BRIEF
RIGHT
REEZY
BITS OF NEWS
READ A. K.'S "HEART BEATS" A BRIDGE FROM SOUL TO SOULIN THE BEE'S WOMAN'S SECTION.
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MEETS HER SON ON
BRIDGE OP SIGHS.
v New York, Oct. 22. "Sammie,
what are yoa doing here?" ex
- claimed Mrs. Lottie Scott, as she
met her son while crossing the
Bridge of Sighs leading to the
Tombs prison after being sentenced
. " to from five to 10 years for man
slaughter by Judge Crain in general
..sessions court '
"Oh, I got pinched for a little job
up town. What you doing here,
mother?"
"Just got 10 years for killing
your father," answered Mrs. Scott,
as the guide led her away.
Mrs. Scott had pleaded guilty to
manslaughter in the first degree.
She had stabbed her husband to
death last August in Harlem. He
had been a heavy drinker and had
frequently beaten her and threat
ened to kill her.
Her son, Sam, was arrested for
-- hiding up and robbing Pinkus Mar
Rolies, an insurance man. He con
fessed his guilt and is to be sen
tenced later in the week. He may
get a 10-year term.
CZECHOSLOVAKS MAY 1
TRY OUT PROHIBITION.
' Prague, Oct. 22. The Czecho
Slovakian government is consider
. ing the enactment of a law declar
ing total prohibition. The law
would be similar to the American
law.
"DO YOUR DAMNEDEST1
BYNO TAKES TITLE."
London, Otc. 22. Gen. Sir Julian
Byng on his elevation to the peer
rage takes the title of Baron Byng
of Vimy. Vice Admiral Sir David
I . Beatty becomes Baron Beatty of the
North Sea and of Brooksby.
It was General Byng who at Vimy
Ridge broke the German lines with
a Sudden attack of many tanks. His
words at the time of going into
action were, "Let every tank do its
damndest." "
Admiral Beatty, in charge of the
British North Sea fleet during the
war, kept those waters clear of ene
my craft.
- 3,500,000,000 PENNIES
NOW IN CIRCULATION.
Philadelphia, Oct. 22. Fay Baker,
director of the United States mint,
said at a conference of assay experts
that all the mints in the country are
turning out 75,000,000 pennies
monthly and that there are now
3,500,000,000 in circulation.
COLLECTING SPOONS
IS LATEST FAD IN PARIS.
Paris, Oct. 22. Collecting spoons
from the various hotels here is the
latest fad of Paris society. In the
last few days this craze has become
so marked that the Ritz-Carlton was
actually without spoons yesterday. A
fashionable crowd at the hostelry
was astonished at getting ' table
spoons.with the dainty cups of cof
fee served. The manager explained
. that the regular coffee spoons have
been disappearing at the rate of 300
a day during the last fortnight and
.J,hat the factories re aMble-to sup
ply the demand.
KILLING CARIBOU '
TO REDUCE H.C. L.
Dawson, YT., Oct. 22. Caribou,
hundreds of thousands of them, ac-
cording to estimates, are ranging
the hills within five miles of here on
their annual exodus to the north. All
the hills and valleys are covered
with the herds. Women and chil
dren are joining in the hunts The
caribou affords relief from the high
cost of living, as beef and mutton
are selling from 60 to 80 cents a
pound. ,
NEW SOCIETY TO C
GLORIFY PATCHES.
Chicago, Oct. 22. The Chicago
Old Clothes society was organized
by clerks in the city hall here with
"chapters" in each of the principal
departments of the municipal gov
ernment. The object is to glorify
the wearing of patches, frayed or
shiny suits, soft collars, resoled
shoes and revivified neckties as a
means of combating the high cost
of living.
"Wear your old clothes" was one
of the obligations of membership
included in the by-laws.
