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It. V9L. V. NO. 307
Kntard aa Second. Cla Matter t tha Poatofflc, it JPhlladelrhla. Pa.
Undr th Act of March 8, 1870.
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PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1919
Published Dally Except Sunday, flubjcrlrtlon Prlea Id a Year by Mall.
Copyright, join, by rubllc Ledier Company.
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40,000 KNIGHTS TEMPLAR IN SPECTACULAR PAGEANT;
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NO WATER, LIGHT OR PHONE IN TARE CITY "HOME"
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1 ""CHEAP LOBSTER," CRIES
SENATOR AT
-FIGHT TO SAVE HIS VOTE
'Organization Dictator Shows
Irritation When John M. Srtlol-
lock Takes Stand
COMFORTLESS BROAD ST.
' HOUSE "IS MY HOME"
Of Course, "City Leader" Ad
mits It's for Voting Pur
poses Only ;
By GEORGE NOX McCAIN
The hearing before the board of reg
istration commissioners on the charge
that Senator Edwin H. Vare, head of
the Republican city organization, lives
'nt Ambler, Pa., and has no legal vot
ing residence in the First Senatorial
district, took, place in City Hall thin
morning nt 10 o'clock. V.
, No decision was announced today.
The registration commissioners will hand
it, down tomorrow.
.ft1 nfther sparse company assembled
in the high, uninviting nnd noisy
hearing room. The leading lights In
the Vnro organization were conspicu
ous bj' their absence.
t
, Notable Absentees
A notable absentee was Senator Daie
Martlrj,, who had a previous engage
ment to mend fences in the Nineteenth
, ward.
?. . "Uglc" DavidiH. Lane was in At
jp lantlc City , Incubating another poly
& .syllabic and personally conducted phil
, iupic .Against the Independents, while
S V.?our, old -friend, Thomas Robins, whom
$' "Art Director Harrison Morris refers
Hf "to ''ashelJicro "ot thousand phan-!-
i tomsj" was. presumably' writing inter
" views'" with hlmself'at thejlotel Adel-
l ' nliia. v v
llif rnrniAf Allnrnev funeral Francis
s"L.Shuhk Brown was the first of. the de
IJp.,'fe'nseto reach the Rearing room,cooi.Jy
r- auireii inAa popiin summer quai, buk-
ito a' :.."" "o"o--. -?ry, -- .v:'-,."
'"critical-: fc.vc,'6vcr, the rath, dTab.,mUM Mil
pSWMUlttBiihnd?life;r?
IWgTliliJUaerAlrfB-' -J
tVs ''Sen'al?or1VaVeVccompanIed by Re-
'S.x coraer Of. Deeds James- si, .Hazictt,
fcjft; arrived ,nt lOjll o'clock; TJie senator
jqK$Svas enveloped in a sultodark blue,
y&Jltylack tie-and' an air of. disgust, The
w.rj'eoruer.ui.ueeua was visiuiy uurru, jur
-,- he'MadJbee.a. subpoenaed. as a witness,
f? No' timewds lost., getting) down tp
t3 PUH1UCSBI lHV?-lVflH1il.)lllWmi;j gCUClUJ.
appearing' for the'defense: J
fhe prosecution ' was conducted by
...tftwen .7. nnbertR for the committee oT
IVJyrtrtqtr,. and'vlthi 's string of sixteen
t!j.N :v- - - '
itness?s he played rlng-tfround-a-roRyj
y "wlth'f th'e "stnator for nearly an hour,
'ort'S'Wiexact, tilMltin.
The' 'saljent'. - point of the hcarlqg
was.- that.the centlemen in eharecof
I fef the. nroseciitiou'.. had. with 'detectives
liWVrl''BIrf ervcrt''.'mi4xhni,ri . t'non1no
JabSon. Senator- 'Vamtmn August 20,
fe!S . The Senator Is Peeved
.jrfvThe Tiigh lights of interest were sup
3l,'plied, by Senator Vare himself., Par
Sstjcularjy when he moved ,away" from
ri .Testrami ana voicea nis opinion, ot n
Vl'fflln.'wItnpfiH-Rmnllncli- hv tinmo' nnrl
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AoBsre5mau ,.iioore,, .- .,
J'fIh'.atpif"'io an interrogation from
H-Mjr B6V'erts, jt htj' regarded the .house
4a -3000 .Booth B'rpad street ate his per
fsW msnent hpme, the S.ena'toty-lth n fine
.display or indignation repjied ; r '
'il' ".know- it?smy permanejithome.
