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I ALL MERCHANDISE ADVERTISED IX THE i TRIBUNE IS GUARANTEED Vol. LXXX So. 26.8.15 (Copyright. 1920. New York Tribune Inc.) t? the Truth: News ? Editorials ?Advertisements FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1920 THE WEATHER Cloudy with showers to-day and prob? ably to-morrow; ?cooler to-morrow; fresh southwest wind?. Full Report on Last Page * * * . c within commatlBi distan?? I THREE CUm Rail Ultimatum Orders St U. S. Arrests 24 Union O -_- ?-, rikers Back by Noon Sunday; Warrants Berlin Arms To Prevent New Revolt Ebert Sends for 15 Tanks and 20 Armored Cars to Awe "Reds" Seeking Alliance With L?nine Pariv Issues Call To Defend Republic Von Lnettwitz, Kapp Re? bellion Leader, Seized; Troops to Stay in Ruhr PARIS, April 15.?The German gov? ernment has decided to place guards around the government and other pub? lic buildings and has sent for fifteen large tanks and twenty armored cars because of rumors of a new attempt to overthrow the government for the I purpose of forming an alliance with Soviet Russia to declare war on France, according to advices from Berlin to? day. The Social Democrats have issued an j oppeal, the advices add. calling upon ! their adherents to register for defejp.ee ! of the republic against internal ene-j mies, arms in hand. BERLIN, April 15.?The government i has succeedcil in placing tinder arrest Major General Baron von Lucttwitz, commander of the rebel forces in the ! Kapp revolt, the semi-official Wolff Bureau announces. The cencral was captured in Pomerania, where he had been reported In hiding. In addition Major Bischof, of the Bal? tic troops, credited with bom?-* a moving force in the Kapp conspiracy, was ar? rested. ? i Minister of Defense Gessler. speak- ' ing in the National Assembly yester? day, announced that he had or? dered the arrest of Major Erhardt, commander of the naval division, and that ??fcwi??kird Naval Brigade was be-! mg conveyed to Muertster, where it j would be disarmed, by force if neces- : saiy. In any case, he said, it would he disbanded. The minister continued: "News reaching us' from Pomerania is extremely serious. I mur-t therefore warn all those who influence the con? servative press that we arc no longer prepared to put up with fresh dis? turbances." Revelations regarding continual reac? tionary intrigues are attracting great attention in the Berlin press. The "Tageblatt" to-day publishes an interview with Lord Kilmarnock, Brit? ish '''harg? d'Affaires, in which the iatter is reported to have said: "I am convinced that a new military attempt would provoke the greatest in? dignation in England, and the British government would repudiate it decis? ively. Every chance Germany has of obtaining help in the way of food, raw materials and credit would be spoiled by $ny acts c*f violence." WARSAW, April 11 ? By The Associat? ed Press!. Danzig dispatches received here assert that an intercepted wire? less communication indicates that Rus? sian reactionaries in Germany are rais? ing German-Russian detachments at various points, including Silesia and at Hammerstein, West Prussia. The Rus? sian Generals Gurko and Biskubuski are said to be directing the formation of these units under trusted lieuten? ants sent from Germany especially for the purpose. Voters to Pass On Soldier Bonus Albttny Leaders Decide on Referendum Plan; Protest JWeeting To-day From a Staff Correspondent ALBANY, April 15. Legislative lead era decided to-day to abandon the plan to grant a bonus to World War vet? erans and agreed instead to submit 'he fjuestion to referendum this fall. .Service men in the Legislature were incensed when they learned of this de? cision. H was reported they may hold an indignation meeting to-morrow morn? ing and agree to make a fight to have 'he Smith bonus bill discharged from comratttee Monday night. The bonus referendum bill will be drafted by a committee consisting of Senator Parton Swift, Republican, of Buffalo, and Assernb!yrn:-n Theodore Roosevelt, Louis A. Cuvillier and Ran? som IL Gillett. While it will provitle for a bond issue, the amount to be ?pecihed i? still uncertain because of tho fart that no figures showing the number of men entitled to the bonus are available. These statistics arc now being gath? ered. Estimate* iange all the way from $30,000,000 to $80,000,000. Prediction that American Legion posts 'hroughout the state will make the bonux referendum a campaign is?ue ?"ai made by Jame? T. Carril!, of Brooklyn, world war veteran and ment? he* of the Assembly. "We will find c?jt who ia for and who ? s against the soldiers? bonui." he said. The question of whether the state ?