The new organization was said to
.be especially popular among clerks
in fthe marriage license bureiu,
where prospective brides and
grooms giggled as they waited for
their permits. '
"The high cost of living hasn't hit
them yet, growled one clerk as he
penned names, ages and addresses
on the proper blanks. ' ,
The society is said to have had its
inception in a dispatch from Lon
don relating the perturbation of
fashionable English tailors over the
, growth of "old clothes leagues" in
the British metropolis.
WOMEN AIR POLICE
FOR "NEW YORK'S FINEST." ,
New York, Oct. 22. Women air
police, 30 of them between IS and
25 years old, are to be added to
. "New York's finest." Police head
quarters announced they would be
trained at the aviation corps school
here.
v WILL HONOR ROOSEVELT
WITH FAVORITE TEXT.
New York, Oct. 22. Former
President Taft has sent an appeal to
the clergy throughout the country
to hold exercises ill churches and
" schools to commemorate the birth
day of Theodore Roosevelt which
occurs Monday, it was announced by
the Roosevelt Memorial association.
Mr. Taft who is honorary president
of the association, urged that such
exercises be held Sunday and Mon
. day . - ; '
A number of ministers have chos
en as the text for their memorial
sermons the verse from, the Bible
. quoted by Colonel Roosevelt in a
message written for the New York
Bible society and placed in Docket
. testaments given to soldiers in the
world war. The quotation was the
following from the prophet Micah:
"What more doth the Lord re
. quire of thee than to do justice and
to love mercy, and to walk kumbly
j with thy God."
.Mayors of 250 cities have been
asked by the American Defense
society to co-operate with the
Roosevelt Memorial association in
observing the anniversary of Colo
,, nel Roosevelt's birth, -
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LAST FIGHT
Prepare to Secure Increased
Wages, Time and a Half
Overtime and Improved
Working Conditions.
FIREMEN'S HEAD GIVES
UNMISTAKABLE NOTICE
Want Their Demands Met Be
fore Government Surrenders
the Roads to Private Control,
Timothy Shea Asserts.
Washington, Oct. 22. Railroad
employes are prepared for a finish
fight with the railroad administra
tion for increased wages, time and
a half over, time and, improved
working conditions before the gov
ernment surrenders the roads to
private control. Unmistakable no
tice to this effect has been -Served
by Timothy Shea of the firemen,
appearing before the board of rail
way wages and working .condi
tions. "If our demands for a living
wage should not be met when the
time approaches for turning back
the railroads" to their private own
ers." Mr. Shea said in testimony
which became public tonight, "we
shall demand as a condition prece
dent to the change the realization
of the fundamental rights of labor,
the living wage, the eight-hour day
onH federal controled roads, time
and one-half for overtime and other
principles to which the government
pledged itself during the war which
now have been made a part of the
treaty of peace and which so far
the railroad admihistratioa has
never fulfilled." -
""Mean Advance for AIL - -
While Mr. Shea "was appearing
on behalf of the firemen only, it has
teen recognized . generally that
wage increases for any one class of
railroad employes meant an ad
vance for all to maintain equality
between the workers. Mr. Shea said
he anticipated that the failure of
the government's efforts to redjice
the cost of living, which he frankly
expected, would make necessary
advances in pay for all workers,
and predicted that by November 1
the wage board would be forced to
consider "further requests for gen
eral increases" from railroad em
ployes. Face to Face With Crisis.
Thus it is the view here mat the
government will be face to face, in
a few weeks with virtually the same
labor crisis which arose during the
summer. President Wilson then
denied the request of the shopmen
for a general increase in pay on the
ground that the "vicious circle" of
rising wages and mounting prices
had to come to an end and that the
country should be given a fair
chance at reconstruction after the
war.
How Director General Hines pro
poses to meet the situation has not
been divulged. It is considered cer
tain, however, that if any wage in
creases are given, President Wilson
first will be consulted. Railroad ad
ministration officials declare the
relations with the union men have
never been so good as at( present
and in pointing to the last report
of the Labor department, showing
a decrease of 15 per cent in living
costs in August, intimate that the
pending crisis will besolved in part
by natural economic forces, plus1
Attorney General Palmer's efforts
to take the inflation out of prices.
