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IN POLITICS CAUSED
BY DEATHOF SEGER
Question of Councilmanic Can
didate From Second Sena
torial District Reopened
CHAS, b HALL SUGGESTED
WI'CAIN SEES W1IX-UP
5 AS HS LOG GAL SUUUtSSUH
Undivided Support Might Induce
1 Independence MacLaugh
lin's Aims Reviewed
By GEOIIGE NOX McOAIN
The death of Charles. Seger. Repub
lican 'leader of the Seventh ward for
yearB and unoppoKcl nominee for Coun
cil from the Second district, is likely
to create a new complication In this
most unusual municipal campaign.
Tt reopens the question of a coun
cilmanic candidate who, with William
McCoach, the Vare nominee, will rep
resent the Second district on the ticket
that will be voted for in November.
, Segcr, it will be recalled, decided to
throw his influence with the Vare or-'
Fanization in the primaries. This ac
tion was asource of regret to the In
dependents, for, if anything, Segcr was
closer politically to Senator Penrose and
Tom Cunningham, president of the Rc
publican Alliance, than he was to Sen
ator1 Vare. '
Each faction had courted his nlle
gience. Senator Penrose, Judge Patter
son and lesser lights did not think it
beneath them personally to solicit his
aid, or at least to visit him in Atlan
tic City to talk over the situation. His
final decision led him to throw in his
lot with the Vare organization, with
the exception of the clerk of Common
Pleas Court, in which he supported Sir.
Cunningham, the Independent.
It subsequently developed, according
to political rumor, that Councilman
Segcr decided upon this course as the
result of an understanding with the
Varcs that Charles B. Hall, clerk of
Select Council, should be retained as
i Jerk of Council when the new body of
tvcnty-ono was organized.
Effect of Election's Result
Mr. Hall, for many years, has been
active in Republican politics in the
Seventh ward. He was not only the
personal friend but the political lieu
tenant and side partner of Segcr. They
had no political secrets from each other.
Seger miscalculated the Vnre
strength, nnd it is now generally ac
cepted that the. worry of the campaign
nnd the possibility that his friend, Hall,
might not be provided for under the
new regime, hastened his slowly ap
proaching death.
The second district, which Seger
jointly with McCoach, was to have rep
resented in the new council, is com
posed of seven downtown wards: the
Second, Third, Fourth, Seventh, Eighth,
Ninth and Thirtieth. Three of these
wards are controlled by the Indepen
dents, three by tliQ Vare organization,
nnd one, the Seventh, by Seger's suc
cessor, Hnll, who will hold a balance
of power, which is represented normally
, by about 3500 Republican majority.
Under Republican rules the city com
mitteemen from these wards vtill meet
and select a successor to be voted for at
the November election. In this lies the
interesting complication.
Possibility of Rival Candidates
The Second, Fourth and Thirtieth
wards, controlled respectively by Messrs.
Ranslcy, Salus and McCoach, nre Vare
r wards, and the Third, Eighth nnd
Tf, Ninth, with Messrs. Trainer, Devlin
T and Neely as leaders, are the Penrose
' wards. "
Will the two organizations present
rival candidates?
It Js already asserted that the Vnres
vllrpresent the name of Sheriff Bans
ley for the Seger succession nnd the
s Independents that of Councilman
Trainer. In such an event Charlie
Hall would cast the deciding vote.
J""" It is not Improbable, although lie has
Utiven no'inttmation of his purpose, .that
jie himself may enter the lists as a third
candidate. If so, would he receive the
unanimous vote of the rival committee
men or would the Varcs insist on back
ing Sheriff. Ransley?
The solution of the problem seems to
lie in the indorsement of Hall by both
factions j because should either give him
'singly their support, a natural sequence
would be that he align himself as coun
cilman with those who indorsed him.
On the other hand, it would be an in
ducement to Jiim should he receive tho
support of both factions to maintain
the same Independence of action that
characterized, his former leader and
friend, Seger, during recent years.
MacLaughlin Ticket Discussed
True to his pre-prlmary declaration.
Director James A. MacXaughlin has
Continued on rare Two, Column Three
MRS. CHURCHMAN DIES
Taken III Suddenly at the Home of
Mrs. Converse
.Mr. "William B. Churchman died
suddenly at the home of her daughter,
Mr. John W. Converse, at Itosemont,
thisniorningr.
