m ,'J ' , ' c (., rvfftv uenin$ public Wzbzx tvt, POSTSCRIPT VOL. VI. NO. 9 Entered Second-Claas Matter, at the roatomca, t Philadelphia, r. Under the Act of March 8, 18TB. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1919 Pubtlalied Daily Ei'ept Sunflav Fubfcrlplton Trleo S6 a Year by Mall. Copjrttht. 1H. bj Tubllo Ledt'r Comjan. PRICE. TWO CENTS "STEEL STRIKERS RETURNING," CARNEGIE CO. CLAIMS; BUGBEE AND EDWARDS NAMED IN JERSEY PRIMARIES ' it. ,! 11 I ' I I I THE WEATHER Washington, Sept. 21. Fnlr tonight and tomorrow. TEMrEnATCltH AT lSAOn HOCR I 8 1) 10 111 12 1 1 1 J 2 I 8 I 4"TgT fi7 fiO 02 03 I j I I J Al S STATE CONTROLLER REPUBLICAN CHOIC E Nominated Over Runyon Plurality of More Than 6000 DEMOCRATS GIVE MARGIN OF 10,000 FOR NOMINEE Acting Executive on G. 0. P Side and Avowed "Wet" As pirant of Opposition Lose Latest New Jersey Election Returns REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES For governor, Newton A. K. Bug bee, state controller. Estimated ma jority, 0000. Second Acting Governor William N. Runyon, of Union county. Third Thomas L. Raymond, city commissioner of Newark. Fourth Warren C. King, of Bound Brook, president of the Now Jersey Manufacturers' Council. Five hundred and thirty-one dis tricts still missing, Bugbee, 45,857; Runyon, .10,210; Raymond, 22,470. DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES For governor, State Senator Ed ward I. Edwards, banker, of Jersey City, 10,000 estimated plurality. Vote, 43,840. Second James R. Nugent, New ark leader, "wet" candidate. Vote, 84,240. Third Frank M. McDermitt, Jersey City. Newton A. IC. Bugbee, Republican, and Edward I. Edwards, Democrat, will b the ' rival candldatesfor - the governorship of the state of New Jersey. "Although the entire rote in yester day's gubernatorial primaries has not yet been tabulated, the leads of these two candidates over their nearest op ponents are so large that no other re sult seems possible. The latest"flgures show that Mr. Bug bee, who is the present state controller, has a plurality of more than COOO. There are 2011 election districts in the state. With C21 of theso missing he is now credited with 45,837 votes. The present acting governor, William N. Runyon, has received so far in the count 39,210 votes. The successful Democratic candidate, Edward .1. Edwards, is a Jersey City banker. His lead over James R. Nugent, of Newark, avowed tho "wet" candi date and for years acknowledged Demo cratic "boss" -of the state, is even larger than Mr. Bugbee's over his opponent. Mr. Edwards, with 684 districts still missing-, received 43,816 votes, while "Jim" Nugent polled only 34,240. Both Fights Bitter The fight for the gubernatorial nomi nation, in both Republican and Demo- ratio parties, was by far the bitterest the state has known in years. The vote wa unusually heavy. It will not be until late this afternoon, according to the leaders, that the totals of the lead ing1 candidates and their nearest com petitors in both parties are even ap proximately complete. As quickly as possible the full vote of the twenty-one counties is being checked off at Trenton. The leaders have been consistently well in advance of their strongest rivals. In the Republican party there were four aspirants for the nomination. Former Governor Runyon ran strong in Union county, where he lives, carry ing It by a majority of 4500. Through the efforts of his "friend, Sheriff John McCutchton, he also carried Passaic county. The other Republicans in the field were City Commissioner Thomas L. Raymond, of Newark, and Warren C. King, of Bound Brook, president of the New Jersey Manufacturers' Council. They ran in the order named, King a poor fourth. McDermlt Poor Third Frank M. McDermitt will be a poor third in the Democratic contest. Democratic leaders in Hndson county declared the indications were that Ed wards would beat Nugent in that county by about ten to one. The Republican gubernatorial fight attracted little attention in Jersey City, n Democratic stronghold. In the first thirty-eight districts in Jersey City