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VOL. VIII. NO. 41.
Bntered aa Second-Cla-i Matter at lh Poitefflca at Phlladelifcla. Pa,
Under the Aet of March 8, 1870
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1921
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jf COMMISSION SYSTEM SUGGESTED AS CURE
FOR FAILURE OF COUNCIL GOVERNMENT
Power of Combine-Controlled Lawmakers te "Hamstring" Plans
for Civic Betterment at Behest of Outside "Powers"
Could Be Ended by New Ferm of Municipal Rule
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IMPROVEMENTS PROGRESSING AND JOBS AVAILABLE
FOR UNEMPLOYED DESPITE BIG OBSTACLES. HE SAYS
ny THOMAS
Philadelphia as a boom city, with
.west public works under way at the
in tf :i1(Ann HJ ...111
, public works under way at the
expenditure of millions, and with
the ground literally bursting under
the assaultB of steam. shovels and
thousands of husky workmen, waB
pictured vividly today by Mayer
Moere.
He declared that the municipality
was gradually but surely breaking
the stranglehold of profiteering
financial interests which for years
have sailed under the name of "pull
backs."
"Despite opposition of hamstring
ing tactics," said the Mayer, "Phil
adelphia is going ahead as never
before. The 'System,' the combination
of big financial interests with con
tractor politics, is being smashed
right and left. Philadelphia is ris
, lng up, throwing off the yoke and
emerging into the light of a new and
freater era.
Heal Werk Being Dene
"Werk is being done streets
opened sewers laid construction i3
actually under way. It is net paper
work. Men are being employed se
is capital. As a result Philadelphia
hai no unemployment problem in the
seme that such a problem lies heav
ily ever ether cities."
As the Mayer sketched the con
struction being carried en by the
several city departments, he pointed
out that the only danger ahead was
in the attitude of the Combine-controlled
Council, with its control of
the city purse.
Threats have been conveyed pri
vafely te the Mayer that his Ad
ministration would receive no mere
funds for new construction. Such
a threat, fully carried out, would
halt the forward march. That such
a threat' leeks like "business" is
borne out, in the' Mayer's opinion,
by the action of the Combine in
killing the proposed $19,000,000 mu
nicipal lean for public improvements
"Such a move "en the part of the I
opposition," said the Mayer, "would
be a knife thrust in the dark a
terrible blew at the progress of
Philadelphia."
Commission Plan Suggested
Incidentally, Mayer Moero is giv
ing thought te the advisability of a
commission form of government for
Philadelphia, te replace the present
system of a Council and a Mayer.
This would eliminate the present
deadly and deadlocking conflict be
tween the City Administration and
Council.
"I am beginning te think," cora cera
taented the Mayer, "that Mayer Don Den
nelly, of Trenten, Is rigTit; that the
commission form of government Is
but for a modern municipality. As it
i new there is a usurpation of the
executive authority by the legislative
branch. This was strikingly illustrated
when Council Insisted that we buy the
Vtre stables en Seuth Bread street in
Place of the one picked out by Direc
tor Caven.
"I am net sure but that Council has
weeded Ita authority under the City
Charter, However, It is plnln that the
Combine plans te use Ita power of the
Pume te the limit in nn effort te side
track the Administration. New In a
eommisMen of four or five men, who
could be elected en the same basis as
the Mayer Is new, these men would
levy the taxes and spend them. There
Would be nene of this double-decking,
e te speak, and of course, the com cem com
tnlsslencrs would net try te hamstring
themselves. This is a business propo
rtion, the running of a city, and It
heuld be se considered."
Mayer Is Suspicious
In throwing out the suggestion of the
rommisslen form of government the
Mayer haa Ip mind the opposition te
"la Administration of Big Finance and
"Is Politics. It Is believed he is bus bus
Pldem of the apparent harmonleua re
lation at present between the Morgan Mergan Morgan
Btettabury Interests, with nil their
lines into Philadelphia's big business,
nd the City Council and City Con Cen Con
'fellcr Hartley.
.JiIr;i.8lS,,MburJ and Mr- Hartley con cen
L?iithe !Reurrt of Sinking Fund Com Cem
ft2i0n.erH. &ttfi Mr Steteebury is be
'wed te be Ifi ympathy with the or-
Frem Control of "Meney
J. WALKER
gantzatlnn which controls City found!
and the Republican City (committee.
The Afn vnr Irnetm. fnr nxnmnlA flint
the Stotesbury lntcrcsts'deslred the nom
inatien of Mr. Hartley In the late pri
mary, and that the Vnre organization
willingly supported Mr. Hartley, though
the leaders were nt first disposed te
drop him from the slate.
