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fi ee? ii ’ q | | \ if i NP OW a f.ty { American Federation. Head Will Consult President Be- fore Making Decision. HASN'T YET READ BILL. Will Talk to Labor Leaders . and Chiefs of Railroad Brotherhoods. By Frederick Lawrence. Samuel Gompers, President of the Amiericay Federation of Labor, has not decided to give his support to the plan for the nationalization of the railroads of the, United’ states, which has been proposed by the “Big Four” railroad brotherhoods, and which is pepularly called the “Plumb plan.” Mr. Gompers has not ‘decided to sup- port the plan nor has he decided to oppose it, Hoe is in favor of Govern- ment ownership of the roads, put he has not made up bis mind that the Plumb plan constitutes the best form of Government ownership, or that it actually is Government ownership. “MY, Gompers will not announce his fina} stand on the railroad issue unt the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor, in co-operation with the representatives of the four railroad brotherhoods, have given the most exhaustive con- sideration to the question. The Fed- eration’s Execiitive Council will meet im Washington on Thursday, with President Gompers itn the chair, Tho -announctment of Mr, Gom- pers’s openness of mind is made not- withstanding a rather surprising statement made by Glenn E. Plumb to @ large group of newspaper report~ ers in the lobby of the Continental Hotel immediately after he had come from a fifteen minutes’ conference with Mr. Gompers, at which former Congressman Keating of Colorado was present. Mr. Plumb was asked: “Does Mr. Gompers support the Plumb plan?” “Of course he does, otherwise he would not be a member of our con- ference committee,” Mr, Plumb an- “Have you received an assurance of Mr. Gompers’s support from Mr. Gompers himself?” Mr, Plumb hesitated a moment and answered: i “An assurance from Mr. Gompe: is not necessary.” GOMPERS SAYS HE WILL DEFER DECISION. Not more than halt an hour later, in the presence of the same group of reporters, Mr, Gompers, in reply to @ question as to his attitude the Plumb plan said: “I will defer an answer tq that question until a later date.” “the country has been waiting for you to answer that very question for quite a while,” some one said. “Then I'll ask those who have been patient so far to bear, with me a@ ttle longer,” he answered, That Mr. Plumb's unqualified as- sertion "was, to say the least, prema- tue amay be accepted as a fact that , Gompers would not dispute. eri as Mr..Plumb said, that Sipenghre is a member of the, raflgoud operation conference com- mi , but this is by virtue of in- straetions of, tho tional convention of the: American Federation of La- nd the fact should not be con- me +3 as committing Mr. Gompers Tale t9 to confer with ‘ rs expects to co president Reitson on the subject of Améfican labor's interest in and at+ tittde “toward the raitroad problem. Not ,the interests of the railroad workers alone, but the interests of all. the wage earners of the country. FEDERATION FOR OWNERSHIP, BUT NO PARTICULAR PLAN. The Amercian Federation of Labor has not as yet declared one way or the other on the Plumb plan, although the policy of the Federation has by PLUMB PLAN FOR EDERAL OWNERSHIP | DUPONT MILION READY TO FINAN NEW THEATRE PLA Tells Playwright He Would Eliminate All Present Managers. Eugene Walters and Gene Buck of the Association of Playwrights, who have been trying to mediate between the striking actors, the managers and their own dormant royalties, called, upon Samuel Gompers this afternoon at the Hotel Continental to talk over with him his announcement of aile- giance to the cause of the Actors’ Equity Association: Mr. Walters eaid he bad just been informed by T. Coleman Dupont that Mr, Dupont was ready to put in a million dollars from his. own fortune and get many more millions from other wealthy patrons of the atts to finance a new system of theatrival management which would eliminate the present members of the Managers’ Association. {t was announced from the offices of the Actors Fidelity League, the organization formed by actors who are not in sympathy with the Actors Wquity Association, that George M. Cohan would accept his election: to be president of the Fidelity League to-night and would preside’ at the meeting of the Fidelity