CAR STRIKE SPIES USED DICTAGRAPH Clews Show Machine Was Installed Above Union's Hotel Counsel Room, WOMAN DISCOVERS HOLE CUT IN FLOOR Continental Management Hircs Detective to Learn Who Eavesdropped on Meetings. A woman's foot, a hole In a deep, red ck_?et and an Indignant hotel mana? ger have brought out the lntest tale of tho dictagraph and tuckod it n.atlv Into tho slsaissj chapter of the aurface car _:nke. At the Continental ITotel, where the nnion organi_er? held thoir sessions, a l man, who.ie name is wftb* held, yesterday moved into room nura '.'.'. exactly over the room on the floor below used as a secret councll chainber by the carmen. As she walked room her foot sank in a de n iq the centre of the rooro. .'!. .1 the manager, nnd an Inspec tion showed a equare had bien cut out ? rnrpet. Inderneath a hole. _3d been cnt through the floor to the plastor of the room bonoath. Thore was a puncture riough for wire- t,< r^*1 thlBBgh rn th. SlaSter. The house electricia-i and tho house dotoetjve agro.-d ItWajj n tir.t rate diciafttann plnnt. although no irstruments were foun.l. H. 1 . l?ui. m ?f ta. proariotor, then rcmen. hcre,! two men hnd occupied the roon; the dellberationi of the atrtjc* . in tl i room bonaath. wao the rnsa orptjt or why th?J waaisfj to li.t.n in on thc union eonfer,nces li ?et known. Mr- Duncnii Miai a pn* v_u ,1. t.i;ivc lo tracc tha nicii. I'nion Men lgnore Sp>ing. The union leaden* were still busy 1 in ths room below yeaterday, working out ths deU Isd -Bmandi taaj wtll pre.-ent to tho employ. r-' Monday. but they .howed no coneern over the dieta di**eo.ery, .avmg th. pubiie now rythjijjs that transpirsd in the council chambers. although they ?aid adtaae. ln formation might have b?e_ lOUghl l>\ the companres through ictiT/a during the progresa of ne pna. T( was .ug*S*0S*t_i thnt n^ames oi men ?attrre in anioa oifaaisiBg mieht have been r-htained and thnt men thus dis ? ,] were marked for ds.harge. The unionists scouted this idea, say ing ths few roon who have ___? dis? charged sufferod from a miMinder thoagh their rem ? ? woald bo taken up with th. lt would not be made an issue in tbe final settlement agrcc The Public Service Commission yes t. rday gnve out its memorandum eov Becaus( .You will find the Oldsmo? bile h rar with n I'.-O-inch ?ahtd-baae a r.ir whose sj.l? ruiidly mod ?-led lines dr light tbe eyt. *gecau8?_You will find the Oldsmo hilr's body aarfaeea rich and satiny, in ro] al giw " and black. You will find it-. radiatOT falshed in (ierman Blhreri all its cabiael work, thr cowl daab, tbe Btecrlag wheel, ooade of im j.urt'-d (irca.s5i.-1n w.ilnut. .You will find thr OMa rn.'liil.' ujiholst.-ry of high quality French leather, deep and Boft, Every d.-t-iil b**speaka th?* faahloa and luxury. WhcB JTOB .ire it the wheel of the Old.-mobile you have thr satisfacUon of knowing that no enr is fiiprrior to your Beca BecaUSC "Economy of operation i* Ita Backbone.*' The Olds "8" Is provinj- daily in the hands of thou? sands of oarnera thal the muti-cylinder r.ir has no drawhaeks. Fully equipped and weighing bat 2800 pound-.. it -p*fea lonj* tire servioe and ia tom on fm-l ex pesae. Think of thia fine eight cylinder 4') h.p c.ir avernjring lietter than 15 miles to the pallon of pasoline. Because_E cbb o na I cbI ln priee (flltS), you pay for thr light weight De Luxe what you might expect tn pay far even a good "four." Month in nnd month out \our Oldsmo bile v\ill save you dollars that a he.nier were common to drills in every type of luilding, so that v.-orker. who drifted flOB* one employment to another would al ISBSt have the fundamentals in mind, however short the time of ther employment Regulations Drawri l'p. For the guidance of employers and en'ployrs and to perfect the work begut. l.y Lieutenant Dugan's squad Commis? sioner Adamson has promulgated regu? lations based on the resjit of its nine months' work. Thrsc will be issued to any one seeking information on the subject of nre drills. ihe duties of tho floor captains, the v .