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GARY TRAIN WRECK
Union Leader Declares Disaster
Wa3 Caused by Unfit
Locomotive
CHARGES OF PLOT DENIED'
1 fly imetit'd fvn
Chicago, Aug. 'J2 Representatives
pf the InterMitc femmerce Commission
were reported tedny te hnvc jninpil in
the lnvestlgntien of the express train ,
urecV nt Oarv, Intl. Sunday. Agents I
of the leenl bureau of lnvestlgntien of
the Department of Justice entered the ,
Inquiry ycMerday.
Railroad agents linked tint rails
had been loosened by removal of spikes
from tls. but .T F. M'Crnth, vice
president of the rnllwny emplevcM' dc
partment of the American redcrntinn
cf Laber, In i stntement tednv. ohiir ehiir
cterlzed the charges ns effort te place
fclame en striking hepment without Mif.
felent bnls. nnd declared the ureck
yvas due te an unfit locomotive.
,T. P. Roenov . head of the Hurcau of
Investigation hire, and his aide, re
fused te nfflrm or dem reports that
the finding of investigators had been
forwarded te his superiors In Wash
ington. McGrath'i htJitcmcnt rame en the
heels of the verdict of the coroner'
Jurv. which found that the engineer
Und fireman of the wrecked express
eerae te their death "ns a result of a
plot te wrek thf train "
Jffarding Asks Ceal
Probe Be Neutrall
CentlntlM frem rnxe Onr
methods of distribution of ienI. in
rludlns deller at the consumer's
(Joer.
Members of Pent:rs -would net be
eligible for appointment te the com
mission under the Horah bill and it
was said th-n the President had d
tided net tn appoint Senators or Kep
eipentatlves een tlieush th bill did
iet contain nuch a prohibition
Hepresentiltne Mnndell the nepub
tlecan leader, "-aid he planned te linc
the Winslow 'oil bill called up " " "
piorrew under a spei in I rule nnd wlrh
(he rxpectntien of reaching a eie en
t before adjournment tomorrow night
Iendln 'he printing of die corrected
draft f the bill ('linirmmi Vm-low
eclliud teda te Mate what specific
chanRes litiil been made Ihc oemmltiee,
heweer. ndil"(l n prevision tint the
member" of the ninmlttcn imsien te
PC appointed b ihe l'i evident shall be
tenfumed bj the Semite In the ectleii
relating, te the t.ikinc of tostimem
(here was added nn amendment proli preli
ne that nil person who tCMtined tir.
fore the inmnissen weu'd be linmuii
form piosectitien cencenilns mutters
bout whl" h he whs compel I'd te tetifj.
There n .1 shnrp ilillereme of opin
ion n te the !, of the commlpsien
pnd while the bill provides that tl.eie
shall net be inen th.m nine members.
It lndlcateil that a nght might be made
In the Heuse te reduce it te five The
nine-member preposition was approved
en the ground that the ( emiuhsicm
(night split Inte two or mere sub-committee,
one te deal with the anthra
cite and the ether the bituminous situ
ation, with a Uew of expediting n final
report.
Chicago. Aug :2-' fBy A V )
An agreement te sttle the Illinois coal
strike -was reached this nfreruoen In
the Rub-committee of Illinois opera
tors and miners i-enle committee
The fettlement plan is timply a re
newal of the 1022 wage contract, whicn
Is In accord with the recent Cleveland
pgreement for settlement of the nation natien
lde coal strike which began April 1
last.
Although the settlement plan had net
been signed, the leaders in the sub sub sub
romrelttee conference were nsred that
the ratification of the agreement would
net be long delayed
E have
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WRECK AT GARY, IND., WHERE TWO MET DEATH
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.scene just after a Michigan Central loiemntlxc leaped tlie rails wlille speeding toward ChlraRe, and tlie train
piled en top In a MH"tercd mass. The eiiRliU' crew .n lilllrd. The clurRO In the Cenmer'h erdlct that llic
wreck Has the result of a plot Mas denied h !. V. Mctmtli, M(e president of the slmprrnft werlter
WORK OF CONGRESS POMERENE ASSMLS
EULOGIZED BY FESS
Eighteen Months of Harding's
Administration Declared Best
in Country's History
NEW TARIFF BILL PRAISED
(nlinnWls. ().. 1.' 22 -Renewing
the aclnrvpineiit- if th 11 udmg Admin
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isiratieu iii-nrwnui.nr -.U1.-..H "-I,
ress K. putdi. 111 can mlite for the Vn-
at in Ohie dichred m the kMiiotend-
dress te the Kepubln .111 State ienen-
., , , , ,i, ,hn .1., c
tien here life fednv that the dav of
peiV barrel' le;islntien hud cone for-
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Ith the 11 I t f .1 Kep ! I' H ( "n
cre- I'ri-nlMit irnnlmg. s.utl Mr.
