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Wilson's Rejection of New Note
Gil EXPENSES OF NAT ON
ON PEACE BASIS
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i People Demand Drastic Econ-
omy, and ;it Once, Says
Blanton of Texas.
I "IS OUR LAST CHANCE."
(There'll Be Many New Faces
Next Year if We Fail, He
I r. Tells House.
, By Martin Green.
(Special Staff Correspondent of The
Evening World.)
j WASHINGTON. Fob. 28. "Tho pco-
pie of the country are all stirred up
oyer tho question of getting the Gov
ermnent back to normal conditions. I
know It, and If all you representatives
don't know It, you arc due to accumu
late a lot of knowledge before Ions."
Lindsay Blanton of tho Seventeenth
District of Texas. Democrat. In the
House last evening during tho debate
on the appropriation bill for tho leyis-
tatlve. executive and Julllclal depart-j
menbu. Representative B1anton"has
been sounding this warning day tn 1
-f.
aid day out for weeks, and others are
liking up tho chorus, but It was not
.... .
Until
yesterday
that he seemed to
taako an Impression on his colleagues.
OBSi CONGRESS IS WARNED
.
Tbero was apparently a quorum inedlato deportation. When they were
present a rare thing during a debate flrat brought to Kills Island three or
. ,. , , . .. ,, four hundred of them retorted to alml-
on an appropriation bill, unless It be lar taoUcs t(j ,mm(frat,on
Ijust before a roll call and Represcn- flclals.
tatlve Blanton had been pestering tho Byron IT. Wil. Acting Commissioner
f ... , , ti iiif Immigration, said Hie Inmate re-
easembled members of tho House all u 1(j fflrlna
afternoon. Ho is a pestiferous sort or ThBy ,t mujh .. he deolareai
legislator, anyhow: on his feet most I -whether this Is the ibeginning of an
of the time, particularly when ques- , other pretenso at starvation I do not
lons ot appropriations or tho de- know."
ioands of union labor aro up for dls-1 '
cussion. ' HOOVER'S NAME ON BALLOT.
Mr. Blanton Is serving nis secona
term, but ho has spread more words
cn the record in his comparatively
short tenure of office than most rep
resentatives who aro veterans In tho
House. Ho is not popular In debate
because he takes a crack at about
everybody in sight when he gets
started, and his voice fills the cham
ber and rolls through tho corridors
and attracts stragglers to tho gal
leries. 18 great at digging facts and
figOres.
In digging Into an appropriation
bill and excavating figures and things
which havo been supposedly securely
hidden away this voluble Texan is a
wizard. Doubtless he had his digging
clothes on night before last, becauso
he arrived loaded with ammunition
yesterday.
He haH a turn of wit and monu
mental self-confidence. Generally he
raises a series of good-natured laughs
during his speeches, and some times
the laughs arc not so good natur'ul.
It was because he lias heretofore
s-acc as an inciter of mirth that ob
serwu noted yesterday the mark ho
scored In tho Houbc.
Ho had gained the floor to talk on
aa appropriation for tho offlco of tho
PostmaBter General, "Mr. Oscar Bur-
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LIBERAL DRY PLANK
IN G.O. P. PLATFORM
Joins State Senator Sage in Carry
ing Fight on Prohibition to
the National Convention.
ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 28.
W
flLLIAM BARNES, former
member of tho republi
can Nil' anal Commit-
tec, and State S- nator Henry M.
Sage, who hir.e been 'recom
mended by the Republican Dis
trict Committee aa delegates to
the Republican National Con
vention from tho Twenty-eighth
Congressional District, Issued , a
Btntcroent to-day favoring a plat
form declaration "providing for a
liberal revision of the' Prohibi
tion Enforcement Act."
ELLIS ISLAND REDS
ON HUNGER STRIKE
Refuse to Eat FarilM, Calling 11
Mush Second Threat-at-.:
"starvation
'
T?f1rtl.l-l rlntn nail An W1 la tin-1
nunibarlni- tlbMt JXi tarted another
hunger strlko at 'breakfast this morn- .
tnw TMl !a - lw, aoftMl ,tmji (Ua "nul." '
Ing. This Is the second time the "Reds'
at BHIs Island have refused to cat. In
eff(yrt to thelr releui) or Im.
Wood unit 1'nlmrr, Too, to De Voted
On In MIcIiIkbii.
