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Copyright. 1920, by Publlo ldrer Company, PRICE TWO CENTS . s" 1 COOKE DESCRIBES CREWS AGONY ON TRAPPED S-5 r tt I? tfl tf Harding Says He Favors Unionism But Opposes Domination by Labor or Any Other Class y m y , SAILOR FORGOT IICL05EII, OFFICER SAYS M.n Became LIvlne Electric Wire3 to Drill Holes In Ship, Commander Declares NOT A MURMUR WAS HEARD DURING HOURS OF TORTURE Graphic Story of Terrific Ordeal Told to Evening Public Ledger Correspondent MORALE CALLED PERFECT Testimony at Inquiry Aboard Battleship Onio Gives Sub ordinates High Praise Lieutenant Commander Charles M. Cooke's first account of the sinking of the S-5, of which he was in charge, was given to a staff correspondent of the Evesino Pruuo LEDtJEn, who sped to the scene of the accident on the destroyer Biddle, and.was the only newspaperman to, go to the wreck. Commander Coojce'3 narrow the is given in full, below. In the captain's cabin of the sub- marine tcndeivBcaver, at the scene of theinWng of 'the, submarine S-5', 'nontenant Commander , Charles Mj 'Cooke gavo'his 'first acco1mt',of.the faster. .. ( 1 ' '"' In simple phrases he described the thirty-seven hours of terror, through which he and hiB bravo crcwi'passed before their rescue, by the steam ships Alanthus and General Gocthals. Earlier in testimony before a board of inquiry on the battleship Ohio at sea, Commander Cooke testi fied that failure of some one to close the main induction valvo and not faulty apparatus caused the S-5 to sink while malring a "crash divo" off the Delaware Capes Wednesday afternoon. At the' time of the dive this valve, in the torpedo compartment forward, was, the commander testified, in chargo of Chief 'Gunner's Mate Percy Fox, a man of long experi ence and excellent standing in the submarine service. In giving the interview in which he told In detail of the accident to the S-.ri, Commander Cooke showed unmis takable signs of the strain he endured during the Ions hours when the lives of his men nnd of himself depended on his slightest decision. His hand shook ns he Indicated points on the plan drawings of the submarine lying before him on a tnble to clarify his narrative. Face and Volco Show Strain nii (ace, drawn nnd seamed, betrayed the effects of a recent Illness from which he has hardly recovered, and the exac tions of his ordeal In the S-l. His voice showed the effects of the M and foul air he shared with his crew for almost two days In the close con finement of the motor nnd tiller rooms. The uniform he stood in was lent hlra by brother officers. In direct, unembclllshed phrases he described hlg terrible experience, In the Presence of Captain Thomas C. Hart, commander of the Beaver and senior officer of the Atlantic submarine flo tilla, who took charge of operations at the wreck; Captain John nalllgan, commanding officer of tho Ohio, nnd several submarine and construction offi cers. Commander Cooke's narrative, pre cisely na he gave It, follows: "We left Boston last Monday on whnt to be a seventy-two-Hour endur ance run to Baltimore. Everything was functioning satisfactorily, and wo had already made n speed run, n five-hour submenjenco run nnd had come back to he surfaco and charged our batteries ind air flasks. "On Wednesday, snortly after noon, in the ordinary routine of practice, the "Ipnal was given for a crash dive. We ere about fifty-flvo miles east by south M the Delaware, capes, out of th0 beaten "earner track, where diving evolutions could be carried out with safety. Order for Dive Given rn.1,1.110 t?nkB wcre flooded, elevating rudders set at a slight dlying angle and nmZTYV1 lhc , ,Uvo- Vvcsse l?h morn n"Ie t0 Her ncw 'ncllimtlon ' , more tllni iual speed. The dentli ewm mounted rapidly, though this for light lilt. " " t0 corrcct n . "'In B mmmt one of the men from u ttmtinwa on fw, 81 Cclaiwi'xn'o IN COMMAND OF U. (oduer I'hftto Service Lieutenant Commander