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'Sky Pilot' Lands atMineolaTWinning5,40ÖSlüeRace;Fall of Petrograd Is Reported in Paris and Loadon

Gov. Smith,In Challenge,Flays Hearst

Asks Publisher to MeetHim in Debate and to

Submit to Questions on

Public and Private Life

Wouldn't Pay PriceOf His Support

Editor "Most DangerousMan in America," Wom¬an in Audience Declares

After remaining silent for nearly sixmonths under the constant attacks ofWilliam Randolph Hearst and hisnewspapers, Governor Smith yesterdayturned on the editor-politician at a re¬

ception and luncheon of the Women'sDemocratic league of the State ofNew York at the "Hotel Astor. TheGovernor challenged Mr. Hearst tomeet him in public debate, each agree-ing to answer all questions touchingon their public and private lives.Every counter-biow aimed at Hearst

by the Governor was cheered by hisaudience of 2,000 women. Every men¬tion of Hearst's name and that of hispapers was hissed.When the Governor reminded his

'".arers that "a year ago at this timethe Hearst papers were being burned

:i public squares because the peoplehad in their minds that Hearst wasdot loyal to this country in its hourof need," the women rose and fairly1,-cUed."And we'll burn them again!" some-

Lody shouted."Most Dangerouj^Man in America"As the Governor finished a wore

picture of Hearst as the advocate ofthe Bolsheviki, Miss Isabel A. Ennis,president of the Brooklyn WomenTeachers' Association, who sat at a&ble adjoining the dais, cried out:'Hearst is the most dangerous man

:n America!""You're right!" and similar cries of

approval came from all purls of thehall."Hearst," said the Governor, "has

been loyal to nobody; not even to hisown."

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iThis" shot brought the audience to,

¡Is feat shouting approval, as did theSovernor's challenge to Hearst to1

¦- him in public debate."The Women's Democratic League of

täte of New York will hire Madi-jSquare Harden for any day or

i'.ght convenient to Mr. Hearst :'f hevill accept the challenge," said Mrs.hn Sherwin Crosby, president of the'g le, after the Governor sat down.

\-..á the tickets of admission will bepoi ¡oned evenly between the two>'h i-r'."i'Le Governor's challenge to Mr.-r-¦. came after he had finished hisfcpecch. /The women were 3till ap-

mding ¡<irn when he rose and waveda hand to stay them.

The Governor's ChallengeWhen he obtained silence he said:Then is just, one other thing i want to

sa/. I r.m not unmindful of the factthat my frank and open and honesta!k tó-day to you is bound to sub¬ject me to a further burning criticism.\ ait until I tell you, so that therev::l be no misundertanding about it.

I say now that at any time beforeelection, or at any time after election,i stand ready to meet Mr. Hearst inany oar: of this city or state, if ho iswilling to meet me. My friends willhire the hall, he will get half theticketp, he will get the assurance ofan absolutely fair, square deal.

"I have hecn in public life' now fornearly twenty years, elected publiclife. He can get up on the pTaiîîormand he can ask me any question hejke; about my public or my private;f<\ !'" he will let me do the same."The Governor declared that Hearst's

attack* on him followed his appoint¬ment of Robert L. Luce to the. Supreme

' onrt to succeed Clarence J. Shearn,h former chief counsel to Hearst, whoresigned. Political agents of Hearstasked thf Governor to name a Hearstman to the place, and the Governorrefused.

Refused to Pay the Price'The attacks by the Hearst papers

* ould never have been made on me,"aid the Governor, "if I had shown theroper degree of subserviency to the

i er of the paper- a subserviency*at carries a public man to the very

;''')nt of humiliation."Th* Governor paused aiter this ex¬

planation, which warf delivered in aiiow and steady voice, which penetrated..c- the farthest corner» of the room.Then he shouted:"out 1 reused to pay the price!"rhen followed what was more than

»pplauie. It was an uproar. Womenwere on their feet, some standing enthatr*. All were clapping their hands.Mi/iy were crying "bravo!" it la'-.ted'or nearly three minutes, then the'.avec tr resumed. »

At the table with the Governor were'(tiny of the Tammany candidates, in-lading Justice Luce, and bis runningante, Irwin Untermyer, and Mrs.L'iitermyer, to whom the reception andluncheon were given. Justice Luce isa bachelor.

