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weather Forecast. A HAPPY BLENDING. The amalgamated SUN AND HERALD preserves the best traditions, o each. In combination these two newspapers make a greater newspaper than either has ever been on its own. CIdUdy, fbllowed by showers to-day. To-morrow cloudy, with probably showers; not much change in tempera ture) moderate east winds. Highest temperature yesterday, 6i ; lowest. 4. Detailed -enlbtr rtporti will bn found on the Editorial pile. AND THE NEW YORK HERALD VOL. LXXXVIL NO. 232-DAILY. NEW YORK, .MONDAY, APRIL 19, PRICE TWO CENTS . TIru5B cknts IN NBW YORK CITY AND SUBURBS. TON TRAINS AND KLSISWHBR13. RAIL STRIKE BROKEN HERE DESPITE RADICALS' FIGHT; MOST OF JOBS NOW FILLED 1TTI WILL URGE RECOGNITION OF ' SOVIET RUSSIA VICE RAIDERS TAKE 300 IN NET IN BRIDGEPORT Big Force of Burns 3Ien Batters (Entrance Into 22 Infamous Resorts. DR. J. W. MARKOE IS SLAIN INST. GEORGE'S CHURCH BY BULLET FROM INSANE MAN A M Roads Move Freight as 'Outlaws' Return to Their Old Tasks. 3IANY NEW TRAINS ON Lackawanna Leaders Who Advise Going Back Get Threats of Violence. NEWAIiK INQUIRY TO-DAY Tubes Kcmain Idle, as Motor- men Refuse to Work With Strike Breakers. The railroad strike in the New York region Is broken but not over. It lias dawned upon the bolters that they can not wage disorganized warfare upon organized labor, powerful railroad sys terns and a disgusted public. They be gan returning to wo-k yesterday, re luctantly but steadily. Coid'.tlons similar to those prevail in New York were reported last night from virtually every railroad centre that has been affected by the strike. In all of them the strikers are returning to work in large numbers, and It is only a question of a short time. It was predicted, before service almost every where "a 111 be at normal again. Freight trains have begun to move from the terminals and division points where they hud been strung in long lines in the yards and many passenger trains will be restored to the schedules this morning. Every railroad in this sector will begin moving freight to-day and the New York Central and Pennsylvania railroads will be well on tho way to normal operation. The Long Island Railroad reports that 73 per cent, of Its men have returned and that they came in at or before noon yesterday the dead line for all. strikers who hoped to resume their joba without the loss of their seniority rights. Day and night tlierfts,. continued a eteady procession of applicants for their old Jobs. With few exceptions, the railroad managements are refusing to live up to the letterof their ultimatum that all men returning after noon yes terday would return as new men and sacrifice all their priority rights. On the Pennsylvania, New York Central, Long Island, Central Railroad of Now Jersey and Lackawanna tho resump tion of passenger trafllo will approach 30 per cent, of normal. This will bo accomplished with emergency crews, firemen and switchmen recruited from volunteers, regulars and new men mys teriously drafted from sources that the railroad managements keep secret. J. J, Mantel), general manager for the Erlo Railroad, summed tip the sit-' cation by baying the railroads hadtle cldcd that it whs time to take tlie of fensive; that the strikers arc now forced to the defensive and that trains were to be operated from this morn ing on. .Statement liy He Issued the the Itnllroada. following formal itatement: The General Managers Association advises that by fur th, greater per centage of the men have reported for service, indicating that there Is a substantial improvement In the gen eral situation. u 12:01 to-day the lallroads bfgan to fill permanently tho plaoe3 of the men who have failed to report tor duty. Ilowover, evldenc that the radical faction Is mil on Its feet and fighting hard was to bo seen In the city armory In Hohokin yesterday. A Lout 2O09 Irate "'orklngmen-rallroad workers, harbor workers, elevator men and sundry other craftsmen were assembled in the armory. It was Impossible to tell how many were railroad men, but It was easy to see that they wore not In nccord. Timothy Slieii, vice-president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, and - C Grlffing of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Knglricer.i began their dally harrangues. and with more than their Jjjual fervency besought tho men to listen to reason and return to their Jobs. A considerable number of tho railroad ers applauded. Michael G-aham, leader of the Lackawanna Railroad cnglnemcn, announced that he was ready to return and that his men felt the same way about It It appeared that reason was about to' Prevail, but the ultra -radical contingent, teeing the meeting slipping out of their control, resorted to their customary tactics. "Tou're yellow !" they screamed at the Lackawanna men. "You're yellow! Get to hell out and stay out!" And thn tliey turned upon Shea and Grimng and howled them down. The two legitimate labor leaders were told Jo "get out." "shut up" and "beat it." Numerous braves safe in the crowd natle threats of violence. As a result Shea a.