Donaldson's Time in
Aerial Derby Better
Than Lieut. MaynarcPs
Washington Oct. 22. Although
Lieut B. W. Maynard was the first
to complete the transcontinental air
race, Capt. J. O. Donaldson made
the flight in about 10 hours less fly
ing time, according to the latest, cal
culation, the War department an
nounced. .The War department's
comparison of the two aviators'
flying time follows: .
"Donaldson from New York to
San .Francisco, 31 hours, 37 min
Vtes, 19 seconds; San Francisco to
New York, 25 hours, 56, minutes, 38
seconds; total,' 57 hours, 33 min
utes, 57 seconds.
"Maynard . .from New York to
San Francisco, 25 hours, IT minutes,
8 1-2 seconds;, San. Francisco to
New-York,' 41 hours"52 minutes, 32
seconds; total, 67 hours," 3 minutes,
40 1-2 seconds.? 1
Denver Rejects All Plans v j
for Street Railway Solution
Denver, Oct. 22L The voers of
Denver rejected ay plans for solu
tion of the street railway problem
at a special election and a .second
strike of street railway employes for
70 cents an hour is threatened for
Wednesday, October 29, the day
after the present agreement expires.
PREPARATIONS
BEING MADE FOR '
KAISER'S TRIAL
ADOPT TEN
Law Says Extradition to be
Sought When Powers
Sign' Pact.
London, Oct. 22. All necessary
preparations for the trial of former
Emperor William are being made, it
was announced in the House of
Commons today by Mr. Bonar Law,
the1 government leader. The re
quest to The Netherlands govern
ment for the surrender of the ex
emperor, he explained, could not be
made until all the powers had signed
the peace treaty.
The former German emperor and
the former crown prince are con
cerned in the intrigues of the Ger
man royalists, the political corre
spondent of the Daily Mail asserts.
"The ex-emperor," says the
writer, "is far from leading a life
of detachment from German af
fairs. He recently has seen a num
ber of mysterious visitors from Ger
many and is receiving many tele
grams. He is constantly in communi
cation with some place in Germany
by telephone, a private line having
been attached to his residence across
the frontier. These communications
are with German royalists.
"The former crown prince also
is known to be intriguing with Ger
man royalists and receiving many
suspicious visitors. Inquiries on this
matter will be made in the House
of Commons next week."
WAR VETERANS
AGAIN PROTEST
GERMAN OPERA
Rioting Resumed in New York
When Company Again Pro
duces Teutonic Piece.
CONDITIONS
TO TREATY
Reservations Include Provision
That Qualifications Must Be
Accepted by Three Powers
Before Pact Effective.
REPRESENT COMPROMISE
OF REPUBLICAN LEADERS
,New York, Oct. 22. Rioting
broke out again Wednesday night
around the Lexington theater, when
for the second time this week the
Star Opera company produced Ger
man !opera over the protest of vet
erans of the world war.
With Several ;huncfed policemen
posted around the theater, a column
of soldiers, sailors, marines and ci
vilians who marched from Times
Square were hustled back and dis
persed. The mob was stopped at
Lexington avenue and Fifty-second
street, but before the column was
broken, bricks and bottles -sped
through the air.
Defeated, the attacking party de
parted to get reinforcements. A
lew minutes later they reappeared,
headed by a motor truck containing
nearly two score men, . .
The truck dashed through the po
lice lines and proceeded about a
block before it was met by a squad
of -mounted police. The riders
charged into the truck and attacked
its occupants. Two of the latter, a
soldier and a sailor, were injured,
one so severely that the ambulance
surgeon expressed the opinion he
might die.
Armed with a temporary injunc
tion granted by Supreme Court
Justice Bijur, restraining the police
from carrying out Mayor Hylan's
order to prevent the performance,
producers of the opera rang up the
curtain promptly.
