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CITIZENS LOSE FIGHT AGAINST GAS COMPANY
-HARDING TO MOVE IN STRIKE
Plans to Use Government; Pressure to Prevent Tie-Up ' of the Railroad Systems    i
ALL-DAY CONFERENCE
Threatened Disaster To The Nation Calls For Every Re¬ source at His Command
One Good Reason For Thanksgiving
Dallas. Oct. 15.—Tnrkeys for Tbanksglvlnr Day dinners are go¬ ing ti> be cheaper than last \ear. Ben Ablon. the turkey king of T»xa«. declared here today that according Co present Indications turkf»ys ¦will be about 12 cents per pound lower than last year's prire. If this pr»'diction Is carried out Thanksgiving turkeys will cost ahout 20 centa a pound in Texas, with express charges added else¬ where.
DEFIANCE IS HURLED BY ULSTER PREMIER
Belfast, Oct. 15.—A fiery apeech of defiance, flinging the .strongest chal- lenfre to Sinn Kein since Sir £Mward fiirson's famous Incitatlon to open rebellion was m;ide at the Laborite 4 Club thia aftornoon by Kir Charles ¦ Craig,   premier  of   I'lster.     "I   want.
we treasure.    Trust me;  I'll see that no one Interferes with  your rights."
Conference Tomorrow
London.     Oct.     15--With   fhe   next
session of the Irish peace conference
scheduled     for     Monday   afternoon,
continuance  of  the   cenference   rest-
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WAGE CUT QUESTIONED
•• 'Waehington. Oct. 15.—Preaident Harding intends to prevent a general strike If It is in fhe government's power to do so. It was authoritative¬ ly leamed at the 'VNTilte House to- ' nighL
f He le planning to summon Broth¬ erhood lenders here Immediately to eee If h- rnn induce them to call off the threatened strike.
President Harding, it Is under¬ stood, regards a railroad strike as the most disastrous thing that could happen at this time.
Vnder no circumstances, it is said, will he perlmt the men to walk out if thero Is any possible way of avert¬ ing It. 'Whether forc»« will be resort¬ ed to. if necessary, or.dal.s would not say. They bel1<>ve, howpvor, thnt the Isbor lenders will listen tn reason and hold tho men at their Jobs.
rublic Intorpst demands that there he no th'ltii: up of r.Tllrond traffic at this time, officials here agree, and thoy .-ire prrpsrM to back the admin¬ istration to the limit.
rre!»i<Ient   Harding  had  the  Inter-
fltatc foninierce ("ommlsslon .md the
Railway   I^bor   Board   in  session  all
da?' s^eekinK a way to harmonize the
^jnfllct between the railroad execut-
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Figures Are issued to Show Public the Variations in Spending Tax Money
EXHAUSTIVE SURVEY
X««w Tork, Oct. IB.—^Boston f* the most extravagant nnd Baltimor»» th*> most Aconomlcal of the ten largest American cities as regards municipal expenditures, according to statistics made pubilc tonight by the National Security Leagtie.
An exhaustive mit^ey hy the Inagne shorwed the per capita expenditures fit these cities In thla rank:
Boston, $35.ft«; Pittsburg, $19.81; yew Tork. $2».34; IjOs Anpeles, 126 42; Philadelphia, $24 .SS: St. Louis, $22 37; Chicago. $22 S2; Detroit. $21.13; Cleveland, $20 9f>: and Balti¬ more.   $lfi.SS.
The leajrae also ga've the romptra- tlve per capita expense of these cities for the following items: Ceneral government, flre protection, sewers, reftise. etc., charities, hospitals .nnd correction. libraries, mothers' pen¬ sions, soldier relief, etc., police, health, etc.. highways, schools, recre- !atlon. pensions and jrratuitles for city emplovofj and  v.arious expense*.
These items in the above order. In¬ cluded:
Xew Tork, $3.44; $1.94; $2.06; $2.72; .29: .76: $330; .60; $2.S0; $R.19; .6,=>:  $1.42.    Philadelphia. $3.16;  $1.20:
you  want,  the country  wants,  needs ' ed on the ability of Sinn Fein to as-
¦nd must have, peace", Craig de¬ clared. "If peace doesn't come In one way it certainly will in another, here In T-Liter.
"Some people s««m to think the only 1 id to peace is for I'lster to give
in    to   beg   In   some   direction. I paxts  of  Ireland  to Some people .set-m to think Ulster is like  a piece of chees,  to  be  nibbled away hy mice.   I .say to you I'lster is '     Semi-official denial was made that
sure the government that charges of unwarranted activity by the Re¬ publican army was groundless.
It was said all undue activity    by Irish armies would he denied.    Dele¬ gates  have  been    sent     to    various ascertain     flrst hand the exact conditions.
no cheeee and cannot be nibbled. It Is rock and pranite that will break the teeth of men attempting the nib¬ bling, whether Uiey be Sinn Feiners or others.
