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9TH YEAR. tolcmt: ooNVMIIKK J«2

LEADERS ANNOUNCE STEEL STRIKE BEGINS MONDAYREPUBLICANS PLAN TO VOTE ON TREATY NEXT WEEKRESCUERS ESTIMATE HURRICANE DEAD LIST AT 500

iODIES ARE FOUNDALONG NEUCES BAYAMONG WRECKAGE

Many Business Blocks inCorpus Christi Arc

Totally Wrecked.

)AMAGE TO PROPERTYPLACED AT $20,000,000

-ivic Leaders Dcclarc Fully FourThousand People Are

Homeless.

ITIFS RESPOND TO APPEAL

belief Pour«. in Prom Many Quartersto Provide Succor lo Storm***

Vict im«.

A*ro« .ittfJ f*tr .*

jpORPfS <.*)<HISTI. TEXAS; .Sep. 5*.srowili in the list r« -

witing from the hurricane anil i d i!va vr- that swept Corj»lis *"hrlsti and''fr by points Sunday. caused th< be-iff r- lief worki ra tnd |<>< r'fhciais "ii ^h' t*st the tot.il deadVon Id appro v iiti i it ;.oo person:--.Much «.! th<? shore 1 in it of Corpushrinti and Nuec< : Kays has no' h.-.-nitnttraied by .sfarrhcr?, whiift onlyrrall proportion «f th- '.iTM'kaRc' :rihis city has been r> tnnvi>i| Tot>-, andnc v.oi)t;ri abtence of mary. por-'«nn r.oi h»ar»i from since the storm,van respons iMi >r the ris.ng <<-. -

naif of r Utilities.A thorough stirvev of the demol;?h-

* fetion« of tli> oitj today by an-NKSoriatcd Press correspondent show ¦

d block nf or block of the beach res,*I'ntia] section without a vestige ofbe former beautlf'il homr 'it.it lined'orpus Christi Bay trim Bav treet tohr. ciusewaj at the tip of N'orth Beach

Public I'lnnlH Arc Itulned.in the downtown district utter

lemoiltion of pome of ttir- oit> s muetni porta nt industrial .it»d public plantsnarked-.y^jx. area e\t,tiding for six¦.locks along th" waterfront and moreLhan a bio. k in width, while bevond,txtendlng l»a< k toward the blurt' sec-ton, fvorv egmntcrpjal establishment's"\rst floor w.<^ wrecked, and in someasrs the entire building renderediseless, o\er a rorrcBpotitling area twoalockn widrThe tremendous property damage is

t)ecoming daily more apparent andnromini'nt business men and other .">[.-«ervers d< -laired tonight Ja-ou'd be ,« conservative estimate ofthe monetary loss in Corpus (!hrlsti. ina hich. it was reliably stated not morehan 1350.000 insurance would be paid

Refuge** Seed « lathing,neoonstru'.-tion of the city is fm-

po-arily in the background. eiv:eleaders agree, hut the tferee or fourthousand persons homeless must he¦~ared for. and In most Oases must heprovided immediate); with wearing. nparet, as a major it> lost a'.! personale ff f- e1."To every jfSovenior in the I'nited

--tatfr? Sid * o fh. Mayors of manv largotries telegrams appealing fo>- a:d have

he«Mi sen: by -.he relief committee. andtoday responses poured ;ri from everynnarter. promising every assistance3nd in many cases forwarding money.Rehabilitation o' Corpus Christ!, ir "isbecomins in^reasiii* ly evident, restsiarpely upon outsid- sources for so#\nH'.y de.-1 ruct ive was the storm tolocal Interests that it is admitteed bvtlie city's foremost itizens that on it'sou n remaining resources tiie cltv couldnot reconstruct, at least for a num¬ber of years, considerable part of \hcbuildlnrs destroyed.

While ti^ie work o' rel ef. c.learincrof debris and the search for andi ur;al of :.s beinir pressed tn evervtra> possible. ;t ntav he weeks, per¬haps tnonth*» before in »ceiirat« re-capitulation of -he storm's to;i anbe i-ompllrd.

Tnntilr to Identify n«di<H».Bodte; now being found are in surlicondition as to make impossible iden-

t ricatioii fronl faeial features, atid Hienecessity for prompt interment resultsin dependency on such uncertaintiesas fragments of clothes or trinkets fo-e.-mp!erinz identification after burialThis accounts for the fact that of the'St bo <l:es alresd} reported hur'edonly eighty-two were identified andn som*. "f t ose cases full namesue-e not obtainable. It was declaredjf|jofTleia!l> toniKht a number of bodiesnot included 'i available tignres hadi%een buried late today across ''orptis"h n s 11 r.n near I'ortland. but con¬firmation of thrs will not be obtainableuntil tomorrow.: Bodies, almost entire-Iv those of Corpus Christi victims havebeen found in the following places andburied;Corpus Christ i. flftr-four: White

f'o nt, 1 CI: rjosila and Port land, eight v:Aden) and Simon, eleven: Tori Aransasfive: Aransas Tass. two, and Rockport.eight. The la«- three figures arc ondead in t.Hose towns alone.

KILLS WIFE AND DAUGHTERAND THEN ENDS HIS LIFE

Former Timekeeprr for (onneetieutIron Work* Slny* Wife 11 Itilc

nt Dinner Tnlilr.

