Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 107, Hammond, Lake County, 22 October 1919 — Page 1

BEST READ i NEWSPAPER ! IN COUNTY ! onacafSi.TiowAi irswi rxrx.x. ijbasso wiu SEB7XCX. Oa strsets ai.3 aew-sstaads. 3e per copy. Delivered by carrits la ; Hammond and West Hammond, JCa j pr month. VOL. XIr, NO. 107, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1019. HAMMOND, INDIANA. NEW VICTIMS OF H. iflES FOUND NEAR LOWELL LIQUOR

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Famous Murder Case Has An Echo In Southern Lake County. rSRECIA!. TO THE TIMES! TOWE1.L. . IXTX Oct. 23 The tnur--rsu trial of K. H- Holmes, the arch-.--d hur.g tTrer.t.v-four years ego ' nd'to lad today to a little farm ..T-. west of this city near the State n-fh the dislnternment of Ira.,nr:s cf two corpses on the stte of ,-...; was once a log cabin. vh-le I-a 3. Mansfield mi exefor a basement of a new hcusfarm about twelve miles t cf and one and one-half mile "of Schneider he unearthed sor.e v,;an tones abe-ut two fKt under the tr,und. He mad. an investigation and jnd the bene, of two S'"0"6-w.-a of a an th "J f. of Th. scraper struck the suU of m . . v. vull of the woman t1. man but the eKuu 01 tr.tact ar.d showed where two ul had been fired Into th hcad" v, Cf the bones could not be found hi- most of the larger bones of the My eud many of the smaller fc. md. The aoles of th. shoe, on the r, were found and wer ta a fa., e of preservation. The appearance ;.Yhe bones showed they T 'unds TdU-h : Ld lot- m -j5 hE:1 teen vacant for r if.ee on Sunday. -he finding of the remains at th! r;e bring to mind the ,i8 cf a man byjlamef H. K. TContinued Jt l!z COAL YARD CASE IS SET F0R OCT. 29 Tr-p-rty owners on Detroit street, Hwaona. will scon Know the result the f.?it which they have been -ralcln against having a coal yard lo- . Ud at Detroit street and Hink street. Last Eprtnfe- Judge Anderson in thMr .ra: coort granted an injunction W V . ihe Calumet Coal and Supply Co.. .ratcJns the city from interf erics , .th the operation of the n appeal was granted to the VnltStates Circuit Court of Appea. n word has bn received in Ham r-.,nd that the case has beer, set fc.fl -. j . 1 lotober - J . a-ing next ean".-. ( T,. decision will be an important one , Acting" city ordinances, throughout , country, where effort, h;' n-'ade to Protect residence d 'cts coal yards and other lines of, i'-.slnesa which tav at times been ( r-,d as nuisances. ,inery and E. O. Sproat will rep--nt the property owners and Attor ; i, l Bomberger the coal compan, , the Hearing at Chicago next wee. bacohIouT by wholesale Handle E out cane of bacon at the rate of six per minute to eager buyers. Mayor Trcwn and his force of clerks from the cry haJl made a prodigious hole in the carlcad of government bacon which Is bei.-.g sold in Hammond today. There ner 10C0 twelve-pound cans In the cirU-iad and at noon, just three hours after the doors opened, it was found tbst 1160 had been sold. t this rata the entire s'ock will be e'eeed out before evening and ther will s-SU be many disappointed reople h! hail counted cn getting some of the barcn. Many inquiries were received th e mornlnr from people who delred to purchase seme, cf the canned roy bef .but there was none of It for sale. CHAMP'S WILLING; OF COURSE HE IS ! INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE j WASHINGTON. Oct. 22 " I am willlet:" pute4 Champ Clark in th houas j today when Hep. Hulings, (Republican . of Pann.) mentioned him for me presidency. Cheers, applause and laughter shook the house. , Champ Clark ha1 mode a speech opposing the. age limit of seventy years for the controller general of the U. S. s nronosed in the budget bill. 'Ve are now considering a youth of i 5 jeers for the presidency," declared Huilngs as Clsjk sat down. Up Jumpsd Cfismp and shouted his w illingness. Advertise in The Times and advertise again. Results come with tonlshir.g results if their users are to be believed.

