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" ' ' 1 ' ' ' ' ' 1 " ' ' ' ' " ' ' ' " ' "' ' ' fl ' ' "' - ' ' '- 11 - I - " " - 1 " ' . ' ' ' - ' -n " 1 ' - i i i riii - n t- r nv - i j PORTLAND, OREGON, -.TUESDAY ' EVENING, OCTOBER 81, 191&-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. PRICE TWO SCENTS on trains ana wtwt STANOB r V OINTS 1 VUli.,, AV1U. ; l'otoffioo. Portland, Oreon in ' Senator Hitchcock Informs Pres ident Plans Have Been Laid for. Long Fight Over League. .. . WBWSaWBBaaMSBV ' Democrats Not to Accept Repub lican Reservations; McCumber . wouia injeci insn yuesuon. i Washington, Oct. 21. (U. P.) Compromise reservations to the peace treaty, agreed upon by "mild reservatlonlsttf," were offered to the v senate today by Senator McCumber, North Dakota, McCumber explained that the reser vation represented an effort to har monise differences among those who be lieved reservations in some form deslr able. ,j ' "No one claims," he added, "that ths treaty cas go through without some kind of reservation." SO PBdGBESS AT MEETING KmttiiN anJn tnar tin nnwrnu vu '.made at the first meeting. They will so into conference again later toaay. Senator. Hitchcock said he recently wrote Dr. Grayson that no conferences with the president would be necessary ; for at least 10 days or two weeks. He added that there is no hope of early ad Joumment and declared plans have been laid for a prolonged treaty fight According to. Hitchcock, Democratic senators are endeavoring to' present a . united front when the foreign relations committee meets tomorrow to give for mal consideration to reservations now being drafted. DEMOCRATS HOT TO AGREE ' Demooratia leaders indicated today thy wilt refuse to agree to the reserva tion program of the Republican majority, and will attempt to force their own pro- . gram through the senate, relying on mild reservationlsts among the Republicans. f Mcvumoer a . compromise program, r wnicn is expected to ne uie storm center t9 thm, .'fltatil fi&ht iNWn .rmmt ntv" .tvk - prises' seven reservations. - These cover the Monroe doctrine. Article 10, with drawal from the league. Shantung, equal f isatkm. of toting power, the latten cover tng two reservations. The new draft em- bodies the? suggestions frequently made by mild reservatloniste on these points: M'CUMBEB'8 RESERVATIONS , Additional reservations -were offered this afternoon by Senator Jones, Waah Ington. i; . Jones j proposed that a paragraph be added to the resolution of ratification in which the United States would give . notice it will withdraw from the league at the end of two years unless by that time the sovereignty of China shall have been restored over Shantung, relations of Ireland to the British empire adjusted satisfactorily to the Irish people, Egypt given complete Independence and each member of the league shall have abol , Ished conscription in peace times. n ' f. , i in it hi ii nrntnnr AIK IVIA1L otKVlut TO REACH COAST . Ocean-to-Ocean Derby . Shows Practicability of Post, Says Postoffice Official, New York. Oct. 21.--(U. P.) -The - recent transcontinental air race has demonstrated the practicability of extending aerial mail service to the Pacific coast, in the opinion of Otto Praeger, second assistant postmaster general. Praeger, addressing mem bers of the American Flying club here, eaid: , i "W can and will extend the air post to San Francisco by next spring, if con gress gets behind the bill introduced by Congressman Kahn." Cities suggested as mail stops In the proposed mail route are: New York. Cleveland, Chicago, Omaha, Salt Lake City, Carson City and San Francisco. : Emergency landing fields, it was said. might be established at Bellefonte, Pa.; Bryan. Ohio: Des Moines. Iowa; Chey enne and "Battle Mountain, Nev. Japan May Emulate . Example, of .United . States and Go Dry San Francisco. Oct. St. U. P.l Japan will go dry in imitation of the United States If the theory of Dr. D. M Candler the California prohibiUon lead er, is correct.'; . . Writing . from Japan, Dr. Gandier states the Japanese will follow the lead ef the United States for economic rather r than moral reasons. ? ' - He writes that Japanese business men ' questioned him Insistently regarding re- - suits of the dry era here. Strike Sends Egg Price to $1 Dozen ' New York. Oct. 2L (T. N. S.) Due v io Nine expressmen s - bu-ikq - causing m . shortage, eggs reached a dollar a dozen i here today. .', GYPSY