* to pay New York National Guards ?en who wrveA on the Mexican bordor ? n 191? the difference between state ?ia Federal pay will also be Bubmitted 'o the people this fall. The cost ot this to the .??t?te would be about $.'50, <m/m. GOOD HOKMM.: Tin? fr<-?l1? m <,f I ho Wool-worth '" f>?ny c, ?,,?1 ) i) ,?ni ?ct??, *..??<> ? Ills '?! position -.. , bookkeeper y.-.'h ?'? ?' ? i-*ny inrrntith *i> *-n>-'?.;-? --.-m In Th? I - ?h-tr <? ?'?, /?? - ' -,l.,? l- Kl II ,..) 'I -i? Ti-U/iin,- ir >.,?, nee/) ? ttiioHk+vv-r, eWrh "?* '/it-.-i m t?,.?- ?.i!|, .??I UP U ?? ?I.?oil Morlt '??;: ?/ir) I'.-iw-..;?, ;'?/- um! y i /'?ut a4v*rtf??fmt>ni toi lo-morrow's Tflb? Poland Threatens To Invade Germany BERLIN, April 15.?The "Vos : sische Zeitung" says the Polish j government has informed* the Allied Supreme Council that it ; intends shortly to occupy German ? territory should Germany fail to carry out her engagements with the Poles. ? The newspaper asserts that the j government considers the situa? tion extremely serious and has taken all necessary precautionary j measures. State to Grant Wage Increases To All Teachers ?_ Bill Which Allots Raise of $600 in Greater City Ap? proved at Albany; Will Be Introduced To-day Local Advance Optional ?Mandatory Plan Dropped; Direct Tax of 11/> Mills to Cover Estimated Expense From a Staff Conrefipondenl ALBANY, April 15.?Legislative lead J ers decided to-day to grant the de? mands of school teachers for salary ; increases. The cost will be met in part by a direct state tax of 1% mills. This agreement was reached after a conference, at which it was determined to create ?a special joint committee to investigate the educational system and report to the next Legislature. The bill to provide fcr salary ad? vances will be introduced in the Sen? ate to-morrow by Senator Charles C. I Lockwood, Republican, and in the As J s.embly by minority leader Charles D. Donohue. It will not carry any pro ? vision for mandatory increases to be ? made by the cities in addition to the | advances granted by the state. The ! tax of 1% mills will n-.isc approxi | mately $20.250,000. To this will be I added the $5,000.000 provided for in i the bill passed last year and the $5, , 300.000 already apropriatcd, making a total of $,".0,850,000. Greater City Gets $16,800.000 ; Xew York City's share will be about ?16,800.000, while its contribution to? ward the increase will be approximato : ly $1,.,500,000, thus bringing the amount ? to be received by the city $3,300,000 above the cost to the taxpayers. The : allotments to be made to the cities are .?is follows: New York City, $600 for each teacher? Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Yonkers and White Plains, $550; all other second class cities, $450; third : class cities, $350; village and rural schools, $300 and $250. It is believed the original increase . provisions in the Lo?kwood-Donohue bill can now be carried out, so far as ? New York City teachers are concerned. This will mean a 40 per cent increase for those getting less than $2,260, 30 per cent for those between $2,260 and . $3,000 and 20 per cent for all recciv i ing more than $4,000. | The schedule is beitig perfected by a I committee comprising Senator Lock ? wood, Minority Leader Donohue, Sena i tor Barnard Downing, Miss Margaret L. ' Smith and Assemblyman Joseph V. Mc ! Kee. This plan will not stipulate man \ datory increases, because most of the j cities already are up to their debt limit. j There is nothing, however, to prevent ; voluntary salary raises on the part of ' municipalities. New Minimum for All Classes In second-class cities outside of I Westchcster County the minimum for | elementary teachers is to be raised from $X00 to $1,200 and for high school teachers from $1,000 to $1,400. In third ? class cities the minimum for ele ? menUtry teachers will be $1,100, and j $1,150 for high school teachers. In I union free schools elementary teachers ?will have a minimum of $900, and high ?school teachers $1,000. In rural and j village schools the minimum pay will ! be $860. To-day's decision crowns with suc ! cess the campaign conducted by the j various teachers' organizations for the last month. A few days ago it seemed ? that Speaker Sweet and Senator Henry i M, Sage would have their way and that | the Legislature would vote to impose u tax of only one mill to meet the de? mands for pay increases. Mrs. Grace Strachan Forsythc, presi? dent of the" New York City School Teachers' Association, in commenting on the agreement reached by the legis? lative leaders, said: "This is splendid. We all felt that the Legislature would eventually see the justice of our demands. Wc are highly satisfied." The joint legislative committee is to com.ist of four Senators and live As? semblymen. It will investigate the : wages of teacher.), the equipment of ? schools and their systems of govern i ment and instruction, us well as "all I those questions affecting