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New-York tribune., 1919-10-10
Wilson u p for
Part Of Day as
Cain Continues
Work Still Forbidden andHe
viii Be Consulted Only
il Matters of Greatest
Importance Should Arise
NoW York 2,1oune
JtJs|linUfOu R,t;.cC3t


WASHINGTON, Oct. Continued
but slight Improvement in the Presi-
dents condition was shown to-day in
bulletins issued by his physicians
Mr.. Wilson was able to sit up for a
part Of Che day and his appetite seemed
to be improved The morning bulletin
said:
while there is no material change ,
in the Presidents condition, the
slight Improvement noted Yesterday
continues"
The bulletin was signed by DR.. Gray
son and Or. Stitt This was the first
day that DR.. Rutfin, Mrs. Wilson'S ply
sicjan, who previously has seen the
President daily. was not present at
the morning consultation.
At 10 o'clock tonight second bull
lctin was issued, which merely read:
"The President has had another good
day"
To days favorable report, however.
is not to be taken as indicating that
rapid Improvement is expected in the
Presidents condition. his physicians
said. Mr.. Wilson will not be permit
ted to take up any of his official duties
for some time it was indicated, al
though should some matter of great i'm
portance demand his attention the doc
tors believe that he would be able tc
be consulted.
DR.. Dercum to Visit Him
Dl,. l.,
dclphia neurologist, will come to Wash
ington the end of this week or early
next week to again pass upon the
Presidents condition, it was said al
the White House. 1t was pointed ou'
that the necessity for DR. Dercum' s
constant attendance did not exist, al
though DR.. Grayson has been in dali!
telephone communication with tn,
Philadelphia specialist.
The President is said to chafe NOR,
ard more at the necessity for remain
ing in his bed chamber and for being
refused the privilege of taking a hant
in affairs of state. His requests fo
information of the progress of tn
peace treaty and the accomplishment
of the industrial conference have beer
briefly answered by DR.. Grayson, bu
no detail Of the Senate fight on tn,
treaty or the work confronting tn
conference on industrial condition
! has been given him.
The confidence entertained by DR.
(;rayson that the President vas on tn
road to recovery, as indicated to- da y
when he told newspaper mon that hi
bulletins would "soon be relcgated t.
the inside pagcs." He expected, ~
said, that fron! now Oh he viii be aoi
to report slight Improvement in tn
New-York tribune., 1919-10-10
King George wiz
Sign Treaty To-day

LONDON. Oct. 9.-The Kings copy
of the German peace treaty probably
Will be signed by King George to-
morrow and forwarded 10 Paris. If
was learned to-day by The Associ.ted
Press. 1t Is expected that the sieniuo
by the King will be followed by his
peace proclamation. This would com
plete Great Britain's ratification Of
the peace treaty.
The instrument to be signed by King
George is printed on vellum and
beautifully bound in leather. decorated
in gold. For the first time in Y,ng-
lands history wafer seals win be used
instead Of the ponderous hanging seals
attached to former treaties The docu-
ment will be tied with ribbons in the
colors OF the various royal orders,
such as the Order Of the Garter and
the Order of the Bath.
To bring the treaty into effect be-
tween Great Britain and France onlv
ratification by the French Senate. in
addition to signature by King George
and President Poincare. is required.
These steps are expected to be com
pleted this week. ltaly's ratification
by royal decree is understood in con-
ference circles to validate the pact
so far as other nations are concerned.
but awaits Endorsement by the Decem-
Der parliament to bind italy
New-York tribune., 1919-10-10
Bronx Robbers
Get 100000
ln One W eek
Jewelry Valued at $4,000
Taken From Home of Mrs.
Pauline Boetsger: Police
Unable to Find Clew

