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VOL 35 NO. 174.
HOUSTONMEXAS THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 25 1919
10 PAGES PRICE
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NODE PASSENGERS
BANDITS' TARGETS
. III NORTH MEXICO
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Train on National Railway
Blown Up and-Its Oc
l mi l' '
cupants Killed v
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MASSACREWORST
Y SINCE CUMBRE
People. Herded From' Cats
k arid Burned to Ieath or;
" ' ' Shot4 Fleeing
By Leased Wire to The Column Poat
EL PASO Texas Sept. 21 Blowing
up of Mexican train on the National
roadway between CaniUa and purango
' City. September 12 wti followed by on
of tba moat fiendish foafoaerei sine the
Cumbre tunnel VflUni.-fccordinf to re-
porta reaching th border.4..- '
Excelsior a Mexico City newspaper
under date of. September 10 givea sotae
of tbe detail. According to the Excelsior
story confirmed by letter and direct la
formation brought in-td inlmpg. Interest
' here the train contained about 100 pas-
aengera an -bad reached a point about
50 kilometer from Durango City when
.the engine hit and exploded a bomb
. yiacru on we. track jucaj win
" of ihe paaaenger who. escaped said tbgt
1 - A . IF. V Ditn ' AHA
tbe bandit Carreon headed the party
... and led the massacre tdt tUa bandit
- named Mendex had dypamjted the .train.
Carreon Infant ion wai on the train.
' held captive by on .of Abe .Cairanaa
train guards and for that reason Car-
reon tried to keep the dynamiting .from
' being accomplished. v Mendea'a band went
! ahead with the job however. ' . . ...
-..Carreon after tbe qynamiung xouna
the body of his eon He took him .to
point apart irom tn . train xnen
he ordered his band numbering about 60
to start. ' - ; -. " . ''."V V '
1 The Mendea basalts joined loroes wun
tb Carreonista. Men women and chil-
dren were hurried . from -the ' train and
stripped ( their clothing. -Naked they
ran. back to the cars when the bandit
Vfl n 41m tinAit tKam Ifinv fall
before the firter and the 'bandits beat
ut their brain With rifle butt.4 .;
. Oil was then taken from the tender
of the engln . and- the coaches 'yet on
i fire. -All who (ran" out' were'Bbotr;at
'.''..Those.. who feared to face the rifles were
. burned to death. - Of. the entire' trainload
' approximately 60 people bar seen found
.'.'alive brb federal cavalry detachment
'which rushed to the scene from Dur-
ango. No report have been received of
the success or failure . of. the federal
ciiur; pursuit vt lu. iwuuim. ;
- Houston Selts Record ' .vC
m Day V Oottbri Sales
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claim of being the greatest cotton mar-
. ket In the country wa furnished again
Wednesday when the sales reported for
. Houston totaled .11989 4 bales -thereby
getting a new record for any one day.thia
aeasoq in this or any other market and
outdistanelng the nearest. competitor by
"several thousand bales. '4 V
I Figuring on the basia of 82.75 cents
per pound for . middling and- taking
1163.75 per bale as jm average price
the cotton business of Houston Wednes-
day amounted to $1963188 or virtually
$2000000. It la probable. that' this set
. $ new high record for Honatop In money
value. HouVton. on seteral prevlop oe-
cations has" had sales as high as 15000
.bales bat price were not as high. K.'
"T' Compared with Houston Dallaa re-
ported total-gales of 5994 biles; New
- Urleans 44z Dale; uaiveston . .700
market of 6000 baleg "
iuujc4 wiitn. v-f venules
i Detnurrer of 36 I.W.Ws
i Astfodated 'Press Report. iV
" WICHITA Kan Sept. -S4rludge
t'ouocs' iaie . tveanesaav ' aiiernoon
r oMrruled the demurrer filed ly the SO
alleged member; of the It W. W.; who
are under indictment .for .alleaed con
Hpiracy 'against the government in its
.- war making operation and conspiracy
to overthrow government) and hold that
. tli men. go to trial.!? - . .
