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, EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JULY
18, 1919
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i LOCKOUT STOPS ALL
SURPLUS ARMY FOOD FOR WASHINGTON MARKETS
100,000 Workmen in Enforced
Idleness 20,000 Threaten
to Quit at Baltimore
SIGNALMEN AWAIT REPLY
By the AorlatcI Press
Chicago, July 18. Hulldlng opcrn
tlons in Chicago nro at standstill tmlny.j
and more tlinn 100.000 workmen nrc.
Idle, ns n rrult of n lockout ordered,
by the executive committee of the Huild i
inc Conotrurtimi Kmployers' Axsocin
Hon. i
Yesterday the organization i.ued an
ultimatum riri'liirlnir that utile the
melnbers of the cnripitni lathers'.'
iron workers' and other union", vlini
have been on a -trik!- for several weeks,
returned t work by S o'clock this I
morning and agreed to abide by the pro (
vision nf their joint trade wage con
tracts, which run until li-l. the build
ers would indefinitely suspend nil',
operations
The strikers ignored the threat and
the lockout ensued.
Willi union carmen ready to take a
Strike vote today following refii-al of
their demand for a 77 per cent increase
in wages to eighty-live cents an hour,
the Chicago elevated railways petitioned
the Stat-' Public t'tilitie- Commission
for an increase in fares.
Baltimore. July 1v-I! A. l'.i
The building contractors of Baltimore
r fnpiii!? 11 threatened strike of '.'11.(11111
mechanic, member- of the several!
building trades unions. I
Boston. July' IS. i By A. f An
earlv end of the strike of union em I
plov'es of the Boston Klevated Uailway
Company npiiearcd possibla when the
public trustees of the road agreed to
submit the controversy to an arbitra
tion hnnnl mm nosed of ii. Ware Bar-1
num. counsel for the company:
T! Vmpv. i-ounsel for the union,
third nrbitor to be appointed.
Conferences toilnj ended without
agreement on the third member of the
proposed board, fntil the third man is
named, union leaders sn, . no steps ,an
betuken toward calling off the strike.
My Ledger Photo Service
Nine armv triirks loaded vtltli surplus army provisions, liirluding canned meats and vegetables, rolled Into
Washington from arm depots in Baltimore yesterday, and thn goods will bo sold at cut-rate prices in three
1
ships built and Inuin bed with a total
deadweight tonnage "f l.Vi.Ciill.
The estimated total for Ibis jcar is
t(..l)(NI tons, but the present tie tij
wing to the general strike is throwing
.ill the anls fur behind their schedule.
The strike st.nted on June ',', and is
-till in progress.
rltj m.irlii'ls and community school stores
THREE-FOURTHS DROP
WAR RISK INSURANCE;
NEED LOCAL AGENTS!
ST. SWITHIN HURRIES STRIKE Hughes Committee Asks Bureau
to Get in Closer Touch With
Service Men
.lames
and a
ProTidenre. July IS. (By A. T1
The street carmen's union early toilav (
decided to quit work at midnight to-.
The action was conniuouiu "!""
that the union oiucnus
....nmnli
come to some "M "-
to the men wnu m- -
night
the possibility
may today
satisfactory
ceiVers of 'the Khodc Island Company.
A.
., nt,. Wn.. .Tlllv IS. (By
1 ) The Brotherhood of Itailway Sig
iialmen. in thirteenth annual conven
!...! -....1.- tn tllOir POII11
ton today, awan.si i.-i... ........ - ,
ter-proposal made to the rai road ad- days
... . :.. -n.,1 tn ivurkmr con- ""
ministraiiou m iw" , ,,,,
ditions for the brotherhood. if we
cannot reach satisfactory arrange
ments with the railroad beads the icso
i. .n., ia t.ilii n strike vote will stand.
said D. W. licit, grand chief of the J"it
Umbrella Makers Take Advantage of
Propitious Weather
New York. Juh 1v -lib A. 1
Tuesdiiv was St. Swithin's Hay and it
rained, which means, according to the
superstitions, that it Will continue to
rain for forty davs. The superstition
has held good here lip to date and the
I'mbrella .Makers' I'liion announced to
iln that it had decided to strike for a
forti live-hour week with wage in
creases. The union voted recently to walk out
in two weeks if demands were not met,
but has decided the weather is so pro
pitious the date will be advanced. About
,"(MHI men are involved.
