'"' JJ-W5P5''tf'-H,V s"," (. J(l: :f - - IA ! ' Cuenintj public ledger THE WEATHER Washington, Aug. 0. Fair today and tomorrow. TjsMrEiiATunr. at bach noun NIGHT EXTRA 8 n io in 12 i 2 i a I 4 I 5" tffl 07 llil) 170 71 71 till"! i VOL. V. NO. 281 Entered is econd.Clnta Matter it the Pontoftlce, at Fhtlidelphli, Fa. Under the Act of March S. 1879. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1919 Published Dally Except Sundir. Oubicrlpllnn Trice IS a Year by ilalL Copyright. 1019. br Publlo Lmlcer Company. PRICE TWO CENTS 15 RAILROAD UNIONS UNITE TO DISCLAIM GABELL, NORTH PENN DIRECTOR, UNDER ITSIKIHE, -15AHSTED BUNK OFFICIAL "I Didn't Know They Were Cooking for Me; I Have Done Nothing Wrong," He Avers SEIZED BY DETECTIVES WHILE RUNNING FOR TRAIN Taken to Court, Unlike Others, He Appears Happy and Unconcerned Third Arrest Today in North Penn Case The third arrest In the North Pcnn Bank wreck that of Willlam'T. Ca bell', director-clerk was made to day. Ho was held in $10,000 ball. Louis H. Michel, president of the bank, is another member of the "Defendants' Club" of which Italph T. Moyer, the cashier, is the charter member. Michel was released in $10,000 bail. Moyer is under ?2.j,000 bail. ' An announcement is expected by Monday on the action to be taken against two "former state officials" Involved in the bank failure. William T. Gabcll, a director of the North Penn Hank, proclaiming bis in nocence and insisting that it was "all a mistake," was arrested this morning. He was held in $10,000 ibail, charged with conspiracy with Halph T. Moyer, the entliler. now held in S2.i.000 bail. - - . . ana i.cwis ii, -uicnei, president oi wc bat 'tna bank, flho is in $10,000 ball, in having nowledgo regarding the unsound bank, and of accepting deposits when he knew the institution to be 'tottering. "Invited" to Come Home 'The clement of the dramatic entered Into the arrest of the director. The warrant had been sworn out for him 1 yesterday afternoon and a detective as signed to cover his home. Earlier yes terday he went to Wildwood, N. J. Last night he met James Dobson, one of the detectives attached to the district attorney's office, who "invited" htm to come to the city today. Not a word was said about a warrant and the man did not read the newspapers last night. This morning Gabell left Wildwood. He took the early train and did not have the opportunity, of purchasing a newspaper. When he stepped off the ferry he was closely followed by the detective. Meanwhile Samuel O. Wynne, deputy chlet of the district attorney's detec tives, was waiting in the Market street ferry bouse. He saw his man and fol lowed. ' Dashes for Train Gabell ascended the steps to the cle- , vated platform, little suspecting that Mr. Wynne was following. He paid his fare and made a dash for a train, Sr. Wynne hastily followed, and at tne' moment tho man was entering the ' train tho detective's hand wa3 placed on the man's shoulder. ' "Mr. Gabell," he said, "you are under arrest," "He was the most surprised and , chagrined man I ever saw," said Mr. Wynne when telling of the arrest. " "What, mc? Surely there is a mis take. I cave done no wrong. I never knew a warrant was out for me or that you were looking for me. I was sim ply asked to visit the district attorney's office." Mr. Wynne explained that a war rant had been issued yesterday. Then the second detective came up, and the two escorted Gabell to the office of James T, Cortelyou in the Penn Square Building. No warrant Is Used Mr. Wynne arrested the man without a warrant. 0 The warrant was in ' the pocket of David D. Freedman, a dis- trict attorney detective, who had been watching .Gabell's home at 3200 Ridge avenue during the night. This detec tive had not put in an appearance up . to the tlmo of the hearing. Soon after the arrival in the office Gabell got into touch with his attor- Continued on rare Four Column Six Our. Best Wishes! Fair tonight and Sunday, bo I liirdi tcill ting and bees icil hum! Variable iflndt toill bloio; itotllf from the north they'll . , vomel .Jfty pin have a lapptf Sunday "wma-pmH-j do m Monday! T-W77-3 ' si Acher Pledges Support to Moore's Gandidacy Former Sheriff A. Lincoln Acker, who had been mentioned ns an In dependent candidate, today come out for Congressman J. Hampton Moore for Mayor. In n letter he wrote to .Mr. Moore, lie said! "The right man has been selected to make the fight. 