r'. tt n ,.u V Uf X THE WEATHER Washington, Aug. 20. Fair tonight and Wednesday. TKMr-EIlATCRB AT EACTI HOUR 8 j 0 10 11 12 1 2 8 4 G 03 00 07 W70 173 7.1 173 VOL. V. NO. 295 Enttrtit Stcond-Clua Matter at the roitofllct. Hi Philadelphia, r. Under the Act of March 8. 187. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1919 PuMlahcd Datlr Except Sunday. Subscription Prtc 10 a Tear by Matt. Copyright, 1019, by Publlo Ldfr Companr. PRICE TWO CENTS 3H ft A WILSON PLAN NOT ACCEPTED; STRIKE VOTE ORDERED; ft SENATE COMMITTEE AGAIN AMENDS PEACE TREATS NIGHT EXTRAk H m . If' Lw- j r lis. BIG REGISTRATION IN INDEPENDENT WARDSOF CITY Supporters of Mooro Get Out Early in Cermantown and Wost Philadelphia ANTI-VARE FORCES ARE ELATED OVER RESULTS One Instance of Machine Tac tics Appears Registrars "Lose Tax Book" A heavy registration, especially 'fa Germantown and West Philadelphia, Independent strongholds, was reported today to tho campaign headquarters of Congressman Moore, who Is opposing Judge Patterson for the Republican nomination for Mayor. The first tidings of a big enrollment were brought to the Moore general staff by John J. Crout, one-time Roosevelt leader of the Twenty-second ward, and now ono ot the Independent chieftains there. "Reports I have from most of the divisions of the Twenty-second show that the registration Is strong and is going ahead," said Mr. Crout. Many prominent manufacturers went from door to door in dermantown urg ing the voters to register so that they would be qualified to vote for Con gressman Moore and the whole anti Vare ticket. - Andrew Frosch, Republican Alliance leader of the Forty-second wnrd, de clared the enrollment to be especially heavy 'there. , Break First hay Records 'Ti, m men division." Mr. Frosch uM. "thi. funlfrh nf the Fortr-second ward, there are more registered than ever before on tne nrst regisirui ,ia ' Independent leaders were Jubilant over the reports. A heavy registration; they say, indicates the degree to which the vomers of Philadelphia are aroused over the evils of contractor govern ment. Reports received up until 1 o'clock show that registration In West Phila delphia is heavy and also in German town. In other sections it -varies. In tho seventh division of the Twenty 'seventh ward fifty-four voters had registered up to the time men tioned. In the first division of the same ...afcfl flfff vntrfl rpplstered. In the downtown wards both the Vare supporters and the Independents said they were gratified by the size of the registration. Senator Vare's Thirty-ninth ward had an especially good snowing ior both sides. Up to 1 o'clock the regis tration figures were as follows: iii tcenth division, -10 ; eighth division, forty-eight: ninth division, thtrty scven; fifth division, forty-seven. The first report of alleged intimida tion of a voter was received at the Moore headquarters byvtelephone from Curtis Hellman, 1010 Colonial street. Mr. Hellman said he entered the poll ing place of the twentieth division of thc-Fortysccoud ward and tried to legister. The registrars, he said, re fused to enroll him. They explained the assessors' books were not at the polling place. These books rontaln the names of all electors qualified to register. "Well, where are me uookoj air. Hellman reported he inquired. Books Blew Out Window "They blew out the window," he quoted a registrar as replying.-' Hellman said he pointed out that Continued on Fax Two, Column On SPEED ENDS FIRE Tar Blazer Extinguished - Depart ment on Job Speed on the part of firemen in ap' srterlng on alarm prevented what threatened to be a serious fire today at the store and home of A. Preston, 3520 Market street. Tle blade was caused by the over turning of a bucket of hot tar, which was being used by men who were work ing on the roof of the building. Patrolman Wllmer, 5f the Thirty! second street and Woodland avenue sta tion, noticed the blaze and turned, in an alarm and in less than' five minutes fhe 1 companies were at the scene. Damage was estimated at $50. William Howard Taft Former President of fhe United States Answers the Great Speech , of Senator Lodge on The Peace Treaty in Tomorrow's PUBLIC $&& LEDGER A""MaterIy J500-Word Analysis. Wvtf Don't