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Jstitt ' WEATHER FORECAST. Uiouay wun rain io-aa- y ana proDaDiy fresh cast winds. IT SHINES FOP, ALL Highest temperature yesterday, 59; lowest, 52. Detailed weather .reports on edilortl pn. VOL'. LXXXVII. NO. 54. NEW YORK, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1919. Copyright, 1919, bv the Bun 'Priming and Publhhinp Meociation. PRICE TWO CENTS. LABOR CONFERENCE ENDS; PUBLIC GROUP TO CONTINUE WORK; SENATE COMMITTEE COMPLETES REDRAFT OF RESER VATIONS; DEFEAT OF BRITISH GOVERNMENT MAY FORCE MINISTRY OUT GOVERNOR TOLD SIANN BLOCKS HUNT FOR CRIME Grand Jury's Petition to Governor Says \Overshad- owing\ Case Is in Peril. CONFERENCE AT ALBANY District Attorney Denies Al- - mirnll's Charges Smith \Withholds Decision. Special Detpateh to Tnc Sex. Albany, Oct. 23. Edward Bwann, District Attorney ,of New York county, was summoned to Albany y by Gov. Smith for a conference on the request of the foreman of the New Tork Extraordinary Grand Jury, Ray- mond F. Almlrall. that Mr. Swtfnn be supplanted by a Deputy Attorney-Gener- al In the Investigation of alleged collusion between tho Interborough Rapid Transit Company and tho Brothe- rhood of Interborough Employees In the recent strike. Mr. Swann was accompanied here by bis chief assistant. Alfred J. Talley, and as a result of the conference with the Governor he issued a statement in nblch he charges that Mr. Almlrall and other members of the Jury have various sorts of financial and other connections with the Interborough, and that their action was based upon a desire to get higher traction fares. The Governor said that ho had not yet made up his mind what course he will pursue regarding the re- quest of the foreman of the Grand Jury. At the same time he made public a por- tion of the letter which he received from Mr. Almlrall yesterday. In which the Grand Jury foreman charged that the District Attorney had failed to make a proper examination of Mayor Hylan and other witnesses ; that. In fact. Mr. Swann had impeded the examination of the Mayor and of the city editor of the New York American, and had \acted as their advocate rather than as attorney to tne people and legal adviser of the Grand Jury.'' Overshadowing; Crime. \A crime which completely over- shadows that charged by the Mayor may escape detection If District Attorney Swann U not supplanted In this Investi- gation,\ said Mr. Almlrall In his letter to the Governor. \Therefore this Grand Jury unanimously, very earnestly and re- spectfully petitions you to cause the designation of an adviser, a man whose probity and ability la securely Intrenched In public opinion. The Grand Jury con- fidently trusts that you will exercise the power of your office to relieve It of the singularly unfortunate predicament of being without proper legal counsel ; counsel to which It may assuredly refer for unprejudiced and learned advice to guide It In Its deliberations and In the luimiiieiiL ui usfBwurn uuiy. \Members of this body, though selected by the District Attorney with unusual care, Involving the procedure of chall- enge, hare been Illegally assailed and fahely criticised In n;ourt by the Dis- trict Attorney without the opportunity of reply because of the secrecy Imposed upon them under the law. Following a pronouncement In open court on the 17th Inatant the District Attorney, without Itral or moral right, endeavored unsucc- essfully to have this body discontinue any further consideration of this case. \Obvious and strenuous efforts In this direction followed ; biased nnd inac- curate Information has been wlHely by the District Attorney In the .New York American and the New YorK EcMng Journal. It has been sought, and perhaps with ome success, to create tn the minds of the people the false no- tion that this Grand Jury desired to de. lermlne the question of whether the In- terborough Rapid Transit Company should be permitted to alter 1U rate of fare \ District Attorney' neply. In the statement Issued by the Dis- trict Attorney emphatic denial Is made of all of the charges brought against p'm by Mr Almlrall. He said that nen the Grand Jury called for clerks, wnographers and accountants to go over the books of the transit company could not Mleve anything but that the lurors tti-rf- t eYilne- Intn thA fare nues- - t'.or, ,, i,i getting n R nt fare for the corporation. \I deem n to be part of my official dUtV \ ha ..M .1 .l,k 'rat protest the use of the nrestice of ne urand Jury for the advancement ' private business ends. uenj in full lh statement nf Mr. Atmiral) made In his letter to you that r, rumination of the Mayor