-.tchmen. the searchers, the exit | piardSi the sqund monitors and tho city tire alann runncr are sat forth in d.tail. Strange to say. it was founa thtt in installing fire drills without BB* j,. rvision some employers completely cwrlooked the need of sending in a lire a'.arm. An alert and well trained city fire alarm ninner is held by thu. department to be one of the most nec BBSar** adjuncts of the Br. driu. PRESIDENT MAY ACT TO AVERT STRIKE Contlnood from ongr 1 they would try to secure such a prop? osition for us by 10 o'clock to-mor- ; row morning." Mr. Garretson explained that the counter proposal* of the railroads in volved compensation rights and privi leges which the railroad employes had won by a series of strike.*, arbitrations an.l concessions extending over thirty years. "It is just as though you owned a hon.. and somebedv wanted vou to ar- ; bitrate the question whether or not ( you owned it," said Mr. Garretson. ; "The railroad manasrers want us to ' submit to arbitration thlngi we have had to fight for for thirty yeara." ( onfer with Managerm. The roembors of tho mediation board. Chairman Knapp, Judge William L. Chambers and O. W. w Ilanger, held an extended meeting with tho railroad managers at the Riltmore in thc aftf r noon, hut the managers refused to re Ci .!. from their position. It was an noaacad by the board last niirht that they would try to cot the men to airr<" this morning to arbitration of their own demands and then try to bring about arbitration of the whole con troversv on that basls, As for tho count. r-proposals them? selves, tho railroads1 a'*i'_'ie is this: They maintain thn* thar were certain thing* in tho ichsdal-S which were eir.r;.'!;Tlv f.. r to the mon and the roads on a ten hour workii:g baaii and pro rata overtimo. They contend, how? ever, that under an eight hour rule and time and a half overtime, these ' i DOl i.e f_ir to th railroads. Therefore thev desire tha* an arbitration board shall consider these th'ngs, too. Kvcn if the railroads recedo from th.ir itaad. it is sxtiassalp doubtful whether the brotherhoods will Hcr.-n' That is tr -, that will be (iec'.i.il this morning, aad "? 600 adjustment chairmen ar? not one on the subject. It will be BBBSSittsd to a vote, and the majority will rule. Will Obey Wilson's Request When Mr. Garretson was asked about the Presi.lent's message to the medi? ators he said: "Nothing of that kind has arrived at this end of the line; but an invita tion from tho President of the I'nited States is tantamount to a eommand .'.>? Am.ri.a_ dtlsan would sbaj ?.? aaea, P.raoaally, 1 s*e no iadica <.t a change ol tompor on the part o' the men in their attitude tow? ard arbitration as i*. hhs been propo^d .BS, Tho railroads nuist make ? some dcfuiite proposition, vhich they, Bai done. It should be under itood. however, that tho Piaaidsat has no more power than you have. If he ealli us to Washington, though, we Bill go" Twenty-four HoorV Strike Notice. "What will you do If the Fresident asks y..ri to arbitrate?" he was asked. "Tho BBSWai Wl make to him," con? tinued Mr. Garretson, "depends on what tho Pre-.'ic! | i-ayi to av" la the event that the "Rig Four" - of the railway brotherhoods de? cide to exercise the authority they have to order a general "trike, it was aaid jcaterdap that the railroads would got. only twenty-four hours* notice. The announcement of tha strike date and hour would be telegraphed to the local chairmen at once. It is pndicted that ten houn after th- expiration of the twenty-four hours' grace, _0,000 railway men m ta. woald havo quit their trains. M woald require a mueh longor period M ?ot tho whole 400,000 brotherhood members out, but at soon as they all -iruek, 2_0,000 miles of railways would hc tied up and 1.H00.000 men would bc invoKcd in the strike. w Reports from Wasnington yesterday itatod that tho President ipent most Of the day at the White House so that he might be on hand for any crisis in the railroad striko situation. He also received a petition from repreaentativc. of unorganired railroad employes urg ing that Congress past legislation pro venting a railroad paralysis threatening at the hands of the four brotherhoods who, it is claimed, represent only W per cent of all railroad employes. Yes terday's petition had 6,000 signatures nnd others are on the way to the White HOUSe. * a_ ?