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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-20
SCHEIDE MANN GOVT. RESI AIGSRN s3eS9 ,N TO EBERT MAY FALL WITH CABINET
Noske Minister of Defense Is Forming New Govern
 ment. CHOSE EBERT'S
 SUCCESSOR Report Germans Have Ask ed For Further Exten-
 sion of Time.

Paris, June 20-The Sheide- mann government in Germany has fallen, it was learned here today. News of the event, re- ported during the morning., was confirmed later by military advices through COblenz from both Weimar and Berlin.
 London, June 20-The Ger man national assembly at Wei mar has accepted the peace treaty, according to despatch from Paris.
 The singing of the peace treaty by Germany, a dispatch from Copenha- gen quoting advices from Weimar, says, is as certain as if the signatures had already been put to the docu- ment.
 Paris, June 2O.---The downfall of the Scheidemann government was made known to the American delega- tion to the peace conference. It is be- tO assure IHe S1BnlnR or the peace treaty by Germany, as Philipp Schefdemann, the premier. was under stood to be the chief opponent to &C., ceDtance of the revised peace terms
 The early reports stated that Gus tav Nosl1e, the Minister of Defense, was forming a cabinet to succeed the outgoing government.
 Previous advices had indicated that four members of the Scheidemann cabinet were insisting upon the sign ing Of the treaty, and it is presumed here that this caused the fall of the ministry.
 Up to noon there was no official confirmation of the report that Herr Noske was forming a government.
 It is understood here that the fall of the Scheidemann government en- tails the fall also of President Ebert.
 (Continued on Page Four.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-20
The Weather Report

Bridgeport and vicinity Partly cloudy. possibly thun- der showers tonight or Sat- urday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-15
OCCUPIED AREA
MAY BE WITHOUT
ANY GOVERNMENT

Paris. Tuesday, Oct. 14-P. B.
Noyes, American member Of the
Inter-Allied Rhineland commission.
conferred with Frank L. Polk, head
of the American delegation to the
peace conference, here, today.
Their conversation concerned the
status Of the occupied area OF Ger
many which may be left without
either civil or military govern
ment when the formal completion
of the ratification Of the Versailles
treaty, without American partici-
patton, brings the armistice agree
ment to a conclusion. The Rhine
land convention which creates a
civil commission with British,
French. American and Belgian
members. stipulates that I'll four
nations must designate their mem-
bers before the commission can
function.
Military government over the
territory must end with the armis-
tice and the peace conference Is
encountering difficulties In devils
ing an interim government pending
American ratification.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-15
BETTER REST is
HAD BY WILSON
Aside From Slight Headache Pres
ident Continues To Improve,
Physicians State.

Washington. Oct 15.-President
Wilson had a good nights rest and
continues to show Improvement
despite a slight headache, said
bulletin today by his physicians.
President Wilson. it was learned
today, is keeping in general touch
with governmental affairs even
though Rear Admiral Grayson, his
personal physician. is enforcing
rigidly his prescription OF abso-
lutte rest
The manner in which the presi-
dent is being informed in a general
way of the problems now before
the nation. was not disclosed but it
is presumed it was through Mrs.
Wilson and DR. Grayson.
New York. Oct. 15.-Rear Ad-
miral Cary T. Grayson, President
Wilson's personal physician, de-
clared in a letter to a friend here
regarding rumors of the presi-
dents sickness that "I wish l was
similarly afflicted if could be as
mentally alert as the president"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-15
COLT AGAINST
PACT CHANGES
Republican Senator Says Amend
ments Mean Treaty's Defeat
Call johnson Plan Unfair.

Washington. Oct. 15.-Adoption
of textual amendments would mean
defeat of the peace treaty and
would accomplish no practical re-
suit that could not be brought
about by reservations, the senate
was told today by Senator Colt,
Republican, Rhode Island.
Referring to the Shantung
amendment and that to equalize
voting power in the League of Ma
tions, the Rhode Island senator
declared they would reopen peace
negotiations while reservations
would leave the treaty intact and
would change its provisions only
for the reserving nation.
1t would be unfair, he argued, to
increase the voting power of the
United States as proposed in the
amendment of Senator Johnson,
Republican, California, and leave
the other first class powers with
only one vote in the assembly.
Vote Expected.
A vote by the senate late today
on the Shantung amendments to the
peace treaty was planned by Repub-
lican leaders, with acQuiesence or
otherwise, of the Democrats.
Chairman Lodge, of the foreign
relations committee, author Of the
Shantung amendments, also was
said to have agreed to a vote to-
day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-15
NEW YORK HARBOR
TIEUP BROKEN BY
FERRYMEN'S VOTE