and promoting ; th'- education and mental, moral and ; physical betterment of the people." The resolution creating the commit? tee was passed in the Senate this aftcr I noon. It carries un appropriation of (25,000. JNo Invitation for Wilson i Rhode Iwlanil KeftiHC* to Offer Home for Summer 1 PROVIDENCE, April 15.?The House <>f Representatives to-dav refused to allow the introduction of a-rcsolution inviting the President to make his sum? mer home at Portsmouth in this state. The opposition wm? led bv Repre? sentative Frederick S. Speck, Iteoubli can national committccman from Rhode (stand, who objected to the Introduc? tion of the resolution as new business i.y unanimous consent. l^OOO^uiT Elevators in Strike To-day All Buildings and Apart? ment Houses, Except City Structures, Hos? pitals, Hotels Affected More Pay, 8-Hour Day Are Demands ?_.? Men and Women Join Walk-Out;>Full Backing of A. F. of L. Promised Eighteen thousand elevator operators in office buildings, department stores, apartment houses and industrial estab? lishments have been ordered to leave their posts at, 9 o'clock this morning in a strike to force increases in wages and changes in working conditions. Hospitals and city departments will not be affected. The large hotels are not likely to suffer on the first day of the strike because of the fact that the elevator operators In them belong to a separate organization. The strike was set for this morning at a meeting last night of the Eleva? tor Starters' and Operators' Union, at Arlington Hall, 19 St. Marks Place. More than 4,000 operators attended and so jammed the liai 1 that an over? flow meeting in the annex was neces? sary. Postponement Is Refused Although James E. Roach, local or? ganizer of the American Federation of Labor, attempted to persuade the men and women assembled to postpone the strike for another twenty-four hours in order to give him an opportunity for further discussion with the Building Managers and Owners' Association, he declared that should the union decide to strike at once the strike would have the official sanction of the American Federation of Labor. He read a letter from Samuel Gompcrs, president of the Federation, indorsing the strike. The letter was wildly cheered by the union? ists. Thomas J. McGill, president of the union, presided at the meeting and sup? ported Mr. Roach in his attempt to have the strike postponed. The strike sentiment, however, was so irreat that both leaders were overruled. The vote to strike was unanimous. Demands by ?Union Following is the proposed weekly wage scale demanded by the men and the present, scale: OFFICE BUILDINGS Askci!. Now. Starter .$38.60 $28.35 Assistant starter . .17?.On ?5.30J Hallmen operator?. 35.60 175.?Ill Elevator operators . 33.60 25.30 LOFT BUILDINGS. APARTMENT HOUSES, ETC. Starter .$33.00 $25.00 Assistant starter . 30.00 25.00 Operators . 28.00 22.25 In addition to the new wage scale, the men demand the eight-hour day and time and a half for overtime. At the conclusion of the meeting Mc? Gill announced that the number of those expected to strike this morning will be between 25,000 and 30,000. "Our membership is about 18,000," said McGill. "We expect to make the walk-out general and complete by pull? ing out every elevator operator and starter in New York City and Brook? lyn." The demands of the men were sub? mitted to the building owners and managers on April 5 with the request that a reply be sent to the union as soon as possible. Some individual owners agreed to meet with the union and arbitrate the differences. The Building Managers and Owners' Asso? ciation, however, in a statement made public yesterday, refused to meet the wage demands of the union and pro? posed a scale of its own. William J. Clancy, chairman of the ways and means committee of the union, announced last night that all owners and managers of buildings de? siring to settle with the union will be requested to appear at the union's headquarters, l.'?<3 Third Avenue, to meet a regularly appointed strike com? mittee and sign a contract. No other form or method of settlement will be acceptable, said Clancy. This was in? terpreted as meaning that the union will not consent to deal with the Man? agers and Owners' Association in a body. Quit Posts in Rush Hour Several thousand men and women employed in the Battery Park Build? ing, L'4 State Street, and the Maritime Building, 8 and 10 Bridge Street, were inconvenienced last night when twelve operators and two starters left their posts at the rush hour. Both build? ings are eleven-story structures. Hun? dreds were compelled lo walk down the stairs after ringing the elevator bells in vain. William Moir, superintendent of both buildings, pressed into service men from the engine rooms and porters, and normal service was resumed after an