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The Associated Press C o v e ring WorI<J’s E v e n ts in E v ^ ry Ish-nfc of T H E G iiZ E l'T'C . - i ' - - ?N . The Most Widely Read Newspaper m the Upper Deiaware Yaile-y, The Weather Report Increasing* 1 c?Dudinei:s, ( ’pro'baM y rain late tonig-lit and Sa.tarday. W a n VOL. LVL, No. 168 PORT JERVIS, N. Y., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7,-1924 PRICE THREE CENTS ARMISTKEDAY PARADE PLANS ; COMPLETED BY COMMIHEE i. Procession WiU Contain Many Patriotic Organizations Football Game, Supper and Dance—Line of March as U sm L The follow ing A rm istice day p a r a d e inform a tion is given out by the com m ittee in charg e : ■Reservations in the line-up have been m a d e fo r th e follow ing o r g a n i zations: A m e rican I^egion of M a tam o ras, A m erican Legion of P o r t Jervis, A m erican Legion A u x iliary of M a tam o r- as, A m e rican Legion A u x iliary of P o r t Jervis, Boy Scouts o f A m e rica of the P resb y terian Church, th p H u tch Reform ed Church, of th e E p iscopal <!;hurch, of t h e B a p tist C h u rch, of the Jew ish C h u rch, of the M e thodist C h u rch, of the L u th e ran Church, of St. M a ry's Church,* of Sparrow b u sh, C a tholic D a u g h ters of America', D a u g h te rs of A m e rica, D a u g h ters ,of th e R e v o lution (D o lly M adison C h a p te r ) , D a u g h ters of th e R e v o lution, (M a c h a c k e m e c h C h a p ter) C a rroll- V a n E t te n R o s t of the G rand A rm y of th e R e p u b lic, E lks Club, G irl Scouts o f A m erica of th e Catholic C h u rch, of th e M e thodist C h u rch, of the D e e r- p a r k R e form e d Church, Ju n io r O rder o f A m e rican M echanics, K iw a n is C lub, K n ights of Colum b us, K n ig h ts of P y th ias. P a tr io tic O rd e r of Sons of Ajmerica, P a tr io tic O rd e r of Sons of Italy, Red. Cross. Rotary Club, Sal v a tio n A rm y . T h e above list is alp h a b e tical and n o t the order of line-up which has as y e t not been com pletely arranged. The line of m a rch— form ing a t J e r sey avenue an d F o w ler streets, along JUIAMOND SM ILE LU R E S H OLD-U P S , SO JE W E L E D , j s T E E T H H A V E GOT TO GO THAT2 HUNTERS SHOT BROTHER Police Think, However^ Gun Was Accidently Discharged By Himself S c ranton, Nov. 6— ^A traged y th a t startled th e people liv i n g . ato p th e M oosic m o u n tain, th r e e m iles ea s t of Jessup, w a s enacted in a. sm a ll one- sto r y shack th i s m o rning. A barefooted boy cam e racing dow n th e m o u n tainside .crying th a t his baby b r o th e r h a d been shot by two men. P e o p le followed th e boy as h e w e n d e d his w a y back to th e top of th e m o u n tain an d led them in to his hom e. On the kitchen floor was the body Of three-year-old Sesto F a b r i, his head shot off. B lood ■was scattered aro u n d on th e floor and on the door leading to th e fram e stru c tu r e . “Two men cam e and killed m y b r o th e r ,” said R iccardo F a b r i, eight years Jersey to F r o n t, along F r o n t to Pike, ',olc[, th e barefooted boy. “They w e re along P ike to M ain, east on M ain to [h u n ters an d they came in an d sh o t Cole, along Cole to Ball, alo n g B a ll to E a s t jiMain, co u n term a r c h in g .,^ lo n g M ain stree t to th e football field. All ex-service m e n are u r g e d to fall in the line— in u n ifo r m if the sam e is n o t “ finis.” P a r a d e w ill sta r t a t 1:45 sharp. It w ill m o v e rain or shine. R eview ing stan d w ill be located a t th e D e e r p a r k C lub. F o o tb a ll gam e im m e d iately follow in g p a rade. Open house a t the E lk s Club follow ing th e game. D inner of a i l Legion m em b