GIRL SOLD FOR $600, STOLEN AGAIN BY FATHER ft - 81 y-' '. i Followingr bamagihgi Admissions From Warring Heads of Nomadsi Judge ! Rossman" Binds Parties to Transaction .OveKto Grand Juryf Bartered 'UssSaysttusbandvlsiLa. - ; Hopelessly. mixing, her genders In ' conversation, designed to blind 'offi cial eyes to her. shortcomings, Ba kouche John, ? comely 18-yee.r-old gypsy girl, tthis morning "proved a central figure' in what may 'prove a revelation' of wholesale traffic in Romany brides said to be thriving In Portland. , Bakouche, married under the quaint laws of her nomadic 'forbears; to. Mich ael Mark, when4 that ardent swain - paid $800 to Steve John, the girl's father, for . her . possession, ; was kidnaped': on Monday by her own father. ROMANCE GETS TO CdCBT Enter here Rosie Mark, mother of gypsy girl's husband and vitally inter ested In the 600.' he had paid for ' a bride. Rosie demanded the apprehen sion of her "errant son-in-law' at police headquarters Monday. The same eve ning the kidnaped girl and her father were arresiea at saiem as uieir auto mobile, speeding toward California and i another swarthy lover . who had more than $600 to pay for the bride of the John : household, raced through Salem. Returning to 'Portland, the gypsies tangle of romance was started toward the weaving v machine in - Municipal Judge Rossmaiv's - court this, morning., . Romany romance was. blighted .by qh fessions of gypsy fathers and mothers in the municipal court- this-morning that they were buying and "Belling girls. The confession caused them more . trouble than they expected when , they hoped , to overcome the unsatisfactory customs . of the . gypsy marriage law-- through ' re course to the .Oregon law.v . - ', . As a result of the hearing this morn ing. Judge Rossman ordered the -IS year old girl, Bakouche Mark ; her father, Steve John, and her mother in law,. Rosie Mark, all taken into custody and put In the city jail.. Judge Rossman Intimated that he weuld, ; turn ' the entire - matter over to the grand jury this: afternoon. KtB5APrKO,lS CHARGED ,w The trouble started Monday morning when Mrs. Mark asked for a. warrant for the arrest of Steve lohn. who Is alleged to have kidnapped his own ' daughter, Bakouche: John, According i to admis sions in the municipal court this -morning... Bakouche ' was sold for $600 about two months ago to Mrs. Mark as a wife for her eon MlchaeL -1 . "- - . . ''The price- asked ( was-. $1000.-, but owing: ; to -financial circumstances, the price .was reduced After the barter. Bakouche John, 17, comely Romany maid, who was - kidnaped from her home , in Portland, Monday, by her own father, Steve John. the father,. Steve John, made a. trip to .iiromia. wnere me gypsies are said to be more prosperous. While in - Sac ramento he is alleged to have obtained an offer of $2000 for his" daughter's hand. Returning to Portland, John is said to have taken his daughter' from her mother-in-law's - home, Monday. . Father; mother and daughter were arrested Monday afternoon while passing through Salem in a high powered motor car on their way to Sacramento. - Bakouche told Judge Rossman that shei was married under-'their gypsy law about two months ago, and that she has told fortunes in Oregon City since being married, making about $15 a day. "My husband is lazy," she said, "and I no want to live with him any more. I want to go with my. father." , On the admission of Mrs. Mark that the Mark family had paid $600 for the girl,. Judge Rossman .thought the entire case should ' be presented to' the grand Jury. Little Bakouche; is a v pretty gypsy girl and shows , remarkable intelligence. Smith Arriye's at Presidio in Hying ; " Contest From East San Francisco, Oct. 21. (UP.) Cap tain Lowell H. Smith, the first of 15 western starters in the transcontinental air derby to complete the race to -New York and back, arrived at the Presidio today, at t:45 a m.' " Smith is - Hying - Major Spate's de Haviland ' rbluebird," which was given him? by Spats at Buf a lo.