. w.w?^W Best Comics World - Famous Artists Draw for Times-Dispatch. STimcs- Best Features See Pages 12 and 13 of To- day's Times-Dwpatch. 9TH YEAR. tolcmt: oo NVMIIKK J«2 LEADERS ANNOUNCE STEEL STRIKE BEGINS MONDAY REPUBLICANS PLAN TO VOTE ON TREATY NEXT WEEK RESCUERS ESTIMATE HURRICANE DEAD LIST AT 500 iODIES ARE FOUND ALONG NEUCES BAY AMONG WRECKAGE Many Business Blocks in Corpus Christi Arc Totally Wrecked. )AMAGE TO PROPERTY PLACED AT $20,000,000 -ivic Leaders Dcclarc Fully Four Thousand People Are Homeless. ITIFS RESPOND TO APPEAL belief Pour«. in Prom Many Quarters to 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 dead Von Id appro v iiti i it ;.oo person:--. Much «.! th<? shore 1 in it of Corpus hrinti and Nuec< : Kays has no' h.-.-n itnttraied by .sfarrhcr?, whiift only rrall proportion «f th- '.iTM'kaRc' :ri his city has been r> tnnvi>i| Tot>-, and nc 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 of be former beautlf'il homr 'it.it lined 'orpus Christi Bay trim Bav treet to hr. 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 muet ni porta nt industrial .it»d public plants narked-.y^jx. area e\t,tiding for six ¦.locks along th" waterfront and more Lhan 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 some asrs the entire building rendered iseless, o\er a rorrcBpotitling area two alockn widr The tremendous property damage is t)ecoming daily more apparent and nromini'nt business men and other .">[.- «ervers d< -laired tonight J a-ou'd be ,« conservative estimate of the monetary loss in Corpus (!hrlsti. in a hich. it was reliably stated not more han 1350.000 insurance would be paid Refuge** Seed « lathing, neoonstru'.-tion of the city is fm- po-arily in the background. eiv:e leaders agree, hut the tferee or four thousand persons homeless must he ¦~ared for. and In most Oases must he provided immediate); with wearing . nparet, as a major it> lost a'.! personal e fff- e1." To every jfSovenior in the I'nited --tatfr? Sid * o fh. Mayors of manv largo tries telegrams appealing fo>- a:d have he«Mi sen: by -.he relief committee. and today responses poured ;ri from every nnarter. promising every assistance 3nd in many cases forwarding money. Rehabilitation o' Corpus Christ!, ir "is becomins in^reasiii* ly evident, rests iarpely upon outsid- sources for so #\nH'.y de.-1 ruct ive was the storm to local Interests that it is admitteed bv tlie city's foremost itizens that on it's ou n remaining resources tiie cltv could not reconstruct, at least for a num¬ ber of years, considerable part of \hc buildlnrs destroyed. While ti^ie work o' rel ef. c.learincr of debris and the search for and i ur;al of :.s beinir pressed tn everv tra> possible. ;t ntav he weeks, per¬ haps tnonth*» before in »ceiirat« re- capitulation of -he storm's to;i an be i-ompllrd. Tnntilr to Identify n«di<H». Bodte; now being found are in surli condition as to make impossible iden- t ricatioii fronl faeial features, atid Hie necessity for prompt interment results in dependency on such uncertainties as fragments of clothes or trinkets fo- e.-mp!erinz identification after burial This accounts for the fact that of the 'St bo <l:es alresd} reported hur'ed only eighty-two were identified and n som*. "f t ose cases full names ue-e not obtainable. It was declared jf|jofTleia!l> toniKht a number of bodies not included 'i available tignres had i%een buried late today across ''orptis "h n s 11 r.n near I'ortland. but con¬ firmation of thrs will not be obtainable until tomorrow.: Bodies, almost entire- Iv those of Corpus Christi victims have been found in the following places and buried; Corpus Christ i. flftr-four: White f'o nt, 1 CI: rjosila and Port land, eight v: Aden) and Simon, eleven: Tori Aransas five: Aransas Tass. two, and Rockport. eight. The la«- three figures arc on dead in t.Hose towns alone. KILLS WIFE AND DAUGHTER AND THEN ENDS HIS LIFE Former Timekeeprr for (onneetieut Iron 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 former i inekeeper at the Cruton Iron Works, killed hl«; wife. Ktta. toda\ by firing three shots at her while «be wafl at luncheon in the lunch room of the «'roton low n building, where she is employed as a clerk in the Probate Court. Fish then left the building, entered his automobile and drove to AiK home n N'owanlc. several miles from here rvhere 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 late t.»dsy. "will shortly submit to the al¬ lied economic council a plan for the internationalization of the world's coal product ion." Tloiind Trip Norfolk, *1.0.