A commissiojj appointed ' by Judge
Pollock (o examine into the sanitary
conditions of Jhe Sedgwick county jail
where the accused men not on bond are
being held reported unfavorably and the
court ordered ' the prisoners moved . to
ome. other jail but designated no cer
tain place. United States District .At
whether the' court''' order would paean
lht the .trial win be held in some other
:ity and at g later term of the federal
court.-' " v ':-;' ":;:"!--"
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Eleven U.1 S.' WaryVessels
WitHout Crews Tied Uri
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'Associated Press Beport..':-i''T-''
NBW IOBK. Sept 24-!-Eleven United
States war veesels are. tied' np at the
New Tork navy yard wlthoat crews euffl-
dently large to man them and it waa
ngid Wednesday that as a. result of the
hnrtr of enlisted men and the no'aal-
bility of many resignationa ' because of
salaries among the officer' the annual
fall and winter maneuver of the Atlantic
fleet may have (o be abandoned .
Mrs. AlvihY c:k as ;
; Shy of the Reporters
; as Her Famed Hero
''7 "tn. AlTto Tort
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TyioUntab; Romance Is Hid
'den in Silence When Re-
'J .'porters Ask Ques- . :
A i v ; tion8 of Her ; ' j
A slender little person' with wide set
blue eyes a inas of fair hair 'braided
tight and wound round ' and 'round - a
proud-set litMS head fresh clear com-
pletion that ten of outdoor life In moun
tainous regions and a firm little 'mouth
with Hps so tightly set that no amount
of questioning nor no Interviewer' trick
could open them that is Mrs. Alyin C.
Tork bride of the hero of heroe of tbe
American expeditiobary force."- v
Pvery man's a hero more or lea to
some woman they ay. And tharwoman
usually 1 not averse to . extolling the
manly - virtue of her '.man but Mrs.
York" with a man who is a hero' not only
to the one woman but to all the wojrld
as .well is 'still tight-lipped and 'silent
when urged to talk about his virtues..:
j v..-$riat tll Wfcy. 'v
V'ft-wa MiTbra:f 'SergeaitTSrijs
he is now known to all of America' who
told why. j ' ':
Moth ifl . he aid4' with 1 quaint defer-
ence to hie bride "was a very' talkative
little woman ene time. When she first:
came'to Nashville she talked continually
tn the nirA ladiiia that nmt tn a
SheNtold'them all' about me and all about
Mr. vYork and then when - she; found
every thing she said was written up m the
Lpapera she got ao. she wouldn't -open her
I mmfK 7 ' whan " ill A tlnAV' laiAa' -
And .the interviewer being one . of
those "nice1 ladle" found the junior Mrs.
fork all that the sergeant 'said of the
elde'r and! then some fn' her sphinx-like
silences. ' ; '.' .V ;. f '
"And Mrs. York could tell such an Inter
eating story for it is known that her'
waa a courting and sweetheart experi
ence that any girl might. Wish for. A wayl
up-in the Tennessee mountain the little
fair-haired girl waited and waited "oh
ao anxiously for. the world war to ei
in order thafter soldier reluctant to
at first might return to her.. '. r .
? .'-v-A AW8deri nl Romaace. - t
Many letters passed back and forth
across the sea and then to the. little girl
in the mountain came the reports of the
wonderful achievement 'the heroic "rec
ord of the Irian she loved. Of course she
knew all' the Time that "down deep he
was just the finest and the biggest hern
that ever wasj-and she knew loaCy-hen-
ever thp( 'opportunity h came he would
prove it but to. Have all the world pro
claim - bbj "heroism say that was -some
batinnituia ffi' h(?r. r.-"i;.. ;-. :' .;.-i'i S:
' it tn Kc)til4hood romance oijie of
playmates together this of Mr. . and Mrs.
York. The marriage came -about soon
after the sergeant' return' te America-
Jud ? 1919. was the' date' Hinee that
date they hare been traveling-about the
country together. They arrived in Hous-
ton Wedneaday morning. J- ... V
' And oh wouldn't' it' have-been fun if
Mrs. York for just a few naementtv could
have forgotten- that tbe reporter waa on
of those; "nice jadies" aad in school-girl
confidence told atf- of tb joys and tbe
happinesses 'that have ' come .-to. her in
bating .fqnnduch real man for -life
partner V-i '
Price'oittonee!
