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“ contested through the courts until jowe 1 report « 13 WEATHER. Hig perature t four hours 4am. | Closing New York Stocks, Page 20. he £h WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ered post o seco! 27,856. nd-class matter WAGE ARBITRATION FOR D. C. REJECTED BY COMMISSIONERS Cannot Delegate Their Own Powers, Their Reply to Labor Conciliators. “CHARGED UNDER LAW PLOT TO MUL Howard FE. Figg. special assistant to the Attorney General in the en- forcement of the Lever law agains Profiteering, charged today that manufacturers and jobbers of wear- ing appare} were attempting, through carefully prepared propaganda, “to stampede retailers and the public into renewed fictitious demand” for cloth- and thereby force prices higher. WITH RESPONSIBILITIES” Plan for Selection of Referees Had Been Accepted by Head of City Employes. A suggestion to arbitrate the con- froversy between the Commissioners of the District and the City Employes’ Association, whose president, Joseph H. Hurley, claims that 2,400 per diem ‘workers of the District in the water, Sewerage and garbage departments will walk out by Tuesday night, tying up the systems, unless settle- ment is made, was turned down to- day by the Commissioners. In addition, it was pointed out by legal experts at the District building that thirty years ago the Supreme Court of the United States decided that the Commissioners were not al- lowed to arbitrate’ matters affecting congressional appropriations. The case involved was the arbitration of a street paving contract, and it was the final decision was made upon it by the Supreme Court. Conciliation Board Letter. A letter from the Department of bor board of conciliation, com! of Acting Secretary Roland B. Ma- hany, John B. Colpoys and Walter D. Davidge, was presented to the board of Commissioners early this after- noon. The letter read “The suggestion is made, which we heartily indorse, that the controversy he Department of Justice,” said Mr. Figg, fully advised of the several phases of this carefully planned campaign, and it only re~ mains to fix personal responsibility before applying the criminal provi- sions of the Lever law. = In a formal statement Mr. Figz: charged that the manufacturers and jobbers were circulating propaganda “similar to that used to mulet the public during the recent speculative conditions.” lative market.” Mr. Figg “This spe continued, “toppled by its own weight WASHINGTON, D. CT PUBLIC | IN CLOTHING DEAL BARED Manufacturers Creating “Fictitious Demand” To Force Prices Higher, Figg Says. Closing of Mills Propaganda. last spring when the public refused to or could not buy at the uncon- ionable prices asked for wearing apparel. VManufacturers and jobbers are even going to the length of ‘guaran-/ | teeing’ the retail trade against a de ining market,” Mr. Figs sald. “These ‘guarantees’ are being given very generally and seemingly in |furtherance of a concerted plan, de- |spite the wording of the Lever law | fixing severe penalties for conspiracy ito exact excessive prices for any | necessaries.” Mr. Figg called attention to in- | stances where mills have been closed | for the season, he charged, or justify- | ing market conditions on the plea of underproduction. “The closing of mills is in turn Mr. Figg asserted. “The “retailer is then being threatened with further curtailment and higher prices if he does not accept goods and order on the present market.” PROPOSED RAISE IN RATES TOPIC AT ELECTRIC HEARING Power Company Head Ex- plains Reasons for Need of More Revenue. ‘The Potomac Electric Power Com- pany will require additionah revenue amounting to $650,000 to give it a 7 per now in progress regarding the wage | cent return on the valuation placed upon genie of thee air seanhores Ue reteset | stn. swaperticn. by. the Public Utilitics rtoa ard of arbitration, to com- posed of three reputable citizens of | Commission, it was disclosed today at the District of Columbia, none of them | hearing before the commission in which connected with the District govern-/| representatives of the company urged ment or having membership in the employes’ association. This board to| thelr right to seek higher rates for the be selected in the following manner: | company’s product. One member nominated by the Dis-| Vice President Bowen gave this in- trict Commissioners, one member rominated by the employes’ associa- tion and the third to be selected by the two thus nominated. The de- cision of these arbitrators to be bind- ing and their report to be handed-in by Tuesday night.” _ City Employes’ Head revenue amounting to $750,000 to give it a return of 8 per cent, and that it ‘was the purpose of the-company to ask «|: Jt wae disclosed glso that the com- put “it will’be the d roads acne neler et, Sey gmpioy es’ | pany ould seek to obtain permission |to ‘haut it tb ue gees eat oe eee: ‘Assséiat ‘was ito charge’the consumers in schedules | people do not get” ie | eee are later placed before the District Com-| 4 pc, the seme. raten, sey. finned, “tt will not am umes ae were cl prior to order 223 velty. sgt “was abt of |and ¢ “The Commissioners. of the District | by the ~cénmil which is how the} > fad of Columbia, are charged under the law with certain duties and _respon- sibilities which they cannot delegate. To agree in advance