The Mayer thinks it significant thnt
the Combine control of Council began
te develop mere fully when the city
Administration began te sheet boldly nt
the big flnuncinl Interests. It was re
cnllcd in this connection that Mr.
Stetcsbury unsuccessfully urged the
Mayer te sign the Hall gas ordinance.
Old Grip IiOescned
'Certain interests," said the Mny'er,
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ktrnUen in Rt two 8 lias Slir.
ceded In loosening the grin the old con
tracter-fiiinnclal Bystcm hns had en the
city. Propaganda has been dissemi
nated te the effect that we arc doing
nothing.
"We nre doing things; the city Is
pulsing with a vibrant activity; the
public business is being transacted in
the open and in n healthier and cleaner
atmosphere. We have, as a matter of
fact, been se busy doing things that
we have net had time te tell nbeut
them. New. hewever. you can "see the
work that Is going en. And the Sys
tem Is writhing."
Anether jolt which the System Is re
ceiving is in the way the Moere Admin
istration Is hnndling the transit sit
uation, the Mayer points out. The
Mayer's plain and unbesscd talking te
the politico-financial combination which
Is heavily Interested In rapid transit is
net making n "hit" with the "would-be
Invisible government."
Mayer Foiled "Interests"
At this point a leader high In the Ad
ministration Interjected ;
"Why doesn't the System like the
way the Mayer talked te the Rapid
Transit Company? Because big tinnn-
CenHnned en Pace Elcht. Column Four
WILSON KEEPS HIS BED
BY PHYSICIAN'S ORDER
Fermer President's Attack of Indi
gestion Followed by a Celd
Bu a Staff Correspondent
Washington, Oct. 31. Woodrew
Wilsen Is still confined te his bed in his
S street home, under the care of Rear
Admiral Cary T. Graysen, liib physician
for eight years. A cold set In follow
ing nn nttnek of Indhrestlen Inst Frltlnr.
and it Is this which has prevented him
irem getting up.
He slept well last night and hart
a
normal temperature tedny, leading Ad
miral Graysen and members of his
family te hope he may be about tomor
row. It was said there Is nothing in his
present symptoms or condition te cause
alarm.
It has been oxpectcd the former
President would make his first public
appearance In eight months en Armis
tice Day, November 11, In connection
with the burial of the unknown dead
in Arlington National Cemetery, np
has been invited te participate in the
ceremonies incident te this event, but
hns net yet neceptctl the invitation ex
tended te him by President Harding and
the War Department.
Whether he attends or net, his ill
ness will preclude him from making a
speech or taking any part in the pro
gram, It was said today, setting at rest
rumors that he might brenk his silence
en foreign and domestic political prob
lems In u public address en thnt date.
TIiIb is new regarded ns out of tlip ques
tion. Although friends In the cnpital
arc planning a demonstration In his
honor for the aftornoen of Armistice
Day, it is understood Admiral Graysen
and Mrs. Wilsen nre opposed te his
exerting himself.
UPHOLDS TEACHER'S SHIFT
Miss Cheesman Ordered te Accept
Transfer Dismissal Killed
Jehn O. Knright, Statu Commissioner
of Education of New Jersey, today up
held the action of the Gloucester Scheel
Beard in the transfer of Miss Helen G.
Cheesman, seventh and eighth crude,
teacher In the Gloucester High Scheel,
te the fifth and sixth grades in the
Cumberland Street Scheel, Gloucester.
Miss ChreKiiinn had refused te no ne
cept the trensfcr, saying it was a de
motion and illegal. Consequently the
Iward ordered the dismissal of Miss
Cheesman for insubordination.
In upholding the transfer Commis
sioner Knright did net sustain the
beard's action In dismissing the teacher
nnd she was ordered te accept the Cum
berland Street Scheel position.
GOES ASHORE IN FOG
Greek Freighter 8tranded Off At
lantic Highlands
New Yerk, Oct. 31. The Greek
freighter Ieannls went nshore a half
mlle from Atlantic Highlands Light this
mOrnlng In n dense fog. The steamer
was bound for New Yerk from Piraeus,
the pert of Athens, whence she sailed
en October 1 In ballnst. The steamer
is net believed te be In Immediate dan
ger. The lennnis is n vessel of U.'IS'J tens
gross with a length of 330 feet and
forty-six feet beam. Beats have gene
t,p the vessel's assistance.
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MISS KDITII DAY
Whose husband. Carle Carleton,
theatrical producer, Ls said te he
planning te bring action against
licr. MLss Day was named In a suit
for dlvorce filed In Londen by
Margaret Bannerman, Canadian
actress, against lier husband, Pat
Seirierwt, who appeared wllh Miss
Day In "Irene"
Broeme Tells Ministers Ques
tions of Sect or Denomina
tion Should Be Taboo
FOR H0TVIE INSTRUCTION
"Whnt is needed today is a stronger
element of religion In the home, for
upon the home nnd the Sunday school
rests the chief burden of religious and
moral instruction. Religious Instruc
tion has no place in the public schools.
