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THE WEATHER
Partly cloudy to-day and to-morrow ;
not much chariK?* in tciupcrature;
gentle, variable winds
1 nil Report on 111"! I'.-IK?'
TWO CENTS
In Greater New York
TIIRIIK CENTS
Within ??0O Milr?.
Fot It ?KNT1
FUewlierr
Jeer Plank
Adopted by
Democrats
iavor Lunn Loses Fight
Against issue, 406 to 34,
jn State Convention;
Irish Freedom Favored
fainnianv's Slate
Is Named in Full
fational Platform Repu?
diated on 2 Questions;
>o Mention of League
_r-..,.., a Staff Correspondent
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y., Aug. 4.
?The unofficial Democratic state con?
ation adopted a platform to-day con?
ning a wet plank. Mayor George R.
;? Schenectady fought against
\, plank, but he was beaten by a vote
{406 to 34
The plank as adopted declares for
edification of the Volstead prohibi
c.-. enforcement act in a manner that
??: enable the State of New York to
irry into effect the bill passed by the
; iture legalizing the manu
?cturc and sale of 2.75 per cent beer,
g the adoption of the platform
ie ei nv< :.-. '?? adjourned.
ntained a plank favor
,g rer . ' without intervention
n ail cases where the people of a na
on, as in Ireland, have by free vote
f the people set up a republic and
government to which they
?dd willing obedience."
; ? ? ? mal platform was silent on
On the other hand, the
?jggue if Nations plank of the Demo
platform was not men
- . rect .y ? r otherwise, in the
?itform adopted by the Democrats
ire to-day. The platform, however,
jntained a blanket indorsement of the
itional platform. These inconsisten
?s were the occasion of much corn?
er. :.
Mayor Lunn Steam-Hollered
7 ' selected at a conference
:4 o'clock this morning: by Charles F,
of Tamman?/ Hall, and a num
?r of upstate Democratic loaders was
.-. thn ugh the convention ove ? the
position of Lunn.
? ck< t follows:
Governor, Alfred 11. Smith, of New
lors.
lieutenant Governor, George T.
';-.- , o Ithaca.
, Charles W. Berry, of
-
? irj of State, Harriet May
li . yracuse.
. General, Philiu A. Laing,
t Buffalo.
isurer, John T. Healy, of
? iter.
State Engineer, Paul McLoud, of Al
any.
of the ?Oourt of Appeals,
?bram 1. Elkus, of New York, and
rederick i.. Crane, of Brooklyn.
United States Senator, Harry ('.
Valker, of Binghamton.
Frederick E. Crane is a Republican
nd a judge of the Court of Appeals.
'?? was h ignated to .succeed himself
?;?' the Republicans last week.
After the convention had ignored
?oth Lunn's advice and his candidacy
w the Unit? d States Senatorial nomi
lation Lunn reiterated his assertion
,:. ;:--' ' thai he would oppose
?alker in the primaries.
lunn Opposes Wet Plank
The .-...?: ?on began in a peaceful man
e; with h prayer by the Rev. Dr.
oseph Wa serman, of Beth Judah
Pie, The next half hour
'?? occupi d by former Congressman
J. Fitzg? raid, of Brooklyn, in
?ding the platform. When he fin
layor Lunn was recognized. He
-; i; f' 7 . ? ? :, that the wet plank
?stricken from the platform because
' ', ' ? ited the national platform.
ad you the plank," said
layor Lunn, and he read the plank,
ou :
"We favor an amendment to '.he so
?Wled Volstead act that will make op
B?.'ve the acl passed by the State
f?,8'a1 ire ai .; signed by Governor
With d?fini i on -intoxicating bev
pges and pro\ ding for the regula?
ran of their .,;?!<?_ We favor an amend?
ait tu thi national Constitution
?hereby all amendments to the Con
ntution of the United States here
tfter propoi ? d shall be ratified bv a
?ferendum of the whole people and
'?^'<>;? the Legislatures of the several
Kates."
I "''? never paj a political party,"
h'Jr.r. contii ued, "to crush a minority.
(ou can flatten out, crush, or kill an
dividual v. ?':: a team roller, but you
innu?. bj any means in your power
5?troy a pi i iple. 1 would rather be
' ghl ?.;? for a principle with
? urled at me than to
! pit of . . fill bv compro
?.15l,ni' with a prii ciple with the ap
?use of all.
?Sa>s Minority Prevailed
"Individuals die. Principles live for?
mer. There is a principle involved in
?j8- It is the principle which says
/?aid by your organization. J ask you
itand by the national platform
WPted at San Francisco by the Demo
ftts of the country in national ron
?mtion assembled. And a house divid
?against itself cannot last."
, v brought the Lunn cohorts to
??rfeet cheering.
j/*.1118 plank," .-aid Mavor Lunn, after
?Ob? itS " (t" "waa ad?Pted b-v !1
,j j ?\. -1 to 13. The committee con
5, 8 o! 51, so you see that a minority
S ?he committee put through this
?''?is.