The singers hardly had appeared
on the stage when an occupant of
an upper box, rising, laid down a
barrage of eggs. ' '
The rioting continued for several
hours. A crowd, breaking into a
milk store, procured a supply of bot
tles and engaged in a vicious fight
with the police. The police were
pressed so hard they were forced to
draw their revolvers and fire several
shots in the air to scare back the
rioters.
Truck Driver Hurt
In Collision With Car
' Driven by Woman
Clement Flinn, a chauffeur for H
Harper company, living at 2112
Locust street, is in a ser.ous condi
tion in Nicholas Senn hospital as
the result of an auto accident yes
terday at Twenty-fourth and
Sprague streets. A truck driven by
Flinn crashed into an antomobile
driven by Mrs. Charles Reese, wife
of Charles Reese, jeweler, 403
South Sixteenth street. One of the
wheels of the Reese car passed
over Flinn's chest crushing it
Flinn was driving north on
Twenty-fourth street at a high rate
of speed, according to the police re
port of the accident, and Mrs.
Reese was driving into . Twenty
fourth street from Sprague street
Flinn was thrown from his seat on,
the truck upon the radiator of the
Reese car and then fell under a
wheel. Earl Harrison, 4574 North
Twenty-fourth street, a passenger
on ,he truck, suffered slight 'cuts
and bruises. : ."-'-
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Autoist Finds f oundling '
Waiting for Him at Wheel
Arthur ). Marsh, -4101 ' North
Twenty-first street, f returning to
his automobile last night as it stood
in front of 3336 Meredith avenue,
found a month-old girl wrapped in
a badly worn comforter waiting for
him at the wheel. Marsh drove to
the police station with his"passen
ger. Matron Gibbons took charge
of the foundling
4
Administration Members"" of
Committee Try in Vain to
Obtain Modification of Sen
ate Majority's Proposals.
Washington, Oct. 22. Reopening
its consideration of the peace
treaty, the senate foreign relations
committee today adopted 10 re
vised reservations, including a pro-,
vision that the senate qualifications
must be accepted by three of the
other great powers before the
treaty ratification becomes effective.
Amonp- them was a new proposal
which administration senators de
clared would break down the econ
omic boycott feature of the league
of nations covenant and a reserva
tion on Article 10 differing only in
the transposition of one phrase
from that which President Wilson
has announced he would treat as a
i ejection of the treaty.
The 10 reservations were part of
a list presented by Chairman Lodge
and declared by the republican lead
ers to represent a compromise be
hind which a majority of the senate
is pledged to stand. The adminis
tration members of the committee,
headed by Democratic Leader
Hitchcock, tried in vain to secure
modification of the majority pro,
posals and then voted solidly
against all of them., .... ...
Offers Substitutes. .
Showing for the first time, how
ever, a willingness to include reser
vations of an interpretative charac
ter in the ratification resolution,
Senator Hitchcock and his col
leagues offered substitutes for sev
eral of the reservations presented,
but not a single substitution or
change was made at their sugges
tion. ,
The 10. subjects covered by the
reservations Were:
Withdrawal from league member
ship; Article 10; the right, of con
gress to authorize mandates; na
tional supremacy over domestic
questions; the Monroe doctrine;
Shantung; limitations on the rep
arations commission; the power. of
congress to determine contributions
to league expenses; the right to in
crease armament in certain circum
stances, and the right to continue
trade with a covenant-breaking
state. . . ,
In the vote on all these leserva
irtno ?pnatnr .Mr.Cumber. republi
can. North Dakota, who had stood
with the "mild reservationist3
against all previous committee pro
posals, voted with the majority. In
every case, too, Senator Shields,
democrat, Tennessee, voted with the
republicans, the count on all impor
tant roll calls relating to the reser
vations standing 11 to 6.
McCumber with Democrats.
On the provision requiring the as
sent of other powers, however,
which was contained in a. preamble
to the reservation group, Senator
McCumber joined the six democrats
in opposition. It was said that part
of the program, together with some
(Continued on Pajre Tiro, Column Four.)