and the euwor or the New York American \as in anv tVHV Imrvrloil r Intoi-fnrtk- ri Hh by the District Attorney, or that netr proper examination was In any ' will me minutes or tne imtin mn d sclose an entirely diffe- rent state of facts, So long as the Grand 'ury was wtxtng to confine Its Inquiries W\1 'he innncrn which It was charged W the our to Inquire Into, the Grand Jury wa i i ... tine urn when a Grand Jury seeks to M oeond me plain scope of such an KlUlry, ano inoulre Intn mall.r. uMfh e extranet and In no way related. I rn it lri, ,iuly to advo a witness\ liv rua 'onstltutlonal rights under c'r'u',i,an'es may be, so that the widai of an Individual grand juror maj not be taken advantage of by and ub.;d for official oppression of a citizen did mt assail or falsely criticise Con(, sued on Eighth Page. R-8- 0, Largest Airship, Will Lift 76,000 Pounds Special cable detpalch to The Son from the London 7fm fimc. CopyrioM 1919 ; all riehte referred. gAREOW-IN-FURNES- S, Eng. land, 'Oct. 23. The world's largest airship, the R-8- 0, will bo completed before Christmas and handed over by the manufac- turers, Vickers Ltd., to the Ad- miralty. The R-8- 0 embodies th latest improvements in British design. She is 535 feet long, 70 feet wide and has an overall height of 85 feei. Her lifting power will bo 76,-00- 0 pounds, or thirty-eig- ht tons, and four airship engines, each of 240 horse power, will give her a maximum speed of sixty-fiv-e miles an hour. A crew of fifteen or sixteen is necessary to navi- gate her. RAIL VALUES TO EXCEED CAPITAL \Roads' Appraisals So Far Doom Dreams of Government Ownership. NO WATER IN NEW HAVEN Boston and Maine, for Exam- ple, to Be Listed at Douhlo Its 50,000,000. Special Despatch to Tnc Son. Washington, Oct. 23. While the work of valuing the railroads of the country Is In progress, and tho tre- mendous Job should be finished within four years. It has gone far enough al- ready to make it appear certain that the dreams of schemes of tho Govern- ment ownership zealots, tho \Plumb plan\ crew and the like arc scheduled for a rudo awakening. The Plumb plan, for operating the railroads by the Government for the benefit of tho railroad employees mainly, as well as the plan of the Government ownership advocates, Is based on the theory that the outcome of tho valuation work will show that the actual value of most, If not all, of the railroads Is a great deal less than their capitalization. The valuation work has gone far enough to indicate with considerable clarity that Instead of railroad capital appearing to be watered thero will be shown an actual value of the railroads higher by a considerable margin than the capitalization. dome Tentative Totals Pound. No final frgures have been placed by the commission, and tentative totals have been found only In the case of half a dozen or more of the smaller roads, such as the Texas Midland. Neverthe- less, on many of the big railroads the work has progressed to such a point as clearly to indicate that final values will probably in the aggregate considerably exceed railroad capitalization. Howard Elliott, president of tho North- ern Pacific and lormerly president of the New Haven road, Is authority for the statement that In his judgment, when final figures are reached, a value will be given to the Boston and Maine Rail- road of upwards of 1100,000,000, against a capitalization of $60,000,000. and that the actual value of the New Haven will be found to be In excess of the outstand ing capital. The Now Haven frequently has been held up as a horrible example of watered stock. On the other hand, in the case of the Kansas City Southern, the tentative values given indicate a Anal valuation far below the capitalization. Railroad officials are in practically everv Instance fully acquainted with the figures on the various Items of value reached. Each railroad has a corps of men cooperating with the valuation men of the Government In the tending and fixing of these values, giving them a cor rect line on the trend or the worK. Surprising Ileaulta Predicted. It Is upon this Information that some of them base the belief that the final re suit will astonish those who have been travelllnc upon th theory that the capl tallzatlon of the railroads of the country as a whole was far In excess of the value of- - the properties. So far as the public Is concerned these figures are conflden-- . tlal, howevor, until they reach some final form, and they will not be made public In an uncompleted state by the commis- sion. Director Prouty, In charge of the valu- ation work of the commission, will make no predictions, declaring