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THE SUtf, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1915.
Klnkead of Hudson county had bren
threatened by the strikers.
A veritable state of anarchy prevailed
In tlint pari of llayonne. Strikers
walked about vohlng threats against
the lives of l.'f official of the city nd
fcgalnst tlio oftietrs of the companies,
also vowing greater damage to prop
rty. When twilight fell boy mid men
rc observed cairylng shotguns and
rifles Into Mydosh Hull, nt Twenty-first
street and Prospect inenue, the meeting
place, nf the sttlkei Shortly after
ward the strikers made efforts at snip
Inif the guntds nt the plants.
City officials and tin- Sheriff plainly
feared an outbreak of tragic dlnienslons
during the night. Hoth had api-ealed to
'low Fielder for the mllltla to guard
tho property of the companies, but the
(lovernor Intimated last night tint he
would not grant the request, though
that may have been a pretext to allay
the fears of the strikers nnd give the
regiments an opportunity to slip Into
llayonne by miter In the dark.
:HH Deputies Kttnrn In,
The Governor was (pioted as having
told the Sheriff that he, the SherllT.
must endeavor b the use of deputy
sheriffs to restore order and that If such
efforts failed tho mllltla would be called
out this morning. Accordingly, Sheriff
Klnkrnd swore 111 31'" deputy sheriffs,
all residents of Hudson county, and at
10 o'clock last lilBht he stationed tlem
on the outside of the plants with In
structions to pn serve peace.
Inside the .Standard Oil and the Tide.
Water works were 2!i0 guards, hit e l
by the companies and armed with re
peating rllles. So with more than toft
armed men patrolling tne property ami
with searchlights playing on all parts i
of the big works, every elTort was ttiaue
to keep the strikers at a distance.
Meantime flow Fielder waited In New
Tork for Adjutnnt-Ocnernl Sadler of
New Jersey to return from an Inter
view with the Sheriff and olllclols of the
oil companies. Hoth the Governor nnd
Adjutunt-Oencml spent the night In
New Yoik in telephonic communication
with the Sheriff nnd with regiments of
New Jersey mllltla nt their nnrorlcs
ready to Answer calls Instantly.
Outside the works In llayonne the
strikers, many of them nrmed with re
volvers a few with rifles hiding In
covert places waited for an opportunity
to npproach the plants and apply the
torch to tho oil.
The strikers were en railed over tho
killing nnd wounding of their associates.
They Insisted that they were fired upon
without cause, regardless of the fact
that every time 'the strikers or their
friends got nenr to any part of the
plants a tire Invariably was started.
They knew by their experiences of the
day that any man who touched a bit of
oil property was In danger of Retting a
kullet In his body.
In vmtluntlun AaLcd.
Citizens who wandered about the
streets also were made aware of the
presence of the guards, for bullets
whizzed across Twenty-second street
scores of times during the day, striking
houses, and on several occasions hitting
bylanders. Many thought the firing by
the guards was Indiscriminate nnd rash,
and the strikers have appealed for an
Investigation by the county authorities.
Some of the authorities say the strik
ers arc to blame for the marksmanship
of the guards. They say the strike
started their violence almost at day
break nnd were at the bottom of the
three pitched battles that were fought
during the day.
The strikers gathered at S o'clock In
the morning nt Twenty-second street
and Avenue J, where stands a small
office of the Standard Oil Company.
Itunrrtn eee. Inwt.tn 1 1. ,,i . -.. t
",. n.r ...,ii,. vri, r i
the strikers fne,.il tl,.. .l.... nt tt,A m... 1
nnd stt Mre to It The building Is within
thirty feet on all side of hlg tanks con
taining each about riO.noo barrels of oil.
The tire got a good start and the Day
nnne flren,..ti nu ,..ll .... c....i
., up ,,n; fiiiiiHiirtl H
own fire fighters, appeared to fight the!
nine, uie names were extinguished
without great trouble and water was
poured In several of the pits dug around
each tank,
Within a half hour after that the first
run light between guards nt tho Tide
Water plant and strikers began at a
Fpot about four blocks away. An optn
ipace nins from Twenty-second strret
lnst the rireek Catholic church to n
mound overlooking the tanks of the Tide
Water company. Strikers climbed this
mound, some with stones and several
with guns. On the other side of the
wall were the guards.
The rirliut Ilt-uliis.
Firing began with both the guards
and strikers taking deliberate aim. It
Is said that in this fight one guard was
idiot through the wrist ami another, In
the heat of the fulllade, fell from n roof
of a building and was hurt. Tho first
hots attracted more strikers and pres.
ently 500 men and boys gathered, with
voinen In the outskirts.
Tony lllednarksl. a nuns striker,
started boldlv up the mound and when
'ie reached the top a guard took careful
aim aim nreel, The striker rolled dnwi
the hill and was picked up by friends
ml helped across the street to n drug
More. Then John Surgen, 43 ears old,
ntarled up the hill, anil at the top he
waved to his comrades to follow him.