If the conference at London breaka down—well, we've taken ev¬ ery precaution  to meet that eventu-
ad.lournment of the sessions until Monday was due to reports of arm¬ ing and uniforming of the Republic¬ an army, it being exri! .ined the re¬ cess was taken solely brcause of the British custom of vacationing over the   week-end.     In   fact     the     latest
ally. We are Just as well able to I session was said to have developed a prepare plans as Sinn Feinn Is. ! tentative agreement for future en- "We'd be wanting In our duty If we j forcement of the Irish truce, thc de- allowed them to sweep over our fair ; tails to be worked out immediately province  and  take  away  everything ; upon the delegates convening.
State Troopers Raid Hotels
Taking Thirty-Eight Captives
Public Service Commissioners Deny Appeal For Lower Gas Rates
.19;       63;      $3.26;    ,.4S, .88:     $1 .'?9      Baltimore. $1.75;    $1.38:    .1$;    .07: 13.74.  .72:   .35.
Wres and their employes. _     The  whole  controversy   hinges   on   $2 47;   >2.S5;
the demand of the railway    officials   $2 14;   $.'i.35:
fhat  wages be cut so that  rates can    $1.48.    $1.48
he reduced. Railroad officials are de-    07;    $9;   $1.6S
manding an  additional   wage   reduc- ^ tio   of   ten   per   cent   In   addition   to
the original decree of the labor hoard %>rdci|iig  a     12     per    <»nt     reduction
whiih   has   rot   yet   Wen   made   ef-
f.Tilv.'   It   was I.vor this  orlclnal  re- ,   ,     ,   .        . ...     ,
ductb.n   that   the   strike   was   voted | ""1  municipal    axat.on    the  Import-
and   labor   loaders   alroady   dissatis-   ¦•""•"  "f. demanding   public
fted burst into opon Indignation whon
the   detnand'for   a   socoml   cut   was
mado.   Ijibor   officials   promptly   de
j     In a series of spectacular raids late I last   nlpht   and   early   this   morninp, '. State police and Lackawanna county officials \-isitPd alleged gambling and bawdy hotises in Old Forpe and Peck¬ ville and arrested marjy mrn and wo- I men.  The   proprietors  of  the alleged I gamhllnp nnd bawdy houses topother ( with .the  frequenters  wero  pl.iced   in I I.,ackawanTia  county Jail at  .Scranton ! and will be given hearings on Mon- , day morning.  ,
i     The   following  places  were  viBited i in the Old Korpo raid: }     Rockaway    lidtol.    Riverside   hotel, Renda's  hotel.  Big  Bertha's  restaur¬ ant.
Thirty-eight persons wore taken IntOk eusrtody, this number Including twelve women .ind twenty-six men. The wonien are said to be notorious characters, well known to I^ackawan- na and Luzeme county authorities.
Captain William A. Clark of Troop B,   Wyoming,   was   In   charpe   of   the , detail of state police and Lackawan- I na county deputy sheriffs and detec- I
clared that L.'.OO.i'OO men stood ready to walk out nt  the given  signal.
Attitude
today's
'Tf the American people would tnke the trouble to reallie that fed¬ eral disbursements average over $25 annually for ever>- family and that this is practlcallv donblod by stato (tation,  the
economy and assisting In bring it ahout would be roalir.od." said Charles 15. Orth, president of the league. "The league will koe|i the public informed as to the huieaus and departments In \ Washington which overrun aproprla-
tions made for them.    But    no    Im-
Pretidcnt'e
President Harding    called conference   to   seek   wa>-s  in  scaling • provement can he had until the peo down   rates   and   will   call   on   lahor ^ ^j^ j^^^^ p^,^^ j^ p,^.,^ affairs."
leaders In an endeavor to hnve them ^	
postpone  the   strike. ,
Officials   tonight   doubted   whether    CHARLES  J.   HEXAMER the   gr>\ornment
nRon<ies would in the fni o of the pr. <cnt temper of tho railway employes, insist upon tho socon.l cut ret'onimoiiilod by railroad officials
S<>vcr.il davs ac" President Hard¬ ing summoned R. M Barton, O. Wal¬ lace Hanpor and Bon W. Hooper, representing the public on the Rail¬ wav I>abor Board, to Washington. They arrived at the Whlto House to¬ day and IVesident Harding Imme- dintoly took thom to the ofTices of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Ton minutes l.ilor rrosidoiil Harding returnoil to the W'hito House, leaving •'the two Kroups to work out some feasil.lo plan.
Hardinp's objective Is the j^vlval of jfcusinvss through lower freight rates Wind It IS tho possiblo fiustiation of this aim which aronso« so mnch con¬ cern ovr labor's strike threat.