the work Is not sufficiently advanced for any analysis that might be regarded aB reliable. When he was before Congress a few months ago urging the appropriations which were made for speeding up the valuation work lie was questioned by members of tho House Interstate Commerco Commit- - toe as to the rcBults shown, and stated then that ho could draw no conclusions. On many roadB, however, figures so far compiled. Including many principal Items of value, such as equipment, tracks and terminals, when put together make a total that seems to assure a final valua- tion In excess of capital issues. So\ far valuation firures have been confined to reports bf original cost of roads, cost of reproduction new, less de- preciation, and costs of lands new, with their present estimated value. On these findings ultimate totals will be based. On most of the railroads of the country terminals and other lands In cities have appreciated greatly. UPSET COMES IN COMMONS OYER ALIEN MEASURE Majority of 72 Defeats the Amendment to License French Pilots. ADJOURNMENT TO MONDAY Situation May Be Saved by Fact Half of Members Were Absent. Bv the Jitociated Pre$. London, Oct. 23. The country to- night Is suddenly faced by the possi- bility of a change of Government or dissolution of Parliament owing to the quite unexpected defeat of the Gov- ernment In the House of Commons to- day by a majority of seventy-tw- o. Only about half the members were present and the voto by which the Government was defeated was 185 to 113. Tho alien bill, the earlier stages of which wero disposed of durlnir the summer session, was in the report stage. The committee had previously Inserted an amendment withholding pilotage certificates from all aliens and y the Government sought by amendment to modify this restriction, In favor mainly of a number of French pilots for whom special provision had been mado in the existing pilotage act. This amendment, however, was de- feated, although In churge of Govern- ment whips. The announcement of tho figures was greeted with loud cheers from the op- position quarters and caused much ex- citement. Andrew Bonar Law Imme- diately moved adjournment of the House until Monday to enable the Government to consider what course It should adopt He admitted that the defeat of an amendment which was In the charge of Government whips was n 'serious matter, requiring consideration, but he declined to admit that it necessarily Implied the resignation of the Ministry. This, lie declared, would depend upon the view of the House of Commons as a whole. Opinions on the situation as expressed In the lobbies are conflicting, but. In view of the small attendance In the House, It Is thought that the Government may decide not to resign. It Is not unlikely Home Secretary Shortt, who Is In charge of the alien bill, may tender his resignation. Finance Up on Wednesday. Before the vote on the amendment to the alien bill oame up Bonar Law an- nounced that the promised general dis cussion of financial questions In the House will take place on Wednesday of next week. Regarding the question of Imports, Mr. Bonar Law Informed the House that an \anti-dumpi- ' bill was being drafted by the Cabinet for early Introduction. Austen Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said the average dally ex- penditure from April 1 to September 30, this year, was tt,226,000 (about and from October 1 to October 10 It was 3,703,000 (about $15,700,000). Special measures to deal with specula- - fttou In cotton, tobacco and soap under the act are being con- sidered by tho Government, according to a statement by Under Secretary Bridge-ma- n of tho Board of Trade. Finance Up In Lords. The House of Lords had Its first word y in connection with the financial state of the country. It was In tho form of a resolution by Lord Buckmas-te- r calling attention to the \gravity of the financial position\ and suggesting that It was \essential that further tax- ation should be Imposed.