-d Grilling had to retlro because i combined roars of the radicals made Peeoa delivering out of the question. " Decide io Return to Work. Bjt Graham and 200 of his men left n a body, loudly announcing that they "r going back to work. In squads na air platoons firemen followed them ana Hs. night tho Lackawanna figured fnat tws-thlrSs. of Its 1,100 firemen were oacc at work. The engtnemen are al most all back. Tho radical element still Continued o Sfnnd I'age. PitAtA r. . r. r.A ... i l . . . ' in. B.BfcFMtM k TuS. Grunau and Strike Aids Rearrested by U. S. Agents Special to Tin Sum C HICAUO, April 18. John Yardmen's Association, tho strike two weeks ago, and the Federal authorities to-day. United Suites Commissioner Mason refused to say why the arrests were made, but said several men probably would remain in Jull over night. Besides Grunatt the men arrested were: liurl Kerr, Sum Cart wright, Michael Callahan, II. K. Heading, organizer of the United Engi neers Association; Joseph Buckley, B. P. Murphy, publicity man for the Chicago Yardmen's Association; William Boblnson aud u man iiamed Badke. The rearrests were due to strike activities following the raid last week. CALLS RAIL MEN JNTOWNION Organizer Says It Is Only Hope of Getting a Solid Front and Justice. LEADERS ABE DENOUNCED New Federation Has G5,000 Members, Is Assertion in Boston 3Iccting. Boston, April 18. Railroad workers were urged to unite in one big union and "get rid of the labor leaders, labor separators and the labor meal tickets and save an expense or 20,000,000 a year." by J. J. Reynolds, third vice president and organizer of, tho Ameri can Federation of Railroad Workers, at a meeting here to-day. Reynolds denied that the organiza tion had anything to do "with the present upheaval which Is going on throughout this country." Not a mem ber, he added, was involved in the un authorized railroad strike. Tho meeting was the first of what has been advertised as a series of educa tional rallies throughout New England to Impress upon railroad workers the need for organizing under ono union. It was open to the public and agents of the Department of Justice and private de tectives were present. "It has been rumored that this meet ing is for tho purpose of calling you men out in sympathy with these so-called 'outlaws,'" Mr. Reynolds said, "but that Is an absolute untruth. I am hero to educate vou to the need of a consolida tion of all railroad worker's unions In an effort to make your organization a solid Industrial unit like tho railroad owners have. "Tho present upheaval, is a spon taneous uprising of railroad men who arc overworked, underfed, underpaid and disgusted with their leaders, who have not produced results. I will ven turo the strike will be off. to-morrow and the men back to work imme diately. Tho railroad managers have already signed an agreement with tho 'outlaws' andi a new organization con sequently has sprung up among you. "There are 65,000 members of my federation in the United States, with 3,500 In New England. There are 1,000 members of the Boston and Maine sys tem and we already have an agree ment with the New Haven Railroad here. "There won't bo any strikes when all the railroad workers arc solidly unified In one organization controlled by tho rank and file. It Is no wonder men revolt when their leaders so con sistently fall. There are too many labor leaders In the movement to-day. Tho Brotherhood of Railroad Train men has already started a movement to depose William G. Lee." HOW AT, OUT OF JAIL, IS DEFIANT IN SPEECH Kansas Miners Gather to Welcome Their 'Martyr.' PiTTSBtino, Kan.. Arirll IS. Several hundred miners greeted Alexander Ho wat, president of District No. 14, United Mine Workers .of America, at Franklin to-day in a meeting arranged to "wel come him on his return from Ottawa, where he was released from Jail yester day on an appeal bond. Howat and three other union officials, who also were released, arc charged with contempt of court for refusing to testify before the new State Court of Industrial Relations. In his npecch to-day, Howat again at tacked tho Industrial Court law, refer ring to