ers a t M e c h a n ics h a ll a t 6:20 p. m., follow e d by dance in M echanics H a ll in the evening. In order to fu r n ish a h a r d e r fo u g h t m o re exciting football gam e and one w ith m o re in terest to local football fans, the P h i A lpha F r a te r n ity team h a s been substituted for the W e s t P o int Service team fo r th e big gam e to be played a t G lennette Field on A.rmistice Day. The P h i A lphas a r e a fa r better team th a n th e W e st P o in te r s an d should give th e W olves a m u c h h a r d er b a ttle all th e w a y th r o u g h . F o r real, h a rd -fo u g h t football, this A rm istice D a y gam e should be th e best seen in th is city in m a n y y e a rs. T h e nam e s in the lineups of b o th te a m s a r e w e ll know n to ^11 P o r t Jerv is football fans, who w ill be in terested to ^ee these stars o f th e p a s t few y e a rs in actio n . T h e p n e u p s fol- on paee 8> him .” R iccardo w a s still ta lk in g ab o u t th e killing w h e n C h ief of Police Jam e s F . L a iiy of Jessup ; B u rgess Jam e s E . Conroy, closely followed by C o u n ty D e tectives Con M o rosini and H a rr y Colie and S e rgeant R o b e r t T ipton of the state police arrived. T h e n th e boy, R iccardo, w a s ques tioned an d changed h is story. H e said th a t tw o h u n ters h a d tried to get into th e F a b r i house a n d i;h a t he g o t a gun to chase them aw ay. H e said he bad placed the gun on the table and it went off and killed The au t h o r ities (continued to R iccardo, w h o told conflicting fConlintiecl to page five) F o r eleven years Sam u e l Lefko- w itz, prosperous N ew Y o rk busin ess m a n , w a s happy in possession of th e m o s t o r n a te oral orifice in th e w o rld. H e left recently for j P a r is to p u t him self again into th e ' h a n d s of th e dentist to w h o m in ’ 1913 he p a i d ‘ ? l,200 to m o u n t tw o _ d iam o n d s on his fro n t teeth. The ’• reason is this: W h ile Sam w as on h is w a y hom e the other night, he w a s accosted by a stranger. “I • w a n t your teeth ,” he grow led, th r o u g h his own. and flashed w h a t looked like a p a ir of dentist’s fo r - ' , ceps. S a m ’s coveted incisors chat-^ PaiSONER SHOWS POLICE HOW TO USE HAI^DCUFFS Ih! LADIES’ AID SOCIETY PLAN CHICKEN SUPPER The L a d ies’ A id society of Drew M ethodist C h u rch m e t in the A s b u ry Room of th e M e thodist H o u se o n . Thursda.^ aftern o o n . ‘R e g u lar ro u tine business w a s tra n s a c ted and plan s com p leted fo r th e chicken sup p e r w h ich will be served on N o v e m b e r 20 th. I t w as voted to give a contribution to th e Associated C h a rities. Fo^Jow- in g th e business session, refreshm e n ts w e re served by th e Novem b er com m itte e of w h ich Mrs. Joseph Roberty w a s chairm a n . COMMUNITY CLUB BOOSTS LECTURES Goshen, Nov. 6—F r e d A. Spencer a C a n a d ian, who w a s sentenced-by R e corder H o w a rd M. S tarr, of M iddle- tow n , to 30 days in th e co u n ty Jail, for stealing a co a t from th e au to of Stanley Smith, in th a t city, an d w h o Aa.q serv'ed his tim e, w a s th is m o rning ta k e n to O n eonta, w h e re he w ill be tided on th e charge of grand larcency in the second degree. <! .S ome days ago a w a r r a n t w a s re ceived a t the ja il for th e a r r e s t of Spencer, but he w a s not aw a re of it u n til this m o rning, w h e n Chief of P o lice H o rton and O fficer O tto arrived to ta k e the p r is o n e r back w ith th e m in their auto, As soon as the officers appeared an d reported to D e p u ty S h e r iff E. M adden D e c k e r, th a t official h a d Spencer b r o u g h t up and Chief H o rton h a n d e d h im the w a r r a n t. T