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Vol. LXXX No. 26,958
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6,* 1920
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German Reds
OpposeUnion
With Moscow
independent Socialists9
Delegates Who Visited
Russia Call Sovietism
Worse Than Czar's Rule
Commiiiiism and
Socialism Absent
Convention Adjourns in
Confusion ; No Action on
Lenine's Proposal Taken
Sptciol Cabte to The Tribune
Copyright. 1920. New York Tribune Inc.
BERLIN, Sept. 5.?-The Independ
?jmt Socialist party conference, rcp
?esenting the radical German Social
sts, came to an end last night amid
?cenes of great excitement and con?
fusion. The conference was called
to consider whether the party should
idopt the humiliating terms which
jUnine imposed as conditions of ad?
mission to the Third Internationale
ejr whether the party should continue
is an independent body.
No decision was reached, but violent
epeeehes of denunciation of sovietism
delivered by members of a delegation
ef German Socialists who recently vis?
ited Moscow were greeted with loud
tpplause.
Assails Spy System
Herr Wirtmann, himself a revolu?
tionary German Socialist, who earlier
last week gave a damning -account I
to the Berlin Socialist press of con- I
dltions in Russia under Soviet rule, i
returned to the attack In a speech de- !
jhrered at the closing session of the '
conference. Wirtmann denounced the ?
Red spy, detective and police agent I
System which he said the Bolshevik ,
government maintained in Moscow as i
Worse than the old Czarist civse. He '
laid that any one in that country who ]
Uttered a word against the government |
?ins denounced as a counter-revolution- ?
?ry and arrested.
"There is neither socialism nor com
fconism in the towns or in the country
?Ittricts of Russia," continued Herr
?irtmann. "Things there are worse
than in the Czarist days. Deserters
from the Soviet system are shot on the
ipot Industry is militarized and the
tfjht to strike has been withdrawn i
from the workers."
Other members of the Socialist dele- |
ration to Moscow expressed similar |
?itwi, and their exposures seem likely
to diicredit sovietism -entirely in the J
eyes of the German workers.
Faith in Soviet Fails
BERLIN, Sept. 5 (By The Associated
PreM1!.?"Whatever our sentiments ;
toward the Russians may be, the fact
Mains that they have not given proof,
that thev are able to establish social?
ism in their country," said Professor!
lar! Bailod, who has just returned j
from Russia, where he spent several j
teonths carrying on research work for I
the Latvian government. He is a me- j
ber of the German Socialization Com- I
?ission and ranks as one of the fore- j
dost interpreters of Russian eco?
nomics. His statements were made
M the meeting of the Independent So
fitlists to discuss the Moscow Interna- i
tionale.
"I once was of the opinion that Soviet !
Russia and Germany could support one j
toother economically, but I have now |
?btndoned this opinion," Professor
Bailod told the German radicals. He !
*u pessimistic regarding Russia's
f??od resources, which he said were
?etrily influenced by climatic condi- ?
Mobs, which have brought about a ?
ttarcity in the so-called "black soil" j
iisiricts. The entire Volga region
Would yield only enough grain for seed
JBd there were not sufficient supplies'
o tight for the needs of the popula- j
tita, he said.
The transportation collapse in Rus-j
??> ht declared, also had been destruc- j
tnre in its effects on the rehabilitation ;
g the country, while the complete de- I
>reeiation of paper money had resulted ;
?peasants refusing to surrender their ;
products, in so far as they possessed
rrefessor Bailod urgently advised ,
Htlust recommending that German '
?wkers settle in Russia. I
Industrial Production Decreases
Industrial production of Soviet
j?*8ia, he said, has fallen to about ?
?jjt-sixth of its former volume. This !
**? due partially to a lack of raw j
??terials, the peasants refusing to i
Jp up flax and other products in ex- !
gWj? for paper currency and also i
^?ose of unalterable opposition to
????nderlyir.g principles of the Soviet
???en>ment. The hugar industry had
2?Iy collapsed, while coal produc
5?V* the boretz Basin was only one
~w of the former yield. He as
!?*$? that Russia's rich oil lands
?*re not being exploited because of
????Port?t i on difficulties.
|?e speaker said that he believed
? we idealism of the Soviet leaders,
3. *"?rted they had proved them
?*?? wholly incapable of effecting
*economic restoration of Russia.
? 8<J"?-ucraey in Soviet Russia was
? o?d as it was under the Czar and
WE ?n the ascendancy owing to the
y~tnat many persons are being
2*J? by poverty to take govern
MW job?, he said.
i* the course of the discussion a
J2?''1? ?f the independent leaders
!3**???d themselves as opposed to
?--?-'? titcnivvtvea u? OppOS . _
iff* with Moscow. Frau Louts?
g? asserted that the Geimin pro
a"2?t would refuse Moscow's
jptonship, acceptance of which,
JMeid, would mean that the party
?Z72 ???tome wholly submerged by
????cov/ government, which had no
?II
nding of German conditions.
fEif* kedebour was warmly ?p
?yi> "hen he charged the Moscow
TMBent with carrying on "dan
enti-SociaHstle policies" in
?wn country, which showed them
JW to assume International
lp or dictate terms to others.