Bugbee received fewer than COO votes and Runyon about 800, In Newark, with strong Nugent districts still to be heard from, Nugent was leading Ed wards by seven to one, the vote being: Nurent, 1047; Edwards, 105. Nngent Wins In nudson Senator Edwards was beaten in Hudson, bis home county, by Nugent, whose away in Democratic circles is wide, by a majority of upward of 20,000. In South Jersey intense inter est was manifested In the balloting for the Democratic candidates for the governorship nomination. Nugeat was routed in South Jersey by Senator Ed- CUnad aa Par TmUtn Cstuau T On FORGOV fi'MV, N. J. GUBERNATORIAL NOMINEE IE JL RNORSHIP. fe. .sjm mmmmmi imtm M i biBbibbbbbbbxbsbbbb a . 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BUGBEE Nominated in yesterday's Republican primary election over Acting Governor Runyon $100,1 OIL FIRE Four-Alarm Fire at Atlantic' Refininff Company Extin- guished This Morning BLAZE FOUGHT ALL .NIGHT Five men were Injured and ten oil stills, valued at more than $100,000, with t1'y contents, were destroyed by a 10Sxat swept the plant of the At lantic Refining Company, Thirty-fifth and Ritner streets, and defied the ef forts of the firemen until this morning. Tho firo was a spectacular one. At one time it seemed that the entire plant would be destroyed. Four alarms, sum moning most of the available fire -fighting force of the city, were turned in. The injured men were all hurt in the early part of the fire. They were working on the high scaffoldiug sur rounding the stills nnd jumped to the ground, about forty feet below, when the explosion that started the blaze occur red. Some of them were sprayed with burning oil. Howard W. Howe, thirty-five years old, assistant superintendent of the par nfine department, whose home is in Lansdowne, suffered a broken leg, an injury to his-hip, nnd probable internal injuries. He is in the Presbyterian Hos pi'al. Charles McLaughlin, forty years old, 2029 South Mole street, was overcome hy gas. He was taken to St. Agncs's Hospital. Joseph Keenan, 1053 South Twenty-seventh street, suffered lacera tions, burns and a general shaking up. Peter Prinko, twenty-eight years old, 2850 Jackson street, suffered from burns and lacerations, as did George Logan, Jackson street near Sixteenth. The last three named men were treated at the yard dispensary. The yard firemen were on the job a few minutes after tho initial explo sion, at 8:30 o'clock last night, but were powerless to stop the spread of the flames and were forced backward by the succeeding explosions of various tanks until all ten were.destroycd. All during the night the firemen bat tled with the blaze.- About 2 o'clock they began to show sigds of emerging victorious and at 5 o'clock this morn ing; the fire was declared to bo out. RAISED NOTES FLOOD CITY Altered Federal Reserve Certificates Swindle Many Persons Here Philadelphia is being flooded with raised Federal Reserve bank notes. Many persons have been swindled through accepting them, according to Captain Matthew F. Griffin, of the Fed eral Secret Service Bureau. Some notes have been raised from $1 to $10, $2, to $20 and $5 fo $50. The deception is made by painting or pasting the additional figures over the original. Captain Griffin also urges nil per sons to look out for n counterfeit $20 Federal Reserve note. LAWvS0N PLANE READY Dayton, O., WIN Be Next Stop Transcontinental Trip Washington. Sept. 24. (By A. P.) ,.The Lawson de luxe airplane with its sixteen passengers some or them wom en was ready today to fly to Dayton, O,, the next stop on its transcontinental Journey to San Francisco. After "joy riding" government offi cials and members of Congress, includ ing Secretary Baker and several sena tors, oyer'thc capital, the giant air liner, which, the inventor says, ft demon strating the feasibility of aerial pas-beMer-trvJr aii radr todayfarthe INJURES FIVE MN jiA.''VS 11 ii!'Aa- i 5 CAMDEN HOIS Burglars Operating Near Detec- tives' Houses Flee F With Loot FAIL TO' OPEN THE SAFE Burglars robbed five homes in the sec tion known as Forrest Hill, Camden, early this morning and stole money aud valuables amounting to S2600. All the houses invaded were within two blocks of the homes ot several Camden detectives. The houses robbed and the amount taken from each follow : William Anderson, 1509 Wildwood nvenuc. .