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TWENTY PAGES TODAv,
RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 20, 1919.
TWENTY PAGES TODAY.
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PRESIDENT STILL
AVIATOR MAYNARD
SENDS GREETINGS
THEY WILL ALL BE HERE THIS WEEK
F
WASHINGTON HEARS 1
PETROGRAD TAKEK
BY ANTI-BOLSHEVIK
EMPLOYERS STAND
MAKES PROGRESS
IRMLY-TOGETHER
TOWARD
RECOVERY
REGARDING
VIEWS
Capture of Fortress of Kron
stadt by Russian Forces Is
Also Reported
REPORTS OF RECAPTURE
BY REDS UNCONFIRMED
General Yudenitch's Troops
Occupy Station Eight Miles
From Russian Capital and
A'so Capture Suburb; Bol
shevist Concentrate Forces
To Offer Strong Resistance
Washington, Oft. 19. The fall of
Petrograd and the occupancy of both
that city and the fortress of Kronstadt
by the Russian artt'-Bolshevik forces
has been reported officially by the gen
eral staff of the Finnish army to the
Viborg representative of the northwest
government' of Russia. Thia informa
tion reached the State Department to
night. In making publie tonight the de
rartment's advices. Acting Secretary
Phillips aaid that a direct d spateh.
dated today and received here tontgb
from the department's representative
nearest the old Russian capital, report.
(d that Finnish official announcement
bad not been corroborated from other
Sources.
The announcement crediting the Fin
nish general staff aa authority was quite
brief and dated yesterday. It came
from Viborg and, followed unconfirmed
reports to the department through
Bwedish and Russian sources saying
that Petrograd and Kronstadt had been
srrested from the Bolsheviki by the be
leaguer'ng forces under General Yu
aenitch; that with the fall of the forti
fied Gatehina. 33 miles out from Petro
grad oa the way to Berlin, the collapse
,f the oM eapitaL waa Inevitable and
that the Bolsheriki were concentrating
til their troops for a decisive struggle
with General Dcnrkine's forces in the
loutb.
'advancing troops reach
. suburbs of petrograd.
London, Oct . Gen. Yudeoiteh'a
troops have occupied tho etatioa -at
Ligovo, about 8 miles from Petrograd,
according to a Helsingfora dispatch to
Renters. They have also reached the
Railway Jnnetioa at Pntilov, a suborb
of the capital. 1 '
RAILROAD BETWEEN CAPITAL
AND MOSCOW CUT vrr.
Helsingfors, Oct. 19. A eommnniea -
tion from the Nortnwest Russian army
ived here today confirms the capture
of Kraaaaia Gorka. and claims that the
railway between Petrograd and Moscow
haa been cut rjy mowing up a onuje
over the Tosna river.
The communication asserts that the
Bolshevik! have concentrated 0,000
men at Gdnff. on Lake Peipus, and 10,
000 near Petrograd, and declare that
they will offer strong- resistance.
LONDON HEARS NO NEWS
ON RUSSIAN SITUATION,
London, Oct, 19. Up to the present
hour (6:15 p. ra., no news had been
received whieh would throw any light
on the Bussian situation, except
Helsingfors. Finland, dispatch dated
Saturday renorting that the red flag
airain was flying over Kronstadt and
that the batteries of Krasnaia Gorka
had been active Friday the night long.
A Copenhagen dispatch, dated Sunday,
aid the report was still unconfirmed,
that the white forces had -cut eommnni
cation between Beval and Petrograd..
RED TROOPS REPORTED
TO REOCCUPT TOWNS.
t London, Oct. J 9. (By the Associated
Press.) The Bed troops which retired
from Krasnoye 8elo and Gatehina
ehortly afterwards, re -occupied both
towns and the 8oviet army started a
counter-offensive which promises toe-
re is. nays a wireless dispatch received
here ton'ght from Moscow. The a
patch adds land batteries at Kronstadt
repelled attacks oy a Kritiso fleet.
PARIS HEARS NOTHING
, OP SEIZURE OF CAPITAL.
