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Moore Committee Investigates
Complaints From Districts in
15th, 26th and 34th Wards
ENROLLMENT BEFORE NOON
ESTIMATED AT 40,000
DELAY REGISTERING
VARFTRH.K
CHARGE
A Activity in. Morning
Lip-ht I
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rvorcneast riepons
fcsriSK 1
.Work, but Below Normal
A light legislation of votcis was re
ported from most of the city's forty
eight wards today, in contrast
unparalleled enrollment of 184,000
ors on the first registration day
The, same condition prevailed
V tlons. where the chief independent
Strength lies as In districts wedded -to
the "regular" organization. Estimates
Xor the city ranged from, 30,000 to 40,
000 up to noon.
' Complaints were made to the Moore
headquarters that assessors in several
instances failed to appear at the poll
ing places. Investigation began at once
on all complaints. The absence of an
assessor blocks rccistrntlon. hecniiKC
ift the prospective registrant Is unable to
liT vbtaln the necessary polltnx.
The chargo was made to the Moore
KsSLn.IMtn?.thllt '? the fi?t,Uivisjon'
ltTT,hir,tr-fourt' wartV '"', ludopendent
rw u, u ay mpje, wauie v.0.. ,
it man watt .holding the assessor's
book
nuu rcLiiaru iu Jiae il uiieuuu.
regular assessor was abient, it
ra.
The
was
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assessors siay .winy
Reports of absentee nsseisots also
cme from the fifth division of the
Fifteenth ward nnd the twenty-first and
IxJeenth divisions of the Twenty-sixth
ward, Vare territory.
Assessors were reported this after-1
noon at Moore headqunrtcrs to be ab -
ent from the fourteenth nnd twentj -
third divisions of the Twenty-sixth
war(j
In the northeast registration was te-
portcd us brisk in numerous divisions,
-although far below thnt of the Initial
o day,' Magistrate William F. Camp
bell, Independent candidate for coroner.
li toured the Twenty-fifth ward nud urged
his workers to get out a big enroll-
nient.
State "Representative .Tolin Suowdeu,
saya Campbell lieutenant, visited polling
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piaces iir me xweniy-uitu ana rorty
flfth wards, The Forty-fifth is the
A-. bomi ward of Coroner Knight, Vare
vaiiuKiuiu lor nnoiuer lerin.
"The Independent ticket -n ill carry
the Twenty-fifth ward by 4000 raa
,j6rity;" asserted Snowden. "Knight
wll carry the Forty-fifth word, but only
fcy nbout 300 majority.
Macliey Sees Victory
Harry A. Mackey, Vare leader of the
Forty-sixth ward, sees a victory for
Judge Puttcrson over Congressman
Moore nt the primary election in West
Philadelphia,
The ward leader, who is chairman of
the Workmen's Compensation Board, is
111 in bed at his home, 0100 Pino street.
jl? developed a cold at the seashore and
today had a high temperature.
Mackey's lieutenants in the ward kept
him informed by telephone of the prog
Vss of registration. He said the re
turns were light and that the total en
' rollment In the ward for the three regis
tration days would be 10,000.
"That will be a normal registration," I
lie said, 'considering that there arc
3000 returned soldiers here and about
BOOO new voters."
The total of assessed voters in the
Jifth division, .Twenty-first ward,
Manayunk, is two hundred. On the
first registration day an even hundred
enrolled and by noon today twenty of
the remaining hundred had been placed
, on the lists.
In mill districts, political workers
pointed out that most of the mill work
ers begin work at 7 o'clock, the hour
AM'tu, the polling places are opened.
These workers are not expected to en-
roll until this evening.
' Martin Tours Nineteenth
s Senator David Martin made a motor
trip through the Nineteeptlr ward. The
registration there averaged from ten to
twelve iu each division although in
some It reached to twenty or twenty
five up to noon.
Ail interestingcomparison was that
tn the Sixteenth division of the Forty --ieventh
ward. On August 2G, the first
'registration day, ICO voters were en
rolled. "Up to noon today only Beven
were registered,
The Forty-seventh ward, on the first
day, had a registration of 3873, An
estimate that the total registration for
today In tnat wara would be lOOO, was
made by William B. Smith, candidate
for the Council.
Reports of a light registration came
'from Manayunk, the Falls of Schuyl-
Vj i klltf Roxborough, Tioga and Nlcetown.
LUC CUruiHllirufc iu uuwauivnu to v-
garded as fair.
S0OO for Germanf'own, Estimate
', An estimate that 3000 voters will be
rtbe total of today's registration ih the
Tw'enty-second ward was made by John
J, Crout, Independent Republican leader
of Germnntown. The' registration total
ob the tirst day was 8403.
tJ 'I expect that a grand total of 15,000
jj vetts will be rolled up in the Twenty ,
cond ward for the three registration
di'jre," Mr, Crout said. "Jf the regis
tration reaches that total it will be a
car Indication that the independent
- fight will be won In that ward."
