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EXTRA
VOL. VI. NO. 34
Enteral n SeconclCIsa Matter nt th rontofflce, nt rtihndlthln, I'll.
Under the. Act of Jtnrcli 8, 18T0.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1919
Published Dally Exi-enl Sunday Ruliserll-tlon Pmc J(t a Year by Mail.
I'npvrluM initi liy Public l.rdg-er i omlnnj
PRICE TWO CENTS
ESIDENT INSIST
rn
v ' THEWEATHER
Washington, Oct. S3. Kaln prob
ably tonight niul Friday.
TKMriatATIlUB AT KACII 1I0UK
I 8 iioiu us m a a I 4 r. I
l r.:t na ina ra r:t inn jnti I i
Btibltc
fcdger
WOMAN IS DRAWN
MO CASE AROUND
IRON WORKS HEADS
ion of Accused Bank President
Says Sufcido Manager Spent
Money on Actress
l-AWYER DENIES CHARGE;
SAYS HE HAS SEEN CHECKS
Asserts Nearly All Were Payable
to J. E. Bastress, Now
Under Arrest
h
Referred to Whisky,
Not Mysterious Papers
!
j" Thr "ciystory" surrounding (lie
findings of investigntors wlm search
ed n pantry closet in the l-'cast homo
Ifi lino witln n suggestion i-ontnincil
,ln 0 letter written to the son ot n
jMount Cnrmel banker, now under
''arrest, by George K. Feast before
he killed himself, was cleared up
today.
fe ' "The passngo referred to some
good whisky he had hidden there."
M3. It. Hastress, the Ron of the
banker Raid today. "Feast wanted
imo to have it returned to a loenl
"liquor denier, as he did not find it
convenient to payfor it. There were
ino mysterious papers on the top
shelf just whisky."
Bv a Rtcff. Correspondent
-Sit. Carmel, la Opt. a3. Out of
I the maze of charges and countercharges
thjit have followed the suicide of George
IF. Feast, general manager of the Mount
ICarmcl Iron Works, comes the old story
X- Hip other woman."
;, ,Fe.nst is' dead from a bullet he sent
Until' his hraln after his arrest on n
Icunrge of etnbezz'clment.-
I .!. I'. Uastress, a bauk prcsirtent or
khis city, is under arrest charged with
Ithn embezzlement of $20,940.21.
I'fllnstress, according to his son, a law
lyer end business man here, is guiltless
ni cmoezzicmenc, due was-arrested as
foufc,ome' ot .his retusat to ,cnew
os and obligations on which he and
fisher, directors o the iron works were
tndorscrs. 'I lie arrest, lie sum, was
iised as a club to compel the cxteuslon
ofvthc' notes.
K. It. Uastress, the son, in coming to
thtt.sunnort of his father, brought "the
woman" into the case. Feast, said the.
younger Uastress today, did not give,
any money he might have embezzled to
J, F. Uastress, but spent it upon a
young nctress, in New York city, al
though he was a married man with two
children.
.-Alie younger jmsniras urs..i.,i.-u ma
s'lorv as "a straightforward descrip
tion of the whole thing."
William Morgan Montgomery, of
Philadelphia, who represented J-oast
following his arrest, in speakiug of the
story of "the woman," said:
x, "I believe it to be untrue. Feast
was a timid little man. nnd nothing
like a rounder. He imagined the world
was against him.
Crftlcizes Trlvnto Life
Younp Uastress said today he never
approved of some of the things he do."
Glared Feast did "nf his private lire."
S. "I. lis well ns n number of his friends
and business associates, knew he wns
Heading a double life," he said. "I
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fVUUlU HOI IHVllllUU lllifl, tlU 11. 1IU. 1UI
iic fact that it is generally Known, and
has a bearing upon the supposed cm-
IbszzlemoutB.
It II is puuuc Knowledge miu no. sup-
anartments in New York nnd paid her
way , tnrougn an expensive uramntic
eclipol. Tho girl herselt is the assort-
tc, ot some very pronuneut im-w iotk-
Wfljrnnu was Jguuruiiu ui lur iiu-t mm,
Fiuist was a married man. thought la-
was very wealthy and believed him to
personally own the Mt. Cnrmel Iron
works. She maintained tho place she
did in New York on his money,
; "This is -where' Feast's money went
-not to J. M, Unstress.
Mr. Montgomery, in referring to th"?
new charge, said he had seen nil the
canceled checks drawn by Feast in
more man u year, .uusi m inuiii, .m.
Montgomery said, wero drawn in fa
vor of J. K. Uastress, representing
money Feast loaned to Uastress
The attorney added that the chks
drawn by Uastress himself were for
very smalt inmounis. iie uaiiKer, .ur.
Montgomery sain, received no binary
f6r the last six months.
Found All Short of Cash
1.1A11 the men connected 'with tho iron
iVorKH were snort 01 money, .ur. .iicfni-
;omery said, to suppori tins state
ment" he said Kdwnrd Urenner, a
wealthy resident here, supplied the
money for tho last six weeks to meet
the payroll at tne piani.
"If Feast had not believed the direc
tors were trying to make, u gnat of him
tnd railroad him to prison lie would be
living today," Mr. Montgomery said.
'At the time of tho arrest of Feast
lie was iu a distracted state nf mind.
wanted to hold him in l'hliaiiclplua
two days until ho became calm And
regained UfS hciihvs, uui. im-y iiimsiru
mi taking him away nnd he got his
tbance on the train to end bin life."
B. It. uastress, in luscussmg me
arrest of his father, said the. notes J.
fil" rtnstress refused to renew amounted
La, approximately JfH.OOO,
i"ThW situation is not povcl.'i the
sunzcr unstress suid, "for former
Judge h. S. Walter bus been spreuding
i-opaguniiti tor years in nis onoit to
M public opinion in hrs ruvor tu
rjer to influcucq events in his $80,.
