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tho nbieneo of the policemen. That
they Iwto no moral backing, that
they represent no pmiso 'nor creed
-other thnn lawlessness) bus boon" dem
onstrated by their, swift .surrender to
tho soldiers. -
If the police are to roiumo duty
ponding arbitration Gov. Cbolldgo and
police Commissioner Curtis will havo
to relent In Uiolr attitude or no rein
statements. Eo:h assert that such a
'Conorsslon woull,be destructives of dls
Sjipllno. But to-day a number, how
-many was not Stated, of striking po
llcomon asked to be permitted to go
back to work again.
Fireman Hold, a Jfeettnu'.
The Boston flro department person
nel wont Into seislon to-night That
they will vote to strike In symparthy
with tho policemen Is" considered Im
probablt. Tho telephone .operators also went
Into session. Both met to vote on the
subjeot of a sympathetic strike. An
Informal and unofficial polf of tho tiro
men shown them to be against the
.walkout. Tho telephone operators
.havo received an Increase In pay within
tho last two days. It Is unlikely that
thoy will strike. Tho electrical work
ers have favored a smypathetlc strike,
but ore now declaring that they want
tho matter submitted to arbitration!
John P. Mclnnls, president of the Po
licemen's Union, has called his men to
gether and will read the Compere tele
gram to them.
" "It's the logical step to lake." was his
only comment. "It In up to the men to
decide what they want to do about It."
The union of cooks and waiters has
voted to walk out, "when ordered to' do
so by tho Central Labor Union." But
the spirit of tho strike has been broken.
There Is no longer that ugly tense
feeling of unrest
The strike Is still on decidedly so
but It has lost Its savor. Briefly, Bos
ton has asserted herself and yanked her
self out of the mud by her own boot--straps,
for the time being at least.
Tho prospects of a general strike havo
dwindled Into remoteness. The larger
unions realize that without law and or
der they cannot hope to win. They
realize that the moment a general strike
Is ordered' tho United States Govern
ment will step In and tho Regular Army
a singular unemotional and non-p-irtl-san
collection of Individuals will take
over the streets of Boston.
Lights Not Likely to Go Out.
And Boston will not go llghtless. Tho
Edison Company, which lights the
streets Is manned by non-union and ex
ceedingly well paid and treated men
and women. This corporation furnishes
transportation and factory power for
tho city. Thus business will not be
crippled.
The street cor. men nre grumbling,
but not- positive. A demagogue might
sway them to the .side of a general
strike, but the Indications are that they
will vote otherwise.
A straw hatted and tweed clad po
lice force ruled Boston's traffic to-day
and patrolled such troublous centres as
fecollay and Adams squares. The Com
mon was about free of gamblers and the
Back Bay had regained Its usual ur
bano respectability. Boston proper went
about its business like the nice, orderly
city It has always been.
The newspapers of Boston are unani
mous In their condemnation of the talk
of a general strike. The Boston Tran
script goes so far as to declare edi
torially that "the blurt has been called. '
This editorial Is typical of theattitude
of the lawabldlng element of this city,
and this element predominates.
The editorial reads as follows:
"Boston Is a bad place for anybody
to start something that he cannot flnlsh.
The restoration of law and order that
returned the city early laBt night to Its'
peaceful habits proves that. The cow
ardly gangsters and their' cowardly
hangers on who for two days and nights
had disturbed life and brought disgrace
tpon the fair name of this historic city
were quickly cowed by tho bayonets of
the beloved Guardsmen who came from
all over tho Commonwealth and as
sisted the loyal minority of the police
force and the volunteers In patrolling
the city last night.
The bluff had been called. Law- and
order had been restored, the heart of
America had responded and the city of
Boston went to sleep serene and con
fident In the knowledge that If the Amer.
lean Federation of Labor dared to back
the deserters of the police force and call
a sympathetic strike In this city martial
law would be declared without delay
and that the army and-navy of the
United States would take over the com
mand of the city' until such time as the
threatened rebellion against the nation
bad been put down.
"Will the -Central Labor Union ever
have a finer chance to prove It Is strong
enough to dare to stand for Justice, law
and order T"
Horrors of'n General Strike.
Tho Boston Pott questions the Intel
ligence of those who talk general strike.
Its leading editorial sayB:
"Do tho men who are talking 'general
strike' know what It means? Do they
realize thennmeless horrors that would
come in It train? Cannot they sense
the disaster, not alone to property but
to tho very lives of" their wives and
clildren? Have we nql had enough of
mob violence, of vtclousness and cold
blooded assault and murder?
"It Is cruel and callous of any man
to eyen talk of bringing on so great a
calamity as a general, strike. How can
ho be so blind as not to see the tragedy
of such a course? Who will suffer?
Working men and women, children lo-
r.ummo nomas, Bcnool girls and boys, the
tables, the aged 'and the sick, the very,
people who should be protected.
"Can labor gain by smashing at the
very foundation of their dally existence
by putting the life and property of every
citizen In danger,? ' Surely not, and every
working man should know this full
well.
"This Is a time for cool headed re.
fltctlon. We are all Americans together.
Let us act ilke Americans. Each man
owes a duty not alone to his family but
to the city and to his fellow men. Stop
this talk of a general strike. It is un
thinkable I"
Fcara for ThU Kvenlncr.
