"i" 7 - t .i",'ii I , Kuenom Bubltc Wzbtt THE WEATHER Washington, Orl. SI. Showers probable tonight nnil Sal unlay. TKMIM'JIATURK AT KAMI 1101 R NIGHT EXTRA Fmrjb.wciAL. TJ S II 1() it i2 1 l a :t 4 r... nil lr.it nu 57 ins rs n, I I I t tJ w i if I- - V: i I r ' It VOL. VI. NO. 35 L PUBLIC TAXI STANDS TO ALL Proposed City Ordinance Would Do Away With Special Privileges t. CITY SOLICITOR CONNELLY BEFORE COMMISSION Lower Fares Predicted if Meas ure Is Adopted by Councils All public laiicab stands In tills oily mo to be thrown open to nil tnti com panies and "individual taxi owners under nn ordinance being prepared by 'ity Solicitor Connelly, to be introduced in f kiiiniiU next week This nronoscd stripping away "f aprri.il priviir gc on the city's streets , tp ii.ii im..i,s nnnonnocel from a few companies was .nnn . A ' liy Mr i-..llv nl ii lieni'inK oeioir t'nblli Servhe Commissioners Pnmiir , M Clement, Jr., ami .lames " ll(,n" today Loner taxi fates are expected to ie siilt an ben the bars .ire let cow for general ,-ompctlfJnn. although n",1'.-; Jarvis. president of the Quaker ( it) M'nvipfll, Comnanv. urged that me pun- He savings would be "mnultcssininl. Minimum Accident Liability The minimum accident liability in ...m Is to- lie $r,00ll. Commissioner llenn stated. WJien n company cm- !, g lnrire number of metered cans he 'said. It was possible that a lowe vafe per cab -would be pernujico. Tlie 'iilling concerulnK inacbines used for weddings and funerals and fur oc casional theatre parlies was that the owners musr iiikc oi ... ;" - public coinenlence. In then case, ion ever, it will not lie 'necessary to install meters or to carry inscriptions showing they arc 'public conveyances. , Several hundred ownrrsrf nicterecl cabs, with a batlerv of attoineys, were ( at the hearing tocla. City Solicitor Connelly and ljirectoi Wilddn, w.cic present by invitation. Weaker Tlepresents Klslity Owners Former Jlnnr Wci-.-r nppeiire-1 .is' counsel for the" Cniled Tnicnb Owners Association, with a mcmuersiup ui nearly eighty ixoprictors. The Auto I.iven lrotcetic Associa tion', embracing 2i owners, many of Jliein' proprietors of one or two eiibs, was represented by J'.dward It: .Mai tin. T,Tnderlving the hearing was the com i mission's purpose- jo.reipiirc ui innu-v ing of certificates of public convenience' by every taxlcab company or Individual! owner. t Mr. "weaver, in referring to that pur- pose, suggested that the association he, lcpresents be permitted to, take out a I certificate of public convenience lis nn, association, instead of each individual j member being required to do so, i In a statement issued bj Commis-f sloner Clement at the outset ot the hearing: the object (.ought by the state authorities was outlined in this lan guage . 'The purpose is Io secure t lie public interest bv establishing, in co-operation with municipal authorities, a safe, ef ficient, economical sjRicm oi mxi ser vice which will be free of abuses and which will be n benefit to legitimate taxicab operators, as well as the public, i No Sympathy Willi "llawher" "The hawker nnd pirate wlio lobs the public and discredits" the business will have no countenance under the icg-1 illations." Mr. Clement announced the Quaker Citv Taxlcab Company is the only com pan'v so far that has applied for a cer tificate of nubile convenience. Disclaiming any intent to tlnow drastic regulations around the industry, Mr. Clement continued: "The Public Srrylc Commission will lo-opeiate in bringing this public serv ice Io the highest Htate. of efficiency. "For Its part, the commission will undertake to see that certificates of public convenience shall not be issued to nnv individual against whom there can be sustaiiied any charges of un fitness or- disqualification or to any rnmpanies or corporations, employing such individuals.'- ' "This means no ceitihcate will be granted to drivers or companies ngain-t whom sustainable complaints shall be s entered by the Department of Publi Safetv or any other ufliccr of the mu nicipality. ..',; .:.l" ..tir..inU ln.l bv the commission will be revocable at any time upon sustainable complaint ny ciry iiuiuoruies, Mr. Clement asserted that inspectors ' of the commission will be on duty-here to see that the taxlcab. regulations, ' when fully framed, are obeyed. , Representatives of the group of small taxi operators sought to convince the I comniissioneis they wore not common carriers and therefore subject to regit- I latioli. . IMCATUCD flCTCDC AVIATnPQ; IILniliMluuiki.un.miv.... Five Remaining in Content Expect Little Progress Today 2 Crash Chicago, Oct. -M. (lly A. P.) Little progress on their homeward flights wns in prosperl today for the live army aviators who remained in the twice transcontinental reliability and endiirani-e iaee. Cnfavomble Hying conditions In the West promised to bold bock the four men who lenialned in that Fection. while' Lieutenant Sheri dan. 810 miles"' from IiIh goal, faced a day's layover at Chicago to complete engine repali-K. I.leiileniinl W. C, F. Ilrovvn and Lieutenant T. Ilynes were out Of the race today, lioth wrecking their en tries. Ilrovvp seventy miles east of Iletio, Ney., and Jlynes at itawllns, Wyo. In neither accident, however, was a pilot or observer injured. With the leader in point of actual elapsed flying time again changed, the men remaining In the contest today still had a chance at being returned tho ul timate winner. Latest figures an liounced by the War Department veetccl . the honor of winning, tcinpnrarily at . leaM, to Lieutenant Alexander Pear aonj. who was. fourth to return to li to wou D THROW OPEN COMPANIES i. .. n.. i citifi- mnioua - , though they intended going on a not anange for the lease, t is a id made .at the licanuc n I ommon 'Ja. hl pln h ,, , H.en offered only the X'M rent. CP'ntLS-" '' (-.,: !?,,?, nce an lilieil A strangers in the neighbni hood , The landlord is sal. to have accepted cldent indemnity In" a en I" ; i ,,, su,pi(.iotl,, , Ils it ,ail tl,c $(1 lent from nil of the lesldcuts motorcait used for wedding nun ,...,i .i,t .... .. ,.f n, ,Jnf tl... Iilmk. with the execution of r.nlfffl as Biond-CIs Mutter nt tlif Poslofricr. at Philadelphia, r. Under the. Ad or March . 