-after, his own plane had been destroyed ' by fire. CoriventibniDecides t Detroit Mich,' Oct. '20. Portland.iOrJ was today selected by the house of detra ties as the next , meeting place for-the Protestant Episcopal convention in 1922. The house of bishops chose Philadelphia, but the deputies did, not concur and by a vote of 16 to 10 selected Portland. It is expected the bishops win agree to the "Episcopalians Willi rMeeiHeranl92 change. y j. - . HOUSED HOI SCORED Central Committee of War Aux iliaries Lodges. Complaint on Indiscriminate Assembling, Letter to Child Welfare Board Asserts -Feeble-Minded and Sound Are Huddled Together. Objecting" to what they term In discriminate housing of feeble and sound-minded children together in the Haviland home, at 545 Miller avenue, the War Auxiliaries' central committee, composed of mothers whose sons saw war service, today sent a letter to Dr. B. W. DeBusk, Chairman of the child welfare com mission, asking that he investigate. i It s claimed that some bf the chil dren were placed in the home by the child- welfa re commission. DENIAL BY MRS. TBTJMBTJXL This is denied by Mrs. Millie Trum bull, secretary of the commission, who says she knows nothing about Mrs. Havi land and her work further than the fact that In her office is an application for a license to conduct the home, recently re quired by law. -Upon this license the child welfare commission has not yet acted, nor has It yet made any investi gations preparatory to action. That the county court (s keeping chil dren at the home is not denied, the county paying a minimum of $20 a month for the maintenance of Its charges there. , Sixteen children are kept in a small Mouse, . Investigation by the committee disclosed. They range from 3 to 15 years of age. Association between fee ble-minded and . sound children is de clared unwholesome, rive or the in mates are feeble-minded, it is said, and 11 are normal mentally, although some are defective physically, PARBISH INSPECTS SOME ' Dr. George Parrish. city health officer. Monday inspected .the 'Haviland hqrae and , today . will v write a . report recom- -(Oaeatades. an Fa Sixteen,' Colunm t'auTf Bpckwodd Grange Asks for Improved Market Conditions Rockwood grange has passed a resolu tion asking of Portland people that they improve conditions In the public market, "giving the market grower a fair and open; opportunity to dispose of his pro duce, thus building up a more friendly relation with the men on the soil and developing the i latent resources of the state." i The resolution asks "that the city dweller emulate the farmer by wo-klng longer hours, producing more and asking less. That they aid in dispelling the assumption that the farmer in the Wil lamette valley . is profiteering, knowing well that the. price for produce in 'the Portland markets -is lower than that of any other city." . Emerson Ferrey, Marshf leld Hotel Man, Ends Life Marshfield. Oct. 21. Emerson Ferrey, for years proprietor of the Blanco hotel in this city, and one of the best, known men in the county, committed suicide at his home here this morning. He shot himself with .a revolver. Three years ago Mr. Ferrey suffered a stroke of paralysis and had partly recov ered. The only explanation of. his suicide was his fear of a returning stroke. Mon day he attended to business matters, but told his friends he was suffering phys ically. Mr. Ferrey was. 47' years old and a native of Douglas county, but had lived lif Coos county since a child. He Is sur vived by his wife and a 4-year-old son, and leaves a comfortable estate. Milwaukee Eoad Accused of Having Interest in Spruce Washington, Oct. 21. (WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL. )-John Cain, . promoter of a " Port Angeles rail road, and claimant for a share. of the Siems-Carey-Kerbaugh contract in the Northwest spruce controversy, again ap peared before the Frear aviation inves tigating committee today. "He testified that the Milwaukee railroad controlled about 2,000,000,000 feet of spruce stump age In or close to the -railroad exten sion built by the. government Frear placed emphasis on this as showing the Interest of the Milwaukee in the project. European Alliance, Dec 1 ares, Spaniard I ii i ,--;,-r... v,v By Ceaat Reataaes i Former Premier' of Spain. Who. Of in ShorUy . . ' Twit the l-nlUd State., 1 , Paris.' Oct.t 2L-8paln believes thai a union, between France, America, Britain and Italy Is r necessary to maintain the peace of the 'world, r - ." - . Such a union must be founded on a treaty, but ' I believe also that Spain should be "admitted to such.. a 'union In order to. complete the real --western front of Europe ; Woman Walks in Sleep; Is Found Unc6nscipus,Clad Only in Nightrobe Mrs. Mary Connelly Knows Noth ing of Somnambulistic Stunt That Brought Collapse. Garbed only in a nightgown, with a man's mack