Some apprehension Is felt about to
morrow night. Saturday night In South
Boston and In -the other less elite sec
tions of the town has usually been dedi
cated to week end recreations. Were
not prohibition pretty strictly enforced
here Saturday night should produce a
few excellent riots and street fights.
But the soldiers havo taken over all thOBe
saloons and liquor stores where 'liquor
has been kept by owners hopeful of a
Presidential decree that var time pro
hlbltlon was at an end and that the
country could drink Its fill until January.
Profiting by the liquor raids of
State Guard arid-.cpnflft.ated all IqtoxU
Dviuictn vi guaranteed
snhrletv on irtiarH nv,i ihom a.tn , i. -
sheer Jubilation of Saturday night, and
mo juuayi-wu mi ti wumjcsg onnany may
compel some of the rough lad of the
Olltlvlnar dlfltrlr-tn In hnran nTn.r .
Guards are. ;entlroly. iady for anything
uuti muy evemiiaie.
- One of the Cheerful sights In Boston
to-day were the 450 overseas veterans of
the Twenty-sixth the Yankee Division;
These husky youths have volunteered
for emergency police and riot duty.
-t - yancuii nail
and are commanded by hard boiled ser
geants, who wear service and wound
stripes. The most significant commen
tary upon the attitude that Boiton hue
taken li the wholesale uprising of tho
lawabldlng c)usewrlch and poor
xgsSst the mobs.
4ThfS',Hu.rUr of the, vplunteer pp.
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lice are men In moderate circumstances
mechanics, clerks and small business
men. Many of them are members of
unions. They declare that they have
not volunteered to fight against union
labor but against Immigrated and do
mestic hoodlums, who are union labor's
greatest enemies.
Gov. Coollclge, product of Vermont and
Its traditional combination of shrewd
ness and parsimony In the use of words,
remained outwardly Imperturbable when
the heat of commentary and advice beat
about his sanctum In the State Houbo.
In the forenoon he delivered himself of
a brief but forceful Indictment of the
strikers. He oalled them deserters. He
asserted that they should not be rein
stated ; that they should pay a price
for this unwarranted neglect of public
duty.
His words were flung broadcast by
Bostonlsns, pleased at this Arm stand.
'Sympathy for tho policemen had
dwindled as rapidly as the lords of
misrule had gathered It, If It had ex
isted at all. Even the loyal wearers of
the antiquated helmets, which haw so
long dlstlngulshsd the Boston cop from
his contemporaries elsewhere and ele
vated him eo many Inches above his
fellow men that hla approach Is as
visible as tho most critical crook could
wish, spared not the lash.
A handful of the small band of loyal
ists remained at the Olty Hall. "Not
on strike?" an Incredulous passerby
asked yosferday. "We got better sense,"
replied one. The Boston cop la famous
for his grammatical perfection.
The resentment of Boston was spoken
concisely by the Governor. "I do not
think we can arbitrate Government and
forms of law," was his answer to all
arguments for arbitration of the police
men's right or lack of It to Join the
A. F. L. The laws say unequivocally
that the Boston policeman cannot Join
any body connected with any outside
organization.
The firmness of the Governor was the
firmness of the men who patrolled the
streets, the bayonets of their rifles re
enforced by the cartridges belted at
their -tvalsts.
"Order will be maintained," he de
clared, the Inflection of his even, crisp
voice rising on that one word will.
"We hope our forces will be sufficient."
He mentioned the organization of tho
M. V. M., the Massachusetts Volunteer
Militia. It will be composed only of
men who learned about war In the school
of front line trenches. As significantly
he spoke of the progressing recruitment
of tho National Guard.
Xo Sympathy for Quitters.
With the same directness he disposed
of all questions of whether the Boston
policeman has surrendered forever his
right to the place he once held as guar
dian of public safety. "I do not know
of any condition under which the men
will be reinstated." he admitted. But
he added: "That Is entirely In the
hf.nda of tho Police Commissioner of
Booton."
The persistence of roijny efforts to ex
tract from Gov. Coolldge more enlighten
ment on that matter elicited from him
only the remark that no doubt the Attorney-General
of Massachusetts would
bo the authority who could decide. It
was not within the province of the Gov
ernor to say.
Xs the fading afternoon Jlght en
cioached further and further upon the
carpet of his office the Governor pa
tiently endured the questions of those
who sought his final word. Repeatedly
ho rephrased.lt.
"It Is for judicial determination, this
question of whether the policemen ought
to be dismissed summarily," was his
valedictory summary of It.
But those bitterest In denunciation
were quick to show leniency for the
members of the force whose dereliction
might have been largely coerced and tor
Uose who hava families to support. And
havo policemen ever been unfaithful to
the proliferous creed laid down by Theo
dore Roosevelt?
Lawbreaker Now In Fear.
Even while the Governor sat In his
office' and spoko strong words that re
enforced the morale of Boston's popu
lace and did perhaps as much as the
show of mllltla to put fear In the license
InflamKd breasts, the quality of fear was
shifting from the lawabldlng to the law
breaking. It was chiefly because the
latter were In no mood to tolerate the
former. Boston, trembling at the pros
pect of a general strike, grew Intrepid
when that danger passed and the real
weakness of tho threat appeared. ,
Violence was frightened away. But
for a few Instances of rowdyism, pos
sibly the normal amount, Boston re
gained to-day Its poise and Its com
placent tranquillity. A few windows
were splintered. Dlco was played not
so covertly as pollco surveillance would
compel. But murder, highway robbery,
assault and battery had betaken them
selves away.