1 S7ti. Eviction Called Off When Crowd Gathers to Protest Landlord Disappoints pathizers Who Have to Content Themselves With Open-Air Luncheon ami Speeches An open-air luncheon and brief spcceiics by meinbeis of the Tenants' Protective Association entertained sev eral hundred resident1, of Warrington avenue and lluby sheet xvhn assembled today to witness the eviction of l.eo 1". (ilnbb. his vilfc nnil lliree children from their home at 1141 South lluby street. After the assembled cloud bad waited patientlv for several hours wnid was re ceived fioni counsel of the tcmiuN' as soelatlon that the eviction would not take plaic today. Annoiiiicemeiil of postponement ot the cvieilou was. made bv tilabli fioni the poreh of his home. It was iccclved wilh cheeis. The .crowd then dispersed quietly. Flan Mass-Meeting llefore It adjoiirneil, however, plans wcie discussed for n mass-meeting of tenants at the Academy of Music and a big street parade. As early as 0 o'clock this moining the neighbois1 nnil meinbeis of the nssooln. tion began to assemble. While ninny In the oiowd wnie an air ,,f grim determination, ot the nffalr as a or of clny nnd spoke glibly of others rcgaided geiieial holi the contem plated eviction Among the thiong wcie anxious Wives, many of whom weie cm the verge of eviction themselves and scenes of husbands wiio remained home from work today to witness the' proceedings Tim slnns mill Inn 1 1 .if neilrlv rvprv home In the block held nn audience. I lteall'ing thai they might have a wait of many boms most of the housewives benvv wrnns: some weie ntlli eil ! cities had planted agents in tin crowd '(ilahb DIKING TURNS RED AST RN CHEERS Young Belgian Prince Grins Happily as Harrisburg Pays Tribute, to His Father INSPECT CAPITOL AND MILL King of Belgians Sends Message, to Philadelphia llarrisbiii'g. (Vt, IM. King Al bert sends the following nicssjge to PblllYclelplilans: "I look foiwaid to seeing jour city. To me it lepiesents. as does this whole state of Pennsjlvanin. one of the, chief workshop of the woijd. I was in Philadelphia once, but then people did not come to greet me. They did not know me o well. "Industrial reconstruction and progiess is what I lie woild needs most just now. And the t'nitcd States Is siipeiior in just these things. The gieat plants, wheie steel, cloth and other pioducts are made in such ciunntities, so mitnj of which I have scc.ii in' this couutry, are a credit to your people. "I look forwaid to my visit to Philadelphia." Hu a stuff Concsitomlcitt Harrisburg. Oct. "M. The demo I'latie king of the lielglaus bli bed. Albert, the hero the hero monarch, wlio stood, with Ids mlTering people fnur-souaie against the (leinmn torrent, tinned led to the tips of bis ears. When (lovernor Sproul and Mayor Iveislee nonrn.icheil lits iiinlnali :it tin Pennsylvania Itailioad station a I !l o'clock today, and when the cheeis of Says Ko Tried (o Pass llim thousands-who clusteted c.uly outside .,. jtP1. k,.,i i," ,,.. .i,:,., the trainshed rose to a great , horns y(M! T$tl J , X."' Lu , ""m " King, Albei smiled as a happy child in to pass llim. Ho speeded lis ,, .' does and then flushed, cl nnson much , chine. He had just passed the ' x after t he manner of a very ichiing. ,eslde,.ce when he heail th,-ca r bcl i ,1 self-conscious boy. , i lim hiiui-Ii it stone pillar at the Ills good wife, the- epiecu, was in- gateway to the banker's giniiiiel. disposed and did not leave Ibe tiaiii. lie looked back, he said, and saw 'llie prince grinned as anv oilier boy the Fox car bad been wrecked. Assist -would "who admires his dad and who is ed by S. II. Martin ami several olliei keen to see li,ini honored. men. he said, he look Mr. Fox horn "No formality," was tlie winning ' Jjlp "'"''W car and carried hi fiashed over the wiles to Covcrnor , ""'Abington Hospital. Snroul i(ni Vance .McConnlck. ihairinaii , I1,","','' '",l ''"l 'novv that the in of the lecentlon coinioiHee. nmi Ibe I Chamber of Coinmeicc in advance of the I an- vnl of I he rm.il n..t... -nSe- i uuently tlu two-hour visit of Aiheil to1 this city was stripped of excess pomp i ...... , King Hears Helglau Anthem i.vcii nil- wciciocr resiriuneii icseii It wns without golden splendor. The sun concealed itself behind daik t lipids and a cold drizzle was in the air, lint the friendly king "who can wall: with kings, nor lose tho common touch, found occasion to blush nnj way Everywhere there was cheering anil then- was plenty of that. ,, he royal paity, accompanied bv the (lovernor and the may or and sonic sixty membeis of the official leception com mittee, walked down a lane of le turned doughboys to waiting