to abide by an award of a board of arbitration affect- ing the iture of public funds would be to attempt an improper and illegal delegation ofthe powers of the Commissioners. Fer . that reason, mt on the part’of the Commis- joners to any scheme for arbitration of the wage scale is impossible.” Reply to Commissioners. Mr. Mahany, Mr. Colpoys and Mr. Davidge, at the Department of Labor this morning, authorized the follow- ing reply to assertions of the District Commissioners: “The proof of the Commissioners’ agreement that the wage scale of the mavy yard should be the standard for the per diem employes of the District is shown by the fact that two years ago, immediatély on the conclusion of negotiations to this end, that wage scale was at once put into operation | by Commissioners Brownlow and Knight; that on the Ist of July, 1919, when the navy yard scale was reduced by the elimination of the subject of .¢ court injunction, and a 20 per cent for street it~ ing, in addition ‘to the proposéd coal clause on the consumers of schedule E, the ercial consumers. ‘The hearing this’ morning was given over in large part.to a legal argu- ment as to whether the commission had:@ right to go-ahead with the con- wide _of the proposals of the any, in view°of the court injunc- either the company or the ion first seeks 3 modification injunction. . Pretest for Citizens. W. McK. Clayton, representing the Federation of Citizens’ Assoviations, protested that the amended petition filed by the power company. did not | specify just what increases were to be made on the consuming public, if the commission should accept the [view of the company, and that under the law’ the public was entitled 3o such notice, so that it could be reé resented, if it desired, before the com- mission at the hearings. The commission took a recess until 3 o'clock, when jit ‘will decide what tion; col of that $120 bonus, the Commissioness again applied this standard to the per diem employes and reduced their wages to that degree. And the Commissioners | whe thus confirmed the existence of | the-mavy yard wage scale as an adopt- ed dard were Louis Brownlow and Charles W. Kutz. The acts of the Commissioners are conclusive, without the necessity of any words! upon the subject.” Although the offer for arbitration was decided upon Saturday night, following the meeting of the city em- ployes, the formal shaping of the official letter did not take place until today at a conference between the three conciliators. It is regarded as their final step in the matter. In accepting the arbitration as a solution of the controversy, President Hurley of the City Employes’ Asso- ciation today said: We are perfectly willing to place the matter before a reputable board of arbitration as suggested. This would coincide with the principles by which We abide. The suggestion is satisfactory, and we are willing to co-operate and pledge ourselves to be bound by the decisio: Tomorrow Night's Meeting. This will bring the controversy to aj head at tomorrow night's meeting of the city employes. At that time, un- less some action is taken within the! next thiry-six hours, a vote will’ be taken for a strike. Officials of the as- Sociation declare that such a strike will cripple the water and sewerage departments of the District and will paralyze other departments depend- ent upon day labor, including the sur- face and highway departments, the garbage and disposal departments, trees and parking department, the re- pair shops and other minor systems. The Commissioners last night issued a statement in which they charge that the utterances by Mr. Mahany of the Department of Labor before’ the meeting of city employes Saturday night, regarding the breaking of ! | faith by the Commissioners with the: employes, Mr. was “‘unqualifiedly Mahaney and other members of board of conciliation today au- zed a reply to this stater, : e status of the controversy now follows: Tuesday night false."* 3 is for a showdown. Since a week aso Saturday night the city has peen faced with a threat to strike and to tie up the systems of public conven- ience. The Commissioners’ stand in the matter is that sihce the estab- lishment of a municipal wage board, they are not bound to adhere solely to the navy yard scale as a basis for District per diem pay. The navy yard seule, since July 1, grants an increase of 7€ cents per day to per diem labor- ers. The wage board of the District authorized an increase amounting on an average to 40 cents per day to the sar class of labor. je The City Employes’ Association holds that the navy yard scale must be rigidly adhered to, basing the claim upon the statement of the late Brig. Gen. Knight made two years ago while Engitfeer Commissioner, and on later statements of Commission- ers Kutz and Brownlow. To the question: “Why do you not abide by the navy yard wage scale?” the Commissioners _ rep ith an- ~~ (Continued on Page 2, Columa 1). the procedure shall be. It appeared likely that the commission would re- quire the company to amend its peti- tion, stating just what intreasées in rates were requested, and would set a date several days away for the opening of the hearings. Asks About Injunction. At the outset of the hearing today, Corporation Counsel Francis H. Steph- ens, on behalf of the commission, asked the representatives of the company now the