LASKirN'G. Mich., Fob. 28. The names
of Herbert Hoover, Major General Leon
ard Wood ami Attorney General A. Mlt
Acll Palmer were added to-day to the
list of those who will appear on the
Presidential preference primary ballot In
(Michigan, April 5.
Ietltlons were received hv the Reere.
tary of Stale to place. Hoover and Wood
on tho Republican ballot, and Pnlm-r
on tho Democrat! tloket.
WILSON'S SHEEP INCREASE.
Sertn 1amlM Are Added to Wblte
Ilniiae Flock.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 28. President
Wilson's flock of sheep lias been In
creased by the birth of seven lambs.
They have Just arrived. This makes
tho number In tho flock thirty-seven. Qf
the new arrivals there were threo sets
of twins.
The President bought tho flock of
sheep three years ngo and turned it
loofcc on the White House grounds. It
orjglnully conmsted of seven.
GIRLS MAY SMOKE,
BUT WINE MAKING
AND DICE ARE TABOO
KENOSHA, Wis., Feb. 28.
CIGARETTE smoking is toler
ated at Kemper Hall, fash
ionable women's seminary at
Kenosha, Wis., but "crap shooting"
and "moonshlnlng" are still taboo.
While Rev. Alfred arimn. rector
of Kemper Hall, to-day refused to
explain tho expelling of four stu
dents and two faculty members,
student gossip had it that the of
fenders wero making wine by put
ting ratMna in cider and cooking tho
concoction. Thu expelled student
and teachers also wero reported dis
covered "shooting craps for money."
Mr. Grlllln'H only comment was
that the six Women "hud flagrantly
lulute(l ruleH " Ho Imitated "we
n.iiiil for rlglitvousneis and right
In Im? "
VSK IMl'OKTKJI roSIPEIAN OIJVB OIL
in nimuK 7our nvti
Trtuca drwilm, tart. u
WILSON
OBJECTS
TO
OF FUME NOTES
To Tell Premiers He Cannot
Depart From His Own
Principles.
STANDS BY JUGO-SLAVS.
Will Not Consent to Forcing
on Them a Settlement Ob
jectionable to Them.
WASHINGTON, ' Feb. E8. Presi
dent Wilson will not accept the In
vitation of tho British and French
Premiers to abandon all previous
Adriatic agreements and join In a
new proposal to Italy and Jugo
slavia, it was said on good authority
to-day.
The officials wero not disposed to
discuss the latest note from London,
but It was said that the withdrawal
of the agreement ot Dec. 9 pending
an attempt by Italy and Jugo-Slayla
to reach a satisfactory agreement
among themselves, on proposed by
the Premiers, could have little effect
on the ultimate outcome of the ne
gotiations. ArW principle- eriuncU'te6V!rItrart
agreement will remain the same, it
was explained, and the American
Government will contlnuo to adhere
to It's original position that a nettle-
. . 1. , 1. , . . At.lnyi4.il
mcnt to which Jugo-81avla objoctcd
was not to be. forced on that country.
While final settlement of tho Adri
atic may be made outside of tho
agreement of Dec. , Prosldent Wil
son, It was nald authoritatively, will
not recede In tho principles outlined
In this proposal.
Tho President's course In the Ad
riatic matter was criticized to-day in
the Senate drulng the first debute on
the subject. Scnnor Kellogg. Itepub
llcan, MlnnPHotn, one of the mild res
ervatlon Republicans, who has been
working for ratification of tho treaty,
took tho lead in the attack and he
was Joined by the treaty's irrecon
cilable foes.
Quoting from President WUhon's
Adriatic noto of Fob. 24, Senator
Kellogg emphasized the statement
with regard to oelf-determlnatlon oa
a tiasls of the proposed settlement.
Ho declared that this rulo was not
applied to the Soar Valley, Shantung
and other territorial settlements
made tn tho Peace Treaty.
TRUST TO BUILD HOMES.
Sleet Corporation Will Furnish
Home to ritnploreea.
NEW CASTLE. To.. Feb. 28 The
United Stales Steel Corporation Is pre
paring to build houses for its employes
In communities whero housing accom
modations are Insulucient. Tho houses
will be sold on the Installment plan,
eoch purchaser to pay 10 per cent,
down and the balance on Instalmento'.