' Tue unofficial total for the first regis
trltlon day waj 184,40", Some of the
r leaders expect that the official figures
.will be even larger. If approximately!
Moore leaders, ho ptoplc will be aa-
,.,'urtd anmpnortunlty to sweep the con-
"Iractor on uf,ef power,
ft n , . .1
'Looks Like City Pay Roll '
Says McCain of Vare Ticket
Writer's Analysis of Council Candidates
Shows That All Except Two Are
Organization Officeholders
n,v GEORGE NOX McOAIN
Every Council candidate on the nre .
organization ticket from top to bottom
is nn officeholder except two.
Some of these plnccmcn have been
holding office since they became of age.
Many of them have no occupation but
politics. They work at it ns though
j they were plasterers or motormen.
1 A roster of these candidates reads
"ke n PaT ro" nt c"y ""
The two exceptions ore found in the!
eouncllminic list. line is a
proles-
sional. the other a business man. Hut
, both of them have held office, and tern-
porarlly out of n job, are waiting basket
in nanu lor me sunning ot tne plum
will be the mayoralty
The A'are pcopdo understand nnd ap
preciate that the real power rests in
the Couucll of twenty-one. If the tight
is dose, I believe they will throw every
thing overboard to gain a majority in
that abbrcvinted body.
Flnley After Job
In the First, or Vare district
which
, Wil-
elects three members of Council
llnm U. Finley, 2401 South Brood street,
iu the Thirty-uluth ward, lends the
ticket. He is a dual officeholder, be
ing the present member of Select Coun-
Uii from the Thirty-ninth ward
n lner,.autB appraiser, Mr. V
and also
inley has
bcpn Q C0Ilt:m,ous officeholder for years
He Is the executive officer in charee
of the eltj committee nnd is Senator
1 .. 1 .i -.I-:..... 11. i.
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been real estntp assebsor, employe of
(iic United States Treasury and clerk
' In the Bccorder of Deeds office. Mr.
Tinlcy is under indictment in the Fifth
wunl gunmen election case. He is
' nuo"t forty-eight jears old.
I Kdwin It. Cox, L'!I48 Bced street,
Thirty-sixth ward, has been a. member
!ot thp 1-egis aturc since 1000. "He is
'ouuected w itli the Atlantic RefininB
Cnrnpauy, 11 branch of the Standard Oil.
He is nbout forty-five years old and is
n laiiuuu anu cousisieni inc. ur ui vne
Vare organization. . Mr. Cox's middle
name should be "Regularity."
Joseph V. llnffuey, 2212 South Broad
3 KILLED IN AUIOH
HIPBYSH8RETRAIN1
Ocean City Express Crashes
Into Motortruck at Dorothy, -
N. J., Crossing
DEAD ATLANTIC CITY MEN
Three men were killed when an,Ocean
City express truin on the Reading Rail
way, going at high speed, struck a
motortruck at Dorothy, X. J., shortly
before 8 o'clock this morning.
U'he dead are: '
I. Uallne, forty -five years old, of 2419
Fairmont avenue, Atlantic City.
Samuel Garson. twenty-five years
old, chauffeur of the motortruck, Atlan
tie City.
Samuel Slo&s, sixty-five years old, of
2410 Fairmount avenue, Atlantic City.
Mr. Sloss left Atlantic City this
morning with Mr. Baline, who is his
Eon-in-law, to make a tour in the mo
tortruck to purchnse eggs and other
farm products. "Gnrson, their chauf
feur, and the two men apparently did
not see the approaching train. "Where
the Atlantic City road crosses the rail
road tracks nt Doroth'y, there
is 'n straight track. The train hit the
motortruck when it was' in the middle
of the track.
The automobile was lifted on the pilot
pf the engine nud carried for some dis
tance before the battered occupants and
the smashed machine fell to one side
of the track.
When the train was stopped and
trainmen reached the wreckage Baline
nnd Garson were dead.
Sloss was alive. Ills skull was frac
tured' and his body was badly crushed.
The engineer of the express placed Sloss
on the engine and made a fast run to
Cnmilen. The man was" taken to the
fCooper Hospital, where he died later.
The trainmen assert tlie Hioss motor
car tried to cross the tracks after the
express had whistled a warning and was
in sight.
INJURED BY FALLING ROCK
Sam Dlmotus, n quarrynian working
at SIxtv-Blxth street and Lansdowne
avenue, suffered serious injury when a
ledge of. rock under whlcu ho ras worlc
inc fell and struck him. He was taken
to the West Philadelphia Homeopathic
jiospuai.