He fell, shut In the abdomen, and lav
there for several minutes.
Then the strikers, seventy-five In num
ber, charged up the hill with revolvers
nd bricks. For ten minutes bullets
ew thick nnd fast, one striking Steve
Svnhll, who was not a striker, but was
employed by the Columbia oil Company.
The strikers charged several times, but
were driven back,
Meantime reporters had been band
King the wounded men and telephoning
to tho hospital for an ambulance. The
hospital authorities said they would not
send un ambulance because, both their
doctors and drivers refused to ;
among tho strikers. On the previous
day nn ambulance had been virtually
wrecked by the strikers. Pollen Head
quarters was appealed to and promised
to do whatever was possible.
Presently nil ambulance dashed down
Twenty-second sheet in.d went into the
oil plant, where Drs. Macdrrgor and
Fielder attended the wounded guards.
On the way back they stopped nnd In
quired about the Injured strikers. Ily
that time, however, repot tent had coin
mandeeicd a delivery wagon uud had
sent the men to the hospital, Father
Save of the Greek church administered
extreme unction t" Surgend and ,lile.
narksl while the bells of his ohurch were
tolled.
Appeal .Mnile by Mu-rlir.
In the lull that followed the first bat
tle Sheriff Kluke.id appealed and up.
pealed to the strikers to preserve order.
I'hen h telephoned to Washington and
got the department of l,.ilur to assign
John Moffat and James A. Smyth as
mediators to tr to adjust the differences
between the strikers and the companies,
These men will arrive lo.d.i.
A few minutes afteiwiird another
fight stalled between the strikers and
Sfuards. Near the scene of the tight two
fires weio Marled under the wooden
fences of the Tide Water company. The
guards be.-an to snipe the Milkers, whu
Mood eoveral hundred feet fioni tho
fence. The strlkrrs answered with
bricks and ieolver shots and for al
most an hour, brill, i, in rtt 11.40, the
battle went on.
Glerekn Wnlsyk, 2.1 je.us old. was
nnnt tnrougn the Ileal t .mil the head.
He died almost Instantly. The ctuwd
nil back ufier that, but advanced again
In greater nuiiibi r, Nykolo 1,'waskl, ID
years old. fell with bullets through his
heart and lungs, He was doid Iwfoiu
his f i lends could run to his side.
The strikers then leticalul again, ,ut
thiy made sew-ral other advances,
i.houting and tuihlng, md in tliu lighting
four others weie wounded, Amum;
them were Carroll KappUia, who was hit
In the fou-hi-ad, Stephen Hamcrck, a boy
BAYONNE STRIKE
iilililESiBfiSiSE
of 13, who was standing near Mydosh's
Hall; Veleskl Sevarrl, a girl of 19, who
was shot In the ear, and Fnank Tolas,
IS. All of them were taken to the hos
pital. Just at the end of the fighting Sheriff
Klnkuid advanced near the fence In
front of the strikers and one of the
guards, not recognizing him, took care
ful aim. The Sheriff raised hla hand
and the guard lowered his rifle. But
the hat of a newspaper man near the
Sheriff wos knocked off by a bullet. The
Sheriff urged the strikers to go away.
The strikers paid little heed to htm.
Governor Asked for Aid,
At this Juncture Hherlff Klnkead
called up the Governor and appealed to
him for aid. He said he felt that men
In uniform were necessary because the
foreigners only respected auch men und
were angered by the presence of citizens
with arms. The Governor Immediately
sent Adjt.-Gen. Sadler to confer with the
Sheriff regarding the situation.
After telephoning to the Governor tha
Sheriff also sent him a, telegram saying
that the situation was beyond control
nnd that the mllltla were absolutely
necessary.
At '1 o'clock the strikers gathered In
Mydosh Hall to hear a report from tha
committee thnt had been sent to Inter
view the oil company officials. Jeremiah
D. Haley, chairman of tho committee,
announced that they had been unable to
see the officials. He unced the men to
preserve peace, but he said: "If the
guards hurl stones at me I will hurl
stones hack. If the guards shoot at me
t will shoot back." He was cheered
loudly. Other speukers made nddresses
In Polish, Slavish and other languages.
While this meeting was going on an
other lire was started among oil waste
near the Lehigh Valley tracks thnt run
Into the Standanl OH works. The black
smoke attracted hundreds of strikers
nnd others out on the flats to the north
east of Twenty-second street.
Across that thoroughfare the guards
In the Tide Water plant began shooting.
Ily this tiring, which apparently was
aimed over the heads of the men. women
end children, the throng was driven back
from the tlats. In the course of the
firing John llocco, a barber, and Frank
llass, both bystanders, were wounded.
Ily 6 o'clock the strikers and others
had been forced back along KaM Twenty-second
street. Then the gun play
stopped and lite strikers gave no hint
of dei-lrlng to advance. They evidently
had had enough of bullets by day nnd
were watting for darkness.
