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LXXXVIII— NO. 208 20 PAGES Bu h n . d K;t HARRISBURG. PA. SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1919. ONL H v n?* S"n£,gSu% E " "^CEnt^ 3 HOME EDITION
URGES TREATY AS
CHARTER FOR NEW
ORDER O FAFF A IRS
President Wilson in Kansas City Speech
Covers Many Points Previously Dis
cussed; Declares Pact Shot Through
With American Principles
EFFECTIVE DISARMAMENT
WOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED
By Associated Press.
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 4. —Pres-
ident Wilson appealed to a Kansas
City crowd to-day to support the
peace treaty as a charter for a
new order of wo '.d "airs. It was
his third Speech f o- the ♦••<■ ••• in
Missouri, and was delivered before
a capacity audience in Contention
Hall.
When the President, accompanied
by Mrs. Wilson appeared on the
platform of the vast auditorium the
crowd each of whom had a small
American air. arose and cheered for
more than two minutes.
President Wilson had beerr cheered
as the presidential party paraded
throuirh four miles of the city's
streets to Convention Hall.
The specml train bearing Presi
dent Wilson and his party arrived
here frbm St. Louis at 9.05 o'clock
this morninc.
I,ed by the Seventh Regiment
band, three companies of troops and
the machine gun battalion, the party
left I'nion station in automobiles
shortly after the arrival of the spe
cial train.
Hall is Packed
President and Mrs. Wilson with
Governor Fred G. Gardner and
Major James Cowghill. of Kansas
City were in the first car.
The route of parade was lined
with people, and as the President
approached there were frequent out
hrustr. of cheering.
The parade passed through the
business section to Convention Hall,
Mhc-e arrancements had been made
for seating I'O.OCo persons The
rVors of th hall wr opened at a
o'clock. Half nn hour later every
scat was lil'ed and the crowd was
still pouring in. seeking standing
room.
implicates Points
In his address the Pre-sident cov
ered many of the same points of
the treaty he had discussed in prc\ -
ions addresses. He said he had
come to report to the people direct
about one of the greatest documents
in human histor. The treaty, he
declared, was "st t through" with
American prineii/ s. put there by
the common consent of the world.
One of the things America had
hsd in heart throughout her whole
existence said the Presider-t. was
that arbitration and consultation
should be substituted for force. This
wis accomplished, be declared, by
the League of Nations covenant.
Nine months of discussion of any
international controversy would be
assured under the covenant, he as
serted. adding that this principle
previously had been written i n * < '
thirty arbitration treaties, ail of
which were confirmed by the Uni
ted States Senate. The principle
of the league, he declared, already
bad been adopted by the United
States.
Effective Disarmament
The boycotts imposed on cov
enant breakers were emphasized by
the President as constituting a meas
ure more effective than military
force. "The most conclusive" thing
that could happen to a nation, he
continued, was "to be read out Of
decent society."
Effective Disarmament would be
accomplished under the covenant,
Mr Wilson predicted, dec'aring it
was ridiculous to talk of the league
as tending to war when "its whole
osser.ve" is arbitration and peace.
The league, he declared, would mean
the end of the "military clan"
throughout the world forever.
"There is no other way to dis
pense with great armaments without
an agreement by the great nations of
the world," said Mr. Wilson, and
here is the agreement."
Autocracy would perish with mil
itarism. added the President and
the intrigue which had terrorized
Europe for generations would be
irrded.
Must Be Destroyed
He declared that "democracies
will sooner or later have to destroy
that kind of government, and if we
don't do it now the job will Jtill
be before us." This task, he con
tinued, must be carried to the ex
tent that no minority anywhere
could control the majority.
"The men who now control the
affairs of Russia," said Mr. Wilson,
Find the Body of
Prehistoric Giant
By Associated Press.
Jackson, Mich., Sept. 6.—What
is thought to be dhe body of a
prehistoric man, 12 feet in
length, was found buried in the
yard of a Jackson policeman
while excavating work was being
done there Friday.