1 will do every thing in my power to help bring about your election." POLICE HEED DEMAND IN STOCKYARD STRIKE Guards Are Withdrawn From Chicago Plants in Effort to End Walkout Chicago, Aug. 0. (Ry A. P.) Five hundred policemen, 2."i0 deputy sheriffs and the last of the staff troops nsslgned to race riot-duty were withdrawn from the stockyards today iu the hope that the striking employes of the packers might be induced to return to work. About 1000 patrolmen and 100 deputy sheriffs still nrc on duty iu the vicinity of the jards, however. President Martin Murphy, of the stockyards labor council, said the men would not return to work until every guard has been withdrawn nnd per mission is granted labor organizers to unionize the 0000 negroes employed at the plants, Union officials declare that of the 43,."r0 employed in the stockyards, 30, ."00 arc out while the packers Insist that not more then 10,000 nre on strike. They reported that the plants of Armour & Co., Swift & Co., Morris & Co., and Wilson & Co., still nre in opera tion, but admit they are not running more than 50 per cent of capacity. WHERE DO THEY STAND? City Congressmen Away Can't Get Mayoralty Views Bv a Staff Corrttvondtnt Washington, Aug. O.-rEfforts made here foi-'llio- last three days, to see how the Philadelphia congressmen in tend to line up in the mayoralty con test have been unavailing owing o their absence from Washington. The six Philadelphia congressmen Cnstellc, Darrow, Vare, Graham and Edmonds were among tho absentees today, and have been for the greater part of the lust two weeks. Although word was telegraphed nil the Pennsylvania congressmen Thursday to be on hand to hear the President's ad dress to the joint session of Congress yesterday, ouly two or three of the thirty-six Pennsylvania members put iu an appearance. Congressman Peter J3. Costcllo, of Philadelphia, was here yesterday, but dccliued fo sec newspaper men who wanted to learn his position on the mayoralty race. DIES AS RESULT OF FALL R. F. Duval Succumbs Following Plunge From Ladder It. F. Duval, of 423 Lincoln avenue, Collingswood, N. J died in the West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital at 11 tn,.i. i. .t.i.i. ti...i i.ji r "...- J"- '",'i:.J.n-':r"'l in falling from a ladder while painting the roof of his house. The accident occurred shortly nftcr he returned home yesterday afternoon. Mr. Duval was standing nt the top of tho ladder when it toppled over, throw- " 'v , ""' ", ' ,y ,0 ,' ! 1,1 i,.i a. .i j". ,'Tlie ares have not indorsed me and ing him head downward a distance of ,. f.,i ,, m. t... . ' :. fi tt .!.., . ... .ibenator Martin nnd Mr. Lane have fifteen feet. He sustained a fractured skull and broken back, Mr. Duval was well known in Col lingswood and was an active member In the First Methodist Episcopal Church of that place. He was nt one time pres ident of the Ushers Association. He Is survived by a widow and four chil dren. Mr. Duval was forty-seven years old. WOMAN THROWN OFF HORSE Mrs. C. W. Lalng In Hospital With Concussion of Brain i When her horse bolted and ran away today, Mrs. Charles W. Lalng, of J21Ii South Kdgcwood street, fainted uuu isu irom mc sauuic. ne Is In a serious condition in the Lankcnau Hospital,, Mrs. Lalng was on her way to Fair mount Park for a morning ride. At Thirty-second nnd Oxford streets the noise of a passing trnio startled the horso and it ran away. At the hospital it was said she has concussion of the brain and n possible frncture of the skull.1 Mrs. Lalng is twenty-two years old. STOCK TRANSFERS TAXABLE Two Per Cent Per $100 Must Be Paid, Is State Ruling Harrlsbiirg, AUg. 0. (Ry A. P.) All stock transfers, including retrans fers, are subject to the Pennsylvania tax of 3 per cent per $100, according to an opinion rendered by Deputy At torney General William II. Hargest in reply to a' query by Auditor General Snyder today. Tho question was raised by Auditor General Snyder as to -whether stock transferred to a trustee as collateral for fixed loans and' then transferred back to the original holders was tax able under the act of June 4, 1015. nnd J the' attorney general's department hold Uf It ta" In VothjMlancM.