\ Lord Buckmaster declared his motion was not Intended aB a vote of censure of the Government The salient features of the situation, he Bald, were the Infla- tion of the currency, the sllghtness of the reduction of the ways and mearui advances and the excess of the dally ex- penditures over the revenue. He em- phasized his view that the financial po- sition was nl the very root of the Indus- trial discontent Referring to the warning of Austen Chamberlain, tho Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, In the House of Commons last August that ,lf the country continued spending at the rate It was doing Its course would lead etralght to nntlonal bankruptcy, Lord Buckmaster said the Government had not heeded this warn- ing nnd was pursuing the same course with unabated upeed. Lord Buckmaster estimated that the country must find in normal times by direct taxation, to secure which there were only three methods, namely, a general capital levy, a capital levy on war profits or an Increase of the Income tax. He contended the best course to be adopted was a capital levy on war profits, with perhaps an In- creased income tax also. The nation, he declared, must follow the road to sacrifice and hardship, but it was the road of honor and safety. DEFEAT FORECAST IN BYE-ELECTIO- Overthrow Held Back by Big War Problems. Although David Lloyd George won a smashing victory in the general election last December, with 519 Beats for the coalition Government In a total of 707, the results were hardly announced be fore predictions began to be made ot the Impending fall of tne Ministry and such predictions have continued In in- - Continued on Fourth Page. COINS SCARCE BUSINESS IS Merchants Are Unable to Frantic Appeals Oy LAURENCE HILLS. Staff Corretpondent of Tbe Sen. Copyright, 191; oil riahtt reterxet. Paris, Oct. 23. France Is in the throes of a veritable money crisis. which Is demoralizing all business and which Is the direct consequence of tho steady fall In the valuo of the franc. Currency Is going out of Franco at such a rato that now It is almost Im- possible to get paper money changed. Tho retail stores have no change and It Is impossible even to buy stamps at the post ofllco unless one proffers the exact amount of tho purchase. Tho small merchants of Paris are In a real panic and are appealing to the Government to come to tho rescue. To-da- y a man with bonk bills only In his pocket might as well be without money at all unless ho buys up to the amount of his paper money. These conditions are hitting the poor very hard. Silver francs have been taken to Switzerland in large quantities and MONEY CRISIS UP TO PARLIAMENT Next Session Must Solve Trob-le- m Affecting: tho Com- mercial World. PRODUCT! ON IS URGED Radicals Favor Penalizing Wealth of Every Sort in National Levy. Special Cable DetpatcK to Tax 8CK. CoprrigM, 191; alt riohf rtetrvei. London, Oct. 13. The meeting of the British Parliament after Its long recess is an event of worldwide Im- portance from the economic stand-- , point. Although In Inner banking cir- cles plans ore going forward for ex- tension a crisis is at hand In British finance, involving not only these islands but the whole commer- cially related world. The one thing which stands out above all else is the new psychological turn of the British, greatly pained to see the pound sterling at so great a discount There Is no expression of Jealousy of the United States or of any other country on account of the Inter- national trade they have built up; there Is Instead a feeling that Great Britain needs a drastic s- tered tonlo to put her back in her old position of leadership and strength. How this is to be administered Is the question. Many different factors account for the present state of affairs which is responsi- ble for the amazing talk about national bankruptcy, especially by labor lead ers. These leaders discuss the billion and a half dollar deficit plied up by the Government since spring and of the forty billion dollar debt. Involving huge In terest They want something done Im mediately, but they have no concrete plan to offer. Meanwhile the outflow of paper money continues to finance the Government deficit and sterling exchange suffers accordingly. Forelsrn Trade Handicapped. The establishment of pre-w- conti- nental business has been possible only on a meagre scale, because the British na- tion Itself must first get on a proper economic basis before it can go ahead with extensive foreign trade plans, but once the question of home finance Is set- tled dexterous and comprehensive move- ments wilt be made to restore Great Britain's pre-w- ar trade status. In fact, nearly all Europe Is pausing for Great Britain to straighten out her private affairs and so the tssues up to the present Parliament are far reaching. The public la clamoring for the confisca- tion of all war fortunes and the Immedi- ate curtailment of Government expend- itures; explanatory statements of the Government's policy on these points are expected this week. Tho economists, as a rule, frown on the plan to confiscate war fortunes ; they contend that most or this money has been turned Into capital for useful In- dustry and to penalize such fortunes now would Injure business. Arthur Samuel, M. P., criticising the plan, shows that only 121)0,000,000 could be recovered which Is not worth considering when contrasted with the year's expenditures of seven billion dollars. There Is, however, complete unanlm tty on the reduction of national ex penses by the cancellation of contracts under ft men large quantities or war mu- nitions still are being needlessly manu- factured. It Is a curious commentary on the state of the British mind that the French lottery loan for 15,000,000.