J*w??s Cd?ebr?te? Marne
u$*S, Kept, ?.? Ceremonies com
Siting the Battle ?f the Marne
,ff*?w4 at M eaux and Rheims to-day.
Marshals of France, fifty gen
tit? American Ambassador ?nd
itativ?? o? the American
attended.
gtwew have a?a?ifs? In H? tiA
?olumn? on ?/-?<?n?t ut ih*
MW titUmtUnitHt?" I'lKfl Till? {?"I
^N? a '.?r#ful ln*f??riUm t>t *h<?
w?ni. A4. (UttimtH the Want he.
wipf lut item? ot iat?r??t?A4?t.
Berlin Apologizes for
Attack on Consulate
BERLIN, Sept. 5.?Dr. Walter
Simon, the Foreign Minister, ac?
companied by Herr Severing, of
the Prussian Ministry, called at
the French Embassy to-day and
expressed the government's apol?
ogy for the recent incident at
Breslau, during which a mob at?
tacked the French Consulate.
Nation-Wide
Wet Crusade
Is Launched
Plan Devised in Maryland
Already Is Extended to
New York, New Jersey
and Five Other States
Issue Up To Congress
Dry Candidates Are To Be
Eliminated Until Vol?
stead Repeal Is Possible
Spec-.al Dispatch to The Tribune ^,
BALTIMORE, Sept. 5.?Maryland
wets have begun a drive against the
Volstead law and the prohibition
amendment. In addition, prominent
anti-prohibitionists will seek to bring
the question up before the extra ses?
sion of the Maryland Legislature
called for September 20 to provide fa?
cilities for registration of women.
Among leading citizens of Balti?
more interested in the newly organized
association against the prohibition
amendment are Waldo Newcomer, Gen?
eral Felix Agnus, Dr. Julius Frieden?
wald, Dr. H. Warren Buckler and Gen?
eral George F. Randolph.
Captain W. H. Stayton, ? native of
the Eastern Shore of Maryland r.nd at
present president of the Baltimore
Steamship Company, took the initia?
tive in suggesting the wet plan. And
it is due chiefly to his efforts that the
association has organized branches in
New York, Connecticut, Delaware, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and
West Virginia, in addition to Mary?
land.
Coa8t-to-Coast Idea Adopted
When prohibition was enacted Cap?
tain Stayton believed that the local
organizations that sprang up from time
to time in different communities to
combat the Volstead act would prove
of little avail. So the idea of a na?
tional organization?one that would ex?
tend from coast to coast and from Can?
ada to Mexico?was decided upon.
At first the association against the
prohibition amendment had but a
handful of members. While not in any
sense a secret organization, those be
hand it felt that until it had got under
way to a point that plainly showed it
would be a permanent organization, its
plans should be kept in the "dark."
But with members joining it at the rate
of 12,000 a month it is felt by the
projectors that the time is ripe for a
big drive throughout the United States.
The first aot of the association,
which established headquarters in the
Munsey Building, Washington, was to
place boxes in many cities in the East
which contained cards, on one side of
which was the information that the
"Volstead law can be repealed; the
Supreme Court says we may keep it or
repeal it, just as the voters prefer."
Appeals for Solid Line-Up
"The Volstead law can be repealed,"
it goes on, "if those opposed to it will
join one association and merely let
themselves be counted, so that Con?
gressmen may know how many of us
there are."
To facilitate this counting the asso?
ciation al3o took up the "chain" system
to increase its membership.
With thousands of voters in each
state enrolled, the association intends
to "freeze out" the dry candidates and
prevent them from getting nominations
flora any political party. In the course
of a few years, if the plan works out,
there will be in Congress only those
lawmakers who will be in sympathy
with the aims for which the associa?
tion is working, as follows:
To repeal the Volstead act.
To permit every state (under the
concurrent clause) to pass its own en?
forcement act.
To remove the prohibition amend?
ment from the Constitution.
To offset the charge that the associa?
tion is backed by whisky or brewery
interests, no brewers, distillers or
those who made a living from the
liquor trade* can have a voting in?
terest. There are to be no paid offi?
cers, no expenditure of funds for lob?
bying, and the only money spent will
be for keeping records and enrolling
new members and other necessary
office expenses.
?
Bishop Urges Parents
To Restrain the Young
Rochester Prelate Warns Cath?
olics Against Frivolity, Late
Hours and Improper Dress
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
ROCHESTER, Sept. 5.?In a letter
read from all the pulpits of Catholic
churches in this city to-day, Bishop
Thomas F. Hickey urges on communi?
cants of the Hochester Diocese less at?
tention to frivolity and more to re?
straining the young in the pursuit of
pleasure.
