..lf pay for ov.r
| as a puni
ttlBf a
- horter WOrkiBf day
?
? ..r ..-. ? nt to ham
?-. railroada in making some o*
their men work itflCB h"urs.
the limil set by l_w for any rmlw.v
? _ay
? addr.l t. r- tfl thfl
Ul to the
main ll
Nil-on Takea Imphatie Stand.
l' ?|. this Garrataoa'a
that of
'".?r< i! WoodlOW Wilson an opet. ?
nent. The Preaident,;
-o it is reported. addreaaed the men.'
He took their view of the case. Ile
ajraapathixed with then- deaira for ??
-horter day. II.? pro-nised that he ;
wonid try to get '?' for them. He I
th.- men if they got their con-l
n wo.rlil thej B0BB4 nt to arbi- ?
demanda. It li
that the broi gatea agreed.,
Hut th.- Prealdeat alae mada thi.1
point clear and emphatie: This coun-;
try will not star . ' .-u?. '
Thflte must not be a Bi
Thfl railwaj ??" : a*eal bb .?? aeeretly
satistied but ns ?'?nin of the I
outeoin*. I
Th?- gave a brief noon
perii.H to lunehmr ar busi
ne_. thut eould not bfl po-tponed until
j the conference* end. The mannger?
: rneaBv a eai early ifl
to thi'ir
th thfl Pn
i' li Bl had pr<
? hi* eai ? ? ?raii tttt d to the
? -. . Thea !
n Iwny men are serkiiu
; better working rondi'ion*. Is
? ' f meeting the spirit ol
! their demand?
Lee Points to C.reat Cost.
Elisha Lee, chairman nnd BpokflflBiafl
of the conference committee of mnnag
? .*..(!. it is said. Then he
ted out th*- ehaBfjc frota the
nt ten hour achfldBle and pi
pay tor ovrrtime to an eiffhl hour
railroad
nvolvfld in thr* demnnds of
brotherhood trainmen.
T'-, t the bbi r
woald prol ? to Bubmil
c conipensatM,-; propoaal tfl
? fton.
Acordmg to The Tribune's in
..-.???
.' tinge:
: ? oeed to an eight l.oui acheduie im
? !v, and without much difflculty;
thal somo arrangimei.t migiit Bfl
ed, a sliding Bflfllfl
pa, whereby the change ifl
! Bchedala on the more inv.
, nnd 1. Bfl
gradoally ore? e pflri<
that tho exi't'i.se would be min.n
It is understood that I
i similar proposals were the sub ?
? ? n c v of '
manager.-. If the BZBCflrtiVflfl dfl no*
| eomplete tl
. ...... .........
to-morrow moi l ? the j
? ? thfl President.
ll the
whole duy's prr ll ,1 perhaos ,
man eoncernod except the,
? imaalf, waa .lodge i hara
Ha and Joseph P. Tamalt]
! ?? '. ?
? Bfly thi-; morning BBd
ilouse.
President WilsOD met Ji: . I
bers about 'J o'eloek and urranj.-.
ag with tl
.' ndf-fl then w?al baeh to thi
with that ma?saa*fl, nnd for the ??
, the dav he hied -. and forth
: from th" White House to the BBI I
1 tfl th? managcrs.
Commeree Commission
No Remedy, Says Wilson
."ii. Aug. 14. An inquiry by the
laterstata Commeree Commission into
I the threatened railroad strike would
v for the crisis at the
... i.t v\ iison said
! in a letter received to-day by Pr.
: < harles P, Weed of the Hoston Cham
: ber of Commeree. Tne communication,
,..'? ! Augu.-t 11, was BB folloWBI
"My Dear Mr. Weed:
"Allow me to aeknowledfa the reeeipt
I
vcyi'i,, ? ? TOtfl 01 thfl I
B recommi
i that the Ii:' rflmeree < b
ba iaatruetfld by Congreai to a<
ri the fact> ifl the jiendmg rflil
i lottd eontro1 ?
"Yofl need nol doubt tha* the full im
portaaefl and grnvity of tru' new BCratfl
eontroveraj between the railroad
.
,ject of thought and eonfarenea with
i.g to make
sure that 00 means of assisting a ?et
. ? lool' d<
"Thflra is no compulsion of law ayail
by whieh wa eonld ol
party to the coatroToray to awail an in
. to Bfl Baeh an
inquiry ia nol a remedy at the nao
! v. rite, <?
n New Yori. I lt| BfltWfll
to the i ud thfl
ral Boa/d i -; *nd Con*
cilial ? ? ii ? awa
before
mining n hai li ?y daty.
?
-UihiHRoW WILSON."
Mediators Mere Await
Capital Peace Action
Q, \v. w. Haaajflf oni Jadga '
A. Knapp, ehairmar or the 1 i
? . t- li rflnaia Ib New
lai I oiffht, until
the ou with the
nt ia made sure.
Mr. Il.'ingrr pointed out Inst night
thnt
the controversy
i his eolleaajaei would br needed
, ?? ft *"??
?igton.
1 hfl member ol' the Board of
10 t. rmed the r .
-.ni 1 trains would
itflfl rcgnlan as
"ridlculaai "
"The. only way the plan could bfl ear
? (,| oat,"" old be to put the
iato tha hands of expei I B
employci and then compel then to run
them." __
INFORMS DAJRYMEN
HOW STRIKE WAS WON
Kittle Addresses Board at Har
moflious Meeting.