If T can leave thnt one message with
J en, I nm content.
Speaking before the regular weekly
meeting of the Philadelphia Presby
terian Ministers' Association. Super
intendent of Schools Broeme, himself n
PrcHbyterlnn elder, chose ns his sub
ject the matter of religious nnd mernl
education of children.
Starting with the premise that n
spiritual belief ls csscnlinl te the hap
piness of mankind. Dr. Broeme at
tacked the problem of instilling that be
lief in the coming generation. His firM
statement denied the public schools te
such instruction, and he explained Hint
it-is extremely vitnl thnt nil questions
of denomination or sect be kept nway
from public-school instruction.
He ndded that competent teachers
for such religious training could net be
had in proper numbers te care for the
large student body in the public schools,
nnd pointed out that the support of (lie
schools rests upon a large and varied
citizenry which would nut permit the
sectarian form which any such re
ligious teaching would necessarily linve
te take.
"The home is the strategic point of
attack in our problem." said Dr.
Broeme, "because nineteen out of
every twenty-four hours of the pupils'
time nre spent in or about It. The
home and the Sunday "-clioel have lite
grcncst opportunities te give the child
the proper training in such matter".
"There is room for much improve
ment in the tcchnlc of religious instruc
tion today. There hns been tee much
attempt te impress truths by argu
ment en minds net yet fitted te grasp
fhe processes of thought. Let there lie
mera decision and finality in stating the
truisms of religion nnd Christian
thought. Afterward the child may
grasp for himself the logical aspects
of the nintter."
-He nlse made an appenl te lessen In
some measure the ndminKtwitive duties
of ministers In order thnt they inn have
mere time te carry their work into the
home nnd spread ChrlMlnuity te thee
whose absence from church would pre
vent their receiving It otherwise. "The
modern minister bus te be tee much
business mnnagcr," lie said. "He
should be relieved of all Hint extraneous
work, and be able te devote himself te
real ministering te the spiritual wants
of bin Heck."
REFORM SCHOOL FOR YOUTH
Shet Fellow Worker Who Tried te
Break Straw Hat
Vincent LnMarce, seventeen years
old, 2."i38 East Cambria street, wis
committed te the Huntingdon Re
formatory by Judge Meiinghnn ted-i.
en a charge of manslaughter te which
lie pleaded guilty October ''().,
The defendant and Frank Giordano.
Ml!" Seuth Mele street, were employed
in a clothing factory at Eleventh nnd
Weed streets. On the evening of June
17, it appeared from the testimony,
Giordano, who had been tensing the
defendant, in an nttempt te break La
Marce's new straw hat, struck him.
The following morning LaMarce went
te work armed with a revolver te pro
tect himself. A quariel nrose n few
minutes after they started work and
LnMarce shot Giordano, the injury
eaubing death.
FREE MEALS T0J0BLESS
Traveling Evangelist Serves Eats te
Unemployed Here
Free meals for the unemployed were
given out from neon until li o'clock to
day at ISIS Arch street by the Rev.
Geerge Scully, n travelinn cvnngelist.
Mr. Scully said he had been in the habit
of giving feed te the unemployed en
Sundays for borne time, and having
8ome feed left ever today thought he
would try doing it en weekdays.
About seventy -five men responded te
the little sign which was hung outside
his quarters. Mr. Scully suid it was
net his Intention te hnve religious serv
ices at these meals. He said Ills pur
pose wns te relieve the starvation inci
deeiit mi unemployment, and would
have no religious features unless the
men wanted them. Each man took tin
entli he did net hnc mnnev te hnv
d before ecing served with tne meal.
ASKS SCHOOLS KEPI
FREE OF RELIGION
Douglas Hendrie Is Released by
Corener in Custody of
- His Paster
CRIES AS HE LEAVES COURT
Mether love exerted itself te the ut
most today te console Douglas Hendrie,
v.he wns wrestling Saturday with his
younger brother, William, at their
home. (1015 North Beech weed street,
when William fell and wns killed.
Douglas, who Is twenty-one years old.
wns paroled tedny by Corener Knight
in custody of his pnster. the Rev. Henry
P. Wilkie. of the Presbyterian Church
of the Redeemer, I'enn nnd Chew streets,
Germantown.
Mrs. Isabclle nendrie. widowed
mother of the boys, went te City Hall
with Douglas, who also was accom
panied by his brother. Alfred nendrie,
a former lieutenant In the British Fly
ing Cerps, nnd Mr. Wilkin.