Th« Milk ControversyTfce Governor began his attack on

Mearnt by referring to the first attackmade upon him by the Hearst papers,"'.hich charged him with being re¬sponsible for the high cost of milk,and for the acts of the department of''armv, und Market.*."Now, I w««t to get down to a little

oabject tMt I think I ought to say.«mothing to. yoa about hvm to-day/'»aid the Governor. "I didn't pay any

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War Charity Makes JMercier Poor Man

¿V. Y. Committee of Fiftyfo Raise Fund for Cardi¬nal Who Sacrificed AllSome of the sacrifices made by Ciir-

dinal Mercier in the interest of his de¬spoiled countrymen.those about whichhe was silent while here.are to^ berecognized in a substantial way by a

group of New York citizens.Not until 'after the Cardinal had left

the city did it become known that, inaddition to the physical hardships hehad endured in the war, he. had givenaway all his available resources anddrawn heavily upon his personal creditin order to relieve the suffering of theles3 fortunate.

It was his intention to return to hisown country without knowledge of thisfinancial problem of his own becomingpublic. He had intended, it was said,to meet hi» obligations without outsideassistance.The New Yorkers who learned of

this situation have banded themselvesinto a committee of fifty, which in¬cludes members of every religious or¬

ganization. It is their purpose toraise a testimonial fund as a practicalexpression of their regard for theheroic prelate. Among the executivemembers of the Committee are Arch¬bishop Hayes, head of the RomanCatholic Archdiocese of New York, andBishop' Charles S. Burch, head of theMetropolitan Protestant EpiscopalChurch Diocese.George L. Duval, a member of the

committee, explained it's objects:"In his heroic work Cardinal Mercier

has- exhausted his resources andpledged his credit to a vast extent. Heis returning to Belgium to confront a

continuance of the. desperate conditionsthere and a renewal of his struggledestitute of physical resources. TheCardinal is recognized and proclaimedby the spokesmen of our leading- uni¬versities, our great commercial organi¬zations and the bar associations, as ''¦.¦

personification of the moral force tri¬umphant. This of itself makes him thecreditor of the world at large, but inaddition to that he has stood as a bul-1wark against the forces of radicalism;and disorder and the spread of Bolshe-vism by allaying the discontent of hispeople." I

Molly Steimer,Red Agitator,

Is ArrestedCharged With Mailing "Arm

Yourself5 * Pamphlet to

JusticeWeek» andOthers;Held as Crime Inciter

Molly Steimer. twenty-year-oldleader in the local Red colony, wasarrested yesterday afternoon chargedwith mailing to Supreme Court JusticeBartow S. Weeks, Assistant DistrictAttorney Alexander I. Rorke and De¬tective Sergeant James Gegan, headof the Bomb Squad, copies of the an¬archist "Arm Yourself" circular, thedistribution of which last week causedthe police and Federal authorities tostart a still hunt for its authors.Miss Steimer was arrested at Canal

Street and the Bowery by DetectivesJerome Murphy and Louis Herman, ofthe Bomb Squad, on a warrant issuedby United States Commissioner Hitch¬cock, on complaint of Detective Ser-geant Gegan, alleging violation of Sec¬tion 211 of the United States criminalcode, which prohibits the mailing ofmatter tending to "incite to arson,murder or assassination."

Ethel Bernstein, now at liberty under$2,500 bail to await grand jury actionon a charge of criminal anarchy, andanother : ounir woman, unknown to thepolice, were with Molly when she wasarrested. They insisted on accompany-ing her to headquarters and remainedwith her while she was being booked.

Detective Walter McCoy saw MissSteimer tearing up two letters she hadtaken from her handbag. He rescuedthe pieces and pasted them together.They were written in a foreign lan-

t guage and were turned over to an in-terpreter.

Case in Court To-morrowMis.i Steimer was subjected to four

hours' questioning and locked up atClinton Street station. She will be ar¬raigned 'before Commissioner Hitch¬cock tb-morr6w.Following the appearance of the "Arm

Yourself" circulars last Monday policeguards were thrown about the homesof Justice Weeks, Mr. Rorke and De¬tective Sergeant Gegan and specialprecautions were taken to prevent anyoutbreak Ahat mifrht have* been plannedin Justin Weeks's courtroom, wherethe trial of Carl Piavio and GustAlonen, accused of criminal anarchy,has been in progress. Rorke has beenprosecuting the anarchy c»ses andGegan has been working on cases

against Reds.Miss Steimer technically left the

¡ custody of the police wnen GeganI finished grilling her. She was turnedover to' two deputy United Slates mar-

I »hala, who took her to the ClintonStreet station.