League at the Biltmore to-night, The new form of contract for actors drawn by Mr. Cohan and @ legal staff, will be pre- sented to the meeting. ‘After the conference Mr. Gompers said: “I reiterate my statement of last night; since the | will not treat with the ‘Association, the recognized affiliation of the American Federation of Labor I shail urge that] g; my organizution—and [ intend to see to it—gives the Equity Association June the Resolutions Committee con- sidered the Executive Council's report on railroad operation. The Council reported that it bad studied the private ownership plam of the Asso- ciation of Rallway Exeoptives, the Government financiering. plan of the Investors’ Protective Association, and the Plumb plan. The Executive Coun- ‘ell withheld its endorsement from all of the plans and reported to the con- vention “we recommend to the con- vention the endorsement 9f Govern- ment ownership of railroads.” The resolutions committee had also con- sidered a resolution introduced by the railroad employees supporting the Plumb plan and reported: “Your committee, in submitting a declaration in favor of ownership or control of railroads by the United States Government, recommends that inasmuch as the details connected with the same are at present in a formative stage the subject matter be referred to the Executive Council, with instructions to co-operate with the organizations representing the railroad employees.” The convention adopted the report of the Resolutions Committee. T whole subject of the American Fede! ation of Labor's attitude as to ¢ Plumb plan was thereby left to the judgment of the Executive Council. It may be sald that Mr, Gompers has mandate of the national convention been aligned favorably to the broad theory of Government ownership. At the Atlantic City convention in ‘The Spell of the Oriental ‘Woman’s Beauty The magic of the Oriental woman's tharm has been a coveted secret all down the ages. It has made and re- made thrones—crowned and uncrown- ed Emperors, and held life and death in its power. We learned the secret of their beauty from an old Arab Sheik, out in the mystery of the Great African Desert. His own skin was without a wrinkle, emooth and perfect as a piece of bronze, For years, we tried at enormous cost, to find just ‘the Oriental ofls he used, and for more years we worked to com- bine them exactly according to the formuja he gave us. The result is, Marjaneh Wrinkle Cream—the one periect remover and preventative of inkles. We do not need to tell you what it will do—thousands of happy ‘women can tell you what it had done. Wrinkles cannot live where Marjaneh Wrinkle Cream is persistently’ used, If your dealer does not have itin 50c or $1.00 jars, send 25c. for trial tube, with trial box of exquisite Marjaneh Face Powder. Usit Manufacturing Co. of America, Inc,, 8-10 West 45th Street, The Keystone, comedies conti of dollars, worth of will pay oN new, KEYSTONE FILM CO. 1459 Broadway, N.Y. not even read the Plumb plan bill, which it is proposed that Congress shall enecat into law,and no one is in a position to predict what position pe will take, ° GOMPERS SAYS WORKERS’ MUST ENJOY LABOR’S FRUITS Position ofUnorganized Labor Out. tageous and Serious Problem, He Asserts, Mr. Samuel Gompers was asked to- day if he had given a thought to the poaition of the unorganized worker who has had to shoulder his burden of the high cost of living without the ald of increased pay, He replied in the affir- mative, ‘Phe situation,” he said, “is outrage- ous and the probler. of straightening .it| out is tremendous, Ihave not had time to give it enough study for intelii- gent discussion, but I. intend to do all in my power ta enable working people te enjoy the frults of thelr labor,” In response to an inquiry as to wheth- er the A. F. of L. has planned to union- jue clerks and other classes of gen- erally unorganized workers Mr, Gom- pers said he could not discuss the sub- Jeet. pal Raa hse MISS OHL TO BE BRIDE. | Writer's Dai F, Wabster. A marriage Heense was issued to- day. to David Frank Webster, forty-| three, of the Hote] Seymour and Jean Kingsley Ohl, twenty-nine, No. 55 _|ecended ee Pretty Forest. Hills Miss As- sumes Office as Queen Ti- tania at Seashore Resort— «Baby is King for the Day and Features Grand Victory Pageant of Kiddies. From a Start Evening World.) ASBURY PARK, N. J., Ang. 21.