Corener Knight was conducting ether
Inquests when the sorrowing little
group entered the courtroom.
Douglas Dazed By Grief
Douglas sluipped into a chair. Lines
of werrlment nnd grief crensed his fore
head. He appeared dazed by the acci
dent, which hnd brought almost In
stant death te the brother who was also
his pal.
Mrs. nendrle nlse was grieving deeply
ever her slxtcen-yenr-eld son's death.
But she bravely hid her sorrow te con con
sole Douglas who appeared te be en
the verge of collapse.
"Don't worry, son, don't be se sad,"
Mrs. Hendrie murmured ns she patted
Ids shoulder. "It wasn't your fault."
Douglas leaned closer te his mother.
When the ether Inquests had ended.
Corener Knlg-ht left the bench nnd
escorted the Hcndrlcs and their pnster
te the District Attorney's office. There
Douglas was turned formally ever te
the Corener who said he was convinced
William's death was entirely accidental
Fears Sen May Be Worried III
"I hepe Douglas doesn't worry him
self Inte an' illness," confided Sirs.
Hendrie ns she tcturncd with the oilier"
te Corener Knight's office. "It is bad
enough te leso one without losing
both."
The Corener paroled Douglas in the
custody of his pastor, who wns in
structed te, bring the jeung mnn te the
Corener's Court when an inquest i"
ordered. Tears rolled down the youth's
checks ns he left the office, wnlkiug be
tween his mother nnd the minister.
The Inquest will be held next week.
Willinm, the dead boy, was one of
nine children, two of tlicm girls. The
father died a year age. The friemllj
wrestling match began after Douglas
and Willinm hnd rcturped from work.
William handed Mrs. Hendrie his
pay envelope. His salary hnd been in
I'lcnscd 1 last week. Then he and
Douglas nte a luncheon their inethei
had prepared.
During the tussling match, William
moved quickly te clude his brother's
grasp. He slipped and fell, his head
striking a sewing machine. The body
was taken te the Germantown Hospi
tal. Physicians said dcatii wes In
stantaneous. THISJV0MAN LOST
Magistrate Decides Fare Dispute in
Taxi Driver's Faver
An argument between u taxi driver
and a woman passenger wns brought
te the Central Stutien today and argued
out in loud tones and mutual recrimina
tions before Magistrate Meclenry.
Bertha Bailey, 235!) East Yerk
street, (Hinged she hired a tuxi driver
te take her te her home from Eleventh
and Cherry streets. The driver, Ray
Brucn, she said, started te drive the
wrong way and when she warned him
he told her lie knew what he was do
ing. He finally landed her nt 2359 West
Yerk street, which is un empty let,
and then te the Eighth and Jeffersen
slrVets police station, where the ar
gument became se loud it was decided
le let Magistrate Mcelenrj settle it.
I lie woman s contention was Hint sin1
should net pay the ?3,I0 taxi fare as,
she nlleges that the mistake was the
driver's. Magistrate Meclenry, after
quieting the storm thnt threw the
court room In an uproar, ordered her
te pay tiie fare.
CLOSE CHADDS FORD BRIDGE1
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Engineers Declare Structure Is
Unsafe I
The "Twin County" bridge nt Cliadds '
I..-,I eni-mlnir Wilmington nil... . .-.Hi., i
ever the Brandy wine Creek was closed
indaj by the commissioners of Chester
and Delaware Counties. Engineers said
the bridge is unsafe.
The span is really two bridges placed
end te end, one 11(1 feet, the ether 1S,"
feet In lensth. They nre of the old
covered tjpe, nnd nre of wooden con
struction. They were built sixty-six
j ears age.
"The bridge is lop-sided and is two
feet out of alignment." said James M.
Hamilton, a commissioner of Delnwaie
County. The structures, which link
Delaware and Chester Counties, were
built with u five-Ien capacity whereas
thirteen tens is the normal require
ment new.
SCORES LAW DISREGARD
Businesses of All Sorts Open Sun
day, Paster Says
The Rev. Samuel Zane Ratten,
chairman of the Civic Righteousness
Committee of the Baptist Church, hnni
at the weeklj ministers' meeting to te
dnv that there is a general and scan
dalous, disregard of Sundny closing
Iiiwh in Philadelphia.
"Huslnesscs of every sort nre run
ning wide open en Sundny." said Dr.
Batten. The speaker invited all who
wished te accompany him te Mnjei;
Moere's office Friday morning at 10:3(1
o'clock, te talk ever conditions in the
citj .