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Threatened Coal Strike May Provoke Crisis

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! WASHINGTON, Oct. 2C -Every (fovemment agency today bclr.fr pre pared to met a Treat national cricis a con strike. Cabinet officers Rave Instruction that their departments should Investigate the possibilities of government operation of the mines and the revival of the fuel administration was under serious considers ti on. Meanwhile slender hopes were he'.d o;it that the difference between the coal miners and the coal operators might be sufficiently smoothed out tvlay in conference with Secretary of Labor "Wilson to open the way for negotiations which would at losft delay the strike. The strike mil hs3 not been recalled, according to John L.. Lew's, acting president of the United Mln Workers of America and the operators, represented by Thomas T. Kres-wster. refused to accept any idea of negotiation un'ii the strike call is rescinded. Secretary "WilRon wm scheduled to address the conference today and it was known that he has conferred Tvith other subordinate officials and a tentative plan for procedure has been considered. It was not expected that the conIS CALAMITY IS PREDICTED tlNTCSSATIONAU NEWS SERVICE) "WASHINGTON. Oct. 22. An industrial calamity smB to be Imminent in the United Slates, Senator Krolinshuysen, EepuViican. of New Jersey, chairman cf the senate interstate commerce sub-committee, investigating the threat.n. irrlle of the bituminous coal miners, declared in the senate yesterday itf terncon. "The stage has been deliberately st for this disastrous event by 400.000 men. over ore-third of whom are foreign-born, who cennct epesJc the Eng'ish language and who have no accrualntancs or sympathy with cur institutions. "Are the people of the United States prepared to go down into their own pockets and pay out one billions dollars a year in order that the United Mine Workers may havo a sixty per cent raise in pay. work six hours a day and that for only five days a week? "A demand for a s.ix-hour day for a hlrty-hour week Involves a thirty-seven per cent cut In present working time. To my mind this means a thirty-seven par cent cut in bituminous coal proauction. And that means but one thing a coal supply so insufficient to meet the country's needs, tho closed factories, the Idle mills, the crippled industries, the unheated homes cf our people would bring about a bhortage infinitely worse than that of th winter of 1917-18.' . HMD LAWYER IN HEW TROUBLE SPECIAL. TO THE TIMES! CROWN POINT. Ind.. October 2i Disbarment proceedings against Marcus Hershcovitr of Indiana Harbor, were brought on Monday in the Lake Circuit Court by the committee composed of Otto 3. Bruoe. James A. Patterson. David E. Boone. George Hershman and Joseph loach, appointed by Judge Norton on September 2nd, after a full investigation of the. manner in which HerahcoTlts practiced law elnce 1918 when he was admitted to the bar In Lake county, the committee aU that Hershcorits be disbarred from practicing in this court or any court in Indiana on account false testimony which he Instructed his clients to give In the case 0t Chriat Dcmkola ts Peter Cozia. ft al. MILITIA REDUCED JN STRENGTH Gradual Lessening of Forces Of Guardsmen in Indiana Harbor District. I tTISNAT!ONAL NEWS SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 22 Gradual reduction In the state militia forcn "n duty in the s'eol strike dUtrlet of the Calumet region until the last jpuardsnan has l ean withdrawn was indicated in a long distance telephone messaxe from Adjt. Gen. Harry It. Smith, to! Gov. Goodrich toay. Ge;i. Smith in- ! formed the g ivernoi that bifinr-ir,g today five men from tach cumpar.y will he released from duty in the strike i lona At thii rate the military sfrng?h will be reduce! at the rate of 76 men! dxiiy- I Are ycu leidin? The Trmes?

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ferere would last longer today, unless there were more hopeful signs of arbitration. It was understood that the railroad have hardly more than a ten days supply in reserve and that great numbers of manufacturing plants have but a few d?ys of suprly of co al in atorase. T-re estimates indicated that even a ;'cw days cessation of worlt would create a shortage that would cause suffering during the entire winter. 'Vhlle government operation of the mints vvss Wing seriously considered today, administration officials admitted thit this would be their last resort for it would mean a tremendous task, and would call for large appropriations and preparation. The government will turn first to the war department in the event of government opcrat-.on cf the Mires and there It wt 11 meet with its first difficulty, for It was openly admitted today that the srmy is hardly large enough now tn be called upon for anv grept task such a guarding or operating a Iprg': numher cf mines. Even the shortest break In coal production will if feci - the nation seriously it was learned t'iay.

