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DODGERS
EVENUS
Crowd Smaller
Than for First
Contest
FANS ASSEMBLE (
BEFORE SUN UP i
)
Weather is Cool But J
r
Somewhat Warmer *
? (
Than Yesterday.
Bt the Associated Press.
EBBETS' FIELD, BROOKLYN, October
6.?The Cleveland Indians, with
one scalp already tucked in .their J
belts, and the Brooklyn Dodgers, \
stinging under the defeat in the open- c
ing game of the world series, are bat- ^
tling in the second number of the an- *Dual
classic today. C
Weather conditions today are \
slightly more favorable than they <
were yesterday, it being a wee bit q
warmer. A few clouds skirted the
horizon early today, but they were ^
soon dispelled by the sun. *
Tris Speaker and his clan are confldent
it will be two straight when *
today's contest is ended, but Manager j
Robinson and his players are equally
sure that they will place themselves *
on even terms with the American
Leaguers.
More than 20,000 persons were on
hand to see the diamond affray.
Fans' Ardor Unchlllrd.
The chill of yesterday's defeat did
not freeze the enthusiasm of the fans,
who came early to the ball yard. Spectators
seeking seats in the unreserved
stands began to form in line two hours
before sunup, and shivered in the Q
breeze that came out of the north.
A groundkeeper, making his rounds B
at midnight, heard a heavy snore behind
the scoreboard in left field. He
promptly unearthed four men who had _
hidden in the ball park after yester- h>
day's game, and were taking a night's
rest in a nest of newspapers. ?
The wind had dried out the playing ,
field so that the groundkeepers had to s'
spray it with water to keep down the c
dust. Those who came early to the ?
game bundled themselves up in heavy
COats, Willie the players were jacketed
in heavy sweaters, except a few who
jetted the wind. ?
Brooklyn* Ja Lang Practice.
The Brooklyns went through a long
batting before the game. Manager
Reblnaon was anxious to work his
men out of the batting slump into ?
I which they had fallen in the last J?
week or so. John Miljus put everything
he had on the ball, so that the
National Leaguers could face real speed O
and curves.
The teams pat up some very sharp
fielding, whieh prfo'.ed ro-nds of
applause. The outfield stands were fi.
well filled, but the crowd was not as ,
large as yesterday. fl,
Cleveland Fans Eager. j,
CLEVELAND, Ohio, October 6.? st
Lines began to form at American tt
League park here before the booths f:
ODened this mominr to distribute re- 01
served seats to those lucky enough to
receive allotments. There were two
reasons for the rush, it was explained.
The fans were anxious to obtain their
tickets, and they were anxious to get
downtown to their clubrooms or to
other places where the returns of the fi<
second game of the world series be- gi
tween the Indians and the Dodgers to
would be posted. J<
Never before has the city been so wild t:
over baseball. The enthusiasm over the t<
Indians winning the first pennant since
Cleveland has had organized base ball?
forty-two years?was insignificant compared
to that shown over the Tribe's ?
victory yesterday. Confidence was ex- ?
pressed by the fans that their favorites
would make it two straight today. ?
That the games here will cause par- "
tial suspension of courts, was indicated
by a statement of Judge Manuel Levine,
presiding judge in common pleas court.
He has given instructions that default
cases should be delayed during the next
week and that "attorneys will not be k
held to strict accountability for their ai
absence while the series is on." a
EXPECT DISCLOSURES
IN BASE BALL PROBE \
n
NEW YORK, October 6.?Important c
disclosures were anticipated today by V
District Attorney Swann, who is con- fl
ducting an investigation to determine w
the identity of the alleged "master 11
mind" In last year's manipulation of ?
the world series between the Chicago tl
"White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds. ?
Swann has deputized Assistant Dis- ?
trict Attorney James E. Smith to continue
the investigation.
Unofficial reports said Abe Attell,
former featherweight boxing champion,
and three other gamblers were
expected to appear before Smith, who
said he believed a half-million-dollar '
pool, backed by "big moneyed men" "
was arranged in New York to fix the ?!
1919 series. 1
May Indict More Players.
CHICAGO. October 6.?Evidence
which officials said would result in the
Indictment of several National League j ,
players was given the Cook county i
grand jury yesterday. There will be i
no indictments for ten days or more,
however, for the jury adjourned subject
to call and is not expected to r
reconvene until arter the world series. John
McGraw, manager of the New
York Giants; Charles Stoneham, president
of the club; Benny Kauff. outfielder;
Larry Doyle, second baseman;
Fred Toney. pitcher; Hughey Jennings.