hour's interruption. It became known yesterday that the managers of many office buildings,, in anticipation of the strike, have trained electricians, mechanicians and porters employed in the buildings to take the ! places of the strikers. Many of the former will probably be impressed Into service in buildings throughout the city this morning. Two Dead, 3 Wounded In Railway Yard Fight CONN ELLS VILLE, Pn.. April 15.? j Two men were shot and killed and three others wounded in the Baltimore : & Ohio Railroad yards here to-night i when several railroad detectives en? gaged in a fight with five negroes. Ben Kohut, thirty-five year? old. of Connellsvillc, one of Ihe detfictlvas, was kille?! instantly when a bullet j ?truck him In the chest. .lames Wright, I nogtO, of Johnstown, Pa., died a few minutes&iter being wounded. ? First "Overall Club" In N^Y. City Formed The "Overall Club" plan to beat the high cost of clothing has hit New York. At a meeting yester? day of the boys of Jamaica High School it was voted to wear khaki coats, trousers and shirts. Dr. Charles II. Vosburgh, principal of the school, assured the pupils that he and other male members of the faculty would fall in line. Girl pupils and woman teachers arc expected to join the move? ment. One dollar a garment is esti? mated as the cost of the economy I outfits. To forestall dealers from boosting khaki prices it was re? solved to purchase the attire in large quantities. The "?Overall Club" idea, which had its incep? tion in the South, was reported Wednesday as having spread to Yale University. Federal Jury Indicts Healv And Gialotti Proprietors of Two Cafes Are Charged With Violai ing the Volstead Act; Straton Is Chief Witness I Pastor Is Threatened i Superseding Charges Lai< | Against Inspector Jlenrj hy the Vice Inquisitor* The Federal grand jury returned ai ' indictment yesterday against Thoma: : Healy, restaurateur, in which he is ?.c : cused of violating the Volstead act The indictment, it is understood, wa 1 found on the testimony given by th< ! Rev. Dr. John Roach Straton, pastor o I Calvary Baptist'Church, who told th' ! jurymen last week how he purchase? ? whisky highballs in Healy's and othe , restaurants without any greater diffi j culty than that of paying $1 and $2 i ? drink. With the Ilealy indictment, the Fed i eral grand jury also returned on ; against Peter Gialotti, proprietor o : Peter's restaurant in West Ninety seventh Street, which was raided an closed by Inspector McDonald's vie squad, following charges mad? agains fthc. place by Dr. Straton in his Easte sermon. Gialotti Indicted Twice The indictment of Gialotti, which i drawn on the same lines as that again? Healy, is the second to be found agains i him within a week. The first was re i turned by the March grand jury, whic | is still in session, and was based on th ! allegation that he was maintaining | disorderly house. Harold A. Content, a former A: si'stant United States Attorney, who i I Mr. Healy's counsel, was at the Sixtj i sixth Street restaurant when the ir ! dictment against his client was r? ! turned, and reached an agreement wit j George N. Taylor, Assistant Unite I States Attorney, that Mr. Healy shoul surrender himself to-day. Not long after this amicable arrang? ! ment had been made Federal agents ii : vaded the kitchen of Mr. Healy's Sixt i sixth Street place and confiscate half a barrel of wine and liquor whi( Mr. Healy estimated to he worth $1 ' Mr. Healy declared it was an outrai ', and exhibited two permits for the u: ! of liquor in cooking. While the Federal grand jury wi ' returning its indictments again ; Healy and Gialotti, the March grai jury in the Criminal Courts Buildii ; was listening to testimony on which handed up a superseding indictme against Inspector Dominick Hcnr Henry was indicted a week ago on tl charge of permitting disorderly hous to operate in his district and has be? I suspended from the Police Departmet The superseding indictment foui (Continued on page eight) ?Gr?nau and Aids Held as Conspirators ?Raids in Chicago, Based on Lever Act, Net Heads of Insurgents; Meetings Broken IJp by Marshals Strikers Defiant, Vote lo Continue Shout "Traitor!" as Pris? oners Depart ; Roads Gain Strength in West CHICAGO, April 15.?Charged with violating the Lever food act, twenty four leaders in the insurgent strike ol ' railroad switchmen were under arrest ! in Chicago to-night. In all, thirty war ! rants were issued. Railroad and broth \ erhood officials declared that the las bulwark of the local strike had beer broken. Government agents said 20( ' other warrants would be issued later. Included in the number arrested wai John Gr?nau, president of the Chicag? Yardmen's Association, the paren "outlaw" union. The men were takei unexpectedly by Federal agents a I meetings of strikers. The