MiM.to!U&fe4u 'APOLOGY CLUB' FORMED BY VARE MEN AS MOORE LEADERS PUSH ATTACK McCain Says Organization Has Been Placed on the Defensive PATTERSON, VARE,' ET AL KEPT BUSY EXPLAINING Independent Strategy Has Stripped Gears in Mayoralty Fight Machinery By GEORGE NOX McCAIN There can be no question that Con gressman Moore as Independent candi date for Mayor has stripped some of the gears in the Vare machine. His rapid-fire attacks, togctherjvith other awkward and unpleasant Bur prises, have put the Vare leaders on the defensive. It is an old political axiom that when you get your opponent in a po litical fight to mnktng explanations you've got him on the run. Any individual with the most ordi nary perceptive faculties will acknowl edge that thus far the Vare organi zation has been kept decidedly busy explaining and -jirotestlng. Take the self-evident fnctl: Judge Patterson has been compelled to explain why he docs not resign from the bench while conducting a bitter po litical fight. He has been forced to declare that he will keep "open shop" for all callers during his term. Barrage of Denials The regular Republican candidate for sheriff, Daniel Wade, a Democrat, has been forced to publish nn elaborate denial that he is a Democrat, though a warm personal friend of that high priest of democracy, Michael J. Ryun. He has likewise been 'compelled to de clare" that his fraternal membership in various organizations was Dot the real secret of his candidacy. Senator-Vare has ; found it necessary ISii&rifcJlftslM 'rdWtfrfiaflJWWIIntniTleMaWr tried to fqree him to award a contract for nnjnferlor brand of fire hose." A second fusillade from Director Mac Laughlln compelled a second denial from Senator Vare. This latter ex planation very nearly places the sen ator in the list of campaigners who "talk too much.." And now Thomas Robins. ex-Pro- gresslve candidate for Congress, who swallowed the Vare bait, hook, line nnd dlpsle, that was cast so deftly and suc cessfully by County Commissioner ueorge V, Holmes, is the latest "ex plainer" to raise his cry. Mr. Robins. who is the bell wether of that fearfully and wonderfully selected committee of 1000, with the forty-six women of the Forty-sixth ward, some of whom are accompanied by sqns and husbands, finds It necessary to explain. He ranges up beside Judge Patterson, Daniel Wade and Senator Vare and ex plains how the influence and the brood ing spirit of that great American, j.neoaore noosevelt. "inspired him" to "jtne" the Vare forces. He declares that he believes Roosevelt would have expected hm to do as he has done, though there are serious doubts on the subject. I very nearly overlooked the fact that your "Uncle" David H. Lane, he aged but aggressive nnd trumpet-voiced Contlnned on Pare Vwo. Column Six WEDDING POSTPONED, WOMAN CUTS THROAT Catherine Quatle Uses Butcher Knife to Commit Suicide In Kitchen Because hr sweetheart repeatedly postponed the date of their wedding, which had been set'for last June, Cath erine Quatle, twenty-four years old, of Passyunk avenue below Moore street, committed sufclde early today, the po licy say, by cutting her throat with a butcher knife. Miss Quatle had been complaining last night of not feeling well, according to other members, of the family and re tired early. ' Shortly after 2 o'clock this morning her brother chanced to pass by the door ot her room and noticed she was not in her bed. The brother became alarmed and awakened the other members of the family. They searched the house. They found Miss Quatle lying on the floor of the kitchen with her throat partly severed, alongside her was t butcher knife, She was removed to St. Agnes's Hos pital, where she died an hour later. Coroner Probe Woman's Death Deputy Coroner Smith is investigat ing ,,the di Vh of Mrs. Cora Folsom, forty-three years old, who was taken HI suddenly at her home, 2220 Hunting Park avenue, last night and died ten minutes later at the Samaritan Hos pital. .8N0W FALL6 IN N. Y. OTATE Jlornell. N. Y.. Aue. 26. m A. IN"):rrAlihoughtheujBun, wag 'shining, Do Your Duty Today! Register! Register! To vote you must register. REGISTER TODAY rolls open at 7 a. m. to 1 p. m. and from 4 to 10 p. m. Buy poll tax or bqow property