Meantime a number of strikers were
out foraging for rifles nnd ammunition
They obtained a number of rifles by
nightfall and some of these were taken
to .Mydosh Hall.
finari! Itnillr Beaten.
About 6 o'clock John J. Olsen, n
guard, of B12 South Fecond street,
Brooklyn, lert the Tide Water works
nnd walked down Twenty-second street
to get a shave. He was recognized by
some of the strikers. Instantly the word
went mound anil when Olsen lett mo
barber shop he was pounced upon by
several scoic men. who hurled stones
at him nnd hit him with sticks. He
was unconscious when patrolmen nnd
eight motoicyclo policemen dashed up,
rescued him nnd arrested two strikers.
The nol cemen needed tneir revolvers
three tlmesto drive the excited throng
hack when efforts were made to pull tne
prisoners from their grasp. They tried
to get an ice wagon uriver in ihro inn
wmitideil man to the hospital, but he
laughed nt their request nnd drove on.
A wagon finally was oniauieii ami insen
was hurried nway. The policemen, re-eni.-r
In band, walked with their pris
oners to an automobile which was used
to take the two men to ponce neao
quarters, where they were held on
charges of assault.
The list of known killed and wounded
Is ns follows:
Killed.
CimtllSKO WOISYK, striker. M K.i'l
Twenty-fiiurlh tret Hiyonne; shot
through head mid h'it.
NVKOI.O KVVASKI, 19 year" old. 415
llrnadwsyi llnonn'i shot through heart
and lungs.
Wounded,
tosv iiinnSAitKRi,
Twsnty-scond street
striker, : i:al
lUjonne; shot In
thr ubdninrn.
JOHN ."UIKSHXP, J years old, K.ist
Twenty-slslh street, a Mrlkr; elitt
thrnuKh ths abdomen.
STBVH.V SVAIH.l. ! years old; hot In
the nlmulilrr.
CAItltOt.l, MAPI'IHA, :S E.nt Seventeenth
irert. Iliyomie; shot III the forehead.
STIll'illlN HAMAIIKK, U years old; shot
In lh forehead.
VAI.IIHKl grcVAHHI. a slrl. 19 years old;
ahot In th right ear
I'llANK TAI.AH, 15 en old, : Kant
Twemy. nrit striit, Haynune.
JOHN JtOC'CO, 15 yearn old, a Jurber; shot
III the noe
THANK MASS. :i yearn edit. Rut Twenty
nflh street, ahot In the arm,
JOHN lil.SKN, n guard, :i years old, of
llrooklyn. bully iut and bruised by
Mrtkera, In crltlr.il condition.
nrAIIH, shot In lh rl'
(lr.MlH, hurl by filling from a shed dur
ing a Mil. rule
NiiIimiiis Closed,
The t'lty Commissioners of lUyonns
hud n coiifereni 'e with th. sttlkers' com
inlttie n the evening and in ranged with
the committee to call at City Hall to.
da with "proposals" to the oil companies:.
The iDinmlMdoiieiH will presrnt them to
the companies,
Mayor ilarven last night Issued an or
der closing all the saloons in the HuiU
ectlon ot llnyoiine until further notice.
Heniy Wilson, L'nmiulflsloner of Puhlla
Safety, at the rcijuist of the Sheriff sta
SCENE AND MANAGER
cotMTitr csswms
Above, strikers trying to rush the Standard Oil tanks at Bayonne.
Below, George C. Gifford, general manager of the plant.
GERMAN STRIKE INQUIRY
STARTED A T BRIDGEPORT
Samuel Gompers and Others Take Up Charges That
Berlin Money and Influence Were Used to Foment
Remington Arms Trouble Settlement Near.
naiPOEPORT. Conn., July 12. Organ-!
lled labor leaders as well as the man
ufacturers here are Investigating the
charges ttvit German money and Influ
ence were used to foment the Iteming
ton arms strike, which Is about to be
settled amicably. Samuel llompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, who Is espected here In the
morning to confer with tho International
labor leaders In charge of the situation,
plan to discuss the tJernian matter
with Major Walter U. Penlleld, general
manager of the new Ilemington plant.
It was Oompera who. a few days ;ivo
In Washington. Admitted that what
Major Penlleld charged had been en
countered by certain labor leaders.
J. J. Keppler. International vice-president
of the machinists' unions, who re
turned from New York to-day to tell
bis associates Thomas J. Savage of
the machinists' executive board and
Vlce-Piesldent John A. Johnson of the
structural Iron workers that an agree
ment with the Remington ofTUIals on
the workers' demands would probably
be obtained by Saturday night, also an
nounced that Oompers and tho other
labor heads gathered In Bridgeport
would confer to-morrow after the A. F.
of U. president sees Major Penflcld.
On the other hand the local manu
facturers' association has Investigators
out trying to substantiate certain in
formation which has been received by
the employers. Nearly all of the mem
bers are convinced thnt there Is much
to the charges of German Influence, es
pecially In the arms strike.