arreste? k men. who also included H. E. Reading j chairman of the United Enginemen': ? Association, another "outlaw" union i ?ver? released on $10,000 bond each fo ! a hearing on Aprii 24 by United State j Commissioner Mason. .Men Charged With Conspiracy j The raid had been under prepara | tion for a week. United States At I torney Charles F. Clyne raid. Tin ? arrests followed telephonic commun i ? cation with Attorney General Palme ' at Washington. The section in th? | Lever act under which to-day's ac tion was taken provides a penalty o I not more than $5,000 fine or im ; prisonment for not more than tw I years, or both. It is charged that th ! men conspired to interfere with ship : ments of food and other necessaries o life. The men, it was declared, generall, showed resentment against the gov ernment action and declared the would continue the strike. After th arrests .'500 switchmen voted to sta, out. "This is a deplorable state of af ; fairs," said Michael Ellgass, one o ? the prisoners. "I believed the organ j ization was a loval one when I joine j it." Gr?nau and Reading in a statemen ! declared the walk-out was not a strik and said no demands were sent to rail road managers until the men had lef \ r.neir work. ''They were not called out, 1 the statement said. "We realize tha these arrests are the work of th brotherhood officials in an attempt t : force us back to work. They will fa, in the attempt. We still deny that w j have violated any law or committe any overt act. We are not I. W. W.' 1 or 'Reds.' " Cther men arrested included R. ! i Murphy, publicity representative of th : yardmen's association, who declared i \ a statement for the men that no la j had been violated and said the "who! i matter" had been a mistake on th . part of the Federal officials. Elmer B. Bidwell, who was name j yesterday by Attorney General Palm? | as Grunau's successor, also was name Marshais Raid Meetings The round-un was quite uncxpecte ? by the men. Meetings were in progrei ! in several halls, when taxi loaqs ? i deputy marshals arrived and picked o? I the officials of the two "outlaw" union Federal agents who culled the crow I at Con'way Hall, where Gr?nau was a rested, took William L. Bond, R. 1 | Murphy and II. W. Radke to the Fc? j eral Building. As the men left tl I hall there wore cries of "Traito; 1 Traitor!" from the strikers. They p. i cused newspaper men of pointing oi j the leaders to the Federal men. Reports from other Western stril ! centers showed continued improveme j in the situation, with more men goit i hack to woii:. Railroad officials sa i that since the peak of the waik-o (Continued on pagi tliree) Asks Impeachment of L. F. Post, Assistant Secretary of Labor From The Tribune's Washington Bureau WASHINGTON', April 15. A move to impeach Louis F. Post. Assistant Secretary of Labor, for alleged failure to deport radicals rounded up by the Department of Justice in recent raids on Bolsheviki was made in the House of Representatives to-day. Representative Hoch, Republican, of Kansas, introduced a resolution calling for an investigation of the charges against Mr. Post and containing in? structions to h?ve impeachment pro ! ceedings brought if the charges are ! substantiated. i Republican leaders of ihe House ap ! proved the resolution before it was ; offered. Earlier in the day Mr. Hoch started to put it before the House, but at .the request of Representative Mon dell, Republican leader, its introduction \ was withheld until late in the day in ! order to permit the steering committee ] to pass on it. Representative Davey, Democrat, of I Ohio, has prepared a similar r?solu ' tion and will olTer it to-morrow for ; the purpose of placing Democratic sup ! port behind the impeachment move. Mr. Davey recently introduced anti ; "Red" legislation in Congress at the request of Attorney General Palmer. The impeachment resolution wa? re j forred to the Rujos Committee. When I it is reported the He*3t2 will vote upon , it under cl?ture. The House Judiciary ; Committee, if the resolution is adopt? ed, will investigate the charges that ?Mr Post "submitted to the demands ! of those seeking to prevent deporta j tion of alien enemies, and that by fia ? grant and unwarranted abuse of power i he has hindered, delayed and prevent? ed the deportation of alien enemies." ! The Judiciary Committee will report. ' its findings to the House and will move ! for impeachment if the charges are borne out | A fight on Mr. Post has been smolder? ing in the House for several months and bills are now on the caiendars of I both houses to take supervision of de? portation and enforcement of the Im? migration laws from the Department ! of Labor, where it is now vested, and [transfer it to the Department of Jus I tice. In offering his resolution Mr. Hoch said that he did