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Vol. LXXX No. 26,972
(Copyright, 1620,
New York Tribun? Ine.)
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1920
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?root CENTS
In Grt*t?t New York I WttUa MO MUw
Italy's Labor War Near Truce; i
LWorkers to Evacuate Plants
Both Factions Send Envoys to Rome to Complete
Terms ; Agreement Reached on Most
Important Issues
Cox Helped
Rich Boys to
Avoid Draft
Governor's Letter in Rec?
ord to Aid Two Sons
of Edward W. Scripps,
Millionaire Publisher
Local Board Order
Upset by Crowder
Plea Declared Young Men
Were Essential to Effi?
ciency of Newspapers
from The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.?Files of
the War Department which have jnst
become accessible to the public reveal
that Governor James M. Cox, of Ohio,
played an important part In obtaining
exemption from military service for
i_m? G. Scripps, son of Edward W.
Scripp?? publisher of the Cleveland
Press, Toledo News-Bee and other
newspapers.
The case of James G. Scripps, as
well a? that of Robert P. Scripps, a
younger brother, attracted nation
vide attention during the war, but the
secrecy surrounding such matters at
that time prevented the public from
learning what influences were brought
to bear to keep the two sons of the
multi-millionaire publisher, who now
lives in California, out of army service.
In the draft record of the Scripps
case is a letter written by Governor j
Cor, dated July 11, 1917, and addressed
to Earl E. Martin, of Cleveland, edi- '
torial director of the Scripps papers, in
which Cox declares that the withdrawal j
ef James G. Scripps from active con- i
nsction with the Scripps papers would j
"jTeatly impair" their efficiency.
This letter was sent on November 30, i
1917, to J. J. Borree, adjutant general j
of California, in the effort of the j
Scripps attorneys to induce the draft '
board of San Diego County to certify ?
an appeal to the President after it had !
twice rejected young Scripps'B claim I
for exemption on industrial grounds.
Case Reviewed by President
Borree's activity in behalf of Scripps j
resulted finally in the draft board
sending the case to Washington for re?
nie by the President.
It is recalled Edward W. Scripps and
several men influential in bis organi?
sation came to Washington, called on
Secretary of War Baker and brought
sressnre to bear with a view to secur?
ing reversal of the local and district
draft boards in the cases of both the
?itripps sons. ?
All draft cases appealed td-the Presi- i
dent were reviewed and decided by I
Provost Marshal General Enoch H. j
Crowder under direction of Secretary |
Baker.
On May 10, 1018, the records show,
the action of the local and district <
draft boards in California was set >
aside and James G. Scripps released I
from all obligation of military service. |
Robert P. Scripps was similarly re?
leased on appeal to the President after ?
his local in Butler County, Ohio, and
the Ohio District Board had ordered
him into uniform at Camp Sherman.
It is regarded p. significant circum
state, that the Ohio Governor, who j
performed this service for the pub?
lisher of the Scripps papers, should 1
now nave their unanimous support for
President.
Once Denied by Cox
In October, 1918, when the two j
Scripps cases were attracting atten- '
tion, reports were published in Ohio j
th?t Governor Cox had been influen- i
tial in aiding in keeping at least one
?f the sons out of the army. Cox was '
then a candidate for reelection. On |
Ottober 30 he issued a formal denial.
In the October 31 issue of The Cleve?
land Plain Dealer, a Democratic news
saner supporting Cox, he was quoted
as saying:
"I never spoke or wrote a word to
the President, the Secretary of War
?r to any draft board asking the ex
*mj?tion of Mr. Scripps, any one in
his organization or any one else. The
Governor of a state has not the slight?
est authority to exempt any man or
to prevent his exemption."
The letter in the War Department
file? reve?is this denial as an adroit
evasion. So far as the record indi
?t?s, Cox did not speak nor write to
ta* President, the Secretary of War
nor any draft board. It "show?, how?
ever, that he did writ? a strong
*nd persuasive argument for young
?npps's exemption, which Earl E.
?ertin, editor-in-chief of the Scripps
P?ptrs, used to good effect with Adju
j**t General Borree in California and
??eretary Baker in Washington.
Plea Rejected by Board
In refusing to order the exemption
?i James G. Scripps, on the ground that
nia services were necessary to the
??ripps papers, the United Press As
?eiation, the Newspaper. Enterprise
??odation ana other organizations
??trolled by E. W. Scripps, the draft
?PHI of San Diego County, where
mag Scripps lived with his father,
*??? en record by a vote of four mem
?L,to on? ? follows:
We believe it would be unfair to
j*?f men wn0 are making sacrifices
_T.tb? defense of their country if
Jpt? sons of a very wealthy father
?? *ir?n deferred classification, when
_J?_ arIy P???'ble that one of them
?J9? go without affecting the support
/__.-t J f*mil?*? or impairing their
'*_?_!? fortunes."