% Va. Bcach. J2.15. Sundays. N. & W..» Adv. j School Children Cheer as President Arrives Illy InniM'ln t«*<l nKKKKI.KV. IK.. I'rMlilrnl \\ llnon mid nn nndlmpr of faculty nml nliKlontN of llir I iti . Tcmlly of < nlifornla, n.skrmlilril in the (irrrk Th«i(rr on thr tinltrrftliy c-nmpun n» llrrkrloj, t«dn> lie hjul no objection In llir |»«-nrr Irmly l»r- inK delinled, lull nbjpcli'il In II l»o- Ine drhnlrd mo liinu, unil thought II nuchl to In- d elm 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 jimt nili'h ai'linnii on Ihni, llir Pre*IUriit mill. 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* fhrouvrh whlrh they ilro\c. LIBERTY OP PRESS THING OP PAST, SAYS JOHNSON California Senator Thus Urpjirs to Attacks >l»ilr on H i t7i by Nebraska Newspapers. QIOTKS VOTINCi INEQUALITY In (iincoin Spccch Western States- man Derlaros Lcajruo Cotinril l''1n<iiims .May lie Niillifieii by Con- (rsiiuu Nations. IMv I' TS.i S -rvirr 1 t.l.S'i '< NUM.. Fi-JjI i / ."Rxcent for a few nvw si>a[><¦ rs '.ha' heroically hi !') <*ut for t! '. unci' n' \mericati riphts. i he ibert\ of the press is a thins of th" pa."*.. ' Senator Hiram Johnkoii told the ''ommiTcial Club here today. The addrers was sriven just before t.il.np it'.'- ir.i.n for St. Paul, whore tomorrow niortiitic he w ill present lit: arguments .icSi'i.-t utircacrvi <1 ratifica¬ tion of the leauue of nations' covenant iiefot.- 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 of lii" l'ro;il> ni ins he made Saturday noon 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 league points. IJrnl With \ otlnc Inequality. P wan noteworthy that practically all of these qjerios dealt urli clement?- of the \otiiiR inequality held by Great liritaln and the l.'n;ted States under the league. He e villained a pa n tha* w thin the. counci I of the Iracue unanimous action was required. Put. tie pointed out. any question might |><> appealed by contest¬ ing nations from the council to 'he assembly, and in 'he assembly only a majority decision is necessary. He a'so emphasized the possibility of the United States' "lone council vote" being compelled to agreement with the six of Great Britain simply by the moral ^for< e of overweighting numbers. "In the Paris conference a unani¬ mous vote wa- required." the Senator pointed oul. "but what cnoil did thi." <lo us when, even though American rep¬ resentatives protested, they eventually were compelled to acre*? to the Shan¬ tung infamy?" llepllo* in Pre** \linck*. His reference to the passim: of 'he freedom of the press was in answer to oca 1 newspapers thai have attacked him "These papers find nothing wrong in granting Great Britain six \otes to <>ur one.' ht shouted. "Now. it appears, thanks to the poisonous government propaganda for winch taxpayers' money is 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 ALL ALTITUDE RECORDS AT 34,610 FEET HEIGHT Pilot of Curtiss Company Makes Climb H ith WO Horsepower Machine. t l'.\ 1 ill % r r-a I Service 1 noosKVKi/r i iku>. u i sept. iv. The world's altitude recori was broken litre Hi;.- afternoon, when Po¬ land Kohlfs. test pilot for the I'urtiss Airplane and Motor Company, climbed to a height of .".l.filft l>et in a Cur- ti.s triplane, with a 400-horse-power motor. The official sealed barograph, placed in liie machine h> August Post, secre¬ tary of the Aero <"tib of America, was opened and read by tlie. officiaIs <>f the Aero i'lub. The reading showed that Kohlfs had bettered his unofficial llight of 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 were jhsolutcl> perfect, and that it was not so eolcl as when he made his unofficial flight. The figure will stand at 31,.">00 feet, however, since