I es lniitisiiintul h national budget
s'stem whith h 1 1 been veteel bv his 1
predf lessni ," .mil 'for the hrt time
111 our hit-ten the gteatest bueiness of
all liifter new is cei.dint'l as env j
well-reRiil ited private enterprise i con- 1
ducted He asserted in this rennei- '
tien that the 1 luted Mate w the
enlv teintrv in the . rl! "whltli , 1
reduced it- public dbt -luce the w ir '
Mr Y ". discussing the work of
Censresj. deflninl that when rmnstind
"both bv the iinpert.iti' e nnd amount
of work done since the inauciiratlen of
I'residt nt II inline tlne b s than
eighrei 11 months 01 l.iber cxi ed any like
pt nod in our lnstnrv
Afti r ilirnlliiis .1 li-t f bill- of nn nn
tlen.il lniiiertniii e pns 111 that tin e.
with n list uf fitl-er- pjsed bv tin tin
Heuse but net nited en bv the Snate,
lr rs iild '
The mnier portion of nnv -sien i
the appiepimti in nif nures which nev it '
were se filth" nit n- in this CeivriNS,
win r' tie work et utiin te t In Nine
savnl b Hlen- f ! -II 11 s of publi funds
'1'nifi I', i- i' ilinVnii nv ins
been tl 1 t 1 ! de',nc I .1 wni t lie final
-.lie w,' lie hen ir lit r bp( nuiw
mw tie nie t -eientili ever enacted."
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always given our customers
where. In fact, we can and de sell Pianos at all times 20 te 30
our competitors, but in order te make this a great August Sale, we
te make a still further reduction en many instruments for this month.
We are offering in this sale extraordinary values in Uprights, Players, Grands and Repro
ducing Pmnea, some of which were renced for a short time, ethers shop-worn and some were
rebuilt in our own factories and ar: equal te new in everything but price.
Or. our floors will be round geed Upright Pianos as low as eighty dollars ($80),
Players as low as one hundred and seventy-five dollars ($1 75), Grands as low as two hundred and
thirty-five delldrs ($235) nnd Reproducing
($540); and any of which can be purchased en our easy confidential
without interest or extras.
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EVENING PUBLIC
iiiiXa..SS5SiaSASiK C'.i.v.. .
NEW TARIFF BILL
Big Business Alene Benefited,
Senater Declares in Ohie
Democratic Keynote Speech
"NEITHER JUST NOR FAIR"
Fy Aisnrintrtt T""'
Chnrcing
that the Henubllcau Aclmini-tratien has!
VUIIIIHIMI. l . " -
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r,e0i ltl ,),n, n j.m,t pnit of the
'legislation w the picvent engre has
been for the bent lit of big business
rather than theerdiiian ltl7en. Senater
M Vnmrf,n ,,riiwrins the kou.ete
n,irrPf r,t t)ie I tpmncr if u- State Cen-
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1 vennnn nere nxiiiv, preeiMtu i"um
crntlc victen in N'evembil
"After M irch 4, next there whl
still be one Pemerrntii Senater in
Washington from Ohie and mere than
half of the Heuse deles ulen from Ohie
will be Democratic." he said
Hitter crlM im of the Renublvaj
tariff bill, whnh he termed "the sieat
est piece of 'perk 1 arrel' legislation in
the hlsterv of Ceigirss ' fumed the
major rait of the ,iddres.t, which also
touched upon what Seniter lVmetene
deelnred the complete fniluie of the
Vli'iinistratien te enact eenstru tive
lecislTtlen Ilepiibli"!in reviliue le'a
l.i tien placed tlie burden of taxation
upon persons ,uid business of smaller
income and rlieved weilthj persons
ami corporations earning excessive
profits he declared
Turning te the present State dmln dmln
istntien Sen.itei I'emerene sml th.it
Id e the National Admims'nti m it had
failed 10 fulfill its prompt (Jevenmr
Itavls' r Nrgnnizatien bill was termed
"one piece of legii-l itinn which is siiffi.