Not only did the qulcly mobilized
volunteer policemen step Instantly Into
the shoes abandoned by the profes
sionals but they won the frank admira
tion of the crowds. People did not
gather In large, numbers, exactly, be
cause the grim militiamen would say
"Come now, move on." And Into the
Bostonlan drawl had crept a fibre which
those who heard did pot mistake. Those
who could only see caught the glint
ot the guardian eye. They) "moved
lively," as the car conductor would say.
Traffic was flowing to-day as swiftly
and aa silently along the streets under
the gestlculatory semaphores Of the sub
stitute trafflo cop as under the white
gloved calisthenics of the original him
self. Indeed, Gov. Coolldge's secretary
refused to be quoted, but hinted strongly
that the substitutes discernible from the
State House had tho bulge on anything
hitherto known by those present.
Many of the volunteers were automo.
bile owners. Thus psychologists might
explain their success In dealing with
motor traffic.
Declares War on Navrspnper.
Edward F, MoQrady, former presl
dent of tho Central Labor Union of Hon.
ton, has declared war upon the news
papers of the city. He has callod upon
Sylvester McBrldgs. president of Local
No. 113, International Typographical
Union, to nail a niwtlrwf of tht rrynnt
zatlon to. discuss the posslbllilleH of a
strike of tho Allild Printing Trade's and
thereby close down the newspapers be
cause of their unfriendly uttltude toward
the pollco strike and strikes In sym
pathy therewith.
As q result .McllrMse has arranged
for a conference with the Publishers
ABavuiullifiit i,fv" "n nut KVl mo lalier 3
Bldo of the matter. He will leport- the
publishers' statement to his union on
Sunday, Bud) a strike would mean the
absolute paralysis of the newspapers
of the city, It Is regarded as wholly
Improbable that- any- such radical action
will be taken hy tho printers.
The reporters' unJons elmosj unanU
AtEs L fin
ljW
mously opposed to a sympstholla strike.
The reporters are allied with the print
ers' organization.
A movement, begun by Industrial con
cerns to pay those ot their employees
who served n policemen the difference
between aalaries and riot duty pay
spread rapidly until a large number of
tne 1,300 concerns having membership
In the Associated -Industries of Massa
chusetts announced their Intention ot
following their example.
' Ilecreatlon buildings were thrown open
for tho use of the troops and volun
teers, and -park benches even were gath
ered In for distribution at points where
guardsmen would, have' time and oc
casion for using them. The wavo of
precaution crept Into the movies.
Gov. Coolldge, who knows that scena
rio directors dote on plo battles, riot
scenes and other fan attracting diver
sions, has ordered suoh cplsodcn deleted
from all pictures exhibited, lest nhoto-
graphlo suggestion Incite tho excitable. I
Nathan Matthews, former Mayor, was
one of those who went so far to-day as
to say that tho Btrlklng police forco, the
old force, "has been a Joke for twenty
years." Tho Inclination of these who
were moved to remark that they pre
sumed the police force dated back fur
ther than that was swallowed up In
contemplation of his next assertion,
claiming tho distinction -for Boston of
being the "safest place In the United
States to commit murder" during that
period. He was one of the many who
conferred with tho Governor during the
day.
FEDERATED UNION
' OPPOSED TO TRUCE
Declare for Pressing Labor's
Cause to Limit.
Delegates to the Central Federated
Labor Union meeting held last night In
the Labor Temple wen, on record as un
alterably opposed to the proposal that
employers be given a short respite from
labor troubles and a truce be signed
guaranteeing against strikes for tho
next sic months. A resolution repudi
ating the report which suggested such
an agreement was adopted unanimously
and a dozen speakers agreed that every
advantage labor unions havo been able
to gain during tho past few months
should be pressed to the. limit rather
than surrendered.
A short time ago James P. Holland,
president of the Stato Federation of La
bor, appointed a committee composed of
Isidore Epstein and John II. Pierce to
make a survey of the labor situation and
present a report on their Investigations.
This report suggested the advisability of
a six months' truce, so that manufctur
ers would be able to return to pre-war
production basis. This, It was reported,
would prove a solution. In a measure, of
the high cost of living problem and would
clear the air bo that a better understand,
Ing between capital and labor would re
sult. The framers of the report were bit
terly denounced at last night's meeting
bv speakers, who asserted both Epstein
and Pierce were In bad standing among
labor unions throughout the State
President Holland also came In for his
share of criticism for his appointment of
them to on Important committee. Dele
gates said the mere suggestion of such a
step was a usurpation of power which
could not be countenanced.
RAILWAY TRACKMEN
POSTPONE DEMANDS
Shop Laborers Also Accept
Wilson's Plea for Delay.
DrmoiT, Sept. 12. There is little
prospect of an Immediate strike by the
600,000 men represented In the conven
tion here of the, United Brotherhood ,of
Maintenance of Way Employees and
Railway Shop Laborers. This was the
statement of brotherhood officials after
a closed session this afternoon.
