'Ji I ' J ll Euentn$ public fed THE WEATHER Waslhnglon, Aug. 25. Fair, cooler lonlght and Tuesday. TKMrKRATUriK AT EACH HOCIl JiW)T-' NIGHT EXTRA FIJNTAJVCIA JL a 8 I 0 10 11 12 I 1 2 I 3 I 4JBT s . 711 "ft 0 70 71,174 70 70 I VOL. V. NO. 294 Entered aa Second-Cavsa Matter t the Postodlce, t Philadelphia. Ta. Under the Act of March 8. J8T. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1919 rubllehed Dally Except Sunday. Subscription Price 16 a Tear by Mali. Copyright. 1910, by I'ubllo Ledger Company. PRICE TWO CENTS PROPOSED AGREEMENT TO AID FRANCE FOUND VALID; ENGINEER OF WRECKED SHORE TRAIN ASLEEP, CHARGE tf -ias ger Ul I A I 1 h AT THROTTLE Says Train Passed Over Warn ing Torpedoes on Tracks and Lights We're Ignored P. R. R. COMMITTEE SUBSTANTIATES THEORY Issues Statement That First Block Signal Was Not Seen. Townsend in Hospital Third Crash for Engineer; Wife Ashed Him to Resign The wreck is the third railroad ernsli iu which Engineer Townsend has figured. "How seriously was' he injured?" Mrs. Townsend asked when told of the crash at the Townsend home, 737 Berkley street, Camden. "This is the third smash-up in which Jie figured, and he was badly hurt in both of the others. "I wanted him to resign after the other accidents," she continued, "be .eause I am continually worried while he is nway on trips." Coroner Charles Cunningham, of Ilammonton. N. .T., who is probing the wreck yesterday of a Washington-At lantlc City excursion train on the Fcnn sylvania Railroad near Elwood, X. J., declared that, in his "opinion, "Engi neer Ralph Townsend was cither asleep at the time of the smnshup or nanplng on the 'job." One'jnan was killed" and twenty-two o'thers" injured in a collision between MAN I HIS CORONER ih two sections of thelrain. J.J'-..!' Townsend aTnmnpnnnn. is in the l-rtUrHJt""V ' - ' "5-F - -IV---V yt jviiaaiic jiif nuspiuu wun nroKcn nus and n broken pelvis, caused when he jumped from his engine after applying the brakes. Orders have been issued to permit Eoroue to see him. Flagmen Sent to Warn Train "I do not see how this accident pos sibly could have occurred If the en gineer had been on the job," Coroner Cunningham declared today. "We have been reliably informed that when the train 'ahead, the second of the sixteen sections, was held up. a flagman was sent back as customary to warn the next train. "I, am informed that a torpedo was placed upon the rails a mile back of the second section and that a half mile back a fuse was attached to the rails. "The fuse may hive burned out, but Townsend, the engineer, must have heard the torpedo when his engine passed over it if ho was not nap ping." Coroner Cunninglinm went to At lantlc City this afternoon to empanel his jury. The hrst session ot the in (Suest will be held Thursday. Questioned by Railroad Committee A committee of railroad officials ques tioncd the engineer at the hospital to daj The committee promised to issue thfi engineer's version of the wreck This afternoon. All but two of the injured have left the Atlantic City hospital. They aro Towniod. the engineman, and George Keitz, ot Yasbington, a passenger, who wis riJiug- In the last car 'of the second section, an ancient wooden coaah which the third section crushed like an egg shell. He sustained a fractured bin. Director General of Railroads Hines .today ordered a federal investigation of toe wreck. Removal of dilapidated wooden pas senger cars from the railways of the country by the United States railroad administration is demanded by railroad riders and Atlantic City authorities as the result ot the collision. Three Inquiries Under Way Three investigations are already un der way. The railroad administration bas ordered one, R. L. Q'Donnel, gtnwtl manager of the Pennsylvania Rarrroad, has directed another, and Coroner Cunningham is conducting the third. Mr. O'Donnel has named E. J. Cleave, superintendent of the West , Jersey and Seashore Railroud, on ' which the wreck occurred; Aril. Rudd, signal engineer; W. G. Coughlln, chief engineer, and William