( Rv I'nlI Sor^'ic^ >N'KW TiONDOX. ('OX.V.. Sept. IV

George A. Fish, thirty-five, a formeri inekeeper at the Cruton Iron Works,killed hl«; wife. Ktta. toda\ by firingthree shots at her while «be wafl atluncheon in the lunch room of the«'roton low n building, where she isemployed as a clerk in the ProbateCourt.

Fish then left the building, enteredhis automobile and drove to AiK homen N'owanlc. several miles from herervhere he shot and killed his five-year-n d daughter, lie went to his .garage,it is stated, and after making pre¬parations to hang himself, shot him-self (through t'hc head with a revolver.Fish and his wife had been living

apart for several months.

Itooror lo Offer Fuel T'lnn.\MSTF,nr>AM, Sept. 1 S. --Herbert

Hoover." says a Berlin dispatch latet.»dsy. "will shortly submit to the al¬lied economic council a plan for theinternationalization of the world's coalproduct ion."

Tloiind Trip Norfolk, *1.0.%Va. Bcach. J2.15. Sundays. N. & W..»Adv.

j School Children Cheeras President Arrives

Illy InniM'ln t«*<lnKKKKI.KV. IK..

I'rMlilrnl \\ llnon mid nn nndlmprof faculty nml nliKlontN of llir I iti .Tcmlly of < nlifornla, n.skrmlilril inthe (irrrk Th«i(rr on thr tinltrrftliyc-nmpun n» llrrkrloj, t«dn> lie hjulno objection In llir |»«-nrr Irmly l»r-inK delinled, lull nbjpcli'il In II l»o-Ine drhnlrd mo liinu, unil thoughtII nuchl to In- delm ted niorr fnlrlj.Some mm nnil neivwivaperK wrrf

nilnrrprriicnlliiK llir Irrnlj. hr nnlil,unci Inxlrail of ilixruMlnjc ll on ll*inrrlIn. wrrp picking out little flnnn,Snitio of I li«- pronto*! mi.*luko* in\itiorb-An lilnlorj- «rrr due lo jimtnili'h ai'linnii on Ihni, llir Pre*IUriitmill.The ITpslilf nl nnil Mr*. WIImoii

nrrl%rd In Onklunil Iroin Snn I'rnn-ol*on |hi.< nflrrnoon nn«l weri!cheered liy rrimdii of *ehool chil¬dren. tvHo lined the ulrrrl* fhrouvrhwhlrh they ilro\c.

LIBERTY OP PRESS THINGOP PAST, SAYS JOHNSON

California Senator Thus Urpjirs toAttacks >l»ilr on H i t7i by

Nebraska Newspapers.

QIOTKS VOTINCi INEQUALITYIn (iincoin Spccch Western States-man Derlaros Lcajruo Cotinrill''1n<iiims .May lie Niillifieii by Con-(rsiiuu Nations.

IMv I' TS.i S -rvirr 1t.l.S'i '< NUM.. Fi-JjI i / ."Rxcent

for a few nvw si>a[><¦ rs '.ha' heroicallyhi !') <*ut for t! '. unci' n' \mericatiriphts. i he ibert\ of the press is athins of th" pa."*..

' Senator HiramJohnkoii told the ''ommiTcial Club heretoday.The addrers was sriven just before

t.il.np it'.'- ir.i.n for St. Paul, whoretomorrow niortiitic he w ill present lit:arguments .icSi'i.-t utircacrvi <1 ratifica¬tion of the leauue of nations' covenantiiefot.- the jotrii houses of the Minne¬sota I.e p;sin t ure The Palifornian's la1-*speeches on t his tour in the wake oflii" l'ro;il> ni ins he made Saturdaynoon and night in Minneapolis and St.Paul.

In the I'ommercial Club address the, Senator answered a number of ques¬tions that hail been presented yesior-.la> by l.incolnitcs, who de.-ired spe¬cific information on ccrtain leaguepoints.

IJrnl With \ otlnc Inequality.P wan noteworthy that practicallyall of these qjerios dealt urli clement?-of the \otiiiR inequality held by Greatliritaln and the l.'n;ted States underthe league.He e villained a pa n tha* w thin the.

counci I of the Iracue unanimous actionwas required. Put. tie pointed out. anyquestion might |><> appealed by contest¬ing nations from the council to 'heassembly, and in 'he assembly only amajority decision is necessary. He a'soemphasized the possibility of theUnited States' "lone council vote" beingcompelled to agreement with the sixof Great Britain simply by the moral^for< e of overweighting numbers.

"In the Paris conference a unani¬mous vote wa- required." the Senatorpointed oul. "but what cnoil did thi."<lo us when, even though American rep¬resentatives protested, they eventuallywere compelled to acre*? to the Shan¬tung infamy?"

llepllo* in Pre** \linck*.His reference to the passim: of 'hefreedom of the press was in answer to

oca 1 newspapers thai have attackedhim"These papers find nothing wrong in

granting Great Britain six \otes to <>urone.' ht shouted. "Now. it appears,thanks to the poisonous governmentpropaganda for winch taxpayers' moneyis being spent, i* is a \irtue to be pro-Mritish. it is a \ ;rtue to he pro-Jap¬anese, pro.Wrench. pro-Italian. Bu*it becomes opprobrious to be pro-Amcriean."