SAYS PITTSBURG R.R.' MEM WILL GO OUT John Fitzpatrick Promises That Pittsburgh District Will Be Crippled. ; INTERNATIONAL. KFS SFRVlCf ! "WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 Conent of the railroad brotherhoods to a walkout of all union train crews employed in mills in the teol strike area, who are not under contract, seauns a tieup of the railroad, facilities of the United Ststes Pteel corporation. John H. Fit ipatr'.ek, steel strike leader, announced today. The train crewg In the Pittsburgh district wl!l follow the action takin yesterday by the railroad men employed in the mills in the Chicago ditrl'-t and will stop work either immediately or in a few days, IVipa'.rick says. GARY MEN GET 1 1 P. J L George and Mike Find Justice Meted 'to Them at Crown Point. CROWN' POINT, Ind., October 3". George Patriktos of Gary was found guilty of assault and battery Monday In the Criminal Court at Crown Point and sentenced to 80 days In prison and a fine f $200. On July 13th he became Involved in a quarrel with Nick Poppa-vekolas and proceeded to eleah him with a raior, which was brought into court as evkJe r.--e . Trial waB before a jury which returned a verdict of fruiity shortly after eisrht o'clock 011 Monday . NEW HEAD FOR COUNTRY CLUB Kent W. Bartlett of Graver Tank Works, Succeeds B. J. Steelman. Frlends of fC W. Port let t. one of the dynamic forces of the Grover Tank Works at East Chicago are congratulating him on his election to the presidency of the Hammond Country Club, due to his work on the entertainment committee during the regime of IJ. J. 3'eeimnn. who-n Hartlett succeeds, llr. Steelroan's remarkable work In putting th Club on a pound financial basis entities hsrn to a niche in the Club's hall of fame. Mr Bartlett has always been a great Club boont'-r end gave It an immense amount of hta time. It Is undiM-stool that Partlett will contlune tho i.oijnd financial policy that r-viulted lti putting the Country Club oat of debt In a pir.Rln yor, a policy which will doubles keep the club oat of debt. Special attention will he gin to the social activities of the club aa well as the golf and other features. The Idea Is to makefile Hammond Country Club ens of the premlur organization of its character in the suburbs of Chicago. OFFICERS RETURN HOSPITALITY Another pltas.'.nt evening will be in evidence tt Pothacliild's restaurant tonight when officers of the Federal troops now doinif duty in the city, will give a return dunce to the young- la:e of the city who entertained them a week ago. The regimental band will furnisfa th music. j

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MISS ELIZABETH VOKE Fifteen year old Elizabeth Yonke, who was one of the victims of tie terrible doub'o auto tragedy at Lake George last Saturday is mourned by a very large circle of friends and intimates. Tho inquest over her and Mies fitlngley will begin on Thursday mcrtiln gand some aeJiaatlor.H.1 developments are expected when Coroner J. A. Oraham begins the Inquiry. NEW TAX LEVIES ARE GIVEN OUT Chairman JlT3 -.of. tate Tax Board Announces Tax Levies for 1920. '$reCL TO THE TIMES) IXDIASSaTOLTS. Ind.. Oct. ?!. The tex levies for l.ake county, -uniT the new tax law, were completed yesterday by the State Board of Tax Comrniasloners end announced by Chairman' F. A. 81ms. The complete lis of lei lea for the county, compared with levies for last year, is as follows: Xsks County. New' Levy North Township 4 .SI Calumet Twp. .f2 Hops Twp. .74 St John Twp .S2 Center Twp. Crown Point Corp l.S'l West Creek Twp .; Ceflar Creek Twp Lowell Corp. 1,76 Eagle Creek Twp Wlnl'Md Twp. ..V Tlobart Tw,.i. H 'bart Corp. 1.5S Hanover Twp. . Al Hammond Corp. l.?H Kast Chicago Corp 1.1 S Whltlr.g Corp. 1.17 Griffith Corp. .!n Old Levy S3. 4 a 7i 2.7J 2.P2 4.1 S 3.1.') 2 ft 5 4.1 2.1.2 2. C S 3. ' S 4. 0 -.76 5.60 5.48 4.1.0 3.22 S.40 .'!.40 ?.f'2 Z 14 3.63 rt.76 3.60 S.22 2.70 3, SO S.53 Gfiry Corp. 1.31 Iyer Corp. 1.12 Muneter Corp. .7 Aetna Corp. !.'i Tlsst Gary Corp 1.14 New Chicago Corp 2.7'' Highland Corp. .94 dt. John Corp 1 f6 Scherervl'l Corp. .7S Schneider Corp. 1.04 Hessville Corp. 1.18 The new levies are inclusive of all tnxe except the state tax rate, which is If cents. The assessments were made some time ago. With tho tax rate announced, each trx payer will now be able to determine the effect cf the new tax system In his own case. In counties previously announced. H has been found that the amount of taxes pr. !.! by many people will be less than ! under the old tax rates, notwithstanding the extraordinary costs of the war period and extensive publlo improvements, such as road building and Increased cost of schools. The tax commissioners attribute such results to a fuller Isntintf of taxable, to the in.lu-l slon of great amounts of intangibles' that hiterto evaaed assessment succesfully, and to a more even and Just distribution of tha tax burden. PLANT OPENING BRINGS VIOLENCE i INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE t ELWOOI. Ind.. Oct. i-l.Oj' Miing today of the EJcd Plant cf t( American Fhr.et and Tuiplate Co.. which h&a been closed as a result of the- rmtlon-wido stfii strike. a aeci?nprti;.J by violence in which 11a v Kir . v;h badly beaten by strike sympathizers, who accused hi:n of ntrike-breaklne ni-,d a l-r-ricnor was beaten TTy'tv.o of his countryman. Pick-ting wan permitted today, but pclVo protection was reinforced this ttftcrr.oon to prun further outbreaks when another shift will eltempt to return to work. Abou' 2 0 n v or taken into the mills early today The h.nr lost of William Hh'.pn an. 234 Airbridge street, Gary, las been found in Kast Chir.a fc'o . The auto was stolen when Hhipaien was in Kast Chicago l.i st April. The Kast. Chicago police department notified Chief Forbis that the machine had been rosoerd.