$700. William Keuser, 1411 Kaiglm ave nue. .$."00. William Schiles, 1431 Kaighn ave nue, $000. Rudolph Streabcau, 1146 Kaighn ave nue, $100. Charles: Behren, 1454 Kaighn ave nue, $700. At the Strcabeau home, the robbers also tried to force u safe. While they were in me n.n.i oi men- operations members of the family awoke. The burglars fled, leaving behind some tools and several electric flash lamps. r Called Iast Night Entrance was gained iu each case by forcing rear tloors nnd windows. Occupants of the houses robbed no- ticed several wejl-dresscd strangers in tho neighborhood last night. Several men, not known in the community, call - ed at the houses entered end made cas - ual inquiries as to whether the homes were for sale. It was noticed in sev - eral cases that the callers scrutinized the doors nnd windows. The police believe the burglars are members of an organized gang which has been robbing homes in the suburbs of Camden during the last few weeks. It is evident that four or five men operate together iu one house and get away with the loot quickly. The police believe the thieves in tended to rob a number of other homes in the neighborhood when they were frightened from the Streblau home. oneIolled, THREEHURT Trolley Car Strlkea Automobile Taking Votera to Polls Atlantic City, N. J.. Sept. 24 One man was killed and three men were m jured slightly when nn automobile used to take voters to the polls was struck by a trolley car near Smiths Landing yesterday. The dead man was Thomas Monk, colored, of Fleasantvillc. The Injured are David Jones, white ; Josiah Jones, colored, both of Pleasantville, and Leroy Welker, colored, of 20 North Kentucky avenue, this city. The automobile was carried fifty feet uerore toe raotorman coma stop tlie car. The Injured were placed on the trolley car and brought lo the City Hospital DEARTH OF WARSHIP CREWS 1 Annual Maneuvers of Atlantic Fleet' May Be Abandoned ' New York, Sept. 24. (By A. P.)- i ttioo.n TTntted Htntos win- ru.i. r tied up at the New York Navy Yard i . . without crews sumctently large to man them. It was said today that as a re - suit of the shortage of enlisted men and the, possibility of many, resignations among theofficers the annual fall and winter maneuvers of the Atlnnti" fleet may be abandoned. The destroyers have been hardest hit by the discharge of men culisted for war. It was said that on some of these craft the present crew; numbers fre. ten to twenty just-Mil of 100, the etittaarr' wtatbwV ,.f ROBBED OF S2600 T T TO OF TWELVE BOXES : Divisions in Fourteenth Ward, Organization Leader's Own Bailiwick, Included PETITION CAUSES LAUGHTER AMONG AUDITORS AT COUNT Candidate Wade, Anti-Moore for Sheriff, Chief Cainer in Day's Tabulation Tnelve petitions for the opening of ballot-boxes were presented today be , fore Judges Audenried and Ferguson by I John R. IC. Scott, who represent Judgj Pal'ersou at the official count of prin-ary ballot?. ' jni cei'tion icturn com I. silting in Councils' finance committee room, City t Hall, has completed the (ounl of the I first eleven wards, w itli the exception of comparatively few dUisions which ' remain in dispute until ballot-boxes are opened and a recount made. Llection boards of the twelfth, thir tcenth and fourteenth divisions of the Twelfth ward wero summoned to ex-' (iiniu uiscicpuuucs on cue leiuvn suceis. The court also ordered the ballot-box 'of the ninth dhisiou of tho Eleventh wavu opencu o sec i uic uauois agreed ,, . .... . , , ,, ... ., , ' . , ',. . . . ,, ... ,, litis luoimuK ucuit prmijioaii.i wiu ui- visions of the Fifteenth ward. A few of them, however, asked that ballot boxes in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth wards Scott's own particular baili wick be opened. This indication that the Vare leader had not