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Gompers Says
]\o-Strike Idea
Mii^t Not Win
Labor Will Fight to "Ut
termosf Against Plan
Contained in Cummins
Bill- He Tells Federation
Parker Criticizes Brent
Action of Clergy in Pro
te?tiiiii Against "Red**
Deportation? Condemned
notice served yesterday by Sam?
uel Gorop?.ident of the American
federal ' Labor, that any attempt
y t mgre ? nact legislation to prc
j?j( - ng railway employees
or in "' :? Dt' "' industry would be op
0SC(j '".?i the uttermost."
Speaking pending Cummins bill,
which wou pro bit by tine or impris
onment c strike on the railroads
after tl ? bave been returned to pri
rtte control :-, ! March, he declared:
?The cii ' of this country will
reset:- any movement which attempts
to put shackles upon their liberties."
Mr. Gon p< r v as the chief speaker at
;ne ar- " g of the National
Civic Fed 'x- ? at the Hotel Astor.
Alton B. Parti? r, who presided, in
openir:? I - - "? ?'.. x.r. attacK on
the I. \v W- Bolsheviki, anarchists
???nd scum o tl ? earth in general," con?
demned " action of Bishop Charles H.
Brent, ? ' :: ^"ew York Epis?
copal D ? twenty-one other
clergymei i -'- 'ng a protest against
.o0 dej ?-? ?' ?? ft? d -."
(lomp?rs Agrees With Shea
Mr. Gom? aid ho acquiesced in
sentim? i ' ? by Timothy Shea,
acting president the Brotherhood of
Loconv - and Engineers,
who had called proposed anti-strike
?nd compulsory arbitration legislation
a con : racj to reduce wage-earners
to "involuntarj servitude" and to ?lis
?upt lab r til ? ; Mr. Gompers also
critic xx aid preliminary
plai ' VVilsoh's second in?
dustrial . Ht asserted the
absence i a labor representative
showed it to be an attempt to adjust
'.?bor d pu : ? po ? cal machinery.
He opx heme ti .... ust labor
difficult ... regional boards
beca., i he ? 'ted, 1 i boards might
be mana red I rnei "not sympatheti?
cally ? ? i labor."
"No orgai as done more to
svfrt str ? the American Fed
eratioi ?." said Mr. Gompers.
"Strik? lorable. Yet they are
?.ne ra? ? . form i f protest
?-??x.r Look at any coun
--. free
?? - x nd ? ou will find
1 im of : fe serv ?1
b 'kward, least devcl
a -. i vi? pride and an
- for ?r, it country's
on or ? - -.- al dc fi nse.
? of -'r ke - bespeak s
?ence, progres s and
1 ina ought to be the
------ as through
; r ai ? othei bill, to
? ? ? ' ons or. work
won <- : lbe the causi
?nui - which other?
. -, ..'
Sh? i < al'^ flan "Immoral"
~ bis
'. arl ? -
!
part - gen eral con =pi ra c
e-' ? ?? ?,. .c financial ii terpst3, who
lavs ? ttempt to disrupt al
labor rga :izat - . e said. "Their
object " to ..-'*-' ue ui checked their
.-'--? - profiteer ng and 'h? exploita
? ... . - .. -,s~r earner and the public,
":?;? they have been successful in?
- tig ore. ' " ng and since t'ne war.
convinced i hat
''""' ,-??-,.- .. ? ons to compu!
..... ratio'
?ooked upo: as an ill-cor
?? - .-'? ?'? o 4->mrloye
- .. ? mastery over
. - - ?--.? '---mina' i
?ft eir or.lj weapon of
then ?
ped ]
imp?tenc;,
own co h
If I
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the l u.~
rapose
to
? - os ? ? r - ? * a n I - ?
?jhaa gaitl tha*
n " ?-.' 'immora
* -> ifi-nrir?
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t,o
th*
ror
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actua ?-> -.
T - - -, -
??-] m?t
ec uce
? ? ?. ? ude.
th?; forces b&''- ?ng
gn of the moral
- -- ? oi tb rough -
?.. great and pros;>erous *~:i' ons tave
pass? - - ? struggle :*r>r wealth
ever --? al lother considerations
and i - pie of individual liberty
?r? forg ? - and the attitude for
-. ? fcnr.ders of liberty wo;?*
bo---? : : ? '- -.-.-, social : repute.