Koosevclt Field is 10 feet above the sea level. The figure above sea level Is the one ac¬ cepted for official purposes by the Aero Club of America, which is sending the barograph I" be certified by the Government Bureau of Standards in Washinalon before they will declare tile rvcord official. ALL WIRES TO FiUME CUT: WARSHIPS BLOCKADE PORT Venice Prefect Hemmed from Ofllee for l-'nlliiro In W'r.rn of ll'Anniin/.lo'x Plot. I Mv Universal Service.l KOMIO. Sent. 18 -Kiume is isolated from 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 and mosf of the roundabout news from Kiume Is being suppressed. From Trieste " is reported that Gabriele iVAnnunzio has issued a proc¬ lamation in which he s?.»'s he will make a last "supreme effort." Peppino Garibaldi, gramlson of the famous Italian patriot is reported to he acting as a lieutenant-adjutant' to IV A n'nun/.io. The prefect o* Venice has been re¬ lieved '' his o m - ' ' ....-- of hi" '-'i ure to warn the Italian covernment of D'Annunzio's plof, of which ho is said lo 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-« men He asserted :<. refuse membership in ').¦< 1'j.uiii* <>: nation: would bo to isolate the Unit* d Stales ai d t'» build up a distrust abrua'i which wou'o^ bf detrimental nlik. e> t hi nations politi¬ cal and comm. n .a: iiitet>sts. Making It:.- third and last speech in San Kran>- fur th< peace maty. \Jr. w.iy.jli .-p'ke at'a luncheon Kivcn hv tli.- citv'.M commercial organizations aiid ..fended by more than 1,500 men. who < ii' < i< d trie I'resident and Mrs. Wilson when they entered, and many time- interrupted the address to applaud What the world demanded, the Presi¬ dent said, wa.^ not oniy p< ace. but a settled " which would give the opportunitv :r»i- the industrial rehabili¬ tation <>f the Kastern Hemisphere. Should the I'nitcd states stand apart and d» cline to give aid in guarantee- ins s <ch a peace he asserted, there would be a reaction directly cbtii- niental to American influence and in¬ terests. To take piirt in the world j-ettleriien" h«- declared, was the only practical decision if the United States was to play her proper role in the future. Men Mu««t I.ook Konrnrd. "The tnf n who do not look forward now he added, "are of r.o further service to the country." Mr Wilson also discussed at 'eng'.h the arb.* ration and boycott prevision* of t he covenant, declaring that had there i>een anything approaching such an arrangement in l!M I Oerinany never would have begun the war. The t boycott, he asserted, was "an exclusion I from civilized society," which no Kuro- pea n nation could endure for six months. The boycott was an mtomatic step short of «,tr and that under the covenant all actual questions of war or peace would he reserved for de¬ cision by «.'oncress. The pre-.dent declared while the L'ni'e.l Sta-e.s formerly was looked upon abroad as a seltish i ition that opinion had been absolutely reversed. It now was a mere "privilege." he said, to lead the world "unless the cynical counsels of some of our acquaintances prevai led." Detailing the co*t of t-'e war in money and t><ttle de:-»thc. Mr. Wilson said all of this sacrifice was made he- cause the world never had had the courage to set up such a system of arbitration and discussion as the league covenant proposed llri iil-lon of Keclinc. The business men interpreted two of the President's remarks to apply to Scnaioc Johnson, though lo di<l not mention the- California Senator's name at an-, time here or in San Francisco. He told of the revulsion of feeling; in biuropt- toward America soon after we entered the war. and he added.to the amusement of the men. "At this moment, unless the cynical counsels of some of our acquaintances should prevail, they are expecting us to !