been able to control his own ward created much laughter in the return conrt. Two divisions of the Eleventh ward were not counted this morning. These were the Second and Ninth. Because Of discrepancies the election boards of these two divisions were summoned to appear before the judges. The early hours of the count today , madc no important change in the stand ing ot the candidates. Judge Patter son was awarded one extra vote, but it did him no good, ns it was on a Dem ocratic llallol. This contribution came from the fourth division of the Twelfth ward. Gain of 100 Voles for Wade The largest gain was made b.v Daniel i Wade, former Dcmouat and present; Organization candidate for sheriff. The t tabulation of the vote fiom the eighth division of the Eleventh ward gave him 1 100 extra votes. A mistake hnd been i made in the figures on the icturn sheet. Later Mr. Wade lost one vote in the count of the fourth division of the Twelfth ward. Harry Kuenzel, Organization candi ,,, ror toun, commiss!oneri ost fae ,fg hpn a mistnke wa, corrN.ted in th ft from ,he mh (1;visioll of KWenth ward. The official count In the tenth division ot the same ward guie one extra vote to William R. Knight, Organization candidate for coroner, The troubles of the election board who handled the vote in the eighteenth ' division of the Fourth ward created jbome amusement in the court this morning. For the third time the judges 1 tent them out to recount the votes from ' their division, which on two previous ! attempts they failed to make tally. "Enperfs" Fail in Fourth Ward f.ate yesterday, after they had re ported their inability to straighten out the count in the division, Judge Auden ried gave them two clerks to help with the recount. They came back once more, with the figures still incorrect. 'What's the matter with you, any how?" Judge Audenried asked them testily. "Well, Judge, you gave us two ex perts," answered the board's spokes mau, deprecatlngly. They had it wrong again this morn ing, and the ''experts" retired with them once more to try to make it right. PAROLE OPERA SINGERS "Contract Labor" Contention to Be Decided Later Washinglon, Sept. 24. -(Bv A. P.) Five opera singers, detained at Ellis Island since Sunday by a board'of spe cial inquiry on the ground that they were contract laborers and therefore in- ajlmihsihlo tit llm United States, wo, jere(1 ieleased on parole yesterday bv tle bureau ot Immigration. Final dis- position of, their cases will be held up ""ming to the Vnited States under con- tract are to be classed as contract boiers. Four of those released, Ra viola, Ma- lot". Trolesa and Nippi, hold contracts with the Chicago Grand Opera -Corn- "any. ana the other, Morandi. is under! . t.i- m!a1. Iii a 1lalnAnnliia,H ! .. .1" I om" """ "" wvwu umu , Opera Company. House Serfleant Promoted The Twcnty-oIghti aud Ritner streets station house is adorned with flags and flowers today in honor of Sergeant Robert J. Black. He has been proino'ed from house sergeant to street sergeant, the latter a grude next in rank to lieutenant. Black joined the "force" In 1W and baa an e cel.nut rteeM. ' TASKSCOUR ORDER OPENING DOUBTS PERSHING WILL WED Philadelphia!! Discounts Rumored Engagement to Mrs. Boyd Rumors o? the engagement nf Gen crnl Pershiug to marry Mrs Annn- I'copleM Boyd, widow of Colonrl ( an Boyd, were discounted today b.v Cort lcliardson, of this city hnrdson is a brother of Mrs loffmeicr, of St. Jame. nn.it Ilagrrstown. Mil. Mrs. Bojil wai visitor al Mrs. Hoffmeler'a home a week ago. "I havo received a letter from ni. sister. Mr. lloflmeier." Mr. Bit hard sou said todaj, "hut he said nothiiif about the runigis of Mrs. liovd'v on ' gageincut to the general. ' "The public -n ill be worrying the gencial In iloath about leports of hi 'na"'"" '' continued, laughing, "The lepoits started just because he rented a house near Washington ifp W8" 'ucky to he able to rent a house i at this time. TWO DEAD, FOUR HURT IN TROLLEY AND AUTO ACCIDENTS IN CITY "" One Victim, Struck by Truck, Is Pitched to Death Under Car Wheels Two persons