Elmer, superin tendent of the Philadelphia division, as bis committee. Division Superintendent 'Mitchell is In charge of the railroad administration investigation. Coroner Cunningham has set his hearing for Thursday. The victims: Killed OOIK 8. TVATHEN. twenty ytara old. O atreet, B. W. Waahtrnton. Injured JENNIE CASIDT, thirty jeara oil. 1315 K Contlnned an fun Sli. Calumn Two REBELS HEM IN VLADIVOSTOK London, Aug, 14 (delayed). (By A. Is.) Vladivostok is surrounded by In- xufgenta and the town is filled with ref ugecif according to a Bolshevik wireless freport received here. It states that a JiMtiMe squadron has arrived at Vlad ? Y0Wi.,i ' ttHt .jwj, , - " " .- r il Why So Many Women Aitds in 46th Ward? McCain All But Four on '1000' delphia Precinct Trouble Expected? ' i Committee Conspicuous for Absentees By GEORGE NOX McCAIN The famous coramitce of one thjii-1 sand, the most imposing In point of nmu- I hers, but not the most representative campaign organization in the history of local politics, is now a matter of public record. The names arc noticeable for the ones !"' aT.!"is.s,,n?- J, tl,c 1,is.t,bf r,o:,cly ..ut , , uc um uul i HiiiMT and son and father ami brother in the same family are registered from the same dwellinr. There must have Jbccn, a .scarcity of new material lying around loose. Fur thermore there must; be some powerful reason that urged Mr. Robins to select nil but four of the women on his com mittee from the Forty-sixth ward in West Philadelphia. Trouble Anticipated It looks as though trouble is antici pated in that section. And yet it is not like the organization candidates to take shelter behind a womon's dress. Perish the thought ! It was fortunate thnt County Com missioner George F. Holmes succeeded in "landing" Thomas Robins in the Vare organization camp, else there mightn't have been any committee ofl1 one thousand. It would have been a calamity. Judge Patterson wouldn't have had anybody to whom he could have forwnrded his platform. Besides other complications. Mr. Holmes, who Is both canny and persuasive, Is given all the credit for this coup, for inducing Mr. Robins to desert the Progressives and throw i.! -u.: i . I- l.u .u T..-V-. his political fortunes in with the Vares, and become the Moses to lead the Or- Judge Delivers Campaign Inaug ural Speaks to Commit tee of 1000 SAYS KNOCKERS DON'T WIN "Supreme confidence" thnt he will be victor in the mayoralty fight was expressed this afternoon by Judge Pat terson . Addressing the committee of one thousand in the Adelphia Hotel, he re peated his campaign pledges, nnd said that as Mayor be would serve "hon estly, faithfully, conscientiously nnd fearlessly." Tho judge, In proclaiming he wanted his election to come from the whole people, said he desired his campaign to be constructive instead ot destruc tive. "Knockers never win and winners never knock" was the slogan he sound ed nt the meeting. Judge Patterson's Speech Judge Patterson's speech follows : "It Is hard to express in words the thoughts which fill my mind nnd the emotions which thrill my heart as I stand before this splendid gathering of representative fellow-citizens. "I love Philadelphia. I was bofn within its gates; I learned to read and to write within its schools. I earned my first dollar within the sound of the State House bell ; I graduated from Its great University; I practiced law in Its courts and I administered Justice in its forum. And now I nm asked to be its Mayor Mayor of the most American city in America the most patriotic city ill the entire world. "As my mind runs back over the years I recall the hardship and the struggles of my early days. It is then that the greatness of the honor which you tender me appears, and I am over whelmed, overwhelmed not alone by the honor which you would bestow upon me, but overwhelmed by the sense of the great responsibility which you would have me assume.