Charles 51. Coohe, captain of the S-5, riding in a motor sailer from a conference on the submarine tender Beaver to testify before the board of Inquiry on tlio battleship Ohio, on Saturday, at tho scene of tlio accident to the submarine. With lilm is an officer of the U. S. S. Beaver, who is looking after tho salvago 0! the S-5 LA FOLLETTE FATE Veteran Leader,.0dbut-Deter- sA "mined.. Faces Death' Grip '- With Lerirbot ' ' . -C-3H2Z cr. -TH. -SC RADICALS FLOCK TO HIS SIDE By CLINTON W. GILBERT Stan Correspondent of tlie Evcntne Fubllo I-filrr CopvrloM, tt0, bv Public. Lttotr Co. Allhvauliee, Sept. 0. Tomorrow's primaries in Wisconsin will decide the fate politically of Senator Robert M. La Follettc. He himself Is not a candidate-for nomination to any office, but If his candidates, James Thompson, for United States senator, nnd J. J. Blaine, for governor, are beaten, La Follette will have received the severest blow of his political career. A formidable rival to him will have arisen in the person of Senator Lcn root, and the'Republlcnn party will be able to ,turn its back upon him. The party-wants to get rid of him 'Although it is unusunl for the na tional organization to exhibit its pref erences during a primary tight, state ments from Marlon in the Inst few days indicate very plainly a desire to see Lenroot win. La Follette Is old. His health is not good. His physicians hnvo not per mitted him to Uke nny part personally In tho campaign for his candidates, Thompson and Blaine. If ho isboaten, tho control of the La Follette move ment in this htntc will probably slowly ass into tho hands of the Nonpartisan nguc, which is taking a prominent part for the first time In a Wisconsin state campaign. La Follette Broolis No Rivals It has always been La Follette's pol icy to crush any other Republican who gave promise of rivaling him in the state. Lenroot is the biggest political figure who has nrlsen in Wisconsin in many years. La Follette is out to crush him. La Follette himself has no organ ization, but he has brought together a number of powerful forces ngnlnst Len root. He is aided by the ISonpnrtlsan Lcneuo, which has a membership of 20,000 in Wisconsin nnd probably u voting strength of 50,000. The league has funds and organization, and prom ises to b the coining power in tho state. 'Tho German vote, organized and unorganized, is ngnlnst Lenroot. The railroad brotherhoods and the Plumb Flan Lenguo are ranking a cam paign against him. Tho Socialists, whose party in vot ing strength is second lu Wisconsin, will probably also piny some part in helping Ln Follette win. The issues iu the Senate fight nro trnnninnrv. You hear much of tlio "crime of 1020"; one never liners of this crime elscwncre. 11 exists oniy t., ,i,n nnlttlnnl Imnclnatlon of Wiscon sin. The crime of 1020 consists of .the passage of tue Ksch-uummins laiironn bill. Senator La Follette calls It a Continued on rage l'oiir, Column Vour BOY, 3, HIT BY AUTO Victim's Father, a Patrolman, Ar rests Driver of Machine nnrry Hughes, threo years old. -123.1 Falrhill street, was run down by nn nutomoblle ycHterdny nftcrrwon at Sixth mill Hi-istol streetH when lip attempted to follow his two elder brothers John ami James, across tho street. The ma chine was driven by I lorenze Alplglnl, lOrifl North T)arien street, who was ar ...f. hv thi Inlureil boy's fnther. Pa trolman Hughes, a block awny from the sceno of the accident. Alpiglnl was given n hearing by Mag Istrnte Price nnd held in $,100bnU for n further hearing next Sunday. The child was taken to Ht. Luko's IIospl tal where he was treated for cuts on the' head nnd possible concussion of the FIMT1RR! brain. S. SUBMARINE S-5 THREE ARE INJURED AS AUTOS COLLIDE Baby Has Fractured Skull, Mother and-Young Brother Also Are injured, j ACCIDENT IN GERMANTOWN A year-old baby received a fractured skull and its mother and five-year-old brother were hurt at 10:45 o'clock to day when two motorcars collided at Upsnl nnd Chew streets, Gcrmantown. The Injured child is Dorothy Beau mont, who wns one year old yesterday. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip J. Beaumont, 40 West Bitten houso street. Mr. Benumont was driving one of the cars when the crash occurred. Mrs. Beaumont is in the Gcrmantown Hospitul suffering from shock, and her son, James, five years old, has a sprained left wrist. OthorB In the Benumont automobile, wero Klizabeth Gardner, fifteen years, old, sister of Mrs. Beaumont, and Gas ton Miller, 0123 Becchwood street; All escaped serious injury when they were pitched into the street. Tho other car wns owned nnd driven by Alexaudcr Allen, 10 West Highland uvenue. With him wns B. Borthwick, of (icrmantown. They received minor cuts nnd. bruisc3 nnd were treated by Dr. M. Tyson, 709 Fast Chcltcn nvenuo. Mr. Benumont hnd been driving east on Upsnl street and wns turning Into Chew when the nccident occurred. WOULD END U. S. SINECURES Federal Employes' Association Wants Useless Positions Abolished St. Louis, Sept. 0. (By A. 1'.) A survey of government positions designed to weed out useless ones was urged nt the convention of the Nntlonnl Federa tion of Fedcrnl Employes, which opened here todny. Speakers nsserted nn examination of every position should be made to ascer tain its necessity. All unnecessary po sitions should be abolished immediately, they declared, so that holders of im portant positions could be paid higher wages. Luther O. Steward, of Washington, president of the association, declared there were 00,000 adults In the govern ment employ receiving less tlimi .$.1 a day. Ho ndded that about half the 040,000 civilians In tho service wero being paid salaries established by Con gress In 1854. COUNCIL MEETS TOMORROW Will Probably Adjourn In Respect to Memory of- Flnley Council will hold its first meeting after the summer vncatlon tomorrow. No new legislation Is before the cham ber. It is expected, however, that some new bills will bo introduced by mem bers. The only stnted order of business will be the introduction by ono of tho.Vnre members of resolutions on the death of Councilman Flnley. After theso reso lutions have been passed Council i's expected to adjourn iu respect to his memory. Mayor Mooro is at Island Heights today. Ho will be in his office tomor row, hut will leave In the afternoon for Cane Slay where ho will address a Itenublican rally. Ho Is not expected to send a messngo to Council. One of the resolutions which may bo offered In Council tomorrow will sinreest n chnngo ln their meeting plnco from the incut Co. We certainly will npproeinto old Select Council chamber to that for- a full disclosure of the manner in which merly used by Common Council. Tho thu houses down here hart fallen into renson. for the proposed change is the tho hands of nn unhenrd-of corpora ampler gallery space and better lighting tlon. of the Common Council chnmbcr, and I "Up until severnl weeks ago the ten therefore the greater convenience it nuts paid rent to tho Emergency Fleet will offer women spectators, who nre Corporation. Tho collectors then told expected to be more or less numerous Ithem thnt the Emergency Fleet would now that suffrage -has been granted. 'no jonger aollcct the rent." ORDER FAW1ILIES ELMWOOD AVE SECTION TO MOVE Fifty Householders in Emer gency Fleet Homes Given Ten Days to Leave TWO HUNDRED OTHERS EXPECT SAME NOTICES Community Plans to Fight Mys terious Corporation Which Signed Orders Fifty families living In houses in the KImwpod nvenuo section, built by the Emergency Fleet Corporation during the war, have received notice to vacate within ten days. Two hundred other families, tenants of other houses in the snmp district, Sre in momentary fenr of being served with similar notices. The families who hnvo been ordered to get out say that they had been as sured by the Emergency Fleet Corpora tion that they would be permitted to