were killed and four i injured in vehicular accidents through - 'out the city jesterday. A ,,, believed to 'be John MrReigh. n paperiianger. was stiuck by nu ou- I totruck al Fonith and Arch streets,! i and was pitched under the wheels of a lroU rartinl i((u)ifi(.a,ion was made by papcis he carried. James Callahan. ,.4 North itnr teenth street, died early this morning in the Itoosevelt Hospital from a liae- , lured skuii anu severe nouy injuries re- fecived yesterday when he was run down by a trolley tar at Fourth and Jirown .t"i tia mntnrmnn. llnswell Koch- i crspevger. is be ng held o await action " us,- oi cinicr mo room wnere me i" '". "'" ,,,;, Vi of tlm corniier pcaif trealj hearing were held by the I 'tute. "e became identified with th j Philip Heckier. 2643 Cambria sreet. fo.eign relations .oiimiitfee or th.t in l.esp,au 0f t. Merchant Corpora .i. i. i i,. M.thn.iiot Unr.ul with n i .i hlcb the hi'loctire draft diauings were'' a i-;c1:-fii. ..i, 1, ..., : i fractured skuil and badly injured legs,'"''!'' '"''s t'" i anu nouy as me result oioemg 8iruK by a car last night at Penrose en-y, I ond and Twenty-ninth street. Heckler was riding in an niuomouue anven u, William C'hiisty and when . collision,;; Willi a trouoy car appearea imumr 1 I .) frU HnliinUa .lirl nnr firnch ' he jumped. The vehicles did not crash, ' put neciei us ...u uuu u, ...c .... ,CV..n,.. c.ii.. r H Minium onuici .uun-t ,. 50.2 South Xiulh street. i in years old, . . 1) -1. .: TTnenilol sH-itli n fl-nctMVPll r" rr. ,":.'.:,. r:::t' leiC aillilC US Ull- icaun ui uziu nu mv by an automobile at Sixth and Chest-1 nut streets ycstciaay aiiernooo. Louis De Santo, twelve years ana ins sister .tniuiurin-, iu ..-aio vm,, T.il Kllswortti kliect. were crossing iuc street at the corner of Seventh and Annin sliects yesterday arm in arm whu a raincoat them from driven b.v J struck the over their heeds lo pro w n, ,pMch of JiepresentatUe Cooper. Dudley Field Maloue will preside, the rain. A motortruck. of Maine, in the House .in whiih tho s'n..v.. if .nnn.,..,i ,,-iii i liaclicl Leiitz. skidded ami I congressman averted Mr. Foster was ,..,H V, Il.r .lames C. Urn,. f ihililren. Ihey were taken-.- irmii ami "i-Arnlminn,,,..- :. v ..n. s-. . t ni i .-. t..- , i to Mount Sinai Hospital, where theyta(or were treated for injuries to the scalp. OIL KING GIVES j2,000,000 John D. Rockefeller Contributes to Baptist Missionary Board New York. Sept. 24. (By A. I'.l John D Rockefeller today contributed - mv imr oi ins iiorae yesrer Sa.OOO.OOO to the ministers of mission-,"" "n. .M. B-PiPe was leaking. ?.,uuu,uw i" ., .. Tt.ntivit ron-'After llp ,""1 found it part of the floor nry board of the Northern Baptist con-of (hc bllU(linK .fl bIo,n ouU car..yinB vention. I Fiorentiuo's eyebiows with it. In view No testtictions are made as to tncj 0f the wreck of the premises his e,. use of the principal and income, which cape was regarded as miraculous. will be expended to take care of in -I , . digent Baptist ministers of the northern , states. The announcement of the gift, which is in the form of securities, was made in a letter to tiev. r. i. iuiuuusuu. executive sccietary of the board. MERCIER TALKS TO CLERGY Cardinal on Program Today at Con ference In Washington Washington. Sept. 21. More than 600 bishops and other prelates of the Roman Catholic Church, representing every section of the country, were on hand to attend the opening session at the Catholic Fniversity today of the conference called b.v Cardinal Gibbons It will be the largest gathering of Catholic churchmen since the meeting of 1884 in Baltimore, of which Car dinal Gibbous is the only surviviug member. Interest in the confeience is increased by the attendance of Cardinal Mercier, who will make an address. Questions bearing on all phases of the work of the Catholic Church in America will be considered al the conference, which is expected to continue, several days. PRIZE FOR PACIFIC FLIGHT Victoria, II. C. Sept. 24. A pvize of $30,000 for the first non-stop trans-1 pacific airship flight tiom Vancouver Island to Japan has been oflered by Norman A. Yarrow, a Victoria business man. FARMERS FOR 8-HOUR DAY Franklin, Pa Sept. 24. - With view to obtaii the farinem resolution W. J. Snrlueli a alug me cigiit-iiour uay tor - - ' ,, , . . cop OI cuauu juuui.'i II mis jn.