< ad the world. Another time he cave his explana¬ tion of why American troops were in Siberia. lie declared they were there to prevent the seizure of supplies and food by brigands, and >hat no one in the world had any suspicion of our mot i ves. "There is no place in the world where American ambitions are looked upon with suspicion," he added. »»» >otc of llrllgloun H'mor. The President struck a new note in religious fervor when ne asserted that | : he peace treaty and league covenant was a work of "Invine Providence." I do not believe that there is any¬ body of men that can defeat this great enterprise." he said, "it ihe enter¬ prise of Hivine mercy, peace and good w ill." Hecause of the character of his audience the President h;id stress on his argument that business will suffer unless the treat'* should be imme¬ diately ratified. lie said the whole world was at the present time "under the partial paralysis that is charac¬ teristic of a panic." He declared that business men were fearful to invest because they did not know whether or not it would he safe. an>| he assert¬ ed that "we cannot arrange a single element of our business until we have ptace and until we know whether we are to deal with a friendly or un- friendlv world." lie repeated a portion of his address a! Tncoma. wherein he recited the statistics of the war and wound up with this statement: "Seven and one-half million men dead. because w e could not have arbi¬ tration and discussion." TWELVE STATES REPORT PRICE DECLINE IS BEGUN Food Flsnirci Mrrady Mnrkeri Dovtii From in to . I'er Cent U oniri.il Claim. ipv v<"iOel»tcd I WASH 1 N't iTO.V. Sept. IS. . Reports to the department of .Justice from tvyelvc States indicate there has been a decline of 10 to 15 per cent in 'food prices since the time the fair-price i committees began their work. From four States have come reports ion wholesale prices indicating a de¬ cline of 'J in 5 per cent. Virtually no reductions in clothing i>riees have been noted The reports on retail food prieVs were said to have been from cities and counties well dis¬ tributed throughout the country, and the information is believed hv officials here to he a fair indication of what is going on everywhere. They think that results now becom¬ ing evident will be cumulative as the season advances, new declines in wholesale prices being reflected in re¬ tail prices and additional reductions coming Crom the camnaign against hoarding and profiteering. ICnt'or Sent After Schooner. MOnil.R Al'v Sent. IS,- The eon">t guard cutter Tuscyloa. at Key West. I has been ordered to proceed to Rebec¬ ca Shoals and tow the abandoned schooner Coppcrfield to the nearest port. SENATOR JOHNSON : CALLED 10 SENATE Prepare to Open Debate on Voting Power Amendment Monday. PACT IS A HUGE DOCUMENT Makes Book Fully as Large as New York Telephone Directory. f P.v prr;.* ' W AS i (I Nij'p-'N. Sr pi I* --Hepubi;- ean leader.. made ready today for the tirs* voiin: test 11 ^ \ t wrck 'in th« 'Icrnun Ptreaty .»n «i its i> ;i--tic of !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 that debate 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 the wpek. Until thi.- ni(v?a;f to the i \iHfor1: ia Senator was sent l>>¦ Senator Korah. of Idaho, after a conference late in the day with I'halrman l.od;;e. of the l-'or- '.Itiri delations «.'ommi;ti t ie report had po'-pist around the <'tp.to] t hi . Senator Johnson micht he absent sev- eral «ro|;s. Senator Lodge declared there would he no vote on amendment* this week, and opponents of the leasue were prepared to resist attempt-, to forte 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-day interruption, for continuous consldera- tion. Actual reading of the pact v hi. h Hopped short Tuesday, aft- r Article III. of the league covenant had been reached, ts considerably more of a job than i lie man not familiar with sena¬ torial discussion of international «iue?- tions might imagine. Thi> printed te\t makes a book almost as bier and quite as heavy us a New York t'ity telephone director}'. Kvery line of it must be read, 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 why Senators generally decline to predict how long it may be before finally voted on. To nr Tnken I p Onilr. 