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RIEF RIGHT REEZ-Y BITS OF NEWS B OUR ARTISTIC ROTOGRAVURE PICTURE SECTION MAKES THE SUNDAY BEE UNIQUE. .IV Omaha Dail y Bee SCOTLAND YARD MYSTIFIED BY THEFT. London, Sept. 25. Scotland Yard is mystified by a sensational jewel ry robbery. A bag containing gems belonging to Lady Stephens was ripped open and $15,000 worth were stolen. The robbery tool place at , a well known London hotel. INTELLIGENT HORSE '. HOLDS PRISONER FAST. 'Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 25. State s Trooper John A. Thorp rides a ltorse of unusual intelligence. Thorp arrested John Coylyaki and Don Sznrnialf Inr rpftical in rhv hi rir- der to move away from the gates ot one ot tjpe Homestead plants today. , While the trooper was put - ting the handcuffs on one of the men the other broke away, where upon Thorp, buttoning up the man's coat, pulled back the collar and said to the horse: ' "Lizzie, hold this guy till I get the other one." When be returned Lizzie's prison er was still held by the collar. . VOL. 49 NO. 86. EMwrf M mnMh Mttar May 2S, it OaOa P. 0. ute act March 3. 179. OMAHA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1919. By Mall l yaar), Bally. ISM; Sntfty. KM: Dally aid Sua., M M; mMM Nak. o4taa axtra. TWO CENTS. THE WEATHER x Fair and waxirter Friday; Sat urday unsettled with cooler . in west and north portions. , ' Hourly temperature! , 5 . m. 51! 1 p. m. ........ M a. m ., Ml t p. m. ........ AX . 1 a, m.... Ml1 I p. m. ........ OS B a. m.. ! 4 p. m......... 7 a. m... All ft p. m..v...... M 10 a. m......... ftSi a p. m 49 11 a. in Ml 7 p. m. ........ M oi b p. m......... a M is nn ji GREEK SAYS GIRL WIFE GAVE HIM K. O. DROPS. Mrs. Nora Kaslan, American girl wife of Sam Kaslan, a Greek, 402 North Sixteenth street, administered "knock-out" drops to her -husband during their evening meal last night , and then packing up her belongings left Omaha with $50 of Sam's money and his $500 diamond ring, according to Sam's story to Detectives L. O. Toland and Ed Brinkman. ' The detectives' found Kaslan par tially recovered from his treatment of "knock-out drops" two ' hours after they had been administered to him. : - Kaslan said his wire seemed "too nice" when she came home fromN town yesterday for dinner. When she served him tea he went "down for the count." On coming to he called the police. IDAHO TOWN WIPED OUT BY MORNING BLAZE. , Blackfoot, Ida.. Sept. 25. The town of Shelley, 18 miles' north of here, was practically wiped out this morning by fire of unknown origin. The business portion, consisting of. 40 buildings, was completely de-? stroyed. Calls for help were sent o Idaho Falls and Blackfoot, but could not be responded to. The Property loss, it is said, will run to 100,000. NEW DEVICES AT GREAT CHICAGO SHOW. Chicago, Sept. 25. New ways in which electricity can help the house wife, , latest - improvements on the old devices, will be shown at the electrical trades exposition at the coliseum, October 1-25 The elaborate decorative scheme for the exposition calls for an ex penditure of between, $40,000 and ?50,000. according to E..W. Lloyd, manager. A Chinese design will be employed, .throughout, . a pagenda rising J 'feetln 1 -the- center of the hall and decorated with stained glass and 18,000 "Novageni" Jewels and Lhinese lanterns, all brilliantly il lumined, beig planned. The deco rations of the tower will be similar :o those of the "Tower of Jewels" v U the Pan-American exposition at San Francisco.' - j WM. M'ADOO UPHOLDS LEAGUE OF NATIONS. Los , Angeles, Sept. . 25. Unless "some system, such as the league of nations' is established, "there is no alternative but to return to the old basis of attempted balance of power ;nd, inevitably, more war',' W. G. McAdoo, former secretary of the '-casury, declared today following meeting here by prominent local Tnen to confer"on ways and means Dl" forwarding the campaign in sup port of the peace treaty and the league of nations. FGGS BRINGS GIRL VANK HUSBAND. Louisville, Ky., Sept. 25, When Miss Lou Lohmeycr of Gildao, Ind left their farm recently with a bas ket of eggs which she sold on the market she wrote her name with in- ilelible pencil on one of them. A few days ago-' Weaver C. Mackinson, just diccharged from Camp Taylor, entered a restaurant requesting boiled eggs." He received the