**? B* on thi" ?umation, Milton A.
in V?*' _f Detroit. ? ??*? stockholder
I___.o ^iPP? concerns, telegraphed
kwL8*n Pie*? to Adjutant General
?^p** ?? follows:
in regard to Robert, we find among
sta i. *i? have be'n ???ociated with
tea??. ? Seripps enterprises a eon
***?i!_?f ?P)nion that h* is not im
mWZEZ* needed, and in a time like
Se _?J5ht w*J.l b? ***n? *?r the pub
2k_??C<_ 'Thtrefoiw, if one or the
ELL _!_'/?.' U would ?PP?*r thateit
^ be R^ert but if it should!*
fwltfc.? ?*l h* ?* ret*ln*d, then we
'w wat Janes ought to go."
*?" it turnei
was exempted,
?-ttl-S-!?** of ,th# ">wltl-miillon?lre
"?"?We ,o*s donned a onlform.
Text of Oororaor'a Lotte*
*?^_Sr___L*___1_i*f ?"*** H*n*r
*?>? ???_ state which ?an b? utilized
4
J?* ?rpment tor the exenptio? of
Js_a*_"_.^ " t?????* out. not only
?3* *?? ?xempted, but Robert also,
^??either of the malti-miHioi-air*
ROME, Sept. 19.?On invitation of
Premier Giolitti the employers and
metal workers have sent representa?
tives to Rome to continue the negoti?
ations on the points not yet agreed
upon, looking to a settlement of the
strike. An accord already has been
reached on the following points in dis?
pute:
First?There is to be an increase in
wages of four lire daily, except that
workmen from eighteen to twenty
years of age and women above twenty
two years of age receive 80 per cent of
the Increase, while women below
twenty years of age and boys of from
fifteen to eighteen years will receive
60 per cent thereof.
Second?A week's vacation yearly
with full pay for all workmen who have
served at least twelve months.
* Third?After three years' service
men dismissed shall be entitled to two
I days' full pay for each year of service,
i unless they shall have been dismissed
| as punishment or have left voluntarily.
Provision Made for Revision
Fourth?Seventy-five per cent of the
l increase contemplated in the first para
| graph is to be considered an allowance
for the high cost of living, and power
is to be given to decrease it propor?
tionately in case there is a diminution
in the cost of living.
The points on which an accord has
not yet been reached are:
First?Claims by the workmen thai
they shall be paid for the period ol
the strike and of the occupation of th?
works.
Second?Refusal by the mantera te
re?mploy those persons guilty o?
violence against the masters or hav?
ing damaged their property.
Third?The date from which the in
crease in wages contemplated \s to be
calculated.
The impression prevails that a com?
plete accord will be reached shortly.
King Victor Emmanuel has returned
to Rome from his hunting lodge at San
, Rosore. as is the custom when Parlia?
ment opens.
Giolitti's Policy Approved
Unanimous approval was given by
the Council of Ministers yesterday to
the policy adopted by Premier Giolitti
'. in the controversy between the metal
1 workers and their employers. The body
also decided upon the nature of the re?
lief and reconstruction work in the
district stricken by the recent earth?
quake.
Signor Giolitti explained the results
of his meetings with Premiers Lloyd
George and Millerand. He told of the
latter's assurances relative to a supply
of phosphates? for Italy from Tunis, to
be used as fertilizer, and a supply of
iron. *
LONDON, Sept. 19.?A dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph from Rome
says the negotiations between the em?
ployers and the metal workers in Milan
were concluded Sunday evening, and
that an agreement was reached on
every point except that concerning the
question of the dismissal of workmen
who have been guilty of crimes inside
the factories during the time the work- ;
men have occupied them. The workers,
according to the dispatch, will evacu?
ate the factories.
PARIS, Sept. 19.?Representatives of
Italian employers and the striking
workmen who have seized the fac?
tories have accepted Premier Giolotti's
offer of mediation, it is stated in ad- ;
vices from Rome.
Alleged Wife Slayer on
Hunger and Talk Strike
? i. ?
Dr. Sedgtcick Also Has Refuged
to Drink; Silent Even When
Pins Are Stuck into His Flesh
Sp?cial Dispatch to The Tribune
MUSKEGON, Mich., Sept. 19.?Dr.
Otis W. Sedgwick, who is in jail here
charged with the murder of his wife
and daughter at their home in White?
hall last week, to-day entered the fifth
' day of a hunger and thirst strike. He
has neither eaten nor drunk since his
arrest, although attempts have been
made to force him to swallow water and
food has been placed in his cell.
The physician also is on a talking
| strike, for he has refused to utter a
sound in the five days. All methods to
rouse him have failed. Even pins, stuck
into him in an effort to make him cry
with pain have had no effect.
The striker was carried from his cell
out of doors to-day, where attendants
thought fre9h air might restore a more
normal state of mind.