YOU WHO LIKE '
MYSTERY STORIES
and who doesn't?
will find
in ,
Pennyof Top Hill TraiV
the delightful new novel which be
gins tomorrow in the
Eueritng "public 2u$3cr
A mystery which growtvmore and
more mysterious as the story goes
on, unravelling Its Incidents to a
happy and surprising conclusion,
It is written by Belle K. Manlates,
the author ot Amarilly of Clothes
Line Alley. '
T,T
111 i.ne lesnect II, n Vr nnrnnlznilnii .x-"."1"" "I"1' J"'""- 'u "" i
with the , '., ..... ,.T...," ., . varies a. Hall of the Seventh ward.
elect- , I '" 7T'" " "' "". , .ZF ,. I "'". at .. Wne itreet and is indorsed , 0
, ... ,, ,, , , ; , .,.,,. lJ" the arcs nnd unopposed by the In- I
, oil. If nuy thing Is to be sacrificed, It ,i,i, n,u ,, '' ,. . ' ., ,,..
street, Twenty-sixth ward, Is an at
torney at law. He Is a member of 8c-
lect Council and chairman of the
finance committee. of that body. He is re
'gnrded as one of the best posted men In
the city on the subject of municipal
finances. He was formerly connected
with the law offices of Brown, Simpson
& Williams of which Francis Shunk
urown, attorney general under Cover
nor Brumbaugh, was a member. He is
n capable official, but is controlled by
" ares.
The Second Senatorial district will
1 C1,(I two members to the new Council.
So.er vot Qnnosed
Charles Seger joint leader with
Spirpr rnsp frnm thn rnnkti. lit. una
formerly n member of the paid lire dp- !
partment; becamn Common Council- 1
man irom tne Hevcutli ward una n
trusted lieutenant of the late Israel W.
Durham. The latter bequeathed Mr.
Seger $30,000. He Is about sixty -four
,enrs of age.
He is indorupd liv linth fnrttnna na
ln nlatter of politics, being in a position
vhere he enn be Independent or other
wise. His ward UMially delivers more
than 3000 majority to the faction with
which he may be affiliated for the time
being.
William McCoach, 710 South Twenty-second
street, Thirtieth ward, is hu
unqualified Vnre selection. He has
been an officeholder all his life. He
I " also incidentally engaged in the
nlnmhlnff hnnlnpRa. Mi MnPnnrli a
I Present member of Select Council from
luc -""riiein waru
He has been collector of internal
revenue, city treasurer, and the re
cipient of many tontrncts fioin the
city, being regarded as n "favored
contractor." There is at present a dis
puted contract for the Bybcrry Alms
house, which has never been completed
by him. Mr. McCoach is one of the
most unswerving followers to the Vare
flag, is a personal friend of Senator
Vare, and tnkes orders leligiously. He
is about sixty years of age.
The Third Senatorial district will
Continued on fate Four, Column Tito
WOMAN, 70,
TO DEATH IN SLEEP
Body of Aged Victim Found Near
Railroad Tracks, Clad in
Nightgown
FELL FROM WALL, BELIEF
Believed to have walked to her death
while asleep, Mrs. Margaret Booth, sev
enty years old, 4144 Pennsgrove street,
was fouqd dead early today near the
tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad at
Forty-first street nnd Mantua avenue.
The woman's body, clad only in a
nightgown i.nd bathrobe, was found by
a railroad employe at the foot of a
high wall, which was guarded by a
railing. It is presumed she fell from
the wall.
Mrs. Booth was a widow and lived
with Mrs. Elizabeth B. Wilson and the
latter's daughter, Minnie I. Wilson.
Mrs. Wilson said today that Mrs. Booth
was of a highly nervous temperament,
and frequently walked in her sleep,
Mrs. Wilson told the police that at 3
o'clock this morning .she looked into
Mrs. Booth's bedroom. The widow wne
iu bed. Three hours later Mrs. Wilson
looked again aand missed Mrs. Booth.
Running downstairs she found the front
door ajar. She called a relative, John
Bishop, who lives in the same house.
Bishop went to the Thirty-ninth street
and Lancaster avenue police station,
where he learned a womau'b body had
been found two blocks from the Penns
grove street address. Bishop made the
identification at, the morgue.
It was 3:45 a. m. when the body
was found. The railroad man telephoned
the police nnd the Presbyterian Hospi
tal. The body was taken to the hospi
tal and then to the morgue.
SCHAEFER'S SLAYEr1ILLED
Bandit Pays Penalty for Murder of
Naturalized American
Washington, Sept. 2. (By A. P.)
The bandit who murdered Adam
Schaefer, nn American citizen, In Zaca
teeas, August 28, has been killed by
Mexican federal troops, according to
advices to the State Department today
from Mexico City. A dispatch from
the American consul at Salina Cruz
said Schaefer was a naturalized Amer
ican, thus clearing up the question of
his citizenship.
NOTIFY WIFE,' 8UICIDE'S PLEA
London, Ont Sept. 2. (By A. P.)