egg. with Miss Lou's name-on it, and quickly1 scribbled a note which he - mailed. Incidentally Mr. Mackinson and Miss Lohmeyer.'are now man And wife. - CONVICTED, REPRIEVED, THINKS HE IS EXECUTED. ParU, Sept. 25. Pierre Lenoir, whose execution was postponed last .Friday morning by the authorities, will ,it is expected, be confronted by Joseph Caillaux. former premier, on "Friday or Saturday. : According to the Echo de Paris, he is in a state of most extreme weakness and un able to stand, being obsessed with the idea that he has been executed. CANADIANS FAIL TO CATCH U. S. SMUGGLERS., Detroit, Mich., Sept. 25. Mer chandise valued at $4,000,000 annual ly is smuggled across the Detroit river from the American side at this port, according to estimates by business men of Windsor, Ont., the thriving and growing Canadian town -opposite this city. v American customs officials declare there is little smuggling from the - Canadian to the Michigan side of merchandise, although it has been suspected that opium and other drugs have been brought in in con siderable quantities. United States offioers haVe for some time been working on the opium trade. SENSIBLE CLOTHES; FOR WOMEN ONLY. " Toledo, O., Sept. 25. A style show advertising nothing but "sensible clothes," put on by a local clothing ;iouse, drew such a large crowd that it was necessary to turn them away: Xone but women were permitted to enter the building where, the show was conducted. The plan was de signed to please the women without making them covetous, the store uiauagcr said. ; YEA OR NAY ON TREATY REQUESTED Wilson Reduces Fight for Peace Pact to Direct Ac ceptance or Rejection by Senate in Pueblo- Speech. "QUALIFIED ADOPTION" WON'T BE ACCEPTABLE Arbitrary Price Fixing .On Grain Products Not v Successful, Says Barries Wheat Directed of the United States Grain Corporation Addresses Bankers and Grain Dealers at Two Meet ings Here, Outlining Plan to Reduce Cost of Living Governor McKelvie Present and Speaks at Banquet at University Club. Whole Question Resolves It self; into Whether or Not United States Should Go into League of Nations, He Says. Pueblo, Colo., Sept 25. Reducingj his tight v tor the peace treaty to a direct acceptance or rejection, Presi dent Wilson today invited the sen ate to take a definite and unmistak able stand one way or the other. After declarmK that it would be his chief dutv as chief executive to judge whether the senate's action constituted acceptance or rejection, should reservations be incorporated j in the ratification, the president added a' warning that he did not consider "qualified adoption," as adoption in fact. He said, however, that he saw no objection to mere in terpretations. , In two addresses in Colorado dur ing the day. Mr. Wilson reiterated ; again and again that the whole con troversy had resolved itself into a clear-cut question of whether the United States should go into the League of Nations or stay" out. It was time, he said, that the nation knew where it was to stand. Meanwhile. White House officials in the presidential party permitted it to become known that proposed reservations which the president quoted at Salt Lake City and Chey enne, and, which he announced he would regard as a rejection of the treaty, was one he had been inform ed was agreed on by several repub lican senate leaders. The president's speech of the day was at a morning meeting in Denver, and later he ad dressed a crowd which filled the Municipal hall here. Cheer many times interrupted his declarations at the two meetings, and in both cities a constant din of cheering greeted him as he' passed through the streets. - - People Gathered Enroute. 1 At every station along the way the people had gathered to see his train, and at Colorado Springs, where a short stop was made, he was given a tumultuous welcome by a crowd which jammed the station platform ana overnowea imo inc aujoining streets. ' Before his speech here he drove through the State . Fair grounds, where another crowd cheered him. The president was introduced at the meeting here by Alva Adams, former governor of Colorado, who eulogized Mr. Wilson as a "twenti eth century Paul" and the "great est prophet of peace." In his .Pueblo address the presi dent said the chief pleasure of his country-wide1 trip was that it had nothing to do with his personal for tunes. He repeated