- i .f , ais t . . w , VARE, NOT PATTERSON, IS ISSUE, SAYS MOORE, PLEDGING SQUARE DEAL And Uncle Dave Retorts: Man Amazos Me" 'That CONGRESSMAN PROMISES FAIRNESS TO EVERY ONE Declares That Personalities Will Not Be Indulged in Dur ing Campaign Vnrc not Judge Patterson Is the issue ! Congressman J. Hampton Moore, independent Republican candidate for the mayoralty nomination, made this emphatic today. He was found nt his office in Washington. A "square deal" for the Republi can party in Philadelphia is to be his chief aim in his campaign. "The A'nres stand only for n Vnrc controllod committee," tho congress man said. "I am attempting to .do the Republican party n service by giving nil Republicans a square deal. "The average Republican worker does not like to feel that he is a mere cog in a machine from which be cannot extricate himself without losing his job." Mr. Moore made it emphatic that he would indulge In no personalities with Judge Patterson, who, he seems con vinced, is the Vnrc candidate. To Hammer Vare Machine He will hammer the Vnres nnd the Vare machine. The judge will escape the thunder of his invective. "Judge Patterson," announced the congressman, "is not the issue." Down nt Altantic City, Uncle Dave Lane, the major prophet of the Repub lican organization, resumed his jeremiad on tho candidacy of Mr. Moore. He predicted dire defeat for the con gressmansweet victory for the judge. "That man nmnzes me," hn said of Mr. Moore. "I do not understand what has got into him." Mr. Moore went to Washington from Philndelphin yesterday nfternoon This morning, after conferring with a num ber of tho Republican lenders about his temporary absence from Washington to conduct his mayoralty campaign in Philadelphia, Mr. Moore plunged into his belated correspondence nnd made preparations to clear the decks for ac tion. Coming Here Tonight He expects to leave tonight for Phil adelphia, and will remain here the greater part of the six weeks before the city primaries on September 10. Early next week Mr. Moore will "es tablish campaign headquarters some where, on Chestnut street. "This mnnrnlty fight is serious busi ness," he said today, "nnd will have to be waged at every step of the game from now until the primary polls are closed." Mr. Moore was asked if he intended to attack Judge Patterson personally in his campaign. "Why, of course not; no more than I expect him to attack mc," he replied. titn Neither do I expect to attnek David Martin or David Lane. They nre Re publicans, just ns I am. nut they are up against what Mr. Laiic has called 'a gentleman's agreement.' "That agreement is nppnrently with 11.- T- T . l . . withdrawn their support. They have gone over to Judge Patterson. It is ob vious, since I have started in this thing untrammeled, thnt the Vares must have a candidate to offset any inroads my friends may make upon the Vnre ma chine. For a Square Deal "I would stand for a Republican city committee thoroughly representative of the Republican party. The Vares stand only for a Vnre-controlled commit tee. I nm nttemiking to do the Republican party a service by giv ing all Republicans a square deal. Tho average Republican worker does not like to feel that ho is a mere cog in a machine from which he cannot extricate himself without losing lift) job." "Have you talked with Mr. Martin or Mr. Lane (hiring the last two d&ys?" "I hnd a brief conversation over the telcpliono with Sir. Lane on Friday, but that amounts to nothing." "Do you mind saying what was the drift of the conversation?" "Oh, it ran about like this: I told Mr. Lane I hnd tried to see him Mon day last, when I saw Senator Mnrtin, to thank him for the kind things he' had said about me, that I still thanked him aud appreemted his friendship, which need jiot necessarily be broken. As to those things he' might bave said after my candidacy had been announced, I told him I would write them in the sands. "You are not likely to find me at tacking enator Martin or Mr. Lane or the public spirited and industrious men whom they speak for m the Nineteenth and Twentieth wards." Debate Suggested ' "Do you expect to debate with Judge Patterson on the stump?" "Why not suggest a debate with mv distinguish colleague, Congressman Vare, who Is going to oe one ot tlie real fac tors In this fight. But bear In mind what I satfl about Jhilgc Patterson. He r J79t85j ''ow Political Pot Bubbles Over Moore and Patterson Congressman J. Hampton Moore, independent inndidnte for the Re publican nomination for Mayor, says Vare not Judge Patterson is the is sue. Receiver of Taxes Kendrlek an nounces he is not u mnyoralty candidate, barks Judge Patterson. Judge Patterson expected to an nounce himself us a candidate in n day or two. Thomas Robins, friend of Theo dore Rooscelt, indorses Judge Pat terson. John 51 N'obre, who was ncqult ted on n tharge of libel preferred by Senator Vare, has taken stump against the