Her illness developed during the night.
Mr', Churchman visited the city yes
terday with two grandchildren and ap
parently jvas in the best of health.
No funeral arrangements have been
triade pending word from her son.Wll
'Ham B. 'Churchman, who is in Cuba.
The ceremony, probably will be, delayed
until ho reaches home.
airs. Churchman 1b survived br two
Ij children, four grandchildren rfnd a sis-
I ter, Mrs, u u, Jvulin, of Loudon,
.England.
ATrs.. Churchman was Miss Kathe rlne
Jf alsQU, Her hiwbaad d,!ed eight year
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' Entered as Second-Clus Matlsr at the Pontomce. at Philadelphia. Ft.
v Under the Act of March 8. 18T0,
BLEQF, PrJ
Von der Coltz Recalled From
Baltic After Allies Take
Action
Paris, Sept. 30. (By A. Il The
blockade of (icrmany, which wns threat
ened by tho Allies in case the German
troops of Oenernl von der Cloltr. were
not removed from the llaltlc region,
will begin today, according to the In
transigcant. No food ships, it declare",
will be permitted to start for Germany
until further orders are issued.
Vessels now on (lie wnv to Gernmn
ports, however, will be permitted to j
proceed to their destinations.
nasle, Switzerland. Sept. 30. (By
A. P.) The efforts of General von der
(ioltz "to makn his troops evacuate
the Baltic having failed," says a Ber
lin dispatcli received here today, tin
German Government has decided to "re
call him definitely."
FOSTER AS TNEW1Y'
Buffington Declares Steel Strike
Leader Is 'Dangerous' to
American Citizenship
ADDRESSES FOREIGNERS
Willinm Zebulon Foster, one of the
lenders of the steel workers' strike, wns
bitterly exeorinted as "n dangerous do
mestic enemy" by Jndge Joseph Buf
fington, of the I'nlted Stntes Circuit
Court of Appeals, today.
Judge Buffington, with Circuit Judge
Hugh Morris, of Wilmington, Del.,
presided over a session of the Naturali
zation Court in this city today, nnd
he warned the prospective nliens to be
ware of such dangerous agitators as
Foster.
"There isn't n man in this country
who knows what hard times are," said
Judge Buffington, "compared with
the hardships borne by those who
founded this country."
Judge Buffington recounted briefly tho
tribulations of the Pilgrims with the
Indians.
The judge said that in more than
twenty years' experience with the for-clgn-bom
he had always found them
loyal and ready to uphold the laws of
tho country.
"I have been all through the steel
nnd other industrial establishments in
the Pittsburgh part of tlictatc," said
Judge Buffington, "nnd I have found
the foreign-born element, well paid for
their work, contended and happy.
Foster Teaching Anarchy
"But there is In my town now, n
man, William Zcbulon Foster, who is
going among the foreign population
teaching doctrines of anarchy in his
book; things thnt go to the destruction
of the American Government. The most
dangerous man I know of is the 'parlor
Bolshevist,' who doesn't work, and who
doesn't know anything about working
people, but who preaches discord,
crcntes unrest and causes unhnppincss
in families by his preachings of un
Americnn doctrines.
"Foster is the type of man who is
causing all this unrest amongst the
foreign-born, not only of this state, but
of the country," declared Judge Buf
fington.
"I have known the habits and the
desires of the foreign-born of this state
too long to be deluded to the belief that
they are responsible for the present
unrst. The danger to Amrican institu
tions is not in the foreign-born; it is
in the native-boPn,
Dangerous Domestic Enemy
"This1 man Foster is a native-born
citizenKand he comes from a foreign
state, Massachusetts, to preach disobe
dience to the laws and teach terrible
doctrines in his bopk. He Is a most
dangerous leader, and a dangerous do
mestic enemy. I say this right from the
fcboulder, because I feel it is my duty to
do fco," continued Judge Buffington.
Judge Buffington urged the applicants
to -choose for leader men of their own
nationality in preference to native born
Americans.
"There is a great opportunity for a
leader of your own kind," snid the
judge, speaking in simple language so
the audience would have no difficulty
in understanding jiis meaning.
"The greatest danger to the coun
try is its domestic enemies," continued
the judge. "You can't have peace of
mind and happiness of home when a
man is pulling against you. Your worst
enemy is the man who makes you un
happy, and that man is a dangerous
domestic enemy."