. lajtaaai 'o Ih* IM
Middletowa, N. Y , Aug. 1 J. Thr
; n the I>air\
Laafljaa did no* mntoriali-.e nt the
? of Itl board of directors here
Instead. all **** harmonious.
V. Qerow, of Waahiortoi
? and H. A. 1
hoin, of Hamilton, was elected lus
W. I Kittie. secretary of
Milk I'roduc-flV A??ociation of
Chicaj n addraaa telling how
? -paflk -1 rik?? in Chicago WBI
WOI* bfl tae producer*. The league
controfs the outj>ut of 60,000 cowa.
STREETCAR MEN
MAKE DEMANDS
Twenty-six Requests for
Change in Working Con?
ditions Are Filed.
AGREEMENT VIOLATED,
EMPLOYES DECLARE
Charge Made That Strike
Leaders Are Compelled
to Pay for Old Jobs.
Twenty-six requests were pr.- . ?
to ThflOderfl P. Shonts and Kdward H.
Maher yesi. rdny afternoon by a com
' mittee repreaeatiBg tha eat men of the
New Yoik Railwaya Compnny and lh*
Third Avenue company. who have BB*
rolled in tha Aaaalfaaaatod Aaaoetatloo.
According to the agrcmcnt BlgBOd by
the union and tlie coni|>anies at 1he re?
cent strike settlcncnt these item* are
to be submitted 'o a board of arbitra
lon.
in a letter BceoaipaajriBg the list the
men recall tha fact thal tha companies
date for ft eoafaroaoa
; on or before AagOSt '?'<?. Bl which xhe*
might air thejf grleeaaeea. An eanu il
requeal that thia data ba deeigBated at
once il put.
The deaaaadfl eover eight typewritten
pagaa, and laelade ? new achoaTrale of
pi.y M the husis of M cents all hour,
proi aiaaa for gaardiag employes from
. diaeharga without notice or hearing
' and other changes in working condi?
tions. In brief, the more important
articles follow:
"There shall be a basis of a nine-hour
rniriimum and a maximum of ten hours
f,,r motonaefl rnd conductors, the full
worh tO ba eompleted within
twelve consecutive hours.
"Regular motormen and conductors
shall not be required to work over
l.ut where they consent. they
shall be paid time and one-half for
such work. Men ordered to report nt
a certain time shall be paid from that
time, BBd not from the time the]
their I
Pa) for Snow Plough Work.
"All work done on snow plOBghfl to
pay Bweepera and aciapera M cent, an
hour. No in.'.n Ifl to be required to
work more than Bil consecutive hours
at snow work without time off for
naala. Where such time off is not aa_.
te go to the regalai aattag
the eoaipaoy la to faralah meais or
meui tickets.
"When a member of the association
is gurnmoned to answer a charge, it
must be as soon as possible after the
a'.leged offence la committed. If not
found guilty, he shall be rcimbur.cd
for time iost.
"When any member is summoned tO
flnawer ehargfli he shall be given live
hours to answer, wlth the pnv.lege of
consultings adv.scrs, of appealing from
? teadeat to general manager,
and. if innocent, of being reimbursed
for time lost. , ?
"Rflgnlar men violating the rules ot
the companv an.i paaaliaed with time
hall BOt be required to work.
"A 'loat' car ahall oonalat of an
Otfl failure on the part of a BBBB
to rel His car out on time. Men re
? ilck t-n minutes or more be
thfl car is dUfl tO leave thfl barn
lhall i."t be credited with a lost car.
Men who do not. report because they
arc flick must give notice thirty min?
utes before the car is due to start.
\o loM ear ehargfl te be made on men
who are impflded by tie-up. IB no
hall a man he discharged be?
cause of a lost car.
Rate of Wages Asked.
"The rates of wages to be pawl
i men aad eondaeterfl shall be 30
nn hour for th? Brat year on
.nd ..:' cents per
aft.r the lirst year. Plagnen
, Qt| an hour. tha drr. |
worh to be eoaaplated Ib twelve eoa
I seeutive hours. An increase of 10
per eeal Ib wagea ahall be granted to
all earhouse employes, with ten hours
aa ihe day'a worh.
"Xo employe to be discharged or
. ndfld for iaabillty to aecan the
names of witnesses in any BCeidl I I
? . mploy. is summoncl I ?
? witneflB ifl a law suit affect
? ,? eom] aay, ba ahall ba paul foi
nll time at the regular rate.
?Motormen nnd eoadaetora laatniet
mr new men shall receive M cents in
addition to regalar day'i pay. While
ing, swit'.hir" ir flaggiag, they
shall receive pay b the motormen and
?i.r-' rate.
"Wi,. '..-ver any eompla nt ll made
Bgaiasl aay .-mploy.- ' mpany
paaaeagCl Br any other person,
i .ii must be preSBBl at the
? t that
, the eharge is bo! Bebatantlatfld thi
i employe shall receive his regular day's
pav.
"Anv BB_| ell >ted hy the em
' ployea to repreaaal them on matters
1 which will preveat him from working
; his car shall, after he has heen re
1ie\ed from such duties hy en.i
be permrtt-.l to return to his farmer
?li the company in his full
leniority rij I
Time Off for Delegates.