h e prisoner th in ly clad an d hatless, sm il ed as he read th e w a r r a n t, b u t m a d e no attem p t to deny his alleged guilt. As O fficer Otto adjusted th e h a n d c u ff w h ich w e re to couple th e prisoner w ith him self, S p e n c e r rem a r k e d th a t they w e re n o t being adjusted p ro p e r ly, telling th e officer how th e b race lets should be applied, ap p a rently being quite conversant w ith th e ir w o rking Spencer is charged w ith having b r o u g h t an auto w h ich he stole a t Sussex, N . J., to O n eonta, w h e re h e le f t it an d took an o th e r car. The officers said he iwas also w a n ted fo r another alleged^crim e elsewhere. CDMMON COUNCIL REQiESTS BUSINESS PLACES, CLOSED ARMISTICE DAY-WILL HEAD PARADE : :. -y-- At the reg u lar m o n thly m e e ting o f ---------------- - --------- ^---------------------------------- the Com m on Council held T h u rsday evening, a resolution wa3 adopted ret- questing all sto r e s and business places to close d u ring the afternoon of Tues^ day, N o vem b er 11. f A com m u n ication from W . ' A. Clancy, chairm a n of th e A m erican Le gion legal com m ittee offering th e sei- vices of the A m e rican Legion in m a k ing certain im p rovem e n ts a t O ranga Square w e re received. The offer w as accepted w ith thanks, said w o rk to b^e done under the supervision of the street com missioner and street corat- m ittee. | An am endm ent to tlye city ordinance relatin g to sidew a lks and th e o r n a m e n tal street ligh ting system , re q u i r ing all property ow n e rs to ob tain a permit from the C o m m o n Gpuncil ■ fore they move or recqnstnict any sidew a lk,-w a s adopted. This w ill bts published in full later. ' ■ - F . D. Salm o n rep r e s e n tin g th e Am^ erican L e g ion invited the- M embers d:! the Council to lead th e parade on A r mistice Day, T u e sday, N o y em b e r l l j from H o tel M itchell to D e e r p a r k Club] th e n to review it from the Club, an d then to be th e guests of th e Legion] a t dinner a t 6 p. m . a t M echanics H a lli The invitation w as accepted by the. Council. ' Louis Acoveno, of 65 K ing street; com p lained to the council ab o u t liis' pro p e r ty being flooded by heavy ra i n falls due, he claim s, to insufficient sew e r service in th a t section of th e city. The m a tte r w as r e f e r r e d to the street com m ittee for inx’estigation. S. M. Cuddeback,-representing Max C’ohen, of 560 TVest 156th street. New Y o rk, the new ow n e r of the New The atre, filed specifications for the con stru c tion an d erection of a M arquet and electric sign “T h e S trand,” 20 feet long and 10 feet wide, over th e sidew a lk in fro n t of the present P ik e street entran c e . T h e Council g ranted perm ission fo r the erection of the'sign. M ax K o rnish asked if the council could in any w a y establish a b e tter frontage and sidew a lk line in fro n t of th e Lockw o o d p r o p e r ty on P ik e street w h ich w a s recently purchased by him . No action was- ta k e n by the Council. The G eorge W . Case C o m p a n y of -- 54 Jersey avenue filed plans an d sped^-i fications fo r a ’ building w h ich they w ish to ’ e rect on Canal street, near W e st M ain street. The plans w e re referred to the fire committee w ith pow e r to act. The follow ing m o n thly reports were received; of C o m m issioner Bonnell, showing an am o u n t expended for re lief as $131.41 d u r in g the p a s t m o n th, and a refund of $183.21; of G, A. R. Com m ander Goble showing am o u n t expended for relief as being $24 fo r the month of September and $22 for m o n th of O c tober; of Chief of Police ,’M o o rehead gi\dng th e tb t a l num b e r of arre s ts as 