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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-20
Gompers Calls Union
Heads to Conference

Washington, July 19.-Samuel Comp
ers, president of the American Fedora
ton of Labor, announced tonight that
he had called a conference of officers
Of the International Association of Ma
chinists to meet with him in Washington
to consider the strike ordered at the
Remington Arms and Ammunition Com
pany's plant, at Bridgeport, Conn.
ave will do everything possible to
prevent the strike from spreading to
the various unions of the workers at
the Remington factory, which would
bring its machinery to a standstill," he
said.
Despite reports from Bridgeport that
negotiations had failed TO bring about
a settlement, officials of the Depart
ment of Labor declared tonight they
believed an agreement would be
reached in time to avert a general
strike. Secretary Wilson said, how
ever, that in the event the workers did
walk out in force he Immediately would
appoint cOnciliators.
Mr.. Gompers reiterated the charge
that foreign interests had sought 70
bring about labor troubles in the
United States to check the expectation
of war supplies TO Europe. He de-
clined to give details, remarking:
81 do not want TO shut off my line
of information by making it public at
this time"
81 hope for a quick and fair settle
ment of the strike at Bridgeport" he
added, "but it must be borne in mind
that for some time the men and women,
the women particularly, have been
working long hours and for small pay
hope these conditions will be i'm
proved with the adjustment OF the
other troubles there"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-20

hare, which escaped us, only to ne
crushed under the wheels of the neigh
bor car. | saw the terrified animal leap
here and there, and finally, crazed with
fright. turn under the very engine OF
death. saw in its eyes the look OF
agony as the light Of life went out.
And hated what | saw. That agony
multiplied a thousandfold is being re-
peated on the battle fronts. And moth
ing that war has to offer. no victory, no
mighty principle paid for in blood, is
worth that agony.
Paris Filled with Shadow.
We lost our way in the labyrinth
streets of Versailles at nightfall and
stumbled over the long bridges Of the
Seine into a darkened and heavy heart
ed city. cannot begin TO describe to
you the sadness of Paris. Because she
has so much capacity for joy, the city
has equal capacity for gloom. And tie
war has filled that bright dream city
full of shadow.
The dreariness of a country at war
as much as anything else is why |
hate this business of fighting.
The hotel is very still. Perhaps
there are no people here; perhaps
there are just sad people here.
We leave for Rome in half an hour
by train. II takes too long and is too
doubtful by motor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-20
Accused as Spy, He Was
Not Allowed to Prove
His Identity.
Suffered HUNGER
AND RACKING Toll
Held Eight Months in Concen'
tration Camps - Finally
Reached London.
nv Gable to Th- Tribunel

rondor. July l9.-Charles b. Pray
- Dover. y. H., emaciated and weary
v,ued into the American consulate to-
5svard told the story of his internment
and escape from a German military
eoncertration camp.
81 was employed by an automobile
,onpanv in Flint, Mich ne SAID. l
wen, 10 Germany on six months
,Ontrac. 70 install self-starters. On the
.1piration Of my contract the agents
n the firm induced me to make per-
nsnent contract and remain at their
works in lessen.
an the first few months Of the war
Twas not interfered with, but in the
beginning Of October was suddenly
summoned TO police headquarters. Thew
searched me and my apartment. Find
ing letters from England and some
English money, they accused me OF
being English--probably SPY.
81 insisted I was an American, pro-
duced my passport, issued by the De-
psrtmeut Of State in October, 1919
with my photograph attached, and also
NY birth certificate. They merely
LAUGHED at these. Anybody can buy
7sssrorts.' said the chief Of police
They kept me in prison that night, and
me next day sent me to the concentra-
ton camp at Marienfadt. where l was
kept until January, and then trans
ferred to another camp near the Swiss
frontier.
THE food supplied me was almost
unfit for human consumption. All the
tine ] suffered the fortunes Of hunger.
The most mental jobs came my way l
was nearly worked 10 death. ! was not
allowed 10 communicate with anybody
outside. Although ! wrote several let
ters 10 the American Consul General
in Berlin. commencing with the day OF
nv arrest. none seemed 70 reach him.
One OF my Jobs was hauling water to
csmp from q couple Of miles away. On
Nav Is. about dusk, while doing this,
! saw a guard not looking, and took
70 ms heels and reached the SWISS
frontier.
Twas almost starving when | crossed
the boundary. For a few days | sawed
wood and did any odd little job to get
aEt,le money 20 buy food. l remained
several weeks in Switzerland, and final
" determined 10 try to reach London.
With much difficulty | got across TO
France, and finally succeeded IN hndlng
boat which took me to Avonmouthi;;
Then ! walked 10 London, and am still
doing odd Jobs about houses or days
work for farmers here and there. Since
was arrested l have lost twenty-five
pounds"
Pray was sent by the consulate to
the American Relief Committee, where
he got a square meal, suit of clothes
some money and an offer 20 send him
back 70 the United States. Pray, now
ever, seems 20 think there is strong
demand for skilled mechanics IN Brit
ain, and wants to remain if he can get
Ssad lob.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-20