it as "the Industrial slavery law." "More Strikes will occur while this law exists than ever were called before It was created," he said. In extending his restraining order yestorday Judge A. J. Curran Instruct ed Howat to order tho men back to work by April 27 or show cause why the restraining order should not be obeyed. Dr. Leonard W. Hatch Appointed. Alsant, April IS. Appointment of Dr. Leonard W. Hatch as manager of the State Insurance Fund was an nounced to-night by the State Indus trial Commission. For the last twelve years Dr. Hatch has been In charge of the bureau of statistics and Informa tion of tho Commission. Prior to enter ing Stato work he was a teacher of economics at Columbia University anH Bogota College. and New Yoiic Hzi-aid. (Jrunau, president of the Chicago rebel organization which started the eight of his aids were rearrested by BERLIN'S REAL PERIL ECONOMIC British Information h That ' Basis Of Country's Troubles IS Not Political. ' BLOCKADE THREAT VITAL German Diplomat Says it Is More Effective Titan Occu pying Territory. Sptcial Cablf I)e$patc to Tut 8c. nd Nsw Youk Herald Copyright, 19."), by Tur. Six AND Ngrr Yqiik Hcaii.n. Lon'don, April . IS. Lord Curzon, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has told Dr. von Sthamer, Ger man Charge d'Affaircs here, that this Government would regard the with drawal of tl: Reichswehr from tho . V l.uhr district as tho real test of G"" man intentions to conform to the nuns or ine i reaty of Versailles. It credits, discovering them to be power was officially insisted that thc'TJrlUslvl (as t0 port anything or to pay their position in this regard was anKJ rrom what it always has been. ! Scandinavian states' bills for damages. British information is to the offect i ' ' ' that the h.l f nil .i. I "'" to Tur Sin am. Nr.iv Yok IIkmib. "u '" Germany to-day Is economic rather than political, and the LondoiwGov- - , i j ......l.l u,n,s lo uemonsirnie that tlie economic argument Of a possible i blockade of all German ports, as was threatened by Lord Kilmarnock. Brit ish Charge d'Affaircs in Berlin, if Ger many attempted a restoration of mili tarism, Is preferable to the French method of occupying German territory. In this sense tho British differ from tho French, but only In matter of de tail, and British ofllcials feel certain that it Is mutually agrccaWe to both (real Britain and Franco that new machinery for enforcing the tre.-itv Ik. ' ileviKn.i ,,t i.. ...i ' . i ,7,7. f"bc taken up by the Supreme Council of "...i j n-iiiicTs meet mere .Monday. I The British conception of the situation , was confirmed bv Count von Ow-Waeh-1 official who is in London on' piivale business. Discussing the German situ ation with a correspondent of Tun Su.v and Nnw York Herald here to-day he said that "It was absolutely Impossible to restore tho monarchy and militarism in Germany." -More IlolnhcTUni Than Reaction. "Tho whole psychology of the Ger man people Is bad," he declareil "This Is owing to the dllllcultles of living. The German people to-day are more "Inclined to Bolshevism than they are to reaction On the other hand, a considerable num- uer oi troops anu tliclr oiflcers will re sist demobilization, since dlsbandmcnt of the army would take away the ex cuse of these ofllcers and men for mill-tar- activity. An army uniform and a ride to-day are the surest means of getting three square mcalH u day In Germany." Count von Ow-Wachendorff declared that "the British position is the surest way to help tho Berlin Government se cure disarmament and make tho German people sec that the only way to nil their stomachs is to restore normal economic .life." He confirmed this in his Insistence that It was the allied blockade of Ger many, causing actual starvation, which caused the German collapse In 1918 The British official version of Lord CurzonB conversations In connection with the German situation differs from that of the French, It having been stated here that he gavo a friendly "tip" rather than made strong representations to the Ber lin Government, realizing the difficulties under which tho German Government was working. The Foreign Office here Is fullv alive to the danger of a new militarist dis turbance In Pomeranla and elsewhere In Prussia, but its Information Is thatonln- lon generally In Germany Is convinced I that no plot by the militarists can sue-' ceed any more than did the coup d'etat I by Dr. Wolfgang Kapp. Hence the Brit ish believe that Lord Kilmarnock's statement to the Berlin press and Lord Derby's handshaking with Premier Mll lerand in Paris will suffice to Impress tiie Germans, especially If there Is a threat to an allied blockade, to discour age the active militarists. Count von Ow-Wachondorff Is 'quite well known in London, where he was de tained at the time of the outbreak of C'oriHtmerf on TAIrd rage. JJbtBty Ilondj Bought Sold Quoted. Jha Mulr Co SI Brodwy. Air. Well Authenticated Reports Sny He Will Take tcp at San Remo. AGINATION IN TRANCE Hope Is Expressed' Lloyd George Will Stand With . Millcrand Against Plan. COUNCIL MEETS TO-DAY Krassinc Delegation in Scandi navia Ts Watched .With Great Interest. I n j- r.ArnttNci: itii.ls. Unff Corrffpnudetil of Tun Sin ad Snw Yons Ilr.riAt.n. Copyright, 19:0, by The Sex i.t Kbw Youk IlErul.n. "Paims, April lS.