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VOL. VI. NO. 13
MAN-HUN
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AFTER ATTACK ON
IIMESEY
STARTS
- Armed Fanners SUrround Woods
Near Merchantvillo Negro
Believed Hiding
VICTIM, SERIOUSLY HURT,
io ui PKimncM uoqpitai
P
Chfef of Police Leads Force
to Scene of tip
Outrage
Farmers, many of them nrmed with
shotguns, Jiave surrounded a strip of
.woods about five miles cast of Mcr-
chantville, X. .T., and arc searching the
.Underbrush, for n negro-accused of hav
ing attacked Mrs. Mary Xotscy early
Tioday.
Mrs. Xotsey is in Cooper Ilospitnl,
Camden, in a serious condition. She
-was beaten and choked by the negro
while she was on her way to her place
of employment in Mcrchantvillc.
Two shots were fired at the negro in
response to the woman's cries for help.
'JIo was seen to stumble while running
In the direction of a batch of wood
land known as Green Tree Woods. It is
Relieved one of the bullets struck the
man.
Chief of Police Lindcrman, of Jlcr
,ehantville. was told of the attack by
"William Cole, the man who fired at the
negro. The- chief immediately hurried
the woman, who was almost uncon
scious, to Cooper Hospital.
Call for Volunteers
Then he called for volunteers to
;hase the negro. News of the attack,
which occurred about 0:30 o'clock this
, 'morning on the Moorestown road about
(i mile from Mcrchantvillc, spread rap
idly, and soon there were nearly twenty
farmers and p'roduco raisers from the
k surrounding section lined up in front
, of tlio police station at Merchantvllla.
Automobiles were called for and sev
eral persons volunteered to take the
- men to Green Tree woods. Chief Lin
dcrman hurried out of town at the head
'of jhe procession. Several of the men
, carried clubs and others bonsted they
hadyl evolvcrs in their pockets. Several
carried sfiotguns.
The automobiles rushed down the old
Cove road toward the woods. A halt
was made at various points where there
was a thickness of woodland and every
hopes of locating the negro.
j Negro Believed Hiding
M. i 'Tl)e cars continued at high speed iu
Uhe direction of Green Tree woods.
'There the men in the machines, under
.direction otChhjf Linderman, alighted
" jind divided themselves into parties of
fthrce and four each.
k The groups were scattered along the
router ring of woodland surrounding the
woods.i Every foot of the woods was
searched. Several of the men climbed to
the top of trees to get a better view
of'the surrounding woodlands.
For more than an hour the search
was continued. Tho negro had been
seen running in the direction of tile
woods and the chief of police and his
Tolunteer aides believe he 'is hiding
somewhere in the clumps of !igh grtss
and fallen trees.
Hack in Merchantville, within a few
minutes after the first batch of volun
teers had followed Chief Linderman,
there were gathered other residents of
the city and surrounding small towns.
;" Threats of Lynching
" Tit-ante f 1Ml.t t .
111 --.vt i ijuvmuK were nearu.
' aTlllij AM A oo.vt lf 1 ah ..-.. It . 1 m
p uuiuiuuih:3 were catiea lor and
shortly after noon four more machines,
each carrying from six to ten men, some
of them said to be armed, started in the
direction of the woods to aid lit the
search. They scoured carefully the siir.
rounding thickets and looked iuto every
strip "of woods on the way down Cove
road toward Green Tree woods. No trace
of tho negro had been found.
When the second contingent of volun
teers' reached the woods where Chief
pjjji'nderman and hi" searchers were busy
, nunnng me negro, tney, too, were sep-
aratea into groups ot several men each,
and were ordcred-to completely surround
the thicket.
' This was done. The men formed a
clrclo for about a mile around the
Yfoods. Several 6hots wero fired into
the thicket in tho hope of driving out
the negro. One of tho searchers wanted
to, set fire to the woods and force out
the alleged assailant. This was not
done, the searchers believing that the
negro would bo caught in the course of a
few hours.
n Identity Is Known
At the home of Chief Linderman It
Tras announced that the chief of police
I-v .kuuiw mg jucunij ui mo negro ior
whom the posse is searching. The man
was Identineu by bis wagon.
t lie was driving out from Merckant-
Tille at the time of the attack. Mrs.
. Xotsey was coming toward the town.
'"It t. It-llk-.,! V. .LI...l 11
y ig uc.vtvu u5 gmuui-u cue woman
by the throat and dragged her into n
clump of bushes nearby.