Vnres. HEAR YE! BALLYHOO FORMAYOROPENS Robins's Move to Aid Patterson Seen as Act to Get Vote of Soldiers BOTH SIDES ARE CONFIDENT Ry GEORGE NOX MrCAIN The effect of Congressman J. Hamp ton Moore's announcement that lie is a candidate for Mayor nnd defiantly op posed to the Vnrc Republican organiza tion was npparcut today in organiza tion circles. Judge John M. Patterson has been formally recognized ns the Vare selec tion to oppose Mr. Moore. At least, he has been officially scheduled ns such. For a time there was a persistent rumor on the" street that tlfere was trouble in the Vare ranks; that Senator Dave Martin nnd David H. Lane, who hnd hurried up from Atlantic City, had visited Judge Paterson to offer him the organization's support without consult ing Senator Vnrc; thnt there was a split in the ranks of the regulars; that homebody was being double-crossed ; that tlfere was an nttempt to "put one over" on the head of the organization. The fact is that Messrs. Lane nnd Martin were acting under preconcerted arrangement. It was understood be forehand. The procedure was mapped nnd planned like the route of a circus. Seuntor Vare, City Chairman Harry Ransley nnd everybody else who hnd a right to know thoroughly understood it. Vare Stays In Background Senator Vnre remained in the hack- Continued on Pnge Two, Column Six Man and Woman Attacked by Footpads Gems and Money Are Stolen AUTO BANDITS ROB SALOON Miss Sue Mann, 120 North Sixtieth street, and Max Zalehass, .141 North Thirteenth street, were beaten arid robbed by hold-up men shortly before midnight last night near Strawberry Mansion. They nre both in the Wom en's Homeopnthic Hospital in a serious condition. ' The footpads struck their victims over the head repeatedly with black jacks, threatening them with death if they made an outcry. They obtained $50 in cash, nn $S00 diamond ring, a diamond scarf pin nnd a gold watch and chain from nlehnss. From Miss Mann they obtained ?3 iu cash and n solitaire diamond ring. The nttack was one of three spectac ular robberies staged almost simulta neously in tlie northwestern section of the city. Loot secured by the high waymen is believed to have been worth $ir.oo. While detectives were at the hospi tal getting the testimony of the two victims n motorcar, in which were five men, urew up ui mu tuiu m nm i n,i. saloon of Cornelius Dougherty, Twentieth and York streets, one block from the hospital, xiircc ot tne car a occupants got out. They entered the saloon, covering the proprietor, the bartender, Neil Devine, and illlnm R. Schelbcl, 2310 North Kleventh street, a customer, with revolvers. Their companions rcmnined outside in thif motorcar, ou watch. The cash register was rifled of $150. A pedes trian, breathless from excitement, came into the saloon while the thieves were there, ' He sought refuge from two men who. he saw, oru nccostea mm two blocks away, Ievas "covered" by 11 LOOT TAKEN NED the highwaymen; V fONTOTK FOOD PROBLEM BEFORE PEOPLE Will Tackle High Cost of Living During Tour fpr Treaty SPECIAL AGENTS OF U. S. . TO HUNT FOR PROFITEERS Congress Will Speed Legislation to Enforce President's Plan, Mondell Says Ry the Associated Press Washington, .Aug. 0. Domestic problems now facing the country may be taken up directly with the people by President Wilson during his forth coming trip in the interest of the peace treaty. This was indicated today nt the White House, where it nlso was said that plans for the President's tour were going forwnrd. .Ml special agents of the Department oi .Misiice over tne country nnve ueen address is that he has raised one big ordered to assist district attorneys in s.unt,0 fe(It,rni ircnsing of Interstate uncovering evidence of profiteering in rommprre foodstuffs and other necessities. I , i J Ins is the one fundamental nlan that Congress Ready to Act 'he offers to increase the national author- Republican Leader Mondell declared itv ,. M ,,,, n ,, ,irrc that in the House today that Congress was ,.,., ready to net promptly on such legis- Uw "" w" w mil(lp- fnr ns rn lntiou as was needed to carry nut the KrP!-s H1 hae the stomach for n tight, suggestions mnde yesterday by President Resistance to this suggestion will not Wilson for reducing the high cost of b0 an party lines, for there is already liviiiK. pending a bill, introduced by one of the Members of the Senate nnd House ., ,, interstate commerce nnd agriculture "'''l"1'1 ""- Providing for a limited , ...i.ii. i.i i.... ! i..i application of the President's remedy. uiiiiii lirra, I utV.it tiwiliw tint (- in ilium the framing of legislation to extend the . , ... . iooii control net anu to regulate stor- associates among the Republicans the age of foodstuffs, Closely studied the ' AWstein and Middle. Western members President's address. 