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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-26
I 200 p. X. X. SHOPMEN
VOTE TO JOIN WALkOUT

Philadelphia, June 26.-Despite the
labor board S announcement OF an carly
adjustment of the railway employees
grievances and that the decision would
be retroactive to May /. Pennsylvania
railroad shopmen In this city were report
ed early today TO have voted TO join the
walkout OF the yardmen. The company
employs about 200 men at It's local
shops and strike leaders announced that
virtually all of them attended the meet
ing and that the vote TO strike was nearly
unanimous.
The shopmen have no connection with
the railroad brotherhoods but are afiiliat-
ed with the American Federation of
Labor Officials of the company said that
although they did not believe any large
number would quit work, they neverthe-
less were preparing for such an eventuahty.
The local situation in the yardmen $
strike today renamed unchanged. Re-
ports from upstate points showed gains
for the strikers. The walkout has caused
number of industries To shut down
because of a coal shortage. Twenty
four crews of the Reading railway joined
the strike last night at Coatesville, caus-
ing a partial suspension at the MIdvale
and Lukens steel mills. At Shfnan-
doah all the Philadelphia and Reading
collieries were forced TO suspend for want
of coal cars Eight collieries are idle in
the Pottsville district. Freight traffic
in the yards st Reading was virtually at
q standstill
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-26
DEMOCRATS URGE
TENNESSEE TO ACT
National Committee Wires Gov
ernor Asking for Special Ses-
sion on Suffrage.
BY Associated Press to Every Evening

Auditorium, San Francisco, June 20
The Democratic National Committee
yesterday unanimously agreed to send o
telegram To the governor Of Tennessee
urging special session Of the Legislature
10 ratify the Federal suffrage amendment.
The committee met late Yesterday To
make up the temporary roll Of delegates
to consider contests and TO dispose Of
other business preliminary to the opening
OF the convention next Monday.
Homer s. Cummings. chairman of the
committee, presided. Probably the larg-
est number OF women TINT ever attended
a meeting Of the committee was present.
Among the early arrivals was Senator
James A. Reed, who claimed 4 seat in
the convention as a delegate from the
Fifth Missouri district. Representative.
of the two groups of delegates contest
ing for Georgia's % seats were also on
hand.
There ras vigorous applause when
Chairman Cummings suggested the send
ing OF telegram to Governor Roberts,
OF Tennessee, urging him to coll a spe-
cial seasion of the Legislature to ratify
the federal suffrage amendment The
suggestion was unanimously adopted.
Minutes on the death OF Roger Sulli-
van. Illinois; John r. McGraw, West
Virginia, and William J. Stone, Mis-
souri,, were adopted by rising vote.
The committee approved the cxecu-
tive committee report OF temporary of
ficers Of the convention, which recon-
mended that Homer G. Cummings be the
temporary chairman of the convention.
There was buzz through the commit
tee room when Francis NJ. Wilson,
United States district attorney for the
western district Of Missouri, presented
the certified action of the democracy Of
the Fifth Missouri district" in electinp
Senator james A. Reed delegate 10 the
convention He asked an opportunity n
present the facts 20 the committee and
was informed that he would be heard al
the proper time.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-26
PALMER ARRIVES TO TAKE
CHARGE OF CAMPAIGN

San Francisco. June 26.-Attorney-
General Palmer arrived here Yesterday,
took personal charge of his campaign for
the Presidency and at the same time
plunged into his duties as member of the
Democratic National Committee.
The latter task. he said he regarded
as a sufficient reason for his presence IN
the convention city. He added that he
considered questions of platform and
policy far more important than the
problem OF who should be the nominee
and asserted that the party must stand
for ''the ideals OF historic Americanism,
of constitutional democracy and of i'm
partial enforcement of Law"
Accompanied by two trainloads OF
Pennsylvanians, including the 16 Penn
sylvania delegates pledged TO his sup
port, the encouragement was met at
the Union ferry by crowd and a brass
band which serenaded him IS he greeted
his old-time Democratic friends and
smiled into the camera. He went 10 a
downtown hotel and Immediately began
conferences with leaders from many
States.
Mrs. Palmer. Vance c. Mccormick,
of Pennsylvania, s former national
chairman, and Roland &. Morris, am
bassador to Japan, were among those
aboard the Pennsylvania special which
gained FIVE hours on their schedule be-
tween Chicago and San Francisco and
arrived here four hours ahead OF time.
The encouragement declined TO make
anv statement about prohibition, the
League OF Nations or other disputed
platform issues.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-26
WOMEN MAKE KNOWN
Continued from page /