- "To be asked to play an important part in the live of 2,000,000 people for the next ,four years is Indeed a grave responsibility. The opportunity for do ing good is great. To deal with the many nnd complex questions which arc bound to arise is a task which no mafl should assume lightly or without much thought. "I have considered tbis question from many sides and after much dellbaer ntion have decided to submit my name to the people of Philadelphia, having confidence In their judgment and being willing to abide by it. Personal con siderations of ease and comfort I have brushed aside and have thought only of the mayor's office as a place where the public mabe faithfully and fear lessly served, 'I liave mver shirked my work nor neglected npy duty which the public have imposed upon me as their Mayor, I pledge myself to serve them honestly, faithfully, cunsclenciously and fear lessly. Will Carry Out Every Fledge " Mr. chairman, I have already iCaattoaatMi Tt Tirr feww a . J .... PATTERSON PICKS wwm Are From West Phila gnnlzalion Into the land of ptonuse or promises. I As to the latter, it appear mat tne Varc leaders hac n lot of political promiscs'afloat. Those who may haTC been disposed 'to commiserate with Senator "Lddic i I'utton should spare their tears. The onntor, I nm told, is to bo made cit purchasing agent when 'Judge Patter-on ,,, in0 ,,u kinK(iom. Senator Pat , nH ..8t.rnpl,eii" in his ambition to I bp sh(riff by tllc nnmonB 0f n uyan Democrat. Mr. Daniel ade. Mr Wade is now busy denying that he is n Democrat, and telling why. Plum Tree Shaken Robert Smith, chairman of the liigh wny committee of Councils, is also to have the Patterson plum tree shuken for him when the proper time nrrlvcs if it does. Then there is that alleged promise made to Amos Scott, by somebody in the Vaic camp, Hint if he would liue up the colored vote he would get a place on the Vare magistrates' ticket. Unfor tunutely, the foolish types cnused me to say last Saturday that it was "Mogis tiate Scott who wanted to be Mayor." 'Hut, of course, Amos Scott will not get his magistracy, and so another polit ical note of hand has gone to piotcst. vwth Bcott k friends peeved nnd threat ening and Lawjer Diekcrson mnking n warm campaign among his people, it isn't to be wondered that Councilman Charlie Secger is coming up from 'the shore to take personal chnrge of the campaign. There mny be developments of con siderable interest, not particularly in Contlnned on l'aie Tiro, Column One Thirteen Hog Island Belles Win Right to Run in Elec tion Friday NURSE GETS 4000 VOTES Thirteen fair candidates for sponsor of the steamship Hog Island, to be launched Friday, were announced today at the executive offices nt Hog Island. The names were selected in n primary election iu which more than twenty thousand votes were cast by workers at the big shipbuilding plant. The general election will be held Wednesday. The twelve unsuccessful candidates nt the general election will form an escort of honor for the young woman who polls the heaviest vote. The entire force at the yard, divided into thirteen divisions, was restricted to voting at the primary for one girl employe in the division. The victorious primary candidates are: Division No. 1, Ways Cecelia Kel ly, stenographer, G322 Poplar streel, 875 votes. Division No. 2, Ways Beatrice Minnlek, clerk, Moore, Pa., 2034 votes. Division No. 3, Ways Anna Car ney, typist, 2425 South Eighteenth street, 072 votes. Division No. 4, Ways Marie K. Jacobs, clerk", 1827 Roseberry street, OOfl votes. Division No. 5, Ways Patience V. Kane, stenographer, 7231 Woodland avenue, 277 votes. Wet Basin Marjorle Kahle, ste nographer, 417 Rlghter street, Wissa hiekon, 1344 votes. Stores, shop and engineering Mrs. W, W. Light, 4140 Parkside avenue, 335 votes. Executive and standards Marie O'Donnell, clerk, 5340 Race street, forty-seven votes. Purchasing Alice Gilooly, clerk, 2530 Diamond street, 120 votes. Financial Jane E. Mulltns, clerk, 5444 Mnrket street, eighty-eight votes. Clamp division Miriam Archibald, clerk, 712 South Twenty-third street, 051 votes. Industrial relations Minnie Green, nurse at first aid station, 0038 Kershaw