proposed proceedings would affect or be affected by the injunction issued by Justice Gould of the District Supreme Court, which prevents the enforcement of the commission's orders fixing tho valuation of the company and the rates to be charged, the injunction having been issued in August, 1917. Under this injunction, the old rates.charged by the company ‘continue, but there is im- pounded the difference between those rates and the rates ordered by the com- mission, so that if the courts finally up- hold the commission, the difference may- be returned to the consumers. Vice President Bowen of the power company Teplied that he considered the commission had full power to go ahead with this investigation into the rates | which should be charged, and that the company would go to the court if neces- sary to ask that the injunction be modi- fied later. “We hold that the commission is not enjoined from increasing the rates, but ‘that it is enjoined from reducing the ; he rates ir accordance with order said. Counsel Presents Amendment. When Mr. Clayton raised the objection that the petition of the company was not specific as to rate increases asked, O. RB. Yellott of counsel for the com- pany presented an amendment to the petition setting forth the increases re- ferred to. But Mr. Clayton contended that this was not sufficiently specific and that the public should be given full in- formation and time in which to appear. J. Morrill Chamberlin, _ general counsel for the Washington Steel and Ordnance Company, and G Thomas Dunlop, representing the Terminal Taxicab Company, schedule E_ con- sumers, agree that the public should be given full information with regard to the increases in rates urged by the company. They said they were not present to interpose technicalities to prevent a hearing, but were there to see that if an increase was warranted it should be equitably distributed, and should ‘not fall entirely upon’ the schedule E consumers, as was in- tended in the original petition filed by the company,-and which had been amended after a former hearing. SPANISH LABOR FOR OHIO. Thousands From Rio Tinto Mines Discouraged by Strike. NERJA, Spain, July 31.—More than three thousand of the best traction hands, engineers and other.important workers of the Rio Tinto mines, near here, have left Spain since the out- break of the strike there, a large number going to Canton, Ohio. Living conditions have become so bad that the municipality and private societies are distributing food to fam- ilies of strkera, : ie COAL MINERS OBEY “GO BACK TO WORK” ORDER OF LEADERS Workings Closed During Strike Reopen—Call for Cars Renewed. By the Associated Press. (DIANAPOLIS, Ind., August 2.— Bituminous coal mines in Indiana and Wlinois closed last week because of a strike of day men were being reopened today, according to a statement issued from headquarters of the United Mine ‘Workers of America this morning. Ellis Searles, editor of the United Mine Workers’ journal, said a majority of the men had gone back to work in re- however, before the mines would be Operating at full strength. Produce all the coal the country needs, Anxiety Is Lessened. Reports ftom the Dicknell field, the largest in Indiana, indicated that all the mines were working. , What delay ‘was reported was due to. the locals not recelving: the work order in time to make it effective today, it was said. The miner leaders made No state- ment when informed that F; = rington, president of the Iilinols iss trict, had issued an’ order directing the men in that district to return to work in compliance with President. Wilson’s telegram, without waiting for instructions from national head- quarters, Mr. Lewis earlier in the day sent Mr. Farrington a telegram demanding his co-operation in getting the Illinois strikers back to work. Anxiety has been lessened to a great degree among the industrial concerns of Indiana. Several large industries had been forced to close down com- pletely owing to their inability to get coal. Many others reported they had but a small supply on hand. It will be several days before the strain is lifted from the situation, however, as many coal cars of the indiana district e been assigned to other fiel affected by the strike. et as Return Slowly in Illinois. SPRINGFIELD, IIL, August Striking coal miners” in IMinois are returning to work slowly. Of the twenty-nine mines in this county. only six were able to resume work today, and only two of these, It was reporte, ry the operators, i any coal today. ee als Both miners’ officials and operators said they expected a return to Production. by Friday. neers The two-week strike, the o; ale, {ad improved the car shortage uation, and nearly all welt suppied ly all mines were e first day of work will be de- voted to putting the mines in order after the strike, so that actual hoist- ing of coal will be delayed in nearly all mines until tomorrow. Jury to Investigate. CHICAGO, August 2.