The letter read: "I feel obliged to
request you to admonish your congre?
gation, anl p-u-ticularly parents and
young people, in the matter of places
iiiid form? of amusement that arc a
source of great moral danger to the
participants.
"The strong desire for pleasure, the
feverish activity to satisfy this de?
sire and a departure from the former
conservative attitude of women es?
tablish s condition that Is seriously
threatening the welfare of youth.
"I therefore bid you to press
strongly on parent* their duty to
children, and especially as to the com?
pany that they keep, the place? they
frequent and the hour? at which they
return home.
"I enjoin upon young men and young
women respect for parental authority
Regard for their personal reputation
by ?wWlng place? of amusement and
?campany th*t are dangerou? to good
morals, and that they keep in mind
their obligation to refrain from ?can
dallxing others. I Implore our women
old and young, In the name of Chris?
tian motherhood, to respect themnelvee
In their mode of dress and In their as?
sociations."
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Italy Intends
To Starve Out
Red Agitators,
Uprising of Workers Con?
tinues to Spread, hut the
Government Refrains
From Active Measures
-V
Unions Threaten
A General Strike
No Troops To Be Used
Unless Political Coup Is
Attempted by Soviets
By Ralph Courtney
,*prcla.I Cable to The Tribune
Copyright. 1920. New York Tribune Itic
TARIS, Sept. 5.?The situation in
Italy, where factory workers in a
dozen cities are reported forcibly to
have seized the industrial plants and
gained absolute possession, was under?
stood to-night to be growing worse. A
general strike has been proclaimed in
Trieste and the movement of unrest is
spreading.
All the efforts of the government to
come to terms with the metal workers'
soviets have ?failed. The Cabinet plans
to try to starve the Reds out. When
the sovietized factories have shut down
the government hopes to intervene with
greater chances of success.
All the meager accounts reaching
here agree that the authorities are
offering little resistance. The govern?
ment for tho moment is affecting to
ignore tho crave events that are taking
place. Republican guards are watch?
ing the banks in the affected districts,
but the soldiers have not yet attempted
to enter any Red factories. There has
been no fighting and no bloodshed, as
the Reds have had no opposition.
Depends on Public Opinion
The government hopes that many of
the workers will tire of Bolshevism as
soon as the supplies of raw materials
are exhausted at the factories. It is
thought that public opinion may stifle
the movement after the first enthusi?
asm has worn off.
The authorities fear to resort tc
force against the Reds so long as thej
confine their activities to econornii
spheres. The police are said to win!
at the confiscation of factories anc
private property, but are report?e
ready to take action if the soviets at?
tempt to assume political power.
So far the unrest has been confin?e
largely to the metal workers, but com
munism threatens to spread to othe;
industries. Transportation is expectec
to be the next industry to fall unde:
soviet rule. All ships in Naples har
bor, like those at Genoa, have beer
ordered by the Seamen's Federatioi
to hoist the red flag.
Labor Minister Labriola is tryini.
his best to conciliate the workers an?
employers on the questions which lei
to the seizure of the factories.
Wages Base of Demands
The present trouble began with i
demand for increased wages. La
tri?la has proposed that a commissioi
of inquiry be appointed to determin?
whether the metallurgical trades cai
afford' to' pay an increased salary list
Both sides accept this proposal, bu
tho employers refuse to augment th?
salaries as' desired by the worker
pending the decision of the commis
sion.
Despite the advice of a numfcer o
Socialist leaders who do not conside
the time ripe for communism in Italy
the Red ideas are gaining grouhd. Th
General Federation of Labor threaten
to call out the workers in all the in
duo?ries in support of tho metal work
efs. Important meetings of the Ital
ian Socialist leaders were held to-da
to determine their policy toward th
Red movement.
PARIS, Sept. 5 (By The Associate
Press).?Dealing with the situation ere
ated by the seizure of factories b
metal workers in several Italian citie:
a Havas Agency dispatch from Rom
to-day says:
"The government, although cotisciou
of the seriousness of the situation, i
continuing to refrain from regardin
the present demonstrations too grave
ly, retaining confidence in the goo
sense of the workers and the concil
atory spirit of the employers.
"In Milan the police drove off a part
of workers which was attempting 1
j seize control of a factory.
? "The employers and workers i
! Viareggio. have reached an agrecmci
! and work will be resumed immediately
LONDON, Sept. 5.- -Sunday passe
\ quietly in Italy, according to a Stefai
i agency dispatch from Rome. Many <
I the metal workers remained in the fa?