stny In their homes during tho winter. Feeling safe in the little dwellings built by the government and rented to them by the fleet corporation, they hove laid in their winter's supply of conl. nnd to move now would be double hardship, ns they will have to take the coal out of their cellars even if they can get other houses to go to.' The dispossess notices received by the tenants nrc nil signed by n mysterious corporation which calls itself the "In tcrborough Improvement Co." Tho ten ants, who leased from the fleet corpora tion nnd have been paying its represent atives their rent in the past, never heard of the Interborough before. The Elmwood Community Protective Association' will fight against the evlc- iiun, it u U1111U11111.TU louny. . jv meet ing will be held tha latter part "of ,lho weekvat Slxty-tldrd-strectand Elmwood avenuo to discover tno identity ot the InterUorohgh Improvement Co., and a lptter'of Inquiry will be sent' to Wash ington. Georce RobcrtR. 2502 South Slxtv- seventh street, secretary of the Protec tive Association, saiu: "There will be n hot time around here when the sheriff makes his nppenrancc. rorty 01 tne litty families receiving no ticep have put in their winter's supply of conl, as the Emergency Fleet Cor poration advised them they could safely do so. Cannot Understand Action "Now they get notices to get out in ten days. They have no nlnce to co. The evictions conio nt a particularly bad time, because most of the tenants nrc Hog Island workmen nnd have been mrown out or employment. "We nre entirely in fhe dark as to tho action that lies behind the notice to get out. Nobody can understand what it means. The eviction notices were served by John E. Bergln, for merly of the Emergency Fleet, but now n real estate man, with offices at 2000 South Hobson street. '"Brgen professes to know nothing about the Interborough Improvement Co. or the renson for the fifty notices, IIu admits there will be more notices K-rved, however. "Our residents will take this mat ter up with the authorities nt Wash ington and will fight It to the end. "We nt first believed the Westing house Electric Co. wns responsible for the notices. This company recently purchased forty houses in the Elmwooil section, for the use of employes in its new plant nt Eddystone. We have learned, however, from an official that it bears no connection with the Inter borough Corporation." Whole Block Ordered Out One of the notices wns shown todny by Richard E. Stephenson, of 2507 South Bonnnfon street. This block hns been particularly hnrd hit, every tenant in the block having been ordered out. Stephenson's notice was served Au gust JU, and ordered him to vacate the premises "which you hold ns tenant under us" within ten days. It Is signed by the Interborough Improvement Co., J. J. Armstrong, agent. Elmwood residents say they nre pre pared to fight again for their homes as they did last spring. In February, they recall, a syndicate purchased the Elm wood houses for 5,541,000. The ten ants protested against the sale nnd sent u delegation to Washington. The ship ping bonrd then canceled tho sale to the syndicate nud gave the tenants until April 15 to buy tho houses. Fifty per cent of the tennnts avalied themselves of tho opportunity. , Tho others continued paying nn average of $28 a month. On April 15 tho houses which had not been pur chased by Hog Island workmen nuto inntlcally reverted to the syndicate which hnd made the original purchase. Want Full Disclosure There ore approximately 2000 homes which were built by the shipping bonrd in the vicinity of Hog Island during tho war. In tho Sixty-seventh street sec tion there are about 080 houses. Sec retary Roberta, of the protective as sociation, said all of the USO house holders stand bnck of the, fifty who hava received the eviction notices. "Whether It is a scheme to force the tennnts to buy I don't know." he said. "My guess is that the syndicate has sold