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MONDAY, AUGUOT 28, L916.
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O'XE CENT
In Ttew T?rk CHr. T?*
Jereer t Hr emO neewkem.
Wilson May Go Before Congress
with Strike Plea: Unions Prepare
ITALY AT WAR
WITH GERMANY
AFTER TODAY
Asks Switzerland to
Inform Berlin of
Her Action.
STEP INEVITABLE
FOR MONTHS
Italian Operations in the
Balkans Foreed
Action.
Aug. 27.?Italy declared
?many to-day.
Berlin [by wireless to _-ayvi!lc, N.
y.?. Aug. 27.?The following official
. icement was made here to?
day:
"The Italian government has de
. through the Swiai govern
? that it considers itself from
August 28 at war with Germany."
I'aris, Aug. 27.?A Havas dispatch
iroin Rome gives a corrrmunication
published hy thc Sicfani Agency and
-..Idresstd by the Italian government
| overnnient. It re
vernment to in?
form the German government that
considers herself at war with
Germany from and after August 28.
Italian Balkan Operations
Made War Inevitable
. and Germany have been driftint*
I .-ard war. In fact. Italy's
formal declaration amounts to little
tban official rtcotrnition ut* a
Btate of affairs which already existed.
iVc!aration became inevitable
when Italy recently sent troops to Sa
ri-operate in the campaitrn
?(?nte allies on the Ifaee
ismuch as Germany is
lf* the opposinj- forces and has
on this battle line.
Ita; n rejrard to Germany
had heen an anomalous one after Italy
alliance on
..r.d declared war
oag_ hy this act Rhe
arrayed heraelf 00 thc aida of the
? rowers and against her former
:,nd Austria, she re
, < ;,? peace wlth (iermany
eaterday.
German Efforts in Itah.
?? Italy took this step Germany
ry effort to induce her to
neutral, senCing to Rome as
I'rince von Bulow, former
ablest
ci. of Germany. Tha prince
? ?me time ln aveitinjr
? . aad Itai;.
IW that a rupture waa in
<
.er betweei
m? behalf of Y.
ernment h. I with Italy
inder which, in case of
. ,.m1 Italy, Ger
? d themaeWea to
?
:ii earh
This meant for tier
? r- of many miilions of
f propcrtiea in Italy
and for Italy the saf. I Ital?
ian *? :1 living in
iny.
War Only Malter of Time.
Aeeordiag to unofficial reporta from
With ? ?nd at tho
I Feb
? ? Italian repreoent
why their nation wa* not al
i. rmany. Italy had already agreod
peaeo, and,
?- ? reaalt of the Paria conference,
?he plan for formation of a
P?rma council of the Kn
tente powers for future conduct of the
War.
The ' poration amonjj
tha- Entente Allies, and the ne -
tot bringing into s?rvice Italy's _ur
plu?. (? hich could not be em
fl'n.n nn ihe other fronts without
?rinfing on --ar with Germany, gradu
. sueh a poaitioa
. \??dciit a declaration
of h. . ? ? i.' rmany was
?nl>' a matter of time.
Italy Sei/es German Ship*-.
The ? act in this direction
eccurre.l shortly after the Paria confer
Wee, probably ? * ef it. <?n
Pebrtu Tied thirty
?i Geiman steam
rts to help
m**t ? r needa oi the Allioa
Other indications of approaching war
r?ve bOen obaervod in recent weeks. A
(Ierman court ruled that Italy and Ger
finy were actually, though not for
??Hy, at w?r. It was reported unof
?eially that Germany had taken charge
of the defence of Trieate. A more
indication was the severance
l??t month of the last tie between the
0*tions. The commereial agreement
laaliaaed aa pagfi 8. column 6
Woman Slain, Believed
First Suffrage Martyr
Doctor Accused of Killing Wife After Her Speech et
"Votes" Meeting?Attended Gvic Clubs
Against His Wishes.
ru Tflffraph tf. Th* TVIhun, J
Marlinton. W. Va.. Aup. 27. The
| mystery surrounding thi* death of Mrs.
I France* Robertaon Howard and th*
r arrest of her husband on a charge
' made. by a coroner'* iury hare led to
! the suspicion that tha woman is the
; first person killed in the cause of
] woman Ruffrage.