iIv'neveKthoughtani-' -onfi'lse.'did not
M'regard lt,Jtilllh'is cheap lobster here
-v DidntSov About. Coal
- 3H ,P?b?Jf tr,p'rslstentt:rs qu'es -Wtinin('cauwd,tlie
senatdrto -admit
-pi.ayie'.dfduTtikbow whether there"ws
5. any- cpal In- the, cellar to build" March
Ilfires (.or;. kitchen. utensils in the kitchen
j, v""' "v fl"":" mot irvjyJIB iur
'ffi nished. . . y, '
tlkil frankly admitted that the' house
u' wan ,ied for the purpose ot voting
'"- jrestderiee, and that, he occupied it at
',iYW's' P'rior- to. elections. In, a brief
'etatement to the commission he denied
?"' that h. paid his personal tar or iwas
1 reglsjered at Ambler, a fact cor'robor
i at.ed by an assessor from Whiteniarsh
i,s township, Iontgpme.ry county, '
i miners py near uoor
. . benator -vre swora that he had oc
? ,cupied the house at 200OT South Brp'ad
'-U?'1 on the, nights of September?!','-2
$.' And .3, that Tie entered by the" back
, gate, and rear. door.
. . In this Connection- a ArterWra nrl
& former United $tates secret service man
i btvinrA flmf li heiA kn ,.-Af.f r it:
..-j.w.w .. wwu nuvcuiug inf
Itjytise on theie partlculflr nights, but
-- general,. hPKever, showed by the wlt
,1 ntsi that Jie could see only the front
.-"door The detective did sayr howiver,
.''sthat on .two. nljthtg he had ;trlei the
, wcu ..v. vmo jbuki;c. iiia ei-airnmer
f paqg,gaie, wiucn no jouna tocfted. 8n-
i ?w , CooUnotd oi; r.awVrwo. Column Two
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ACCUSER IN
High Points in Hearing
of Vare's Right to Vote
House nt 2009 South Broad
street, claimed as the senator's
residence, never wired for electricity
nor equipped with telephone, and no
wnte'r there. ,
Yard of house used as "war gar
den" by school children.
Witnesses testified porch was
dirty, windowspever cleaned, front
-yard was neglected nnd filled with
high grass and weeds; fropt was
guaiMed with padlocked chicken
wire.
'Senator and Mrs. Vare slept nt
house Saturday, Sunday and last
night, using electric torch for light.
Breakfasted at home1 of-Recorder of
Deeds Hazlett, two blocks away,
Referringtp "p'ink palace" at
Ambler, declaration by Senator
Vare that "J will admit the place
is open the year around for week
end visits."
VOICE SPANS ATLANTIC
Mysterious Talker In America Heard
by Norway Wireless Post
Paris, Sept. 0. Reports received by
the radio agency from Cliristlanla nn
jiouncc that the government wireless
station at Bergen, Norway, has been
called up twice recently by n voice
from u wireless station on -the Ameri
can coast.
The Bergen station, which ! not
fitted with a wireless telephone trans
mitter, .sent wireless telegraphic 1115s
sages in reply. The voice IvMQ'd is
said to have been perfectly clir.
Washington, Sept. 6. (By A. P.)--.
The radio telephone messages from the
United States heard, liy the radio sta
tion at Christianla, Norway, probably
were spnt during experiments made by
the Navv Department.' officials said to
day, when, messages, wero i4ntto the
lU,pfl'.fct"rw.i; . ".wnii.ufcfcuuiiMt.j.y,...
fevThO"-.infssaBeSr it. hyas$NRft!n.
iila?B(tvo beei overheard iby.'any.radip-
pUoniAvlthin. range; More than .twji
yars-- ago messages from Washington
wtre overheard in Hppplulli.
EXPLOSIONS ALARM N. Y.
Panic In Section Where Gas Blows
Up Manholes
New York', Sept. p. By A. P.)
Several persons were injured by broken 1
glass anak riuiltirpfls ot winaows were
shattered when tgas, which had accumu
lated under 'the pavement at Third avc':
nue and Forty-second sticct, caused a
series of explosion today. The iron
coverings 01 manuoies-vi:r uuiit-u iui;u
into the air, but no one was hit.