ROHLFS SMASHES ALLALTITUDE RECORDS AT34,610 FEET HEIGHT

Pilot of Curtiss CompanyMakesClimb H ith WO Horsepower

Machine.

t l'.\ 1 ill % r r-a I Service 1noosKVKi/r i iku>. u i sept. iv.The world's altitude recori wasbroken litre Hi;.- afternoon, when Po¬land Kohlfs. test pilot for the I'urtissAirplane and Motor Company, climbedto a height of .".l.filft l>et in a Cur-ti.s triplane, with a 400-horse-powermotor.The official sealed barograph, placed

in liie machine h> August Post, secre¬tary of the Aero <"tib of America, wasopened and read by tlie. officiaIs <>f theAero i'lub. The reading showed thatKohlfs had bettered his unofficial llightof 34.40f» feet on last Saturday.An official altitude record of .10.100

feet was made i.v Kohlfs on July .TO.Kohlfs said that conditions today werejhsolutcl> perfect, and that it was notso eolcl as when he made his unofficialflight.The figure will stand at 31,.">00

feet, however, since Koosevclt Fieldis 10 feet above the sea level. Thefigure above sea level Is the one ac¬cepted for official purposes by the AeroClub of America, which is sendingthe barograph I" be certified by theGovernment Bureau of Standards inWashinalon before they will declaretile rvcord official.

ALL WIRES TO FiUME CUT:WARSHIPS BLOCKADE PORT

Venice Prefect Hemmed from Ofllee forl-'nlliiro In W'r.rn of

ll'Anniin/.lo'x Plot.I Mv Universal Service.l

KOMIO. Sent. 18 -Kiume is isolatedfrom the rest, of the worb' All tele-graph and telephone wires are cut. Ital¬ian warships ar> blockading the port.The censorship is in force again andmosf of the roundabout news fromKiume Is being suppressed.From Trieste " is reported thatGabriele iVAnnunzio has issued a proc¬lamation in which he s?.»'s he will make

a last "supreme effort."Peppino Garibaldi, gramlson of thefamous Italian patriot is reported to

he acting as a lieutenant-adjutant' toIV A n'nun/.io.The prefect o* Venice has been re¬

lieved '' his om - ' ' ....-- of hi" '-'iure to warn the Italian covernment ofD'Annunzio's plof, of which ho is saidlo havo -had. foreknowledge.

TREATY INSPIRED,m PRESIDENT

Wilson Attends Meeting of Busi¬ness Men in Oakland,

Cal.

JOHNSON'S STATE DOUBTFUL

Question Whether Chief Execu¬tive Convinced Pacific Coast

People.SAN" FP.ANCISt'O. Sept. 1 *

. Acccpt-.trur of the pc,i' . treaty as good bus i-n';:-* proposition w .»;. ur^"l by I * r o i -

dent Wilson today in an address to.-'an Francisco bu.ine-« menHe asserted :<. refuse membership

in ').¦< 1'j.uiii* <>: nation: would bo toisolate the Unit* d Stales ai d t'» buildup a distrust abrua'i which wou'o^ bfdetrimental nlik. e> t hi nations politi¬cal and comm. n .a: iiitet>sts.Making It:.- third and last speech inSan Kran>- fur th< peace maty.\Jr. w.iy.jli .-p'ke at'a luncheon Kivcnhv tli.- citv'.M commercial organizationsaiid ..fended by more than 1,500 men.who < ii' < i< d trie I'resident and Mrs.Wilson when they entered, and manytime- interrupted the address toapplaudWhat the world demanded, the Presi¬dent said, wa.^ not oniy p< ace. but asettled " which would give theopportunitv :r»i- the industrial rehabili¬tation <>f the Kastern Hemisphere.Should the I'nitcd states stand apartand d» cline to give aid in guarantee-ins s <ch a peace he asserted, therewould be a reaction directly cbtii-niental to American influence and in¬terests. To take piirt in the worldj-ettleriien" h«- declared, was the onlypractical decision if the United Stateswas to play her proper role in thefuture.

Men Mu««t I.ook Konrnrd."The tnf n who do not look forwardnow he added, "are of r.o furtherservice to the country."Mr Wilson also discussed at 'eng'.hthe arb.* ration and boycott prevision*of t he covenant, declaring that hadthere i>een anything approaching such

an arrangement in l!M I Oerinanynever would have begun the war. Thet boycott, he asserted, was "an exclusionI from civilized society," which no Kuro-pea n nation could endure for sixmonths.The boycott was an mtomatic stepshort of «,tr and that under thecovenant all actual questions of waror peace would he reserved for de¬cision by «.'oncress.The pre-.dent declared while theL'ni'e.l Sta-e.s formerly was lookedupon abroad as a seltish i ition thatopinion had been absolutely reversed.It now was a mere "privilege." he said,to lead the world "unless the cynicalcounsels of some of our acquaintancesprevai led."Detailing the co*t of t-'e war inmoney and t><ttle de:-»thc. Mr. Wilsonsaid all of this sacrifice was made he-cause the world never had had thecourage to set up such a system ofarbitration and discussion as theleague covenant proposed

llri iil-lon of Keclinc.The business men interpreted twoof the President's remarks to applyto Scnaioc Johnson, though lo di<l notmention the- California Senator's nameat an-, time here or in San Francisco.He told of the revulsion of feeling; inbiuropt- toward America soon after weentered the war. and he added.to theamusement of the men."At this moment, unless the cynicalcounsels of some of our acquaintancesshould prevail, they are expecting usto !< ad the world.Another time he cave his explana¬tion of why American troops were inSiberia. lie declared they were thereto prevent the seizure of supplies andfood by brigands, and >hat no one inthe world had any suspicion of ourmot i ves."There is no place in the worldwhere American ambitions are lookedupon with suspicion," he added.»»» >otc of llrllgloun H'mor.