Virtually tho entire afternoon was
taken up with argument of' the 'wage
controversy and contrary to expecta
tion, tho question of a strike was not
voted on.
The national committee, which con
ferred with the Railroad Administra
tion officials In .Washington on wage
matters, made a verbal report, recom
mending that the organization abide by
President Wilson's plea to accept four
cents an hour Increase and postpone ac
tion on wage demands pending the Gov
ernment's efforts to reduce living costs
to normal. The sense of the discussion
was that this recommendation be fol
lowed. The committee reported that the
Railroad' Wage Board has promised to
standardize 'wages as requested.
The convention approved recommen
dations by the grand president, Allen B.
Barker, for the establishment of a chain
of departmental mall order stores and
entering various manufacturing lines as
part of the brotherhood's plan to fight
high living costs. The executive com
mittee was instructed to gather data on
these matters and take necessary action.
STREET CLEANERS
PREPARE TO STRIKE
Await Estimate Board Deci
sion on Raise.
Patrick Kehoc, vice-president of the
State Federation of Labor, and a num
her of other leaders spoke at a mass
meeting In the Labor Lyceum, Will
oughby and Myrtle avenues, BrookU-n,
last night to encourage the street clean
ers to stand firm In their ranks to be
ready to strike if the Board of Estimate
finally refuses their demand for more
pay. Two thousand sweepers, drivers
of Department of Street Cleaning
wagons and chauffeurs attended the
meotlng, and there were frequent. Inter
ruptions as the speaking went on with
shouts of an immediate strike.
The committee which called on Mayor
Hylan September 2 presenting the de
mands related their conversation with
the Mayor. The report stirred up con
siderable reproach at Mr. Hylan when
the committeemen said he had accused
them of trying to "blackjack" the pub
lic. The streot sweepers have a small
union of their own and are standing
with their better organised brothers, the
drivers and chauffeurs. The sweepers
are getting J18.69 a week and want 36,
The drivers want a raise from f 20.37 to
lit a week, and the chauffeurs want 144
a week. Overtime and Sunday and
holiday rates are also sought,
BOSTON NEEDS AN OLE HANSON
Senator Myers Call Strike Das
tardly Act of Infamy.
Wasiiinoton, Sept. 12. Assailing the
policemen's union of Boston In the Sen.
ate to-day, Senator Myers (Mon.), Dem
ocrat 'declared their course "one of tho
most dastardly acts of Infamy that has
ever occurred In this country since tho
act of Becedlct Arnold." He charac
terized the strike an ''everlasting shame
and disgrace to this country,"
"What Boston needs Is an Ole Hanson
for Mayor," said Senator Myers. "I
think there ought to bo a few die 3Ian
. sons in Congress and a few Ole Hansons
would i!a improve U-x Senate ni tho
United States."
TURKS TO BORROW OF BRITISH.
Croivn
Jewel Will He
I'lvdited
ns Security.
-l)NnoN, Sept. 12. A loan of 18.000.
JL''0'0.? I'J'!? neso;
,.,.. v... it, tl. mm
Turkey, according to a despatch to the
Exchange Telegraf-Ji Company from
Constantlnopl..
The crown jewels of Turkey are to be
slven aa aeourttv: ih.n(h -ah l
GOVERNOR CALLS
POLICE DESERTERS
Continued from First Pagt.
These men nre public officials, not em
ployees. It Is Improperly referred to ns
a strike. A strike Is generally consid
ered to be the act of employees seeking1
to gain better conditions from a private
employer. These men were officials rep
resenting not any prte employer but
.the whole public."
"What do, you .call their act of leav
ing their positions?"
"Desertion of duty."
"Would you be willing that the nine
teen suspended men should be rolns'ated
and the controversy submitted to arbi
tration?" "We cannot think of arbitrating the
government or the form ot law. There
cat. be no opportunity for any compro
mise In respect to either."
"DO we understand that If the men
yielded to your view they- would be
tuken back?"
"I do not understand that any such
suggestion has been made."
"If It were made what would bo vour
attitude?"
"My personal opinion Is that they
would not be taken back. Tou should
keep In mind, however, that I have no
authority whntever over that matter.
My only authority Is over tho Police
Ccmmlssloner, and when I have ap
pointed him It IS his duty to administer
the department"
"Do I understand that you are per
sonally of the opinion that the men
should not bo taken back under any cir
cumstances?" "I do not think of any conditions un
der which they should be reinstated."
"It they should coma to say and an
nounce that unless their demands were
granted there would be a general strike
what would be your reply?"
"I do not know what ,you moan by
their demands."
"Hasn't their principal demand been
that they be allowed to Join the A. F.
of L.T'
"That of course has already been de
cided. A rule of tho Police Department,
wh'ch Is the .law of the Commonwealth,
provides that they shall not Join any
outside organization. That being the
law. there oan be but one reply to any
such demand."
FOE DELEGATES FOR
LABOR CONFERENCE
Washington Meeting Will De
cide on Participation.
Bv a staff Ccrrapondtnt of Tnz Sex.
Copyright, Ills, all rlpMt reerved.