—Judge Robert E. Créwe, chief justice of the criminal court, directed the August grand jury today to investigate the coal famine which threatens Chicago and determine whether or not any persons, firms or corporations in Cook county are en- gaged in a criminal conspiracy to bring about a coal shortage for the purpose of manipulating the price. Calder Asks Restrictions. Restrictions amounting to an em- bargo on export coal, with a reduc- tion in the rates for shipment by rail to New ‘England, are suggested to the Interstate Commerce Commission as steps toward alleviating a reported fuel shortage, by Senator William M. Calder, chairman of the Senate com- mittee on reconstruction and produc- tion. Senator Calder believes an embargo on coal for export would release coal cars for use to serve domestic sources of demand. Such curtailment, he states, ‘would reduce the price of coal in this country, would relieve the do- mestic shortage of coal and would release cars for general industry.” In conclusion, Senator Calder invites members of the Interstate Commerce Commission to appear before his com- mittee to clear up the “issues at pres- ent in doubt.” HALT COAL ORGANIZATION Committee to Prevent Shortage Canecls Meeting. NEW YORK, August 2.—Organiza- tion of a committee of New York coal dealers to co-operate in averting a possible winter fuel shortagé and to defeat profiteering has been indefi- nitely postponed, according to a tele-| gram received today from the office of Attorney General Palmer in Wash- |’ ington. The second meeting of a group of representative leaders in the coal trade planned for this afternoon con- sequently was canceled. No reason was given for the postponement and no date announced for the next meet- ing. being used in the price propaganda,” | MONDAY. ‘SMALL INCREASES IN PRICES FROM FREIGHT BOOSTS ‘Equally Distributed, Rate In- | crease Would Cost Each Man Dollar Week. Washington consumers may rest assured that increased freight rates not increase appreciably the pres- ent price of their groceries. It is estimated that if the higher rates were borne equally by every man, woman and child in the United States, the per capita share in Washington would be approximately $13 a year. But the bill of $1,400,000,000 which |the public must pay to assure the car- tiers their annual 6 per cent return jon their invested property and grant their employes higher pay will not be borne equally. The men of voting age, for the most part, will “foot the bill.” A rough estimate of the per capita share, divided among the men| of voting age, is $52 annually. Fifty-two dollars yearly, distributed ver as many weeks, means a rough increase of a dollar a week. But this will not be borne equally. While Mr. Jones, who travels a great deal, will find his weekly expense budget jump- ing at an alarming rate, his neighbor, Mr. Smith, may find it hard to dis- cover any appreciable increase in his weekly grocery bill. Increased freight rates, distributed among the thousand and one things shipped by freight, will amount to very little to the average consumer, provided he pays the increase deter- mined by the Interstate Commerce Commission. But the trouble is, ac- cording to economists and the dealers in household commodities themselves, the average consumer, before the bill is paid, may contribute several times the amount asked by the railroads. Among Lowest Expense Items. Freight rates comprise one of the lowest expenses connected with the maintenance of an average wholesale grocery store. This statement was made by a well known dealer here to- Gay, who showed The Star his freight expense last year, amounting to little more than $2,100. This same dealer said that when the timé came to raise the rates on freight.he would calcu- late the total of his increased expense therefrom. This total, he said, which will amount to a few hundred dollars, will be distributed among his commodities, so that their sale will bring him what is needed to meet the higher expense. Consumers may rest assured that the increased freight rates are-not going to legitimately boost the price Mr. Searles said the mimers would |&rocer abides strictly by the margin the. fault of the| based. of the present’ selling marked’ today’s’ New” York ‘stock market. Other financial news. a a et eh of his groceries appreciably, If his of profit he now considers fair, the ening Star. | Roane ited + paper and al All right CT || Member of the Associated Press sof y AUGUST 2, 1920—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. WISEACRES SAY COX SPEECH WILL GAIN WHITE HOUSE 0. . Week’s Live Politics Also Will Include N. Y. Demo- cratic Proceedings. BY N. 0. MESSENGER. Important political events, national and state, are scheduled for this week. Candidate Cox, in his speech next higher. price will not.cause a. great deal of damage tg .the: customer's ctted-ex: t tates ington house- Suppose your dealer buys his coffee from Philadelphia. The rate is 244 cents per 100 pounds. The propos increase is 40 per cent. The new rate would be 34 and a fraction cents per 100 pounds. This should be reflected in an increase of $ mills per pound. A Few Examples. Potatoes shipped here from North Caroina cost the dealer 56% cents per barrel for freight charges. Southern rate increases, which. will apply in this case, are 25 per cent. This will mean a rate of 70% cents per barrel, the increase being 4 little more than 14 cents per barrel. There are two and one-half bushels of potatoes in a bar- rel. Potatoes, therefore, might _in- crease a fraction over 6 cents a bushel. Butter, costing 65 cents a pound re- tail, is shipped here from Wisconsin at a freight rate of $1.48% per tub of 100 pounds. In figuring the increase (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) FIVE GERMAN PRIZE” | SHIPS DUE IN NEW YORK. Vessels Allocated to U. 8; ‘Will Be Used for Experimental Purposes. NEW YORK, August 2.