Benjamin BInney, of Richmond, Va
a recently discharged American soldier,
was found dead Ic his rooinin a local
hotel, having committed suicide with a
revolver. A note nt his side read :
"If anything happens to me please
notify my wife In Seattle and my fath
er in .Baltimore."
MADRID ACTOR3 COPY N. Y.
Havana, Cuba, Sept. 2, (By A. P.)
Theatrical circles here received word
last' night from Madrid that, following
the example set by actors in New York
and other cities ot the United States,
chorus girls and boys and. musicians' of
the Spanish capital have organized a
labor union. It is expected they will
at an earlydate present demands for
more favorable- contracts.
I Plincinx C..H.. 1aL 1a-Jhh IH, I
1 ui,i'.huhiip, ;- vitiiivii n tini-mi xi. .uii
WALK
Unable to Rescue Wife
From Track, Dies With Her
Chicago, Sept. 2. (By A. I.)
"I'll stay with you. Mary." With
these words William l Tanner, a
cashier in the offices of the Balti
more and Ohio Knllrond here, closed
his eyes, embraced his wife, whose
foot was caught in a railroad frog,
and was killed with her when a
limited train on the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad crashed Into
them last night.
.Tolm Miller, a flagman, in at
tempting to rescue the couple lost
his leg and sustained a fracture of
the right arm.
Three little children aic orphans
today becau.se of the fateful decision
of Tanner to die with his wife.
MEXICANS
FIRE ON
U.S.
. j
ne American Wounded in Head
During Patrol Duty Along
Border
CHUM LANDS PLANE SAFELY
By the Associated Press
Ijircdo, Te., Sept. 2. Two Amer
ican aviation officers on border patrol
duty were fired upon today by n group
of .Mexicans, while flying up the Rio
Grande, near here.
One of the officers. Captain Dm is It.
McXabb, was wounded in the head, and
his companion, Lieutenant Johnson,
brought the machine safely tn earth
on the American side. McXabb was
taken to a farmhouse and an airplane,
with a surgeon and medical supplies,
was rushed to his aid from headquar
ters here.
The officers weie flying low, about
Kixteen miles up the Rio Grande from
here, near Santa Isabel creek, when
suddenly, on the Mexican side, about
twenty-five Mexicans rose up from the
brush and poured volley after volley
into the plane. It was reported sev
eral hundred shots were fired.
Many bullets pieiced WSJe wings ot the
iplnno and before it could lisc, Captain
McXabb was struck near the ear, the
"bullet lodging in his head. Word was
sent promptly to headquarteis at tort
Mcintosh here.
The attack today, which took place
shortly after i a. m.. followed com
plalnts for some time past that Mexi
cans occasionally hae fired lit the nerial
bordegunrd.
THREE APARTMENTS ROBBED
Money,
Silverware and Jewelry
Taken by Thieves
A series of apartment house lobberies'
were reported to the police today.
John E. Kent's home on the thiid
floor of the Dickinson Apartments,
Broad and Dickinson streets, was en
tered during the night and robbed of
$015 worth of jewelry and clothing. It
is supposed the thief entered by means
of a false key.
The home of Harry C. Kohlhas In
the Brighton Apartments, Fifty-first
and Locust streets, was entered by way
of a rear kitchen window on the first
floor while the family was out. A ring
nnd silverware valued at $40 weie
taken.
A watch and other jewelry valued at
$20 were taken from the apartment of
It. T. Costello, 5300 Walnut street.
Entrance was gained by forcing the
transom oer the door while Costcllo
was nbseut. His apartment, is on the
third floor.
ALLIES THREATEN GERMANY
Constitution Must Be Changed
to
Bar Austrian Deputies
Tarls, Sept. L'.-(By A. P.J The
Supreme; Council of the Peace Confer
ence decided today to send a forceful
note to the German Government, point
ing out the contradiction with the Ver
sailles treaty of the provision in the
new German constitution providing for
the representation of Austria in the
German Reichsrath.
The council demands the suppression
of the article within a fortnight, declar
ing that otherwise the Allies will be
compelled to undertake a further occupation-
of the left bank of the Rhine.
The nrticle objected to is article 01
of the German constitution, as In con
flict with article 80 of the German peace
treaty forbidding German interference
in Austrian affairs.
THIEF LOOTS ROOM
Camden Man Watches Armed Bur
glar Go Through His Pockets
While an armed burglar, uniformed
as a soldier, ransacked his "room early
today. William Malaln, 1425 Broudway,
Ca'mden, lay awake in bed watching the
intruder through half-closed eyes.
The burglar took $10 from the pock
ets of Malojn's trousers, and searched'
stealthily tarougn a mireau, securing
several articles of value. The burglar
then left; the house.
"I thought It was better to let him
have what money I had in the room
than to risk a Bhot from his revolver,"
said Malaln. "So I pretended to be
asleep. I'll say I was glad when he
went away."
Malaln furnished a good description
of the man.