out to the Interborouirli Tmnm.,.. COAL BARONS KEEP $13,000,000. TAKEN ILLEGALLY AS TAX Fail to Return Money Procured Under Invalidated Ronoy Law 0NETJ0MPANY ALONE ACTED FAIR WITH PUBLIC Millions Filched by Operators Under Cloak of Wage Increases By GEORGE NOX McOAIN Staff Correspondent of Tenlne rnbllc IWa-er Scrnnton, Pa., Sept. C Tho farther ono digs into the past, the worse it appears for the captains of cupidity nnd greed, the operators of tho anthracite coal region. The facts hero adduced and state ments made nre entirely separate nnd apart from the present wngo contro versy, the strike, nnd tho so-called "va cation" of the miners. That is another story. As to the present showing, it is purely a matter between tho operators and the public. Bcnr thnt distinctly in milld. The onlv ronneetlon these reve lations have with the "outlaw" strike now In progress Is that the latter has lifted the lid on the odorous mess and mndc the disclosures possible. Investigation of all tho facts nnd data shows that since 1013-15 the coal oporntors of this region have obtained tho enormous sum of $40,000,000 from tho public under false pretense. Millions Filched From Public It's tho biggest confidence game ever worked. And these millions nrc still in tho possession of the operntors. Of the totnl sum $22,000,000 has been taken from the consumers in the last five months: i Tho increase In tho price of coal by -which -these millions f were ob tained wns not to cover advances iu wages to -the miners. It wns a cold blo&lcd, calculated, carefully manipu lated appropriation of the public's mon ey to fncreaso the legitimate profits of the operntors. It was, however, filched under the guise nnd cloak of advance lu wages and payment of tnxes. There is justification for the nsser tion that it is the most astonishing revelation of rapnclty in the history of the coal trade, nnthracitc or bituminous. Particular Case Cited In previous articles I hnvo referred in a brief nnd general way to somo of these facts. In detail they are as fol lows, particularizing fn reference to one item of $13,000,000, -with interest to dnte amounting to an additional $1,500, - 000, or 5i7,riuu.uuu in nil. At the time the Roney conl tax law became operative in 1013, which im posed a tax of six cents per ton on nil anthracite coal mined, conl was selling around $7.30 per Bbort ton, domestic sizes. The coal operators laid their plans to put this tax burden on the public ln the shape of nn incrense in the price of coal. But the opportunity for an additional gouge was too good to be missed. Not only was the six cent tax added to tho price of coal, but nineteen cents nor ton nddltlonnl was piled on for the speclnl benefit, use nnd behoof of the operators, whole sale and retail. Instead of six cents, twenty-five cents in all was added to the cost of each ton of coal mined. From June 27, 1013. until October 28, 1015, the foolish public paid 'this incrense in full fnlth nnd confidence that it was a legitimate business trans action. $13,000,000 Collected by Operators In the intervening sixteen months between the dnte when tho Rooncy tnx law became effective and October 28, 1015, when the Supreme Court de clared the law unconstitutional at the suit of the operntors, $13,000,000 was collected nnd pocketed by the hitter on account of this tnx. After the Supreme Court's decision the operntors were suddenly affilcted with paralysis of the vocal cords. They never uttered a word about the tax they had collected and still re tained. This economic puviilysls ex tended to their bank nccouuts. The tnx money wns still there, but no at tempt was made to icjtoro it to its rightful possessors, tho public, al though there was no legnl or legitimate right why they should retain possession of it nftcr tho Supreme Court's man date. . One conl concent, it Is said, tho Le high nnd Wilkes-Barre Coal Co., real izing Us responsibility as custodlnu of this fund assessed upon the public, did turn back a large perccntnge to the people. Its action only emphasized the attitude of the other operating com pnnies nnd individuals in hanging on to what they had. An official report by E. E. Clark at the tme gave a detailed account how the swag had been divided up among the operators, the wholesalers and tho retailers. But that was all that ever camo of it. Public's Money Retained Seven Years For over seven years, then, $13,. 