his charge thaj an "organized propaganda" was op posing the treaty and that it pro ceeded from hyphens." , "Any man who carries a hyphen about him," he said, "carries a dag ger which he is ready to plunge into the vitals of the republic. If I can catch a man with a hyphen in this great contest 1. will know that I have caught an enemy of the repub lic." Labor Features Stressed. Reviewing the treaty provisions, the' president stressed the self-determination and labor features, assert ing that if the treaty failed there would be no great international tri bunal before which labor could bring itstequests for better condi tions. "What we. want to Aq with the great labor questions," headded, "is to lift them into the light." - Going on to the league of nations covenant, he declared it was neces sary for carrying, out the peace terms. For the same reason, he as serted, the covenant would be incor porated in the treaties with Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey, now under negotiations at Versailles. ' ' Referring to objections that the United States might be at a disad vantage in the league, Mr. Wilson said that -whoever said that "either was falsifying or he hadn't read the covenant. He added that there was no validity in the argument that the (Contlnned on 'Page Twa, Column frWe.) Say! Man Demented Who Attempted to Kill' Negro in Beatrice Beatrice, Neb., Sept. 25. (Special Telegram.) John Foosh, 50 years old, believed to be demented, was arrested here today for shooting Harvey Clayton, negro, last night. The officers say he has confessed the reason for snooting Clayton was that the negro had been, talking about him. "Arbitrary p'rice fixing is contrary to natural economic laws and can not be 'successful," declared Julius H. Barnes, wheat director of the United States Grain corporation, last night at the University club, where he was the guest of the Bankers' club. About 250 bankers and grain men were present Governor v McKelvie was also guest and made a brief speech. O. ,T. Eastman presided. Mr. Barnes arrived in Omaha from Chicago yesterday morning, spoke to a large body of grain men at the Hotel Fontenelle in the afternoon, at the University club in the evening and left late last night for Kansas tity. ( Cannot Regulate Prices. "Diocletian tried to regulate prices by aw about 300 B. C, but he failed,", said Mr. Barnes. "Experience has shown that when you try to reg ulate prices you only succeed in driving the regulated articles off of the market. "I can tell the American people how they can reduce their food cost 33 per cent immediately. They can do this if they will use the simple foods, use cereals to greater propor tion and fats in less proportion than they are doing now. "During the year ending JlyM, the per capita of wheat consump tion in .this country was only 171 pounds. . Our average wheat con sumption before the war was 235 pounds,, and the European average is 265 pounds per person per year. If the American people will eat as much wheat as they did before the war and correspondingly less of other things-they will cut their annual food bill $1,000,000,000." Predicts Immigration. Mr. Barnes predicted an enor mous tide of immigration to Amer icjp ' soon as steamships are available, - ' - "Six months .ago we were won dering where we would get jobs for our returning soldiers," he said. 'Today they are firactically all at work and the call is for more men. I would not be surprised if .5,000, 000 workers leave thex central em pires as soon as they can, and many of them will come here. From cer lands they will come by mil lions and will be a serious prob lem in our industrial future." "The cure for the high cost of liv ing is increased production,", said Mr. Barnes at the Hotel Fontenelle yesterday afternon. "Production is going onVtoday as never before. In 1914 the acreage of 10 standard crops in the United' States was 297,000,000. This year it is 326, 000,000. "In 1914 the approximate value of all farm products in .the United States was $10,000,000,000. Last year the approximate value of all farm products was $21,000,000,000. . Prosperity of Omaha. .'This is the reason for tlre un precedented prosperity of cities like Omaha which are in the center of the agricultural empire. . e- "The harvests of this year abroad are assured. Ninety per cent of the fields of Europe are