Keppler would not say who It Is In the
Itemlngton company with whom he ex
pects to effect -a settlement of the present
strike, but It Is understood to be either
Mareelliis Hartley Dodge, president of
the company, or Samuel F Pryor, the
vice-president. Keppler tolit Savage nnd
Johnson that nu agreement, probably
signed by the president of the Itemlng
ton company, would be made to-morrow
or Saturday, so that the men now on
strike couhl return to work on Monday.
All three, however, asserted that tho
matter was not definitely settled to
night and that there mlshl yet be a
hitch before the negotiations are com
pleted. "I have had a conference with some
one In New York," said Keppler, "which
leads me to believe that the whole con
troversy ns to the eight hour demands
will be settled. We expect to make all
agreement with the llemlnglon company
embodying the terms the company Is
willing to grant, The other shoim doing
Itemlngton work on sub-contracts prob
ably will not be Included In this settle
ment. hut we Intend to go nfter them In-
dlvldually. The present arrangement,
too. will not In any way affect our gen-
..ril rxiMirtnlu.,! fne eltrht llnors fnr work.
ers In other manufacturing centres itiii Itaymund, to nnd out ir be will grant
New Knxland." I the demands of the strikers. He said '
The settlement with the Ilemington ' yesterday that he had Ooo strike breakers
officials will be discussed by Gompers 1 working on tho piers nud would have
nnd his associates when they meet to- fno more at woik to-day. The Schmltt-,
morrow. At the snmo lime the mlll-iberger Detective Agency yestenlay fur
wrlghts, whose status precipitated tlmnlshid 223 strike bieakers, and 200 Ital
HemlnBton strike, the cat pouters, the Inns from New Jersey were marched to
machinists nud structural Iron workers i the piers. Tho strike breakers were
will get touether to determine what provided with beefsteak ntij potatoes on
union the millwrights ought to Join. ' the piers nml will be quartered there
This has been a disputed matter fori until the strike ends. The steamship
about twelve yeare. Apache, which was scheduled to sail
Developments In tho dwindling str'ke yesterday, will sail to-morrow,
tinned squads or ten policemen at three
different points near the plants to aid
the deputy sheriffs In kcepliiB the htrlk
ers away.
Supt. Hennessy of th" Standard Oil
Company Issued n statement III which
he nnnounced thnt strike breakeis would
not be emploed by the company to eiart
the plant, lie snld that at the confoi.
ence on the previous day between lite
ntrllters nnd the company's olllelals hii
advised the men to return to work and
promised that the request for a 15 per
cent, Increase In pay would be con
sidered, There Is a strong sentiment in lla
yonne thnt the strike was started by
Herman sympathizers. Paul Suplnskl, a
lawyer of Jersey City who ncte.l i's
leader for the strikers, denied last eve -
nlng thnt h Is pro-German, or that
he Is working for Oermnas, He said
he was born In Itiisslan Poland 11 ml
was graduated from Pennsylvania
University, He said he ucled for the
strikers at their own request and drew
OF PLANT
w're scant to-dny. The manufacturers
nnd labor lenders differed widely as to
me number or men out now. The union
men asserted that almost 1,000 men nnd
girls had ijult nt the Itemlngton and
other plants but the manufacturers' as
sociation secretary nnnounced this after
noon that In nil only ;il had walked
out.
SAY 20,000 MAY GO OUT.
Leaders uf linrmrnt Workers Smr
To-d- nml T iirron Will Tell.
Sidney lllllman, president of the
Amnlgamated nothing Workers of
Ameiloa, said yesterday that If the In
dependent children's Jacktt uiinuf.ic
Hirers do not grant the demands of
the workers by noon to-dny lo.nOO
Jacket makers will strike'. Vice.
President Joseph Schlossberg of the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of
America said yesterday that the strike
of the children s Jacket makers Is to be
followed b a strlko of in.ooii workers'
on men s clothing In Independent shops
In case their demands are not granted
by to-morrow.
An agreement similar to the one ef
fected between the Amalgamated Cloth
ing Workers of America and the Ameri
can Clothing Slanuf.icturers Associa
tion was made jesterday by represen
tatlfes of tho children's Jacket makers'
unions nnd the Children's Clothing
Manufacturers Association. The agree
ment affects 9,000 workeis,
Clothing trade reprcentntlvi s said
westerday that the clothing strikes In
this city will bo followed by a sT7i'rral
strike movement of clothing workers In
volving 100,000 persons In Ho.ston, ltoch
ester, Baltimore and other clothing trade
centres.
SAY 2,900 WILL STRIKE TO-DAY.
W. Ws Til rente ii to llnsr CO,
IIIIO till Out on Wiitrrfrii.it.
The I. W. W. committee In charge of
theslrlkc of IniiKshoiemen lit North Itlver
piers 30, 37, 41 nud fi.", said jesterday
thu there woull be !o longshoremen
on strike to-day at the Savannah Line
Pier, sr.. -mill 2.000 at the Old Dominion
piers, 2.1 and 20. The committee went
yesterday tn the Krle llasln, Hrooklyn,
to get the lungshoiemrii loading the Sen
Marcos to strike.