't ic the intention of <.'hairman I.odse. in charge of the treatv. to call it up every day not later than '2 o'clock. An amendment by Senator .Moses. Re¬ publican. of New Hampshire, relating to adjudication ot disptites referred to the assembly will be reached tomor¬ row after a ten-minute rcadine o7" the league covenant text. Opponents of the covenant said tonight the reading would be halted at that point for quite a bit Of discussion, but that they would prevent a vote on it this week. Discussing hi.-- telegram to Senator .Johnson, urging the California Sena-; tor's immediate presence here, Senator Korah said debate on the Hrit ish-Amer- ican voting amendment might co on for a week, with the liopt- of a vote at the end of that time. Senator Johnson, he said, could then resume his speech- making trip against the league. BULGARIAN COVENANT FOLLOWS SAME LINES AS AUSTRIAN TREATY Summary ofDocument Is Cable.! lo American Mission a I Paris. .. fR'' Associated Prov 1 W ASMI.ViTO.V, Sept IS..Summary of the Kulsariiu treaty of pea cr. ciblcl to the State Pepartment by the Amer¬ ican .mission .it Paris, shows the pa . I , to follow the same general pi in as the Austrian treaty. "Many ulnusCH ji.ro identical with the Austrian treaty," says the summary, xcept for tile sul>- st itution of names, such as the lca-nc of 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 changes are to the south, where P.ulgaria cedes Western Thrace to the principal al¬ lied and associate I powers, and agrees to ac.-ept whatever disposition of this, territory the powers ultimately decide, but it is stipulated that in any event Rul'^ari n's western frontiers shall be' modified slightly in four places to Serbia's advantage. "The I tulga: ians'are required to re ogn y.e the independence of the Serb.' < 'roat and Slovene state an I provisions are made to change the nationality of lhe inhabitants of the territory form¬ erly Unitarian and transf- /red to other states. Provisions are made for pro- tcction of the minorities of race, ian- guage. nationalitv and religion. Willi-; in three months the Bulgarian- are required to demobili/.e the army and stibstmite volunteer enlistments. The Hulii.iriau army is reduced to ^0,000 men. POLES DRIVE BOLSHEVISTS TO NORTH BANK OF DVINA Score UMl-Mile Advnncr While In South Itn.Hhin Soviet* <>nlii Against Petturn. Itv Associated Press I I LONbON. Sept. IS. The Polish fmces in Itussia have driven tile Rnl- shevists to the northern bank of the livina Hiver as far as Ilisnii. and have occupied Korothenehtop. On tlie I'ljr.'i inian front the Rol- shevists have forcetl (.ieneral I'etlura out of lladomysl, but. apparently, arc not attempting yet to recapture Kiev itself. Thi? represents an advance north- ward by the Poles of approximately 100 miles from the town of Itorisoff," on the east bank of the Herewina Kiver. lifty miles northeast of Minsk, re- ported on September Ifi. I EX-KAISER'S CASE READY Attomey-ticnernl Sir linrtlnn llevvnrt Complete* I'lipcr* for Prosecu¬ tion of Cormrr lOmperor. Illy Afsoeinted Press.1 I,ON 1 K)N, Sept. I«.---The attorney- general, Sir tiordon Hewart. has coin* pletcd the case, for the prosecution of the former German Kmperor. according to the Mirror, The palco for the trial liae not yet been uotUcd. Developments in the Steel Situation Where 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 strike M«ii(In ». Humor circulated that -niiitiel taoiiipcr* lias asked lenders lo Jolrr strike mull after \\ nsh- Incton lalinr cnntrrfnrp. ..Mother" .lunm prepare* for spcnkliier lour through I'mniiyhaiiln valley. Ilr- eniiterri clnim 7.1 per rrnl of men in district nrc union member*. \ lui- Innce commit Irrs organized hy citi¬ zens in McKrr*|iorl mill other ulrrl tow n.s. t llll At.O.. >1111 owner* and union lenders marshaling; force* for l Ii realeneil walkout of I.'IUMMI »|pp| workers In Cliirnso district for Monday. Many union men reported voting acalnnt wnlkout. Komi, cot* nnd ammunition tnken into plant* in prepnrntion tor long slccc. ^ Ot MiSTOM \..Steel mill rl- eeiitlve.