BUTCHER'8 SAFE ROBBED
The safe ofN Morris Riitberg, a
butcher, at 708 South street, was rob
bed between Sunday and yesterday
morning of $2500 In cash, four
bracelets and two dlamomj- rings.
The Rutbergs hav been staying In At
lantic City, Morris Rutberg having
joined them over the week-end. The
robbery was discovered yesterday by a
workman doing repairs In the shop, , It
through the rear, where these repaint
is. believed the thieve gained eutrHBc'e.
are 'beisg made,
TOO
AIRMEN
DANGER TO SERVICE
IN POOR PAY
Congressman Go I df ogle De
clares Unskilled Laborers
Receive Higher Wage
COUNTRY SHOULD BE FAIR
TO ALL, CARRIERS ARE TOLD
Charge Made That Postal De-,
partment Misinterprets
Laws of Congress
Unskilled laborers receive better pay;
(or their work than cxpeiiemed letter'
,n"1'" , '
1 1111 iis(riMn vn matin mis iit
iiy 1 ongressma
fogle'. Tit New Yoik. before the com en
tion of the Xationnl Association of
Letter Cairieis, at Moose Hall.
He also declared that the Tostofhce
Departmcnt had lowered the standard
of examinations lo obtain moie cairieis
nnd contended that the country should
be as fair to its emplojes us the pii
vate cmp'ojcr is to his.
The ndd-tes" of Congressman Gold
fogle and assertion hy the association's
vice president, j McXnbli. that tin
1'ostoffice Department misinterpreted
laws enacted by Congress, weie the
chief features of today's scfsion.
Congressman Goldfogle declared I hat
pay of the men in the postal service was ,
grossly inadequate, and would lead 10
lower efficiency of service, lie sum
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SEEN
GIVEN
LETTER MEN
iimi, bn u iinriuut-i w. .ut vu.......v .'.,hu, inuiinore. Mil . tuiei engineer, in
postoffiees and postroads, lie would uo
everything posbiblo to obtain better paj '
for the men in the postal service.
Greetcd By Cheers
This declaration was gieotid with
prolonged cheers and applause utid the
convention gave the speaker a rising vo'le
ot thanks.
, Mjr. Goldfogle said he realizes the
justice of the men's demand for moie
pay. The plan of tlie 1'oatomce lie
partmeiit to give them an increase ofjin(. t,lilt nnp of ,ll(l )mlaBt tani,s wns
$1.0 a jear. he suid. would not meet .leaking, ordeicd the entering plate re
the situation. He asserted the men moved. A.uunpuuicd bv Kellv lie en-
biioum nave an immediate increase ot.;terel tin- tank. The liriivj fumeoknown
.. per cent ami suosiuiue earners,
" -
ain
Miouiu leceive eigniy tems an nour
"PostofDce employes cannot uiaiuta
their homes nt the present salaries,"
said Congressman. Goldfogle. "Skilled (teredo The. fcuiiecded.,i,n reaching the ( template givLusvyJl'er the Parliament or
laboreis receive an average of eighty- j "''1 "'l di.igge'd Tlienrrto't1ierholdrTnetiie PieCUtive or both the power to com -one
cents nn hbur, trained comme rcial! wer, oven ran. and fainted upon reach- lujt, .national hari-kari."
clerkB eighty cents an hour, unskilled '" llic "I"'" a'J , . , , , 'e- Russell declared that the treaty
laborers fifty -five cents an hour, while, T1"" I'fl!r"1 "f "" . Tf, , 'save Great Britain absolute power
i the letter carrier averages 4S'-. cents
ii hour
"As a member -of the House of Rep hospital. The three caulkers were re
resentutives 1 am deeply concerned iniviied, but thu engineer and deckhand
the efficiency of the PostofDce Depart-'did not regain conacioiihness for home
ment. Inadequate pay tends to lonerjtime. Their ondition is not regarded
efficiency of service. Good men will .critical.'
nui .pp.y ior u jou. a. h "",; .,. ,M pPMf, n a np,
the department has lowered the stand .BLOCKADE IN PENN SUUAHt I
not apply for the jobs. As n lesult
aid of examinations so that it may get
more carriers. It is unworthy of our
country to take such a step. I want
our country to be as fair to its em
I
pioyes as a private employer is to his." I
Adoption ot a lesoiunon urging tnattojaj jn y0llll vnu -.qimie lo see what) 1"; vle"'' m Hungarians wno aic
employes may enjoy half holidays as jt '.as nn fti)0U Raucous hornn of American citizens. The plea was in
well as full holidajs followed. Several! 1,,., machines .sounded. Workmen behalf ot the government set up by Hun
delegates said that laws permitting cm-ent ciiecrfHHy on with their toil iu Ka". after its separation from the Dual
pioyes this privilege had been enacted. I the street just south of City Hall laying I Monarchy.