"Any eamn l ? ? ?? aa Baleeted by th.
to i BpreaeBt them at ea
have tha privilege of
off wlr.tr iary te carry out
any business ef thfl employes.
"The ab--. ta an.l conditions
shall ' | open tha eompaaiea
,,. ,1 emplovei fo? ? period of eaa jreai
from tha ni_1 day of Aagoat, ISla.*1
leaders of the union ycsler.liiy ?r
the New York Railwaya Com
Of breaking the ajrreement drawrr
up by Oscar I, Straus and Mayoi
Mitchel, by which all striking employe.
were te be tahea back iruhoul
Between thirty aad forty
men who wen leadara in tha
ted to William B. Pitagerald, bob
eral orgBQiBer of the NflBJ Ifort
of the AmalgaB-Bted, thal the green
car or.ic-.nls bad refused to Bllow then
irn to work. ln addition. twenty
arere diaeharged for promi-!
neaee m organizing the union.
Appeal to Mr Straua.
Mr Fit_geral.l tnid that their griev
i he tahefl to Chairman
straus. of tha Pablie Senrie? (on
mission. at once. W. D. Mahon, pre-.
dent of the union, was notified in De?
troit, where the executive board of the
ociation will meet thi*
| _;<r. counsel for
the uni<>n, Btated that as soon as a date
had Ot I <iie _OB8i_Oratl( ?.
tha deaaaa_)a preoeatod yeaterday thc
matter of the discharged employe
i h" taken up.
? ral carmen told orgam.ers ?t
the Hot.>| i Ofltiaeatal yesterday after
noon that they had been thrown out
Capital Tensely Awaits
Wilson's Mediation Plans
President*.* Political Future Is Believed to Dcpend Largely
on His Action in Railroad Strike Crisis?Three
Courscs Open to I iim.
IFrom Tlir Trl'Mti* I'.nrtau 1
Washiiifc-toii. Aug. 14. N'ot since the
CarriflBl nffair. whafl for hour* war
with afaxiefl haas bv * thread aad
Washington wa* plunged into a fever
of excitenient, bflfl tlie air bren'hed so
unmistakably the ten*ene*s nf a rutua
tion as to-day, when President Wilson
began the difflcult task of attempting
ta prevent u railway strike that would
I paralyze the et tire bu*ine*? of the
! "ountry.
At the Wbltfl Iloure. the Prciident
had eaacflllfld all ???fagaflaflBta and
given up the entire day to conferences
With ripreseutative- of the four
brotherhoods and the railroads Around
the pillars ol the north entiano\
ergwdfl of 8la*htflfl?ra to tha eapital
stood about, BWfld by their proximily
to tbe deliberution* and anxious for
.a glimpse of the men Ifl whose hands
! re*ted the decision aa to whether car
whflflla woald eoatiiflai tfl turn.
ll the rapital, Congrc** and Admin
'i || on Blikfl I ad hec n tflfl opt must u
regaidmg the impossibilitv of BOflh B
cata.ftrophc as a general riniroad strike,
i u.is quickly Bflbflrfld when thfl rail?
way rnen emcrged from tlie Wlnte
Hou*e. There was suildenly felt for
the tirst time the tension, the BfllTOOl
, of HBflll Hhfl for days umi I
have BTflfltlfld with a problem that has
BflddflflSy gotten beyond thflit grasp. It
WBfl erldeal thnt us far as their own
OOWflr went thev 3vere helples*.
Unleia the Praaideat could Bad " arajf
OBl America would be plunged iatfl Bfl
Indastrlal w?r wboaa nsult* traxa
beyond all ealeulatiaa.
Ihree CflBTfl? Are Open.
In the mind* of thflflfl who watched
while thfl issaea wire beiag dflbated
two fai's stood out. Tkfl] were bow
thfl pablifl OOaid protect ita ov\n intcr
effeeta ab
th? fortniMfl of Woodroa Wilaoa waald
be.
The President ha* three course*
open to iiiin. Ufl can Bttflflapl ta briag
I oth fai'tioti I tOgCtl er, as Boi
did in the coal strike, ar.d by I
ns inediator lind a BBflla flf possiblo
agrei iii'iil. Tl.e l nite.i States lfo.uo
ui Mediation and CoBciliatioB waa aa
able tfl porfona that fuaetioa. Thal
thfl President ifl attempt ing thifl fllflB
tc, be thfl interpiet.;*.i',;i flf to
day'a TOafflrflaeafl. In .'?. bowflTflri he
la eaafroatfld i.v th? bbbbb diflculti
whieh beset the Mediation Hoard firul
of cmplovment by the itrikfl, and that
,.,,i been foreed to pay a barn
aaperintettdenl through a nuddleman
i-2.r, each to ohtain remMatcment. This
matter may bfl laid bafoia Difltrlet At
torney Swan, altbongh Mr. Pitsgerald
refused to diaeuai tha union's attitude.
Men Cheer for Shont*.
Theodore I*. Shonts. prflsideat of the
laterboroagh, ard Frank Hedley, rina
preaideal and geaeral iaaaag< '?
iit two "get-togi ther" meeting* of their
employes held at Manhattan Caslno,
155th Street and Eighth Avenue,
aad Ebliag Caaiao, IMth Strflflt aad
St. Ann's Avenue, la*t night. TBfljr j
(lrged that tha men appoinl a eoa-mu-l
:., whfl would Mive Bfl 8 "channel of
rommunication" between them and
thflir employers.