Detroit manager; Jean Dubuc,
Toledo pitcher, and "Kid" Gleason.
Chicago White Sox manager, were the
witnesses.
Kauff and Toney told the jury of offers
made them by Heinie Zlmjnermann
to throw games.
Gleason told the jury he had no definite
information concerning throwing
of games this season by his men, but
said there were some things in connection
with the last eastern trip that
looked suspicious.
Dubuc gave the Jury a telegram he
said he received from Bill Burns,
former major league pitcher, telling
him to bet on Cincinnati in the world
series. He said he had been Informed
prior to the series that it was "fixed"
for Cincinnati to win. His testimony
corrobroated that given previously by
"Hube" Benton, New York National
League pitcher.
DEFEAT\
TG UP BL
second corns :
described
BROOKLYN AB.
)lson, s. s 4
f. Johnston, 3b 4
Griffith, r. f 4.. 4
Yheat, 1. f 3
flyers, c. f 3
Conetchv, lb 3
ulduff, 2b 3
vliller, c 3
irimes, p 3
Totals 30
CLEVELAND AB.
amieson. If 4
Vambsganss, 2b 3
ipeaker, cf 3
mith, rf 4
iardner, 3b 3
V. Johnston, lb 4
iewell, ss 4
)'Neill, c 4
lagby, p 2
Graney 1
Jhle, p 0
Burns 0
.unte, 2b 0
Nunamaker 1
Totals 33
* Batted for Bagby in seventl
** Batted for Wambsganss ir
*** Batted for Uhle in ninth
SCORE BY
leveland 0 0 0 0
rooklyn 1 0 10
Two-base hits?Wheat, Gar
agby, 7 in six innings;; off Uhh
-J. Johnston. Double plays?C
on to O'Neill. First base on bal
truck out?By Uhle, 3; by C
'Day, Dineen and Klein.
FIRST INNING
Cleveland.
Jamleson went out, Koney to
rimes. Johnston threw out Waraby.
beaker singled past Johnston. Smith
:ruck out, being unable to fathom
rimes' quick-breaking spit baU.
No runs; one hit; no errors.
Brooklyn.
Olson popped to Wamby, hitting the
rat ball pitched. Johnston got a hit
ito deep short and stole second. Grifth
went out, Johnston to Bagby,
ihnston going to third. Johnston
:ored on Wheat's hit into center for
vo bases. Wheat made second by
ist base-running. Gardner threw
it Myers.
One run; two hits; no errors.
SECOND INNING
Cleveland.
Gardner got a two-base hit into left
eld. Grimes took Johnston's
rounder and tossed to Olson, who
uched out Gardner between the bags,
ihnston getting to first. Sewell filed
> Olson. Johnston went out trying
> steal. Miller to Kilduff.
No runs; one hit; no errors.
Brooklyn.
Jamieson made a nice catch of
honey's line drive. Kilduff lined to
ardner. Miller popped to O'Neill,
-ho took the ball near the visitors'
ench.
No runs; no hits; no errors.*
THIRD INNING
Cleveland.
Grimes tossed out O'Neill, unmes
nocked down Bagby's hot grounder
nd threw him out. Jamieson stung
single over second. Wamby Hied
ut to Wheat.
No runs; one hit; no errors.
' Brooklyn.
Grimes singled through the pitchers'
ox. Bagby took Olson's sacrifice and
lirew wildly'to second. Both batter
nd runner were safe. Grimes was
piked as he slid into second. It was
o sacrifice for Olson, but a fielder's
hoice. Johnston fouled out to
'Neill, trying to bunt. Grimes scored
n Griffith's two-base hit into right
eld, Olson going to third. Wheat
ralked. filling the bases. The Clevemd
infield played in close. A double
lay followed. Gardner took Myers'
rounder and threw to Olson. O'Neill
hrew to first. The throw hit Myers
n the back. Griffith tried to score
n the play, but was thrown out, Johnton
to O'Neill.
One run; two hits; one error.
FOURTH INNING ]
Cleveland.
Speaker walked. Smith grounded out
o Koney, Speaker moving on to aecnd.
Gardner flied to Myers. Johnston
ied out to Wheat, who ran back to
he bleachers to make the catch.
No runs, no hits, no errors.
