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y SiON ADDS TO MYSTERY ELWELL To-Ninht't Weather PROBABLY SHOWERS. To-Morrow'i Weather SHOWER8. WALL STREET WALL STREET ML ST EDITION EDI TION 'u Circulation Books Open to All." " Circulation Hooka Open to All." vl. VOL. LXI. NO. 21,708 DAILY. Copyricht, 11121, tir Tile ITrw I'libllaliinc Co. (The New York World). NEW YORK, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1921. Knit-red na Hr-ond-nM Matt it Nut Office, Nnw York, N. Y. PRICE THREE CENTS tiiiiircw FINAL IK Hi a RAILM HARDING WORKING TO CUT RAILROAD AS PROSPERITY POLICY 4s- Uses Influence as Executive for Reduction Same Time Wages Are Decreased. CONFERS FOR ADVICE. Anxious for Settlement of Dis pute on Equitable Basis as Aid to Business. By David Lawrence. (Special Correspondent of The Evo nlna World.) WASHINGTON. April 7 (Copy right, 1921.) President Harding has begun to use tho Influence of tho Executive to bring about, If possible, a reduction of freight rates at the same tlmu as wagoa aro cut on thu railroad systems of tho country. Air. Harding U nut "officially" Interfering or forcing his advice, lnfluenco or suggestions on either the railroads or tliolr employees, but nevertheless ho la mediating In a dlsputu on whose HjtUenient perhaps depends the. lovlval of business In America inoro ihan any other single factor. 1 ilr. Harding rulers to his efforts modestly as merely seeking mforma . Ion. lie Is conferring dally with the liibor loaders. Next week he taua ' aith thu railroad executives. Tho viewpoint of Uio shippers of agricul tural products has been ubly pro bvnted In Cabinet meeting by cecre tary of Agriculture Wallace. Aa a cotutoq -ce Mr. Harding be lieves a reduction of ireight rates Is absolutely easeutlal. But i.io Inter state (J.-amt.co Commission, whoso expert Judgment In railroad matters la not uuestloueU, Insists that It would bo dangerous to ru. e freight talcs unless tho railroads can cut their "operating expeiuses," whicli means, or iuurk, ivah". - , bor is the largest Item in taiiroau. operation to-day To reduce wages would lie a rel- , atlvcly simple task If there were not which asked permission to cut wages interwoven in the question tumuihini; of COmmon labor 17 to 31 per tent., else tii- li more vital to -atli the rotroactlvo to April 1. without a huir railroad executives and their men ln(, ,,y lho Uoard. Tncn, according than thu revision o the wage scale to thp propnsai of the New York Ccn of this month or this year. It is the, tr, , th(J j,,ora found tiio cuU were ticklish problem or rauroaa suuiuarus , and methods of adjusting futuro wage scales. PRESIDENT REALIZES DELICACY OF THE PROBLEM President Harding has himself rec ognized the delicacy of the problem by his method of handling the labor ifiulors. Tho railroads, for tnstinoe. innl.it that now that tho war is over inch railroad system should deal with its own men, while Hie railroad hiotUrrhoods wIhIi to hive all matters of waxes iidJiiKtcd by a national oard representing tlio workets on all systems of tho country. T' o uilltJ national agreement wniuh eov- (Continucd on Tenth Pare) Classified Advertisers Important! ninMlflrd idvcrtlsltie ipy for J be In Tho fiunday World shout The worm onwe On or Before Friday trading Publication CMaut AdverlUmentt or Werk Day KorHeed DAILY AFTER 87V. M. For publication the following day. EARLY COPY RtoctvM ftx Prrtnne Whtn Afnrtltln HuliU OmlttW I'litid CiKLii. EN VOTE FREGH I HARDING TO SEE MORGAN ON RAIL FINANCIAL SIDE Financier in Washington to Con sult With President on Trans portation Question. WASHINGTON. April 7.