maw about her shoul ders, Mrs. Mary Connelly, 28, of 336 Sherman street, was found appar ently dead, at Park and Salmon streets at 6:30 this morning, her clothing' and body soaked by the light mist that had been falling upon her for several hours. Passersby reported to police- that a dead woman had been found. Officers Stiles, Keegan and Johnson responded to the call with the patroL Stiles dis covered a spark of life in the prostrate body and rushed Mrs. Connelly to the emergency hospital. Internes worked lor an hour before restoring Mrs. Connelly. She had walked from her home pn Sherman street to the spot where she was found, a distance of more than a mile, according to the story she told at the hospital. She said the last thing she remembered was being, at home at midnight. The husband was unaware of his wife s absence until apprised of it by officers. He told of her delicate condition and ex plained . her presence, on the sidewalk as the result of sleep walking, of which he says the present case is the second manifestation. It is presumed Mrs. Con nelley had been out of her borne several hours before she was found. Doctors this morning believed Mrs. Connelley's complete recovery possible, but dependent on her power of resist ance, which Is heM to be lessened by her general physical condition. William Fay Ealy, Age 22, Be lieved Connected With. Death : of Mrs. Elizabeth Bryan. . Seattle. Wash:," ctr"Sr-TU.l.- Detectives: today'-were seeking the streetcar : conductor who it Im b- I lieved, carried a man and Mrs. Eliza beth Bryan of Puyallup to Mount Baker park late Sunday night, where Mrs. Bryan was found murdered yes terday. William Fay Ealy, 22-year-old house painter, held in jail for Investigation. Is the man to whom Mrs. Bryan had turned when she had lost the love of her husband according to the story told to Captain of Detectives Charles Tennant. by Mrs. W. S. Unsworth, a friend of the murdered woman, whose husband, a con tracting painter, once employed Ealy. Ealy was arrested in his home short ly after midnight. Search of his room disclosed a revolver, a policeman's club, $130 in bills and small sliver coins. Ealy said the gun and club were the property Of his father. Grilled by the detectives, Ealy admit ted hie acquaintance with Mrs. Bryan. They learned that Mrs. Bryan, when in Seattle, usually stopped at the home of Mrs. Unsworth.- " - r , Captain Tennant called at the Uns worth home this morning and obtained Mrs. Unsworth's statement. She said she had been awarerf or- some time, since Ealy painted the Bryan home at Puyallup, that Mrai Bryan twas toi fatuated with the young painter. That robbery was the motive for the crime, the detectives ascertained after the body, had been .Identified at the morgue by the- husband, who said he had given Mrs. Bryan $4500 when they had separated and divided their property Saturday. No trace of the money has been found, and the woman's handbag, in which her husband said she carried it, has not been recovered.. It was not at the point where the body was found. Safe, Juggled by Thieves, Is Blown; Contents Removed Two hundred dollars in cash, $33 in checks and a few War Savings Stamps were secured by burglars this morning when they blew open - the , safe in the Pacific Trunk Manufacturing company store at 423 Washington street. S. Harris conducts the store. Entrance to the store was gained through a rear door opening on an alley way.' - The thieves pried off. the door in spite of two heavy iron bolts. They hauled the heavy safe from the front of the store to the factory room in the rear. The 'safe is said to have been prac tically destroyed by the charge of ex plosive with which it was opened. - Inspectors Hellyef, Leonard and Tack-aberry- have been 'assigned . to the' case. Lumlier4.SHipmeiit , Rates" on Cargoes . To Par East Fixed Washington, Oct.' 21. (I. N. a New; freight rates on lumber shipments from Pactfic-eoast ports to Hongkong. Shang hai, Kobe, 'Yokohama and ; Manila, ef fective as of September 12, 1919, were announced today by the shipping board. The rates are as follows:. - Ordinary sizes not exceeding 24 by 24 inches or 40' feet. In length, $35, per 100 feet: lengths over 40 -and not exceeding 50 feet, $49; over 50 and not exceeding 0 feet,, 150.. - Creosoted'lumber will, pay 5 per 1000 feet additional. ,-; , - The rate on asphalt In. barrels v or drums was fixed at 37 cents per cubic 9H--- JJ v'-.