Brooklyn.
Koney sent up a high fly to Wamby.
Cilduff sent a fly into left-center,
.hich Speaker took after a long run.
lagby threw out Miller.
No runs, no hits, no errors.
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INDIANS,
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r of series
i piiy br play
R. H. PO. A. E.
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0 2 3 0 0
0 13 0 0
0 12 0 0
0 0 10 1 0
0 0 2 3 0
0 0 3 1 0
1114 0
3 7 27 12 0
R. H. PO. A. E.
0 12 0 0
0 0 3 0 0
0 2 2 0 0
0 0 3 0 0
0 2 12 0
0 0 3 3 0
0 0 110
0 17 2 0
0 0 2 1 1
0 0 0 0 0
Q 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 10 0 0
0 7 24 9 1
Ii inning.
1 eighth inning,
inning.
INNINGS:
0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
1 0 0 0 x 3 7 0
dner and Speaker. Hits?Off
o in two innings. Stolen bases
iardner to O'Neill to W. JohnIs?Off
Bagby, i; off Grimes, 4.
Irimes, 2. Umpires?Connolly,
FIFTH INNING
Cleveland.
The stands gave Speaker a big hand
as he came off the fleld. Grimes threw
out Sewell. O'Neill went out by the
Olaon-Koney route. Bagby sent a
long fly to Myers. Grimes' spit ball
had the Clevelands badly puzxied. He
kept it close and inside and varied it
with a fast inshoot.
No runs; no hits; no errors.
Brooklyn.
Sewell threw out Grimes. Olson
singled through the pitcher's box.
Johnston went out. Johnston to Bar
by, Olson going to second. Olson
scored when Griffith's grounder got
away from Sewell for a hit. Griffith
went out trying to steal, O'Neill to
Wamby.
One run; two hits; no errors.
SIXTH INNING
Cleveland.
Kilduff threw out Jamieson. Wamby
filed out to Griffith. Speaker shot a
long drive Into left center for two
bases. Smith grounded out to Koney.
No runs; one hit; no errors.
Brooklyn.
Wheat flied out to Speaker, who took
the ball over in right field. Myers got
an infield hit which Gardner could not
field in time. Koney flied out to Smith.
Kilduff sent a high fly to Smith.
No runs, one hit, no errors.
SEVENTH INNING
Cleveland.
Gardner got a single through the
box which Kilduff was able only to
knock down. Johnston forced Gardner,
Olson to Kilduff. Sewell flied out to
Griffith, who made a nice catch up
against the wall. O'Neill got a single
into left field. Graney batted for Bagby.
Graney struck out on three pitched
balls, and the crowd chered Grimes to
the echo.
No runs, two hits, no errors.
uruoKiyn.
Uhle went into the box for Cleve|
land. Miller struck out. Grimes sent a
high fly to Smith. Olson fanned.
No runs, no hits, no errors.
/
EIGHTH INNING
Cleveland.
Jamieson walked. Burns Wtted for
V/amby. He also walked. Kilduff
threw out Speaker, Jamieson going to
third and Burns to second. Smith
fowled out to Miller. Gardner walked
and the bases were filled. Johnston
forced Gardner. Kilduff to Olson.
No runs; no hits; no errors.
Brooklyn.
Lunte went on second base for Cleveland.
Johnston popped to Sewell. Griffith
fanned. Wheat filed out to Jamieson.
No runs; no hits; no errors.
NINTH INNING
Cleveland.
Sewell grounded out to Koney.
O'Neill flied out to Griffith. Nunamaker
batted for Uhle and singled
over second base. Jamieson flied to
Wheat.
I No runs; one hit; no errors.
THOUSANDSOFFANSSEE
2D GAME WITH STAR
The electric base ball scoreboard,
erected on the 11th street side of The
Evening Star building, was the center
of attraction today during the
playing of the second of the world
series games.
Yesterday afternoon several thousand
fans thronged the streets to
watch the outcome of the ClevelandBrooklyn
contest, which was depicted
by The Star play by play and with
every detail of the game shown. By
wires direct from the ball fields and
by experienced operators, the scoreboard
reproduced each play before the
interested spectators almost instantly
after the actual play in the game.
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CITIZENS TO PUSH :
D.C. PRICEINQUIRY
Housing and Wearing Apparel
Now Included?Probe
Committees Named.