Refused to Rise for CourtMollie has been arrested before for

her radical activities. On October 23,1818, she was convicted with fourothers in the Federal Court hero forviolation of the espionage act, andsentenced to fifteen year» imprison-m':T>t. Her offence consisted of dis¬tributing literature urging men not tocnJiKt. She and her associates appealedto the United States Supreme Court.A week ago last Fridi.y. while at-

tending the trial of Piavio and Alonen,the refused to rise, when Justice Weeksentered the courtroom. He called herto the bench and informed her he did

i not intend to make a martyr of herby punishing her. Mollie smiled.She is a Russian, rather pretty and

noted for being self-possesKed at alli titas«. Üh* Uve« c¿ «"? Aveno* 0.

Three NamedTo End Pier IStrike Here!

Mayor Hylan, Paul Vacca-1reili and J. L. Hughes, of jPhiladelphia. Picked bythe Secretary of Labor

5,000 Who ReturnedQuit Work Again

Shipowners Decide toUse Non-Union Men andTroops to Break Tie-Up

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Troops Ordered HereTo Picket Harbor.-..'.

TVTEWPORT NEWS, Va., Oct. 18...^ A detachment of 500 men ofthe 12th United States Infantryembarked here to-night on the-transport George. Washington forNew York, taking with them a miin-ber of machine guns. It was saidhere they were to be used for picketduty on the piers in connection withthe longshoremen's strike. TheGeorge Washington will return toOld Point on time, to take aboardKing Albert of the Be'gians and hisparty on October 30 for the returntrip to Belgium.

Secretary of Labor William B. Wil¬son announced at Washington lastnight the appointment of Mayor Hylan,F. Paul A. Vaccarelli and James L.Hughes as a special conciliation com¬mission to attempt to settle the long- |shoremen's strike. Following the de-cisión of the largest longshoremen'slocal not to £0 back to work, the C.000men who had returned walked outagain yesterday, leaving harbor trafficin a jam worse than ever.Mr. Vaccarelli is a former vice-presi¬

dent of the International Longshore-men's Association and is now head ofthe Harbor Boatmen, who have justreturned to work under an agreementwith the railroad administration. Heis credited with having great influencewith a certain element of the long-short-men.Mr. Hughes is Immigration Commis-

sioner at Philadelphia. He was instru-mental in the settlement of the harborstrike last winter.

Nothing to Arbitrate.O'ConnerApprised of the action of Secretary

Wiison, T. V. O'Conner, 'president ofthe International Longshoremen's As¬sociation, said: "There is nothing tomediate or conciliate. There is onlyone issue here and that, is the issueof integrity. The question is, Why dothe longsuoremen persist in refusingto abide by the-' word, given the Na¬tional Adjustimw Commission? TheI. L. A. will not r*-pgnize Mr. Vacca-reli, no matter in what capacity h"comes."At the same time, and following close

on the heels of the threatened use oftroops by the Federal authorities tomove Shipping Board vessels in theharbor, the shipowners have openlydeclared war on the striKing long¬shoremen.Throwing aside their waiting policy,

they delivered an ultimatum to the pierworkers yesterday, giving them until to¬morrow to return to work. Failing inthis, they announce that ships will bemoved at all costs with union or non¬union men, and probably with the as-.-> stance or soidiers. Voainteer workerswill be invited, it was stated, and theirprotection assured by police and govern¬ment forces.The ultimatum of the owners fol¬

lowed a meeting of the standing com¬mittee of the Transatlantic Conferenceat 59 Pearl Street. At the close of themeeting Frederic Toppin, the chairman,who is vice-president of the Interna¬tional Mercantile Marine, gave out astatement indicating the course theshipping men who control th« 108 linesaffected by the strike intend to pursue."Whatever will be necessary," said

Mr. Toppin, "will be done to end thepresent intolerable situation. Our pol¬icy has been reversed. We will stillwelcome back the strikers if they v/atuto come, but whether they come ornot we are going to move the ships."He said further that the shipowners

would remain indexible on the wagequestion and will abide by the decisionof the National Adjustment Commis-sion, which the longshoremen have re-jected in violation of their agreement.He was hopeful that with the backingof the government ^authorities thestrike would be broken and th'j wageaward of the commission enforced.