I'rosidont Harding said he "deter- mlniHl to pet topothoi- ihctwo puMic bodio.v which havo to do il with w.ipos and rites, and give thom every pos¬ sible encour.agemoot to t.iko a stronp ^lead in the effort at au .-idiustment. a White  Honse statement  anounced.
It Wns explained that roprosonta- tlTes of tho employers and employes on tlio wapo board were not called heca I'-o it w.ts folt tho\ would reflect partl^an views, whereas the President Is seeking solution beneficial to the puhlic generally.
KAISER  IS SAVING
Anisfonlam. Oct, 15.- I'ormer Kais¬ er 'V\';llielm Is being forced to pi-ac- tlce economy, duo fo the deprecia¬ tion of the mark and the seizure of his  Prussian  estates,    his    treasurer I
DIES IN PHILADELPHIA
ttves which swooped down on the four
alleged bawdy houses ift Old Forge., Thirty-eight men and women were I taken Into custody. As the troopers' surrounded the places a number of: the frequenters attemptod to escape ' throuph back doors and windows, but wore captured by the state police and • Lackawanna county authorities in tholr right for freedom.
In the Riverside hotel nnd the Rockaway hotel a quantity of boor was found. Captain Clark .said that tho licenses nf these hotels wore ro¬ cently revoked by I«'ickawanna county courts but that beer w;is be¬ inp sold last night when the estab¬ lishments wore visited hy the State police. Capt. Clark said that the pro¬ prietors of these hotels would be prosecuted on this charge as well as on the ch.-u-ge of maintaining a bawdy house.
The detail of the State police and Lackawanna county authorities that conducted the raids on alleged bawdy and gambling houses in Peckville were in charge of Sheriff Afirtz, of Lackawanna countv.
Word received Irom Harrisburg lart evening was to the effect that the Public Service Commisaion, sitting at that place yesterday, dismissed the complaints of the Boroughs of Wyo¬ ming and Forty Fort and other municipalities and private in¬ dividuals against the Luzeme County Gas and Electric Com¬ pany, but ordered the filing of additional data and corrections in the rules and regulations of the company before determin¬ ing the reasonableness of the gas and electric rates. ihe company is given thirty days within which to file data cover¬ ing the operating expenses and revenues and other operating features and especially data covering the large amotmt of un¬ accounted waste gas.
Tlie case dates back to 1917, when various boroughs tm the West Side combined to fight against the rates of the company. The boroughs claimed that the gas and electric company was.violating its franchise rights, inasmuch as the ordinances which gave it the franchises also fixed a maxi¬ mum rate, which the company exceeded in its new schedule of rates. TTie commission holds that the franchise rates do not apply.
In speaking of the report sent out from Harrisburg, Rev. Albert J. Whittaker of Dorranceton, one of the most active members of the West Side Welfare League and first vice president of that organization, said last night that he didn't feel inclined to make any definite statement regarding the or¬ ganization's next move until the leeigue members meet to voice their opinion. However, he did state that, in his opin¬ ion, the officials of the organization would take absolutely no step toward having its members pay their gas bills, which have been standing for some time, pending a decision from
the Public Service Commission.
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"The notice sent out from Harrisburg yesterday is Noth¬ ing more or less than a further delay in the case," said Rev. Whittaker. He stated further that in all likelihood a meet¬ ing of the Welfare League will be held during the early part of the coming week, when some action regarding yesterday's ruling will be taken.
OCTOBER THIRTIETH SET AS DEAD-LINE BV RAILWAV UNIONS
Instructions Issued For a Progressive Walk- Out To Start First On Unfriendly Lines and Then Advance To Other Systems Considered Ready To Make Terms
NATION'S SUPPLIES TO BE PROTECTED
Chicago,   Oct.   15.—Strike    of    the 2.000.000    railroad    workers    of    the country   was   ordered   tonight.       Tho I men were instructed to start walkinp ; out   on   October    30.      Strike    orders j have   been   formally   issued   and   will not be recalled, according to the rail- j road chiefs, unless executives yield In j their Intention  to cut wages.      Rail¬ road workers on seventeen lines will walk  out  at  6  a.   m.   on  October   30. This will be followed by others.
The brotherhood opened up a strik* office in Chlcapo tonipht, with H. P. Daugherty. assistant grand chief of the onpineers. in charge.
"Joint committoo." in foot hiph let¬ ters was printed on the windows.
Daughort\'s  first Job will  be to In¬ voice  the  "war che.';t" of  the  broth¬ erhoods, which is said to run into mil¬ lions of dollars.    Funds for the relief I of   strikers   will   be   handled   out   of I here, it was said.