?j*"'8 flunk, reduced to simple Eng
^. merely promises that the party
?J, ?5^ Congress to pass an araend
tek th'-' Volstead act so that the
I? hii! l,ilSMMl by thp last BCS
i a"il signed by the Governor shall
Iterative.
?Jo'Tu I k,10',v. and many of you
g*."hat 2.75 beer is not beer. Over in
^|>?Udy they call it suds. It is. The
P'e who want beer, want beer. Now
(Continued on paq? 3)
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k.?'Icio that Bom? one la worrying
^ani ?k" k,l"w|7 that f;iru through a
?V? Tri,. iun'' ?dvertUement In to-mor
SUkei '"? Telephone Beekman 3000.
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?%^?ja?lelng atsents?over 600 li
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Shamrock IV to Remain
For Trials in 1922
Shamrock IV will not be broken
up, but will remain in New York
to be used against Shamrock V
as a trial horse in 1922, Sir
Thomas said yesterday.
"I have publicly announced that
I would challenge airain after a
lapse of ten months." Sir Thomas
said, "provided no one else does.
I have decided that Shamrock IV
will stay right her?.'. When 1
come back to race again in 1922,
if it is my fortune to be permitted
to do so, I will use that boat to
test out the new racer."
Sir Thomas declined to make
any comment, on the challenge for
1921 made by A. C. Ross, a Cana?
dian yachtsman.
Allen Renamed
For Governor
Despite Labor
Kansan's Plurality Put at
125.000 ?u Face of Op
position of Non-partisan
League and Unionists
Industrial Court Wins
Missouri Turns to League,
Prohibition and Foes of
Big Campaign Fun ils
??". erial Di.s? atch to The Tribune
KAX SA S CITY, Mo., Aug. 4.?The
sweeping victory for Governor Henry
J. Allen, United States Senator Charles
Curtis and the present Republican mem?
bers of Congress from that state in yes?
terday's election was a victory over
union labor, the lea-lei's of the Nonpar
'??'i-: League, the I. W. YV\, the So?
cialists and the Communists combined.
The union labor leaders who are be?
hind the movement for a labor party,
and the Nonpartisan League, which is
seeking a foothold in Kansas politics
just now, aided and led by Alexander
Howat, leader of the Kansas coal
miners, formed a combination to enter
the primaries, calling for Republican
ballots and voting" against Allen for
Gorvernor, Curtis for Senator and all
members of Congress who voted for
th( Cummins railroad bill.
Their grievance against Allen was
that he entered the coal fields last vvin
tei dining- the strike, took possession
ot the mines and called for volunteers
to operate them in order to relieve the
fuel famine which the strike had
brought en. Out of the coal strike
came the industrial court bill, which
Allen formulated and prepared while
in the coal fields directing the state
operation of tlie mines.
Yictory for Industrial Court
The combination was overwhelmingly
defeated. Allen's majority is estimated
to day on unofficial returns as exceed?
ing 120,000, and Curtis von for the
Se?ale by about 100,000. while every
incumbent in Congress won renomina?
tion by increased majorities over the
vote in the primaries two years ago.
Allen has carried every county in the
state apparently, except Crawfoi*d, in
the coal fields, which he lost by the
narrow margin of 100. Curtis has car?
ried every county in the state except
Greenwood, the home of his opponent.
The farmer vote in the state was
almost solidly for Allen and the mem?
bers of Congress. The farmers under?
stood the issue and voted against the
radicals.
The result is taken to mean the in?
dorsement of Governor Allen's indus?
trial court bill, and it ?s believed that
members of the Legislature will be
forced te> commit themselves to the law
before election.
On the Democratic ticket the only
contest, that for the nomination for
Governor, is in doubt, with John
Athan Davis, of Bronson, leading.
In Missouri the returns from comi?
ties in all parts of the state indicate
Arthur M. Hyde, lawyer, has defeated
I-i. E. ?. McJimsey, editor, for the Re?
publican nomination for Governor by
about 25,000 votes, .lohn M. Atkinson
has won the Democratic nomination
for Governor over Prank !!". Parrls ana
Judge Charles H. Mayer by a plurality
probably lightly larger than Hyde's
majority.
Candidates for Governor Dry
Although Missouri is considered a
wet state, having returned nearly 100,
000 majority two years ago against
state prohibition, both successful can?
didates for Governor are bone dry.
Farns and Mayer, Democratic con?
tenders, were classed as wets and Mc?
Jimsey, losing Republican, straddled.
Dwight F. Davis was leading Senator
Spencer for the Republican Senatorial
nomination. .Many Missouri Republi?
cans have been fighting Spencer, be?
cause he has wabbled on the League of
Nations. Spencer also is disliked by
the wets.
Much interest is centered around the
Democratic Senatorial contest between
Henry S. Priest and Breckinridge Long.