Francos Robertson was head nnrae at
the Marlinton Hospital and ahe came
of a distinguished Virginia family. Dr.
Ohvcr Arnold Howard was a physieian
I at the hospital, and their marriage was
a hospital romtnee A few months
I nfter marriage there were rumors that
| thev did not agree. Sometimes Mrs.
Howard appeared with a discolored eye,
but she alway* cxplained it as an acci
dent. She took up civic and club activ
against the wishes of her hus?
band.
On August 11 she attended a woman
suffrage meeting, made her "tirst
speech" and returned home apparently
in pood spirits.
She was not seen alive again. Wit?
nesses say she returned home about
! 6:20 o'clock, and her husband is said
to have arrived about twenty minutes
later.
Within ten or fifteen minutes he ran
down the steps of the build.ng ealling
BRADY IN HOSPITAL
AFTER AUTO UPSET
With Playwright and Manager
He's Recovering at Plainfield.
William A. Brady, Jule* Eckert Good- '
man. author of "The Man Who Came |
Back," and John Turk, Mr. Brady's j
business manager, ar? in the Muhlen
bfltf Hospital, at Plainfield, N. J., re- |
rtef from bruiaas received m ?n j
automobile upset Saturday night. They
hnd seen Mr. (.oodman's play produced
ainfleld and started for Wilming
ton, Dci., where it was to be presented
next. , . .
Near Kunellen the rear axle broke
and a wheel came off. The car skidded
and capsized in a ditch, throwing its
1 occupants out.
SAW NORTHERN LIGHTS
OFF AMBROSE CHANNEL
English Skipper Tell* of Rare
Display in This Latitude.
Captaifl Anthony Cadogan, master of
the I.umport rt Holt liner Vauban, in
i yesterday from Liverpool in ballast, re?
ported having seen a brilliant display
: of the aurora borealis at 2 a. m., when
the vessel was about 150 miles east of
Ambrose Channel Lightship.
"It lasted only a short while," he
; paid. "The fog set in and shut it off
from view. I have seen the northern
lights in the English Channel and the
aurora australis coming out of Monte
video. but never have I observed the
aurora borealis in this latitude."
Captain Krol of the Holland-America
1 liner Ryndam, in last nipht from Rot
; terdam, nnd Captain Campion of the
Ward liner Morro Castle, from Ha
| vana, a)so saw the lights.
300 FANS Si-LE BOLT
KILL BOY BALL PLAYER
?- i
Li^htninK Fclls Batter and
Catcher on Staten Island.
"Strrke one!" cried a treble-voiced
boy umpire yesterday afternoon on the
baaflball tield ef the Mission of the 1m
maculate Coner-ption, an orphan asylum
hmorid Valley, Staten Island. The j
still quavered in the air when .
there was a flash of lightning that daz- r
?led thfl 800 bay and girl spectators |
and a clap of thunder that shook the
r-rounil.
Joseph Harding, the ten-year-old
.1:1, dropped in the midst of his
.- nnd Frank Ferri, the catcher, fell
hrside him. The bai! v.a.? t'.rmly clutched
-.:...e arhflB they picked him
up, HardlBg was k'Hed outnght by
tha bolt, bat Pflrrl will recover.
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W. R. GRACE'S HOUSE
AT WESTBURY BURNS
Newly Purchased Home Is a
Complete Loss.
W-tbury, I/ong Island, Aug. 27.
William R. QraOfl'a BflWly purchased
1 home here was burned to-night. with a
loss of ajMMMO. 1'nti! two months ago
it was occupied bv Kaymond T. ?il
; son, pertrait painter, and mueh of hi*
valuable furniture wa* still in the
house ard was destroyed.
dents of Wheatley Hills and sur?
rounding towns saw the blaze and ha*
t.-nt-.1 to the spot in automobile*. The
building was an old one and went up
like tmder. There was no chance to
MTi anything.