STETTIN COUNTER-STRIKE
German Citizens Fight Transporta
tion Walkout
Berlin, July IS. (By A. P.I A
citizens' counter-strike began nt Stet
tin on Thursday as n protest against
Washington. July IS. (By A. I.1
Annroimatch three-fourths of tbf "
million officers anil enlisted men in the
military forces who secured government
insurance policies through the War
ISi-k Insurance Bureau during the war
have failed to continue their payments.
This was disclosed during the meet -
rect addresses of discharged service men.
The committee recommended that the
bureau establish local representatives
in each state.
D. S. C.'S FOR HEROES
Major Morris, of Germantown, Is
Among Those to Receive Honor
Washington. July IS. (By A. 1'.)
The following awards of Distinguished
Service Crosses were announced today:
Major William It. II. Morris, (ier-
mantnwn. Pa.
Captains I.ilhurn C. Davidson, Jack
sou, Ky. ; Joseph M. Simpson, San An
tonio. To.: Zoda M. I.umley, Kamps
villc. III.
Lieutenants Herman C. ' MoNtlltjT
Huntington. W. Va. ; Herbert .1. Jones
(deceased I, Dresden, Tenn.. and Frank
SPROUL VETOES BILL
FOR COURT OF CUUK
Not Necessary, Say3 Governor.
Retroactive Clause Particularly
Objectionable, He Believos
OTHER MEASURES VETOED
Harrlshurg, July 18. The Senate
bill establishing n stato court of claims
has been vetoed by Governor Sproul on
the ground that lie is not convinced nf
the necessity for it nnd that in any
event it would be an unwise move.
"Cndcr existing law the common-
legislation'.' and wrong in principle,
tt would make possible for any con
tractot to employ an engineer to make
plans upon which no one else could
bid.
Should Bid on County Plans
Contractor should bid on the plans
and specifications prepared by the en
gineers employed by the county commis
sioners and upon no others," says
the (Iovernor.
In vetoing the bill giving right of
eminent domain to electric light, heat
and power companies the (iovernor says
that its provisions are "sufficiently
comprehensive" to enable the compan
ies to exercise the power nnywherc, in
cluding homes, churches nnd cemeteries,
and that he knows of no renson why
the policy of the commonwealth exempt
ing such places from eminent domain
should be changed.
"The bill is also objectionable in that
the Public Service Commission is vest
ed with authority to determine when
the power shall be exercised," says the
SWEPT BY FLIES
Postoffico and Other Buildings
in Delaware Resort's Busi
. ness Section Destroyed
LOSS PLACED AT $50,000
wealth can not be sued unless it gives i (Iovernor.
This bill makes the. state i "The right of eminent domain is one
Distinguished Service Cross, according
to announcement from Washington today.
ings of the bureau's odvi-ory commit -'.I. Fisher (deceased), 'J010 North Fifth
tee nf thirteen, headed In Charles t'vnns street, Kansas City, Mo.
Hughes, which closed last night. Rec- Sergeants Marquis I.. Dillard, I.ad
ommendation that the organization of.donia. Mo.; F.rnrst J. Chnrticr, Tower
the strike which parnlyzed transporta-
rhe insurance bureau be decentralized
in order to permit more direct and ef
feetive transaction of business was
made by the advisory committee follow
ing its series of conferences with Di
rictor Cholmeley-Jones and other of
ficials. Failure of many policy holders to
continue payments nnd convert their
term policies was attributed largely to
the fact that the bureau is unable to
communicate with them, as SO per cent
City. N. D., and Holly Midkiff, S532
Carpenter street. Chicago.