automo biles, xv bile a navy band crashed out the stirring llelglan anthem. In the thirty cais the entlie party moved nut Mniket street. People tlirouged the sidewalks. Ilelglau and American Hags, fluttered in festoons ncioss the street ami from the windows of the hade,"" " "! "vi i iiuouuu i . buildings. Thirteen thousand singing school children on the heights. of the Cnpitol grounds welcomed the party. The auto- I " "" """""y v.cx.m uuppc-. , riiismirsn Oct. - I lly A. 1, ninblles. carnival abandon all about i A patrnlinan enptiired one of three Steel sti ike leaders in h,. Pittsbuij.ii them., circled the Capitol to Its liupies- alleged hlghwaymeii nfter a chase at district were foriun biting pirns at union sive entrances. A hundred girls JVnm ! !':"" o'clock-last night ly in find that' headquarters here- today for tl. taking the Seller School sang the Ilrabanconne the victim nf the hold-up had hiurleil of a srike vole of railroad workers cm in French. 'Inside the lotuuda of the Capllol the royal paity- vvas leciveil by 100 woiinile'd Boldiers from the base hospital at Carlisle and by lied Cross workers and nurse, tiovernnr Spioul showed the regal visitors the Senate and House chambers. "This beautiful building," said the king. "Is a credit to your state," King Albert uuil the prince were then csooitrd to the Capitol grounds unci both of them, along with the tiovernnr threw Jtonie shovelfuls of drt about, a ,f vcpKOOira ci IT" fT. Csliimn Two Neighbors and Sym-' ' to learn the possible moves of Hie lei, ntits in the future. Action Was Hxpcelcd Those who enme out of nieie curi olty were nctliall) dlsillipnliiteil at the postponement of the eviction proceed lugs, was evident that mniit c lieclcd Mellon should the threat In em t lllabb be euiricd out. i Incidentally Iheie weie at least two sioie of .voungstris in the assemblage Piocccdings weie stalled against ('bibb. It is said, because he iefiisH to 1 pay an Increase In lent from S'.'li to MV.' Delles Constables lilnlih iccelved woicl scvcial dins ago that his goods and household fuinili- ings would be placed on the sheet to day unless he paid an Increase in lent For the last two months lie has defied , Constables who have come to collect hi I I rent. He believes the lucicnsc to be i i unwarranted, and the majority of Hie I neighbors agree with Mm. All the resi dents of the 1100 block oil South Ituhv sheet arc members; of the tenants as social ion. " l Neighbors Halted protesting when tlie landlord notified them two months ,ig I the rent ill all the houses in me menu hail been laised to !WJ n month. I Signs appeared on Huby sheet houses leading. "Show protest against piof I Steering landlords. " and "Come and see the lanclloiil put a ueceni .meriuiii til the hit eel. (ilahb claims the lesiclents refused to pay the increase. Some of them, he "aid. olTeied R'1) a month If they weie iriien a nilie-montbs lease. 1 Hey coillcl 'CALEB FOX HURT Financier Has , Dislocated Hip and Fractured Breastbone. In Abington Hospital v ... CRASH IN FRONT OF HOME . oiomliicnt banker of this 111' "II I V'A 'lOIUIII' "I U'" ..:.. .. i.. ... i.!....... i- :..i ii... l.al..t. ?.- 'll.' IS M IIH' .lUllll'MI .'Uliiuiiui .-- pital suffering f,o,p au ij,rt hip. a fractured Incastbone and other l.i. ....... ....,.. i.ii . '. . ' '.' W.'1 -t'oils?Jln.'1?A.'iilJ.vvM's..dilo-cate'd, ha"s"been icset. and physicians 'at the hos'piinl today. said be was rest - 1 lug comfortably, The aiiident. uccoi cling to witnesses, resulted when Mr. Fo tried to diive his car thiough the gateway of his lesiilcncci on Old Yoik road. Ogout.. The uiachiiic clashed into a stone pillar, ovcituiuecl, and Mr. Fox, the only oiviipant. was crushed between the damaged car ami the gutc post. It was at first thought that Mr. Fox would not live, but physicians at the hospital say today he will piobably re covei. ' I'allier of .Mrs. Kllilns, Jr. The accident to Mr. l'o occurieil Wednesday afternoon at about the -ame time tJeorge W. Klkin was ' stricken with apoplexy on the golf links of the Philadelphia Country Club. Mr. , 1'ox is the father of Mrs. (ieoigo W. I F.lkms, ,lr. , Mr, Fox' was at the Pliilaclelphia Cllllllh'.V Club ills) l.cf.ii,. tin. in,!, Ii.nl He was still in his irollimr suit um! Ins ' golf sticks weie found 1n the wn-ekeil iiiinliin Chailes P.utl o( the Kvvanl Wilkie Alotor . Company !II7 North llioiid sheet, heard the crash and helped the Danker from his wiecked machine "".p" ."'auwiis the bauker until lie 7 S"", . .',,., ,0"!n!"?1 "" ,l". . " " I ""i ""-" '""i loin ineni his name. v ROSE VALLEY GARAGE BURNS $25,000 Loss Because of Lack of ... . water to Fight Flames t Media. Pa., Oct. ill, Fire destiny rd in thiee-story garage on the ptopcity' of Hoy Jackson, in Hnse Viillev. emit this , inornlug. and iiiJnecl three high poweiei! 'cars. 