seeded. Out side of the industrial centers in Europe, men are back at their cus tomary occupations. Industrial cen ters are still hives of idleness where raw materials are awaited, with credits" from other nations which are necessary to start the wheels of industry. "The story of what Herbert Hoover did, how he constructed telephone and telegraph lines in Eu rope, took charge of railroads and reconstructed disused canals and by his supiftme ability as an organizer banished famine to the Russian bor der, will become better appreciated as years pass. He was also in charge 'of coal distribution in Europe; and it is due to "his wise foresight 'that the orderly process o life are be ing resumed,?- ' ." ' TV: V. FACTIONS LINING UP FOR REAL FIGHT ON PACT Johnson to Resume Speeches Attacking Treaty; - Leaves for Pacific Coast Today. Washington, Sept. 25. While the German peace treaty received only brief consideration in the senate to day, outside developments indicated that the factions were lining up for the real fight over the league of na tions covenant. The outstanding feature of the day was the announcement by Sen ator Johnson, republican of Cali fornia, that he would leave tomor row for the Pacific coast to keep up his attack on the 'treaty, which was accepted to mean finally that his proposed amendment to-equalize the voting powjr of the United States and Great Britain would not be called for weejes hence. Next in public interest was the news that Senator Ashurst, demo crat of Arizona", had telegraphed President Wilson that he would'vbte for ratification of the treaty, believ ing he could render the countryi and the world, he said, a great service by accepting it as it is, without amendment or reservation. This definite statement ,from Senator Ashurst was considered particular assuring by democratic leaders be cause of persistent reports that he would oppose the pact in its pres ent form. Lenroot Won't Ratify. Just befpre adjournment Senator Lenroot, republican, Wisconsin, made his position clear by reiterat ing that he would not vote to rat ify the treaty if under article 10 the United States was obliged to send its troops abroad "to preserve the territorial integrity of members of the league. Senator New, republican, Indiana,' and Senator Smith, democrat of Maryland, divided the debate of the day, the former attacking the treaty and the latter defending it and urg ing' speedy ratification. But there was ' no applause, the galleries evi dently taking to heart the previous warning of the vice president that this would result in ejection of those violating the standing rule of the senate. ' - ? In the house Representative King, republican, Illinois,, introduced a resolution proposing the support of the body for the senators "sjandinj,' for Americanism." The resolution was thrown in the house hopper without discussion. . ' Under unanimous consent agree ment the amendments' by Senator Fall of New Mexico, proposing that the United States be relieved from service oh foreign commissions cre ated under the treaty, will be taken up tomorrow for discussion. Sena tor Cummins, republican of Iowa, will speak against the treaty and Senators Fall is expected to cham pion the. cause of his amendments. No vote is looked for until some ; time next week, 200 "DEVIL DOGS" COMPEL ITALIANS TO GIVE UP TOWN American Marines Clean iUp '.' Trau, Dalmatia, in Jig Time. Copenhagen, Sept. 25. American marines landed from a torpedo boat destroyer toVcompel the Italians to evacuate Trau, Dalmatia, according to a dispatch received here from Spalato, a short distance east of Trail. - . - The dispatch adds that the Ital ians left after the inhabitants fired op them and that Jugo-Slav troops took over the town from the Ameri cans. The dispatch, which is dated Sep" tember 25, says that a Jugo-Slay de tachment began an advance towards Trau when the American destroyer entered the harbor to compel the retirement of the Italians. The' in habitants of Trau then opened fire on the Italians, who hastily de parted. ' ' The Italian commander and three men in an armored car fell into the. hands of the Slavs. In the mean time 200 American marines, with machine guns, landed and took over the armored car and the' prisoners, who subsequently were transferred to. an Italian ship. Then the Serbian troops arrived and were enthusiastically wel comed. The Americans handed over the town to the Jugo-Slav troops and re-embarked. The destroyer will remain in the harbor for a few: days. - President Wilson Threatens Economic Boycott of Italy Pari.:, Sept. 25 (By The Asso ciated Press.) President Wilson has made some reply to the proposi tion of neutralizing Fiume and inter nationalizing the docks and railways. The nature of the reply is not dis closed and the American peace 4ele.