-. rf3l t'' ' . V IDAHO JUDGE KILLS SELF IflPOeiLfti J. J. Guheen of Pocatello, Des pondent Over Nervous Break down, Fires Bullet Into Heart. Deed Is Committed on Street After He Leaves Portland Med- ' ical Hospital for Early Walk.. Judge J. J. Guheen, Pocatello, Idaho, district court jurist, former attorney general of Idaho and prom lnent in Idaho politics, took his own life at 8:45 o'clock this morning when he reclined against a tree on Lovejoy fetreet, between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets, and fired a revolver bullet through his heart. Long a patient at the Portland Med ical hospital, where ha has been suffer' ing from the effects of a nervous break down incident to heavy court and war work duties, Judge Guheeostarted his usual morning walk from the hosp'tal today. Close to the institution he paused, ; sat upon the curb, leaned against a tree and fired the fatal shot. DEATH IS IHSTA9TAXEOTJS Death- is said to have occurred in stantly. E. It. Carrolan employe of the city street department, working near by, heard the explosion of Guheen's gun and rushed to the spot. He found the judge dead. Motorcycle Officer Gould stone responded to a call from Caro. Hospital officials had not known the judge had a gun. it is said. He was dressed in his street clothes, still, how ever, wearing his hospital garments. He was a patient of Dr. Wiley Jones. DESP05DE5T OYER ILL2TESS Despondency due to a nervous break down is the motive assigned by hospital workers for the suicide. Judge Guheen came to Portland about a year ago and spent same time at,-the hospital. Seem ingly recovered, be spent most of , Uie summer at Seaside and returned to the hospital two months ago. He had been brooding because of 111 health, physicians declare.;' The. gun used by Guheen wa a fire arm oddity -of .very small else and with a two-shot capacity. . " rteeandeTr'-tWo children have been in Portland for some time to, be near the Judge in his Illness.' They were Informed of. the suicide. thlK morn ing at - their apartments ' at the - Hotel Portland. -A brother, Morris Guheen, is also in Portland visiting. ; Judge Guheen was aged 68. 'records at the hospital show. The body U in charge of Flnley - ft Son and will be shipped to Pocatello on Wednesday. GUHEEN WAS. TWICE ATTORNEY .GENERAL OF IDAHO, 1905-1907 Boise, Oct. 21. (U. P.) Judge Gu heen was former attorney general of this state, having been elected to that ofice in 1905 and reelected io 1907. He finished his .two terms in 1908. Later he served as assistant attorney general under Joseph H. Petterson, who held that office from 191$ to 191. It was while serving as assistant attorney gen eral that he was appointed judge of the Fifth judicial district by the late John M. Haines, then governor, suc ceed In e Justice Alfred Budge, who was appointed to the supreme court bench by Governor Haines. Following the ex piration of- his appointive ; term. Judge Guheen was reelected Julge of the Fifth district - The r deceased ' was widely known throughout the state. He- suffered a nervous collapse about six weeks ago and it was thought advisable to send him to Portland in the hope that he might; recover. - The nervous trouble, is given as the direct o4bse of his suicide by close per sonal friends here. When notified of the suicide, Justice Alfred, Budge of. the supreme court said today: . To say that I am shocked would be putting it mildly. I knew of Judge Guheen's nervous condition and that he as being treated for the trouble. I am. more deeply moved by the news than I can tell." - ' Mayor Hylan Orders PoKce to Prevent. Performances for i the Present New York, Oct.; 21. (I. N. &) Mayor Hylan this afternoon issued orders that no performances- of Ger man opera will be permitted in New York; for the present... The order was given as a result of the riotous scenes which attended the open ing of a-, German-spoken- opera at the Lexington theatre, last night, which sol diers and sailors endeavored to break up, ' ' - After, consulting the city counsellor. Mayor Hylan , found he was legally able to order it closed. The police depart ment is charged with enforcement of the order. -, i - ' Shoqting: of Yoiith v islHeld Accidental r r - r ; ' Roseburg,' Oct. it The shooting of Herbert Lynn Adams, who died Sunday morning, was held, accidental by the cor oner's Jury. The shot was fired by the boy's uncle.