Paris, Sept. 12. Representatives of
Germany, Austria and Bulgaria will at
tend the International Labor Conference
In Washington largely aa the result of
a determined fight made In the Supreme
Council by the Italians, who In the last
two days delivered an ultimatum that
unless the delegations from tho enemy
countries are allowed to participate
Italy would send no.representattves. This
Is due to tho stand taken by the Italian
Socialists, which the Nlttl Government
Is eager to placate.
The Italians brought this subject up
In the council several days ago, aa It Is
a matter thef want decided before the
meeting of the Italian Parliament The
British were strongly opposed at first
as was Premier Clemenceau. Frank L.
Polk, head, of the American mission, was
ready to give .passports to the enemy
delegations, Jbut Insisted It was a matter
for the labor conference Itaelf to decide
whether they should have the right of
participation. .
The Italians pointed out that If these
delegates were not Invited until after
the conference met It would be too late
and the distance too great to obtain
their attendance. It was then decided
that they be Invited to be present In
Washington with the understanding that
the labor conference Itself would deter
mine the extent of their participation.
SILK WILT. STRIKE SPREADS.
four More Plants Art Idle In
Beranton District.
Scbanton, Pa., Sept. 12. The strike
of silk ml workers In all parts
of tho city and county grew more se
rious this afternon when employees of
the Sauauolt mill In South Scranton, the
largest In the State, quit work. A call
was sent to police headquarters for
the riot squad, but they were not needed,
Three other mills down the valley
joined the strike at noon to-day. They
were the Ramsey and Klots Mills at
Avoca and the Dupont mill at Dupont
It Is now estimated that there are about
20,000 employees on strike between
Avoca and Carbondale.
All workers In the upper valley and at
Seven Mills In this city are Idle.
KOLCHAK FORCES
START BIG DRIVE
Many Prisoners and War Ma
terial Taken.
Omsk, Sept. 12. The following com
munlque was Issued by General Head
quarters of the Kolchak Government to
day: "Stubborn lighting Is going on In
the direction of Labourovsk In the
sector of the Chime causeway. Our
troops are now engaged In offensive
operations In the direction of Kour
gsn. We havo occupied tho station
at PlelouUhpve and are pursuing the
enemy along the railway line along
the -whole front Our troops have
captured a great many prisoners and
an Important amount of war ma
terial." London, Sept 12. The remainder of
! Admiral Kolchak's southern army, in the
rc-Eiuu ui AJtuuvinsK ana ursK, nas sur
rendered to the BoUhevlkl, It Is claimed
In a Bolshevik wireless dispatch from
Moscow to-day. This raises the total of
Bolshevik captures from the Kolchak
forces within a week to 45,000 men, It
Is declared.
A Bolshevik wireless message yester
day claimed the capture ot almost 12,000
prisoners from the Kolchak southern
army,
To-day's Soviet communique also an
nounces the capture of a number of
prisoners In the northern Dvlna region
(the Archangel front) These prisoners,
It Is declared In the official statement,
Included some British troops.
$50 A DAY TO U. S,- SLEUTH , "
Inqnlrlna oil 'War Expense Are
Costing "10.000 a Month.
I Wasiiinoton, Sept. 12, Congress In
vestigations of war expenditures being
conducted by House committees cost
wm tiu.vuv n monin, uierir I'age or
the House to-day Informed the Houso
Appropriation. Committee:" On. Inves-
ugsior, ne eaio, ws paid 160 a -day.
At tlw request of Chairman Oiod.
Republican, the clerk reported also that
during th. last four Congres.e., when
rumnr-ni. in . "
-..i-t.- ' y" 1 111
BRITISH LABOR BIDS
LEADERS TO CONFER
Fropnrcs to Enforco Demand
for Conscription Ecpcal and
Tlussiun Withdrawnl.
ClIimCiriLTi IS ATTACKED
Jnmcs Honry Thomas Assorts
His Archangol Explanation
Is Insufficient.
Glasgow, Sept. 12. The Trade Union
Congress In session here completod to
day the ost Important business of
Its programme with the adoption of a
resolution providing for the calling ot
a special conference of British captains
of labor .to consider the form of action
to be resorted to should the Govern
ment refuse the demand of the con
gress for the repeal of the conscrip
tion law and to withdraw British troops
from Russia, resolutions demanding
which the congress previously had
adopted.
The belief was expressed bo-day In
many quarters that these demands
would be given unsatisfactory attention
by the Government It was pointed out
that the calling of a special congress
to determine the action necessary should
tho Government not meet labor's re
quirements would place upon the con
gress the necessity clearly to define Its
attitude respecting direct action In po
litical matters. This decision was
dodged at yesterday's session by the
parliametnary strategists.
The resolution demanding State own.
ershlp-of mines, pledges the congress to
convene a special session to determine
the form the proceedings shall take.
A slashing Indictment . of Winston
Spencer ChurcWH, the Secretary for
War, for his declaration of yesterday re
garding the delay In the evacuation of
north Russia by British forces, was de
livered by James Henry Thomas, Labor
member of Parliament
Secretary Churcnill, said Mr. Thomas,
had not answered the recent Indict
ment hy Lieutenant-Colonel Sherwood
Kelly, a volunteer officer In the North
Russian relief force, that British lives
were being thrown away tn tho Aroh
angel region, but on the contrary the
Secretary tad threatened to punish the
Colonel.