Paris, Oct. 19. (By the Associated
Press.) Serglue Sasonoff. representing
Admiral Kolehak and General Dcnikine
ia Paris, informed the Associated Press
-Ihhl -wvening that he kad received so
' advice of the capture) of Petrograd.
He considered, however, that it was
likely. ' . .
No information regarding the fall of
Petrograd haa been received by either
the peace conference or the American
delegation. '- . . s ,
FRANCE PSSFS PFNFRAL"
AMNESTY ACT FOR TROOPS
- Paris, Saturday, Oct. IS. The am.
nesty bill which was adopted by the
Champer ef Deputies thia evening was
weeping in its scope, antborizing the
- liberation of a vast majority of the sol
diers held for violation of military '
laws. .- - ,'j
Exeiudea zrom move granted am
nesty, however, are soldiers convicted
of desertion ia the face of the enemy
aed some who were eonvict-d of
specially serious cases of insubordi
nation. Men convicted ef taking part
in' the mutiny ef the Black Re last
winter were not included in the am-
nesty..... .v,
The- bill also provide amnesty for
person convicted ef procuring crlmi
nal operations. This phase of the bill
was strongly opposed Ty Lome Nail
minister of Justice, who tfrgeJ thaff
Franc should punish severely for a
crime tending to deprive the country
ef children which) were o mneh. needed
at this time. This part ef the bill,
" however, was, pissed by apioiv of
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tercst of tho News nnd Observer and
the people of North Carolina in my
success in Via air race I uave just fin
ished," Lieut. Uelvin W. Maynard wired
from Mitchell Field, Hempstead, N. Y.,
Inst night. "I am mailing to the News
and Observer," the 'Flying Parson"
ndds, "a full account of niy trip aud I
wish to extend to you niy kindest re
gards." The Tar Heol aviator will fly
.it the Baninson County Fnir in Govern
ber at Clinton in the airplane which
he used in making his eventful trip.
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YET ABOUT CHINA
Viscount Uchida's Proposal For
International Settlement
Causes Protest
SHANTUNG PROPOSAL TO
BE DEBATED IN THE DIET
Opposition CTaims That Interest
of Nation Requires that Kiao
Chan Not Be Abandoned As
Japanese Settlement; Nature
of Movement May Affect Ja
pan Toreign Policy "
Tokio, (Sunday.-Oct. 12 (By the As
sociated - Press.) Viscount tTehlda'i
statement early in September that Ja
pan ifeneonraging the establishment
of aa international aettlcment at Kiao
; inau, insieaa or nn exclusive dapanese
,' aettlement authoriaed by treaties with
j China, promises to be the subject of
protest at me iorincom.ng session oi
the diet by the peers affiliated with the
opposition party and other radical mem
bers of the Upper House. It is de
clared here that such a movement will
be supported by prominent publicists
and others whose attitude affect publie
opinion. i
The opposition is led by Baron Mitsu
nojo Funakoshi, who in summoning
men here of Iho Kossikal-party -say
an attempt to alter matter pledged by
a treaty injures tho sanctity of the
treaty and the dignity of the atate and
demands to know the reason for this
concession of the Shantung question
when the Japanese delegates in Paris
made no promise that an exclusive
Japanese settlement would be aban
doned. "
"If the government is forced to re
nounce the Japanese settlement-at the
behest of the other powers," he adds,
Msuch constitutes interference in the
international affair of Japan and ought
to and must be opposed by President
Wilson, who i a great advocate of non
interference.'' i
The interest and welf.iro of the na
tion, the opposition claims, urge the
government not to abnndon Japanese
settlement of Kiao Chau.
Appearance tend to indicate that
political forces, partly composed of the
opposition party and partly of military
circles, are formulating a campaign
against Viscount Uchida, basing the
movement on a general accusation that
the foreign department is not suffi
ciently determined in its dealings with
foreign powers and particularly with
tb united mates,
The nature of this movement is such
that it may affect the composition of
Japan' reply to tlis important not of
the United otates concerning Japanese
co-operation as regards the trans-Siber
ian rail nwr, Japan reply to this note
has not yet been forwarded, and it is
believed that on reason for delaying
the reply is the difficulty of reaching
-an agreement as to how the document
will be worded. The impression exists
that the government will ratify th
arrangement for more effective co-op
eration between the military command
and the technical adviser in 8ibeiia.