Miss Frances Buckley, of Hie Near
East Relief, told of sixteen mouths
spent working among the Armenians in
Turhcj. She appealed for grcnici Ken Ken
eresil.v HiwiiiiI them
tin; Minimus or Washington
A erl pt crlii.. critical fmrucler aiudlra
or America' leudlnc man, will upiar ir ni.
alvely in TN Sumlny Inquirer. Udw, C U
Ledger Photo Servlm
MISS NAOMI COWDEN
Bookkeeper and stenographer for-A.
Simen A Sens, Jewelers, 13.1 Seuth
Thirteenth street, who hurried for a
revolver when bandits held up the
.store Saturday. The "gun" she get
wns swung against n. bandit's head
hi another cmpleje. Miss Cowden
lives at 1311 Horreclu street
SPEEDY JUSTICE PLANNED
FOR 4 HOLD-UP SUSPECTS
Men Caught Friday and Saturday
Indicted -2 Will Be Tried Today
Four men held for the Grand Jury
Snturday as highwaymen will be en
their way te prison with heavy jail sen
tences hung en them by late afternoon.
If the District Attorney's plans de net
miscarry.
The men nra Anten Miller nnd Jeseph
Summers, of New Yerk, accused of
having bound and robbed a clerk at the
Wellington Hetel enrly Friday morning,
and Samuel Andrews, a Negro, nnd
James Celter, n white man. who were
taken Saturday after a sensational at
tempt te rob the jewelry store of A.
Simen & Sens, 13.1 Seuth Thirteenth
street.
Assistant Superintendent Tempest.
District Allernej Itetnu and Judge
Mennglinu conferred today en the cases
te the end that they might be made
examples of.
The Grand Jury returned true bills
of indictment, and Andrews nnd Celer,
if net the ether two. will be placed en
trial liefeie Judge Menaghau tills aft
ernoon. GETS 35 TONS OF SHELLS
AND U. S. STARTS PROBE
Hyattsvllle, Md Man Receives Big I
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Consignment of Cartridges
Depaitnient if Justice aceiil" n,-e in-
Mstignting the shipment of thirt -livi-
Ions of le-eallber I'nltcd Slates army'
automatic pistol art ridges te tin liinue
l .Maurice roie-ki. it
ii.atisiiii.
M
, from Philadelphia
The cartridges, jill in geed condi
tion, are centniniM in (MM) cics.
Neighbors of Puteskl informed the mi mi
iherities when tin- cartridge- nuked mi
motertrucks in charge of M. ('. Mr
Donnld. of 'Washington, 1. ('. Tin v
wcre labeled ' junk." McDonald de
flated the ammunition le be harmless.
I ul th" cartridges were found te be in
prime condition.
Poteski has paid a fine of $10 for
having oplesUfs in his property with
out n permit, and insists lie expected
n sliininent I "nails." sent from
Philadelphia b a uiriii with offices m
tiie Continental Trust Building in
Washington, whom he met several dns
age.
HELD JOB 57 YEARS
Darby Man Late for Werk Only
Three Times In Half-Century
Alenzo Heaps after fifty-seven yenis
of service, lias letired from his job in
the Verlenden Mills at Darb.v. In all
the lime of his employment exi hiding
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M'lll'C Illl'OUgll -M'MICSS lit' UlIS lillC.UlU
inrec nines.
Once thill) veins age - Ml Heaps
vvu" imi'ess ,w irnrey inn iiik which
time, according t his biographer, "he
bleg.apher al-e k nib that "He is
one of the " irwvlng members of the
Dnrbj" Cornet Ifnnd. lie was one of the
mss earders at the mill. He is the only
member of the Majer M, A. (iherst,
'" " Yeterans, that has the distin.-
ll" of being 'he son of n ( l II ar'
inaile liuuselt .in honorable record. I he
veteran as wel
himself."
as a Civil War veteran
STILWELL NAMED RECEIVER
'Toe Much Overhead' Caused Smith,
Redpath & Ce. Crash, Is Claim
Federal .ludce Dickinsen tedav up
pointed Winfred ,., Slilvvcll. ail at
torney, i ei eiver in haiikruptcv fei
Smith. Reilpith & Ce, bieker., I.VJI
Walnut stieit, who failed Thursilnv
Winliehl W I 'raw ford, altnrne.v fur
creditors, said the liabilities of the
brokerage linn, as fur a" he hn.s been
able le iiMirtaiu, are about S'.'ll.lliH).
and the assets in the neighborhood e
s","i(I0. The iumiIvi ncj of tlie firm. Mr
Crawford nd.l-d, was due te "tee much
overhead."
Since the tiling of the inveliintarv pi pi
titien in liaukruptc.v in the Federal
Court last Thursday, the olliees'ef the
lirni have been closed, ami no one has
been nt the place.