. Vanes Throughout State
li '4 ? Houston Post Special.
AUSTIN Texas Sept. 24 The price
of cotton seed vatiea over the State from
$64 a ton to $55; aeed for planting is
eing held for $70 and even better. .A
price of $67 a ton is reported from one
point in the State. 4 .' V ' ' ;t Ai.
. The minimum appear to be .$55 a ton
and this price is being quoted from a
great number of places indicating1 that
as the. market settles the 'price is going
lower than it waa at the opening.' This
is possibly.due fo the fact that-the mill
which had outstanding contract are be
1 '.7
coming satisfied wiyr tbe quantity on-J
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SGT. YORK TELLS. i
'H0DST01IIA1IS nOY!
: HE BECAUE'HERO
Cfty Auditorium Audience
rGivesT$2659 ib P
' A vide Foundation V -.
GARRIEb BIBLES : !'
vj: THROUGH WAR
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Declines Flattering Offers
Frgm the Movie and
... iTeatncal Managers j ?
For the first time slacfl receiving the
medals and decoration bestowed for dis-
tinguished gallantry on the field of battle
Sergeant AJvin 0. - York recited -1 a
nooaton audience of 2000 men women
and children the events that -transpired
on October 8 1018 in th Argonn for
est where single-handed h allenced a
battery' of German machine guns and
brought 132 German. 'Including two of
ficer into tbe American line a' pris-
oner of war. - '
:-.'. ' Seoare $2659. . .- f.f;
"Then In language garnished here and
there with phrases typical of tbe Cumberland-mountains'
where hi wa bom
he cade hi appeal fof financial aid fqr
the Al'vin C. i'ork foundation4 to 4ab-
lish chool for tbe Tennessee meuntain
cbildlren. - .' '. "' !- - v ' V ' ' 5
As evidence of .what- thej-lhooght of
Sergeant York and hie devotion to the
cause of education for the children of bis
native mountain hi bearer gave S2G59
which is the largest contrlbution so far'
received. .:."' izi? 'I-;-! - i' .?.
' Jdg Bryaa Presld.-
'judge Chester H. Bryan potentate of
Arhbia temple under ' who auspice
Sergeant York' came to Houston presided
at the meeting and Mayor A. B. Amer-
maii introduced the apeaker. ' - A
in uiroaucmg eergeant xora jnayor
Amerman said that it gave him pleasure
to introduce a man who waa asking noth
ing for himself but who. was asking
something for other. The mayprsiaid
he hut requested in behalf of the people
of Houston that .Sergeant York tell the
story of that fight in th Argonn for-
est of which the world had read.
Declaring that he had not ' told the
story in 'any of hi lectures until now
Bergeant xora aaia:. t " you naa peentBl ner eent'of the resident U aix blocks
wher t waa yon wouldn't want to aM.. frora .d -diolnlne the lot unon
Labout those foreign countries or what
havpaned ar-therjM i-'t
The 24 batUUon of the 328th Infantry
received orders that bill 223 had ta.be
taken .. ryVell the 2d got lt; and. that'a
nuab w V vv ui v - swsMe sataaiw vt a.
Then he said order came to take kill
240 where- the- German had a supply
base and between hill 223 and hill 240
wa ad open plain about a half mil wide.
fringed on the far aide with dense woods
full of German machine guna. .Tbe 2d
battalion started with 1200 men and
reached the open plain with but 200..
svt Kaca weoas.
V But 17' men reached the wood oa the
cither ride .of the plain only to- find that
they Were; in the rear at the German
witt two line of enemy machine gun
between them 'and their own line.
Here . they suddenly encountered 20
Germans; who immediately surrendered.