work then. Day by day men will be
withdrawn from sub-contractors for
the RemingtOns. Keppler says picket
Ing will be N>sSrted to not only at the
works but all through the city.
A. II. Billiard, of the Billiard Ma
chine Tool Company in commenting
on the alleged discharge of thirty-five
men Saturday night, denied the pending
labor trouble had anything to do with
the action. The millwrights have
formed an organization of their own,
although they still wish to affiliate
with the ironworkers.
Major Penfield preserved his sphinx
like attitude again to-day. He would
not see any of the many reporters here
from Eastern cities. He left the works
by a rear gate, GLIDING photographers
and moving picture men. Union lead
ers and their lieutenants were very
sctive at the plant, working quickly
among the employees as they filed out
Of the great wire-fenced inclosure at
the noon hour, and at the close Of work.
There was no disorder, however. All
policemen stationed in the neighbor-
hood visited the plant each hour.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-20
FOES FRATERNIZE
AS THEY BURY DEAD
Russian and Austrian Officers
Meet During Truce on the
Dniester Front.
lBy Cabl, to The Tribune. ]

Budapest, July 90 dispatch to The
London Morning Post").-There was
four-hour truce on the Dniester front
recently for burial of the dead. This
truce is described as following a san
culinary fight that lasted for days;
There were thousands OF Austrian dead
lying before the Russian wire fence
and thousands of Russian soldiers
bodies before the Austrian entangle-
ments in consequence of the frequent
attacks and counter attacks all break
inc down in front of rows of wires be-
fore we'll built positions
During the truce officers OF the. op-
posing armies met and chatted cordially
and exchanged German ana frehch
naners and cigarettes. One of the Aus
trian officers wrote a letter to MS
hrotber. who is a prisoner of war IN
Siberia, and Il Russian major undertooS
70 post il for him. Visiting cards were
Exchanged and the officers parted with
the wish to meet again under more
peaceful and friendly circumstances
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-20
GERMAN SOCIALIST
URGES ANNEXATION
Declares Conquered Lands
Mean More Favorable
Peace Terms.
[By Cable TO The Tribune. ]

Zurich. July 19.-Another Socialist
leader, Geek, has declared in favor or
the annexation by Germany OF con-
ouered territory. In speech at Mann
helm. he said:
"Why should we tie the hands Of the
government? All the German colonies
lave fallen to our enemies, but the day
,re mako ueace we can throw into the
balance the territory we occupy in Eu-
rome and say to our enemies: 1t IS your
action in selling our colonies whieh
rrevents US from evacuating Belgium,
Northern France and Poland
at is a curious note that our anti
annexationists oppose annexation only
where Germany is concerned, but Woulu
tolerate all kinds of annexation py
others. The French Socialists, for In >
stance, desire to annex Alsace, which Is
a pure German province. -.
"Bernstein, the leader OF the dlssi-
dent socialists, in letter TO the "Vor-
waerts" strikes another note:
1.-THE greatness and nearness OF the
present peril" he writes, does not
tcme from our foreign toes, but
from the policy of the government. IL
is not our foreign policy that IS OF I'M
portance in the present crisis, put our
domestic policy. Is Socialism tC au"PD
the undemocratic policy OF a pow r
which begins by trampling all the
rights of the people under foot to IN;
crease the influence of that power! /
refuse to do so.
"My comrades in Breslau subscribe
with me to the principle which has al
WAYS inspired my political life, 10 de.
spise any political man who for fear OF
losing popularity lets himself be de-
fected from the line of conduct his
conscience dictates. There Is no fear
that the unity resulting from the union
of 100000 Germans in political
body could ever lie destroyed by any
foreign power. IL is false to represent
those who demand TO examine the stu
etion as a national danger.
81 reject the policy OF Bismarck, who
denounced every one favoring a policy
different from that put forward by him
self as an enemy of the empire"
" is clear that the Socialist split Is
increasing daily and that strong pop
ular opposition to the government Is
growing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-20
KAISER SENDS
PERSONAL WORD
TO BALKAN KINGS
Struggle in Bucharest Be
tween War and Neutral
Parties Critical.
Bv GORDON GORDoN-sMITH.

