Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 26, 1919, Page 1

VOL. LXI—NO. 230 NORWICH, CONN., * FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1919 12 PAGES—88 COLSs. PRICE TWO CENTS Indications last night were that the might prove a prolonged struggle, director general that the walkoutheould be ended mmediately if the United States Steel orporation would agree to arbitrate, directing hehd of the as his personal “moral prin- in_ the struggle, ctors couid not deal with the union labor leaders. A similar stand was taken by E. G Bethichem el company. who replving last night demands o~ his 35,000 emploves, whe ave threatened to strike unless srant- refused to negotiate national com- because of e steel workers’ Developments in the zone of action vesterday were Pittsburgh District—Neither side laimed any sreat zains. although each ontended the flow of labor was going Chicago District—A number of piants showed an apparent increase of activity. but claims of emplovers that thousand men had returned were stoutly denied by strike leaders. Ohio District—Industry has been almost completely paralyzed, but skill- ed and semi-skilled workers Mahening valley have called 2 meeting for today to vote on return. Buffalo District—Three unions of Great Lakes steamship workers voted for_sympathetic strike. District—Conference Pueblo between workers and officials of the Colorado ané Iron company to seek basis of_settiement. Testerday was marked by absence of . Interest was aroused br arrival in Pittsburgh of William J. chief of the bureau of investi- ion of the department of justice, 4 to be investigating charges radicalism” against “ntimidation” azainst employers, held last night serious disorder. strikers and of BOTH SIDES REMAIN FIRM IN STEEL STRIKE —Deveiopments sburgh district maintained ion and neither made an; claims of | comoanies have done stnece of the strike, return of workmen were made that large numbers sought satisfaction was ex- the second No claims mployment headquartes had no figures William Z. ontenting himself mills every more figures,” closed and reason to feel encouraged. in Pittsburgh. airton were running today said production also said at that a larger per- foreign-born workers are 1 Donora and and mills of ewcastle and Farrell rnegie offices rding 1o officials of Representatives the concern. Jones and riest independents in the Pittsburgh assertions of strike lead- ts are gradually losing »rks of this company then strikers have A number of loitering about Laughiin mills or dis workmen a. have been made. independent tsburgh Adistrict which succeeded in 2 operation during the first the strike are also re- Pittsburgh | district Y. There was one ¥ in connection with the strike, te irooper killing a man at Far- who was suspected of being For several, days shots have i the American S e plant at that place and to- the state police, according to re- located the house the shots came and the killing from Farrell, A marck of strikers and sympathiz- from Donora to Monessen'was pre- state police. information the march, but authorities at Donora essen who Fabcock in response to tonight gave out the fol- m =lad to remort that goc or- ‘een maintained +hroughout < disturbances have due_the men them- =- for heiping to keen peace and Based upon reliable information re- ceived daily, it is my opinion that an . ‘number of men are re- -ppreciable r e v heir posts with few, if any, to the city o ahi Allegheny coun- ' tants are running and % far as the public is concerned there ¥ . troubles no- moving along in urgh. but t ~ondition.” smmittee received the answer of the Hethiehem Stee! Company to had been sent by company until 4 p. to make an answer called against s A sub-committee of The national committee met tonight to onsider the uitimatum mittee giving the strike would plants Monday headquarters Mr. Foster spent the sreater part of. ¥ P e B s STEEL STRIKE PROMISES T0 BE A PROLONGED STRUGGLE Neither Side Claimed Any Great Gains Made Yesterday—In Chicago a Number of Plants Showed an Apparant In- crease In Activity—Skilled and Semi-Skilled Workers In the Mahoning Valley Haye Called a Meeting to Vote On Return—There WuNoSefiompisorderReported. the day-preparing to extend the union fight for the right of free speech and free assemblage at McKeesport, Clairton and Duquesne. Arrange- ments were made to hold a mass meetinz of strikers in a mining town two miles out of Clairton, in defiance of the sheriff’s proclamation forbid- |ding 'such gatherings, Mother Jones will speak. The date for the meet- ing was kept secret. The activities of the state police in this vicinity were closely watched all day by union representatives. Mr. Foster asked his men to forward affi- davits regarding the state troopers’ actions at Farrell and Monessen today to the Pittsburgh office. These will be forwarded to the senate commit- tee investigating the strike. Photo- graphs are also to be obtained as evi- dence. The action of the state troopers in breaking up the strikers’ meeting