-Appaiently well au- j thentichted reports from Rome that I , Signor NittI intends to press for recog nition of the Russian Soviet Govern ment at the "second peace conference" , at San Remo continues tu excite French' nollticul mill flnnni-iiil cIivPah j Hope Is expressed that Lloyd George i wI" slnml wlth l'rcnl-t't' Mlllerand in I opposition to the Italian Premier's ! Plan, though the French Foreign Of- IIZ,? . i"n,"..on,c.": views on tho Russian situation. Meanwhile the progress of the delega tion now in Scandinavia headed by Krassinc, the Bolshevik Minister of Ways i and Communications, Is being watched with great Intercut. The French believe It affards grounds for combating the Nlttl policy. The correspondent of tho Echo tie Parts who Is following the Krarslne delegation declares In a long despatch to-day that commercially the Copenhagen visit promises to be ns fruitless for the Soviets as the delegation's visit to Stockholm. He says that with the exreptlon of some feeds of inferior quality that were con tracted tor at a million crowns Krasslne ha bought nothing In Denmark. The Danes have discovered that the i ."0,snov,T .u , J I'l 1 "'"'X Mn he" t ; XV Bolshevists arc much overestimated cus- Vashinotov. April is. Italy has perfected arrangements lth the So vict Government of Russia for the re - natriatlon of prisoners, according to in' r.w!ve,l here bv tne State Department. It is eBtlmated this will affect 5,000 Russian prisoners in Jtaiy and about 100 Italians in Russia, most ly civilians. TREATY WITH TURKEY WILL COME UP FIRST America Not to Be Repre sented at Conference. By tUt Astociat'd Vrtkt. San Rhmok April 18. Questions In connection with the peace treaty with Turkey will compilfe the first business to the Allies at Its first formal session here tomorrow. This was decided upon at 11 conference to-day in tho Duvnchan IJo,.d 0eorgC ot Great Britain' and Mll lerand of France, for tne arrangement or tfii? official nrocedure It developed definitely to-day that the United States would not be repre sented nt the conference. The arrival of Robert ITnderwood Johnson, the Ameri can Ambassador to Italy, last evening, on his way to Rome, gavo rlsa for a time .to the belief that the American Government had decided to have a rep resentative at the Supreme Council ses sions, but tlie Ambassador's presence here was due to difficulties In travel be came of the strike of the northern Italian railroads The I'rimc Ministers of the, three great Powers Nlttl. Mlllerand and Lloyd George have expressed very de cided regret that the United States Government was taking no part In what Is regarded as one of the final acts of the Peace Conference. So far as it enn be sensed the feeling here Is that the absence of America- Is only a tem porary ono and that the reasons for her present detachment arc likely lo disappear. The first meeting of the conferees at 11 o'clock to-morrow morning will take up the Turkish treaty. It Is surrounded by many perplexities, among them naval aiid military questions such as the man ner of policing the Dardanelles, what form of rontrol shall be set up in Con stantinople, tho delimitation of the boundaries of Thrace and Armenia and the question of the Greek position In Smyrna. The Japanese Ambassador will be In at tendance at all the sessions, while Pre mier Venlzelos, for Greece, and Foreign Minister Hymans. for Belgium, wilt be admitted during discussions concerning questions nfTectlng their nationals. Tho Jugo-Slavu are not represented here and it appears doubtful If the Adriatic ques tion will bfc taken up. CLOSING TIME !je J&tm AND NEW YORK HERALD DAILY ISSUES 9 P. M. si Mt!n Office, 280 Broadway. 8 P. M. at former Herald Office, Herald Euildinj, Herald Squire. 