&' damage suits against J. B. Ilas-
Lris. Most pi these damage suits, by
he way. art still ncndlug and were
I he outgrowth of J. B. Unstress's busi-
ke dealings with Judge Walter.
'jjCoticeriiing the assignment ?f debts
iwd)to Feast by ..B, Unstress and
obertcaiuir, n is i.ra tuat j. b
isttess, bail . borrowed b f
ijnMMdniHuuHjniikAi
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(ilOOlttllC W. IX1UNS
Tim lln.iiH'icr anil philanthropist
was still unconscious today at tho
rhiladelphhi Country Club after an
apoplectic seizure yesterday
l Financier and Philanthropist,
Strickon at Country Club,
Fights for Life
FAMILY IS AT HIS BEDSIDE
ficnrgo W. Klklns, financier and
philautliropist nnd member of one of
the city's most widely known families,
was still unconscious today at the IMiil
adelphla Country Club after an apoplec
tic seizure yesterday.
Mr. Klkins, who is sixty-one years
olil, wns apparently in good health, ns
he was one of a foursome on the links
of the club yesterday afternoon, lie
had played eleven holes of the game
when, at -Itlfi o'clock, just as he raised
his club, he was stricken and fell to
the ground.
Mr. Klkins wns unconscious when
carried into the clubhouse. His con
dition made impossible his removal to
Folly Farm, his country estate near
Elkins Park.
Family Summoned
Members of his family were sum
moned to the clubhouse, ns was Dr.
Clarence llartlett, who remained con
stantly at the stricken man's bedside
until after 7 o'clock this morning.
With Mr. -Klkins were Mrs.- Klkili,
Oeorgc W. Klkius, Jr., Mr. nnd Mrs.
(J corgi- I Tyler and Wharton 1,.
Sinklcr.
Doctor llartlett, who is, professor of
medicine at Hahnemann Medical Col
lege, in turn called Dr. (ieorge.W.
ricrsol, professor of medicine 'in the
Woman' Medical College, and Dr.' W
W. Keen, noted surgeon.
Mr. Klkins became ill several weeks
ago when ho went to Atlantic City
with Mrs. Klkins. His condition im
proved and yesterday he was able to
go to his ofhecs in the Land Title Iluild
ing. He waa feeling So well in the after
noon thnt he decided to motor out to
tlie country club nnd have a round of
golf.
Spent Time at I-'arm
For the last yeor and a halt, or
since about six months after his second
marriace. Mr. Klkins snout most nf li!
., . ..,-, .... .. '.. - -; . . . .
nine ni rouy rami, which is in
AOingtnn townsiiip on the Did York
road. His second wife was Mi-s Alio-
thaire I.udlow.
Horn in rhilndelphia September 2fi,
ISTiS, the son of William j. Klkins,
GEORGE W
ELKMS
STILL UNCONSCIOUS
(feorge . IMKins. by enrly training ; them agree upon one thing, however,
filled himself to succeed to the direc- I That is that endless complications are
tion of the vast property which even ; likely to arise until a court ruling de
then made the family one of .the most lines the status of the various sections,
noted in the city. At the age of t wen- ! Provisions for I'ollce
ty-three he married .Miss Stella Mcln- , ' ., ... . , ., , ,
tire, of Dayton, O. He has two sons . "?. ""'astic provisions prescribed for
nnd two daughters, all living. I violations by policcmeiianil firemen are
In recent years Mr. felklns has ,P. , contained in section .'. It reads:
voted his efforts lareelv to cl.aritv on n . ": Police officer nr firemen who
Hill un vii-'ii-' i"hwv. ,; vriiiii,! uil a ii li , .. j.
nerons scale, his most notable gift ",1,,J.1 vl"!!,t,'f ". '?' "f .''.'' 1,10V1S1"S f
ing tlie Klkins Memorial Hospital at M'(', !"" ,-' "f l,U nr"t'U' N '"" "lso '"'
l,l.,Ei0I, . '""guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon con
ge
he
Auiugion,
Held Many Positions
If . 1j H-iiiu lifitJ 1 1 It nil Ilfitilrtli f hf f tin
HI , i jMiiMit ii ii.i aitvii ii iiuliiv "l1. tiiti
president of the United Lighting jtnd
Heating Company, the Crew-J.evlck,
Company, the C.lobe Gas -Idght Com-
pnny, Vulcanite Portland Cenieut Com-1
pany. director in the Land Title and i
Trust. Coinnnnv. the Jardeu Hrick Com- '
i.urrciL .,i iiiiin.uiii. i.iu I'liiimn.t . vice
. ... w;... ........ , ... .....-.-----
Pennsylvania iTallrond nt Vst "WlToi
Vernon, hour here, early today. I
The explosion occurred only few i
ininules before tho train reached the
l.i.t.tli itiinin, linul.li. fli., IrAj.L'u ..f l.n'
snot.
. It was wdtfleswl by stalo troopers
who were crfissing li bridge nearby.
Several inen waiting for a train at the
station were hurled to the ground' by
thn force of the .explosion, hut were un
injured. The bomb wns a timed infprnnl urn
chilje set to go off nt the time the train
was duo to miss, and it liappgurd to be
behind schedule.
Cheer Up!
Ne'er a hint of a dry day!
RaU tonlqht nnd Friday.