The former is a close political sup?
porter of Senator .lames A. Reed, The
Missouri Senator stumped the -tato for
Driest, and in speeches for him bit?
terly denounced the league. As there
is a third Democrat favoring the
League of Nations ?n the Senatorial
race, the voting strength of Adminis?
tration Democrats is divided in oppos?
ing Driest. All Democrats of promi?
nence m recent campaigns, with a few
exceptions, have recognized the grow?
ing antipathy for the league in this
state and have refrained as far as pos?
sible from making it a primary issue.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 1. Returns from
various sections of Missouri, including
the unofficial total vote in St. Louis,
anil believed to be about half the vote
cast, were :
Dor Senators Long ?Democrat),
39,839; Hay I D.i. 25,903; Driest (D.i.
32,109; Lindsey, ?D.i. 6,080; Scruton
(D.), 1,413; Higdon (D.), 1.596; Spen?
cer (H.'. 46,500; Davis (R.), 48,890;
Mmnis ? R.i, L3.780.
For Governor Hyde CR.), 70,050;
McJimsev (R.), 67,270; Atkinson (D.),
33,996; Farris I.D.), 24,690; Mayer (D.),
22,297; Merryman (D.), 2,100.
Congressman Cleveland A. Newton
was unopposed for the Republican nom?
ination for Congress in the 10th Dis?
trict; otto F. stiiVl won it in the Uth
and Congressman L. C. Dyer in the
12th. Campbell Cumr.:>ngs apparently
won the Democratic nomination in the
10th. Harry B. Hawes and Samuel
Rosenfell were unopposed in the 11th
and 12th districts respectively.
Article X Is
Denounced
By Harding
Tells 400 Ohio Visitors
Congress Alone and Not
a Foreign League Can
Send Americans to War
Appeal to Class
Called a Menace
Promises To Do Every?
thing Possible for Snf
frage in Tennessee
From a Staff Correspondent
MARION, Ohio, Aug. 4. The safety
and honor of the United Slat's demand
that there shall be nothing approxi?
mating the super-authority of Article
X in any covenant that may be made
with the other nations of the earth
I Senator Warren G. Harding declared
to-day.
"Why make a covenant that violate?
the good faith of nations?" the Repub?
lican Presidential nominee asked his
audience, a delegation of 400 per?
sons from Wayne County, Ohio, who
marched to the front porch with hats
waving and bands playing.
There were whoops and shouts ol
accord from this crowd drawn fron
shops, stores, factories, offices anc
.farms when the nominee vehementlj
insisted that only Congress may sen?
Ami ricans to war and not a council ol
foreign powers.
It was a speech in which "Americt
f.rsi" was emphasized in nearly ever?
paragraph. The nominee told the dele
gation the only menace so threatenin?
to Americans' tranquility as the at
tempt to barter nationality for inter
nationality was the appeal to class. P
moment later he assured them:
"1 had rather have industrial anc
social peace at home than command thr
international peace of all the world.'
The prudence of George Washingtos
in wishing to keep this nation frei
from foreign entanglements was em
phasized for him. Senator Hardinj
said, when hf sat on the Senate Com
mittee on Foreign Relations an?.
listened to foreign-born delegations o
Americans appeal for sympathy forth?
aspirations of nationality of their kins
men overseas. Then he added: "Bu
I little realized then how we migh
rend ?he concord of American citizen
ship in our seeking to solve Old Worl<
problems."
Watson "Whoops It Up"
Senator James Watson of Indian:
and Senator- Howard Sutherland o
Wist Virginia, who had come here t?
call on the nominee, also addressed th.
delegation from the front porch.
"It is always necessary to have ,*
Republican administration follow
Democratic administration in order t
clean up the debris," said Senator Wat
son, and won a laugh from Senato
Harding and a roar of approval fror
the crowd.
"We needed Lincoln in 1860, w
needed McKinley in 1896, and we nee
Warren G. Harding in"
Before Senator Watson could sa
'*1'.I20'' the gathering broke into ar
plause and cheers that delayed hi
saying: "and then this country, free
from class and freed from caste, unite
will move forward to that accomplish
ment of our destiny which was dc
signed by Providence, to teach all th
nations of the world how best to live
how noblest to act."
Senator Sutherland told the delega?
tion that Harding and Coolidgc woul
carry West Virginia by from jr..000 t
30,000 votes, while in 1916 Hughes cal
ried it by bul less than 13,000.
"All over the stale we learn of Demc
crats who frankly announce that the
are done with the Democratic party
he said. "The revulsion againsl Wi
sonism and against incapable Demi
cratic administration is so strong thei
can be no doubt about the result."
Praises Pioneer Americans
Senator Harding's address, in pal
follows :
"You must be confidently and fea
lessly American to measure to the r?
nowned name of Wayne. The story <
Wayne County is that of the great bi
gin*iing of the Northwest Territor
whose sturdy citizenship was strengtl
encd by the hardships of the fore;
pioneer.
