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URGE WARFIELD PLAN
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SKELETON IN COURT ROOM
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Serves to Indict King In Kansas Mur
der Farm Case
EslirldEe. Knns., Aug. 29. (Hy A.
P.) A skeleton was brought into court
today and Identified by relatives as tliat
of John A. Woody, who disappeared
at Mnplclilll several years ago and
Unfits King, who formerly eonducted a
Hvery barn where three skeletons have
been dug up, win ordered held without
ball. He is charged with murder In
connection with Woody's disappear
ance.
King was also bound over last night
on a chaige of murder in connection
I with the dlsnppcarnnec of n jewelry
r 1 1 j t nn t.:..ii.. f peddler Focrnl jears ngo. A week ago
.l,,n,,AuB- ?rTrf! C..?fhc was held for tiial on charges of
vno ivarueiu ihuij, uuuee wmuii u limn
mum interest return of 0 per cent on
6 Per Cent Interest
WOULD ADJUST R. R. RATES
RELIOITEIEGRO?
II Popolo Montonegrino si Sa-
rebbo Sollovato contro i
Serb! Oppressor!
murder in connection with the ellMip
pearancc of llcuben Dutshall several
years ago.
MERCIER WILL GREET
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railroad securities would be guaranteed
through a mandatory adjustment of
'rates by the Interstate Commerce Coin
mission, were ndorsed by "0,000,000
yt 'persons owning or eiirecuy mivmira m
railroad securities, ' acconiing io n me
mortal to Congress submitted to the
Houao interstate commerce committee
today by S. Davles Warfield. president
of the National Association of Owners
of Railroad Securities.
Signers of the memorial 'numbered I
rooo Investing institutions, including Venerable Cardinals to Meet Be
pavings banks, nnttouai ami naic uuhk-.
purety companies, trust compunies and
life and fire insurance companies, and
8180 Individual inestors.
The shinning public als-o was repre
pented in the indorsement l sixteen , ..,-. .... .
municipal trade organizations, with un AniYlY LHArLAIN IN
estimated total membership of .'10,000
Jnsurancc companies giving tneir in
ilorsement were said to leprcetit -'!.-000,000
polic.i holders, while it was es
timated that 5,500.500 perKons wuie
represented by Mnings banks
In presenting the i.nnul, Mi
Warfield said its signeis did not a-k
Published and Bltrlbutpd Under
l'EKMIT NO 341
Authorized Ity Iho act of October 0,
1R1T fin (lie at the Poitortico of Phlti..
Jclnhl. Pi
By order of the President
A. B IIUnl.KOON.
I'oittinftstpr (leneral.
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I Ixindrn, 1!S agosto. In tutto il Mon
tenegro sono scopplntl combottimenti
I contro i ierbi, Tutto il pnese c' in uno
i slato di rivoluzlone, secondo iiottzlc
1 giiiulc in I.cmilrn.
I IAssociated 1'reKS hit appreso da
fonto nutorevoln die nel Montenegro
I Membra dehba esserl una recrudesccua
'dciconflltti bule-milci.
i I montenegrini hnnnn tngllato la fer
roim tra Virpnrur ed Antitnrl, sulln
lenstu, I serbi hanno rlccvuto rinfotxi,
CANADIAN CAPITAL
GREETS BRITISH HEIR
Visit of Prince Expected to
Strengthen Ties of Dominion
and Crown
Ottawa, Aug. 20. Sixty thousand
persons gathered on Parliament Hill
yesterday to welcome the Prince of
Wales, who arrived on a specinl train
from Toronto, Ills route from the rail
road station to the hill was lined with
cheering citizens.
The government's official address of
welcome, signed by Premier Borden and
Secretary of State Iturrell, expressed
the belief that the prince's visit would
strengthen the ties of affection and do
Mitiem which bind the Canadian people
to the Itiitisli crown. Itcfcrring to the
prince's association with the Canadian
foiees overseas, the address pays:
"This comradeship in arms in a
world-wide struggle for the preservation
of justice and liberty has established
n peculiar bond of affection and syru-
idency In the first elections to be held
under the new constitution.