At this point one delegate jumped to ' t,T0Cka and plastering down the tar. i livany said he believed the principle
his feet and declared: Assistant Director Atkins, ot the nub- "' ''"determination had been followed
"Congress makes the Inns and the ,va depaitmenl. eplained thnt the ,"''' iu 'he treaty with Germany. Asa
Postoffice Department intcrpets them.' lpayIlB wu9 the final cleitriug up mound I '"hole, he said, lie did not think there
"No. the department misinterprets, ,'tv ir..ii i,Mmniint pacing i- being I was ""J" justice in giving Shantung to
thtm," said Mr. McXabb. "Some day
wo will have a voice in Ibis matter and
we will talk to tbein over the same
table."
Another lesolution was adopted urgiug
nil members of the association to buy
goods which bear the union label.
United effort to obtain better working
conditions and more pay was decided
upon.
Numerous other lesolutions wet
adopted. Their adoption followed ad
dresses in which the delegates were em
phatically candid legardlng their work
ing conditions nnd asserted that the
time for u "lukewarm" attitude had
passed.
One of the most important action
taken was the adoption of a lexolutlou
urging unity of action.
Want United Effort
After calling attention to the fact
that the association was alread nffili'
ated with tha American Federation
of Labor, and that united effort was
7the,bcst means of obtaining proper rec
ognition, the resolution said :
"Resolved, That the Xatlonal Asso
ciation of Letter Carriers go on record
as favoring affiliation with the follow
ing associations :
"City delivery carriers, rural carriers
and city aud rural postoffice clerks.
"That, through representative offi
cials, the interest of all in the mat
ter of salaries, pensions nnd working
conditions may be brought before Con
gress and the Postoffice Department for
just and reasonable consideration,"
Incrense In pay for "mounted" car
riers was urged in another resolution.
After calling attention to the high cost
of maintenance of horses anil automo
biles it was urged that carriers furnish
ing horses for delivery of mail be paid
at least $700 for maintenance and $1400
a year for automobiles.
RAIN HALTS TENNIS PLAY
Match Between Tllden and Johnston
Postponed Until Tomorrow
Forest Hills, L. I., Sept. 2. All
tennis matches scheduled here for this
afternoon, including the national singles
championship between William M.
Johnson nnd William T. Tllden, X
were ccllfd off shortly after noon be
cause of rain,
They will be played tomorrow,
weather permitting.
URGES REMOVAL OF BURLESON
Removal of Postmaster General Burleson from head of the
postal department waB urged this afternoon by James ForresUr,
president of the National Brotherhood of Railroad and Steamship
Clorks, in an address Before the letter carriers convention at
Moose Hall. He declared that Mr. Burleson Tiad dishonored and
disgraced his office. The letter carriers cheered the speech.
GOUGH WARNS PETROGRAD OF COMING ATTACK
BERLIN. Sent. 2. (By A.
declare that General Cough, oi the British army, has proclaimed
to the population of Petrograd that an attack is about to be made
upon that; city. The reports quote the proclamation as coullnu
ing: "As soon an Petrograd hai been freed from Bolshevik
tyranny, food wiTI be sent."
AS
OVERCOMES 5
IN HOLD OF SHIP
Workmen Trapped Below
in
Government Vessel at Cal-
lowhill Street Wharf
WERE REPAIRING LEAK;
l'ie men upip mi-ironie by water gas
Uii- nfteiuotiii 111 the ballast tanks of
the FiieMoni . ii I nitcd States Govern- 1
iment liausiiurtation veel ijing
at j
" avenue am, Lauowmu sueet. ,
-. . . . .. ... .
me men are:
Edward Kraft, thirty -seven years!
.1.1 ll1i." .11 -. ?
Hoosevclt Hospital,
Nason 'lielh, twe
I'ifly-fhe vears old,
I Ilnltirnoie. Md
deck hand. In Roose-
elt Hnspilal.
Kilnanl Heik. 3100 Lincmld street
caulker cmpluMMl hy Cramps,
Kranlc .McXulty. 1118 Palmer street
raulkcr. emploM'd b Cramps.
Earnest Dell, rnulkei. emplojd by1
Cra in p
The ship was at the doi k under ic
iirfti. lvrnft. Hi,, iliii'f pnL'iiieer. lenrn-
ins wnier gas ramp iroin imp hoik. ui
(the luulkris paid nn attention to them,
j When the men did not emerge within
, "ntpr Kas" came from the hole, but
ja fen minutes the three cuulkerx en-1
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bulnnce qf the Roosevelt Hospital vtcre
summoned. The. men were taken to the
. .,, ...
Long Line of Trollies and Automo -
biles Held Up by City Work
Heads i.eered nut nf car windows all ,
;, the line of u temporary blockade
. -j todnv over the new subway set
tions. virtual! completed under Ot
Hall. nud the P. R T. sin face trmKs
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in ruHim i enu squint.
This takes the pliue of boards laid
over (hasms nnd the teniporurj puviug
which sagged aud buckled heretofore.