8 P. M. at all ether Branch Offices (Locutions "iated on ErfltjriAl 1'age.J PANIC IN UNDERWORLD Mayor Wilson Ignores Reg ular Police, Who Are Sus pected of Alliance. VICIOUS FOLK LEAVE CITY Toll Paid by Women, Gam blers and Crooks to' King of Crimo Protectors. Bl) a Staff Corrttponrltnt 0 TnffTN and Ji!it Yonrs Hisiut.D. Bridgeport, April IS. An exodus of large proportions has begun in Bridge port as a reeult of tho vice raids hero last night, when Burns detectives, act- in, " v J ford B. Wilson, who also is Lieutenant - , . ., , . viu. vi iiui ui . uunciHiuui, i .uucu liven- ty-two disreputable resorts mid ar rested more than 300 men and women. Fearing that the detectives might again swoop detail upon the dives, those who escaped tho dragnet have been piling all day onto trains for New l'ork, Boston and Philadelphia, leaving behind them not only their "easy pick ings," but In many instances their per sonal belongings and property. It -was said to-night that there are not now one-third as many disreputable char acters In Bridgeport as there were yes terday before the raids began. Mayor Wilson, in conjunction with tho Board of Police Commissioners, went over the heads of the police In ordering the raids, and there were many rumors afloat to-day regarding his next action. It Is generaly pre dicted that it will very closely concern the police, but he has not yet given Unr inkling of what he intends to do. 11 'opg conference this after - Board'of Police Commissioners, but the result waa not made public. Vim Handled ns nnslnes. The Burns detectives declared to-rtlght that their investigation has shown that vice tu Bridgeport ha been handled us a big paying proposition, with women of the streets, gamblers and other charac ters paying tolls to the men on the Inside, and, In some Instances, to tho authorities, for protection. The most startled mon In all of Bridgeport were tho 250 policemen, be cause from Supt. John H. Rcdgato down they knew nothing whatever of tho raids until the Burns operatives he can knocking down the doors of gambling houses and disreputable fVorts under the direction of Allen O. Meyers, chief operative of the Burns Agency: William Marvin, general manager, and John MncDonough. The Burns men had rrciod wide powers from the Mayor and tlie Com missioner of Police. Hero is one para graph of h letter, signed by Commls floir J. C. Stanley, which every raider carried In his pocket : "Police ofllcials and ofllcerB are to as sist him in the performance of his par ticular duty when .called upon to do so, and any officer in the city of Bridgeport, no matter what his rank, who may in terfere with the above officer in the per formanco of his duty is hereby sus pended." Each of the Burns operatives wore un der Ilia lupel of his coat the badge of a special deputy sheriff, and none of them was interfered with by tho regular Bridgeport police. They battered down doors, subdued frightened Inmates and frequenters of the resorts with guns or with their fists, and In many Instances uniformed policemen stood by watching, without lending a hand to cither side. nnrn Men Accune Poller. The Burns men said they learned that some twelve or fifteen of the city's po lice have been paid for protection, end also that 60 per cent, of the earnings of women lit tne resorts was taken from them by members of tho "vlco ring." i The raiders said to-nixht that ihhv not only found gambling dens In full blast with crooked .roulette wheels, marked cards and loaded dice, but that they foumt also apparatus for manufoe. luring these things. Mayor Wilson said to-day that ho be lieved the raids were a good sten to ward cleaning tbe city, but, he added, that the only reason twlco us .snny places were not raided was that he found It Impossible to get enough de tectives to do tho work. "For soino time I have not liked tiiA manner In which vice .ran loose In thin city," said the .Mayor. "I do not Hke to say that It was organized, but there ! diers were made by civilians and f.ic was, a condition which I felt I must I tlonal fights occurred between Unionists do away with. My orders .were dlsrc- and Sinn Fclners. These necessitated garded and I was compelled tb net ' frequent charges' by the police and mli- witnout tne Knowiengo or tne police, the majority or wnom l Dencvc are honest. ' I think Bridgeport will have a better reputation In the future." One of the reasons why the- Mavor decided to go over tne Heads of the police was that no attention was paid to! an anonymous letter glvlnr tho names of ' six owners of disreputable resorts. I'on UNDISPLAY CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS SUNDAY ISSUES 6 P. M. Saturday at Main Office, 280 Broadway. 5 P. M. at former Herald Office, Herald Bui!din, Herald Square. 