-J. P. Morgan has arrived In Washing ton to discuss tho railroad sit uation with President Hatdlng. It Is said the President will seek light on tho llnanclal stdo from Mr. Morgan. Congestion of work before the Railroad Labor Hoard has created an urgent necessity for the es tablishment of regional boards of adjustments. Warren S. btnnc. President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers t6ld Presi dent Harding In a conference to day. N.Y.G.LOSESFIGHT IC GUI WAGES OF U. S. Board Denies Arbitrary Reduction To Argue De crease April 18. CHICAGO. April 7. Wages of com mon lalKir on tho railroads of the country must not bo arbitrarily plashed, tho United State Itallroad Labor Board ruled to-day. Both sides of a wage controversy must oomo before the Board and ; nt tj,-r r.ie. ind a ruling of I Board svcn beforo a wage cut can become effective, It was dci'red. Tho decision was made on the ap- plication of the New York Central, not jUStinabi- tho difference In pay would bo made up. Twenty-five other trunk lines, In cluding tlio chief roods and largest employers of labor in the country, agreed that the Now York Central should titurt tho case, and. If Huctwss ful. wages on thco lines would be likewtsu n'ducod. If granted, wages of labor would have been cut from (5 and IS 1-2 cents an hour to 33 and 35 rents. Tho IVourd did not rule u cut tn wages wan not Juatillrxl because of reduction In tho cost or living. Its ruling stated it was autliorlztd under the Transportation Art, to out wages only after both sides had had an op portunity to present their eajwss at a hearing, The board set April is mi the date on which the hearing of the applica tion of tho New York Centml and the other carriers to reduce wagon of common labor will be held Carriers will be allowed Mgnt hours' oral presentation of their earn, as will thu rail unions. Both sldei., however, are allowed to prinunt briefs and wrlUon testimony This must bo on tlio beforo the boaid by April 20. BOWIE RESULTS. 1T1H1 IUACK TlldmlliJ tim Jrt.r-u!,ld; fmll t'KC flnrv V 1 10. (I i.lUMfl f-S-10, riTII t.1 l .! Hi," V i-il.. II ' H...,. -ll. tl 10. IK-onil; llxluell. il'7. (H-ir);nc) li.it, , i I.I i.t -J I 11.4 l.4'U llnn.n.. n Influx. He'.'' Wrak. MiW a. sk.i RATES UNSKILLED m (Rieins Cntrisa on Pafi 5,) H .W. E. D.STOKES, Oil Man, Co-respondent, Saysj He Hasn't Met Her in J Yen's. I HE "LENT" HER A RING. Tore Her Photograph Before She Wed as He Didn't Want to Bother With Her. Edgar T. Wallace, the rich oil oper ator of California, who, by the testi mony of numerous witnesses, has lnvn charged with undue Intimacy . ..'i Mr. W. ii 1). Stokes, was tho A'tmss to-day when tho Stokes . v ti was resumed before Jus t.n 1'iiich In the Supremo Court Way.ice, who hurried Eastward from San I-Yanclsco as soon as his name was brought Into tho cose. Just before adjournment three weeks ago, is of medium height, ruddy and partly bald, llu came Into court shortly alter Mrs. Stokes and her mother, Mrs. Miller, had entered and took a stat several chairs removed from her, but.ojiJ.tecloec to Hal BUllg, another co-respondent in tho caso. Mrs. stokiVi looked much less worn and tired than when nlie was In court three weeks ago. Sho was in furs, a long coat which quite enveloped her, and a small close-llttlng bluo velvet hat Mr. Stokes arrlvod In a black cravat Instead of his usual red one. With Mr. Wallace camo Ills attor ney, Henry A. wwo. Wallace was examined by Mr. Wise. He stated that ho had lived In California and Arizona since early in 1918, but was In New York In 19U. 1S15 and part of both 1916 and 1917 He went to live at No. 13 East 3Sth in October, 1913, and remained there during 1914 and 1915. Q. During 1916 and 1917 lUd any one live with you In ."5Ui Strcct7 A. Yes, a Dr. Bonbon was there an a guest Q. Did you havo a wrvantT A. Yes, Martha Jonen. Q. Was any meal ever served from tho tea house In tluit building to your apartment? A. Never to mo. Q. Do you know Mrs. HtokesT A. Yes, I met he.r in the spring of 191 Q. Her mother and slstr were present. Q. When did your acquaintance with her termlnato? A. In the spring of 1909. Since then I have not seen her nor spoken to her