tax receipt. Don't delay 1 Xou may be busy or out of town On the succeeding qualifying days. It's Good Citizens' Day 1 Register ! M10UGHLN W N IN STRAIGHT SETS CoastComet Eliminates Cragin in Forest Hills First Round, 6-3, 6-0, 6-2 RAIN HANDICAPS PLAY By SPICK HALL Staff Correspondent of the Errnlnr Public Jdrer West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hill, L. I., N. Y Aug. 20. Just as Mau lice B. McLoughlin had finished giving Arthur S. Cragin a sevcro drubbing, C-", 0-0 and 0-2, in the first feature match of the opening round of the thirty-eighth national lawn tennis tour nament n heavy rain Interrupted the proceedings. On the other courts twen one matches were in progress. The fashionable gallery was scnttcred by the downpout and took refuge under the stands nnd on the clubhouse veran das. Tarpaullne wns hastily drawn over champ.uushlp courts Nos. 1 ana 3, which were scheduled to be used later for tho Vrshell-Doyle and Alex-nnder-PattersoSi matches. It is hard to judge McLougblin's game from his contest with Cragin,' wiom ho allowed only five games In the three nets. Mac,'s service did not appear to have lost any of Its power, and tho Comet continued to deliver his second service with the same reckless spcd as before. The result was that Continued on Face Six, Colomh Two STORAGE FOWL.KILLS OVERSEAS COLONEL Commander of 146th Infantry and Two Others Die Sev- . eral Seriously III Alliance, 0., Aug. 20. (By A. P.) Colonel Charles C. Wcybrecht, who re turned only three weeks ago from France, where he commanded the 140th Infantry, died here this morning as n result, physicians believe, of eating cold storage .turkey at a dinner last Satur day night at the Lakeside Country Club, Canton. Colonel Wcybrecht served two term as adjutant general of Ohio. He was fifty years old. Mrs. W. I. Gahris, of Sebring, O., and Rob Jennings, a negro waiter at the club, also died this morning. The chef, W. D. McElboy, is seriously ill. Among others who attended the dinner nnd are dangerously sick are Louis II. Brush, a newspaper publisher, of Salem, O., and Mrs. Brush! dlRL WHO KILLED FATHER WEEPS ON WAY TO CELL Fight to Have Clara Bartell Released in Bail Is Made After She Is Held for Court Bu a Staff Correspondent Newtown, Pa., Aug. 20. "Clara Bartell, you are to be held without ball for .trial in the next term of Bucks county court, charged with the murder of Charles Bartell:" As the words resounded through the tenBe stillness of Squire Croasdale's lit tle sitting room here' today, tho fifteen-yeqr-old girl, accused of killing, her father, threw her arms about a frail little woman in black. "Oh, mother, will I have to go to JallT' she sobbed. Mrs. Julia Nightengale, probation of ficer, and J. Hlbbs Buckman, attorney for the girl, hastened to reassure her. Mr. Buckman will. file an application for a writ of habeas corpus. Ho be liever the girl will be allowed to go home this evening. The ball' may be large, but her friends will provide t, he said. -. , All during the"-preliminary hearing, which opened at 10 o'clock this morn ing, the girl sat' between her mother and Walter G. Stllwell, state police man, on the old horsehair sofa in the Croasdale home. Her straight brown hair was combed back from her pretty flushed face; tears dropped unheeded by her from her "wide -blue eyes. ,Kut WI'LAUGHLIN TO QUIT SENATORS VOTE SUPPLIES POST TO ENTER MAYOR RACE Will Resign as Director After Primaries to Wage Strong Election Campaign CANDIDATE IN GOOD FAITH, HE SAYS, ASSAILING BOSSES Reiterates That Vare Tried to Swing Hose Contracts Eyre "Friend" in Coal Deal Joseph S. MacLaughlln, director of the Department of Supplies, will resign Ii'" city office when he becomes a candi date for Mayor after the primaries. He made this statement today shortly after he had registered as a Republi can. He refused to disclose whether he would vote for Congressman Moore or Judge Patterson at the primary elec tion. Director MacLaughlln repeated that he would be an independent candidate for election as Mayor. "I think this" is the people's oppor tunity to overthrow all bossism," said the director. "I am a candidate in good faith, and I am sure the evidence I have given In the last