at Monessen and Donora has _extenged the fight of the unions for “constitu- tional rights” to these two places, Mr. Foster said. There was considerable interest here in the announcement that, William J. Flynn, chief of the bureau of investi- gation of the department of justice, had arrived in Pittsbur,§ to invest; gate the strike situation. .de is report- ed to have been accompanied by a Bumber of special investigators. Although nothing definite could be learned at the local department of jus- tice headquarters, it was reported that Mr. Flynn was here to investigate the Steel company officials’ charge that the strikers were being agitated by. “radicals” and the union’s allegation that their men were being denied the right of free speech and assemblage. Mr. Flynn had a conference with Tnited States Attorney E. woLry Flumes, of this district, during the af- ternoon. The purpose of the confe: ence was not divulged. Mr. Flynn's incestigation has no & nnection with that being made by the senate com- mittee, it was stated TO SUPPRESS SHOOTING AT MILLS AT FARRELL, PA. Farrell, Pa., Sept. 25—Determnin- ation of the local authorities to stop the practice of shooting at the mills in_this place resulted today in the killing of a man suspected of being one of the snipers by a member of the state police on duty here, . T man wes Nick Crogan or Grata. His brother, Dan, was injured by & bu and another man was badly battered by a stat~ policeman for resisting ar- rest. Sniping at the American Steel and Wire plant has been indulged in ever since the strike started. It continued; in the forenoon today and employes of the company and state policemen l6cated where the firing was coming from by means of a surveyor's tran- sit. A squad of four crack shots among the state troopers advanced to- ward the house and arrested aman who came running from the place. He resisted and was heaten into sub- jThis the To Consider Irish Question. London, Sept. 25 svening New. toGay announces that as the re- sult cf 4 consultation by the cabinet witi: Viscount I’rench, the lord lieu-{ tenant of lieland, another attempt will be mace by the government to settle| Irish cuestion, and that Viscount | the Frecch wiii retain his office. CLEMENCEAU SPEAKS mier Clemenceau delivered his long- expected speech in the debate on the ratification of the peace treaty in the chamber of deputies this afternoon. The whole trend of his arguments in favor of the treaty was that the treaty was one of solidarity between allies who, united in war, must be united in peace. M. Clemenceau admitted that the treaty contained many imperfections, but said it was: the cuimination of the work o1 “coalition of ‘liberation,” the first of its sort in the history of the world, o6 the treaty was the dawn of a new ¢ He recalled the dark days of 1917, and declared to the opponents of the ueaty that if a peace proposal had been received then, returning Al- sace and Lorraine to France. no Frenchinan would have demanded the insertion of any other clause, buf would have acceuted it. The treaty brought back more than the lost provinces; it placed France on the highest pinnacle of fame and honor and in a few years would bring pros. erity Those who had spoken in the debate, the premier pointed out, had criticized the dewuils of the treaty, which must be considered accepted or rejected as a whoic, whether the instrument was helpful or harmful to France. The treaty was “the ensemble of possibili- ties” which was worth what the future ruling classes of France would make it by their labor. The premier’s effort was tremendous. He remained on the tribune for more than two hours. Many times he seem- ed to weaken, his voice becoming so low as {o be almost inaudible beyond the first row of sovernment benches. But he waved off the advice from all quarters of the chamber of “Rest!” and dosgedly continued to display his in- domitable spirit. He ~passed lightly over twe criticism, which has been prominent in the debate, that the French language ,is not the official language of the treaty. saying “It is not my fault if the English language is spoken by nearly two- thirds of the civilized world.” The chamber's apparent determina. tion to prolong the debate as long as possible was not deterred by the pre- mier’s requests for a vote on the treaty today for, while M. Clemenceau was 5, several deputies inscribed their hames on President Deschanel's as participants in the debate. 2. Ciemenceau warned the chamber al if it refused to ratify the treaty %ould make it an instrument of death to France. while if the chamber ratified the instrument France would becomne imbued with its spirit, which would mean the life and resurrection of tae country. The debate bids falr to run well into next month. unless the government fories a vote or asks the chamber to cancel tie privileZes of {hose who have fexpre.se. their intention of speaking premicr scems disinclined to do DEM. NATIONAL COMMITTEE Atlantic City, T geDE " B Headed by Homer Cummings, the chairman, members of the democratic national committee arrived here to- night for a two day’s conference be- ginning tomorrow. ~ Mr. Cummings . OF TREATY TO DEPUTIES Paris, Sept. 25 (By the A. P.).