Twft ofter .Germane with Eed Cross
badgefKon 'ibfiif arms appeared l one wa
captured nd the other started "to run;
with the American In hot pursuit : Then
.the German machine guns opened fire
and msIx Americana were killed and three
founded "'having ba eight ' American
againet an. t untold number; of - bidden
GermaaA
. 'Sergeant York formed lis 21 prison-
ers in a' column two abreast with a Ger-
man major and another German; of fleer
at the head of 'the line. ' He ordered the
seven American to guard the rear of the
little tand and taking;' his place' Just be-
hind the iwo German off icer took up hit
Une of 'Yaiarch in tbe direction pt tbe
American lines. ' v 1 '
- They had not gone far Sergeant .York
said' when ' the hidden machine guns
opened a withering fire on the left flank
"I began to reply" skid Sergeant York
"and we battled it out.' . .
"Well we silenced the -machine guns
and captured about an tne uermans-we
could fad there 'were 25 German w
didn't hav to bother ith;' ail the rest
132 in all we brought" back. to. our lines."
...' Waat; ForaatiWai'iS;.;
-' "But r didn't come here to talk about
the' war; ! never talk about it If I can
help It; I am trying to forget M; I forked
over there for. about $1 a'(lay and ex
penaes. On thlagiecture tout1 1 am work
ing for just my eapenoand I don't
enjoy It very well eitner" Hergeant lork
"In a little Book which I carried with
all all tbe time 1 wa In France and -still
carry with me it says 'What shall it
profit a man if be gain .the whole world
and lose1 hi own soul ?' J ' ;
I have been offered $50000 to. appear
in 'moving pictures' and I was offered
$1000 a week by another man to go into
vabdevilll; but I can't make myself be-
Iiee-e it weald be right or square toward
th children of thig land who are looking
to oa to point the wy to better and high-
er dtlaenship.'for a man who .had fought
for hi country th grandest and noblest
country on earth-Vto sell 'what little
honor and credit he' got for gold." "
Sergeant York then told of the meager
school facilities. the children of his moun
tain home enjoyed under even the most
promising conditions there. . In- some
(Continued on Bage' 2 Column 3.)
Hpystok Woman-;;;
Holds Distance
'f-j: i Flight Record
- toiniilftiiii the longest aerial erosa
eontbieut trip ever attempted by a worn
an Mr. 8. K. Cox ef Houston returned
to the city 'Wednesday nlgbt froat Uuf-
fslo N. V.." .: '. " r-' ':
She made the trip in kef husband'
Curtis Oriol 150 horsepower machine
which I the sixth of it kind turned out
by the factory and the first to be sold to
a privns Individual. ' .
The ptan waa piloted by Jieateaaat
McCaVe formerly of th army aviation
service . but' Mrs. Cox la thoroughly
capable of driving it herself when occa
sioa dfltnanda. . Mechanician Merry waa
Pe of the' party. ' -.. '
Mra." Cor aaya ahe I eatlreify :withoot
fear la ..the air and think fliylng per
feetly. safe with ordinary car.' She
olaltna the OrM can fly In anything ua
der a "hundred mile gale. '. '
Due to atorm conditions Mrs. Cox waa
forced to land In Attcago and St. touls
Aviation " expert there consider the
flight the' most "Unusual accomplishment
tor a woman In the history of aviation In
thl conntry. J r ' - ' '1' V
COOHCIfc - SOUNDS-
BILLBOARD DEATH
':'
All TSignWds; Will Co
. From Main Street; Reg-i
yv V ulatiqns Adopted i
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' One year from Wednesday every bid-
board will have brtn' removed from
Main 'treat any objectionable board fat
residential sections will have been torn
down and tie; promlscuou placmf -of
Urge advertising signs or placaida will
no longer be .tolerated. This was4 the
decree of th city council .Wednesday
morning when h. unanuflotisly' passed
tb billboard ordinance to tta final read-
ing. .-. ... "" ' -..
'The enactment of a law against bill
'board I th culmlnatioa of a long
drawn out jfigbt by dtisena against'' the
placing of offensive billboard through
out 'th dty:; v;-: i?.-ft.