Judges Buffington and Morris per
sonally questioned every applicant for
citizenship, and they established a new
line ojf examination.
Judge Buffington asked frequently:
"What did you do to help the country
win the war?" Every applicant,
whether he was in nctiye military serv
Ice, or was engaged in' an essential oc
rupation, told tho judge they, had pur
chased Liberty bonds and war thrift
stamps, and this fact was referred to
by the judge in his address to the new
citizens.
"I am pleased Io learn that you men
have shown four loyalty by giving finan
cial aid to the government during the
war, and it bears out what I said be
fore that if the foreign-born were left
alone, we would not liaye all the in
dustrial and social Unrest in this coun
try." ,
A8K HOQ ISLAND PROBE
A congressional investigation of the
reported hostility of th,e authorities at
Hog Island to members of the Ameri
can Leglbn was demanded by the dele
gates of the seventy r two American
Legiou posts in tins city who met at
tiit City ,Club lait night;..
UDEAITAK
BELIEVE WOMAN'S
ASSAILANT HAS
FLED N. J.
Farmers and Officials Switch
Search to Roads Leading
to Mount Holly
MANY OF POSSES QUIT TO
RETURN HOME FOR REST
Suspect Seen at 2 A. M. Today
in Orchard; Also Stopped
at R. R. Crossing
South Jersey farmers and counts of
ficials who have been tracking the
joting negro w anted for attacking Mrs.
Mary I.olsey, of near Haddonfield, jes
terelay, shoitly before noon abandoned
their search of the swnmp between
Ilninesport and I.umberlon.
In automobiles, and all well armed,
they are now scouring the roods in the
vicinity of these towns nnd Mount
Holly, believing thnt the suspect cs
coped from the swamp during the night
jnnd is now making across country.
The swamp where the negro was seen
to take refuge yesterday was left un
guarded nt one point during the night.
Fresh tracks found by the searchers
this morning led them to believe that
under cover of darkness and the fog
that came up during the night he es
caped toward Lumberton nnd by this
time has perhaps put miles between
himself nnd his pursuers.
liosl In Confusion
Sheriff Haines explained the failure
of the farmers to find the negro last
night in the swamp ns due to the con
fusion incident to n large aud unor
ganized crowd of men searching in all
directions nt once.
"It is a wonder that some one did
not get shot," said Sheriff Haines, "as
guns were going off in all directions.
With a little better organization un
doubtedly we would have caught the
negro."
Early this morning 200 armed mrw
wc.nt into the swnmp, .which covers
about lfiO acres, and searched every
foot of ground. They finally were con
vinced that' ho was no longer hidden
there. A--goodvmny-of the-farmers,
some of whom had been searching all
night, went homo to rest.
About fifty, led by Sheriff I. G.
Haines, of Burlington county, and
County Detective Kills Parker, remained
at work, spreading out in different di
rections in automobiles, and stopping
to beat every copse of woods or under
brush on their way.
Nero Twice Seen Yesterday
The searchers learned this morning
that the negro they nre after was seen
y6sterday nnd last night. Joseph Rog
ers, of Lumberton, told the officials in
charge of the hunt that he saw the negro
going through a pencil orchard nt '1
o'clock this morning.
Louis Parker, of Lumberton, saw
him entering the Rwnmp yesterday nft-
' crnoon nbout ,J o clock. Parker was
1 riding along the Lumberton rond in his
automobile when he saw the negro cross
the rond nnd make off in the direction
of the swnmp, which is nearby. Pnrker
was unarmed and could only call to the
negro to halt. The fugitive only doubled
his speed and soon was out of sight
among the rank undergrowth.
It was learned today that he hud
made an earlier nppenrnnce at Haines
port. There he was teen by Howard
It. Osgood, flagman at the railroad
crossing there. Osgood had not heard
that .the negro was wanttsl. Tho fugi
tive walked up to ORgood carelessly,
nnd asked him for a match, which he
got. He stood around the tracks for a
few minutes, then crossed nnd was last
seen by Osgood heading in the direction
of the swamp.