* coiilldent strike net for Mnndoy will not cripple plants. I nion lender* n**ert work* will lie completely 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 steel plnnt* will lie tied up. Mill* pre¬ paring for lone 11k lit, Iml refuse lo discus* prospect. lllltM I Nt.U \ >1..t>mcinl* of steel workers' union say nil plnn* n re made for walkout on Mcimlnv, un¬ less union is rrnisii i/.eil. Steel corporation mill* apparently not ¦ iinklnc nn y preparnllon* to meet n 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 and other ofllciats of steel corporation nppnreutl.v confident that the threat¬ ened strike will fail, l»ut no state¬ ment.* were issued today. SOOTH'S GRAIN CROPS FIB HBOIIE 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 «.f America l-istiinatiMl Worth Ten . llillion Dollars, Nearly Twice 11HU-KI A voraRe. [Special t<> The Times-Dispatch. 1 I'.ALTl.MUUl1:. ML'., Sept. *1S..The io¬ ta'. grain rrop of the Southern States for the pro put \ enr. according to sta¬ tist. cs compiled by the Manufacturer.-' Record. will show a gain of about ooij.ooo bushels over the crops of last year, while in the rr?t ot the country there will be a decline bastd on the September estimates, </f about 111",- UOO.OOO bushels. The South rhen has. by it..- enormous increase iti its grain crops, saved the nation 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.OOO bushel In other words, the South this v. ar will produce more than 30 per cent of the entire grain >rop of the United State?. The value of the South's crain rop? this year, based on September 1 price?, would amount to nearly flJ.OOO.OM.Oild or an increase of ?0U.*».0n0.000 over the \aluc of the srain crops of the South of 1!MS. The \ai«e of the corn, wheat and oat crops of t lie South this year will iicsrociito, 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'V probablv C'fO.'iOO.OOO to $ < .->0.000.000 the total value «>f the Souths cotton crop. 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 over 4ii.OOO,0QO bushe-ls. The corn crop of the South w;l! snow a sain over 1!»1« of about 17!*.000.o00 hushes?. while the increase in the rest of 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 more than the average annual va lie of all ,-rops between 101C and 1!>IJ>. GERMANY LAYS FOUNDATION FOR 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, the greater part of whose flee's was given up or seized during and after ilie war :i new start, the government has de¬ cided to begin the distribution of an indemnification grant .estimated at more than 2a0.000.noo marks < *t"."J.?;«">o.- nooi. This will include indemnifica¬ tion for the ships and property of Herman >teamship lilies seized in New Vork and elsewhere. Though this foreshadows the rebirth of the Herman merchant navy, its development will be slow, restricted by high wages- and lack of raw materials as well as shortase of shipyards, fori the latter will be occupied with build- ins- tioo.onn ton- of shipping annually for 1 he allies to replace vessels sunk b\ U-boats iu the war. GRIND UP VETERAN STEEDS \en tnrk llcnr* \nclenl nml Deserepit Iforsc* \ re Turned Into S ii image. inv t'niversal Service.1 MIW VOI1K. Sept. IS New Yorkers! have become accustomed to merry jests about docs and sausages, but a change was rung on the familiar quip today when I»r. Kingston, of (he State depart¬ ment of agriculture, testified at the farm and market inquiry that old and descrepit bor.es have Ircen disposed of through the medium of a Brooklyn; sausage foundry. DAWES WILL NOT SERVE . Advises President Wilson He innnol Attend Indiistrlnl Conference in Wnililnclnn October tl. I Bv Associated Tress. I CI I ICAtlO. Sept. IS.. Brigadier-flen- eral Charles M. Dawes. of the Central Trust Company, who was among the twenty 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 the President that it would be itnpostlblo for him to serve. GEN. PERSHING INSISTED ON ONE-MAN COMMAND Wins Support of Franco to Plan and Defeats Opposition of British Loaders. KNI> OF Tin: WAR COUNCIL Resources of American Anny IMcdK'-Ml to Marshall Forh With I'mlcr- staiulinK That It Was to Fight as Integral Units. nv Pnivrrsal Service.1 WASHINGTON', Sept. IS..A supreme one-man command in the world war was I he. iilea of General Per.