The Jiji Shinpo today say that Ro
land U. Morris, United State - Ambas
sad or to Japan, ha had frequent in
terview with .Viscount Uchida and
perfecv understanding of th Siberian
railroad management problem haa been
reached. .., v- Z. . : "
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ceptance of Invitation; Will
. Use Noted Airship y-.
Clinton, N. C, , Oct.' 19.--Mayasrd 1
coming. The following telegram was
reee'ved this evening!
"Hempstead, N. Y,-Oct. 19. To th
fUnMAi DemfveFfit CHntont i Accent
"r invitation with great pleasar.
Will fly down ia ship I nsed is trans
continental raeet will fly dowa Novem
ber 1st. Inform me about Held.
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rmpsonjpriIl 44 his great ova-
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Admiral Grayson and Other
Physicians Greatly Encour
aged, It Is Learned
FURTHER PROGRESS IS
REPORTED BY DOCTOP.S
Efforts To Allay Effects of Ail
ments Incident To General
Condition Meet With Suc
cess; Patient Allowed To Sit
Up Occasionally But Not To
See Callers
Washington, Oct. 19. Having ob
tained relief from the prostntic condi
tion which retarded his recovery last
week, President Wilson was the victim
today of slight digestive trouble. Ilis
condition otherwise throughout the day.
Rear Admiral Grayson, his personal
physician, announced tonight was un
changed. Dr. Grayson issued the following
bulletin from the White House tonigUtj
"The President hod a slight diges
tive disturbance today. Otherwise his
condition ia unchanged."
The President general condition was
regarded a satisfactory, notwithstand
ing the slight sttack of indigestion.
Until mid-day Dr. Grayson and the
physicians assisting him found in the
examination of their patient every evi
dence that Mr. Wilson was more than
holding his own, and the development
after noon was not regarded as serious
or as any indication that th Presi
dent general condition was worse.
It was aaid, however, that any inci
dental ailment tended to increase ner
vousness and to that extent retarded a
recovery.
Further .progress by President Wil
son is recovering from his attack of
nervous exhaustion was indicated to
day by hia physicians. ' Although the
mid-day bulletin from tho White House
was a conservative statement, saying
that the President had rested well, and
that there had "been no material change
in his condition, it was learned from
members of the President's official
family that Rear Admiral Grayson, and
the other physician- consulted in the
ease, were greatly eaeouraged.
ur. urayson, who ha spent the night
at the White Boose ever sine the
President returned from hi speaking
tour three week ago today, was not
called to the patient' bedside at all
last night. It wa the first time that
some phr-se of tjie patient's condition
had not made it necessary for his phy-
j.nan to attend him after he retired
for the night. -
Dr. Grayson spent much of the morn
ing with the President and after visit
by Doctors Ruffin and fititt, th fol
lowing bulletin was issued:
"There is no material change in the
President's condition. He slept well
during the night.".
'lhe encouragement manifested bv the
President's physicians and others of
lus household was understood to be due
not so much .to any marked improve.
ment, but to success of effort made to
allay the effects of the ailments inci
dent to Mr. Wilson's general eondi
tion. Great importance ha been
attached to the elimination of the
secondary ailments, because with them
curbed the physicians heliove the
neurasthenic condition will gradually
respond to the treatment being admin
istered.
The President has been permitted to
sift up occasionally and has insisted at
time that he be permitted to attend
to some work. His physicians have in
sisted that for the time being he must
ne content to wait. Callers are not
permitted to see him, but numerous re
minders of their visits are sent to his
room,, one today being an armful of
chrysanthemums personally delivered
at the. White House by three enlisted
men or tne army, and a sailor aeeom
printed by an attendant from a nearby
military nospital, where they are pati
ents. '
GERMANY HAS KOT YET
REPLIED TO ALLIED NOTE
Teuton Cabinet Has Not Taken
Up Question of B'ockading
x . Soviet Bussia
Berlin, Oct. 18., (By the Associated
Press), Contrary to reports front Lon
don and Paris, Germany, ha not yet
replied to the note from th Entente
urging a common blockade of Soviet
Kussia, according to official information
obtained today by the Associated Press.