- - 000 has evoked praise here for the In- ventors of the scheme ; formerly such a scheme would have been laughed down In England. The French plan Is more than a premium bond Issue; the loan carries no Interest whatever and there will be novel terms that will attract n new sort of clientele ; It amounts to .a popular wager with the principal guar- anteed. French Lottery Approved. That the British should approve such a scheme Instead of making sport of it Continued on Fourth Page. IN FRANCE; DEMORALIZED Make Change and Send to Government. converted into bank notes at a profit of 05 per cent. Silver coins also are being melted and sold' as bullion at a superior price. Tho Government has Just Issued an order forbidding tho removal of gold and silver money from the country on penalty of Imprisonment and limiting to 1,000 francs tho amount that any person can take out In bank notes, Cornelius Vonderbllt, leaving Cher bourg for Now York, was forced to glvo up 40,000 francs; Charles Uorane was another victim. It is useless to attempt to hide the fact that tho financial situation here is critical In the extreme. Hope for American assistance through the rep aration war debt and other measures of that kind has almost vanished now. Italy, facing similar conditions, has Just levied a tax on capital and some American financiers hero believe that Franco must adopt the same method, as she in facing an annual budget of 20,000,000,000 francs with a debt of more than 200,000,000,000 francs. CURZON TAKES BALFOUR'S POST Earl Is Appointed British Sec- retary of State for For- eign Affairs. EXCHANGE OF POSITIONS Former Premier Becomes Lord President of Council May Bo U. S. Envoy. London, Oct. 23. It is officially an- nounced that'Earl Curzon has been ap- pointed Foreign Secretary In succes- sion to Arthur J. Bftlfour. Mr. Balfour has been appointed Lord President of tho Council to suc- ceed Earl Curzon. Mr. Balfour has had almost a half centurv of Dubllc service havintr first taken his seat In Parliament In 18\tv His connection with the foreign pol- icy of the British Empire was estab- lished almost Immediately, as he was appointed private secretary to the Mar- quis of Salisbury, then Secretary of State for Foreign AfTalrs, In 1878, and he was a member of the British mission under Lords Salisbury and Beacons- - field at the Berlin conference In 1878. A few years moro saw him advanced to a seat In tho Cabinet as Secretary for Scotland In 1886. He became leader of the House of Commons In 1891 and Prime Minister In 1902. It was recently reported In London that upon his retirement as Foreign Sec. retary Mr. Balfour would be created Earl and would succeed Viscount Grey as British Ambassador to the United States when the latter had finished his mlsi.lon In thts country. DR. GRAYSON HALTS WORK BY PRESIDENT Note on Industrial Conference His Only Effort. Washington, Oct. 2S. With the ex- ception of brief attention to the diff- iculties of the National Industrial Con- ference, President Wilson got uninter- rupted rest After a report on development In the conference had been given the President and he had formulated a message to Secretary Lane, chairman of the confer- ence. Rear Admiral Grayson ordered that no further Governmental mattcra be brought to the President's attention . The prohibition enforcement bill, with an opinion as to Its constitutionality by Attorney-Gener- al Palmer, reached the White House late In the day from the Department of Justice, but In accordance with Dr. Grayson's order It was not laid before the President, The President's condition. It was ex- plained, had not been affected by his In- creased activity, but tho chances that too much attention to public affairs might retard his recovery were considered too great to risk taking up matters not ur- gently needing his attention. He has un- til next Tuesday midnight to act on the prohibition bill. In the day bulletin the President's con- dition was summarized as follows: , White House, October 23, 1919, 12 o'clock. The President Is making as satis- factory progreto as is possible In the circumstances. No new symptoms have developed. Grayson. RurriN. Stitt. Dr. Grayson's night onnouncement was confined to this brief bulle- tin; Tho President Is satisfactorily maintaining the Improvement which he has recently mado, EUEOPE TO GET U. S. COAL. Enullah Operator Contracts for 0,000,000 Tons. London, Oct. 23. A despatch to the Evening Newe from Cnrdlff says that W. H. Gardner, a Swansea coal operator, on Wednesday In Paris completed an ar- rangement under which 6,000,000 tons of gas, steam and ordinary coal are to he shipped from America to Continental ports. FOUR CLAUSES MORE GO INTO TREATY PLANS Congress to Direct 'Action of U. S. in League, Is Proposal. 