M-Wl jT'nh ""thT.USn. William
iveiJPenu iW'policed, ' Inderal.
Lampposts aie being replaced auu me
5000 SHIP WORKERS
BREAK UP PATTERSON
MEETING AT CRAMPS
"What About Salus Brothers
and Draft?" Yells One Then
Speakers Are Bombarded
Five thousand workmen broke up a
Patterson meeting at the Cramp ship
yard at 12:30 o'clock this afternoon
and ennicd oft the automobile contain
ing the speakers.
The meeting started at Richmond and
York streets under the auspices of the
lawyers' campaign committee, which is
supporting Judge Patterson in bis cam
paign for Alayor.
In the speakers' automobile were
Bertram G. Fr&zicr, Michel A. Statalo
and Robeit Carlan.
When Mr. Frazler began his speech
some men In the crowd shouted:
"What about the Salus brothers aud
the draft!"
Then others began to pelt the occu
pants of the motorcar with banana peel
ings, potatoes and watermelon rinds.
Carlan, who Is a private In a ma
chine gun company of the 110th and
is here from a Baltimore hospital, pro
tested. He told of the wounds he had
received in the Argonne battle, but his
voice Was drowned in the noise of the
crowd, shouting against "draft dodg
ers." The workmen first tore down a
placard on the car.
Then" some of the men in the crowd
began to push the automobile away
from the meeting place.' They rolled it
some distance along Richmond street,
while the occupants continued their pro
tests, ' ik
P. German renortH from mo
ATTACKS BRITISH
PACT WITH PERSIA
Charles W. Russell Asks Senate;
to Protest Says England
'Bedevils' Asiatic Nation
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Washington
Sept. - Discussion of
tin treaty negotiated between Great I
Britain and Persia was" precipitated by f
iT-enator unox (luring tne session today .
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Charles W Russell minister to Pe-sia
during President Taft's administration,!
asked that the Senate "make a written.
I protest ng.liust the pact.
The treaU as quoted bv Mr. Itus-
' pell, pro Ides for control' of Persian
1 financial nnd military matters by joint
i 15iiUt,h-Persian commissions, but Sen -
tor Knox declared that by the terms
llritlsh members would be final. I
Mr. .Russell told the committee lie
hud obtained the copy he read "confi- (position just now to place all the blame
dentiallv" and would not disclose the for the errors of the President's diplo
source, but added that it was authentic. ' macy during the war upon the Texas)
National Hari-Hari
Senator Swansnn, Democrat, asked
if it was n secret treaty. Mr. Russell
f,nid it could not be under the Persian
sum u couiu not oe under tne
constitution, nor, for that
could it be constitutional in a
master.
nLc"s'
"No constitution," he said,
could ton-1
ver "the purse and the sword of
Persia." For 100 years, he added, Great
Britain with Russia, had "bedeviled and
badgered Persia"' and it was time "she
got out of the old habit and learned
better manners."
The committee today also heard iep-
1 1 c-aeuiuuvtn ui me jiuugunmi-jimerican
organizations and Albanian-Americuns
n(, tomolrmv wi1 hcnr 8KfAltU vien3
Ins lo the peace settlement.
!
Hungarian Plea Heard
Eugene Pivanj, secretary of the Hun-
Igarluii - Aiuerican Federation, presented
i,aj;an. .
"'i'"u lul ."' "uugunau-Ameri-
p"" .;.,,."' ,. "'a oeli.v.
"i c
ew Yoik. declared that limlpr tlm
guise of high-sounding promises the
league of nations, through terms of Ar
ticles 10 nnd 11, would perpetuate
Chinese w..l around subjugated peopsT
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oi,u,ii nuu lujusuccs unu build a
the terms of the Hungarian treaty hurt
not been published, it was understood
ihp most extreme claims of Serbia. Ru
mania, German-Austria and other
countries coveting Hungarian lands had
been granted. He congratulated the
committee, on its "firm stand" against
the league.
BRITISH DESTROYER IS SUNK
Eight Men Lost, Presumably In At
tack on Bolshevikl
Ijndoli. Sept. 2. (Ry A. P l The
British destroyer Vittoria was tor
pedoed and sunk in the Baltic sea last
Saturday, the admiralty announced to
day. Eight of her complement are
missing. ,
The Vittoria was one of a class of
thirty destroyeis constructed during the
war. This class was known as the "V"
class, the names of each beginning with
the letter "V." They were vessels of
about 1200 tons, mounting four four
inch guns and smaller-calibered
weapons, capable of a speed of about
thirty-three knots and carrying a com
plement of about 110 men. Presumably
the Vittoria was one of the units of the
British squadron operating against the
Bolshevikl.
PENNELL AIDS PATTERSON
Joseph Pennell, the artist, sent a let
ter to Judge Patterson today, in which
he promised his support to the judge In
the campaign for Mayor, and referred
to the supporters of Congressman Moore
as a "hypocritical, sentimental gang of
humbugs."