"Do vour own thinking, Mr. Hedley
.-aid. '"'Don't let aay ontaidera broah
up vour employnient Of your bomc
? committee tfl rflpreaenl you, and
? ? preaaat whatarflf gnevances you
hat-fl tfl thfl head of your department.
ii h, rflfaaaa to adjaat these, come <ii
rectly to me."
Mr. Shonts nnd Mr. Hedley were
ehoorod loadly at each meeting.
URGE WILSON TO SEEK
TAMMANY MEN'S AID
Peacemakers Want Osborn and
Mack Put on Committee.
To placate Tammany and its up-state
allies. President WUflflflB will be asked
to-day to consent to the naming of
W.lliam Church Osborn nnd Norman E.
Mack as additional members of hi*
campaign committee. Tha re<iucst, it
is said. arill be made by friend* of the
Pre .dent, who have become alarmed
at the wave of resentment that has
gone ov-r the organi/ation Iiemocrat*
of th, BBfl* of thfl snub ad
ministered to them by Vaaea C, Me
i orn ek, ehairman of the Pemocratic
National ('ommitti e.
In m .n eomrnit
? ,.. y,? : Coi ?? cl gi ??'?? ?! the New
iforl Btate organiiation entirely. Hai ry
Morgenthau WBfl named from thia state,
nothiag so tar aa thi
ni'-n aer* eoneerned, They
were for Norman K. Mark, mem'n r o*
the Democrat;,- National Committee and
u former national chairman.
Effortfl tfl stiaighten out the
tion wflra !? ? lt la an
i ,? of the Pn lidant'i eloaa
Wfl ihingtOD to urge
upon him tha ielo?tioa ol Oabora and
Mack.
ARMED POSSE HUNTS
MAN CHILD ACCUSES
Tony Dalia Is Arrested in Hack
ensack After Pursuit.
Tflny Palia was arrested in Harker.
BBch, N, .!., early yesterday morning,
aceuaed <?? aaaaull eomtnitted on Anna
White, seven years Old, flf Pundr
He BBl latfll id( Bl Iflfld I
int of the child and Wflfl helJ
for triaL
Befora Palia dropped off i ear at
Hackeaaack, a posse of neighbors,
armed with ihotgoni BBd KTthSB, I ad
began to smur th ia for h'tn
I i 4 .-cajied from then after beiag
loc'r.ed up in a rOOBI in the Whit"
ASK ABOUT SUICIDE'S DEATH
Slalc Peparlment Intereated in Hrit?
ish Arrest.
W*aal 'ikrton, Aug. 14. laaairiflfl have'
ta the British go-rem
ment. through thr American Enhaflflf
ladflB. relative tfl the eflflfl of
Frank B. Poring. who eoiamittfld sui
c ft in Bo?ton recently, after he had
been impnaoned by the Britiah at Liv- j
10,1 ing was -arrested in T.,verpno] 0n
suspicion of being a spy, and. though
roleaBfld *hortly afterward, hi* *uicide 1
ppon his return to Boston wa* ?aid to ,
lUYC been catl-ed Bfl fflBf that hfl BfB
ht iag ; rr.-ecut. d bj
Ccngraeema*- OInej ealled tha case to
the attention of the Btatfl Popart*?ent.
_-*
Paralysis Death in Yonkers.
i,.,>rge Butler. tv4n year* old, died
?day at his home, 51 Caroline
Avenue, Yonker*, of infantile para!y?i*.
T?o n*w r*-** w*re reported yeaterday.
to the Yonkera /ii-alth authont:e?. A
rigid quarantine is being roaintained,
iii|_ ? bB*i? ot arbitration flcreptable
to tha unions. .
Apparently. the main obstacle is ttifl
Newlandi act, nol ooly Beeaoae of taa
brotherl ?od ' eoateal lon thal l give.-.
them insu'tirient representat ion. but bc
eaaaa arbitration awarda uader t are
entered in a Uaited BUte; Dutrict
1 Court and have the force and standing
of law. Hv appelatiag a special eom
mission, or by naming the old mem?
bers bb a jomt board, the Preaident
would be nble tO mOOl both objections,
and thus open a way toward peaee.
Wilson Facea Serloun Mow.
While Ihere is mueh talk thnt hoth
(he railways an.i iho unions nn- carry?
ing on ? kind of pokcr 'iiliilf" Ifl thus
eonferrieg with th<- I'resident, In order
that both may leem to "?field" t<. tha
natioaal iatereata, ttill, in the npimon
..! manv, tha bbiobb do bave a real
rrievanca ia tha defaeta of tha New
lan.ls aet Wall Btreet, by the general
?tability of railway Btocka, reflecta thc
blufling feeling, but the fact that the
strike threat U ft ncur.ence of the
trouble of two years ago is svidl nce it
ef more than temporary signitican.".
If arbitration faila. however, the
I'- deal must decide how far th.- prc
rogativea of hia office go; whether he
will follow tlie Clevelaad preeedeal ifl
deelariag tlie iaterei ? - of th? g
neal and the public paramounl to tn.. a
ol the warriai partiea, baekiag that
stand with the whole armed force af the
nation, or whether he will attempt to
?\,. nn attitude af "aeutrality
?o long ?. - the law ia ohi erred.