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APPEALS I From His Sickroom He Im- ' plores Body to Remain in Session Till Itesults are Ottained. (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. President Wilson's ai pr-al to the industrial conference was laid before the conference today. Chairman I-ane read rr-s:den'. Wilsoi. s letter. The letter foilo-rs: "To the ladies ami gentlemen of the induitrial conference: "I am advised by your chairman thit you have come to a situation iCincli appears to threaten the life of your conference and because cf that I atn presuming to address a word of very solemn appeal to you as Americans. It is not for me to assess the blame for the present condition. I do not speak In a spirit of criticism of any Individual or of any group. But having called this conference, I feel that my temporary indisposition should not bar the way to a frank expression of the seriousness of the position In which this country will be placed should you adjourn without having convinced the Amrriosn peothat you had exhausted your reso'jrcefulnea sar.d your patience in an (Tort to come to somn common agreement. "At a time when the nations of the world are endeavoring to find a way of avoiding international war. are we to confess that there la no method to be found for carrying cn Industrr In the spirit and with the very method of (Continued on page eight.) ASK HOUSE SALE SINGLY, NOT IN GROUP Houses built by the Unitea States Housing Corporation in Eost Hammond Will be sold to individuals on easy terms and rot as a whole to any corporation. 1f government officials heed the wishes cf the people of Hammond as expressed through tho council yesterday evening. A resolution to th's effect passed unanimously by the altermen Is being forwarded to various ofncisls at Washington today. The resolution states that for the best Interests of the community people should ho encouraged to own their own homes and not be forced to rent them from a c-irporp-tion. It aids that tho city for years has been flighting to have tho Standard Pteel Car Co. do away with the unsightly tenement houses In East JUmmond and expresses the ixdlef that should the company gain possession of the new homes built by the housing cornoratlen conditions would soon become just as bad os thoy are tn the tenement district. It is understood that several corperiior. have been angling for the houses and at one time a deal had practlcally heen closed by the Standard Co. for their purchase, when appeals from Hammond citizens to the housing corporation eaurfd the. matter to be dropped. The Situation In Russia i INTERNATIONAL NEWS SER ICC The Russian situation, which has been obscured for a reek by conflicting efficlal ar.d unofficial reports, was somewhat cleared today: Petrograd is still held by the Bolshevik troops, according to the most trustworthy advices. Kronsadt has been ofHcSally rrportod in the hands of the ontt-Bolahevik troops, but this Is not borne tut by the latest dispatches. Gen. Dentkln's advance continues, but has evidently slowed up and British military exports were quoted :n Itondon today ss savin? that the prediction that U- white armv will bo In the Soviet stronghold within six weeks may prove to ontlmis:!'. T".ie Bolshevik, while drawing troops from the interior fur the protection of 1-Vtrcgrad. have evidently attempted a counter-offensive against the forces of Adrr'i-nl Koiehak on the East Russian fighting front. i'or tho tlmft heing flghtiry on the North Ilussiau front (south of Archangle) seems to he at a s'andstli. SINCLAIR TO DOUBLE PLANTS INTERNATIONAL K EwS 6ESV1CE, N'KW YOltK., Oct. 22: Announcement ras made her-3 today by the Sinclair Cctisolldated Gil Corporation that owir.g to increased UfmandH for petroleum j pi'oductf, the corporation ha decided! to double the capacity of its re.'int-rl'sl at Chicago, Kansas City and Coffeyville, Kan. The directors have appropriated $2V('U0.OOO for the work. A e you reading Die Tinie?