"The pioneer gave the conquerir
westward march of civilization. Oi
obligations are to preserve and defe3i
Some day I hopo we shall fitting!
commemorate the sacrifices and t!
achievements of these courageoi
(Contlntird on paoo .1)
$1.20 Gas in
Manhattan Is
Court Order
U. S. Judge Hand Asserts
80-Cent Kate ?s Con
fiscatory ; 8 P. C. Profit
Is Assured lo Company
New Charge in
Effect at ()nee
Consumers to Lose Right
to Rebate Unless State
Acts by March 1, 1921
One dollar and twenty cent gas was
authorized in Manhattan by a decree
filed yesterday in the United StaUs
District Court by Judgo Learned Hand.
Judge Hand confirmed the report and
recommendations of Special Master A.
S. Gilbert, appointed by Federal Judge
Julius S. Mayer in May, 1018, to take
testimony and submit findings in the
injunction suit of the Consolidated
Gas Company of New York against
Charles D. Newton, as Attorney Gen?
eral of the State of New York; Edward
Swann, District Attorney of New York
County; Lewis S. Nixon and th?,? Pub?
lic Service Commission of this dis?
trict.
The decree declares the present 80
cent l*"'i?- rate under Chapter 125 of the
laws of 190G to be confiscatory and un?
constitutional. The new rate goes
into effect at once under these condi?
tions:
1. An injunction against the de?
fendants is granted to restrain them
fur a period of five years from suing
on any pi-naiiy or forfeiture under
the statute of 1900.
Trustee Named
". Richard Welling is appointed
as trust' e for all the moneys col
lected as the difference between the
old and the new rate, with directions
to impound the additional 40 cents
for (.ach 1,000 cubic feet and to hold
the same until some competent "rate
making authority" shall prescribe a
new rate and the rate-making
authority, presumably the Legis?
lature, is ?riven until .March ], 1921,
in which to enact new rate-making
regulations.
3. If the decree is reversed by
the United States Supreme Court, or
if a "competent, authority" promul?
gates a new gas rate prior to March
1, 1921, the additional 40 cents for
each 1,000 cubic feet, is to be re?
funded to consumers provided a re?
duction is authorized in the $1.20
rate to the extent of that reduction.
4. If a "competent rate-making"
power fails to jireseribe a new rate
between now and March 1, 1921, the
Consolidated shall keep all of the
impounded moneys.
The defendants, it was announced
yesterday, will take immediate steps
to prosecute an appeal from the decree.
Valued at $77.000,000
Reviewing the ligitation between the
Consolidated and the state and county
authorities, including the Public Serv?
ice Commission, since the first injunc?
tion proceedings were instituted sev?
eral years ago to declare the law of
190G unconstitutional and void, Judge
Hand says that the present suit was
inaugurated by the Consolidated after
the United States Supreme Court dis?
missed a decree of the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals iti favor of
the Consolidated and the case went
back for ret rial.
Mr. Gilbert's finding that the valua?
tion of the Consolidated property, in?
cluding its franchises, is $77,000,000
and thai it distributes 19,000,000,000
cubic feet of gas to its consumers
during a year is ace? pted by the court,
and the $1.20 rale is authorized in the
decree because this increase over the
present rate will enable the company
to receive a return of 8 per cent on its
valual ion.
Tin? income for the current year,
which the court finds to be $1)00.000, is
?a return of but 1.2 per cent on the
company's valual ion, and the present
net cost of delivering gas is found to
be 75.18 cents'for 1,000 feet, based "on
a full year's operation in 1918 and the
first eighl months of 1019." Th?* court
holds that prices for labor and mate?
rial had "become higher in 1919 than
during twenty previous months."
"We, in this country," the decree re?
cites, "arc not only influenced by con?
ditions in Europe, but we are subject
to our own local inflation and disor?
ganization of industry, from which, no
one can know when we shall recover.
"The plaintiff is faced with a condi?
tion which permits it t<i receive much
(Continued on ua?rc 7)
>onzi9s
? on ronzi s company k
$1,085,437 Paid in 3
a?
avs
Special Dtspafc?i to The Tribune
BOSTON, Aue 4. -The terrific eight
day run on Charles Ponzi's treasury
completely ended at noon to-day. The
cashier's window remained open, but
the weary clerks twiddled their lingers.
To-night the Tribune correspondent
was present when the payments since
Monday were totaled. The great stuck
of orange colored notes, redeemed in
three days following the publication
of insolvency charges by the Italian
financier's former publicity man,
totaled $1,085,437.87. Ponzi already
had announced that last week's pay?
ments passed $3,500,000.
Federal and state officials, conducting
investigations from many angles, let
another day pass without action, l'on/.i
called at his office this morning and
learned that his presence was not
needed to rcssure creditors. He forth?
with declared a holiday, most of which
he spent in the North End of Boston,
receiving ovations and adulation from
his fellow countrymen.