nor ben in her company In any way. NEVER WAS IN LOVE WITH MRS. STOKES. On cross-e.xainlnation Mr. Smyth lioomed at tho witness, "Have you over been in lovo with Mrs. Stokes?" "Never," replied Wallace. Q. Did you ever ask her to marry you? A. I don't think so. Q. What do you nifin, "you don't think so?" A. That's my way of nn- (Contlnucd on Second Pago.) WOMAN JUMPS IN FRONT OF TRAIN IN THE SUBWAY 'Iaken to Hospital Willi Little Cliaito: for Life Ring Had Initials "B. S." After wandering about the 149th Street uptown subway iitatlon for ilfteen minutes to-day a woman about twenty-live years old leaped to the tracks In front of an express train. After she landed tho woman apjiar ently lost her nervu and tried to scramble nut of tho train's path, but she una too late and tho train struck her The woman was taken to Lincoln Hospital Willi u fractured skull and the doctois Hutu said sho had little Jhanco to r.oovur. Tlio woman was & feet 7 Inches tall, weighed 130 pound and had blonde hair and cimpUxlon. She wore a bl'icl. hat. whiti Jivku .uid a fur neck ii'.ut'r A signet ring an he; tlsgsr UJ vac JalUiOi "li. 8." is TO Mi ADMITS FAILURE OF PARLEY AS Tells House of Commons Situation Is Even More Grave Than He Had Believed Warned Miners They Were Destroying England as an Industrial Nation. LONDON, April 7 (Associated I'rejs). The NaUoual Union of Hall waymen to-day unanimously decided to support the coal miners in their strike. The executive body of tho railwaymen's union decided to con sult Immediately with the transport workers' organization for tho purpose of taking tho most offectivu and Immediate steps to assist thb minors. Tho executive body of tho miners met In conferoncc, but adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning, at which time a conference with the railwaymeu has been arranged. The representatives of tho raiU-ujinen similarly udjourned until to morrow. Frank Hodges, Secretary of tho miners' union, declared It ap peared unlikely thero would bo any conference to-night of thu '"Triple Alliance" the rallwaymcn, the transport workers and the miners. A complete breakup of the eon- ' ferenco between representatives of tho minors, the owners and the Gov ernment with the view to settling the coal strlko wum announced In the House of Commons (by Premier Lloyd George this afternoon and Great Britain this afternoon was trembling on tho edge of an Industrial precipice. The failure of tho confen-nc', Mr. Lloyd Uoorge declared, camo as a conseqllunut) of the refusal of tho Miners' derntlon to allow tho pump men to return to work until tho miners' condition of a national wago system and a national profits pool had been accepted. Tlio Premier added that slnco It had been made clear the Minors' Federation would not consider any settlement except on tho concession of their demands In full, tho Government, relying on tho assistance of the great mass of the people, must tnko every moans in Its power to meet tho situation. The view of the Mln.rs' Federation. Mr. Lloyd George asr ed. was that to permit the pumpers to return would bo to relinquish tho weapon with which tho miners hoped to brlnff tho Government and the mine owners to a flpcedy acccptanoo of their terms. Amidst chee.rs from tho Govern ment benches the Premier declared that tho Is-iue raised was much wider than that of what wages should bo paid. Tho Government, he said, had always kept on open mind on the question of wages and was prepared to use its good offices In reaching a solution. He regretted extremely that the miners had taken so grave a de cision. Involving Injury and misery to their fellow cutlitens throughout the country as well as to thcmsolvrji. Tlio Prime Minister's speech was followed by a general debate in which J. It Clynea. Chairman of tho parlia mentary Labor Party, and others (Continued on Second IMgo.) "Exceptional Results" THE WORLD'S Real Efitnte Ads SELL 28 HOUSES WIIXUMI-'ON A BAEl'l'Ii. ItKAl. IISTATK. 