HITS MIDWEEK PRAYERS
Rev. Snyder Says Geed Christians
De Net Need Meetings
"A man does net have le go te a mid
week prajer meeting in order le be a
geed Christian," wns the contention of
the Rev. II. E. Snjder, jecter of
Christ's Church, Chestnut Hill, at n
noonday conference at luncheon of
Lutheran ministers at the Central
Branch of the Y. M. C. A. tedny.
Mr. Snyder said the majority of these
who attended these meetings de s0 te
hear the music and m-i then- fiii-nds
Seme of Ins allegations were dispuUd
by the Rev Rebert II. Gerlmrdt. Jr.,
who spoke In favor of continuing tlie
meeting''.
World War Chiefs Bring Greet
ings te Americans Frem
Veterans in Europe t
PHILADELPHIA WORKING TO
OBTAIN 1926 CONVENTION
By the Associated Press
Kansas City, Me., Oct. 31. Messages
of greeting from veterans of the ether
nllied armies brought by famous leaders
of the European lighting men were out
standing Incidents en the three-day pro
gram of the American Legien convention
opening tedny.
General Armnnde V Diaz, of the
Italian nrmles; General Baren Jacques,
of Belgium, and Ylce President Coelldge,
who is representing President Herding,
were spectators and speakers tedny.
Admiral Earl Ileatty, of the British
Grand Fleet, is expected te arrlve dur
ing the lntc forenoon, nnd this evening
come Mershnl Fech. of France, Cem-mnnder-ln-Ohlef
of tne nllied nrmles,
nnd General Jehn J. Pershing, of the
American Expeditionary Forces, acting
ns Marshal Fech's aide.
Delegates Astir Early
Convention hall was early astir with
delegates. Bunds nnd drum corps were
Mining out military music nnd a haze
of tobacco smoke lent an Indian sum
mer touch ,te the bright-colored dec
orations. The 'buddies." apparently In no wnv
diseeurnged ! n niglit of "milling.'
shouting, singing, stieet -corner re
unions te the tune of meter sirens, side
walk dances and endless inarching and
countermarching, began filling the hnll
shortly after 8 o'clock.
A great many of the delegates and
isllers were uniform", apparently blu
ing put them en for the duration of the
convention.
Thousands of spectators came early
and filled the arena balcony nnd the
gallery, while the fleer of the hall was
given ever te the delegates.
Representatives from Alaskn. the
Canal .one. Hawaii, the Philippines.
Perte Rice. Turkey, Africa, France,
Spanish Honduras nnd the British
Kles raised their standards en the fleer
in addition te the delegates from every
State.
Red Cress Workers Conspicuous
Women in Red Cress workers' co
l nines here and there among the spec
Inters were censpii ueu" in their white
di'ossei, with crimson cresses en cup
and sleexe.
Lifting the American ling high above
I or hcid .Mnihiuie Ernestine Scliu-
".'' ','!j "."""'' ' ";nlleii by
singing "Hie Star Spangled Rainier.
(,iing the invocation, the Rev. Jehn
W. Inzer, of Chattanooga. Tenn., na-
tiumil chaplain, asked divine guidance
for the Legien in "hearing en I he torch
Of service nnd patriotism rtiepped bj
M)M ui,e fell iii the war.
Ma.Mir James S. Cowgill. of Kansas
City, welcomed the Legien in the nmne
of i In- clt.v. Dr Harry F. Parker.
Slate ciimmiinder of the Legien in Mis Mis
euri. also made mi address of wel
come The convention get quickly down te
business The report of the committee
en permanent organization recommend
ing that ten national committees, with
repri'sentalleu from each State, be
inaintainid, was adopted.
Speeches en the convention fleer
Centlnunl en I'ajrr l.lchl Column line
ENJOIN MINE UNION AGENTS
Federal Judge Forbids Efferts te
Organize Williamson Field
Indianapolis, Oct. III.- i By A. IM
An injunction directed at "topping (be
Fuiteil Mine Worker, if America from
.flints te uuieiiie the Williamson cei'
fieln in West IrgiuiM. ul'ire ml-ers
h.iu been i n n strike ' , c I nn :i
jenr, w.is isMied tednv M IVdi-iiil
Jmigi A 15. Andeisen ,.n the gieuiul
in-M the nn un w.ls s.. k i m te testmill
UihN .
AHii .1 idge Atnhfi'ii nnmuniv-
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the elder, some i'c'iu in its
,-Mi ,v
lie was ncensi.ine.l ! a ( k.
,,...l,.n lielu i C.nrr nn.l . i.imsel i.c ,.
exacl text of the order.
NEST0S LEADING IN NORTH DAKOTA BY Tret
rARQO. N. D. Oct. :!. R. A. N-r, .-. ni.lt j.-t ih .n'.im .n'.im
ttevinl cnnrlldntt . hrtrt n itnc et 7?(il ev i Oeveisi.- Lyn. J.