—The hulks of five former German warships al- located to the United States for ex- perimentation and to be destroyed within.one year. were due to arrive in New York harbor today. They will be anchored for two weeks in the Hudgoy river. and will be open for public Sepection. Four of the: war craft took an ac- tiye part in the battle of Jutland. Only one, the dreadnaught Ostfries- land, was able to cross the ocean from Brest, France, under her own power. The .others, including the cruiser Frankfort and three destroyers, were towed. They were brought over un- ider‘the command of Capt. Julius F. Hellweg, U.S. N. After remaining in the Hudson for two weeks. the Frankfort and the three destroyers will be taken to Newport News, Va., and then the Ost- friesland probably will be taken for a tour of the Atlantic and Pacific ports, en OS Today’sNews _ In Paragraphs Potomac Electric Power Company,’ ex- plans at hearing need for more ‘rev-¢ enue: Pag Commissioners reject proposal to arbi trate wage controversy. Page 1 Loose play appears in both republican: and democratic camps. Page 1 Politicians expect Cox speech to be ap- proved. by President. Page 1 Petty profiteers, not freight rate in-| crease, will boost ‘ood prices. Page 1 Miners obey order to return to work. Page 1 ds batter way nearer to Warsaw. Page 1 | Figg bares plot to mulct public in cloth- ing propaganda. Page 1 Democratic campaign plans will take final shape quickly after Cox makes acceptance speech, _ Page. 2 Plans for nation-wide Campaign for re- classification will be reconsidered by federal employes tomorrow night. Page 2 car, Page 2) Experts take up task of-raising railroad rates; : Page'4 Retis believed threatening Warsaw as bluff to force armistice and easy peace sts. They may bo.” gh estimate of héw: the rates will effect Washji keepers. i | Re ‘Three hurt as auto hits streét terms. ‘Page +12 Lcantu will fight central Mexican gov- ‘etnment, says official. ~ ‘Page 13 Ji: Frank Hanby killed in Ohio when §\'freight train hits automobile. Page 15 Ponzi, claiming money a-plenty, is stili’ ying off investors forming’ in long fines. Page 1 ‘tee | bot ttrom their ‘section. ‘tion waged Saturday accepting, the presidential nomination, will set the pace for the (tie---national.-campaign and elucidate his position on the league of EGON Taarout hole. samen fof the moment all other considéra- tions of national politics, = f The New York democratic state con- vention will be held at Saratoga, to récommend’ to the primaries 2 candi- date for governor, one for United States senator and to take up or side- step, as the case may be, the near- wet or dry issue. New York politics always rank a close second in im- portarice to national politics. . For, fortnight there has been un- bridled. speculation and gossip over the prospective pronouncement of Gov. Cox.on the league of nations. The republicans have been having ng end of enjoyment contemplating, as they see it, having Gov. Cox “in a tight place” in co-ordinating his known views on reservations with President Wilson's. The democrats in the past few days have chirped up a dit, and say that when Gov. Cox speaks the republicans “‘may laugh on thé other side of the fate.” | ‘a Clash Would Be Fatal. e Wiseacres among the politicians of camps are predicting that those who expect a clash between the candi- @ate and the President will be disap- pointed.- As they figure it, it is un- thinkable, politically, that such an out- come can happen. They ,argue that it. ywould be: fatal to democratic prospects for the candidate to throw over the President and thé national platform and take a position af his own choosing on the league of nations, different from that established by the democratic national convention—which: was also the Presi- dent's. : “What they expect to see is this: That Gov. Cox will find in his prolific lexicon words describing his views on the league which will be susceptible of interpreta- tion by that master of the English language, Woodrow Wilson, satisfactory to himself, and: that a ringing -letter of indorsement from the White House will iqmediately follow the: candidate's pronotincement, pe ‘Once that is done, the practfcal poli- ticians look forward to seeing the rank and file of the democratic voters, svho, in their opinion, are not very much ex- ercised over the league of nations, ary- way, considering the alleged differences between the President and the candidate as a closed incident, and going ahead with the big thing nearest their heart— winning a victory and securing the offices. Advices From Saratoga. Pre-convention advices from Sara- toga throw a light upon the situation which will be presented at the demo- cratic convention tomorrow. Assum- ing that Gov. Smith will be renomi- nated, main interest attaches to the recommendation for the United States Senatorship, and to action or silence on the near-wet question. Gov. Smith Gna Charles F. Murphy, boss of Tam- many, are the dominating. figures in the-convention and whatever they de- ‘will be done. ide -upo! “Oppositton has developed to the pro- pon *trecommendation ‘of Robert sing, former. ‘Secretary of» State, san eunited States @pnatorship, on the ground that