Corporals CJuy K, Davis (deceased 1,
Bedford, I ml. : Harry M. Ward, Greg
ory Landing. Mo., nnd John C. Win
can, Whiteside, Mo,
Privntes Almon K. Sprague. Cataw
ba, Wis. ; Thomas E. (irider, Danville,
III. : Orval Wilroxson, Marietta, Okla. ;
Wade II, Jenkins, Orlando, Okln. ; Her
bert Kendall, Wolfborn, N". II,, and
Walter Potter, Dayton, Tenn.
its consent
liable to respond in damages for the 1 nf the great powers of tho. state. It
negligence of any of its ngents or em- does not depend for its existence upon a
ployes," says the (iovernor. "The constitutional grant, but inheres in
federal government has never assumed the state as an attribute of sovereignty,
such liability nnd I am advised that I nm of the opinion that the nsc of this
few, if any, states hnve done so, The) powershould be controlled through the
proposition Ss revolutionary In this I legislative nnd judicial branches of the
state and nt a time wjien the common- I government nnd that no administrative
wealth is just beginning its extensive body should be vested with genern! au
road program it seems unwise to throw thority to determine the time nnd oc
down the bars nnd assume the enormous ension of its exercise."
responsibility entailed.
"Another reason for the disannroval i Min. a u u M-rri. n. ,.. ,4
of the bill is the provision in Section I !-.. m.hh.... Tt ... .
hi i, i i it t . ., .1 .uujor n liiiiiiu ii. ii, .uorris, in
iiih.atJl "I".!1? rctr?a.c,ivc . as Germntitow.,. has been awarded the
1 utttiin ,-a i-iiiiirtiriur urising ni any
time within the last fifteen yenrs, 'while
it is but six yeais as to individuals. I
Certainly this is unreasonable. The'
slnte should not be required to defend
against these old claims." I
The Governor also says that the bill
was not carefully prepared : that provi
sion for a jury trial in such court is
unwise and objects to other features,1
concluding with this observation: "The
judgcR of the Dauphin louuty courts
nrc paid additional compensation for'
trying the commonwealth cases. They ,
hnve disposed of such cases with marked
ability and promptitude." i
Vetoes Building and Ioan Bill
The bill allowing building nnd loan
associations to make temporary loans,
with war bonds as collateral was vetoed
because it is without the scope of such
associations, and the law never intended
them to have such powers, which be
long to the banking business.
The Governor vetoed the bill tp make
employes of the state insurance fund,
employes of the commonwealth on the
ground that they nrc not paid by the
state, and no good could he served bv
mnking them state emplojes.
The Senate bill requiriug alternate
plans and specifications for county
bridges to be filed with county commis
sioners is classed ns "illy considered
Special Mipntch to Kvetiitia Public Ledotr
Kehoboth nearh, Del., July 18. For
the fourth time within five yenrs the
business section of Behoboth Beach was
swept by fire early today.
The fire started In the Pennsylvania
Railroad excursion house, and spread to
the "flying horses" nnd carnival floors
nnd a row of small buildings lining the
approach to the beach from the railroad
station. Hard work on the part of
the summer visitors and the volunteer
fire department saved the electric light
plant.
The pnstoffice, stores occupied by
Albert Masten nnd William Truitt nnd
. " .. . ili"'' iU
a number oi small summer .intrainwi, i
wet3 mat, ... ,. mb o ... ....-.- , i.
fire reached the Hotel Windsor that thrfl
firemen were able to check it. A heavy ft
rain had snaked the buildings and saved v
the town, the Hotel Belhnvcn, thd.LI
largest in the resort, was on fire sev-Jr I
eral times, but was saved. It Is supposed f l
that the fire was caused by a match
carelessly thrown down nt the excur-
sion house, Three passenger coaches ,
uu oin" limit t"r: jmriij iiunicu. ,
Because fire insurance rntes were 1 ,
high for the section no Insurance was J '
carried. The loss will amount tof"'l
tr,n nnn t, '
s , . , .
