4
WARCUTSHARD
INTO RANKS OF
SOCIALIST PARTY
Drops to 42,000; Endorse Gen
eral Industrial Strike to
Have Prisoners Released
iiy Associated Press.
v.<ik-ngo, Sept. 4. —The withdraw
al of radical insurgent members and
war have reduced the total member
ship of the National Socialist party
in this country to 42,217, according
to a report read at the convention
of the organization yesterday. Be
fore the war the party
claimed a membership of 117,000.
A summary of the more Impor
tant bus'n-ess transacted by the
convention follows:
Urged political freedom for Ire
land and India.
Criticised Congress for declining
to neat Victor Bergcr, Socialist, of
Milwaukee, pending an investiga
tion of his claim to the office.
Endorsed the plan for a general
industrial strike October 8 to com
pel the release of Tom Mooney, Eu
gene V. Debs and other prisoners.
Endorsed the co-operative store
plan to reduce the high cost of liv
ing.
Wrangle All Pay
The new Communist Labor Party
of America adopted a platform aft- j
er wrangling nearly all day over j
the phraseology. It declares the
party in full harmony with the rev
olutionary working class parties of
all countries and stands by the prin
ciples stated by the Third Interna
tional program adopted at Moscow,
Russia. Other planks in the jilat- j
form read:
"We fully recognize the crying
need for an immediate change in i
the social system. The time for ra.r- !
1 eying and compromise has passed ;
and now it is enly a question wheth- I
er the full power remains in the j
hands of the capitalists or the j
working class.
"The Communist Labor Party of j
America has as its ultimate aim the i
overthrow of the present system of
production, in which the working
class is mercilessly exploited and
the creation of an industrial r<*pub- '
lie, wherein the machinery of pro- i
du.Hion shall be socialized so as to !
guarantee to the workers ttie ful": !
sjeial value of the ! r loll.'" "
John Reed, of New York, present-I
oflpuat blOZ<)
52 percent' of a& cs
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tittiX&ru owk thxp Monies,
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Keener Competition
Forces Better Delivery Service
It is natural that the present production and sale of
Autocar Motor Trucks is the biggest in the history of
The Autocar Company. General business is more
active than ever, and the demand for good motor
Chassis (iy 2 -2 ton) trucks is increasin £-
$2300 07-inch wkcdbim The concern that delivers promptly gets the repeat
sonnet business.
J l2O-Inch wheclbnsc
Truck buyers arc demanding a reliable motor truck
made by a responsible manufacturer.
This local representative of The Autocar Company is
one of a chain of factory branches and dealers from
coast to coast. Through them The Autocar Company
assures complete aftersale service to every Autocar user
Eureka Wagon Works
616 North St.
Harrisburg
THURSDAY EVENING, BtXRRISBTTRG TEEEGRXPH SEPTEMBER 4, 1919.
Recognize Need of a New Armory
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, od the scport of the committee on
urogram ami labor, said to be the
irossr radical dec.lration ever Issued
by i political parly i:i this country.
I T'. is said to ha-a beet? largely copied
i from lie progratn of the Soviet ?r
--| public of Russia. Action on it ws?s
I dcferr? d.
Bomb Hurled at
Korean Governor Hurts
American Woman
; Tokio, Sept. 4.—Advices received
I ltere to-day from Seoul, capital of
j Korea, state that a bomb was
| thrown at Governor General Saito
j and that twenty persons were
j wounded, including an American
i woman named Harrison, who is be
| lieved to be related to Carter Har
: rison, former mayor of Chicago,
Governor General Saito was not
i wounded. No authoritative details
I were received.
M. Saito, who formerly held the j (
! portfolio of Minister of the* Navy,
I was selected to succeed Governor ]
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Upper cut shows a model armory; lower, Hnrrisbnrg's present struc
ture at Second and burster streets.
I'nlcss some action is taken in this
city towards the purchase o£ ground
for the erection of a new and suit
able armory, Harrisburg is going to
bo in a very bad way when the new
National Guard of Pennsylvania or
ganization is completed, say Guards
men.
The question of a new hrmory for the
National Guard units located in Har
risburg brings up the consideration of
a site on which the Stale will erect
a suitable building to take care of the
needs of the companies, troop and bat
tery in the new schedule of reorgani
zation of the Pennsylvania Division
under Federal control.