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STOPPED ON 2nd READING Board of Public Work3 Mat- j ter at Meeting Provokes Lot of Discussion. I Firat steps towards putting into ef- ! feet the motion pasued at the laet meet- 1 Ing night, to do away with the present city board of works and appoint a new . one from without the council wors ! taken last night by the Hammond aldermen when the nerescary ordinance wae put througn first and second reading. As had L. eri xprcted it stopped there as unanimous consent is necessary for suspension of rjles In order to adopt an o. ilnance the same n;ght it is Introduced. ilaj or iirown attempted to have the change postponed until January 1 instead of November l r.s .specified 1 the ordinance and von gome support from rhoso who were back of the ordinance tut not enough to win. Alderman Keckleman moved that the ordinance be tabled but this was voted down. Wordy battle- then ensued In which t Ileckleman, Rellly and Li. C. Smith.' participated and in which Fe-eral nr.- I -i i i.-j . . i y.aottui. nirmmirB were rcvivt'i. Action on the ordinance was then taken. With the present lineup of .u,;porters H will probably pass eaeily at the next meeting night. November 7, although there may yet be an attempt to amend it to Incorporate the change suggested Uy the mayor. In order to carry the city over until the next taxes comes In an ordinance wae passed authorizing the city controller to isoue short time notes to the amount of llOQiOO due May 1. 1920. Permission, for Ice isue has already gone before th'- stae tsx: ooard and early action is exp-jcted. A resolution was introduced cirroanding that the legal department immediately take steps to force the ftreet car company to comply with the terms of the contract entered Into when the seven cent fare was granted. City Attorney Mcllahon prevented pasaage of the resolution by Informing the council that he had s-lready taken up the matter with Manager Charles Lawrence and had learned that the parte referring to the double tracking on Calumet avenue, running cars on Columbia avenue and paving between the. tracks on Indianapolis boulevaid had either been complied with or were under way and that tlea were on iapd ar.d rails ordered for the State street double tracking. It is expected to have State street ready In thirty days. Permission was granted the B. A O. C. T. railroad to ru'.ld a spur across Torrence avenue to the site, of the new rooting factory which i to be built at once in the northeast part of tho city. QUICK ACTION IS PROMISED Ucder a new order which hae Just been received in Hammond from the office of the Assistant Secretary of War. former soldiers, sailors and marines who hare incurred disabilities in line of duty which have nec essttated" major amputations, such as the loss of a hand or foot, both hands or feet or the Ices of the eight of one or both eyes and who ma desirous of taking vocational tra!nin can now have their applications acted upon within twenty four hours. Formerly all applications for training were referred from the District Vocational office to the Federal Board at Washington, entailing much delay adn frequently working hardships upon the men making the applications. Under the new system traveling field representatives are covering the entire country visiting each vocational board at least once every two weeks at which time all cases on hand will be cleaned up. The field man has the authority to set upon all cases except those involving courses for periods longer than two years. Men who have had major amputations come under a special class which Is acted upon by the District Vocational officer who may approve courses up to four years in length. He can aot upon these Immediately. Arrested cases of tuberculosis will be considered twenty-five per cent, disabled for a period cf two years after arrest ond the Bureau of War Klsk Insurance has agreed to consider arrested cases as twenty-five per cent, disabled for the first six months and 10 per cent for the following eighteen months . WILSON PASSES A GOOD NIGHT HNTERNATIONaTneWS SERVICE! WASHINGTON, October Si. President Wilson pasaed one of the bet n'ghts h has had since his lllne-s began, declared a bulletin Issued at the White Houe today. The bulletin was ss follows: "The president has hud or.e of the best night ainee his lilness began. Ill temperature, pulse and respiration continue normal. Hia disesti. n is rr.aie rat 'at ac lory " Thi statement was signed by rrs. Grayson. Ruffit and Stilt. Take The Times trie! kep i touch with the whole vorli

CHARGES LEAD ALL Hammond and Gary Predominate In List of Defendants.