1 lent totenbmn if it'ie Jinvis n Imln Imln
istratleni f 1 r nil time Ihinu&h the
bill. Mr I'ltieiipe .i tired (mverner
IVi's -ei.cht te gel iiintrel of the
State gev 1 r'i'ni nt 11 detnmce rf civil
si e 1 e and nt the same tine te inke
nwav fmn the ) er r Jp the referend'Hn
vote w I ii h was 1 urdei 1 1 them bj the
constitution of the State.
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LEDGER-PHIlADELPHIA, TUESDAY,
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DECLARES LONG SKIRTS
WILL PUT CURB ON JAZZ
82-Ycar-Old Dancing Master Wel
comes Change in Styles
New Verit. Aug 'Jr. - Women in 80
per cent of the 1 ases are U'pen-lble
for Milgir dancing, lccerdlng te Majer
Ned (Jajner, ciglitv-two-cur-eld danc
ing master .a..d tis'r fter iu deport
ment, who is n delegate te the National
Anient an ssociatien of Dancing Mas
ters, which opened a convent ion jester
da In the we3t ballroom of the Hetel
Commedore.
Mnjer Gajnnr welcomes back the
long skirt, because, he smd, the long
sklit diteuragcs. kicking nnd the erratic
movements of the iaz? Mep
"PantltiK is nn nrt." declired the
major. "Am menke cm toddle. Nlce
people .ire rc(jlln' that thei are net
meiiUc.vs.
l,ei- 11 ni"i", i-iin. .iiurs (Itll,
who has taught voting peeph m Chicago
for sutv .veare, tiediled in iinpuescentc
te the statements if Majer fia.vner.
MICHELL'S
Cider Mills and
Wine Presses
Our Cider Mills
and Wine Presses
nre made te stand
plenty of hard
wear.
Large assort
ment te cheese
from. Pr i c eb
rcasencble.
Large assort
ment of Fruit
Pickers.
STRAWBERRY PLANTS
Leading sorts.; pet-grown.
Sew Grnss Seed New te
cover up the bare spots and
crowd out the fall grass.
We have mixtures for every
purpose.
CATALOG FBCK
518-516 MARKET ST.
be secured else
per cent, below
have concluded
and forty dollars,
payment plan
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ANTI-PEACE MOVE
LAID TO RAIL HEADS
Striking Shepmen Assert Pres
idents in East Are Trying te
Scuttle Agreement
SAY L0REE BROKE PLEDGE
tU AtaclnttA rm
New Yeih, Aug. -'2. Assertions of
Ti. E. Lnree, chairman of the rnntcrn
Presidents' Conference, that talk of
peace in the rail strike was "all bunk"
were nttnikrd by the Kastern Strike
Committee of shepmen tedav In a tele
gram te llert M. Jewell, president or
their union, at Washington.
"The Leree gieup of eastern railroad
executives. Insignificant In numbers, bitt
bneked by the ast power of the Mer.
Knn-(iRry open shop Interests, in nnMng
a desperate eleventh-hour attempt te
fcuttle the Ktrike fcttlrnien!," ald 11
telegram dispatched by Jehn .). Pend,
chnlrman of the Metropolitan District
Strike Committee.
"Beth sides In the negotiations were
pledged, ns veu knew, by their resoec reseec
tive mediation committees te refrain
from comment that might embarrass the
conferees. Last evening Mr. Lerce de
liberately violated the agreement and
arrogantly attempted te wreck all set
tlement progress when hn gave a state
ment te the pre in which he called
peace the "bunk" nnd epenlv belittled
the efforts of msjer executives te ie ie
pert an agreement with the union me
diators, "The slightest move of the 'die-hard'
minerltj shows that thrv will step at
nethiiiff in their campaign te break the
union en their reads We uige you
nersetnlh te bring this nntter tn the
immediate attention of 'internment nu nu
theiltles in touch with the strike situa
tion and with the I'nien Mediation
Committee of the for their information
and guidance."