Burglars and hold-up men operating
IN Ihe Bronx have carried of loot
valued at more than 100000 in the last
week. according 10 unofficial figures. The
police have made arrests only in petty
cases and fear there is little hope Of
sowing two murder mysteries they are
Wor"ing on. Bandits. yeggs and burg
lars have invaded the exclusive Rivcr-
dale section, ana property owners con-
template organization Of a vigilance
committee for protection Of their
homes.
The latest burglary to be reported is
that in the home Of Mrs Pauline Boett-
ger, OH Fort independence Avenue near
lo4th Street, where $4,000 worth Of
lewe!ry was stolen. Thieves entered
TINS house October ! and escaped with
the valuaples. Since that time CAPTAIN
Harry Duane and his detectives have
jewels. Yesterday Captain Duane ap-
peared at the Office of District Attor-
ney Martin of Bronx County and asked
assistance
According to the police story the
boettger robbery was discovered by {,
maid while she was preparing for Che
return of Mrs. Bocttger rom Rotor
trip. The jewelry had been heYt H.
an old-fashioned strong box in the
house, which had been III the family
for generations. The box Wa Oh q
shelf III the closet of Mrs pocttger's
room
The maid was cleaning the room
wfcD she noticed The cover Of the boz
was open. Investieation proved ,ha-
II had been rifcd. Marks OF 4 i:nia,
showed or the box, but it is the ,neorl
OF the police that II vas opened witt
q key. Z key known 70 i'ave bceH Il
the house vhcn Mrs Boettgor left oi
her trip is missing.
Arter the police had been norihet
they communicated With Robert Boott
ger, san o. Mr.. Eoettrer. who lives
IN tonfcrs, and he communicated Wit
the owner.
The police did nos at.omot to com
municste WITH mrs. Roet,ger and a
lar as collc be ascerta,ned there Is n,
clue that nigh. lead to the Identity o
the thieves.
The police in asking Inc assistanc,
Of the county authorities estimated th'
value Of thc missing jewels and heir
looms Il. $50,cO0. Mrs Boettger eut
her eight servants were asked TO keeE
the robbery secret. as WAS District AT
torney Martin. Assistant; District AT
torney Cohen has been assigned to tn,
case and viii conduc: an invesfiga
Mrs. boettger is the widow OF Henr.
W. Boe,,ger, OF the silk finishing trn
of Boettgcr & Heintz. She is sixty Ugh
years old and has three sons Henr.
/ ". Boettger. OF the silk Fiaishin,
Company OF America: robert BoeftgeE
who has large interest in tne Sela
Company, and Theodore Boet' .r r
the United Piece Dyeing Comps ) .
New Jersey
New-York tribune., 1919-10-10
u. S. Troops Are
Fired ON at Cary

GARY. Ind. Oct. e.-A squad of
United States soldiers in an auto
mobile was fired upon from ambush
to-day in Gary.
The attack, believed to have been
made by a detachment Of raa.cals. was
launched during the dark .nours iost
preceding dawn. as Sergeant Naior
George Schrch. with tife other mc,a-
bers of the 59th Infantry. paao!led
the streets OF the south cd or The
steel town The shots won't wild
Sergeant Schrich. followed br has
men, leaped from the automobile ara
charged the clump OF bushes from be
hind which the attack was made. bu;
their nssailants had escaped
The soldiers. armed WITH rifles. re-
trained from opening fire, caring H.
jury OF persons not implicated ii the
attack.
The ambuscade is the FIRST overt act
that has been committed against either
regular soldiers o. Indiana militia
men since troops were sent 10 Cary.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-10
Maynard in Wyoming 236 Miles Ahead in Air Race;
Labor Group Injects Steel Strike Into Conferent
A. +. OF L. Condemns
Seeding N. Y. Pressmer
NeD York Tribune
W0sh,ngtOn Bureau


Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-Condem-
nation of the striking New York
printing pressmen's secession move
ment was voted here to-day by the
executive council of the American
Federation of Labor. upon presen-
tation of the case by the five inter-
national printing trades unions.
Support was pledged to the interna-
tional unions involved in New York,
and particularly to the pressmen's
union.
The executive <council,' says the
resolution. mot only regrets and
disapprovos, but condemns, the ac
tion of the Printing Pressmen's
Union No. 81 Of New York City and
Press Feeders Union No. 23 in New
York City for their disloyal attitude
toward their international unions, TO
the printing industry in it's entirety
and to the American trade union
movement"
The council appeals to the men on
strike to return. to their allegiance
in the international Printing Press
men and Assistants Union at once"
New-York tribune., 1919-10-10
Germans March on Riga.
HeIsingfors Repor! .-,ale-

LONDON. Oct. l0.--The Germans are
marching on Riga. according TO dis
patch to The Daily Malt from it,
lieaingtors, Finland. Corresponds nt
dated Thursday
New-York tribune., 1919-10-10

ro@tdmned nm pn0s fourteen
New-York tribune., 1919-10-10
w E A T H f r

Showers and warmer ta-das. To-
morrow cloudy. with lower tenn
perature; fresh south winds.
Full Report on Page 30
New-York tribune., 1919-10-10
Presidents condition, but that progress
will be slow
Hitchcock at White House