000,000 of the public's money has been held by the operators at 5 nor nnt per annum. Tho iutercst alone on this sum represents a mnttcr ot $4,500,000, a loini 01 fjiiiiwiuuii, Tho sums I have quoted, $17,500,000 Continued on I'm Hlx. Column One HELD AS WIFE-DEATER Recorder Stnckhouse, in Camden to day, held William Carey, forty-elght years old, of 1100 Lawrence street, that city, in $800 bail for court, charged with beating his wlfo and children. Tho charge was preferred by tho man's sevcuteen-yenr-old daughter Sarah. Carey was arrested this mr. ing. He wns already under bond for court uu u uimuur i-uurge, RACING RESULTS First Belmont, three-year-olds and up, six furlongs Arnold, 125, Ensor, even, 2-5, 1-0, won; Boyal Duck, 112, Kummer, 4-1, 7-5, 1-2, second; Niglistlck, 110, Ponce, 7-2, oven, 2-5, third. Timt 1:11. Marso Mouse, El Prlmo, Cumsab, Bright Gold .Olen Light alio r. j,,Jt,AjjA.tt,jMJft.ik.J,,t. ,. ... , 10 TO 15 REPORTED DEAD IN THEATRE FIRE KLANATH FALLS, ORE., Sept. O. From ten to fifteen per sons arc bellcved'to have been burned to death here enrly today in a firo which destroyed the Houston opera house and other busi ness and dwelling houses nearby. The poke say eight bodies have been taken from the ruins of a hotel which was filled with Labor Day visitors. TWO BOYS SHOT TO DEATH IN COUNTY CORK C0B"rf, IRELAND, Sept.G. Two boys were shot and killed: at IIcicRoom, this county, yesterday. Reports state that ti is be lieved the shots wcre fired from n military lorry passing through the village, which is twenty-four miles west of this city. COMMUNIST DEMONSTRATION IN MADPID FORBITJEN MADRID, Sept. O. A communistic demonstration nnnouncoc' in this city was forbidden by the government, action being taken by tho minister of interior ater a Communist meeting adopted resolutions favoring Soviet Russia. The executive committee of the General Union ot "Workers announces rairond men will declare a twenty-four-hour strike in the event the government permlfn railroad companies to increase their rates. FELIX DIAZ STILL "EXPECTANT" "MEXICO CITY, Sept. O. Felix Diaz, nephew of the late PrctAdeni Forflrio Dlas and a rebel leader during the' ndnUnlatm tion o President Carranza, has sent emissaries to this city 'with' new proposals to the de facto government and General Antonio Medina is expected to visit him scon'. Diaz, who has nbout 55 w followers, is bald iu press dispatches to be' maintaining au "ex pectant attitude." PLATT AND EVANS TIE FORGOLF LEAD Both Have Cards of 77 in Na tional Amateur Tourney. Hoffner Returns 80 By SANIeY McNIBLICK Engineers' Club. Roslyn. N Y. Sept. 0. J. Wood Tlatt. Philadelphia champion, nnd "Chick" Evans, former national amateur nnd open King, tied at 77 in the qualifying round of the na tional amateur tournament here today. These scores wero made over the North Shore course. ' Cards : Piatt Out . UJH4SS 4 as In S 4 U 4 S M 5 3!l 77 Max Marston. Mcrion, mode it a triple for low score over tne engineers' I will get together this nfternoon, nnd It course by scoring a 78. Jesse fJuilfnrd. ' .you don't think this is ncw and stnrt Boston's driving terror, nnd Richard. ""S news, just stick nround nnd get Illckey, nn eighteen- enr-old Atlanta an c.vefull of the following : prodigy, nlso had 7S's. '-any yesterday morning the fight Tom Armour. Scotch nnd French I ln" 0(,en cnlled off; Jack Dempsey hud champion, wnh the only other player l enrly ln the day who succeeded in break ing SO over tins