New York, Oct. 15.-The strike
Of Longshoremen and other hay
Dor workers which has paralyzed
port activities here for several
days and threatened a serious food
shortage, was broken today when
the ferry workers returned to
work and $4,000 of the 10000
Longshoremen resumed their
labors. Union leaders predicted
that by Friday all Of the LongshOTe-
men would be at work
The ferrymen at midnight une%-
peCtedIy voted to return immei-
lately accepting with reservation,
the governments compromise
wage increase offer. Before dawn,
all Of the ferries were plying the
Hudson as usual The ferrymen
filed notice. however. that they
were not satisfied with fiat increase
in wages amounting to approx
mately 10 per cent. They had de-
manded an increase of 25 per cent.
The teamsters' strike remains in
force.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-15
DIR, KUNO meyer,
EDUCATOR, DIES
Professor and Author Widely
Known in United States Sue
cumhs 9n Le1psic.

London. Tuesday. Oct. II. - An
nouncement IS made in Berlin Of
the death in Leispic of Dr. Kuno
Meyer, professor of Celtic Ian
guage and literature at the Uni
versity of Berlin.
(Dr. Kuno Meyer was a figure
widely known in the Unite States.
He was born in Hamburg Dec. 20.
1858, and received his early educa-
ton in that city and at Dessau.
Later he became a student at the
University of Leipsic, specializing
in Celtic philology.
Subsequently he became director
of the school of Irish learning in
the University of Dublin and then
entered the faculty of the Univers-
ity of Liverpool. He was vol
luminous writer, among his works
being books on Irish legend and
history.
Dr. Meyer was virtually the first
prominent person to predict that
the war between Germany and
GuSlduu, rance anu 1NuSS4d NOuld
develop into a world conflict. In
1917 he wrote an article entitled
"Our War Aims in Enemy Eyes, -
which quoted a conversation with
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and
attracted wide attention. Later he
wrote an article for the Berlin
press, saying Germany had lost the
friendship Of the United States aft
er the sinking of the LusitaLia.
DR.. Meyer was in this country at
the time of the catastrophe.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-15
CARRY FIGHT TO
SUPREME COURT
Foes of Three "PubIic Policy Ques-
tiOns' Push Case to Keep
issues on Ballot.

Springfield. Ill. Oct. 15.-Foes of
the three public policy questions"
on which a vote is being sought at
the election Nov. 4, took their case
to the Illinois supreme court to-
day.
John Slade of Chicago, attorney
for Edward w Payne, who obtain
ed a temporary injunction to re-
strain Secretary of State Emmer-
son from certifying the questions
to the county clerks, later dissolv-
ed, made a motion in the supreme
court today seeking to have the
injunction continued in effect
Acting Chief Justice James c..
Cartwright directed Mr.. Slade to
put his suggestions in writing and
to furnish copies to attorneys for
the Initiative and Referendum
league, who are fighting TO get the
questions on the ballot.
A transcript of the suggestions
was asked by former Governor Ed
ward f. Dunno, one of the I. and
r. counsel.
It was understood that the court
would not delay decision, mas
much as the statutory limit for Ger
tiffcation Of public policy questions
in Is days before the election, es-
timated to fall on Monday, Oct. 90
The three questions embrace the
initiative and referendum, Gate
way amendment" and public own
ership Of public utilities. A popu-
lar EXPRESSION on the DrODOsItiOus
is sought to guide the action Of
delegates to the constitutional con-
ventiOn next Winter
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-15
GREAT LAKES SEA
TRAINING CAMP
TO BE REDUCED?