Milan, July 19.-There is every sign
that the struggle of the neutralists and
the interventionists at Bucharest Is
reaching a critical point.
The conservative Democratic party,
led by Take Jonescu, which favors in
tervention, has Joined forces with the
followers of Filipescu on the under
standing that this alliance is only in
regard TO foreign policy. Fillpescu was
elected president of the new union.
Prince Hohenlohe Hangenburg, the
new ambassador to ConstantinOple, be-
fore he left Berlin had long confer
ence with the Kaiser, whose personal
views he communicated TO the King OF
Rumania. Before General Markotf, the
returning Bulgarian Minister in Berlin.
left Germany the Kaiser also sent for
him, and gave him long statement Of
his views as TO the role of Bulgaria,
which he was to communicate TO the
King as soon as he arrived at Soma.
The influence Of the Greek Orthodox
Church has also been invoked by the
Germans. with the result of split IN
the Church. Three members OF the
Holy Synod have issued an appeal TO
the people, declaring they have gone
over TO the Russian Church, as the
other members of the synod have been
bought by German gold.
Telegrams from Bucharest state that
ox-Minister Genadeff was arrested by
order of the Bulgarian Minister of
War. Fitchef. When Premier Radios
lavoff hesitated to order the arrest,
WalinofT. the leader of the Democratic
marty. lodged a formal charge of being
an accessory to murder against Gena-
def In the Cabinet council, held the
dav before the arrest, the War Minister
declared the army demanded exemplary
nnnisbment of the ex-Minister of For
eign Affairs, and the King the.reupon
Caye the order for his arrest. Accord
inc to Bulgarian law, if he is found
guilty Genadieff will be sentenced to
death.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-20
GREECE OBJECTS
TO PORTE'S ORDER
Protests Against Sending Greek
Inhabitants of Avail Into
Interior.

Paris, July 19.-The Greek govern
ment has received confirmation of the
report that the inhabitants. Of Avail
lin Asia Minor, on the Gulf of Adra-
mvti0 have been ordered to evacuate
t the city and go into the interior of
Asia Minor, according to a Mytilene
dispatch forwarded by the Athens cor
respondent of the Havas Agency to- to-
day. The population numbers $4,000
and is largely Greek.
The Greek government has sent an
energetic protest TO the Porte, the dis
match states.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-20
UNION DEFIES WILSON
TO STOP STRIKE NOW
[By Telegraph to The Tribune. J

Bridgeport, July 19.-"Neither
Samuel Gompers nor the President
CT the United States can stop this
strike now" said J. j. keppler to-
night, when told of Gompers's state
ment that he had asked the heads of
the international unions TO come to
Washington to confer with him over
the Remington strike.
Keppler, Johnson and the other
labor leaders laughed at Gompers's
suggestion. Keppler said:
81 wrote a letter TO him at Wash
ington tonight demanding that he
come up here and prove his state
ments or shut up"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-20
DANIELS ADMITS
SAYVILLE DOUBTS
Saws Mother Is III" Wireless
Messages Aroused Suspicion
of Plant.
Prom The tribune Bureau

Washington, July 19.-While refus-
ing 10 confirm the report that the Say
viiie wireless station was taken over by
the government after very suspicious
messages from II had been intercepted
by the Arlington station, Secretary OF
the Navy Daniels admitted to-day that
some very suspicious messages had
been sent while operated by the Ger
mans.
"When a message is sent out saying
Mother is seriously ill.," the Secretary
said, cit is apt - excite some suspicion.
some very suspicious messages were
sent. would rot say any had gone out
which should not have gone, but doubt
was aroused by some offhe messages
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-20
England Sent Refusal.