Threat to Discharge
Striking Employes
Serves Its Purpose
New York, Oct. 22. A threat by
Director General Hines to discharge
10,000 striking employes of the Am
erican Railway Express company
and to send troops to drive the wa
gons, ended the strike which had
seriously hampered business and
travelers in New York City since
October 11.
Striking teamsters and chauffeurs
voted to return to work Thursday
and await a decision by the wage
board of the railroad administration
to their demands, which is expected
November 4. ..
Mr. Hines had given the strikers
until 6 p. m. Friday for night em
ployes and 6 a. m. Saturday for day
employes to return before declaring
their places vacant and filling them.
A committee which conferred
with Mr. Hines reported he had told
them that if his order to return ; to
work was. disobeyed,. , the attorney
general, whose advice he had
sought, would have troops sent to
New York to take the strikers'
places 'temporarily.
Small Raises Arranged.
Washington, Oct. 22. An 'agree
ment orC increased pay for postal
employes was reached by the senate
and house conferees, a graduated
scale ranging frorrf $100 to $200 an
nually for general employes, with
smaller raises for the jural service
being approved.
JbUL WHtn
Getting Ready to Hop Off
WOMEN'S CLUBS
VOTE ON CHANGE
IN ELECTIONS
Consolidationists Win First
Contest Superintendents
of State Institutions
Speak.
Fairbury, Neb., Oct. 22. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Election of offi
cers and revision of constitution
are the most important business
transactions before the . convention
of the Nebraska Federation of Wo
mans clubs now in session .ai-Fair-bury:
The proposed new constitu
tion came up for consideration
Wednesday both morning and after
noon. The revised section upon
which interest was strongest relat
ed to consolidating the offices of
state president, general federation
director and general federation sec
retary. An amendment designed to
defeat this consolidation was pre
sented and defeated by a vote of
109 to 106. A final vote upon the
revised consolidation after the sec
tions have been considered - sep
arately is' yet to be taken.' -
Another important provision of
the - constitution- discussed related
to methods of nominating, state of
ficers and delegates to biennial con
ventions of the general federation.
The revised sections were defeated
and an amendment provided that
nominations be made as heretofore
by a nominating committee made
up of state club presidents. Nom
inations may also be made from the
floor.
Study State Schools.
Mrs. M. B. Cameron, general fed
eration director from Nebraska, and
Mrs. James C. Dahlmaa of Omaha
spoke before the morning session. . .
The afternoon program was de
voted to state institutions. A. E.
Allen of. the state board of control
spoke in place of Mrs. A. Gr Peter
son, another member of the board.
Applause greeted Mrs. Clara
Trumby of the Industrial School for
Girls at Geneva -when she said: "So
far in mv administration it has not
been necessary to whip any of the
girls. Mrs. 1 rumby urged the fed
eration to work for extension of the
age at which girls must be' dis
charged from 18 to 21, also appoint
ment of a , parole officer to find
proper homes for girls when they
leave the institution.
Clarke Doesn't Advertise.
"We don't have to advertise. Our
school enrollment comes without
any effort on our cart," said Dr. R.
V. Clarke, superintendent of the
Boys' Industrial school at Kearney.
"Don't send a boy to the industrial
school unless you have to. It is not
,an ideal school for a good boy. It
is a school for bad boys, but we do
the best we can for them When they
come. Having dealt with boys di
rectly and personally for 22 years, I
find there are times when some
force must be shown. I know of
(Continued Pnf e Two, Columa Two.)
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R? BANDITS KIDNAP
U. Oi UUHoULAn
AGENT AT PUEBLA
FIGHTING LETTS
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Several Companies Cross Front-
i ier Without Interference
Bolsheyiki Flung Back.