not know whether the , charges were true. He said that less jthnn four hundred of the several j thousand radicals rounded up by the I Department of Justice ?"n the raids were deported, the others being re i leased, according to the department, with the consent of the Department of Labor. Mr. Post, as Assistant Secre? tary of Labor, has had direct charge of the deportation cases. Mr. Hoch said I that if the charges were true Con? gress should remove Mr. Post, and that | the investigation, in any event, would give Mr. Post an opportunity to refute | them if they were n?t true. \-:-1 Text of Rail Managers9 Demand on Leaders of the Four Brotherhoods - Following is the strike ultimatum issued yesterday by the railroad ! managers : "Messrs. L. G. Griffing, assistant grand chief engineer, B. of L. E.; Timothy Shea, assistant president, B. of L. F. and E.; T. R. Dodge, assistant president, B. R. T.; S. C. Cowen, deputy president, O. R. C. "Gentlemen: In order that you may be fully informed of the action of this association (the Railroad General Manager^' Association of New York), I quote below resolution unanimously* adopted at the meeting to-day: " 'Resolved, That the representatives of the Brotherhood of Loco? motive Engineers, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers, Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and Order of Railway Conductors arc hereby notified that the railroads look to them to bring their men | back to work, and have consequently given them until Saturday at 12 ; o'clock noon, April 17, to hava their men report for work, after which time the railroads will themselves open their books for a period of twenty-/our hours ending Sunday at 12 o'clock noon, for such men as register during that period, and who are acceptable, who will be taken back into the service, retaining their roster rights. "" 'In any event, the railroads retain the right to refuse to reinstate or re?mploy certain employees who have shown during the period of j trouble bv violence, seditious utterances, intimidation or other well ! defined means an unfitness for further railroad service.' "Your very truly, [Signed] E. M. RINE, Chairman." Food Handlers Call Off Strike; Get Pay Boost i Accept Raise From $30 to $35, Drop Demand for Closed Shop After Day of Produce District Strife Greenstuff Running Low I City to Feel Pinch in Veg? etables and Fruit Unless Rail Tie-Up Ceases Soon The strike of 1,400 teamsters and produce handlers, members of Local ? 202, International Brotherhood of ? Teamsters, called early yesterday, ?which threatened to paralyze'the dis? tribution of foodstufis in New York City, was settled" last night at a meet? ing of representatives of the Mercantile Exchange, the Butter, Cheese and Egg Dealers' Association, the State Indus j trial and State Reconstruction com ? missions and the teamsters' organiza ; tion. Dr. Royal S. Copeland, Commissioner ! of Health, also attended the gathering, ? and pleaded with both sides to reach ; a speedy agreement in order that the city might not be faced with a food crisis. Wandlers to Get S33 a Week There were only 400 handlers in? volved in the strike, but the truckmen : vho are members of the same organi? zation and who walked out in sym? pathy, refused to li?ui produce until the handlers' demands were satisfied These demands were for a wage of $3( ? a week and a forty-four-hour week The old scale was $30 a week. By tiu settlement reached the handlers will get $35 a week. They agreed t ) re I turn to work on the former eight-houi day and forty-five-hour week basis an?J waived their demand for a closed shop la return the employers agreed not tc discriminate against union men anc to permit the organization to conduct fitely its work among tho strikers. Present at the conference, which wa: held in the Mercantile Exchange, it addition to the representatives of th? employers and employees, were Join A. Bealin and Colonel M. J. Reagan, o the State Industrial Relations Commis sion, and Mrs. Henry Moskowitz am Adjutant General Berry, of the Gov ernor's Reconstruction Commission l The attendance of these officials, a : well as the efforts of Dr. Copeiand. i was declared, contributed greatly V the settlement. Peace came after a day of disorde in the strike area. Even with the rrei back at work conditions remain sew ous, according to a report issued, las night by the Division of Food an Markets, under Commissioner Eugen ; H. Porter, which announced that "i i the tie-up of transportation is not re lieved within forty-eight hours, th supply of produce will be practical! exhausted and the situation very muc worse." The report added that "a! I perishable foodstuffs are so scarce tha , prices are very high and it is almos impossible to give quotations of an practical value beyond the imm?diat time at