-gates- refuse to discuss it. In Italian circles, however, it is said that President Wilson has re jected the proposition and has threatened an economic boycott, if Italy persisted in holding Fiume without an agreement having been reached among the powers. Boilermaker Arrested on Charge of Statutory Crime William M. " Livingston, v 2316 Hickory street, a boilermaker, was arrested last night on a warrant charging a statutory crime against his 12-year-old daughter. The war rant was sworn out by Juvenile Of ficer Vosburgh. Livingston asserts Ihc charge is a frame-up, , KING AK'S SUBJECTS SEE SHOWS Second Day of Annual Fall Festival Warmer and Large Crowds Swarm to City of Gayety. . CHILDREN'S DAY SET - FOR NEXT SATURDAY Admission Will Be Reduced One-Half to Allow Kiddies to See Wonders on King's Highway. . ATTENDANCE FIGURES. 1919 1918 Wednesday 6,316 5,884 Thursday 9,715 7,567 i The King's Highway at Fifteenth' street and Capitol avenue got under way yesterday the second day, in a manner which gladdened the hearts of J. D. (Dad) Weaver, secretary of Ak-Sar-Ben; Con T. Kennedy, head of the carnival attractions, and Har old Bushea, manager of the carni val, and all of the 'show folk. A bright autumnal " sunshine spread a, pleasant glow over ihe lit tle town of gayety which has been established for the delectation of thousands of celebrants. Shows Are Snappy. The carnival crowds last evening was a jolly crew of revelers, going from show to show, stopping to view the ballyhoos and then enter ing ' to behold the wonders and amwemeiite offered inside. There is more snap to the shows this season and the general toneis better than in seasons gone by. ' Saturday from 1 to 6 p. m. will be hours set aside especially for chil dren, who will be admitted at half price to the' grounds and the shows. It will be "Children's day," Satur day afternoon. The little folks wlfl enjoy particularly the midgets, seyn tiny peopltf who have a regular show in themselves, with boxing be tween "Ike" and "Mike," 19-year-old twins; dancing, singing, contortion act and other stunts. This is with out doubt the best midget show ever witnessed here in a carnival. It holds the interest of young and old." "No Name," a Puzzle. At the "No Name" show is an ob ject which has human form, and it walks, moves arms and head and otherwise simulates the actions of an everyday, well-dressed man. It is attached to an electrical wire and is accompanied by a young woman. Many visitors-are convinced that it is -a mechanical figure and others think it is a live man appearing as an automaton. The manager of the show, who has never been caught telling a fib, said he would give $100 to any Omaha young woman who believes it' is a real man and can make "it" smile. This figure, or man, whichever it really is, appeared on the steps of the treasury building at Washington, D. C, during a war savings stamp drive. It fell all of the way down the steps and then a a sign appeared, reading, "It fell for war savings stamps; why don't you?" If it is a piece of mechaif ism it is something to marvel at; if it is a human being, it is likewise "a marvel. Those who appreciate strange and curious human beings will be at tracted to the Armstrong 10-in-l shews, where Mildred, the tall wo man, may. be seen; also TomascO, the small Aztec Indian. "The Dangers of the Underworld" is the name of an attraction where (Condoned on Pane Two, Column Three.) Husband Finds Wife b Home of Another Man and Has Both Arrested Robert Stewart, salesman, living at 1525 South Twenty-fifth street, and Mrs. Clara Steeves, 24 years old, were arrested in the Stewart home last night charged with' adultery The warrant was sworn out by Mrs. Steeves' husband of Fort Dodge. Ia. According to the police Mrs. Steeves left her home -at Fort Dodge : two months ago, tell ing her husband that she was going to Minnesota for a . va cation. They allege that she came immediately to Om,aha