The ordinance provide that one year
from date every signboard .must be re-
avmI fwun faln "al:rlit. -thft PAflOMlt Af
adjoining
wfiMl V board is to-be placed must b
obUiiady 4ud thevdty btuiiiing inspector
must Inspect 'every bill hoard at eerta)
perloda tb determine Ita aafety. M
'billboard can be 'constructed except' nn-4
oar certain- specuicanona ana we aiy
reserves the right to eliminate - at any
time binboarda considered objectionable.
' On request of the billboard "men the
final reading waa postponed from the
regular meeting of council Monday till
Wednesday m order that everal amend
menta 'might be considered- i
Instead of the clause stating that upon
renewal' of each bgillboard contract at the
end of a y eaf 51 per cent pt the resi
dent In six block must give their con
sent the billboard men suggested an al
tentative stipulating that a written ob
jection filed by one of th' resident
prior 4o th removal of the permit would
serve as requiring a referendum of the
resident' " ';f. - t
.This was objected to for a time by the
council 00 the grounds that it would
destroy th purpose of the ordinance for
the fact that the resident to whom the
board wa objectionable would not know
when the permit for the board expired.
An ameodmenVto this request requiring
that aigv in rix-incb letter stating
the day of the expiration of the permit
be placed prominently on the billboard
waa adopted.
Fire Destroys Greenville J
v. riant; r lames opread
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Associated. Press Report.
.GREENVILLE Tex. Sept. 25.
Fire ef undetermined origin which broke
out in. the shoe department of tb Huds
peth Dry Good company at 12:30 o'clock
Thursday morning had virtually con
sumed the Hudspeth building at-1:15 and
tbe entire block situated in tbe heart bf
the business section of Greenville seemed
certain f destruction. . The lose already
1 estimated at $250000. 4i';; v ' K'y
f At o'clock the fUmeconUuued to
spread through the block. The entire fir.
department apparently was flgbting a los-
ing battle. ; The Hudspeth Dry Goods
company wa on of the largest -depart
meat stores (a 4be city." Among tbe
larger business coneeras threatened with
destruction are the Commercial National
bank Spurlock-Speck pry Good com-
pany. King Opera housed Waltmah-Steph-
en Shoe company- and tbe Deshow Jew-
elry otore. . . '-"' -
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One'Million in Prizes.'; .; .
. for Aerial Worl4. Derby
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Associated Press Report.
.f-TSW YORK' Sept.. J!4 Plan have
been - f ormulatea for an aerial derby
around the world the priaea for which
may total $1000000 it waa announced
here Wednesday by the Aero Club of
America. : -:1 "v - ' .IS-
A special commission ha been appoint-
ed and will start next month on a tkr
of tbe world to arrange route and la- 1-
Ing places to obtain referee and to fr-
ganiae committee ' in every j country
through which tbe race will pass "
KHELL AYEDKESDAY
CALrrORllIAlISURGE;
JOHllSOlI TO QUIT
FIGHT Oil TREATY
Thirty;Eight Prominent Men
; Send Protest to Senator:
;t-''V jat Washington ; "
PEOPLE FAVOR '
PACT THEY- SAY
President Wilson Declar
Reservation's $ame as Re-'
jection of Agreement
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Associated Pre Report. '
1 SAN FRANCISCO Sept. 24.Thlrti-
eight well known men of San Franditce
and vicinity today aent a joint telegram
to United ' State Senator - Hiram Vf.
Johnson protesting against hi attitude
on the peace treaty . .. ? )
W appeal to you to withdraw yur
opposition" tb telegram aaid. "We reJ
. .L.A L- L J...l.1
ntunurui 4ui m uiia wa apeas lor us
overwhelming majority of the people of
California and that your present position
doe not represent them truly." -
The telegram W signed ty Charles
O. Moore former director of the State
council of defense; Judge IV F. Angef-
lotl chief justice of the supreme court;
Justice Warren Olney "jr. Curtl D.
Wilbur and Luclau Shaw associate jus-
tices of the 8UU'uprem court.4 and
otaarv. .-'. . ' i- 4 ' ;
President Regards Treaty.: !