A member of an audit firm which
numbers several local banks among its
clients declared to-day that the possi?
bility of Ponzi resuming business
presented serious contingencies for the
savings bank of New England.
"Withdrawals of savings deposits
here have been abnormally large since
Ponzi's scheme gained popularity," the
auditor said, "and a wholesale rush to
place money with him again might
seriously affect the whole banking in
dustry in the section His plan may i
be a good one for himself and 20.000
others, bul I can see only evil in it
for the community at large."
The statement made yesterday by a
government official that the United
States authorities might not content
themselves with determining Ponzi's
solvency, but might demand to know
the source of the mysterious alleged
profits, inspired bitter comment bv ihe
little Italian.
"There is no law that can even make
me produce my total assets." Ponzi
declared. "All 1 have to do is to
mateo my liabilities with enough
liquid assets t:> meet them. My books
are in the hands of an offifficial auditor,
who is doubtless competent. When he
gets through with them, I think it will
be about time for them to come homo
to roost."
Ponzi declined the suggestion of At?
torney General Allen that the state
conduct an investigation to determine
his assois.
Governor Cool idee said the source
of Ponzi's flowing cash is as much a
mystery to him as to the man on the
street.
"As ?a natural in a matter affecting
so lai/e a portion of the common?
wealth," the Governor commented. "I
have kept in close officiai touch with
the situation. 1 am entirely satisfied
with the conduct and progress of the
investigation under the direction of
Attorney Ceneral Allen. 1 feel sure
that his office will promptly protect
the commonwealth by all steps th;.t
the evidence may warrant."
France Prepares to Aid Poland;
Reds Closing In on Warsaw;
Plan to Offer Danzig to Berlin
Bolsheviki,62 Miles From |
Warsaw, Strive to Cut
Off Polish Sea Corridor
Before Entering Capital
British Note Said
To Be Ultimatum
American Consulate Pre?
pares to Quit City as
the Invaders Approach
PARIS, Aug. -1 (By The Associated
Press).- The French military advisers
at Warsaw have reported to the gov?
ernment here that the prime objective
of the Bolshevik army operating
against the Poles at the moment is to
cut off the Polish sea corridor, includ?
ing Danzig, rather than the capture of
Warsaw, which they say would follow
soon afterward.
The cutting of the corridor also
would mean the severing of the oik
direct railroad lino extending fron
Danzig to Warsaw over which the vas!
bulk of munitions for the Polish armj
is arriving, and also the oilier rail
roads running from Danzig into Poland
The Bolshevik cavalary was less that
Lhirty miles from this railroad las
Tuesday.
Warsaw will have to be evacuatei
within two or three days, in the opinioi
of the experts there. The governmen
is expected to be moved within th
period, probably to Cracow.
The report of the members of th?
military mission, telegraphed here las
night, declared that the Polish arm
along the River Bug had retreated s
precipitately that it did not even d<
stroy the bridges behind it. This rive
was Warsaw's last line of defense.
Polish Forces Demoralized
A special Russian cavalry corps, th
military men reported, was drivin
southwest along the border of the A
lenstein district, and had yesterda
reached a point, thirty miles froi
Mlawa, thirty-one miles northwest c
Warsaw, on the only direct railroad I
Warsaw from the Polish capital. The.
cavalrymen were said to be head(
through Mlawa into the Polish con?
dor to the Baltic, near by, and then?
to Pomerania.
The experts reported that the Polis
forces were demoralized on the who
northern and central fronts and wei
failing back. The military men sa
they had virtually abandoned hope <
the Poles making a stand now.
The Polish armistice delegates r
turned to Warsaw Tuesday night, ai
the Polish government has little ho]
of the speedy arranging of an armistic
In view of the Polish situation, u
gent telegrams were sen; to-day to tl
Allied Ambassadors, including t!
American Ambassador, asking them
return to Paris from their vacatio
for a meeting of the ambassadori
council to be held to-morrow.
The first business to be consider
at this meeting will be the adoption
a reply to the German request for pe
mission to use troops for defensi
purposes in the Allenstein region.
Panic Reported In Warsaw
LONDON, Aug. f>. -A wireless d
patch from Berlin says the Russia
have now advanced to within s;xty-t<
miles of Warsaw, on the east, and
within about forty miles of Lemberg.
The dispatch adds thai there is
panic in Warsaw and that ; il t
wealthy people are fleeing.
According to "The Herald," Prcmi
Lloyd George during his eonversati
with MM. Krassin and Kimeneff
day presented an ultimatum to t
Bolshevik representatives demandi
an immediate and unconditional ces.
tion of the Russian advance into 1
land, even before signing an armisti
or otherwise Great Britain would i
clare war.
The newspaper says also thai t
British note sent to Russia i* of
threatening character.
"The Daily Mail" also reports t!
the note is in (he nature o? ai: u
m a tu m.