The President struck a new note inreligious fervor when ne asserted that| : he peace treaty and league covenantwas a work of "Invine Providence."I do not believe that there is any¬body of men that can defeat this greatenterprise." he said, "it ihe enter¬prise of Hivine mercy, peace andgood w ill."Hecause of the character of hisaudience the President h;id stress onhis argument that business will sufferunless the treat'* should be imme¬diately ratified. lie said the wholeworld was at the present time "underthe partial paralysis that is charac¬teristic of a panic." He declared thatbusiness men were fearful to investbecause they did not know whether

or not it would he safe. an>| he assert¬ed that "we cannot arrange a singleelement of our business until wehave ptace and until we know whetherwe are to deal with a friendly or un-friendlv world."lie repeated a portion of his addressa! Tncoma. wherein he recited thestatistics of the war and wound upwith this statement:"Seven and one-half million mendead. because w e could not have arbi¬tration and discussion."

TWELVE STATES REPORTPRICE DECLINE IS BEGUN

Food Flsnirci Mrrady Mnrkeri DovtiiFrom in to . I'er Cent Uoniri.il Claim.

ipv v<"iOel»tcd IWASH 1 N't iTO.V. Sept. IS. . Reportsto the department of .Justice fromtvyelvc States indicate there has beena decline of 10 to 15 per cent in 'foodprices since the time the fair-pricei committees began their work.From four States have come reportsion wholesale prices indicating a de¬cline of 'J in 5 per cent.Virtually no reductions in clothingi>riees have been noted The reports

on retail food prieVs were said to havebeen from cities and counties well dis¬tributed throughout the country, andthe information is believed hv officialshere to he a fair indication of what isgoing on everywhere.They think that results now becom¬

ing evident will be cumulative as theseason advances, new declines inwholesale prices being reflected in re¬tail prices and additional reductionscoming Crom the camnaign againsthoarding and profiteering.

ICnt'or Sent After Schooner.MOnil.R Al'v Sent. IS,- The eon">tguard cutter Tuscyloa. at Key West.I has been ordered to proceed to Rebec¬ca Shoals and tow the abandonedschooner Coppcrfield to the nearestport.

SENATOR JOHNSON:

CALLED 10 SENATEPrepare to Open Debate on

Voting Power AmendmentMonday.

PACT IS A HUGE DOCUMENT

Makes Book Fully as Large asNew York Telephone

Directory.f P.v prr;.* '

W AS i (I Nij'p-'N. Sr pi I* --Hepubi;-ean leader.. made ready today for thetirs* voiin: test 11 ^ \ t wrck 'in th«'Icrnun Ptreaty .»n «i its i> ;i--ticof !i;t! oti;~° . nvcnuni.Word \\ * ;¦- sent. to Senitor .1oh nsoil,of « 'al i forn: ¦>, author of an ynien*l-

n-rn: to equalize th»* v otitis power of?Jreat I'.ritun and the Cnlted States.n the league, :t n «1 tirst tip for consid¬eration. to return h«'tat once so thatdebate on tiio atrtnd metit mi-ht pro- 'cr. r| .Monday. *v jth the hope of adop'-ins or r«Jcc*ing jt i>\ tn tii of thewpek.

Until thi.- ni(v?a;f to the i \iHfor1: iaSenator was sent l>>¦ Senator Korah. ofIdaho, after a conference late in theday with I'halrman l.od;;e. of the l-'or-'.Itiri delations «.'ommi;ti t ie reporthad po'-pist around the <'tp.to] t hi .

Senator Johnson micht he absent sev-eral «ro|;s. Senator Lodge declaredthere would he no vote on amendment*this week, and opponents of the leasuewere prepared to resist attempt-, toforte one by Senator Hitchcock. of Nc-brajka. leader ot the administra' son',fight for rat iticat ion.