0f progressive leanings will support Although some members of Congress u. t'lcsideiit. disagreed with the specific recommeiidn-1 tions of the President, it was believed Not Part' !" that the prospective legislation generally! The conservative Democrats, who ob would follow the proposals he mnde. J ject ti everj extension of Federal ...... .. ....... lib.. s....,n- .! ...til i..: nnnnslllm. nn I.lronslnr huggestlon hy tlie I'resiclent for fed cral licensing of nil corporations en gnged m interstate commerce and for extension of the food control law met with the grentest opposition in congres sional circles. Many of the opponents of the league of nntlons in the Senate criticized the stress laid by the Presi dent on early ratification of the pence treaty, some of thein, including Chair man Lodge and Senator Hording, Ohio, of the foreign rclntions committee, de claring there was no connection between Continued on rase Tour, .'oliiinn Four Philadelphian Defeats W. M. Johnston, Ex-National Tennis nis Champion, 7-5, 8-6, 6-1 AUSTRALIANS VICTORIOUS Newport, R. I., Aug. 1). William T. Tilden. of Philadelphia, defeated Wil liam M. Johnston, of San Francisco. 7-.r, 8-0, 0-1, today, in the final round of the tennis singles tournament at the Casino. Tilden's game was perfect, while Johnston mnde errors, nt critical times. Johnston's backhand was his weak point. General Patterson nnd Norman E. Rrookcs. Australian players, today de feated It. Norris Williams, 2d, aud Wutson M. Washburn. 0-3. l-1. 0-4. in the semi-final round of doubles, for the Newport cup. The steady, mac'.iinc-like plnyiug of tho Australians was too much for the American stars, who were forced into making many errors while their rivals made frequent placement shots. lhe other Australian team, R. . Thomas' and Randolph Lycett, went down to defeat before Wallace F. John sou and Vlucent Richards, 0-4, 0-4, l!-4, in the lower bracket of the semi finnhj. Johnson's chop stroke bothered the Australians, while Richards was good at driving down the alleys and inroiigii tliem. Thomas and Ljcett seemed not to have shaken down into their gamo jet. JUDGE UPHOLDS BREWER Rules 2 Per Cent Beer Was Not 8hown to Be Intoxlcatlna Los Angeles, Calif., Aug. 0. (Ry A. P.) Judge M. F. Pleilsn nf H.n United States District Court, yesterday against Joseph Rnumgartner, an office, M ot cue ISaKcrsncliI llrcwing Company, who wns charged with selllue 2.75 n'er cent beer in violation of the war time prohibition measure. The, demurrer was sustained on the grouud that the in dictment did not show that the beer rwa jHtoxIcating. BILL TILDEN WINS NEWPORT FINALS REMEDIES WILSON TO REDUCE Washington, Aug. !). hit address to Congress yesterday Preiident R'itoon made the following recommendation for reducing the high cost of living: The pence treaty should be ratified. The Lever wartime food control bill should be extended to cover all necessaries of life and should be mnde permanent. , Penalties should be fixed for profiteering. A time limit should be put on cold storage. (ioods released from storage should bear the date of their-receipt and the market price at that time. (ioods in interstate commerce should be marked with the price paid to the producer. Corporations engaged in interstate commerce should be licensed, com petitive belling secured nnd unreasonable profits prevented. The bill, now pending, nlmed at fraudulent promotions, should be passed. The President said the following menns were now being used to cope with the situation: Surplus army food supplies were being sold to the public. Profiteers were being prosecuted under the food control act and the anrrmnn nnti-trust act. Attempts were being made to stop food hoarding. Wilson 's Licensing Plan to Be Fought in Congress President's Interstate Issue on, Which Friends and Foes Forget Their Party Lines By CLINTON. Staff Correspondent of Washington, Aug. 0. The day-after I reaction of Congress to the President's . . ... - - I 'I.,"yni,I bl" j "h" ccns,n,: of, ! Packers. Men likq Mr. Kenyon and his i - , .... u nv .,imo .1 ..;., ,.. jun. 1 with the consenative Republicans nguinst him. The issue is not a party issue. It is an economic issue nnd the division between the two