The statement was made that the Ger
man cabinet has not yet taken up the
subject for serious deliberation. There
apparently i no hurry to arrive at a
decision, in view of what is termed the
diplomat! mystery surrounding the
procedure of the entente and the result
ant inability of the German government
to get ia touch with entrala.-
The correspondent was informed tht
the foreign office etronelv susneeta that
the exclusive or alleged premature trans
mission r tne not to Germany is
poorly defended by the "pretext that it
was due to clerical blundering and is
inclined to view the matter ss "a dip
lomatie tmp which was sprung before
it wa set" .
FRENCH FORCES NOW UNDER '
ARMS NUMBER T0,W MEN.
Paris, Oct. 19. Th French fnr,
still under arms number today between
850,000 and ,700,000 men, according to
semi-official advice issued today. More
than 71,000 officer tnd men of the
navy have been returned to eivil life,
leaving th naval fore with a wrn.
net of between 70.000 and 73,000.
A dispatch from Paria Gaturdav mmk
th demobilisation of the French army
wa virtually complete. 101.000 nlHn
and 442,000 men having beea mus
tered oat.
x
Y OUTHFUL BANDITS
T
After Killing Deputy Sheriff In
Tennessee One of Boys
Makes Escape
CITIZENS GOING TO
RESCUE HELD AT BAY
When Indignant Men Place
Rope Around James Oliver
To String Him To Limb of
Tree, He Makes Confession
- Bobbin; of Passing- Automo
biles Indulg-ed In
Chattanooga, Tean, Oct. 19. When
indignant citizen of James county put
a rope around the neck of James
Oliver and strung him up to the litn
of a treo near Ooltewah shortly after
midnight Saturday night he is said to
have broken down and told them th
name of his companion who shot an
killed Deputy Sheriff W. B. Mcintosh
a few hours earlier.
Oliver, who is not yet 21, and Ed
Martin, who is charged with having
killed Mcintosh, are said to have bai
ricaded a point on the Dixie highway
just south of Ooltewah shortly after
dark Saturday night and held it until
nearly midnight, while they held Bp
nnd roblied occupants of all automo
biles and other vehicles that passed
Citizens who heard of their setiviiies
and went armed with pistols and shot
gun to arrest them were themselves
captured by the boy bandits, snd at
one time six men and one woman were
huddled along the roadside, covered
with the pistol of one robber, while
the other waited behind hi barricsd
for other vehicles to bring fresh
victims.
This was after Mcintosh had been
shot and for some time his body lay
by the side of hia automobile, his
friends not knowing whether he wss
dead or alive. They know that he lived
for a few minutes after he was shot
but the bandit would not permit them
to attend to his injuries and they do
not know when he died.
uut tor the wound that Uhrer re
ceived from the pistol of E. I. John
-n, who accompanied Mcintosh to the
barricaded spot on the road, the "road
agents" might have stayed on nnti
daylight. Oliver kept complaining that
he wa bleeding to death and Martin,
he said, finally ordered his victims to
tike the boy back to Ooltewah. where
physician could attend him. When they
started Martin slipped away ia the
darkness, Oliver said.
?"PR?CA AND ITALY NOW
ENGAGED IN NEGOTIATION
Active Exchange of Cables Over
Fiume Situation Between
Countries
Rome. Saturday, Oct. 18. (By the
Associated Press.) Thero is in, prog
ress aa active exchange of cables be
tween-the Roma and Washington gov,
ernmeht convention concerning the last
project of Signor Tittoni with regard
to the Fiume and Adriatic questions.