— The Queen of all t! Fatries do to-day upon the ‘Without «a Frown. She came with ber soldiers and her Thousands Attend ( courtiers, her lords and her ladles, and Possession shé took of Asbury Park without firing # shot. she rules by love and kindness. His Honor the’ Mayor, Ctarénce Hetrick, abdicated grace- fully. Anna Irene Psaki, five years ,» 4014, of Forest Hills, L. 1, assumed office as Queen Titania XXVIII. Never was such a day since the first morning Aladdin rubbed the yonderful Lamp. Never so many etrange little people assembled in one spot since Jack Whatshisname climbed the Beanstalk. And never so much fun since the Cow jumped over the Moon! From foree of habit, Asbury Park calls it “Baby” Parade Day, but it is more than that. The event of events, to-day, as heretofore, was ® Children’s Purade in which King Baby played the most conspicu- ous part. But in addition to the Baby Parade there was a grand Victory Pageant, the Queen of the Fairies and her retinue were in line and a new Tom Thumb celebrated his Wedding all over again. ORDER IN WHICH THOUSANDS MARCHED, ‘Tho parade of 1,200 persons—1,000 of them children, and all of them gayly and gorgeously costumed was out Ocean Avenues promptly at ode O'clock, Its ‘prominent units were: league. with atendants in contre, ‘tureouts, A Columbia beautiful to look upon was Miss Dolores De Garcia, The last of the States had scarcely gone past, in uty and jesty, when two lovely trumpeters—Ethel and Althea Charnley proclaimed the — of Queen Titania, In Tom Thumb's Wedding Party the bride Margaret Virgin itickeler, and lovelier lass never was led to altar, The groom was Alfred Smith, who, whether hé ever becomes a Governor or not, impresses every- body as the “gallantest” lad on the Jersey coast this cay. Geoffrey Con~ rad is cast for the minister (though they could have had Billy Sunday for the asking), Betty Rawson the maid of honor, John Hunt the best man and Murray MacLeod the ring bearer, Everybody in this Tom Thumb party was under eight. When the entries closed yesterday more than 700 young people had been named as contestants for the prizes bung up for the Babies’ Parade. And they are prizes! IRE OF RYE POLIGE FALLS ON BATHING SUIT LIZARDS Girls Reprimanded,. Too—Conduct, Not Costumes, Worries Police Chief. The conduct of stookingless bathers rather than thelr costumes is to com- mand the attention of the police of Rye Beach and vicinity, Chief William H. Balus said to-day. Many complaints have come to the police about the water nymphs and bathing sult lizards. Spooners in secluded nooks of the town park are exédmpt. The police will first warn the bathers, and begin- ning next Saturday, will arrest those who misconduct themselves, eceeeeeen FIX PERSHING’S RANK SOON. House Likely te V manent General To-Merrow, WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.—The perma- nent rank of General probably will be conferred. upon Gen. Pershing to- morrow, so far as the House is con- cerned, for it proposes to take »n the bill to that effect on that day, and there is little doubt that it will be passed by 4 large majority. Yesterd ub-committee, consisting of Represéntative Campbell of Kansas (Chairman), Representative nell of New York and Representative Pou of North Carolina were appointed to co- operate. with a Senate sub-committee upon a Congressional welcome for the General. et ies TWO MORE ‘TURKEY’ DEATHS, Coroner's Invent Begun in ALLIANCE, 0., Aug, 27,—A Coroner's investigation was started here to-day into the causes of the death of five persons following a dinner at @ club here last week. W. D. McElboy, chef at the club, died to-day and John Vv, Sharer died last night. The other three who died yesterday were Col. Charlies Weybrecht, world war veteran, Mrs. Helen Gahris and a waiter. Seven other persons who attended the dinner are seriously ili, It is believed leold storage turkey was responsible, oe $8,000,000 Asked for Army Camps. Bast Sixty-fifth Street. Webster is a widower president of the Paeifie Co Company of KO na nmercial Miss Oh) is the daughter War eonrespondent The couple will be married on Segt. 3 at the Church of Heavenly Rest, Fifth Avenue and 46th Street, viee WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.