To <nll I p 'l'rrnty Todlt.v,The treaty will lie called up for ton-sideration tomorrow, after a two-dayinterruption, for continuous consldera-tion. Actual reading of the pact v hi. hHopped short Tuesday, aft- r ArticleIII. of the league covenant had beenreached, ts considerably more of a jobthan i lie man not familiar with sena¬torial discussion of international «iue?-tions might imagine. Thi> printed te\tmakes a book almost as bier and quiteas heavy us a New York t'ity telephonedirector}'. Kvery line of it must beread, with endless debate on some see-lion's, running perhaps into wppUf.Its size, to say nothing of the Im¬portance of the document, explains whySenators generally decline to predicthow long it may be before finally votedon.To nr Tnken I p Onilr.'t ic the intention of <.'hairmanI.odse. in charge of the treatv. to callit up every day not later than '2 o'clock.An amendment by Senator .Moses. Re¬publican. of New Hampshire, relatingto adjudication ot disptites referred tothe assembly will be reached tomor¬row after a ten-minute rcadine o7" theleague covenant text. Opponents of thecovenant said tonight the readingwould be halted at that point for quitea bit Of discussion, but that they wouldprevent a vote on it this week.Discussing hi.-- telegram to Senator.Johnson, urging the California Sena-;tor's immediate presence here, SenatorKorah said debate on the Hrit ish-Amer-ican voting amendment might co on fora week, with the liopt- of a vote at theend of that time. Senator Johnson, hesaid, could then resume his speech-making trip against the league.

BULGARIAN COVENANTFOLLOWS SAME LINESAS AUSTRIAN TREATY

SummaryofDocument Is Cable.!lo American Mission

a I Paris...

fR'' Associated Prov 1W ASMI.ViTO.V, Sept IS..Summaryof the Kulsariiu treaty of pea cr. ciblclto the State Pepartment by the Amer¬ican .mission .it Paris, shows the pa . I, to follow the same general pi in asthe Austrian treaty. "Many ulnusCHji.ro identical with the Austrian treaty,"says the summary, xcept for tile sul>-st itution of names, such as the lca-ncof nation.^ labor, at rial H i vie.ttion.penalties, prisoners of wa and ur.ni s..Uegatdinir the change in the I'.ul-gari.tn frontiers, the important changesare to the south, where P.ulgaria cedesWestern Thrace to the principal al¬lied and associate I powers, and agreesto ac.-ept whatever disposition of this,territory the powers ultimately decide,but it is stipulated that in any eventRul'^ari n's western frontiers shall be'modified slightly in four places toSerbia's advantage.

"The I tulga: ians'are required to reogn y.e the independence of the Serb.'< 'roat and Slovene state an I provisionsare made to change the nationality oflhe inhabitants of the territory form¬erly Unitarian and transf- /red to otherstates. Provisions are made for pro-tcction of the minorities of race, ian-guage. nationalitv and religion. Willi-;in three months the Bulgarian- arerequired to demobili/.e the army andstibstmite volunteer enlistments. TheHulii.iriau army is reduced to ^0,000men.

POLES DRIVE BOLSHEVISTSTO NORTH BANK OF DVINA

Score UMl-Mile Advnncr While In SouthItn.Hhin Soviet* <>nlii

Against Petturn.

Itv Associated Press I ILONbON. Sept. IS. The Polish

fmces in Itussia have driven tile Rnl-shevists to the northern bank of thelivina Hiver as far as Ilisnii. and haveoccupied Korothenehtop.On tlie I'ljr.'i inian front the Rol-

shevists have forcetl (.ieneral I'etluraout of lladomysl, but. apparently, arcnot attempting yet to recapture Kievitself.Thi? represents an advance north-

ward by the Poles of approximately100 miles from the town of Itorisoff," onthe east bank of the Herewina Kiver.lifty miles northeast of Minsk, re-ported on September Ifi.

I EX-KAISER'S CASE READYAttomey-ticnernl Sir linrtlnn llevvnrt

Complete* I'lipcr* for Prosecu¬tion of Cormrr lOmperor.

Illy Afsoeinted Press.1I,ON 1 K)N, Sept. I«.---The attorney-

general, Sir tiordon Hewart. has coin*pletcd the case, for the prosecution ofthe former German Kmperor. accordingto the Mirror, The palco for the trialliae not yet been uotUcd.

Developments in the Steel SituationWhere Men Threaten to Strike Monday

iltr I itivrmnl Service.»PITT> III |K,||..MriKr ruin millrr

In session nil dny. I irculars print-<.«! in orirn Innciiacrt sent out,I'atlliiR upon workers lo strikeM«ii(In ». Humor circulated that-niiitiel taoiiipcr* lias asked lenderslo Jolrr strike mull after \\ nsh-Incton lalinr cnntrrfnrp. ..Mother".lunm prepare* for spcnkliier lourthrough I'mniiyhaiiln valley. Ilr-eniiterri clnim 7.1 per rrnl of menin district nrc union member*. \ lui-Innce commit Irrs organized hy citi¬zens in McKrr*|iorl mill other ulrrltow n.s.

t llll At.O.. >1111 owner* and unionlenders marshaling; force* forl Ii realeneil walkout of I.'IUMMI »|pp|workers In Cliirnso district forMonday. Many union men reportedvoting acalnnt wnlkout. Komi, cot*nnd ammunition tnken into plant*in prepnrntion tor long slccc.

^ Ot MiSTOM \..Steel mill rl-

eeiitlve.* coiilldent strike net forMnndoy will not cripple plants.

I nion lender* n**ert work* will liecompletely pnrn I> /.ed.

. Dl.AM).. l.nlior leader* pre¬dict i.'i.iMKi men in district sv ill< I ii i t work Mmidn< nnd lluil nil steelplnnt* will lie tied up. Mill* pre¬paring for lone 11k lit, Iml refuse lodiscus* prospect.

lllltM I Nt.U \ >1..t>mcinl* of steelworkers' union say nil plnn* n remade for walkout on Mcimlnv, un¬less union is rrnisii i/.eil. Steelcorporation mill* apparently not¦iinklnc nn y preparnllon* to meetn strike.