wings of both parties is really sharper than the divi sion between the pnrties themselves. If the public mind continues to run upon profiteering as the cause of the high cost of living the President will probably be nble to nrray a considerable force of populnr opinion In his fnvor on this question of licensing corpora tions In interstate trade. The f :i in i I in i" nrgumeuts that, to put such power iu the hands of the antiomil government, is dangerous and tnnt it is susceptible of political abuse have never prevailed with the masses in the past. The licensing of corporations received a trial during the war, and its success then hns given the idea considerable impetus. Mr. Hoover's method of con trolling tlie food distribution was by li censing. And in his hands licensing worked. Ills was a species of benevolent despotism. A corporation found vio inting the food administration's rules had its license taken nway for a cer tain period. Mr. Hoover also had tlie habit of roughly estimating the amount 17 KILLED IN MEXICAN MINE EXFTOSIQW MEXICO CITY, Aug. O Seventeen deaths were caused by the dynamite explosion In the Rosario mine at Fachuca on Thursday, according to latest reports. Two trains, one carrying 3000 pounds of explosives crashed near the main entrance to the mine. It was at first feared that more than a thousand miner were entombed. DENY PLAN FOR UNION OF HUNGARY AND RUMANIA PARIS, Aug. 0. The report that a union between Hungary and Rumania in the form of a dual kingdom was being planned has been formally denied, a Berne dispatch received here to day says. SCRAMBLE TO BUY STOCKS Market Shows Decided Strength as Bears Are Driven From Field New York, Aug. 11. There was a scramble to buy stocks at the opening of the market this morning, advances being made iu the first few minutes ranging from 1 to 4 points. The bears were left without any new incentive, ,,,c P"Wf. message being generally favorably construed. Heavy loans of time money during the week were also an importunt bull influence and were effective in causing Increased confidence. The market, retained its strength throughout the "morning and closed with advances all along the line, ' -- '.S - 4, VIOLENCE; .. $10,000 BAIL PRESCRIBES COST OF LIVING Regulator Provides Big W. OILIJERT the Evening Public Ledger of profits made through the violation and telling the violators to make a con tribution of that amount, to the Red Cross or some other war charity. His orders were obejed. Peace Time Obstacles There was no court review of his findings. A benevolent despotism is nlwajs highly efficient. Rut n benevo lent despotism in time of pence cannot be established. The enfoicement of ! the federal licensing lnw, if passed, will not he in the hands of a Mr. Hoover, but in the hands probably of the Fed eral Trade Commissiou, n body which iu the past hns not inspired great confidence. The courts will, of course, have authority to review and probnbly enjoin its action. Aud thus tbq actual effectiveness of the' President's plun remains to be demonstrated. It is n new form of Jin idea thnt has appealed to Washington for many years. First the plan was 'the federal Incorporation of the big concerns doing an interstate business. The theory is thnt these great corporations nrc na tional in scope and can only be effec tively controlled by some national sys tem. Federal incorporation having failed, federal licensiug has taken its pluce ns the favorite menns of regulntlug busi ness. The ability to refuse or cancel a license affords an easy penalty for mis deeds. The power to amend articles of incorporation hns never proved ef fective in controlling the action of the corporntions. State experience has demonstrated that. Sherman Act a Failure The suggestion of federal licensing is a virtual confession that the Sherman law lias failed. ns a menns of regulnting the intcrstntc corporations, although one of the means. The difficulty with Sherman law prosecutions Is thnt tho machinery is too huge, the pennlties too great and, moreover, prosecutions under it nrc wrapped about with precedents estab lished by courts in a more conscrvnthe age. Federal licensing would mean n new start in federal restitution. It might turn out in practice shift the burden of proof, utmost, to which lias Continued on Tate Four, Column Vie NORTH STAR ABANDONED 8teamshlp Given Up After Breaking on Yarmouth Rocks Halifax, N. S Aug. '.). (Iy A. P.) captain Htrout, of the steamship North Stnr, which struck on Green Island, off Yarmouth, yesterday, re ported, upon being landed with his crew, that the steamer hnd been abandoned. Passengers said that the force of the impact was terrific. Many were at breakfast and were thrown from their chairs. The only one of the crew and 280 passengers injured was Captain Thomas II. Anderson, of. Snug Harbor, Saten Island, N. V.