"" YlltevFtiirrqii0y8Sf!v " " tiFSKl ( rffrpr-myMH-"" y-K- -"Tuf ."a'pitiVsW" , ct-. ' "VYV 'IJi'-ffS'J'Wi"?T'JW1? c f .. fcuetung public Wtbtt THE WEATHER Washington. Oct. St. Probably rain today and tonight. TiuifKRATt'm: at men hock NIGHT EXTRA FtXTAJirCIA.Z. S I !) t0 J11 12 1 2 3 4 i 02 Hi.1! iMltlr. mn i us j i J 1 I VOL. VI NO. 41 Knteri-4 a Bicouil-CIain Matter at the rosioClce. t Fbtladelphla, Tk. Unur the Act of March 8. 1870. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1919 rubllihed Dally Eie.pt HuniJay, Subscription rrtte 10 a Tar by Mali. Copyrlahl. 11)10, by Publlo ledger Company. PRICE TWO CENTS J FROM STRIKING BY U. S. COURT A.F.ofL. and Rail Brotherhoods Enter Protest; Walkout Can't Be Averted, Says Lewis ji , "-fc MINERS B ! w If- HUGE STEAMSHIP FINDS RIVER DEEP AND BERTH GOOD Scandinavian Liner Among Few First-Class Vessels to Dock Here AN ADMIRAL AND A COUNT I MAKE JOURNEY ON BOARD Countess Moltke, Daughter of ' Nathaniel Thayer, of Boston, Included in List It wns "nny port in a slnriu" for the big SenndinnWnii-Amorienii liner Frederick VIII. which docked at Catharine street hnrf nt 0 o'clock this morning. ! Tliis is one of tlie few lif-l class l'uie rs ( fver to romp to tlii port. and ""' p''111, 5s considered a bis step forward .for Philadelnhin. New York lovt the Krcdcri"!: VIM, trip because of the. longshoremen's Btrikr. I The bis v.cssel was stcamim along at , Oeventeen knots, just off Nniiiui-ket. , when the wireless began to crackle, and word of the New Yoik strike .was c -Veycd to Captain Thomson, with o i, is ) to pass New York and proceed to IMnla- , Hri.Pn,!V .... T,, .!, ,.n,ne. with, fo, up me irmn.ii" ," ", ; ,,,i ' Dlentv of wntcr beneath her keel, .mil j splendid docking facilities awaiting ber i nt the municipal pier. Proics Port Facilities aUhnlm men commented upon ine , Visit of the ship here, mid pointed lo nerVfe a rival as proof that tins port has the .channel and facilities for vessels Cf WSTnt Erector Hnssknrl. ot tlie DeXrlmV. t- of Wharves. .Docks and Ferries? said that while this was no the m't time a ship of the she an character of the FredcitcK UI liml come to this port, thn arrlvol f t J but here was, an event of wliuh M was both delighted ami proud. "It Is only the first; more are sure to follow.'" be ?aid. Scores of men and women from c Tork were in the crowd Katheml on the wier when the Frederick docked and 771 passenger landed. ,imi,,i Amoug the passengers was Admiral O X. Johnke, of the Danish navy, who said he ld come to America on a alghtspVing trip. Me "'""' '5 "J? a study of American ship and njijj Sards while here. He was met nt the 35cfi bfhta on. Danish shipping eom mlssioncr. S. A. .Tolmkle. ith the Sralwas his daughter, Miss fleerda Johnkc. ' Splotatformerly stationed at Her- & sIoIrcrT.rarlke!,,;i : S?-:KaVr.3K . loon't taking place about twelve ,cars Hgo? when it was one of the social events of the season. The Moltkes will visit the countess s &; Mr" and Mrs. Nathaniel Tl.a.v rr. at Lancaster. Mass. This is the first visit of the countebs to this coun try In eleven years. Liner Carried Bernstorff The Frederick VIII is the liner on (which Count von Bernstorff sailed back to Gerraanv when this country decided 'that his presence as German ambassa- rtor was unaesiruuic. ju.-n. """'' "" , "United States entered, the war. She is, commanded oy uupinin a.. t. j"ui een. "Xes, I took Count von Bernstoiff w-fcacV," the captain said cheerfully, when - the liner reached the pier. "IJut, I J svas too busy to spend much time with lim.'1 Captain Thomsen said the vessel left Copenhagen on 'October 18 and had bn uneventful voyage across. But while passengers nud crew had jio thrills in the long voyago across. the United States oflicers who met the L! 1. J n .llff.IWII, e-lmiw ,f. ,a!I Charles Relss, immigration inspector, find Lieutenant George P. Souwers, acting assistant surgeon of the I'ublic Health Service, went to Marcus Hook last night to inspect the freighter Wil- Iiam uiw. j While they were aboard that vessel 1 the Hawser Drone ana ine snip urnieti out into the stream. After n time the 1'CTtSUuc &U uu is ....... luft M.i.t rescued Mr. Ileisa and Doctor Souwers, taking them out to tho Frederick VIM. There they remained all night, vainly trying to get word to their families. Quickly I'ltotie to Families The first thing they did on landing Mas' to telephone to their homes to allay anxiety; When the liner reached Marcus Hook ' last evening it was decided to hold her there until this morning because of the, darkness. When the towering vessel appeared in the crowded river off the Catharine street wharf, many persons watched anxiously,' fearing there would be a mishap. But skillful maneuvering by tugs brought thp liner in quickly and with almost no bitch. As the ship was making her way to her berth there was a lively exchange of greetings between those on the wharf and those on deck. Representatives from Denmark