1
Housing and wearing apparel will
be included in the inquiry to be made
by the Federation of Citizens' Associations
into the present cost of living
in Washington, it was announced today.
It had been originally planned
to take up coal and food first.
W. B. Westlake, president of the
federation, announced the following
subcommittees will handle the several
questions:
Fuel?Jesse C. Suter, chairman;
Thomas J. Donovan, Allan Davis and
D. H. York. |
Food?George A. Finch, chairman: I
Dr.. B. T. Woodward. William Henry ^1
White and Dr. D. N. Shoemaker. 1
Housing?Edwin 8. Hege, chairman;
!?. A. Simon and George R. Wales.
Wearing apparel?A. E. Shoemaker,
chairman; H. S. Ridgeley, D. A. Edwards
and William S. Torbert.
These subcommittees will be called
together within a few days by the
respective chairmen, and a plan of
operation decided upon.
Hope to Suggest Remedies.
Mr. Westlake made it clear today I
that the federation committees have I
no power under which they can regu- !
late nrices. and for that reason the j ?
committees will not conduct invest!- I fl
Rations in the sense in which that word ;
is usually applied to the high cost of
living.
What the subcommittees hope to do,
he continued, is to arrange co-operative
conferences at which the facts
relating to the present cost can be
brought out. As a result of such
conferences, he said, the federation ii
may be able to suggest remedies. t
"Everybody should be interested in
bringing prices to a level of possibility v
in living," Mr. Westlake stated, "and f
the federation will use its good offices a
in weeding out the undesirable element
and practices so the business men may
! work in harmony with the consumers." ''
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MUST HAVE AUTHORITY. f
i!
Bight of Officers to Search Premises j,
Without Warrant Denied. a
I FRAXKPORT. Ky.. October 6.? 1
Right of peace officers to search prt- 6
vate premises or seize personal prop- i<
erty without a search warrant was
denied in an opinion handed down
yesterday by the Kentucky court of ?
appeals. o
The case was the outgrowth of an t
effort, the record shows, to enforce
prohibition laws. *
A citizen whose home was searched E
by a sheriff without a warrant appealed
to the higher court when the
i officer took from his premises a quan- a
tity of liquor. The court decided that r
search and seizure under such cir- t
cumstances was unlawful and ordered t
the liquor returned.
Chief Justice John D. Carroll's opin- n
ion said:
"It is better that a guilty individual
should escape punishment than that a
court of justice should put aside a
vital fundamental principle." t
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in Paragraphs
Cotton gins and business houses burned ?
by night riders. Page 1
Park View School needs addition to re- s
lieve crowding. Page 1 b
Federation of D. C. citizens makes fur- c
ther* plans for local price inquiry. c
Page 1 a
West unconvinced Harding will turn
down league flatly. Page 1 h
One hundred and ninety-eight lawyers a
admitted to the District bar. Page 2 a
Business session begun at Confederate s
reunion. Page 2 p
Spencer quotes Senator Reed In reply c
to President. Page 2 S
Harding begins first leg of campaign
tour of west. Page 2 ?
former wv. rum oisura icugue 01 na- s
tions presents Ireland's fairest hope s
of independence. Page 3
Tardleu claims Germany can pay all war c
damages now. Page 4
Polish-Russian peace envoys agree to r
sign preliminary armistice before Oc- 1
tober 8. Page 5 J
Mob kills three negroes. Page 9 *
SoutlWrn Methodists to break ground a
tomorrow for new 3150,000 church. v
Page 11 b
Mexico orders Felix Diaz deported; re- a
ported he will be sent to United 1
States. Page 13
Deader confident Legion will accept K.
of C. offer. Page 14 t:
League of women voters is seeking ?
views of prospective senators and rep- J]
resentatlves on its legislative program.
Page 16 ^
Paramount School need is more build- q
ings, says Dr. Ballou. Page 17 g
V. S. business advised to exhibit jointly t
at European taiu, JPase 19 I
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JUSTICE WILL
FAVOR JAPAN
FUKXJI, Jafian. October 6.?At a
general meeting today of the Seiyukai
mntnritv nnrtv hfld here Silk
unoshin Motoda, minister of railroads,
said conditions surrounding
the anti-Japanese question in the
United States were becoming worse,
and he felt the utmost anxiety lest
the question might affect the friendly
relations of the Japanese and
Americans.
However, he continued, there always
were many Americans who exerted
themselves in the cause of hu- ;
manity, and he believed the question
would be peacefully, settled after the
presidential election.