few days will how that I am sincere." No attempt, thus far, has been made to "ge.t" the director for the hard knocks he 1ms given the Vnrc combine recently. The director in answer to a question said that no one had made any effort to force' him to resign. "It was to prove my sincerity," added Director MacLaughlln, "that I withdrew from the primaries." Reiterates Hose Bid Story He was asked to comment on Sen ator Varo's statement of yesterday, de nying that tho director had been told to throwflutJothrcIty, bids on fire hose nnd give Vare's friend- Crane, a cnance. "No matter what Kd Vare said," Director MacLaughlln replied, "the is sue is still the same. I told the truth. Senator Vare claims that I kept my charges under cover until I was dis appointed in the primary race. "As, a matter of fact, I reported the facts to my superior. Mayor Smith, and he sustained me at every point." Director MacLaughlln said that Mayor Smith has given him no inti mation that the. revelations of the last few days will make his withdrawal from office in order. Director MacLaughlln explained his. failure to tell the facts to the public on the score that a "wit ness does not testify until he Is in court. This case now Is in the court of public opinion." Eyre Is Vare's "Friend" The "fFlend" for whom Senator Vare tried to obtain a coal contract with this city was State Senator T. Larry Eyre, of Chester county, Director Mac Laughlln today declared, in his latest broadside against th Organization leader. Vare Admits Call on MacLaughlln , "Senator Vare," said Mr. Mac- Laughin, admits that he called upon me to ask that the department try a carload or two of coal to be supplied by one of his friends. "Why didn't he mention the fact that the gentleman with the coal to sell was State Senator T. Larry Eyre, a Pen rose lieutenant? "Why didn't he explain what legis lation was then under discussion at Contlnned on Tare Two. Colnmn Two Windham was called as first witness for the state. The girl clutched her mother's arm with the sobbing explanation, "He is the man I thought was Uncle Max that morning." "Shot Him to Save Mother" All the state's evidence brought out by District Attorney Hiram Kelly's questions tended to show the girl killed her father to save the family. No evi dence was taken for the defense, but Mr. Buckman said testimony at the trial would show Bartell was "a veri table Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." "I shot him because I had to save mother," witnesses said Clara told them after the killing. v Mrs. Otllly Seesc, Clara's music teacher, who lives across the road from the family near Edgcwood, said the neighbors had been called In once dur ing the summer when Bartell threatened to kill his family. "Clara told me her mother and father had, been quarreling all last week," said Mrsj Seese, "and Friday morning Bar tell struck Mrs. Bartell across the chest, knocking her across the foot of the bed. This was when he came home from work, lV,Tlrn Mod to'cnlm her father" fineJ TO KEEP U. S. OUT OF Committee Adopts Blanket Amendment to Pact, Chang ing It in Fifty Places WOULD AVOID HELPING IN RECONSTRUCTION WORK McCumber Declares 0. 0. P. Bitter Leaders Aim 'Poisoned Dagger' at Treaty By the Associated Press Wa&hlngton, Aug. 20. Under a blanket amendment to the pence treaty, agreed to today by the Senate foreign relations committee, American repre sentation would be eliminated from the various international commissions which arc to supervise European reconstruc tion with the exception of the repara tions commission nnd such others as arc to be appointed by the league of nations. The change would affect about a score of commissions nnd would change the language of the treaty in more than fifty places. DMdes on Party Lines The vote on the amendment was 0 tx 7, the committee dividing on parry lines. The amendment wns evolved from a series presented by Senator Fall, Re publican, of New M?xIco. All the Democrats voted in the negative. Senator McCumber, Republican, of North Dakota, who voted with the Democrats against the Shantung amend ment Saturday, was not present. To day's amendment Is the second to be made, the Shantung amendment being first. One of the