England declined to accept this, and
made the following counter proposal:
England shall make no unprovoked
attack on Germany and shall refrain
from aggressive policy with regard TO
Germany. AN attack on Germany
ferns the basis of no treaty, nor IS
.uch object aimed at in any combina-
ton to which England belongs, and
England will not be a party to any ar
rangement which aims at such an at
tack"
This proposal was not acceptable TO
Germany The words "unprovoked at
tack" says the statement as quoted
by the paper, were held to be too elias
tic to form the basis of special treaty
Of friendship, in that the assurances
contained IN the English proposal were
deemed by Germany as constituting
ordinary international relations. Ger
many then proposed:
should one of the contracting par
ties become involved in war with one
or more powers, and it cannot be said
that the contracting party is the ag-
gressor, then the other contracting
rarity will observe toward him at least
benevolent neutrality and strive towar
the localizatioL Of the conflict. The
contracting parties iSSiFAON"44y '''N
themselves to come TO an agreement
regarding their attitude in tn: event of
one of them being forced to declare
war through the open provocation OF
third"
England Pleads Her Alliance.
Sir Edward Grey, British Secretary
for Foreign Affairs, rejected this, but
made the following proposal:
Since beth powers mutually desire
TO ensure peace and friendship among
themselves, England declares that she
will make no unprovoked attack on Ger
many, and will not participate IN such.
| England will also refrain from an ag-
| gressive policy toward Germany"
This sentence was TO replace the hrst
! sentence in the previous proposal. Ger
many assented to discuss the proposal,
but made further negotiations depend
( ont on assent to the following condl-
| tion: England will naturally pre-
serve a benevolent neutrality IN the
event of war being forced on Germany.
! Sir Edward Grey. however, because
| Ct the decision OF the British Cabinet,
| declined to 60 further than the pro-
rosed formula, basing his refusal ION
/ the fear of otherwise endangering
/ existing friendly relations between
/ England and other powers" Where
non Germany declined to continue
negotiations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-20

Nearly twice as
many people are
reading Golfers
since the price
was changed to
five cents. Buy
this weeks issue and
read the first install
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Garland's serial The
r anger and the
Woman" K e a d
Gelett BURGESS stirring
article "War the Gre
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100000 families read
Golfers every week.
Collies1ri';S!'
THE NATIONAL WEEKLY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-20
BRIDGEPORT MEN
STRIKE AT NOON

Continued from page /
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-11-25
BROOTEN FARMER TAKES LIFE
Theodore Halgrimson Drinks Carbolic
Acid and Dies in Few Minutes
Financial Reverses Cause.

Discouraged because of financial
reverses Theodore Halgrimson, a
farmer living near Brooten, commit
ed suicide by drinking carbolic acid.
Mr.. Halgrimson had spent the day
in Brooten and in the afternoon re-
marked to some acquaintance that
he would be a dead man within an
hour. His statement was not taken
seriously but a short time later he
was seen to fall to the ground; DR..
Kolset was called at once but death
had already come. DR.. Goehrs of
Melrose, deputy coroner, was then
summoned and in the examination it
was determined that death had been
caused by drinking a quantity of car
bolic acid.
Mr.. Halgrimson is supposed to
have planned his own death because
of a series of financial reverses; he
has lost several horses had had a
poor crop and was in danger of los
ing his farm. He was AZ years of age
and is survived by wife and several
children.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-11-25

absolutely necessary to gown and suit
that every imaginable animal that
has furry pelt, is being utilized, and
the furriers are reaping wonderful
harvests. Among the most popular
furs for trimming purposes are beav-
.er, seal, and krimmer. The dark blue
serge is smartened with touch of
natural gray krimmer, and the satin
finished broadcloth is enriched by mar
row and wide bands of seal or beav-
-er.
We have become accustomed to the
short street suit and frock; when not
carried to the extreme, it is far more
satisfactory than the long skirt, es-
pecially with the vogue of the very
wide skirt. We have become used to
the round length evening frock for
dancing, and approve of its comforta-
BILE common sense, but the formal din
ner frock, with its slinky, pointed
train, and its extremely short front
is somewhat disconcerting. One us
ually striking model exhibited lately,
developed in a wonderful brocade of
Bianchinini's, was made with one of
these extremely short skirts and a
long pointed train; although rich
and wonderful, the gown was start
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-11-25
An American
Mothers
Thanksgiving
""NHANKFULY' signs the harass-
ed house mother. "Oh, yes, l
suppose l am! But it does