-Dr. Krd Adams .of Harris- burg, ypa mistook bin? for. a deer. BARRED IN N. Y. CHAMP CLARK CALLS BLUFF; HOUSE ROARS WASHINGTON, Oct. il (I. N. S.) 4I am willing!" shouted Champ. Clark tn the house today,, when Representa tive' Hiding (Republican, Penn sylvania) mentioned him for the presidency. , Cheers, applause and laugh ter shook the house. . Champ Clark made speech opposing the age limit of 70 years for the controller general of the United States, as proposed In the budget bill. "We are now considering a youth of 69 years for the presi dency declared - Hiding, . as Clark sat down. Up Jumped Champ and shouted his willing uess. ; E E TAB ON LEAGUE President Feel So Well That Mrs. Wilson Reads Official Papers to' Him, Washington, Oct. 21. (I. N. S.) President Wilson has recovered suf ficiently to have received a report on the treaty situation in the senate, it was stated at the White House to- j day. The report, which was char acterized as "very optimistic," was written by Senator Hitchcock of Ne braska, and communicated to the president through Dr. Grayson. A daily summary of-the status of na tional problems, such as the threatened coal strike and the industrial, conference. is now being prepared In -the White House executive offices each day-for the president by Secretary Tumulty. The report is given to Dr. Grayson and com municated to the president when his con dition permits. . .,., JO FATIOCE SHOWS The president - shows no signs of fa tigue this morning, despite the fact that he did not sleep -no well last night, . Dr. Grayson announced at -the White House today. The official- bulletin Issued, by ttr tiraysaf was itf-onsws iJtm: . j-- i.m president's i ,pTotjaic : .conditio remains as before. Chemical examlna- tioa of Ue blood shows the kidneys to be functioning normally,, He did -not sleep so well last Jflight. but shows no, Sims of fatigue this morning." : s ; i ? The statement was signed by Doctors Grayson, Ruffln'and Stitt "Slight" improvement v in the nresi- dent's condition was recorded in Dr. Grayson's countenance, the barometer by which the newspaper men read the progress of President Wilson's slow re-1 covery. If was also apparent in the un mlstakable spirit of optimism which per vaded the White House executive offices today. Dr. Grayson conceded the credit of part of the improvement to the sea sonable weather now prevailing in Washington, following' a week during which the climatic conditions were try ing even to people In good health. KSOW8 HE1 If AS IMPROVED ' Thst the president was fully cognisant of his improvement became apparent yesterday when he overruled Dr. Gray son's injunction against . any kind of work and insisted that be be allowed to go over, certain papers In .which he ex hibited an - imperative 1 Interest.- Mrs. Wilson obtained the documents from the executive offices and read them to the president The nature of' the papers was not revealed. - Dr. Grayson will not say at this time whether or not he will allow the, presi dent to receive King Albert of Belgium or sign, the -wartime prohibition enforce ment act. He reiterated that his pro gram for the president s recovery Is ab solute seclusion and rest.. Should the president continue to Im prove, however, at the rate developed in the last 24 hours, it is believed that he will be allowed to welcome the king and queen,' If only for a moment. In his cham ber, and that the prohibition enforce ment bill will bear the signature "Woodrow Wilson." " The cabinet , to meet again to day with Secretary Lansing presiding. The principal matter for consideration, it was learned, was the impending miners', strike. Committee Named To Pick Monument For Patriotic Work DoW V. Walker. Edward Cookingham and A. L Darbur were this morning named members of a municipal commit tee representing .the American Legion. Liberty .loan organisation and city coun cil to select a suitable marker to' be placed ' on the present site ' of Liberty temple. ". Liberty temple is to be moved or rased soon after Armistice day, November 11, and a patriotic monument is thought to be. a fitting reminder of the .war work activities that centered round the build ing at Sixth and Yamhill streets. - Contagious Disease Cases Increase in City, Day's Eeport Contagious disease continued on the increase during the last - 24 . hours, ac cording to an announcement made by George Parrish, 1 city health of0cer, at noon today. '- The' greatest Increase was noted in the number of scarlet fever cases, which jumped. from 