- Seyeral times Mrs. Notsoy screamed.
rIler shouts grew weaker. Cole, who was
talking along the road, heard faint
shouts from the woman. He saw' the.
man run from the bushes. Cole fired
rtwlce at the negro. Tho man fell to
the ground. He got up and 'continued
running alopg tho Covcrond.
i Then Cola notified Chief' Linderman
and the man-hunt was begun.
! WaitTill the Clouds Roll By
'Tarmer tonight tcith the cloudt in-
creating.
Jlain ioth tonight and tomorrow.
lEoontr or Inter the rain toilt be
ccaihig
Ana i9 inert no feaion for tor
Entered Second-CUoo Matter at
Under the Act
Phila. Girl May Renounce
. German Title for Fortune
Baroness von Boecklinson, Formerly Miss
Gertrude Berwind, Returns to City With
Son May Seek Divorce From Husband
The Baroness Boecklin von Boecklin
sau, formerly Miss Gertrude Berwind,
of tho prominent Itcrwind family of this
city, is the first rich American girl who
has decided to give up her German title
and husband ,to return to the United
States and reclaim her fortune.
The former 1'hiladclphian and her
son .arc visiting her sister, Mrs. Ilobert
K. Straw-bridge. According to foreign
dispatches she expects o obtain a di
vorce from the baron and take oyer the
directorship of her fortune, now in the
hands'of the alien property custodian.
The Baroness and Huppert. her son,
have been at Meadow Lodge, the Straw
bridge estate outside of llryn Mawr,
for about six weeks. Neither the Bar
oness nor Mrs. Strawbridge would dis
cuss the subject of the return of the
titled woman nnd her son to this coun
try. Miss Berwind was a member of,oue
of'the most prominent families socially
in this section, nnd her marriage to
Count Boecklin von Boeckliusau created
P. R. T. President Tells Federal
Railways Commission of Suc
cessful Method Here
IGNORES FARE QUESTION
High Price of "Gas," Not
Bread, Hit by Mitten
In his statement submitted today
to the Federal Railways Commission,
Thomas E.- Mitten, president of the
1. It. T. Company, makes this com
ment anent automobiles and the high
cost of living:
"The owners of, automobiles among
wage-earners have become legion,
and it would seem that the difficulty
now is as, much with the high price
of gasoline as with the increased
cost of our daily bread. "i
Bv a Staff Corrtnondent
.AVaUngton,.3ept. 20. Higher effi
ciency with increased production rather
than fare boosts was the solution of
fered here today by Thomas E. Mitten,
president of the Philadelphia Ilapid
Transit Compnny, for the transit tangles
affecting many cities.
Mr. Mitten's plan was presented to
the Federal Electric Hallways Com
mission. With reports of strikes, pub
lic discontent and other traffic prob
lems rolling in, it was looked upon as
n dissenting voice in the wilderness ot
higher fare demands.
Mr. Mitten was the only street rail
way executive in the country to pre
sent argument before the commission,
who did not emphasize that fare In
creases alone will save the transit cor
porations of the country from bank
ruptcy. "Philadelphia's plan is not offered as
a cure-all for other cities," Mr. Mitten
told the commission. "Every situation
has its- own peculiar difficulties to over
rnmn. hut in the light of this cxperi
enco. it is our plain duty to decry the
thought that there is any cure for the
nrpsont trouble excepting tnat wmen
lies in honest dealing, efficient manage
ment, effective workers."
08 Ftr Cent More Efficient
AUhoueh tho Philadelphia Itapid
Transit Company now has 5 per cent
r.irnr pmnloves than in 1010. Mr. Mit
ten said it is producing 08 per cent
more effective traffic units per employe.
He contrasted this situation with a
condition existing on the Pennsylvania
Railroad where, with a 14 per
cent increase in the number of em
ployes, the output, or effective traffic
units, has decreased 11 per cent since
pre-war days.
Mr. Mitten quoted the figures for the
Pennsylvania Itailroad from u state
ment attributed to W. AV. Attcrbury,
vice president of the Pennsylvania sys-
Through co-operation, Mr. Mitten
informed the commission, public patron
age in Philadelphia has jumped from
1!8S to more than 400 rides per capita
since 1010, and that average fares have
decreased from 4.13 cents to 3.08 cents.
The difference between that figure and
that flat five-cent faro is represented by
exchange tickets and free transfers.
Stotesbury Holds No Securities
Mr. Mitten declared that neither he
nor E. T. Stotesbury has any financial
interest in the securities of the rapid
trnnsit comDany.