The directorate of the party urges
the obliteration of party lines in the
Initial election for president of the
new republic nnd calls upon the rotors
to rally round the mnn whose name
has been an "epltomo of faithful serv
ice to the country in war, lu victory
and in the hour of need."
fore Belgian Prelate Vis
its President
Vn. uameiei fbiq in iKiici- .-. " ,,,,,,, hi,, (,
- "the continuation ot autocratic lailnuil '.11(innl Cib'
Vnethnrll Ilf flip HUst. bllt 11 JU"t JUKI
dpfinitp solution bv the Congress ii
111 the Assoc iiiled Press
.isliinKtiut. Aug 1") It,
Hi' .iIm"hi (if President W'iImui fneii
.Muni I i in t month, il , unilei
-tooil that the fust mm( In li made m
t'n. eim.iiM In I'nrilnml Meinei. the
lb'e Helgi.iii tir, Inle. w.ll be in
buns, nt Hiiltmiore. Cardi
n.ll .Mi li lei will spi nil sever ll el.ns rest
ini! in cw mk lifter his arrival on
M n AAhiU, .K.4 . al.1.natb II llltjk CJ 1 1 .
.esso n.gli sforzl per nbbatteic 11 movi- 1 !' ' ol,r. "jal highness and
ineiitn ii oluionnrlo tllis d'.iiiiiiion which will never bo
. .MiMce.ueiiNem.nemo.mz" "" " M - The , hfi) reply t0 tho offi.
mouu-mgiimsin giuntoa talc puntothe clnl ai(ll.,,M8 voicC(l i,is thanks for tho
tutto il popiiln e' cimtio i seibi. II cxpiessions ot allegiance nnd for the
. .v moMiuento e' etiuto fuoii in scgnito nd I reception that he hud received from
PARTY nttriti trn i mniiteiiegriiii die Mistcnc- I the citizens of the Dominion capital.
Minn I ex He Nunln o In faionl die
ineaini uderito nl piano per meoipoi.ire
. il MtmtonrifMn nllii Stlilfn .lllun hIjivo.
ausi C ,, .. , , . .... ,....:
IU .Ml UI.l IlOU Illl imiliusciuu, 1 iinwnr
di ll'Ahspnibleii Nn.ionale. la quale lo
suir-o iiuieniii lo deionen il.il tiutio,
i ) hn mnnti nuti) i simi dnitti --ill ne
chio goierno nKiii.iU'hao, stnbilendi)si
ti'inporaneiiineiite nolle vieinanre dl
Pnrigi.
14 KARAT SOLID M f
GOLD Si X
HINDENBURG FOR PRESIDENT; iAm nTSS
Ilin from I. Press & Son". Dliimonil CutteM.
I.lltlj. did we reallio tlmt the nolle? we
Inntituteil Si .learn urn nnd whteli is stttl In
effect would produce the remnrknhle bulne
Hint benrs our mime toilin This polio
w.l.- ,( ...-.ci m ..- IMIlt TIIK I PUT
untinnal Liberals are booming 1 ield monk hs been renponslblo for every
i Gerrnan Liberals Would Reward
"Faithful Service In Victory"
Hcrlin, Aug :!l -(.lt A. P.) Tho
Marshal n Ilindenburg for the prcs-
tho most Important problem now lietoie ; t, tiaiihpiirt Agninemlion. on which
the countrj " he will sail from itrct mrlj in Scptcm-
Urging favorable consideration In i ,
Congress of the remedial legiilntimi i It was niiiinunced nt the Helgian
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tiroposed in "ir Warfield plan, the me
morial declared
"II is our conviction that the rail
Toads cannot avoid destruction nnd
ivfmrnl p-nvr.rnmrnt.il nbnrlltlOU Ultll-
cntinii tmhiv tlmt the cardinal would
smI in coi.'piiin witli the Itelgi.in niinis
ti i and Iiiir,nie.s do Cartier de Mar
ch!, tine, vilio are returning to Wash
ington in lime to make pieparntions for
uut a primurj distributable return ot im vin -i uie King aim iimen v me
t lcc fhnn I! nrr eer.t assured upon ' Helgi ill" this fall.