The Glasgow Labor Congress, and
particularly the project for nationaliza
tion of the mines, are commented upon
extensively by the press. Dealing with
the nationalization plan, the Manchester
Guardian says that no matter how
greatly tho Interests of the workers
might bo affected by nationalization,
they must not oppose the will of Parlia
ment. Direct action Is characterized as
a complete denial of democratic govern
ment The Westminster Gazette says that
If the miners challenge Parliament by
a general strike the question of nation
alization will bo swamped In the more
serious Issue, In which the miners as
suredly will be beaten.
The Pall .Vail Qazctle asserts that
20.000,000 Parliamentary electors will
refuse to be led by manipulators of the
vote at the Glasgow Congress.
In his statement on th. North Rus
sian situation War Secretary Churchill
declared the policy of evacuation of
North Russia was being and would be
adhered to, but that the evacuation had
been retarded, owing to the necessity of
bringing out many Russians who were
In danger of their Uvos from Bolshevik
vengeance, as well as women and chil
dren. He denied that British troops
had been employed or that the British
Government had accepted any respon
sibility in operations against Petrograd.
FIVE VESSELS LOST
WITH ALL ON BOARD
Barge Parts Tow; Schooners
Founder in Gales.
Tampa, Sept 12. With her machinery
disabled, lifeboats, ventilators and wire
less apparatus blown away, the oil
tanker Llgonler of the Oulf Refining
Company's fleet came Into port this
afternoon, and reported that tho steel
barge Monongahela, with fifteen men on
board. Is either lost with all hands or Is
adrift somewhere In the Gulf. The Mo
nongahela was In tow of the Llgonler,
bound from Port Arthur, Tex., for Sa
vannah. Both were oil laden.
Capt Carlson of the Llgonler raid the
two heavily laden craft made bad
weather of It In the storm Tuesday, and
when about twenty mlleu southeast ot
Dry Tortugas the tow lines parted. The
Llgonler wus In n. bad way and attempts
to search for the barge were fruitless.
The barge la of 1,677 gross tops.
MlAirt, Fla, Sept 1$. Two schooners
went down at Cat Island, Bahama
group, with all on board during the
hurrkuno several days ago, according
to persons who arrived here from the
Bahamas to-day.
At Elourtha Island several buildings
were destroyed ; In the Windward Islands
two schooners were lost, and at Wat
ling's Island several houses were de
stroyed. RAID GAMBLERS PROM AlR.
Italian. Use Seuplane. Under
Cover of Darkness.
Bptclal Cable BeipatcA. to Tns Sus from (fit
Lo4on Timtt Strvlct,
Copyright, till, til rijMt rutrvtd.
Napi.es, Sept 12. The Italian police
raided a fashionable gambling den on
tho Island ot Capri from the air, de
scending In seaplanes In the darknoss
and hoodwinking employees of the gam
bling house who were watching for
steamers.
They arrested the principals, male and
female.
THE&!NEw'S
Af any news-tiand
r, tetlrr yet, have,
your newfdtaUr de,"
Jlperlt every mernlnf.
Decreo Suppressing ,
Sinn Fein Parliament
Special Cable Deipatch to Tn. Sen
from the London Timee Service.
Copgright, all rlghlt reterved.
DUBLIN, Sept, Z2-The procla
mation 'suppressing the Sinn
Fein Parliament reads:
"Whereas rta by our spe
cial proclamation Qalctl
July 3, 1918, in pursuance
nnd by virtue of tho criniinnl
law "and procedure of Ire
land, Act of 1887, wo de
clared from tho date thereof
certain associations in Ire
land known by the names of
Sinn Fein organization,
Sinn Fein clubs. Irish volun
teers, Cummin Na Ban and
Gaelic League to be dan
gerous, and whproas the as
sociation known by the name
of Dail EIrcann appears to
us to be a dangerous associa
tion and to have been after
the date of said special
proclamation, employed for
all purposes of the associa
tions known by tho names of
Sinn Fein organization,
8inn Fein clubs, Irish volun
teers and Cumann Na Ban,
now we the LoTd Lieutennnt
Gcneral nnd General-Governor
of Ireland, by and with
tho advice of tho Privy
Council in Ireland, by virtue
of the criminal law and pro
cedure of Ireland, Act of
1887, and of every power
and authority in this behalf,
do hereby, by this our order
prohibit and suppress within,
the several districts specified
and named in the schedule,
the association known by the
name of Dail Eireann."
REPUBLIC TO REMAIN,
'SAYS SCHEIDEMANN
Germany Done With Kings,
but He Fears for Russia.
By the Jinociated Prett.
Cassel, Sept ll.-Phlllpp SChelde
mann, former German Premier, In a
speech here to-day declared there was
great and grave danger of a restoration
of the monarchy In Russia, where Bol
sl.tilem had strikingly prepared the
ground for reaction. But whatever
happened there. Ilerr Scheldemann
added, Germany was' determined to re
main a republic
The former Premier said ho had too
firm a confidence In the people's will
to fear that a monarchist counter revo
lution would succeed In Germany, but
those who possibly contemplated play
ing wth this fire should beware pf
putting to the proof the magnanimity
with which the representatives of the
old regime were treated at the time of
Germany's revolution.