Bhoald n geaeral demoraliaatleB of
railway bn iBesfl eoma about, aeefl
Democrata admit it would be a serioaa
| ..i ? .-al blow for the Preaident. It
woul.l Beem to cliach tha Republican
nrgtiment that the Administra'ion is in
eompeteal to haadla tha larger
of .'..vernment.
Kemedies Are SuggesteH.
Apart from i-uestions of politieal in
.. othi r i IBBOB which
this strike litUBtiOfl has served to
bring iatO forus ln re. I'ublie men aie
beginning to ironder. in view of lueh
bor troobfea as the street.
railway stnke la New York and tha
preaei on the steam roads,
how mueh longer ;uch condition;. can
? . . rn - ara already
beginning te be heard ?ug.- I -
-,\r , me of compu stioa.
Tli>- l'n Id< nl . bi ? "' be expeeted to
become trater in every national
diapote, and the leaderi feel Boma way
I... found whieh arill remove the
. .
of BBtioaal eeonomic life.
L*nlflefl BOtaa BBCB scheme is worked
o-it, leaders in CoagreaB like Seaator
Kewlaada or Senatoi I... Polletta argaa
ti.nly alternative i i go*-erameat ewa*
? i
GOMPERS OBJECT
OFBITTER ATTACK
In Senate Speech Sherman
Makes Sensational
Charges.
. !' ?? I' I- .-? a.i 1
gtOB, Aug. 14. Samuel Com
pers, president of the Amei.caii I-'e.l
? :. ef Labor, ii fortuaate to have
taeaped indictment with the MacNa
n.am brotheri for the "Lee Aageles
i u e?" dynamitiag, ..\ which nineteen
penons were mui.hr.-.1, according to
Senator Sherniau. ef Illinois.
i baraet- i -1 ipera aa a "public
nuisance" in a dTgreaaion from .. ipeech
'?n the BhiM.Bg bill. Mr. Sherman be
gan b] readiag an ?'? with Uait
itei Commisaiooer of Labor J. J.
.--. m which Keegi a deelared that
if tht brotherhood - track the gevero
n.i rit would aol permit the traiai te be
llopped, and that once und..-:- govein
nn nt .,. ;he railroads would
rever paai baek under private control.
"Mr. keegan." said Senator Siiennan,
r.ft.-r readiag thia, "?- a Soeialiat and
ai. eeonomic tramp."
Mr. Sherman charged that (iompers
had "prostitated the cause of lnbor by
uaing the funds collected from labor.
ing m.ii to defead tha men who Ie eold
blood tO their deaths nine?
teen men and women ifl Los Ang.-les."
Ifi Gompera, ha aaid. Ib apita of the
fact that tha proei ?- of jostiea were
ediag witu the eaao, hnd held an
Fnquiry el hia own, viadieated the men
and ergaaiaed their defeaee.
"Before the ink dried ob his rindiea
tion of thc M coi tinued Mr.
Shermaa, "they ha.i eonfeaaad. It la a
most fortaaatfl thing for Mr. Ge
that he flSCaped BB indictment on the
same char;.''
A't. r ehargiag that Mr. Gompflt. aaa
guilty of cobi dracy in tha dynamite
case. Mr. Sherman announeed that he
raonally and politically lia'.le for
?nt Hy ths he meant to
e himaelf from thfl protection of
suits afforded tr I COBgTflBfl
with regard to their utterance-i on the
TROLLEY CUTS AUTO
IN HALF; THREE HURT
Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Adler Are
Hurled from Machine.
Mr ar.d Ml*. Samuel W. Adler, nf 2_0
West BeveBty-aiath Btreet, were flung
from their Butomoblle a- I o'clock last
evealng near the Anvkkassin Inn, at
rheir chnutfeur
.lii. I .uthbound trolley car
on Warbur'.n Avenu? and swung
across to be hit
suad ear.
The limousiBfl waa aot la two ea if
by a huge pair ef iheara. Mr. Adler
on uncon?
scious, having heen thlOWfl against a
stone Brall, ThO} were taken to St
Johfi's Hospital, eriooaly cut and
bruiaed. Two valuable .I.panese span
; the <ar were killed.
"De see if my d been hurt."
Mrs. Adler implored as soon as she re
covered cotrsc.ousness.
At St. Johni Hospital late last night
Ifl WBS
. riiieal. H"r haabaad was hurl
seriousiv. bul both ha.i to be operated
. feur, Joat ph -? i,
ef _?'<> We?t Sixty-'i-n'h Btreet, M_n
the hospital.
Mr. Adler ifl pre. dent of thc I.e'.da
Realty Corporation.
KUPPER OFF BLACKLIST
_ i
British Ufl Itan on New York ( hina
Imp.irter.
Word "-ss r<-c. ivr,| yesterday from
the Hntish Bmhaes] ln RTaal ington
and ftom thfl American Consul (len-,
eral in I.ondon that the nam>- ..f Her-'
Kupper, a chna importer, of *>'- '
Murray Str-et, had been removed t"r..m |
the I'ritrsh blacklist.
Immediately upon thfl publicat ioa,
July 19, of th* Britiah itatotery black?
list. Kupper applied through his rit- .
tornty*. Ivma, Wn! . _? Hoguet, to thfl I
Br.t'?h authorities, presenting a com-l
plete statement of his bu*ine_.? activi-j
ties tince the cj?? n;t.__ of the war. I
SENATE CAUCUS
ADDS $7,500,000
TO TAX BUL
Demoerats Accept Meas?
ure as Amended by the
Finance Committee.