' ''Mr. Stotesbury is interested In ac
complishing something worth wlille foi
the city of his birth," Mr. Mitten
stated, ''while my own ambition la
this regard is to demonstrate that there
is a real and rational way by which the
veied problem may be solved. My
long experience devoted to nearly
twenty-five years ot continuous active,
service has been devoted to this task,"
FOUR BURNED ON DESTROYER
Explosion In Boiler Room of Greene
Off Key West
Key West, Fl., Sept. 20. (By A.
P.) Four -"men were severely burned,
In an explosion in the boiler room of the
destroyer Oreene off Key West jester-
Submarine chasers witu puys
dirk and assistants have gone to jbe
aid of tho destroyer, which will be towed
here today.
' No details of jhe accident were given
la tht mMMKM from the Gretne,
EFFICIENCY TRANSIT GOMJMAN SEGER
SOLUTONVIITTEN DIES ATHOME HERE
the rootonlce, at rnlUdelchl. ra.
of March 8. 1TB
an International social sensation sev
eral years ago.
Word of her impending return Is said
to have been communicated to inti
mate friends and relatives several
months ago, but no public word of her
intended action was made known until
Oie Berlin dispatch arrived.
Tho course adopted by the foimer
Miss Berwind to regain her lost fortuuc
will be adopted by many other Ameri
can heiresses who find themselves with
out funds nnd with a German titled
husband on their hands, it Is believed.
When the baroness succeeds hi legally
alienating her husband's title nnd nnmc
she will automatically become a citizen
of the Unltcll States again and thus
be entitled to take over her property
from the directorship of the alien prop
erty custodian.
Baron Boecklin von Boccklinsau, her
husband, is an intinine friend of Prince
Max von Baden. He wns n captain in
thcfil'mssian Guards and was severely
wouncicci at tue Jiarne. Later lie was
attached to the kaiser's headquarters.
Political Leader of Seventh
Ward Was Unconscious
for Three Days
COLD IS DIRECT CAUSE
Charles Seger, Organization leader of
the Seventh ward, died at his home,
1715 Pine street, at 10:40 o'clock to
day. He had been unconscious for
three days,
Mr. Seger's death was due directly
to a severe cold which developed during
his activities in connection with the
primary election. Although he had
been a paralytic for several years, Mr.
Seger came here from his summer home
at Atlantic City and insisted on tak
ing part iu the campaign to nominate
Judge Patterson.
He contracted a cold. Later he went
outdoors to attend a meeting of Select
Co.incil. Following an automobile ride
through the suburbs he was forced, to
take to liia bed. He scon became un
conscious nud never rallied.
With him nt the time of his death
was Charles B. Hall, chief clerk of Se
lect Council. Mr. Hall had been Se
ger's political right-hand man for-ycars.
It was only after tho Organization had
promised to take care ot Mr. Hall in
his councilmanic job that Mr. Seger
agreed to support Judge Patterson and
the organization ticket.
Mr. Seger was seventy-one years old.
He had been a member of both Common
and Select Councils for years. He was a
protege of the late Israel W. Durham
when the latter was leader in political
circles.
FOUR INJURED WHEN
TROLLEY CAR CRASHES
INTO ICE CREAM CART
Occurred at Brandywine and
17th Street Crossing Woman
Taken to Hospital
Three men and a woman were in
jured this afternoon when a Seven
teenth street trolley car smashed into a
Wagon at Seventeenth and Brandywine
streets. Ono of the horses had to be
shot. The injured arc:
Mrs. Margaret Gllmore, thirty-five
years old, 2017 North Sixteenth street,
bruised back and shock; af Garretson
Hospital.
Robert Middleton, twenty-one years
old, 4303 Falrmount avenue, fractured
collarboner
Walter Middleton, sixteen years old,
4303 Fairmount avenue, fractured right
leg.
John Piatt, motorman, cut by splin
tered glass.
Middleton was, driving an ice cream
wagon of the Scott-Powell Dairies and
was accompanied by his brother, Wal
ter. They say that they did not hear
any warning.
Their wagon swunfc from Brandywine
street into Seventeenth street and was
struck as it turned by ttie trolley car.
Both of the Middletons wero knocked
from the seat and' one of the horses
dropped with a fractured hip. ' The
wagon was badly damaged.
Mrs, Oilmore, Wjio was riding lu the
trolley car, was knocked to the floor.