"At this important moment," he
added, "we must do our best and
ask the American people to think in
ways of humanity and justice and in
conformity with the moral obligations
and friendship of the two countries."
1KMH00L i
NEEDS ME ROOM
TO END CROWDING
!
I
/lost Modern Washington i
i
Building, Built for 600, Has j
1,010 Enrolled.
ddition of six or eight classrooms
3 needed at the Park View School
o relieve overcrowded conditions, it
ras tlated today by Miss Frances
'airley, principal of the' institution,
although built to accommodate 600 !
r.narcn t jmioriauiy, mis scnooi now
as an enrollment of 1,010, with every
ndication of increases in the near
uture.
Ereceted six years ago, this school
3. the msst modern of any in Washington,
and probably used more than
ny by civic and community organizaions.
It is located on Warder street
etween Newton and Otis in the rapily
developing section of Park View.
The Park View School is the only
ne in the city which is operated
n a two-platoon system. Except for
his feature, which was established
'ebruary 1, by former Superintendent
Irnest L. Thurston to relieve overrowding,
the school would not be
ble to accommodate its present enollment.
Even the operation of the
wo-platoon system did not relieve
l.j crwded conditions sufficiently,
nd three portable structures were
ressed into use for the overflow.
19 Rooma for 27 Clnaaea.
The permanent building has sixteen
ooms, and an assembly * hall. With
he addition of three portables, nineeen
rooms are available for use of
he twenty-seven classes enrolled in I
he school. Twenty of these classes,
rom the third to the eighth grade, in- {
lusive, are operated on a two-platoon
y8tem, which affords pupils in the I
hird and fourth grades a full school |
ay, which would not be possible ex- j
ept for the platoon plan. }
Play space in the basement of the
chool and the assembly hall, have I
een converted into classrooms to I
are for the heavy enrollment. The I
lassrooms in the basement are used
s a manual training shop, for a cookig
class and for a sewing class.
The heavy enrollment at the school
as necessitated the overcrowding of
majority of the classrooms. School
uthorities believe that one teacher
hould not have more than forty
uplls to a class. In this school, fifty
i-; 1 j ?oTtpniipd in the kinder
nuurcu aic vM.w.v- ?
arten, while twelve other classes
ave between forty-three and fortyight
pupils. There are thirty-three
eachers for the twenty-Seven classes,
ome of them expert instructors in
pecial subjects.
When the Park View School was
ompleted, in 1914, 185 children were
nrolled. The following year the enollment
increased to 200. In 1916
here were 201 children at the school,
he next year the enrollment jumped
o 786, and in 1918 to 834. and last
ear to 918. The enrollment this year
lready has increased 92 over 1918,
irith indications of more advances
efore November 1. Another Increase
lso is expected at the beginning of
he second semester in February.
No Playground of Own.
With its enrollment of 1.010 pupils,
he school has no playground of its
wn, the portable structures occupyng
what play space the school did
avjfe. At present the children are
siftg the municipal playground
cross the street from the school,
"he property on which this playxound
is located has been loaned to
he playground department of the
Hatrict government by a Washing
TORCH IS WEAPON
IN COTTON FIGHT
Night Riders Burn Gins and
Business Houses When
Price Warnings Fail.
" ATLANTA, October 6 (by the Associated
Press).?Destruction of several
cotton pins and business houses in
the cotton belt, after anonymous
threats had been received ordering
operators and business men to cease
activities while cotton was selling at
what farmers termed a price below
the cost of production, has resulted in
the placing of armed guards around
several gins and the closing of busi
ness in at least one small community.
Burning of the second gin in the
Stamford. Tex., territory within two
days was reported last night and the
genemt-mercan titer watbbhahment ol
Taylor & Barnette, at Hanceville.
Ala., was destroyed early yesterday
after the proprietors had ignored orders
to close their place of business
until cotton was selling at 40 cents
a pound, and had withdrawn guards.
Business houses at New Hanceville,
whose proprietors received similar
warnings, closed yesterday, but stores
at Garden City and Hanceville and
gins in the vicinity remained open
under armed guard.
Given Until October 7.
Threats also have been received by
business men in Georgia and South
Carolina, and the sheriff of Anderson
county. South Carolina, yesterday was
appealed to for protection after gin
operators had received additional
warnings. In Anderson county the
gins have been given until October 7
to suspend activities.
