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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
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THE WEATHER
Washington, Sept. 21. Fnlr tonight
and tomorrow.
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STATE CONTROLLER
REPUBLICAN CHOIC
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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 ....
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Minium onuici .uun-t ,.
50.2 South Xiulh street. i in
years old,
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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
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alug me cigiit-iiour uay tor - - ' ,, , . . cop
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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
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FOSTER TO FACE
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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.
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ur iii ii usiiiiiL in mil i nnraiiHV it
be ,n Washington next Thursday if 1
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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
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rosicr;iccretarj ot tue national orgau
izmg (ommitteo for iron and steel work
crs, taj,t ,vi,cn si,0wn Assoi iated Pres
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GAS WRECKS EYEBROWS
Portion of Man's Home Also Was
Carried Away by Explosion
Wilmington. Del.. Sept. 24. John
riorentino. a fruit dealer, struck
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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." '. ,
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