Dr. S. A. Jackson, county physician,
tried to make the prisoner take a drink
of water, hut he closed his lips and
teeth tight against the glass.
Dr. George L. Kilbourn, of Forest
port, N. V., father of the prisoner's
? dead wife, collapsed while en route to
Muskegon and is now in a hospital at
Utica. His son, Blaine Kilbourn, is
? scheduled to arrive here to-night from
Utica.
The police have learned that Dr. Sedg?
wick recently had tried to sell his
practice here with the intention of ac
| cepting an offer from a foreign mis?
sionary society of a new location.
Bridal Couple Accused
Of Stealing Papa's Auto
Weal thy Massachusetts Tobacco
Man Chases Eloper? and
Causes Arrest
SALEM, Mass., Sept. 19.?Mrs. May
Adelaide Millea, daughter of Ariel Mit
; telson, a wealthy tobacco grower of
! Tariffville, Conn., and her husband,
j Edward D. Millea, of this city, were ar
i rested here to-day, charged with
i larceny of an automobile.
They wer? married yesterday and
! came here in the car, closely pursued
j by Mr. Mittelson in another car.
The police were informed that Millea,
who is an adjuster for an insurance
company of Hartford, Conn., met the
young woman at her home several
I months ago. They became engaged, but
her father objected to their marriage.
? Yesterday Millea met Miss Mittelson
| in Hartford, and they drove in an auto
i mobile to Thompsonville, where, thej
I were married yesterday by the Rev
I William O'Brien. Then they drove t?
1 Boston, where they spent the night
coming to Salem to-day.
! Mr. Mittelson followed in his limou
| sine and lodged a complaint againsl
them at the Salem police station
charging that they had stolen from hin
I the car in which they had traveled. Mrs
: Millea told the police that her fathei
: had given her the car last winter t<
1 use in going to and from her home an<
! a training school for teachers in Hart
ford, where she was studying. She me
' her father at the police station, bu
? exchanged only a few words with him
Friends of Millea furnished the $1,
000 bond demanded.
? ? , ? , .
Wife Beater Hides to
Escape Feminine Jurj
?Stays Thr-ee Days in Woodi
With No Food or Water Un
til Armistice Is Signed
Special Ditpat?h to The Tribune
ELLWOOD CITY, Pa., Sept. 18.
! John Kincaid, who struck his wife, be
j lleves Kipling's pronouncement abou
; the female of the species. So when h?
: was informed last Wednesday that h
i was to be tried by a jury of women h
I retired to the woods. Without food o
' water, the terror-stricken man r?
I matned in hiding for three days. Yes
< terday he was found by two of his chil
i dren, who persuaded him to returi
l home after they had arranged a true?
under which he was guaranteed immu
nitv.
Kincaid pleaded with his wife t
withdraw the charge of assault an
battery which ?he had filed. She agree
if he would promise to be good In th
| future. Kincaid promised.
; Kincaid was arrested Wednesda
1 upon information by Mrs. Kincaid. H
was released on bail. Justice Swick dc
1 eided that it was an ideal ease to g
t to a feminine jury, and he set Satui
? day evening for the trial.
Mr?. Kincaid arrived at Justfc
Swick** office last evening while el
, jurors were being drawn from eightee
! women summoned. She told her stor
| of the ?leo and promise mode by h?
husband and asked that her ehsrge h
i withdrawn. This was dono ?otter sh
I bs4 asid the cost* of $11.20,
Herrero, Slayer
Of Carranza,
Begins Rev?lt
Chieftain Declares War on
De la Huerta When His
Arrest Is Ordered After
Investigation of Murder
Diaz Gets Final Warning
Ordered to Leave Mexico or
Federal Troops Will Be
Sent to Capture Him
By George E. Hyde
Special Cable to The Tribu?*?
Copyright, 1920. S'ew York Tribune Tnc.
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 19.?Rodolfo
Herrerp, whose arrest- in connection
with the murder of Venustiano Carran?
za was ordered last week, has declared
open rebellion against the government,
according to unofficial advices to-day.
Herrero's arrest was ordered by the
criminal court here after an .investiga?
tion of the former President's death at
Tlaxcalantongo. When his arrest was
ordered Herrero was near Tampico. In?
stead of returning at once to Mexico
City as directed by the War Depart?
ment, Herrero disappeared. The War
Department immediately advised the
military authorities throughout the
country to watch for the fugitive, ar?
rest him and send him to the capital.
Herrero was finally found to be at
Zaragoza, in the State of Puebla, a
few miles from the scene of Carranza'a
death.
The reports received here say that
Herrero has gathered a force of about
200 well-equipped men and plans to re?
sist capture.
It is expected that the War Depart?
ment will institute a campaign to cap?
ture Herrero, whose action in taking
flight, unuer Mexican law, weighs
against him, as it is taken as evidence
of his guilt.