. ieservauons as nejccuon
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Associated Press Report. . '
CHEYENNE Wyo Sept 24. Read
ing again the proposed enae reaerva-
tlon to article 10 of the league' covenant
President Wilson declared In an address
here ' Wednesday that ahould any each
reservation be adopted heVwould "be
obliged a chief executive t regard It as
a rejectioa ef the treaty." - f
une preaiaeni aaaea mat rejection or
thetreaty wouhi mean negotiation of a
separate peace .with Germany and said
that such a negotiation could not change
a single item of th the peace settlement
Th reservation read by the preaident
wa the ame that he laid before hia au
dience at Bait Lake City. By It provi-
sion tb United States' would assume no
oDitgation to preserve the territorial in
tegrity f other nation unlets congre
.IimhU a Ar2 A . - . . . '
"It I a though you said w ball not
join th leagua now" aaid he "but may
join it rrom time to time j w wont
promise anything but from time to time
we mr eo-onerafft. .j - '.
""The thing U unwortny and ridiculous
It mean the "rejection - of the' treaty
nothing less. Th Usue . s flSaL 4 We
cant avoid It We've sgot to make the
aeasion now- ana one mad' there can
be no tt)rninr back" '; ".'''. ' 1
Unless th United Bute want into the
league now he added and assumed ita
full responsibility it would have to come
in later with Germany; ; . ; . - v;
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New MihUry Tank BeW
frpduced as lpenrrient
Associated Presa Beport; I :
naunuiv Hept. 34. A new
military ' tank;1 even smaller than the
"whippet"1 ' used ? ao; successfully : in
France In the dosing weeks of the war
la being produced as an eiperlmenb by
tbe ordnance bureau.-' BevonJ thm'taM
that It wfll weigh only three tons against
aix for the "fighting flivver'4' no details
have beta made public' The tank pro
gram of ' the war department includes
4000 five-ten 2800 10-ton. 400 20-tas
and 207 20-ton tractors. 090 six- ton
100 80-ton and IS of the new three-ton
tanks. "
; Today's Calendar f
f OBECASTSf OF TIIE tTEATIILEK.
1 Asaoolated 'Tress Repoit'.
-WASHINOTONt 8ept 4. East Texaa
Thursday partly -cloudy except .possible
showers lit- lower Rio Grande . valley
wanner In north portion Friday partly
cloudy- : ;-: .: -;.- h .;: . v
West Texaa-Tlursday cloudy possibly
Showers - in southwest 1 portion wanner;
Friday partly cloudy.' - j
Louisiana Thursday and Friday en-
eraily fair aiowly rising. temgter'atu're la
north portion. A A Wjjf.i :Vi
Arkanaaa and ' Oklahoma. Thursday
generally fair warmer; Friday fair t'
FoMcMt for Hoatoa ssd Tlcinltr Tbarly-f
0snllv. (sir ( i';. ? ' ' 'f: :': ' . ' .
Tnpmtari titnsus tad ptednltstlo at
(Idtutoa wHbk 2 O.'ia. tnbr 24: .
llsilmua 75 ulnlmuai Ai. anctplUtioa-neMf.
AtBawlwric prawnr at BMton at t p. aa.
Wadmadir SO.04.. M lel mdlH.
Hoariw TbuKliv Til3 . . apiiMt t:13
p. n. . .... ' w .. t
CoBPsrstlve record at Hosstoa for srptmb
24. 11: . t ' '.-''" J
. ' ' f .: ' ' : Jl. ISIS. 191T.
a O.-m.-V..'1...!.... 1141. (Ll .v. Kft
10 . m. ..............!'.. 70 .. 7a "1 75
MX .......I 70 81 M
P. .; ' i t a ; .
I o. be so
7 a. m. Drr btflb.04.4. t bnlb 90.3; Ia-
tlTo bamldltr T7 pw rait
ioomDrr bnlb 7S.6 wt bulb W.9; rallhr
kouidltr tT pn etnt. v ''- . '. ...: i"; '
TODAY'S EVENTS
Rotarv club luncheon at the Rice hotel.
12:15 p. m. : ' . ;
Mass meetlnt of the Housewives' lea-i
gue at City Auditorium 3 p. ro.
Board of directors of the Ilousewivee'
league meet at City Auditorium 2 p. m.