', tories they hail seized, without the
occupation giving rise to any disturi
anees. Work in some of the shops wi
again normal in consequence of tl
! employers consenting in advance
accept an agreement, which it is hop?
will eventually be reached between ti
efnployers and the workmen.
?
Lloyd George9s Return
Secret, Due to Threat
?Premier Leaves Lucerne ft
Zermatt; Date of Depart?a
for England Is Conceal*
LUCERNE, Sept. 5 (By The Ass
cioted Press).-The visit of Premi
Lloyd George of Great Britain
Lucerne ended to-day. Accompanied 1
his suite of twenty-four persons tl
Premier departed on a special train
10:??0 o'clock this morning for Zerma
The local authorities were at the st
tion to bid the Premier godspeed, ai
two little Swiss girls presented h:
with Alpine flowers and asked him
return soon. It is learned, howev?
that the Prime Minister will not cor
back to Lucerne, but will continue I
journey from Zermatt direct to Londt
The exact date of his homeward jot
ney has not been made public owing,
is said- to an increase in the number
threatening letters and telegrams i
eclvod by the Premier, which led
feara that an attack upon him might
attempted en route.
The Premier himself, it is declared,
not concerned over the alleged threa
It is also reported he may attempt
climb tho MatUrhorn from tho Riff
alp and that several Zermatt guie
have been engaged for the venture.
Premier Denies Hylan
Plea For MacSwiney
LUCERNE, Sept. 5 (By
The Assoc' ted Press).?Premier
Lloyd George of Great Britain
has replied in the negative to the
message of Mayor Hylan of New
York City, urging the Premier to
release Mayor MacSwiney of
Cork from prison. The Premier
In his reply, dispatched yester?
day, said politely but firmly that
he could not interfere with the
course of justice and law.
Peace of Erin
Hangs On Fate
of MacSwiney
Success of Dublin Confer?
ence Believed to Rest on
the Outcome of Hunger
Strike of Mayor of Cork
Reprisals If He Dies
Boycott of Ulster Assumes
Grave Proportions; Press
Opposes British Policy
By Frank Getty
Special Cable to The Tribune
Copyright. 1920, Now York Tribune Inc.
DUBLIN, Sept. E.?The movement
toward a settlement of the Irish prob?
lem has come to a complete standstill.
Upon the fate of Lord Mayor Mac?
Swiney of Cork, who to-day reached
the twenty-third day of his hunger
strike in Brixton prison, depends the
success of the latest effort to pacify
this island?the effort of the Dublin
"peace conference."
Nothing constructive can be accom-!
pushed until the outcome of the moral
Struggle between the Lord Mayor and ?
tho British government is known. Cap- {
tain Harrison, General Gowan and Lord
Shaftesbury, all leaders of the moder-1
ate element in Ireland which is striv-1
ing to effect a settlement, say that |
their hands are tied until the affair I
is settled one way or another.
And if MacSwiney dies?even though i
the length "of the hunger strike has ?
taken the edge off of act'ive resentment
in this country?there will be, in all j
probability, such a series of individual I
reprisals as to render the possibilities ?
of a peaceful settlement remote.
Uprising Not Anticipated i
Nothing resembling a general upris?
ing is anticipated in case MacSwiney]
dies. The Sinn F?in leaders are the j
last persons in the world to want to j
defeat their own ends by permitting an j
abortive outbreak which would be j
doomed to failure before it began, and
i the time is past when an uprising!
would have come spontaneously. Per- ;
haps it might have been possible ten?
: days ago, nut it isn't now.
Everybody and everything in Ire?
land to-day seem to be waiting for the
? result of the Brixton prison hunger
strike. Constructive measures pro?
posed by the standing committee of
the peace conference, such as the
means of feeding and heating Irish
cities in the event of a coal strike, have
! been laid on the table pending the set?
tlement of MacSwiney's case.
Two important undercurrent move?
ments, neither of which is making for
peace, are continuing from day to day.
, One is the boycott of Ulster, which is ;
: spreading throughout the south and [
j west and is now assuming proportions
that are alarming to the bar>k?>rs and
business men of the north. The for?
mer are especially hard hit, as funds
I are being withdrawn daily from Ulster
' banks. The necessity for reciprocity
in tho matter of trade prevents the
'. Nationalists in the southern counties
! indulging in a complete boycott ot j
? Orange goods, but financially Ulster is;
: paying heavily for the actions of the
! north, which have driven ??,000 Catholic
i families from their homes in that part
I of the country.
Raids by Military Increase
! The other urvfortunate movement
I which is afoot in Ireland is the dis?
criminating enforcement of the Res?
toration of Order Act, commonly
known as the Coercion Bill. Raids by
the military are increasing in fre?
quency. The "Black-and-Tans," as the
: khaki-clad military, who wear black?
caps, are called, are wielding their new
powers with no gentl? hand.