Chicago, Oct. ia report pub
lished here today declares that the
Great Lakes naval training station.
which during the war became the
largest institution of its kind in the
country, will be reduced in size
and revert to its pre-war status as
a station of minor Importance Il
the recommendation of Secretary
Daniels of the naval department is
put into effect.
According TO the report SeCre-
tary Daniels recently addressed a
letter to the mayor of North Chi
cago. Ill. that much OF the land oc-
cupied by the naval training station
will be returned to its original
owners and the S10,000.000 of
buildings will be wrecked in ac-
cordance with the navy depart
ments policy Of retrenchment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-15
WIFE OF BRITISH
PREMIER PLEADS
CAUSE OF "DRYS''

London, Oct 15.-Mrs. David
Lloyd George, wife of the British
premier, is taking a prominent
hand in the prohibition campaign
addressing a meeting of 1000 wom-
en- at Glasgow yesterday.
Dispatches received here quote
Mrs. Lloyd George as saying the
success Of the campaign depended
upon women.
1T is the duty of women to help
the victim of alcoholism at home
as it was to help the victims OF
Prussianism in Belgium and
France, five years ago." Mrs. Lloyd
George is reported to have said.
Scotland IS on the eve of great
campaign and next year the eyes of
temperance reformers throughout
the world will be focused on Scot
land. If Scotland is won. the vic
tory will be a great stimulus to the
world to do likewise"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-15
Samuel Gompers Suffers Nervous Breakdov
CAPITAL GROUP
WANTS ACTION
ONLABOR PLAN
Asks Steel Strike Plan Be
Immediate Issue is
Defeated.

Washington, Oct. 15.-Efforts by
the employers group at the indus
trial conference to force to an i'm
mediate issue, Iabor's proposal that
the steel strike be arbitrated, fail
ed today. the labor group and all or
the public group except Elbert H.
Gary, chairman OF the Soard OF the
United States Steel corporation,
voting to postpone action until to-
morrow. The conference adjourn
ed until 2:30 p. m. tomorrow, when
the arbitration resolution Will be
brought to vote.
Demands Immediate Action.
Demand that organized labor's
proposal for arbitration OF the
steel strike be made an immediate
issue in the national industrial
conference was made by the capi-
tai group. through It's chairman.
Harry A Wheeler. Bernard NJ. Ba-
ruch, chairman of the public group,
had proposed that action on the
steel resolution BE postponed until
Thursday.
Postponement of action on the
resolution previously had been
agreed to by the labor and public
employers came as surprise.
Samuel Gompers, chairman Of the
labor group, who conducted a Wig
orous fight yesterday against send
ing the arbitration resolution back
to the committee of Is, was detatn-
ed by Illness. He was represented
by Frank Morrison, secretary of
the American Federation of Labor.
Gary Votes Against II.
On a ruling by Chairman Lane
that the Baruch motion was one
of procedure on which individual
votes could be cast, action on the
steel resolution was postponed un-
til next Thursday and the confer
ence recessed until afternoon. The
public and labor groups cast their
individual votes for the Baruch mo-
tion, Judge Ebert H. Gary being
the only member of the public
group to vote with the employers
against it.
Wilson Opposes Adjournment.
President Wilson will not sane
tion adjournment Of the national
industrial conference here until IL
has exhausted every possible means
OF finding a solution Of the pres
ent industrial situation, White Of
ficia1s said today.
Despite his Illness. the president
was understood to have been in
formed of the tense situation in the
conference resulting from the con-
troversy over labor's proposal for
arbitration of the steel strike. He
was said to feel that this should
not endanger the ultimate success
of the conference.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-15
LABOR CHIEF
In STATE OF
EXHAUSTION
Takes to Bed With High
Fever-Illness Caused
by Overworking.