14. RESERVATIONS MADE Suppression of Traffic \in Children, Drugs and Wom- en\ Specified. Special Detpateh to Tns Scv. WAsitiNcrrON, Oct 23. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee com pleted y the work of redrafting reservations to the treaty of peace with Germany and the interwoven League of Nations covenant. Five res- ervations In addition to the ten adopted yesterday were accented bv the committee, but tn one instance a combination of reservations numbers 4 and II was effected, so that the points of change y number four- teen officially. Tho meeting of the committee was In the last degree harmonious and the work of redrafting was speedily ac- complished. In the course of the dis cussions and actions by tho committee to-d- it was further demonstrated that Senator Shields (Tenn.), the Democrat who has loaned such valu able aid to the Republicans In chok- ing their Americanization plan down the throats of the Administration party, has permanently aligned him self with the defenders of the Integrity of American institutions and against the Internationalist element In every Instance y he voted franklv with the Republicans. Senator McCumbw (N. D.), tho Republican recalcitrant. voted moro often with his party than not Seventh Clause Adopted. The committee adopted reservation No. passed over yesterday, whereunder provision is made for complete Congres- sional discretion on questions of the functioning of the United States as a member State In the League of Nations. The vote on this reservation was ayes, 10 j noes, 7, Senator McCumber voting with the Democrats .and Senator Shields with the Republicans. .Next the committee voted Into reser- vation No. i the provision that in de- ciding questions of domestic Jurisdiction there shall be reserved for exclusive American Judgment, In addition to ques- tions of \internal affairs, including im- migration, labor, coastwise tralflc, tho tariff, commerce and all other domestic questions,\ the additional reserved con- sideration of questions Involving \the suppression of the traffic In women and children and In opium and other dan- gerous drugs.\ Reservation No. 13, Its number changed from 12, was voted upon ond adopted by the committee by a vote of 11 to 6, the same alignment exactly as had stood by the first five articles at yesterday's session, and consisting ot all the Republicans and Senator Shields. L. S. Withdrawal Planned. Following this action a new reserva- tion offered by Senator Shields was adopted by a vote of 10 to 7, Senator McCumber voting again with the Demo- crats. This reservation Is designed to withdraw the United States from any participation with the five major allied Powers In the parcelling or government of Germany's erstwhile possessions over- seas. Its text follows: \The United States declines to accept any Interest as trustee or In her own right or any responsibility for the gov- ernment of the overseas possessions of Germany to which JGermany renounces her rights and titles' to tho principal al lied and associated Powers under arti- cles 119 to 127 (Inclusive) of the peace treaty.\ Before the committee settled down to business this afternoon Senator Reed (Mo.), a Democrat, appeared to urge consideration of a tentative proposal to adopt a reservation which should sot forth that nothing In either the peace treaty or the League of Nations cove- nant should be construed by member nations as relinquishing Amorlcan right to determine her individual course In any matter Involving \vital national In- terests or the national honor of the United States.