—Authori- zation of $4,000,000 to be spent in new construction and for the purchase of real estate at army camps which the War Department desires to retain as & part of the peace time organization, was asked of Congress to-day, As Mayor Abdica tes in He Great Baby Parade bates. > at if rand r Favo PRINCE, SOLDIERS AND RULER ARRIVE ON THE CARMANIA M. P. Can’t Understand Why United States ‘Is Deprived of Liquor—Baby Born on Liner. The Cunard liner Carmania came into port to-day bringing stories about the King who Is going to be} President of Liberia; about a Belgian | Prface whose sister was almost shot} with Edith Cavell; about little Miss Victory Carmania Taylor, who was born on the way over; about the 646 wive sand children of 400 Americans who fought in the British army, and about @ British M. P. who simply can't understand why there are no drinks in this land of the free and home of the brave, Those American soldiers of the British Army are still under British military rule, but they will be dis- ¢harged and paid off at once and each will receive railroad fare to bis | home town. The men and their wivos and children—almost all of them got married in England—were royaily | welcomed on their arrival, Four! squads of the 18th United States In- | fantry and the band of that regiment | grected them at the pier and the flags of America and England waved | together as the soldiers paraded from | the pier to the Tist Regiment Armory. The King who is to be President of Liberia is easily explained. It's a mere pun, His name happens to be Cc. D. B. King and he is the Presj- dent-elect. That's all there is to it, excepting that he and his wife are here “for a month of amusement” and that they were met at the pier by Ernest Lyons, the Liberian Con- | sul General, It was Prince Reginald de Croy of Belgium who brought the new sidelight on the tragic story of Kdith | Cavell, He comes as a special at-| tache of the Belgian legation and his | chief duty will be to arrange for the | reception of the King and Queen of | Belgium) when they pay — their! promised visit to America. | “When the war started,” said the! Prince, “my sister and I made Brussels home a hospital and it ad- Joined one under the supervision of | Miss Cavell. We worked with her and she with us, Word came that I| was to be arrested as sodn as, the Geffmans entered the city, There was No threat then against anybody else. In the tiniform of a wounded German | prisoner I made my way to the Hol- land ‘border and was interned there through the war, , “Later my sister and Miss Cavel! were both arrested at the same time and on the same charges. My sister was sentenced to imprisonment for ten years, and she was not released |until after the armistice. Miss Cavern, |I am reliably told, would have re- ceived a similar sentence had she not \frankly admitted to the Germans that her purpose was to help Allied |soldiers to rejoin their armies.” | Allan J. | Parliament who says he is bewildered |by Prohibition here | ““It's amaszing,” he “that ‘so great a country as the United States sald, | the public for suy Sykes 18 the member of | should find it necessary to impose | such a restriction upon itself,” He ts here to study the labor situ- ation. New York is to be hereafter the home of Lord George Wellesley, great grandson of the “Tron” Duke of Wellington, He came on the Car- mania with his wife and two chil- dren, and said he was to live at No, 40 West Sith Street. Ho is a Brit- ish aviator and has the record of having made the first war fllght by airplane from London to Paris, do- ing it two days after the war started. The baby ‘born at sea, named for the Allied victory and the ship she came on, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor. je father is an American of Harrisburg, Pa. He fought in the British Army. ercadlin ts} “<x aback PLEADS FOR LIFE OF COHEN. Governor Asked to Commute Dart Siayer’s Death Sentence. Jonah Goldstein, an attorney, has filed with Gov, Smith an application for commutation of the death sentence of Joseph Cohen, convicted as one of the slayers of Barnett Baff. Life imprison- ment for Cohen Is asked on the ground that he is in a precarious physical and mental condition and that there are so many suspicious circumstances sur- rounding his conviction 4 reasonable doubt as to his guilt exists. According | to Mr. Goldstein, Sing Sing officials have been compelled to engage ao specialist