. -. .nvtmi-nl lint tllllllicll Catlllllil Mell'IIM
n roTernmeutal cuarantee. but through pronaulv wil
.tr ;. i . o f ,! iintv i v in htei who was
tne eeici!-e i ....." - - , , ,, ,.
nf ri 'ii i.i - i t'1' '"'tldl1 ..I.... ......... .... h....v ......
oi riui.i ..... ., ,, n...iir i... .i.i ,
llllll lull n l 'e 111111, 11 im inuiiini
II District Altornev Kntun, nel pnm
erigRin dl ieii, ha auitiituintn la nnmina
clell'egregio Avvoealo Kiigonin V. Alcs
f.ainlroni ad A.sMstente District Attor
ney in (iiestn (itta'.
Ij'nvvoi'.itii Aleos.indroui e' uno tra i
tnnti italinm die sepjieio innggioimente
nfTerniarsi e HMMinteie tidin in lUinutntii
negli nmhietiti amerieani e rngginngeie
un amliitn postn tra i p!nfeisi,nisli ill
iinestn c itta'. Patnota smceio. diede
HARDWOOD
FLOORS
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'TheSTANDARDby
.Which Olhers Ai-e Judgedj
Wfy w
i hief chaplain of
to stop, by act. the knife
lion short of the he.ut of the ti.uis ,
liortation s "n f the 1 uited Slates j
"The reBponsihilit.v for the c listing
system nnd the dutv of conserving ttiuis- I
poriation in Vinerna re-Is esiHi'-ivel.v f
upon the CongieM. The Intel state I
Commerce Commission hn- not the,
power and cannot, coiiMsientlv with
Hie constitution, be cluiged with the
responsibility of ditcrmiuiug funda- i
mental questions of public policy. I
"We appeal to this Congies, to (lis ,
charge its duty by the mil possible
method. The first requisite is a mandn
tory declaration that the powei of leg
ulation shall not be employed -o sis to
depress net operating income below the
level which experience has shown to be
necessary to sustain the earners.
"Tho leeislntion proposed is based
upon the necessity that Congress shall,
bylaw, recognize a minimum percentage
return on cne urk"-kuii: " suhvhi. ..-.
i .. nAKflw.- li.iiHnliAii mint! its rlelei'n-
firm of rate-making novver to the In-
Srlw tcrstate Commerce Commission nnd
' thall, by law, enable that commission ro
f coniply with the duty to conserve tians
liortation in America.
JOHNSON HEADS KEYMEN
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"Keep up appearances." The ap-'
i-m personal suite ...... ,. s , ,,, im71tive cl'". Pearancc ot your old pine floors ana
elude Hishnp "' ,. ,l ,.lev.ir.. il buon nomedegli stairways can be wonderfully im
ltuliani in America. Stienno difensoie
degli nppiessi. si eiiiondn', ben piestn
di nuti nuiinla di uininiiaitiiine e di
stima, anihe tra colnindi differenti idee
c ligati n purtiti
Dugi iiin Alessandrnni p' nato in
Itirlin a Cipcsliano, piovineia dl Aqiiila,
e venne in Amenni giovinettn, con
i dottovi dal padie Sig. Pietro, mi onestn
! commercinntp ed tin gal intuonio del
, vicchio vtnmpo. 1'gli ha nppeuii !
I anni di eta Pu graduate) nelln t'en
trnl High School e coiuplito l coisi m
guiiisptudptia nell rniversitu' di Penn
svlvnni.i nel 1110(1 Durante lu cam
pagna per i I ibertv 1 mils fu uno del
"four minute men."
dollar's worth of business wc linve enjoreet
nil ihi.n imn lein 11 Idirnt SCI1.11) (H)I.I)
wntth we nre offerlnic for n limited time nt
the nboie price represents this In n tnnglhle
iruy. The I5-Jewelleil movement In It 1ms
lieen nrcurntelj neliilKlrel unci Is renelr for
use In your pocket nt onie. The unusunl
viilues, such ns these, thnt wo nro con-1
tlnunlti offtrlns In the face of ilslne prices
evervwhere. nre the ciiuse of much wonder
on the emit of those ho do not iinilerstnrnl
our methoils. Ve have nluuvs solel AAI.II.
nni not our name, ns vnlunble as thnt Is,
The result Is the lareest retnll nnd mnll
order Jenelrv business In l'hllnilclphla. 111(1
m.i i:s nnii i.mi.i; ritoriTs spell eioi-
Inrs sTicet te, ou If jou nre- tnterpsteel In
umililj watches, such as the nhove. Henil for
our cntnloBue. 'Vliill orders tlllesl promptly.