5 P. M. at ill other Branch Offices. (I cnt!on tilted cn Ldltarlal Pact, FREEFORALLIN SUNDAY SCHOOL Former Elder Takes Count, Minister's Sons Pinched Over in Brooklyn. BIGHT TO CHAIR IS CAUSE Factions in Greenwood Heights Parish Mix Merrily Till Police Arrive'. The Sunday school services in the Greenwood Heights Reformed Church, Forty-fifth street near Seventh ave nue, Brooklyn, yesterday were inter rupted by a free-for-all fight, in which a former elder of the congregation re ceived a "knockout. Chairs were hni'le.l ,i, ,,.i ,i., ,wi m,Ai ' . . ' . " , i room was damaged. As a result of tho fighting three arrests were made, two of the prisoners being sons of the Rev, Dr. Stanley G. Tyndall, pastor of the church. Henry Burton, lli years old, a Jeweller of 49 Seventy-fifth street, Bay Ridge, was the man who was floored. He re quired the attention of Dr. Morse of Norwegian Hospital. The prisoners were listed In the Fourth avenue station as Warren Tyn dall. 21, and Henry C. Halvcrson, 2'-', both members of the upper grado of the school. Both were charged with interfering in the arrest of Warren's brother, Stanley, 19, who was locked up on a charge of assault, It being al leged he was tho student who struck tho former elder. Tho row was an outcome of a fac tional disagreement between the Rev. Dr. Tyndall and the many members of i ramny on in j congregation on his family on tho ono side and half the the other. Tho Tyndall recently by the other I half of the congregation. According to Mhe stories tow mo ;oucc, me original disagreement wan over the preacners decision last August to close down the Sunday school over the protest of some members of tho chmv'i. According to Policeman Leahy, who was on duty near the church when yes terday afternoon's light began, Mr, Bur ton entered the school room to Inspect It and noticed that the pro-Tyndall faction, supported by no less than five of the pas tor's children, had one more chair than did tho other. He started to movo the chair across tho room when Marlon Tyndall, 1", Interfered. Thcro was a struggle for poEcsflon of the chair. Wallace Tyndall, 13. tried to settle the matter by sitting in It, but ho was lifted out. Ho raised an outcry and the Tyndall brothers came to his rescue, according to the police. According to George Kdmundson and Eugene Mollc, police reservists and mi-mbers of the upper grade. Stanley Tyndall delivered the blow that sent Mr. Burton to the floor. They grabbed him, ti,v nald. and were Immediately act upon by Warren Tyndall and Halverson. Just about that tlmo Policeman Leahy appeared on the scene with some five hundred neighbors who had been drawn to the church by the unusual noise. It was learned last night that the Rev. Dr. Tyndall lived in the church all winter because his own home was rented over his head. In his place while he is on tho vacation is a Rev. Dr. Lloyd, who refused last night to dis cuss the Sunday school developments. SERGEANT MURDERED IN COUNTY CLARE One Constable Hurt, Another Fires, Killing Assailant. Dublin, April 18. Sargeant Carol was killed ' and Constable Collins se riously wounded to-day while returning from mass at the Kllmlmlll Church in Kllmlhlll, West Clare. The men were shot from behlfyd. Carol's heart was pierced by a revolver" bullet Constable Martyn, who was with Carol and Collins, was not wounded. He re turned the lire of tho assassins, killing Stephen Breen, the son of a farmer, and wounding two or three others. BET.rAST. April 18. Sticks, stones and lion bars were freely used and revolver shots occasionally were exchanged In a five hour melee at Londonderry last iNvTin!r. Three separate attacks on sol- ltary. I" wnicn mtnu iierouiia ,cit jured. fiio nnllce burraeks at Rossville were .nnoMrmblv damaged by a mob. Two arrestB were made in this connection. Ci 1FD FROM FT AMFS SAV LU r KUIY1 r L.tinCO IN A 400 FOOT DROP Aviator Cut Out of Burning Machine by Farmer. ' Bem.efo.nte. Pa., April 13. J. T. Murphy, who ""ime here from C!v!and several days ago to pilot nn airplane over the aerial mall route, was seriously injured to-day when his machine went ! Into a tall spin' and fell 400 feet. As ' the machine struck the ground tho gas I tank exploded and burst Into flames. I The aviator was saved from death by I Boyd Sampsel, u farmer, who cut the traps holding Murphy' and pulled him lout of tho burning machine. Sampsel I also was buried. Swedes Give Wives More Property Rights STOCKHOLM, April 18. Doth chambera of the Swedish ' Parliament yesterday passed by substantial majorities the new marriage law, insuring greater equality of the sexes. Tho provisions of the law abolish the husband's personal guardianship and deprive him of the legal right