which they are secured." As a result of the Ftrike little busi ncss was conducted yesterday at th (Continued on page three) Ebony Cupid Traps Two Chinese Sailor Boy* Immigration Officials A-ppea When They Seek Licenses to Wed Negro Women Ming Ding and Wong Fat, alle : same China hoy sailors, no sabe muc ' American immigration law, otherwis ? they would not have appeared yestei i day with two negro women at the Cit Hall to ask for a license to wed. They had come here in March, 1911 j on a British freighter from Hon Kong, and after getting seaman's lane , ing tickets did not return to thei vessel, which left port a few week later without them. Ming Ding got a job driving a d< livery wagon and Wong Fat spent, hi time plucking poultry in an East fid market. Their love for two portl . negro women and their request fc marriage licenses were their undoin; While awaiting the formalities of ge ting the "sacred American marriaj; paper." 'an inspector hurried to Cit Hall from Ellis Island and took tl ! two Chinamen with him. I Both will be deported to Hong Kon Railway Board Is Confirmed; Meets To-day Senators of Bolh Par? lies Assail Representa lives as "Typical Wilson Group of Mediocrities"" Fight Centers on Hanger Charged W i t li Leaning Toward Labor and Being Related to Mrs. Wilson WASHINGTON, April 15.- Members of the Railway Labor Board, whose i nominations were confirmed to-day*bj the Senate, were called to-night b.\ 1 President Wilson to meet to-morrow ; and organize. Some of them are al? ready in the city, and provision has been made for their assembly at head? quarters of the railway administration The President's call was issued as soon as word of the Senate's action reached him. Administration officials have felt tnat the board would prove an effective agency toward ending the "outlaw" strike of railway men. The personnel of the board as nom nated by the President was subjected Lo severe criticism from Democrats and Republicans in the Senat-? before the members finally were confirmed. Senators declared after the vot? that they had confirmed tho board onl.\ because of the railroad strike emer? gency. The board is the only bo:h that is charged with adjus !ng t!i? strike, they pointed out, and although the law does not provide thr.i its ?k? cisions must be carried out the Sen a tors said that they believed publi? opinion would he behind the board'i settlement of ^he strike and that earlj action by the hoar?! would end th< "outlaw'' walk-out of the railroad yard men and switchmen. Called "Typical AVilson Hoard" The record vote for confirmation vvi had on George W. Hanger, of Washing ton, D. C, who was singled out for th greatest opposition in the Senate. Th other eight members were confirmed b a viva voce vote after Mr. Hanger. Al! the Democratic Senators presen except Senators Thomas, of Coloradc and Reed, of. Missouri, voted to cor, firm the board, although other Dem? cratic Senators during the nearly fiv hours of debate on the personnel of th board attacked the President's nomin: tions as bitterly as did the Republican Senators Smoot. Brandegee, New an McCumber were among th?.? Republican (Continued on page three> Harbor Strikers ' Ranks Are Broken Longshoremen Return U United Fruit am the Sound Lines Her The strike of the coastwise Ion; shoremen was called off yesterday, ? far as the United Fruit Line and tl Sound lines were concerned, but 2.Of j rf the strikers voted unanimously 1 remain out. and there was every ind cation of increased bitterness at tl points where the strike still ?3 mail tained. About five hundred men returned work on the Gnited Fruit Line pier r.nd the agreement reached with the is effective at all the ports touched ; by the company's vessels. The stri) was called because the checkers er ployed by the company were not uni? men. The longshoremen return 'work with their union recognir.ed ai the closed shop principle enforced, a cording to John F. Riley, president i the union. On the Sound lijies the agreeme with the strikers involves wages of cents an hour with time -ind a half f overtime, an eight-hour day and reco nition of the union. The Sound lin affected are the New England N'avig tion Company, including the Bridg port. Fall River. Norwich and N< . Haven lines, and the Colonial and Po*. dence lines. The Merchants' Association a nounced yesterday that its suggest! that its shipping members handle th< own freight at the piers if the steal ship lines would resume operatic! had been received with general assei The association wrote to Police Co missioner Knright asking for mc vigilant police protection for driver ? "1-;" r i BrotlierKooH? {Back Action: | Of Managers Lines Reserve the Right to Refuse Eniplovment of All Men Guilty of Radical Method** j Troops Mobilize At ('amp Merritt Rush Back to Work Expected to Take