Rights of Public Qualified
r ';? ' ' '?'??-1 * ' 16 ' ' : ' C r
eat o'. ? pul is predominant
? isput ? ? . ities arid basic in?
terfere with sup
P iea ea . pin and food, and 1 e
wot - ty it is to maintain
? . ? keep Ht work.
':, - - ? ... ,.. . . entirely ct""-'
on the surface, a little analysis reveals
tw<5 prof oi d fa r - :
the public's interest *o
were? ? .-?- tr wori ander conditions
'- - ? ? which are unjust ar "I
into ?-? and.
? indefensible a- H il
- - - . -.? ? o-' * '-: ;s r.a'ur"
''"?'- ?? prevented by legal
.' " ' ' - - and n*nalt ea."
- ? of "Reds," Mr.
; ;. ?? , read in this mon ing -
'ranker'm Trar:
t7.SO-$13.OO-*l7.50
FOR MEN
*"pHE ordinary "rnen's
"*? R.ft" renders the man
about as hapny as Ham?
let The kind you ?ran
Kf?t h^ Ovington's- at fair
prices wul make him
as pleased as Punch.
OVINGTON'S
"Th? Gift Shop of fifth Aoe"
3l4FJtbAv.,near32dSt.
CordooQ&Dilworth
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OaakceMab?uiadi
! papers with regret a statement of
: churchmen headed by Bishop Brent. I
? know these good men always follow the
| Scripture, which teaches that it' one is
? smitten on one cheek he should hold up
' the other cheek. This does not apply
' to government officials. They arc our
guardians and must watch the classes
1 who have never labored but who come
I to this country with the deliberate pur
? pose of overthrowing it. I might liken
j our guardians to a watchmna in a bank
i who must save the millions of dollars
of small depositors against burglars.
Interested Only in Destruction
'The T. W. W., the Bolsheviki,
1 anarchists and scum of the earth in
general are interested only in the over
| throw of the government. Our good
friends know that if any changes in
our laws are desired provision has
'- been made for them."
Ralph M. Easley, chairman of the
Federation's executive council, criti?
cized President Wilson's industrial
conference as being "too political." He
, said it would be better to resort to
local and voluntary conciliation in in?
dustria! disputes than to submit them
to regional boards.
Other speakers were Hugh Frayne,
general organizer of the American
Federation of Labor; Allen Walker, of
the Guaranty Trust Company; Percy
S. Straus, of R. H. Macy & Co.: John
Golden, president of the United Textile
Workers of America; T. C. Spence,
H. .E. Miles. Professor Jeremiah W.
Jenks, of the Alexander Hamilton In?
stitute; James H. Nutt. John A. Voll,
president of the Glass Bottle Blowers'
Association; Don C. Seitz, of the New
York Publishers' Association; Louis B.
Schr?m and Maud Wctmore, chairman
of the women's department of the fed?
eration.
The sessions will be resumed this
morning, when ection is to be taken
on "a proposal /or a thorough inves?
tigation and exposition of the princi?
ples, practices and tactics of the So?
cialist party in this country." It is
expected the Assembly's action in sus?
pending the Socialists will be discussed.
Five Hurt in Jitney Crash
Bus Strikes Fire Hydrant and
Woman Is Among: Injur?ed
Five persons were injured yesterday |
when a jitney bus skidded and struck |
a tire hydrant at Audubon Avenue -and
the Boulevard. Jersey City. The injured
are:
Peter Lacklerio, firleen years old. 282 ?
Linden Avenue, left arm broken; Fred]
Crawford, twenty-four. 307 Pearsall
Avenue, eye and nose cut; Mrs. Cather?
ine Brown, twenty-eight, o?" 3." West
Fifty-first Street. Bayor.re. abrasion of |
the hips; A. P. Schutt, thirty, 236 Steg
man Street, cut by glass, ami John
Ker.nah. thirty, of 200 Bartholdi Ave?
nue, bruised foot. Lacklerio. Crawford
and Mrs. Brown were ta"ken to the I
Greenvil e Hospital.