Piatt wag cut by glass when the front
part of the'ear was wrecked,
AIR MAIL OVER CHANNEL
Dally Service Begun on Account of
British Rail 3trlke
Taris, Sept. 20. (By A. P.) Com
mencing at noon today a daily aerial
mail service will be operated between
Paris and London because of thellritlsli
railroad strike, w filch has Interrupted
malls to and from the continent. Air
plane mall service has been operated, be
tween the two cities three times a ifeck
up to the present.
A .British hjdroairplnnc with three
passengers who missed the channel boat
on account of the strike in, England be-
- Jca'e separated, from two other mu
chjnes In a snow squall over the channel
last night and arrived at Havre this
morning.- The fate of the other ma
chines U unknown. x
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1919
4&k.' BOTH SIDES CLAIM
rmUtl VICTORY AS STRIKE
WKm. HITS BETHLEHEM
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IAHONKSS BOUCKLIi VON
IIOKCKLINSAU
U. S. CANCELS ALL
SAILINGS TO BRITAIN
Shipping Board Acts to Lessen
Congestion Due to Rail
way Strike
Vashln;lon, Sept. L'P. (I!y A. I'.l
All Miilings to polls in Cieat Britain
have been canceled by the United
States Shipping Hoard because of the
strike of milnny workers then-.
Tln following instructions lime been I
sent by the division of operations to ;
operations oflicers at all ports:
'Til ntjiiil kaui.auI!.,m .. .1 I... .! n..!.. '
difficulties as a rc'iilt of the impuidiiig
llritish inilway strike nud in line with
action likely to be taken by British own
ers, all sailings of Shipping Hoard ves
sels for t'nited Kingdom ports hereby
suspended and vessels ordered held in
port. Dii-contiiiuc at once further hook-
ings, loadings and clearances for United !
Kingdom ports."
i. I-. Uaylor, assistant director of
operations, said ships held in port un
der the order would be allocated to other
trade as lapidly as possible. Ships
now loaded or nearly loaded will be
dispatched as soon ns they aie ready
to countries other thnu Hnglaud.
As t,reat Britain supplies most of
the world's bunker coal, the closing of
British ports to Shipping Board vessels
renders the bunker problem n serious
one. The Shipping Board, however, is
ipnKing arrangements with other coun
tries and also with private concerns to
obtain coal.
DISCUSS MINERS' DEMANDS
Soft Coal Operators See War Agree
ment Still In Force
IJuffalo, X. Y., Sept. 21). (By A.
P.) The soft coal onerntoi's of fhn ron-
-tral competitive field today submitted to
imj joint conterence of operators and
miners their reply to the demands ot
the men for a CO per cent increase iu
wages aurt shorter hours. The reply is
Bttid to be a Hat refusal.
At 12:30 p.m. the operators and
minors were still in session and .it was
announced there probably would be no
break in the conference until 2 p. m.
It is understood the principal conten
tion ot the operators is that the war
time agreement still s in force and will
not terminate until the peace treuty
with Germany has been signed. The
miners do not accept this view.
HEAR PLEAS OF VOTERS
Registration Board Takes Up Those
Who Failed to Enroll
All citizens who failed to register and
can give a good reason for this neglect
had an opportunity to get on the list
of voters today through the registration
commissioners.
U. Lawrence Tell, president of the
board, and George Pierie heard the sto
ries of about twenty citizens this morn
ing. Tbey will continue these hearing
until October 23, meeting daily from
0 to 12 and 1 to 4 p. m.
Every citizen who can prove that he
was prevented from registering by ab
sence from thj city on business or other
leasonable cause will be allowed to vote.
5000 U. OF P. MEN TO DRILL
Expect That Many to Enroll In Mil
itary Course Today
5Iore than G000 students of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania military unit
are expected to enroll for the coming
term. The unit will consist of in
fantry organizations only at first, but
later other branches of the service may
be represented.
Lieutenant Colonel Sheldon W. And
ling has been made professor of mili
tary science. The first infantry drill
will be held tomorrow, he announced
today. The military course, for the
present, will be confined to the fresh
man .and sophomore classes. Thrc
hours each week will constitute the
time allotted for military study.
Summer camps and frequent hikes
are expected to add attraction to the
course.
TACKLE TRADE PROBLEMS
Prominent Philadelphlana Attend
Conference at Shore
Prominent Philadelpbians are at
tending the first meeting of the Inter
national Trade Conference at Atlantic
City today. The meeting was called
under the auspices of the Chamber of
Commerce of tho United States to at
tack the problem of getting world busi
ness back into its regular channels.