The body, it is said by physi
cians who examined it, is in a
perfect state of preservation, even
to the hair and teeth. The physi
cians expressed the opinion that
the body was genuine.
I :
THE WEATHER
IfnrriHhurg and Vletnltyi Fair
nnd somewhat warmer to-night
with lowrat temperature about
65 degrees. Sunday fair.
Showers Forecasted
Washington, Sept. ll Weather
prediction* for the week beginning
Mondnv aret
North and Middle Atlantic States
—Occasional showers after Tues
tlnyt interior tempernturrs above
normal flmt half of the week,
nearly normal thereafter.
■ "represent nobody but themselves.
They have no kind of a mandate.
There are only thirty-four of them,
; 1 am told. There is a closer mono,i- I
oly of power in Moscow than there ;
ever was in Wilhelmstrasse. And a j
; man more cruel than the Czar is .
controlling the destinies of tht ;
people.
"And if we don't want little |
groups of selfish men to plot the
future of Europe, than we must i
. see to it that little groups of Selfish ;
men do not plot the future of the I
United States."
Refers to Arnieiiin
Citing conditions in Armenia. Mr.
Wilson sa d he "wondered that men !
do not wake up to the moral re
sponsibility of what they are doing," :
when they were "debating and dc- j
bating." while tragic situations ;
| waited to be dealt with as soon is !
| the debating was over.
[ Hope for "every people in the j
j world that haven't got what they !
i think they ought to have" was seen ;
i by the President in the League pio- j
. vision which empowers one nation i
| to call friendly attention to what
' it thinks is an injustice inside an- j
j other nation. Every such people. '
, said he. would have a "world forum" j
j in which to present its ease.
The people, the President said, j
j.bad been misled about the Treaty;
by men who look nt it "with the ;
I jaundiced eyes of those who have i
' some private interests of their own."
When these men were "gibbeted" by
public opinion, be sn'd. "they Will
regret that the gibbet is so high."
Put Up or Shut Up Again
"If anybody dare 1 to defeat this
great instrument." he continued,
"then they will have to gather to
-1 gether their counselers for the
world and do something better. I
say it is a ease of put up or shut up.
A negation will not save the world."
The President said some men op
posed the Treaty conscientiously,
and he would take ofT his bat in the
presence of any man's conscience.
But these men, be added, based
their opposition on "ignorance" of
what was in the Treaty.
Germany. the President said,
would be the only great nation left
I out of the League, "unless we de
: cide to stay out and come in later
i with Germany."
Philfcipincs Perplexing
Alluding to the American promise
to set the Philippine islands free,
Mr. Wilson said, the League would
solve the "very perplexing" problem
of how they were to be kept free
: after their independence had been
grantd. Mr. Wilson said he could
i imagine the shades of the fathers'
I looking on with astonishment "that
the American spirit has made a con
! quest of the world."
! "I tell you," he added, "the war
; was won by the American spirit.
I And America in this Treaty has real
i ized what those gallant boys fought
I for The men who make this impos
sible or difficult will have a lifelong
reckoning with the men who won
the war"
I The President asked the audience
I not to think he lind come dut to
I "fight or antagonize" anybody.
"I have the greatest respect,"
; said he, "for the Senate of the
i United States. But I have come out i
! to fight a cause that is greater than
! the Senate, and I intend to fight tha|
cause, In office or out, as long as I
live."
Because of his late departure
i last night from St. Louis Mr. Wil- I
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Kills Self With Bullet
Through His Forehead j
Warren S. Harper, aged 27, com- |
| mitted suicide this morning by
| shooting himself in the forehead
I with a 3 8-caltber revolver. He was
rushed to the Harrisburg Hospital
i where he died at 5.50 a. m.
Harper, who lived with his
• widowed mother, Mrs. Alfred Har
| per. at her home, 419 Harris street,
| was married but did not live with
i his wife. His brother, who also
! lived at 419 Harris street, could give
| no reason for the suicide save that
jof despondency. He was an inspec
! tor. y
' GERMANY RETURNS REPLY
By Associated Press.