'Ihc file was dise-ovcied by the chaffeur. John Heaver, who with Ills wife and baby occupied the thiid story as an tiptu tineut. Heaver, uflrr learn ing that the tire was on the first floor, removed hisvvifc and baby to safety. The .Media lire company lespoudeil, but the liremeu were unable to save Hie building because of lack of water. The Juiksou pioperty is occupied by Dr. C. A. Kinst mid family. The loss is appioximalely .f.'i.OlKI. , Un n MAM Mfl DDnOCr'IITnR ' Arrested After Alleged Footpad Is pu. SL.... D.LI iff... nl . (away. The rlefendant. Ani-eln Mm enn. Tenth' sheet near Smith,, today was held with- ouj ball for a further' hearing October III by Magistrate O'Urlen to enable the police to locate the prosecutor. Accoiuing to mtrolpian llagen. hie linlcl-nii occurred at Rleveuth and noi. footpads were a white groes. As Hagan ran man streets. The man anil itto negroes. As liagan ran up and llie alleged robbers tied llie ASAUTOHITSPOST victim wipi mat he luu lieen rouoeii ouine ngui who ho- sein loinpaiiu... as $'J.". I ,$.i a week tier man wouhLirepiJie iiionl- Hagen eapghl Moreno nfler a chasp, (linn SJ.nim.iHM). but that the strike but when ue returned the victim Jiairiommiiiee is appealing lqr .suffli teut disappeared. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 24, 1919 ! - " - ... tattHMIl V'' '"m aaaaHaK iaBBH i aWMHNMHMHHt IOIIN I). ICOCKKI'KM.KIl. lit. Who TTis siiggestcil lliul the public Riiiup rcpiiit to l'resldeut Wilsnii Hint the inclnshl.il conference is li.iiiliiupt, and recuiniiiend a coin mission on unrest MERCHANT KILLED BY STATE TROOPER Rovnuor " v u i v e i evolver Accidentally Dis charged in Struggle After State Police Chase Truck ' .. ..n SMASH-UP .. FOLLOWED A I.ouis Iteiger, III jenis old. "i-l-Maiket sheet. i fill nit 11 1 o cleiilei . wns nil idi-niiy shot nnd killed at eleen o'clock hist night lij a member of the slate police dining a stiiiggle jm the flout seal of an automobile truck on which Iteiger was riding. The shoot Jm; ncciiricit' at Oakfnid llridge, two and a half miles ninth of lliistletou. Iletger's truck, it is saiif? ran into an aiiliiiiiohile on the Lincoln Ilighwiit. at (ileun Lake, thiec miles cast of Laiiglioiue, mid then cllove awnj. The sniashiip occurieil last niglit, and im iiiiilinlel. after the collision the owner ol the wiecked automociilc, whose iclen hli has not been learned, called up the hciidipiaitcrs of the stme police at l.aiiglioine. "M, car lias been hit by n Irink on the Lincoln Highway. The diiier wouldn't slop, t'ahh him when lie get to l.aiiglioine." Tioopers Chase Trmk Majer Wiiiilhaui and auotlicr sinte hooper left the hcadiiinitei to hunt Ibe Uuck. The tioopcr followed the , auto huik after it had passed l.niig borne and caiiglil up to it at the Oak- '"' coM'ieU Urnlge. 1. . "i , ,. Arioitliiiff tn tic Mnli nuhir llir.i ,. . f'- .. i ; -''d on Iteiger to st,,,, fon.-t lines ,,,,, ' "' "!' '' "'' ,"'k .is i-aigged Hom one .side of the road to the oUiA- in an ef- rent Io keep the aiiloiioble used lit; (he lliioiiniu li'iiiu iiiiuumir I um II""-VI - 1J1I, --lll III' 111. Ar- O.lUloid.lil'illB. it is said, lier- ger stopped his machine and ran into a garage and telephoned to his, hiothrr in this city and explained why he had been delayed in leaching the oltfi . Merger then juinpc'd ciu his machine and ordered his negiji chauffeur to drive on. At this time Windham, and the other hooper had overtaken the tl lick and jumped on the step. They told the men Hint they weie under aiiest. IJeigcr. It N alleged, then kicked iiidham. In llie struggle which followed llie trooper's! revolver was iici uleiitiilly discharged mid a bul let entered IScrgcr's limit under the ci in .mil took mi upward course and sevciecl the jugular vein, llergcr died shoitly alleiwaid. Hi hodv- was taken to lean's Moigue in L.iiisilownor' A negro iianiccKP.ulllck. of this citv. who vvn- driving llie tinck. made li'is ' '"', Wsl during the excitement, ftov AlevnDdei. another negio who was oil Ihc seat ol the truck at the time of the shooting, is' held as a witness bv the stale police. Coroner Harvey S, lhie. of Itristol. who is investigating the shooting, has not oideied the iincl (1f Windham, and will nut do h, nnlis f mt hi- in- ti iig.uioiis nn mai.es justify such no- I onnier Kile has been uniih'e to learn llie identity of the man who called up the police lie;ihuai'tcrs, uklng-ior tin nicsl of tin- men on the huck. -Tti aiitoiiiohile has n N it is not believed iiijilli'd. I lei gel Was in biother e i disappeared, thai any one and was r his lill-ini Willi WOMAN AND 5 MEN NABBED FOR RIOTING Canton Police Club Steel Strikers Gary Troops Will Fire if Attacked Canton, (., Oct. L. i P,y A. IVP Six persons. Including one woman picket, aie under aric-st following ills older near the Cnited Alloy Steel Cor poiatlou plant heie last night in which hundii-ils of shikers took part. Special police used c-'ulis freely. The trouble followed fighting yestculay when strik ers stoned sliccL cars and automobiles carrying workmen to the mills. Two more plate mills at the Sharon Steel Hoop Coinuaiiv's plant in Vouiigstovvu lesunii'd operations today. Chicago. Oct. LM.--i pop receiving lepoits that federal hoops patrolling1'1'1' ""' (in IV. I nil. . had been stoned hi- union sy mpatbirrs. Col. W. S. Mil pes oidered the patrols ciiiiiirel with hench guns. He said attacks nn it... soldiers would lie met with retaliating lite by tump . .'. ... .. inoyi-o hi im.- nun-. Johnstown, Pa.. Oct, L'l, (itv ,. P.) William '.. Foster, secretni-v of the committee for oiganuiug mj ;.,,. ducting tlie steel strike, and James .viaurer. picsiocni en nie rciuisyivaiila I-edeintioii of Labor, edoirssed (. (0 jentlon of District No. .. 1 i,it0, Mine Woikers, here. I osier su.ving that1! e- vioikvis, urn-, osur suymg mat i mar sirise oeuciiis um- impossible in ' I'"" " ..,-t-- ..,-.