It is said that Harrisburg would
do well to follow the example of
Erie and other cities of Pennsylvania
which are giving concrete evidence of
their appreciation of the Twenty-eighth
Division service, by meeting the State's
offers for new armories. It is impos
sible to use the present armory at Sec
ond and Forster streets, as it was only
large enough for one company- of in
fantry and was erected with that idea
in view many years ago. After the
Spanish-American War an additional
company was added to the Eighth Regi
ment and located in the same building.
Harrisburg is to have more units
than ever before. No battery of field
artillery can be allotted the city until
suitable quarters are put up for equip
ment and horses, and there are no quar
ters for a cavalry troop.
The City Grays Armory Association.
o? which Oapt. K. Laubenstein is presi
dent ; Philip German, secretary, and
Edward C. Humor, Christian Xauss and
Fred tV. Houston, directors, controls
the building in the interest of the
stockholders. This stock is owned very
largely by the Armory Association, with
some shares held by individuals. The
otiicers have been trying recently to
trace the owners and secure the shares
of stock not held by the organized body
or the members thereof.
Under the circumstances governing
the building of the armory and the out
standing stock, it is practically impos
sible for it to be used in any way to
advance the erection of a new struc
ture by the State. It was never owned
nor controlled by the Commonwealth
and the only connection therewith was
the payment to the association of the
annual allowance for armory rent al
lotted to Companies D and I, which
was used for maintaining the building,
making repairs, etc. This amount was
never sulilcient for the purpose and had
to be supplemented by receipts from
balls, socials and entertainments of all
kinds.
The first armory used by the City
Grays was in the Exchange Building
in Walnut street, opposite the Dauphin
county prison, on the site of the pres-/
ent post ollice. A new .armory was built
at Second and Forster streets in 1874
and was first occupied June 28 of that
year. This building proved to be too
small, and was rebuilt, the first drill
in the remodeled building being held
February 18. 1885. This armory, like
the former one, was built by issuing
bonds and required* much hard work on
the part of the members.
ThA building committee for the new
armory erected in 1884-5 was as fol
lows : Captain Thomas F. Moloney,
Uoutenant Joseph K. Rhoads, Lieuten
ant George E. Reed, Sergeants E, Laub
enstein, Harman A. Perkins, William
11. Hawser, Philip German, Corporals
Frank L. Hutter, Milton S. Sprout, Jo
seph B. Hutchison and Private John
Bell. D. It. Miller was the architect.
The building was constructed by J. A.
Stents, carpenter; Joseph Strominger,
plasterer; Thornton A. Bety, painter •
George E. lteed, mason; Elder and
Nauss, plumbers, and Fager and Maeyer
tinners.
The new armory was presented to
the stockholders by the armory build
ing committee on Friday evening, March
27, 1885. Governor Robert E. Patti
son was present and made an address.
The financial standing at the time
of dedication was as follows:
Stock subscribed, 1156 shares,
at * SO $5,780.00*
Donations <j-g 00
Total receipts $6,755.00
Expenditures 9,409.80
Indebtedness $2,654.80
This armory was used by Co. D,
Eighth Regiment, until the Spanish-
American War in 1898, and after the
reorganization of the Pennsylvania Na
tional Guard in 1899, the command re
sumed its old quarters therein. At the
same time, Co. H, of the Eleventh Regi
ment, Provisional National Guard of
Pennsylvania, became Co. I, Eighth
Regiment, taking the place of Co. 1,
of Wrightsvllle, which did not reor
ganize after Federal service In the
Spanish War.
From February 18, 1888, to October
18, 1890, the Governor's Troop of cav
alry, then a new organization in the
National Guard of Pennsylvania, was
quartered in the Armory, under lease
from the Armory Association, paying
as a rental the annual State allowance
of S2OO.
Companies II and I. of the Eighth
Regiment, continued to occupy the
building until the regiment was called
into service at the beginning of the
World War in 1917..
The City Grays Armory Association
entirely controls and manages the prop
erty in every way, attending to rental
of the building and making repairs,
alterations, etc., to keep the structure
up to date. , A board of officers looks
after the details of the management.
Favor 60 Per Cent.
Increase in the Pay of
AH Postal Employes
Tiy Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. 4. —Resolu-
tions favoring an Increase of ap
proximately 60 per cent, in the
salaries of postal employes, estab
lishment of a 44-hour week with
time and a half for overtime, and
allowance of thirty days annual sick
leave, were adopted at to-day's ses
sion of the eleventh convention of
the National Federation of Postal
Employes.