STRIKE CAUSES SHOW
MANAGER TO RESIGN
Dillingham, of Hippodrome,
Quits "Rather Than Keep
1100 Out of Work"
proved by our special process of
renovating in the hands of our ex-
pert workmen.
Our new-process SANI-TITE hard
wood floor has made a great hit. !
PINKERTON
28th and York Sts. SaA '
OTi; Our tor nt inrnrr Hth nnil
CliPMtnnt St. N undfrBolnjr eUnHUB
iiltt riilionn, hut huhinrbi is solos on
without Interruption.
I.DSIESS8-S0
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JEWEUrr
B.W. Cor. 8TH a CHESTNUT STS.
1017 MARKET ST. 909 MARKET ST.
AM. THKKi: hTOKK.S OIT.N i:KXINOS
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Elected by Telegraphers at' Chicago
Convention to Succeed Konenkamp
Chicago, Aug. 20. (Bj A. V )
Iloscoe H. Johnson, of Chicago, last
night was elected president of the Com
mercial Telegraphers' Union of Amprica
Jiftga Mary J. Mucauley, of Buffalo, N
Y.t was chosen vice prcsieleut, nnd Paul
V, Schnur, Chicago, becretary and
treasurer.
It was voted that all emploje of
telegraph companies, including clerks,
be eligible to membership.
At the closing session of the conven
tion an effort to pass resolutions cen
surlng Postmaster (leneral HuiloMm.
JTewcomb Carlton, president of the
Western Union Telegraph Companj ,
nnd Theodore N. Vail, head of the
American Telephone nnd Telegraph
" Company was defeated.
Following loss of the recent strike of
commercial telegraphers, K J. Koncn-
, kmp, who had been president of the
rf unidn several years, resigned. The next
convention will be held in Atlanta, Ga
New York. Aug. 21). (l!y A. P 1
Chailos 11 Dillingham, managing di
rector of the Ilippeidiouie, whose stage
hands nnd inusiiMiini joined tho strike
eif the Ac tors' Kqmtv Association lust
night because he was u member of the
Producing Manage! s' Association, to
elnv announced his resignation from the
big plajhousp, "wither than keep 1100
persons out of work."
Mr. Dillingham sent his resignation
to a leal estate concern which, he said,
ic.ill.v owns and opeintes the Hippo
drome. t
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miiLtJUi'1 wJiUMliM ii7TMTJT'Hij
a litru llH ravl intra j
iHVWr?Wl'-WISTfF
fSmivvf m nxfilffirii) (rr7yJT
Safe
Milk
'or lefaati
& Inralidt
'o Cooklnc '
A Nutritious Diet for All Ages.
Washington, Aug "!1 (IS.v A. P i !?.....
in theatm ai urcies heie tmiav belief Avoid Imitations and Substitutes
was expresseil that the strike of stage
hands and musicians, which last night
resulted in the closing of the Shubeit
llelnsii, Theatre would not spread to
other plnjhouscs. all of which eithir
are owned by local interests or by coin
panics nut members of the Producing
Manage s' Protective Association
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Honest Andy says:
"I've Always Used
Union Cutters"
because if rigid tests to the ten
thousandths of an inch and the
heat-treated process mean any
thinp, thise cutters MUST be
the BEST!
It Is our policy to
Ee real service to
our ei Iter uscrn.
H3 our Miop
Kxnrrt Cull Tree.
I'tomiit delncni of Car
Ion lligh-hpeed Cutteis.
Collieries Supply &
Equipment Co.
14 N. 5th St.
Philadelphia
Market 4280
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Better Grade Shoew for Men
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We have NOT
raised the price on
our present stock
These shoe$, selling at $8, $9
and $10 a pair, comprise Enter
son's finest make.