Paris, Sept. 6. The German
reply to the Supreme Council's note
informing Germany that she must
alter Article 61 of her constitution,
giving Austria representation In the
German parliament because such a
proviso was contrary to the stipu
lations of the Versailles Treaty, was
I handed to Paul Dutasta, general sec
retary of the Peace Conference, this
morning. The German note was
signed by Ernest Schmidt, of the
German mi-rdon at Versailles, in the
absence of iTaron Kurt Von I<ersner,
head of the German delegation, who
18 In Berlin. ,
AUSTRIA WILL
APPROVE PACT
ON WEDNESDAY
Dr. Rcnncr Is Returning to St.
Germain With Authority
to Affix Name
TERMS ARE DENOUNCED
Vienna Characterizes Them as
"Bitter, Spiteful and Unjust,"
and Based on Might
By Associated Press.
Vienna, via London, Sept. 6. Dr.
1 Karl Uenner, the head of the Aus-
I trian peace delegation, has informed
the newspaper correspondents here
that he would return to St. Ger
main on Sunday and sign the Peace
Treaty handed Austria this week.
Paris, Sept. 6. Dispatches
which reached the Peace Confer
ence to-day from Vienna indicated
that the Austrians probably would
formally decide to-morrow to accept
the Peace Treaty. Chancellor Uen
ner is expected to return to Paris
immediately in which „ case the
Treaty will be signed Wednesday
morning, September 10, at St. Ger- j
main.
Vienna, Wednesday, Sept. 3. —I
The peace terms handed Austria by i
the Allies at St. Germain were !
printed in this morning's newspa-;
pers accompanied by editorial ex- j
pressions of proteg. and despair. The i
Arbeiter Zeitung characterized the j
terms as "bitter, spiteful and un-;
just." It added "the Entente is J
using its power in the most shame- |
ful manner to illtreat and outrage
defenseless people with a peace
based on might." The Tagblatt
says:
"In vain do we search for a sign ]
of justice, regard for our utter in
capacity to fulfill or consideration
for the principle of self determina
tion for peoples." It adds that the
reparation commission must begin
its work by constituting itself a revis
ion commission.
Charges Wilson With
Holding Truth on Claims
of China to Shantung
By Associated Prcts.
Washington, Sept. 6.—Senator :
Norris, Republican, of Nebraska,
speaking in the Senate to-day on
the claims of China to Shantung,
said the President would not tell
the facts regarding the disposition
of that province "because it would
cast some reflection upon the Peace
Conference " Supporters of the ;ui
ministration, he said, "dare not be
cause it would incur the displeas
ure of their great leader," so the
Senator announced he himself would
relate the story of the "troubled
community."
In the narrative form that usually
begins "once upon a time," Senator
Norris told the story of Shantung.
Throughout his speech which never
was changed from its allegorical
style, nations were referred to as
individuals. Germany being styied
Bill Kaiser: Japan, Mr. Jap; Great
Britain, France and Italy as John
Bull, Mr. French and Mr. Italiano,
respectively, while the United States
was named Miss Columbia.
Bill Kaiser, pictured as a husky
fellow who trained himself in the
use of firearms with the idea of do
spoiling his neighbors, the Senator
said, "forcibly took the Shantung
farm" from John Chinaman, and
later when the other members of
the community were engaged in
punishing Bill Kaiser, Mr. Jap, tak
ing advantage of Bill Kaiser's pre
occupation in other fields, seized the
property.
The Senator's story of the sittings
of the Peace Conference, included a
satirical account of the journeys
and methods of Miss Columbia, one
who "possessed a beautiful voice
and had a wonderful .command of
language," adding that "she sur
passed by. far the greatest of her
sex in her ability to talk."
Senator Norris declared that
China had greater cause for com
plaint against the United States than
against any of the other judges, for
the seizure of Shantung makes it
Impossible for China to bring prod
ucts from other parts of the coun
try without submitting to the rule
and regulations that may be im
posed by Japan.
Flyers to Thrill City
With Daring Feats and
Battle Stunts Late Today
Late this afternoon the army flyers
from Middletown are scheduled to
thrill the city with daring loops and
other sensational stunts.