—Pre- MEET AT ATLANTIC CITY Cabled Paragraphs ‘Jflhflsm To Renew Attack [l_n_ [Ile TreatyE Means Vote On Amendment! to Equalize Voting Power Will Be Long Deferred. ‘Washington, Sept. 25—While the German peace -treaty received only brief consideration in the sénate to- day, outside developments indicated thal the factions were lining up for tne real fight over the League of Na- tions covenant. ° The outstanding feature of the day was the announcement by Senator Johnson, republican, of California, that he would leave here tomorrow for the Pacific Coast to keep up his a tack on the treaty, which was ac- cepted to mean finally that his pro- poseq amendment to_equalize the vot- ing power of the United States and Great Britain would not be called up for_weeks hence. Next in public_interest was the news that Senator Ashurst, democrat, of Arizona, had telegraphed President ‘Wilson that he would vote for rati- fication of the treaty, .believing he could render the country and the world, he said, a great service by ac- cepting it as it is, without amend- ment or reservation. This definite statement from Senator Ashurst was considered particularly assuring by democratic leaders because of per- sistent reports that he would oppose the pact in its present form. 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. Senator Johnson’s decision to re- sume his western speaking trip set at rest a whirlwind of rumors con- cerning the British-American voting amendment, which now both repub- licans and democrats agree will not be taken up for some weeks. The gen- eral talk was that republican leaders frankly told Senator Johnson that they did not have' enouzh votes to pass it, and that the senator replied he would go out in the country and create such strong sentiment in its favor that the senate would not dare defeat it. PRESIDENT ASKS DEFINITE ACTION BY SENATE ON TREATY Pueblo, Colo.. Sept. 25.—Reducing his fight for the peace treaty to a di- rect issue of aceptance or rcjection, President Wilson today’ invited the senate to take a definite and un- mistakable stand one way or the other. President Wilson arrived here on board hisspecial train at thrce o'clock today and was taken, with the mem- bers of his party, for a drive through the state fair grounds, where a air in progress. He was then taken to the Memorial Auditorium, where he spoke' to a large and enthusidstic au- dience. dracgnd After declaring it would be his duty af\chief executive to udge whether the =:nate's action constituted ac. ceptance or rejection. should reser: vations be incorporated in the rati fication, the president added a warn- ing that he did not consider “quali- fied adoption” as adoption in fact. He said, Rowever, that he saw no objec tion’ to mere interpretation: 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 ar cut question whether the United | armored States should go into the League of mission. it is alleged. While being led [ Nations or stay out. It was s he it away it is said some one in the house said he expected Attorney General Palmer tonight and that tomorrow |said, that the nation knew wher was to stand. fired upon the troopers. The shooting created much excite- —nn the borough but it soon sub- sded when state troopers prevented tne gathering of crowds, NO TROUBLE AT MASS MEETING AT JOHNSTOWN, PA. Johnstown, Pa., Sept. 25.—Without| a policeman present, 6000 to 7.000 striking steel and mine workers gath- ered this afternoon at /The Point, a public recreation center in the heart of the city, and heard a fervid ad- dress by Joseph Cannon. member of the national committee for orzanizing the steel industry representing the mine, miil and smelter workers. There was no trouble of any sort throughout the day at The Point, or elsewhere A number of minor coal operators in this district are to sign up a tentative union agreement tomorrow, when about 2.000 idle miners will return to work. Cambria and Lorain Steel Com- pany coal workers are not included. Several companies owning a number of mines. partly organized and part not, are to be brought into line by threat that their union men will stril unless azreements are made coverinz all operations according to Dominick Gelotte, United Mine Workers' organ- izer. FIRST SHOT IN STEEL STRIKE IN CHICAGO DISTRICT ‘Waukegan, Tlls. Sept. 25.—The first shot in the steel strike in the Chi- cago district was fired here tonight, it was alleged. by Johu McSaane. foreman for the American Stesl -nd| Wire plant when his automobile ws | stoned by members of a crowd of sev- jeral hundred strikers. McShane was said to have fired only the one shot which struck the heel of a hoy's shoe. The automobile of W. H. Acomb, su- perintendent of the plant, also was stoned, it was reported. | OPEN DISSENSION BETWEEN STEEL UNION OFFICIALS Birmingham. Ala. Sept. 25.