SftO Inranlpry meet at criminal dintrict
court room ' '
Senate JinvsDir
IriioIJaiioi::y:L3 C
.'Now Center of L'a.
Usual Conflicting Statements l otted by Ir.J
v; Leaders and Labor Chiefs but No A;
;- Material Cains Made by Either Side
. Manager Seek to Take Offensive
Associated
'. The third day. of the great
capital or laoor naving maae any apparent material gains
night attention was being focussed on Washington-where t
quiry 4 into the industrial struggle by the sicnate labor co::v
is to opeji today. 'Jf-; ; :V 4 ''-". ' '..'''""
From their respective -headquarters industrial leaderr
directors of the strike issued
which tejft still in doubr the exact number of yorkers l
walked out William Z. Foster secretary of the strikers' n
committee claimed that' iii the
men bad abandoned their posts
the crucial Pittsburgh district
PEllllSYLVAllIATO
TREAT ARIJED LIOBS
SAUE AS IUYADERS
Gov. Sproul Issues 'Warn-
mg tnar oiaie .win
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"Aasodated Press Report.
IlArtlUSBUIta Pa.; I3ept 24. Gov-
rnor .'- WUllanr- C. Sproul WednesJay
bight gave out a telegram which he bad
sent to "William Z. Foster .leader of the
strike In the Pittsburg dlstrlct..in an
swer to a message In4 which &Ir. . Foster
bad cOmpllained of action of State police.
The governor aaya that the interest of
the Bute government 1 preservation of
law and order and that it will regard any
armed moba which geek to' cross the
Btate line to overpower; municipal offl-
elala as "armed Invaders of Pennsjrl-
vanla" and will deal wUh them-as kuch.
Th governOt'i telegram to Mr. Foster
aaya: . v;.. (-: l . . -.....' "-
"Tour telegram .coropUalnln . of" the
aitlmi of a wuud of our . .we
ilnperHliig a crowd at North Clairtod baa
received my attention. . My Information
ls-rtrat the people were ordered to move
fo accordance with a proclamation by tbe
sheriff forbidding public gatherings that
the police did not approach; the erowd
until their commands had been defied and
that nobody. was hurt until abots had
been-fired' and stones and other missiles
had been thrown at the officers. Experi
ence hge shown' that it is dangerous to
permit the congregation of large num
bers of people during timet of stress and
excitement au7 tbe sheriff aa the offi
cial charged wittrthe maintenance of law
and order waa acting for the public wel
fire in forbidding tbrgatherings and in
enforcing bis decrees; In carrying out
this policy 'the sheriffs of all counties
will have the full assistance of the Btate.
f".- Expect Co-operatloB. v
"Permit me to take this opportunity of
saying to you that In the situation which
now exists when lawlessness and disor-
der have compelled the intervention of
the Btate to aid the local autborltioa to
maintain the peace when every good cltl
sen's attitude ahould be that of uphold
ing tba law I ahall expect your full oo-
operation in helping ua to see to it that
the' laws of tbe commonwealth are .ob-
served and ita peace preserved . . . ; .
"Reports have reached me that many
agitators hostile alike to our institutions
of government and to the organisation
which "you represent havetaken advan-
tage of the disturbed conditions to come
into s l'ennsylyanla "td : spread : wicked
propaganda and to endeavor to incite the
Ignorant and the vicious to riot and pil
lage. These persons are enemiea of the
State and our-every endeavor la being
given to -their apprebenaion and punish-
ment under onr laws.' '-.' -S Ti":'s'' -v
:';..r44 Thraata by Mobs4
Information has comedo us that ef
forts are -being made by dangerou'a and
evil disposed persofla at points in other
mate ;Jear .our boundaries to collect
armed mobs to come acrosa the State
line to overpower our" municipal authori-
ties' and to atUck dur cltizena and de
stroy Uiclr projierty. If any 4 such at
tempts are" made w ahall be compelled
to regard these mobs aa armed invaders
of Pennsylvania and we shall deal with
them as kuch.' I count upon your coubse!
and Influence to discourage such attempts.-and
to aid us in every Vay that
oa can. i . -i : yr-. .