comparatively casy scorlng course. S. Davidson Hcrron, national champion, took 82 nt North Shore. Paul Tewkesbury. Aronimink, hnd 87 at the engineers' nnd Jerry Travers, ex-open nnd nmnteur ennm pion, hnd 81. The latter wns out iu 42 nnd bnck In the same number. Tom Tewkesbury lost nil his strokes on the putting greens. He wns out in 42, but eleven over pnr coming bnck fo"r a 45. Mnrston was four over par going out to the ninth, but got a bird 4 there by filnkhiL' n nice nutt. Ho wns 5 over par coming home, mo-a of the strokes being ( wnsted on tlie greens, ins enru: Marston Out 1141J543 439 In 34414H4 58078 aullford Out ..I M4UB4 (I 42 In ...! 3 54 0 B 4 4 i 43078 J. Simpson Denn, Princeton golf cap tain, ami J. B. Rose, Allegheny, both had 80. O. II. Turpin, Canada, scored n fine 70 nt the Engineers', but Williams C. Lttckie, ex-Canadian champion,' took 85. Fred Wright, Massachusetts amateur champion, played the trick greens thero In 70, and Wnlter Pfel, n Phlladelphlon, had an 82. Scores under 84 wero con sidered snfe. Herron'B card : Out 4 S 0 B -1 4 S 4 40 In 834.40 3 34 4 811 78 Eddie Styles, North Hills, succeeded In entering nnd went over North Shore Continued on rare Six. Column FIt. EXCHANGES CLOSED Today being observed ns a legal holiday in tho majority of the states, all the leading stock exchanges and the commodity mnrkets nre closed. Tho bnnks and trust companies and other financial institutions were also closed. IISKE SETFORBATTLE Jimmy Dougherty Agreed On as Referee for Big Bout at Benton Harbor By ROBERT XV. MAXWELL Benton Harbor, Mich.. Sept. O. Jack Dempsey, heavyweight champion of the world,, nnd Billy Miske, tho challenger, nre all .et for the ten round no-decislon bnttle in Floyd Fitz slmmon's nrenn this afternoon. About 4:30 p. m , Philadelphia time, they will climb through the ropes nnd try to find out, if possible, who is tho better mnn. Jnmcs F. Dougherty, the Baron of Leiperville, Is the referee. All of which menns the heavyweights nls jrunKs packed and his car cranked nn ior a journey to xiw yn,i, n refused I ntly to box Miske for $50,000 ensh in band, because thcro hnd been a slipup on the nnmlng of a referee, nnd rather than nccept a man ap pointed by the Michigan Boxing Com mission tho chnmpion culled everything off. When the articles were signed in New York it is said that Promoter Fitzsim mons agreed that Dempsey should name tho referee. It was a verbal agreement with Jack Kenrns, nnd nothing more wns said until Commissioner Tom lin ger arrived last Friday. Bigger bad other idrtis and proceeded to select a Continued on Tote Tlfteen, Column Tno EXPLOSION STARTS FIRE $3000 Blaze in West Philadelphia Service Station .. Flrp 9w'Pt the battery service sta tion of Howard N. Hoke, at 45.10 Lan caster avenue, nt o'clock thih morning nnd caused $.1000 damage. h An explosion which shattered n plate glass window scattered Dailies to all parts of the establishment. Hoke hnd just mnde repnirs to a bat tery, and was standing in tho street when the explosion occurred. He nnr rowly escape being struck by fragments of the plate-glass window. By the time firemen arrived tho blnzo had gained much headway, nnd for a time the destruction of the three-story brick building was threatened. Flames coming from the broken win dow ignited nn nwnlng in front of the wall-decorating estnbllshment of Tnn enbaum Bros., nt 4511 Lnncnstcr ave nue. There are three apartments above tho Bervlce station. At th; 'me of the fire no ono wns in tho ntrtments. fter half an hour's fight the firemen got the flames under control. Tho cause of tho fire is not known. Wlien you Ihlnk of writing DEMPSEYJ G. 0. P. CANDIDATE PREACHES GOSPEL OF Supports Collective Bargaining; in Industry and Wants Vol- ,v untary Arbitration f DEFENDS RAILWAY LAW ' "' AND SCORESPROFITEERING' Views Democratic Attacks orj H. C. L. as Mere "Stage Assaults" Developments of Today in Presidential Race nardlng today declared