The convention also went on rec
ord as favoring the creation of a
court of appeals with representation
for employes to pass upon all
charges preferred against postal
workers in connection with their
service.
Use McNeil's Tain Exterminator—Ad.
LABOR TO FIGHT
CUMMINS BILL
No Strike Clause a Blow;
Unionizing Steel
Workers
Washington, D. C., Sept. 4. ! A
solid front against the provisions of
the Cummins' Railroad bill, prohib
iting rail strikes, will be presented
by organized labor. Even where an
expression of opinion was withheld
by labor leaders, it was obvious that
the objectionable feature of the bill,
from the standpoint of trio organiza
tions, will never be accepted by
them.
"Why discuss this provision, when
wc have our own bill for the solu
tion of the railroad situation?" was
the query of Bert M. Jewell, acting
president of the Railway Employes'
Department of the American Fed
eration of Labor. "The so-called
Plumb plan, now embodied in the
Siniins' bill, represents the wish of
railway men. It is the one and
proper solution to the problem."
John Scott, secretary of the Rail
wuys Employes' Department, de
clared the bill was highly unsatis
factory to railroad workers, and that
plans to fight it would soon be made
by the department council of the six
big railroad shop unions.
Blow at Liberty
It is expected the plan of attack
will include a request for the sup
port of the A. F. of L. in a general
campaign against the measure. That
an appeal of this character would
meet with hearty response was in
dicated to-day by Martin F. Ryan,
general president of the Brother
hood of Railway Carmen of Amer
ica.
"It will be found that not only
the railway employes, but every
other branch of organized labor will
oppose any 'no sinks' legislation,"
said Mr. Ryan. "The provision
strike the very roots of personal
liberty."
President Gompors, of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, and Secre
tary Morrison, both declined to com
ment on the prohibitory strike clause
of the Cummins bill to-day.
Labor leaders in the steel industry
are g*vg ahead with plans for
unionizing all workers in steel, it
j What %ally Happened at\ferdun?
| What Too\ Place on the Other
J Side of the Marne9
j Aslc the Germans—
I they know the most 7
j a defeat I
'/// mSk 1 OeSL v You've heard the winning i
= f//■ ill s ide of a winning story you y
jj know what the Allies did at
Verdun; what they did at the.
0\ Marne. Now learn what the
/ 5 Germans DIDN'T do. They'll
I \ \© cm tell you themselves, or rather
1 * \ \ M their former master the
Vl) 1 supreme ruler of the emperor
0 em P * re confesses
1 * everything in
I LUDENDORFF'S OWN STORY
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UEPUDIATES STATEMENT
New York, Sept. 4. —James P.
Holland, president of the New York
State Federation of Labor, in a
statement issued last night, repu
diated the report of the High Cost
of Living Committee appointed by
him, which recommended that labor
refrain from participating in strikes
for six months as a means of com
batting industrial unrest and lower
ing the cost of living. Asserting that
t lie committee had overstepped its
powers in making the recommend
ation, Mr. Holland said he would
discharge both members, John F.
EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR
in any climate, in any occupation, you can
keep in top-notch physical condition by eating
Shredded Wheat Biscuit. If you are in
the habit of eating meat three times a day; cut
it out for one meal and eat two Shredded
Wheat Biscuits with milk or cream. It is
a real whole wheat food, healthful,whole
some and satisfying. Deliciously nourishing
with sliced bananas, sliced peaches, or other
fruits. Ready-cooked, ready-to-eat
no kitchen work or worry.
Pierce anJi Isadora Epstein. The
two committeemen have been ex
pelled from the Garment Cutters'
Union, according to a union official,
for acting in a manner "detrimental
to the interests of the organization."
Supreme Council Will
Send Ultimatum to
Rumanians Soon
Paris, Sept. 4. The Supreme
Council has decided to send an ulti
matum to the Rumanian govern-
ment regarding her course in Hun
gary.
The ultimatum, couched in drastic
terms, and with a timo limit, will be
delivered by an envoy of the council.
Should Rumania refuse to comply
with the terms within a given time
diplomatic relations will cease and
the Allied envoy will bring away with
him from Bucharest the Allied dip
lomatic representatives there.
The text of the ultimatum will not
be given out until it is delivered to
Rumania. It is understood, how
ever, that it will deal mainly with
the subject of reparation and tho
evacuation of Hungary by the Ru
manian army.