- .wu ,...,--.... ... v t . i-AAnia,A .... i n .a tiiAai ami i t nn nmiiniir inui u tern (til hr S. I.trAY lnflii lnf ivniil.T rAsim-iA nnorMriira wifhln n I"V' -- -"- .- --.! IIIUlll. IIUUIU IISIIIIIV will ihvuih VHU . f and J. Ii. Montgomery. fBw davs under a union azreement. the as officers of the Venaugo County Po- The company s tin plate plant at mona Grange, has been unanimously Yorkville, near here, employing SOO adopted by that organization. , persons. Is working under an Amal- gamated Association of Iron, Steel and 'F.W TORK excursion next soDlY.Tin Workers agreement, but Its other op.i irm ';,,nw. w ft'MJA 7. .waniJnotimrin S. . I ,1 BTBh rt ba. r 9Ar. iMw T'W'"imi9i "- ..---,-! FOSTER TO FACE L E E Steel Union Secretary Called on Cooper's Allegation That He Preaches I. W. W. Doctrine INQUIRY' STARTS THURSDAY WITH LEADER OF STRIKERS Labor Men Appear Anxious to State Their Case in Walk out Investigation IJ the ssociated Pi ess U.isliiu-ton, Sept. LM. Charges made in the House br Rrmccnlntivc Cooper, ftepubluun. chin, t liar William . I'os lor. secretorj -Ireasuici' of (lie steel wotkeis" orgniiiiilinii i oiniiiitte. vepre-.-oi't- vuiliial union leade.-slup and has bleu iolie in 1 W ' pinpagandil. vill he imi'stigHtiil Us the Senate labor loinuiiltrr diiiuig it luipur; into the steel strike. Chairman Kenyon smid today that Foster would be summoned before the committee after John J. Fit7.patnck, chairman of the strikers' committee, lias been heard. Fit.pafiiik telegraphed to- i day tlmt lie would bo on hand louior-" low at the opening of the inquiry. II . Uiiuln. (ounsel for the stitkers, alo nun be heard. .No chuiiKe lias been made in the com mitifc's plnn to hoar Clrairman Gar. of tho ("niteil Slates Steel Corporation. no- Wednesday. ' naiiiiiuu ieuyou louay was arranging ",. " (; mmii mr um niuinuiitr s , hearing-, us a laige attendance of senn- ' iepieaeuiaiivc nnu orurrs inter- ested is expected. He hoped to obtain cm,.,,,. yepl i'4 John Viupatiick. ...... i,. ... ,i, .f,i -...i.c,, .i,. :.,.' , ,,,-, ,,. -,lir,i s!fnfs!nin , , (I, ,.!.,., . nVt.,,tn (ho -(.-it.., ,,.! - ; ;'- a' witiilong ,, K p10silI(,nt of Vnted Stj Corporatioll ,,, . the ..TJjat j, ac(l3. what ,ve want ru U. . ,.i-. " .i..r V." ..:.': ur iii ii usiiiiiL in mil i nnraiiHV it be ,n Washington next Thursday if 1 RADICA CHARG IN SENATE PROB il 1 it ulilnh ! tfk-nattnf-Al tHAni llaAAI ln ther""- . . ." "' ", , ' ,. ' ?urc e nic iiBHi. mm l ll nave ine IBClS lo pve .t. Pittsburgh. Kept 4. "I haie uoth- lnj2f say ami will nrake no re oM,MiVSincr's statement." Willki old, I Kostcrjiecretarj of the national o reply to nn .. rosicr;iccretarj ot tue national orgau izmg (ommitteo for iron and steel work crs, taj,t ,vi,cn si,0wn Assoi iated Pres jj. GAS WRECKS EYEBROWS Portion of Man's Home Also Was Carried Away by Explosion Wilmington. Del.. Sept. 24. John riorentino. a fruit dealer, struck ...... lira iiniu i.;i-miiiSiiil reporting nHlln n lonirno nf nnnrri.i'i nonnlos nn ..... r.... ,t-i.r .... ... .. . . u... ...... M ,(, ,...,- ,,uiivia. ,n. . i.niu i,ujiiii. ual. iiruu BETHLEHEM CO- MEETS PLANT COMMITTEE TODAY AILENTOWN, Pa., Sept. 24. A conference between of ficials of the Bethlehem Steel Company and plant committee men will be held this afternoon. Although the conference was not called to discuss the threatened strike, it is possible that that phase of the situation may be brought up, leaders say. B0LSHEVIKI REPORT OCCUPATION OF TOMSK LONDON, Sept. 24. A Bolshevik wireless, message received today from Moscow tays tb.at "red," troops commanded by Gen eral Lubkoff are reported to have occupied Tomsk, 300 miles east of Onibk, the all.Russlan seat of government ou the tranv S)berian rajlway line. ' FIRST STEEL MILL YIELDS Wheeling Steel Company Will Re open Under Union