- JT"(E8 BUREAU AT STATE CARITAL! out of the 125 defendants Indicted ty the Federal grand jury In Judge A. B. And arson's court are from Lake county, Hammond, Gary. Indiana Harb-r and Crown Point furnishing most of the offenses alleged. The offenses charged and the number of the defendants are as follows; stealing from interstate shipments, is, stealing from express comrariies. I; Impersonating a United States officer. 1; defrauding the government : postal offenses, 8, counterfeiting. 1; selling opium. 1; violation of the Mann sx-L. 1; Muncle fraud case. 6: violation of th6 P.eed amendment, M: seillr- liquor. 12: manufacturing liuor, e, and operating Illicit stills. 7. Names of persons Indicted and net yet arrested were not mads public uqtjos caeis ircraxsOTrs. Indictments on the charge of violating the Reed amendment were brought against the following persons, who are !n Jail or held under bonds: N"ckey B!oskl, Hammond; Sain Culley and Raymond Culley, Evansville: Dan Cosma. Niek Roclu and John Steva. Hammond; FT&nk Dunbar and Monte Engel, Indianapolis; Albert Editi. Hammond. William D. Fritts and "John Konera, Kalamazoo, Mich; Charles L. Schllehter, Chicago; Harry Fagan and Ignata Gubtr. Hammand; Frank Hahn Everett S. Ely and George Roth, Indianapolis: John Hollingaworth and Charles Clodfelter, Montezuma: Albert Johnson and Rice iladden, Boonville; Mike Kuesei. Lake county: Michael B. KrusynsHl. Hammond; Joe Lepri. Clinton; Steve Masaros, Lake county; Milan Dlvich and Dan Lemaich. Gary; Mamie Merrlweather. Evansvllle; Pam N'orvanls. Eeelyvlllet Julia Packettl and Joe Trunks, Clinton; (Continued on paga eight.) GOMPERS IN FIGHT FOR HIS LIFE TODAY By wTT.TiTftM Q-. SCEXFHUO. STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE! WASHINGTON. Oct. 22. Saxnuel Gompers was engaged today in whax may prove to be the fight of his life. The American labor leader, after sitting with his colleagues in ths labor group of President Wilson's industrial conference and listening to a, letter from the president calling npon all men in the conference to persist la their efforts until they had either found a way of bringing labor and capital together or had proved to themselves that such efforts would be useless, failed the embarrassment of having tha labor group bolt the conference, despite the president's plea. The labor group came to tha conference the morning In a determined mood Yesterday's action of fhe conference in voting against the Gompers resolution demanding arbitration of the steel strike, ajid against the Ruseell resolution for collective bargaining, had made the labor leaders angTy. Ths group went into session Immediately and Gompers discussed with them trie probable effects of their bolting the conference. .V. F. Tiphe. president of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Ftee.1 and Tin Workers, announced this afternoon that he will withdraw regardless of action by the labor rroup. "As representative of steel workers ai this conference. I cannot remain in face of the steel strike resolution. If I remain I cou.d not go back and face my people," Tighe sail. PACKERS NOW ASSAIL WATSON INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! WASHINGTON. Oct. 22. Chcrsethat Senator "Watson, ef Indiana, ha.i been useful to the packers and that he was a "lobbyist In 1309." were made by the Federal Trade Commission today. Tho statements Issued by the commission was In answer to Senator Watson". cht.-ge that Bolshevist propaganda thrives among emploes of the Federal Trade Commission. In 6pite of its charge that Senator Watson has been of visa to the packer?.. tb.9 trade commission made public a telegram from G-. D. Ehipworth. president of Wilson & Co., directing John C Eve.rsman. Washington agent of "Wllsan & Co.. to see Senator Watson before the interstate commerce commission of the senate took action on rate legislation which was then pending. This telegram was dated Feb. 1. 1918. Everyman" reply declaring that he had seen Senstrr Watson and giving an account of the attitude of the interstate ccmraer. e committee was also made public. "This is a part and parcel of the sr fare cf the Chicago meat packers agair.st the department ef Justice nnd the fedc-r.l trade commi8s!;n. for the purpose of subverting Justice," the trade eomtn'ss.oii Ktt.i with it i i-no. to ?enr.' j Watson's at'aek. J