"A Government of the Right would
mean a monarchy and civil war, a
Government of the Left would mean a
so-called Soviet dictatorship and also
civil war." Herr Scheldemann declared.
Referring to his resignation from
the Cabinet in July Herr Scheldemann
said : .
"One section of the party to which I
belonged was of the opinion that the
treaty must not be signed and hoped
on the grounds of Important reports
from abroad that a few weeks refusal
would suffice to bring about a thorough
revision of the treaty. The other sec
tion, which at first was In the minority
but later attained the majority, was of
a different opinion. We fcamo to a
democratic conclusion, and, although It
was not easy, we submitted to the ma
jority. I would never have signed the
treaty. Now It is signed, however, we
must endeavor to fulfil .the conditolns
undertaken."
JAPANESE OCCUPY
ALL PARTS OF SEOUL
State of Siege Follows At
tempt to Kill Saito.
By the Aeiociattd Prete.
Tokio, Sept 10 (delayed). since the
attempt to assassinate Baron Salto.
Governor of Corea, at Seoul on Septem
ber 2 every part of that city has been
occupied by Japanese troops and the
place Is virtually In a state of siege. The
nssassln Is still at large, although n
number of su-ipects are under arrest
The attack followed days of agitation
in Seoul, the demonstrations belnn
marked by flag raining, publio meetings
and the closing of shops. An Indepen
dent newspaper was Issued on August
72, the ninth anniversary of the annexa.
tion of Corea by Japan, as an avowed
expression of protest The day was
called "National Disgrace Day" In the
publication.
ARTHUR HENDERSON ELECTED.
Lnbor Leader Defeat. Filter, Co
alitionist, by 087 Voles,
London, Sept. 12. Arthur Henderson,
the Labor leader, who was defeated for
reelection to Parliament at the general
election last winter, was elected to the
House ot Commons taday at the by
election In Wldnes, Lancaster.
Mn Henderson polled 11,404 votes,
against 10,417 for his opponent, V. II.
Fisher, the Coalitionist candidate.
BIG LEVY ON GERMAN WEALTH.
I. Expected to Yield PO Billion
Murk. In Next Thirty Years.
By the Aiiodatti Prete.
Bbslik, Sept. II. The Government's
Inheritance tax. It is estimated, will
yield 776,000,000 marks vr year, while
Its levy on fortunes w,Jl turn over to
the national treasury nearly 8.000.000,
000 marks annually for the next thirty
years.
(XUR reporters and editors
'are as saving of words as if
they wore writing cablegrams.
If you like your ners crisply
told in words and brightly
shown in pictures, you will like
The News.
I
Page after page of photographs-
TWO MEMBERS OF
PARLIAMENT-JAILED
Conflntifd from First rage.
tween Ireland and the United States and
othfr foreign countries, fell Into tho
hands of the authorities.
The two members of Pnrllnment ar
rested In Dublin wero Ernest Blythe,
member for 'Monaghan, North, and Pat
rick O'Kfefe, representative for the
northern division of Cork. They were
removed to Dublin Castle, vendlpg the
arrival of an escort to take them to
Cork, where the warrants for their ar
rest are supposed to have been Issued,
Military lorries bringing prisoners from
the outskirts ot Dublin camo into the
city during the day.
Under ' to-night's proclamation the
"Dail EIrcann" Is under the crimes net
and Its meetings are prohibited. Any
member of Parliament belonging to tho
Sinn Fein who disobeys the proclama
tion of the Lord Lieutenant will be
llablo to prosecution under this act.
The proclamation Indicates an Inten
tion on the paTt of the Government to
return to jail most of the men Impris
oned In May, 1918,
IRISH-AMERICAN
REPORTS SEIZED
Trade Plans Taken in Sudden
Raid.
Special Cable Detpateh to Tns Sex from the
London Timee Service.
Copyright, 1J1. all rights reserved.
Dublin, Sept. 12. The Nationalist
press tells Lord French that -'his de
cision to take mostdrasttc measures
for the suppression of crime will do
nothing to mend the situation. It says
that all the crime springs from the
struggle with 'British Authority and
that If that authority should cease to
morrow the outrages would come to
an end.
The Unionists on the other hind wel
come the announcement of strong
measures and point out that so long
as crime flourishes through tho apathy
or connivance of the people a drastlo
government Is an absoluto necessity.
They hold that if tho state of Ireland
Is a vicious circle. Irishmen them
selves must make the first breach In It
by helping (he Government to enforce
the law.
i Lord French's warning has been fol
lowed by swift action, for to-day
numerous searchca of Sinn Fein premises
were made in Dublin and throughout the
country, The principal search In Dub
lin was made on the Sinn Fein head
quarters In Harcourt street, where police
and soldiers seized a large number of
documents.
The visit was wholly unexpected and
those who were in the building at the
time were taken by surprise. At half
past 10 o'clock two large motor lorries
carrying soldiers, policemen and detec
tives were drawn up outside the principal
entr&nqe. The eoldlers, who were fully
armed and wore trench helmets, were
placed on duty In the street while the
detectives and policemen entered the
building and began a systematic search
of every room.
The front door was locked. Police
men were placed In charge of It and
nobody was allowed to leave during the
two hours occupied In the search.
The police seized most of the docu
ments and removed them to Dublin
Castle.