Jlut', true to form,
WtHt;all keep worm
Kyrssrw:
pany, American v oai rrouueis coin- the Mire organization raised strenuous ;, .1 "iiinL ,V,.,V. fni-L-ed for our arlillerv ' "'""" ' -. .-. ... me .miiitjciii, feneration nf l.nlmr, re
puny, CJioster Manufacturing Company. ! opposition. , RELAY WOMEN'S CONGRESS llle l -aMed the "Seliwab of I-rance ,: Wabasey. CJieshirc. last nb;lit. Field ,'-1'i ednr street, burned to death iterated today that the labor delegate
Huston Manufacturing Company nf The intercession of tlo Governor nnd , " ..'.,,., !'Klt' ..,, ', i;,,,-,,,,,. To.lav.'" , Murslial Vi.-count French, bud lieu- last night within sight of her homo, would not again meet with the employ-
" I?!.ninI,:,tll,11' l3i , ffffl?' !!'C f'W'fr "T,?- 0- ,'' !"' delny-ln ? ivai , ' " i- I '. it mln worfd 1,'as ",1.,r!'"? , ' ted. illegal nnd in- ' Humes from bonfire about which . tl.nl lh..r would absent to principle,
" slt s nr 1 e " J, iT.1 Iigue , , on "t of , ' 'bowe Tu!t he ' 1'",lsh,- ''" --1-.IW "f l.e b,!",,' thrown out . of genr. lie said sane Sinn Fein government (s , m! i .he and her friends -were pla) ing were Vo u, ' 'nl'fii " lone"' " '' ' ' l"' "C
TRA.N SAVETROM BOMB S &fi&&&
wa. FthlnH Time anrf P.nfo.tnn S'f"''; l, Si i, mT Zl n'. arf nM",,lnW' toiicoiisly with the assnbliug of th,- , Says l. S. Can'l Stand Aloof ' ,'' ' , "'''s winimni..Hl Lillian's parents group should Issue , statement to make
Was Behind Time and Explosion of Pliidel I 1 bom- dPias ,,,,,,,,, ,it),nmtim(ltl ,,. l.u,,.l p.-ovilol "ills inessai:,- to the Fnlted States was. '"' .lfc . ,. vl, ,V , J. ie I,, and older nelsons. Tl... ( .-. ... ' cleari its posit
VU4 rieiuatuic
lu Oi. I- n'.l Ml.- 1 N
Vhnf i Ipllpvpfl hv tho noHcn n ImtvP m- l .11 , ... '"r"; ' cross v iirriviHi inuiiy were .mil's, v o-
100 en ploycs 'of thei.tsburgh Steel I ""polllieians 'did no" 'lcr"lf 'the or - j j 'S 1 SlM'
Products Company, of Allonport. wasirol. ullti (he last few days. Then It ' it on of I g iim
prevented by premntiire cxplos on of a ...... i,,i.l,t to tlipl.- nttentl..,. fi.., Iganizuimn oi iiihimii.
i nnrirrt)!. I'i'i. -. i iy A. i'.i ., ,.. m-iii.ci'ihixi n tin. ,m.,t ......
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Y "" 1-TV.7"
RROR IN CHARTER
BARSGITYWORKERS
FROM ALL POLITICS
Supposed Mistake Makes Any
Participation a Misdemeanor, ,
With $500 Fine
TWO SECTIONS ASPRINTED
NOW READ AS ONLY ONE;
Makes Dismissal and $500 Fine
Applicable to 10,000
Officeholders
Ten thousand city employes, exclusive
of the vast army of police nnd firemen, j
may be divorced effectually from poll- i
tics as the result of n supposed error in
,the printing of the civil service article j
of the new city charter. I
This Is nvnetlv wlint tlie frainors of ,
.... .. - . ,i,,... . ..
the charter bill set out to do when tliej yloyor anc Michel Obtain MorO
made their invasion on Harrlshurg last J ,
winter to bring nbout the enactment of j
legislation correcting existing; "vils in
the municipal government. Hut the
plan fell through.
Distinction wiped out j
On the recommendation of (inventor.
Sprout and Attorney Cene.ral Schaffer, ,
who took tlie stand thnt some distinc
tion should be made between city office
holders and the uniformed
police and fire departments
of tho charter dropped
nlno lo make nolitical I
part of officeholders a lnisiiemeanoi.-
Instead they wrote into Section -
of" iile'r'sleril'mw "XZl led'
dismissal l'lheSlayor o" dnlartinVm
heads of mi offending employe against
whom a coimMalnt of political activity
he lodged. Hut now. apparently, vio-
latlon of Section 2.'l becomes it inisdo-
niennor, too. . ,
No one seems to know just now tin-,
error in printing occurred. William K.
know just how the.
curred. William '..
of Common ( oiineil, I
l'elton. chief clerk of Common t ounell,
said toda.i'. however, that the designu-
tion of Section '21 had been omitted from
the official copy certified to tlie city by,
Cyrus r.. woous, seciemry i inv i"in-
Thomas Iliiehurn White, who drafted
the charter bill, admitted today that
his attention had been directed to the
supposed error.
llelleves AH &rc Included
"If the printed copy of the bill which
I received," said Mr. White, "is the
same as thnt signed by the (lovernor,
tneii my opinion is mihi ih.uui.-hi u..--
mil'!..
lent activity!
.Organization men, however, are not
M:oSw,hv,M,.inWh,!,te,ati0" ,,,(lCe,1 "
the Inw by Mr. bite.
,u?Z'Z" ,,::iVJi.,h,'l!,,J,,,:,0!,:
.! . !.. . -t..- :..., . ..
i "ici in im- pcnuiiics pri-scrineii ny
various sections oi tne lull, as u result
'of the error iu printing.
Some organization men take the stand
' that the error has nuliilied the penalties j
prescribed in the hill. Nearly all of!
i ,, . ., r ,,.,, i , . r,
viction eiKiif. Hlal he ptlills bed by a
I -mi " " .....j niij iiuii'iiri Mini
nnf 111 ill It tllllll til lliu Hwiiiloi,.! .1.1 1.. ....