George A. Rtgby. tn charge of the
New Castle mills of tho corporation,
will call the employes together within
the next fe wdays to explain the plan
to them.
WOMAN CUSTOMS COLLECTQR
'President Appoint First of Her
8r to That Office.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 28. Kstelle V
Collier of Salt Lake City was nomi
nated to-day for Customs Collector st
Halt Lake.
So far as known here her s 1a the
first appointment of a woman to such a
place.
JAPANESE DIET DISSOLVED.
Violent fiecur Over Miffrnsre Hill
Cause Umpcror to Art.
WASHINGTON'. Fob. 2. (By the
Associated Press) The Japancao diet
has "been dissolved by Imperial decree
as a rCJiilt ot a profound difference
between the Cabinet and the majority
parties regarding tho extension ot the
franchise.
This action was taken last Thursday,
following tho violent scenes in Parlla
mauU . .
WITHDRAWAL
ATTORNEY GOES
TO SEE ARNSTEIN
E
McGee on Way, Fallon (Re
veals After Refusing to
Answer Questions.
CLASHES AT HEARING.
Request Made For Arrest of
Fugitive's Lawyer, But
Later Recalled.
William J. Fallon, after fallln to ap
pear this morning as directed by a
subpoena, at the hearing of the bank
ruptcy proceedings against his client,
JuIm W. (Nicky) Arnsteln, who U
wanted as the master mind In tho
J5,000,000 bond theft plot, liofore Spe
cial U. S. Commissioner Alexandor
Gilchrist, took tho stand this after
noon and flatly refused to divulge J
nnythtng which might lead tho au
thorities to the present whereabouts
of Arnsteln.
Saul .S. Myers, attorney for the Na
tional Surety Company and for Dd
'vards H. Chltds, receiver In bank
ruptcy for' Arnsteln. after repeated
qucstlons w.MhFullon refused to
answer trnthe ground - fhaf they ISntF
od to violate ttio confidence between
on attorney and his client, announced
that he would appeal to Judge A. N.
Hand for an order compelling Fallon
to testify. Tho hearing before Gil
christ thereupon broke up and all
went to Judgo Hand's office In the
Woolwortli Building.
Fallon, hnd been subpoenaed to ap
pear at 10 o'clock. When 10.60 came
and ho was not In tho Oommlaslon
er'a room Myers announced that he
Intendrd to nak Judge Hand for an
order directing that Fallon be pun
ished for contompt and also for a
bench warrant for Uie lawyer' "r
ront. Bcifore the preliminaries for
these could be completed l'NUlon ap
peared nrd charged Myers with hav
ing violated on agreement between
tho attorneys and the ouTce of tho
DiHtrtct Attorney that the bank
ruptcy proceedings would be halted
until Arnsteln was eurrendered.
After n conference with Assistant
District Attorney Doollng Myers ad
mitted that a misunderstanding had
arisen and offered to discontinue tho
proceedings before the Commissioner.
Fallon thereupon said that he was
prepared to testify and the proceed
ings wont forward.
i Fallon denied that he had seen or
talked to Arnsteln at any time within
the last two weeks. He Insisted that
he did not know whero 'his client Is
and has not known. .
Prior to the break In tho proceed
ings Fallon had testified that last
night ho had sent his partner, E. F.
McGee, u of town to find Arnsteln
and Induce tho fugitive to return to
tho Jurisdiction of the court.
Mr. Myors luter announced that
Mr. Fallon had told Judge Hand that
he expects to bo nble to pijoduco Arn
steln In the criminal courts at 10
o'clock Monday morning and beforo
Special Commissioner in Bankruptcy
Gilchrist at 2 o'clock Monday after
noon. Fallon declared yosterday his client
would be surrendered In court on
Monday. The District attorney's of
fice ia standing pat on its demand
for $100,000 ball, whloh it is sold Arn
steln will be prepared to furnish.
AND
URG
RETURN
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THREE CHILDREN
BURNED TO DEATH
IN FIRE, 3 SAVED
Firemen Delayed by Icy Roads
Parents of Two Families
Had Gone to Work.
SIX LITTLE ONES LEFT.
Three Taken Out, but Res
cuers Were Unable to
Reach the Others.