46, lodgers hous ed 95, and an o u tage of street lig h ts of 1-329 hou r s ; of City T r e a s u r e r Noe show ing th e balance in th e city tre a s ury as being $6,104.80; of C lerk C leary showi'itg a collection of $6,- 574j50 in fees, licenses, taxes, etc.; of Ju s tice Bevans showing the num b e r of cases tried as 39. and a collection of $180 in fin^s; City Sealer M a rch a n t rep o r ted fo r the m o n ths of A u g u st, Septem b er an d O c tober th a t he h a s tested eigh t w'agon scales, 8 other platform scales, six suspension scales, 19 cou n ter scales, one beam scale, 10 com p u ting scales, 26 dry m e asures, one of w hich w a s condemned, 23 liquid m e a s u res, 52 m ilk jars, 6 au to m a tic pum p s , five yard sticks, 115 avoirdu pois w e ights an d 123 packages re w e ighed. ' , PROCLAMATION ISSUED AGAIST HUN1TNG1NJERSEYUNT1LRA1NFALLS Many F®rest Fires in State and Commission Fears Opening o| Game Ssason Next Week—Wardens to Arrest MAKES E M FRM GUARD Roaming Aronnd Country With Handcuff Dangling From Arm S terling P ittin g e r , 22, m e n tal defec tive, parole v io lato r an d regarded by th e state authorities as a firebug and otherw ise vicious, is ro a m ing som e w h e re in O range county, a steel h a n d cuff dangling on his righ^ w rist.. H e escaped W e d n esday aftern o o n from in front of 146 N o r th street, w h e re W il liam R o od, a keeper a t the N a p a n o c h S tate In s titu te for D efective D e lin quents, had left hi#t w h ile he w e n t into H a ro ld ’s bak e ry to m a k e >a p u r chase. The k e e p e r w a s tak in g P ittin g e r tered as he w e n t aw a y from th e r e ] W e llsville, A llegany county, to rapidly, th e n in th e seclusion an d ; ^\^ap for re-com m itm e n t. He said safety of his hom e he decided th a t] tb i s m o rning in police head q u a r ters out they m u s t come 6 T h a t’s his story and he's sticking to it. A proclam a tion ag a in s t h u n ti n g in New Jersey u n til a good ra i n h a s les sened th e forest-fire danger w a s issu ed yesterday by th e S tate F ish ' an d G am e Com m ission of New Jersey, a t th e direction of G o v ernor Silzer. Fires are still rag in g in m a n y p a r t s , of New Jersey, a n d it is believed th a t the i^rm y of h u n ters, w h o w e r e re a d y j to go n o rth next M o n d ay, w o u ld start* m a n y m o re. 'Dhe w o o ds a n d u p la n d s are dry as tinder. G a m e w a r d e n s a n d S tate an d locp]! police w e r e called on. to a r r e s t those who w e n t gunhinig in definance of th e proclam a tion. A special force or\ w a r d e n s **!k«*.. sw o rn in a t P o m p ton L a k e s to sto p h u n tin g on th e F.equannock w a t e r shed, w h ich covers seventy sq u a r e miles. T h e p a t r o l force h a s p u t o u t fifty - f o u r fo r e s t fires in th i s region in the p a s t th r e e w eeks an d w ith h u n ters in the field it is feare d th a t th e fires w o u ld denude th e whole w a te r shed an d im p e r il th e fu tu r e w a te r supply. F o r e s t a n d b r u s h fire s continue to sweep the a^ea n e a r H a m m o n ton. Ai large num b e r of m e n subdued a fire la s t n ig h t th a t threatened hom e s four- m i l e ^ f r o m th a t tow n , A fire in th e territory surrounding - D o rothy, M ilm ay and K isley has be.en extinguished after seventy-tw o hours •of h a r d figlitini^ by residents. Y Ten thousand' acres of tim b e r, including the H e n ry D. Moore gam e preserve of , 1,000 acres located a t Estelville w e re th a t the youth w a s regarded tru s ty and w a s perm itted freedom a t th e A llegany com ity co u r t house w h e re v,_destroyed. R a b b its deer an d th o u s a n d s of sm a ll liTH WINS BY 112,W R tT u rns ,^yeaterday from .T u e s d a j^s S tate election, w ith fifty election'\dis tricts up-state still to be h e a r d from , gave G o v e rnor Sm ith 1,625,354 and Roosevelt 1,513,175 a p lu r a lity for Sm ith of 112,179, w h ich probably w ill be cu t dow n som e w h a t fu r t h e r on com p lete retuzms. W ith an equal nuin her of disti’icts m issing, th e vote for Pre-sider.t stood as folows: Davis. 