"Our interest In the struggle in which
yoii 'are' engaged is in tbe maintenance
of law and order the protection of your
rights and those of all of our people citi
zens and sojourners alike who live
within -our laws. : During your stay yu
muptt have been impressed with the f "t
that our people are lawabiding and while
they have absolute consideration for the
rights of others thoy are earnest fan! -od
in the rrotectinn of their own rights i '
the Jtood name of the commonweuh 1 1
which they are a part. . This is t!ic
spirit of the people of Pennsylvania I !
as governor of the Btnte I elmll see t it
that their lnws are-fuitbfully execui'-l
their rights protected and their ins!
ions urli'-l '
Tress Report.
steel strike passed without
their usual conflicting st.il
various steel centers 15000
bringing the total to 342.CXO 1
officials of the United Stat s :
-corporation ana seven i
pendents" - asserted t! t
stream of labor hads tu r n ( 1
was flowing into the mi"
i' According to reporta from l'
where union labor leaders hcl.l a
eral parle to consider comlLK-t
stride managers of the plunt are
ing now to take-the offensive. J. ( -tent
with merely holding what for.
main with them tbey are sai J to I
ing to induce wavering strikers to i
Labor's recruiting forces are not i
aa shown by the fact that or;
from the mine workers' union bnvo I
called to reinforce agenta of the t
workers' organisation in .enrol4;.- - i
union workers. 4 5
Despite the prediction of Mr. I
that through the work of these i
era the strikers will be able gra!
ahut down all the Important work
Pittsburg district employers of
claimed. that yesterday they had l
to. Increase production In all i-'-
plants including those in Ilom.
Clatrton Braddock Duqueane a I
rittsburg city mills of the Carney
pany.. ''--..;-!. - '
. - Reports Confltet.
Aa in Pittsburg the situation in
ego also waa clouded by conflii;4.4
porta. " The Industry In thHt e-
though Crippled by the closing f
I'nnts wna by no mentis tied vr i
i -:u4 V Of '' i' ' ''d 8v! .I...
been nmde to the 4 reduced forci i i
which they were continuing ope
la the Youngstown district v 1
vancea were claimed by the striki ; .
strike spread to fabricating ila :
of wblchwere closed as waa the 1
town Pressed Bteel company. l'u
of production in the Mahoning
caused by Idleness of 44000 wo
continues every plant being colscd.
.; From Canton O. came the anno
ment by the. general manager of the (
ton Sheet Steel company thut hn r
numbering 1200 'had voted to rctm
work. ' ''-;'. if ' '-.
. Inthe Colorado district plant '
Colorado Fuel and Iron con ;
Pueblo . which closed Monday n
idle and according to offkipls v. :i i.
no effort to operate with strjKchr. '..!.
Yesterday wss marked bv sl .-irp
crease fn violence. . Altboud rioCi -
curred in Cleveland order reigned in i
falor N. Y. and Pittsburg New
Farrell Pa. the storm centers Tue- '
- - '.
Says Strike Called
on Rimsiest Excuse
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-' Associated Press Report.
.WASHINGTON Sept 24 Arr
mente were completed Wednesday i
for the beginning ..Thursday of the
ate labor committee'a Inveatijrntir
tbe nationwide steel strike. C'I 4
Kenyon announced receipt of . af
from John Fitxpatriik chairmno
strlkara'-'orgnnination committee t
would be on hand to present "liibor4
of the question" : '
t Senator .Thomas 'democrat d.'.
In aa address on the floor of the
criticised the' strike in bitter ten-
dering; it had been called on t'
sleat excuse" that Its princ'; ; i .
waa "to disturb and bedevil i
eonditions" and . that -the i
of hundreds - of thousHn U of i i
strikes throughout the c ....fry "h-
almost civil war."
l"rmary object of the swimte j
tlgtloo Senator Ken.vn said u ill I
setting forth before the public of t"
causes and objects of the 'tttrike.
patrlck. a welt as Cbnlriimn C.-iry -United
. States Bteel corpoi-:i
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