Fuiziei. Nonpartisan, wh-.: 1 Oijs el tb St.m- s ;lO?i pi- tin-- ,-if
l'peiti'il unofficially teda,. en the vut in Fnc'ij i d' ! nr
TWO MLN SHOT, $5000 STOLEN FROM BANK
NIAOAKA FALLS, N. Y., Oil. 31. -Twe nn wu uet. one
pielmlily fntnllv. aiul S5COO vnt -,'ul.n nenj the Niii-jin IaU
Trust CempnnyS bank at I'.illb unci l"n' met- i y :i -ed.- v
helcl-ii,) men ai nn. :l with f ' etguns
HEADS COAL SECTION OF U. S. FUEL DIVISION
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31. Appciutmer- ct V B. AVadlvlfc:i. cf
New Yerk, as head e: the coal section el the fuel uivisicn 1 1 :l.t
Commerce Department was. announced t.iay by Se.ietai,? Heeve:.
MOTHER CAUSES RAID
Complains Sen Lest Meney at Gam
bling Ten Are Fined
Following a cemiilninl mde In a
mother thnt hei son lintl lest his money .
police of the Eighth nnd Jeffersen
streets stntien house muled an alleged
gambling house en Giriird nvotuie near
Sixth street last night. Ten men, en
gaged in n gniue of poker, were arrested
and SI. 110 confiscated.
The nrlfceners were nprnlpiinil hnf...
Magistrate Met Icary in Central Stat ion
tiidiiv A line of XT .Mi vvns imposed '
i.n each.
Wlifn ynn thlnla of wrlllnt,
think or WiUTINO-USS;
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DAVID LLOYD GEORGE
The British Prime Minister's ability
te get results "because he has no
principle," as an epigrjm puts It,
has caused liini te be characterized
"the hope of the world" In the
disarmament conference
President Places U. S. Dele
gates en Basis of Equality
With Foreign Representatives
DRAFT NAVAL CUT PLANS
By the Associated Press
Washington. Oel. 31. The rank of
Ambassador was given today te the
American delegates nppeintcd by Pres
ident Harding te represent the fnlted
States nt the forthcoming Conference
en Limitation of Armaments nnd Dis
cussion ,,f Piielfic nnd Far Eastern
IJllOstieilN.
The announcement of the President's
in Hen was made by I'nder Secretary
of State Fletcher, who explained thnt
the four reprosentntives of the United
Stntes were given ambassadorial rank
se thnt they mlghr sit in the conference
en nn equality with the delegntes of
the ether invited power".
Tite delegates. It aKe was said, would
by virtue of their special designation,
outrank nmbnssnders credited te for
eign capitals, thereby permitting them
te cull en nmbnssnders ubrend for spc
c ial information or te carry out such
Instructions as agreed upon
Officials of the State Department
weie of the opinion that it would net
In- iioceary te "end the names of the
American delegates te the Senate for
confirmation of their new designation.
Applies te All Four Delegates
The rank will apply net only te Lliliu
Reet and Senators Ivodge and I'nder I'nder I'nder
woed but also te Mr. Hughes, who will
sir In the conference net as Secretary
of State but ns a delegate of the I'nltcd
States and head of the American dele
gation Senate bsiders also expressed the
opinion that Senate confirmation wns
net required, stating thnt the delegates
who net statutory eflicinls Many'
pit cedents were cited, including th'ei
designation of Ambassndeis of Senaters1
Fi-ye, of Maine, nnd D.'ivl", of Minne
sota. American Commissioners te ne-
Continued im Vaur Tvte, Column Tour
REVOLUTION IN PARAGUAY
President Gendra Resigns as Troops
Support Predecessor
Buenes Aires. Oct. HI. A dispatch
te La Nnclen from Asuncion says that
President Gendra. of Pnraguay, hns
handed ills resignation te Dr. Felix
Paive, the Vice president, owing te u
revolutionary movement by the follow
ers of ex -President Schaerer. The
inriliiltniiinu ...... ha.. ....! ... t . ..
KUPI'ert of nil the troops,
' 'he capital and country I
........iw,,t,,-r ,,. ii-,urii-ii te unve tne
I police
lets.
-me uprising occurred n
ay eve-
ning, and President GendriK neunced
his resignation early yesterfs. There
uas eccu no 11501105.
AMBASSADOR
RANK
ARM
ENVOYS
Quick-Witted Celtic Statesman
Always One Jump Ahead
of Contemporaries
BLINDED BY NO IDEALS,
PEERS FAR INTO FUTURE
This is the second of the
series of articles by Mr. Gil
bert in which he discusses
the leading personalities at
the c e vi i n g disarmament
conference.