Heads  of the railroad  brotherhood j     All railroail unions, even those not reached  their  decision  yesterday  but ' affiliated   in   any   way   with   the   big held  off formal  decision  In  the hope   brotherhoi.d.",  will fipht  as a unit, it ; that   the   railroad    executives    would ; j^-;,s decided, jback    down   In   their   demand    that ,j^, ,.  ». _        ,.
1 wages be cut  10 per cent, in addition '^'"   '^°'"' Suppl.ee
(to the 12 per cent, cut last .Tuly. The The Kodefit.<l Sh'>i, Cr.ifts. affili- j announcement was made after most •''"'^ with the railroad department of lof the .^On general chairmen and five,*   ¦"   *~
10 PLACE OF HONOR   BUSY NIGHI'S COUNT
ONSMISOFCIIY
brotherhood   chiefs  who   participated 1 in   a   final   conference   today   left   for i home   with   strike   orders   In   their pocketa.
The railroads of the nation, accord- i
Ing   to   the   strike   plans,   have   been ',
di\ided Into ten  groups.  Mfn  In  the !
first group win be called out October
30.  If railroads do not  meet  the de- j
mands of the union following this, the J
I remainder of the groups will be call- ¦
j ed out, one hy one. I
I     Railroad     Ijibor     chieftains     left |
'Chicago   tonight   to   notify   the   rank
nnd  file of railroad  workers  to  pre- 1
the American Federation of Labor. sif(od ready to phinpe their fortunes with the brotherhoods, as did also twolve other unions. The shop crafts voted to strike fir.^r but have been holding off until the brotherhoods' action.
In order not to -alienate the sym¬ pathy of the pnMii> needed to win any strike -elaborate preparations have been made to mnve food sup¬ plies durinp the strike. When the strike is oalUd enouph union men to man food tr.nins throughout the country will offer to stick by their posts.
Railroad   traffio,   acooidinp   to   re-
pare for war. Five hundred general j liable information, will not be com- chalrmen of the powerful railroad | PletoIy tied up at the outset. The brotherhoods carried sealed orders j rnilroads have been divi ed Info ten signed bv the four grand chiefs, back Kroups for strike purposes. This will to their constituents. enahle fhose of fho  public  who  m-i.;t
_,.        ... .,       _      _ . 1   I.   ._.^^ travel to reach their dostin.ition. even
Tihs stnke action was precipitated 1 ..        l .l      i.        . j v.     .
,,       , ». 1    1.  J   though thev have to po a roundabout
when    railroad    executives    -'»-*-—' >
Rules Of Conduct For Railroaders Issued By Chiefs Of Brotherhood; Mail Trains Are Not To Be Spared
Will be One of the Distin¬ guished Guests at Burial of Unknown Soldier
GIVEN SPECIAL BOX
Chicago, Oct. l.";.—The International and Croat Xorthern Railro.ad of Texas will be one of the first roads to be hit hy the railroad strike. It is under¬ stood. One hiph railro.ad union of¬ ficial .stated that there is a probabil¬ ity that the strike on the Ttitcrnatlonal and Croat Xorthern may start Octo¬ ber 22 in spite of the ifact that the strike actunlly starts October .10
Want Orderly Walkout . 1 "In the conduct of every strike! there are numerous irresponsible per- I sons, not members of the orpaniza- ' tion, who take occasion to engage inj acts of \-1olonce and disorderly con- I duct and such actions are usually af-
nnion   men  are  povernod hy  tho  fol¬ lowinp  rules,  accordinp to  the  strike instructions whic h wore given to gen- Philadelphla,   Oct.   IT..—Charles   J. j eral chairmen today: ' Hexamer. founder and for many years I     "Xo man in tho road    service    In- prosident of the former Xational Oei^- I volved in tho strike will perform any man-American   Alliance,   died  at   his   service  after  the  hour    set   for    the ' apartment here today as the re.sult of | walkout, unloss he has begun a trip I had   health   lasting  over  a   year.   He! and ^,3,, ^^.f^ ^ terminal.    If    this    Is was   .=i9   years  old.   In   1901   Hexamer   the case he will  complote    the    trip
tributed to momhers of the orpaniz.i- lion and preat care should ho t.-ikcn The i,y o\ery menibor of tho orpaniza- tions to avoid associating with such persons and such conduct should be discoiiraped so as not to cast re¬ proach upon the cause.
"Some railroad officials may en¬ deavor to coerce or mislead the men by asserting that men at other points have not quit or that thoy have re¬ turned   to   work.     Such   information
Washington, Oct. 15—Former Presidont Woodrow Wilson will be invitoi to attend the ceremonies at -Arlington Xational Cemetery on Armistice Day for the burial of an "unknown"   American   soldier.
This was officially revealed to¬ night by the announcement of Sec¬ retary of "War "Weeks of a Ust of thoso whom he will specially In¬ vite. The distinpuisned guests who are to be speoially Invited are de- sipnatod simjily by their titles and not by name. The "ex" Presidents nre includod in the list, this apply¬ ing to .Mr. Wil.son and Chief Justice Taft. who are the only two living former   Presidents.