Also the women Are particularly inter-
ssted in the Democratic convention be-
cause 70 far tho Democrats have played
fair with them. They have gotten u
fifty-fifty deal on the committees and
steps have been taken To give the women
equal representation with the mon on the
national committees. In fact Chairman
Homer Cummings has announced that the
Democratic convention will wipe out all
sex lines and give each State one woman
and one man on the National Committee.
So tho three hundred women who nre
delegates TO the Democratic convention
are highly elatcd over their prospects,
but they are sitting with their fingers
crossed, nevertheless, because they are
going to ask the Democratic party TO
officially define wonens place IN q
political party-and that's about as
delicate a job as asking new husband if
he proposes to make good on all OF the
promises he made during courtship.
Yet on the answer, say the women
politicians, depends how that big, un-
certain feminine vote jumps in Novem-
bcr The Republican convention side
stepped this conundrum when il WAS put
up TO it in Chicago and tho Democratic
women are hoping that the Democratic
leaders will answer II in good American
husband style and say "Do just as you
please, my dcars; half we have is yours.
In addition the Democratic women will
ask TO have planks inserted IN the plat
form dealing with the educational, social
and child welfare legislation they ask for
adequate appropriation for the children's
bureau, the prohibition of child labor, the
protection of infant life through a Federal
program for maternity and infancy care; a
Federal Department Of Education; FEEDER
nj law for the removal OF illiteraey, and
increase in pay for teachers; instruction In
the duties and ideals of itizenship for the
youth of our land and the immigrants to
our land; the establishment Of a woman's 8
bureau in the Department of Labor, TO
pass on all matters affecting working
women; the appointment OF women IN the
mediation and Cancellation service OF the
United States; development of labor, and
on industrial and other commissions; re-
classification of the Federal Civil Service,
free from discrimination as TO sex, with 8
wage scale in no wise below the cost OF
living established by official investigation
a bureau of public health and morals 20
carry on an active campaign against pre-
ventable diseases and for public education
in our hygiene: independent citizenship for
married women.
These same planks were offered the
Chicago convention Some got in whole,
some as mere splnters The Democratic
women wait anxiously 20 see what the
platform carpenters will do with them
But they are ood wood and show what
major of offerings the women voters
bring thei country.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-26
CECIL COUNTY NOTES.

Special Correspondence Of Every Evening
Elkton. Md, June 26.-Rev. A b.
Hallock. for the past two years pastor at
West Nottingham Presbyterian Church.
has rendered his resignation, TO be ac-
cepted at once, having accepted call as
assistant pastor of the First Presbyterian
church of Baltimore.
Road Inspector Ralph Townsend, who
has had charge of the construction Of
the roads in Rising Sun section for several
months. has been transferred by the State
Road Commission to Queen Anne county.
Professor Marshall Thompson, Of North
east High school, has been placed in
charge during the summer months.
Mrs. Annie NJ. Richardson, of Cecil
county, has brought suit to recover on an
alleged breach of contract by /. NJ.
Rhoades, of East Nottingham, Pa, who
she alleges had agreed TO purchase her
farm for $4,000.
The Milk Producers Association Of
Cecil County viii hold a special meeting
in Rising Sun this afternoon to discuss
a subject that is interesting to the farmers
The Ninth District Farmers Club at its
meeting at the home of II. l.. Kirk, de
cided to hold their annual picnic this
year at Betterton at a date in August.
$tlDtlt bdkitAts, VI a tidE
accepted position as caretaker of the
West Nottingham Friends Meeting House
and removed his family to West Noting
ham.
Miss Marguerite J. Brown, graduate
nurse, who becameil while engaged at her
profession at Atlantic City, came TO the
home of her sister. Mrs William j
Nesbitt, where she died.
Marriage licenses were granted here
yesterday to George r.. Watkins and
Hilda M Smerback, Wilmington; Albert
w. Buckmaster, Wilmington, and Helen
NJ. Grey, Philadelphia; Ralph Moon and
Florence NJ. Bowser, Farnhurst, Del,
and Robert r. Graham and Susie A
Owens, Perryville, Md.
The newly organized band of North
east will hold three-night carnival
beginning on Thursday next.
The Chesapeake City Fire Co, will
stage weeks carnival in that town be-
ginning on Saturday next, the first of Its
kind to be held by the firemen of that
town A Ford automobile is one of the
prizes to be given away.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-26
PRESIDENT WILSON ASKS
ACTION BY NORTH CAROLINA