—Openly admitted dissension between uhion of- ficials and factions of union members ecuipsed in interest the actual steed strike situation herc today and caus- ed operators to predict a collapse of the whole strike movement. Union leaders declared tonight they ! had their recalcitrant members in hand and said_developments of the! next few davs would demanstrate the strength of the unions. SOUTHINGTON MAN BEATEN BY FS'' OW WORKMEN sy SoutHington. Conn., Sent. 25.—Fred- erick Schuman. an employe ® ‘he Blakesiec Forginz Company shop who| has continued to work at the plant since a strfke = started there four weeks ago, is confined at home with injuries said to have been received| of men who have been | Tlejean be co at the hands brought here us strike breakers. was badly battered today. following a_dispute with some of the men work- i h_him vesterday, he told the oven vears ago when anoth- er strike was on he followed the same course of continuing at work. | especially {soon as the i present obsts i manufactured art Secretary of the Treasury Glass would join the conferees. Statements were made that the con- ference woul dhear a report from Chairman Cummings, who has visited every state in the union, and deal with preliminary matters pertaining to preparations for the next campaig: struction of women, whom the com mittee believes will soon be given the ballot. The announcement was made that “the committee realizes that its func tion is to elect and not nominate. and [that there would be no presidential candidates discussed or groomed dur- ing the meeting here or when it sits in full session.” RAILWAY CRISIS CONFRONTS PREMIER LLOYD GEORGE London. Sept. 25.—In addition to dealing with tie railway crisip, Premier Lloyd George today called so many cabinet ministers into special conferences as to create much specu- lation. The chief helief was express- ed in high political quarters that some important decisions were being tal probably involving ministerial charz- es. Lately rumor has been busy con- erning the possible resignation of Viscount French, lord lieutenant and John Tan MacPherson, chief secre ary for Ireland. Viscount French has been in Ion- don for several vears consulting w-tn government officials, and was in a two hour conference today with the cul inet, giving his views fully on T Drobictns, Ascording to. tha myaril | News. he advocated another at npt to settle the question of the Irish mov. ernment and his advice will be iken and a new proposal drafted and jmitted to parliament when the house of commons reassembles. CLAIMS INDUSTRIES OF proposel loan of $100,00 tion of the countr “The industries’ of Germany are in- tact” it says, “and technically their Dotentiality was increased enormousl during the war. their financial statu; th the formation of un.ts that will deal with educational in- GERMANY ARE INTACT Buenos Aires, Wednesday, Sept. 24, ~—Members of the German delegation. which called on Foreign AMinister Pueyrredon today and discussed the 00 by Ar- |gentina to Germany, Dpresented a [memorandum to the foreien rminister which dwells on the strength of the Present German government and em. phasizes the strong industrial posi- Meanwhile White Hc g e officials in | the presidential party j-rmitted it to become known that phro.%sed reser tions which the president quoted at Salt Lake City and Cheyennc and which he announced he would rezaspl ! as a rejection of the treaty he had been informed was agreed on by _several republican senate leaders. Cheers 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. - The president was introduced at th; meeting here by Alva Adams. former governor of Colorado, who eulogized Mr. Wilson as a twentieth century Paul’ ang the greatest “prophet of peace.” GRAYES IN THE ARGONNE Ron.agnc France, Sept. 25.—All of the graves of the American soldiers in the iz cemetery at Romagne-en- Argonie, where some 17,000 Americans many <f tne h division, are buried, wer . decorated today with beautiful nd sodded for the wintér by 100 Knights of Columbus Secretaries doinz duty with now active | in Fiance, Tomorrow, the th, will mark the “rst anniversary of the great | Meuse-Arsonne offensive, in which all of the Americans fell before the Ger- man horde in the great Argonne for- alvase corps, which est. Severai pllgrimages by the French peasznts led by the clergy and mayors o ftowrs near which the Ameri- cans freced in ; @§ push through the .ve been arranged. The Knights of Columbus also will take an active part. One vear ago the American army started the drive into lihe Arsoane forest on a 45-mile front. The first advance gained them 7,000 prisoners and 10 kilometres of enemy Zround. More than 400,000 men were engagsed by Pershing for the operation, and it was the actual turning point of the.war, because the penetration of the Argonne . Jdefense works imperilled the German army railroad and supply base at Sedan, which Jed to Metz, northern Argonne toresi. France and into Belgium The rirc divisions which made the initial hop-over on Sept. 26 were, | starting