Secretary Weeks said that a special box will be given over to President WUson in the amphitheatre at Arling¬ ton and indicated that recopnition will
should      he      discounted      and      all 1 be piven in other ways to Mr. Wilson's
founded the alliance and was Its presi¬ dent  up to October  1917.
I When the org;inization was investi¬ gated by Congress after this coun¬ try entored the war, Hexamer drop- pod from public \ii w. Ilf was a graduate of the l'niversity of Penn¬ sylvania here and had received sev¬ eral degrees.
i     On his fiftieth birthday a banquet
.was tendoiid llox^imor and he was doiorated with the order of the Red j
i i;aple by  the then Corman  .\nibassa-| dor \'on  BernstorlT as official repre- I sentative     of   the     Kaiser.     Ho    was often   referred   to  as   the   "American.
' Kaiser." He divorced his wife several | years ago. With a brother he carried ' on a civil engineering business here.
MINE UNION OFFICERS HELD BY GRAND JURY
Charleston, W. Va.. Oct 15.—Fifty-
nine officials and members of t'nited Mine AVorkers of America were in¬ dicted by the Kanawha county pi-and
»«r,„„„.,«i  .«.<,,. 1 1'irv  hrre   late   today   on   charges  of
announced  ton.iv.
Ho must  refuse many requests for I     .j,'^"; ^^^'^^^ ^^^ charged speciflcal- charity. a was said. 1 j.^.   .^.^^y^   having   combined,   conspired Xowspipers     report     the     fonner  aj,<i  confederated  in  this  county for kaiser will dismiss ten employes    .it   j^e   purpose   of  Inflicting  bodily   In- Poom in Xovember to save money,   j jury on Sheriff Don Chafin, John Gore,  la deputy, and a numher of other peo¬ ple in Logan county about August 15,
JAPAN IS ANXIOUS mi- , ,.   ,
^«,  ^,   .,».<^.-   ...r-.%.<>« Among   the  officials   indicted   were
TO  PLACATE AMERICA    Frank    Keeney.    district    president;
 ' William   Petrey.   district   \-lce   presi-
jg ident ,and William Bliizard. sub-dis¬ trict president. They were charged with ha\-ing conspired to commit a felony against the peace and dignity of the etate.
Countv    Prosecutor   Burdette   an-
.-itid deliver the train at the end of the run.
"There is no difference botwoen .a mail train and a freiirht train as far as your legal right to strike is con¬ cerned. You have the same right to refuse to perform ser\'ice on a mail train as on a freipht train.
"Men involved in the strike will keep away from the company's propt- orty except those who are assigned certain duties.
"Acts of \'iolence of any nature will not bo tolerated by any of the org¬ anizations.
"Local representatives will ar¬ range for a hall for meeting pur¬ poses. Xo one is to be present at the meetings other than those on striko except hy permission of the as¬ semblage.
"The secretary will arrange a roll call with each orpaniz.-ition on a separate sheet. The call will be taken twice daily.
strikers shrould apply to tholr offi¬ cers and committeenion for informa¬ tion and bo povorned accordinpl.v and nn union m:in will return to work ilTTtil the strike is offici.illy callod off whon all will return at the same timo without prejudice and with all former riphts.
"The local chairmen of these or¬ ganizations on each division of rail¬ road will jointly supervise tho prose¬ cution In fhe territories over which they have Jurisdiction.
'Ijocal chairmen will reitort dally, preferably by nipht telegram to thoir respective chairmen as to the condi¬ tion of affairs."
Railroads operating in 42 of the 48 Statos win be affected by the walkout according to data pivon in the in¬ structions. There are 200.000 miles of railroad track in the l'nited States. The brotherhood chiefs estimate that 7,'..000 "miles  will  be affected.
It Is believed that it will be Xovem¬ ber 1 before there will be a complete tie-up of transportation.
MORAL GOVERNMENT   ,     | INSURANCE COMPANY
PROMISED BY WOOD INVOLVED IN TRIAL
peculiar pfisition as the President and cotnmandor-in-chief of the .Army and Xavy of the I'nitod States durinp the world war. Mr. Wil.son's invitation proliaMy will be sent to him by a spe¬ cial messenger. There will bo no room at the amphi¬ theatre for the general public without tickets, Wooks said, as the seats will be allotod to officially Invited guests.