commissions from which the United States would be eliminated is that which will determine the boun dary between Germany and Belgium. McCumber Opens Attack Declaring the Republican majority of the foreign relations committee was at tempting by the Shantung nmendment to the peace treaty, to drive a "pois oned dagger" into the peace treaty and to place the United States In the posi tion of a "blgjmlly," Senator Mc Cumber, who voted againgt the amend ment, asked the Senate today to over rule the committee's action. The speaker said "no greato,r blow could ever be struck against the real Interests of China" than by the com mittee amendment, the actual purpose of which, he nssertcd, was to, kill the trenty and the league. The amend ment provides thnt the old German rights in Shantung province shall go to China in place of Japan. Questions Motive for Action "Why did the majority of this com mittee pause In the midst of their hear ings to make this particular amend ment," he continued, "and then pro ceed with the usual leisure to lny out dnte3 for further hearings which will consume a week or so more? 'Th nnrnnsH Is nnnarent. It is to signify to the country that the Senate Is hostile to this country. It is to put Tnnnn In n nnsltlnn where she cannot. without nn appearance of being coerced, do what she has promisea to ao. u is to create" trouble between this country nnd Japan and thereby send the first dagger thrust Into the body of this treaty. "Is it an act of true friendship toward China or a mere political move to defeat the treaty? If its sponsors now fail to come forward and openly pledge that if Japan is driven out of this treaty then the United States will proceed single-handed nnd alone to drive Japan out of China will renew this world war and send our soldiers Into the Orient to fight for her, then by this act they are betrajlng China with a false kiss. League Guarantees China "They know and we know that this country will never go to wnr against Japan to prevent Japan from doing just what we have allowed-evcry other na tlon to do In Chlnn wjthout a protest. "With the league of nations China obtains an assurance which Is tanta mount to a guaranty by all the world that not only will Japan return to China what Germany wrested from her in 1808, but henceforth and so long as this league shall last no other na tion shall rob China of one inch ot her territory or exercise any control over her people Inconsistent with the claims of complete Independence and sov ereignty." FRENCH TO ACT ON TREATY CSemenceau Lays Documents Before Chamber of Deputies Paris, Aug. 20. (By A. P.) The peace treaty with Germany and the other conventions simultaneously signed nt Versailles were presented for ratifi cation to the Chamber of Deputies this afternoon by Premier Clemeuceau. Ho handed the documents to Paul Dcs Tt . ... !.nf .f M,.....,.- n o- COMMISSIONS "MANY GENERALS JOKES" ANSELL Washington, Aug. 25. (By A. P.) Most general officers of the army lack experience in handling men and thefr views on military justice should not be accepted merely because they arc of high rank, a Senate military subcommittee was told today by Samuel T. Anscll, formerly acting Judge advocate general of the army. "It Is n well-known fact," said Mr. Ansell, "thnt the weakest grade In the army in the general officer. Many of our generals are jokes to every body In the world except ourselves nnd themselves." TODAY'S BASEBALL SCORES-NATIONAL LEAGUE CINCINNATI 00010010 - PHILLIES (1st).... 20000100 ' Eller nnd Raridcu; Rlxey nnd Trngresser. Klem and Emslic. ST. LOUIS 00000000 BROOKLYN (1st).. 00000001 May and demons; Hnninux nnd 0. Miller. PITTSBURGH 00000001 NEW YOKK (1st).. 2 0 0 0 0,0 0 1 Miller nnd Schmidt; Nehf nnd Gonzales. CHICAGO 00000000 HUSTON (lt.1) oooioooo . Alexander nnd Killefer; Oescbger and Wilson. $8,500,000 IN SILK IS COMING EAST VICTORIA, B. C, Aug. 20. Ten thousand baTcs of inw silk, vnlucd at- 98,500.000, brought fiom the Oiient by the Canadian P.icific liner Empress of Asln, were started east today by special train: In nddltion, the Asia carried 2053 cases of aiik goods, bringing the total value of the silo consignment to about ? 