from the Meuse, at Verdun west tn the liaison with the French army in the Argonne, 33d, 30th. 4th, 79th. STth. 91st, 35th. 28th and 77th. The 77tn division was composed of se- lected men from New York. being strons. reserve funds having|JAPAN TO INVITE CHINA een accur B ed. It is hoped, as| TO CONFERENCE ON SHANTUNG large scale.” The memorandum refers to the re- cent “political evolution” of Germany and says: “The good sense of the | German people triumphed and they have established a government which Sidc g perfectly stable. Hartford. —Louis H. Stanley w. elected chairman to succeed Rev. J Ryan. who has been transferred 'tof ace treaty romoves ics, the oxporiation of cles will begin on a Tokio. Sept. 25—(By the A. P)— Japan is planning officially to invie China to confer on the Shantung aft- er Japan has ratified the peace treaty. This fact was communicated to the correspondent today by officials, who added that Japan naturally couid not compel China to accept the invitation. “Japan,” said one official, “is anx- {iops 1o setile the question of the re sttwation of Shantung as quickly as possible, but if China declines to ne- 1 be obliged to al- DECORATED BY THE K. OF C. talians Encroach Cn Adriatic Coast Peace Conference Circles Are Concerned Over the Situa- tion, Now Grave. Paris, Sept. 25.—Apparently in emu- lation of Capl. Gaoriele a ARnunio, whose dramauc seizure 1o Fiume cen- tered the attention of the world on the eastern littoral of the Adriatic. other ltalian leaders are reported to be ad- yancing on Spalato, Sebenico and Trau, umportant towns along the coast which have been under the control of Jugo-Slav forces. Peace conference circles are pldinly concerned over the situation, which seems to have become very grave. Belgrade advices state Italian eol- diers have overpowered a small Jugo- Slav force at Toguire and have entered the town. 1t is probable that the place mentioned is Trogir, the Croatian sec- tion of the city of Trau, about 15 miles northwest of Spalato. ~Iurther ‘south there appear also to be disorders, re- ports from Rome indicating there is a reign of terror at Ragusa, a Dalmatian town close to the frontier of Monte- negro. There are also rumors that the Italians plan to restore King Niaholas to the Montenegrin throne, from which he was ousted by action of the national assembly last April. This action of the national assembly has never been rec- ognized by the royal Montenegrin gov- ernment, which has maintained its headquarters near Paris for several months. King Nicholas is the father of Queen Helena of Italy. So far as is known definitely, no an- swer to proposals made by Italy rela- tive to Fiume has been received from President Wilson, although it is inti- mated in unofficial Italian circles that it has arrived. There is a disposition on the part of the Italians to reject any proposition looking to a com- promise, the claim being made that the storm throughout their country can be calmed only by giving Fiume to Italy. There are hints, too. that a governmental crisis may develop as a result of the situation. Gen. Giuseppe (Peppino) Garibaldi who arrived here vesterday. declared “serious results would follow if Ital- ians were not placed in a position tc settle the Fiume question according to the will of the people.” He sald the city was not closely blockaded. and that the Ttalian government was send- | ing supplies into the city. AMERICAN MARINES LANDED IN DALMATIA Copenhagen, Sent. 25.—(By Tha A. P.)—American marines landed irom A torpedo boat destroyer to compel tie Ttalians to evacuate Trau, D according to a despatch receiv metis of Trau The despatch add that the ['ali left after the inhabitants fire th_town “from the Amesi; N, The despatch, which is daedSen- tember 25, savs that a Jugo Slav de- 1nce towards iachment began an ad Trau when the American entered th: harhor to comy tirement of ithe Italians. Tho inh. itants of Trau then apeasd fire on the Ttalians., who hastily departed The It:ian com men n on armored car feil into ih iands of the Slavs. In the mean- chine zuns landed and took ove: and the prissaers subsequen.!y were transtérredl tooan Ttzlian ship. J Then the Serbian troops arrived and were_enthugiastically welcomed. The Americans handed over the towa to the Juro S'av troops and re-cm e2 “The destrover will rema: harbor for a faw da ik WILD RUSH AT SALE OF ARMY CLOTHING New York, Sept wildest bargain counter s mild orderly compared with the crowds which™ battled for entrance todav to e first quartermaster’s store to be opened here for the sale of surplus army clothing. Four hours before the store opened hundreds of men and women collected at _the doors and when the sale commenced thousands tried to force their way into - the building. The dozen policemen who tried to maintain order were almost helpless in the surging crowd, consisting mainly of women but with a liberal | sprinkling of men Several women | fainted. one had her underskirt torn off and two or three reached the counter victoriously at the expense