956.929. Coolidge 1, 814,091. a p lu r ality of 857,162 fo r the P resident. The vote for candidates on th e state instate and going to Coudei'sport, The Com m u n ity Club m e t on T h u r s - ■day evening a t L ibrary H all. In the absence of the president, Mrs. Isabelle C o o n rod presided. B u siness of im p o r tan c e to the club w a s transacted , p a r ticu larly regarding the sale of tick e t s to th e lectures of M rs. M arion Atw ell, the first of w h ich w ill be given on N o v em b e r 18th. These lectures a r e open to the public. The C o m m u n ity Club is co-operating w ith th e T o u rist Club in these lectures. The program i w as in charge of M rs. J. E . Noll, ch a ir m a n of the Depart*’ m e n t of C u r r e n t E v e n ts . M rs. Noll read a n in terestin g p a p e r on w h a t is being done in a i r tran s p o rtatio n to day, The n e x t m e e ting w ill be in charge of M rs. L e R o y B rooks, chair m a n of the D e p a r tm e n t of H istory ^and TKbravel. Sheriff Jo s e p h W . W e ir perm itted him to rak e leaves on the ground unguarded. W h e n la s t seen he w o re a g r a y s u it and cap, an d h a d on '^ o w n shoes. A handcuff w a s on his. ingh t w rist. He is five feet, six inches ta l l a n d w e ighs 125 pounds. P ittin g e r w a s sentenced to E lm ira R e f o rm a tory w h ere he ,„spent itw Q . ... - . ^ . m o n t h s 'a h a ^ a T t e r 'a r r B e n ta T a J U s tance. of six found to be irresponsible fo r h is ac- Montgomery tions and w a s a defective. H e w a s la te r tra n s f e r r e d to N a p a n o c h w h e re he .stayed a year. Through the ef forts of an Ellenville lawyer, Pittin- ger’s release w a s secured. H is moth er is said to be w ealthy. A fter he h a d been free fo r a year and a half. P ittin g e r is said to have violated h is parole by leaving the P a . tick e t helow* G o v e rnor on yestei’day’s retu r n s follows: ’ L ieu tenant G o v e rnor: L u n n (D .) 1,- 417,250; Low m a n (R .) 1,474,672, a p lu r a lity for Lov/m a n of 57,422 w ith 148 election districts m issing, Beerptary of S tate: H a m ilton (D .) 1, 315,236; M rs. K n a p p (R .) 1,422- 674, a p lu r a lity fo r M rs. K n a p p w ith 661 d istricts to be h e a rd from which w ill fu r th e r increase it. C o m p troller; Flem ing (D .) 1,261,291 M u rphy (R .) 1,324,760. P lu r a l ity for 954 districts m issing COTTAGE PRAYER MEETINGS ARE HELD WALKER LAW IS HELD CONSTITUTIONAL (By T h e A ssociated Press) Buffalo, N, Y., Nov. 7— S upreme C o u rt Ju s tice Pooley in a decision thusiasm . handed ‘ d o w n today upheld the con stitu tio n a lity of th e N e w Y o rk S tate W a lk e r law , requ iring reg istration w ith the secretary of s t a t e ‘of m e m bership ro lls of incorporated secret fra t e r n a l organizations. T h e prosecu tion of G eorge ,C. B ryant, p u r p o r ted K lan leader in Buffalo, has aw a ited th is decision. T h e Ju s tice m a d e de cision a f t e r hearing the evidence in* John Doe proceedings b ro u g h t against the K lan in b e h a lf of C h a rles D es m o n d , candidate for Usaembly, ■who .w as defeated Tuesday. , » A num b e r of cottage prayer meet ings, p r e p a r a to r y to th e evangelistic cam p a ign to be held in the P resb y te r ia n C h u rch, Nov. ;ll-23 inclusive, were held on T h u r s d a y evening a t th e homes of W . H . C h a n t, 13 E lizabeth street; W . J.