Although Peter A. Jay, charge
d'affaire of the America embassy, has
been confined to his room by a slight
sttack of infliieara, he ha kept in con
stunt tench with Premier Nitti and Big-
nor Sforaa, ander secretary for for
cign affair, with whom he is ia the
most cordial relations.
Tho entire press maintain aa at
titude i of great reserve while awaiting
th decision of th Washington govern
ment on th question.
Th Tribune, however, think the
present project of Signor Tittoni ia th
minimum which th nation is ready to
accept and expresses th nop that it
will t a definite snmtlon of the prob
lem, which It aays ha kept the people
so, long is suspense regarding th main
tenane of Pac...:i,.r. .. .'
ERRORIZE FOLKS
m 1 il! i'i
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TREATY FIGHT NOW
ENTERS LAST PHASE
Leaders Hope During This
Week To Cicar Away All
Proposed Amendments
OPPONENTS EXPECT NOW
TO PUSH RESERVATIONS
Fifty-Fivo Senators, Including
All Republican Members and
Six Democrats Reported To
Have Beached An Ajree
- ment ; Forty-One Democrats
. . Standing By the President
Washington, Oct. 19 The long treaty
Cght ia tho Senate is about to enter
it final phase. Lenders hopo during
the coming week to clear away all pro
posed amendments nnd make substan
tial progress in tho framing of a ratifl
cation resolution
Virtually conceding that no amend
ments will lie adopted, the opposin
managers are determined to qualify tho
ratifying resolution with reservation
nnd Senator Lodge, the Kcpubl.cn
leader, declared in a statement tonight
that a decisive majority would stand
for reservations thnt would be un
equivocal -and effective.'
Privately the opposition leaders de
clared Mr. Lod ire's claim was backed by
en 1 understanding amounting virtually
to a complete agreement among all of
the 49 Republicans and six Democrat
to stand together for a reservation pro
pram evolved after many weeks of eon
ferences. It was said not all of the de
tails had been agreed upon, though on
general principles nnd in somo fts s on
phraseology itself the fifty-five Senators
hod been brought very close together.
How tar the remaining forty-one Sen
ators will go in their opposition to reser
vations is an uncertain question even
the minds of some of their Ic-idcr.
Theyjiave stood unswervingly through
the long flght-(for President Wilson s
program of a ratification that would not
require the treaty a re-submlsion to
the other powers. But it is for the
President, himself to decide finally
whether any reservations adopted do ro
quire sneh re-suhmiasion, and his illness
has left the Administration leaden
somewhat in the dark.
There have been intimations ' that
should reservations unacceptable to the
Administration he put into the ratifies
tion resolution the Administration forc -s
would vote "no" on the ratification roll-
eatl, but their leaders are not ready
to any how they will crow that bridge
until they com to it. It would take
only thirty-three vote to prevent ratifi
eation.
Lodge Issue Statement.
Ia hi ' Statement toaivht Aenatnr
Ltiagt accinrcd opponents of rererva
tions would be responsible for anv
further delay In Senate action, indicat
ing mat the whip would be applied to
hold dowa debate. Quick action 'also
is a slogan of the Administration
forces, but how far the leaders of the
two parties can go in stemmins the tide
of talk is. very uncertain. Their hope
is io get atsrted tomorrow on th last
X the committee amendments, nrnnas-
ing equalisation of votina nower. in
fie League of Nations aad to dispose
of them withla a day or two.
senator lodge a statement nisde rmb-
ie after be had talked over the aitua-
tion with a number of Republicans and
vemocnti reservationists, follows:
"A decisive maioritviof th Senate
will vote for reservation ' attnehed to
the resolution of ratification, which will
protect the pence. nfctv. sorereiratv
aad independence of the United State.
The One object of these Senators ia
to Americanize the tersty and ther be
lieve that by so doiag they will also
serve tb.e cause of genesal pear f the
worm, whatever delay there mav be
final action, anon the treatv will
be caused by those who are resisting
th Americanization of the treaty by
proper re-rvsrios. at onee uneauivo-
eal and. effective.'
Will finish Readlag.