The conference will last all week.
Among tbe Philadclphians to. attend
will 'be E. T. Stotesbury, Samuel M,
Vauclaln. Levi h. Itur, Charles S.
Calwell, Thomas de Witt Cuyler, Em-
est T. Trigg, Samuel Rea and Georg
Threeiquarters of Men Out, Big,
Works Crippled, Asserts i
Union Leader
ALL PLANTS IN FULL
SWING, SAYS C0MPANY
Mounted Police Disperse Crowd.'
Workers Pulled From
Trolley Cars
Today, proclaimed by both sides as
one of crucial test in the great '
steel strike, found the situation '
still obscure.
Opposing leaders issued contradict
ory statements in regard to the
proposed strike today of the 40,000
workers in the plants of the Beth-
lehem Steel Corporation. The cor-'
poration officials claimed that the I
strike call had been obeyed only
by a comparatively insignificant
number. Tho union chiefs said'
tho plant at Bethlehem was com-l
pletely ciippled and that the pow
eihouse had been forced to close.
Reported conditions in the other'
steel centers indicated that the I
balance was being held fairly i
equitable between the two oppos
ing sides.
At Parrel, in the Pittsburgh dis
trict, the Carnegie Steel Company
lesumed operation on two blast
furnaces.
At Youngstown, groups of woikers
entered a Carnegie plant, but op
erations were not resumed.
The strikers at Cleveland weic suc
cessful in tying up the docks of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany and the Otis Steel Compan;
through a sympathetic walkout of
ore nnd coal handlers.
The steel stocks icacted from one
to thice points under realizing
sales in today's New York stock
market. Bethlehem Steel broke
three points at the opening, but
regained part of the loss.
By (he Associated Press
Pittsburgh, Sept. 20. Steel .strike
headquaiters today gave out the follow
ing telegram from David Williams, iu
charge of the strike at the Bethlehem
plant nt Bethlehem, Pa.: "Itethlehem
plant completely crippled by nit ike.
Power plant shut down."
By a Staff Cortetpondent
Itethleliem. Pa., Sept. 20. David II.
Williams, who heads the forces of the
striking steel workers iu the big plants
of the Bethlehem Steel Company, de
dares 75 per cent of the men have quit
work.
More will follow when the night shift
goes on at 4 and ." :'M o'clock this after- I
noon, he says, anil the union leudcisi
estimate that already the production j
ot tne Dig steel ministry lias been cur-
tailed DO per cent
"The strike committee is much
pleased with the results of the first day
of the strike," said Mr. Williams us
he was leaving for the strikers' head-
quarters in Allenton-n this afternoon.
after lengthy confeieuces with uuion
leaders here.
iie nearu rcpous liom im men who
had canvassed the situation iu
Bethlehem plants in the rooms of the
Eagles' Home.
Sees Complete Tie-up
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I'Sllimiir, luuacimovriy, mail
i.i per ceni ui ""' ioice ui worsers ail
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the Bethlehem works have quit work."
he said. "5Ioio will follow When the I
night shifts are due to report, and to
morrow we hope to see a complete tic-'
up. As matters stand today, we fig-'
nre we have succeeded in reducing pro-1
thiction at the steel plants by fully !)o
per cent."
The Bethlehem company also claimed '
victory in the stiikc which began to
day. 80 Per Cent Work Sajs Company
Police officials declared this afternoon
that from figures furnished them by
cflicials of the Itethlehem plant fullj
SI) per cent of the men were ut work
lodnj. An earlier statement was at
tributed to Chief of Police Davies to the
effect that the company said only 0.1 per
rent of the men in the machine shop
were working today.
Officials of the Bethlehem Company,
according to statements of workers at
union headquarteis, arc scouring this
nud adjacent towns in search of ex
perienced electricians to man the big
powerhouse which the walkout of clec
tr.icians has left scant of help.
II. B. Lewis, senior vice president of
the Bethlehem company, this afternoon
issued a formal statement to the news
papers. It reads:
"It was ascertained that reports had
been read at tjic office of the Bethlehem
Steel Company from their plants located
nt Sparrows Point, Lebanon, Steclton,
Heading and Bethlehem, All qf the re
ports substantially confirm full opera
tions of the plants, Bxceptions to this
were only in unimportant, isolated
unions,- 'In no way affecting the large
and important operations. There is
nothing to Indicate that there will be
any curtailment ot production.