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London, Oct. 22.-r-Premier Ulman
of the Lettish republic, in a report
telegraphed from Riga Sunday, as
serts that German troops in regu
lar regimental organizations are be
ing permitted td cross the German
frontier and participate in hostilities
against the Lettish army. He says
that Major Bischoff, the German of
ficer who refused to return with
General Von Der Goltz and whose
trial by court-martial was ordered
by German authorities, is command
ing the operations against Riga. The
report follows:
"The Germans attacked Duna
munde Saturday, but were repulsed
with losses. The enemy rattacked
Friedrichstadt (on the south side of
the Duna, SO mile's from Riga), sev
eral times, but were repulsed. On
the bolshevik front north of Lake
Luban (100 miles east of Riga) we,
with the Esthonians, captured
Chernova Niemetskaya." t' .
"An examination' of the prisoners
showed that several German com
panies crossed the German frontier
near Tilsit into Letvia without the
slightest opposition from the Ger
man authorities. Five days ago the
First mounted rifles regiment forced
its way across the frontier, and ar
rived at Mitau '(25 miles southwest
of Riga). . Major Bischoff directed
the operations against Riga. The
Second guards regiment '(German)
has disarmeM our. military stations
at Zezern, Schrunden, Prekuln and
Nitze (in eastern Letvia)."
The bolshevik forces have been
fluug back in theJCamyshin section,
losing 3,000 men, who were taken
prisoner, and many machine guns
according to General Denikine's
wireless communication. Extremely
fierce fighting is reported m that
district. - -
Longshoremen Repudiate
; Adjustment Board Award
New York, Oct. 22. The end of
the longshoremen's strike which is
tying up this port seemed, far dis
tant when representatives of 20 of
the S3 New York locals, meeting
with the committee on conciliation
of which Mayor Hylan is head, re
pudiated the award of the national
adjustment commission and sub
mitted demands for $1 an hour and
$2 an hour for-overtime. - '
Mayor Hylan announced he
would present the men's demands
to the heads of the steamship com
panies involvedin the strike.
Not a man reported for work on
the chief transatlantic piers.
Security for Farmers.
London, Oct, 22. Prime Minister
Lloyd George has announced that
the government proposed to .pro
vide security for tenant farmers
against increases in their rent and
against the sale of the farms upon
which they are working
American Held for $150,000
Jtensom After Being Cap
tured by Three
Masked Mexicans.
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Washington, Oct. 22. William
O. Jenkins, - American consular
agent at Puebla, Mex., was kid
naped by three masked bandits last
Friday at Puebla and is beinar held
for.$lS0JXK) ransom, the State de
partment was advised today.
ine American emoassy on in
quiry has been informed by the
Mexican foreign office that the gov
ernment would take all possible
steps' to . effect the liberation of
Jenkins. The American embassy
has been authorized to detail a
member of its staff to" Puebla to
assist in obtaining the . agent's re
lease. ' ' ' '
Robbery Precedes Kidnaping.
Chicago, Oct. 22. The depart
ment dispatch quotes the Mexico
City newspaper Excelsior as report
ing that the bandits entered a fac
tory owned by Jenkins, gagged and
tied th& watchman, forced the safe
and robbed it of 60,000 pesos-and
then took Jenkins away, with them.
The . bandits are reported to have
told Mrs. Jenkins that they were
rebels and would hold her husband
for 300,000 pesos ransom. They said
Jenkins would not be harmed if
there was no attempt to pursue the
abductors. An American business
associate of Jenkins has confirmed
the newspaper story.
Formal Ratification of
' Peace Covenant to be
Exchanged Oct. 30
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PariSj Oct. 22. Formal ratifica
tion of the German peace treaty
probably will be accomplished Octo
ber 30 and a call will be issued that
day for the first meeting of the
council of the league of nations, to
take place within' ten days.
The French foreign office explains
that the delay,' as had previously
been stated, was due entirely to the
great amount of preliminary work
before the convention could be put
into effect' such as the creation of
commissions and the preparations
by the military missions for the
tasks provided them in the terms of
the treaty.
Another German Ruse.