... ....... .ii. .i.n.. .1..... ' , . ,. 'I
ui'i ""Mi i"" -.iiiMtnilllll lit l UI lr
ni ,... tin , inoiiiin-iii nr u loi-oi nor c -
ceding two years, or both, such lino
and imprisonment iu the discretion of
the court."
When tho charter framers first pro-
posed taking the officeholders out if
nolitlcs nltsoliitelv. vonr.'senf.rfi.-nu ..,
,. .., .--.-. --.-.-.-.. ...r, ...
went Into effect lust on,, month later
went iiiiii ""! J"?1- "no iiionui inter,
b'he W "' '"" "'"" J""""-.
' Considerable agitation was aroused in I
political circles as to just how to in- ,
tornret the act. If a test case had been
. t .. ! r ... .,....,,.......,
Instituted and court ruling handed down I
nionwealtn, lie recaiieu uis,i uiul h. lotions to quasi cannot he brought , " ', :,;.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,' viii, i i . """"" "'" -B'J "
was omitted from the report of ho con-lafri. n rlpf(,m,ant has entered n plea, fv )' " ,. V ' , , , ' ,' '' , ).'i' J 'Vl '" ,,nlrfl'
ference committee selected by the Sen- whether guiltv or not guiltv. j, 'wns "' annu.illj iicctinlatitig ndtcise trade Thp 1Tf,lmll!li,iiv fm. smnsliiiig this
ate and House to make final revisions of , nintod out 'that -should counsel for! l'a,:""e,,1,t,roi,r ,illl(,l,s 'lllll,ll,iV"""s , cj.iifercnce will be. in the uliiids ot the
il. Woodward bill. M.,,-.,,. ! MW.nl ill., s .l, ,n.mrf l ,,'n.!1" ,lml- sooner or Inter, btiropc , ,K,e. nil itnlividttnl nlTiiir. It will
tivily on the part of any city office- In mnv ng tor lime to Prepare copies ; ''"'""; This woill b, in nr- i'B.'i
holder is a misdemeanor " of the ud etmeiits 'nga list M c he . Mr. ",s" " 1,lllln' ' wouni an nr ,..
nomir is n iiiismin un,,.. a'tl ..,.,,i ,i, ,nt,..f n,,,.'n.u , rogant an, un-American position for lis.
As he two sections are merged in o Scot " " r " t "lnliP. like .the spirit of helpful
nno, the log cat interpretation, accord- .office had refused to suppl indictment ...hi,.!, ,. i,v.. levi.lone.l .Ii.-Iol. 4i-L
ing to Mr. White, is that the "misde-blanks, and that it would icquire five m"s " .ul' ,' ' I , 1 1. h. . 10 be ' t
meanor" clause applies not only to the or six days to print them. oc,i r l"'1
assossmeut phnse, but lo all other no- "Mr. Scoff is saying what is not so," , ,M ..' ., ,:... ...m J WW
confirming the interpretation placed on Herlin. Oct. -M. Illy A. P.) Kniii
the act by Mr- White, approximately luting the Angerburg Jaegers, who
10,000 city cniiiloyes would have been
barred tmni jiikhik iicuve part iu tne
recent primary tight.
Men who were nctivi, in tlie charter
light take tlie view that the error was
not detected sooner because neurly every
one inerosted either for ur against the
charter was thoroughly wearied at the
conclusion of tho long tight which
started 'early in tlie session and did
not culminate flnnlly until Gnvcrnor
Sproul signed tlie. bill, last June.
tlAVVll ;"JWK jlenr Sundaj? Udi.c-
dr to October ,2, Jncliwlvjv' Bpeclal ex-
'eurln train 1mIm B-,auir ,Trmlnal 8:00
&JL K)3ra9RBK, .n"
Disastrous Strikes
Threatened by Nov. 1
With the industrial conference nt
Washington n failure in reconciling
strained relations between capital
anil labor, contemplated strikes
threaten the nation's prosperity.'
The steel strike is still in effect,
with more mills' running, but with
contending factious still showing no
deefded signs of wenknes. In nildi
linn, crises in soft cnnl and railroad
situations are only eight days dis
tant. Iiitiiminous minors say they will
reject Secretary Wilson's, compro
mise offer of u wage iiiiiease with
out shorter hours, ictiirn homo and
prepare to strike November 1.
Itnllroad emplojes, according to
their chiefs, wilt demand higher pay
hv November 1, with it strike us
alternative.
Meanwhile,' strikes of dockworker.s
here and in New York, threatens to
cause acute food shortage.
NORTH PENN TRIAL
DELAY, IS CHARGED
I imo may MSK inmcimoius
R l j
HO Wliasnea
GABELL ADMITS HIS GUILT
'TV'",5' fl'L ..rinci'dof'S't-s il,;y.Mtl,,len1,;
llti the frnmi.rs"nkrflk,'1,',,l'',rnii'eliitiiin placed
the originaPl,v ' '""''i"t httomey's oil ice on
'.ViV.Jv m, I,'' motions niiiili- today In ijuartcr Sessions,
Islemeai M'rt. v I
An effort to delay trial of two of the
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,.'.',,' ,i- ,"t.,'. i , u, ,..,t so that every investor iu the couiitr.v
Ml MS Jm:'1 Huf 'allorrf!"' """" in its operations,
Knlph'l'. Mo; or. cashier and I.ouis II. Must Not He Hard Creditor
Michel, president of the institution; Secretary Hedlield reminded the eon
asked ,for and obta.ned a two weeks , fmi(, (hnt Alll,.rj(.a N ,i. worlds
delay in entering a plea. 'creditor, and must not he a hard one.