stret, eighty-nine votes. Steel, shops and engineering Irene Smith, stenographer, 122 Fern avenue, Collingswood, N. J., 078 votes. Nurse Gets 4000 Votes The polls for the primary election opened last Friday morning and closed Continued on rare Six, Column Herta WANT $70 POLICE FORCE North Wale's Seeks Chief, Patrol man and Detective, All In One North Wales v.'ants a "0. P. D." If you have such a decree ea Joseph Whltely, Jr., chief burgess of tne Dorougn. It is necessary to be a graduate In common sense and good fellowship, for the "C. P. D." stands for chitf, patrol man and detective. The three-fold job i will be avail able after September 1 and 'will pay $70 per month. iThe applicant must be the entire police' department of North. Wales' SPONSOR PRIMARY WINNERS NAMED ET OF f LAUGHLIN IN Director of Supplies Quotes Sen ator as Saying "Can That Stuff" in Hose-Pipe Row WANTED LIEUTENANT TO OBTAIN AWARD Political Leader Denies That He Made Statements and Raps City Hall Official Dhei'tor of Supplies Joseph S. Mtio I.aughllii made further charges toda 1-f.ainst Senator Vare resulting from the senator's admitted attempt to obtain a rirc-hose contract for Michael I. Ciane,' Vare lieutenant in the Twentj -fourtlii ward. I "Can that stuff." Mr. MaiLaughlinl quoted Senator Varc ns sajlng after the director nreuscil Crane of unfair methods iu dealing with the city during the Blankciibuig administration. "I don't care whnt was done in the past or in other places, Director Mac- ' I.aughlin asserts Vare continued. "I I ivnnt Crnne to get that hose contract." The remarks quoted-by Director Mac I Lnughlin, the latter says, were made jin Senator Vare's own office In the Lincoln Building, to which the con tractor had invited the cabinet mem i her. i Vare Denies Charges I Senator Vnie later flatly denied that MncLaughlin had heen in his office or ever discussed the fire-hose contract in the Lincoln Building office. "That's ridiculous," was the sen ator's comment on the quotntiou ascribed to him by the supplies director. "It's strange," Senator Vare con tinued, "thnt he wnits until he is dis appointed over his mayoralty aspira tions before he lets the public know about it. No such meetinz ever took 'VfacCin my office." But Director MacLnughlin was ex plicit in his narration of the efforts made by Senator Vare for Crane, his po litical lieutenant. "Senator Varc not only made his visit to my office in Mr. Crane's brhnlf, but afterwards sent for me to go to his office. I "There, notwithstanding the fact that I showed him that the man in whose i interests he was pleading had cheated' the city in the fire hose delivered to the Blankcnbmg administration, by supplj-, ing a three-inch three-ply hose when the speci'ictttions called for four-play, ' and that the company he represented had been under investigation in other cities, Senator v arc replied : "Can That Stuff" "Can that stuff. I don't care what was done in the past or in other places. I wnnt Crane to get thnt contract." Director MacLaughliu paused for a moment nfter quoting the remarks he said Senator Varc made in the senator's office. "After Impressing on me he wnntcd Crane to get the cotitrnct. Senator Vare told me to throw out all the bids and readverti&e no that Crane could adjust his figures. Crane had bid $1.20 a foot for the hose and the Goodrich company had bid sixty-one cents. I told Senator Vare that the lowest bidder who com piled with the specifications would get the contract." The supplies director was asked if his fiery tilt with Senator Varc Indi cated the director would support Con- Continued on race Two. Column Two RUNAWAY HORSE KILLED Collides With Motortruck on North Seventh Street A runaway horse was killed today nt Seventh ond OUnrd streets when it col lided with n motortruck. - The animal was drawing a wagon driven by M. Wiess, 1418 Germantown avenue. Wiess had hired the team from a Second street stable. He was driving down the hill on Oxford street between Ninth and Tenth streets when the animal became unmanageable