"It says plainly," asserts the ne1
paper, "that Poland i--. being overr
and if instead of hastening an am
tico the Bolshevik armies continue
advance the situation foreseen in
note of .Inly 20 will have arisen ;
Great Britain and her allies will
obliged to assist in ill-.' support of
Peles."
-The Daily Mail" also declares (
(he ministers indulged in some fri
talk about the Red advance to Kai
iicd and Krassin.
The crossing of the River Bug
several points by the Soviet army
vancing on Warsaw is announced
(Continued on next png.)
Communists Assail
Wood for Closing Mi
Circulars ?ttac?viti? Woo
Company Head Urge Form
tson of Red Army
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
LAWRENCE, Mass., Aug. 1. Ci
lars purporting to be issued by "L
Lawrence, Communist party,"
bearing a vicious attack on Wil
M. Wood for closing the mills of
American Woolen Company, \
thrown about the streets here to
Copies have been forwarded to the
partment of Justice, and City Mai
Timothy .1. O'Brien is making an
vestigation.
The circular calls upon workme
spread the knowledge of commun
concluding us follows: "Hein a;
educate, organize and prepare
working class of America for the i
ing workers' rAohition under the
ner of the ("Jfcmur.isi party and
Third Internat (Male.
"There are s? not enough mar
You have nroduWi too much. T
whv you have slimed amidst plot
"In" order to amiish unemploy
you must abolish capitalism; you i
overthrow the present capitalistic
eminent, establish a workers' go?,
ment, organize a Red army for its
fense and take over all the industi
British Demand Bolsheviki Reply
Immediately to Allied Peace Noie
From the Tribune's PJuropcan Bureau
(Copyright, 1920, New York Tribuno Inc.)
LONDON, Aug. 4.?Acting in cooperation with the French, the
British have dispatched another note to Moscow, demanding immediate
arid unequivocal answer from the Soviet government on the que.-tion of
holding the proposed London conference on Polish peace. An unsatis?
factory reply or delay will result ii3 the immediate, suspension of all
trade negotiations, the deportation of Leonid Krassin and M. Kameneff,
the Russian envoys, and the adoption of measures for the protection of
Polish independence.
The authorities here admit that they are dealing with extremely
clever diplomats, and that the Bolsheviki hold most of the cards at the
moment.
The complete Polish debacle is decidedly embarrassing to the Allies.
The Bolsheviki have been skillfully playing for time, while the Red
armies have obtained a commanding position. It is the belief here
that Trotzky will not halt until Warsaw is occupied.
A. F. L. Pians
Campaign for
Steel Unions
?New Attempt To Be Made
So Organize Workers;
Sympathetic Strike May
Be One of the Weapons
Wiint Right of Assembly
Candidates Will Be Asked
to Announce Positions
in Regard to Walk-Outs
From a Special Correspondent
ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. 4, Plans for
the unionization of the steel industry
and prevention of state and municipal
authorities from forbidding strikers
the right of public assembly were dis?
cussed hero to-day by the executive
council of the American Federation of
Labor. Frank Morrison, secretary of
the federation, would neither affirm
nor deny reports that workers in es?
sential industries might be called upon
for sympathetic strikes in support of
the first movement.
The second object of the committee,
the preservation of the right of as?
sembly to strikers, will be accom?
plished by a political campaign, it is
hoped. Candidates for office, particu?
larly in Western Pennsylvania, where
strikers' meetings were forbidden or j
broken up during the steel strike man-'
aged by William Z. Foster, will be'
asked to pledge themselves to the pr?s->
creation of tn?* right of assembly. ?, j
Want Solid Labor Note
Although the committee has two nb-1
jects in view its campaign will have
as its primary aim the complete or?
ganization of labor in the steel indus-i
try. believing that the attainment of
this object will facilitate the accom?
plishment of the other, giving a soli-i
darity to the labor vote which will
?jive ? mphasis to its demands upon can?
aula! es for office.
This point ivas made by Mr. Morri?
son when the direct question as to
th? possibilit? of widespread sympa-i
thetic strikes was put to him.
"1 should hardly say that a strike is;
contemplated,1' In* said. "It would be
bettf r to say that organization is the ?
object ive."
More than thirty unions with several
hundred thousand members who are1
connected, directly or indirectly, with
the steel industry are to be asked to
appoint representatives to a committee
which will- have char.ee of the cam-.
paign. The AmalgH3iiated Association
of Sloe! anil Iron Worker-, one of the
most powerful of these bodies, has!
promised to cooperate if William Z.
Foster i: barred from the directing'
commit tee.
Not only local candidates for office
in the steel stau>s but Governor Cox
anil Senator Harding are to be asked
by the unions 10 express themselves
unequivocally as to the right of
strikers to hold public meetings and !
parades.