The eomtnlttio snld that after the
tleup at tho Savannah nnd Old Dominion
piers It would begin a campaign to get
50,000 longshoremen and teamsters to
strike along the entire waterfiont. In nd-
dltlon to 15,000 seamen nnd marine fire-
men.
The committee will call on tho presl
1 dent nf th Civile find Mil linn tinea II
up a lett'r for them asking for
a 15
I er cent. Juciense In pay.
The cmplojeis of the lleigcn Point
Chemical Company who went 011 stt Ike
received 11 15 prr cent. Increase yes
leriUy. The Mm employees of tin
Vacuum oil Company, located near the
Simulant fill Company, were offered a
similar Increase to return In work but
they declined to return until the trouble
at the Sl.ind.trd Oil plant U sellled
Tiirha Install Xt-vr Ilutterles.
II111I.IN, July 22 (via Loudon).
Mull advices from Constantinople say !
ajtna Hints 11.1t e moved new batteries;
1 llilo position on the Asiatic shore, op. !
' poslte the tip of th- Galllisill peninsula '
d ,)r,nlnsoii nt th.. ,
?. ., ?., , ... r "f
edd-el-llahi- llicse batteries nro said
( to have caused extenlc damage to the
allied positions.
HARD GOAL MINERS
PREPARE FOR STRIKE
Officers of tho Union Start
CaiiipniKii to Oct 50,000
Now Mrmbcrs.
CONVENTION IN THE FALL
The United Mine Workers of America,
through officers ot tha organisation who
have their headquarters In this city, yes
terdny announced thnt preparations are
being made for a national strike of an
thracite coal miners. The preparations
will Include a campaign with two meet
ings a day until September !.
Immediately following tho campaign
the three district organizations having
Jurisdiction over tho anthracite fields
will meet at Wllkeabarre, r In Joint
convention to formulnte tho demnnds of
the workers for presentation to the mine
operators. The following announcement
was mnile:
"April 1, 191H, the present agreement
between the anthracite coal operator
and the mine workers throughout tho
anthracite belt will expire. Unless sat
isfactory arrangements have been con
cluded by that time the coal mines will
practically he at a standstill. Most
every one Is familiar with the long
stiugglo of 1900, when over a hundred
and fifty thousand coal miners strug
gled for a year to secure an Increase
In wages, shorter work day nnd gener
ally Improved working conditions as
well ns recognition of the union.
'The strike was Anally terminated by
tho appointment uf a commission by
President ltnosevelt, which made tha
award of 1902, granting the miners a
small Increase, but refusing to give them
the leverage of union recognition. Since
1902 the miners have struggled to per
fect their organisation, but every con
tract year has found them weak In num
bers, with the result that only one In
crease in wages has been received by
them since 1902. This Increase was
secured In 1912, when out of u total of
176,000 men and boys employed In the
mines less than 30,000 were paid up
members of the union.
"Tho 30.000 membership of 1912 has
grown during the past three years to
100,000. the highest ever known In the
anthracite field. Union officials estimate
that the number of men employed In
and about tho mines and not now affil
iated with the union Is 50,000, who aro
eligible for membership. On this figure
the promoters nf the campaign based
their hope for a hundred per cent, or
ganization and have adopted for their
campaign slogan the words, 'After Fifty
Thousand Converts.' In every mining
town the miners nre showing an Intense
Interest In the campaign. Mines are
always closed on meeting days and the
membership committees of local unions
are making a house to house canvass of
the non-amilated workers In order to
get them out In full force to attend the
meetings nnd hear their chieftains plead
unity for the common good of all."
John P. White, president of the United
Mlno Workers of America, said yester
day: "We have launched this campaign
with the distinctive object of enabling
every man and boy eligible to Join our
organization. Although durlm: the last
year the factories of the land have prac-
tlcnlly been oppressed, thousands thrown
. . . .... ,...l,.1 MIm.
out of employment, the United Mint
Workers have shown continued prog
ress; not a single backward step has
been taken by our organization."
NO TIDE WATER OIL STRIKE.
I'nrt nf lla;onnr Plant. TlinuKht
t'nsatr, tttillt Donn.
Passaic. N J., Julv 2!. Hubert ll
Henson, president of the Tide Water OH
Company of Hayonne, kaIiI to-night that
he wished to make It clear that there
was no strike at the Tide Water Oil
Companj's works,
"The case and barrel departments
were closed down yesterday by my or
ders." Mr. Penson said, "because I be
lieved the place was unsafe for the men
and wss unwilling for them to remain
In danger. The trouble Is near the part
of the works occupied by those two de
partments and yesterday nnd to-d.-n
Htrlkers set lire to the buildings which
I these men would have been In f the
i departments had not been closed down.