HURRY SUNDRY CIVIL BILL
Senate Clears Way for Prompt'
Passage of Amended Measure
Washington. July 18. (By A. P.) 3
Senate leadcru cleared the way for
rrompt action today of the $013,000,000
sundry civil appropriation bill ns passed
yesterday by the House with an increase
from ?(1,000.000 to ?14.000,()00 in tho
appropriation for vocational education
of soldiers and snilors, designed to "
meet President Wilson's objections in.
his veto of tne original measure. . fy
Before tne Menaie conveneu tne ap- ,
proprlations committee ordered the bill
reported favorably without amendment.
Ition facilities there for the last few ! nf thp ""dresso, of discharged service
organization.
Atlanta, fin.. July I. (By A. P.
Shop employes on sixteen southeastern
railroads will go on strike August 1
'unless their demands for increased 1
wages, retroactive to January 1 last, are ,
met by the railroad administration by
July 31. It is estimated about 30.000
men would be involved in the strike.
Norwich. Conn.. July IS. (By A.
p,)--With extreme complacency, the
public here seems settling down to loss
06 trolley service through the strike of
the employes of the Shore Line Bleotric
Railway Company, now in its third
day.
The officials of the road continue firm
in their attitude not to operate cars,
ami the strikers' ranks are just as solid
against any weakening in the strike.
OBJECT TO JULY 21 STRIKE
Several French Labor Bodies Dis
courage General Walkout
Paris. Julv IS. (By A. P.) The
stores, including food establish
ments, drug stores and people s Kitchens,
have been closed, physicians refuse to I
treat patients, gas and water plants
have been shut down and wells through- '
the city are already pumped dry.
I Railroad workers threaten to extend the
men are incorrect
"In order to reduce the necessity nf
relying upon correspondence to carry
out tins vast undertaking, the
mittee recommended that qualified rep
resentatives of the bureau personally
enlist the aid of all state, county and
municipal officers in obtaining the cor-
Bourbon-Orleans Prince Dead
Paris, July 18. (Ilavas.) The
Duke of Pentlievre, of the house of
com-1 Bourbon-Orleans, died suddenly today
at the age of seventy-four years. He
'was a son of Francis, Prince of Join
' ville, son of the Duke of Nemours, and
' of Princess Frances of Brnganza.
.strike to S.trulund.
York Clgarmakers Strike
York, Pa., July IS. Their demnnd
for an increased wage scale of S'J per
1000 cigars Inning been refused, 'JtM) ci
garmakers employed by the General
Cigar Company quit work here.
CHASES VILLA BY PLANE
I Move So Successful That Mexican
I General Wants More Airships
I Kl. Paso, Te., July IS. (By A.
P.) A request for an additional squad
ron of airplanes for use against Villn
has been made by General Manuel
I Dieguez, according to Mexican news
papers reaching' here. General Dieguez
has bis headquarters in Chihuahua City
and has a squadron of airplanes said to
' number fourteen machines in his com
maud.
j According to the same papers these
planes hnve been successful in bombard
ing not only ban
Andreas, which Villa
near Satevo nnd Snu
Seashore
Excursions
proposed demonstrative slriLe ot iwra- : ns reported some days ago, but
ty-four hours, set for Jury -u--i, win a,n villa camps
be far from general in France, accord- ijer,imnr,io.
ing to the latest indications. The
chambers of commerce and several in-
dependent labor organizations have pro
tested against the project, while re
sistance to it is being manifested with
in the Federation of Labor itself.
The cxecltive committee of the feder
ation, which met this afternoon to ar
range for the demonstration, intimated
that in view of the measures taken by
the government to decrease the .ost of
living the program might be altered, and
that the railroad men, the postal em
ployes nnd the workers in the provisions
trades would perhaps not be asked to
join in the strike.
STOUNDINGSALLrS
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Great testimony
meeting tonight
(Friday, July 18),
8 o'clock, at the Gos
pel Tent of the
Ravens Club, cor
ner 56th and Cath
arine Streets. Re
deemed men. will tell
the story of their
conversion and re
generation. An in
spiring service for
everybody.
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Twenty-eight Vessels Launched In
British Columbia This Year
Vancouver, II. C, July IS Twenty-eight
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