Gompers V'exed at O'Connor
In view ?>f the political significance
of the meeting her?, it was no?, con?
sidered remarkable that Samuel Gom?
pers, presiden? of the American Feder?
ation of Labor, betrayed astonishment
an?l vexation upon learning that T. V.
O'Connor, head of the International
Longshoremen's Association, had prom?
ised his support unreservedly to Sena-;
lot Flarding and had implied that the
Republican Presidential candidate
would have the support of his union.
"This is all news to me," Mr. Gom- ?
tiers said. "Neither Mr. O'Connor nor i
any other man has the right to make j
any political pledge whatever for the'
American Federation of Labor or any i
of its branches.
"The fact has long been known that
i? is not the intention of the federa
tion to pledge itself in support of any!
political candidate, except as is done;
through tin- local union organizations,
,>nd then upon the record of the candi-'
date in labor matters. O'Connor is well j
versed m the* sentiments of the fed?
eration regarding pledges of political i
support and he is not clothed with any i
official authority to promise assistance!
ni a political sense from the federa-;
tier*.".
Other leaders of the federation here i
were less optimistic than Mr. Gompers. ;
Where he had implied incredulity as toi
the itatement attributed to the long?
shoreman chief they admitted frankly!
that they thought he had said pre-i
cisely what he was quoted as saying, and
had done so to defy Mr. Gompers and
the federation because of their failure
to obtain the intervention of the Wil?
son Administration in the harbor strike
in New York.
Wilson Sends
5 Destroyers
To Bar Cable
Force, If Necessary, To Be
Employed to Prevent Lay?
ing of Line by Western
Union Company at Miami
British Monopoly Feared
U. S. Concern, It Is Said,
Desires to Construct Com?
munication to Brazil
WASHINGTON, Aug. -1 (By The As?
sociated Press).?Five destroyers are
patrolling the entrance to the Miami,
Fla., harbor, under orders from Presi?
dent Wilson to prevent, by force if
necessary, t'te landing of a cable the
Western Union Telegraph Company is
having laid from Barbados, a British
possession in the West Indies.
A British cable ship, the Colonia,
has been chartered by the Western
Union Company to laud the American
end of the cable, which would connect
with a British cable line from the Bar?
bados to South America. At the State
Department it was said to-day that
the British Embassy had been asked
to inform the master of the ship that
such a landing would be in violation of
?American law. Officials explained that
there was no significance in the fact
that the vessel was British, that she
probably was the only cable craft avail?
able to the American company when
she was chartered.
Washington Holds ?Up Permit
Work on the cable line from Bar?
bados was begun last summer. Some
time ago the Western Union Con panj
applied to the State Department for an
executive permit to land the wire at
Miami, but officials ?said action on it
had been delayed pending the holding
of the International Communications
Congress, called to meet in Washington
September 15.
A British cable company, it was ex?
plained, now has a monopoly of cable
rights in Brazilian waters. An Ameri?
can concern desires to construe; a di?
rect cable line from the United States
to Brazil and it was said thai the
American Government desired to know
before issuing the permit to the West?
ern ?Union Com pan;,- whether the ar?
rangement entered into by that com?
pany with the British concern, the
Western Cable Coni'wny, controlling
the line from Bar.'ado- to Brazil,
would add to this monopoly.
In this connection it was asserted
that at the forthcoming International
Communications Congress the whole
theory of international communications
was to be examined "in a very diff?r?
ent temperament" from that exist i .,
in the past.
Contract Reported Refused
There were reports to-day tha after
the Western Union Company filed in?
application for a permit the State De?
partment requested that a copy of the
contract with the British cable con?
cern also be filed and that the com?
pany had refused to comply. No in?
formation as to this was obtainable
at the department.
While there is a direct cable line
between the United States and the
Pacific coast of South Africa, cable
communication between this country
and Brazil is possible now only by
way of London an.ess the messages aro
sent to the west coast and relayed
over the land. A direct cable line to
Brazil, officials said, is much t< be
preferred, as it would afford a moan
of faster and probably cheap? r com?
munication.
Some officials expressed doubt to
iContmuid on n?-xt pa?;, i
Courtniartial Acquits
Hunt in Bergdoll Escape
Verdict, Aproved ?>> (?encrai
Bullard, Absolves Bar acks
Commander of All Blame
Colonel John E. liunt, f rmer com
manoer of the Fort Jay Disciplinary
Barracks, and charged with neg igence
in connection with the escape o? Grover
Cleveland Bergdoll, the Philadelphia
draft dodger, was acquitted by court
martial and absolved of all Marne in
the proceedings, it was announced yes?
terday.
The decision was approved by Gen?
eral Robert Lee Bullard, commander
of the Department of the Hast. The
verdict was announced by Lieutenant
Colonol Charles C. Cresson, trial judge
advocate, who conducted the prosecu?
tion.
Paris and London Are
Exchanging Views on
Adoption of a Policy
for Armed Intervention
Believ?dTh?tU. S.