10,000,000. SAY RUSSIAN REDS ANTAGONIZE RACES IN U- S- i WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. Russian soviet interests ap pal cntly avitj)rtlyj;iui'd far a, propaganda to stir up race antagonism in tho United States, according to'lnformntian nowv in the hands of tho department lOf Justice. " ASKS U. S. TO TAKE Trade Board Urges Monopoly to Control Big Packers "BIG FIVE" GRIP TIGHTENS By the Associated Press ' Washington, Aug. 20. Declaring that the step is necessary to control the business of the five largest packing companies, the federal trade commis sion, In a special report to President Wllsou, recommends that operation of refrigerator cars and of cars used for transportation of meat animals be de clared a government monopoly. It recommends, further, that the property concerned, Including icing sta tions and other facilities, as well as the cars, be acquired by the government and railways thereafter be licensed to own and operate them. The big packers, the report says,nov own 00 per cent of all the refrigerator equipment In the coun try suitable for the transport of fresh meat. "The present country-wide system of distribution by the five big packers has grown up from their control of refrigra tor car lines In conjunction with var ious pools," the report says in part. Advantage to Big Five "In turn, the volume of traffic of the five packers has enabled them to se cure from the railroads advantages ov.cr competing shippers. Formerly In the shape of direct rebates, tnese advan tages are now usually In expedited serv ice to the big packer cars, In favorable mixing ruled which include" all their diversified products and even many articles not related to the packing in dustry ; by allowances paid to some of the big packers by carriers for a part of the transportation service; by fav orable arrangements and lease ot stock yards by the railroads to some of the big packers ; ami by the sale to the rail roads ot bumping posts manufactured by a subsidiary of one of the big five. "The small Independent packers cars aro misused and diverted, frequently being out of his service for extended periods, in several instances as long as six months. In 1017 the cars of the "big five" and their subsidiary com panies maintained an average of 80.8 miles per car -per day, while the aver age for cars of their competitors, the Independent packing companies, was only 54.B miles." -J Profit on Car Lli.es The commission's investigation of the TiHvaf f sr wnrvMn hf ffpvnnwl OVER MEAT CARS IWILLIAWiS'S HOWIER GIVES PHILS EDGE Cy Lifts Ball Over Fence in First With a Pal on Base RiXEY AND ELLER HURL THILLIES Callnhan. rf nurkburn, b VllllaiA. ct Mouse!. If I.mleruff, lb Hanrroft, us I'auUtte. 2b n rniererAer, t RUoy. p Umpires Klem and CINCINNATI nath. 2b l)aubrt. lb (Irnli. 3b Rounch. cf Nfalt. rf Knpf. Sfl Mairft. If Rariden, o Eller, p Emslle. Phillies' Ball Park, Aug. 20. Cin cinnati Reds, conceded to be the 1010 champions of John Ileydler's National League, made their final bow of the season in this city this afternoon. Their double-header against our Phils marks their last appearance in the East this year. Eppa "Rixey, Gavvy Cravath's lean southpaw, wns ghen a chance to see what he could do in the way of stop ping the raging Reds. Moran's men have taken three straight from the Phils In two days, and Rlxcy seems to be the Phils' lust chance for victory. Pat Moran selected Uod Kller, the onjy pitcher In either league who has twirled a no-hit game this jear, to flip against Rlxey. Rairden was nominated to handle El ler's shoots while Tragresser went be hind the plate for the Phils. The crowd began to stream in enrly and at 1 :80, the time for the first game to start, more than 4000 were within the gates'. It Is expected that close to 8000 will be nn hand before,, the second game starts. First Inning Rath was thrown out by Rlxey. Dau bert drove a single through Bancroft. Groh filed to Meusel. Daubcrt died stealing, Tragrcssor to Bancroft. No runs, one hit, no errors. Callahan Blammed a double against the flag pole. Blaekburne tried a sacri fice, but EUcr picked up his bunt and threw to Groh, who nipped Callahan coming into third. Cy Williams picked on one of KUer's shoots and drove the ball over the right