Besides President Harding and for¬ mer President Wilson, the specially invited piiests, whoso wives are akso asked to attend, will Include:
The \'ico I'resident. the cabinet. Supreme Court, President of the Sen¬ .ate, Speaker of the Hotise, members of foreipn affairs and military com¬ mittees of Seate and House. Gov¬ ernors of states, ambassadors and ministers of foroign countries, Am¬ erican and foreipn delegates to the limitation of arm<ament conference, which  opens  here  on  that  day,  dis-
One Driver Refuses to Stop But All Others Offer Bail For Hearings
INJURIES NOT SERIOUS
Four automobile accidents were re-' ported   fo   police   headquarters   early; last evening as a result of the usual hea\-y traffic on Saturday night,
Ahout 6 o'clock last evening Wil¬ liam Gallagher, aged 16, of fil West Jackson street, city, was slightly in¬ jured when the brakes on a bicycle which he was riding failed to hold and he crashed into the side of a car owned and driven by Arthur Squires of Buffalo, X. Y., at the corner of Beaumont and Madison streets. The young man received lacerations of the .scalp and fhe back of the neck and was taken to City Hospital, where ho received treatment and was later dis¬ charged. !
.Mioiif   a   half   hour   later   ari   uni- | denfified man was struck and knocked to the    pavement     when  he  stepped ; from the curb directly in the path of , a   car  owned  a-nd  driven   by  Joseph Samley, 32 Butler street. Pittston, at the  intersection   of  'Washington  and Market   streets.    His     injuries   were such  that  he  soon  scrambled  to  his [ feet   and   lost   himself   In   the  crowd 1 which   soon   gathered. i
Fred  Bauer, aged  4. while playing i at   fho  Intersection  of  Moyallen  and : Madison   street",   about   6:30   o'clock 1 last eveninp, was struck by an auto¬ mobile,  the    driver    of which  never slackened   the  speed  of  his   machine following   fhe   accident.    The   little lad was picked up by three younp men passing by In a second machine .T.nd huirled   to   the   Homeopathic   Hospi¬ tal   where   he   wns   treated   and   re-» turned to the home of his parents on Moyallen  street.
slashed I „.„,.
¦«-ages   for   the   second   time   in   six i months and refused to re-open nego tiations. It is to come October 20, ac¬ cording   fo   best   Information.   Union heads when they met there today did not  talk  peace.  They held  they  had only one course open to them.—strike. If fhey hacked down, according to one high  offlclal,  fha  backs  of fhe  most powerful   union  organizations  In   the world would be broken forever. Meet on Tuesday
The chiefs of the five brofherhoods will meet In Cleveland Tuesd;iy, It wns stated tonight. I)otails of the strike will be perfected at the meet¬ ing.
Cleveland Is the permanent head¬ quarters of the Brotherhood of Rail¬ way Trainmen, Brotherhood of Lo¬ comotive Engineers and the Broth¬ erhood of Locomotive Firemen and Knginemen.
The order of Railway Conductors is located af Cedar Rapids. Ia., and tho Switchmen's union of North America in Buffalo Roth these, it Is understood, will move fo Cleveland during the strike and station repre¬ sentatives in the Chicago strike office.
Thia Is what happened at the mo¬ mentous meeting, according to In¬ formation  divulged  tonight:
of
Karller in the afternoon. 'WlUlam Kessler. aged 1t>. of 29 Xorth .«?tate street, was struck by an automobile and received mther painful injuries to one of his hands. The machine! was  driven  by  a  man  who   pave  his |
tinpulshed  foreipn  generals  and  ad- ! name aa Berkovlfz. driver for Heller's
Manila, .P. I. Oct. IS—Economic. efficient and moral government for the Philippines was promised by Major General Wood at his inaugur¬ ation as Governor Gene;,.l here to¬ day.
Wood     declared     he     was    highly pleased and honored  wiih    his    ap- \ ^hich Meyer was insured for $10,000 pointment and urped the co-operaf.on | but which has thus far refused to re-
Twin Falls, Idaho, Oct. 15—The de¬ fense of Mrs. Lydla Southard on trial here for the murder of her fourth husband. Edward Meyer, today train¬ ed the guns of its' offensive on the Idaho   State  Life     Insurance   Co.   in
mir.als attendinp tho conference, for¬ eipn militar.v and nav.'il attaches, as- sist.ant secret.-irios of executive de- p.irtments of the povernmcnt. chiefs of divisions, bureaus and bra'^ches of the war and na\'y departments, commissioners of Columbia, com¬ mander of the American Legion and heads of the Red Cross and other welfare  organizations.
W.'ishington,     Oct.      l.=i.—Japan making a  supreme effort    to    settle; •atisfaotorily      outstanding      Paclflc and far Eastern questions In    which \ the United States is especially Inter- i
of Americans and Filipinos in the islands in his address.