On New street bridge today
William Bohning, secretary ot a local
union, was arretted for picketing by
Police Chief Davis's men today, after
alleged strenuous effprts to restrain
workers from entering the Bethlehem
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NO STRIKE AT HOG ISLAND! AGREE TO ARBITRATE
Fear of a strike at Hog Island shipyard ended this afternoon
when VIccprcsldcnt J. L. .Acltevson, of the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration, nuthovized President M. C. Brush, of the American In
ternational Shipbuilding Company, to sign the agreement de
manded by the Hog Island workmen. This calls for nn nrrjttrn
tlon board of ten, five to represent the company nnd five to rep
resent the workmen. Union employees at the shipyard had
threatened to strike Wednesday morning nt 10 o'clock If refused
this agreement.
BANDITS ROB STANDARD OIL OFFICE OF MONEY
TOLEDO, Ohio. Sept. 20. Bandits shortly after mtUnight
entcicd the local offices of the Standard Oil Company and
c&capcd with between $5,000 and $10,000 after binding and
jr.ijjhig o night watchman.
CITY EMPLOYES
E
Requests for Pay Rise of Police
and Firemen Were Backed
by Locals
SOME JOIN A. F. OF L.
r.y (;koiu;i: xox Mi-caix
When the m'l'iit difficulties in Boston
culminated
In
strike of the city's
police who wcie members of the Ameri
can IVdeiation of Labor, surprise wns
expressed over the entire countiy. that
the employes of uuy municipality, the
guaidinns of the city's afet.v. should
form labor organizations.
It ma he n surprise to the people of
this cili to l.noiv tliut the American I
Federation of Labor mnj attempt to i
control einplojPK of Philadelphia, par
tlculaily firemen nud those in the water
service anil in mechanic tiadc. i
l'j-il tf'.niin.i fitwl nlnul iM.Mil ttrLi'u nli.ii '
have organizations. They, arc not
affiliated with the American Federation
of Labor, how ever.
The firemen of Bostou. Philadelphia,
and other cities and towns have unions
of the Americau Federation of Labor.
Philadelphia's is L'niou Xo. 22. It has
a membership of 1143, three-fourths ot
the firemen of thq city.
''At the last' session of Councils on
September IS, petitions were presented,
together with drafts of ordinances by
employes in the city's service, for in
creases in salary and wages. The fact
was not noted in published iit-counts of
that session, but theKe requests were
prepaicd and signed by labor officials
and presented upon organization letter
heads and stationery. The labor organi
zations weie us follows:
Police The Patrolmeu's Protective
nnd Benevolent Association. Head
quarters, rooms 200-207 Uutchiuhon
building. Harry 51. DioKerson, busi
ness manager.
Firemen The City File Fighters'
1'iuon, No. 22. affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor, .lames
M. Simistcr, president
jHurtaii of Water Steam and Opciatiug
j KngjUCers' Local I'nlon Xo. 447, af-
j filiated with the Americau Federation
of Labor; headquarters, Itopm OB,
Parkway Building, .lohn H. Schmicb,
j mesident.
Uureaii of Water Firemen. Oilers
' mi Helpers' Local Union Xo. 810.
n00I11 4($i, laikway Building. Kd-
i narci .1. .uooiie.v. president.
NNIZED
thcillureau of Water .Mutual Benefit unci
Protective Association. Headquarters,
12.'ir Columbia avenue. Lewis .T.
Gardner, president.
Electrical Bureau Emopljes' Assoc ia
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.Machinists, affiliated with the Ameri
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can Federation of Labor. Headquar
ters. 1117 Parkway Building. Wlillum
A. Kelton, business repiesetitativc. I
0 Thousands In t'nloiis
It is impossible approximutelj to slate
how man thousands of the citj's cm-'
ploy ps arc members of these organiza
tions. In technical trades it is under
stood that the majority of workers are
identified with and members of unions.
Depaitmeutnl clerks, laborers and
Continued on Vase irour. Column Ono
SHOPMEN SIGN AGREEMENT
Rules Governing Working Condi
tions Effective October 20
Washington, Sept. 20. (Bv A. V.)
The national agieenient on woiking
conditions for railway shopmen, estab
lishing uniform rules for 000,000 men,
as proposed in President Wilson's leply
to tlic demand ot tne men for iu-j
creased wages, will become effective Oc
tober 2Q and remain iu force until the
end of government control of the roads.
It was learned today that the agree
ment hod been signed by the railroad
administration and six international
unions affiliated with the railway em
ployes' department of the Americnn
Federation of Labor. It is now in the
bauds of the. printer.