The War Department has finally de?
cided to force Felix Diaz to define his
attitude toward the government and
clear up the doubt which has pre?
vailed for some weeks. At a confer?
ence between Diaz and General San?
chez, commanding the Federal forces
at Vera Cruz, Diaz was notified that
he must either leave the country or
the military forces would be ordered
to proceed against him.
General P. Elias Calles, Minister of
War, said to-day he believed that al?
though Diaz had not yet rebelled
against the De la Huerta government
he was only awaiting developments
and would assume a belligerent atti?
tude if it were to his advantage.
The government's campaign against
the rebel Pineda has been delayed by
? the heavy rains in the southern part
of the country.
-?
Farmer Kills Father and 3
Others; Commits Suicide
?____
i Woman Among Victims of Nova
i Scotian During'Quarrel Over
Location of Dam
j HALIFAX, N. S.. Sept. 19.?Three
men, one of thefn his father, and a
woman were shot and killed at Hem
ford, Lunenburg County, ;o-day by
Havelock Veinott, of that place, who
then committed suicide.
Veinott attacked the four during a
fit of rage resulting from an old dis?
pute over tho location of a mill dam
on his father's property, where the
shooting occurred.
Diamonds Are Soviet Credit
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 19.?Exportation
from Russia of diamonds and jewels to
obtain foreign credit for the Soviet
government is defended in a statement
by Leo Kameneff, head of the Russian
Belshevik Trade Mission, printed in the
Social Demokraten to-day. Although
M. Kameneff denies personal participa?
tion in the exportation of precious
stones, he declares it has never been a
secret, inasmuch as all goods have been
nationalized.
State and crown Jtowel?*, adds M. Kare
eneff, have not been offered for sole,
because the stock of diamonds on hand,
which he admits were taken from Rus?
sian shops and private sources, hove
proved adequate lor^tbt purpose,
il
Irish Seize
20 Autos for
Arms Raids
Pleasure Seekers' Cars
Taken by Armed Bands
in Mid-Tyrone; Coun?
try Homes Are Searched
MacSwiney Better
After Brief Sleep
Greenwood Offers No
Hope of Government
Freeing Hunger Striker
BELFAST, Sept. 19.?With twentj
automobiles captured from week-end
pleasure seekers, Sinn Feiners in '?mid
Tyrone Saturday carried out one of the
biggest raids for arms in the history
of Ireland. Early in the afternoon, [
when large numbers of persons were i
starting on week-end tours, a body of
men armed with revolvers stationed
themselves at the entrance to Gortin
Glens, a favorite drive, and held up all
motor cars, the passengers being sent
to the farmhouses adjacent.
When twenty machines had been cap?
tured a gang of 100 masked men, all
heavily armed and led by an officer,
descended from the adjoining moun?
tainside and entered the cars, the
drivers of which, with revolvers at
their heads, were compelled to drive
the raiders around the country, visit?
ing houses in search of arms.
Greenwood Answers Irish Demands
Sir Hamar Greenwood, Chief Secre?
tary for Ireland, has informed the mag?
istrates of-County Louth that he can
hold out no hope that the British gov?
ernment will reverse its decision in the
case of Lord Mayor MacSwiney of Cork,
on hunger strike in Brixton prison. The
magistrates recently sent a communica?
tion to Sir Hamar demanding full self
government for Ireland, with powers
not less comprehensive than those en?
joyed by any dominion, and calling
for the immediate release of Mac?
Swiney. The Chief Secretary's reply
to the magistrates says:
"I can hold out no hope of reversal
of the decision of the government in
the case of the Lord Mayor of Cork.
I can assure you the government is
desirous of granting the fullest pos?
sible measure of self-government to
the Irish people and would welcome an
xpression of moderate opinion di
ected to the unfortunate state of
affairs."
Paper Suggests MacSwiney Is Fed
LONDON, Sept. 19.?The condition
of Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of
Cork, was reported as unchanged in
three bulletins issued to-day by the
Irish Self-Determination League, al?
though he appeared somewhat re?
freshed by two hours' sleep during the
night. This evening's bulletin, given
out by the league after Mrs. Mac
Swiney's daily visit to her husband,
said "he is extremely weak, but still
conscious."
Considerable talk was occasioned to?
day by a paragraph appearing in The
Sunday Times under the head "Who Is
feeding Mr. MacSwiney?" It says:
"Everybody is asking who is feeding
him. There is no doubt at all that the '
government is not giving him food or !
any of the prison officials. It, is sug- I
gested that his visitors, priests und
relatives are giving him sufficient food
to keep him alive."
Pointing out that Mr. MacSwiney and
the Cork hunger strikers have virtually
equalled Dr. Tanner's forty-days' fast,
the paper asks how the first twelve
men to be found?Mayor MacSwiney
and the eleven in Cork?when they
tried to go without food could equal ?