Rail president from Western State
began te nrrlve for tomorrow's confer
The greatest Bands play
for you - en the Victrela
Yeu cheese the bands you want te hear and the music you want
them te play. Yeu cheese the time of the concert and demand all the
encores, and. the music you hear is made for you by such famous bands as
Sousa's Band, Conway's Band, Pryer's Band, Vessella's Band, U. S. Marine
Band, Garde Republicaine Band of France, Band of H, M. Coldstream
Guards, Banda De Alabarderes the greatest bands of every nation.
Seme
Stars and Stripes Forever March
Gelden Star (A Memerial March)
Officer of the Day March
King Cotten March
President Harding March
National Capital Centennial March
Baltimore Centennial March
Patrel of the Scouts
Maria, Mari
Addie a Napoli March (Farewell te Naples)
Hear these world-famed bands. Any dealer in Victer products
will gladly play the music you want te hear. Victrelas $25 te $1500
Victrela
Important : Loek for these trade-marks. Uhder.the lid. On the label.
Victer Talking Machine Company, Camden,N.X
AUGUST 22, 1M2
ence of the Association of Railway Ex.
ecutlves, where they will vote their nn
nwer te measures piopesed by the big
five brotherhoods ns n practical mentis
of settling the seniority question and
ending the strike.
This will mark the third nntlen-wliU
assembling of rail rhlefs within the Inst
month, at each of which the problem et
strikers' seniority rights linn risen tc
block the path of settlement.
At the first two meetings plnns sub
mitted by President Harding wert
partly accepted, but with reservations
nnd conditions which eliminated them
as n basis for calling off the strike.
The response of the carriers te the
call sent out bv T. IMVitt Cuvler,
head of the nssoelntlen, led efUelnls
iedny te prcdli t thnt everv member
read. Inclurttiii; 20! C!a 1 lines with
mere than IIOO.OOO mile of trnck,
would be represented tomeirow.
"All Itunk," Iverce Declares
Tollewlng a conference of the East
ern group of rnllwny presidents here
jesterdnv, L. V. Leree, of the Dela
ware nnd Hudsen, chairman of the con
ference, snld :
"Reports that pence is remlns In the
railroad strike nre all bunk. Yeu can
quote me ns saving I tnnd where I
have steed from the start, solidly
ngninst nn surrender, nnd it would be
a surrender en the pait of the reads
te give back te the strikers their
scnlerltv." ....
W. W. Atteibury, of the Pennsyl
vania, snld Mr. Leree spoke for all
the Eastern reads. ... , ,
"He speaks for the bunch, and I'll
back nnvthlng he says," General At
terbury deelnred.
Peace tnlk, Mr. Leree snld, had done
the reads mere hnrm than geed. Com
menting en the telegram, he declined
his temnrks were net Intended us a
reflection upon lestilts nttalned nt last
Friday's conference et exerutlves with
leaders of the Big five brotherhoods.
"I wna Het n member of the com
mittee of executives," he snld. "and
they hne net mlrKd me of the con
clusions reached, if any, in the oii eii
ferente last week. The facts, ami per
haps their recommendations, will be
given te the executives tomorrow."
Execnthes May Split
Though n minority, this group Is the
most powerful in the Culled .States.
It will oppose the efforts of the Western
nnd Southern leads te effect n compro
mise en the Kcnioretj question when the
executives meet tomerinw.
That means one of two things will
Victer Records by famous
REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.
happen, it wns said. Either the pence
terms of the "Big Four" brotherhoods
will be rejected or the Association of
Rnllwnv Executives will split. In
either ense there will be no Immediate
settlement and the next move will be
up te President Harding nnd Congress.
The shepmen's strike Is liftythrce dnys
elt! tedny.
Washington. Aug. 22. (Bv A. P.)
President Hnrdlng. nltheugh hepctui
of success for the New Yerk rnll strike
settlement conference, wns snld nt the
White Heuse tedny te be utircqdy te
take any further steps thnn these stntcti
In his receul nddrcss te Congress.