The closing lays off about l.OOrt iron,
"The process of refining the oil ;s stL'i
going on and SO0 men are etlll at work
at our plant"
Mr Hensuti said the otil way th"
company could get the men still at work
In and out of the works was by boat,
elnte the nnl street they could use Is
Kast Twenty-first street, which ,s
blocked by strikers and guards, The
men therefnie nre going to and from
work by water.
14 Die In Piirtnuuese Hints.
I.isnos, July 22. Fourteen civilians
were killed to-day In riots nt Lamego,
a Portuguese town forty-six miles east
of Oporto. Troops were called out nnd
tired Into the mob, which was attacking
the municipal unices. The cause of the
riot Is not known.
LIFE SAVING BULLETIN
No. 18
Better to wait at a grade
crossing than in a doctor's
office. Because you once
took a chance at a grade
crossing and ran your auto
mobile safely in front of an
approaching train, don't trust
to luck that you can do it
again. Good luck abhors
repetition.
We're abolishing grade
crossings as expeditiously as
possible. Will you do your
part to end avoidable acci
dents at the crossings that
remain by refusing to take a
hnnco?
Stop Before You Cross
The Long Island Railroad
m. ,,.,
WANAMAKER WANTS U. S.
TO BUY BELGIUM BACK
Merchant Would Borrow $100,000,000,000, Purchase
Country From Germany and Restore It to Its People
Favors High Duties on Exports.
Pmi.Ann.rittA, July 22. John Wnn.r
maker, addresslnr 1 f 0 prominent busl
nrss nnd professional men, who after-
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the Philadelphia branch
, ., !,,, ,i
I Security League nnd
ward organized
or tne .ntionni security icaBuo "no
elected him Its president, proposed that t planned scientifically and upon economic
the Government of tho United Htntcs ll'ief- , . , . , .
,,..,,, . , "We often point with pride to the
tnko the following actions to restore tln,lng of our navy and Its relative
Kurope to a normal condition: I position to that of other Powers, In
"llorrow from every available source ! ""'n however, we Ignore cl
. ... ,i , 1 cumstanco that the United Stales needs
tho sum of 1100,000,000,000 with which two lmvIcJI Rtl(i that, should the Pan
to purchnHc rtelglum from Germany, ro-1 nmn Canal be In any wuy weakened
store Its Government and sovereignty h,"5"a,!L"' ",,"1".",,. At
and then when suitable return It to Its
people.
"Kstabllsh high duties on both exports
and Imports so that ths United States
would be entirely Independent commer
cially nnd otherwise from Kuropc. Under
such conditions the belligerent nations,
without cotton, foodstuffs and munitions,
would be forced to stop fighting.
"Justly resent the Insult that requires
us to ask permission to do business
which we nre already entitled to do
under tho laws of nations, and make
the whole world understand that the
American flag la more than a symbol
that It la something to be glorified the
world over."
Tho meeting before which Mr. Wnna
mnker presented these three propositions
was held In tho Racquet Club. The
speakers, besides Mr. Wanamaker, were
S. Stanwood Menken, national presi
dent of the league, nnd William McComb,
tho national field secretary.
Adequate Defence Measures.
"If our country Is not In a position
tj defend Itself It Is our first duty to
show enough common sense to realize our
danger and take means to Insure our
selves against It "
It was with this statement that Mr.
Wanamaker opened his address. He
appealed to representative Americans
to back the President in a great appeal
for peace, assailed Mr. Taft's peace prop
aganda and. In discussing his own plan
for buying Belgium, said wealthy Amer
icans should lend the Government money
for the purpose wlthuut Interest for a
period of live years.
"We have not exhausted all the oppor
tunities for stopping this nwful war,"
he said. "All Interests have not yet
been brought to bear. From the spirit
displayed In bringing this meeting Into
existence, I believe It psslble to get our
minds so concentrated that some plan
may be devised to bring about peace. At
the same time we should testify to our
unabated confidence In our president
nnd our Increasing hope that he will
find a way by peaceful methods to bring
to a conclusion the various differences
between this country and Germany."
S. Stanwooil Menken, president of the
league, S-. ke In part as follows:
Menken friers Preparedness.
"To-day we of the Security League
nre able, because of the Investigations
which have been made and the public
utterances of officials of the Govern
ment, particularly Secretary Garrison.
to state that the United States Is not
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only unprepared, but Is wofully lacking
In even the necessary elements of a
proper army and a proper navy.
"The general objective of the Security
League Is to Induce Congress to take
proper action for preparedness against
war. and to organize the people of all
classes In all parts of the country, so
that this demand will be made In no
uncertain voice. We believe that this
Is the greatest Issue before this country
to-day. In corriucting our campaign we
have two certain and definite methods
of procedure; the one Is to avoid, either
directly or Indirectly, nny attack upon
the Administration. The evils we suffer
from cannot be laid at the door of either
Mr Wilson ot bis Cabinet . they are an
Inheritance from preceding Administra
tions, conducted by the parties, airl the
fault. If any. Is that of the neglect of
the American people to give proper at
tention to their own governmental lu
tes ts.