The 'explosions caused a panic in the
neighborhood nnd police reserves were
colled to restore order. t
; SAVES GIRL FROM FLAMES
Brave, sFarmer . Gropes His Way
TJi'rouflh Smoke to" Effect Rescue
Strasbufe, P., 'Sept. 0. While
frantic, neighbors ' an relatives stood
terror-stricken outside a burning build
ing, '.Tpseph Hostetter, a. farmer resid
ing near New Providence, Btrasburg
'township, .braved ;deufie clouds of smoke
in mounting' to the second floor "and
carried from the place little Miss Kreld
er, eight years old, who bad been
trapped by tbo .flames, and rendered un-h
Groping his way through the smoke
he stumbled to the' second floor of the
hprne' Byluck, it seAmed,.he stumbled
over a bed, fejt beneath it- and found
the b6dy,.of"th'e little girl. He'so'on bad
her safely out of; the building.
BALLOON FLIGHT A MYSTERY
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Craft Passes Over Hog Island, Its
Home Port, Unknown ..
A .balloon ,of the old-fashioned
spherical type,' passed over Hog .Island
shipyard today and. 'caused much'fepe.cu?
latiom
According to. those-who saw the air
waft , it carried three women and a
man; four men and one. woman)" two
men and a dog; -five women ; six men
and one woman. One woman.
The balloon passed over the Dela
ware river and appeared to be going to
ward Atlantic City. It' was -many hun
dred feet up and wag behaving, nicely.
Joseph A, Stelnmetz, of the Aero
Club, 'said he. knew -of no flights being
made by local aeronauts, butbelieved
the craft might be carrying '.so'mo one
who is practicing to euter'the ballooning
contest soon-to he held at St. Louis.
Y" BILL IN CONFERENCE
Senate nnd- House Name Managers
to' Iron Out Disputes
Washington, ept. 0.-.(By A.- P,)
Representatives Volstead, of Minnesota,
and Morgan, Oklahoma, Republicans,
and Webb, Nortb-sCarolina, Democrat,
were; today appointed managers fpr the,
House in the conference- which will
iettle disputed provision of the pro
hlbltlon enforcement bill.
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SENATOR ED VARE HIMSELF
Tills photograph shows Senator Vare on the witness stand at the hearing
held today to establish yivhelhcr lie has a voting residence. In this city
PERSHING HERE
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American-Commander to Be in
City Jwo andja Half Hours
for Parade
TO MAKE TWO 'SPEECHES,
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Invitation to This.City
Pleases General Pershing
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General Persuing' snowed sincere
pleasure todayHt' the invitation to
visit Philadelphia.
He authorized Colbnel-Quekemyer,
an aide, to express hisdeep grati
fication. i
For two and n half hours Friday
morning General Pershing will be a
guest of Philadelphia. He will parade
nnd make two addresses; one .at Inde
pendence. Hall, the other" at the Union
League.
-General Pershing will reach North
Philadelphia station of the Pennsylvania-
Railroad- at 10 o'clock, where
civil and military dignitaries will,' greet
him. r V
Word of the general's acceptance' of
Philadelphia's invitation was tele
phoned today to Mayor Smith who is
sued a proclamation.
Arrangements made for General Pcr
shlng's reception include a parade from
Broad street, below Allegheny avenue,
jirnr the North Philadelphia station, J
south on Broad street to Spring Garden
street to the Parkway, east , on the
Parkway to Broad, to Chestnut street
to Independence Hall, where the great'
soldier will speak.
From Independence Hall, the parade
will countermarch to, the Union League
At the league the general will make a
second address. He is ' scheduled to
leave Broad Street. Station ipr Wash
ington at 12.3Q o'c,lock, tw;o' hours and
a half after 'hu? -arrival,.
ThV proclamation issued by Mayor
Smith follows;
'''General Pershing will .arrive on
Friday morning. During the two an'd
a half hours in which Philadelphia will
entertain the man who led our victorious
army1' overseas in Its successful battle
to save civilization, the 'citjzens of this
mpther-clty of the flag, the Declaration
and the constitution," should put aside
all other than the one, supreme thought
of doing signal honor to tlje great sol-,
dler who 'stands for our highest ideals
nnd who expresses, in his person our
highest military ,triumph.
"To this en4 I nsk'nll employers of
labor- to grant- a holiday covering the
.hours namedrSnd I appeal.tp all cltjzeiis
to decorate with national colors as free
ly, as.,.possible, andcto do everything In
'their power to give outward expan
sion to the feellnc of love and cratltude
with which each individual regards our4
dittlngutshed visitor.