V\ \ s || | \ i, *|' «) .t.nmper* an¬nounce* lie i* not coins to I'ltts-liuruh. Ileclines lo discus.* situa¬tion at present.

\ f.W VOIIK...Itidce t.arr andother ofllciats of steel corporationnppnreutl.v confident that the threat¬ened strike will fail, l»ut no state¬ment.* were issued today.

SOOTH'S GRAIN CROPS FIBHBOIIE LUST YE1TCTIL

Kxceed 1018 Alienate by :l-«>Million Bushels. 30 Per Cent

nf Country's Total.

in;sT or nation shows dkci-ixk

('urn, Wheat. Oat anil Cotton Crop «.fAmerica l-istiinatiMl Worth Ten

. llillion Dollars, Nearly Twice11HU-KI A voraRe.

[Special t<> The Times-Dispatch. 1I'.ALTl.MUUl1:. ML'., Sept. *1S..The io¬

ta'. grain rrop of the Southern Statesfor the pro put \ enr. according to sta¬tist. cs compiled by the Manufacturer.-'Record. will show a gain of aboutooij.ooo bushels over the crops of lastyear, while in the rr?t ot the countrythere will be a decline bastd on theSeptember estimates, </f about 111",-UOO.OOO bushels.The South rhen has. by it..- enormous

increase iti its grain crops, saved thenation froin a disastrous!?. siiurt crop.Tile total grain crops of the South

this year will aggregate. about Uto.uOo.-'.'00 bushel?, white the rest of the chiii-tr\ will have an output of -3.M1I .OQO.OOObushel In other words, the South thisv. ar will produce more than 30 percent of the entire grain >rop of theUnited State?.The value of the South's crain rop?

this year, based on September 1 price?,would amount to nearly flJ.OOO.OM.Oildor an increase of ?0U.*».0n0.000 over the\aluc of the srain crops of the Southof 1!MS.The \ai«e of the corn, wheat and

oat crops of t lie South this year williicsrociito, based on September 1 tin-ur<.-s of prices on the farm, about Jt.*7 7.".000.000. The three crops, com.wheat and oats, alone will ^Ne^-d l'Vprobablv C'fO.'iOO.OOO to $ < .->0.000.000the total value «>f the Souths cottoncrop.There ie a sain in the South thi?

year in the wheat crop of t«.00«.00»bushels, while ill the rest of the coun¬

try wheat showed a decrease ot over4ii.OOO,0QO bushe-ls.The corn crop of the South w;l! snow

a sain over 1!»1« of about 17!*.000.o00hushes?. while the increase in the restof the country is only about !».>.000.000

'"'fhe oat crop of the South shows an

increase of 57.000.000 bushels, while in

the rest of the cviintry there wis a

start!.nir decrease of 1:70.000.000 bush-e v in oat production.The c-timated value of the four lead¬

ing crops, corn, wheat, oat? an 1 cotton,for the entire country, based on_ !-ep-iember 1 price? will be about *10.000»n"iion. Which is $1..".0(1,000 ooo morethan the average annual va lie of all,-rops between 101C and 1!>IJ>.GERMANY LAYS FOUNDATIONFOR NEW MERCHANT FLEET

I'lnn* to Indemnify l.nrpe < ompniiir*Which l.ost Ships Murine

W n r.

< Rv I'nn Servi. ' »

UEUTjIN Sep'. 1.The Merman!covernment is laving the foundation,for a new CJcrman merchant marine.

li was announced Today 1'iat ;u order(o c vr the ("Jertn.in steamship line-'«uch .< t lie Hamburg Amerian ami.North I'.erman ldoyd Companies, thegreater part of whose flee's was givenup or seized during and after ilie war:i new start, the government has de¬cided to begin the distribution of anindemnification grant .estimated atmore than 2a0.000.noo marks < *t"."J.?;«">o.-nooi. This will include indemnifica¬tion for the ships and property ofHerman >teamship lilies seized in NewVork and elsewhere.Though this foreshadows the rebirth

of the Herman merchant navy, itsdevelopment will be slow, restricted byhigh wages- and lack of raw materialsas well as shortase of shipyards, forithe latter will be occupied with build-ins- tioo.onn ton- of shipping annuallyfor 1 he allies to replace vessels sunkb\ U-boats iu the war.

GRIND UP VETERAN STEEDS\en tnrk llcnr* \nclenl nml Deserepit

Iforsc* \ re Turned IntoS iiimage.

inv t'niversal Service.1MIW VOI1K. Sept. IS New Yorkers!

have become accustomed to merry jestsabout docs and sausages, but a changewas rung on the familiar quip todaywhen I»r. Kingston, of (he State depart¬ment of agriculture, testified at thefarm and market inquiry that old anddescrepit bor.es have Ircen disposed ofthrough the medium of a Brooklyn;sausage foundry.

DAWES WILL NOT SERVE .