Stanley Kuchpushki, twenty-seven,
dri? er of the bu?. was arrested on a ,
charge of reckless driving.
j Four Big Unions
To Be Merged Into
One Central Bodv
,_ ?/
Gompers Admits Central
Federation, Brooklyn Cen?
tral, Bronx and Richmond
Councils Will Amalgamate
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, con?
tinued yesterday a report that an
amalgamation is being arranged among
the Central Federated Union, the
Brooklyn Central Labor Union, thr
I Bronx Labor Council and the Rich?
mond Borough Trades Council. Th?
j purpose is. to give New York City f
| powerful central labor organization.
Mr. Gompers said there would be i
j meeting Sunday at the Hotel Continen
j tal of executives of important Ne?
i York labor bodies and officers of th?
i American Federation of I^abor. H
said jurisdiction of some of the cen
; tral bodies in the metropolitan dis
j trict had overlapped in the past an
i that it was proposed to remove thes
and similar difficulties.
There has been a certain amount o
friction between the Central Federate
j Union and the American Federation c
j Labor and there has been gossip tha
i the Central Council of the A. F. of 1
I proposed to cancel the charter of th
I Central Federated Union. Mr. Gompci
said yesterday he knew nothing (
this.
"The purpose of the conference Sui
I day." he said, "will be to insure unit
? of action and harmony."
Ernest B?hm, secretary of the Cei
tral Federated Union, is suffering wi<
influenza, but. he said over the tel
i phone last night that it was his unde
| standing the conference to discu
; amalgam?t ion would not be held uni
! Monday. He said he had received a le
i ter from the executive council of ti
I A. F. of L. notifying him of the pla
;and that this letter stated that reorga
ization was proposed because the Ce
tral Federated Union had support
the strike of insurgent printers in Ne
York after their strike had bee.? d
clared illegal by the international c
ganization of the printers.
Mr. B?hm said that the only lab
labor conference to be held on Sund;
so far as he knew, was ?.ne of repi
sentatives of labor newspapers,
said he would not attend this cc
ference, because his physician had f?
bidden him to leave the house befe
Monday. He said the Bronx Lab
Council has not functioned during t
last -.ea'. and added that he never h
heard of the existence of the Richmo
Borough Trades Council until he
ceived the executive council's letter.
"This conference will be a heart
hear- talk which should clear the
mosphere," explained Mr. B?hm. "'!
?'entrai Federated Union and
Brooklyn Centra! Labor Union wo
; be the important organizations involved
I in any merger scheme. The C. F. U.
| w-ill discuss the plan to-morrow night
j at the regular meeting in the Labor :
; Temple.''
?->
Ohio Republicans Honor
Memory of McKinley
Harding, Cannon and Butler
Among Banquet Speakers
in Two Cities
CLEVELAND, Jar, 29.?Hundreds of
Republicans from all parts of the state
gathered here and at Miles to-night to
hear prominent Republicans speak at
McKinley Day banquets.
Senator Warren <',. Harding, in an
'address at Niles. reiterated :.:c recent
statement that "there must be popu?
lar government in America though the
agency of political paties."
"McKinley was notably partisan," he
said. "He believed in his par-;.- a the
agency of the greatest good to the
American people."
Former Speaker Joseph G. Cannon,
another speaker at Niles, recited remi?
niscences :' the McKinley Administra?
tion.
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, presi?
dent of Columbia University. Ne?
York, eulogized McKinley* at the loca
banquet.
Mar?que*s of Queensberry
(?oes Into Bankruptcy
LONDON, Jan. 29,?The Marquess o*
Queensberry appeared yesterday ii
; bankrupt court, meeting creditors pre
1 liminary to the appointment of a re
ceiver. A statement tiled by the Mar
que?s showed liabilities of ?'1,630 ($8,
130 . and no assets except a one-thir
interest in the commission aris.ng fror
a deal in port wine.
Early last year the Marques- wer
to Canada to obtain options on oil an
mineral properties and expected tinai
cial assistance from his wife, which we
not forthcoming. His wife paid into th
Royal Bank of Canada ?1,500 S7.50C
which was to be settled <>n him. but se
tlement was never executed, lie afte:
ward went to money lenders and is no
being supported by hi-? friends and r
. lations.
Porto Rico Labor Raise?;
A. F. of L. Report Causes Sti
SAN JUAN. Porto Rico, Jan. 29.