-,. ,.t. , tnui (i fiintkc to "Uku carc'tif tlia tftirviac, GROUP LABOR CONGRESS FAILURE DUE TO MAKE-UP Hodge-Podge Personnel duced Loose-Jointed, II Assorted Conference Pro- DELEGATES TO ASSEMBLY PLACED IN WRONG SETS Unions Compelled to Withdraw Because of Lurking Bol- ' shehvik Menace ! lly (.'KOItl.i; Ml Mtl'AIN Mun t'urresiioiiilriil nf ir Kcfiiliu I'uhllr oiwrioht. (30. hu I'ubhr l.iilott Co. ' Washington. Oct. !. The original industrial confciciice, lomposed of tlnee gioilis employers', people's anil labol is deadend buried. The labor lead eis lime leturnc'cl to tlieir duties and Hi" employers hae -t iilli-ioil to their lionies. The oiitshinilinir (iietin following Hie spectacular iXllnpsp ( t,e confer ence is; ""''""'en'eit will It bine in tlie minds "f 'be people and upon distuibed labol Iltions as they cist today V" I he lesiilt. as far us the geiieial pub lb' I c one ei ncd, will he an individual one llrguui.ed labor will judge it in muss formation. It will haci but one opinion: that Ils lepiesciitatiu's wcie for I into bolting the loufeicuce. A dispassionate view of cue crisis is accessary in tin- light f fuels IhaM ...... .M-rii unty picrcillliv UISCIOSCCI O Ii ntn.l ... r.. :.. .;... t. . ., cated on interviews with menihuis. oer- s , '";",,," niciuiMs per- soual coiilact with lie nmi nl ilm .,,. . , . - . , I"",. llllllllllllllMIII OUCI UCCII ,JSl-UlilC'U iciufercncc. and statements fiom louh- the ceutial dihiil. was the lirt wll- among tlie niineis. and there had been , Hernial sources. ))(,sv i nun h talk of -hooting public officials llie personnel of the confciciice wnsl ..,, ... ., , ..,,., .. , ,, 'and taking coutiol of the ginernnieiit. a hodge-podge. No nioie loosely core- .. '" "', ' ""', ?'' "' '", '""'"''I' , "The leporteil outbrak bv mines is iatcd body of men and women ever a- ' came when I Inef of Police loibis palpably untrue." said Mr. Lewis in seinbled in Washington. It was tluowu came to Chicago fiom (hut -IM last ' Wnshinginii after leading that the gov together with an otlicial pltihfoik. sp,-is with ,e,,uest for machine guns ' '"."'or had iiollfied him of serious ,-undi-llankeis. biokers,arnieis. apostles of!,'. ",,,,, , ,' ' , ,i ti,m, ' "" "bin 1'ieek section. He so-called advan 1 thought, haul- , u,1"1 """""J Intel ventiou. He lold us . ,Ki( )l0 ,nil p , ,, lieaileil ami narrow -visiuned business men. iloininaiit leadeis of labor con servative and hopeful, ii'ul othcis,. im patient under icstraint, wcie gathcicd fiom all comers of the couiihy. set down line in Washington without anv piogiam wiiutevcr, and Icild to get WOlk. It began by establishing ceitain lules on pioceduie. uuiipje and expeiiiucutat. which subsequently were violated upon the slightest provocation. Its times of meeting and adjournment weie at the capiicc of individuals and group-. Time limits on tulk were diiegurdeil. Ux- pediclicy was Its rule of practice. It otiu tli.. n...it .... I.. I.... a- 1!. was the most persistent little body of adjoiirneis" ever 'tiitefnblpcl"licier Fiom Mint to 1'hiIsIk- it was loose jointed. il-iissiutocl and afflicted with pailiiini7iitaiy locouiotor ataxia. Thoroughly Aiuiricui Hut II was thoroughly Aincriciu. In tiny diagnosis on its Americanism each individual's heart would hi found in the right place. A stranger to these shuics witnessing its performance for one day would have declared it ' 'chai in I erist ica lly A mericin . ' ' lllushatiiig Its incongruous group ar i augment the lollcull furnishes llie fol lowing : Minis'" Llbeit II. (Jury, of the I'liilcd States Steel Corporation, the great est iiupliiyer of labor in the country, was placed ill the people's group, though iiijpulnr opinion would have se lected him for the most i onspicuous seat r at the employers' table. The same, hiiation would have bei n given II. II llndiiott. ot Vlilssachusetls, eniploicr of tl.uiisands in his shoe tiii-tinii-s, to A. A. I.aiidou, another great uiauu factmer. head of the Aineriinn Itmli ator Coiupaiiy. and Paul L. IVis. of Cleteland. also ranked as a large ein ploti r " Willi llie cMcplion of Judge liaiv. these iiien a e liberals. They h.ul syiu piithctlc teiulcni'ies and wide cxpeiience xtith labor. Had they been assign, wheie they legitimately belonged in Hit employers' gioup - they might have swung the pendulum away from that ulhii-eeiiirrwilisui which, with labor's lluvieidiiig ih'iiiauils. must s,iie the responsibility for the failui" of the con-ferenc-e. As an ollsil to the aipoiuhncnt of Judge llai.v. was the si'lrction of P.eil M. Jewell, an othi'ial of the Aineriinn I'celeiation of Labor, to the pconle's g-oiii. Mr. Jewell siihsiiiicntl.v with- ?;w ami iinoiiiei' lciii'incioii omciai, Fori'sler. was iiiiiointcd in Ills stead. Hut labor alieady had niueteeii delegates, a solid group, and oni e more public opinion Is entitled to iuuuiie why a twentieth member should be mimed to icpicsctit the public. No Nonunion Hepiesent.it It e Not a single iuiliviiliial wage worker, trpic-cnlative of .unoiganied or tion unioii labor, was iiniueil for a place on any sioiiu. Chillies IMwuid Itus sell. a Socialist and a militant cham pion of hade unionism, however, oc i upieil a fmnt seal in lln- people's group. Again public opinion might iiiopeilv uise the impiiry as to just what Mi. llusM-ll iciicsented outsiel6 himself. It has aliiiidy been poiutrd out ii, pi c vlous dispatches that s far as known no single lepicsoutatiie of the people had ever won public eouliilcuec or political distinction enough to .be .,i.,..i.i in nubile otb'ce. in tills rcsocci it was a public's gioup with