"Let 'there be a great outpouring of
people, and let. tjie peoplO.give the most
.emphatic expression -of, their Jovf Tor
General Pershing. ari their loyalty tp
the principles .for which he has done
such valiant service overseas.,''
The Prince of Wales wilL visit PhilV
adflphla- some, tlm.s next;, month.
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FIRE IN WILDWOOD
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PictUresqu'eBlaze Costs Nearly
"$75j;6oOW- HbfefsjvStorts
and Bank Damaged"
MANY "PEOPLE HOMELESS
Wlldwood, N. J.. Sept. 0. Fire of
undetermined origin here early tlild
morning destroyed the Coombs Build
ing and the home of Francis W. Dev
lin, besides damaging the Mariue Na
tional Bank, the Sencrest Hotel, Cald
well Building. Varsity, Cedarcroft
Apartments, Tlaza Annex and many
stores nnd business places on the street
Doors of the buildings.
The fire "threatened to wipe out the
entire business section. It burned so
rapidly because of the. flimsy construc
tion of the. Coomlw Building -that. oc
cupants of the popular apartments on
the second and third floors .narrowlj es
caped death. Many people are home
less nnd are being cared for by public
spirited citizens.
The smokewas so dense that three
firemen werebvereome, Ceril Rrunnel,
Louis Harrison and Charles Barnett;
Police Surgeon N. A. Cohen was se
verely burned about the face by the
explosion oj an oxygen generator.
The fire was discovered by Night
Watchman ,T, Harry Caium'. Ha says
ne nrst saw smoko was pouring out of
the Lennox Restaurant, in the Coombs
Building, on Pacific avenue,
There were many thrilling rescues.
Clarence Henley, a colored expressman,
Frank P. Downs, president- of the
Union Bank, and G. N. 'Hutchinson
rescued a woman and three children.
Three law libraries, valued a
??uin; una utioaging 10 uunaman nanay
City Solicitor- John Bright, and Palmer
M. Way, 'president of'the.Tioard pf
Trade, were destroyed, .Th.9, totol fire
loss Js estimated by CHe(,-' Nlck'erson
at $50,000, although insurance men
state the loss is nearer t6 $70,000., Big
crowds, were on hand and 'helped Ttbc
victims remove household goods'.
The fire occurred beforo dawn and
the. flying sparks presented a picturesque
spectacle' in the moonlight.
GIRL OVERCPME BY 3
Pauline Simon, twenty two Tears'o'W?
of GO? Wilder street, was .found un
conscious. In' bed' 'early tqdayfcjr. jier
motner. wnen sue wen.- to. tall her
daughter for wore. The gas-jet I'was
turned on.' The woman, was taken to
the Mount Slnoi Hospital, where,' she
was revivcd''br'a"milniotOr. The no'.lre
Investigated the cnseVand .declared. It "to!
be .accidental. ' It is believed tier sleeve
caught on the gas jet when she turned
out the.Jllght'. , T
Did You Register? .-ti'M
-. tfo? ReatWHisf
If youfnllcJ to register, go to.
City Hell tomorrow. J .
The Board of .Registration, C?m..
mlssioners.'wiH sit from 0 at m, to'
noon and from 1 to -1 p. mv
Request thrm to .plflco yput name
on thfc books of rour divlslcri v
Youjoss your Toio if Jou fallt'lo,
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Sir Knights Pay Tribute
American Soldiers Who
Fought in War
to
LARGE CROWDS ACCLAIM
PARADERS ALONG ROUTE
Major General Clement Reviews
Comrades Governor Sproul
and Wife Participate
Knights Templary of the United
States, to the number of 40,000, to-lay
parnded the city's broadest highways
in n Keven.mlle.lono. trlhnte to the
Americans Avho. served in the war.
Philadelphia rlttzenry, the chief exec
utive of Pennsylvania, and n popular
outpouring that reached the hundreds
of thousands responded to the testi
monial pag.int.
Official!,, the parade with its army
,of plumed knights, waving banners nnd
, more than 100 bands, was preliminary
to the opening of the business sessions
ot the thirty-fourth triennial conclave
of the Grand Knenmpinent, Knights
Templar of the United States.
A Great Reception
Actually, it was a great public recep
tion from -men nnd women of all de
crees to the exponents of modern chiv-
Ulry. '
The spectncnlar parade started nt
10:3." o'clock from Broad nnd Oxford
streets. Major 'General Charles Max
well Clement, IT. S. A., retired, was
its grand marshal. General Clement
commnuded the Twenty-eighth (Iron)
Division, made up of former Pennsyl
vania National Guardsmen, nnd is a
post grand commander of Pennsylvania
Templars.