of shirtwaists tcrn to ribbons. Cries for water from some of the collap: ing women were answered in unex pected fashion from the upper win- dows of the building. The quartermasters in charge of the sale tried in vain to versuade the crowd that the store would be open| for months and that there was no need to storm the counters. “That's the old army stuff.” velled a former soldier. “You can't puf that|’ over here. forts to restore order werc measur- ably successful. PRESIDENT HAS REPLIED ply ke proposition of neutrali: Fiume aud internationalizing the docks and railways. The nature of the reply is no. disclosed and the American peace dclezates refuse to discuss it. Tn Italian circles, however, it is re- porced t President Wilson has re- jectd the proposition and threatened an econemic boveott if Ttaly persisted in holdiug Fiume. without an agree. ment l.iving been reached among the rower: VIOLENT DEATH OF AN AGED MAN IN souTH!NGToNl Southington, Conn., Sept. 25.—Pat-1 rick Horisk, ninety years old. who was found dead in a lodging house here today, has been found to have had a fractuced skuil as well as having his throat cut. This was determined late today after an examination by a coroner's phvsician. James Dunnigan, seventy years old is being held by the police after he had notifled them of Horisk's death. The men roomed together. One paper observes: not_gone out on a strike 5 well.” The worst cannot happen while zotiair Japan w Danbury. at the meeting of the juvenile|low the present conditions as_ to| the mothers of the nation remain on commission. ! Shantung to remain un% the job.—Taronto. Blade, % SR T A St D_ > et S 3 herne from Spalato, a short distance east ns -m and that Jugo Siwy troo: over nder and :hrce €0 American marines, with ma- tne wro N the | | After about an hour the police ef- ON NEUTRALIZING FIUME Parie, Se (By the A. P.).— Presider.t Wilson has made some re- Condensedm Ielegrams Rsnnsylvania farsssrs demand an eight-hour day. Otto H. Kahn denied reports that he is to reside in England. Latest reports show German gold holdings total 1,098,776,000 marks. Van Praagh Steamship Line, Inc., of New York, filed a petition in bank- ruptey. Sub-Treasury arranged a transfer of $523,162 for shipment in gold bars to China. ‘Esimate value of output of Detroit automobiles is placed at $56,000,000. tCalb- ninent h- rgrth China issued a mandate declaring the state of war between China and Germany formally at an end. The NC-4 piloted by Lieut. Com- mander Albert C. Read, arrived at Rockaway Point, L. I, from Atlantic City. Bar silver touched a new high re- cord in London when it went to 63 pence an ounce. New York price was $1.16%. John F. Malley, collector of internal revenue for Boston district, has announced his resignation to take ef- fect October 1. 4 Complete returns from the Ma: chusetts primaries inidicated Richards Long was nominated for governor by thme democrats. The delux Lawson airplane, carry ing 16 passengers on a transconii- nental journey to San Francisco, ar- rived at Dayton. New York Chamber of Commerce announced Cardinal Mercier will be the guest of homor at its first fall session on Oct. 9. Major W. R. Scroeder at McCook d; Ohio, broke the two man air- plane_record when he ascended o u Fi height of 30,00 feet. Trirty-one German prisoners, al route to' the Fatherland. Thirty-three cafe and hotel propri- etors of New Jersey will chanze their pleas of mot guilty of a charge of vi- olation war-time prohibition. The Dominion Trades and Labor Congress endorsed action o United States gteel workers in support of S collectiVe bargaining principle. Newton K. Bugbee and Edward . Edwards, Jersey City banker, won the republican and democratic guberna- | torial nominations, respectively. After disposing of ‘offici seeing. Ten stiils containing' 10000 barrels of crude oil were destroyed by fire at {the plant of the Atlantic Refining Co., Philadelphia. Loss estimated at $100,000. _Marcus M. Marks, president of the National Daylight Saving Association, id “scores of cities and towns i Senator Norris, of Nebraska. de- clared in the Senate “The Postma: er peachment® A report was in circulation in Lon- don that Premier Lloyd George is planning a trip to the United States to attend the first meeting of the League of Nations. The Senate learned for the first time of a disagreement between the dministration and the Federal ion on the profits allowed the | Food 3. Comm packers by Hoover. Admiral Ugo Conz, of ¢ sympathy for d’Annunzio. Five hundrd cotton mill employes aumkeag Steam Cotton Mills at_Salem, Mass., struck to enforcc demands presented several weeks agu of the for @ 25 per cent increase. resign from office at the Novem- ber meeting of the Union. vised his governmentsthat a_commis. sion of foreign bankers in Vienna i seeking land in Argentina suitable for Colonization by Austrian families bassador to the United States, re turned to Berlin after two inontrs’ say in Bavaria. He is writing a book | to be published about the first of the { year. can Federation of Labor, told th. Senate Committee that to deny the! police_employes the right to affiliate | in the A T 0f Lu would lnvite af-now attached to filiation with the I W. W. STEAMER ROSALIND IS HARD ON COW'S REEF Stamford, Conn... Sept, 25. tempt to remove the Red Cross stea er Rosalind, which went onto Cow’s Reef today has yet been made al- though a wrecking tug is standing by. A jagged hole in her bow must be plugsed before she can be pumped out. As conditions are now, the ves- sel is in no danger of further damage. The passengers taken ashort this af- ternoon have all been sent toward their destinations. pindirdy OBITUARY. Major James W. Cheney. shington, Sept, —Appearing as labor’s first witness committee, men want more happine: agreement’ by Corporation United States Ste immediate end of the walkout, which _Fitzpatrick’s statement came after six hours’ committee of Had Judge Elbert the board of the steel met the workers' committee, the men would not have walked out, said, but an agreement for a con- | ‘lf the United Statss corporation men retur irman of the fi ed to organize the steel t committee the workers n enemies held in this country during the war, wurived at Hoboken eu republican, Ohio, with spread- propagand: Judge Gary is to appear next| Wednesday controversy picture of stricts of western | ment while seated in the steel d and|.q states St te_constabulary : : chief cxponents. of steel worker: this con- | “vie nection he ¢ of the killing of one woman, an| organizer of mine worker curred Dbetore | functions the Wince of Wales intends to spend the rest of his 5-day visit at Vic- toria, B. C., in playing golf and sight- ck’s deductions occurrence led to sharp questioning by “Do_vou feel that the steel company ofcials directly ordered the kiiling of ing._republican, South ¥es T do, “Think (hey cided upon murder?” Fitzpatrick responded. had a mesting, workers were | the ecastern line zonme will introduce daylight saving.’ o : escribing General has done some things that to me seem sufficient grounds for im- Jigter Hecelise ges and under bad condi- With the actual calling of the strike. | Fitzpatrick s recognitior {lective 1 g ainin®, &le eight hour d reinstaicment discharzed for union activiti {adoption of the “checi union dues frcm the men. Wages were ly mentioned last subject, Fitzpatrick had m Italian navy,” who is paying an- official visit to the United States in behalf of his government, expressed admiration and | not specifica than paupers but several JOHN FITZPATRICK'S VIEWS OF STEEL INDUSTRY CONDITIONS Places Responsibility For Walkout Upon Chairman Gary of the Steel Board For Declining to Meet the Workers’ Com- mittee—Says Men Would Return to Work Now Upon an Agreement For a Conference—Appeared as Labor's First Witness—Declares There Is a Reign of Blood and Iron In the Steel Districts of Western Pennsylvania— Considers $60 a Day a Mere Pittance For Work Done By Highly Skilled Steel Workers—Contends That the Aver- age Wages Were Around 40 Cents an Hour. was not the fssue he declared. “The serted that mon “It's conditions. hours are terrible, the men tell u The conditions are awful. Their wo Referring to $60 a day as the wage drawn by highly ckilled steel work ers, Fitzpatrick said this was “a mer pittance for the work they do.” Ave rage wages, he said, were avound 4 cents an hour. | GARY DISPELS ALL HOPE FOR A CONFERENCE New York, Scpt —After being shown an_Associated Press despatcn | quoting John Fitzpatrick, director general of the steel strike. as syaing the walkout would end immediate! teel Corporation would arbitrate differ:nces F Gary, directing n>1d of the | tion. 'declared in a stutement omigh speaking for himself, that feve the board of directors “cannot nege tiate or confer with Mr. Fitzpatrick or_his associates.” Mr. Gary was shown the despatch while he was attending a dinner given here tonight Baron Kondo, pres dent of the Japan Mail Steamshiy Company, and was asked to mak some comment. Breaking the silence he has maintained since the beginning ry wrote a sta t the table and then, calling the newspapermen into the hall, read it to them. ¥ “The board of directors of the Unit t Steel Corporation are the representatives of mearly 150,000 stockholders, including from 60,000 to 70,000 employes,” said the statement of the sigike, Mr. C e their servants and are select ed to represent and protect their in terests, and also the interests of al our 230,000 employes, the majority of whom 1 think are not members of la- bor unions. “Moreover, T believe our corpor- tion is under great obligations (0 th general public concerning the -ssu: involved in the pending strike. | these (~Tumstances I would not present assume to answer the Guestio propounded to me. “However, 1 will say far mys that questions of moraj principle car not be arbitrated nor compro; and in my opinion such questions : o lincluded “in the present unfortun struggle. I also think we canrot r gotiate or confer with Mr. Fitzpatri and his associates as union