1317 ISUi Ariou.. UraiUm. N. r. AKU I. ML .N.w Yolk Ti rlrl: OruUvUirlJ -Mr vlib to llww our ai4rt rlUlfn ul Uir rai'rtkn&l riuiu U141 f t.t rf-hrt) Uir.uirS sdr ulw Ui XL,, ,vw k,k Wtulil .lijuilul) TMk 'tfl i "! to ill I curt IVaII) llond ind Munun luniinr. ixmvs K Ktum. I'r,-iiliiit lwi-Mt ulu liuu,. In la,iva I'trk. mi 11 lliniitM'tr-S. )! arli ulmif jlni I'J ll1 "l1 twi-llll In dull. ,ulul buirr. iil .'iu n.e aU uf Hum al. "it "ll' "UlHif PiolliUll. Wlirb H tuialitrr llu l" lur our rla c.f rrujn,. Vmi h-r-o nUrn l mil.Hlnn to uM IbU Mt-r In anT war rmi tnai Mr fit. Vourt rtrr tnjb. WILUAJJSO.N k KAKITKI. RAILWAYW1EN L BENNY KAUFF II HE CAN'T PLAY BALL Must Get Rid of indictment Hanin?; Over Him Before Fielding for Giants. CHICAGO, April 7. Benny ICauff. outfielder for tho New York Giants, was placed on tho Ineligible list by Ha-mbal! Commissioner Judge IC M. Lindls to-day. Tho Judge held that KaufT could not play ball while under Indictment In New York on the charge of having re ceived a stolen automobile. Under tho regulations of the major leagues no man may play on a team while uuder Indictment for a crime. Continuing, Judge Landls's decision said: "Of coiir.e, the mere return of an indictment does not Imply guilt But indictment does imply. In tho Judgment of the Grand Jurors, there is TirrtbviJble cause to believe the accused guilty. An Indictment charg ing felonious misconduct by a player certainly charges conduct detrimental to tho good repute of Iwmob.ill. Th mere presence of eiich a player in tho llno-iip would bo unjust to the other players, so deeply offensive lo the baseball mfblie, and so strongly etug gostlvo of a lack of appreciation of elemental morality on the part of those charged with protecting the good repute of the game, that it is an obvious Imponslhlllty." Bennv ICauff wai Indicted on I-'eh. 19, 1920, on a charge of grand lar ceny In the first degree In connerllnu with the dlHpoH.il of a car el;ilnied bv James K. Bi-enniui of No. 7l!S West Knd Avenue. ICauff was arrested tho day after his Indictment pleaded not guilty and was held In $1,000 ball. The rase was buried In tho court calendar and no tiling was dune alxiut it until Feb. 1" of this year, when tho District At torney requeMed Judge Millquecn to grant the ease preference, di'olanng that Justice duuaiiUed a i'fdy trial. The trial was called for Keh 21. Tho District Attorney's oilier Paid it wn not r'.idy ui that time, though Umil I'uehs, counsel for K.iulf, in sisted on an early dispotnm of the cjvst Tlie case came up again on the calendar of Judge Mulnuien In (len etal Sessions on Kib it, 26 and 28 and on Mnroh 1, 2 and 3. the District Attornoy's otllee each time announc ing it was not ready to proci id. The ease then was taken ifY the nre.rerrel calendar ami il is not known when it will bo reached again. N A TIKE JUDGE LANDiS RULES MINERS' STRIKE s Dry Agents Declare Dr. Don ald McCaskey Got Whiskey for Friends. ONE MAN HAD COLIC. Illness During Holidays Regu lar Phenomena Due to Sea son, Says Physician Dr. Donald McCaskey, No. ?f Wert 59th Street, appeared to-day to the olllco of Prohibition DJroctor Oliarleo It O'Connor to show cauae why hts permit to prescribe liquors na a phy sician should not be revoked. Judge K. B. Holmes and II. Shovo of Mr. O'Connor'o office presided at the "trial," ns Dr. MuCaskcy allied IL At tho conclusion. Judge Holmes an nounced a verdict would bo returned as soon as thu stenographer 'flnlsJiod transcribing tho testimony, (probably ulUiln two daya. Dr. MoCaakey, who was pot nlacd under oath. startJM bin aiidltitrH by admitting that last rcc!in' gnve 'prescriptions, iiucli c;illlng for a pint of whiskey, to thirty-three vnp!oycc of Uio Plaza Hotel It was charged by Prohibition Inspectors who in vctfllgatod that these piv-scrlptloim I weio eivtin as ChifHUnaa