Publication of a letter sent to Actii
Governor Jos? A. Benedicto by Pet
J. Brad-- and Anthony McAndrew, re
resentatives of the American Kedei
tion of Labor, declaring labor cone
tions such a- to make Porte? Rico
living graveyard," is causing much di
cussion throughout the .-'.and. Mai
demands for increased wages and ce
nation of work where the men's d
rnands aie not met have followed t
giving out or' -.he letter.
Mar:.-. o1 the sugar operators, at
meeting w th the Acting Governor
Tuesday,. agreed to advance wages
to 7.0 per cen?. with $1 to $ I 50 i tl
as th? minimum wage.
Newberry Trial
Enters Second
Stage To-dav
Selection of Jury to Try 123
Men Will Be Completed
Before Night, Lawyers
on Both Sides Predict
Six Challenges Are Made
Seventeen Talesmen Ones
tioned During Day: Court
to Adjourn Over Saturday
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. -J'.'.
I~he second . 7agr ;n 'ho conspiracy trial
of Michigan Republican leaders who
campaigned successfully with Trun.an
II. Newberry in the 1918 Senatorial
campaign was m sight when the Fed?
eral District Court session ended to
day. Six premptory challenges hac
been exercised and only ten such chai
?enges remained. The advance guard o
ti','_ five hundred or more witnesses sum
moned by the government are m Gran?
Rapids, and attorneys are preparinj
opening statements.
Attorneys for both, the governmen
and defense, led, respectively, by Fran
C Dail.ey. of Indianapolis, and Martii
W. Littleton, of N'ew York, predicte
that to-morrow's sessions would see th
finish of the jury selection process. ?
was learned that it is the intention o
Judge Clarence W. Sessions to hait th
trial then until James 0. Murfin, wh
has been ':',', at Detroit, is able to ap
pear and make the opening statemei
on behalf of Senator Newberry and th
122 men who are to face trie jury wit
him. Word to-night was that M
Murfin would be here Monday.
The government used two of it
peremptory challenges at the afte
noon session to-day. and the defem
four of its ten. it will be the goven
muni's turn to challenge when cou
opens to-morrow,
To-night the pane! consisted of :V
farmers, four storekeepers, a gra
dealer, a bank cashier and a manager
a tanners' cooperative selling concei
Seventeen talesmen were question
to-day. Five of these swore they h
opinions, two were in bad health a
ten were passed for cause. Only o
challenge for cause was interpos
against the last "roup. 'he governme
ti v ng vainly to have Howard Audi
son. a armer of Tustin, excused aft
he had testified he had ?rovo on !
. township Republican committee at -
solicitation ot Karl J. Fairbanks, a f
i mer State Senator and one'of th
fendants.
?^ Phenomenal Offering
iaks&C?ompatiy
Announce Beginning To-day
Sale of 2500
Handsome Georgette Crepe
BLOUSES
Regularly $8.95 to $12.95
All At One Price
$5.50
Such an offering is possible only because of a most unusual
trade opportunity which comes but once in a very great while.
Any one at all familiar with market conditions knows that
Georgette Crepe Blouses of any kind cannot be had to-day
wholesale at this price. These are exceptionally ?ood Georg?
ette Crepe Blouses?new in their very clever styling, and made
in a manner comparable only to costly hand-made productions.
Paris has seen no Mouses more individual?
New York has never seen blouses
eo beautiful at anything near this price.
Fashioned o? veiy good quahtv Georgette Crepe, richly hand
embroidered, braid trimmed, lace trimmed, or elaborated
with beading in lovely color combinations. The Blouse event
of the year?our word for that.
Every Color! All Sizes!! Every One a Wonderful Value!!! ,
^^^^^^ Third Floor
STORE HOURS: 9.30 A. M. to 6.00 P. M.
Freight Handlers' Strike
Ties Up Perishable Goods
Boston Faces Food Shortage as
Result of Walk-Out of 1.200
Men on Two Roads
BOSTON'. Jan. 29.- Many cars of per?
ishable goods as well as of other kinds
of freight were detained on .-.dings
here to-?ay because of the strike of
1,200 freight handler* on the Boston &
Albany and Boston & Maine railroads.
Carload shipments were not affected.
Tiie possibility of a food stringency,
as a resuit of the tie-up. has been con?
sidered by state authorities, and the
matter has be-': called to the atten
; '--i o: the railroad administration.