Washington, June 26.-President Viii
son has sent messages 10 Governor
Beckett and Senators Simmons and
OverInan, of North Carolina, suggesting
that he need not point out TO them the
critical importance" of the action Of
the North Carolina Legislature on the
Federal suffrage amendment when the
assembly meets IN special session next
month.
The message TO Governor Beckett fol-
lows.
II am sure need not point out 70 you
the critical importance Of the action Of
your great State in the matter Of suffrage
amendment"
The President previously had asked
Governor Roberts, Of Tennessee, TO call a
special session of the Tennessee Leeis-
lat,ire TO act on the amendment. The
Presidents message was sent after Act
ing Attorney-Gcneral Frierson had ruled
that the Supreme Cour. decision in the
Ohio referendum case had invalidated the
section Of the Tennessee Constitution
prohibiting the Legislature from passing
on an amendment if the members were
elected before the amendment wae sub
mitted TO the State.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-26
WANT PLATFORM TOl
LEAVE LIQUOR OUT
Wonan's Branch of Democratic
Committee Fayors Ignoring
Question.
BY Associated Press 70 EVER Evenlnr

P~~S7ett
San Francisco. Jtine Z9.--fhe women
members Of the executive committee Of
the Democratic National Committee de-
cided yesterday ~ recommend that no
reference be made tn the prohibition atges-
fion in the platform 10 be adopted by the
convention.
IT Was also agreed 10 recommend that
President Wilson's stand on the peace
treaty aud League of Nations be approved
The following planks submitted by the
labor committee of the Women's Bureau
Of the Democratic National Committee,
Mrs. Robert Bruce Bruere, New York
chairman, were adopted:
we affirm the right Of collective bar
gaining between employers and employees
through representatives Of their own
choosing We approve also the nationa ]
industrial councils established by employ
ers and employees within the various in
dustries, the findings of which shall have
the effect of ordinary collective agree
ments, but not Of judicial decisions subject
TO compulsory enforcement.
1--WE insist on the abolition of the labor
Of children under IA years, and that chiI !
dren between II and IS shall be permitted
10 work only after passing examinations
by local school and health suthorities
assuring proper standards Of health
and education.
1--WE affirm our belief in the principles
Of the Democratic platform u 1915 and
again urge the general adoption Of the
eight~hour day.
1--WE believe that wages should be put
on the basis Of service, not of sex, and
that minimum wages should be fixed
which viii insure % al wage esrners
proper standard Of health, comfort and
efficiency.
we urge that the Federal Trade Com
mission be given greater powers over the
basic food industries of life.
"We advocate the development of 4
national system Of employment Office
under control of Federal and State board
To meet the problems of seasonal require
nnents Of agriculture We urge the organ.
Izstion of a voluntary labor corps fol
harvesting with transportation Hibsidies
'We advocate the extension ard
development 81 the bureau 0f women ~
industry established by the Democrat.
party in the Department d Labor W
also urge the appointment 81 women ~
all government boards and tribunal
dealing with industry and labor
A resolution urging the establishment
Of department Of education with a sal
met officer at its head also was adopted
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-26
SHORT SKIRTS AND ECONOMY.
Government Agent Tells Retailers Fewer
Style Changes Would be Better.

Washington, June 26.--Conservation
Of cloth at the expense Of wornanly mod
e-ty will not be indorsed by the govern
ment, representatives Of the National
Garment Retailers Association were
told yesterday by Howard Figg, assistant
20 the Attorney-General IN charge Of the
campaign to reduce prices.
The retailers presented for Mr.. Figg 3
inspection three living models dressed IN
knee-length gowns designed as the ex-
trerne in uomen's wear for next fall. Mr..
Figg declined to Indicate what he con-
sidered a proper length for skirts, but
declared after viewing tho extreme styles
that skirts should at least come below
tho waist.
The retailers approved Mr.. Figgs sug
gestion that coming st. yles should be chang
ed IS little az possible so that women might
get the full wear out Of their clothes and
not feel compelled TO refill their ward
robes frequently because Of the differing
modes
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-26
FOR UNIFORM AND THEFT LAW.
Association Urges I0-year Term for Those
Convicted.