After John It. K. Scott, counsel for There is accruing for us. In- stated, a
Michel, asked Judge Martin for a con-
tinunnce of two weeks, .Joseph 11.
tiiiunnc
Tnulnn
Tauhine, assistant district attorney, re- ,
mrko, : - ,
marked : ,
f ' ;m,. jr, srf,tt is going to file,
motions to quash the indictments." I
Jlr, Scott' niide no reply to the.
prosecutor s comment
wifuld block the speedy trial desired by
the district nttoiMiov's office.
(Inbell's formal plea was filed in-fore
Judge Martin.
Moyer, the accused cashier, was not
in court todny, but Michel was pies,
cut. William A. tlray is attorney for
tho cashier anil Michel has for his
counsel, M. It. Scott and J. Washling-
ton l.ogue.
1 - ft! I ..Ml, I,
, retorted Mr. 'Inuliine. 1 here is no. need
to make copies ol the indictments. They
arP,V0',T S"""U"";, "j"'Vr 'TV,"
read a are understood. 'I he only dlf-
f,e in.."u'9' ,,f lhnn iS " mmave
-
in names.
- - -
...nr IITIlru . mr-Mcrr-
TO ISSUb Jl I NbT LILibNobb
First Certificates JJnder New Rules
Ready Next Week
First certificates for the operation of
taxicubs, jitnejs -and other carriers un
der the new regulations of the I'ublic
Service Commission will lie issued next
week.
All nppiicaiioiis men sun-,- ino uiioi-
tion of the code must go before the
commission on Monday. Numerous in-
ipiiries as to procedure have bcu made,
Persons anil Huns now holding certifi-
..,.. i n .....; a,.i ,!..... ...Ill l.n ..r
ciucs iiuw .,.-... cm. ,.i-. -.. ".- .-.-
' fpc,iv(. uniil June 1. when upplica-
I j
I '
tious for renewal must no made.
fhe commission is preparing t vig
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lls" ' f",1' ll1"' ' ',"",V ' "Vn .
1 ,11"1 .'Jr 1,ln,tc- ,Mlt lls ' '" 1,,,lhl'ru u "
8""'"'1 1"llt'' ,1",1 '" Slvu regular
service.
i"" ."' '" ,i3, '".v.,
v,,nip , o eirates to the women s con.
, rf . I.. I... I........ ,.T '..H. .. ill,...
- . -. ... - - -
C0UP BY GERMAN TROOPS
.
nfantry Realmrnt Joins Teuton D.
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vision in ueivia
early iu October forced their way net-osi
mi,,, frussinii iroiiuer nun joined the
Poulet Lands In Albania
Home( Oct. 'Si. A dispatch from
Avlona, Albania, says tho French avla.
tor, Lieutenant; Poulet, was compelled
by .atmospheric .conditions to laiid
T"'8UUWr th, He, ta atUn
n .a arTm.m z.
-. . . . Ii'mmiwwl i t i.tsj In iii'fii'Vnitil I- niul t n bit mi It f.-f rv
-. in.. i,r.k.i ... ! ii r , i ..... i . i rnntrucu ur mi wm. n i-iiiii im 11 -i ii itn it mini l'iiii hi hi 1 niriiiiii n hi i-iiiir nit ,. .. . i i 11 i - . . . . --
,V"t on ,1 a Thorn ,o gaS Mahanoy' "vu,. W. ..Oct, - - 1"... , SK "'" . W '-I ' ." JT WfflSK
the tiernin I'oiisn i rum er, has car. Chares Step laiinviigc. uhiihcii .veins """ -;" i ., -' r-v- . , "i ..i,u. uiionnng o ie test- ..noresentiitives to .continue the ilelll.er
led out ii similar coup, according to ol 1? was fatally shot last evening by his , nifki.nboi-lj ; and other mombers of the , mo..) of Heserye Policeman Dixon to- ,', ZU ?tat" me follows:
he Fteihelt. comim Ion. Harry Kline. Jr.. eighteen, dub lei . hen Mm. IllcUeiibnck re-( .hi) in Central police court. We have wK
" The men are said to have complete' "l h- h .tins fr rnl.WtH on the out- turned horn,- e fj.und her husband. Several friends of Dm,., had called ,.ol ), ,, Z m- X nw of "ur"
winter equipment. ' skits of this city. Kline carric, a gun , sitt Ing u e ly 1, '' . nt his home to congratulate him on the -nls I as f r as we oro i-oit-
- , ,nn ,,,H KliouMc- witl, cocked trigger., . ' . " U.rS? S' "jl.. I?" """.7J ,.??." "rdlnB to .'", I , VJ reot jumping JatZ.
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ASKS U. S. BANKERS
Tfl IIMITF Tfl QAUC
IU UMIIL I U Url V L .
secretary Redfieid urges For-
mation of Huge Money
Lcnding Organization
WOULD HELP TO SOLVE
UNIVERSAL DISCONTENT
I
French "Schwab" Sees All Na
tions Threatened by Bol
shevist Plot
,
Mlantle ritv. Oct. :'.. Secreinrv of!
Commerce Hedlield todav recommended I
' tlle i
nlr'i'l''l"m "f the Federal Itesorvr
Wf't hi'lHon' nSJl''wiH.?" MnllarM "ill
bud inonev to everv nntion of the world
Il11" needed it. lie wns one oi the
sneakers at the morning scsion of the
Intertialinnal Trade Conference, iu ses-
mat needed it. He wns one of the
I sum at the Million-Dollar Tier
his suggestion, which ho said ho ho-
licked would help solve the pressing
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'"' "r "" "" H-o,eu, and un .