to "dispose of his wife's personal property, and generally strengthen the wife's matrimonial independence. WILSON MOTORS FOR TWO HOURS Health Improves, but Old Time Vigor Still Is Long Months Away. TO EXTEND. ACTIVITIES Summer Homo Not Yet, Se lected, but Many Offers Are Received. Rptcial to The Scn- and Nkw Youk Hrrut.n. Washington, April IS. President Wilson went for a two hour automobile ride to-day through Rock Creek Park and tho adjoining section. It was the longest ride the President has taken vlnce he began the Berlefi of brief drives from the White House as part of his recuperation programme. He was ac companied by Mrs. Wilson and by Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, tho White House physician. Tho general Improvement of the weather made It pokslble for Mr. Wil son to get out to-day for the first time In a week. Almost every day recently the weather has been cold and dis agreeable, hut to-day there was bright sunshine and a warm wind. According to Admiral Grayson, Mr. Wilson's health Is continuing to improve gradually,' Although there l no Imme diate prospect that his old time vigor will be restored at any time soon. It will take tome months yet. In the summer White House, wherever It may be, beforo Mr. Wilson's health again Is normal. It Is expected, however, that Mr. Wil son from this time forward will be able to meet more often with the Cabinet and see visitors at the White House. The Cabinet meeting last Tuesday, to con sider the railroad strike situation, was the flnjt In eight months, and Dr. Sray ron found that Instead of tho confer ence huvlng any III effects on the Presi dent It actually did him good. Tbe Cab inet meetings will not be held regularly, that Is on tho old Tuesday and Friday schedule which was observed prior to Mr. Wilson's Illness, but will bn call&d when ever they are required for the discussion of general Issues. Many letters are being received from all over the country offering summer places for the President and Mrs. Wilson. One has como from Colorado, wlui the suggestion that tlie summer White House be parsed permanently at Estes Park. Up to this time, however, no action has been taken looking to a Beloctton. DECISION EXPECTED ON DRY LAW TO DAY Supreme Court May Pass on Eighteenth Amendment. Special to Tnt Svs and Kw Tom; Hsrald. WabHINQTon. April 18. Final deci sion by the Supreme Court on the case- involving tho constitutionality of the Eighteenth Amendment is expected to morrow. The most notable of these Is the New Jersey case, brought by the Felgenspan brewing interests and argued by Ellhu Root. In this an at tack has been made on the broad grounds of unconstitutionality and upon the spe cial grounds that the States never have surrendered their pollco power and could not legally do es If they so de sired ; and that they are doing so under fie provisions of the Eighteenth Amend ment. The constitutionality of tho Volstead act is also raised by questioning the right of Congress to fK the alcoholic content at more than one-half of 1 per cent., since the Eighteenth Amendment proviues mat an iiuoxu.uii;s i" -" arc prohibited. Tlie earlier case Involv. lug this question was raised in connec tion with tho enforcement of war time prohibition, attorneys for the "wets" ltoldlng that Congress had exceeded its war time powers. Hie decision was In favor of the Volstead act, but by a divided verdict. SULZBERGER'S SON KILLED. Shrrldnn Thrown From Hone Aicnlnat Tree In Swltierland. Geneva. April IS. Sheridan Sulzber ger, one of the e.'ght sons or the late Ferdinand Sulzberger. New York meat packer, was killed when out riding here yesterday. Ills horse bolted and threw him against a tree. Voung Mr. Sulxbettfer urrived here from America u month ago, and had been stopping with his mother. Mrs. Stella L. Sulzberger, and one of his four sisters. Ho was soon to have been mar ried. It is nearly five years since Ferdinand Sulzberger, the father of Sheridan, met his death while visiting Switzerland. He was one of the flunders of tho pack ing concern of Sulzberger St Sons Com pany of America. He left an estate which lias been appraised at fl.642.I8 the bulk of which was bequeathed In equal shares to each cf his offrprln-r. witn tno exception oi one sun woo 13 a icai- dent of Australia. Tragedy Occurs During' Of fertory und Thrilling Scenes Follow. OTHERS NEAR DEATH Dr. Brewer Hurt While Disuniting Slurderer Aiter a Chase. CONGBEGATION IN A PANIC Well Known Mon Help Capture Maniac Victim Dies on Way to Hospital. Dr. James Wright Markoo, one of tho most useful and eminent surgeons of Amerlcn, was shot to death by a de