DYESTUFFS TARIFF
WAITS FOR PEACE
The Levy on "Component
Parts" of Munitions Re
mains Unchanged.
! Kr m Th- TrO-uiie lltiwau ]
Wi. hmgton, Aug. 14. The Demo?
crat Ifl Sflnatfl eaaeaa approved the Ad
niirnsfration revenue bill, as the Sen?
ate FiBBBCfl Committee amended it,late
to-night. Ihe BOBSarfl, which, it i?
eftimated, will yield ?Jor,,(mO,(iOO an
niiallv, will bfl nported m the Senate
I. wedneaday. lt provide* $t,600,fl00
more revenue thflfl thfl measure passed
by thfl Hon
Several party lender* VBgfld 8 losing
fight Bgainsl tha dyflfltaffa taritf. In
approving tha propoaal, the caucus in
eluded an amendment undc-r which the
dutiefl will not become effective' until
the close flf the Furopcan war. or i.ntll
conditions of importation have been
s ii. tantially xaatpraa). It al*o is pro
ridfld thal all existing duties on dye
Btoffi ahall bo ?uspended during the
period of tlie war.
IVature* of the Hill.
Ak it will be reported the mea*ure
I dilfera in M-roral important reapflflta
i from the House bill. Its princiapl pro
; rision ? ii elada a surta-c on incomes, bb
inheritanea tax, t 10 per cent net profit
taa on thfl maruii'aeturi- of war muni?
tions, h fi per cent tax on material* en
? Into munition*, a llcflBflfl tax of
fifty cents a thousand on the capitil
atoek of eorporatioafl, li<juor taxe- and
laneoni tamfl ta
The bill proridei for the creation af
a non parl Bfl Taritf Commission.
Early to-aight tha caucus approved a
committee amendment increasing the
aalariei of tha propo*,-d eommiaflionerfl
from >7.:.i>ii to 110,000, but just before
adjournment that action was reconsid
?rcd and thfl |7,M0 sahiry rflfltorfld.
The Qght tfl repeai thfl tax on "com
ponent parts" < f munitions. which in
eladfl copper, lead. zinc and every
other i . utiiized in munitions,
Jia> not been BBflnaOBfld bf the VVest
eni or some of thfl Southern Senators.
: A It li-. ? .1 by a vote of 20 to
15 in thfl caucus yesterday, opponent*
af this tax wera eoafideat to-day that
they had won over enough Senator*
to revrrse thlfl verdict.
"i upper Senator*" Divided.
Incidentally, the "copper Senators"
have a revolt on their hand*. Senaton
WaPli, ol' Montana; ShatTroth and;
; Thoma', of Colonido. and Mark Smith, |
I of Aii/ona, representing big copper'
pradaciag states, voted with the Sim-1
. mon-i or committee organization, and
I against wiping out entirely the tax on
"component parts." There is much in
j d;gnat:.,: among the other "copper Sen
atora" b( thia laek of aapport e-p<*-;
ciaJIy ns if three of the four had voted !
ther way the tax would have been ;
climinati I
The Suiithern Senator* are angry fltl
Senator Simmons, of North Carolina,.
chairman of tbe Fr-.ance Committee,;
because he did not vote to cut out thi* j
tax. I.ed by Senator Knderwood, who]
la eqnally eoaeerafld about the Ton
and itflfll flChfldalflfl) :is his home Ifl iB j
the Birmiagham coal and iron district.'
they foaghl to kill tlie "component j
partfl" amondirient because they
thought it would levy a *ax on cotton j
n munitions manufacture.
BflBtflfl on the attempt to eliminflte I
the whole section, a motion was fludfl
by Senator Kllison Smith, of South i
Carolina, to exflBipt ngricultural prod- .
DCta from the tax levy. Dflapitfl the'
warm inpport of mosl of thfl Southern
BIB, this was voti'd down.
Gives Foreignera Advantage.
A curious feature of the "component
rarts" tax is that it gives foreign inuni
tioBfl manufacturei s a big advantage'
over the American manufacturers.
Coppflr, for instance. that is sold to the,
mflnufaetarer of arms or munitions at
Bridgeport, Cobb., will bfl taxfld nader
thfl present language at the rate of 5
per cent ou tlie proAta of its sal.* tfl
the munitions manufacturers. Then,
nnder the atraight munitions tax **ro
? i - inn, the same copper would be t ed
again Bt the rate of 10 per cent of tha ;
on tbe manufacture of muni
whieh it was made. It th"
< i ppi r were ahiapfld to Liverpool and ,
was there raanuiacturod iato ihfllla or
Otber munitions it would escape any.
ob flrhatflvflr on this aidfl of thfl
?al r
As one Republican Senitor exprcs-od
it. thia ia pattiag the "raeexna rjigli*h"
on the protflctiva taritf. A leading Bfl
Bfl member of the Senate Finance
Committee, which will eonsider the bill |
Ht'ter tha eaaeaa finishes lt, declared to
day tbat there was no doubt in his mind
that thia profliflloa would be baatflfl in
the Senate or most certninly in confer?
ence between the tWO Bfl~B8flfl,
Icej tfl tha whola situation has
he. ii held 88 far by the four Wflfltcrn
Sl Bfltora who voted against eliminat- i
ing the tax on component parts. Their
votp* were won to the organization
when Senator Simmons compromised by I
leducing the tax on component parts
As drafted by the Finance
Committee, this tax wn* 10 per cent,
the same as the tax on the pmtits from
the manufacture of r..Unition*. Mr.