and uuueu. Wiess was thrown from the wagon. but escaped injury. He chased the team, which was careening about n block ahead of him. A big motortruck was going north on Seventh street when Jhe runaway reached that intersection. The horse flung itself against the truck and was killed by the impact. GERMANS BAR ALLIED ARMS Decline Permission to Police Silesia, Where Teuton Riot Paris. Aug. 25. (By A. P.) Ger-' many has declined to invite Allied troops to police Silesia before they have that right under the treaty, which stliir ulates that they are to safeguard tle plebiscite there. The SUeslau situation is unsatisfac tory and the Germans are reported to be bringing about a recrudescence of the recent reign of terror in that province. The question of sending allied troops to Silesia came before the Supreme Council Saturday, dispatches indicating that Germany was beiug sounded on her willingness to permit foreign troops to enter the district for police purposes tietore tne peace treaty nau bceu rati fied. , VAREAGAINTARG CONTRACT GOUGE Register Tomorrow! Don't Lose Your Vote! To vote you must register. Register Tomorrow, August 26 Polls open at 7 a. m. to 1 p. m. and from 4 to 10 p. m. Buy poll tax or show property tax receipt. Don't delay! You may be busy or out of town on the succeeding qualifying davs. It's Good Citizens' Day I Register! FOUR NEAR DEATH Two Boys Thrown From Boat Into River Lightning Does Damage BOLTS ENDANGER TWO Lightning struck in severnl places in nnd near this dry today during thei heavy rainstorm which descended suil- dcnly, drenching thousands unprotected bj umbrellas or raincoats. Two bojs, boating in the Delaware rivei, were thrown In the water when their boat was overturned by the choppy waves raised by the storm. Lightning set u pile of mattresses ablaze in e Second street factory, and knocked a hammer from the hand of a factory workman, and another bolt hit the home of former Vnlted States Senator David Balrd, iu Camden. The lightning bolt which struck the mattresses in the factory of It. Her man, 715 North Second street, appeared as a ball of fire which crashed its way through the window. At the some moment, n hammer held by L. M. Cohen, Brown street near Second, a workman, was knocked from his hand. Cohen was. on the third floor, one story above the pile of mattresses which burst Into flames when the lightning struckf'The workman: wau'daze'd but not injdrcd. Balrd home Damaged When a bolt hit the home of former Senator Balrd, his daughter, Mrs. Mary Lee, was alone in the house. She was uninjured by the shock, al though some damage was done to the building, which stands at the corner ot Kighth and Cooper streets. The bolt first struck n tnll chimney nt one side of the house and then ran down into the orten fireplace at its base, cracking several bricks. Howard Cnssidy and Ernest Mey ers, 11 years old, Paulsuoro, N. J., were the two boys who narrowly es caped drowning in the Delaware river. The boys bad left their home early todaSjfor a trip on the river in a small duckwBjSj They were off Hog Island w heiHfstorm broke with even more violence than over the center of the city. Lragc hail stones fell and sheets of rain, and the liver was lashed into shoppy waves by the wind. The little boat was blown over a few moments after the storm broke and the boys flung into the water. Captain G. E. Gallagher, who is iu charge of float ing equipment at the ard, was standing on tho end of a pier and saw the acci dent. He called Captain J. C. Morse, who is the skipped of Matthew C. Liush's yacht the Francis III In this ciaft the two men put out to the rescue. They got tho boys aboard without much difficulty. Once ashore the bojs were given food, steaming coffee and dry clothes, and in a short time seemed none the worse for their experience. Captain Gallagher took them to their homes after they had rested. PROFITEER IN ARMY FOOD Boston, Aug. 25. (By A. P.) Eight corporations have been indicted b ythc county grand jury for keeping in cold storage more than one year a to tal of 130,847 pounds of frcsU fish, 01,350 pounds of fresh meat and egg products. The district attorney said he received information thnt dealers who had pur chased army food in some districts had resold it as a considerable profit. GENERAL'S DIGNITY DAMPENED Boston, Aug. 25. (By A. P.) After a barge from the battleship Utah had taken nfF thr nftinnra nf iin rin.