Advises President Wilson He innnolAttend Indiistrlnl Conference in

Wnililnclnn October tl.I Bv Associated Tress. I

CI I ICAtlO. Sept. IS.. Brigadier-flen-eral Charles M. Dawes. of the CentralTrust Company, who was among thetwenty mm selected by President \Vi5<-son to represent the public at the in-ilustrial coit'»retire to meet in Wash¬ington October fi. today ail vised thePresident that it would be itnpostlblofor him to serve.

GEN. PERSHING INSISTEDON ONE-MAN COMMAND

Wins Support of Franco to Plan andDefeats Opposition of British

Loaders.

KNI> OF Tin: WAR COUNCIL

Resources of American Anny IMcdK'-Mlto Marshall Forh With I'mlcr-staiulinK That It Was to Fightas Integral Units.

nv Pnivrrsal Service.1WASHINGTON', Sept. IS..A supreme

one-man command in the world warwas I he. iilea of General Per.^liinp. Itwas opposed liy the British, but withthe help of Krai nee he won <>ut.

A meat many controversies 5rowinsout of America's participation in thewar have lieeu cleared up since theheadquarters of the American expedi¬tionary forces was established onAmerican soil. This was otio of them.President Wilson. Premier Cleiiicncoauand other -allied leaders have beengiven credit for the plan, but accordingto a staff officer very clo.-e to GeneralPershing the honor yoi-s to him.According: to the story of this officer

told today, one of the "rst things (Sen-oral Pershing did upon his arrival inKurope was to advance the theory of11 supreme generalissimo.

"t lentlemen," he is quoted as tellinga conference of allied militiry leaders,"an intern itional war council neveryet has won a war There must hea supreme head."

France, it is said, had been secretlynursing the idea for some, time andreadily accepted the plain. Kngoon the other h ind, fearing that a Brit¬ish ofllcer would not ec selected forthe supreme command fought to theend for the retention of the. war coun¬cil. but, with the pressure levied byKralice, lieneral Pershing' carried hispoint. Another fact revealed today wasthat while (ienerail Pershing offeredthe whole resources of the Americanarmy to Marshal l-'o'-h he did so withthe understanding that it was to tightits Integral units under their own com¬manders and were to be used in specificbattles only.This decision of the American com¬mander. it is declared, caused furtherfriction between the British and Amer¬ican forces, and when General IVrshinsaccordingly begin the withdrawal ofAmerican troops from British brigadesthere was open complaint from theBritish. In doing this it was GeneralPershing's plan to consolidate the

1 American forces under his own com¬ma nd.

, FIVE MASKED MEN GAGEXPRESS CLERKS ANDSTEAL SUM OF $75,000

~ -

Stolen Money H as Pay for Sol¬diers Being Shipped lo

Halifax.1 j!\ Associated I'rr-; 1

QUI2BKC. CANADA. Sept. IS. Kivemasked men bound and gavgged themail clerks i»u tiie Ocean Limited Lx-press, of tiie I'.uiadinn National Bail-wax n e;».r Harl.tka -arly today androbbed the mail >ar of ?7.">,00'i in paperand silver The money was hoii^gshipped from Montreal to Halifax.Short 1 \ .after midnight when '.liet r.i n left II irk'.k.i. the live maskedh;indit> sniashe<l in the rear door ofthe mail car aind at the point of re¬volvers ordered the mail clerks t o holdup their hands. The live clerks weretll^n gasfged it II 1 bound.The handily, s i/.itig acks cunlainingthe ciiri'riny, I'lniped from the train

is it slowed down in approaching St.Thomas. The' robbery was not d:Hoov¬ered until the train reached Caplgnace.the ney sioji where the conductorfound 1 h" clerks securely tied.I'ossis were organized at once, to

search the surrounding country.The stolon money was soldiers' paysent t" Halifax for troops who are to1 1 nd t here 1 his week

congressman'thompsonDIES ON BOARD TRAIN

W n* oil ill- M ay to Homo, In Okllllin-inn, WI1011 Strlokoii With

llcitrl Troulilr.

I Itv \.«s<»elntod Press 1MABTINSB1 KG. W. VA . Sept IS .

1 'oiigrossinan .1 B. Thompson, of Okla-hoiiiai. died of heart trouble on a trainan hour out ol' Washington late today,lie w a» accompanied by his son, Lieu¬tenant .1 B. Thompson, lately quarteredat t'amp Kuiu.ton. Ili.i body was re¬moved to a local undertaking estab¬lishment here

Mr. Thompson's Podv will be sent, tohis home, at Paul's \'alley. Ok la . to-morrow. lie was lift.v-two years ofage. and had served eight years in theHouse of Kepresentat i\es. lie is sur¬vived by his w idow and two sons. Lieu¬tenant J. B Thompson. Jr., and JamesM. Thompson, of Washington. Con¬gressman Thompson w as en route to |his home when stricken.

No Wniar hicrrnso tiraiiited.WASHINGTON. Sept. IS.No wageincreases will he granted at this time

to navy-yard employees or workmenin shipyards engaged on governmentwork, representatives of the Minor-gency Fleet Corporation and the Navy)l>epartn»wit decided today at .« confer-|cut© hold at the Navy Department.

ONION OFFICIALSRETURN HOME AND

! PREPARE NOTICESI

Chairman Announces ThatMen Arc OrganizedThroughout Country.

ASSERTED THAT STEEL TRUSTf/.JST RECEDE FROM POSITION

Will Try to Reach AgreementWith Operators of Inde¬

pendent Mills.