34 N. 13th St. ',!.
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2 for 25c Mem i
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Overbrook, Pa. DiriSSmiHHHHl Overbrook, Pa. '
I i Overbrook 3396 iWmmmMSWksWKm Merion667
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Horace Trumbauer, Architect
THIS charming home, at Green Hill, commanding a view of the surrounding coun
try, will appeal to any one seeking an exclusive residential section near Philadel
phia. It is now under construction, together with 4 others (2 English and 2 Colonial),
plans of which may be seen at our office. Buy now and you will save money.
Close to churches and schools. Golf and country clubs nearby.
Twenty minutes by motor through Fairmount Park to the heart of the city.
Inspection by appointment
Morris Wood, Manager, 64th & City Line
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REFINED ENTERTAINMENT AND DANCING
Come to Dinner and Spend the
Entire Evening at
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Clare Russell
Tho (Irl with the erran tlc.
Wood, Brown & Myers
Tho trio of haimoDT.
Thurston
The Great Mind Reader, E
Entertainment Begins 9:30
CW Charge.- One Dollar After 9:30 P.M. '5
Joe McPharlon and
Johnny Palace
I Vt Ak mnr o who hai teen thea
,f ' iw vj,
Hanley, Tanner and
Hurray
''j Oemtiw and Iturmonr.
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September Records at
Heppe's Tomorrow
Tomorrow morning the September List of the Victrola
Records goes on sale. We invite all Victor patrons to visit
our store and hear them.
The list this month is remarkable in the large liflm
ber of lted Seal Records produced all at the new low
prices. There are fine records by Heifetz, Caruso, Galli
Curci, McCormack, Kreisler, Homer, Schumann-Heink,
Braslau, de Gogorza, Werrenrath and others. Come to
Heppe's and hear them.
If you do not have a Victrola, we offer certain outfits
composed of a Victrola and a group of records. You may
settle by cash or charge account, or by our rental-payment
plan. Call or write for full particulars.
C. J. HEPPE & SON
111MU9 Cintnt St N. W. Cor. Cth & Ttoapin Sti.
ny order of th THR I TWITCH. QTATRQ r17l7I7I?Q
Secretary of War
Nitro, West Virginia, For Sale
BIDS TO BE OPENED SEPTEMBER 30, 1919
A complete, Industrial community, embrac
ing 737 manufacturing buildingg, housing
accommodations for 20,000 persons and the
utilities and civic improvements that consti
tute the conveniences of a modern city.
LOCATED 16 miles northwest of Charles
ton, W. Va., on the main line of the Kanawha
and Michigan Railway, nnd fronting three
miles on the cast bank of the Kanawha river,
a navigable stream that affords water com
munication with world markets through tho
Great Lakes on the noith and the Gulf of
Mexico and the Panama Canal on the south.
This is one of the world's largest SMOKE
LESS POWDER PLANTS, includes many
manufacturing units, all of which may btf
converted readily to commercial industries.
The industrial community includes a SUL
PHURIC ACID PLANT, with a capacity of
700 tons per 24 hours; a' NITRIC ACID
PLANT, capacity 300 tons; a COTTON
PURIFICATION PLANT, capacity 225 tons;
nitrating, collolding and drying plants; RE
FRIGERATING AND ICE PLANTS; a box
manufacturing plant; machine shop; thirty
storage buildings; sixteen shipping houses, and
numerous miscellaneous buildings.
The civic community embraces 1600 fur
nished portable houses, 75 permanently con
structed executive residences , hotels, board
ing houses, dormitories, clubhouses, general
nnd 'special stores, cafeteria, moving-picture
houses, a 400-bed hospital erected under the
supervision of the Federal Public Health Serv
ice, a 24-room schoolhouse, a, police station,
bank and administrative buildings.
The utilities includes a power plant equip
ped to furnish light and supply motive power.
A transportation system, equipped with steam
and storage battery locomotives, and consist
ing of 18 miles of permanent, broad-gauge and
19 miles of narrow-gauge railways, ties tho
industrial area together. A modern telephone
system provides interplant and residential
communication. Sewerage and water systems
safeguard tho health of the community and
provide protection against fire. A pitch-surfaced
macadam road extends through the
reservation.
Nitro is in the center of a region rich in
natural resources. Surrounding coal fields
supply the highest grade of steam and coking
coal. Natural gas is available from wells
located in the immediate vicinity. A high
grade crude petroleum is produced in this
territory.