The comparative quiet and absence
of murder in the last few days must
not, however, be attributed to increased
efficiency of the forces of law and
order throutrh the bill. The ^quiet can
be accounted for by the suspense over
MacSwiney. If he dies the ineffective
ness of trying to rule Ireland with an
iron hand probably will be demon?
strated. Moreover, there is the possi?
bility that some high British official
(Continued on next pnge)
Mass Is Said
For Dying
Lord
Prayers Offered in Lon?
don for MacSwiney as
Press Unites in Appeal
for Immediate Release
Water From Lourdes
Arrives Too Late
Bonar Law Says Leniency
Would Be Betrayal of
Officers Slain in Ireland ?
_________?
From The Tribune's European Bureau
Copyright. 1020. New York Tribuno Inr.
LONDON, Sept. 5.?Terence Mac-J
Swiney, imprisoned Lord Mayor of
Cork, was still alive this evening, but!
is extremely weak as a result of his'
hunger strike, which began August 12. I
The last sacrament was adminis- j
tercd to the prisoner this morning in
the presence of his family. In the
group was M-acSwlney's brother Sean,
who had remained in the prison all
night.
Prayers for the Lord Mayor were
said in many churches to-day. All
the Sunday newspapers unite in urg?
ing the government to release him Im?
mediately.
MacSwiney's hunger strike, with all
its dramatic details, has succeeded in
focusing English attention on Ireland
to a remarkable degree. The fact
that he lies near death in a London
jail has brought the whole Irish
problem home to the English people,
who hitherto have been satisfied to
consider it some vague, insoluble af?
fair far away.
Still Continues Conscious
LONDON, Sept. 6 (By The Associ- j
ated Press).?Chaplain Dominic, who
loft Lord Mayor MacSwiney at 9 I
o'clock last night, reported that the
Mayor had occasional fits of dizziness |
but had not lost consciousness. ' Mrs. ;
MacSwiney, who spent the afternoon
with the Mayor, reported this evening
that he was in pain and also was suf?
fering from depression.
Mrs. MacSwiney to-day received a
message signed by the president and
secretary of the Cork Urban District
Council, conveying in behalf of tho
townspeople of Cork "heartfelt sympa- I
thy," and adding:
"The sacrifice the Lord Mayor and ?
his fellow strikers are making has
infused into their countrymen a set?
tled determination to carry to triumph
the cause they are suffering and dying
for."
According to Th? Weekly Dispatch,
Father Denis Mathieu, a Benedictine
priest of French origin, who has resid?
ed in England for forty years and
officiated at MacSwiney's marriage,
brought him some water from Lourdes
yesterday. 'The Mayor, however, was
too weak to see his visitor.
A mass for tho release or happy death
of the prisoner was said in the Roman
Catholic Church in Maiden Lane to- j
day. I
Bonar Law Replies to Labor
Replying to the Labor party's appeal
in favor of Lord Mayor MacSwiney, !
Andrew Bonar Law, the government ?
leader, .addressed a long letter, dated
Downing Street to-day, to the effect |
that the government's position was
made clear in the Premier's statement '
of August 25, to which there was little j
to add.
Mr. Bonar Law proceeds to say that !
MacSwiney was one of the leaders of
the Irish republican army, which de?
clared itself at war with the forces of !
the Crown, and, according to his own !
written words in one of the seditious
documents for which he was convicted,
he and his followers had determined to
pursue their own end?, asking no mercy
and making no compromise.
Had he been taken at his word and
dealt with as an avowed rebel, accord?
ing to the universal practice among
civilized nations, says Mr. Bonar Law,
he would have been liable to be shot.
Instead, he was tried by a legally con?
stituted tribunal, sentenced to a mod?
erate term of imprisonment and given i
all tho privileges of a political pris
oner.
Betrajal of Loyal Officers
"To release such prisoners." asserts
Mr. Bonar Law, "would be nothing,
short of a betrayal of loyal officers on j
whose devotion to duty the fabric of;
social order in Ireland rests."
Since MacSwiney's nrrest, it is j
pointed out in the letter, fifteen officers I
have been brutally and treacherously
done to death without a chance of de?
fending themselves.
"Surely," continues the letter, "the |
sympathy extended to the Lord Mayor, !
whose condition is due to hia own de?
liberate act, is due rather to the be?
reaved widows and families of the mur?
dered Irish policemen. The govern-'
ment fully realizes how large a part
sentiment plays in all human affairs,
and if it were possible it would gladly
have taken the attitude of the English
(Continued on next page)
Mayor
N. Y. to San Francisco Air Mail
Service Will Begin Wednesday
Airplanes nre to carry mail between
New York arid San Francisco, beginning
next Wednesday morning.
The Post Office Department at
Washington yesterday announced that
a regular daily schedule had been de?
termined upon and that nil plans for
the initial cross-country flights of tho
mail planes had been completed.