T \Y IS I. V IS DEMANDS >| A I) IS

rURlit In Collective Hat-gaining IsDemanded and One Day's Hest

Out of Seven.| .

PITTSBURGH, Sept. IS..The nationalcommittee for organising iron aiul.st'.ol workers late today voted down

1.1 motion to rescind the action takenat Washing! >u calling a strike of ailworkers in iron arid steel mills n»toperating under un;on agreements nextMonday.The committee followed this byadopting a motion to alHrin the action

Iakei. at Washington, l-'inal adjourn¬ment was taken ami the representa¬tives of tli': twenty-four unionn in-rlud.'d in the national cominitt.ec left

| tur their homes to put the strike intoOifr-'t.

, .,The root ion to postpone the strikeuntil after the industrial conference! ;u Washington beginning October »>

,was ollered, it was announced, out oCjv.lefi-rci.ee to Prcsi h-tit Wilson who had.requested Hanucl Gomoers, pr i-jiii-mtof the American Ktdcr.tlion id Lab >r.t.> use l is influence to nave the walk-cut deferred.John KiUpat rick, of Chicago, chalr-

man .if the naliomil commhte?. utterthe. nicotine, said ohms had been for-n.u .»ltd for in iking th.: strike olfe.-tiviMonday morning, lie said there wasnothlug further to do now. but lu let

.the men walk out. lie addcu thatthe mills throughout the country werewell organized and said Ik was con-ildent the United States St*.el Corpora-Hon, the principal point ot aUacK,will have to recede from its position ,ofdeclining to receive union leaders rep¬resenting organized men in its plants.

UlHCUKi Plains for Mrlkr.Much of the time of two long ses¬

sions of the committee today werotaken up w itli consideration of planatur the walkout. It was agreed thatthe national commituc had widenowers to conduct th- strike, and planswere discussed for bringing aboutunity of action among the iwenty-toui-unions The question ot assessmentsand financing were discussed loo itw as also agreed to send to all ironand steel plants in the country theworkers. It is said the national com¬mittee will endeavor to reach agree-nient with individual, and so-calledindependent cone, rns and if success -

t.11, have the strikers return to suchnulls where settlement is reached. ICwas pointed out that this wouldstrengthen the unions in their* tight..lid help to bring about agreementswith larger concerns.

Twelve Drmnnds }|uilr.The twelve demands, of the steel-

workers arc:.

Bight of collective bargaining.Reinstatement ot men discharged ur

union activitics.An eight-hour day.i'ite <ia>'s rest in seven.i Abolition of . the twenty-four-hour

''increase in wages suflicictit to guar¬antee American standards ot llvmC;.Standard scales ot wages 1"

.trades and classification ot workers.1 lotihle rate of pay for all overtime,

liolid.iv and Sunday work._i."heck-off system of collecting union

. lues and assessments.. .nprinciples ot seniority to apply m

maintenanee. reduction and mciea.otot working forces.

vholiiion of company unions.Abolition of physical examination of

applicants for employment.Snvn Trust Must t*i»e In.

i .'The American Federation of l-abormust bow to our edicts. \N c arc J.lysupremo body." This was the answerot John l-'itzpatrick, chairman ot theconference ot leaders of the steel worK-ers. w lien asked today if there was anypossibility of the strike being avertedthrough intervention of the A. K. of I*.-The men are going to strike" he.

.ulded. "I cJiii sec nothing that willstop them."The only statement given out was

tile .'.nswer of Chairman John Kita-patriek. of the committee, to the .state¬ment of Judge Gary. of th*s UnitedStates St. i-l Corporation. that theirmills would rem.un as an "open shop.^.The s *.t* nient was signed by Johnl-'itzpatrick, Will'am llaiinon, WilliamKosti r and 1». J. Mavis.This statement reviews Mr. Gary'scontentions and jays he is getting awayfrom the Issue altogether, that the

"open shop" i> not being considered,but the issue is a conference with th«ileading steel men of the country. Itconcludes:"There is one and only one questionat issue, and that is the question of a,

conference. The employees have cx-li.ilisted every avenue of approach tothe corporation for the purpose of se-curing a conference and every avenuelias been closed to them. Their lastand only hope is to strike, and nowthe employees declare they will ceasework on next Monday morning untilsuch time as the corporation will meettheir representatives in conference forthe purpose of establishing humane andreasonable methods of dealing with thfivery vital problems which affect theirlives, their homes and their future."-

Tin \\ orkrr» ,loin Wnlkout.Michael K. Tiglte. president of theAmalgamated Afsoclaton of the Iron.Steel and Tin Workers, has sent out Knotice to the members calling uponthem to abide by the orders of thenational committee of the AmericanFederation, notwithstanding' that thftsialft of this particular branch of th*iron and steel trad.; is being lived upto by the mills. In this order he saysthat 98 per rent of the members wasin favor of the strike if a conferencewas refused by Judge Gary."In accord with the call issued by thenational committee," says the state¬ment. "all members or our associationcoming under tills cal! will cease workon September -'2. But before leavingthen- positions they will see that everv.thing Is in prpper abape, so that nodamage to the- company's property willbe done. This Is tfic rule and eu«TGiai