present' or , tljw. " Q. (Byv Judge Holnx?3) 1? II tn you gavo thesu pitvieriptlon!! aw Christmas gifts? A. X will neither nitlrm nor deny it. ij. lan't it odd that thirty-thrco persojis should get sick In thu iuihh pUiCjti just a day or two before Christ mas? A. No. Just before Christmas js an opportune! ttmo to bo sluk. 1 think It's a regular yearly phenomena duu to thu setuiuu. Dr. McCiuikey said all the thlrty- ; three wore his patients. Ho sa4d his examinations of them were muilo l with his voice, eye and Judgment. Ho couldn't recall that he had pre scribed anything for thorn In addition to liquor, exeopt counsel and advicu. Some of the proscriptions, the doctor tctftillod, had been left with the buy at tho cigar stand In tho Plaa Hotel cafe. . Judgu Holmtxi read from a list of charges prepared by Inspector) It li Lookey and H. S. Wllpers. These In cluded on accu.s.ition that Dr. Mc Caskey had Issued as many :u tlvo prescriptions, each for a pint of whis key, to one patient within ten d.ayw. This Dr. McCiudtey admitted. Ho also admitted that he had Issued two pre- HCriptlous In one day to the same pa tient (The law limits prescriptions to i one pint In ten days.) I M.my eases of such violations were cited, the addressc,-, of the patii'ius ; ranging from Illverslde Drive to Klfth l and Park Avenues and the Hotel Netherlands. One liquor prescription, the doctor admitted, was made out for his own wife. . Various ailments wen1 mentioned on the stubs In the doctor's prctcrlp tlon book, hut the one that called , for a quart of whiskey, two prescrip tions for a pint each on the same day, was ascribed to a patient on (Continued on Second Page.) GERMANY TO OFFER RECONSTRUCTION Will Propose in New Note to Send Litxir and Material Into Northern France. Iinill.l.N. April 7 (Associated Prom). Oiu-ioany will .inbuilt tu the Allied Supreme Council specific proposils for the reoonstriir.tton of the devastated regions of Northern Franco In a note vehlch now Is being prepared and which will bo despatched liefoie .May I, it was announced oilkially to-duy. Tho note will reiterate Onriimny's de sire to see tho rcKloni reconstructed a .41111 kl .is poJMble, and will offer Clor I man labor arul malarial to thueail. rKLoUKIrilUIMo Ao HEMS GFTS ROY HARRIS IN TO KILLING ELILL MAKES STATEMENTS THAT CONFLICT Harris Known in Bridgeport Had a Pal Named Dunkin There Both Had Been Violators of Law -Harris Describes "Mrs. Fairchild He Sticks to His Story in Buffalo. Every available detective in the New York Police Department was put to wrk to-day to learn what truflt if any, was in the amazmg story told by Roy Harris, Iwenly-tJircc-ye.ir-old son of respectable Bridgeport, Conn., pirrnts, of his share in the. murder of Joseph Bowne Eiwell in this city ht Jmie, DeteCive Henry Owild, who is particularly familiar with the per sons, places and events of the Klwcll murder, is on his way to BuTalo to talk with Harris in an effort to kirn whether there is anything of truth in his story or whether it will fall to pieces under well-informed questJon-i-iR- HARRIS UNSHAKEN IN 3-HOUR ORDEAL ON HIS CONFESSION Impress-' PvfTi'n D;,anct At torney Al'f.ni" 'Br.licvcs Him Mo'ii'illy Sound. rsirfl to Ttf tWihw WoH,,i BtrKKAIjO, N. Y., April 7 -Following a three-hour evamlnallon to-dnv District Attorney Guy I'. Mourn jmJi' that Itoy Harris's omfeasion of par ticipation In the murder of Joseph B. Klwell In Now York l.ist June was unshaken. .Mr Moore examined Harris at the reque.