ALSACE REPUBLIC RUMORED
Report Emanates From Coblenz;
Paria Know Nothing of It
Coblenz, Sept. 27 (delayed,) (By
A. P.) It is rumored here that an in
dependent republic has been declared In
Alsace.
Paris. Sept. 28. (By A. P ) Xoth
ing has been heard here relative to the
rumor that a republis has been set up
In Alsace, which wis current in Cob
lent jeiterdiy.
Bubecrlptton Price IS a Tear tr liall.
Publlo Ledaer Company.
WILSON'S ILLNESS
T
Democratic Politicians Believe
President Is Eliminated
From Field
"BURNED OUT" BY WORK
Wilson Will Not Receive
Albert Until End of Tour
Washington, Sept. 20. (By A.
P.I President Wilson will not re
ceive King Albeit and Queen Eliza
beth of Uelgium at the White House
until they return from a tour of the
T'nited States, it was announced to
day nt the White House.
Boston will be the first city to be
visited by the royal party upon leav
ing Xeiv 1'ork this week on their
tour. They will be in Boston next
Sunday, it was said here today.
The Ling and queen nre expected
to arriie in New Vork Friday.
Their tour (if the country will last
seeral weeks. Arrangements for
the reception of the king by the
Senate Saturday were canceled to
day after the announcement from
the White House.
Itv CLINTON W. GILBKItT
Man CnrrfsponUent nt tbe Kirnlng I'ublic
LeUrer
Washington.
Sept.
20
President I
WilsonVbreakOniHittWestcrtvip
1 taken by Democratic politicians licM
as furui"hiug the answer to the question
whether or not he will seek a leuomi
nation. H is not llkelj that the Pres
ident would be able to face a hard cam
paign. And it is .almost certain iu view
of what has happened on his recent trip
that his family and his medical ad
A
0 CANDIDACY
visers vvlll oppose his taking the liak a I fered from cuts oud fractured bones,
campaign would involve. ' ,eiovered consciousness at noon.
Those who hne wen him suj that! Mayor Smith was seized by the mob
he has suffeied n complete nervous I on Seventeenth street near the court
buakdowu. He is desc-iibed as "blirued , limine nlmnt 10 o'c-loek ami was threat'
j out" by the exertion of the last few
ears culnunatiug in the strain of this
last trip. A long rest will he necessary
rue! the intention of his familv is to
trice- him away from Washington in a
few dajs, so that he eun foiget the
caies of his office.
He will not tuke pait iu the labor
capital conference which begins on
October C. And he will piobably hold
just one conference on the treaty situa
tion, if he is able to before leaving this
city.
The presidency is now such uu office;
it almost automatically solves the ques
tion whether a President Khali be re
nominated for a third term or not.
Power hns drifted into the hands of the
executive until the piesidcucy is an all
the -year-around job, lequirinz all the
energies of a vigorous man.
51r. Wilson'B Incumbency the
Durin
tli negotiations of nene.. Iinvo ,i,i,.,i !
to- the wear and tear of the nnsitlnn.
.
President's Ilcaty Task
.Mr. Wilson has had no real vacation
in several years. And the last year
or more has been especially difficult.
First cunie the Gcrmnu offensives of
the spring of 101S, y ith nil the anxiety
they caused. Thev were followed by
the negotiations of the armistice, which
fell entirely upon 5Ir. Wilson's shoul
ders. The President did not spare him-
self, but undertook rtc-rsoually the uego- saults on white women. The police
tiatious of peace, the American dele- assert that that fact had much to do
gatiou at Paris being in a true sense a ' with some or the remarks that were
one-man delegation. made by members of the mob, who had
The President virtually had onlj ouelu hand iu the attempt afeainst his life,
associate, 'Colonel House, unci he was The fire that was started in the court
an agent or brcker for Jlr. Wilson 'house left that structure u mass of
rather than a fellow delegate taking half ruins. The property was valued at
the weight of the peace bargaining on
his shoulders
The results at Paris were disappoint
ing, nnd their reception by the Senate
has been trying to him. On top of this ' county affairs siuce the county was or
came the speaking tour undertaken ns ' ganized are believed to be badly dam.
defense of the treaty. Mr. Wilson is aged.
neither youug nor especially robust.
That he will undertake another term
for the presidency ufter the warning he
has just received is rrgarded as un
likely. Virtually Out of Treaty Fight
The effect of the President's illness
upon the treaty is not easy to predict.