II am going to haze less and less
tor you newspaper men every DAY from
now on.' he said.
Senator Hitchcock. who is leading the
fight for ratification of the peace treat,
visited the White House to-day and
conferred for a time with Secretary
Tumulty He expressed the hope that
the President would soon be able to see
visitors.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-09
CHERRY NOTE FROM
PRESIDENT WILSON

President Wilson last week ca
bled Secretary Tumulty the follow
ing message:
The labor program which the
conference of peace has adopted as
part of the treaty of peace consti-
tutes one of the most important
achievements of the new day in
which the interests of labor are to
be Systematically and intelligently
safeguarded and promoted. Amidst
the multitude of other interests
this great step forward is apt to be
overlooked and yet no other single
thing that has been done will help
more to stabilize conditions (of)
labor throughout the world and I'LL
timately relieve the unhappy con-
ditions which in too many places
have prevailed. Personally, | re-
gard this as one of the most graft
flying achievements of the confer
ence."
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-09
SEN. KNOX FAVORS
THE REFERENDUM

Milton Bronner, correspondent,
last week sent the following tele-
gram to the Seattle Star:
WASHINGTON, May 5.-Phil-
ander c. Knox, senator from Penn
sylvania, a member of the foreign
affairs committee, former attorney
general and secretary of state, has
given me an important statement
regarding the plan that has been
brought forward for a referendum
vote Of all the people Of the United
States on ratification of the peace
treaty and the League Of Nations.
1t is important because Knox, one
of the chief Republican leaders,
mentioned as presidential timber,
made one of the weightiest of
Senate speeches against the original
league plan, and has brought up
some points not hitherto aired in
debate.
Knox thinks that a referendum
Is essential because the treaty of
peace will in a measure seek TO SUI
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-09
STEP-A-TIME PLAN
SUCCEEDS IN UNIONS

BALTIMORE, April 19.--In an
editorial on the trade union move
ment the Baltimore Sun prints a
good illustration of organized la
boris policy, which was contemp-
tuously referred to a few years ago
as a step-at-a-ti plan by so-called
revolutionists. The Sun says:
Forty or fifty years ago a chess
player by the name of Steinitz in
vented what is known as the mod
ern style of chess play. It's chief
characteristic was what he called
the accumulation of small advan-
tages.'
THE old chess masters staked
success on bold and reckless strokes
More often than not they came to
grief. Steinitz moved prudently
cautiously, gaining a small advan-
tage here and another there, and fl
nally winning out through the &C
emulation of these trifling advan-
tages. The Steinitz method has
driven out the old method among
the first-class players. 1t is the
style that wins.
1.-The Federation of Labor, in the
three decades during which Mr.,
Gompers has been it's leading fig
ure, has played the game of tabor
advancement in this away. 1t has
striven to get a reduction in the
hours of labor here, an increase OF
wages there, better working condi.
tions in this place or that. 1t has
resolutely put out of mind all
dreams of the achievement of the
millennium overnight and kept its
mind always on the next step in adj
vance"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-09

spend practically as much time In
the bowels of the earth under the
elght-hour workday as formerly
spent under a ten-hour workday
twenty-one years ago.
Every student Of industrial
events is willing to admit that mar
velous transformations have taken
place in all fields of endeavor dur
ing the last decade or so, and to
further meet the needs of our peo-
pie it was necessary for the United
Mine Workers of America to call
into conference eight men from
each one of the twenty-nine dis
tricts geographically enveloping
the whole American continent, in
Guiding Nova Scotia on the east and
the province of Alberta on the
northwest. At this meeting not
only remedial legislation was sug-
gested to take care of the present
needs of our membership, but to my
mind, an entirely new slogan was
coined for our organization. Frank
J. Hayes, President of the Miners
Union, must be given most of the
credit for the progressive program
that was adopted at this conference.
He, himself, declared for siX-hour
workday and five days per week,
the naturalization of mines and
the free and unrestricted right to
organize, together with the right to
maintain and function of our eco
nomic organization to collective
bargain with the representatives OF
the government, with fair and
equal representation at such confer
ences as will determine the wages
and conditions under which we must
work.
In order to keep pace with the
huge economic changes that are
taking place in our industry it be-
comes an evident fact that the
present system of negotiating wage
agreements has outlived its useful
ness. For years we have earnestly
striven to have all our agreements
terminate on the same day and date
so that our economic power would
be more uniformly modified at a
time when additional demands are
made upon the coal operators OF
the country. With the promulga-
ton of peace the contracts of all
the bituminous coal miners will eX-
pire on the same day and date. This
will bring about the objective to-
ward which we have been striving
ever since the inception of our
movement. A demand for a six
hour day will be made by the min
ers of the country Immediately fol-
lowing the signing of the armistice,
and the nation can look forward to
it's establishment before the end of
the present year.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-09
MORE TEACHERS
JOIN THE A. F. OF |.
IN LOUISIANA STATE