By CLINTON W. GILBERT
KtafT CnrrfMMinflpnL ?rnl t..,kiim r.!.
Cepurlehl, tett. bu Public I.tilaer Cemjiani;
Washington, Oct. 31. I might para
phrase and extend the epigram about
Lloyd Geerge "He will be the most
useful mnn nt the arras conference. He
has no principles" and say "He Jg the
hope of the world. He has no princi
ples." t
ETery one leeks forward te the Brlt-"-h
Premier's coming here with the ut ut
mest interest. "What will he de?"
P"ople ask. The compromise in which
the assembly will result will be Llevd
Geerge s compromise, working prebablv
outside the Pnn-Amerienn Building
with President Harding. He Is the next
friend of both the Japanese and the
Americans. ijp h thc ,argMt an(
most available trading stakes of all the
intornntiennl bargainers who will gather
here.
Mr. Lloyd Geerge is n symptom of
the disease of our times. H0 ewes
"s power In England te the fact that
lie has no principles. He is incnpnbls
or thinking things out. ns Mr. Scott
the able editor of the Manchester Guar
dian, onee said. He is nglle. he is mo me
b'le, he i, swift. Ur is something
mere. However events turn, he ls enr
jump ahead of them.
Net being tied down te anv theerr
"r any belief any principles l,e l,a'
no blind side. Ue has intuitions. He
feels tendencies and anticipates them.
Public Leeks fe Him
"'hen a public, suffering from th.
shock of a great war. wishing for some
way out and net seeing any, it wishes wishes
te he Jed by a man who can grasp the
skirts of chances a little mere quickly
than nnybedy. It desires te be ready
for the turn of events. Given a man
with an idea, like President Wilsen,
it sftys-, "but perhaps his idea is
wrong." It wants te wait and see.
Sometimes thc light seems te be in one
direction nnd sometimes in another.
And the mnn whose eye searches ths
horizon, who turns faster thuii any one
else can turn, is the man en whom it
pins Its hopes. The sun. let us say,
has suddenly stepped rising. Every,
body hopes it will begin rising ugain.
But no one knows in what quarter.
One man keeps his eyes en the East;
it has always risen there, and It al
ways will, he says. Bether with the
old feel, say the masses, it may ris
In the West, nnd he'll miss it." Air.
Lloyd Geerge lias eyes In all sides of
his iicad. He will see it rise wherever
it rises. He bes no principles, he is
the hepe of the world. We arc nil mere
or less in that mood. We all uncon
sciously envy England her Lloyd
Geerge.
Where the sun rises is n detail te
Lle.Vll (i0O-ffO lie Is snrn it ...III .1..
nnd that lie will s,,0 ,t. je hns iiumenwt
optimism, which is also a quality that,
people seek in moments of depression.
I "aw him first tight after the armistice.
He had gene through the awful strain
f the war. He faced the burden of
the peace-making and the uncertainties
"f after the win He was smiling and
gay He looked as if the job of direct
ing the empire wus play
Just Se They Muddle Through
A small man. lie gave no impression
of Miinllncss. se Inrge ir his hend and se
ihii-k.it Ids beilv. An Immense vi
uiliiv. n confident c that things always
muddle through and indifference te
.cist hew they muddle through, been use
Ins heart is set upon no particular Ideal,
help him.
When you are optimistic enough yen
make such n peine ns was made at
Versailles and go home smiling. Mr,
Wilsen had principles and no optimism
apait from them. U' made thc same
peace nnd came home te break. I'pper
Silesia, which has just been split up
se as further le wr'.-k Germany and net
ie aid Poland, wat part of that peace.
It was a detail te Lloyd Geerge.
After the award was made a New
Yerk editor wa talking with Lloyd
Geerge. "What is it," asked the Ut
ile num. "I pper Silesln or I.ewcr Si'
lesja. that we just gave le Poland?"
A detail, of course, in a world where,
rv ci ,v thing i" compromise aiul whera
Komi'hevC everv thing comes out all right.
Hell is as amazingly un-Brltish a
pin nomeneu as was Disraeli ruling the
llritlsh Empire. An amazing story
ies here of the Irish conference.
Wlillc De Valera and Lloyd Geerge were
exchanging their dally sharp letters, the .
Biltlsli Premiir said te the Irish Presl
dent "Yeu and I could scttle this
question alone In a few hours. We nre
both Celts. We understand each ether.
But what tan I de with these Eng
lish?" Indicating the slew and stiff
Britons In his Cabinet
He hns, that remark Indicates it, the
Continued en I'air Twe, Calumn Hit
It. O. WKM.H, enTfllit and M-Urln, will
report the Arm. Cnnsreti tar Tba rhila
aiijru mquuar.i-sAev.
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Jim vj.
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