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I he nss, Wi ., f hankers won 1,1 h, -
-einiofiicial. operated under the sOper-
yis,,,,, ,,f tin- government. It would j
issue debentures of small denomination
trade balance of four billion dollars
a ear, which, with the adverse rate of
exchange against tlie idebtor nations,
amounts to iipproximatelv live billions.
CREDT 1
mi .. m .. ... ' V I. I nr n, hn , . ,.n..'.. I ll. 1. . I . t 11 .1 ., . llll.'IKI1 II reoill, l.i l.im
1 1 no suggestion nt n worui credit or- ". .., wl v.n u.nimini uiuiiiuriiooti, ana nil tne otner noted person-1 : ' "
gnni.ntion met with Instant favor from ages among labor's champions were missing. It was not a conference that I r """""'"''"S bnt he had re-
' xr ,n,&vrH,r?," ,,!:i;nn"r z" , iiss1cmblc,'1 tI,is morn!n'r- lt wns ni tw-th,,s f tvu i c,:;;,i;,,n,!,,,;:,i:!n", "'ur,;:'s mra"'
nlnnse .i.e,. .w.,i,.,.v lt..,lii,.l,l in,ie I and emnloveis' i-Touns nlnnn e;.,i hi, n e..ii, r'n, i :..: 1 n.i ' ' n"l,lnn 'a leclnrcd tho conference
amounts to imnrnxtmalclv live billion.,?1"1" " ".nw ". oratory, 'llus oamr
...,.,. ..... ,. , .,...... ......
,. i.tiit r .1..11
. ... . i .... . ........................ .,.., iioihis. wao nan remained alter .Mr.
this country from lie tint Ions abroad. (Jumpers and the officials of the Amer
Miid Secretary Kedlield. ';Add (o this j,,,,,, Kederntlnn of Labor had seized
. . i ni on n n n t . u-n c i it-oonn v ,i...;.. i.nfu .....i .....,. ....i ..... ..i..i.. .....i
snail nave to repay us a loiin oi niteeii
billions.
Would lt In Foreign (ioods j
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Secretary Hedlield 'urged that this
couiitry open its doors wide to the re-
c option of the fnretgn-innde goods as a
means of repayment of Kiinnie's debt. !
"The world cannot get along." he
said, "if America will try to sell its
1 111)111' Hill I. ill llllll' 1111 IIMIU
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. ,' be t ho, -i irdlv ' ?"si e table V c
m t' h "'w-i l1llu'elv,'M,r!,s,1an- JlV,
v!,i,,i ,,.,.!,, would deal with an
1.o.mraWn !'r."lli!.r who happi-ncd In b'"
temporarily overwhelmed. This is not
altruism ; it is just goon sense.
John 11. rnhei, honorary vice pres
ident of the Chamber of Coiumeril' of
rllie United Slate- and presiding officer
at tlie morning session, reviewed the
evils
vlls tuit war 'brought upon the world
ind tne worse evils that are its after-
and
math.
"I'lanning. courage and unltv nf nc-
tion won tlie war." he said. "The same
fnetors alone will bring the victories
of peace. Obviously it is the first task
(.a..,,ru .. .,, s,m.vi,j H. conditions in
Kuin,,P and have clearly before us the
necessities of the hour, while at the
yime time we determine our own power
to respond."
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incre cxi-,s o, iii--,-,i. .. .....si..-..-,
plot, the network of which covers the
wholn world."
Kiigeno -Schneider, president of the-'
French mission, made this statement
before the go ill assemblage.
M. Schn'ider is the man who made
s K(!;,S. !1". .,nt faclorv" i'now'n as
was in his gi.ini iiiiioi., ,.o,m,i hs
"I.e Creiisnl." that the "7.Vs," the
niitl.nii-,.i',ift ciiiis. mid the huge lii-
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nn iiiv ii.-"iii.' - ---- .
. 1.1 .. ,. tT.....I in
that our counti) "" " """ ;
i ... e f... I'm..,,,- o her nresent
iu in Hiiiiiiia ii
X-' ill 10 0(6 000 in the world at large.
"Kvciy one snows wniii doi.-oicvisoi
(nntlniini un race fifteen, c.liimn (iii7
iiii rn
BOY HUNTER IS KILLED
Ak-i-
nJsiW's
!...... .rllDH VC1I1,
weapon rubbed in tlie underbrush and
was discharged, the load e.ntering the
youth's aotiouif... . . .
- ainnlmnnvace died in the State llos
nltal at Fountain Snrings. Kline was
Exonerated frop blame, bU victim sta,t-
luf that tbe shotting was accideutal.' .
r-uito, .tn-.i. ., , ,-- , -, . . ,.., ...., iito ..,..-- .,... ,..nn. i ) i u " .soil east HOSI.llUI. rill,' was ,l,-t,I w-hnn . . .........
,iecd, unless we wish e, 1 nmMn' , , ,, r(;,M. ,,. ,.;,M,,,Wlw ' fcllI. r ., ,,!",! SI, w V h, r, ed I' '"vrlijis fiirtl.fr action..,,, the part
lose all the fruls of this war. bar I whp1 , l(M,pI(, ,M,ur f ., ; , ,,, . ,, , f , , " '" rl , of I he pubic represeutat vcs.