"The people of the Philippines as the farthest outpost of Occidental education, religion and democracy must  not  fail",  he  declared   •
Wood announced that officials of the government under his direction must recognize tbey hold offices of public trust .'.nd the policy would be toward government by the  people In
ested  before    the    opening    of    the, fenced   immediately   after   the    in- Washlngton conference. j dictments were retumed that Keeney
Japan's  efforts  are  to  remove the! and  Fred  Mooney would  be brought more Important questions which she j here for trial as soon as their cases inl»ht have  been    held    accountable   were   disposed   of   in   Logan   county.   ^^^^^^  _„.^......^..
for In the discussion  of Pacific  and 1 ^'here they are under indictment on  ^^^ highest degree
far Eastern differences In the forth-   charges of conspiracy. j 	
Several members of the miners'or-I HOLDS   KLAN
ganization were charged with the murder of Gore, Jamea Munsey and John Caalgo.
Approximately      200      Indictments
comln* disarmament conference whlcb are directed toward the fol- lowiag problems:
1—Tap;    2—Shantung;    3—Siberia.
JftysLD brna nrtuallr disposed of Tap, but tbe problems of Shantuns xanuda.
ILLEGAL
Aus»in,    Tex.,    Oct.     15.—The   Ku
Klux Klan . as It is said to operate m
Texas, was held to violate the state were retumerby thrgi^nFjuTT-To-, consUtutlon and the ^
day.    Eight were ladlctments chars-1 an opinion handed down by the At-   ed  for the    discovery  of arsenic lits zmirdic^ 1 tomey General's ofUc*. 'heyer's body.
mit to Mrs. Southard.
Defense counsel indicated that it would be shown the Insurance comp¬ any has persecuted Mrs. Southard and further that the company in¬ directly instigated the holding of the second inquest over Meyer's body and sent a special doctor to Twin Falls to conduct the Inquest in the interests of the company.
Another phase of tbe attack Is di¬ rected toward sheriff Ormsby,'Intim¬ ating that he has been "too busy" on the case. The defense has several times implied that Ormsby had mo¬ tives which might have been account- in
FIRST MOVE IS MADE
store on South Pennsylvania avenuo. In each case excepting the one In which the unidentified drive figured, the person operating fhe rar ai the time of fhe accident furnished ser^ir- Ity for his appearance In police ceurt.
AMBASSADORS   AGREE
Paris. Oct. 15.—The Council of Am¬ bassadors today adopted the league of nations' delimitation of Silesia's frontier.
] "Warren S. Stone, grand chief i the engineers, went through the for¬ mality of reading the declaration of w.Tr. Ho read over one by one fhe j overwhelminp vote by which mem- ' bers of rail unions voted to walk I out.
; "Thafs onr verdict, gentlemen," he I was reported as saying. "'We did our best to avert a strike, but the executives refused to conciliate. This is the show down. "We must either slrike or quit. And we are not going to quit."
The remainder of the time of the meeting lasting four hours was spent in passing out sealed orders to the general chairmen. j
Milllone Fer Defense j
W. G. I.«e, president of the Broth¬ erhood of Railway Trainmen, the pa- ciflst of railway unionism, did not at¬ tend fhe meeting. j "What was the u.se to attend?" he 1 fired back at a queatlon. "Xo action was taken there. Everything was set-
Strikes will be railed on fhe "tm- frlendiy" lines first. If is understood I the Pennsylvania which has fought the battles of many other roads for decreased wares Is one of the first on the ll = f. The Xf.w York Central and fhe Baltimore and Ohio, labeled as "more friendlv" bv labor, will be among the last to be hit by the strike. Call Roads Insincere
Hiph rallro.-id union offici.ils brand¬ ed the r.'iiiroads as "insiticore" In promising rodiicod freipht rales to the publlo in evi.nt  wages wore rut.
"It was iust a play to fbe public for svmp.-ithy and was done fo Incite feelinp ap.-iinst us", one official said. "If fhev were to Solicit public sup¬ port why didn't thev cut rates when the labor board 'opped 1400 OOO.OOO off our pay" Instend thev demand fur¬ ther wage cut before promising to re¬ duce rates.
"But we will buck fhem. The Tvar Is over a'ld wo are poing to get what Is cominp fo us. We stuck to our Jobs all during the war afler agree- Inp not to strike. It was the boys in other occiip.-ilions who struck, gnt bv with It and CDlleeted. Xow we are amonp the first to be hit. Is that our   reward?"
Railroad executives believing in tho determination of the men to strike, showed  no outward sipns of worry.
"What about the railroad strike?" "W. vr. Atterbury. Vice-President of the Pennsvlvania  system  was a.sked.
"Strike?" he flnshed back. 'Tm loavinp totiiL-lit for a hunting trip. l)on't   knnw   how   lonp i'll  bo  gone."
Pome rail loader." everl \Vashinp- ton this afternoon following the news that Persident Hardinp conferred with three members of the I'nited States Railway Labor Board, R. M. Barton. G. M. Hanger and O. W. Hooper. It Is expe<ted that the rail¬ roads Monday will post notlcen that wages will be cut fen per cent. This will lie done to conform with tho provisions of the transportation act under which the railroad board ftinctlons.