Behind hfm were men high in the
! affairs of state and nation, prominent
street.
Siloam Band Led
Siloam Band, of 100 pieces, all mem
bebrs of the Illinois Commandery of the
same,-name, headed fhe line. To the
strains of the "Hospitallers March"
they swung down Rroad street in pla
toon formatiou, preceding General Clem
ent and .Sir Hayes H. Duncan, his chief
o.f staff.
Next in line was W. Frecland Ken
drlck, commanding the aides and locd
ing the Pennsylvania division.
Corinthian Chasseur Commandery.
No. 53, stl Philadelphia, the only
mounted commandery in the eastern part
of the United States, formed the guard
of honor to the grand marshal. Sir
William W. Matos was adjutant of the
procession. J, ,
Cheers Greet Riders
Constant cheering greeted the nppear
ance of this Templar "cavalry" outfit.
Blarkig "Onward Christian Sol
diers," the next band furnished
rhvthmtc guidance for Allegheny Com
mandery, No. .15, of Pittsburgh. ,
Sir Lee Stewnrt Smith, grand masier
of' the-jrrand encampment. Is a mem
ber of this commandery and it paraded
as his escort.
The grand master rode unattended
in an automobile, heading a procession
of cars followed by the officers and
banners of the graud encampment and
the several grand commanderies).
Governor a,nd Mrs. Sprodl rode im
mediately behind the grand master.
Their party included Colonel .1. Warner
Hutchins. special military aide to the
Governor, and Harry S. McDevltt, the
Governors private secretary.
The automobile section did not com
plete the turnout of distinguished par.
jjcipants. Sir William Cowan, grand
masier Ot ine sovereign gruuu priory 01
the 'Dominion df Canada, and a delega
tion from that organization, followed
afoot.
Canadians In Robes
The, Canadians were attired In flowing
robes. and were preceded by standard
bearers carrying an American flag, a
British -union jack and a Templar
hiihneri
', WHIngton Commandery, of Wil
mington, uei.t neiq me ngnt 01 me
line, ip the first. division. This com
mand drew frequent cheers as it exe
cuted Intricate formations of the Tem
plar drill manual. Crosse, hollow
squares, triangles and other evolutlons-
Jvero skillfully accomplished. Uther
commaude ncs further back in the long
processlop executed similar formations
atl intervals.
V. B. Possessions Represented
tVi canal awme v ommsnaery, ;o. x, ot
uilboa Heights. Ancon'and Far, East,
I Cpfimandery, No, 1, of Manila, .Were
.among the inarchers in, the first dlvi
slpn. This section,, the.most colorful
of the.entlre profession", Jncluded rep
resentatlvejrUffrom .Delaware, Nevada,
Hawaii, Hejrtcp,. -Alaska, Philippine
r Islands, Csnal Zone, Pprto Rico aui
v;anaua.
, .The monotony 'of (he TOiplar uni
form was broken by the regalia worn
ie,lolder coniraanderies. The jrcgu.
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VISITING
MASON
MARCH
HONOR
F ERIE IN
In -masonrjv. fro.-aJlfflpartsflflift.tPiftn.. W '" 'obe-to iiio.llfy tlio along ..r.wgnizcume. necessity of ae- . ,"" ""STOW ' ah&SS$S$ff f?mf&
-,.. c.'.' j .iVr-1 .r.'wi.-. In.'. 'A'rlielc X resei-vntlnn. m flmf tl, .1... . cent ns Intenlretative reserv.itlnnn nn,l of Hrlnr, TrUitSMf Xi'ili.'S. 'i.i..t..aiifll
eluding the PMilplesVndnccnL'al clrlrft wlirtlif va.ltll pr;rtlelmtl- l , his wllli-iguess to accept j fhfid, i, "'"j.lIlrinoU'rgiMalftedda'ft-'rlrWi
,-,'.' . ,, - '4. '. any ai-nv'd Olienitiolis-will, rest with position against nlli reservations is- likeJ,-.,. , ' . fl . ,,'',:'! f"',f-?3SlitK M
The route covered Broad, street south- CHam.,. hen. er,u'.lonaliy It must, that of the Nebraskn legislator ,vho. J dh ' rlIHnatl6afi growing6nfc
ward to Snrlng Garden, thence to the "'- , having had to accept a compromise, j f sacrifices .nndwastc of tbe-,-wjrtv 4
Parkway and along that thoroughfare .This will inrfKc the. Lodge reservation said. "This isn't as much as I expected, ( Back of that, added the President, ..$&
ILv to Brosd street, dismissing at v.rtunlH equivalent to' the le(;mber 1 but then I never really thought I'd get lay the fact that the world 'h ;"(:, li
atwsfl ipj-.Twe, Vitm
Lodge Yielding Again i
on Treaty Reservations
Admits Need of Changing Plans to Modify
.Article X to Satisfy Moderates.