for Cohen, who still insists that, he was. “framed up.” A “John Doe” proceeding conducted by Justice McIntyre of General Sessions a year ago into charges of perjury in connec- tion with the case was suddenly sus- nded and the testimony haa never en investigated by a Grand, Jury, —— HATCHET IS BALLOT EMBLEM Ex-Jastices Fighting Tammany Men Plan Campaign. A meeting of the ex-justices of the Supreme Court and independent Demo- erates who are supporting the candida- cies of Justice Joseph BE. Newburger for the Supreme Court bench and Judge [Richard H, Smith. for the City Court bench, met this afternoon at the Hotel Astor to lay out @ plan of campaign, ap- polnt committees and prepare a plea to t rt of their candidates, County Clerk William F, Schnelder, Chairman of ‘the Cleveland Democracy, preskied, A campaign committee and other com- Mmittees were solected from the non-par- Usan committees backing Justice New- burger and Judge Smith, The emblem selected for the ballots was a hatchet, eee THIEF FLEES IN FANCY SHOES ‘Tries on Patent Leather and Pal : rk. Two men entered the ghoe shop of Benjamin Barhaff at No, 652 Third Avenue, near 424 Street, at 2 o'clock | this aftérndon and one asked for a| pair of patent leather shoes, ‘Tho proprietor’s brother, Irving, placed a air on the feet of the prospective customer. had just finished lacing up_the «i shoe when the sec man struc k him over the head and knocked | him out, ‘Then ‘the pair took $45 from the cash register and departed, thief No. 1 wearing away the patent leather shoes, ALIENS FLEE ELLIS ISLAND. Six Eseape im Rowboat After moving Door Panel. Sept. P. A. Baker of Ellis Island an- nounced this afternoon that six aliens who had been held under detention caped last night. They removed a| glass panel in a door, crawled through | the opening and got away in a rows | t owned by the Phoenix Construc- Co. which is constructing a break- er at the Island e men were awaiting de- cision on appeals from orders of depor- tation, The others were stowaways awaiting deportation, Attempt to Rob Ei 4 GUAYAQUIL, Aug. 27.--The steamer , Guatemala with the Ro: ler Com. | " | mission, headed by Major Gen. W. C. | 4 |Gorgas, former Surgeon General of the | . ne from Narragansett Bay yesterday for | European waters. BLOWNUPATSEA: GEN S ESI Twelve Men From the Schoon- er Elmer Roberts Picked Up —Had Taken. to Boats. YARMOUTH, N. &, Aug, 27 ‘Twelve ‘members of the crew of the fourmasted auxiliaty schooner Elmer Roberts arrived here to-day and re- |ported that their ship, loaded with ammunition, caught fire and blew up at sea. ‘The schooner, a vessel of 695 tons net, was owned in Orafige, Tex, and was returning. from Bordeaux to New) York on her maiden trip. A lamp ex- ploded In the engine room at midnight Thursday and the flames spread so; rapidly the crew had only time to es- cape in one of the boats, fosing all their effects, The crew, commanded Sy Capt. Jorgensen, were in the boats until 9 o'clock Gaturday night when they were picked up by the fishing schooner Roseway of Yarmouth 110, miles southeast of Cape Sable. WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.—A terious explosion at een about 500 miles east of New York, on Aug. 22, ‘was reported to the Navy Department to-day by the steamship Mercauke of Rotterdam. of the Mercauke a great xed auare KATHLENE. MAF minutes later a,lovd,expicion wes | Girl “Coming to ‘New, York|®sltea MORSE te Cheer tae i|, anmncctiah mek a a buge rocket. ‘ yal one. Sas Elmer Roberts. BULGAR KING ORDERED FROM AUSTRIA BY CHARLES, Awakened at Midnight, He Is In duced to Flee With His Millions, PARIS, Aug. 27.—When the former King Ferdinand fied frofn Bulgaria he |. took refuge in one of his castles in Amstria and it was by formal order of Emperor Charles that he was compelled to leave, gocording to the Journal Des Debats. Count Leopold Von Berdhtold (for- mer Austfian/Poreign Minister and « close friend of Emperor Charies) came personally to deliver the order, arriving at the castle at midnight, the news paper continues, ‘The Abdicated Mon- arch was gound asleop. When he understood what was wanted, he cried, “ It is infamy—reach- ery." affirming that he ha always sacrificed himbelf for Austria, Frantio- alty denyitig ‘that he was @ traitor, Ferdinand cated tm his aon and his favorite general. ‘This general ptoved