Dr. Tanner's record, which excited the j
wonder of the world.
In reply to this Art O'Brien, of the
Irish Self-Determination League, said
to-night "no nourishment or food of i
any kind is being given to the Lord j
Mayor."
Mayor Sends Message to Irish
MacSwiney will send the following
message on behalf of himself and the j
hunger strikers in Cork jail to Irish- j
men throughout the world, thanking ;
th?im for their sympathy and prayers, j
according to The Daily Mail:
"To-morrow I shall have completed j
forty days without tasting food and,
though lying here helpless, my facul?
ties are as clear as ever. I attribute
this to the spiritual strength I receive
from my daily communion, bringing!
me bodily strength, assisted by a world
of masses and prayers.
"I believe God has directly inter
vened to stay the tragedy for-a while!
for a divine purpose of his own. It is
incredible that the people of England
will allow this callous, cold-blooded j
murder to be pushed to the end. I
think that God is giving them their
last chance to pause and consider, but j
if their determination is to go on our
resolution was prepared from the be
ginning and we are prepared to die."
[The fast of Dr. Henry S. Tanner,
which lasted forty days, was carried
out under the supervision of a New
York medical college in the summer of
1880. Dr. Tanner had previously ab?
stained from food for periods of many
days, one of his efforts, unofficially re?
ported, covering a period of forty-two
(Continu?) ?n pat? ilx)
2 Detectives
On Way Here
With Fischer
Writer of Bomb Warn?
ings Due To-day; Says
He Foretold Explosion
Through Psychic Power
From a Staff Correspondent
HAMILTON, Ont., Sept. 19.?Edwin
P. Fischer, one-time tennis star, whose
predictions on Thursday's bomb horror
in Wall Street have become one of the
sensations of the investigation, will
arrive in New York to-morrow morn?
ing in custody of Detectives Irving
O'Hara and James McCoy, of the Met?
ropolitan Bomb Squad. Before leav?
ing here he gave an interview con?
cerning his prophecies.
With the consent of District Attor?
ney T. Reginald Sloan, Fischer was re?
leased yesterday by the Canadian au?
thorities in the custody of the New
York detectives, after complications
arising through the necessity of avoid?
ing red tape in the immigration laws
of the two countries had been ironed
out.
Consent to Fischer's release was au?
thorized by Robert Pope, Fischer's
brother-in-law, with the understanding
that the prisoner be taken directly to
New York. Ho thus evades the in
sunity charge against him in Canada,
his counsel says, and enters the
United States in full possession of his
rights as a citizen. i
Guarantee No Interference
Detectives O'Hara and McCoy left
Hamilton with their prisoner at 6:17
last night. Their departure was pre?
ceded by a lengthy conference be?
tween Mr. Sloan, United States De?
partment of Justice agents and im?
migration representatives of the
United States and Canada. Joseph E.
d'Alvarez, American Consul at Hamil?
ton, also attended.
Mr. Sloan . and the New York de?
tectives had an understanding with
other officials that there was to be no
interference with Fischer's crossing
the border or elsewhere until he
reaches New York.
Two authorizations signed by Fischer,
one telling his counsel to protest pro?
ceedings and the other instructing him
to agree to his removal, were exhibited
by Mr. Sloan. The barrister said he
would proceed under the first authority
only on condition that absolute custody
be guaranteed O'Hara and McCoy.
Otherwise, he said, he would protest
his client's removal and demand a fur?
ther inquiry into his sanity while he
is still in Canada.
In a remarkable interview, the first
authorized for publication since his de?
tention, Fischer to-day revealed the
inner workings of a mind profoundly
learned in the occult and a perfect
faith in the conclusions drawn from
widespread reading on the subject.
Premonition Most Peculiar
In connection with his contention
that a violent headache assails him
when a catastrophe impends, it was
recalled here yesterday by officials who
were interviewing him.Friday afternoon
that he said: "I have such a pain now.
Something is either happening or is
about to happen somewhere in the
world." The time of the statement
synchronizes with that at which a bomb
damaged the Stock Exchange in Genoa,
Italy. The coincidence has caused
comment among thf??e who have come
into contact with Fischer.
While none of the authorities here,
nor even his own attorney, are willing
to admit credence of the powers claimed
by Fischer, they are united in pro?
nouncing the accuracy of this premoni?
tion "most peculiar." They are simi?
larly at a loss to explain hia prophecies
of the Wall Street disaster, for all of
them pronounce him distinctly not the
type of man to have anything in com?
mon with Bolshevik or revolutionary
elements.
Fischer is favorably known in Ham?
ilton. On previous sojourns here, dur?
ing the height of his career as a ten?
nis player, he visited the most promi?
nent fa'milies in the city.