This is the first of the three days
during which the four Curtlss type
JN 4 H planes from the Middletown
I eld will take pictures of Harris
burg. These planes are enroute to
other Pennsylvania cities for the
same purpose, and will take the air
this afternoon to make the first pho
tographs. >
It is the intention to take pictures
of the proposed field at Maclay and
Cameron streets together with all the
approaches, etc., in order that planes
coming in as strangers to this vicin
ity may be enabled to find the field
and land without mixing Into wires
and other obstacles.
With reference to the long stay of
these planes in Harrisburg— August
SO to September S—it is interesting to
note that boosters say there reason
for staying Is that already brought
to the attention of Harrisburg citi
zens. namely, that this city is the
logical stopping place for all planes
going West. Before venturing across
the mountains, they all wish to stop
here for repairs and overhauling, and
when Harrisburg Is equipped with a
good landing field, hangars and all
other necessities j proposed, all
planes will stop hers.
LAFAYETTE ANI)
MARNE EXERCISES
ARE BEING HELI^
France and United States Arc
Both Holding Celebrations
in Honor of Events
MONUMENT FOR TROOPS
Spot Near Bordeaux Where
Soldiers First Landed Is
Permanently Marked
I>l' Associated l*rcss.
Xcw York, Sept. 6. Ambassa
' dor Jusserand, of France, was the
| principal speaker at France-Ameri
j can exercises held here to-day in
| New York's historic City Hall in
! commemoration of the 162 nd an
■ niversary of tjie birth of. Lafayette
' and the fifth anniversary of the first
: battle of the Marne. Messages of
felicitation and congratulation upon
the victory of Allied arms were read
from President Poincare, of France;
General Pershing, Major General
Wood and Secretin y of State Lan
sing.
Besides France and the United
States Government represented at
the ceremonies were Great Britain,
Canada, Italy, Japan, Belgium, Itus
sia. Poland and Greece.
Similar exercises were held at the
same time in San Francisco, Mil
waukee, Philadelphia, Fayetteville,
N. C., and Lou'sville, Ky., the same
messages being read to the assem
.es in those cities. In Philadel
phia, in uuUiLion, a cable message
was also read from the President of
the Paris Municipal Council.
Peace of Safety
Ambassador Jusserand, in his ad
dress said that "the war has now
ended as it should," and that the
peace which was signed was not a
peace of "vengeance" but a peace of
reparation and safety. He paid a
touching tribute to the memory of
Theodore Roosevelt, saying both
nations mourned the absence of one
man "ami hearing no more a voice
which, on momentous occasions
reached from one end of the world
to the other, teaching men how to
attain better days through courage,
sense of duty and good citizenship,
a voice now hushed forever."
Busy Reconstructing
Referring to the horrors of Ger
man warfare and the. devastation
wrought throughout Northern
France. Mr. Jusserand said:
"Do not think that those sturdy
men who. in company with you,
stopped the onrush of the Gernians,
now static rvjhast and disheartened
at the sight of the ruins and the
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France Pays Tribute by
Erecting Monument Where
U. S. Troops First Landed
lly Assotia'.ttl Press.
Point l)c Grave, France, Sept. 6.
France paid lasting tribute to-day
to America's active entry into the
Great War by laying the cornerstone
of a monument here commemorat
ing the landing on the spot of the
first contingent of American troops
in 1917. Appropriate speeches by
President Poincare and Hugh C.
Wallace, the American ambassador,
were the chief features of the exer
cises, appropriately held on the
birthday of Lafayette, who sailed
for America from this same spot in
1777.
The weather was none too propi
tious for the ceremony.'the addresses
of President Poincare and Ambassa
dor Wallace being delivered during a
slight drizzle. None the less the
scene was a brilliant one, numerous
detachments of French and Ameri
can soldiers, sailors and marines as
sembled among the sandy dunes of
the Point giving color to the picture.
The guard of honor for instance, was
composed of United States Marines,
many of whom were veterans of the
lighting on the Marne In 1918.