- di Cavour, an Italian battleship in the harbor here, General Guglielmotti, of the Italian embassy today tumbled into tho water when he fell from a rope ladder on which he was climbing to the1 dock at the army supply base. The ,crevv ot tne Darge pulled him to safety 'Will Run for President If People Say So" Daniels On Boanl the V. S. 8. New York, IIIIo, Hawaiian Islands, Aug 25. (By A. P.) When asked regarding Hie outcome of a conference of Hono lulu Democrats, Secretary of Navy Daniels remarked "that the Wilson administration has no candidate for President. That is for the people to decide," Asked regarding his own possible candidacy he bald: "My candidacy Is for the people to decide." When you 'think rf wrttlnc. IN SUDDEN STORM PACT TO GUARD FRENCH LEGAL, Subcommittee's Report Declares Force Alone Will Prevent New German Aggression BRITAIN CALLED ROBBER OF EGYPT'S FREEDOM Senate Bill Provides With drawal From League Unless Nations Abolish Conscription It) the Associated Press Washington. Aug. 25. While Ger nun) 1ms been vanquished for the pres ent. "nothing hut force is likely to re strain her fiom seeking woild doiiiinn tion r.i t lie earliest opportunity." in the opinion of the Senate judicial') subcommittee appointed to report on the validity of the proposed treat) by which the I'nited States would go to the nid of Fiance in the event of an unprovoked nttnek by Germany. In holding thnt ratification of the special defensive treaty is within the constitutional powers of the treat) -milking bodies of the American Gov ernment, the subcommittee, in its report submitted today to the full uiuimit tee, said it was for the interest of the I nited States that Fiance should i he allowed to lecuperate nnd ret over her uld-timc vigor. ' Trance a Shield lo I'. S. ' 'She will then." said the report, "bei -"i Binriu mm proircior to us against the German menace in the fu ture." The report was written by Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Montana, in col laborntion with Senators Nelson and Kellogg, fioth of .Minnesota, nnd Fall, of New Mexico, Republicans, and Sena tor Overman, of North rnrollrin, Dcmo irat. constituting the subcommittee. "It will be seen." the report said, "thut the covenant only alms at pro tection against German) and that it is ot n. temporary character to be merged in and substituted by the authority of the league of nations when thnt is es tablished and put into operation. Alliance Only Temporary As the armistice covers the ground between the end of the war nnd thp rati fication of the treaty of peace, so the treaty in question nims to cover the ground from the time of the adoption of the tieaty until the league of nations, provided for in the treaty, can take its place. "In other vvoids the treaty in ques tion is of ii temporarj diameter to be merged in the final treaty of peace. "Such a treaty is clearly warranted by international law and usage nnd is therefore, within the scope of the trenty-making power of the United Stntes." Proposes Withdrawal from League Withdrawal of the United States from the league of nations within two jears unless all member nntions abolish con scription is proposed in n bill intro duced todn) b) Senator Jones, Republi can, Washington. The measure also provides that the Ameiican representa tives "shall not lonscnt to any decision Continued on rase Sli Column Fire TB GEORGE GILPIN, BROKER, DIES A cable was received here today announcing the death in Berne, Switzerland, of George Gilpin, one of the oldest members of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange. Mr. Gilpin was admitted to membership in the Exchange on March 10, 1863, out he has