From these bits of evidence the lead
ers of the posses concluded that the ne
gro had been In the swamp all afternoon
and most of the night. They fear he
has gained so long a start that it ntay
take several days to come up with him,
CLEMENCEAU WINS IN TEST
French Deputies Suotaln Premier,
262 to '199, on Disarmament
Paris, Sept. HO. (By A.'IM The
Clemencenu government Was sustained
on a question of confidence in the
Chamber of Deputies today. The pre
mier's demand for postponement of dis
cussion of the motion of Deputy Andre
I.efcvrc, instructing the government to
seek the adding of a rider to the Ver
sailles treaty for the further disarma
ment of Germany, was agreed to by n
vote of L'02 to 100.
VISCOUNTESS COMING HERE
ViBcounzwis Maidstone, foimerly
Jinrgarettn a. urexei, daughter of An
thony J. Drexel, of Philadelphia, Paris
and London, is expected to arrivo in
New York shortly ufter Thanksgiving
for. an extended visit In tho "states."
Tho viscountess, much of whose time
in th's city wilj doubtless be spent with
her aunt, Mrs, Alexander Vau liens
selaer, is decidedly British, much of
her life having been spent in England.
FREE' SPEECH FINES STAND
Pittsburgh, Sept. 30. XBy A. P.)
Tho action of .Mayor Crawford, of l)ii
quesne, In imposing fines of jS100 on
William Z. Foster and J, I. Benghen,
steel strike orguulzers, for holding a
public meeting without n permit, was
Mistalned today by the Allegheny coun
ty court, wh(ch held thut the right of
free speech must be subservient; to the
$reatci one ot-tbe l'ety- ot eJtwens, i
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PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1919
PRESIDENT RETURNING TO CAPITAL
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The arrial of President Wilson at Villon Stntlon, Washington, after
Ills interrupted speaking tour. Lines in the President's face showed the
strain of the trip. He appeared to be a thoroughly tired man in spite of
his brave efforts to smile
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IN STEEL STRIKE
Companies Attempt Wearing
Down Process No Serious
Breaks Effected
OPERATE AT BETHLEHEM
The steel striko struggle has settled
to one of endurance.
The ninth day finds the situation on
all J'battle fronts" virtually un
changed. The inclusion of the Bethlehem com
pany's plants has only served to
broaden the scope of conflicting
chums. The strikers assert the
Bethlehem plant is S5 per cent
down. Corporation officials say 88
per cent of the men on the payroll
are at "work.
No definite developments were re
ported from the Pittsburgh dis
trict, while in the Chicago field the
American Sheet and Tin Plate
Company will close its plant, em
ploying 4000 men. within the week
"for repairs."'
In Cleveland picketing was resumed
by the strikers following a report
that the mills were about to at
tempt resumption of operations.
After early hesitancy, steel stocks
developed pronounced strength in
the New York market. Crucible
Steel scored another spectacular
advance of 17 points to a new high
record of 247.
By the Associated Press
Pittsburgh, Sept. 30. To nil ap
pearances the hteel workers' stiikc
has virtually settled itself down
to one of endurance. Yesterday's ef
forts-by each side to make a breach in
the ranks of the other having failed to
cause a serious break, the steel compa
nies are now, prepared, according to
Rome of the officinls, to begin n wearlng
down process to end the strike.
Strike leaders are on their guard
against this method of uttack aud today
expressed confidence that the ranks of
the strikers would not only remain'
solid, but would be Increased as the
campaign of the army of organizers in
the Pittsburgh district continues.
Claim Men Are Returning
Without a single exception steel com
panies that made public reports of
operations today claimed men ae
bteadlly returning to work. They as
sert they ore coming back in small
numbers and arc being plseel on jobs
without any confusion. Tonnage, it
was nlso claimed, is steadily mounting,
No figures, however, are obtainable re
garding the number of men at work or
the amount of tonnage being produced.
Union headquarters had few reports
today. The absence of information, it
was said, indicated there was not much
change in the situation from the strik
ers' standpoint. f
A telegram from the fcast, it iras said
at headquarters, claimed that the Beth
Irhem plant at the Bethlehem Steel
Company was 85 per cent down and
that the Steelton works were crippled.
The telegram also stated that reports
Indicated the response to the strike call
was not an general at the company's
smaller plants,
To Attempt Resumption.