the public lint tin- public gioiiii vva not uniipie in these lespei'ts me sn-iaueii eiu iilnieis' gioini was almost, a farcical reiiillioicl em I'"' rniirttfii, Culiinin Onr VOLUNTEERS WANTED Committee Seeks Workers In Roose velt Memorial Campaign Voliiilleers wanted' The -anipjign for meinbeis for llie Kooscvelt Jleinoilnl Association will be can led into Ibe theaties and moving pie till e houses tomorion- flight The Pliilailelihia committee of llie assooia. tiou wants volunteers who wll reporl ... ilumlin. InillnlinW eiiMilnw I. ; ,J bl. ,,molinent blanks, ' "', Jm.' e , wish to lendee this serv ,",. hnnoi" of the fentner President Ic asked simply to icport to the man uuer of the theatre neatest Ihclivlionic, IU1I volunteer (heir services. W'h9M nu think nf thick of WIIITINO. rlln. -iiv. rublidud Ia lly l'xcnt Minda Coprlfilit. IMP, b KING AND QUEEN PASS THROUGH CITY . Albeit, King of the Belgians, nnd Queen Elizabeth, passed through North Philadelphia station nt 1.33 o'clock this afternoon on their way to New York City from a tour of the west. The King, hatlcts, and clad In khaki, was seen In the last car of tho special ttnin us it whirled by without stopping. RETURNED SOLDIER DEAD FROM BULLET The body of Walter Franklin Darlington, said to be a rcsl x dent of this city, was found on the Palisades near Hackcnsick today. Investigation showen that death was due to bullet wounds. Palling ton, who had been ill and depressed since his l etui n from overseas, Js wild to bo the third of his family to dio blucii the bcglnulug of the war, two oTIier brothers being' killed in tltv service. REDS BUSY iNGARY, ! Army Intelligence Officer Reads Booklet Urging Revolution and "Open Combat" SOVIET MANIFESTO IS BASIS, ' lly Die Asscicljlrcl 1'iess Washington. Il(. ! - Kflrcts of the slcel shl sidelights Ike In (iiMc. Iml.. and sonic on aiiaichistii activities in the cllstu'cl weie i in llie Senate im- mittee investigating the trike today. Lieutenant D. C. Van I'.uieu, an intcl- 'i-'',n''e officer cm the tafr of Major lrr '"' , , '"' , '"" '" 'V ' tivneral l.eonan Worn comnuiniler. of i"c uc nieie wcie planuiiig to parade NAT LEARN ,. '""' ','"1'1 " leioliilion. "I sent lioeiiiiir (Jornwell a tele "I wo uiiincs were gixen to us as gram last night, bill It was on au en those nf hadeis nf the Aniirchl-t' club tlrelv cliffcieiit iiialtei ." he aclilcil. at i.ai. lanlinll Minllie Ccoige. Thc weie Kiissi.ins ,,r Austriaus. De Ceoige irwas a chemist and vw leaiiifd later that he was operating hear the Aetna l.plo-ivo Yv oiks outside of (Jury , wheie j guiicottoii was available fiom llie wastes mil sole the mill. Lieutenant an I'.ureu lend extracts fiom a booklet selcd at liaiy. It uigicl levoliilioii upon all winker in all lands In tin name cif the "coiiipicr-in.- tiioli'tiU'i'il of ltuvsia," and uld "open coiiibiit" wo the only mud to the I die-sMif grievances-. l'i'(ipiliiiiiili.(s I sr .Malls "All the uiiliials of Hie country aie ii'iileriii'; on the puipagaiidn of Lcnine and Trotsky," the witness continued, "I call to your attention the fait that it was pi luted in Chicago lit- the Aibi Icr eitiiug Publishing Company, whicii is siguilicaiit." , "Is this stun' going thiough the niris?" Cliali mini Kruvon intiiied. "Oh. yes." 'ui ISurcii teplled. "Well, it'cl In Iter be stopped it our goteiumciit i-n'c In Iciouie huiiotcnt." iciiicikcil Mr. Ixuiyoii. "Arc thele anv nl'l:llii..iliniis in Cumi which Si ii i!i "i tb- - I sniini't tin- iiio-'r.im.' n-keil Phlr lii-uilljl'r ui, i oioiado I huit II li-l of tliein. said l("Plyiug to Chairiiiati Kenton. Lieu ten. nit Van liiiieii -niil a icpoii was made to the Dep.u tineut ot Jusliie. but so tar .is be knot iheiv bad been im pros ciitioii. i. added tlml tin two men had left lja . "We found in li,u-v after military occupul'oii Iheie-, In iiieiuloiis ipiautities of lid lltcl.iluic." the witness con tinued, i iihiitiinv -'i.-.t loci I police and iis-en-ialioiis ol i-iti.i n. had piep.ned the way lor mills ,,n the storage pi ices Itrds' Itin'r Is IJussl.ni ii "'' Ic I iu . i ' el, the .llial'illist mid .o si, ,.t. i i. m iiiilrsti, of th cii-ii'im-ii I paitt or liiissin, put out as tvii-ii is ,ui, veil ,i. ii,, 'iliinl interiia tionil.' vvliich n si nli'iil at Iom-ow in Maicb. Many Hiou-aiuls i opl,- of this were in tlnry ." IJe I'eiuinieui eel ooiiiiin; a scne of clociiiiienls pi line, I in liussi.in with names, of societies alliicind line! a huge piiiiitity of I, W W. litii.ituic. "How ui'iny loiei','inis ai'e taking part iu lliis' sh ike at lliiiw';" asked Senator McKellar. Dniiocial. ol Ten uesec. "1 b.iveu'l I'liiiuil .iu Anieiiciii vet," the witness answeied. "though -mui' of the leaders have scioud naluialiaiioii papeih. Hen- aie some of llie pioclui lions ol the liinoii That's ii straight if Hilssiau oikirs. I to Inl.c lip several in the siil,jei-ts sug an.irchistii societv. gestecl in the message sent to him ve. lle.e one of tin in. cut it lid -The I 'nuns of find. 