The two amendment for equalisation
, (Contiaae4 Pag Tw4 '
Nothing on the Political Hori
zon in N. C. To Alarm
the Democrats
CHANCES NOT .IMPROVED
SINCE NOTABLE EVENT
Selection of C. R. Pugh To Di
rect Campaign Next , Year
Commented On; Introduced
,Beed To Elizabeth City Audi
ence: Already Want To
"Stand from Under"'
News and Observer Bureau,
633 District Nationnl Bank Bldg.
By R. E. POWELL.
(Special Leased Wire.) '
Washington, Oct. 19. The last week
has brought to Washington leading Tar
Heel politicians from every section of
the State and, bnrdly without excep
tion, they agree that the Republican
party in North Carolina i-i in "a be tor
shape' to carry the State today than
it was on that memorable convention
date when Senator Butler made More
head national committeeman and left
E. Carl Duncan wondering whether
Judas Tscarlot was such a bad man
after all.
Representing opposing interests were
Mayor Gallatin Roberts and erf-Governor
Craig, from Asheville; George II. Bel
lamy, United States Marshal ; J. X. Collie
formerly Secretary of the State Dem
ocratic executive committee; Col. Terry
Lyon of r aycttevrlle, who will soon
he ramnaigning for his brother in the
Sixth district ; Thomas W. Davis, of
Wilmington, well known lawyer and
many others who see nothing on the
political horizon to cause alarm among
the Democrats.
Jio Better.
The prevailing Impression among the
Tar Heels 1s that the Republican party
has done but little to better its chances
hv choosing C. R. Pugh, of Elizabeth
City, to direct the campaign in the
State next year. His selection with the
t tie of vice chairman is viewed as
another link in Mr. Butler's chain to
bring Mesne r. Mnrehend and Duncan
together. Mr. Pugh is snid to be a
"Roosevelt" Republican. Mr. Linney.
the State chairman, is snid not to be.
It has been alleged in times gone hv
that Mr. Butler was the same kind of
Republican Mr. Purh is- and that Mr.
Duncan was, like Mi Linnev, of the
"r. n
.am ji.iuiioiuii.
Aggressive Bat .
Whatever else may bo said about Mr.
Pugh ha is regarded as aggressive. He
was aggressive enough to introduce
Senator James A. Reed at Elizabeth City
when K. ej. Ayillett Mil others werr all
ressoning with tditor Saunders, who in
vited th Missouri man down to flay
th League of Nations. The Senator,
Democrat, who had been asked to emit
by the legislature of hi home State,
was out gunning for President Wilson's
plan to end wars and -if the Demoents
were not willing to introduce him. Air.
Pneh would. And he did.
Mr. Push, however, belne thft hn!a
of Mr. Butler, and viee-ehslrmrfn undjr
Mr. Linney, may have been ehosen for
a go-hetwren rather than a peace maker.
If a fusion ia Impossible, then Mr. More
head's Wing of the party would want
bout the shrewdest man" In th wing
to keep tab on the Duncan and Linney
element. It would hardly do to pre
sume th Inactivity of two such men
when the State is fairly bubbling over
witn prospective political combines.
Linney and Dane- Ta Be Reckoned
With. .
Tor instance, if Mr. Morehesd starts
out to trad with the eo'toa mill owners,
a might h inferred from his recent
letter sent broadcast over the State. I
a copy of which cam to Senator Ovr r-
mairT Mr. Duncan or Mr. Linney might
make Bailey, of Texas, look lik a
piker with hi third partv. So, if any
trading is to be done, M Port will
probably be assiT.e6rtha Job -of flad-iv''"1 n ureater JNew York, lit
(Coatlane Fag Two.)
Labor Leaders Declare They
Did Not Enter Conference.,
To Get Concessions
TENTATIVE AGREEMENT '
SHATTERED BY STAND'
Previous To Introduction of
"Individual Bargatning"
Clause An Apparent Solution '
Had Been Beached; Employ
ers Refuse Bight To Allow
Dealings With Outsiders .'
Washington, Oct. 19. Solution of tho
difficulties seriously threatening the life
of the National Industrial Conference
seemed more hopeless than ever to
night after the conference's central com
mittoe in a three-hour session failed to
conciliate the differences between tho
labor and employer wings.