it might be construed as a gratuitous affront to President Wilson, and the New York democrats consider President Wilson still a ‘fig- ure to be reckoned-with in the senti- ment of the democrats of the state, ‘Bainbridge Colby is mentioned as‘a possibility. handicapped, however, by the fact that he hails from Manhat- tan and the up-state democrats are Gemanding selection of a candidate Henry Morgen- thau, William -Church Osborn and James B. Haven are “also mentioned” 4n connection with the senatorship. ‘The importance of ‘the: senatorial candidacy is due to the consideration that a large section of ‘the woman voters of New yor, including repub- licans, has declared war ‘on Sene: ‘Wadsworth, who is up for re-election, and the demgcrats, by putting up a notably strong man, hope to*win that seat. in the Senate. “Near,Wet Question. * On the near-Wet question’ the faith. ful Roti themselves in ‘a “huandary. Last February the ‘democrats, in con- tion at Albany, adopted a -plank “wet as’ the Atlantic ocean. At in. Francisep fhe New York delega- aivigorous figat for a near-wet plank, but: were: bowled over, even though with sighs oftre- gret’from many of those did. it. Murphy and ‘the de! seele, ym the big cities want’a, tion: now UNIVERSAL Pence in Paris A YEAR AND AHALF AGO'Z a MIRTHFUL. MARS MANILA DRIFTING TO MARTIAL LAW, DUE TO STRIKE Filipino Workers on Newspapers Lead U.S. Lockout. Ry Cal to The Star and Chicago Dally News. Copyright, 1920. MANILLA, P. I., August 2.—‘“Condi- tions are drifting rapidly toward mar- tial law, and it may come in Manila within two weeks,” said’an American in close touch with the Philippine leaders today. The walkout of the Filipino employes of _ the the latter's opposition to the imme- diate independence of the islands was followed by e sundayt the native canteen of other can concerns would not appear’ for work today. e " Among these forced. to pease operat ing was Walter abisba 10 ks tha ‘jowner of cigar factories is,one of the largest employers of skilled Filipino labor in.the islands. Seis The strikers declare that they have no grievance or any knowledge about wages or working conditions, but that they are simply obeying’ the orders of their leaders. Their plans~ contem- Plate the closing of the business of every employer snember of the Amer- ican Cfiamber of Commerce, which in- cludes practically all. the Americans having interests in the’ islands. Aside from some sabotage and in- jury to the machinery in the newspa- per plants no other acts of violence have occurred. The situation, how- ever, is tense and trouble is. antici- pated when the increasing number of strikers appear on the street and -un- der the influence of hunger are in- flamed by the harangues of Manuel E. Quezon's lieutenants. Though it has repeatedly been claimed that a cer- tain other country is propagating the anti-American movement through ; Quezon, there is nothing to prove the truth of the report, ‘Strike Is Spreading. SILA, August 2 (by the Associated —The strike of linotype oper- ators, which began Friday as a protest against published assertions in the three American newspapers here that the Filipinos were not ready for-independ- ence, spread today, the entire mechan- ical force and most'of the Filipino mem- bers’ of the editorial staffs \of these papers. walking out. = ; As a result of the strike no Sunday morning issue of. the Times was printed, while the Bulletin and Cable News-American appeared in abbre- viated form. They were published with the assistance of American sol- diers ‘and civilians. . », ee Beginning Tuesday the three Ameri- can journals will print one commu- nity paper, it was announced. * Employes in a number of industries have announced. their intention ‘of striking in sympathy. with the Fili- pino printers and newspaper men. PANIC ON: FERRYBOAT.. Motor Explodes and Frightenea Passengers Are Transferred. «NEW YORK, August 2—A panic to- day followed explosion. of a motor truck aboard the Erie railroad ferry- | boat Jamestown, bound from Jersey for Manhattan. As:the wooden fioor- ing of the sté¢l craft blazed up, horses began -to-Kicksand many pas- sengers donned life preservers as the captain sounded a djstress signal and | thé crew manned fire hoses. The fer- ryboat Ithaca came™ alongside and passengers were transferred across a gangplank. The fire was soon extin- guished. = for light wines and beers, but the canny old up-state demoerats wag their beards in dissent, as they vision the farmer and the church vote. Likewise, the democrats in the con- vention: will have before them the aetion of the republicans in their state cghvention, last week, “passing ‘up”, the .wet-and-dry question on the score that the: Suprema Court's ;de- feision . upholding the YVolstead "act makes prohibitfon no longer an issue. ‘he committee on resolutions will probably be controlled by’ Murphy, but that chieftain is exhibiting a broad disposition to give attention to { | | BOTH PARTIES FIND LOOSE PLAY MARS EARLY SCRIMMAGE Teamwork Lacking in Some Instances as Candidates Enter Struggle. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 2.