Washington, juno 8s.--A proposed
uniform antitheft law, aimed % protect
the 7 100000 automobile owners in this
country, was announced yesterday by the
American Automobile Association II
was prepared by conference committed
Of representatives of the leading organi-
zations Of the motorcar industry.
The proposed law which will be pre-
sented 10 State Legislatures declares pos
session Of an automobile with identifca-
tion marks removed 20 be unlawful
Upon transfer Of ownership Of car 10.
registration shall expire and State auto
mobile officials must be notified for new
registration cars 70 be issued.
When cars are stolen the State sutomo-
bile officials mus. be notified, and from
the State Office notification, with descrip-
tion Of stolen cars shall be sent 10 all other
State automobile Offices for record. May
inum Imprisonment. for automobile theft
is fixed at 10 years with maximum fine oi
5000.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-26
PLAN TO PLACE M'ADOO
IN NOMINATION EARLY

New York, June 26.-The World $
Correspondent at San Francisco, Louis
Seibold, says:
William Gibbs MeAdoos name lis
mentioned today for the Presidential
nomination oftener than any other. Pres
entplans call for his being placed in nomin-
alton ahead of anybody else.
Alabama, the first State on the list, is
expected TO respond right off the bat.
Alabama's 5 delegation is divided, but
McAdoo is supposed to have dozen
votes out of the twenty-four, the others
being divided among Cox, Davis and
Palmer.
There is to be no formal nominating
speech, but when Alabama is called
the Chairman viii announce that some
of the delegation wish to record them
selves in favor of McAdoo.
The McAdoo States will come along
in their turns, and the friends of the
candidate expect to muster about $50
votes. They refuse to say what they
expect after that.
This is complete reversal of the plan
that was intended this morning. Then it
was the idea that the best strategy would
be to keep any mention Of McAdoo out
of the convention until deadlock develop
ed, and then let him IN with rush.
There is no pretense that the McAdoo
movement has the eountenance Of the
candidate. Officially he stands as not want
ing the nomination. He asked several
of his friends in the convention to rise if
there Voc any mention of his name, and
tostate tha they had been given authority
to Withdraw it.
So far as can be ascertained none of
these friends would accept the commits
sion, and the statement is made that if
anybody makes. the announcement it
viii not be needed, and the $50 or more
if more come to the standard, will 90 right
on voting for him.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-26
NATIONAL. COMMITTEE
Continued from page !

Senator Glass of Virginia has been
generally accepted as slated for the post,
although there has been strong talk with
in the last day or two that Senator Walsh
of Montana might get the job. Glass
arrived two days ago, while Senator Walsh
came in yesterday.
The Montana Senator has the backing
of William j. Bryan. who also arrived
yesterday, armed and equipped, he in
timated for knock ck-down-and-drag-ou
fight against any attempt to slip wet or
even slightly moist plank into the plat
form. Senator Walsh has expressed OPP
position TO p. ohibition plank.
MIR. Bryan also is credited with ideas
of his own rs 10 the League OF Nations
plank, not in accord with the Virginia
State platform declaration approved by
President Wilson. Owing to these con-
siderations, the fight over the resolutions
committee chairmanship was generally
taken TO be struggle between admins
tration and Bryan forces for control,
BuRIEsoN AND "weT" PLANK.
Mr.. Burlesons coming revived interest
in his recent public castigation of certain
provisions OF the Volstead enforcement act
AS ''absurd." That statement gave wet
plank talk in platform discussion zest
il had not previously known. Even now,
when many forces appear to be combining
to suppress this issue completely and leave
the platform silent on the subject, there is
great interest in watching the course Mr..
Burleson will take and argument as to
the extent to which he should be viewed
as administration spokesman ON the
point.
Tom Taggart, former national COM
mtteeman from Indiana declared today
that the Indiana delegation would be
for Vice-Presdent Marshall on whatever
road MIR. Marshall elected for himself.
I'VE don't want TO boom Marshall
unless he wants to be nominated, Tag
gart said. IF he does want the nomina-
ton. we are for him.
Many planks dealing with Irish free
dom have been called to the attention of
the party leaders. At conference IN the
office of the American commission on irish
independence, however, an agreement was
reached by several Irish-American bodies
to stand together for a plank espousing
American recognition of the Irish re-
public.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-26
LABOR BOARD TO
DECIDE BY JULY 70
Chairman's Promise of Award by
That Date May Avert Fur
ther Trouble.
BY Associated Press to Every Evening