won. with countless slain and ma mod,, , thPV w, oonsiderhe matt(.r Ul llN nhalo,l the llanios ' v?h"rt " V,"- ''buirtiimi of the
wth the tears ol widows in ..ipi.m.s. , jllst Klt." T. .,.,. )lf , trnVst-.lv was n va ' "IV" 'T 'II,(',, M'i orponiiiou. went
with n money cost that in 1-riiiice alone , , (,t t ".,p," Ite tlie Stec ,,n,s '" NV,V Vo,k Xl'-nlnv and has not re-
,.:... i 7111011.0(10.000 of dollars to ,,,,,.,,,, m ,nr- . ....- i, J opposite th. Mukuius , , jP W1W nniioliited bv President
.. I K, Rrn.fi ..... .I..I. I t .!. ., l.. ,.. . ,m.. .....'. i. .....'. "V-i.i"". '.", t nil t lilt III' WIIIKfrS W1I1IOI1I I 19
. Li ,...!.,. ..m-u (Tit Vl'lllKllllT lll'Illllll IIIIII. I IIP I (III lillllliiuiiH ' '- 4.wit 'WiMtiiiir. I irilllll. lit" IIIIM III! iriPllflB tllntf,tt,t.t
members of cabinet
AT WILSON'S BEDSIDE
OTTTTTT" T A TrF CfY T TTM''iTVT
Secretaries Wilson and Lane Gather in Executive's
Bedroom and Gompers Is Reported Invited
in Effort to Heal Breach
CONFER ON PLANS TO BRING THE WARRING GROUPS I
TOGETHER IN CONFERENCE ON INDUSTRIAL SITUATION!
Hy r.KORCK
Stair t'.irrrsi.cnilrnt of th,. i:Pnlnit fiilillr U-lurr
rn.rliilif. j;n. , ,. l.rrlair Coihihiiiu
WashitiKton, Oct. 23. A confcrcncp is in progress at tho President's
bollside. Secretaries Lane and Wilson are the conferees, nnd .there is a
1-cport that Snmucl Gompers nlso had been invited to lie present in an
clTolt lo li,1K labor and capital top-ether in industrial conference.
Meanwhile, members of the peonle's and Inline e-rniina thrnno- tho ..n.-.
H-o. t Ho definite , for continuing U, ,0. " fo":
latcil.
r D"?C.U T' 1fI'8hen,rtpnc'". the remnant of what yesterday was the
nallom inUustrtnl conference Rnthered this moininc for the final mcctinp;.
me center ot tile hall, heretofore
mo center 01 tne nail, heretofore oct
sent0( arrnv of m . , , ,
,, ' .7 'l cna,ls "" "n"
, - ...
The familiar, squat fiKiire of Snmuol Gompers, tho lowcrinc form of
nn industrial conference
Secri!t.I1.v t.nno ,n 'Hil, fI
nvn,l. r V iZZ ... ' . . , '
exodus of the labor group, exclaimed as he brought down hi. gavel with
a smash: "I refuse to consider this conference at an end; it will adjourn
to mc t tomorrot morning at !):30 o'clock "'
. muuniiK j.-.u 'ock.
Conference at Knd , """ . . '.' T7"". '
"I, don't care what the secretary I
savs. there is no conference now in I
cx-tencc." said Th as . C had"
bourne, if tho pe , e!" gro ii. a few
momonls llf(Pr. ' An'.I Mrf ! .11 ... t
adjourned the conference without date.
l'.ven tlie appeal of the President of
the I nited States from his sicklied
eonld not bold It together. It made a
, dramatic nuisii at lii.l.i last night,!
, J1""1 " blar.e of oratory. 'I'lus rntnr
"" '' " raiironu nrotner-
!rnl" luenibers of the railroad brother
iJP j,Mge,I upon personal bias. Or
guulzed labor will riold the employers
responsible Their reiusnl to agree to
the proposals of the combined labor and
.,noi;p'f groups, their unjlelding ntti-
Ul(e in demanding recognition for la
fc. STILLING HARE
C. Willing Hare, assistant director of Munitions and director
of sales for thenar Department, has resigned both these posi
tions. Announcement of his resignation was made today. Ill
health, "was given as 'the cause of Mr. Hare's resignation. His
homo is in Radnor.
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LLOYDS LISTS TWO AMERICAN VESSELS MISSING
i
XONDON, Oct. 23. Two American sailing vessels were
posted at Xloyds yesterday the schooner Henry W. Cramp, from
Norfolk via Bermuda for Elo Janeiro as missing and the bark
Lyman D. Foster from Nukualofa, friendly Islands for San Fran
cisco, as overdue. ,'-
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,
nrmniiiinrr. mii r-r-mrnc
DENOUNCES SINN FEINERS
Fleld Marshal French Calls Then,
Insane With Assassins Attached
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in. i. in i uiirtoiuA uivr i-i i -1 if - .
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termination nnd to He faithful and iut
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miAn i untn ni m t -
HUSBHIMUa rLHUt A I MUMfc
.
Magistrate So Declares In Dismiss-
,ng Wlfe Who Attacked Clubhouse
To make her husband stop spending
his nights in a club house, Mrs. Krviu
who conducts the chib'ln :a hoiisn at
tne li.oi m i ni-u.) -Dv.v-i.ii. ouiTi on me ,
lielnware river,
.ntecorder Stat-khouse dlscliarged' Mrs.
Ittekenback nnd told her huseand that
hbjsPj"
bW.,wU.
I, W. place at uightTva4 at liomc-wlth I
Shnu rlee DIs. l '"" " ";-" '. -.m, siicci
.1 . I I. ... ' ricnn.p.u... ... . . ,
and Huron avenue, (alnilen. nttacke, street vestenlnv. .1..1... II -t-.t x........ I
NOXMcCAlX
occutucd bv the labor e-rniin. nin -
" n---"X-. ,
Iwood tables.
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',VrT) 'I x";lnS f'lV.1""!