NEW ORLEANS, La, May p
Organization of the school teach
ers Of Louisiana into branches of
the American Federation of Labor
is spreading through the larger
towns, according to reports receiv-
ed from Shreveport, Alexandria,
Morgan City, Lake Charles and sew
eral other towns throughout the
State.
The movement was started by the
teachers of Orleans Parish, which is
co-lineal in its boundaries with the
City Of New Orleans, all the teach
ers in this Parish being under con-
troll of the New Orleans City School
Board. Salaries were and are very
low.
Those teachers who remained
we're forced to carry the work of
the majority OF the teachers who
had left, inasmuch as it was i'm
possible for the School Board to
get other teachers on short notice
and at the low salary offered
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-09
ACTIVE IN
STATE OF ILLINOIS

URBANA, Ill.,, May "A pro-
gram of activities making for the
betterment of teachers conditions,
and of workers in general, has been
completed, according to announce
ment by officials of the Federation
of Teachers of the University of IL
linois. 1t comprises the following
points:
/. Investigation by a commit
tee of ideas of various labor moves,
especially the American Federation
of Labor, in regard to educational
activities.
2. Appointment of a legislative
intelligence officer to watch edu-
cational bills in the State Legis-
lature.
g. Cooperation with local Off
Gals in the establishment of a CO.
operative store.
a. Appointment of a Federation
official in charge of printing pam
phlets and reports.
5. Investigation by a committee
into advantages of unionizing teach.
ers.
6. Appointment of a committee
to gather and publish statistics
showing comparative status of hant
laborers and teachers as regards
prospects and returns.
Z. Investigation of cost of train
ing and salaries of teachers in tn,
United States.
8. Obtaining lecturers in tn,
labor movement.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-09

persede the constitution. He thinks
the referendum feasible, but only
by means of an actua Constitutional
amendment.
SO one of the most prominent
stand-patters, opponents of the ref
erendum, has acknowledged that
the voice of the people is desirable
in important State matters. He
would not have to go far to see that
the referendum should be invoked
in other important matters, domes-
tic as well as international.
He thinks a Constitutional amend
ment necessary to make the refer
endum feasible. He and his group
of constitutional lawyers" Repub-
licans, Democrats, and adherents of
all other political parties, may yet
be brought to the conclusion that
the will Of the people in a democ-
racy, expressed at the polls, is the
only supreme law of the land.
Mr. Knox and other knockers,
Federalist, Whig, Democratic and
Republican, have, since the founda-
tion of the Republic, sought to curb
the will of the people, directly ex-
pressed by the referendum, and it is
gratifying that one of the most
prominent ra-conservatives and
reactionaries now admits that the
will of the majority should be the
only supreme law.
1t would be a pleasure to an
nounce that Senator Knox and
other members of his group had
adopted this motto: "Vox populi
suprema lex esto."
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-09
UNION LABOR GAIN IN
CANADA DURING YEAR

Statistics collected by the De-
part-ment of Labor in its quest for
reconstruction information, show a
marked increase during the past
year in the strength of union labor
in Canada, according to an official
announcement.
The labor census in 1917 showed
1912 local branches with a men,
bership of 204,630. Totals for
1918 are 2,274 branch unions with
a membership of 248,SS7.
1t was announced also that 2O1,-
432 members of Canadian locals are
affiliated with 1897 branches of in
ternational organizations.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-09