Those Who Returned Quit AgainThe situation as tar as the strikers

are concerned has now reverted to theconditions of a week ago. When Lo-cul 791, the "key" body of the Inter¬national "Association, voted to stay out,those who had returned to jobs walkedout again yesterday morning. Thereare at presetat more than 250 vesselslying idle, 147 the property of theShipping Board.The tranapprt service at Hoboken,

declared Major E. Ormonde Power, incharge of labor supply, is being takencare of wholly by soldiers and sailors.'Any longshoremen willing to return,he said, will be given protection undwill bo fed and provided sleepingquarters If necessary. An effort isbeing made by Major General DavidC. Shanks, in charge of the Port ofEmbarkation, to havo the pay of sol-

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Surrender ofKronstadtIs Rumored

Yudenitch Captures Gat-china; Workmen Offerto Desert Bolshevikiand Join His Forces

Heavy Gains MadeOn Entire Front

Thousands of PrisonersTaken; Cavalry Said to|Have Occupied CapitalPARIS. Oct. 18..The following no¬

tice was posted at the Stock Exchangethis afternoon:

"Official: Petrograd has been taken."

LONDON, Oct. 18.--Further reportsfrom Scandinavian sources that Pet¬rograd had been entered by forces ofthe. Russian northwestern army weroreceived this afternoon. The "SkunskaDagbladet," of Stockholm, according toa message from the Swedish capital,reported that the cavalry of that armyhad reached Petrograd.The white flag was hoisted over the

Bolshevik fortress of Cronstadt Fri¬day night, according to a Helsingforadispatch quoting a Finnish GeneralStaff report.

Workmen Desert LenintGenerul Yudenitch has capturedKrasiiaia Solo and Gatchina, south of

Petrograd, where ho met workingmenfrom the city, who asked that thenorthwestern Russian army refrainfrom shelling Petrograd and pledgingif this promise was siven to join theanti-Bolsheviki, according to anotherHelsingfora dispatch received here.The capture of Gatchina, it was

stated at the War Office, has been con¬firmed from British sources. The Bol¬sheviki were driven from the townyesterday.The Esthonians, operating in the

coastal region along the Gulf of Fin¬land, the official advices state, arewithin a few miles of Krasnaia Gorkaand are facing the fortress of Cron¬stadt.

In the centre of the advancing lineofficiai information is that the anti-Bolshevik forces Thursday pushedforward to a point three, or four milesbelow Luga, eighty miles south ofPetrograd.

Fall of Cronstadt DoubtedThe reports of the surrender of the

fortress of Cronstadt are regarded inprivate military and naval circleshere as merely "intelligent, anticipa¬tion." The Admiralty informed TheAssociated Press this morning thatno reports had been received there re¬garding an Allied bombardment ofCronstadt. Since ;i British Admiralcommands the Alllud operations thereit was suggested that it would be ob¬vious that officia' notifications ofsuch an event would have been tor-warded to London.The view of military experts in Lon¬

don is that in the event of the fallof Petrograd the Bolsheviki in Cron¬stadt would'be virtually cut off andcompelled to surrender.The capture of Gatchina by the

anti-Bolshevik forces represents t^efurthest advance on Petrograd thisyear. When the movement was under¬taken last spring the advancing troopswere thrown back from in front ofthat place. The importance of itscapture is emphasized bv the state¬ment that Gatchina. has been con¬sidered the strongest position this siddof Petrograd.

Fierce Fighting on Orel FrontA wireless communiqué from Gen¬

eral Denikine's headquarters reportsvery fierce lighting with the Bolshe¬viki northwest and northeast of Orel,and also in the region of Mogilev, onthe Bessarabian frontier. A numberof minor successes are reported.A wireless message from Taganrog.

Russia, on the Sea of Azov, receivedfrom Helsingfors, announces that theDon Cossack troops captured 9,000Bolsheviki in the vicinity of Voronezh,recently occupied by General Denikineafter hard fighting. (A Bolshevikcounter offensive in this vicinity wasreported this week.)An account of the rapid success

gained by the army of General Den¬ikine over the Bolsheviki in CentralRussia is given in an official com¬muniqué issued from the War Officero-day. A Bolshevik offensive cam¬paign «on an extensive scale against.Tsaritsyh, on the Lower Volga, wasopened, it states, on October 11. Op¬erations were conducted on both sidesof the Volga and also to the westwardof the Volga as far as the Don River.