In his interview, in explanation of
his warnings of the Wall Street bomb
horror, he says:
"My faith in telepathy is based on
deep concentration. The man who
would be with his Maker must be in
an extremely receptive state of mind.
I have read profoundly on the subject
and have always found the knowledge
thus gleaned very helpful.
"When we turn from commerce to
philosophy we find them both perme
(Contlnuffd on next pat?)
Food Prices Take General Drop;
Decrease Here Was Six Per Cent
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.?Twenty
seven of the forty-three standard arti?
cles going into the American family
market basket decreased in price be?
tween July 15. and August 15.
In making that announcement to-day
the Department of Labor's Bureau of
Labor Statistics made public figures
showing that in the thirty day period
ending with the middle of August the
retail price of potatoes fell 44 per cent
and the price of cabbage went down
41 per cent. The drop in sugar prices is
placed at 14 per cent; most kinds of
meat decreased in price.
Eggs went up 11 per cent in price
daring the period. With this excep?
tion and that of pork chops, which in?
creased 5 per cent, the increases in
ether foodstuffs were 2 per cent or
lee>.
Indication! that the decline in food
prie? l?vele waj? general ia seen in
statistics showing that each of the 51
cities covered by the bureau's survey
reported decreases. Minneapolis led
with a decrease of 11 per cent, with
its neighbor, St. Paul, second, with a
10 nor cent decline. Detroit was third
with a 9 per cent decrease. Decreases
in other cities follow: ;
Eight per cent, Chicago, Cleveland,
Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee,
Omaha, Peoria and Springfield, 111.;
7 per cent, Denver and Memphis; 6
per cent. Butte, Cincinnati, Columbus,
Newark, New York, Philadelphia, Pitts?
burgh, St. Louis, Salt Lake City and
Seattle; 6 per cent, Baltimore, Birming?
ham, Bridgeport, Buffalo, Dallas, Fall
River, Louisville, Manchester, N. H,,
Rochester and Washington; 4 per cent,
Atlanta, Boston Houston, Los Angeles,
Mobile, New Haven, Portland, Me.,
Portland, Ore., Providence, San Fran?
cisco, Savannah and Scranton; 8 per
cent. Little Rock, New Orleans and
Norfolk; 2 per cent, Jacksonville and
Richmond, and 1 per cant, Charleston,
S. C.._
Police Get Clew to Explosive
In Bomb Plot; Death Wagon
Horse Was Shod in Brooklyn
International Terrorist Plot Seen
By Italian Police; 6 Suspects Held
GENOA, Italy, Sept. 19.?The police are following every clew
that might }ead to the arrest of the perpetrators of the bomb out?
rage in the Stock Exchange here last Friday. They feel they may
possibly reveal the existence of an international terrorist plot, ?ex?
tending perhaps to the United States.
Six Hungarians, said to be Communists, were arrested Saturday
at a hotel alleged to be a rendezvous for radicals. The men had
plenty of money but no identification papers.
Two high explosive bombs, similar to the one which exploded
in the Stock Exchange, have been found by the police in a livery
stable, although so far the persons who hid them there have not
been discovered. Attempts have been made to blow up several fash?
ionable restaurants, one of which was located in the Stock Exchange
building.
The police have determined that the Stock Exchange bomb had
been manufactured recently and for this reason there is some sus?
picion that it was turned out by a plant operated by workmen.
LONDON, Sept. 19.?Three persons have been killed and six in?
jured as a result of an explosion in the Ionfolo Powder Factory at
Mantua, says a Rome dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company.
The explosion, which damaged several houses, is believed to have been
caused deliberately.
100,000 Visit
Scene of Blast
In Wall Street
Financial District CrtiHvded
AH Day With Sightseers1
Moving in Endless Proc?s-!
sion Under Police Guard
Many From Out of Town I
No Vehicles Permitted to
Interfere With Pedestri- ;
ans; Busses Have Big Day
Fully 100,000 sightseers yesterday
visited the scene of the Wall Street
explosion. Men, women and children
came from all sections of the city, and
many came from out-of-town.
They began arriving in automobiles
and from subway and elevated stations
at 9a. m. to view the scarred build?
ings at Broad and Wall streets and
the shallow pit which marks the spot
where the death-carrying wagon stood.
By noon additional police had to be
posted and one-way regulation of pe?
destrian traffic established
Sightseeing busses did a thriving
! business, carrying the curious from
all parts of the city to the financial
district. No vehicles were allowed in
Broad or Wall Street, but along Nas?
sau Street and Broadway the curbs
were lined for several blocks with
parked automobiles.
Those who arrived early were per?
mitted to inspect at leisure the pitted |
; marks of the metal slugs in the walls
? of the Morgan building, the Sub-Treas?
ury building, the Assay Office and ad?
joining structures. In the afternoon
police and detectives kept the proces?
sion of visitors moving. They were
not hurried, but none was allowed to
halt.