Washington, Oct. 15-Sam-
uel GOmpers, president of the
American Federation of La
Dor, Is confined to his home in
a state Of nervous exhaustion.
His temperature this morning
= was 101 degrees and his ply
sician has ordered him to re-
main in bed.
Announcement of Mr.. Gompers'
breakdown was made by his secre-
tary when the national Industrial
conference convened today. He is
sued the following statement:
"Mr. Gompers returned home
from the industrial conference last
evening very greatly exhausted and
went Immediately to bed. His ply
sician, Dr.. Henry Parker, was call
ed in to see him. He found Mr.
Gompers in a state of nervous eX-
haustion with a temperature of
101. The doctor said that it would
be absolutely necessary for Mr..
Gompers to remain in bed
Due to 0verwOrk.
Mr.. Gompers' illness results. la
Dor leaders said. from months Of
unremitting work at home and
abroad in connection with the
peace treaty, the international la
Dor congress at Amsterdam and
the steel strike.
The veteran leader was stricken
when he reached his home last
night after delivering an attack in
the industrial conference on the
its refusal to deal with the steel
Ftrike committee. His friends re-
called that the day was the first an
niversary of the death of his daugh-
ter and they said this fact proba-
bly, aggravated his condition
Expects to Be Out Tomorrow.
Later Mr.. Gompers sent word to
members of the labor delegation
that he would be present at the
conference tomorrow.
- Mr.. Morrison, who was elected
as acting chairman of the group.
has been associated with Mr.. Comp
ers in the American Federation ot
Labor for more than % years and
is known to have much the same
point of view on labor issues as
Mr.. GompeTs.
May Name Acting Head.
The executive council of the Fed
Grafton is now holding its quarterly
session here and in case Mr..
Gompers' illness is prolonged, viii
take action on the choice of an
acting head of that body.
Temperature Drops.
While Mr.. Gompers' condition
early this morning was reported as
serious, at noon his secretary
announced that his temperature had
fallen two degrees TO SO and that he
felt generally much better.
Mr.. Gompers' physician, however,
requested that he remain in bed.
The secretary's statement fol-
lows:
DR.. Parker has just left Mr..
Gompers. His temperature is 80
degrees and he feels generally
much better, but the doctor said
he must remain in bed"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-15
STRIKERS STRIKE
FOR SHORTER DAY
WITH LARGER PAY

Chicago. Ill, Oct ia strike
within a strike resulted when auto
mobile-owning steel strikers who
have been driving pickets to and
from South Chicago mills for $500
a day, working from 13 hours up,
yesterday demanded an S-hour day
with $1,000 pay.
Reports today indicate that strik-
ers are continuing to return to the
steel mills in the Chicago area and
that practically every plant that
was shut down by the walkout is
now operating with a reduced force.
At Gary, Ind, steel mill officials
report an over abundance Of un-
skilled labor but admit that there
is a shortage of skilled employees.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-15
BELGIAN KING IS
GETTING TASTE
OF OUTDOOR LIFE

San Francisco, Cal, Oct. 15.-
King Albert of Belgium with Queen
Elizabeth, the heir-apparent, Am
bassador Brand Whitlock and
others making up the royal party
touring the United States were on
their way today to the Yosemite
valley where they expected to ar
rive in time for luncheon.
The next two days will give the
king another taste of American
outdoor life for which he already
has declared his fondness. This
afternoon the party will go from
the floor of the Yosemite to lofty
Gracier Point and tomorrow they
will visit the Mariposa grove of big
trees and have a picnic luncheon
there.
Late Thursday afternoon the
start for Los Angeles will be made.
The king plans to stop in Los An
geles three and a half hours Fri
day on his way to the Grand Can
yon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-15
COMMUNISTS NOT
VERY STRONG IN
VOTE AT BUFFALO

Buffalo, n. z, Oct. 15.-COm-
plete returns compiled today on
yesterdays primaries for council
men show that the communist
party, appearing on a ballot here
for the first time and running on a
platform calling for the soviet
form of government, polled an
average of less than 300 votes fo-
each of its three candidates. The
total vote cast was $4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-15
CROWD STORMS
NEST OF |. W. W.

Chicago, Oct. 15.-An I. w. ".
propaganda headquarters recently
opened in South Chicago, today
bore a placard stay away from
South Chicago" and was empty Of
the literature it had housed. Two
hundred men, including a number
of discharged soldiers. last night
marched to the hall. drove out the
secretary and pitched the books
and pamphlets into the street
where gasoline was poured onto
them and then set afTa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-15
PARLEY NEAR
DEMOCRACY
OF INDUSTRY
Trend at National Confer
ence Drifts Toward
Much Favored Plan.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
Especial to The Argus.)