The Rowland gin at Anson, Tex.,
was burned Sunday night and the
Luders gin, near Stamford, was destroyed
Monday night. The fires apparently
were of incendiary origin
--?! nwnorc nrAvinnsl v had h^PTl
! (VIIU HIV, vn>tv*u ?
warned to close the plants until cotton
reached 40 cents. Feeling among
citizens was reported running high.
Warnings posted on gins at Bowman.
Ga., read: "Wc, the citizens ot
everywhere, kindly ask that this ginnery
be closed until November, 1920,
unless further notified. Please take
notice."
South Carolina Notices.
ANDF.RSON. S. C., October 6^-Two
large <j?tton seed mills and ginneries
in this city and several more nearby
were served today with warnings
sent through the mails. All notices
received have been signed "the Black
75."
Reports from Oconee county state
that similar notices have been served
on ginners in various sections of that
county.
So far.none of the ginners on" this
section have taken any notice of the
warnings, but it is known that several
plants are guarded.
The sheriff has been! appealed to for
protection, but states that he is powerless
to give any aid, as he has no
appropriation for hiring additional
deputies.
NEW RAILWAY PROPOSED
FOR SOUTHERN EUROPE
U. S. Official Believes Road Would
Help Solve Political and
Economic Questions.
NEW YORK, October 6.?Plans for a
railroad from the interior of Jugoslavia
to the Bay of Cattaro, giving
the kingdom of Serbs. Croats and
Slovenes an outlet to the Adriatic sea,
has been under consideration by the
interallied railroad commission to the
Balkans. Col. Clarence S. Coe, one of
the American representatives on the
commission, who returned here today
on the steamship Argentina from
Trieste, said it was hoped completion
of the railroad would do much to
solve political and economic problems
in southern Europe.
The projected railroad, 300 kilometers
in length, constitutes a great
engineering pruuiem, v ui. v.uc satu, its
it would be necessary to tunnel under
the Pinaric Alps. Several years would
be necessary to complete the undertaking.
Many banking firms, including
a large American financial institution,
have investigated the project, he said.
ton realtor, and is soon to be improved
with new houses. Consequently
the 1,010 children at this
school are confronted with either
using the street for a playground or
remaining in their classrooms during
recess.
The board of education has been
asked to acquire property in the rear
of the school for an addition to the
building.
The Park View School today is
virtually the most used of any building
in the city. It has a community
center, a night school and is used by
the Park View Citizens' Association,
the Park View Band, the J?ark View
Orchestra, the Park View Boys' Clulfc
the Park View Girls' Club, a chapter
of the American Red Cross and a
mandolin and guitar club. It also
bouses the Park View post office,
P.
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"PUSSYFOOT" HAS
NARROW ESCAPE
FROM ANGRY MOB
LONDON, October 6.?'William E.
(Pussyfoot) Johnson, the American
temperance advocate, narrowly
escaped from an, angry crowd
which interrupted one of his temperance
meetings last night at
Reading, Berkshire, and tried to
break through the locked doors of
the hall to reach him, according
to a Reading dispatch to the
Evening News today. The crowd
also threw bombs containing foulsmelling
chemicals.
The police had to be called out
to prevent serious disorders.
Johnson escaped with detectives
by the rear exit of the hall,
- through a graveyard to a taxicab.
Strong, although less violent
opposition to Johnson was reported
from Wales recently.
STARlGlNESE
TO GET AID FROM
Drn nonce nninc
ulu imuoorunuo
Society Appropriates $500,-!
000 for Relief of Famine
Victims.
Half a million dollars for the relief
of famine sufferers in the Peking,
China, district has been appropriated |
by the American Red Cross.
It was announced at the State Department
today that the fund would
be expended under the joint supervision
of the Red Cross and the State Department.
An appeal for relief was received
several days ago from Minister Crane
at Peking, who told of the distress in
the Peking district, where thousands
are without food. This appeal was
immedately reported to the Red Cross.
A cablegram has been sent to Mr.
Crane, outlining the measures to be
adopted, the action already taken here,
and' the arrangements for distribution
of effective relief. t
Poland Envoys Plead
for U. S. Aid in Halting
Food Famine Menace
Poland, through its legation here,
made informal request of the State
Department today for the extension
of aid by the United States to Poland
in the form of food supplies.
Legation officials said that because
of the critical food situation in Poland,
It was hoped the department
might find some means of authorizing
credits for the purchase of food in
this ccNintry or that some other means
of furnishing -food might be devised.