-U of former Gov. Whitman. Dr. Jamrs W. Putnam, nn alienist, who listened to tho cross examination of the prisoner, said Harris seemed to bo all nght men tally. Harris claimed that ho wils one of two men hired to kill Klwell for J5.0U0 last June toy a woman named "l''alr chlld." Harris Is also known an Q. K H. 1-orinnl and C. Carlln. Last night he signed a confession at the Niagara Street Station telling of his part in the crime. He named Bill Dunkin, a friend, as the man who tired (ho actual shot which caused Hlwell's death. He Is lielng held while the .New York Po lice Chief has boon asked to send a man here. Harris's wife, who waj with him when he was arrested yesterday af ternoon by Acting Capt Timothy Murray and Detectives Fred Howell and William J. I'lynii. Is being held by tho police while they work on the caso. She Is but twenty years old. She married Harris In St. Catharine's, Out., In ltilC under tho name of U. li. H. IHiimnl. The police have established tho fact to their satisfaction that Harris wns In New York City at the time of the murder. His wife left him In Syru ouso on July 3, 1U20, almost a month aftur the murder .vns committed. Harris was arrested yesterday on a charge of forgery. They say that nearly a year and a half ago, while in St Catherine's he passed a bogus cheek on Leo Wright of that city. The authorities on both sides of tho border have been searching for him since. Yesterday the police heard ho had been ston at tho Genosce Hotel. Th vent there and found that the man for whom they were seeking had registered under the name of "C Carlln" of Loudon, Out, and tluit ho (Continued on Sccc&d PiicJ CONFESSING , t Mm wuj,0 tim a special messen ger la brfndnc to tho police born A complete Hn of the fingerprints, BertUIoii tnivuruniinenta and 4boto craplis of Harris. These will be com- turod with the- score of- finger print taken In and about Klwcll' hormi at tho time of tho murder and , "ill bo nsod In learning whotheiw ilnrrlM h.is had criminal nanoclatlona. Airorxllng to Uio atory of Harris ho JT was plekcd up with a friend, "Bill". I Puukiii, , few days boforu tho ntur. 'or. by it nhatiffour, a frequentoj of wjnto light district rewirts, known to him only rm "J.u-ry." Thlu man tools I'wn ui m ,nr. i'liircniiu,-' wiio pror v lm blm Htui Ids friend I Junk In J3,o ti. orir-der Ml well, paying $50 in ad. v.vioo nd JI&0 the ilay aftor tho mur- V dor, uft.r thn tivo bad carrlod out la detail Imr pUuK. which nba said were biL'eii i,ri rttimrts of oplos sho had fol lowing Klwe.U. Ho said Dunkin actit illy ktlhl i;iwU. f Nothing in tho record of tho Swell ease contains any traco of resem blance to the Harris story. Nona of the mass of clues mulled over by the duleetlMis last summer concern ert ,9. ".Mrs. lnrohlld," Harris, U unit in or "Jerry," or any persons to whom their description might apply. But thb llrldia'porl pollro records show that a "William Dunkin" of Dallas. Tax., was sentenced there to tho Ohnshlro Reformatory for theft in December, 1919. . ONLY DISCHARGED FROM CUS TODY TO-DAY. According to Information recervoct from Bridgeport by former Gov, Whitman, who, as Special AaahUant District Attorney investigating of Metal wrongdoing, took over tho Klwell c.iso last week, "William Dunkin" ' uas discharged from the reformatory' at Cheshire ouly to-day. Harris, howevor, mm actually em ployed tn this city at the ttmo Klwell was shot to death. Detectives to-day verified hl story of having been em ployed as an elevator man at Ho. SSS Fifth Avenue at that time. But though he said ho was employed there: for only a. tow weiks and left soon after tho investigation of the Swell murder reached Its height In lato June, the building records show that he was cm-ploycd April 17 and lf8 July 17, at a time when Interest ltt the murder hnd so died down th6 Assistant District Attorneyo wore lsi- suing only two Interviews a -weals telling of tholr certainty that tho murderer would be under arresl "within twenty-four houru." Strangely enough, Mrs. Elwoll, wh had been estranged from the whist expert for years, had occupied art of.lco for her decorating and whist In struction buslnosa at No. 3W Fifth; Avenue until she sub-let It In 191$ to a rug merchant and moved nut Mm to u ' Mr. Jilrchild." who proi .Harris was known In the neighbor I r 'i !