withhold the papers aid from the
Federation's activities.
The only thing the Union Record
did for either the political or in
dustrial program of labor during
the past year was to hamper it. The
editor Of the Record knows, if he
has taken the time to inform him
sef, that the Legislative Committee
of the State Federation accomplish
ed more for organized labor, under
more adverse circumstances, than
was accomplished in any other Sit
ting of the Legislature.
Then the Record switches and
says; Because the State Fedora
ton does not sometimes live up to
all that certain individuals think it
should, there is more or less of a
tendency to minimize its import
ance and to decry the sending of
delegates to the Convention. This
is wrong" And you know it's
wrong, but do you really think it's
wrong to suspect that you are one
of the certain individuals" men,
toned in the sentence just quoted
from your editorial, judging from
the groundless knocks of the Fed
Grafton in the beginning of your
shifty screed?
You switched to make an appeal
for votes and full representation in
the Convention of the Federation
you are decrying.
You say the Federation and Cen
trail Councils and the local unions
themselves are just what We make
them, and that if we fail of full
representation to take part in their
deliberations we may expect them
to fall far short of the perfection
| towards which we AIM" Quite
true. But you nor any other can
say that the State Federation Of
ficials have not done their whole
duty; but still, not many of us be-
lieve they will ever reach the per
lection" toward which you aim.
1t seems to many people that the
aim of the editor is to build up the
financial fortunes of the Union Rec
ord. In this he exhibits insuffer-
able egotism, intolerance and I'M
truth.
Just another word, to say the
Records attack on the Spokane
Central Labor Council was unfair
and full of falsehood, made without
asking the Spokane Council con-
corning the truth of statements
made by an organizer of the Sol
diers' and Sailors Council in an
interview with that individual.
None Of us have, or perhaps ever
will reach that degree of "perfec-
ton" which the Record hopes to
attain, though we, in our small
fields of endeavor, are trying to
do our bit" to forward the inter
ests of organized labor.
The State Federation, as also the
American Federation of Labor, is
doing constructive work for the
toilers of this State, and are not
trying to tear down the house they
have built to build another, per
haps not so good, of the same ma
terials.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-09
CHICAGO OFFICES
OF MOONEY PROTEST
(By Cassius B. Cook

81 agree with John Fitzpatrick
President Of the Chicago Federation
of Labor. 1t is not blind justice
that We want, but power to compel
square deal for Labor. That will
settle the Mooney case and every
other"
So says A. Johannson, recently
from California, who has charge of
the new Chicago Headquarters Of
fices for Mooney Defense-or. as he
prefers to call it, Mooney Protest. :"
organized Labor should not
merely be meekly defending itself,
but aggressively and persistently
affirming its principles, actively
protesting against any violation of
them, and organizing the practical
power to take the necessary steps to
compel complete recognition. This
is the proper attitude and the only
one that wins.
Excuses, begging justice, COM
promises-they never get anything
but what they deserye-the worst
of it, Such are the sentiments de-
clared by Johannson, we'll known as
a "war-horse" in the Organized La
Dor movement.
Mooney and Billings will soon
complete three years in prison for
crimes they never committed. They,
with Ed Nolan and Israel Weinberg
were all recognized Union Labor or
ganizers in San Francisco-thorns,
every one Of them, to the Chamber
of Commerce and Manufacturers
Association.
California has been the scene of
the greatest legal atrocity' of the
past 80 years. The Mooney case is
it. If this 'frame-up' against Or
ganized Labor can be worked there
with impunity, it will soon become
the practice in other States. Lynch
law now commonly prevails in GER.
tain sections, whether the crime
alleged is imaginary or real
"Frame-ups" with rope verdict
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for Labor will quickly prevail
whether actual crimes occur or" not.
Conspiracy to throw bombs
will be the alleged crime. Unless
Union Labor shows that it can de-
fend itself, that it's representatives
and organizers can not be buried
for life in desert prisons or hanged
frame-ups' will become as COM
mon as gratis in all American cit
les.
There is only one thing to be
done. A campaign of protest must
be developed. Pitiless publicity
with a purpose-yoicing the cutlery
of Labor and laundering its def
against such outrages by California
Chambers of Commerce and else
where must be sent broadcast
through the land.
"Then Action-Organized Action
is the only answer. The opening
of a Chicago Headquarters for the
Mooney case in the Federation
Building, is in line with activities
elsewhere. New York City, Phila-
delphia, Seattle and others have Of
flee headquarters. Hundreds more
have local Mooney Defense Commit
tees. Unions everywhere are dis
cussing this matter. Labor will
compel new trials or freedom for
Tom Mooney and Warren Billings.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-09

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