In explanation of the sittmHnn in
Poland, the legation issued a statement,
which said:
"Poland is now facing a critical
food situation. The disastrous effects
of the bolshevik advance is distributed
over a great part of Poland,
and now there are about 40,000 miles
of land completely devastated, which
cannot be cultivated in the near future.
"In addition, the crops of this year
are bad in Poland, and the lack of
transportation facilities in Central
Europe limited the possibilities of
purchasing the over-production there.
"However, Poland must feed her
people, must come with help to the ;
population liberated from the bolshe- |
vik yoke, and must nourish 150,000 !
bolshevik prisoners.
"Therefore Poland is making this '
appeal. She is turning for food to
America, who until now came to Poland's
aid and wrote a golden page
in the history of mankind."
URGEMlT
FOR U. S. CLERKS!
I
. |
Less than 1,000 titles of positions in
the initial classification of the civil
service in the District is proposed in
a suggested redraft of the re'classiflcation
bill made as an independent
study for the National Federation of
Federal Employes. The reclassifies- '
tion commission has proposed 1,700 i
titles or grades.
"The number of grades and titles
shall be as small as possible," declares
the proposed redraft of the bill. ;
which says that the commission's bill
would provide little improvement, if:
any. over the present 2,000 pay roll
titles.
1,000 Urndea Are Ample.
"On this basis probably 2,500 grades
would be required for the' entire service.
We believe that the entire serv- j
ice could be covered in the initial
classification with less than 1,000 j
grades,*' says the proposal.
Chairman Lehlbach of the House |
civil service and retrenchment com- 1
mittee is studying the proposed re- i
draft, but it is not understood here 1
that he will be in any way bound by |
it, but in all likelihood will draw up
another bill of his own.
As a criticism of the bill of the re- :
classification commission, however, 1
the proposals are of interest to the j
government workers and agencies'
working toward reclassification legis- j
lation.
Terminology Called "Loose."
"The reclassification commission has '
adopted a loose terminology," de- |
Clares the brief. "Many positions are
i no. really classified, but simply floating
in space.
"The separate existence of the 1,700 |
grades proposed by the commission |
would necessitate an immense amount
of unnecessary labor on the part of
et ry agency which has any control
over personnel, and would actually
bar rath-r than facilitate transfers
and other opportunities.
"The reclassification commission
has provided too many ranges of
salary with too fine distinctions. In
many cases the ranges are too short
I at- the advancement increment inj
adequate as an incentive. The classification
should include salaries for
the higher positions. It is at least as !
ntcessary to standardize higher posi- '
ti s as the lower ones."
Invitations went out today from the
joint conference on reclassification to
v.rious other organizations inviting
them to a meeting October 12 for the
purpose of harmonizing reclassification
efforts.
Organizations so invited include the
Civil Service Reform League, the
Federal Club, the Chief Clerks' Association,
National Federation of Federal
Employes, United States bureau
of efficiency and Federal Bar Association.
3
' V " IT:
WEST UNCONVINCED
HAIiKG WILL
DOWN LEAGUE FLAT
Faith Persists That Public
Opinion Can Persuade
Senator if Elected.
BY DAVID LAWRKXrK.
(This is the thiol and last of a series of artirlos
analyzing political conditions west of
the Mississippi river, based ii!>'>ti personal investigation
in fourteen states during the last
thirty days and is to bo followed hy a daily
canvass of the situation in each state east of
the Mississippi, beginning with Maryland tomorrow,
>
Anyone who penetrates the political
smokescreen that envelops the
presidential campaign in the west
cannot but come to the conclusion
that the great mass of the people
have not been impressed t ith the notion
that Senator Harding's disinclination
to join the present league
of nations is an absolute refusal to
carry forward American idealism.
There is a faith that if the Ohio senator
is elected he will be persuaded
by a public opinion, untroubled by
personal issues and domestic political
circumstances, to bring America
into a partnership of nations. THe
support given to Harding by former
Preside nt Taft and Herbert Hoover
and Charles Evans Hughes has been
pointed to effectively by republican
newspapers as convincing proof of
what republican policy will be after
the election, and there is no disposition
to credit the extremist tendencies
of Senators Johnson and Borah as
having any more control over conservative
Warren Harding than the
radicalism of those two gentlemen o
domestic issues will influence the republican
policy on the tariff op taxation.