The American Steel and Wire CVm
Coaltnaea oo Vacs SUi. Columa Oa'
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ON LEAGUE HERE
Situation Drifting Because of
President's Illness, but Op
portunity Is Ripe
AGREEMENT IS IN SIGHT
By CLINTON W. GILBERT
Staff Correspondent f th Krenlne I'nlille
I.Mlrrr
Washington, Sept. 30. The league
situation is drifting hopelessly an n con
sequence of President Wilson's illness.
Most of the Republicans and most of
the Democrats are in substantial agree
ment. The President i.s not far from
them, if one may trust persons who
nre close to him nnd who were on the
trip with him nnd explain thnt the
President has not any objection to
"clnrifying" reservations. The I.odge-
McCumber reservntions me now mere
clnrifying reservations.
Everybody, is talked out. Bvcry pos
sible nrgument for nnd against the
treaty has been uttered and reuttered.
Republican opponents of the treaty aw.
driveu to raising fnlse isMies like the
Dalmatian issue caused by the lauding
of American naval forces to protect ter
ritory there surrendered by Austria to
tho allied nnd associated uciwers It is
lllll vl I" piiin i i. i 1 i
nretended that this action wns tnken
under the leiiiriie of nations, even thonch
the league hns not jet been created
Senators who suggest this jaiow per
fectly well thnt the nction scrus taken
under the terms of the armistjee and
would have been takeu whether nuy
league of nutious were contemplated or
not.
Men's minds have censed to work
upon this question. F.verybody knows
that an agreement is in sight.
Yet the power to effect an agree
ment is wanting. The one mnn who
hns- authority to act is sick. He is
likely to remain sick for some time,
though the alarmist reports in circula
tion here in Washington are doubtless
untrue. During his illness there exists
in the Democratic party no one with
power, to make the bargain which will
give Mr. Wilson what he wants, a
treaty with only clarifying reservations
attached to it. The best chance to
mako a favorable bargain exists now.
If it Is allowed to pass by, owing to
the impossibility of action while the
President is under the system which
concentrates nil authority in the ad
ministration in the hands of the Presi
dent, no one can predict the final re
sult. If Senotor Hitchcock does not ob
tain the President's acquiescence in a
compromise, or does not assume au
thority to act for his party in the Sen
ate during the President's illness, the
opportunity will pass to any Republi
can strong enough to hold together all
the elements of the Senate majority.
The capacity of the mild reservation
iststo' hold out long is exhausted. They
have been carried part of the way over
toward Senator Johnson anil it will
not; be. difficult to make them go fur
ther if' the Democratic party by rea
son of the President's illness proves in
capable of profiting by the opportunity
they have created.
CHILDREN 8ET FIRE TO BED
Children, playing with matches set fire
to,.a mattress in the second -story front
room of the, home of Carlo Palwlsenno,
3853 North Sixth street,' early thin
morning. An alarm was turned in and
Engine Colnpany No, 55 responded.
The. blaze wss extinguished with trlfllnir
, l?s The, children were panle-itricken,
i put ununited, .
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U.S. ASKS APOLOGY
BY RUSSIANS FOR
Demand on Siberian General
Follows Insult to Amer
icans in Uniform
COMBAT WITH COSSACKS
IS NARROWLY AVERTED
, Japanese Threaten to
Slavs in Case of
Hostilities
Aid
llj the Associated Press
' MadUosfolt, Sept, 10 tdeliijoili-
nioiider of American forces in Siberia.
hns demnnilod nu npology from Gciieral I
ltoziiunff. in 'ominnii(l of Itiix-iau ttoop
, in Priiiiiiur priirlncc. for the nrrcst of
Captain I. P. Johns, of the Twentj -
seventh Itrglineiit, nnd Corporal Ben
juiniii Sperling, of the ThiltJ -first, nnd
l the Hogging of the latter bj Cossacks
'loiiiimindeij In Geneinl Knliiiikon"t
An investigation of the ondiirt of a
j Japanese officer tit Ininn. the plne
.when' the arrests took nlme. has been
FLOGGING SOLDIER
j begun by the Japanese high command, i 'Br Department declared in n state
.The incident which occurred Septcm- nient today that "the accident of war
Iber ". is ,.,,n,i,lercd one of the most,nm1 (Il0 prol!PrR, of demobilisation are
-vtmw-' -.in,,- tin- , mil's lilllliril 111 n-
i herin.