' "Trial Balloons" Collapse
,
By CMNTON XV. GILBERT
' Staff Corrrapondtnt of the KTenlnx Public Ltdffr
Washington, Sept. f. The tl)ixil , ervation on Article I. which makes it
trial balloon of the Senate foreign re-
lntinns committer- has come down to
'earth. Tlint Is the moaning of Sen
ator I.ciljc' admission that his reser
vations mi Article X of the peace treaty
v.nulil Imve t he changed, In order
t" sntisf. the Jdens of the mild reser
.vntionisth In the ltepuhllc party.
The flrit (rial balloon was the Shan
tung amendment. That collapsed al
most as soon as It went up. The sec
ond was the Ilnglish colonial represen
tation amendment. Somebody thought
about the 'lilstorV nntl-Knglish feel
ing." That balloon never left the
earth, but rolled miserably along the
I gl"""'!. lell. lllg RilM nt er.V turn. J IIP
i '" '" ""',l1 1'nMron was the changes
n-!i,,Ncd in Ai-t'-l's I and X, dis-
ciiKp,i n- revrnntioiis. Some small
b. . . lire tta't'n'i t'i M'i;:e that balloon
a. 'I 'l.'if' ill.. 11 to the ground.
11 01 l.nlm'- 11 '-iiissln'i that
tin- rckrrvnt'nn on Aitiele X would
llinv lo ie rluiiiKi'd li a conces
sion of the defeat of nil plans to
amend the covenant directly or by
subterfuge. There is now tnlk of in
serting into the reservation on Article
X home provision for arbitration. Such
a pian may require examination, it
rnn. be an amendment or if mny be '
i.i,..,. expression 01 opinion, i-roii- Hpp interpretative reservr.tionists.
ablj the uiih is to slip n dl'guisedi ,
amendment Into the covenant depending n tl,is P1 ''Ports of the Pronl
lipru nnother "historic feeling." the 1('nt K("lth fno'n speeches yester
trnditionnl attitude townr.l nrhltrntlon .''lay 'ause some confusion. Mr.AVilson
Arbitral'-.! as Trial Balloon . '," J'Twnt' '" "omp nowspnpers as.
,, , . ... .. . . .declaring against any nnd all reserva-1
ormal arbitration by n special tons, ()t,.r re orlg M hc kp
tribunal Im, a great hod upon the, lnst . thc rcRPrvations proposc,, b,
;'';, ft? ,!r'm,f,im'llTliti'!,1Jlnnsin" ''" " committee and all
Co rV XZ Trl, J'.". ,C",l,r,.""'r1,r"-eservntions of that type. Thc latter,
M'Urt plays in oir 1 nt onnl life arbi- . , , . ,, ,, . . . ,. '
trntiftii I,m always been our great in-! '" ''lml",bt7 lj , ,,e trl". "p'-standlnB (
ieriiational, remedy. j of the President s speech.
An arbitration reservation may be' AmI il 'aPll0t be repeated too cm-i
another trial balloon or It may be op- phntlcally that the President In hist
tireiy liuuieiioiis, 11111 aslile from itlithc
1 . ale ... -j ai.i .. - 1 wa .! nil . an k. r ma 1 . ir vrri.-r
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BAKER ASKS RIGHT TO PURCHASE ARSENAL SITE
WASHINGTON, Sept. 0. Authority to complete the pur
chase of land for the Itaritan Arsenal near Metuchen, N. J.,
upon which nearly $10,000,000 have been spent in permanent
Improvements was asked today by Secretary Baker.
PROTECTION CODE FOR WORKERS BEING CONSIDERED
HARRISBURG, Sept. 0. The speclnl committee of the State
Industrial Board in charge of the completion of a code to govern
protection for heads and eyes of workmen in various industries
spent today 'going over suggestions of changes nnd hearing
representatives of various lines which may be affected. The
code will be submitted to the board and made effective later this
year.