_____? Judge Chamben, one of the Media? tion Roard. said last night that he would probably communicate with for? mer Ambassador Henry Morgenthau. ! who has an appointment with thc President this mornine, to ask Mr. Mor Irenthaa to give the I'resident a sura I mary of the situation which it was ISB* I possible to give over the telephono. LOSES LIFE TRYING TO SAVE YOUNG GIRL Rescuer Vanishe* While Cramp Victim Is Brought Safely Ashore. An attempt of Walter Post to save Henrietta Koiser, twolvo, of 120 Beach Forty-third Street, F.dgomero, Long Isl? and, from drowning, off Kdgcmore Reaeh, cost him his own life yesterday. Poit, who was twenty-fivo years old, with I'arry Graham, of 11 Halsey Street, Hrooklyn. and Kdward Wyn toeth, of Rroad Channel, went to the girl's rcscuc when she was Hoized with cramps. Post disappeared after plung inir in?o the water. Tho girl was res cued and taken to St. Joseph's Hos? pital, at Far Rockaway. Post lived at Reach Forty-fourth Street, Edgemere. His body has rot been recovered. -__________ NEEDS FUND FOR FAMIIY Brooklyn Bureao of Charltlea Asks $100 for Mother and Sons, After George Seaton died Mrs. Seaton sold tho little store that had supported the family. Rcali-ing that ?ho eould not run the store and care for thc five youngsters. the oldest thir tecn and the youngost three, she was going to put the monev in the bank. But it was stolen. She went bravely to work. but lt was more than one woman eould do. John is fifteen and just starting to work. but he and the mother cannot. earn enough for ren, food and clothin*.. A weokly allowance muat be continued until Krnest, the thirteen-year-old, can do his i share. To do this a fund of $100 is ! needed. Large and small contributiona | may be sent to the Brooklyn Bureau of Chsritl-S. o'.l Schormernorn Street, Brooklyn, marked "for 0279 TR" ) The bureau aeknowledgea with thanks tho following eontributon who rou.d not be reached by mail: Appeal 0277. T. cash anon.. $1; W. E. S.. $1; g77 CH, cash anon., $1: R. F.. 25c.; 0277 S A. A.. $1; 0278 W, M. !?.. 20c; 02? TR, L. H. $1; 027R W, A Christian, $1, 1-?*?? LONG BRANCH HOTEL SALE The Lenox To Be Offered to Higheat Bidder Next Saturday. Th. Lenox Hotel, at Long Rranch, N J. is to be sold at public auction by i'rya'n L. Kennelly on Saturday, Au? gust 2.. The sale will be held on the promises at 3 p. m. The pro*perty is at the northwest corner of Ocean av. and Broadway, facing the Atlantic Ocean and Boardwalk. The hotel is a three itory lmitation stone building and has about sixty seven rooms. There are nine stores on the prefhises and an unobstructed right of way to the ocean. COLLAPSED TRUST C0.5 DEBTS TOTAL .$620,000 Bank Fixaminers Find New Llt. bllity of $314,000. Th? linbiliti-.* of th* Mutu?l Tiaii ("ompe.ny, ot Oraat**, .','. J , ae-rrtg,.., |a*tt0.a*H( aecordinj* to fif-ure* .?.-,? yriterday by the bankinj txam.r.tn, Thi* Includc* the $30'',00 in apmij^. tion eartifieataa i -~u*?ri hy Kdw,-. _ Hatch: whirh he aied h- roli**"-,; f^ abtaiaiBg loans from Now y,,r< *,,____, The new liabili'.y of J'lU, Q j, J cured by collatr ral ef an t rr?>_ minimum vald-> of $'74/i0'i. The naturc of the $.114,000 addiUot*! liability i* not di*clo*ed. Casement Called a Wajhiriijtoi Rojrer Casement la plarH on ? pla,, with OaergB Washinfrton, the Br-*.;,, f-overnment i- a-.?ailed in bitter Xarat and the attention of American* ii drawn to finti'-h ar*.- on the aaaj against I'nited Statr* merehandi?? aj, to th** Britiah eomn-.e-cial blarkliit i, lengthy roaolotieBi adopted yeitereUy at a gpreial nieetin-; of the I'nite" Iri*h-Amrrican Societies nf \ew york in the Irish-Amer;can Athletic Club, u 150 East Sixtieth Street. During August Cloted All Day Saturdayi. __5r__iiiiihMtiii, '.....' ~ ,:,; ? frmtftltnSimoti'&Ca Fifth Avenue, 37th and 38th Streets A Store o?f Individual Snofas Even shop is conducted as a separat: store, with specialists in attendance^ FALL FASHIONS For Women and Misses Fur Trimmed Jersev_Cloth Coats-New Fail jjtodejs Genet Now sh gold, C green, slrrvrs. baaded For Women and Misses Fur Trimmed Jersey Cloth Coats irrorl bolted sr ven-eighth length model, ln rosr, open or purplo, also heathcr mixturrs in blue, brown or grcv colorings. Now lon;; shoulder large ecorert-hle collar und bottoa ot eaat ^q qrv with blur Genet far. Special -t-V**-^ Mole Fur Trimmed Jersey Cloth Coats Now bhirrod bolted sevrn-4-ighth length modol, in Freneh rose, sapphire blur, white, nilo green, purplo. dull gold, taupe, Burgundy or bottle green, fittc.l raglan shoulder, large convertiblc. collar with deep ~ . g.^v band of real Scotch mole. 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