Pel-version of Covenant.
So much misconception of the true
purpose of the present league of nations
exists and so much js-rversion
of what the covenant actually says?
?it is indeed being printed for the
first time no\f in many western newspapers?that
as an issue in the campaign
it has not only gone over the
heads of many people, hut the controversy
has wearied and bored them.
But the writer is firmly convinced
that the average man when once told
the truth about the league of nations
favors it whole-heartedly. The
average man in many states, howfever.
is not being told what the
covenant of the league says, but
what the politicians say it meanB.
One editor laughingly told the writer
he never argued in his editorial
column about the provision of the
covenant. "We just tell the people
it means international bankruptcy,
that's all."
Fundamentally the west believes
as much in peace as it did in J91I,
and once the campaign is over and
I IIIC I CpUUlltau ucno|;a|fcta n ?iv 1||?> U
j been lukewarm on the subject because
they didn't want tb help Gov.
Cox's candidacy, begin to come out
strongly in favor of the league again,
a noticeable change in public opinion
will develop. Many editors resent
deeply that the league issue has been
interjected in the campaign and interfered
with their domestic political
; desires, and will do more for the
; league of nations after November 2
: than they are doing now.
Still Favor a League.
Thus, while the writer leaves the
west with a feeling that Senator
Harding has the lead, and with a
suspicion that the reaction across tno
Mississippi against the democrats is
so great that even Senator Penrose
himself could carry the west this
year, there is every reason to be optimistic
about the future support that
Will be given by the west to the entrance
of the United States into the
league of nations. So far as the west
is concerned, it will vote for Harding,
but by no means will repudiate
the covenant of the league. Many republican
newspapers, whose heart is
with the league of nations, have already
made that statement so that
the verdict may not be misconstrued.
President Wilson is still as much
respected as ever west of the Mississippi,
but he has lust his hold on the
voters. His failing health has
aroused here and there considerable
sympathy, but the knowledge that he
is not a vigorous leader in his partyhas
caused the voters to examine
carefully the new leadership. They
do not attribute to Gov. Cox the same
high ideals that they did once to Wilson.
They see no Bryan going from
state to state preaching and crusading
as he did in 1916.
They see a sulky Nebraskan calling
Cox a "wet." and charging that he
was nominated by the bosses in the
democratic party. They see. too, many
'original Wilson and McAdoo men going
about their business without
political emotion. Most of these democrats
will vote for Cox. but they are
not throwing themselves into the fight
as they did in lSlti. innu^n in some
states like California it is the McAdoo
organization which is putting up the
tight for Cox and doing well. Unquestionably
William Gibbs McAdoo would
have carried more western states than
Gov. Cox will.
Stand \ot < Irarout Knough.
The democrats out west were for
him. as the numerous ballots at the
San Francisco convention will show.
Furthermore, McAdoo has been, and is.
bone-dry, and the Anti-Saloon League
indorsed him. There is doubt about
Cox. and while he will benefit to some
extent by a spirit of wetness that
still prevails in some parts of the
west, his stand on the liquor question
has not been sufficiently clearcut to
make the woman voters believe that
he will stand with them absolutely in
what they regard as the big moral issue
of the day.
Gov. Cox might have made of his
campaign in the west a crusade by
taking the bone dry side of the argument
and emphasizing the league
of nations to the exclusion of criticism
of the republican candidate's
supposed reactionary views. To call
a man a reactionary is one thing?to
prove that he is may be quite an
other. Gov. Cox made some headway
on this issue, but ft is not vitally
controlling this year as it was In
1916. The phrases "progressive" and
"reactionary" have been lost in a
?.... irritations all of which yield
only th# one cry?let's pet back to
normal no matter whether we do it
bv a reactionary or anybody else.
Taxation is a sore spot. Most people
hold the democrats responsible. So
poor are the democratic organizations.
so weak in publicity and funds
that the mass of the voters have not
been told anything about the two
years just passed in which the republicans
had the opportunity to pass
remedial legislation. The tariff is
bobbing up again in many states, but
is not being intelligently argued. Nor
is much being said by the democrats
about the desire of certain republican
Interests to change the federal
reserve system as soon us a republcan
administration comes In to power.
Some undercurrents of apprehension
are to be found even among western
republicans that the eastern wing of
the party may attempt again to put
control of the nation's credit in a few
eastern hands, hot the ?- ?e w -t rn
republicans are confident of their own