for union ism and collective bargaining, but opposed domination by labor or any other clnss. Cox spoke on lnbor's rights and on the league at St. Paul. By tlio Associated .Press Marlon, O., Sept. 0. Preaching sj' "gospel of understanding" between cm-, ployers and employes. Scnntor Hard ing Said in a Labor Day speech hero, that, although he believed in unionism, and collective bargaining, he opposed' "labor's domlnntlon of business or gov-' crnment" ns determinedly ns he would oppose domination by nny other clnss. Voluntary arbitration wns declared by the Republican nominee to be the ideal solution of labor troubles, and he advocated joint committees of employers and employes "not to run the business," but to promote mutual understanding; He asserted that no one could deny a laborer the right to quit his employ ment, but that ndjustment of laboo Problems should be on the basis of iami UNDERSTANDING tlce to every one. JrJt ; Senator IlnriHni? ntisn Ini1nrci1 ilia f v-j Cummlns-Esch law restoring the rail-' wiivs to nrlvnte onerntlnn. nnd until hm (t.J could not npprovc of the "socialist V plnn" which proposed thnt the proper ties be placed under control of the em ployes. No Trouble in Own Plant Citing his own experience ns nn em ployer, the candidate said he never had any trouble with his employes in his newspaper establishment, and added that although print pnper prices had increased his expenses by nn amount enunl to $1100 for ench worker in hN plant, none of them ever hnd suffered linuuclnlly on account of it. In the course of his speech hjtf also nssniled profiteering, deciuring that "stage assaults" without action bad discredited the policy of the Democratic) administration toward the profiteer. "I have not come to you today with a speech of promise," said Senator Hurdiug. "I do not pledge you the im possible, nnd I do not menn to suggest the impracticable. I can only preach the gospel of understanding practically applied. "I believe in unionism. I believe iu collective bnrgniniug. I believe the two hnve combined to speed labor toward ItBi just reward. But I do not believe 'in labor's dominntion of business or gov ernment nny more than I believe that capital shall dominnte. We hnd our timo nt thnt, nnd we lenrued the dnnger and ended it. Wc do not wnnt to substitute one clnss for another ; we want to put an end to classes. Era of Collective Endeavor , "We live in an era of collective en deavor. Capital led the way and lnbor's otgiinlzntion wns not only natural buC neccssnry. It bus done more thnn servo ito membership. It has riveted tho thoughtful utteutiou of America to social justice and brought tho fruits thereof.! "On this always significant holiday I preferied to tnlk before my fellow" townsmen with whom I have worked so many years. 1 wanted to look you in the face nnd asked for the sponsor fop thnt miserable old falsehood about it dollar a day being enough for nny wqrk ingmnu. If the author wns seeking to apply it to me, I think he must havo meant a dollar an hour. "You see I have been a dweller among you for thirty-eight years. Part of that time I wns a wnge enrncr myself all the time I have been a laborer nnd for more thaiuthhty jears I have been an, employer as well as laborer, and a man, can't preach one doctrine and practice another. "Let me renew that public utterance) In which I spoke of high wages, and suld I wished the existing high scale to remain, on one explicit condition, thnt Continued on face Four. Column lira Scores of Baseball GamcL. is Morning NATIONAL GUK R.n. . Chlrneo 1015 1000 O s ix I'nttnl.unli OllOOOOO O l n z Martin unu u I'lirrrm v-ooptr una uoeffurr. Ilrooklrn O0O00008 0 8 1 (1l 1-lilllleM 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 x 3' 1 (1 l'feffer and Mllleri t'nuaey und Trnrriurr. Kt. l.ouU OOOOOflO.t 03 a 4 Clnrlnnatl . .30000101 f tf 1 1 nines Hiul demon) Hlnc nnd Wlnio. 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