Albert Boss, a farmer In tho truck
and dairy section of Qurcns. was
driving along Old South Road this
morning when ho saw flnmei through
the wlnddws of a farm houso at Cen
trovllle Avenue. The houso was oc
cupied by tho families of Andrew
Magcr and Antonio Mcwthck.
Tho two men and their wives hnd
left early to work on a neighboring
farm, but throe Magcr children.
Joseph, five; Benjamin, three, and
Josephine, one, were still In the
house. In another room were tho
three Mewthek children, Joseph,
Myrtle and Stephen, six to ten years
old.
Boss, with Charles Hawxhurst,
broko a door and rescued the Mow
thok children. They wero unable to
eaCh. pf,vpituahro'rlio - were
jurned to death. Pollco Sergt. Kolson
turned In an alarm, but fire appara
tus reached the scene only with grcut
difficulty because of tho Condition of
tho roads.
It Is believed that the fire was
started by coals dropping from a
kitchen stove. The houso as de
stroyed. A two-woeks-old baby of tho Ma
gers was saved becauso tho mother
had taken It with her.
Child Darned to Drnth na Ills
Mother Answers lloorhrll.
Mrs. Anne Johnson, living on the sec
ond floor of Ko. 2072 West lltli Htieet,
Coney Island, wont duwnstulrs this
morning to unswer tho postman's ring.
She left her thrcc-and-a-huir-yeur-oM
son Walter, on tho bed playing with
newspapers. One ot tho paers fell
on an oil stove. Mrs. Johnson heard
the baby's scream and rushed Into the
room. The boy was enveloped In flames
and was burned to death.
JAIL FOR CARRYING
BOOZE "ON THE HIP."
Brooklyn Ox-Soldier Geis Tliree
Days In Prison and Has to
Pay 10.
The first sentence for rarrylng whis
key "on the hip" was Imposed n tho
Brooklyn Federal Court to-'lay. George
Wilson, an cx-soldlor. dooikoeper In
a Classon Avenue moving plrture house
was given three days In the peniten
tiary and fined 810 by Judse Chutfleld.
Ilarnott Walker, No. ICS Bowery,
Manhattan, und Louis Hchelberman,
Ko. -181 Worthman Avenue, llrooklyn.
accused of maklnir wlilskev nt ti,
chicken farm distillery at Valley
nircniH . ij. i.. were Blo senienrrd.
Walker to five months In the peniten
tiary and n fine of too and Hi helln r
rnnn to foity-flve ddays Imprisonment
und a fine of 1 1 00.
OKLAHOMA FOR SUFFRAGE.
I.earUIattire Paste Mrnsure ami
Governor Will Nlitn It.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla , Feb. 2t.
The House of the Special Swslin of
the Oklahoma Legislature to-day passM
the resolution ratifying the Woman
Suffraga Federal Amendment without
the emergency clause, oy a vote of 70
to 4. with at not voting.
Ratification will be completed when
Governor J. n. A. Robertson signs the
resolution late thla afternoon.
of Allies Reported
JERSEY 32 BEER LAW
WILL BE HELD UPJ
Not Recognized by the Federal
Government War Prohibition
Law in Kllect".
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. All persons
found violating the Federal Prohibition
Knforcemcnt Act will bo proceeded
against .to the "limit of thu law," Irre
spective ot any Statu statutes Irgallilng
tho mio of liquors. It was announced
to-day by Commissioner Roper of tho
Internal Revenue Bureau. Uo was
efurrlng to the 1.S0 beer bill In the
Jcrsoy legislature.
Speaking for the Jersey brewers.
Christian Felgenspan said to-day they
had uo Intention ot commencing the
browing of 3.S0 Ix-ur until tho Courts
had passed on a test suit. Tho Volstead
war prohibition law also continues In
effect until peaco Is signed.
MEXICAN BANDITS
KILL EX-U. S. CONSUL
State Department Informed of
Murder of Augustus Morrill
on Feb. 26.
WASHINGTON. Fob. 28. Augustus
.Morrill, formerly American Consul nt
MjtiMinlllo. Mexico, was killed byi Mexi
can bandits l-'eh. 20.
The present Consul at Mantanlllo re
ported that Morrill nan attacked on
his way to the Hacienda Ml Balcon
three miles from Collma, whoro ha lived,
und killed by pistol shots.