Terms Martins Ferry, O., Sept. 24. Signs of the first break in the rauk6 of .steel i mill operators in this district came yes terday, jphen notices were posted ia furnaces ana mms ncre ana at vvneei tor. AV, Va., employes 3000 men, are i t. . i. i r inriiniir niiihiiiE i-uiniu io ji mi. i i ii tn - i l.uiv. I41 -- FIRE NEAR OLD SWEDES Flames Damage Barrel Storehouse Adjoining Colonial Landmark A banel Morehouse withiti u IniiiUri-il jaids of Old Suedt'V Church tjuuii'-on street- below I 'In 'Minn, van damaged by tire today and mot nf the niuleiiia weie destroyed. The tire was at !l(r South AVntrt street and wai used hs a stoiehoiist' by Martin Foley. Iliiudiedo of emptv vin egar barels and Rtnall is'kx were iii the ''ld"is- ''' "-'S' of the the i mi known. A buiinl ground separates the stoie house from the famous ilmrdi wlihh dates back to the davs of William J'eun Tline was but a slight wind and no' spaiks weie carried toward the chinch. NEW PLAN TO BUILD ARMY Skeleton Corps in Each Military De partment Is Proposed Washington, Sept. 24. (By A V i A new plan for army ieorganir.atiou on the basis of a skeleton corps in eai h military department with the depart meut chief also acting as commander of tho corps, has been laid before Score tary Baker and General .March, chief of staff. It is now being examined by a special committee of offi'ers on duty here. Officers who cuihed the plan sa it would provide u uicuns for lapid mobil izatinn of hix arm corps, or of ten, if the insular departments weie iniluded The project is an alternative for the present War Depaitment proposal to hold enough divisions intait to form a field nrmy. but tn organize the totp only when an emergency arose. PHILADELPHIAN PROMOTED J. V. Donahue Made Assistant Mana aer of Merchant Plant Biistol, Pa., Sept. 21. -- Announce ment is made of the appointment of .1. V. Donahue, who linn been managei of the division of Mipply, us assistant lo tll(1 K(,nerai manager of the Merchant shipbuilding Corporation, succeeding Kiank .1. Tucker, recently piomoted to netome neuii ot mo inesicr piani oi rue company. Mr. Donahue is a l'hiladel- charge of consjiuctlou and maintenance at the Harriman plant, has been made head of the division of supply, succeed ing Mr. Donahue. , 'OPPRESSED PEOPLES UNITE Pan Meeting in New York to Or ganize .League r . . . " orK ept. -. u a. ' I Representatives r.f eight countries lie - l,l Tnrlio Cliinn. ICnron Porsi. Syria. Epypt and Russia whose gov- irnments it is alleged will bo "held sub- jei t in perpetuity in the terms of the peace treaty to dominant powers." hae been invited b.v a number of American educators, ministers, publicists aud business men and women to attend a meeting here next Sunday afternoon to of the Young India movement : I). Charney ladeck, of tho Jewish Daily Forward ; the Rev. Norman Thomas, idilor of the New World: Harry Bo land, secretary of the Irish Republic. and Professor Carleton Hajs, of lumbia Fniversity. Co-l FRENCH DEPUTY ARRESTED Paris. Sept. 24.-M. Prat, member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Department of Seine-et-Oise. was ar- rested on complaint of a merchant named Gilbert, who accused him of extortion and accepting a bribe. GIRLS FIGHT OVER HAT One Student Copied Other's Fall Bonnet Hair Files I Pittf'burgli, Sept. 24.-lrene Saxon and Margaret Messer. students at Shadysiile Academy, fought at Penn and Center avenues yesterdaj until a i .... i ,i , separated them. he fight, according to Iieue. was result ot "meanness" on the Dart of Margaret, who was wearing a twin to Irene's uewfall hat. Magistrate Borland, after ordering them to pay a fine, said; "That certainly was no way foe re. epectable girls' to settle their dUter . ences," f , " u , . I 17 t.a tjLIIUaiK 4IU1 I II UU IIUS (TT(4 III ' E MILLS SHUT . BY WALKOUT, IDLE Four Men Stabbed in Riot at Cleveland Today Ohio Plants Closed TfcREE KILLED IN CLASHES AT BUFFALO AND FARRELL1 Union Labor Committee Meets at Pittsburgh to Plan "Finish Fight" With the steel workers' union meet ing in Pittsburgh today to 'plan