to the international labor council to bo held at Washington vero on board. They wero Sv. NeuuasR and H. Vcdel, represent Jng the Danish government; 0. V. Vransonaes, of the Danish senate; C. V. Maden, representing tho Danish labor' unions ; Hllmar Vestescn and his alternate, H. Oersted, of tbo em plpjers group; Peder nedebol, of the House of Representatives, a socialist; ,arid Mrs. Marie Hielraer,, womun;m,eni ber, of .the Hous of Representatives; VS'it ad Jtr DahkJ'4' wMsws in .iii&.dllaStaW BIG MAN-IN BIG PLACE, SAYS LANE OF MOURE Political Sage Asserts Organization Will Be Behind Congressman Independents Will Vote if It Doesn't Rain, He Surmises i!y (ii;oitc;i; "The Uepiihlican iiigani.atiiin is I clainieil in genuine surprise ; "I am noil thoroughly lonl. Its perpetuation is prepared tu ntlmlt that there can be a' base,, on iK n.arlty and the great j ??.- ""'"'flfc hefiiJul M'X. ! bulk of the vote cast for .f. Ilninplon , it is'the heart, the shrine, of Anu-ii-Mmye next Tupstlny will I'omp from that can patriotism. It liulds an uneipialed source. The Iiidi'pendents nun vote if "iiancinl position, for it has bought, it does not rain " "And as to MajorV" was i it.,.,., i .Mi. "'!l1 estate ami lias borrowed onij .). iiampioii .Mimic isi.-iMW).otMi: perhaps not that much. . ...i "It is the best ia veil and best lighted "I luuc cieat cMicrlatioiis. lie will be a big man in n big place." It was David II. I.ane. the venerable ;.ntl respected Solon of the ItiMiiiblicin ian.. s lioiii I iiui nitoteil aliine, iieifh an hour tndin 1 talked with liini in the iiiialiitesl business oltii-o in the city. 'I he walls were coereil from Ilojir to ceiling with tiliotogrnphs, pen t, i,lst ,mr);. Morally, it is the bcsl aniMii ilnnviiiRs. cartoons In color nnd!,.jtv f jts si7.c la the Fulled Stages: caricatures m pencil of big men in citj rurica uues 111 pencil oi nig men in chj and state who hnvc been his political ami state who hnvc been his political friends and associntcs. Some hac been ileail but a few ears. otliers for t;cnt. I had called liv npiioiutiiieut with the purpose or getting from him. In the way of mulling comment, his iews on existing political conditions in Philadelphia, and his outlook for the future. In the drift of coin crwil ion I had asked his views of the posslbilitj. under the Moore icgliiip. of a greater Philadelphia ; a riiiladelphlii surpass ing nil) thing in any period in its his tory. I'liiladelpbiu I'aragun of Cities "A greater Philadelphia?" lie e Lnnve Philnrlnlnhia on Liner Europa to Buck Living Costs Back Home STRANGE SCENES ON DOCK Sixteen hundred Italians sailed fron this city on the steamship Huropa at noon today to buck the high cost of living in their native land. Most of them nre going back for the sake of higher pay and lower prices than they can find in this country. At least they have hopes. But a voyage of disovcry of a place that will yleldj,a low living cost makes questing for golden Hiece look like a trip on the Vine street ferry for e.cite- meat. Wages in- Italy for some forms of labor are higher than in this country, iind this shifting population ,, fonaJ for sunny skies and the pursuit of the p1,,k-o lirp elusive lire. x , Another reason for their departure, which can be sympathetically under- first of July and the still more unfortunate twenty-uluth of October. There's no place like home, especially when it stays wet. Are Seeking an Arcadia And so these foreign-bom optimists are sailing uway from cloudy, dry, ex travagant Philadelphia in high bope. that Italy has turned into Arcadia dur- ing their absence. If nnytliiug but tuc sen Dreaits on the homewaid-bound stenmship, the, 1flO(l tinkAii'ipr m'OKt. of whom are 1000 nasseiiL'ers. most of whom are . . TA MANSMU ' , .www . . ..... .w w. FOR NATIVE SHORES traveling third ?lass will uever get personnl liberty platform with the sup their belongings together ugain. They port of the liquor interests, suowed may not have found the ties that bound I him under in the city. Manv of the a I. A .. 111. II . ,1 ni .it 1 ir . c 4 hah r llllf 1 .ll 111 . . . iiiciu in x-miuui-iiMiiu inj ouuu, u.... . Lo,, tl.ov left it was with half the string and rope of the city iashed around their baggage. The scenes on tho dock and on board the ship just before she sailed pre sented a strange raveling of the ties that bind the hearts of men together with all the other kinds of twine that hold their beiougings one to another. The travel of our foreigners is always characterized bv cxeitemeut and string. And in tlicturmoil of the crowded dock and the confusion of baggage the one' bright preventive of chaos was stout American twine. Karlv this morning the passengers be gnn to 'arrive nt the Vine street wharf. They came struggling along on toot beneath suitcases nnd bags nnd bundles. Thev dashed up In rickety JJttle cars, all lathed about with traveling bags and small trunks, They trundled pushcarts of luggage up the street to thjn dock. The length of Vino street showed a long Hue of men moving saggiug legs be neath great ldads of suitcases and bags, or leaning breathlessly, agalust piles of impedimenta. j Rooseveltian Families As the time grew later taxis' bumped over the cobbles to tho deck and dls gorged families of unbellevnble size. Out they poured until it seemed as .though tho smaller members' must be running around to tho other door and scamper ing through the car and out of tho door a second time. Everywhere families and groups sat upou their baggage and waited. Thero was a confuted picture of every kind of traveling accessory that has been used for the past fifty years. Bags ot every, color nnd shape, suit case models of all the ages, guitars and scythes, lav In placid piles. The bundles and bulging cases were lashed and knotted and decorated with ?ope like Inanimate Houdinis, who wero ex pected at any minute to writhe free and dash away to Lombard street, IWiiaui Mil hlnlr nf wt-.flln.- . mssk, M'yWFmzzii; .. " IT '' O a UtllLunl '1 nox mcCAi.n nun pain lor .iuii.ii.iio,i woriu oi peal evtute mill iniK borrowed nnlj city, great city I mean, in tnc worm. in a recent iiiasazini' i ' u puuiu gravurc of the streets In the poorer luaiiers of so-called wonderful l'uris. ,,m (n P,i ,,,1 ud no such streets or ,KvilIlcs ni were there nieturcd. ..,.,. i,Vi. the hest cltv hall and the lien fi... K im-gn ,itv in which a wiinuin t, ()ix ir(;r ,.tv III which a wtimai ...... ..,'it, ittnn'1ii,il nlmur its street- ,. ,,.,iit.- iittnnileil nlniii: its streets , 1)V ,.n ,. nil,lt without being Insulted, ' ' !,", comparison with every" other lnrL'p clt. it is the one where the here sies of snclnlisii)nnd holshevlsni arc at it minimum. Philadelphia has, rclativc l. the greatest philanthropic charita ble and religious Institutions tu the I'nitcd States, Its educational system is second to none, and in point of health it is superior tli Chicago by more than 1 per cent." The leader was silent for nn Instant, then he continued : "The citj of Philadelphia, of course. Contlmirtl on l'nge T,u. Column Two t-i WETS' MAY KNIFE Liauor Dealers Work for Was- I cott and Democratic Slate as Enforcement Protest NO ORGANIZED EFFORT "Wet" interests in the city may knife the Republican ticket nrxt Tuesday as a means of showing their approval of President's Wilson's veto of the prohibition enforcement act. By voting for Harry D. Wescott, Democratic mayoralty nominee, some opponents of national prohibition believe that they would administer a direct sjnp to the Republican majority in llOtll hmnphria nf rinnfnca fnf !,., of . men3ure r,p,. i, t...:.i., , ' '-. A. . . . " ' ,"'"" "" '"p P" ot tne I 1 . .T , V'moratle I '' 1 as not become widespread, but ?. tbe nil'iB momentum, its inception followed the passage of the enforcement act over the presidential , veto when a delegation of brewery ' ""'Kcrs caueii on Mr. Wescott and I lntirratt Mm l..l. , "' llim " "upport Workers Distribute Literature These workers, particularly the dri crs of brewery trucks, have since been reported as distributing Wescott liter ature over the city. Democratic leaders nre keen to make capital out of the dissntisfnetion of the linimi i nracactc, 1... . .. i it . KoViVlonr The' DoJiitlc rft "" mittee supported Joseph V. Ou'ffey for ' the Democratic gubernatorial nomin- ation last year, uuffry was pledged to prohibition and Municipal Judge ltnnnlunll Ma nn.,AnA, ...l.n .. ... .. llonniwplK his nmmn.ni ,,-hn ,.n .. cuv coiiiiiiuicc worKers retiiseil to eo along with tho central organization and turiicu in tor nonnlwcll. Thnt part might be forgotten, but a later Incident rises up to worry Demo cratic leaders. At a meeting of the cltv committee Tuesday night Frauds R. Seullen. an employ in Judge Ronnlwell's court, offered a resolution to approve the President's veto of ' the enforcement bill. Seullen. in offering the resolu tion, declared that it would give the Democratic nominee something which he did not have, an irsup. The com. nnuce urii-urni wie resolution on tne ground mat it had committed Itself oral AmiValH " ' CaUs Dry Act "Damnable Thing" At a meeting lost night in the Twenty-eighth wnrd Wescott. however, vir tually repudiated tho cltv eommlttee's stand on. prohibition. He called the prohibition net "a damnable thing which uevPr wnum linvP Passed if tlie hovs who . MOORE TUESDAY were fighting in FrUnce had been home." He opeuly announced the support of One Man Killed In Demonstration In the powerful union of brewery wagon Kentucky Town A number of liquor dealers are said! Corbln, Uy Oct. .'11, (llv A. P.) to bo working individually for West- Angered by a series of robberies and cotfs election, but no united artiou has 'attacks on white men. a mob here 'last been taken, (night rounded up virtually all negroes Tii. nnootinn nf .,. .! - in Corbin except the older resldentu is said to have received some attention from thn retail liquor dealers' associa tlon, out no aeunlte action resulted. Such action may be taken when the executive board of the association meets Monday, tho day before election. nanilhllrfiflll 111am ....ai ami.Dnl over the attemnt to mW enniral nut nfitanJ the prohibition issue In the mayoralty! fight. They declare It will make no dif- ference in the result of the election. in tho gubernatorial contest last year' Judee Bonniwell nolled 50.000 votes in the city. Such a vote would save tho minority places on thn ticket, threat ened by the Charter party, and would be ttiA Mtrtnwt vnta .1 " M f ? r J ,5, given a Democratic wJWMy in jfflf. hi ' .. A- Jla STREET-CLEANING COST UP $659,198 Including Ash and Rubbish Col lection, Price Will Be $4,346,004 VARE BOOSTS HIS PRICE $200,754 FOR 2 DISTRICTS Advances Expected Because of ..... ' .... . MUUIIIonm VVOIK rvoquireu Under New Charter llids opened todaj for street clean ing nnd ash and rubbish removal In 1S120. totaled if l.:U(l.0l)4 for the entire city, nn increase nf ,'?(!."fl,7f)S ncr this J ear's costs. The lone bid for garbage removal was also higher, the Pciin Reduction Co. asking ST.'O.OOtl for 1020, a boost of ..-.l.10S. The two street cleaning districts for which Senator Vare bid showed an in. crease of !?''00,754 over last .rear's costs. Varc Denies Added Troll) In a letter to Director Dntcsiiuu. of Public Works, who opened the bids, t 'Senator Vare explained that Ills higher , 1,111 meiiiii no iiiiiiiiiouiii pruius mr iiiiii 'self. He said it would be absorbed by liicrenspil costs of labor and equipment. The senator's bid for the Third and i Fourth street clruiiing districts totaled I Sl.fJSO,"",!. computed with a total of sm jon ttu ti.t.. .n..'u .,., B 11 1 An iucmise iiV'slreet cleaning costsCITY FORGING TO THE FRONT for next jenr was not unexpected, lie- ' I cause under the new charter the street! ' ! must he gone over six times a wceU ill inw. I Street cleaning alone bns doubled in cost under the Smith regime. The same ; upward trend has been the rule of the I'enn Kediiction lo., walcli lias a moii 'nm.lv in Mil. iifillniifinii nf pttr ffnrlnlirp. This concern, headed by Harry I). ' Itcaston, Vnre leader of the Fortieth 1 nrl fin.1 ,Tiniinf.p,l v Vrinl Willinnl a Varc worker In the Twenty-sixic Iwnrd. lins sincp the Illnnkenburg ad .ininlstratlou, virtually doubled its j charges to tho city. Garbage Cost Goes Up Garbage collection during the Inst yenr of the lllankenburg administra tion cost the city $37.1,5S8. This year the amount being paid to the i'enn Re duction Co. is 5(l0.S,ft8L. More than a year ago the minimum labor force clause was stricken from the specifications in vogue during the lllankenburg regime and it is now up to the individual contractors to employ ns many or ns few men ns they'see fit to clean streets. . The cost of these municipal contracts has mounted since 1011. Division of the work into nine sections resulted In an ndded expense to the city. In most In stances the same contractors who did street cleaning in 'the old days ns sub contractors for the Vare concern are doing business now in their own firm names. efforts at competition by outside con cerns have met with nlmost uniform failure, with the result that the old time "regulars" have doubled prices without any real competition. Possi. bllity of a change lies in the number of new iirms thnt submit cstimutes to Di tector Ditcsman. CONTROL MAIL-ORDER FIRM United Retail Stores Acquires Mont gqmery, Ward & Co. New York. Oct. 31. (By A. P.) Control of Montgomery. Ward &. Co., a Chicago mail-order houe of inter national reputation, has been acquired by the Fnited Retail Stores Corpora tion Interests, it was announced today. IThe corporation aiso controls the United !r:n.. QnMAa r.. Cisrar Stores Co The old management will remain un changed. New working capital has been provided by the Cnlted, which bought 8."0,000 shares of u new stock issue of 1,000.000 shares in addition' to 40 per cent of the original stock. One hundred and fifty thousand shares have been reserved for sale to Montgomery, Ward officers, directors- nnd employes. CAPT. THOMSEN HAS FAME Has Crossed Seas 500 Times and Holds Knighthoods From 3 Nations Captain Thomsen, of the Frederick VIII, Is a famous mariner, having crossed the Atlantic more man noo times, holding the record. I ' " ,bp"5 fi'hted ,hL the kiB" of Denmark. Sweden and Norway, As the Countess Moltke six years ago christened the ship, Count Moltke, upon this voyage gavp n sliver lov ing cup to Captain Thomsen. MOB DEPORTS NEGROES i "I"1 m,J 'hn. ?. .?",d1nrHnc ......... - ---- -- .v 4HU miiiK iiiiii mil i-u .11,- . mil.. iiiir.i- in ,., .. nn font During the demonstration a largp number of shots were fired. One negro was killed, according to reports, nnd two others, 'vouuded. The town is quiet .,''.--- ..... MOORE ON BRIDGE COMMI88ION Congressman Moore, Republican can. dldate for tho mayoralty, was notified tndnv of bis appointment to the tiaI. aware River Bridge Commission, created to arrange preliminary detail for the ronstniction pi o onogp. connecting jpM adeipnm ana uamupn. ,inc aPttjakBiMt M'OB maua of uoYsrof oproi f. i- -V ". I' A S'1 X, I JtL i ,. H laHBBBHMsBaBaBmaBaai ' BBsnlVaaaaaHHlK ' lilT HHi ' t'HAKLKS 1!. AJIKS Assistant Attorney denoral of the lulled States, who Is in Indian aMilis to block or prccnt the iiiineis' strike, .ludge Ames bails from Oklahoma City. Ohla. Turnover in Financial World Here for Month Reaches $2,094,679,000 Philadelphia bank clearings this month reached the linnreeedelited to tal of $2.()n4,n7l.0H the largest in the city's history. The previous hlgh water mark was $1.1)35.4(18,1)08. in July. The remarkable total turnover of checks through the Philadelphia Clear ing House Association for the business monfh ended today, compared with Sl,l)ll.nt)1.474 in September, and with $1,8R,41f).l)l(). in October Inst year. The increase in clearings over the cor responding mouth last year is $20S,--2."it1.01)(). or II.U4 per cent. The month's turnover brought the total bank clearings for the ten months ot the current calendar year to $17, 1I7L3S2.430. This compares with $10, 1(1A'.I02,827 in the corresponding period of last year, a gain of $1,811,470,003, or 10.07 per cent. The character of this vast nmotiut of busiuess .is better appreciated when comparisons nre made with former years. The total clearings for ten months of $17,074,382,430 are com pared with a total of $17,107,7fr(,:i88 for the full twelve months of 11)17 and $13,083,317,700 for the full twelve months of 1010. All nf tliis furnishes illumiuating evi dence of the tremendous volume of busi uess being transacted throughout the countrv nnd the rapid riso of Philadel phia in the financing of the country s commercial' nnd industrial interests. The following table shows the clear ings by months during the present cal ender year compared with those of 11)18: loin l!ls Ine. Jftn. Keb. . Mo rf h April May June. July. Auir. Sept . Oct. . tl,R.r.MTO.S34 $l,SS'..H2T,Ain lfl.Rt 1 !.-,, ,1KI. 1,1- i,7.io.2sn.n:ii 1,(1311,350,0117 l,7Sfl.B17.113 l,R-,0,48I.nlO 1,033.4I1S.0R l.TOO.ROl.llT 1.B11.DB4.474 2,091,070.000 1,223.305,004 1(1.04 1,427.179,037 ll. m 1,B70,82S,2H4 3.45 1,711.9411,420 0.84 1,700,30(1.173 8.11 l,7(l3,812.7Ht 8.77 1.734.(138,082 3.03 l.mn.Hll.(!12 10.K2 1.886,410,010 9.04 Total U7.074.3S2.4W J IB. 102. 002, 827 10.07 DRESEL IN BERLIN EMBASSY Boston Man Will Be the American Charge d'Affalres Washington, Oct. 31. (By A. P.) 13111s Drrsel, of Boston, has been select ed to take the Americnu embassy in Bcrliu a charge d'affaires, when diplo matic relations are resumed, Mr. Dresel now is in Germany as a special commissioner. Before the Ignited States entered the war lip was one of the attaches in the embassy nt Berlin and during the war he served as a representative of the war trade board in Kuropp. Hp also represented the I'nited States on some of the prison camp orgauuntions. Mr. Dresel has been connected with the State Depart ment about five years. RESENT STRIKE PROPAGANDA Railway Expressmen Warned Against Move of Labor Organizations Chicago. Oct. 31 (By A. P.) A warning against strike propaganda wns issued today by the headquarters of the order of railway expressmen. ' Reports are reaching headquarters that the men are being approached by outsiders asking them to attend meet ings and register their votes to strike. These reports R. A. Jncobson, grand secretary and treasurer, explained come mostly frm Rochester. N. Y. and its vicinity. He attributed them to an at tempt of auother union to get the ex pressmen's membership into its or ganization. The gr.nd officers' state ment said: "Ve assured the wage board at Washington at the hearing granted us in September thirt we would give them ample time to digest the data furnished by our order and would nlso wait a reasonable length of time for them to hear other representatives nnd then to act. We mean to keep our word." Asks $30,000 for Injuries Mrs. Mary Wbalen and her husbnud Willim, f Blackwood, N. J., (lied a suit for $30,000 in the Camden County Circuit Court today against the Public Service Railway Corporation. On Oc tober 2 Mrs. Whalen was Jolted out of a Camden trolley and suffered a severe .hAi-lr. xhe Alleges. One.thlrd of thn damago rn6iey Is claimed by the. hus band for Jhe, loss" of his wile's services OCTOBER CLEARINGS ESTABLISH RECORD RIGHTS VIOLATED, ! ASSERT POWERFUL UNIONS' LEADERS! Back Up Miners in Denouncing Indianapolis Decision to Attorney General i PALMER ASKS CONGRESS TO EXTEND LEVER ACT President Fixes Prices as House Pledges Support to Wil son in Crisis i Ity the Associated Press , Washington. Oil. 31 .Officials of the American Kederatlon nf Labor prolcstcil to Attorne) General Palmer todaj against the action of the govern ment in obtaining an injunction in the' con1 strike. ' II i iiiulcr.slooil Mint there will be I no ch, in e in tin pollcj of the govern- I inent if a result o' the represent!! ' lions ot tlie union men. I Samuel Gomners. nresident of thp federation, did not accompany the delc , gntlnn, but nn engagement was made for him to see tlie attorney general , later in thn tiny , The federation officials declared the j injunction violated the rights of union labor and indicated that the coal miners ! would have their support in any fight brought to dissolve the injunctions. 1 Mr. Palmer reiterated that the gov I eminent wns proceeding solely against one union which, he declared, was try ing to violate tlie law. Hp said the right to strike was not involved. Railroads Back Protest Representatives of life four rnilroad brotherhoods, including Warren S. Stone, grnud chief of the engineers, nnd L. 12, Sheppartl, president of the con ductors, accompanied the delegation. Thelt presence was taken as indicating that, although not affiliated with the federation, the brotherhoods would glvo their powerful support to any action , union labor might take. An executive order fixing maximum prices for bituminous coal was signed todc) b. Prenident Wilson. Prices of nnthracite arc not affected. A few hours Iatpr. Attorney General Palmer asked Congress to cxteud the Lever food control act six months after confirmation of peace. In his letter to Speaker Gillctt, Mr. Palmer did not go into the reasons for his request, but said he would be glad to explain it before any congressional committee. The maximum prices restored by to day's order nrp approximately those prevailing during the summer nnd un til recent rises, owing to the threat ened strike. There is no material ic duction from the present prices, offi cials of the geological survey, said. The object of the order was to prevent prof iteering or increases. By states the prices are for 'run of minp, prepared sizes and slack or screenings and vary according to the mine. They nre the samp as those in effect January 31, 1018 Highest and Lowest Prices The lowest and hiehest prices bv states were announced as follows: Alabama, $2.4.r to $4.3.) ; Colorado, $1.00 to $4.00: Illinois, $2.0.T (lowest) : .Kentucky, $2.30 to $1.W): Ohio, $2.0.1 to $3.05; Pennsylvania. $3.2.1 to $3.0.1; Tennessee. $2.75 to $4.50; West Vir ginia, $2.45 to $3; Virginia, $10 to $3.00. Rules set up during the war govern ing the margins ol profits of middle men nnd wholesale and retail dealers were rp-pstahlished and Fuel Adminis trator Garlield was given all the au thority to rpgulatp production, sale, shipment, distribution apportionment and storage or use of bituminous coal that he had during the war. Thp Department of Labor was ad vised today that the strike order had been rescinded in Hopkins, Webster and Christian counties, Kentucky, comprising one half of the western Kentucky fields, employing C0O0 miners. President Fives Trices The Presidents executive order fol lows : Whereas. The. I'nited States fuel administrator, nc'tiug under the au thority of an executive order issued by me dnted the 23d of August, 11)17, appointing the said fuel administra tor and of subsequent executive or ders, and in furtherance of the pur pose of said orders and of the net of Congress therein referred to and ap proved August 10, 1017. did on Jan uary 31, 1010, and on February 20, 1010, exectltp and issue orders sus pending until further order by the President certain rules, regulations, orders nnd proclamations theretofore promulgated relating to the fixing of prices, the production, sale, ship ment, distribution, apportionment, storage and use of coal, aud whereas it is necessary to restore nnd maiti taln during the war certain of said iuIps, regulations, orders and procla mations; Now. therefore, I, Woodrow Wil son, President of the United States of Americu, acting. under authority of aforesaid authority of the aforesaid act of Congress, approved August 10. 1017, do hereby revoke and annul said orders of January 31, 1010, and February 20, 1010. to the extent nee eseary to- restore nil of tbo said rules, regulations, orders nnd proclamations therein suspended concerning: A. Fixing prices of bituminous and lignite coal at the mines. B. Fixing or regulating commis sions of persons and agencies per forming the functions of middlemen dealing in bituminous and lignite coal. C. Fixing or regulating grots margins or prices of wholesale and retail dealers in bituminous and lig nite coal, and do hereby restore all of said rules, regulations and procla mation to the extent herein provided, renllnueil en Pun BIlleBn. CImn nn. .r .-,-., ,. , i .. '" VST-TLf "I. 