and has been living withStewart since that time. The arrest was made at 2 o'clock. Both are charged with adultery and are held without bonds. Germans Expound Strength Of Country In Asking Loan Buenos Aires, Sept. 25. Members of the German delegation which called on Foreign Minister Pueyrre don today and discussed the pro posed loan of $100,000;000 by Ar gentina to Germany, presented a memorandum to the foreign minis ter which dwells on the strength of the present German government and emphasizes the strong indus trial position of Germany. Negro Assaults Young Girl While Male Escort Stands By Powerless to Aid Her mi mm Black Beast First "Sticksj-up" 'Couple and Takes Their Money and Ring, Then Compels Both to Walk Into Pasture Where Ravishment Consummated, Male .. Companion Being Covered by Gun in Hands of Girl's Assailant During Attack. I The most daring negro attack on a whitrf woman ever perpetrated in Omaha occured one block south of Bancroft street near Scenic avenue in Gibson last night when an un identified black brute assaulted Miss Agnes Lobeck, 19 years old, 3228 South Second street. Millard Hoffman, 22 years old, 1923 South Thirteenth street, was compelled to stand by while the black assaulted his companion. He was powerless to go to her assist ance, being "covered" all the time by a revolver in the hands of the girl's assailant. Hoffman is employed by the Otis Elevator company. Hoifman was accompanying Miss Lobeck to her home shortly before midnight after attending a picture show. When two blocks from their destination a negro jumped from the roadside and pressing a revolver against Hoffman's back ordered him to throw up his hands. The young man surrendered what money he had in his pocket, about $16. Their assailant then turned on Miss Lobeck and ordered her to give him her ring with'a ruby set in a high Tiffany mounting. She sur rendered jj. i After robbing the- couple the ne gro forced them to walk across the road to a pasture. Keeping Hoff man covered with his gun, the ban dit ordered him to sit down and dragged his companion to a ravine a few feet away, where he assauted her. At all times during the assault he kept the gun pointed at Hoffman and frequently warned him to make no outcry or he would kill him. He then carried the. hysterical girl back to her companion and warned them to remain where they were for 10 minutes in order that he might es cape. Police were immediately notified of the outrage and Captain Vanous sent a squad of eight detectives and policemen commanded by Sergeant Samuelson; to comb Gibson and sur rounding vicinity for the negro. The South ' Side station sent out a de tail of men to assist in the search and railroad detective.s volunteered their services. ' v When the news of the assault spread about tfie small settlement at Gibson, railroad men living in the vicinity immediately began form ing small posses to avenge the girl who was extremely popular in that (Continued on Pace Two, Column Five.) SUGAR SHORTAGE TO BE RELIEVED . SOON, IS REPORT Coming on Market of Western $eet Sugar Crop to Bring Relief, Rolaph Says. - Chicago, Stpt. 25. Temporary re lief from the sugar shortage that has resulted in retailers limiting cus tomers in some instances to one pound at a time is in sight with the coming on the market of the west ern beet sugar crop, according to Henry H. Rolaph, chairman of the food administration's sugar distrib uting committee and president of the United States Sugar Manufacturers' association. "Rationing" could be eliminated by November 15, he believed. But unless the government took some further action to control the sugar market next year might see prices soaring to 15 or even 20 cents a pound to the consumer. The short age this year probably would be accentuated next year, he said. While the manufacturers were in session United States District At torney Charles F. Clyne tele graphed Attorney General Palmer urging that he endeavor to have the sugar ' equalization board take charge of the 1919 sugar crop at once. A serious shortage was threatened unless some, action be taken, Mr. CJyne said, with refin eries planning to export large quan tities. . . Mr. Rolaph pointed to the world shortage caused by the war, which stopped production in the beet-raising areas of Europe, as the prime cause of the present shortage, s Barrett to Resign New