to be a Bulgarian who spoke only in his native language, A triangular conversution followed, the former king translating, Gount yon Berchtold's Germman into Bulgarian and the general's Bulgarian vito German. Count Von Berchtold reiterated the order, making Ferdinand understand that his life was in danger if he re- méined, and within a few minutes an automobile carried off Ferdinand, and the millions he had succeeded in bring- ing with him. CHILD HE This ts Miss Kathiene Martyn, British actress and mascot of the Royal Flying Corps, and the only swirl who ever flew with the Prince of Wales, Her aerial ride with’ roy- alty was made in Scotland, Miss Martyn is coming to the Quality of Meals on the George Washington Praised by Presi dent Wilson, They Say, such meals in the Navy /he would do his next. fighting on a battleship, "recalled that President. @ ile some me hey added that firet were up to standard and they that the standard is as high as maintained in the saloon any class ocean Uner, CORD MEYER'S CASE PUT OFF 80 HE MAY FLY TO PRINCE Magistrate Doyle Willing to Wait While Millionaire , Accompa- nies Col. Thaw to Toronto, Tt there is one thing that Magistrate Thomas F. Doyle of Long Island City prides himself on it is being accom- modating. So that when Cord Meyer, the Great Neck millionaire, telephoned him this morning that he had an gngement to fly. from Mineola to To: ronto, Canada, with Col. Willlam Thaw to meet tho Prince of Wales, the Mag- istrate adjourned the hearing of a com- plaint against Meyer until Sept. “It's about the only chi get to meet royalty, and I let over to meet His Royal Highness,” com- mented the Court as he announced the adjournment. Meyer was summoned for making a wrong turn on Jackson Avenue, Tith Street, Woodside, L. I. Joseph J. Ray was in court to appear against him this mor next’ Tu he say Available records do not insignia auch @= described. Capt. James Smith of the eeemanieetis LD AS SLAYER. Cave of Hrances sky Goes to Grand Jury. Frances Sulinsky, thirteen years old, was held for the action of the Grand Jury in the New Jorsey Avenue Court, Brooklyn, to-day charged with polsoning the fourteen-months-old baby of her am- ployer, Mra. A. Kramer, She was com- mitted to the Children’s Socioty, Mra. Kramer was prevented by attendants from attacking the girl as ahe was taken from the court buildin; pokes: Mat td 8 TED, SALE OF SEIZED FOOD LEGAL. COLUMBUS, ©., Aug, 21—The Ohio Supreme Court hero to-day upheld the recent selaure of seventy-five tons of pork by the county prosecutor at Colum- bus in the fight against the high cost of living. This decision permits the sale of the meat to the public at cost, toe Sea) Flat Increase Urged for P. 0. Men. WASHINGTON, Aug. 277A flat in- crease in'salary of $159 for each Post Office employee for this fisenl year proposed In @ resolution favorably r ported to-day by the House Post OMice Committee, Minimum wages of @ cents an hour are proposed for substitute em- ployees. An appeal is being sent to chambers of commerce in Europe National Foreign Trades Council elty to assist the council tn its to better cable communication for \ mercial purposes. Much of the delay in the ot Sopptshns to the Orient ts die on of the Medit Seek enbis eystern ay 6, rooule flood of messages sent by Bu ermments. The council asks t can trade organisa al to thelr good he various raments to eliminate as far ag unimportant cable messages. 3. he ader Welcomes Gorgas. United States Army, on boar CALA REE reE yesterday. ‘The _commlasto ——ee - is to investiga here and in ot “« met with « hearty welcome. e & Lieut. Crebore, Hurt im Air Race, Is 5 im ALBANY, Aug. ut. Austin B. Crehore, who was badly injured here rday while participating in the e o ’ ternational air Derby, was = im- proving Us morning, it was said at the fospital, and his recovery ls now ea cled, mm AES. Torpede Flotilia Sails for Eure- pean Water NEWPORT, Aug. 27.—Tho United States destroyers Champlain, Foote, Maddox, Morris and Thornton sailed med in Hungary. BINGHAMTON, N. Y., Aug Three bank robbers made a sensa- tional “attempt to, rob the Firs Natlowal Bank in Candor, N.Y. thi inorning ed to blow up the| vault S| been formed in Budapest, NA, Aug. 27.—A new Hungarian cabinet, non-partisan in characte! reports from new ministry rich, that city said to lg headed by Pr . ‘The mier Hein: