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Under tht Act of March S, 187.
PHILADELPHIA, MbNDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1919
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fcuck - Shooting Craft Found
Near Capo May May Solvo
Mystory of Missing Students
WATCHERS ON LOOKOUT
rUAirc rsDiiconnic nicnnwcov
Relatives on Way to Attempt
! Identification of
Lads
AIRPLANES SCOURED SEA
Youngsters Thought to Be John
Ledbetter and Raymond
Iszard, of Cermantown
A sea -buttered duckboat containing
two bodies huddled in the bottom of
She trail craft, was picked up nt 1
'clock this afternoon n mllo off Cold
Springs Inlet, near Cape Slay.
The bodies are said by const guards
o,be those of Raymond Iszard, of Oer
mantown, and John S. Ledbetter, both
sixteen-year-old students at the Win
chester School, Longport, missing since
Triday.
C. F. Iszard, jico president of an
nuto supply company of this city nnd
Raymond's father, accompanied by
Douglas Howe Adams, prlnclpnl of the
Winchester School, left Atlantic City
for Capo May this afternoon to identify
the bodies.
Hvdrnnlnnes had swent nnd circled
orer the meadows nnd for hundreds of
yards out over tho ocean in a vain
ettort to sight tne missing noys. .unior
boats nnd power cruisers had chugged
and churned in nnd out of nooks along
the shore and beacon flares were sent
up.
Mrs. Ledbetter nnd Mrs. Iszard were
prostrated this afternoon when they
learned that two bodies had been washed
ashore near Cape May. Mrs. Ledbetter
had spent hours yesterday in a hydro
plane searching for her son.
Watchers Spy Boat
Watchers near Cape May this after
loon saw an object tossing on the
wells off shore. As one comber lifted
the object, they saw it was a small
duckb'iat.
When the battered little boat was
reached the two bodies were found.
.Death apparently was due to exhaus
tion and apparently confirmed the be
lief that the boys, who hnd been gun
ning for ducks, were swept out to sea.
The boat was pnrtly filled with
water. The clothing on the bodies was
saturated with salt water.
fix f- Hours of search today wun airplanes
rr"and nnw-crboats. failed tto, locate '.the two
schoolboys,
rtA, Father Abandons Hope
t All hope of finding the missing boys
alive hnve been abandoned early today
fcy Mr. Iszard, but he left Tils home to
take an early truln back to Longport
this morning to continue the- Benreh.
Mrs. Iszard was too exhausted from the
strain of worry over her missing son
and her exertions yesterday to accom
pany him.
' "I do not believe mv bov will be
found alive." Mr. Iszard had said this
morning. "He had promised to return
to the school nt a certain time, nnd he
-was a boy who always kept his word.
Nothing 'would hnve kept him from re
turning, if return had been possible.
"The boy was not a graduate of the
Germnntown Academy as hnd becnsnid.
He attended thnt school for a time, but
as he i suffered from asthma we sent
him to the Winchester boarding school
at Longport. There ho was encournged
to tage nn interest, in outdoor pastimes.
lie had a boat, a gun nnd fishing tackle.
"On Saturday morning he went out
wth John Ledbetter to hunt duck on
the meadows.
Sea Was Rough
"At 11:30 o'clock that morning n
life guard in one' of the bench towers
saw the boys get into their boat to re
turn to the school.
."He, said that the sea was very
.rough. Waves were leaping over the
breakwater, some as high as n house.
He thought that if one of those wnves
truck the boat It must have been
upset. Rut he did not see the boys
I falter their start.
iout. the time they were hunting they
wero in sight of the school.
' ''Had they been forced to laud nt
come remote place on the hore, my
con would have sent worn by this
time.
"Had they been driven out to sen
and picked up by n vessel, we would
have received a wireless message.
"There is but one conclusion. The
boy will not he found alive."
Mrs. Iszard shared her husband's
despondency.
. Mr. nnd Mrs. Iszard have one other
Child, Miss Clara R. Iszard, who Is at
tending Wilson College at Chambers
burg, Pa.
' Yachtsmen Out In Search .
" The entire ' coast was covered tnr
fifty miles north and south of Atlantic
City in an effort to find the hnr.
m Yachtsmen from the clubs at Cane May,
r Ocean City, Atlantic City and Beach
Haven nut to sea in their nnu-pr hnnti
IJ'Jn-an effort to find them. Small sneak
" boxes and power boats dotted the In.
". Wnd waterways and bays In n similar
.i searcn, uunncrs tramped over the
tf'tnarshea in the belief the boys might
IlavA been forced asliorn hv ornntnM
p and 'are trying to reach home on foot.
j.VAii iusc nignr. Deacons burned on the
earhes in the hope the (ires might
guide the boys to Shore, if they -were
adrift at sea. Airplanes flew low over
till, n'lt.ra linrntni. (!,, .VI1- t-
($'ajrrrs wa'tched for some answering
fjgwrk from the surface of the sea. It
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TRY GIRL FOR BABY'S DEATH
Seventeen -Year-Old Mother Charged
i Vlth Poisoning Her Infant 8on
, , llnrrisuurB, Nov. 10. (By A.P.)
, Jfr. Cathlecn Stewart, seventeen years
r ew,-was piaceu on tnaj in tne unupliin
nAllilftf AAIIiD rwldlf Ata llin ! at
kViac murdered htr yearrM son. It
Am 'liaarA1 trinf elin rrn a ttia a1II.1 .
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l we ueiense win De tnnt tne baby
Wallowed the poison while the mother
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SOUGHT BY AIRPLANES
Raymond Iszard, of Gcrmantnwn,
one of tlio Winchester Sclioul boys,
who vanished while ilnrh hunting In
tho vicinity of Longport, N. J. lip
Is believed to have been swept to
sea In a small boat
ITALY NOT READY
TO MEET .GERMANS
Discussion of Treaty Protocol to
Prevent Arrnistice Violations
Is Postponed
Paris, Nov. 10. (By A. P.) Al
though today had been set ns the date
for a meeting between representatives
of the (icrmnnq nnd ileloentps nf France.
Orckit Britain and Itnly to discuss the
proposed protocol to the German peace
rrcnftf in Tvlilnl, HannniiD nr. f.Tni.f.for1
to bind themselves to live up to the
nrmtstlce conditions, tliodiscusslon did
not take place. The Itnlian delegation,
it developed, was not ready for the
conference.
At this morning's me'..U3gs of the
council the subject of the shipment by
the fiermnns of nrms into Russia was
discussed. Instructions were sent to
the- intcr-allled military commission In
Berlin to notify the Germaim thnt such
shipments must bo discontinued. The
German contention was' thnt the amis
were destined for General Dcnlkine, but
tho cenernl belief In pence conference
elides was that they were intended for
'Colonl Avnloff-Bermondt, the leader of
the combined Gcrmnn insurgent1 nnd
Russian force near Riga.
Tinder the terms of thCvnrinlstlcc and.
also under the peace treaty terms the'
allies have the power to forbid such
bhipments,
STOCKS TAKE SHARP DROP
Market Weakened by Developments
In Labor Situation
New York; Nov. 10. Sunday devel
opments In theJnbor sltuntlon were re
sponsible for the selling of securities in
very lnrge volume nt the opening of to
day's, btock market. Hecllnes of U to
10 points were recorded In the first fif
teen minutes.
Some of the issues which figured
prominently in the recent violent ad
vances were under heavy pressure and
declined preclpitntely. While the whole
market was wenk, there were no Bigns
of demoralization.
ST. JAMES HOTEL NOT SOLD
Property Is Withdrawn From Auc
tion for Lack of Bids
The St. James Hotel property, in
cluding the hotel proper, tho annex and
it towcrhouse, which wns placed in the
hands of the receiver on August 'M,
was not sold today. At the nurtion
rooms of Samuel T. Freeman, lfill)-21
Chestnut street, no bids were forth
coming that renched the $1,600,000
mark. It wns deemed advisable, owing
to the fact that mortgage incum
brances nnd other liens against the
property totals $1,000,000, the property
be withdrawn.
There wns one bid for $1,200,000.
That was the only bid, made.
BLIZZARD HITS WEST;
MOVINGTHIS WAY
Telegraph Service Paralyzed
and in Some Places Mercury
Falls Below Zero
Chicago, Nov. 10, Sweeplnq east
ward a severe blizzard is raging today
over the Mississippi valley slates, rip
pling" telegraph and train service. West
ern Minnesota, lown North and South
Dakota and Nebraska were in the grip
of the'storm.
Telegraph service between Omaha
nnd Denver wns cut off. The bllzznrd
struck Denver after twelve hours ,of
heavy snowfall. Snow, driven by a
twenty-live'-inllc wind, fgell throughout
western Minnesota nnd eastern 4Nnrth
Dakota. Telephone and telegraph serv
ice in South Dakota war demoralized
by a heavy sleet storm.
Trains throughout tho storm area
were from three to five hours lntc.
Although local snowstorms were re
ported in various sections ot tliejiorth
west, the general blizzard did "foot de
clop until late last night. Mitchell,.
Aberdeen nnd Watcrtown. H. I)., Far
go, Grand Forks nnd Devil's Lnkp,- N.
I), and cities in western Mitinesnta were
in the storm zone nt noonOlost of
these rltles reported mild-Weather.
'In the Grand Forks (district the bliz
zard was preceded by'an electrical rain
storm. ,, .
Thus far.no serious property Iobh
has been, reported, lilt thousands of
sheep are believed, to be pastured In the
regions whero the blizzard is raging.
A heavy loss of livestock is feared on
(he innges of northern Colorndo, as the
blizzard struck that part of the state
without warning nnd the range Is cov
ered with snow. Kansas nnd Nebrnskn
also report heavy snow and high winds.
This mercury dropped below' zero In
several parts of the storm area and
tho furl situation at some points is
causing anxiety.
Ono Deliver theatre gave ticket money
back Inst night because tho compnny
scheduled to appear was enow-bound
Bomvwucn; yn icurusaiw,
GUI, TUSTIN
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COLES REPORTED
CABINET CHOICES
Stato Police Head Safety Di
rector, Ex-Recreation Member
Welfare Chief, It Is Said
SAY MOORE TREASURER IS
'SLATED' PURCHASE AGENT
Other Possible Appointments
Are Discussed by Party on
Waterway Trip
Hv a Staff Correspondent
Charleston, S. C, Nor. 10. Mayor-
elect Moore adjourned politics when he
stepped on board the Howard for the
trip south, but infnrmnl conversations,
nevertheless, tended to clarify the
cabinet speculation.
It Is believed thnt Mr. Moore has
definitely "slated" men for two of the
directorships. These two nre Colonel
John C. Groome for Public Safety, nnd
Ernest L. Tustln for Public Welfnre.
A woman, possibly Mrs. Jane Deeter
Rlppln, may be named ns assistant di
rector of public welfare.
George W. Coles, treasurer of the
Moore United Republican Campaign
Committee, is regarded as the strongest
candidate for the new post of purchas
ing agent, if he is not actually
"slnted."
Mr. Coles. 'It is understood, would
prefer this place above others which he
might have. Besides having a legal
training, Mr. Coles pleased Mr. Moore
by hs exhibition of business manage
ment in the Moore primary nnd election
cnmpaigns.
The Mayor will not appoint "nn out-and-out"
politician as director of pub
lic welfare. He wants, linwever. n innn
who Is familiar with political conditions
so mat, in thnt respect, the ndminls.
trntlon will be nrotected. The innn
also, must be Qualified for the sneclal
welfare nnd recreational work of the
new department.
Believe Tustln Qualifies
The suggestion that the Moore spec
ifications nre met with In the persou of
Mr. -Tustln, a former member of the
bonrd of recreation nnd a member of the
nntional education board, was unchaj
lengcd. A Bimllnr mention of the name of
Colonel Groome for public snfety was
answered by the statement that the di
rector must be a man of favored organ
izing ability who can command the re
spect of members of the department and
of the people. The strong position now
held by the Groome candidacy .is un
der heavy fire from advocates of otherR.
As a counter-barrage. Mr. Moore is
being urged to consider Brigadier Gen
eral Smedley Butler, son of Congress
man Butler, of West Chester. General
Butler first won ' fame when he wns
with the marines at Pekin and later at
Vera Ctuz.
The Mayor-elect Is also being urged to
consider the name of Colonel Hatch,
the man who commnnded 'the Phila
delphia police during the war. Chief
Cortelyou; of the county detectives, also
is suggested, though it is likely he will
be named head of the state police shpuld
Colonel Groome accept the directorship
of public safety. Captain Mills, "nf
the police department, li "slated" to
succeed Seuperin'endent of Police Rob
inson, it is said.
Welfnre Job Biggest Ftuzle
One of the hardest problems confront
ing the Major-elect Is the selection of
n woman for assistant director of pub
lic welfare. F.vcry time one group of
women suggests n candidate for cither
the directorship or the assistant di
rectorship another group promptly en
ters an emphatic femtnlne protest.
Delegates to the waterways conven
tlonare deeply Interested in the filling
of TITc post of director of wharves,
.intu nml ferries. The "dnrk horse
choice for this office Is George 1.
Sproule. It is said that If J. S. .
Holton, president of the Maritime I.x
chnnge will not nccept the office, he
will press the candidacy of Mr. Sproule.
On bonrd thn.Howurd a real boom was
at work for William K. Bernard for di
rector of wharves, docks and ferriesr
under the direction of Captain A. F.
Brown, president of the Vessel Owners
-.,, pninln' Association. Br. Bern
ard Is vice president of the Vessel Own
ers' nnd Cnptnlns' Association of 'Phila
delphia, president of the .National
Board of Steam Navigation nnd di
rector of the Murltlme Exchange. It
Is understood; that Mr. Moore, how
ever, has asked the vessel owners to
suggest other names.
It is felt thut Mr. Moore prefers Mr.
Holton for either whanrves. docks and
ferries or for public works, with Mr.
Continued on Tare Two, Column four
ROADS MUST ACT PROMPTLY
House BUI Would Make Them Flltf
Rate Schedule by March 1
Washington. Nov. 10. (Ity'A, P.)
Under permanent railroad legisla
tion formally reported to the House to
day by Chuirmnn Kseh,6if the inter
state commerce committee, the rail
roads must make application to the In
terstate Commerce Commission for n
general increasn'of rates within sixty
days after their return to private oper
ation January 1 .
The committee report said this pro
vlsiou.jv'ns inserted in the hill "In order
to prevent tne ruiiioun.1 nm iujius
, pit the guaranty and ninklng no effort
to Increose their rates until the guar
1 nntv period has expired." ,
' The guaranty Includes continuation
' .t. ..n. mi,it tiv till, trrtvprniiifhl f
Ol lliu imjiiiwi. .... -.. -
the standard rental for su months
nfer the roads nf returned.
LnINE ROBBERIES CONFESSED
Man and Boy Clear'Up Mystery of
Series of Crfjjjgs
Iincaster, Pa., Nov. 10-Stnte po
lice made public this morning confes
sions signed by Wllllnm IJrown, thirty
fivo years old, and Joe Schurter, .six,
teen, which clear up a series' of rob
beries and safe crackings in nine bor
oughs nnd on scores of farms during
the last six months.
At least a dozen safes were tapped,
a postomce was broken Into, revolvers
nnd knives were taken, nnd In ono case
an orchard was robbed of a wagonload
of npnles. Drown has a long criminal
record, Both ant In jail.
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GEORGE W. COLES
He was treasurer of the Moore
campaign committee, nnd Is re
ported "slated" for city purchas
ing agent
GREETED BY-EOCH
Allied Commander Sends Stir
ring Message to Our
Fighting Heroes
PROUD TO HAVE LED THEM
Ry the Associated Press
.Minneapolis, Nov. 10. Greetings
from Marshal Foch, commander-in-chief
of the allied nrmles in the great
war, marked the opening session of
the American Legion, which today mus
tered 2000 delegates -assembled to give
permanent shape to the bodv ind de
clare Its policies ns n force in the so
cial nnd governmental life of the nation.
Translated hv C. J. .Tnaaornml.
French nmhassndor to the United
States, Marshal Koch's inrasase ir
as louows
"My valiant wnr companions:
"The 11th nf November, 1MS,
the rnnitulntlnn of the nnomv vnn.
1 AN
LEGION
qillshrd, Germnny wns craving for I "10,'tlng, several weeks ago, the labor based upon two principles, thnt of
mercy and she "delivered over to UM i "'tuntlnn was not so acute ns now nnd shorter hours of work nnd n reprcsen
such trophies ns history hns never ' ''" 'nur,'r '""1 not been brought be- tation, or nt least sharing, agreement
known. ' I "ro the public ns nn apostle of radical- j in the management of Industrial enter-
"This wns indeed the vlclnrr nf tl.n I '"'' . . I prises.
nlllpit nrmios, who nrcltMitlv flirhtln.: hiul
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united In a Huprrmo. nintinumiM nnil ,mn, In " room m ioucge iiau, , The nation-wide round-up of anarch
violent effort nil their ciipi-rIch ns they1 U,rf.p the students who ar BpeclulUlnic I l8tBf HnNhevikI fend the red terror
had United nil thidr .innrw.
Will. I..n.1 l. '.-!.. A
IPfin iirrhtnrf nt tlirt l.nnn t.
Meuse. of the Somme,.of Flanders, after
...... . 1 111 LI U LlklfllIlt-. Ill 1 M .
hnrd dajs, resumed once more, by the
sine nt the Allies, the march toward
tne Jiiiinc,
"In n,la J. .!.. t- o..
time we celebrate the anniversary of the I'."' 8tat.e, ln wljnt room of College Hall
armistice, I want to be with vou tocom- ,"e mc(',l"K """M bc J'el1
memornte the past and to tell you that I " ""
snme'Siienr'if uZ rtthp' ??a?1 ,,,e ' CITY WON'T AID DOCK PLAN
same ideal of justice anil liberty, we i
must remain united as we have" been i
in the days of trial and the das uf i Assistant Head of Wharves Says
triiimplf. I Building Costs Are Enhanced
I'rouil to have been at vour head. 1 . , , . . , ., ,. -
I send my most cordial gicctlngs to the I , ,p?r,tl wl ' 'li . H . i i?'i f
v.ternns of the great war. illustrious I 1,,ll?,I,'1',,,lii in, "'l,rnT' .,0 ''.""A i"
by their immortal deeds, and to those B"'?1 n,'w ,IrJ ''Tn""1"8 in tl113
who, in the camps of America. WPre port at a cost of .f S.OIIO.OOO.
preparing with ardor to come nnd take Joseph S. Ilasskarl, nssNtant director
their part in the battle. of the Department of Wharves, Pocks
"Lastly, I wish to solute, ns e-rer nnd Ferries, said today that while the
living In n m-ninry of the past and on I city authorities were willing during the
the threshhold of a future common to I war to put up 70 per cent of the cost
us. the tombs of those who lie In the of Mich nn undertaking, lliey could not
soil of France, resting there ns n sym- i do so now on account of the greatly en
bol of our Indissoluble union." -" ( ha need cost of building.
The accompanying letter from Mr.
Jussernnd said :
"i'mi mny be assured that the mar
shal has very truly expressed the feel
ings of every French oitUen."
He wrote, thnt Mnrshal Foch was
prevented from coming to the conven
tion of those who "took part or were
drilling to take pnrt in the world con
flict" by circumstances, "which will be
understood by every veteran of the
great war."
Governor Welromes Legion
Governor J. A. A. llurnnulst, Cy
rus Northron, president emeritus of the L. 'i.ancaster, Pa., Nov. 10. llenjamln
I'nlversity of Minnesota, and Mayor J..fl' Ilnrman, a member nf Ambulance
E. Movers delivered brief speeches at
the opening session of the Legion, which
was called to order by Henry D.Llnds-
ley. of Texas, national chairman.
Discussion of candidates lit nntional
officers, with at lenst n. dozen prom
inently mentioned for first nntional head
of the legion, hns brought nn emphatic
refusal from at lest one delegate.
ItooSevelt-'lVeclliies In Advance
"When F'scay no, I mean no," de
clared Theodore Hooscvelt, one of the
delegntes from New York, when his can
(Hilary was mentioned, Others receiv
ing support from their state delega
tions nnd others Include: Franklin
D'OIIer. of Philadelphia ; Colonel Mil
ton J. Foreman, of Chicago1; Henry D.
Lindsley, of Texas: Colonel Ilenruu W,
Hough, of Ohio; Thomns-S. Wolmsley,
of Louisiana, nnd Colonel "Hill" Dono
van, of New York. i
D'OIIer wns unanimously Indorsed nt
a caucus of the Pennsylvania legion
aries' on board their special train which
arrived here last night.
To Observe "Armlstlre Day"
With ti , mnss of decisions nffectlpg
organization to be settled, first cop-1
slderntlon today wns given to selection
of committees nnd a tentative program
prepared by nn advance commltec of
stnt.e officers for submission to the first
session. With Tuesday devoted almost
entirely to rehbrntiou of Armistice Day,
Wednesday's sessions me expected to
prove busy ones for the delegates. Mayor1
Mtvers. of Minneapolis, lias proclaimed
a city holiday Tuesday, nsking that all
po'sslble working men and women be re
lensed to Join with the war veterans in
observing the first anniversary of fhn
cessation of lighting In the greafwar,
One of the features of the conven
tion will be nn ddress by Theodore
Iloosevelt, Jr.. who was elected Inst
week to the Stntc Assembly of New
Yok, ,
Aboard the special train which bore
the Pennsylvania delegates to the con
vention citv were three1 women. Miss
Mnrgnrct-Tliomas, chairman, nnd Miss
Illnnche C. Paul, secretary of Post fiO,
of Philadelphia, nnd Miss Mny Malnney.'
of Pittsburgh, who Is organizing a Itcd
Cross nurses' post In thnt city.
Whn rwi hlnk of wrttlns,
tblali o WI11TINU. 'id
MAURER BARRED
E
Provost Smith Cancels Meeting
Where State Labor Leader
Was to Speak
ACTION FOLLOWS CHARGE
OF "RADICAL LEADERSHIP"
Permission for TalK Granted
Only
for Private Gathering
in College Hall
James H. Maurer. president nf the
State Federation of Labor, will not he I
permitted to speak tonight before a
group of students of the University of
I Pennsylvania in College Hall.
This became known today when, Pro
vost Smith Issued a formal stateinent
j to the effect that the meeting had been
canceled.
Mr. Maurer was In New York last
evening, nccordlng to the officers of tha
Mate Federation nt Harrlsburg, ad
dressing a gathering of Socialists. His
whereabouts today could not be learned.
He came Into notoriety recently when
Attorney General Palmer, addressing
the majors nnd district attorneys of
Pennsylvania nt Ilnrrisburg, named lilm
ns nne of the "radical lenders" of
labor who should be got rid of.
Doctor Smith declined to be Inter
viewed personally concerning the plans
of n student group to hnve Mr. Maurer
appear before them this evening. He
issued this formal statement instead :
j in- iii.-i-iiiik ,ii iiiu iiiiiiir ntuiiA kioii,
at which It wns expected thnt James
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ll. .Maurer, president of the State Fed- , ,"': . "'"' " ."" " '""" "- ' ,7
ration of Labor, was to speak has ' Ipt,1i1 ,mt n" py iI"1!,fr,,', w' J'fi
been canceled i hands to compel recognition of their
"The original permission hnd been ' demands,
given to a small group of students to I Lnbor today Is In a resentful If not
have Mr. Maurer discuss with them I sullen mood. The practical failure
certain phases of the labor movement, of the steel strike nnd the govern
but since the students have posted pine-1 ment's prompt nctlon In the coal strike
anis not only In the University grounds,, nave ileepeneii nnil intensllied the feel
but nlso over portions of West Phlln'- Ing of unrest and discontent. No '.ndl-
i 'lelpliin, the gathering has begun to ns-
sume the proportions (if n mass-meeting,
i nuer the circumstances it was deemed forccil today ns a result of labor s de
best to cancel the meeting." I liberations In this city, or later, when
It. wns Iliiititeil mlf lit tli T'nlvprsltr I n mnrp timnitlnlla time affords flip nn.
that when permission wns given for the,
t 'Plin nrmlnnl nlnn Anlln.l fn n nmnll
' r!p or'Kinnl plnn c?',c,l for fl Rma '
"' "iui -iitit v-uutu iui u nuiuii
i in wit: runny ui iiiour lirouiemtt ami
I t ti I a . .
s.iiiiiar iimsuonscomo ineci wun inei u )ls nng(,r,.,i tj,c extreme radical
leader of the State t .deration and Bet i elomont in the miners' union nnd In
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....... ,,,r niuui-uva uiTu ni n, .luv.i -
list- It publicly, they neglectcl to get
mc prvvii.ii. s periiiission. Liie piucnriiri
I posted In nnd nbotit the l.'nlverslty did
"rnvnte capital lias been consnier;
tlio uryilocu project, sam ;ur.
Ilasskarl, "nnd 1 nm hopeful that it
will be built ns it private venture, I
hear that the project is going ahead,"
The plan was tlisoussed'Tliiirsday nt
n meeting of the port nrfll hnrbor com
mittee of the Chnmbef of Commerce.
"TAPS" FOR WAR HERO
"Sunsh
line" Harman Burled
With
Military Honors
I'fitnnnnv No. 111. wns given n mili
tary funeral here todny by his old
nrrnv comrades, and the bojs who enr
rled the body to its grave wept as taps
weje sounded nt Greenwood Cemetery.
When his company wns under bom
bardment In Frnuce Hnrmnn sought
refuge in a barn, but plunged through
a trapdoor and broke his hack. After
reaching home he la, for months in
the General Hospital where his wonder
ful smile rechristened him "Sunshine"
Ilnrman. Thoiisnnds knew him.
OHIO DRYS 0NLY45AHEAD
Fate of Ratification Amendment
Made Still More Uncertain
Columbus, ()., Nov. 10. (Ily A. P.)
The fate of the federal prohibition
ratification amendment wns made more.
uncertain todny as additional official
returns were tabulated at the office of j
tlm sicritnrv nf state
The official returns from eighty-six
of the flglity-eiglit counties tabulated at
noon guve the dr.vs n lead of only
forty-live votes in favor of the amend
ment. N. Y. PUBLISHERS RESUME
Twenty-flve Per Cent of Striking
Pressmen Return
New York, Nov. 10. (Ily A. P.)
The first test of strength essayed by
New York publishers since their, plnnts
were closed on October 1 by n com
Mnntlnn lockout rnd strike came to
day, when several large plants resumed
.....I... Un,a -in nlinnut nnrnifillv.
but few compositors were at work. ,
Onlv about 25 per cent of the striking
emploves returned to work. It wns
lnnmo',1 nfter ii canvass of the plants.
The Ilutterick Publishing Co,, Amerl-
nnn llnnV Publishing Co. and McGmw- ,
Hill Publishing Co had 2," per cent of
their pressmen nt work when they re-,
owned their shops.
Printing of Christmas matter here
mav b reduced to virtually nothing
this year, Kvrn with immediate settle
ment of the strike, it is a question
-whether an appreciable amount can be
put out, It wan said.
MINE STRIKE'S RECALL
MAY BE CAMOUFLAGE;
"REDS" READY TO DEFY
Indications Aplenty That Court's Command
Be Ignored or Not Observed in
Good Faith "
By GEORGE NOXMcCAIN
fltnn Cnrreiwindrnt of the Kenhic Tuhllr Irrr
Copyright, 1919, by TubKc Jtfilovr Co.
Indianapolis, Nov. 10. In spite of the optimistic hope that the order
of FcdernI Judge Anderson to the officers of the miners' union directing
them to withdraw their strike order by tomorrow evening nt G o'clock
would end the present critical situation in the bituminous conl fields of
the country, there nre indications that trouble is brewing among the more
radicnl clement of the union.
Reports received from Kansas, Maryland nnd West Virginia nre to
tho effect that there is n stronir tlisnosltion either to defv or iirnuro tho
order, or to Iqsno the iinticn nf nhnnHnnment. hut with tho imnlln.1 im.
pressinn nccompnnying it thnt the
if they so elect. In other words, the order recalling the strike proclamn
tlon will bo issued, but not in good faith.'
The hope is still expressed, however, thnt the conservative lenders of
tho union will be able to influence the more radical of their brethren in
favor of moderation nnd obedience to the laws.
The meeting of union and strike lenders, which is now in progress,
will decide the question before night. No one cares to discuss the situa
tion in ndvance of this conference.
Will Hob Vp Again
Wlintever the ijstie today, this whole
labor isue, not only In coal mining, but
in the steel Industry nnd railroad labor
circles particularly, is bound to come
up again in the future to plague the
mtintM. Ien if the strike order Is
rescinded by direction of President
Lewis and Ills colleagues, the issue will
certainly nrlso nsnln when there is no
Lever law to balk the purposes of the
radicals nnd when the government has
nothing upon which to base an Injunc
tion. That is the underlying feeling, not
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,n, '" Ia,'.r1- ""' n employer"' clr-
vidunl of ordinary intelligence can Ig
nore the fact that when the Issue Is
imrtunity. thnt the struggle will be
ituiu: pii iimeu
I "..I1 11 rrl 9
I Raids Well
!,. ,., .n.,,anf AA
111 lilt III I linn ui'i Jiirini 41 L, irf n"'lli
the other key industries, and It will
b nntent lactor In driving tliem to
,.xlrcmrs if they control today's con
) fprencc.
The bituminous coal strike, ns
pointed out In my dispntcbes nf Inst
wceK, was pregnant wun Dig possi
y
S.
"" MAN, SIXTY-SJX, KILLS WIFE AW HIMSELF
Jotm Sayori .sixty-six years old, of 3551 Noirth Iiawrence
street, this. afternoon shot ancT Hlled his -wife, Jane, an? then
killc3 himself.
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MINERS' CONFERENCE TAKES RECESS
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Nov. 10. Shortly after 1 o'clock
(2 p. m. Philadelphia time) a recess was taken until 2 p. m. hj
the miners' conference in session here. Officials of the mine
workers, including John L. Lewis, acting president, and William
Oreen, secretary-treasurer, upon leaving the hall, declared they
had nothing; whatever to give out as to the proceedings of the
meeting, and that nothing would be made public until after the
afteraosn session,
BURY 16TH WRECK VICTIM
Glen Social Member, Funeral from
St. Veronica's Church
Francis J. Wermuth, the sixteenth
victim In the Glen Socinl Club acci
dent nt Clnrksboro a week ago, was
burled this morning. The funeral serv
ices were held from the home of his
parents, ",t(i West Glenwood avenue nt
Sj.'lO o'clock. Solemn requiem mnss
wns celebrated at St. Veronica's Church
nnd Interment was made In Holy Sepul
cher Cemetery.
Wcrmutli, who wns twenty-tive jears
old
; .l ti I v-
Society nt St. Veronlon's and of Court
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Glenwood, No. 101. r. of A. .Members I
of the Glen Social Club attended the i
funeral
He is survived by his father und
mother, John nnd Anna Wermuth, und
by two brothers nnd a sister,
CLASHES AT YOUNGSTOWN
2000 More Steel Strikers Return to
Mills as Pickets Object
Youngstown, 0.. Nov. 10. (Ily A.
1.) Numerous clnshes between pickets
nnd deserters from the strikers' ranks
marked the opening of the eighth week
of the steel strike here.
Observers estlmuted 200(1 additional
workers returned to the steel plants
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' Pittsburgh, Nov. 10. (Hy A. P.)
I The nntional steel strike committee will
M, glad to receive a committee of
Ynmnrutow'ii strikers If they bring with
(hem n proposition from their emplo Ing
nnmnnnlex that will allow the opening
of negotiations looking to a settlement
of the strike, said W, .. Foster, sec-
retary of the committee, who returncdjfire to everything with which it came
from New York today. Ttntocontnct.
"We will talk It over with them If I About fifty business buildings and
they come'," said Mr. Koster, "and If i residences were destroyed and hundreds
they have a propnsjtlon from the steel who were living In tents lost their
companies we will ha glad to sit in with I places of shelter In addition to personal
them. Otherwise .the. strike will goon." belongings.
miners nre nt liberty to disregard it
bllltles other than the question of
shorter hours nnd higher wages. It Is
the consensus of "pinion nmong men
with whom I hnt talked and who arc
fully conversant with the situation that
the extreme terms demanded show that
the mine workers connived at reducing
the production of bituminous coal in
this country to Its lowest limit and
thnt means the danger limit.
Today's Derision Vital
The evidence points to this: The
rush manner in which the demands
were formulated nnd presented to the
operators with the mnnlfest purpose of
forcing them to a quick conclusion or
acceptance, the six-hour workday In
ktead of eight, which really means five
hours instendy of six, ns I have al
ready Indicated, and the vigorous de
mand for the nationalization of the
mines of the country wns done with
the carefully thought out design of plac
ing the coil supply of the country in
the hands nf the miners.
In view of nil tnf. the decision to
dny is awaited with intense interest
lierp. The linn,, nf n no.irftit anlntfnn '
which means the acceptance of Judge
Anderson's order In good faith, depends
wholly upon the degree of control which
the moderate and jaw-abiding element
in the miners' union ran exercise over
the radical officials within the union,
OH, SKIN-NAY! NO SCHOOL!
Fond Dream of Des Molnet Urchins
Comes True No Coal I
Den Moines, In., Nov. 10. (lly A.
P.) Des Moines schoo-. were closed
today and will remain so until the end '
of the coal strike. Lack nf fuel was
the reason. Several public buildings
and business places in the city will ,
have to close within forty-eight hours
if conl Is nyftcirtliromlng.
SHIP AFIRE AT CAMDEN
13,000-Ton Transport Sea Olrt Dam
aged at Finishing Dock
A fire nt It o'clock todny in the hull
of the 1,'1,000-ton steamship Sea Girt,
nt the finishing dock of the New York i
Shipyard, nt (he mouth of Newton
creek. South Camden, caused consider
able excitement among the workers. '
The shipjard fire department, In fear
the flames would spread, summoned the
South Cnmden companies. The bluze
was extinguished with little difficulty,
nlthoiigh ho.ivj smoke In the hull of the
vessel hampered the work of the firemen
to some extent. The origin of the bluze.
wnicn was connneu 10 me scauoiiiing, is
unknown.
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Htu,k nJ tnp wnH ThJ, vessel 'took
the water n month later. The Sea Girt,
with her sister ship, the American Le
gion, was built as a troopship for the
I'nited States shipping board. She will
be used, when completed, for passenger
nnd curgo jerviiv.
LIGHTNING FIRES OIL TANKS
One Man Known to BeKllled, Many
Burned $100,000 Loss
Wichita Fulls, Tex., Nov. 10. (Hy
A, P.) Search for bodies of victims
of yesterday's spectacular fire at Wag
goner City, a small oil town near here,
continued today,
As far as known only one person,
nn aged unidentified innn, supposed to
be from Atlanta, Ga,, was killed,, but
many persons received burns, and up
ward of 1000 were made homeless.