not been active in the &tock markets for twenty-five years nt leant. He has lived abroad for a number of years. REDS LOSE TOWN ON DNIEPER LONDON, Aug. 25. General Denlkine, commander of the anti-Bolshevik forces in south Itussia, has captured the town of Berislav, on the Dnieper river in the government of Kheibou, according to u dispatch today from Taganrog, in the Don Cossack retntoiy on the Sea of Azov. CAPTURE ESCAPED SLAYER Joseph Wendllno Armed When Seized at Frankfort, Ky. Frankfort, Ky., Aug. 23. (By A. P.) Joseph Wendling, convicted Blayer of Alma Kellncr In Louisville ten years ago, who escaped from the state re formatory here Friday, was captured on the streets of Frankfort last nlg'at by a policeman. Wendllug was nrmed with a knife and a pistol. He resisted arrest, but was," clubbed into submission. He said he had left his place ot concealment iq the hills near Frankfort and was ca his way ,ioL ,o Louisville, .i -frT' v ,-'.v COL. EDWARD M. HOUSE j RUMANIA REJECTS "' DECISION OF ALLIESl Serbia Discusses Mobilization as Bucharest Refuses Ter ritorial Division rails. Aug. 2.1. (By A. P i The Itumniiinii cabinet has refused to nc cept the decision of the Peace Confer ence lelntive to the division of Banat and Teniesvnr between Itumnnia nnd Seihin. according to the L'eho dc Paris. Kumnniun forces were still requisi tioning goods at Budapest on Saturday and paying no attention to the warning from the Supreme Council, uccordiug to advices reaching the council today. The newspaper adds that Serbia is reported to be considering the general mobilization of her army. GRACE BACK FROM EUROPE Predicts U. 8. Soon Will Dominate the ShlppingWorfd New York. Aug. 2.1. AV. It. GrAce, head of the firm of W. It. Grace & Co.. returned here )csterdny on board the White Stnr liner Baltic from a five! months' business trip abroad. He said j the tonnage shortage abroad is still ' acute. J "In Knglnnd there is no indication of an nppronch to normal conditions, and although there is some building going on, there is unrest among labor, which prevails also in the other countries of Europe," he said. "There does not seem to be nn.v definite piospccts of a change for the better. "Tonnage can neither be bought nor chartered abroad. To me it looks as if the United States, with its building pro gram rapidly going on, soon would rench the position of a dominating figure in tlft shipping of the world." MUCK'S SUCCESSOR ARRIVES New York, Aug. 23. (By A. P.) Pierre Monteux. successor to Knrl Jliuk as leader of the Boston Symphony Or- hestrn. arrived lure today on the Lor laine from Havre. He brought the v orks of several iipw French composers, j but said thnt German music would have its place on his programs. Muck, who! had been interned, sailed for Germany j last week. Marseilles Dockmen to Strike Marseilles, Aug. 2.".. (It) A. P.) Dock workmen have voted to call a gen eral strike. They demand a wage of twenty francs nnd nn eight-hour day and no overtime. CAR PLUNGES INTO RAVINE T Two Phlladelphlana and Another Are Slightly Injured Auto Overturns Trying to 'make too sharp a turn in a detour from the Philadelphia turn pike, a few miles from Wilmington, Mr and Mrs. John Craig, of G1I3 Hatfield street, and August Craig, of Peters burg, N. II., were thrown into a ru vine twenty feet below the roadbed when their automobile overturned. Mrs. Craig was badly iujurcd about the legs, while her brother-in-law, Au gust, may havo suffered a frncturcd skull. John Craig, who was driving, escaped with slight bruises. The iu jured persons were brought to Wilming ton. In prssIbx autcnobilw f" "- .-! ,"XlSM6 ttfmti 4MaM"' aaMialaaVTl BbbVIe aH aaVSaBBaW 9 IHt'.'H SaVkaSSaaVaaf ' v 1 ' BsK'ayHiflV'v ''1 1 rsHi'''' 'HaliavV '1 IfsaiLw ViMaJLHHr SV 'M IlaLHpM3iBaLMi ' ' ''- !I IIbLHL9bbLV 3' ''.' 