In addition to Premier Clemen
ceau. Marshal Foch and other dis
tinguished Frenchmen, numbers of
prominent Americans assisted in the
ceremony, among them Frank L.
Polk, under secretary of State, Gen
eral Tasker H. Bliss and Brigadier
General W. D. Connor, now com
mander of the American forces in
France. The French representation
included also the Marqutf de Cham
brun, a descendant of Lafayette and
a member of the Joflre mission to
the United States in 1917. Andre
Tardieu, and Deputy Maurice Da
mon, chairman of the committee on
exercises.
Strike Order Calls
19,000 Miners From
Collieries in Penna.
Scranton, Pa., Sept. 6. Follow
ing a lengthy session of the Delaware
and Hudson Company miners'
Grievance Committee here late yes
terday orders were issued last night
for a general suspension of wo>k in
all of the collieries operated by the
company in the Lackawanna and
Wyoming Valleys. Twenty-six col
lieries will be closed and 19,000 men
affected by the strike, which will
be the largest in the anthracite
rcgio 0. since the six-months' strike
in 1902. These mines produce in the
neighborhood of 26,000 tons of coal
daily.
The trouble which resulted in the
general strike order had its inception
at the Powderly colliery, in Carbon
dale, when the company installed
mechanical loaders. The men at
the colliery istruck, demanding that
the machines be eliminated. They
were supported in this demand by
the men of the No. 1 Colebrook and
Jermyn collieries, and a meeting of
the General Grievance Committee
was called. In addition to the de
mand that the. loaders be abolished
the men now allege excessive dock
m:*, )
New Heads of Salvation
Army in Harrisburg
i jj .
ENSIGN LIBBT MRS. A. C. LIBBT
With the arrival of Ensign and Mrs. A. C. Libby the Salvation Army will
take on marry new activities. The two officers served many months with
the allied armies in France and Germany. Before taking up war work
Ensign Libby served appointments at Meadeville and other Pennsylvania
cities. Ensign- Libby will conduct services in the army hall, 45 6 Verbeke
street Thursdays and Sundays.
FACILITIES FOR
NEW MARKETS
URGED IN CITY
State Director Points to Ad
vantages When Producer
and Consumer Meet
At a meeting this morning of the
farmers who bring their produce to
the city markets, held in Chestnut
Street Hall, Guy Smith, director of
tho State Bureau of Markets, of
fered some suggestions on the ad
visability of establishing a whole
sale market in Harrisburg.
Mr. Smith, who was secured by H.
G. Niesley, county tarni agent, told
the crowd of farmers who came from
the market houses of the city to lis
ten to him, some of the experiences
of other cities which have adopted
the wholesale market. In speaking
of the high cost of living, he said
that in many cases the general pub
lic blamed the farmers unfairly for
the rise of prices. It is sometimes
the case, said Mr. Smith, that a
farmer will not harvest a crop
which he has sown, because market
prices would not begin to pay him
for the expense pf harvesting, sort
ing and bringing it to the city.
Most people, however, would see the
plowed up crop and not consider the
overhead expenses.
The proposition put forward is to
institute a market place somewhere
in Harrisburg where farmers could
: dispose of large quantities of food
| products to wholesalers and con
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Necklace Stolen From
Red Cross Girl in Paris
Is Sold For Two Cones
Paris, Sept- 6.—Two ice cream
] cones was the price which two Pa
risian bellboys received the other
day for a $l,OOO pearl necklace one
of them had stolen from an Amer
ican Red Cross worker here. The
Ited Cross girl, whose name is not
made public, was a guest at the
hotel where the two boys, Albert
Marant and Jean Arnal, were em
ployed.
Fearing that detectives were
watching him, Marant gave the loot
to Arnal to sell. Jean took the
r.-ecklace to the ice cream vendor
who has a portable stand in the
Tuilleires Garden and demanded
ten francs, but the vendor induced
him to accept instead, two ice cream
cones, as it was a hot day.
Both bellboys and the ice cream
man are in La Sante prison.