— Teamwork is hardly to be expected at this early stage of the national cam- English | paign—teamwork between the candi- language newspapers: on account Of | dates and their respective managers— but nevertheless there are some glar- ing examp! of loose play in : ‘nd iaemocratic | Qn the seme day, for instance,-that Candidate Harding authorizes a state- ment: calling the democrats to task for being willing to accept contribu- tions of more than $1,000 and. hinting at some invisible, gods of. wealth, the treasurer, of the republican national committee, Fred W. Upham of Chicago, publicly expresses the fear that the plans of the. republicans may have to be changed before the campaign is over and contributions in -excess of $1,000 be- acyepted. Turn, then, to the democratic camp. A few’ weeks ago. Candidate Cox things over and statements were issued by both saying a perfect understanding had been reached. A few days later Homer Cummings, retiring chairman of the democratic national committee, vis- its Washington and the President spends an hour with him. Two days later comes George White, the new chairman of the democratic na-| tional committce, who is bombarded by the reporters and naively “iets loose a hastened to the White House and talked | REDS BATTER WAY NEARER TO POLISH CAPITAL ON NAREW |Hot Fighting Northeast of Warsaw Pushes Defend- ers Farther Back. [BREET STOVER FORTS | SAID TO HAVE FALLEN | World in Darkness as to Result of Preliminary Meetings of Peace Negotiators. served an ultimatum upon soviet Russia, giving that govern- ment three days to withdraw its | treops from Rumani: rritory, according to a Belgrade dispatch received here today. In the event of Russia's fail to comply, it ix ed, Ri in will declare » general mobilization. | LONDON, August 2—Hot figgting | along the River Narew, in the region |northeast of Warsaw, is reported in Sunday's official soviet communique received by wireless from Moscow to- day. A crossing of the river at one point by the bolsheviki is announced, and progress against the Poles fur- ther to the southeast, in the Bielsk region, is claimed. The soviet cav- airy also is reported pressing in northeast of Lemberg. The statement reads: “In the Lomza. region fighting is continuing for the fords of the River Narew. West of Bialystok the soviet troops have crossed the Narew and are continuing the pursuit of the enemy. West of Bielsk our troops de- bouched at the line of the River Nu- retz (Nurzac), forcing it at several points. “In the region of Brody our cavalry has advanced as a result of fighting north of Busk. (Busk is forty-five miles northeast of Lemberg.) “In the Chertkoff region our advance is continuin: The fortress of Brest-Litovsk, the stronghold, 110 miles east of Warsaw on the boundary of Poland proper, is reported to have been captured by the Russians, according to a wireless dis- | patch from Berlin. Z Poles Offered Little Resistence. The reports, says the Berlin message, came from castern Germany, and de- clared that Brest-Litovsk had been taken by the bolsheviki, after only slight resistance from the Poles and that the | soviet forces were continuing their ad | Warsaw and Lemberg. Up | to afternoon nothing had ar- rived -in official, British’ or Polish quar- ters in London to indicate definitely whether the Russian and Polish armis- tice emissaries had actually come into | contact. | The British foreign office is pressing | all its representatives in that part of the. | world for any scrap of news as to what is going on, but so far Without result. By the Associated Press | VIENNA, August “2.—Rumania | has |. PARIS, August 2.—Polish plenipoten- tiaries appointed to negotiate an armis- tice agreement with representatives of the Russian bolshevik government, have jarrived at Baranovitchi, where the | armistice conference will be held, acs | cording to advices received here from, Warsaw. . * “Reds” Nearer to Warsaw. | PARIS, August 2.—The* | soviet army “is now within miles of Warsaw. — It has captul xa, which is just that distance n | of the Polish capital, and the townsvof Kolno and S: yn, near the German border in the Lomza region. In spite of these and other bolshe- viki_ successes, the military experts of the Anglo-French mission in Po- land, are reported to be optimistic, be- Lom.” few-wentences, to the effect. that there | cause of the remarkable stiffening in is no. “ironciad agreement” between | the resistance of the Polish northern President Wilson and Candidate Cox on | army under Gen. Haller. S campaign issues, and that considerable, The chief concern of the experts, — “elasticity” is. possible. in interpreting | isthe position of the fourth Polisit the obligations of the Cox-Wilson con-| army, defending Brest-Litovsk, but’ ference. ; Polish advices declare the pressure ‘Then George doesn’ itation | upon that army. will be relieved shoi to tee White Haman, eigtah invitation | PPD the Polish counter offensive ignoring the unwisdom.of Mr.. White's | Which is being directed northeaatwargy” remarks, takes him to ‘task and keeps | from. the region of Brody, northe x | . om 3 Merely Doing Own Thinking. The truth of the matter is that Mr. ‘White was not trying.to, give an im- pressidn of divergence between ‘the! views of the President and ‘those of Gov. .Cox; ‘but to emphasize that the democgatie nominee is the leader of the party.and is doing his own think- ing, ‘and: that such of his views as may,-square With the President’s are the result-of- conviction and not “po litical coercion. ‘ 5 The -Whité House is a ‘good deal more.touchy about these