* Lam b , • 34 W e st M ain street; P e rcy H a llock, 50 O range street, T. D. D u r a n t, M a tam o ras; S. G. M cDonald, 232 W e s t Main^ s treet; B. C. Q uick, 146 E a s t M ain ^ s tr e e t; W illiam S c h o o n m a k e r, 34 iF r a n k lin street, and W . G. Wells, 2 K ingston avenue. E a c h group attended the m e eting nearest his hom e . The m e e tings w e re in charge of compe*tent leadei’S and w ere w e ll atten d e d and fu ll of en- S h u ler, <D.) 1,227,898 1,355,413. P lu r a l ity fo r 94S districts missing. M u rphy w ith 63,468. T r e a s u rer: Pounds, (R .) Pounds, w ith 127,515. A ttorney G eneral: Sherm a n , Dem., 1,287.081; O ttinger, R e p . 1,377,054. P lu r a lity for O ttinger, 759 districts missing, 89,973. E n g ineer: L a D u , D em ., 1,203,074 Pinch, Rep., 1^344,206. P lu r a l ity for F inch, 949 districts m issing, 141,132. He retu r n e d six w eeks ago to W e lls ville and his m o th e r who sheltered A com p laint w a s m a d e to Judge B. B. A ckerm a n , of A llegany county, w h o com m u n icated w ith S u p e r inten d e n t Thayer. T h e judge said th a t th e re sidents of W e llsville sought his re com m itm e n t on th e grounds th a t his reputation as a fireb u g sticks to him , and th a t he is vicious an d h a s a tend ency to com m it assau lt w h e n excited T h e yo u th w a s said to have kicked his m o th e r in th e stom a ch du r in g one of his irra tio n a l m o m ents. anim a ls have died in the m a n y fires w ithin th e p a s t few days. In M izpah and .R ichland fires are still burning. Spldiers from W e s t P o in t an d m a r ines from Io n a Island joined hundreds of civilians yesterday in fig h ting a fo r e s t fire on D u n d e rberg M ountaait south of F o r t M o n tgom e ry,. N ew Y o rk . This blaze extends along ta e HUdsep- “ • jn il e s frbiA to Tompkxns. A f r ter fig h ting all night, using buc k e t brigades, dirt and shovels volun teer firem en and citizens of Beacon, yestei'clay conquered a forest fire on the precipitous side of M o u n t Beacon w h ich fo r a tim e threatened th e de-.- struction of th e fam o u s observation pavilion on the top of th e m o u n t. So steep a r e th e sides of th e m o u n tain th a t a t tim e s the firefig h ters had to fasten them selves -with ropes to prevent th e ir falling to d e a th below The inclined railw a y th a t carries, passengers to th e top of M o u n t B e a con w a s 'opened to tran s p o r t the' fire m e n up the m o u n tain. I t h a d been closed for th e w inter. The fire could be seen for mile4 aro u n d th e country. GIVES DECISION TO LABOR BOARD JUNIOR MECHANICS’ ENTERTAINMENT COURSE The Ju n io r M echanics entertainm e n t course w ill open on M o n day, Novem ber lO th. The first num b e r w ill be th e M e tropolitan G rand Q u a rtet. These m a le singers come here very highljr recom m ended. T h e y are ac com p anied by a piano player of n o te .' & N o r thw e s tern section M'ADOO PLANS HGHT IN 1928 A fig h t fo r th e control of th e D e-' m o c r a tic N a tional C o m m ittee between the supporters and opponents of W il liam G. MoAdoo is foreshadow e d as a resu lt of th e defeat of John W . D a vis. D e m o c ratic candidate fo r P r e s i dent, it w a s learned yesterday. The clash, it w a s said, is expected to com e a t th e n e x t m e e ting of 'the com m ittee Chicago, Nov. 6. (A ssociated Press, — F e d e r a l Ju d g e Jam e s H . W ilkerson upheld today th e contention of th e U n ited S tates R a ilroad L a b o r Board ! p ro b a b ly la te in D e c e m b e r or in Jan - th a t it has au t h o r ity to com p el per sons to