\ The committee consid- ered the proposal of Senator Reed after his departure and, taking his verbal suggestion as the basis, Instructed Chairman Lodge to draw such a resolu- tion. These Instructions to the chair- man were ordered by a vote of 10 to 5. The language employed by Senator Reed and to which Senator Lodge's attention was directed In the course of the discus- sion was that used In the Root treaties of 1908. The Reed reservation Is of course well understood by the Senate to be the final pronouncement In favor of Americanized Interpretations ot ull points. Innocuous In outward appearance, It none the less carries in Its brief phrasing the whole principle of American nationalism and ! taken to mark the complete denial ot the Internationalist suggestions of the treaty framars. Tense Situation Created. The situation In the Senate created by the adoption of these numerous reserva- tions with the vitalizing preamble Is tense to the last degree. Administration leaders are asserting, without particu- lar anxiety to have their names appear Continued on Fourth Page, Production Strike Is Threatened in Britain Bpteial cable ietpateh to Turn Scn from the London Timet Service. Covfrtit 1911; all riohte reterved. LONDON, Oct. 23. British labor is determined to reduco the high cost of living. Unless tho Government takes steps to bring prices down, labor will or- ganize a counter offensive and refuse to produce. At a meeting of the Miners Federation in London to-da- y a delegate from South Wales advocated an ultimatum by the trades union congress threaten- ing a stoppage of production if prices were not reduced by 50 per cent within three months. The state must be made to face the problem, it was declared. It was said by another delegate that tho cost of living had gone up 128 per cent, since 1914. The working classes are suffering the most, the speaker said, and ivre unable to purchase the common necessities of life. Eventually it was decided that arrangements should be made for a special labor congress to discuss the whole subject and decide upon a policy with the ob- ject of bringing a reduction in cost of living. GOMPERS HITS EMPLOYERS Says Lawyers in Group Wore to Blamo for Conference Break. PRAISES WILSON LETTER Declares Labor Did Everything Possible to Fulfil His Desires. t, Oct. 23. Samuel Gonr pcrs, president of the American Feder atlon of Labor, was given a tremendous ovation when he appeared be fore the United Textile Workers in convention here. A resolution was unanimously adopted commending his course at tho Industrial Conference In Washington. While condemning tho course of the employers' group at the Washington conference, he laid most of the blame not on the actual employers but upon their lawyers. \I am reliably Informed,\ he said, \that It was the lawyers In the em- ployers' group who cast the majority of the votes In that group, thereby casting the vote of the group In con- ference against the declarations of la- bor.\ He argued to the convention that It was useless for tho labor group to continue in tho conference after la- bor's declarations had been rejected. While the vote of tho labor group could have prevented the views of the employer group being adopted, It could have done no more, he said, and It would have been useless to stay In the conference merely to cost negative votes. Mr. Gompers spoke appreciatively of the letter sent the conference by Presi- dent Wilson, asking that It stay In ses- sion until It had composed Its views and formulated a policy and pointing out that failure of the conference would In- vite national dlsuster. \Tho President's letter,\ said he soberly, \written from his chamber, where he was fiat on his back, was a wonderful document It will live a ono of his greatest labors not only because of what It contained but because of the circumstances under which It was writ- ten. Of course, we could not be adamant against such an appeal. We retired to confer, made concessions and came be- fore the conference almost confident the President's desire could be approvod.\ GEORGE W. ELKINS STRICKEN AT GOLF Financier Unconscious and His Condition Critical. Special D$pateS to Tns Son. Philadelphia, Oct. 23. George W. Hlklus, financier and philanthropist, who was stricken with apoplsxy while play- ing golf yesterday, Is still unconscious. Late this afternoon his physicians at the Philadelphia Country Club an- nounced that no change had been noted In his condition, whicn was very critical. He Is 61 years 'Old, It has been impossible to move him from the clubhouse to his home at Chelton House, Rlklns Park. Mr. Elk-tns- 's wife and son remained constantly at his bedside and four nurses are In attendance. Mr. Elklns has not been In good health since last winder, so friends were cheered yesterday when he an. nounced he felt better than he had In weeks, and was going to try a game of golf at the Country Club. In the best of spirits, Mr. Rlklns had played eleven holes ot the game when, Just as he was raising his club, he fell unconscious. Frank Pearson, with whom Mr. Blklns was playing, In company with two