Tin
l wo Auicrii .Hi
uniform nnd
on official business, wrnl to linnu, pass,
ports being niiiierfs'-ai'y, Cossacks nr
"estcd the Aniciii-.ins. claiming they
i were not provided with identification
papers.
I Captain Johns escaped to Snasske,
A detachment of 1.T0 Americans of the
Twenty-seventh Heglment went to Iman
to affect Sperling's release and on ar
riving there took three Cossacks ns
hostages.
They found (lenernl KnlmikofTs men
entrenched nnd were prepared to use
force ngai'nst them .when n Japanese
major interceded for th Cossneks, stnt
inp. it is alleged, thnt in the event
of hostilities between the Americans anil
f'nukRf'lv'H- tlm -Tntt!imii( frnnnu ii-miM
side with the latter. He at Inst told ! nbout to b "'"i"! o their normnl
the Americans thnt Sperling had been I pence time rank mid that the 10,000
tnken to Khnboroviik, where !enernl I emergency officers still in the service
Smi'! 'T '''I '"'"'''""''r"' A , must be discharged in order to reduce
telegraphic demand for Sperling was ', , , V ...
sent to Khnborovsk nnd n reply was th commissioned personnel to the 1S,
received that he would be released at 000 authorized by a recent act of Con
once. The Americans then returned to gress.
Spnsskc, tnkltig their hostnges with , H400 Yankees In Siberia
,nPm , The ptrcngtli of the army, ns reported
A preiniinnr investigation shows for September 1KI, showed 33.00.T of
lhuLiHlicrlIliz .was fliicirod. rienej-al .-. .....! .. :.. .v....f.. uiui i
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nnuniMm. woo ,, roiisioereu oy .umr-
icans neri ns n r-inenun n n. nns
with I.I-.band been n constant source
of trouble. I Is chnrged. his raids i be-
ing marked by cruelties nnd atrocities.
Washington, Sept. 30. (By A. P.)
Sf-Tctary Baker snld today thnt Jtnjr-.by
Oneral Craves, conimnndliig the Amer-
icnp forces In Siberiu, had informed the
department thnt an officer and enlistid
mci hnd been he'l hv co.ssucks .ind rr-
leased upon his demand, nnd thnt i!.e
mntter had been referred to the nt.itc
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department for subsequent action.
The depnrfment, Mr. Ituker said, lud
not heard of the reported interference
In n .Inuanese officer with American
troops sent to effect the release of the
erlisted man.
"Department records," said the r.ec-
refill-, "only show thut nil officer nnd
an enlisted man were held by Cossneks
mil, were released, on the demnnil of
Oenernl (Irnves, We have not heard of
the Japanese incident. The matter has
been referred to the State Department
for subsequent action."
It became known today thnt Colonel ,
Oliver P. Robinson, chief of staff lolini-n ho disenrd he nrnelnlmlnir .U,n.
I 'eneral urnves, is en route home, out
' ",1 statement was forthcoming as to I
j
! whether his trip had to do with this
incident. Officers here assumed, how
""" n .h,sorr7!m'lm! ''""I'rf i
is well us the scleral clashes which
have occurred between Americans and I
Bolshevik bands.
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HAMPTON S- THOMAS. REGISTRY CLERK- STRICKEN
Hampton S. Thomas, chief clerk of the board of registration
commissioners, is seiiously ill at his home, 3548 North
Eighteenth street. He was stricken with apoplexy Sunday at
his home. Overwork during the henvy registration of voters is
believed to have been a contributing cause.
8TH WARD DIVISION RECOUNT DOESN'T ALTER VOTE
Recount today of the votes cast in the first division of the
Eighth Ward, in -which John B, K. Scott, organization Republi-zt.-j.
leader, charged that there was "raud, resulted in no change
n the tot.il, 170 for Moore and one for Patterson. Every
jegiEteied voter in tho division cast a ballot. The fact that only
one man voted for Patterson was tho basis of the charge of fraud.
STEELTON MILLS BUSY
Bethlehem Company Declares All
Departments Are at Work
llarrlsburg, Sept. 30. There Is little
change1 in the strike situation at the
Steelton plant of the Bethlehem Steel
Lompany. me men claim mat more
will go out today, and the company an
nounces that ell departments are at
work and will remain in operation, with
more men at work than yesterday.