The declnrnlien te Congress thnt the
laws would be enforced nnd the rights
of workers te enter railroad service
guaranteed, It wns ndded, will remain
ns tlie final Government statement un
til there is n chnngc in the .situation.
The Cabinet devoted most et Its ses
sion tedny te n discussion of the rail
strike situation. After the meeting whs
ever It wns stated authoritatively that
no additional steps were decided en,
and thnt the Government hed no pri
vnte reports as te the attitude of the
parties te the railrend dispute in the
negotintlens being conducted in New
Yerk between the executives and load lead
ers of the train scivlcc brotherhoods.
RAIL-STRIKE VIOLENCE
FLAMES UP ANEW
Vj AnecMtd Pre
Chicago, Aug. 22. Walkouts by
trainmen en the Southern Railway, re
sulting In tie-ups in North Carolina,
bombings and beatings, investigations
of alleged wreck plots, marked progress
of the rnll shepmen's strike, while ef
forts te settle It hung suspended pend
ing the New Yerk meeting tomorrow of
rnll heads nnd lendeis of the transpor
tation brotherhoods, mediators for the
striking shepmen.
With reed officials substituting for
striking engineers nnd firemei who re
fused te work In nnd out of Spencer,
S. C. the Southern Rnllwny today be
gan clearing the virtual tie-up of Its
pnsscnger tinnsportntlen service be
tween Washington and Atlanta. Freight
trains, however, arc net being moved.
The eight companies of North Caro
lina Natlennl Guards nt Spencer were
ordered removed tedav after members
of the train service brotherhoods had
Sousa's
Sousa's
Pryer's
Pryer's
U. S. Marine
U. S. Marine
Conway's
Conway's
Vessella's
Vessella's
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troops were retainer,
firemen or tie Rntit,.. .... n
Piinceten, In,., struck teH,iw,",,yv.M
rcttisiii, according 0 union Vn?.i"?wlH
n dcinund thnt armed guarrU l01""'
drawn from the local slieps, be W
A fireman who wan renertlnip . ,
jesterday declared that be hartr 2ut'
halted by a gunrd. who fleurM
gun. lie reported the Incident Ve.
nffle nla. nnrf nnnil,.- .1' "'"'P1 10 Unlim
for the withdrflvvnl of I e gSSru?' S
usvin n.. , uir,v cniicti the strike t:.
servlce between I.eiilsvlllr .!.' Trl'
St. Leuis
Me., hns been .l. '.,'. M
account of
declare,
he strike, the. u.,lenTc
Petitions for a temporary retrtBi.i
order ngninst six rnllrend 7hbn .
unions nnd the rnllwnv emiiin.?."'
partment et the Ameilcnn Ted' it
of Laber were filed today inW0
court in Indianapolis by tlie fiJ.f.r"1
Rnllway Company, whirl, a IImS? ihtn
fercnee with Us trains by , &ln,l
pleycs. Members of local ..,. ""
Princeton, New Albany, Even.im? Ia
Iluntlngburg, Ind.. re nnm'L8
fendnnts. Judge Francis M n.?."!
the United Stntes CIre,, f rl.h
penis, will benr the petition next JteSi
Governer McCrny, of Indians nji
nwnltcd reports of 'Nntletml I Gush .'
cers pciere tnhing action 011 ntjVtiiS
sent by cltlrens of Gnrreif l-j""1!?"
Ing that Mnyer Geerge Kchulths Ji
removed from nutherlty nnd that ul
tnfereement be placed In the rhnLM
Sheriff T. L. Hoedclmler. hecau e W
alleged fnllure of the Mme? t0 -SL&
clthens from rail striker.. Tie pPffi
was sent bv workers nt the Mtiiz,"
and Ohie Railroad ehen! ftr"5S
that their homes bad been stoned ffl
they had been jeered by mob, wSlb
going te nnd from work. '
RHINE DEMAND DENIED
uiiHuaeiuic m rteage State Mfftttj
and Foresti, Germany Declare
Berlin. Aug. 22.-fT Ai pf
Minister of rinance Hermes vva'
ported today te have left nn ,iftv. ",'
yesterdnv's deliberations will, mU'
of the Reparations Commission tht 5'
pleilglng et Slate forests en the.,
bnnk of the Rhine and State mines u
the Ruhr dlstilct ns guarantees. fr .
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