Counter Attack Routs RedsDuring two days, it is stated, the

Bolsheviki gained considerable ground.Then volunteers under GeneralsWaran gel and Ulaggai delivered a

sharp counterattack, recovering all theground wlrch had been lost and irï-flitting severe losses upon the Bol¬sheviki. Further to the west the Cob-sack forces crossed the Don on a widefrout und cleared the triangle ofground between Novo-Grig jrievskaya,fifty-five miles northwest of Tsaritsyn,and list Meijyieditsa, one hundredmiles northwest of Tsaritsyn, taking1,200 prisoners, with many guns.

Still further westward the Cossacksoccupied the line of the Khoper River,one of the northern tributaries of theDon, from its junction with the Don toTishaiiskaya, taking the towns of Kal-atoh'and Pavlovsk. which lie westwardof the Khoper, between that river and

¡ Voronezh. Prisoners to the number of2.150. including a complete field bat-talion, were taken, and another Redregiment whs destroyed. Large num¬bers of prisoners wero also taken at

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Prof. /. Drinkicater, the Hypnotist. Who Recently Closed a Successful Engage¬ment in thi, U, S. A.9 is Now Touring England

(Copyright. 1919, New York Tribuno Tnc.)

President HasHis Best Day;No Operation

Glandular Trouble Yieldingto Treatment: Royal Bel¬gian Party Not To BeGuests at White House

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President's ConditionAs Told by Bulletins

WASHINGTON. Oct. 18..Thefollowing bulletin on PresidentWilson's condition was issued at .10o'clock to-night:"The President had a comfortable

day. He has been taking abundantnourishment and is somewhatstronger. The improvement in theprostatic condition has been main¬tained very satisfactorily and nochange in the simple treatment em¬ployed is contemplated.

" "GRAYSON."DËRCUM."YOUNG.'FOWLER."RUFFIN. !"STITT."

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18..PresidentWilson passed the best day he hasknown since his present illness began.Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, hisphysician, said to-night. No operationwill be necessary to relieve Cue swell¬ing of the gland, which has compli¬cated the case,- and'-the President ismaking slow but satisfactory progresstoward recovery from his nervousexhaustion;

This was the conclusion reached bythe six attending physician? after aconsultation late to-day which lastedmore than an hour and a half. Theiroptimistic views were reflected in thenight bulletin.The decision that no operation was

necessary was made by Dr. !HughYoung, the Baltimore specialist, whileDr. F. X. Dercum, of Philadelphia, anoted neurologist, saw sign3 of im-provement in the President's nervouscondition. All of "the doctors wereagreed thsfc he was- making progresstoward recovery. 4

The bulletin issued at 11:20 a. m.read :"The President rested well last night.¡There is no material change,to "note in

his general condition. No new symp¬toms hove developed.

"GRAYSON."RUFFIN."STITT."

The programme of complete restfrom officiai cares prescribed by Dr.Grayrfon and his associates will con¬tinue to be enforced, it was stated.There is no intention of referring tothe President any matter not abso¬lutely requiring the exercise of hisofficial powere.

JDr. GrayHon Indicatael that he would

not favor referring any bill to thePresident for signature at present un-less it was one on which he depired toexercise his veto power. .Otherwisemeasures would be allowed to go uponthe statute bookfr at the expiration ofthe ten-day period provided by theConstitution.The prohibition enforcement bill is

now awaiting presidential action. Theimpression prevailed to-night that itwould be allowed to become effectivewithout Mr. Wilson's signature.

It was officially announced at the'White House to-day that thn royalBelgian party would not be entertainedof tue Executive Mansion, due to thePresident's illness. Secretary to thePresident Tumulty made this announce¬ment:

"It is much regretted that the ill¬ness of the President will make it im¬possible for the President and Mrs.Wilson to receive the King and Queenof the Belgians and the Duke yf Bra¬bant as their guests.