Charles P. Murphy. a chautTeur, whe
u,.- MtiBg Bfl ti -mporary caretaker, was
away, and the origin fll the fire i? un?
known.
for another doctor. He asserted his,
wife was unconscious from some dnig
and asked for a strychnine injection
U revive her. When Dr. J. W. Price
arrived Mrs. Howard waa dead. BaM
lay on an unmade bed in a apar. room,
with her clothing disarranged and her
slippers beside her.
Her faee wore an expression of fear.
There were marks on the left side of
her neck and her nose appeared bruised.
Dr. Howard asserted he had found
his wife locked in the spare room,;
lyintr on the bed, and that he believed
she had bee*i riolenUy nauseated. He ;
said he slappcd her faee in an effort to
revive her, and when this failed ran for;
unother physician.
Doctors who became suspicious ques
tioned tho undertaker. who testified
that the woman's neck seemed to be
broken.
The verdict of the coroner's jury was
that Mrs. Howard had come to her
death "from violence, to wit, a dislo
cation of the neck," and that "with the
evidence produced before us there is
probable cause to believe that the said
act of violence was committed at the
, hands of Oliver A. Howard."
Dr. Howard was arrested and eharged
with the murder. He protests his in
I
I nocence.
"LUCIA" IS SUNG
AFTER A RIOT
_
Mob Scene Added to Opera
in Grand St. Theatre as
Receipts Disappear.
An Italian audience in the Grand
Street Theatre last night supplied the
opera "Lucia di Lammermoor" with a
mob scene, a particular which Cam-'
! marano overlooked when he wrote the
book for the piece.
It will be well, however, for maestros
1 who anticipate a production of the
i opera along these new lines to havr a
few building inspectors go over the
Opera house before they eall rehearsals.
j It is not every home of the singing
drama that is built to withstand such
strenuous "business." That the Grand
Street playhouse wasn't brought tum
bling down into Chrystie Street speaks
well for the men who built it.
To Antonio Dellorocha, it la asserted,
will go the credit for having gingered '
up this famous and melancholy opera.
Usnally Antonio is to be found baek
af the box office window in the Grand (
Street Theatre. but Antonio is else
wherc just now. It is said that about
$160. representing the "gate' at last .
night's novel performance, also has
gone. The alleged disappearance of :
Antonio and the $160 had much to do I
with the new mob scene.
Announcement Starts Trouble.
Two hundred Italians were in their
seats to witness the performance, which
was to raise money for the Italian ;
blind of New York. The direetor was
ready for the curtain wj-ien there ap?
peared behind the footlight.s l-'urico.
Enrico bore a troubled look, and he was
not worrving ahout having to stab him
aolf to death in the last act, either.
Knrico, in Italian, briefly announced ,
that Dellorocka, the cashier, had dis-i
appeared, also all the cash, and that
there would be no opera.
There wa6 no need for thunder in
the wings. The mob scene was suffi
cient in itself. In the mad push and
scramble for the box office seats were
broken, top hats smashed, gowns torn,
and the less sturdy music-lovers of- j
ten knocked down and trampled.
An alarm was sent to the nearest
police station nnd six detectives
hastened to tbe scene in an automo?
bile. Detectives and outraged opera
fans mi>:ed it generally, with no no
ticeabla abatement in the mob action
nntil Seliciano Acierno, of 948 Trin
ity Street, The Bronx, was able to
make himself heard.
Acierno, who is wealthy, pleaded for
silence.
"Keturn to your seats," he told the
throng. "1 have offered each member
of the east, the chorus, the orchestra
and the stage hands $2 apiece to go
ahead with the performance, and, gen
eronaly, they have accepted."
Acierno then added he would see what
could be done toward raising a fund
for the Italian blind. And so. revolu
tionized and rejuvenated, the perform?
ance of "Lucia" proceeded along the
lines laid down originally by Sir W'al
Scott.
BRADLEY BEACH NYMPH
FINED FOR BARE LEGS
Women Bathers Must Wear
Stockings, the Law Decrees.
Asbury Park. N. J., Aug. 27. The
heavy hand of Jersey justice has fallen
at last upon the stockingless bathing
girl. Mrs. Klizabeth Hubr.er, of East
Orange, a summer resident at 617 Mon?
roe Avenue, Asbury Park, was arrested
upon the sands at Bradley Beach this
afternoon, when she appeared in a cos?
tume composed of socks, abbreviated
>kirt and equally abbreviated -ights.