Secretary Daniels, who at first. 1m
pressed with the high character of the
personnel of the navy, was not fully In
sympathy with our movement, to-day
stands committed to the programme of
n bigger navy for the Unlt.-l States, and
wo have eveee ren won t hellevn II,.,
when the limner time comes his nosl-
tlon
la tn til A niAila rf t hn i 1
will ,
accord with the recommendation of the
Gineral Hoard.
"The second suggestion that emanates
from national headquarters Is that the
branches of the National Security
League should. Ill all their utterances, be
extreme In their conservatism as to
statements nf fact and of pulley There
Is so much opportunity for extreme
statement and so much that savors of'
the 'Jingoism' In connection with the 1
development of military force that we
feel that the best appeal that we can 1
make will be one tint Is at all times
hnj-rd upon approved facts and which
Is couched In language which will carry
to 'the mind of our level headed cltlrens
the knowledge that we do not wish to
have the United States adopt any ex
treme measures In connection with
preparedne-s.
"We must r.ot let the people feel that
we want to Impose upon this country
n large standing army nor that wo are
Ignorant of tho burdons of taxptlm, but
wo should rather direct our sfrotts
towaid advocating preparedness to the
,,,,, ,,ii, in, .n.iiiiit. iiiri'tti.",,..'.
minimum degree compatible with tia-
tlonal Insurance and ask thnt this
.lret,.,rtdne,. . ,ur minimum degree be
rrr,Hne tn the minimum degree
liuilk ejfj rjai.ui ...v ........
Mew of the Kastern const, our navy
would, upon sudden attack, merely con
sist of those vessels which happened
to be In Kastern waters and that the
navy of the West would bo the few
ships on the Pacific: so that, from this
point of view, the relative rating of the
American navy is greatly less than we
have been Inclined to consider It.
"And so, when we go no Congress to
urge legislation, our uttltude should be
that, while we are of course to be
guided by the expert udvlec tho Gov
ernment has at Its command, we wish
to be so prepared as to assure us
against attack by sea from any foreign
Power. We cannot risk American na
tionality. American Ideals or Amerlc.in
happiness on the whlma or fancied
necessities or views of any foreign po
tentate or Cabinet. They are too sacred
to us to be subject to any such menace,
and we who feel this, while believing In
pence and abhorring war and Its horror,
demand absolute protection for all the
United Staites and our institutions sianu
for,"
WAR'S TURNING POINT IN FALL.
Ilrrlln Editor Saya Nentrnl States
Will Then Hrclile.
Spiclal Cable Dttpalch to Tna Sen.
Lonpon, July 22. Interest fn the
Italkan situation has been Intensified by
the activity of the Itumanlan and llul
garlan Ministers In London. The Ru
manian Minister paid two visits to Sir
IMward Grey at the Foreign Office to
day and yesterday, and tho Hulgarlan
Minister called three times.
In this connection an article In the
Lokalameiger of Herlln, written by its
proprietor, Kugen Zimmerman, has at
tracted considerable attention. He ex
presses the belief that by autumn the
neutral States will have declared them
selves. "There are tllt many knots to un
ravel," he says, "but unless all symp
toms are deceptive a clearer view of
the einnt nnlltlenl ff.nnnlni.. rf llin uinrlit '
war will appear with the fall of the I
leaves, men tne nn.u rctuit win tcgin
to ucveiop.
A despatch received to-night from
Vienna by way of Amsterdam states
that M. Styanoff, Director of the Hul-,
garlan National Debt, has been In the
Austrian capital In conference with the
heads of the principal financial Instl-
tutlons,
and departed to-night for Her-
lln.
FRENCH HONOR AMERICAN.
Mltaprnd Hole nnd Appoint Call
fornlnn l.lrntc iimi t In Army.
fprHnl Cable flftpateli to Toe Sin
Pauis, July 22. Charles Pneenv of
California, with the Second Uejrlment of
the Foreign Legion, has been made a
sub.lltutenar.t. His promotion was
gazetted to-day In the Journal Otllclel.
He will remiln with the Second Itegl
ment. Charles Sweeny, who has been a ser
geant with the Foreign Legion, was
picked In May for piomntlon and was
?Tt to a military school. Despatches
and letters from Tiik Si-n's correspond
ent with the Forelati Legion have men
tioned him frequently for a constant
display of great pluck, and have nlwavs
spoken of him as a favorito with the
'"en.
U,P lo "'e time of his promotion he
as .i sergeant He went to West
' Olllt from 1900 Until 1'JlM. The fact I
' thnt m,s hMn mHrtc a commissioned
.....it., ,f, ,, n n,,;, i7Ullll!ll!irill IO illl
tho Aiii'rlouis In the Legion, for It is
n ruIf- lnat none Dllt 1 renchnien may
Hum 1-IIIIHI1I&310U.S,
It's just as true of the
one-stenographer office
is it is of the thoroughly systematized ami hi. !""'
specialized correspondence departments if t'o
greatest corporations
That no office busy enough to use tyK'v. rit-1-
is operating within 50Yo of its potential pi'tidiK,!i -efficiency
without the Dictaphone System.