things than is necessary” in» a” political campaign, as will be clearly demonstrated when the speech of aéceptance’ written by Gov. Cox is made public. The wise thing, from the viewpojnt. of party harmony and strategy, would have been’ to warmly welcome George White just the same, and thus keep political foes from taking advantage as they did of apparent friction. Managers are already causing com- ment. The determination to keep a candidate tied to the front porch has Deen severely criticised. One repub- lican national committeeman of long that he didn’t believe Hard- pees win if he stayed on the front porch. » ‘Temporary Compromise. ‘ The movement.to, get, the, candidate out on the stump has resulted ins temporary compromise. | Chairman Hays decided-to let Senator Harding the list: S Unquestionably ‘there would have been a change of plan: Mr. Harding wouJd have been per- mitted by his ‘campajgn\ committee -to make an exténded: jour -except. for. fear of .the ‘thunts'.of the democrats who, it was ciaim they a driven Harding from | Poland’s independence, experience in politics told the writer | soones. and | ught, might gleefully |e 2 him outside the precincts of the presi- | Of Lembere- <3 ae i : "A large number of ships are arrives premrcne ae ing at Danzig daily from French, nay | British ports with monitions, are lea to the Polish word received. here. | joading system has been o: \the allied experts. French, | and Polish workers arp laboring sige [by side without interferetice, it is dé=p felared. z ; 3 | Peuce Hopes Doubtful, a |_ WARSAW, August 1 (4 ‘pim.).— {Doubt was expre today in, diplo- matic circles here as to whether” 2) [agreement for an armistice would | come out of the negotiations between lthe Polish and soviet emissaries at | Baranovitchi. It was thought the igoviet authorities were likely to in- | sist upon terms too severe for the Poles to accept. \“"The Polish delegates carried with linem into the Russian lines a portable wireless outfit, which they intended to use for communication with Warsaw. Officials said thi front,, according to: An efficient uh- anized Brit x i j vt ‘ore eg in 1916. The tactics of the republican | D@30q from. he emissaries representing Poland | have been instructed not to concelle any points that might endanger according. to Vice Premier _ an interview with Daszynski, which today’s newspapers. Prem on in various quarters that | soviets would insist upon the estab’ \@ishment of a sov n "Poland before even granting armistice, but the. Polish emissary | Will make no concessions whieh wodkd [permit the soviets to iftterfere wit jor affairs of Poland: as us It had been in-) * ‘< ap! talk in the big cities—New ‘York: Chi- | the, jnter' vise or= cago, Boston: There is serious talkof |" olish, ‘Ationstes 800 ade. oabers addingDenver and. San. Francisao to |ere ht peovide for the di as | which mig! y i Polan@ in any way> 7 Pee eardine the national frontier, the» laelegates ure-instructed- not to con= cedetany conditions changing Premier Liogd George's line of demarkatign. while in the case-of-eastern Gi 4! ia ‘boundary is -tg -be decided, it. is according: to the ling held by when the armigtice be- 4 *gr00) the advice of the upstate democrats, | Cian er arch. . Fy = = Seeciiah oot 5 Seek Women’s Votes. ‘The ‘more . thoughtful’ leaders, who |" Ty '¢ From Negotiajors. ‘The convention, it is preficted'in the |anow that campaigns aré not by |"; Noi Meswnm card. Sn hi reports; wil niake™ anétier play forPtaunts, would welcome even now a| Nothing has been -heard up-to this ithe woman Vote by recommending 2 womah for either ‘sécretary of state or state treasurer.” It is said“also, that, 6. ‘custom “which prevailed. beforé| WS: Gar ‘win’ be" fe-established of placing some hyphemlated candidates on the ticket: KS “Gov. Smith has announéed that the opvention will ‘take a=strong stand ‘on the retention of the primary sys- teni. .The republicans by inference, though not downright declaration, ari @isposed to a return to the old con- vention ‘system. The democrats be- lieve the primaries to be popul: the. people and propose ‘to. inet ncoreementy: fay, Up frank reversal of,plan so that’the re- ‘publican candidate, who is a splendid | mixer and makes a fine impréssion when he mingles ‘with the. ‘crowd, might see more-of the eleatérate. “The front-porch campaign was orig- | sed ti Ine ind infinitely. damage will not be done by front-porch publicity. This is always the work of a group of press gents who see to it that a’ constant -cal<yisitors and who have already (Continued ‘on, Page 2, Column 2.) ar with | flow of views proceeds from the politi- | Polish autemobilés bore the the -Polisk ‘armistice ne- up in the darkness withib the’ Rus- sian lines at 9 o'clock Friday night. ‘While the crossing of no man’s, land ‘was arrangéd to take place ‘af 8'p.m., inally championed because it was sup- | was an hour's delay due to a jeep the candidate from say- themnderstanding in signats, owing t things on the stump, ito the difference in timerkept by the but it is-a serious question "whether iyo armies. THe Poles weré obviously Ugitated by» the walt imposed upox them. fs The. crossing wat made in a quict oF, in the fegion of Kobryn. — tais- saries, ‘The cars carried white 1 A ne et government ing ea being unloaded rapidly and rush- te zB a published -iré . - ~