CARDINAL MERCIER
LANDS IN N.Y. TODAY
Heroic 'Belgian Primate Will Co
Uo Baltimore as Guest
-of Gibbons
New York, Sept. 0. (Ry A. P.)
Cardinal Merrier, primate of Belgium,
will reach New York late today on
board the naval tj-ansport Norther.h Pa
cific to thank Ameri.ca for the aid it
sent to his country during the war.
The cardinal will, be met down the
bay -by a committee' headed by Arch
bishop Tatrick J. Hoyes. There will
also be a committee from Baltimore rep
resenting Cardinal Gibbons, which will
include Mnjor W. 1 llrnening,. the
Rev. Fatir Htickney arid C. T. IV.
AVHHnm's, Cardinal Merrier will spend
me, nig ill ai me ye-iiueucv-oi frenoisnop
Hayes and will leave, tomorrow noon
for Baltimore to spend a week with
Cardinal (libbons. Two. private cars
have been reserved for,,the party on the
train, which will reach Baltimore at
"4;45Vcloek.
Cardinal Mercler will make his first
public address in Baltimore armory on
Tuesday. .September J 4. Tomorrow
CardinaJMcrejer and Archbishop Hayes
will, reyfew le First Division parade
ft;om a" stand .Jierorp the archleplopal
residence,, N'w York's reception to
the cardinal ,1s tti lor September 17.
Asylum attenpant's strike
Dublin, Sept. ,, For the last twelve
tfeckft here' have been strikes of at
tendants at, thf Olonmel Xwinatlc .Asy
lum, la eduaty Tlpiwratyr
Th' aylm is; reruWrW ntchrted br
itrlkw,- 4 M1? K1'.M'
'amendatory rather than interpretative.
Is so llttltf worth fighting for that no
one will fight for it.
Indeed, nn interpretative resolution
on Article X may be made to leave
the United Stntes utterly free there.
The only obligation, the President has
said, is moral.
But just as on Article I, no tribunal j
has been provided to determine whether
conditions preliminary to withdrawal ,
have been fulfilled, ro in Article X
no tribunal has been set up to decide I
whether the obigatlons officially inter- j
preted ns "moral" exist or not so far
ns this country it concerned. The I
Sennte can say in both cases, nnd
must say in one enso for constltu- 1
tlonnl rensonx, of whose existence the
European powers Tcrc perfectly cogni- I
znnt, that Congress shiill be the sole
judge for America.
Meeting "Moderate" Views
AVhen the Lodge amendments have
been beaten, and the Lodge reserva
tions have been mndc on the floor to
rorresnond frenernllv with the Menum-
ber reservations, which in their insplr- '
ntion are the Hughes-Taft reservations,
(IlPro nmv bo n nPnry nnlinnuK vpte I
for ,llPlni Manv Democratic Senators 1
niK wiih nennior ti.uencocK lias, an
FIVE STRIKERS KILLED
IN RIOT AT HAMMOND
111 IMUI HI I irtlVIIVIVJML
,
Fifteen Hurt When Police Clash
With Mob Threatening Steel
Car Workmen
.
Hammond. Iud.. Sept J). (By A. ,
:
P). Five strikers were killed and fift- j Referring to. th treats proyitfon Jot
een wounded today In a battle between nn international, Tabor 'W'aBbiatiilEr
mini iormer employes ot. the standard ,
Stee, Car Company and the police.
to work when a crowd of 1000 foreign-
born strikers threatened them.
Twenty policemen and twenty special
guards employed by "the company were
rushed to the scene apd the crowd was
ordered to disperse.
The order was greeted with jeers and;
the men refused to obey. Captain Ben
Strong, in charge of the police, then
ordered thc leaders of the moti arrenteil
When thc police attempted to execute tlon httd been established,. 'Prodcite.--
the command the crowd attacked thr'wuld Increase "by leans and hilMiJ'JWv vf
police a,nd special guards with Sticks
and stoneR aud several of the strikers
drew- revolvers and Arid a number of
shots, according to Captain 'Strong,
The pojlce then retaliated' by, firing
about seventy -five shots into' the crowd,,
killing five and wounding fifteeu strikt
er, Later the strike, leaders, were
taken loto custody.