Food store- now on hand are believed
to be ad? ?uatc for several weeks, but
officials are making preparations to
act 'i an emergency.
r ?e tie-up on tl ? docks has interfer?
ed with handling fre g1-' for steamers,
and it was feared that a continuance
of the strike would make necessary a
diversion of vessels from here to New
York. Cr, ion officials warned, how?
ever, that such a step might cause an
extension of the strike to New York
or other ports selected for unloading
steamers.
Florida Delegation .Named
-? . . ?
Republicans to Send I ninstruct
ed Ouota to Convention
PALATKA, Fla., Jan. 29.- Unin
?trueted delegate- to the Republican
National Convention, were named here
to-day by the Florida Republican Cen?
tral Committee. The Florida delega?
tion, six in number, is the first state
delegation to be chosen for the Chicago
convention.
The leadership o'" Senator Lodge, of
Massachusetts, in the treaty tight was
indorsed by the committee. Judge John
D. Cheney, of Orlando, was nominated
for L'nited Slates Senator, arid George
- E. Gay. of Palatka, for Governor.
"Presidenta BiilF I* ?old
Anima! Presented to Red Gross
for Auction Bring* S 10.000
Speciai Correspondente*
MONTGOMERY, Ala.. Jan. 29.?Lav?
ender's Lord, known as the "President's
bull." because he was purchased by Mr.
Wilson and presented to the Red Cross
to be auctioned in a campaign drive
brought the top price hero to-day at
the Sout ?'.er:'. Cattlemen's Association
.?a>. He was purchased for ?10.UU0 by
Robert Jemison jr.. of Birmingham, one
of the group which bought him at the
Red Cross sale.
Maine to Test "Dry" Law
AUGUSTA. Me.. Jar. 29. Governor
Milliken and Attorney ?.icneral Guy
? Sturgis wil] attend .J. conference of
; Governors of several state* with
Charles K. Hughes in New York f*
morrow regarding plans for action in
connection with the legal battle over
the constitutionality of the national
prohibition law.
Governor Milliken recently tele?
graphed to Governors of thirty stales,
where a referendum on the prohibition
amendment might be invoked if the
United States Supreme ?.'curt should
determine such procedure to be requi?
site, asking them to join with Maine
in retaining adequate legal counsel to
represent them.
Auto Plate Limit Extended
ALBANY, Jan. 29. The time limit
for using city 1?* 1V* automobile plates.
which was to er.d to-morrow night, was
extended to February IS by Secremry
of State Hugo to-day. This action was
necessary, it was explained, because of
the great congestion at the automobile
bureaus the last few days caused by
last minute applications.
^ss^s^?3?3?&5P5^5Sr3^533%2&
cWalpoW?itQHS I
J?ast two days of Saie I
I jStany Bargains still on offer jjj
? FIFTH AVENUE ?.V.-.vr THIRTY-FIFTH ST. ?
j$? LONDON DUBLIN BELFAST \
A Most Remarkable
Sale of Men's Shoes
all taken from regular stock and
Reduced to
$8.45
5 if New York men were as conversant with condition^
in the shoe industry as we are, these shoes would all be
gone in an hour. You cannot buy them wholesale ar
this price?and we don't believe there is any likliliood of
r repetition of this sale being possible. Satisfy your*
requirements at once! Good selection of leathers,
Patent Coltskm with Blaek or Colored
Tops; Gun Metal Calfskin, Vici Kid,
and Cordovan Color Calfskin
All size?, but not in each and every model. Fifth Floor'
STORE HOURS: 9.30 A. M. to 6.00 P. M.
?aks&<?amparty
Will Place on Sale Beginning To-day
1200 Men's Union Snits
At Less Than Present Wholesale Cost
900 Ribbed, %-Wool Suits, at . . . $4.50
300 Ribbed Silk and Wool Suits, at S5.65
} These fine Union Suits arc of the celebrated "Stuttgarter"
(made in America) brand, made over perfect fitting measure?
ments, assuring maximum comfort and no bunching of mat?
eria! at the hips or waist. It is our firm belief that New York
men will wait a very long time for such values as these to be
duplicated.
Regular, Extra and Stout Sizes ! , Every Suit Perfect !
MAIN FLOOR
aks ?calamjiatty
STORE HOURS: 9.30 A. M. to 6.00 P. M.