Following this the unions have the right to protest to fhe board. Then both sljles are supposed to attempt conciliation. This falling, hearings will be held before the board.
Exerutlves seem confident that fhe board will rule In their favor. Labor leaders, bitter at fhe board for
fled when  the managers nt railroads 1 Its   last   wage   slash,   feel  as   though refused to treat with us." ithey would lose.
CUTS FREIGHT RATE
BUT SPARES WAGES
SEES CHANCE TO AVOID STRIKE ON RAILROADS
FOR AMERICAN SOVIET FLAYER OF PRIEST
MAY ESCAPE PENALTY
Xew   York.   Oct.    m.—.\    workers' 	
soviet republic  in  the  United  States!     Birmingham.   Ala.,   Oct.   15.-Crlm-
will    he    the    aiiTi of the Ainericaii, j^^, ^^^^ officials were without word
Labor  -Alliance  wnich  holds  its first
convention here next January, it was
learned tonipht.    More than 200 labor
unions   and   workingmen's   societies,
tha Socialist  Labor  Party,  remnants
Rome,      Ga..      Oct.      15.—H.      H. Schackleton, general manager and re¬ ceiver of the Rome and Xo*hern rall- I road today went Into a tie with Henry ' Ford for honors in the price cutting : brigade.
Shackleton  Issued  an order reduc
I Columbus, O. Oct. 15—The rall- i road strike can be averted even now i proTlded the railroads give thw em¬ ployes a satisfactory assurance they I will reduce rates proportionately to I fhe reduction  in  wages",  i,,. a. "VV'at-
I ing freight and pa.«senger rates on hia  """•   Kuneral   chairman   of   the   Rall-
be-
of \he Comm.uni^t Party and radical political factors are to be welded Into a solid so\'let group.
Officials of the Alliance   claim   to
have  pledges making them the most ¦ J'J'«P  1°"}^^^,^^^.^,^!} Jill._^.^'^?°^'w **'" powerful proup in the United States.   "'""'' "'        " They will seek to convert the Ameri¬ can Federation of L^bor to the idea of a workers republic.
Headquarters have been opened here. Many Hebrew organizations are said by Assistant General Secre¬ tary P*romB to have applied for mem-
line  20   per  cent.  The  reduction tonight  from Mrs.  Ruth  Stephenson-i comes effective at once. Gussman.  expected to be one of the :     "The   cost   of   traveling   and   ship- principal witnesses when  her father,   ping   should   come   down   and   as   to the  Hev. Edwin  R.  Stephenson,  goes   one  seemed willing  to  start It,  so I on   trial   here   Monday    for    killing, did."   said   Shackleton  tonight. Father  James  T.  Coyle.   a   Catholic i     Xo  wage  reduction  was  made priest. j Schackleton.
Although  plans  for  the  trial  have
ber.ship, as well as the Seattle Trades I officials are agreed that without the Assembly and a number of unions, in I woman's testimony the State's caae the Northwest, twill be matsrlally weakened.
STANDARD OIL EXPANDS
that she will testify, nothing has been I Bayonne. X. J., Oct. 15.—The heard from Mrs. Gussman, who is be- ! Standard Oil Interests In France have lieved to be at Loretto, Tenn. ! received a concession to develop oil
„_,,.    ._. , .,, ....      I prospects In Czecho-Slovakla, It was
While  there  Is aPPa^ently  nothing ^„n„»;f„,pd ^ere today, on  which to base the belief, convic-       Exclusive  right  to  drill   for  oil  In tion  seems to  be  growing here  that | the new republiCa terrlforv was pur- Mrs. Gussman will not obey the sum- j chased    for    the    Standard-Frapco mons   Issued   by    the    State.     Court
road   Clerks   Union   for  the   Hocking Valley   system,   declared   tonight. "I   am   confident   the   officials   of I the union would agree to accept the ¦ July cut as well as the proposed cut i of   11   per   cent   suggested   by   the ' rail  executives  If  they  could  be as- ill b« cut told     re¬ porters tonight.
^ ] sured'^hat railroad rates proportionately",   "Watson
I • American Co., of Paris, a subsidiary of the Standard Oil Co. of Xew Jer¬ sey  which  will   supplant  tbe  Royal
t Diitcb Interests.
! KILLS   TWO   ROBBERS
Chicago. Oct. 15.—Police Sergeant , JTlchael Grady shot and killed' two I robbers and captured a third In a , pistol battle here late today. One of < th'i dead bandits was Identified as Patrick Joyce and the other as Allen ! HllL both with records as safe blow- ' ors. They are believed to hay* plan- I ned lb* robbery of a btundir.
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