""HANKFULY' signs the harass-
ed house mother. "Oh, yes, I
suppose 1 am! But it does
seem harder to feel properly
grateful with turkeys soaring quite out
of sight and the usual things that go
with them almost beyond ones reach
Suppose you stop to think-you with
so great cause for heartfelt praise
what some other women feel thankful
for, women who wrote things like this
from across the seas:
One in Germany whose husband was
carried home to her with one leg am
putated above the knee writes,
But We'll do the best we can to find
for him some new way to make an
honest living, and, oh, dear heart, how
thankful am | that he is so manned,
for now may keep him with me!'
Another one, in France, whose daugh-
ter, but lately married. lost her reason
when suddenly confronted with her
thC Mill
ed, says. Heart decorating as it is TO
hear her foolishly .contented prattle
about Didier, whom she constantly
prepares to welcome home tomorrow, |
thank the good God from the bottom
Of my soul for the mild insanity which
keeps her from realizing that Didier is
dead and both her brothers missing
and that l, her mother. am the most
bereaved and desolate of women"
A third wrote from her home in
Folkestone, England: And little did
we think we should ever get reconciled
to our dear mothers death so soon
after Aunt Lucy's! How true that God
knows best, for from the deepest cor
ner Of my heart feel grateful to the
Lord for taking mother and Aunt Lucy
home before the soul revolving war
brought all this misery to u.s."
Then come, thou responding Ameri-
can soul! Instead of turkey and mince
pies serve rice pudding, fricassee, pot
roast or even lamb stew. Look around
your table at your well fed, warm and
we'll covered brood, across at your kind,
sound and all-there good man and
most devoutly thank the good God for
this blessed America Of ours!
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-11-25
ODD BITS OF NEWS

Grand Rapids, Mich.-On the 4th of
July seven years ago, Salvador. Amati,
then one year old, was shot acciden-
tally by his older brother. Paralysis
followed, and the boy died recently,
after lingering for seven years.
Milford, Conn.-Ralph Won Hacht,
blind from birth in one eye, had his
sight restored when surgeons success
fully performed an operation for ap-
pendicitis. The appendix had been
resting against one of the nerves
which connects with the. optic nerves.
Shenandoah, Ia.-Driving five dogs
hitched to an Alaskan mail sled, Miss
Estelle Mason of Nome, Alaska, is
completing queer worlds tour. She
finished her journey at Cincinnati,
having travelled $4,000 miles. If she
arrives at San Francisco with two
of her original dogs and mail sled,
she will receive $12,500.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-11-25
Thanks to God" Our
Song of Life

Thanks to God" may be your open
ing and closing song. One brief life may
be life of gratitude. Have you a home?
Then be thankful for it, however hum
BILE the home may be, for roses will
not bloom more beautifully and the
vines will not more gracefully cling to
any other home. Have you friends?
Cherish every friend you possess, for
really you haven't as many as you
think. Have you parents now alive?
Cherish with fondness their every
presence, for the time is not far away
when you will look for them and they
will not be here. Have you brother,
sister? Make them feel your great and
human worth by thoughtfulness and
kindness to them.
So, friends. let the great past sweep
before our memories, have the nation
bow its knee to the Almighty God and
let the individual speak out his graft
tude, and, after all is said, there will
remain many more blessings which
call for our thanks as elOquently as
those we have mentioned. Some of
you may have seen the Sistine Madon-
ma at Dresden, in some respects the
most wonderful picture of maternal
love which exists in the whole world.
For long time the canvas was COW
cred with a crust of impurities gather
ed from its years Of hanging, and an
artist, in making repairs. discovered
@ cherub face in the dark background
and was led to suspect the picture had
been overlaid by time and neglect He
commenced cleaning it, and as he went
on cherub after cherub reappeared I'M
til it was found that this priceless Ma
donna was on background made up
wholly Of little heavenly cherubs. So
those blessings for which we should
give thanks are sometimes shamefully
covered by our thoughtlessness and
neglect-Rev. w. A.. Rupert Of Pitts
burgh.-