Property loss estimated nt ?I,000,-
000 wns inflicted when .lightning
nloded thirty-eight 1000. barrel
ex
tanks of oil and a stream of the burning Hui
poured down the main streets, settln
d
M NERS CONVEN
E;.
MAY OEEY ORDER
TO CAJE STRIKE
Labor Leaders Predict Union
Chiefs Will Disobey Court's
Command
GENERAL WALKOUT THREAT
SEEN IN A. F. OF L. ACTION
Secrecy Maintained at Union
Conference Government
Attitude Unchanged .
Offlcers of the United Mine Workers
are in session nt Indianapolis to
net on the court order to rescind
the soft-coal strike call. Secrecy
Is being mnintnined.
Lnbor leaders at Washington pre
dict that the miners will defy the
couft nnd refuse to call off the
strike.
Administration spokesmen declare
that the government will stand
firm despite the attack by the
American Federntlon of Lnbor.
Ity the Associated Press
Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 10. The
general committee of the Fnlted Mine
Workers of America, which met here
todny to take action on the mandatory
Injunction of Federal Judge A, n. An
derson demanding thnt the strike vorder
be rescinded before 0 p. m. tomorrow,
wns still in session at 1 o'clock this
afternoon, nnd no Intimntion of what
the nctlon of the committee would be
wns given out.
The meeting place of the committee,
which includes International officials,
district presidents nnd members of the
executive board and scale Committee,
representing -HKi.OOO striking bitu
minous coal miners, wns kept secret un
til just n few minutes before the con
ference convened. A sergeant-at-armS
wns stntioned nt the entrances to the
hnll nnd only delegates were permitted
imnroach within twenty feet of the
entrance. .i"
The American Federntlon of Labor's
statement supporting the miners and
criticizing thegoveriiment's Injunction
suit wns believed in mnuy qunrters to
presage a 'fight nn the pnrt of the min
ers, nsslsted by labor in general, against
the mandatory injunction.
When the conference assembled in the
Lincoln Hotel it was found the cxecu- '
tive bonrd, room -at headquarters would
noU.nrcomnioiinle-tbc f"'l membersiilb""
oi me general couimitt.ee, ami tne tneetr
ing wns transferred to the hotel a
sembly room.
nshlnirinn. Nov. 10. Labor lender
predicted todnv thnt International of
ficers of the United Mine Workers of
America, now in session at Indian
apolis, would not call off the coal
strike, ns directed by Federal Judge
Anderson, whntever the legal conse
quences might be.
White House officials refused todny
to comment on the American Federa
tion of Labor's statement supporting
the striking miners. "The situation Is
in the hands of the courts." Secretary
Tumulty said, adding, "This Is no time
tn get cold reet. '
Attorney General Palmer nnd other
administration officials Indicated that
there would be no change in the gov
ernment's position regarding the strike.
One of the spokesmen for the miners"
organization said he doubted if acting
President Lewis, of the miners' union,
and his associates had the power even,
if they had the inclination, to comply
with the mandate of the court to call
off the soft coal strike.
"The strike was ordered by a dele
gate convention in the event the oper
ators refused to grant our demands,"
the spokesman said, "and Lewis merely
carried out instructions In ordering the
strike. The convention must enil it
off."
Morrison Kefuses tn Comment
Frank Morrison, secretary of the
American Federation of Lnbor, would
not ndd nnythlng to the statement is
sued by the executive council support
ing the striking miners nnd demanding
that the government withdraw the In
junction proceedings.
"That was the statement of the
executive council ami it speuks for it
self, Morrison sniil. I uni not h
to loti.-nret it."
The federation secretary hnd been
nskod for a btutment In Uew of the
opinion In some quarters thut the pro
nouncement nf organized labor was a
notice the the striking miners to stand
put.
"There Is nothing to add." Morri
son replied, "Thnt question has al-.
ready been asked n number of times
todnj ond if you want an answer you
will have to assemble the council."
Ijilmr Unions Not Kvempted
Officials and memherfl of Congress
did not agree with the statement of
the federation's executive M3mlttee
thnt It was the intention of Congress In
ennctlng the food , ontrol law to eu-nipt
labor unions from Its provisions. At
the Department of Justice It wns point
ed nut thnt nil amendment tn the act
under which unions would haje, been
exempted specifically was rejected.
The American Federation of Labor
stood toilaj before the country ns an
unqualified Indorser of the strike of
soft coal miners, und ns bitterly op
posed to the action of the government
In attempting to end the strike through
Injunction proceedings, which nctlon it
characterized as "so autocratic as to
stagger the human mind."
Indorsement of the strike wns an
nounced last night in a statement Is-
Continued An Tsve Two, Column Ono
EXPOSE MEAT PROFITEERS
Striking Butchers Sell Porterhouse
Steak at 18 Ceptt a Pound
. Chicago, Not. 10. (Uy A. P.)
Porterh steak sold for eighteen rent
a noun' 1 o In tho four meat markets
estnblit' '-"by striking butchers, who
nre de -lulling $40 a week. The mar
kets y ere opened, union officials said, to
r trove the master butchers were prof
teerlng, u
The striker said one 'market oper
ated ,iby them made a ckar profit e-f
$G4T on Saturday's sales, ,'
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