Inspector William A. Coleman was
I in charge of the police. His patrol
! men were assisted by half a dozen,
'mounted policemen. They kept the]
| steady stream of sightseers moving
; east on the south side of Wall Street I
I and west on the north side.
? riome thought that the excavation
1 for the New Stock Exchange building
I was all that remained of a skyscraper
I that had been blown away by Thurs
| day's blast. The scars on the brick
wall of the adjoining building lent
' weight to this belief and policemen
were questioned accordingly many
times.
Small boys without carfare were
among those who made pilgrimages to
the financial district from considerable
distances in the city.
Officials of Trinity Church reported
the greatest attendance at services in
many years. Many of the visitors
rambled about the graveyard inspect?
ing old headstones.
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.Palestine Immigrants
Need British Passports
All Ports of Entry Will Be
Strictly Supervised; Registra?
tion With Police Provided
LONDON, Sept. 19.?The conditions
which will govern the entry of immi?
grants into Palestine, just made public
by the administration of the district,
are contained in dispatches from Jeru?
salem to-day. Each immigrant must
possess a passport vised by the British
consul of his city, ample proof that
he will be able to sustain himself for
at least a year and a certificate as to
his physical fitness.
All ports of entry into Palestine will
be supervised strictly by immigration
officials already appointed, and every
immigrant admitted into the country
will have to register with the local
police within fifteen days from the
date of landing. Failure to register
will lay the immigrant open to imme?
diate expulsion. Tourists and pilgrims
will not been required to register.
Sir Herbert L. Samuel, the British
High Commissioner, is vested with the
right to expel any immigrant within
live years from the date of his arrival
if he hBB broken the laws of the coun?
try or if such expulsion is proved to
be in the interest of the state. The
High Commissioner is empowered to
relax these restrictions in certain in?
stances. The regulations do not apply
to those residing in Palestine prior to
the war.
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Dr. Manning
Calls on Church
To Fight Reds
j Pastor of Trinity, in Ser?
mon on Causes of Wall
St. Explosion, Discusses
Remedies for Discontent
Scores "Intellectuals9'
-~
Declares Those Who En
courage the Radicals Musi
i Be Rightly Dealt With
In Trinity Church, which stands in
the shadow of that part of the Wall
Street financial district damaged by the
explosion last Thursday, the Rev.
Dr. William T. Manning yesterday de?
voted his sermon largely to references
to the causes and remedies of indus?
trial and social unrest In the United
States.
He said that the full power of the
law must be used to bring the perpe?
trators of the crime to justice, but that
this action must be followed by a
deeper and truer understanding of
American principles.
"If we are to keep the life of our
country strong," he said, "we must go
deeper than the punishing of these
murderers. We must not only represa
the evil, but we must also upbuild the
good."
He declared that brotherhood and
fellowship were the antidotes for the
spread of ultra-radical doctrines anc
called upon all true patriots to joir
the church in its efforts to spread this
spirit throughout the land.
Rebuke for Intellectuals
He? rebuked "intellectuals" for theii
share in the work of spreading discon
tent, as well as those who encourag?
thehi.
His text wa3 the thirteenth chapte;
of Hebrews, first verse: "Let brotherl;
love continue."
"Our first great ideal as a nation i:
justice, fair dealing and equal oppor
tunity for all," he said. "We do no
say that this has been yet full;
realized, but we are realizing it mor
and more, and in this land to-day ever;
man, woman and child has a fullei
fairer opportunity than in any othe
country in the world.
"Our second great ideal is libcrt;
based on and protected by law. In thi
land law is not for the restraint of lib
erty but for the protection of the his
tory of each one of us.
"Our third great ideal is brother
liness, good will to all. We think o
the American people as one great fam
ily. No one here is oppressed or hel
down. Every man and woman can ad
vanee to any position for which h
can fit himself and which he can at
tain by his own honest effort.
"In a country with such ideals a
these it seems almo?t impossible tha
there should be people among us wh
are striving openly and secretly t
overthrow and destroy our country an
its institutions.
"And yet we know there are peopl
that are endeavoring to do this. W
had evidence of it this last week i
an act which took the lives of betwee
thirty and forty honest, peaceable, lav
abiding men and women and whic
maimed and cruelly injured some 2C
others.
"For the perpetrators of such an a<
of wickedness and murder there mus
of course, be stern and unhesitatir
justice. There is also another cla?
which needs to be rightly dealt wit!
those who call themselves intellectual
and by making themselves safe, by d?
daring that they do not advocate fore
sow the seeds of discontent and spret
propaganda which produces acts i
this sort.