generate lunatic in St. George's Epis copal Church, In Stuyvesant Ktiuare, toward the end of the morning ser vice yesterday. Ten minutes later iho laughing murderer waa disarmed and captured outsldo of tlie church, ilk Stuyvesant Park, by Dr. George JSmor son Brewer, friend and fellow vestry man of Dr. Markoe, after narrowly es caping death himself from Uiu revolver of the crazy man. Tho slayer Is Thomas W. Simpkin, an Englishman and an itinerant printer, who camo to this country from Lon don eight years ago, whose brain went Into wild disorder over religion and who escaped from an lnsano asylum at Fergus Falls, Minn., nearly tVo years ugo. He had nover even heard of Dr. Markoe. The great surgeon's ldenUty meant nothing whatever to him. Ah he sat In the softly lighted, beau tiful churcti, with the deep tones of the offertory anthem swelling In his ears, the impulse came to him to kill. Ho gripped the butt of tho cheap revolver l.e had been carrying for two year. Two men came toward him in the south aisle, ono offering a collection plate to tho right, the other proOterlns it to the left. One was Herbert L. BiiUcrle6f the brother-in-law of J. P. Morgan The other was Dr. Markoe. It happened to bo Dr. Markoo who ap proached tho pew whoso south' end waa occupied by this man Simpkln, whoso brain seethed with madness. Shoots at Close Range. The doctor proffered tho plate, ex1 tending It with the courteous, graceful and Impersonal manner characteristic of the function itself. He scarcely glanced at Simpkin us ho bent slightly toward the pew. Simpkln half raised In his seat,, swiftly drew tho revolver, held It within a foot and a half of Dr. Markoo'u head and pulled tho trigger. Tho bullet passed through Dr. MJar koe's left eye and Into his brain. He sunk to the floor and was lifeless -within a few minutes. Hundreds of tho communicants and vlsltorj 3aw the murder, and the entire congregation was startled by tho re volver report which interrupted tiu music of the organ and the chanting of the choir. Mrs. Markoe wus there. William Kfllowes Morgan, president" of tho Merchants' Association; Robert Fulton Cutting, Henry Monroe, Charles G. Burllnft-hnm. If. H. Pike. George W. Wlckersham, formerly Attorney-General of tlie United Statos; Dr. K. Livingston Hunt, Montgomery Jone.- and Theodore. H. Price were among tha congregation Dr. Brewer, as ono of tho vestrymen, was assisting at the offertory, bearing the salver down tho central aisle. For a few seconds the rhythm of choir and organ was broken and stayed, as oragnlst and singers, startled and shocked, gnied Into tho body of the church where men and womon were rising from pews, and where, at the t back. In the south aisle, a group of men were lifting Dr. Markoo i body from tho floor. They saw an undersized, thin, almost emaciated, man making toward, the door, waving his revolver eccentri cally as ho faced first ono way, then another. Dr. Drerrer Leada Chase, The sexton of St. George's, J. C. Tlede man, and Montgomery Jcnes, a vestry', man, tried to block SImpkln's way. and lie fired at them, tho bullet almost grazing Mr. Jones's right cheek. Then,, as Ttederhan dropped to the floor to CHcape a second shot. Simpkln sprang out of the doorway giving on Stuyveaant square, ran down the steps and across Rutherford place, ana enterea tno pars. Itself. Dr. Brewer, knowing then that hi friend. Dr. Markoe. was dead, and beside himself with grief and anger, followed Simpkln at the head of perhaps a dozen men, who ran out of tho church. It was as voluntarily brave an act as can bo imagined, for It was obvious even then that Dr. Jfnrkoc's slayer was utterly Insane, fired with homicidal passion, and that lie had means still In his hand to snuff out other lives. Yet Dr. Brewer never hesitated. He dashed into the park, yards in the lead of other mem bers of the congregations and of Tlcde mnn. the sexton. Simpkln turned his head occasionally as he ran. as if measuring the distance to" his pursuers and tempted to shoot at them. He "was making for the park en trance at Second avende and Fifteenth street and was nearlng the gato when a company of young men who Baw that Simpkln was a fugitive blocked his way. or Wuiihl iu.u blocked It If lie had iieM his course. But he saw them filling the gate and turned back toward Dr. Brewer and tho r titers from the church, arid ta the lunatic's momentary hesitation Dr. Brewer had a chance to sprint forward and seize him befcre he could escape u gain. Dr. Brewers reaching ringers caught simp' - iti's right arm ar.d closed around jt ii0 a vise. Simpkln struggled, but r)r Brewer gradually forced his right b