Treat Tuberculosis
by Psychology Now
Mrs. Francis Hinton, of Philadel
phia, was to-day appointed supervisor
of occupational therapy by Commis
sioner of Health Edward Martin and
will enter upon her duties at once. It
is stated by the department .officials
that the place is a new one created
for the purpose of treating tubercu
losis by psychology, t.he idea being to
keep patient's minds and hands busy.
In the treatment the authorities will
give opportunity to patients at State
sanitoria and dispensaries to learn
vocations suited to their condition.
The course Is entirely new onf in
this country, it is stated. Mrs. Hin
ton lives at 4214 Walnut street.
Philadelphia.
KEEP FLAGSHIP AS RELIC
By Press.
Washington. Sept. 6 gut's
old flagship, the Hartford, in which
he defied the mined waters of the
lower Mk-lssippi and which recently
has been threatened with demolition,
will be kept In her original state,
as a relic of the American Navy,
the Navy Department announced to
day. w
GET FORMER REl> COMMANDER
Basle, Sept. 6. Two former
members of the Hungarian Govern
ment. Dr. Lokals and Ernest-Seidler,
have been arrested in Austria, ac
cording to advices from Vienna.
Seidler formerly was commander of
the Hungarian Red Army. Both
men have been Interned by the Aus
trian authorities. j
MILK AND CREAM
j SAMPLES MAKE
POOR SHOWING!
i
Dangerous Colon Bacilli Arc
Found in Numbers; Cream !
Below the Standards
I . I
Milk, cream and ice cream sam- |
\ pies taken by city food inspectors '
j in August and tested in city tabo- j
i ratorics did not compare favorably j
j with the good record maintained
|by dealers during the other sum
. mer months.
I Thirteen of the twenty-nine iv.'-Ik
'samples contained colon bacilli? or
,dangeious germs, four were below
1 the butter fat standard of 3.25 per
cent., and eighteen showed the pres
-1 ence of gas, which is not allowed
according to the city requirements.
I Of the thirty-eight cream tests,
i seven were below the butter fat
standard of 1$ per cent. Four cf
i these were taken from restaurants,
■ two front dealers and one from a
j grocer.
lee Orcnin Is Poor ,
I -Six of the twenty Ice cream sam
| pies contained the dangerous bacilli
and six also contained more than
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Shopmen Call Convention
to Oust Their Grand Lodge
Officials For Wage Action
fly Associated Press
j Chicago. Sept. 6.—The executive
j council of the Federated Railway
i Shopmen of the Chicago district, has
I called a national convention to be
i I held here on September 25, it was
I announced to-day, to act on the
| new wage scale granted by Presi
[ dent Wilson. Steps will be taken at
. the convention to oust grand lodge
officials now in Washington in con
ference over wages with Director of
Railroads Hines and other officials
of the government, according to
John D. Sanders and M. L. Hawver,
who issued the call? Sanders said
the grand lodge officials who have
counselled delay on the part of the
shopmen while wage negotiations
were in progress, are unpopular with
the rank and file of the craftsmen
and that nothing- short of a sub
stantial increase in wages will avert
a general strike.
I More than 2,000 delegates from
local unions throughout the coun
try are expected to attend the con
vention and these represent 200,-
000 workers who. it was stated, will
tie up the transportation of the
country should they decide to
strike.
Gen. Pershing Is Due to
Dock Monday Morning
By Associated Press.
New York, Sept. 6. A radio
message #eecived here to-day by
the naval communication service
I from the transport Levithian which
| is bringing home General Pershing,
I stated that the ship was due to reach
| Ambrose lightship at 4 a. m. Mon
! day, and would dock at 8 o'clock
| Other officers on the Leviathan,
the message said, were Major Gen
erals A. W. Brewster, J. L. Hines
and C. E. Summerall; Brigadier
Generals R. E. Davis, Walter Bethel
and F. Connor; Colonel G. C. Mar
shall, J. G. Quakemeyer, L. C. Gris
comb, R. c. Burnett. E. C. McNeil,
A. Morne and C. S. Babcock.
FIRE DAMAGES NEW BOAT
Quliicy, Mass., Sept. 6.—The new
torpedo boat destroyer Sharkey was
damaged by fire at its slip | n the
yards of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding
Corporation at Fore River to-day'
The cause of the fire and extent of
the damage were not known, but it
was said that delivery of the craft to
]the Government would be delayed sev
| eral weeks.