The American Embassy at Maxlco
City-has been Instructed to make urgent
representations to tho Mexican Govern
ment looking to the arrest ot the mur
derers. Mr. Morrill' widow, who Is eighty
years old", IIvuj at Collma, Ho alio U
survived by several children, lfe was
nia4a,on4l -Aujvi.-Jii;.. "
Mr. Morrill was 88 years old and re
tired from the consular service In 1881.
WON'T LET SOVIETS
HAVE ARMY SHOES
War Department Has No Intention
of Permitting Equipment to Go
to the Russian Reds.
WA81HNQTON, Feb. 28. Publication
In a War Department circular that the
American bureau o( the Russian So
viet Government was tho highest bid
dor on a largo quantity of army shoes
recently offered for solo In the New
York supply none, was a mistake, it
was raid to-day at tho office of the
director of sales.
It was explained that It was not tho
Intention to inului any nwards to rep
resentatives oT the Sovlot Government
Offlcluls said that for suvcral months
the Soviet commercial bureuu had sub
mitted bids for clothing and equip
ment., but thut nil of thum had been
rejected. All articles sold by tho de
partment are offered with the under
standing that they are not for export.
SOVIET RECOGNITION SOON.
Senate Leaders Hxprct Action by
V. H. anil Alllrs.
WASHINGTON. fe. 28. Rocognl
tlon ot Soviet Russia by -the United
States tn the near future was predicted
to-day by Senate leaders.
Senator Hitchcock said resumption of
relations with Ituisla Is "very near."
Senator I lorn h, forecast recognition of
Russia by tho Allies within ten 'days
and action hy tho United States saon
afterward
All sides declared the situation Is
rapidly lielng brought to a climax by
the feehrs which tho Soviet Govern
ment Is now throwing out
J 15 CARLOADS OF EGGS
j 3,888,000, COMING
! FROM CALIFORNIA
This Is Only About a Third
of
Number Shipped Here Since
Feb. 15.
HAN FRANCI.BCO, FBB. 28.
FIFTHDN carloads of eggs.
3,888,000 In all, were shipped
from I'e tal u mn, near here,
to-day to Now York City, tho
Federal Ilumiu of Markets an
nounced. Tho announcement said that
forty-six carloads of eggs, valued
at (120.000, havo gono liist from
here since Fob. IS.
taki: ii:i,i,..nh ai i i:u mkai.s and set
bow aim GOOD OICtVIION nitot rui trtl. Adrt.
WOULD nKSTACKANT.
1 Hiwlil Tn U.-IJ (rdlueUyl, tVti. M. 1:0;
illkwl I irzlau btm irvt wct l,Ulu. Vtci
ru! UU lud ibhav, W; ublt d'oau, tb.
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FRENCH HAD SfUS
DRAFTED IN ARMY TO BREAK
TIE-UP OF TRANSPORTATION
Government Will Court Martial'AU
Who Refuse to Obey and Threat
ens to Arrest Leaders for Inter
fering With Troops.
- PARIS, Feb. 28. The National Federation of Railwaymen to
day ordered a general strike of all railway wprkcrs in France, effecUyc
immediate'')'.
"The Executive Committee of the Federation," the order said,
"after exhausting all means of conciliation and rqeeting with an obstinate
and uncompromising spirit on the part- of the management of fie
Paris, Lyons and Mediterranean Railroad, the Minister of Public Works
and the Premier as regards obtaining a suspension of punishments
while awaiting arbitration of incidents, has decided to call for the cessa
tion of work on all system."
NATION'S COAL BILL
Hnd of Federal Rail Control
Mbnday Leaves Open Way
for Profiteering.
IWId tn T!is Ewolni WarM.l
.WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. An
nmincetnont from New Tork of an
rorpectod advnnce of a dollar a ton
for anthracite coal has served to cnll
attention to the fact that the Gov
ornment will bo without machinery
for continuing tho regulation of coal
distribution after Monday, unless a
new Federal Fuel Administrator Is
appointed. Blnco the resignation of
Dr. Garfield. Dec. IS, Director Gen
era I Hincs of the Railroad Admlnis
tmtlnn, line exercised the functions
of Fuel Administrator under a dele
gation of power from Dr. Garfield.
Inquiry at tho Railroad Adminis
tration develops that the Rate Cqm-j
mlttee which hns had authority over
coal prices, expires with tho relin
quishment of Federal control of the
carriers March 1.