Labor skilled in iron, steel, chqmical, glass
and kindred industries can be recruited frorn
sections of West Virginia immediately sur
rounding Nitro.
The United States recommends that parties
interested in particular units of this project
associate themselves for the purpose of sub
mitting n bid for the entire property. To facili
tate such bidding, government agents will put
interested parties in touch with each other.
Propertyto Be Sold Includes a Complete Manufacturing Community, the Various
Units of Which Are Readily Adaptable for Use in Various Lines of Industries
Sealed proposals will be received at tho office
of I. H. FRANCIS, CHAIRMAN OF THE
ORDNANCE DISTRICT SALVAGE BOARD,
1710 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA,
PA., until 12:00 o'clock noon, September 30,
1919, at which time they will be publicly
opened and read, for the purchase of tho
United States Government Explosives Plant
"C," located at Nitro, West Virginia, which
was constructed by the United States for the
manufacture of smokeless powder. Proposals
must be for the purchase, either for cash or
for part cash and part deferred payments
amply secured, and must cover all right, title
and interest of the United States in all real
estate appertaining to this plant and all equip
ment, fixtures and personal property thereon
and thereunto belonging, except that title to
certain fixtures and personal property ia rc
icrved to tho United States, information re
garding which will be furnished prospective
bidders on request. AH proposals are to
be accompanied by a money deposit in the
form of a certified check made payable to
the Treasurer of tho United States in the
amount of $500,000. The United States
reserves the right to reject any or all bids
nnd to accept that bid which it is deemed
will best serve the interests of the United
States.
FACILITIES
There is included in the property to be sold
the following: 1800 acres of land, more or
less; a SULPHURIC ACID PLANT in seven
units with a tated capacity of 700 tons per
twenty-four hours; a NITRIC ACID PLANT in
four unito designed to deliver 300 tons of nitric
acid per day; a COTTON PURIFICATION
PLANT of standard pulp mill design in four
units with a capacity of 225 tons per day,
adaptable to the manufacture of wood as well
as cotton pulp; Nitrating, Celloiding and Dry
ing units; a largo machine shop; a power plant
of 35,000 rated boiler horscpowci; a water
system with a capacity of 60,000,000 gallons
per twenty-four hours, including a purification
works, sixty miles of distributing system and
appurtenances; sewer, power and lighting
facilities; a plant railway system, including
rolling stock; a box factory; a civic develop
ment comprised of houses for 20,000 persons;
stores, school, hotel, 400-bed hospital, milk
plant, laundry and ice plant.
The plant is located on a navigable river and
on tho lines of the Kanawha and Michigan
Railway, and is in tho natural gas and coal
belt. There are large stocks of mechanical
supplies; chemicals and commissary supplies
and a river fleet consisting of a steamer, der
rick boat, barges, etc.
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE
PLANT AND FACILITIES and TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF THE SALE may be obtained
upon application to I. H. Francis, Chairman,
Ordnance District Salvege Board, 1710 Market
Street, Philadelphia, Pa., or to the Officer 'in
Charge of the Plant at Nitro, W. Va.
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STAMB OF
areenters
and Builders
On Trade Agreements
TEXT F,A RESOLUTION
ADOPTED AUGUST 28
WHEREAS: .The journeymen bricklayers in violating their
working agreement and stopping all work where their employers re
fuse to add three dollars ($3.00) a day to their agreed on rate of pay
have taken an action that will undermine and destroy the entire basis
of employment of organized labor in the building industry in Phila
delphia, IT IS RESOLVED.: That the Master Carpenters and Builders
Company will in every way assist the employers of bricklayers in re
sisting this unjust demand; that the members of the Master Carpenters
and Builders Company will bring no pressure on the members of the
Mason BuHders Association to comply in any way with the journey
men bricklayers' demands, and will in no way countenance the viola
tion of this, or any other wage agreement on either side,
AND IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED: That the members of the
Master Carpenters and Builders Company while these conditions con
tinue are authorized where practicable to use other materials in place
of brickwork, or close down operations whose progress is affected by
the declination of the journeymen bricklayers to continue work in
accordance with the wage rate agreed on to expire May 1, 1920.
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