At 6:30 a. m., daylight saving time,
each day a mail plane will be started
from New York, and it is expected that
the journey across the continent will
be completed within 56% hours.
At the same hour a plane will leave
from San Francisco, and it is expected
to arrive in New York 60% hourB later.
Mail sent by train from New York
to San Francisco usually is about 100
hours in transit. Under the present
schedules mail planes leaving New
York in transcontinental service will
stop at. Chicago, Iowa City, Iowa;
Omaha, Rock Springs, Wyon and Reno,
Nev.
Salt Lake City will be the first stop
for eastward bound planes out of San
Francisco. Other stops will be at Rock
Springs, Iowa City and Chicago.
Metal monoplanes with a cruising
\ radius of ten hours at ninety miles an
hour will be operated between New
York and Omaha, and De Haviland
! planes, with four hours' fuel and oil.
! at eighty miles an hour, will be used
between Omaha and San Francisco.
The inauguration of the new service
; will extend the ait mail lines over
I 1,463 miles of new territory. In its
I announcement the Posto/fice Depart
; .nu-nt said:
"With the establishment 8f the
i transcontinental air mail there will be
j at the service of the United States mil
i itary forces what is probably the great?
est system of regularly maintained
I landing fields and facilities in the
i world.
"The transcontinental daily air mail
will.be the most difficult flying project
yet undertaken. Not only has it re?
quired the working out of details for
a daily operation of a route nearly
3,000 miles long, but the actual flying
I will be under the most trying condi?
tions. At Cheyenne, Salt Lake City
and Reno the daily flying with a full
load of mail will have to be at alti?
tudes ranging from 12,000 to 14,000
feet above sea level and over high,
wind-swept plateaus, with powerful
headwinds to cut down the speed of
the planes.**
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StrikeUnauthorized,Says
Mahon; Seeks Settlement;
B.R.T. Extending Service
"Walk-Out Was Not With My Assent*T9
Chief of the Amalgamated Declares
William D. Manon, president of the Amalgamated Association of
Street and Electric Railway Employees, on his arrival here yesterday
issued a statement indicating his desire to bring about a speedy recon?
ciliation between B. R. T. officials and the union. He asserted that
tactics of leaders in the strike did not have the sanction of the national
organization.
?'It is most difficult for one to assume charge of a matter of this
sort," said Mr. Mahon, "after much bitterness has been engendered by
those who do not understand the circumstances or represent the policies
of our association. The creation of this condition was not with my
assent nor of my making. ... I fully appreciate Judge Mayer's
position. . . . The court must necessarily represent all parties, and
those who have been criticizing the court in this case, were not speaking
for me or the Amalgamated."
Wickersham
Backs Harding
Idea of League
Utterance of Former Attor?
ney General Is Taken as
Evidence That Republi?
can Sentiment Is United
Confers With Nominee
Declares Himself in Com?
plete Accord With Sena?
tor's Speech of Aug. 28
From a Staff Correspondent
MARION, Ohio, Sept. 5.?George Vf.
Wickersham, former Attorney General,
after visiting with Senator Harding
here to-day, issued a statement ex?
pressing his complete accord with
the Republican Presidential nominee's
position on the League of Nations is?
sue. Mr. Wickersham was one of that
small group of Republican leaders, in?
cluding former President Taft, who
considered the league covenant accept?
able in its original form.
As the principal Republican "irrccon
cilablcs" alreuriy have indorsed Sena?
tor Harding's league stand, and as Mr.
Wickersham has represented the ex?
treme of pro-league Republicans, the
former Attorney General's unqualified
approval of Senator Harding's August
28 speech is accepted here as satisfy?
ing proof that Senator Harding has
found a meeting ground for divergent
Republican league thought.
Joins in Blaming Wilson
Mr. Wickersham, blaming the Pres?
ident's "stubborn unwillingness" to
recognize the- Senate as a part, of the
treaty-making power for the fact that
the League of Nations has become an
issue in the campaign, said ho recog?
nized the imperfection of the Ver?
sailles covenant, and added:
"Senator Harding does not wholly
and finally reject the league. He rec?
ognizes that it may have become so
entwined and interwoven in the peace
of Europe, that its good work and its
unobjectionable provisions must be
preserved in order to stabilize the
peace of that continent. In my opin?
ion this is wise statesmanship."
Senator Harding would not, of
course, comment on the statement of
Mr. Wickersham, who had come to
Marion at his invitation. It is prob?
able that Senator Harding will make
an additional statement on his league
stand in a day or two.
Mr. Wickersham's statement follows:
"I deplore the fact that the League
of Nations should have been made to
any degree a political issue in this
campaign. That it is so must be dis?
tinctly attributed to the stubborn un?
willingness cf President Wilson to rec?
ognize the constitutional power of the
Senata as part of the treaty-making
power or to assent to any modification
by it of the treaty as formulated in
Paris.