Orleans, La., Sept. 25. John Barrett, director general of the Pan American union since 1907, announc ed here he would resign at the No vember meeting of the union. PAID "GUNMEN" CHARGED WITH - TERROR REGIME Fitzpatriek, Striking Steel Workers' Committee Chair-' man, Makes Charges. -Washington, Sept, 25. Appearing ( as laoors tirst witness in the sen ate investigation of the Steel strike, Jphn Fitzpatriek of Chicago, chair man of the strikers' committee, de clared today that an agreement by the United States Steel corporation to arbitrate the differences with its ernployes would result in an imme diate end of the walkout, which, he said? now affects 340,000 men. Fitzpatrick's statement . came after a six-hour recital before the senate labor committee of the ef forts to organize the steel Workers and of the conditions which Jed up to the strike. Had E. H. Gary, chairman of the board of the steel corporation, met the workers' com mittee the men would not have walked out, Fitzpatriek. said, but an agreement for a conference now would not result in the men return ing to work. . i Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor and chairman of the first committee formed to organize the steel work ers, will be heard by the committee tomorrow. On Saturday William Z. Foster, secretary of the workers' committee, who has been charged by -Representative Cooper, republi can, Ohio, with spreading I.'W. W. propaganda, will be heard. Judge Gary is to appear next Wednesday to present the steel corporation's side of the controversy. Paints Lurid Picture. Fitzgerald painted a lurid picture of the conditions in the steel dis tricts of western Pennsylvania. He declared there was a reign of blood (Continued on Pag Two, Column Four.) Gary Breaks Long' Silence; Explains Issues in , Strike New York, Sept. 25. After be ing shown an Associated Press dis patch quoting John Fitzpatriek, di rector general of the steel strike, as saying the walkout would end immediately if the United States Steel corporation would arbitrate differences, Elbert H. Gary? direct ing head of the corporation, de clared in a statement tonight, speak ing for himself, that he believed the board of directors "cannot ne gotiate or confer with Mr. Fitz patriek or his associates." Mr. Gary was shown the dispatch while he was attending a dinner given here today by Baron Kondo, president of the Japan Mail Steam ship company, and was asked to make some comment. Breaking the silence he has maintained since the beginning of the strike, Mr. Gary wrote a statement while seated at the table and theri?" calling the newspaper men into the hall, read it to them. "The board of directors of the United States Steel corporation are the representatives of nearly 150, 000 stockholders, including from 60, 000 to 70,000 employes, said the statement. "We are their servants and are selected to represent .and protect their interests and also the interests of all our 220,000 employes, the majority of whom, I think, are not members of labor unions. Obligation to Public. "Moreover, I believe our corpora tion is under great obligations to the general public concerning the is- i sues involved in the pending strike. In these circumstances I would not at present assume to answer the question propounded to me. "However, I will say for myself that questions of moral principle cannot be arbitrated nor compro-t mised and in my opinion such ques tions are included in the present un fortunate struggle. I also think we cannot negotiate or confer with Mr. Fitzpatriek and his associates as uniort leaders concerning our em ployes, whom these gentlemen have volunteered to represent." - Mr. Gary, who was the principal speaker at the dinner, referred in his address to the brief session he had with the newspaper men. . - High Issues Involved. "My mind is somewhat perturbed by an incident which occurred dur ing the course of the dinner," he aid, and after reading the statement he had issued, continued; "Ndw you, as part of the general public, must' approve or condemn what I have been called upon to say. I can only say that you who know the issues involved, know full well that if the strike succeeds it - prob ably would be the beginning of an upheaval which, might bring upon all of us grave and serious conse quences. And you know that the questions involved in this strike, which is led by