Simmons reduced it to o per cent and
brought in enough copper Senators to
def*?t the combin.ition of rad.eal cop?
per and eotton men.
Ta* All Along the line.
Copper Senator* contended to-day
that taa tax on component part* as at
prflfleat wordfld would ;mpose a *epa
rate tax of 5 per cent on the profits of
every individual or corporatlon who
? r nr any otner component
part of munitions all the way from the
mine or cotton farm to the final mu?
nitions factory. The miner, the man
who bought his ore, the -melter, the re
the jobber and the dealer who
tinally sold the ore would all be sub
' to a tax on their profltfl, Sen?
ator l'ttman, of Nevada. declared.
Comtn tttte Senator* declared that
tht* wa* untrue, that thp only person
or corporatlon which would be taxed
wa* the one which so'.d the copper or
other product* to tho munition* manu?
facturers and that the amount of cop?
per or other product* to be Uxed would
be determined from the book* flf tbfl I
purchasing aganta of the munition* ?
manufacturera
SUES FOR $7,491 COMMISSION
New Yorker Sceka Pay on Meat Sold
tn Italy.
Suit wa* brought in the Federal Court
yeaterday bv James F. Btaflflfltlll tfl
COlleet commission* on eanned meat |
*old to the Italian government by
Morris tt Co. His commission was
two per een*
Morris 4% Co. ow* him $7,491.69, he
**?,?*. having sold 2,5",4,032 eona of
meat to Italy thrcugh. hia efforts.
ADVKRTIHBMFNT.
ADVERTISEMLNT.
lli*0i$^foi?4r?^
lEr 564-566 _.o568 3HfthApfnU(T46-,.047*.5Tl
Last Clearance Sales!
A final opportunity to procure ultra-smart
Gowns ?Dresses, Wraps, Suits and
Coats (many of which can be worn well
into the Autumn)
AT MERE FRACTIONS OF FORMER PRICES
i.roupa are amiill?slie. loenmplele?pr.impt rhoo.in_. 1. ail.i**___>.
VDnr'aYQ. ( *r?r Countrry and Dance Wear
hKUCKab j Form?rlyto$125
DRESSES {
GOWNS
WRAPS
SUITS
For Street and Afternoon Wear
Formerly to $165
For Day or Evening Occasion*
Formerly to $145
?28
J32
'45
( For Afternoon or Evening ) %ryo o $*?
( Formerly to $165 f ?*? ? H
A few of a kind?Silk & Cloth ) t,
18
{ Formerly to $75
High-Cost Suit*?Formerly to $250?at $35, $45
rOATQ ! *65 to *85 Motor * Street Coat*v~$35
LU A I b [ $95 tQ $I50 Imported & Hifh-Coat Coat*-$55
-Total Disposal of Summer Millinery-*\
$18 & $25 Summer Drea* & Qarden Hats?$7
$10 & $15 Soft Tailored Sports Hata?$3
XO C. O. D.*_?EXCHAN
KKIMT'???ll .PrKUVW-v
RUSSIANS BAG
75,000 TROOPS
4 onllnii. .1 from paae 1
foreed to dese.nd, and with its pilot
and observer fell into our hands.
On the Zlota Lipa front, tft.r having
rep<*l!ed the enemy. we reached the
left bank of the River Deniuv, an
atTIuent of the Zlota Lipa, and the
Zlota Lipa itself, wher<> we crossed to
the western bank at some points.
Our offensive to the northwest of
the Dniester continues. As a re.ult of
a stubhorn fip-ht we captured here the
village of Tustobaby, which was pro
teeted by dense lines of well prepared
communication trenches, in wnlch the
enemy met our troopg with a ternnc
machine gun fire.
On Sunday, when we captured the
rmall town of ZborofT. on the Stripa. a
Belgiaa cyclist company, which was
aecompanied by its armored cars, dis
ti .guished itself by assisting our
troops in the capture of the town.
The fortitied work.. of Monaster_y_k.
which we captured recently, Vere very
formidahle. They con<i?ted of five lines
of trenches, with many communication
'.rtnehes and intcrsections. Judging
l'rom the mann.r in which they were
eoni tructe.l and the size of the branch
construction*. it may be assumed that
they were destined not for machine
g_..?, but for automatic rifles. as these
co istructions had three recesses on
each fide.
Kus.ian Succeasea Recorded.
An earlier statement saya:
In the Priamur Hospital, near the
little town of Siniavka, two sisters and
one hospital orderly were killed and
two sisters wounded by a bomb from
-.r. -nemy neroplane.
In the region south of the little town
of Stobychva. on the evening of Au
t'ust 18, the enemy attacked our troops
on thc areaterB bank of the Stokhod,
but aa the result of a counter attack
which followed he wa? driven back to
his positions.
On the Upper Sereth our advance
continues. The enemy retired to the
west to a fortified position, behind
which at some points he is checking
i _r B-Vaaee bj| tierce artillery lire.