'jan aiiti-ieligioiis pamphlet ilis Cllsslll-f vvur," A whole socles of funis ami pam phlets in liussiaii, put mil by the union, wen- rend into Hie hm-oiiI. "Did von' get these in houses, m how '" I'linli'iiiuu Kenton askid. "I i. Iiiiiisi-j. and halle," Van liuien lei'i-l "Soniehiiics ii.cn an otic' Would bnvo I, W. W. liteiatuie iu theii pockl-N." Keiiyon Hints at I'lauie-up "It has been cbaiged tliat this ma te, ml w.is Milt i'io liary to cieate prejinlii-e -I'ralust tin- strikers," s,tj, C'tl mil' K -nyon. "We only know' tti- found il Iheie." Van Huien returned. "These people who had it usually Innl a lii',' picluie of Lcnine and Trof.ky. We found lil eially thousands of these iihotographs. It w.is reported to u that Klclnml Vcr hagin. vice- piesideut and heasiner of the steel workei-M council at (Jury, was a revolutionist." Van Hiireu then read a Inui-ii ipl of Verhagiu's exnmiuatinn before a mill tary tribunal. XJwiingfu admitted lie lief in icvoluliiiuury tactics. oiHisitjoii In the existing form of government ami faith only in organization along the lines of soviet Russia, "What is tills steel workers conn cllV" asked Senator McKellar. "II is the central body of unions en gaged In the strike. was the leplv. "All Aineih-au Federation of LabocTifflie coin nam to grant 'llie Iticie'iue iu orguni.atinns,' "I understand n, ,. Van Huren criti'-ized llie "Wuikers' lulernatlonal Defense I.ragire" asiised iu their franchise the borough "nothing le-s than an itiiririiisitii- out would tlo so at its cost. According to fit, working thiough the,i.' W W," .Superintendent Avery the company f "We found severaL,of lu members would wllllpgl)' rid Itself of the trolley J at liar), c uaici, Mall W. VATGOVERNOR F .charges Cabin Creek Miners Are Planning Another Armed Attack TRoops AWAIT RIOT CALL , lly Ibe Asfoclaleil Pi ess I Ch.crlestiin, . Va.. f-t. 'Jt.-lini i eiuor .lohii .1. Com well today sent a message to .Inhn 1,. Lewis, pieideul of the j'nited .Mine Workers of Amciica. in winch uconaigMi niai a secouu aiiurci invasion of the (iuyan allcy coal dis trict wns being planned b,v the jiilnci of the ('.thin Creek coal section n,- R"vemor also ihnige.1 that arms .....i !,.... i .. , ..." . ...-., ..... i ubie( t fiom the goicinor. Meanwhile, older have bet1!! leceived at ( ani) Zaibary Taylor to hold four piovisuinai iiattaiions of inranhy and ' machine gunners of the famous First Division ic.iely for liot and strike duty. I llie battalions will number 'J.iOO men. Colonel I'ealiody. ctnet of stall, is cpioted as having said no actual en- hainiug older had been rceeivcil, bull the older to hold the tumps jn readiness ' ununited tliut the .battailous uiigtit lie sent in WVkt X'll'.rMii.i Mini l.,t.M.l. vania. 'A .Ifiii.it Viiv1 ITi.r 'trXX tt'..l.:.,- ton that the War Depjitinrnt lend or- lend these hoops in lendliiess for riot i and strike duty. It wns suggested that if any oiclcrs had been received at Cump Tiy lor they wcie issued b Major tleu ernl "tVood, lomntancliiig the initi.il de paitmciil with heailipia iters at Chicago. A. F. OF L CONFERENCE CALLED BY GOMPERS Utticials of Oriraiii7ntinn; Affi i ated With Federation to Meet m Washington Washington. O.-l. '. tlly A P. i A eonfereuec of oliicials ot interiiahou.il Unions aflilititeel with the American Fn. oration of Labor wi'l be he'd in Wash ington mioii to eon-lile' Inilustiial dis pud's now iu progress and impending. Tlii- wa. disi'losed Jodat in the fol lowing telegram sent bv Samuel (ioni pcrs, in i sj, lent i,( the fede'-atioii. to the IHi-ni s!i,.',. rcdei-atiou of Labol In session nt Peoria. "H.xecurivc coiiin II Ano'i iciu Fed euitiou of Laboi', hefoie its adjourn ment Tucsil.iv evening, minuted a dec laration lulling In' lonfeience to be held in Washington at au early date to deal with set e -at of the subject contaiiii'd iu your message." The date for the loufeicuce author iiel by the executive e-ouncil has mil yet been 'ill lei uiiliiil. Peoiii. III.. Od. JL- illy A. P.l Cheer- fioni the hundreds of delegates to the Illinois stall- fecle-ntion of labor meeliug gieelecl the- leading this hum ii -lug of a iu "ss.ige fioiii Sami"i (lumpers, ill whiib the ii'i"iileut of tin- AmeriiMii Fei1er.it ion of Labor said that a cim feieme would he held in Washington telel.iy In Hie Illinois I'ourcutloit. NORRISTOWN CARMEN MAY OPERATE ROAD Employes Considering Proposi tion Jake Over Trol-,-ley Line Niiirislown, Pa,, Oct, -J I. The mo toiineu and condiiciois n the Nonis tottu division o ti llie Heading Transit Coiniiauy are seriously considering n nioposiil to take. 'otcr the tinllc) lines, made by thp" coiupanv some tliue ago in answer ly a demand for an iu e lease iu pav from forty -eight to lifly two ceut ii'i.luiiir. The pioposal was (hat the em ployes take' over and operate thr tiol ley lines through Xoi ristown. The i-oinpauy offered a fund of Sl'.l.lltMl as a nucleus foi oiieratlou and any as sistance il tophi lender. With the faic Ini-ii-ased fioni five to I'Jghl cents a year ago the employes have nptlci'il a gradual decieasi, in tiiivel and belle-t'e it could he built uji by o'leturn to the old nickel fare. following au inability' on the part i wages, the boiough of Norri-tovvn a few ,aJS Bti served notice that if Hie emu-' . nanv did not renair Ihe stieets as iiinio i (lue. Pub'OHnUon Pike Jfl a Ttur b Public l.cdafr Com pan). EA INVASON PRICE TWO CENTS COMMITTEE URGES "i PUBLIC GROUP ENO LABOR CONFERENCE! Immediate Dissolution Advised in Accordance With Suggestion Made by Rockefeller, Jr. 