Condemns Aid to Enemy
"It is a shameful thing that by son
among us these people are encourag?
and given countenance. Against th
there should be a tide of public sent
ment and righteous condemnation whi<
will cause it to see itself in its rigl
light. In all of our lives we must star
for justice, for reverence for law ar
for the spirit of brotherhood and g0<
will. '
"In any of our American commun
ties in which this spirit of brothe
hood and fellowship finds expressio
where people know each other and a
able to come into friendly, human rel
tions, anarchy does not exist. It ea
not exist in such an atmosphere,
grows up in communities of great si
where conditions make it difficult f
this spirit to exist.
"The Church must now give its who
strength to preaching and keeping all
the spirit of brotherly love in o
American comaaanitias."
Flynn Evinces Interest in
Discovery of Source of
Materials and Driver Is
Hunted in New Jersey
Way Seems Open
To Solve Crime
Blacksmith Strengthens
Theory That the Plotters
Used a Peddler's Cart
The authorities are believed to
have found a clew that may lead
tc the solution of the Wall Street
explosion. ?
The evidence has been unearthed
by Fire Department operatives, who
! in checking up the shipments and
! storing of explosives within the city
i and its environs are reported to
have discovered certain facts of
vital importance. Nothing tangi?
ble could he learned from those in
charge of this phase of the inquiry,
but it is thought that certain quan?
tities of explosives were either
found to be missing or to have
passed through the Southern sec?
tion of the city at the time of the
blast.
In view of repeated assertions by
powder company officials that no
shipments of explosives passed
through the heart of the financial
district Thursday, and that none
was expected by contracting firms
erecting structures in the Wall
Street district, it ?3 assumed that
the department investigators have
not been able to account for a quan?
tity of explosives. It is inferred
by those in touch with the situation
that the missing explosives may
have been used in the huge bomb
! that killed thirty-three persons and
! injured about 400 others.
Clews Lead to Jersey
There was considerable excitement
j at the Department of Justice head
I quarters over the disclosures said to
have been made yesterday morning.
No details of the nature of these dis?
coveries could be obtained, but it is
believed that they dovetail with revela?
tions made by the Fire Department.
Hardly less important was the ad?
mission of William J. Flynn, head of
the Federal forces investigating the -
blast, that detectives have been dis?
patched to New Jersey on clews that
may lead to the identification of the
owner of the horse and wagon that
bore the death bomb to the scene of
the disaster.
Chief Flynn takes little stock in
the suggestion that the unidentified
young man, whose body is at the
morgue with other victims, may have
been the driver of the death wagon.
He declares that if the man had been
in the wagon at the time he would
have been blown to bits. Flynn be?
lieves that the driver saw to it that
he was at a safo distance when the
bomb went off.
The records of the Volunteer Hos?
pital show that the body arrived cov?
ered only with a canvas sheet and
unaccompanied by clothing of any
kind, making identification difficult.
While the police point out the possi?
bility of a connection between the
death wagon and the body, they are
without a single fact to aid them in
confirming this suggestion. Chief
Medical Examiner Norris has ordered
the body embalmed, so that it may be
viewed and examined without inter?
ruption. Its identification by at least
six persons has been found erroneous.
Horseshoes Identified
The authorities are not Without hope
that the fragments of the wagon and
the shoes of the mangled horse may
yet lead to the perpetrator? of the
crime. Great stress is placed on the
statements of Peter Finnegan, a horse
shoer in the shop of Finnegan ? Kyle,
85 New Chambers Street, Brooklyn,
who say s he made the two front shoes
of the dead horse two weeks ago. He
declared he kept a non-union shop, *?t
which there are very lew ia this city,
and that he recognised his work by the
nails, pad, antf tne distinctive mark
his assistant, John Haggerty, put on
the shoes.
The two hind shoes were almost
new and had the union letters, "N. J.
H. U." on them. While Thomas Healey.
head of the International Horseshoers'
Union, is maki/ig a round-up of the
union workers, the man who can recog?
nize the job as hss has not come for?
ward. . .
Finnegan says: "I am positive that
I made the front shoes of that horse.
I had a look at the remains of the
horse and I am more convinced than
ever that it was the one I shod. It
was in the morning about two weeks
ago. We were rushed that day and so
I could not take any particular notice
of the man who brought the animal to
the shop. I think, though, that the
animal was attached to a pedler's
wagon.
"As a matter of fact, any black?
smith can recognize his own handi?
work. I think the man who made the
rear shoes, if he is honest, could tell
at once if they were made at his shop.
If they had been made by any black?
smith within a mile or two of me I
could tell his work. The hind shoes
were either made in Brooklyn or on
the East Side. The man who made
them was used to heavy work and knew
his business. They were turned slight?
ly and had long clips and straight
toes. We turn the toes."
.Haggerty said he remembered fit?
ting on the front shoes, but he couldn't
recall the description of the maa who
brought the horte j?. "I think," added
Haggerty, "he via an Italian. I put
a mark on each shoe with a hardy.
That is a scratch or line on each shne.
I remember th? maa wat a '?athar/ a