In the region of the Middle Stripa
nnd the River Koropic our troops, con?
tinuing to pursue the enemy, advanced
tn the west and, arriving before the
Zlota Lipa, near Zavalov and Korzov,
reached the northern bank of the
Dniester before Manampol.
In the region of Yaremcze, Yalovic
zary and Kirlibaba. ifl the wooded Car
pathiani, loeal attacks of the enemy
were everywhere repelled by our
troops. ^^^^
(.erman Announcement.
Berlin, Aug. H.?The official state?
ment given out here to-day says:
Front of Field Mar_hal von Hinden
buri.: In the region of Skrobiowa and
on the Oginsky I'anal, BOBtk of Lake
Wygonowskoie, Russian advances were
repulsed. German detachments dis
persed Russian advanced guards east
of the canal with considerable lo*-.
for the enemy. Near Zarecze, on the
Stokhod, the battle a_ain_t Russian
troops which had advanced was decided
in our favor.
Stror.g Roasiaa attacks were diracted
tgamst Lu'n and the (iraberka aeetor
south of Hrody. They wero repulsed
with sanguinary losses. New attacks
are now taking place.
Front o: Archduke f'harles Franeis:
Russian attacka against Zboroff-Kon
jucay scetor failed. Such units of the
enemy as had pere'.rated our lmea were
driven back bv a counter attack, and
more than 300 prisoners w.re taken.
Weat of Monasteizyska the enemy
made an attack in vain. He .uffered
great losses under our fire.
Austrian Report.
\ lenna, Awj. H.? To-nigh'a offi?
cial stntement follows:
Along the entire front, between tb^e
Dniester and the district aouthwest of
Zalocae, the enemy came into closer
fighting aatlOB with the alljed forces.
(i^neral von Hoehtn-Ermolli repulsed an
onemy masaed attack aouthwest of
Fodkami.n. The field before our po
mtions ii covered with dead Russiana.
!
An earlier utatement read:
Front of Archduke Francn: South
eatt of Vorocht our troops maintained
their poaitions in the face of violent
attacka bv the enemy, which failed I
t-ompletely. In the district just west j
of Stanislau two Ruasian divisions
were repulsed in violent fighting, which !
la continuing by day and night. Eaat
10
JfiE KING OF laaVUfiLF WJERfl
id
of the Dniester only dftachments of
small force are engaged on our side
Front of Field Marshal von Hinden?
burg: .Northwest of Z.u.r-e General
Boehm-r'rmoMi once more repulsed at?
tack* by masse* of Russian troop*.
. In the district of Brody a Hu*?.ar
albatross aeroplane wa* set or. ftrt by
a shot and then brought down hy aa
Austro-liungarian aviator.
In Volhyma and along the Sto?h*d
the engagements were !e-s bitter. lt u
atfltad with certainty that durng thi
last attack* along the Stokhod front
which failed completely, the 1ft- lfl|
('uard was employed. nnd that it *uf
fered *till heavier losse* than the oihflT
formations of tbe enemy.
LAYS RISE IN WHEAT
TO GERMAN-AMERICANS
London "Telegraph" Accuses
Hyphenates in Chicago.
London. Aug. 14. "The Daily T ?!??
graph" lajra ta-day that the opin ? t
freely expre?*ed in the local wheat
market that the rise in wheat prcei
was the rj*ult of a conspiracy of (jer
man-American* ln Chicago to forcl
prices up and embarrass the Entente
Allie*.
"The ri*e in wheat i? condemned herfl
a* unnecessary," aay* "Tne Daily T?l*
graph," "and the whole busme** *??flu
to have been ongimered in Ameriea."
"The Statiat" say* a flfltflfifl of En|
Ii?h speculator* have made the situ*
tion worse by englneering a local cor?
ner in the British wheat market. Th*
newspaper, however, expr.-sse* tne hope
that wheat stpplies BOW fln the aat
here will reaeh Great Britain Ifl tira*
"to bring to naught the machinatioo*
of the I.ondon gnmblers "
*
ARREST OF JAPANESE
BRINGS CHINESE ATTACK
Troops Kill or Wound Soventeen
at Chentfchiatun Garrison.
Tokio, Ai:;. li, ItM a. m. Chin*n
troops have attaeked the Japan***
garrison at (hcr.gchiatun. between
Mnkdflfl aad Chaa]angfu, and h?vi
killed or wounded ?*'? inese
soldurs ai.d kille.l one flfleer. Ac?
cording to offlcial advices fion- < heng
chiatun, the Japane?e barrack* i? now
besieged bv tho Chinese soldier*.
ReinforcementB are being n-ihed ta
the bel-u^uered garrison fiaai th*
Japanese force* atatioaed at kaivuan
anl Sudir.ghai. The fighting resuit?<l
from the arrest of a Japan*"
merchant.
Cheng-hiatun ia near the lina flf th
Harbin-Changchun Railw- I *?*'
?old to Japan by R ifll * tht
recent Japanese-Ku?*ian co:.vention.
Chengchiatun i* fll80 in the neighbor?
hood of th? Sungarl River. J?
lightfl nn thi* rivflf ?r- Bflid tfl hav*
been tatatn iti by Ruaaia, th* qaaa*
tion having bflfln in dia] - '*" th?
aigning of tha Porismouth treaty.
The laat tlaah reported between th*
Japanese and Chine** wa* ifl Arr.oy. in
Sou'liern China, on Mav 11
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Money Baek on Reque*t.
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