As the police emerged from the door
carrying big bundles of documents large
Sinn Fein and American, flags were
flown from the upper windows of the
house and the crowd, which at this time
almost filled the street when the two
prisoners were brought out and. assisted
Into one of tho lorries, surged around,
hissing and booing, nnd the military had
to move them back. The houses of
Count Plunkett, M. P. ; J. C. McGrath,
M. P. ; William Cosgrove, M. P. ; Michael
Staines, M. P., and Alderman Thomas
Kelly, M. P., nil In the city, wero
searched, but It la understood nothing
has been" seized.
Reports have reached Dublin of raids
In nine provincial centres. In Water
ford the Sinn Fein Club; Volunteer Hall
and the dwellings .of two Sinn Fein
officials wero searched. At Sklbereen
the offlcts of the newspaper Southern
Star and the houses of three persons In
the town were visited. In the Greenore
and Carllngford districts, County Louth ;
In Bucrana, County Donegal; In Nenagh,
County Tlpperary ; In Kilkenny City, In
Irvtngstown, County Fermanagh, and In
Bray,' County Wlcklow, searches were
conducted, while In Cork City Sinn Fein
clubR were raided and various seizures
made.
IRISH PARLIAMENT
FORMED JANUARY 21
British at First Ignored New
Organization.
The Irish Parliament or "Dail
Eireann" as It was known In Gaelic, was
formed In Dublin January 21 by twenty
five members of the Sinn Fein party
who had been elected to the Brltln
House of Commons nnd who, In accord
ance with a resolution adopted by the
society, refused to- go to Westminstor.
At the inaugural meeting the Dail
Eireann adopted a declaration of In
dependence for Ireland and demanded
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These arc the nccessorics of
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A clean, comfortable, well
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Prompt and courteous service
in an atmosphere of genial
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And pure, wholesome food
cooked to the satisfaction of
the appetite and the delight,
of the palate.
All these are offered by the
CHILDS restaurants, with
that cultured simplicity
which appeals to the subtler
refinements of the palate.
c:ul.vdl,h,!1Sjn:-.d
Coif., ot Sup.rior'Qu.j
the evacuation f the Island by th(
British garrisons.
The British Government at first detf,
mined to adopt the policy of Ignoring tta
"parliament," and the action takfn
suppressing It to-day Is the first offlcul
tactlon taken In Its respect.
The original proclamation lisucd la
Dublin Wednesday called for the tup.
presslon of, tho Sinn Fein organluthi.
thc Gaelic League, the Irish Vountteri
and the Cumann Na Mban Society In
the city and county of Cork, it ie.
clared also that the first section ot thj
criminal law procedure act of mj
should be applied to the counties of
Cork, Limerick, Clare, Tlpperary and
Dublin.
Arthur J. Balfour, at present British
Foreign Secretary, took up the post ot
Chief Secretary or Ireland during th
troublous times In 1887 resulting froa
the defeat of the land purchase bill. Th
governing of Ireland under the so-eallei
"ordinary law" was abandoned and a
perpetual crimes act was substituted,
enabling the Lord Lieutenant to pro
claim disturbed districts and dangerous
associations and substitute trlaL by
magistrate for trial by Jury for certain
acts of violence.
Vnlern Declines to Comment.
Provjdknce, R. I., Sept. 1!. Eamn
De 'Valera arrived In Providence lite-to-day.
Ho was greeted at the Unlos
Station by a committee made up ot
representatives of Irish societies of fts
State. A largo crowd cheered him as
ho left the train. At the Nnrragansett
Hotel De Valera held an Informal re
ception. He declined to comment on
the announcement of the suspension of
the Sinn Fein Parliament.
CAPTURED SHELLS
EXPLODE, ONE DEAD
Man Who Dropped i'usca
Blown to Bits at Bon ham
ton, N. J.
German shells captured by the Afri
can Army went up In an explosion yes
terday at the Government arseni1 at
Bonhamtown, N. J., on the Itarltan
River, killing the man responsiole tx
the accident and Injuring seven oihp's.
One of the Injured men, Joseph N'Ues.
negro, may die, -The explosion nas
caused, according to the statement of
Lleut.-Col. J. H. M. Andrew, by he
carelessness of George foslenls. Ji who
dropped a case of shell fuses while
transferring It from a bargo to a freight
car;
The detonation of the shell explosions
was heard for many miles and produced
great excitement The citizen of Bon.
hamtown have never taken kindly to the
location of the ordnance storage b:.i
since It was established. Their Indigna
tion was Increased August I when
consignment of shells blew up, klllbj
ten persons and Injuring a score oi
others. At that time the Ordnance De
partment Investigation established care
lessness of the shell handlers as the'
cause.
L1eut.-Col. Andrews, In charge of tM
post, tried to minimise the danger to tin
community as much as possible aftef
yesterday's nccldent. "In this plant a'
In other Industrial plants of this lJ
there are bound to be minor accidents,
hs'sald. "They do not, however, -arr7
any menace to the surrounding territory.
This accident proves this contention."
The German shells were brought by
a Government ship which docked In th
Raritan River. A crew of mpn was at
work unloading the high explosives arl
fuse cases Into barges for movement to
freight cars, forty men were working
In the line carrying the cases from
piers to the cars, and all had been
warned reneatedlv of their darnr"
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