BY Associated Press to Every Evening
Chicago, June GA decision on the
demands of railroad employees for wage
increases will be made on or before
July 20 by the railway labor board, Judge
r. NJ. Barton, chairman, sald IN a state
ment late today. The award would be
retroactive TO May 1, the statement said.
According to w. G. Lee, president of
the Brotherhood of Railway Traininen
and spokesman for union leaders, who
gathered here today, the boards declara-
tion would end all danger Of general
railroad strike.
Mr.. Lee said that secret plans had been
made by disaffected union element TO
spread the strike throughout the country
because of the continued delay in announc-
ing he wage ruling.
"The men would have quit at midnight
tomorrow night" MIR. Lee said. ut
was impossible TO hold them longer.
Men of my organization have been wait
ing patiently for nearly year.
BOARD PROMISES ACTION.
The railway boards statement declared
that an agreement on method of work
ing out the wage problems had been
arrived at and that no time would be lost
in reaching a conclusion.
Lee and other representatives OF the
organized railroad brothcrhoods who
met here today TO discuss the railroad wage
situation said there was no doubt the
men could be satisfied with the praise
of DECISION to relieve their impatience.
WAS the decision the result Of warn
ing of probable strike brought by you
and your associates to the board?" Lee
WAS asked
You can draw your own conclusions
as 10 that Y he answered.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-26
L.R. STEEL STORE HERE.
To Retail Goods Selling al from Five
Cents 10 Ore Dollar.

Wilmington is to have one of the l. r..
steel Co. 5 scent TO 81 stores. NegotIa-
tious for the location of the store have
hecn completed between II. G. Land, rep
rescnting l.. r. Steel, president of the l.. r..
steel Co of Buffalo. and Harry lfvmss-
ton o. New York and II, t Graham of this
citv. who are the owners of the proper
ties located at 604-606 and 500 Market
street
The properties were formerly occupied
nv the Metropolitan Stores and are con-
sdered as an ideal location for the type
~ stores that the l.. r. Srtel Company is
iocat.ng in tho principal cities and towns
of the United states and Canada.
The l.. X. Steel : cent to 81 stores are
the latest development Of the chain store
and in addition 20 carrying all of the mer-
,handise sold BY the five and ten-cent
stores, viii make specialties OF merchandise
retsiling up 10 81.
The l.. r. Steel Service Corpora tion
Of New York. which is financing the l.. r..
steel Company stores, has branch
Office at No 90l Orange street, this city.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-26
DEATHS.

KNOTTs-Near Ebenezer Church. on June
2S 1920. ID Anna Knots. aged 6S years
Relatives and friends are invited TO attend
the funeral services at her late residence,
IN Monday morning June IS. at 10 O'Clock.
lnterment at smyrna. Del.
SWEENEY this city. on June "a. 1920.
Rachel lane. widow Of the late Bernard
sweeney aged IS years.
Relatives and friends invited 10 attend
the funeral from the residence Of her dalgh-
fer Mrs. Agnes }. Darrel 1926 Lanca ster
avenue on Monday morning at o'clock
Requiem mass at -. Pauls Church. Inter
ment at Cathedrai cemetery.
LNNAM-in Newark, Del, on June 25.
1920, Naomi n. Lyman. aged 20 years
Funeral services al the residence Of her
rrothrr-in-law Robert J. Morrison East
Main street. Newark. Del. on Monday
afternoon. June -. Al , O'Clock. Interment
private
RNA>-In this city. on June 25 1920.
George II. Ryan. aged AZ years
Funeral services az Chandiers, IOlI JEFF
ferson >trset, on Monday evening. June Is
at CLOCK. local time. lnterment al Har-
rington. Del. on arrival OF train leaving
Wilmington SIG Tuesday morning withou.
further notice
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-26
POMERENE WILL FIGHT
PLANS OF W. j. BRYAN

Los Angeles. June Ex-senator Atlee
Pomerene Of Ohio. delegate 10 the Demo-
cratic convention said here yesterday thst
he expected to devote much OF his energy
in San Francisco TO irving % prevent Nm.
J. Bryan from putting various plans into
effect.
These plans Pomerene declared, con-
sisted of planks ndorsing public owner
ship and the Plumb plan
Pomerene predicted the contest be-
tween himself and Bryan would begin IN
the resolutions committee and end on the
floor of the convention.