'St APPROVAL WOULD BRING- ' ADJOURNMENT TONIGHT "Commission on Unrest" Pro posed as Substitute Tenta tive Report Prepared Washington. Oct. -L Immediate dissolution of the public gioup the v niaining lenient of the national indil"'-' trial coiifeieiice - is piopnscd in a Tcc oniiiiendntliiii of the eoniinlttee of five., which will be mncle to the group tills afternoon. Should the iccnmmcndnitoil be adopted the coiifeieiue would "end tonight. The coinmlllee also framed a tenta tive leport for submission to Pirident Wllsoil. oiilliiilng the woik of the con fcreuce up to the time the lepresenta lives of nrganied labor withdrew. The action of the committee was III line w ith a suggestion of its chairman, .lohii 1). Itockefeller. .lr.. who thought' a commission, should be created to deal with industrial problems generally. Whether this was iui iiileil in tlie com lniltee's lecoiiniiciiiliilion whs not made known. The pioponl of Mr. Itockefeller was thai a leport be made to I'lesideut Wil son inai hie conlerericp was nanKriipc and uigiiig the apptiiutuicnt ot a "com mittee on uniet" to take up the work of Hie confciciice. The proposal to adjourn has not met with the nppiovaf of some members of the public group, who hold that tbe Piesideut desliccl the nienibies to cpn, tiiiue tlie work of ' seeking some basis' for industrial peace over the country, Mr. Itockefciler's position was that tlie public delegates havlug participated In llie full conference would be handi capped by unfavorable public opinion and that au cut lie new body should be cieated. Prior to the committee's report offl-" i ials of the Amerlcr.li Federation of Labor wen: aiioroachrd ns to their nl- licude toward the liuinosnl Hint iKn puhlic gi imp go ahead with the confers ence work and they were understood to bate pioniised their co-operation. I ...... ..... .. ..iiiiv... i, Miner vunir- - ia man of the shipping board, wboi cnllfjl. 'j-Sa at tlie White House today to idepiive ta las to the Piesidcut's health. apprdv'il,jy' l'.clwarel N, Iluilcy. former vbalr- , Vb imp Niiinn ruKiM. ii. im 7:imis.p.i niinr in '' . '( withdiuwing fioni tlie coufcrenc.etsi ffif j "I do not see how Mr, (i'oNnsii-Ji . ' - . ; -- ---"- -.v v 'cinilil have done nnUliinir different." Mr TTindei 'Tiihl 1tt. .ill fhn nxi iUiue?. fiom his standpoint and probably tfl.eitj&gj ucst lliing lor tlie country. STEEL MEN UPHOLD GARY 1500 Indorse His Stand at Labor Conference' In Washington New Yorh. Oct. IM. llj A. I More than l.'iOfl members of the Aineri inn lion mid Steel Institute at a meet, iug here todat unanimously adopted a icsolntton Indorsing the stand taken bv Flbeit II. liary. chalrmau of the board of clii colors of the Cnited Stiites Steel Corporation, at the national in ilustiial conference in Washington, The lesolution was carried after a siiecch by Judge (Jury, with an ova tion to Hie speaker whlth lasted several minutes. In Ills speech Judge liary criticized the make-up of the industrial con ference lie said that iu the employers' group theie were several persons, "some of whom at le-.ist should have been with tlie labor groit'i." In tegard to the public gioup he .aid that thousands X)f vocations, professions and other jlpcw of indiistiy had been overlooked, "all of which are men r or less affected by the cost of production, the expense ,pf living anil, therefore, the control aud conditions of both labor and capital." In lcgaid to the labor group the head of the steel coipoiatiou objected that then- vvis no special icpresentatiou o'f iiiioigaincd labor. "The same mistake M-ems to have been made.' he cuuiiriCilte-iL "by a large pen tiou of the- public that vvas made lliioilghout the war, namely, that or ganized labor ic.illy lcpresents oik itien or wage-earners generally, not withstanding, that as a matter of fact, at least N", per cent of the total ace non union not loeiiibeii- of anv union, or organization." Itcfi'iring to ladicil agitation. Judge liary -.lid that much had been made public lately about the attempt to sprracl the doe trine of Bolshevism iu this louiitry . "All nf us have known for som lime.' he added, "that this disease Is iM'i-i-trnt ami that theie litis been some inoculation iu the bed of tin- i'ou,utrlr. Still we cleuv that theie Is danger of serious iroiib'c Tlp-ie Is only one way in tie.it t lit-s disease and that is to stamp il out. to niecl it bolelly wheicver It can be found, to expose (t anil give it no e liuuci- for development, lu tbit free lountry theie is no mom except iu the prisons foi tlie uuai'chlsts, the bolshcvists. or other individuals; ulni seek to substitute the rule of foice for the rule of law and ii'asoii " GABELL PLEADS NOT GUILTY . , Innocent in North Penn Pank Case, v- He Says ' William T (inliell. a dlicctor of hl North Peun Hank which was closrd July IS. yesterday pleaded not guilly to eight indictments found against hlin iu cniiurctinii witn I lie cjasli Through au rrior it was stutnl thet tiabell had pleaded guilty. Kuteiing of the pleas of Halph T. Moyer, cashier, and Lopis II AI le-Iievl piesideut of the bank, bus been defer led (or two weeks to penult .trie coiln- ' J,. to make copies of the indictment' ngaiust them. Children at Play Start Fire t'lillilien itlnytpg with uindiirs slartM -a I'ue among bed ctotlilng ou the sees uuil Hoor of the .Ioriis 1'olaii home IV'J Canttell strfel, tvda) The house is. In llie I ear of fife engine house No, HU, and lllnfen were jfuie-kly on IlinMtM, with extingulsherw. Jiittte djiiniie vVas done. No oue wax lujutrd, A j I mi im m 3 4 4 : I 1 hrtl '' r ;,t , -"larijns eiu, . .. r -J AiLok ... ... ' t t.t.t: 1 t. , . 'f?!,f7;. J--L "ms & i"' '-" -s3 1 i i - vunn . . 'lku. Tift ;.? . i. ; h Si,! i'i.VClb.toBsl, .& "isi: & .T"J.,W!tt. l . ..,? ui ' i.1., 1 s'.. ISM ki .