CLEARING* DECREASE
New lark, Sept. 6. The actual
condition of Charing Mouse banks
and trust companies for the week I
(five days) shows that llicy hold $O2,- '
026,200 reserve In excess of legal re- I
qulrements. This Is a decrease Of i
i |I,010,2?0 from last week, ;
ACTORS'STRIKE -
IS SETTLED BY
OPEN SHOP PACT
Theaters to Reopen at Once;
Adjustment Satisfactory to |
Roth Sides Is Reached
STAGE HANDS RBEAK IT
Centering of Attack Against
Shubert Productions De
cisive Factor
By Associated Pres.
N>*r York. Sept. 6. The actors' >
strike, which began about a month
ago and after closing the majority of
the theaters of this city spread to
many other cities, was settled early
to-day. Alt theaters affected by the
strike will be reopened at once.
The settlement followed a four
hour conference between a group of
producing managers and representa
tives of the Actors' Equity Associa
tion. and of the labor organizations
of the theaters.
August Thomas, the playwright,
of the mediation committee
of the Authors' League of America,
who made the announcement that the
| strike had been settled, states that
an open shop had been agreed upon
and that the theaters would reopen
iat once. Francis Wilson, president
; r.f the Actor's Equity Association, snid
, that all differences had been Bettled
; to the satisfaction of both sides.
Stage Hands Itrrnk Strike
I It was the action of the stage hands
late last night in ordering its mem
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Candy Auctioned Off
at Low Prices Causes
Purchasers Illness
[ Candy auctioned off at a low price
lby an auctioneer at t.he Verbeke
I street market this morning caused a
; number of persons to become verv ill
I for a short time, the police to-day re
! ported. They are making an invest!-
i gation.
I The candy consisted principally of
i peanut bars in box lots and a "con-
I siderable amount had been purchas-
I ed before it was discovered that It
1 was stale, the police said. The auc-
I tioneer immediately stopped the sale
I when he found It was not good.
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STRIKERS START
MARCH TO FORCE
UNIONIZATION
Armed Miners Hiking Across
West Virginia Hills to
Attack Operators
GOVERNOR TAKES A HAND
Appeals to Men to Delay Ac
tion, but Is Disregarded;
Machine Guns Mounted J
By Associated Press
Charleston, W. Va., Sept. 6.—Five
hundred miners who left Oak Grove
this morning to march across the
mountains to Coal river where they
said they intended to enforce unioni
zation in mines, were Joined at Ra
cine on the Little Coal river by 3,000
| more men, according to word re
ceived by Governor Cornwell shortly
| before noon. All the men are said
Ito be. armed.
1 According to information received
• from a local coal operator, the cool
operators of the Guyan field yester
] day unloaded a carload of machine
; guns at different places in Logan
j county as a means of preparation to
meet the miners from the Kanawha
und Coal river fields.
Predicts Trouble
W. M. Petry, vice-president of
District 17, United Mine Workers of
America, said four thousand armed
miners were on the march. Mr.
Petry said the men had refused to
listen to the Governor's appeal last
night that they return to their homes
and he predicted trouble at Cor.l
river "unless the miners demands
are granted." He estimated the
marchers would be joined by a force
of 25.000 men when they reach Lo
gan county.
The Governor last night, without
escort, went to the miners' camp and
pleaded with them to desist in their
| intention and to await results from
! what he could do.
Moonlight Glints on Rifles
| On top of a truck used to hail
j provisions, surrounded by hundrens
| of miners, the moon'ight glinting on
the rifle barrels of the men, Gover
jnor Cornwell asked the miners as
American citizens to be American
citizens and preserve order. He did
j not ask them to disband and return
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