a "finish fight," indications were that the strike had made headway in Ohio nnd Illinois, and had closed a few more mills in the Pitts burgh district, but the situation virtually was unchanged in the last-named district. Corporation officials contend moie men are wot king today. The first riots in the Cleveland zone occurred today, when four -persons were stabbed, two prob ably fatally, at Newburgh. One, man was killed and two wounded last night in a clash between police and steel strikers at Farrell, Pa.; one was killed and four wounded'' at Buffalo, and one man probably was fatally injured, a policeman seriously hurt and saveral others wounded at Lawrenceville, Pa.; woman dies of injuries at New castle, Pa. At Lackawanna, N. Y., the big inde pendent plants were all closed aid state police were patrolling, the streets Ohio's steel center, the Mahonin, valley, is paralyzed, with 44,000" men out. The situation in the Chicago district is unchanged, with most, of the mills closed. Those running are crippled. Favorite shares on the New York Stock Exchange were in demand. United States Steel rose fraction ally at the outset, but made more substantial response to heavy buy ing. Crucible Steel was the fea ture of the group, making a five point gain in the first few trans actions. Baldwin Locomotiva again featured the equipments. Pittsburgh. Pa.. Sept 21. Interest in the htreet strike centers today 1n tho meeting here of the national com mittee for organizing iron and steel workers. Those in close touch with the strike .arc of the opinion that tho session, called by William 'A. Foster, secretary -treasurer, will bring 'out the fai ts relating to the walkout of Hip thoiisunds of workers. Mr. Foster declares the committee will ""' -on.Idr 'peatf. pUn" but win discuss the advisibility of extending the strike to include seamen on Great Lakes j carrier vessels and union trainmen. The I question of financing the strike will l,ome llp and Mr. Foster says he will bring to the attention of the committee the "unprovoked as-aults" by state tioopers on strikers. Many .Mills Closed The .trikc situation in the ritts-. hurgh district lemuins virtually un, ihanged, with leaders and employers' is suing conflicting statements as to the cumber of men involved in the walk- out . The union men declare thousands of workers are joining the ranks of the strikers daily, and that scores of mills have been crippled. Employers say they are pleased with present conditions, which, it is announced by repiesen'ta tives of the' Carnegie Steel Compan , nre "impioving and encouiaging." Despite the conflicting statements fiom the contending parties, it is known that manv mills in the district are shut down entirely, some are working, with short forces, while others are oper ' ating at almost 100 per cent. I "Looks Good," Says Company l "Wo feel very much encouraged" was 'the word that lamo from the Carnegie , Steel Company a few hours after tl 'day shift went to work in the plants "of that company which are in operation, At Clairton it was given out more de partments were to be plsced In opera k, ' , lion .today, because of the reporting of' additional men the company had no early reports from tlie seneyal superintendent at i4ouitM?aii, urn luiurnittuuu i-amc to in? offices from the main gate, where ratni check in, that more workers passed in on the dav shift than vesterdev. l Braddoik. it was said more forvA, ti8n'born w?r.k'r.s. reported today. ' uuquesne. wuicii an aiougaftas been re- . ...rl.(, orUn 100 prnt hr ih. company, was said to be still oneratins "' the sarao basis. The city mills of the Carnegie Coma . ilany, it was given out "look good." '. , c.v Mnr r, r. vrLU. .( ' ' h Mor M,w Are V01 i Afcordins to. oftciaU .of 1,U WJ " DB Bl, MfiPtt. Slf , J-'4kHI iii; EMPLOYES ASSERT M n !1 "I 1 v. A ; i .v'i 9 4 t $ T $ i . h; 41 "I '& It m m w; "- WMT U n . --- ' ' . ;,.- f , ft .41 i A ? 3 "Y ''! -i .' ' ' Salfl . . d " ,v ,i t I 'ft. . ) ,ryv H.'-Hlfl".. 'LjiAJOULSi. ." j. i v .. i :-' .
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