-""""'", """ " "'" ""'s"'
n-nS","v"1" f'"' "S .T" " "i'"'
, Hie emploxers assert that labor pro-I
.. t' . . !?. ,!T"l"
L,,. - ,.,',..,.,. ,, r itrtcd and that col-
lectin- bargaining bo taken aip and set-
il-.l m ,.,. ,.i ti. me,l.ers In n
biiarl. '
Tlie insistence of the labor group that .
trade and labor unions be recognized as1
the solo channel through which em-
piojors 1111,1 CllipiO.ves COIIUI COIIUUCI. IIC-
gotiations meant the closed shop and '
the unionization of the country. i
,.
tattled I'i'oni Itrginnlng ,
No attempt at disguise can conceal .
that from the beginning the employers' I
, , ..... , , , i
group bus been lighting organized labor. ;
They were willing,!,! recognize them us '
a part of the industrial fal-ric, but not'
as the whole thing. That, when sifted
Cnnllniiril nn fuse ll'irt-ii. Column Threi '
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RESIGNS WAR JO?
GIRL BURNS TO DEATH
Clothes Take Fire While Child Plays'
,
at Bonfire
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iiiiii iiifiim lux liiiid 'i' ,1. f...,. .....
"inn i. i.-n.ii-', a in- in r ivii
tingiil-died mid the child taken l,. II,
i. .'.' " .' . . "u .'" .'.""" mhin to tne
HIS REASON SUFFICED!
Magistrate Dismisses Man Who Cele
brated Arrival' of Heir
Driving his automobile on Hro.nl
Dunn admitted lie may have violated
tue tramc laws, uup
He smiled
Magistrate Meelearv smilp.l
V'Dlscharsed." said Jh magistrate.
f-. .vi ! k villi miiiiiiiitt ipir ilia
- "J-.l - ( B. .- "I
court-
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NEW CONFERENCE .
OF PUBLIC GROUP
CALLED BY LANE
Chairman Adjourns Old Con
clave After Presenting Whito
House Message
LABOR MAY GET PLACES '
IN PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY
I Delegates Show Willingness to
I Continue Work Gomper3
i Issues Statement
j
Hy the Associated 1'rcss
X'f
I fcrence. I're.sident Wilson today sought
to build new machinery to bring about
Industrial peace in the country. In a
1 message to Chairman I.nne he nsked
i """ ""' public representatives in the
i ''"nf,'m" "'""i1"' their work nnd
i"" "nK"mllv eonstituted ndjmirned and
I bnmedintely called the members of the
' uZr ' "S!""" '"? "
1 Willi.,- ... i
I -c, ug to tespond
, mm. RrntlI, ,P1. (,M nn fx
n''V' f"",sl"u ?"(1 A- A- I-andoii. o
l'"Hc group into session as
!"' " ..S!?!!""- si,)" tl.o .lelatcs
.,'.,.. """"'!. n, respond to tne
'"I-ht's appeal. Hernard M. Haruch,
chairman of the group, presided,
.." I- ". !'Pe of the 1 'reside,,,-and
', ".' " ''"gates. who were appointed by
;,, ,',i .' i " " , "" ''Huesent both
pM'hjeis and workers, can formu ate
J1.. .'.','.. "f,nV" w,l(. ,vi" b0 acceptable
u, ,', "' ' "' i .' i . ..
,,,, !' V.'j ').,, ,.''w, V, ', ""
delegates
- . , ,, , . ........ h....,,, nun
",, " " r ', "". ". '1'". ".""l
group had
iuiiio'u in, n'l.nrn ... ton mnr......
ii,, . , . , , - . .-.... i.-i.tr'
J, , , "". lc u'1 '". enmmisioned by
''",' '""'nt to explain to the emnlov-
eis group tho chatigi'd nature of the
conference, and to say that the I'resi-
""'nt flesired tho public group to re-
"!!'"" '". "i'' T "'?"'"" ''k.
inasmuch as the burden of the results
f industrial disputes fall ultimately on
the public,
will Heport to Wilson
'. lim)W (mt ,1P ,,,,,. nf ,,.
''.n',,I',l States are greater than any part
ol that people." said Mr. Lane, "and
as a body thej will move forward re-'
gardless of (dashes between the inter.
i -Is. 'I he public group will be nsked
I to make suggestions and to give advice
, as lo the industrial policy of the eoun
I try. these to be presented to the I'resi -!
dent."
fter the conference was adjourned
Mr. I.ane said it was probable the
President would Increase the member
ship of the public group so ns to mafto
that bod) more representative. Organ
ised labor ma) be asked to participate
through delegates to ho named by the
President.
The public representatives probably
will name subcommittees to study nnd
report on various phases of the indus
trial situation and then consolidate
their findings info the pronouncement of
the couferei Mr. I.ane said. Tills
i nurse is similar tn thai urged on the
original conference by the chairman.
No Formal Letter
President Wilson did not write n
formal letter to the conference. His
wishes we,-,- made known to Mr. Lnue
Ihiough Secretary Tumulty, who went to
the conference room nfler a talk with
the President, during which Mr. Wilson
was informed not only of the events in
the conference, but also of the views
of the conference leaders.
Itoth the public and canital groans
were present nt the conference meeting
place todav awaiting Hie word from
President Wilson. Spokesmen for eneli
said further deliberations appeared
hopeless since tho representatives of or-
Kaniml labor had withdrawn from the
,.oif,iriii,.e
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.'' "iimu-i .on pers. pros ueni ot
Department of Labor officials were
Wilson as u member of the public group.
but his friends could not ay whether
he would return to participate iu tho
new conference.
Formal Statement Issued
Mr. Gompers, iu his formal state
ment today, insisted that unless the
employers' group agreed to the (ledum-
We are not only men responsible us
citizens, but responsible tu millions
of workers.
The representatives of the jfltblle,
.group. largely employers' and pe'pplt.
.who liavo been antagonistic ta the
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