^liinp. It was opposed liy the British, but with the help of Krai nee he won <>ut. A meat many controversies 5rowins out of America's participation in the war have lieeu cleared up since the headquarters of the American expedi¬ tionary forces was established on American soil. This was otio of them. President Wilson. Premier Cleiiicncoau and other -allied leaders have been given credit for the plan, but according to a staff officer very clo.-e to General Pershing 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 in Kurope was to advance the theory of 11 supreme generalissimo. "t lentlemen," he is quoted as telling a conference of allied militiry leaders, "an intern itional war council never yet has won a war There must he a supreme head." France, it is said, had been secretly nursing the idea for some, time and readily accepted the plain. Kngo on the other h ind, fearing that a Brit¬ ish ofllcer would not ec selected for the supreme command fought to the end for the retention of the. war coun¬ cil. but, with the pressure levied by Kralice, lieneral Pershing' carried his point. Another fact revealed today was that while (ienerail Pershing offered the whole resources of the American army to Marshal l-'o'-h he did so with the understanding that it was to tight its Integral units under their own com¬ manders and were to be used in specific battles only. This decision of the American com¬ mander. it is declared, caused further friction between the British and Amer¬ ican forces, and when General IVrshins accordingly begin the withdrawal of American troops from British brigades there was open complaint from the British. In doing this it was General Pershing's plan to consolidate the 1 American forces under his own com¬ ma nd. , FIVE MASKED MEN GAG EXPRESS CLERKS AND STEAL 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. Kive masked men bound and gavgged the mail clerks i»u tiie Ocean Limited Lx- press, of tiie I'.uiadinn National Bail- wax n e;».r Harl.tka -arly today and robbed the mail >ar of ?7.">,00'i in paper and silver The money was hoii^g shipped from Montreal to Halifax. Short 1 \ .after midnight when '.lie t r.i n left II irk'.k.i. the live masked h;indit> sniashe<l in the rear door of the mail car aind at the point of re¬ volvers ordered the mail clerks t o hold up their hands. The live clerks were tll^n gasfged it II 1 bound. The handily, s i/.itig acks cunlaining the 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 conductor found 1 h" clerks securely tied. I'ossis were organized at once, to search the surrounding country. The stolon money was soldiers' pay sent t" Halifax for troops who are to 1 1 nd t here 1 his week congressman'thompson DIES ON BOARD TRAIN W n* oil ill- M ay to Homo, In Okllllin- inn, WI1011 Strlokoii With llcitrl Troulilr. I Itv \.«s<»elntod Press 1 MABTINSB1 KG. W. VA . Sept IS . 1 'oiigrossinan .1 B. Thompson, of Okla- hoiiiai. died of heart trouble on a train an hour out ol' Washington late today, lie w a» accompanied by his son, Lieu¬ tenant .1 B. Thompson, lately quartered at t'amp Kuiu.ton. Ili.i body was re¬ moved to a local undertaking estab¬ lishment here Mr. Thompson's Podv will be sent, to his home, at Paul's \'alley. Ok la . to- morrow. lie was lift.v-two years of age. and had served eight years in the House of Kepresentat i\es. lie is sur¬ vived by his w idow and two sons. Lieu¬ tenant J. B Thompson. Jr., and James M. Thompson, of Washington. Con¬ gressman Thompson w as en route to | his home when stricken. No Wniar hicrrnso tiraiiited. WASHINGTON. Sept. IS.No wage increases will he granted at this time to navy-yard employees or workmen in shipyards engaged on government work, representatives of the Minor- gency Fleet Corporation and the Navy) l>epartn»wit decided today at .