Foster, an acknowl edged revolutionist, are higher than the interests of the United States Steel corporation." IS INJURED BY BULLET Pennsylvania Authorities Take Drastic Measures to Stop Shooting at Steel Plants by. Running Guilty to Death. EACH SIDE CLAIMS EDGE IN PITTSBURGH DISTRICT Number of Plants Show Ap parent Increase of Activity About Chicago Although the Leaders Minimize Report. Farrell. Pa., - Sept. 25. Determi nation of local authorities to stop the practice ot shooting at the mills here' resulted today in the killing of a man suspected of being one of the snipers by a member of the state' police. The man was Nick Grogan or Grata. He was employed in the. Sharon Steel Hoop company until the strike began. His brother, Dan,, was injured by a bullet and anothet man was badly battered by a state -policeman for resisting arrest. . . Sniping at the American Steel and' Wire plant has been indulged in ever since the strike started. It continued' this morning md employes of thr company and state policemen located where the firing was coming from : by mesns of a surveyor's transit A squad of four crack . shots -among the state troopers advanced toward the house and arrested a man who, came running front the. place.' ,He resiste.l and was beaten- into submis sioit, it is alleged. . V r s V Fire pon Troopers. . ' . While being led away, -il 4sicj some one in the houst fired upon the troopers. Rehorts differ kk ift: . what then occurred. One version had J 11 LllAl 1.411IC UUl Willi V1IV hand behind him as if about to draw a pistol. Another, was that he was shot while watching the troopers, from around a corner of the house. Several shots Srfere fired, one killing 1 him and another hitting his brother. The shooting created much excite- ment in the borough, but it soon sub sided when state troopers prevented the gathering of crowds. This afternoon strikers held a meeting over the Ohio state line about three miles from Farrell. Mass meetings are forbidden in FarrelL (By The Associated Press.) ';. vindications last night were that the great steel strike, entering its fifth day, might prove a prolonged struggle, 'for following-a statement by John Fitzpatriek, director general of the strike, that the' walkout could be ended immediately if the United States Steel corporation would agree to arbitrate, Elbert E. Gary, director of the corporation, gave if as his per sonal op;nion that, because .of. "moral principles" involved in the ' struggle the directors could not deal with the union labor leaders. A similar stand was taken by E. G. Grace, president of the Pethlche'nj Steel company, who replying last night to demands of his 35,000 em ployes, who have threatened to strike unless granted a conference,'; refused to negotiate with the steel workers' national commitiee. Wednesday Developments. , Developments in the zone of ac tion yesterday were: 1. Pittsburgh District Neither side claimed any great gains, al though each contended the flow of labor was going its way. , V 2. Chicago district A number of plants showed an apparent increase of activity, but claims of employers ' that several thousand men had re turned were stoutly denied by strike leaders.' ' - , 3. Ohio Districtt-Industry ' has ' been almost completely paralyzed, but semi-skilled and unskilled work ers in the Mahoning Valley hava called a meeting for today to vote on return. v - v 4. Buffalo District Three unibnj of Great Lakes steamship workers voted for sympathetic strike, iv 5. Colorado District Conference last night at Pueblo between work- J ers and officials of the Colorado Fuel and Iron oempany to seek ba- sis of settlement. Yesterday was marked by "absence " of serious disorder Interest was aroused by arrival in Pittsburgh of. William J. Flynn, chief of the.bu reau of investigation of the Depart ment, of. Justice.'said to be invest!-, gating charges ' of "radicalism"-' against .strikers and 1 of "intimida- . tion" against employers. Held for Murder Chicago, Sept. 25. Lewis C, Palmer, who says Los Angeles is his home, was ordered held to th grand jury on charge of murder by a rnrnner's iurv todav in eonnptir- wun inc ucain , ui imi 5. Louise Brown of Maywood.' Mrs. Browq was found by neighbors, murdered in her bungalow in Maywood tw weeks ago. . t Palmer, against whom the police have only cercumstantial evidence was released on $15,000 boa4