Rcrlln Orf 77 T"h en,.-,.
council has refused a request from
the German onvemmmt tVia
bers cf inter-allied commissions in
Germany should not wear uniforms
aiter me peace treaty comes into c
feet The ronnpil rfcrlarH i ,., j
the authority of the commissions- I
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BARGAINING
ISSUE LOST
Public Group Delegates Will
Remain in Session and Re
port Direct to President Wil
son, Chairman Announces.
ALL OF G0MPERS MEN
RETIRE FROM MEETING
Labor Group Will Not Recon
sider its Action Delegates
Left May Continue Discus
sions, Secretary Lane Says.
Washington, Oct 22. Labor
withdrew from the national indus- v
trial conference tonight after its
final effort to obtain adoption of a
collective bargaining resolution had
been defeated by the vote of a ma
jority of the capital group.
Although the representatives of
bpth the public and capital an
nounced their intention of remain
ing in the conference, the next move
in the effort to restore industrial
peace to the country evidently rest
ed with President Wilson.
Secretary of Interior Lane will
make a personal report of the situ
ation to the president, but neither
leaders in the conference nor offi-
rials generally would venture a pre- "
diction as to what course Mr. Wil-
Son would take.
The conference will be called to
gether tomorrow as usual. "
Withdrawal of the labor group'
was announced by President Gom
pers of the American 'Federation o'
Labor, after a dramatic speech. It
came only a few hours after Secre
tary Lane had read a letter in which
President Wilson, dictating from : .
f.Ts sick bed, appealed for harmony
in the conference and for the final
working out of a program of indus
trial peace. : Representatives of la
bor did not join in the applause
which greeted the letter and Mr
Gompers characterized as "mos'.
unfortunate" -a motion by John ,
Spargo of the group, that each
group pledge the president it woulc
make every effort to accomplish thi
work for which the conference wat
called. The motion was withdraw?,
rnd the conference recessed so th
labor group could meet to deter
mine its future course.
Propose Resolution.
When the conference convened h
the afternoon, the labor group pro- .
tested the resolution which wat
brought immediately to discussior
and vote, the labor and publit
groups uniting in its support on the
roll call. The majority against th(
resolution in the capital group was
one vote, but under the conference
rules this majority was sufficient tc
defeat the resolution. , '
Mr. Gompers told the conference
the resolution had been rejectee
"without right or reason, rejected
cn grounds so flimsy that the men
sitting in the employers' group will
have difficulty in explaining their
action to their fellows in the .
world."
"You have defeated the labor
group in its declaration," he de
clared, "but we will meet you again
in conference and when we do,.meet
you there you will be glad to talk
collective"bargaining. '
"I have sung my swan song In
this conference. You have by your
action legislated us " out of the
gathering. We ' have nothing fur- ,
ther to say and it is with a feeling
of regret that we are not able, to
remain longer. Our chief regret is
the defeat of every fair proposition
on our part. The die is cast We
cannot remain longer."
In Accord With. Labor.
Representatives of the four rail
road brotherhoods remained in the
conference until the session ad
journed, but they announced they
did so "out of courtesy to the other
delegates" and that they were in
accord with the main body of the
labor group.
Mr. Spargo asked the labor' dele
gates not to make their decision ir
revocable, but to remain with the
understanding that the conference
would "proceed to develop and for-
mulate a general program which
will clearly define and establish, the
right of collective bargaining." ':
Calling attention that only a "very
small majority of the members ol
the conference had voted againsl
the collective bargaining resolution.
while about SO favored it Dr.
Charles W. Eliot of the public
group said Wiis inconsistency was -due
to the "impossible rules" under
which the convention worked.
Harry A. Wheeler, chairman of
the employers' group, in announe--ing
the intention of his arroun tn .
main here for further work, said cap
ital representatives would not ac
cept the responsibility for breaking
up the conference. He declared
they had worked sincerely for what
they considered just principles and
that they were willing to stand on
the record of the conference.
in a last effort to prevent the dis
solution of the national industrial
conference Chairman Lane today
read to the delegates the letter, die
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