On INew ?mpetu.s To-day Managers of tlic railroads operat? I inp: in New York, determined to re? store their lines to a normal basis at the earliest possible moment, issued ;in ultimatum last night to the strik? ers and chiefs of the four bijr rail? ; way brotherhoods. The ultimatum pi ves the brother? hood heads until noon to-morrow to ' get such of the "outlaws" as are ac? ceptable to the railroads back to work, after which the railroads will <pen their books for twenty-four hours to such others of the strikers ; a:? they deem fit for further railroad service. That the ultimatum is in fact a notice to certain of the more radi? cal strikers that they no lonper have jobs is clearly indicated by the last clause, which states the "railroads retain the right to refuse 4o rein? state or re?mploy certain employees . who have shown during the period ? of trouble by violence, seditious nt j terance, intimidation or other well j defined means an unfitness for fur? ther railroad service." Manager?^ in Conference The ultimatum was addressed to L. G. Grilling, assistant nrand chief engi '. neer. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi? neers; Timothy Shea, assistant presi? den! of the Brotherhood of Locomotive i Firemen and Engineers; T.. R. Dodge, assistant president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, and S. C. Cower-, deputy president of Die Order of Rail | way Conductors, it was signed by E. ' M. Rine, chairmen of the Railroad Gen eraJ Manager?' Association, and was made publie by -J. .1. Mantel!, New York manager of the Eric Railroad, shortly after a conference of tne heads of the various ?oails. Mr. Shea declared to a Tribune re? porter last night that be had received ;. copy of the ultimatum and would present it to the strikers in Jersey City i'o-'av. He regarded the notice a? a fair warning to the men still out. and -..in that tie ami the chiefs of tb? other railway brotherhoods were of th?1 same mind with ro^ard to th? matter. "If tie en n Co back by Saturday noon," he added, "they will be re ceived as loyal brotherhood men. ' If they go back after that thev wil' l>? rcreived as individuals and lose their seniority right-.'' The "brotherhood chiefs, it ?a? pointed out. are in favor of the move, because thev feel it will at once bring back to the fold the loyal and regular workers. The \iolent radical, who will hohl out at the risk of his job. is not re-'!y wanted ?>?.? air- < f the bodies. The brotherhood chiefs already have promised to punish those responsible for keeping the men out. but if the statement means anything the rail? roads, i*. appeal.-, will save them a i^t, of trouble. In discussing the ultimatum. Mr. Mantel I referred to his statement of Tuesday, in which he asked the public to bear with the railroads for a few days in order to give the grand officers of the brotherhood organizations an opportunity to bring the outlaw? baclc into the ?service. Rush to Work Expected "After considerable deliberation on the part of^the railroad managers at their meeting to-day," he added, "and the insistent demand of the public that traffic be resumed, it was felt, as the strike had lasted a full week and had caused great disarrangement of busi? ness and other affairs, thc.t the step) they are now taking will be considered reasonable and just* by the general public." The notice, it was pointed out. may serve to accelerate the rush back to work that has now been in progress for two days. Little enthusiasm was .evinced by the strikers at their meet? ings in Jersey City and Hoboken yes i terday, and Timothy Shea, who ad? dressed the Hoboken audience, said h? : was more optimistic than ever regard? ing the situation. Dissension has broken out among the striker?, he declared, and the lack of money and fear of losing their jobs is causing those out to look around for ' an excuse to declare the strike off. A teiegram from the Railroad Labor Board, it was stated, agreeing to con? sider their grievances, would solve tha problem. The situation among the railroads . r.-as still further improved yesterday. ' Groups of firemen,brakemen and switch? men ate continuing to report for duty, i and a survey of the various line? show that not only is the'passenger aervica approaching normal, but larger quan : tities of freight are beginning to move? Food Outlook Hopeful In this connection, the food situation , is taking on a more hopeful aspect, . Contributing to this is the settlement ! of the strike of teamsters, chauffeurs and truck drivera, which threatened ta ?tie up the little stocks of fresh food > which the railroads have been able to get into the city freight yards. The situation was further improved i by the settlement of the strike of long. i shoremen against the three piers of th? I United Fruit Company, which has cul