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ENGINEER OF WRECKED SHORE TRAIN ASLEEP, CHARGE
tf -ias
ger
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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!
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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-
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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 ' .
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