Unless President Wilson reappoints
a Fuel Administrator, tho coal situ
ation will become chaotic In a short
time, with a relaxation of regulation
and the Incentive to profiteer which Is
offered In the limited supply said to
bo now available.
Another complicating feature Is
thut the Bituminous Coal Commission
created for tho settlement of tho coal
striko Is about ready to rejiort. It Is
rumored that this commission will an
nounce an Increase In wages for the
inlnern running from 20 to 10 per cent,
over tho old scale which cx luted prior
to Dr. Garfield's allowance of a II per
cent. Increase. Tho H per cent. In
creaso was largely passed on to the
consumors and any further Increases
will have to be absorbed in the same
way, It ut believed, unleoa the author
ity is lodged somewhoro to prevent it.
The new Increase, if borne by the
consumers, will add something like
4100,000,000 to the national coal bill.
VASSAR GIRLS IN CAR CRASH.
Condnrtor Refuses tn Let Th r m
Jump From Itunnrfay Trolley.
I'OI'OHKKKI'.IIU, N. Y.. Feb.
A trolley car loaded with Vossar ulrls
ran away down Main Street hill to
day, being stopped at thu waif at the
Hudson River by a concrete bumper.
The occupants wero Iwdly shaktn up
and frightened.
Many of the girls attempted to Jump
but wero prevented by tho conductor,
who would not allow tho doors to be
opened, . .
UP $100,000,000
BY PRICE PLANNED
The order ends In advising that
greatest calm bo prcservod, Uiat All
provocation bo avoided and Uiat all
measures be taken to assure safoty.
Direction Is also given that no dOfia
age bo done.
In Government circles It Is admit
ted the situation has reached a crit
ical state, especially since the' In- '
Jectlon of tho radical element into
the situation with Ihclr a3iu.nd tor
a "soviet" to tako the lines.
Tho Government announced to-day
Its Intention to enforce tho law
passed lai;t night, permitting it to
aelzo all motor trucks and airplanes
for the transportation of malls' and
foodstuffs. The officials llkowlsa an
nounced positively thejr refusal to
obey tho demand of the strikers) that
tho Government ehall take possession
of all the railways.
An official order has gone out (or
ull railway men who are liable to
duty In the French Army to obey &
call for moblllxatlon and the men,
thus mobilised will be compelled to
man the trains. Any reserve falling
to obey tho order will be sent before
a military court martial for summary
to-day aro belnu massed at
all Important railway points to pre
vent disorder and to soe to It tha the
strikers do not molest the men wlio
work or who attempt sabotage. ;
A Cabinet meeting-has been called
for to-night. Kallwuy men on many
lines have been conscripted Into the
French Army and ordered to mobil
ize to run trains.
The prosecution of strike leaders
was dlscuewed at tho Ministry of
Justice this afternoon. It la held
that tho strike order Issued after
mobilization was decreed constitutes
provocation to the soldiers to aban
don military duty and is punishable.
by ono year in prison.
Operating conditions on the Pari.
Lyons and Mediterranean line and
other roads scorned to be slightly Im,
proved. Trnlno was shown to have
Increased during tho twenty-foor
hours closing nt midnight, ami It mt
belluved thut mobilization orders sent
to men of the Parts, Lyons and Medi
terranean and stnto roads would
oring u siiilloleut force to carry on
normal trulllc
Strong military forces are guard
ing tracks insldo tho city of I oris,
und a law authorizing the requisition,
ing of automobiles, motor trucks and
aw planes in case of interruption of
railroad tralllo wis passed last nigh,
by the Chamber of Deputies.
Although thu strike had extended
the Orleans system, main line service
continued this morning, Suburban
trains, however, hud been annulled.
The situation was stationary at the
Hasten), Mont-Parnasse and Iavu.
Ildes station, while at the 8L Lozare
tuition, tho company promised that
trains would be run to Cherbourg,
Havre and Dieppe, some civilians
liavlin; offered their services. At the
station, of the Furls, Lyons and Medi
terranean Railroad mobilised men
wero reporting for duty, and a very
limited servlco was operated.
Hlx inutn line tniliiu anil five sub
urban locals, operated by outside
help, left tho Kiislern Station thla
torenoon, nope was expressed Ui j
situation would
Monday.
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