othsr members making op foursome, had him carried at once to the clubhouse. His family physician. Dr Clarence Bartlett, and other doctors were called. Employers and Workers Say They Arc Ready for Industrial \War. MINERS IN CONFERENCE Reported Ready to Launch Vast Nationalization Scheme. RAILWAY STRIKE FEARED Wilson May Call Now Mooting When Programme of Prin- ciples Is Framed. Specijl Dttpateh to Tnc 8cx. Washin'otos, Oct. 23. The Na- tional Industrial Conference called by the President to work out a construc- tive proRinnirao for the settlement of Industrial conditions In the United States Is at an end. The conference . was broken up as a result of tho walking out of the lnbor delegation. The employers' delegation was ex- cused from further service and the conference formally closed by Chair- man Lane y after he had re- ceived word from President Wilson. Another conference, one representa- tive of only the public of the United States, Is to rise phtrnlxllke from the OBhes., This conference will be con- vened to proceed upon some form of proBrnmme. Failure of tho great conference from which much was expected by labor leaders lms left In Us wake, however, a sinister atmosphere of In- dustrial unrest. Employers nnd labor chiefs ench issued a statement to-d-ay defending their respective ,posltlons, Ench declnred It was ready to meet the Issue. And In many quar- ters there Is seen behind this simple statement, devoid as It Is of all threat, a determination' to fight that may mean an engulfing Industrial war- fare. N Labor Leaders to Fight. Labor lenders, nil of thoK who gnve a final wonl In leaving the con ference yesterday, declnred fight The day lias brought no direct action, at least nono that Is publicly known, but many Indications were given that labor proposes to enforce Its demands having failed at negotiations. There wero two disturbing reports Ono concerned a conference between the mine workers and tho railroad brotherhood representatives called for for tho purposo of working out a plan for nationalization of the mines as well as of the railroads of the country along the lines of the Plumb plan. Another wa? that a general strike date has been decldod on by the brotherhoods to enforce wage and other demands. The railroad shopmen have demands pending. Tho firemen and trainmen also have demands peno lng, but tho engineers and conductors have withheld action waiting upon the cost of living campaign and the Indus trial conference. President Gompers announced beforo leaving the confor-enc- o that tho fight would bo carried to employers' r.hops and he said tho full support of the American Feder- ation of Labor would be given the steel strikers. Coal Strike Pending;. There Is still pending the dispute be- tween bituminous coal operators and tho United Mine Workers. Labor leaders all along the line have held a tight rein, promising results from the conference or the Govern mcnt's campaign. It is expected the will tako or bo forced Into tho position that thero Is nothing left In such a promise. After a day of powwows two things have have been determined with respect to the conference. The public rroup, at the request of the President Is to draft a re port upon the conference for the Chief Executive. The conference Is to be continued through this group In the hope of reaching a constructive basis of so called labor or Industrial relations. The session ot the National lndustrla Conferenctt called by Chairman Lane fo this morning never got under way. He for coming to the conference hall the Secretary conferred with the President and later met Bernard M Baruch and Thomas L. Chadbourne, and It was theh-vie- that the public group should remain on the Job and undertake a programme. Secretary Lane then called the general conference to order. He told the dele-cate- s that withdrawal of the labor group had changed the naturu of the confer ence. He said he had been commissioned by the President to express to the em- ployers' group the changtd naturn of the conference and to say that the President desired the public group to remain and carry on the work, inasmuch s th burden of the results of Industrial dis- putes fell upon tho whole people. The employers' group, after being of further service, caucussed, and It was announced that a statement ajid report would be madn as a part of th conference record. This was Issued to- night During thts time the labor seats In the hall were vacant. The public group held an executive session this afternoon and a committee of five, with John D. Rockefeller, Jr., a chairman, and John Spargo, Thomas D., ' ' my, I,,,,,a,amiaaaaaaeaaaaMBaMIMa f\