'U .. rj. ... .brmtRXfiA. .. .tUilvma. j-'B" -.tf-,- . -v.v.. . .... c y- Summary of Situation in Great Strike Crisis Federal Judge Anderson on applica tion of the government issued an injunction restraining the coal miners from striking. The order was directed to officials of tho union, who were instructed to re cull the strike order. Acting President Lewis, of the miners, declared the walkout could not be averted by the injunction. American Federation of Labor repre sentatives and railroad brother hood lenders in Washington called on Attorney General Palmer and protested against the issuance of the injunction. The government is prepared to guard the mines. First Division troops j have been sent to West Virginia. I President Wilson today fixed the! maximum prices for bituminous coal. Tho Houso by unanimous vote adopt ed the Senate's resolution pledg ing support to the government In the maintenance of order. Attorney General Palmer asked Congress to extend the operation of the Lever law for six months after the war. L Indianapolis Order Will Not Pre vent Walkout, but Will k Weaken Strikers CABINET UNIT FOR ACTION IJy CLINTON W. GILBERT Staff rorrMotidriit ef the F.irnlnc I'ublic Washington, Oct. 31. The first step of tlie government in'its effort to pro tect the public against the disastrous results of tho conl strike wns the In junction issued today at Indianapolis. The effect will probably be like the effect of the statements issued by the administration, largely moral rather thnn practical. The injunction ngainst the leaders definitely stamps the strike as illegal. It is not a mere declaration of the President thnt it is unlawful, it is a formnl nction of the court pronouncing it unlawful. It is more solemn than any of the previous pronouncements and. in n country which bns such respect for the courts ns America has, it will have im mense influence. But it will not pre vent the strike. Will Weaken Strikers' Front The strike order has already gone forth. The miners nre prepared to quit. All who really wish to sustain the or ganization leaders will go out. But on those who are hesitating the in junction will have its effect. And in every strik there nre nlways n large numbcrvof workers who are more or less on the defense. Under pressure from their fellows they may quit work. Assured of ade quate protection nnd backed up by n court derision that the strike is illegal they may stay on the job or uftcr quit ting they mny return to it. And those men. together with tho public, usually derido the issue. The fact that in this strike the public is arrayed on one side and labor on the other does not alter It fundamentally. The public, acting through the govern ment, is vastly more powerful thun capital, but there is a limit to its pow er, and in this sense Mr. Gompers is right in saying that all anti-strike legis lation is a failure. Will Not Prevent Strike Anti-strike legislation, like the Lever act, does not prevent a strike. But it does, or it may, bring the government into the controversy with all its capac ity to consolidate public opinion nnd with all its capacity to use its various forces to maintain, or enforce, the laws which it has and which capital does not have. But the government still has to act very much as capital docs. It has to maneuver for the support of the hesi tating workers. 'It has to undermine the morale of those who are out on strike. Its strength is thnt it may use armed forces to maintain order, while privntc capital does so only at the risk of alienating public opinion, a"nd it may bring into play the courts with their power of granting injunctions where capital has nlmost been compelled to abandon resort to the courts. But thn influence of the presence of troops and of court injunctions is largely moral. They are a sign that the federal government, the one force In this country which is generally ac cepted as fair, is arrayed against the strike. The troop can do no more than main tain order and give protection to those who desire to work. But their pres ence hnB a mighty moral effect fcnd .a certain practical effect In really assur ing the safety of those who want to work. And an injunction proceeding has chiefly a big moral effect. Strike Stamped Unlawful The strike lies under the ban from tho outset. It cannot be stopped, be cause there is no way of putting hun dreds ot thousands ot men into jail but goes under tne handicap or befcg officially stamped uniawiut and toe Continued n !' Blitten, Colfon To Recovers Stolen Auto An automobile Blolen in Wilmington, Del., on Monday was discovered last night by Patrolman Wilde, of the Twenty-second street and Hunting Park ave nue station. The car. which was val- ed at $2000, has been returned to the owner. R. A. Armor. 210 North Nine. teCUth Street. WilmlUgtOO. .... . a, 'e - . a 4: . H. . -...,. -- . .