"I earnestly favor the League of Na?
tions. I recognize the imperfections
of the Paris covenant. Yet I should
have been satisfied to see it ratified
as written, believing that the power
of amendment was ampl?1 to enable it to
be moulded as our national interests
might make necessary. I think the
(?Continued on page three)
Leader Says Strikers
Will Run Busses To-day
3.000 B. R. T. Union Men Told
500 Motors Will Be Put
in Operation at 5 A. M.
j Upward of 3,000 strikers attended a
! mass meeting at Palm Garden last
i night for the avowed purpose of boost
! ing the spirits of "men who are in?
clined to look upon the strike as a
? failure." Prominent among the speak?
ers was William Reilly, secretary of
j the executive committee of the Amal
I gamated Associa;ion of Street and
Electric Railway Employees of
America. He announced that early to?
morrow morning the association would
place 500 motor busses in operation
along Brooklyn streets.
He omitted to say where the asso?
ciation would obtain the busses, or
how it proposed to obtain permits to
run transit in competition with mu?
nicipal busses, but said that the fare
would be 5 cents, and that, after the
wages of operator and conductor were
paid, gross receipts would go into the
treasury of the association.
Oldest members of the association,
he said, would be in charge of the ven?
ture and service would start at 5
o'clock in the morning, continuing
until 8 p. m.
Another speaker. Chartes Solomon,
of the 23d Assembly District, of Brook?
lyn, who was recently ousted from the
state Assembly at Albany, aroused
"heers when he said:
"The B. R. T. will not dare to run
any cars to-morrow, Labor Day, while
200,000 determined men and laboren
are in the line of march."
?
Notice to Colby
Not Legal, Say
Suffrage Antis
League Charges Tennessee
Governor Had Not Sent
Valid Word When Proc?
lamation Was Issued
Allege Resort to Secrecy
Declare Roberts Forwarded
Second Document to
Cover Up His Mistake
From Tlte Tribune's Washington Burean
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.?The direct
i charge that the certificate from the
I Tennessee Legislature upon which Sec
? retary of State Colby issued the proc
? lamation declaring woman suffrage ef
: fective was not an official notice of
I ratification was made to-day by the
! American Constitutional League. It
j has attacked in the courts the right of
I the Secretary of State to issue the rati?
fication proclamation.
Tha. league's statement, issued
through J. S. Eichelberger, field secre?
tary, who has just returned from Ten?
nessee, asserts that a second certificate
was sent to Secretary Colby by Gov?
ernor Roberts on Saturday. Eichel
berger's statement likewise charges
that the State Department has con?
cealed the text and nature of the first
document, on which the proclamation
was based, and has refused to allow the
Constitutional League lawyers either
to examine, photograph or make copies
ot' it.
The threat is made that court action
will be taken if necessary to obtain
certified copies and lift the alleged veil
of secrecy concerning the first certifi?
cate. It is contended that the procla?
mation itself has no bearing on the
validity of the amendment, as decided
by the District Court of Appeals in the
case of Widemann vs. Colby on May
3, 1920. and that Secretary Colby "has
no more to do with the validity of a
Federal amendment than any other Ad?
ministration clerk."
Four Plans of Attack
Eichelberge'r said that four methods
will be used by anti-suffragists to ex?
pedite the question to 'the United
states Supreme Court before slection
The Fairchild-Colby case, now in the
District Court of Appeals, does not
cover the recent Tennessee tangle, and
i? therefore regarded ns the least im?
portant. The other cases will be
brought:
First, by appeal of the Tennesse ?
antis to the Tennessee Supreme Court,
which meets on September 20, from
which the ease may be appealed or cer?
tified at once to the United States Su?
preme Court.
Second, by injunction and mandamus
proceedings against election officials
to keep women from voting, thus stim?
ulating suffragists themselves to help
expedite the case to the highest court
before election.
Third, by having the Attorneys Gen?
eral of the thirteen states which have
not ratified refuse women the vote
and bring the cases into the United
States Supreme Court at once on orig?
inal jurisdiction in the name of a sov?
ereign state?the only way su';h a case
can he started before the highest court.
The league lawyers believe that any
of these three methods will expedite
the case more than the Fairchild-Colby
appeal, but the latter will also be
pushed as much as possible. Continu?
ing, the league's statement said:
"The publication Saturday of the
second certificate from Governor Rob?
erts of Tennessee to Secretary of State
Colby raises several important ques?
tions which throw grave suspicion on
the first certificate.
i'First. Why has it been concealed
' and published neither by the State De
. jar ni' nt ii-jv hy the .sulrrsjrists ?
"Second. Why was It passed upon in
' the dead of nighj (3 a. m.) by Mr.