At the llarrlsburg Pipe and Pipe
Bending Mills more men were reported
at work than yesterday. The employes
of tho Central Iron and Steel Compxny
have decided not to take any part
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in i
lse truiet
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Poicderly Suggests Cure
J
ror Labor Unrest
Shenandoah, Pa.. Sept. 80 Lack
of patience nnd confidence in each
other Is the ihlef reason for the
unsettled conditions, said Terrenee
V. Powderly here today. Powderly
wns the head of the Knights of La
bor thirty jears ngo and is now chief
of the bureau of Information of the
1'iiltrd Stntes Department of Labor.
"People should rendjust them
M'hc to the changed conditions."
he said, "as the inestion in this
totiiifry Is readjustment, Instead of
rciotistruttioii. He suggested Unit
men Miould get togctlur mid discuss
their differences, i.aing that lij men
he mount the minenoikeis and the
employers. ,
BUT DRY ACT STAYS
Treaty MllSt Be Ratified Before
Wet Interval Begins,
Says Palmer
N. Y. BARS GETTING READY
B the Assoia(el Press
Washington, Sept. 30. Although the
nt nn end." wartime prohibition ennnot
be lifted until after the ratification of
the pence treaty, in the opinion of At
torney (lenernl Pn liner.
The prohibition luw provides that it
shall remain in force until after the
termination of the war nnd the demobi
lization of the army. President Wilsou
took n position similar to Mr. Pulmrr's
In Hiking Congress enrly in the year to
repenl the wnrtime prohibition law in
sofar ns it affected light wines nnd beer.
The Wnr Depurtment's statement ns
to the end of demobilization wns made
in connection with nn announcement
thnt officers of the regular army were
,'"7!'.' ",""- '"f"r"l"I i;T,n, ,
Ribrla."7fi00 at sejHt-roi!tc"- Idme.aiuL
aoi.O(M) In the United Stntes. After
Vtober 31 nn average strength of
,2 - 2 2-ft , b(1 mnlntnitl(.(i.
, .., ,,IKh.n,M of adjustment," the
( statement sold, "have been Increased
the .uncertainties as to the future
military policy of the government, the
I inadequacy of pay in the fnce of the
jhigh cost of living nnd the failure of
.all classes to realize that economies
must be promptly met."
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! Nation Will rae Money
I Aft,r WW the nrmy- s0 f""- ns its
' regular officers nre concerned, is to be
' returned to a normnl basis, the state-
I ment points out the great savings that .
ARMY DEMOBILIZED
' will result from the reduction of rank of tcrrupted.
j officers. In the grnde of colonel, fori '
instnnce, there will be saved $40,000 a' Flume, Sept. 30. (By A. P.)
I week, us on November 1 there will be'l'iunie is ablaze with flags, her streets
nnlv 003 officers of this rank, while now I are filled with marching soldiers and
there are 1100,
1 New York. Sent
!0'7"A!tin,V H is
, snld, on one of Broadway's famous
rumors that within a week President
Wilson would enst wartime nrohlhltinn
w .... .. ,- a-.. ...... ... ...n iiiiiiu-
hiluatinn completed, .New ork liquor
dealers began today "stocking up" for
" nr'M
"wet" period until next .Inn-
. unry.
v it ii ii ii irn iiiiiiiii nina m nnnriAii
whisky arriving here from Kentiic kV
rpstn0rnllt.s nml , boBnu eaTn'
DBrtendcrs and waiters previously "laid
ofT."
With
FOUR INJURED IN AUTO
Philadelphia Machine Hits Boulder
In Road Near Orwlgsburg
A fire-passenger car driven by Harry
Green, of this city, struck a boulder
'on tue roaj near Orwlgsburg and all tho
occupants were injured,
Mrs. J. Green, of Philadelphia, was
taken to the Pottsville Hospital, where
a wound on her head was sewed up
with eight stitches. Several teeth
driven into the root of her mouth re
quired houis to extract. '
Mrs. Harry Green, of Philadelphia,
it ',. t .- I .. 7 . . M
nns u uruKcu irt arm ana ner
uuiu mi uuujiuw jtot nisu injuretu
PRICE TWO CENTS
L
-TOLANDATTRAU
Request to Preserve Order Did
Not Emanate From Paris
Peace Council
ITALIAN PEOPLE TO VOTE
ON FIUME NOVEMBER 16
Blockade" Ineffective Because
Navy Is Beyond Control
of Government
lly the Assoriatesl Press
Paris, Sept. 30. Landing of Amer-
! """"" at Trail by Hear Admiral
Andrews wns not directed by the sn-
J prenie council here, necording to the
, American peace delegation.