1 1 naaV A LdaasaRf . ' I liaaHPlBflLBaPa i' "l I it Bl'Vv!K jB J- aHkaaVaw I fit aVMavflBsawA afHHBMaVflBVMBVMBB h SHANTUNG TIPS Miff. 2 POST ON LEAGUE ) President Resents Colonel's Ad.. 1 vice and May Not Appoint Him as U. S. Delegate JAPANESE INFLUENCED "OPTIMISTIC ADVISER" Executive, Anxious to Cot Home, Accepted Solution That Doesn't Solve By CLINTON W. GILBER1 Stnir Corrranoniltnt of the KTtnlnt l'uhl! I-edarr Cowrioht 1319, bu PnbUe J.tdacr Co. Washington, Aug. 25. The Peace Conference has caused the waning of Colonel House's influence with President Wilson. This coldness ot the President may prevent his nam- ing the Colonel as American repre sentative on the league of nations'. The President holds the Colonel largely responsible for America's ac ceptance of the Shantung settlement and the President feels that the, Shuntung settlement is the weakest part of the Germany treaty. Although the President defended the Shantung agreement before the Senate foreign relations committee, as necessary, men who knew him intimately say that he bitterly re grets what seemed to him at PariV the necessity of making it, and that he is not so sure now of that neces sity as he felt at Paris. Feels He Was Betrayed , The President feels, it is said. thattXi he was badly advised in regal'dtoS Shantung. Some persons .who ijf presumaoiy acquainted -V4thiijp. views even sav' thnt h"n foola & "misled" or "betrayed." But th( iin-i. s mai. siiicu e was aisap ts pointed over the Japanese declara-ji; ' tion of intentions put forth recepUya o -lujwu uuu nuu uuuseu 10 issue ;: statement giving his understanding ot the agreement reached at Paris, his confidence in Colonel House as his adviser has been shaken. All the other, members of the American peace delegation coun seled the President against making the settlement finnlly reached. Sec retary Lansing, testifying before tho Senate foreign relations committee recently, said that in his opinion th Shantung agreement was unneces sary to win Japan's adhesion' to the' treaty and to the league of nations. Mr. Henry White, in a protest against the Shantung decision made at Paris, called it "unjust" General n Bliss was also strongly opposed to , Japan. Colonel House alone sup ported Japan and won the Presi dent's assent to the solution finally leached. Wilson Took Quick Way President Wilson was rather easily" persuaded. To agree to Japan s pre posnl and accept at something more than its worth a verbal piomise to return Shantung to China at a fu ture date unnamed, was a quick way out of a disagreeable situation. Wil son wanted to get home. He had Congress on his hands and repprts showed him that the country was tapidly slipping away from hinj. Every thought of delay was terribly irksome to him. To let Japan have its way and assume that Japan would act un selfishly toward China was to reach a quick settlement at Paris, To favor China as against Japan was o. face endless delay, long negotiations at least, and perhaps the refusal of. Japan to sign the treaty and enter- Contlnnftl on Fata Illrht. Column Three SHOPMEN DECISION TODAY'' President, Hlnes and Union Officially Confer at White House Washington. Aug. 2T. -(By A. Vj lirni.fdr.nf Wtlsrin nnnelpfl ftpvprAl eneneements todnv in order to confer V?fl w ith Director General Ilipes and rcp. .j5I resentatlves of the railroad shopmen, .Q who are demanding a '2o per cent WK&3 crease in wages. jr Uireviui wcuctui iiiurs up Miircmi ( to reach a decision ou the wage. 'co.tiJ troversy tooay, ana ii was lnoicatnw that it would be communicated torjtft shopmen's representatives at the WhU?4, i 1 inline contcrence. j The railroad administration t.jdjr. signed a contract with the PuIIbmw" " Company calling for an annual reaiftLf f of $11,7.10,000, FINISHING AUSTRIAN PAR-r Paris. Aug. Zu (Bv A. P.)r'jrV Vn treaty wttu Austria will be cont4dr1 -bv the Sunreme Council fliU nNi,,naA and will probably be handed ii tb 'Hi Austrian delegates tomorrow. Fivedayft ' ; will bn given for conslderstloo,. u'ajU ' . lie AaKrUni .sk'fr.a.leHrrVIy J i AJ t-.a 51 J i 5 A' S rl I ? i rK (& It tf.J3 TA 0 u rv -n y f- ' ... . 'r." . a. . " -T!L .. ,.Ti" Jlasat iilni.. .n jj.. ' ..., .. " ' f iaHKAJi . HW-. iU
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