Ho is removed as a factor in the situa-
tlon, except so fur ns a conference in
which it is hoped he will agree to
reservations is concerned. His nervous
Continued on fore Six, Column Three
2 KILLED AS TRAINS CRASH
Five Other Injured In Collision of
Freight Near Danbury
Banbury, Conn., Sept, 20. Two per
sons were killed and five injured In a
collision of ft eight trains on the Central
New England Railroad at Holmes, N.
Y twenty miles WMt of this city, this
mornings
PRICE TWO CENTS
DM 1
NEARLY SLAIN
sr
Crowd Starts to Hang Official
Who Sought to Save
Negro
COURTHOUSE AND JAIL
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Many Prisoners, With City Au
j thorities, Imperiled by
! Raging Flames
LYNCHING ACCOMPLISHED
United States Soldiers, Rushed
to Scene, Succeed in Re
storing Order
General Wood Ordered
to Proceed to Omaha
Washington. Sept. 20. (By A.
P.) 5Iajor General Leonard Wood,
commanding the Central Depart
ment, with headquarters at Chi
cago, has. been directed by Secretary
llaker to proceed to Omaha, Neb.,
where federal troops were sent last
night to quell the race riot.
5Ir. Baker communicated with
General Wood after he had received
a message from the governor of Ne
braska asking for federal aid. The
troops were ordered from Fort Omaha
by General Wood, the secretary
said.
An appeal for help was received
late last night by Senator Hitchcock,
Democrat. Nebraika, from the sheriff
at Omahu.
By the Associated Press
Omaha, Neb.. Sept. 20. After
pight of mob rule in which a negro was
lynched, an attempt made to hang the
major of Omaha, Edward P. Smith,
l the county courthouse burned, one man
shot and killed and perhaps fifty others
jiujmed. the city was quiet today under
. paliol of federal troops from Fort Crook
I and Fort Omahn.
The mavor is in a liosnital'in a crltl-
'rnr&ndltlon as a result of the attempt
made by 'the mob to hailg him to a
trolley pole, because he advised against
the. lynching of William BrowD, a
negro, who wns in the county jail,
charged with attacking a white girl on
the outskirts of the city early last week.
The condition of 5layor Smith was
reported by his physicians to be slightly
i improved today. I lie mayor, who sul-
ened with lynching. He was hustled
to Harney street and stopped nt the
foot of n trolley pole on the cross-
arm of -which was a coil of rope.
"(Jive us the key to the jail." "If
we can't get the nigger we'll lynch you."
"He's no better than the nigger."
"He's a negro lover," were shouts
lira id among the mob. ,
Start to Hang .Major
"Get that lope," some one shouted.
II was pulled clown by the loose end,
but was not long enough to reach. A
man climbed the pole, and with n knife
cut the rope. It was brought down
and placed around the neck of the
major.
"Thruw it up over the pole and string
the major up," yelled a dozen voices.
The major was the center ot a crusu
ffl
I
war andi1,0 great mat it almost ovcruirew an
automobile stunding near.
The rope was placed around th
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! bility of murdering the city's chief ex
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ecutive, protests began to be heard.
"We won't stand for hanging the
muvor." "That won't get us the
nigger. l.et nn go. xen im io
get out of here." Then two officers cut
the rope, carried the major to an auto
mobile nud. rushed him to a hospital.
The mapor's law firm is at present
defending two negroes, charged with as-
SI ,."00,000, The damage to the record
could not" be estimated early today, but
it is believed mauy have been destroyed
bcrond reclamation. Statistics vital to
100 Prisoners Imperiled
For several hours the lives of more
than 100. prisoners iu the county jail
were endangered by the Dames in the
lower floors of the building. It was
finally necessary to send them all to
the roof. Sheriff Clark stood off the
......... .unit until the flntnes rflilsiMl tint
, .)risoners themsehes to take action,
TUev at nrst decided among themselves
' to tlirow ti,e negro from the roof to the
avfment bdbw and leave him to tbe
, destruction of the inob,
It was at this moment that the mob
that had gained entrance to the burn
ing building pushed past Sheriff Clark
and his deputies and forreci their way
into the cell corridor .Here it was tbt,
the negro was turned over Ut them.
Throv.ing a rope nrouud his neefc.
these im-n, nuinberiug about fiftx.
dragged him to the ground floor, daw
(.tiding, stairways uud through Minding
tmoke to the street. When tlu-y ap
peared at the Harney strvot tntfua
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