Supports Decision
Bolsheviki Declare They
Will Not Respect Terms
of Treaty of Versailles
By Ralph Courtney
Spei ?a? ' able to The Tribu?"!
Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Inc.
PARIS, Aug. 4.?France has made
definite propositions to Great Britain
to support Poland by armed force, it
is understood here to-night. The
basis of the French participation for
the 3uoment is to consist of three
French divisions now stationed in
Upper Silesia.
Propositions and counter proposi?
tions are to-night going backward
and forward between France and
England as to what to do about the
situation. It is understood that Eng?
land is showing more of a disposi?
tion to accept a policy involving
armed intervention.
Won't Recognize Treaty
Meanwhile it is learned here that
negotiations between the Germans
and Bolsheviki arc- taking place in
East Prussia and are believed to in?
volve the handing back to Germany
of the port of Danzig and all terri?
tory in that region which Germany
possessed before the war.
The Bolsheviki declare they do
not recognize the Versailles treaty
T'hey hold out to Germany a great
temptation not only of acquiring
Danzig but also of again obtaining
German-Polish provinces. The Bol?
sheviki along the Allenstein frontier
also declare their intention cf im?
mediately reorganizing expr?s- train
services between Petrograd, Moscow
and Berlin, as they were before the
war.
Aliies Must Defend D-ih???;
If the territor es surrounding Danzig
are overrun by the Bolsheviki, with or
without German connivance, and Dan?
zig itself is threatened, the Allies'first
task will be ; j open base op.-rations
there and keen it Strongly defended.
Second, if the Germans and Austrians
refuse to aid in anti-Bolshevik action
it will be necessary to strike up from
the south through Czecho-Slovakia or
Rumania, or both.
Operations through il tngary, with
the Hungarians' help, would involve
passing oithi t* throu :'.. a -trip of
Czecho-Slovakia or via Rumanian ter?
ritory. R umaniu forms a base for
attack aga?33st the Bolsheviki from the
? oui ii v. h ich would :' r ail c< ip< rat ici
with General V.r.
It is not thought here to-night that
'h<- note I.h?;, d Geoi*2 - has nt to
Mo cow, which, it Ls believed, virtually
cancels the London conference, vi?l
have a si rious effect on the Bolsheviki.
It is said the Rus ?ans a ready have
shown that they have had no ntention
of i ? g >ti .' in<j in see with Poland in
London.
Would Save Poland at All Costs
France believes Poland must be
saved a! all costs, for upon a strong,
united Poland depend the present ex?
istence of Czecho-Slovakia and all the
countries boi*dering on Russia, includ
ing Germany. France desires a strong
policy against the Reds, but it is said
to-night that the accord between
hr;. ce and England has not \ i I
reached this subject. When a basis of
cooperation i French and
Gril ish Premiers probably will hold an
other meeting to ?-? ??' th - arrangement.
French polii ?cal circle affi ? n their
conviction that America approves
France's * : on_ noli? the Reds
Military i b erv? n thirl; the fate ol
Poland is now : ealed. !? i nch nr'i liai
quarters, which had bi
the las?, ti . ?? recognize thai the situa
t ion ? ; hop? less. I :- ? Polish defense!
nave cram bled to nol In its sta! i
of u tter de I Po!
?? rmy has e\ ? ii fa ed to ma
at j repa red po - . the Buj
Hi', ?r. ' :- "" Bol tevik ! ? c . est i
inati i at * 1,000 preceded by numerou
cavalry, ai? -?? i I????: cing o ? t ? ? j !
way which feeds Warsaw from Danz'if
V. hen this road is cut Poland' ho] i o
jmed.. ' ?' p *'? ?;' ?<ie will b
(,'oni-. While one Bolshevik column i
making for this railway ai *-'l-\
st.-ong detachments have entered Gci
..a-: territory aero
ron- ?er. I'he Bo m
i,-, ad? Allenstein th Allies mak
use of its ten ?toi y and they wi
resp? '?* l lerman ai eas onl? if tl
Alii -?? do ' '"? same
Polish Capital to Cracow
Jules . .- -?? rand a? J the ?.trier Aili?
coin miss - tel ? ? lected to r ?* ut
ironi Warsaw to report on the situs
?: ['he Poli h go veri tent will pi?
ed ?o i racow, and ?orne time mu
elapse before the governmental m
chinery will again be working in t!
n?-w capital. At pre enl the ?i'abin?
including ?tn socialist rriembers, it
asserted, continu-ss tirm and unanimo;
in its determination to refuse to pe
mit an;, k.nd of mixture of Sovi
organization in the present rule
Poland. France stands ?ir?nly behii
the prt ? -.' P< lish government..
Officers in the Russian army w
former.y were m posit ong under t
Czar r. reported to hold their hea
very high in their announcements
tho intentions of the Bolshevik fore
Everything tends to show that t
Poles are oil ?-nag no substantial
rtistance whatever. In their retre;
they are failing to blow up import*"