None of the " policemen,' or specia.1
guards; was wnuodtd Ju tbe figbTt,
' Tjvo months ago '2000 workmen at
the plant went c-h a strike fqr- ip
rtfased VAges and jmnro'ved ''wo.rkjng
conditions,, fly, wtekg ago thre .ws
a' riot, between 'steitei anj ta. uiii,,:.
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LOW COSTS AWA T
U. S. PEACE ACTION,
!L
World Won't Settle Down Un
til It Learns Our Stand,
He Says
AMERICA' ONLY NATION
TO REHABILITATE EARTH
President Asserts Labor and'
Capital Must Unite to In-
crease Production '
H. C. L. Problem Wrapped
Up in Pact, Says Wilson
President Wilson In nn address to
the Minnesota Legislature today de
clared :
High cost of living is n world
situation due to war. It Is n prob
lem wrapped up in the peace treaty.
World will not settle down until
it learns the part America will play.
In peace.
T'nited Stntes alone is likely to be
oble to furnish the capital to set the.
world's industry on its feet.
United Stntes faces the ,dutr of
setting commerce going through
pence.
Solution of the labor problem wilV
come through the organization pro
vided in the league of "hatlohV
America Sets the standard and prin
ciples. '
Labor is not a commodity. Co'
operntion between labor and rapltsl;
will .bring prodlir'tioh. -
United Stated b.as. been provincial
in economicsr but "conditions have5.
fhm-:.:''.L. ,' .1
( . .-Yf-jjr vl 1. (. - wj
not. ret,
WILSON
DE
ARES
By the AtancliLtMl Pi. .iiV&SSS
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"lhe world is not going to' settle, iSgrl
down, said he,
'until It learns rh'at
part the United States Is to play tn ttie. m
peace.
He .continued that this was the pnlj
nation which would have enough fre
capital in the near future to rehabilitate.'
the world economically.
Received Willi Cheers
The Legislature, which began yester '
day an extraordinary session to con
slder the high cost of living and. otbj
subjects, received the President wil -.
cheers. He was introduced by- GoverhJ
J. A. A. Burnqtiist, whosald Mlnne
sota hoped there would be pome ar
rangement to prevent future .wars.
The President congratulated (He
Legislature on its ratification "yesterday,
of the federal woman's suffrage amend-
j ment.
j First of all. -Mr. AVllson saidf, It
i was thenation's duty to set the com-
pierce 'of the world, going by the' R?
' tabllshment of pence. After, that, h
i-onlinued, there wert domestic-adjust-'
, merit's that must be made, mentioning
, among other things that railway, ,fa-
.-tlitiex in thi country were to' thv
equal to she deniand, r '
i Haviiu fstablished a world settle"-
mnl . emittliitenlli 1t WIKiiti ,lal
ch,rti u was J"i"v that therfe
on nirngi-inpnt tolnBum "thatnp-
body monkey with Hie, process" set-ap.
' Laboring Men Dissatisfied
Turning to- the relations, of labor
i onfl capital, the President said t,uat feA.
laboring men everywhere were ,dissat- ri,ni
I isfied with their relation to" their era'-S
nlnviG -rhB IFnli frtlf. olirvOft I,--.
b.l.la.l i. Iitpffa- inMi,t l.ft'n In 41. 4i
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' the standardsVattd, Jay- down 't6Vfe3
I'n?c'P.,fil-.W,'Ai,-f'
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as iL,mw.,TPr,;tn sojntian the vtmj-i
dent MiMtMmhm thtf fnterests''
:,'AS
labor and'ciJpUsUTSiiubs rc-oxnizerl; ai , 5
identical, and'.thftf. firvjeuglit to ba-re- 1
sonable'enoughWectlfogftiiv-. '' )(m
Labor Not a Commodity -'. -iS
When Jt was realised that labor, 'wit,- r
Mn, a nnn.mnl' nnA a ...1 -A.nln.-L4KSV(
,,v. a vvtiiiMi'.tti.j w.,u . ,iai vu'VI-: S".x4
nnd" that would be ont' clement in j l1tiy'J
during the-cost of vlng '' fLiJifliJ
The United States., the President mU-. &A
had. been "provincial'' In past year;;- iv''-
its economic- relations to' the Svf. '
There must be "n change; he ,nrglMl.)t T;,
the United States were to rehaWiiw' 1
the world. " 'Ji' &
That was why, he contiaued,
cost of Jiving was a -pprld
and. was gapped bj In, tWSf.J
treaty, t -was jusr rjowrw
nor&oce1' of world. affair. h4
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