- i. A INJUNCTION OF MORAL VALUE II GETS INJUNCTION; HALTS Federal Judge Grants Restrain ing Order, but Miners Are Defiant STEP TAKEN TO SAVE PEOPLE FROM CALAMITY District Heads Declare They Ar$ Powerless to Provent Strike at Midnight By the Associated Press Indianapolis, Oct. 31. A temporary injunction restraining nil strike activi ties of the United Mine Workers of America was issued in the Federal Dis trict Court here today on application of thp United Stntps Government. The restraining order cannot avert' , the strike of bituminous coal miners Bet for midnight tonight, according to, John L. Lewis, acting president of the United Mine Workers. Lewis's pro- " nouncement came shortly after he had , been served with a writ stopping strike ' activities at Union headquarters here. District leaders in several states de- i ciare they are powerless to prevent the staMemenWW diCtat6d thc M1 . I regard the Issuance of this in- $ junction as the most sweeping abroga- i Hon of the rights of citizens guf r- ! nnteed under the constitution and defined by statutory law, thnt has ever been issued by any federal court. A Thig Instrument will not avert the 1 strke of bituminous mine workers I and will not settle thc strike after 4 ' it occurs. The injunction only com- S plicates to a further degree the prob- ? .w.. ,.uv,"; ni uu uujusiment jot j:t the controversv. Maw'4i Judge A. B. Anderson Rlgned the-intr-" raVERNflB CHIEFS OF UNIONS junction on ine snowing set forth by C, t, B. Ames, assistant attorney general,"!1-!! that a nnttnnnl rtfKnntni- n-na lmn.nilln '1 and on the broad general grounds that tlie government has the right to enforce '1 its laws and protect its people from calamity. . The order was directed against Frank ! O. Hays, the incapacitated president of the union; John L. Lewis, acting president; William Green, secretary- f treasurer, and all other officials of the ' organization. L Takes Effect at Once It took effect when Rerved and will J continue in force until after the formal S hearing which Judge Anderson set for , November 8. Service was had on Lewis, Green and ,, several other union officials and mem- f bers of the executive board, at union headquarters a few minutes before noon. $ This was a little more than an hour i after Judge Anderson signed the order, i In, presenting the petition Mr. Ames made it clear that the case will not in- volve the general right of workmen to j organize or quit work. He said it would have no bearing on other indus- tries and "merely involves the right ef labor during the war to restrict or de- S strov the sunnlv of food and fuel." 5 "It rests," he ndded, "on the broad J- generui powers ox tue government vo 2 enforce its laws and to protect its people against disaster." i are forbidden to send out nny other or- J ders, written or oral, tending to pro- mote the, strike or 'in any way malre it effective. They arc restrained from send- ta Ing any "messages of encouragement or exhortation" or from disbursing any J union funds as strike benefits. The government forces moved swiftly, -a once their mobilization was completed J, bv the arrival of Judge Ames from i Washington. He went to the office J of L. Ert Slack, district attorney, 2 where that official nnd his assistants t were awaiting. Judge Anderson was in chambers a few steps away and ? process servers were in readiness to i take the necessary documents to union 5 headquarters here. T Judge Ames made 'it plain at the ' outset of the brief proceedings that 4 the action was a government affair, -J taken at the direction of the attorney 5 general as a measure to carry out the ' policy of the country during a state of i war. v Conspiracy Is Charged The petition" averred that the defend. 3 ants had entered Into a conspiracy to restrict tho supply and distribution of 5 litliimlnAi,. ....nf n.J 4.. wamIaL 11 '2 UIIUU1IUVU. V.M.A UUU IU ICOiriVl. mV Ji ...&! operation of thc railroads by restrict lm ing or destroying the supply of ceces- S K sary ruei. s It set forth that the annual produc- 3 tion of the country was in the neighbor- 3 hood of 500,000,000 net tons, the prin-3 cipal portion, which comes from Ohio,;3, western Pennsylvania, Illinois and In- W diana, the centre! competitive field. J It said there are approximately 61B, $ 000 bituminous mine workers of ell ? classes In the country, of whom about (f 400,000 are, members of the United 1 Mine Workers of America. 3 The petition brought out that the application for the temporary injunc- 3 tlon was based upon tbe act of August 10, 1018, which in section four makes i it uniawiui 10 conspire 10 limit the ; faculties ot transportation or tne sup nlv or distribution of food add f uel. It also directed attention to Section 24 which keeps tbe act In operation ' until tno end or tne state ot war n proclaimed by the President. Cites Wage Agreement The netltion rehearsed the establish 1 ment of the federal fuel and railroad adi ministrations, the concluding of Uut Washington wage agreement betwuea's miners and operators on October &$ 1017, and tho subsequent extension ,of g this agreement to cover the period ef 4 ".,. i the war. ?, " '! " C, , ,X Pf i..,Xn?LE2i 'Cleveland convention of last SeptemWJ It sketched tbo proceedings of thvl fmntlmu'j'fti, BliLi. IUiu'TIi ' t . ' , .rt M ' "- y a" 41 n -ll A -i v H i M 4 j M Hi i,1 iiiii'!... j3A
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