( who, waa 'merely WONT 'BULLY' PUBLIC, LABOR LEADERS AVER Formally Deny Desire to Force Plumb Plan's Adoption by Threats HINT "ANOTHER SOLUTION" IF WAGE PLEA FAILS 20,000 Shopmen Resume Work," but Many Remain on Strike Washington. Aug. 0. Leaders of the fifteen organizations of railroad em plojes united today in a "definite as sertion" that they had "no desire, and hnve none, to impress upon the public by violence or by threat" their pro posal thnt the railroads be nationalized under "tripartite control." Declaring that the requests of the men thnt living costs be reduced oc their wages increased was aside from the question of the future disposition of the railroad problem, the labor lead ers said that, if Provident AVilson and Congress could not meet this request, the men would "have to try to fintl another solution. The statement follows: "To prevent any misunderstanding is to the policy of the organized rail- road employes, we unite in a definite assertion that we have no desire and imvu niKi nunc, 10 impress upon me public, by violence or by threat,' our proposal that the railroads bo nation alized under 'tripartite control.' Wuge Question Is Separate '$ "Two distinctly separate consider,-''- $ tions now coufront the people, the wk? H$S ! requirements of the railroad enipIoypsiSS "In the matter of wages, we have submitted an eminently just proposi tion. We have suid that if we are' to continue to live ns Americans should live, and nrc to cure for our families as American fninilies should be cared for, the profiteers must be restrained nnd our waftcs increased. "Every fair-minded man nnd every intelligent housewife will recognize the reasonableness of this request. If Con gress and the President cannot meet this request, it is still a living question, and we shall have to try to find another solution. Nn Intimidation Intended "This, however, bears in no way upon our sponsorship of the Sims bill. We do hold to our conviction that the railroad cmplocs nre in no mood to- consign themselves finally to the auto cratic control of tinnncial dictators, but in proposing the elimination of capital and the tripartite directorate, we have no purpose nrMntiinidatiou. "We nppenl to the statesmanship of Americn nnd to the common sense of American manhood nnd womanhood. Wo nil nre voters, and unless our democ racy in government is a failure, our democracy in industry need not be. "We believe in tlie native ability of American labor. What we ask is the Americanization of the railroads." Stone Heads Signers This was signed by Wnrren S. Stone, grand chief, Rrotheriiood of Locomotive 1'ngineers; W. O. Lee, president, Itiotherhood of Railway Trainmen: L. F. Sheppnrd, president Order of Rail way Conductors; Timothy Shen, acting chief Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire men nnd Knginemen ; R. M, Jewell, acting president Railway Employes De partment, American Federation of Labor; E. J. Maninn. general president Order of Railway Telegraphers, nnd by the heads of nil other railroad unions. including blacksmiths, machinists, boilermnkers. sheet metal workers, elec trical workers, carmen, switchmen, freight handlers, railway nnd steamship clerks, station nnd express employes, shop Inborers and malntenancc-of-way workers. Hitchcock Opposes Plumb Plan Senator Hitchcock, Democrat, Ne braska, announced that he wns opposed to the plan of the railroad brother hoods for reorganization of the rail roads. Replying ta nn inquiry from Continued on Pnro Four. Column Four GET YOUR VEST READY Cool at Beginning of Week, Forecast of Weather Bureau Washington. Aug. 0. (Ry A. P,) Weather predictions for the week be ginning August 11 follow; North middle Atlantic states; f)eo- erally fair; moderate temperature; cool nt l,o.tnnf tl nf U'a.lf .K.n.al tnm..a ..V M. ... ....... ... vvn, UU....U, ,1-11, J, r a ture thereafter. South Atlantic and east and west fiulf states: Normal temperature nnd generally fair, but with occasional rains along the coasts. Tropical disturbance over eastern Carribean sea will ad vance westward Into gulf of 'Mexico, by. middle of the week. 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