Which is a pretty broad claim, but one wti v.i-1
gladly prove is based on fact where your ii'ii''
concerned the minute you say the wooh
Call Worth 3273.
S3 Chambers Slicet
THE
(This advertisement was
ALSACE HEIGHT IS
STORMED BY FRENCH
Crest Ovcrlookiiifr Fcclit Y.
Icy Nortli of .Mupnstcr Taken
In Desperate Ilnftle.
CHASSEURS A HE VICTORS
Special Cable Detpalch tn Tns sr
Paws, July 22. French for ,-s m , t.
further progress to day on tli h. i,
dominating the valley of thu Kecr.' "
Alsaco. After bitter fighting ihey c , u.
pled the summit uf l.e l.ingue and .,
a foothold In the guairles of tne.-'
tnanncls and Hntun Kopf wo,l , u ii'o
Le Llnjue.
The night coir.munliu6 was ,i f.i.
lows:
. In Artols there Is nothing to ititirt
except artillery duels, a suburb i
Arras was bombarded
In Champagne, In the leslnn 0;
Chalons camp, iiiL'iuy ,ii,itmn
tempted to tuuibatd tillages i.:u p ..
ply stutlons. Tho aviators wc- -,:!,.
Jecteil to a violent bombardment Tl,
Incendiary bombs which they dropped
caused no dairf.ige.
Uclwcen tho Meuse and the M'j.e ,
there was a violent bombaniuii'iit
with large calibre shells in tliu ,,o,i .
trn part of the Woevre and Le Pntrs
wood.
In Lorraine, east of Plonc 'Urt, oa
the Selllc, w0 repulsed a strong tier
man reconnaissance.
In the Vosges, north of Mufnittr
on the heights which dominate toward
tho oust tho valley of the northern
branch of the Fecht, we occupied aftr
un obstinate struggle the rrest of
Llngue and obtained a foothold in lh
quarries ot Schratzmannele und Uuun
Kopf wood.
Tho afternoon communique n
follows :
Relative calm prevailed B' erdlj
along the front
There were some artillery actions
In Artols, In tho Argotine, between tin
Meuse and tho Moselle, In the neigh
borhood of Les Kpargcs and la ths
forest of Apremont.
During the night of the 20th and
81st and tho day of the 21st thm
won extremely flerco fighting on t!i
heights of Llttlo rtelchuckcrkopf to tl.
westward of Munte.r (In Alsace, ten
mlle3 west southwest of Colmar) An
attack by us was followed by nine Car
man counter attack?, despite tnir
heavy losses. Two battalions of etui
seur holding our positions held ths
eimmy'a troops rend Inflicted heavy
losses upon them. We captured and
held a trench In the, neighborhood of
150 meters In length and in.ilr'ar.M
all our previous positions. To t .
north of MuenMcr our forces organ
ized tho positions they had in- nwni
on the crest of La Llnge. In this tljf.t
Ing we took 107 prisoners.
Our aviators dropped clg! t unbi
of 90 and four of 150 mill. meter- n
the station of Autry, to tho northncr
ot uinarvuie (in the Argonne)
in tne uardanclles quiet h.is ft.
vaiieii since our success of Ju.y u
I ana ia.
FRENCH LOSS HL'AVY.
Itrrllii Iteports iiiiiiiilniir.
In Ihr osi.es.
Ht.Ri.iN, via Amsterdam. Ju! .
statement given out here t. -!. .
Ing the operations In the we-'
tro of the war s.ivs .
To the west of the W
troops are further proere.-- i g
orous artillery combats : ,
twtcn tho Meuse and .
South of LHntre.v the F- v
llittlr
'1
collapsed befoic the obst.i. ,
l of our advanced positiui s
III tin- Vo.v-es yefeid
e 11
n
attacked six times su:iiu,st
sacker Kopf, but w.i- ri-i.n
sanguinary lossen i.y ;li. H,
troops.
Counter attacking we re i
a portion of our tiei. ii w .
in the hands of the ei i ..
137 Alpine- Ir-ops pr.so-c-s
them three officers. In in,
We repulsed .III ene-i.y ,i'tj ..
i
Sondernaeh.
An enemy biplane fe.l ilmn t, I
our tit e In the foiet of p.-
In an aeilal tight o,r - e Mi.
eter Valley three ileu. ,-.
gamed .1 victor over t .ree e
rles, of whom two we e f n
deecend In the valle of the 1 1 '1
Import 111,111111 Ion. of lleef,
P.euts. July 22. The V,i- M s "
i decldi d to import l.'n ..no i t.
lll,llMri llivi.b - ti-- nix ,
I until December SI. U. ,
of the war. The meat w
HI '
mi
ted
j tree 01 uuiy.
5 -'r
1 6 it. 1 ,
SIGISIIRCD
dictated to tho Da-tui i