It wns explained thnt when a party
of Italiuns entered Trail and it was
feared n tlnsh might occur between
them nnd the Serbians, the Italian ad
miral on the scene appealed to the
American ndmirnl to intervene for the.
maintenance of pence. This, it was
added, Rear Admiral Andrews did as
part of his regular duties of policing the
Adriatic and without any instructions
from Paris.
Inflamed conditions along the Adriatic
and dissolution of the Italian Parlia
ment for the holding of a general elec
tion November 10, as Rome dispatches
announced yesterday, are giving the
supreme council much concern", in view
of the possibility of all the Balkans be?
coming involved.
In Peace Conference circles the ap
pronching Itnlinn elections nre regarded
as a struggle between the war and peace,
parties, or rather between the forces
on the military side and those of So
cialistic and pacific tendencies.
While it appenrs thnt D'Annunzlo
and Kiume will be chiefly in issue, the
f?eling is growing in Paris that a
D'Annunzlo has indicated his aspira
tions include far more than Kiume, the
Italian situation is dally becoming more
of nn international question.
Wnr Clouds'Gathering
It is believed the agitation might
flame into wur nny day if, for Instance,
a Jugo-S'.av should happen to be killed
by Italian troops.
American marines nre maintaining
.!,.. It. l,ft oltv nt Snnltn DnTmntf
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where Re r Admiral Philip Andrews is
stationed with his flngship, the Pitts
burgh. Keeling is running high in Spa
Into nnd the Americans have been forced
to intervene between the Italians and
Ju go-Slavs.
Telegraphic ndvices from Fiume re
port that flnbriele D'Annunzlo, in com
mand of the insurgent garrison of the
city, hns stated that he considered him-
i self in u state of war with Jugo-Slavia.
Ills declaration wns made after the head
of the French mission had demanded
thut D'Annunzlo restore telegraphic
onimunirutinn with Agram, the Croa-
lmn nnnital. which D'Annunzlo had in-
her air is vibrant with the confidence
foil .f tlm lYmn whn. nmtar li mm.
niand of Cnptiiinfflubrlele D'Annunzlo
marched into the city and still firmly
hold it.
Although no news is reaching the city
from the outside world, the Italians
here arc confident of winning their
fight. There seems to be plenty of food.
White bread, which is not served in
other parts of Italy, is on restaurant
tables and is displayed In large quan
tities, although prices arc high.
Has Magnificent Headquarters
Captain D'Annunzio's headquarters
are established in the governor's palace,
which has been converted into a veri
table genernl staff building, filled; with
different departments. The private of
fice of the poet-aviutor overlooks the
citj . The' building is the finest in
Fiume, having beautiful sculptures,
elaborate staircases and magnificent
furniture.
Washington, Sept. 30. Official dis
patches from Rome reveal that the Ital
iau Government has lost absolute con
trol of the Italian navy and that for this
reason the bloekede of Flume and the
D'Annunzlo forces In Istrla, proclaimed
at Rome, can not be effectively en
forced. The advices also confirm prevlc-qs
messages reporting an unwillingness on
the part of the Italian military force
to obey nny orders which would bring
them into collision with the troops ot
D'Annunzlo.
At the same time Italian workingmen
have threatened to declare a general
strike- and to barricade the streets o(.
the cities if the Nationalists assume
control of the government and employ
the army and navy to effect the force
ful annexation of Fiume, That threat
has been (.omewhat discounted, however,
on account of the failure ot the syndi
calist interests to execute their, order for
p. general strike on May Day.
It was learned here the compromise
arrangement agreed upon by Great
Britain, France and Italy for the set
tlement of tha Adriatic problem. In
cluding Fiume, was transmitted to this
Government by England, The nature
of President Wilson's decision con
cerning it has not been revealed here.
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Minister to Belgium Nominated far
Ambassador by President
ITALIAN
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ASKED AMERICANS
. .Washington, sept, iMi.--rl.jjy , J'.w iy? ,-s
Brand Whitlockv of Ohio, now minute
to Belgium, was nominated trwtav vm . tt
President Wilson to be ambassador
thaf country.
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