ALBANIAN8 SLAY ITALIANS "
Belgrade, Sept. 2, Numbers of Ital
ian soldiers have been massacred lu se
vere attacks by Albanian claiumen, ac
cording to the Pollttkn of this city. The
remainder of the Italian troops retired
toward Durawo and olher strong points,
WILSON'S FRIENDS
BLAME HOUSE FOR
GIVING BAD ADVICE
4-... I,. .
Declare He Cave Away Every
thing Before President Him
self Reached Europe
HIS SHANTUNG DEALING
SOURCE OF GRIEVANCE
Colonel Still in Good Grace, tut
His Influence Is Di
minished y CLINTON W. GILBERT
'suit lorrenpondtnt of.tho Etenlnr Public
Jlrcr
1 Washington. Sept. 2. Friends of
Picsideut Wilson are extremely sharp
nowadays in their criticism of Colonel
House. They blame hiin not only for
bad advice on Shantung, but for bad .
advice all along the line,
So fat as is known the President
only holds his old friend responsible for
tsnantung. ior him to do more than
this would be to confess disappoint
ment with the treaty in other respects.
But friends of the President , think
that his position would have beA,
stronger in all directions if, thronghoor
the negotiations at Paris and in all the
' dealings that preceded them during the
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stronger and more aggressive agent.
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ns there were failures, had their
T'Siu long before the Peace Conference
began, in the negotiations at Paris for
he nrmistlce when the allied powers
""") uccepieu iue muriceu iiuium
"" duiing the earlier visits of Colonel
House to Europe as the personal agent
' of the President.
I As some of them put it, "Housegaie
away everything before Wilson bl'mseft
got to Europe."
As these words show there Is n dis
colonel. . -f.
This is probably doing the colonel an
injustice, but it is fair to recall that
from the time when, our relations .with"
Germany became difficult, the Presi
dent's eves nnd ears iu Europe were'
Colonel House.
. .
Declare House Uominaied
So fur as one could see House dom
inated the diplomacy of the United'" x?
Stntes from the time that the President'
made his abortive effort at peace in J, j
1010 until the signing of the peace
treaty with the Shantung proviso at
Paris. And when it is said he dominated
the diplomacy of the United States
duiing this period it is so said in the
sense that ot all the ..sources ot inr
formation the President possessed Colo
nel House was the most Important and
most influential.
It is probably moie exai t to regard
the colonel ns a source of information
than an adviser. He was an agent.
a broker, a reporter, a personal rcpre-'
sentative and only in a lesser degree an
adviser.
During the war there was a period ot
many diplomatic mistakes during the
one i
okci,
u-
time threw- up his hands and spok
publiclj nnd bitterly of his "dlsill
sionment."
Old Diplomacy Won
These mistakes culminated in the ne'
gotiations preceding the armistice with
out consultation with the allied pow
ers and in the revenge the allied powers
took for this treatment in the con- '''
feronee at Paris when the armistice
was airreed to and the fourteen noints
.accepted, when the most complete suc
cess of old diplomacy was achieved.
Colonel House represented the Pres
ident in this armistice conference. The
degree of his responsibility for the. re
sults is not apparent. It is always,
difficult from the outside to apportion
the degree of responsibility ot principal
aud agent. But in a sense somebody
had "given away everything before
Wilson arrived in Europe."
Whether that somebody was Colonel
House or President Wilson himself is
not clear.
Europe Finds House "Soft"
One thing is evident. Europe had
tested out Colonel House and found hiin
"soft." House is not a Metternich nor
a Bismarck. He is a good observer,
somewhat miscast when he enters into
European or Asiatic diplomacy.
The testing out of the Colonel by
the Japanese in Paris' was interest
Ing and Illuminative. It went on betoit
every one's eyes and was probably a,
repetition of what Europe had already
done in the days of the war and of
the armistice conference.
Japan w-as new to the field. Fpr a
long time It did nothing. At first Pe0
pic said: "Look at those clever Japt
anese, they've got something up their
sleeve." Then when they continued-
to do nothing, not even attend the metl (
ings of the big five, people said,- "Loot,
at those Japanese Tliey are not cieyer
Continued on Vr Fl. Column
LIQUOR BUSINESS POOR
Line of Dealers Thinner Each Month
at License Bureau
The thin wet line of liquor deaUwci
in this city Is receding as shown! hf
license payment figures announced to
Jtetailers numbering 1811 hold jl
censes. Of that number 17T5 pala tfcfift a
August license fee installment of, $fll.Tlt
Only 1750 paid the fee for this montfc'
A total of 248 wholesalers paid the t
August fee and 231 the September fee
Thirty-one brewers paid this ,
the same number as latt month. .
ty.-four bottlers paid the, Aimmt
aid twenty-thm the fee fur 8eptrasV.
course of which: the President at one k
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