« confer-| cut© hold at the Navy Department. ONION OFFICIALS RETURN HOME AND ! PREPARE NOTICES I Chairman Announces That Men Arc Organized Throughout Country. ASSERTED THAT STEEL TRUST f/.JST RECEDE FROM POSITION Will Try to Reach Agreement With Operators of Inde¬ pendent Mills. T \Y IS I. V IS DEMANDS >| A I) IS rURlit In Collective Hat-gaining Is Demanded and One Day's Hest Out of Seven. | . PITTSBURGH, Sept. IS..The national committee for organising iron aiul .st'.ol workers late today voted down 1.1 motion to rescind the action taken at Washing! >u calling a strike of ail workers in iron arid steel mills n»t operating under un;on agreements next Monday. The committee followed this by adopting 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 into Oifr-'t. , ., The root ion to postpone the strike until after the industrial conference ! ;u Washington beginning October »> , was ollered, it was announced, out oC jv.lefi-rci.ee to Prcsi h-tit Wilson who had. requested Hanucl Gomoers, pr i-jiii-mt of 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?. utter the. nicotine, said ohms had been for- n.u .»ltd for in iking th.: strike olfe.-tivi Monday morning, lie said there was nothlug further to do now. but lu let .the men walk out. lie addcu that the mills throughout the country were well 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 ,of declining 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 wero taken up w itli consideration of plana tur the walkout. It was agreed that the national commituc had wide nowers to conduct th- strike, and plans were discussed for bringing about unity of action among the iwenty-toui- unions The question ot assessments and financing were discussed loo it w as also agreed to send to all iron and steel plants in the country the workers. It is said the national com¬ mittee will endeavor to reach agree- nient with individual, and so-called independent cone, rns and if success - t.11, have the strikers return to such nulls where settlement is reached. IC was pointed out that this would strengthen the unions in their* tight ..lid help to bring about agreements with 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. . .n principles ot seniority to apply m maintenanee. reduction and mciea.o tot 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-abor must bow to our edicts. \N c arc J.ly supremo body." This was the answer ot John l-'itzpatrick, chairman ot the conference ot leaders of the steel worK- ers. w lien asked today if there was any possibility of the strike being averted through intervention of the A. K. of I*. -The men are going to strike" he. .ulded. "I cJiii sec nothing that will stop 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 United States St. i-l Corporation. that their mills would rem.un as an "open shop.^. The s *.t* nient was signed by John l-'itzpatrick, Will'am llaiinon, William Kosti r and 1». J. Mavis. This statement reviews Mr. Gary's contentions and jays he is getting away from the Issue altogether, that the "open shop" i> not being considered, but the issue is a conference with th«i leading steel men of the country. It concludes: "There is one and only one question at issue, and that is the question of a, conference. The employees have cx- li.ilisted every avenue of approach to the corporation for the purpose of se- curing a conference and every avenue lias been closed to them. Their last and only hope is to strike, and now the employees declare they will cease work on next Monday morning until such time as the corporation will meet their representatives in conference for the purpose of establishing humane and reasonable methods of dealing with thfi very vital problems which affect their lives, their homes and their future."- Tin \\ orkrr» ,loin Wnlkout. Michael K. Tiglte. president of the Amalgamated Afsoclaton of the Iron. Steel and Tin Workers, has sent out K notice to the members calling upon them to abide by the orders of the national committee of the American Federation, notwithstanding' that thft sialft of this particular branch of th* iron and steel trad.; is being lived up to by the mills. In this order he says that 98 per rent of the members was in favor of the strike if a conference was refused by Judge Gary. "In accord with the call issued by the national committee," says the state¬ ment. "all members or our association coming under tills cal! will cease work on September -'2. But before leaving then- positions they will see that everv. thing Is in prpper abape, so that no damage to the- company's property will be done. This Is tfic rule and eu«TGia i