labo: lead ers concerning our ecmployes whom hese gentlemen have voluntcered Lo represent.” the prireipal rv. who wi the dinner, referred in ddress 1o the brief session he had With the newspapermen. “My mind I somewhat perturbel by an incident which occurre du ing the course of the dinner.” he sa and after reading the tement le Yad _issued. cortinued “Now you, as part of must approve or condemn what ¢ been called upon to say. T only say that you who know the I Sies involved, know full well that ihe strike succeeds it probably wonid be the beginning of an upheaval which might bring upon all of us grave and Serious consequences. And you know {hat the questions involved in strike, which is led by Ioster nowledged revolutionist, are ) than the interests of the United States Steel Corporation.” the wemer. NAVAL HYDROAIRPLANE NC-4 IS AT ROCKAWAY POINT, N, Y. Jorn Barrett, dirnctor general of the Pan American Union since 1907, announced at New Orleans he would which is to® make | cities from hydroairplane X al recruiting, arrived at from Rockaway stop of twenty minutes in Great South about 35 miies from was made neces Argentine Minister in Vienna ad- | conference | flew off, damaging slighily the radio Count von Bernstorff, former Am- Lieutenant al orew of six, and six passengcl President Gompers, of the Ameri-|enlisted men for the destroyer the plane’s tender. of the offic mander Read 15 onc CROWN COUNCIL OF ITALY Six men of the schooner Cq . or tevenson. made HAS HELD TWO SESSIONS which Robert l.ouis Stevenson made his vovage to the South Sea Islands, wrecked during a gale on Sept. 8, ar- rived at Nome, Alaska. after travel- iling 60 miles in an Eskimo skin boat. i Rome, Sept. 23.—The crown council the situation sult of the was neached the premises, —No at- time and adjourned until seven-o'cloci this evening. ! er foreign minister, and Signor Tur- rati, leader of the Intrasigeant Social- ists, were not present. Premier Nitfi, planed that the traditions of the so- cialist group preciuded his attendance upon the crown council. In a letter to TALK ABOUT PRESENTS ACCEPTED BY PRESIDENT CHURCH ACTION URGED ON INDUSTRIAL UNREST Cieveiard, Sept. 25 — Protestant chusches of America face the immedi- |ate neccssity of some form of inter- veniion in the troubied industrial situ ation ir this country, the general com- mittee Of the interchurch world move ment was told last night by Fred Fisher. weil known industrial investl gator. at the opening of a three-day The copference was called to formy late poiicies to govern the interchurch movement, which aims at co-ordimat- ing mcr.. money and material of all evaigelicar Protestant bodies of the United States and Canada Prononacements of nolicies have been dclerated to 15 sub-committees many of which will report their find ings today. The ccr.mittee Is composed” of 186 protiinent clersymen and laymen from various dominational boards. D John 1 Mot. international secretary of tac Y. M. C. A, Is presiding. AUTO SMASHED HOLE IN WALL OF A HOUSE Stamford, Conn., Sept. 25 A au- tomobile owned by Edward D. King ley of New York, broke its tow lina while being pulied along the post road in a disabled condition today and the machine crashed into a house near the roadside at Miamus. A hole 20 feet square was smashed in the wall of the house and the automobile came to a stop in the kitchen. The hows: is owned by Mrs. Hattie Olmstead who was asleep. No one was injured. FIVE TICKETS FOR STATE ELECTION IN BAY STATE Boston, Sept. 25.—Independent pa- s filed at the office of the secretary of state today for state officers at the ovember election include full tickets for the prohibition, sociulist and so- cialist-labor party. The nominees for 25.—Declaring | hibition ‘Washinston, ‘the grave constitutional|socialist; Ingvar Paulsen, Boston, so- Manchester, Conn., Sept. 25.—Major| that it wal Bovernor are C. B. Ernst, Boston, pro- William A. King, Sprinzficl James W. Cheney, a member of the|duty of the house of representatives to | ctalist-labor. firm of Cheney Brothers, silk manu-|ascertain whether any gifts were re- facturers and long a member of thelceived and accepted by the president state commissions, died at his home | of tiie inited States in violation of the here tonight. He was 8l years old.|constitut.on, Major Cheney scryed on the state|berg repubilcan, Lilino! prison board ftom 1596 until January | resoiutior toduy directing the judictary [-Grey, rcw'y appo; committee to Mvestigate the reports|sador to the United States, is expectod 1 last and on the road and bridge commission from -its inceptios was horn in South Manchester and|and their reprecented that town in the legisla-{ woul Representative introduced a VISCOUNT GREY DUE IN NEW YORK TODAY Washtngton, Sept. 25 Viscount ted. British smbas- He | and obtain an inventory of such gifts[to arrtve at New York tomorrow. The commmites also n=eSl>r Lindsay, charze of the 1 he authorized to ascertain whatwembassy here, left for that city teday s Sies oo pail s ey (0" tre of Wi e > oo e 93