The tentative agreement .cached late
Saturday on the vital question of col
lective bargaining was shattered at the
committee meeting today when the em
ployers group Insisted on adding to th
sub-resolution a clause declaring foi
the right of "employer and employes
to bargain individually." This clause
was rejected unqualifldely by the labor
del gates.
Previous to the introduction of the
'individual bargaining" clause an ap
parent solution to the problem before
tho conference hnd been reached. The
original Russell-Endicott resolution, pro
viding for recognition of the right of
collective bargaining and the right of
employe to choose their representatives
st will, was revamped, divided into four
sections and amended to rend "the right
to organize into trade and labo unions,
hnn and other industrial associations.
The section granting to labor organi
zations tho right to choose representa
tive witbent restiictions was amended
to resd "by representatives rhn.i .
it
majority of their own members."
The
compromise measure as amended
met with th approval of tho labor and
publie groups and some members of the
employer wing when brought bef or the
committee. Later, however,, the em '
pioyers Instated on the addition of a
fifth section, th individual bargaining
elauae, whieh was promptly vetoed by
tho labor group. This left th eentral
committee deadlocked just a it was
when th conference adjourned lata
Friday.
In outlining the position b ! the labor
group before the eentral committee to
day, Frank Morrison, secretary of tho
American Federation of Labor, assorted
that the representative of the work
er did not enter the conference with
any intention of attempting to obtain
concession but rather in a desire for
a better understanding between capital
and labor, thnt the workers had made
every concession thus far and that hi
group could not yield further than to
endorse the provisions of th original
usell-Endicott resolution.
Herbert K. Perkins, of Chicago, act-.
ing as spokesman for the employers,
said what other members of bis group
have proclaimed repeatedly oa the floor
of the conference, that the employers
rould not grant the right of collectives
bargaining with representative not
chosen frpm among their own em
ployes. ConsflUr -Two Resolutions.
Two resolutions on collective bar
gaining were before the conference
when adjournment was taken Friday,'
nnd unless a compromise is reached be
fore the conference is cslled to order
tomorrow which is improbable.- each
will be brought up for a vote. Tha
first proposition in order will be tha
Wheeler resolution, sponsored by tha
employers group, recognising the right
of collective bargaining by employes
but reserving to the employer the right
"to deal or not to deal with men or
groups of men who are not his m
ployes and chosen by and from among
them." The labor delegate take tho
stand that such a resolution would mean
nothing if adopted since it would give
the employer unrestricted choice of
representative to deal with workmen
on industrial issue while limiting tha
employes to their own rank, thus elimi
nating the officials of the national aad
subordinate labor organization in.
many case the best qualified repre-'
Fentative of the unions. AH element
of the conference are agreed that the
labor wing will defeat the Wheeler
measure if it come to a vote. .
.Should this measure" ba defeated1 or
withdrawn the Russell-Endicott meas
ure would be next in order. Thi reso
lution would pledge the conference to
recognize the right of the employe to
bargain collectively and to select their
representative without- restriction. Tho
employer group ha repeetedly voiced
emphatic opposition ' to thi proposal
which ha th support ef tha public
and labor delegates. Sine aa adverse
vote y a single group can defeat ny
resolution there Is practically no hopo
of the Russell-Endicott measure being
adopted. ,
An air of pessimism wa evident
when tho committee of 15 adjourned
ita meeting Into today. Th differences .
between the employer and labor
groups ia th opinion of many ef tha
delegate seem fairly irreconcilable.
It Memorial Today ,
New York. Oct. 19. Four aviator
bearing ' wreath from the Roosevelt
Bough riders, the American 'Legion,
the Spanish American war veterans and
t . v, ot p.. PatrVka which
will b dropped upoa th grave of CoL
'n iH iioosevelt.
Thi i on of 'th features plan
ned by the Roosevelt M-moriat Asso
ciation to mark th opening of Boose-
each of tho five borough ef th city
patriotic memorial service will b hld