field fence for a home run, scoring Blackburno ahead ot him. Meausel fanned. EUcr threw out Luderus, Two runs', two hits, no er rors, Second Inning Rousch grounded to Luderus. Neale walkfd. Kopt' smacked a single to left, Nenl?'rMi!ilni'! un nf pevvirt' Mfc s POT OFFERS UK S Refuse to Agree to President Proposal as Basis for Settlement URGE MEN TO REMAIN AT DUTIES FOR PRESENT Hines Asks Wage Board to Corn rect Injustices of Other Rail Employes 73 By the Associated Press sm CHIEF to i mi urn Washington, Aug. 20. The commit- 3 tee ofVne hundred, representing 'th;.j railroad shopmen, informed Director General Ilincs today that they could not accept as a basis of settlement of their demands the rates submitted to , them yesterday by President Wilson., Results of the negotiations here were? communicated to the union local throughout the country, with Instruct tlons that a strike vote should be taken. immediately to determine whether the President's proposals should be ttc- ccpted. Pending the issuance of an officials; strike vote, it was urgently requested. by the international officers that all me should remain on the job. RAILWAY MEN CREATEi GRAVE SITUATION All Classes of Employes Standi Back of Shopmen (t Ag By CLINTON w. fiir.nrcirr t3; Staff Corrrarxndrnt of (lie JCvmln Washington, Aug. 20. The leaders of the railroad shopmen have sub mtrro.1 th,.!. ,fD..m.M, .. ti..:. -it t According to their promises to tljo President, it embodies the statement of the President and the director geit erai oi railroads. , They told the President thnt rtw,' doubted whether they could hold, their, H? men in Hue to await the receipt of the kJ statement being mnde today and to act' 1KJ upon it. And It is quite generally nd- J ,uiku-u uiul mime ui lueir more rauicai ,,vjl followers may go out nt once. Bufc4 without doubt most of the shopmen will await the taking of a vote by the local unions upon the acceptance or rejectioa of the President's decision. Illnes Pleads With Shopmen While awaltlne that vote the admin. istrntlnn hnnes thnt tho dumtiil tt,n,Yitfji of the workers will prevail. Director General Hines issued n statement. w hlch, while not addressed to the slj'op-gg men. Is really an anneal to theinto-lrf consider reasonably the President's dc VJ cision to compare tneir lot witn tnapotti; the ireneralltv of workers thrniifhniitVt the country and not with that of work,t jH ers exceptionally placed. ' ' -"Jj?l The point which Mr. Illnes wishes i'ij to emphasize in the minds of the shpp-a ijl men who are debating whether to strike Am! or not, is that under the Presldent'g,j&$ decision they will receive one cent ,anwJ fluur mure iiium-jr muu uiucr worKre'' ;?. similarly employed the country over, end ., that the higher wages paid to shipyard - worxers are aue to tnc temporary vaiu y1 of their employment and to the higher -wl cost of their living in congested places. President Is Anxious It is idle to conceal the fact that the situation is regarded with the utmost anvlstir It ttia l'vaitrianf TlDiafrli Aar'oS there will be a general railway strikev'jl or not depends upon the temper or the mass of the shopmen, who, it "will Sea recalled, were on the p(olnt of dcfylag'j tneir leaders aim striaing uny way i a short time beo. The minds of railroad laborers haM been prepared for striking by the dem onstrations o Messrs. Plumb and Stoee , a fortnliht azo. The talk of revolutl"1 and the demands for nationalization have made railroad laoor restless. j g ieninu me suopmcu tic au mo pincci 4' classes of railroad labor which hava :H- either already asked for higher wagM'! or are on the point of asking lor them.. The engineers and trainmen BlrMtta? have tneir uembnas on me. aue r auest of the maintenance ot wy eq ployeo is nov under consideration' M Is likely to De In part at least gr Contlnord on Pass, Six, (Mum "Public Sentiment, Bah!" s Challenge to Regiattr M "Dave" Laue says: "Public tlment. bah!" " Do your duty as a good and rerlster today. ' Polling places open from 7 (. to 1 p. m. and from 4 to 10 p. 1 Don't be a slacker. Don't delay. V You lose your voU It MLev? rt ifTVo .(4SlMSt ,. ?. ILHSUWtllMiT . ' 4. '."! i m 4
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