app e a r before it to give testi m o n y in m a tters being considered by th e board. H is decision w a s given in a suit b r o u g h t by th e board ag a in s t D. B. Robertson of Cleveland, P r e s ident of the B r o therho o d of Locom o tive F ire men a n d E n g inem e n an d J. N, M a guire, G e n e ral C h a irm a n of th e C h i ^ of the A t the conclusion of th e m e n t dancing w ill be enjoyed. M usic will be furnished by the H a rm o n y Club Orchestra. SUSSEX ELECTS DEMOCRATS TO STATE LEGISUTURE Sussex, N. J. Nov. 6— S ussex coun ty retu r n e d . tw o D em o c rats to the s ta t e L e g is lature, in T u e sday’s elec tion. D r. B lace Cole w a s elected to th e Senate, his term to end in 1927 George R . V a u g h n w a s re-elected to th e .Assembly. SUSMESS PLACES WILL CLOSE MONDAY A t a special m e e ting of the M er chants’ B u reau held a t th e C h a m b e r of Commerce; rooms this 'm o rning, it w a s unanim o u s ly decided t h a t a l l mer chant m e m b e rs w o u ld close th e ir stores a t 1 p, m . on Tuesday, Novem ber 11, Armistice day, an d rem a in closed th e , rem a inder of th e day, This action w as ta k e n in o rd e r t h a t the m e rchants and th e i r em p loyes m ight particip a te' w ith the A m erican le g io n ,in th o observance of A rm istice Day.^ en t e r tain - ^Brotherhood of Locom otive E n g in e e r ^ Jud g e W ilkerson ruled th a t such au th o r ity , how e v e r, could not be con sidered 'as being judical, b u t it does provide th a t in th e event of persons refusing to answ e r sum m o n s th e board can Seek, redress in th e courts> T h e ru lin g affec ts ab o u t 100 xailw a y employes, w h o , w ith R o b e rtson and M a g u ire, had refsed to testify on the ground th a t th e L a b o r B o a rd h a d no legal rig h t to question them . They took-^that stan d w h e n th e board a s sum ed jurisdiction over a w a g e and ru les dispute betw e e n th e tw o b r o th erhoods an d virtua.uy every one qf th e W e stern railroads. ‘ A ttorney D o n ald R. R ichberg, w h o h a d appeared* i n beh a lf of th e union representative's., said ton ight ho w o u ld have no com m e n t to offer on Ju d g e W ilkerson’s decision, b u t th a t th e case w o u ld be ^-carried directly to the„; S u p rem e C o u r t of t h e U n ^ e d ^States. uary, over an attem p t of th e M cAdoo forces to elect a new natio n a l chair* m a n in place of Clem L .Shaver. If th e attem p t is m a d e th e n it w ill undoubtedly be opposed by m e m b e rs of th e com m ittee friendly to G o v e rnor A lfred B. Sm ith, w h o se re-election continues him a s one of the o u tstand in g p a r t y figures an d w ill precipitate a n o t h e r Sm ith-M cAdoo ■ contest, sim i la r to th a t w h ich held th e .D e m o c r a tic N a tional Convention deadlocked fo r m o re th a n lOO ballots, ,,in p r e paration fo r a second fig h t bet'wee'n these tw o asp ir a n ts fo r th e D e m o c ra tic P r e s id e n tial nom ination in 1928 D u r ing th e cam p a ign w h ich resu lt ed so disastrously for th e D e m o c ratic P a r t y a t Tuesday‘’s election Mr. M c- Adoo’s friends th r o u g h o u t -the co u n tr y m a d e no secret of th e ir expectation th a t M r. D avis w o u ld be defeated a n d no secret of th e ir intention to resum e their attem p t to nom inate M r. Mc Adoo fo r P r e s ident in 1928. . T h e r e w ill be a m e e ting a t No. 1 B ich a r d Street, on S u n d a y afternoon a t 3 o’clock. Mr. J. E. H o u ston w ill be th e speaker, an d th e topic, TW h a t did Jesus m e an w h e n h e said K ingdom is not of. this, world. H « w c a n the w o rld end' a n d th e e a r t h - en d u r e -forever?” A ll Ipiterested invited to atten d .