(Continu?) en pife three)
I Hit By Auto, Patched Up,
Then Is Struck Again
i Man Suffers Minor Injurie?, but
Skull I? Fractured in
S?econd Accident
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
GARRISON, N. Y., Sept. 5.?Bernard
Kapper, superintendent on the country
place of Samuel Sloane, was the victim
of two automobile accidents to-day.
Kapper was struck by a car on the
State Road this morning and suffered
minor injuries. When on his way
home, after a visit to a doctor's office,
he was run down by another car, oper?
ated by Joseph Schnider, of 1166
Eleventh Avenue, New York. The sec
I ond accident was more serious. Kap
I per suffering a fracture of the skull.
? . -_
Union Chief Deplores Ac?
tion of Men and Regrets
the Criticisms of Garri?
son and Judge Mayer
Will Confer With
the Mayor To-day
Surface Cars Run Only
During Day; Crowds at
Beaches Accommodated
All elevated and subway lines con?
tinued operations after dark on the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit system last
night. Contrary to announced plans,
officials maintained a thorough ser?
vice to Coney Island over the
Brighton Beach line of the elevated
until a late hour, and promised
to continue it if no acts of violence
were committed. To prevent this
uniformed police and members of
I the "strong-arm" squad patrolled
the cut running from Avenue H to
Prospect Park where this line of the
elevated runs along the surface for
a distance and then enters tho tube.
Service Almost Normal
It was feared that strikers who
gathered at vantage points might
hurl bottles and stones at passing
trains, especially in the vicinity of
Malbone Street where the B. R. T.
wreck occurred last year.
With the exception of Coney Isl?
and lines, B. R. T. officials said, nor?
mal Sunday service was maintained.
That statement was corroborated
by reports received at the offices of
the Public Service Commission.
William D. Mahon, international
president of the Amalgamated As?
sociation of Street and Electric
Railway Employees, arrived here
yesterday afternoon with the hope
of bringing about a settlement of the
strike, which he said he deplored.
Action of Strikers Criticised
After conferring with strike leaders
at the Hotel Continental, Mr. Mahon
issued a conciliatory statement in
which he said he realized the difficulties
under which Receiver Lindley M. Gar?
rison and Judge Juliua M. Mayer had
been working and regretted the criti?
cism which had been directed at them.
i He hinted that certain of the strike
( leaders have acted without authority,
! and said he would call on Mayor Hylan
! to-day as the first step toward a settle
; ment.
i Mr. Mahon said his purpose in com?
ing here was to obtain a settlement of
.the strike. The statement follows in
1 part:
"It is most difficult for one to as
, sv.me charge of a matter of this sort
| after much bitterness has been en
1 gendered by those who do not under
I stund the circumstances or represent
i the policies of our association.
"The creation of this condition was
not with my assent or of my making.
It is my hope after the matter ha?
j been fully gone over we may be able
i to reach an honorable and satisfactory
, adjustment.
Wants Justice and Fair Deal
"I am advised that the railway com
1 pany is represented by Judge Julius
? M. Mayer and Receiver Lindley M.
j Garrison, broadmifided men of lerg?
?affairs. I am also told that Governor
; Smith and Mayor Hylan hav?? been en
I deavoring to bring about an adjust?
ment. With all these big, public
! spirited men it seems to ine we ought
| to b? able to bring about a settlement
i of this unpleasant affair.
"So far as the Amalgamated is con?
cerned we only want justice and a
; fair deal. We are not here to vilify
1 Judge Mayer, or to abuse the re
! ceiver, fhe authorities or the news?
papers. I fully appreciate Judge
Mayer's position. He renresents the
! court, which has always had by respect.
| My years of experience in street rail
: way affairs have taught me to know
of the. many difficulties that both the
court and the receiver must face in
, handling roads under such circum
1 stances.
"The court must necessarily rep?
resent all parties and those who hav?
been criticising the court in this case
i were not speaking for me or the
Amalgamated.
"In any negotiations that take place
I shall personally represent the Amal?
gamated and ita policy. This is an
important state of affaira. Eleven
thousand men and their families are
affected, the great riding public is dis?
commoded and inconvenienced and the
: company's cars are practically at a
standstill.
Appeal? for Unity
"It is no time to permit anything
foreign to the issue at stake to in
I terfere with a just ?nd speedy settle.
i ment, and I take this mean? of ap
i pealing ?to the court, the receiver, tn?
press and the public to unite in bring?
ing the interested parties together and
establishing a permanent peace. It it
my intention to call to-morrow or
Mayor Hylan and take up the worl
through him with the hope of bring?
ing about a settlement."
The Smith Street surface line wai
the only one operating ?to Coney Islam
yesterday and this service was discon
tinued at 8:30 p. m. Thirty ?tars ha?
been run over the line during the da;
but they were not heavily patronised
These cars, as were most of the other
in operation throughout Brooklyn yei
terday, had no police guards aboar
?