47 to 51 overnight. Two new -cases of diphtheria were reported, bringing the total number on record to day to 83. ; There jwere also two more smallpox cases reported, this total how , i .mi . - .... XEUTIV KEEPS Personal Letter Asking Confer ence' to .Stick at Post! to : Be Read When Break Is Imminent. Labor Refuses Idea From Public Group to Whip Employers Into Line by Phrase From League. By William G. Shepherd K s ; Washington. Oct. 21. (I. N. 8.) i President Wilson today, from his sick bed, gave Chairman Franklin K. Lane a loaded gun to place at the head of the industrial conference and force it to continue its efforts toward, ' bringing about industrial peace,;' - .- ,. -Chairman Lane, during the flatter hours of the forenoon, carried in the pocket of his light tweed suit a letter written by President Wilson as he lay on his bed tn the White House. It is a . typewritten letter, dictated . by the president, said to be the first official . letter he has written since his illness. It is signed in a firm hand by lead pen ' ell. Tumulty's own lead pencil, to : be exact. Dr. Grayson will not permit any tools. - such as pens and ink, to come Into the sickroom. ' - DELEGATES SEE LETTEB All the delegates know that Chairman - Lane has this letter. Tumulty himself brought it to the Pan-American build ing and made no effort to hand It to Lane in secret fashion. He gave it to him, openly, in the hallway -outside the . conference room, while scores of dele gates, during the recess, were looking on. The letter is a plea' that the confer ence 1 continue. Chairman Lane and ' Secretary TmnnHy; decided that Lan weuld not use the president's statement except as a last resort If any ene Com mittee group- at the conference attempt to bolt. Chairman Lane'.wui-dj'aw forth The laborrgroup this rmorhlng came r to. the' jCotf ereBe4jee1dv Ftf three oays tne employers nave naa tasor in the portion of seeming to want the con ference to end in - A fiasco, t WUhl n a few moments after their arrival, how ever,, the- labor men ' were pot- in -pos-, session of a new idea : by the publ lo group. The labor men ,1 elt ithat. if they could adopt this Idea and present It to the conference they could turn the tables on the employers and put them on the fore, they asked for a recess to. consider this new matter. ' , ' , f COTEWAWTS FHRAS VitV ' The public group's idea "is to take. certain ynraHuiuif nuiu viiv w,tvmi, of the League of Nations and try to force the American employers to agree to a phrase which is taken bodily from the covenant and which was agreed to by the leading statesmen of ; the world in the Paris peace conference. . " If the employers refuse to do thlf, the next move will probably .be-t ha (Concluded on Pft Ten. Cohimn On) ABANDON STRIKE to Resume Operations on ' . Wednesday Morning. ' ' ? New York,' Oct, 21-Tha strika of longshoremen, , which " began ilhrea weeks ago and completely tied - up coastwise and trans-Atlantic , ship ping in this port, was called off this afternoon when delegate of It local unions agreed unanimously to re turn to work tomorrow morning. ', -The vote followed an appeal from T, V. O'ConmMypresldent of the Inter national Longshoremen' union, who has steadily appealed to the men to aban don tne striae ana return io woraw ' O'Connor told the men that they were injuring their own Interests by remain ing on strike, with shipping paralysed and millions of dollars worth of food stuffs - rottHig on the wharves and in vessels because of lack of labor to un load them. He urged that they return to work and leave their : grievances to be ad runted by tne national wage, ad justment , commission and the special commission on conciliation, consisting of -Mayor Hylan, James L, Hughe et Philadelphia-end F. P. Vaccarelli. Woman Sought by : Detectives. Walks Into Police Station LONGSHOREMEN TO " Catherine Hammer, for whom police have- hunted two . dare on the .charge of taking 11500 from Andrew Freeman, watked Into headquarters Mondays night. , "Give me my clothes," she demander Police bad searched her .room and had seised . her belongings. --' -: - v ! ? v ; - "Give : Us - the $1500 you took frotn Freeman' replied the desk officer on duty. - f . - t1. haven't got It."" .'She is held in .'jail; while police are Investigating. v Freeman said she induced him to turn over his money to her. "She told mo X would be .robbed if I carried .that' much .'money., . .. . v ' " , - w i