Washington, Oct. 15.-Possibly
It was the weather. Possibly it
was an intuition of inevitable
strife. But the industrial peace
conference at it's Tuesdays ses-
sion got all tied up in sarcasm,
parliamentary confusion and en-
tangling procedure. And the clear
est thing visible was the disin-
clination of the employer mem
bers of the conference, including
some of that type on the public
group, to take the initiative in
settling the big steel strike. That
IT with Samuel Gompers spoke sa-
tirically of the innocuous resolu-
tions that were adopted on alb
straCt matters. That is why the
labor group scowled as the COM
mittee of Is reported without rec
ommendation labor's proposal that
committee Of six be appointed
either from the membership of the
conference or outside of it to set
tie the steel strike.
Labor Against Sidestepping.
Labor plainly sees little value
III NAlC SO4AASl OLCC 4LoCll IL du ISSUE
such as is involved in the steel
strike is sidestepped. While many
members of the public group real
ize this, they are opposed to the
mere appointment of a committee
without some definite understand
ing as to the principles which
would guide a committee. For. it
is argued that if a committee from
the conference undertakes, for in
stance, to recognize trades TN
ions. the entire conference might
be regarded as having sanctioned
such a recognition. So to avoid
such inference or handicaps, the
members of the public group pre-
pared to consider a counter prop
OsitiOn sponsored by Thomas L.
ChadbOurne, chairman of the COM
mittee of 15. Mr.. Chadbourne' s
idea is that a committee should be
appointed but on the definite un-
derstanding that first the men
shall go back to work and the en-
ployers shall reinstate them but
that Immediately an election should
be held to choose representatives
of the workmen and that the COM
mittee of six shall supervise such
an election and that the company
shall be required to enter into col
lective bargaining arrangements
with the men whosoever they hap
pen to be, whether labor union
men or not.
Would Force Gary's Hand.
That avoids absolute recogni-
tion of the trade union and at the
same time leaves it to the men to
say who shall represent them. Ell
bert H. Gary, head of the United
States Steel corporation, has con-
tended that the union leaders did
not represent the workmen. Tn
til the definite question Cf who the
workers consider to be their lead
eTs is determined, the futility of
appointing any committee TO de-
eide the strike is apparent. The
steel corporation would continu-
ally question the source of author
ity to those who professed to speak
for the labOring men.
But incidentally the point in
volved in Mr.. Chadbourne's sugges-
ton goes to the root OF the indus
trial peace conference itself. The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-15
MORE SEIZED
AT GARY FOR
BOMB PLOTS
Dozen Men Arrested Dur
ing Night-Authorities
Seek Red Leaders.

Gary, Ind, Oct. 15.-More than a
dozen men were taken into custody
here during the night by military
intelligence authorities and were
to be questioned today IN connec-
tion with the investigation into al
legged radical activities, including
bomb and anti-government plots.
1t also is said army intelligence
agents have in their possession a
list of several hundred alleged rad
icals. among whom number are
believed to be leaders in the radi-
cal movement. Military intellt-
gence authorities are said to have
obtained clues regarding radical
activities here even before Major
General Leonard Wood, command
er of the central army department,
declared military control after the
situation growing out of the steel
strike got beyond state officials.
Quiz POstOfice Bomber.
Several men. including Anton
Gorzki, who was said to be under
surveillance in connection with ex-
| plosion OF q bomb in the Chicago
postoffice in September. 1918, were
/ questioned yesterday and it was
stated Alexander Ivanoff. believed
! to be the maker of the 36 bombs
sent from New York to prominent
men throughout the country, was
/ being sought
! The situation in Gary itself is
believed to be under complete con-
troll of the federal soldiers here,
was evidenced by General Wood
granting permission~aRr the first
outdoor massmeetinE gday since
! he assumed command here. The
meeting was to be addressed by
John Fitzpatrick. chairman OF the
national strike committee; Edward
Nockels, secretary OF the Chicago
/ Federation of Labor, and John
Walker. former president of the
| Illinois Federation of Labor.
Denies CantOnment Plot.
OF the many reports that spread
| through the veil of secrecy thrown
about their activities by the mill
| tary and civil authorities, after
they inaugurated raids on alleged
"red" headquarters and meeting
places and surveillance of suspect
1 ed persons, one. that a widespread
plot against military cantonments
, had been discovered. was denied
officially by Colonel w. S. Mapes,
commanding troops here.
That drastic measures to combat
red" plots uncovered have been
planned was not denied, however.
Intelligence officers conducting the
! raids on places suspected in the
red" plots were interested in the
finding of a quantity of radical
propaganda printed in German and
large silk German flag.
Steel Men I'm DisavOWaL
Steel workers disavowed the
proclamation" issued by the Com
munist party of America" calling
upon the working men ito wrest
control from the federal troops
and establish a dictatorship"
The Indiana State Building
| Trades council also made a dis
avowal OF the radical activities in
| behalf of the strike and Edward
Mulholland, president Of the Gary
Screw and Bolt Workers union,
was expelled from the union be-
cause of alleged radical utter
ances. He also resigned from the
steel strike committee.