".During the visit of their majestiesand his royal highness in Washing-ton the Vice-Piosident and Mrs. Mar-shall will act in the place of thePresident and Mrs. Wilson as hosts fcrthe government of the United States."Their majesties and the prince, dur¬

ing their visit, will occupy the resi¬dence of the Third Assistant Secretaryof State, Breckin ridge Long."The royal party is scheduled to reach

Washington October 27, for a stay ofthree days. TV us far no definite pro¬gramme has b»!tn completed for theirentertainment, except that the Sen-ate has set asult October 28 as theday upon which King Albert will bereceived by Congress. A pilgrimageto Washington'.* shrine at Mount Ver-noh and to the Naval Academy at An¬napolis, however, are likely to be onthe programme

¡City Budget To Be Cut35 Million on One ItemAccording to unofficial information

from the Controller's office last nightthe Board of Estimate and Apportion¬ment, before Monday ni¿ht, at which

i time the budget must-be whipped intopractically "final" shape, will scaledown the.tentative budget of $316,000,-000 to about $28,000.000 by eliminatingthe greater part of the $42,000,000 in-creado accorded tentatively to th>Board of Education for new buildingsand aites.' It is understood that what¬ever excess is needsd by the Board ofEducation 'will be' given by the Boardof Estimate after the budget has beerrnially approved, .and that tax note-will h¿- issued to finance the appro-nriation. These notes would bo retiredby 1921 tax levy. The method i-counted on to suffice to keep the bud¬get.down to less than"52&u,000,000 foiI 1920. For 1919 it wn» $249,000,000.-.-

Guest» Are Own Servantsin Fight on Hotel StrikeGuests at the Great Northern Hote

arc assisting the management in fighting a strike of house employes thainvolves thirty-two of the 100 workersWhile men parade .before the en

trnnce of the hotel bearing placardannouncing their strike, guestfs are assiating at bed making, waiting o¡table and cooking. They agreed, according to one representative of thhouse, that the strike was unjust anwere assisting" Hn keeping the hoteoperating in spite of the striken»,

Labor ParleyAgrees to PactOn Bargaining

Tentative Plan 'Is FramedSubject to Action ofWhole Conference ; Re-port To Be Made To-night

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18..A tentativeagreement on collective bargainingwas reached by the general .committeeof the National Industrial bonferenceto-night, after an all-day :-ession.Committee members will consult withtheir respective groups to-morrow andfinal action on framing a report to the

¡ conference will be taken by the gen-eral committee to-morrow night.The committee agreement was readied¡by taking the declaration of the publicand labor groups as a basis and addingto the sentence recognizing the rightof wage earners to organize "in tradeand labor unions" the words "shopand other industrial "associations."The proposed compromise also sub-

stitutes for the sentence of the originaldeclaration recognizing the right of or¬ganized labor to be represented "brepresentatives of their own choosing"the words "by representatives chosenby a majority of their own members."The tentative declaration retained

the form of the original and was brok-en up into twelve different parts, each

j item stating a specific principie, in or¬der to be readily subject to amend-ment.The discussion in committee, which

totalled eight'hours, hinged almost en-tirely on the right of "outsiders" torepresent employes in negotiationswith employers.- It «vas a day» of lipsand downs, 'during which at timesagreement seemed in sight,, and attimes the breach widened and comprc-mise seemed impossible. The commi*.-tee recessed frequently .to allow thelabor and capital groups to caucus, andduring the day numerous drafts of adeclaration were submitted and re-jected. '

In a statement to-day C. S. Barrett,president of the Farmers National Co-operative Union and a member of theemployers grovp of the conference, de-

j ciared agriculture, generally would"support labor in its demand that theright to collective bargaining be rucog-nized by,the industrial conference."

"I am not willing," he said, "to with¬hold from any other group or associa¬tion of men that which I demand formyself or my own group. Organizedlabor has asked that the conferenceindorse its position on collective bar-gaining; that it make known to thecountry that labor .may, .if it chooaes,meet with heads of industry and ar-range bases for the adjustment ofwages, housing conditions and other

j matters which, affect employment,"This position, to my mind, i« per-

fectly correct, and I don't see how ÏI can oppose it without stultifyingmyself. The National Board of FarmOrganisations has officially indorsedthe Capper-Hersman bill. This billgives to the farmers the elfe? right to

I collectively dispose of thei^ produots."

Throng HerePays TributeTo Mavnard

Aviator Arrives at Start¬ing Point of Flight in10 Days, 1 Hrs. and 23Mins. After Departure

Describes ThrillsOf Record Trip

Lieut. J. B. Richter, WhoStarted East Same Day,Arrives 2 Hours Later

Lieutenant Belvin W. Maynard, the"flying parson," landed at. RooseveltField, Long Island, at 1:50:05 p. m.yesterday.

In a remarkable exhibition of pilot-in^ he side-slipped his famous DeHaviland-4 down to the landing fieldexactly ten days four hours and twen¬ty-five minutes from the moment holeft the same spot on a flight to SanFrancisco and back.Overcoming all obstacles and handi-

caps, the "sky pilot" defeated a fieldof sixty-three contestants, and was th»first to compleete the greatest aerialundertaking of history.At the conclusion of the gruelling

5,400-mile flight he appeared as freshas he did ten days before, when nekissed his wife goodby at the momentof starting.Two hours after Maynard had com-

pleted the double flight across thecontinent, Lieutenant J. H. Richter,¡also flying a DIM, landed at Mineóte.

i He left San Francisco the same dayMaynard left Mineóla, and was juitcompleting the first 2,700 miles of therace.

Officials of the American FlyingClub contest committee last night an¬nounced that as far as could be com¬puted at present Maynard's flying timeacross the continent was as follows:Westward, 25 hours 28 minutes and26 seconds. Eastward, "14 fiours, 4.»minutes and 8 seconds. To the lattermust be added 18 hours the time hewas down at Wah>,o, Neb., betweencontrols, with engine trouble.

At 1:45 p. m. 2.000 pi ^ons assembledon the field discerned a speck abovethe western horizon. The speck grewuntil the number "31" was visible uponits' side. Disdaining ai snow, May¬nard brought his 'plane straight tothe field, and when above the hangarsthrew it over into a strep bank,slipped several feet, straightened outand landed quicker than it tuk^s totell.

Thunderous Cheer for FlierA thunderous cheer aro«' as the

wheels of the machine touched th'-ground, and a moment later, as if byarrangement, the vast crowd openedup, and from the centre there walkeda small, paje-faced, blue-eyed woman,with two small children tugging at herskirts.

"I ju3t knew ho'd do it," she ex jclaimed happily in the rich drawling Iaccent of the South. .

It was the pilot-parson'sShe ran to the machine, the crow.;

making way for her. Ku*. fast as sh«»'went, she was beaten in the race ofcongratulations to Major Maurice Con-

| nelly, who was the first to grasp theflying preacher's hand,

Slowly, and a., i* with difticuTTy,Maynard clambered out of the cock-pit of his machine. Banged about himwas a battery of cameras --"moviu"and "still."

Embraces Wife and ChildrenUndaunted and unabashed, he grasped

the little woman who hsd been pray-ing for his success into his arms, andkissed her. Next he embraced each

j of his children with equal feeling,Then glancing around happily he gotthe first impression of the greetingthat had bee aged to commemoratehis victorious achievement.

He was greeted by the imperiousdemands of the photographers to>j"Kis^ her"fegain, .parson!" "Hold it!they demanded, and he complied.

In the meantime William E. Kline,the mechanic who has shared the pilot-

i nreacher's triumph, climbed stiffly outof the rear cocr.pit. In hip s^tr* heheld Trixie, Maynard's police dog. thatmade tire do; .lie flight across the coun¬

try with him.Some one in the crowd called out:

"How did Trixie enjoy the flight,parson?"

Trixie answered. "Bow-wow."A.s soon as the camera men had com¬

pleted their tasks Lieutenant Maynardwas' escorted to a special tent byColonel Arc..'« Miller, commander o:the Long Island flying fields. There afew' privileged persons were permittedto enter with newspaper men to hearMaynard tell the story of his flight.

Proud Moment for WifeHe \va¿> seated in the centre ol a

circle, with Kline on one side t.ud hiswife and children on the othtr. It.was a proud moment for Mrs. .'.tayi. irdand her eyes clearly expressed th«happiness and pride she felt.At the outset he went over fhe de-»

tails of the new transcontinental flightthat has been arranged for him by¡the United í rates Air Service in aspecially constructed machine."When will this flight commence?"

he was asked."I can't say yet," he replied, "that

depends-" He glanced at his wire,there was a slight shake of her head.| Then Maynard changed the subject.

This is the flight across the contl-nent that is to be made with only onestop. It will be from Mineóla to Dal-

I las, Tex., and thence to%an Diego, Cal.' On the return he will Q& from the lau