Recorder Bernard V. Poland tined
the young woman $;>, which she wrath-1
fully paid.
GREEK RULER
GIVES WAY TO
WAR PARTY
Intervention Near ?
Rumania Ready
To Act.
BULGARS SEIZE
KAVALA FORTS
Gain in Albania?British
Warships Join in
the Battle.
' tlj Tabl* tn Thf Tribunf I
London, Aug. '27.?Kvidences that
I oth Greece and Rumania are on the
point of joining the Allies overshad-_
owed the actual fighting in the Balk
iHJ to-day, though all but one of the
Kavala forts were seized by the Bul?
gars, who were then bombarded by
British warships. The Bulgars also
extended their lines in Albania, and
there was heavy but indecisive fight?
ing along the part of the front held
by the Serbian army. Each side re?
ports the repulse of attacks.
The Bulgarian seizure of the Greek
territory east of the Struma, whirh
has caused the wildest resentment
among the Greek people, has at last
afferted thp government. Kmg Con-|
stantine, a firm friend of the Kaiser,
has been foreed to dismiss General
Dousmanis, Chief of the General
Staff, and Colonel Metaxas, his chief
assistant, who were opposed to Greek
intervention on the side of the Al?
lies. He has appointed as Chief of
Staff General Constantine Moscho
poulos, a close friend of former Pre-1
mier Venizelos, the champion of in?
tervention.
General Dousmanis has been given
a five days' leave of absence. Colo?
nel Mataxas goes to the war college.
Foresee (ireek Intervention.
General Mosehopoulos ha* been in
eommand of the Greek force* at Salon?
ica and is thus in close touch with the
Allied commander*. Dispatches from
Athens say that the appointment of
so open a friend of the Allies to the
chief eommand has caused great ex
citement and that there is rejoicinc
among those who hope for vigoroua
resistance to Bulgaria and cooperation
with the Allied armies.
Rumania. which is powerfully mflu
eneed bv Italy's declaration of war on
Germany, is even nearer war, accord?
ing to dispatches from Bucharest. A
decision ia possible within twenty-i'our
hours. The King has called a council
unique in the history of the nation.
Rrprer-entatives of all the politieal par?
ties former premiers, former presi?
dents of the chamber* of legislature,'
ministers, government representatives
and agents and representative busines*
men have heen summoned. The great1
national council will begin Itfl meeting!
at .r) o'clock to-morrow, and on its de
eifliofl is likely to rest Rumania's en?
trance into the war or a further delay
Hll even the present risks have disap- ;
pcared.
CHfllfl in Austria-Hungary
The developments in the Ralkan*
appear to be causing perturbation
in Austria-Hungary, dispatches from.
Rerne -.av. There is a serious politieal
crisis in Hungary. the opposition lead?
ers having demanded a coalition Cabi?
net, whieh demand the Emperor has
refused to comply with.
In addition to all night gittings of
the Hungarran chamber, the dispatches
add. an Austrian Cabinet Council sat
for eight hours Thursda*,* and six hours
Friday and the Hungarian Cabinet for
nine hours Thursday and ten hours
Friday. .,, .
Heavy fighting is still in progress in
Maeedonia. from the region of Lake
Orhrida eastward to Kavala. but with
raaalta beclonded by the varying state -
ments of the Berlin and Paris * ar
effices.
Bulgar* Extend l.lne*.
Berlin report* that Bulgarian force*
r oiiilniifl ob page S, rolnmn ?
Theodora Booth Would Suffer
Plague to Save Children
MISS THEODORA BOOTH.
Daughter of Ballington Booth I
Wrfte?~-Tribune Offexli_g,
to Submit to Inoculation
in Interest of Humanity?
Doctors Adverse to Experi
ment.
Miss Theodora Booth, daughter of
General Ballington Booth, is willinE
that New York sc;entists should inocu
late her with infantile paralysis virus
and that she should pass through every
stage of the disease under their care
if her sacrifice will aid in the battle
against the great plague.
Her unusual offer, made first in a
personal letter to the editor of The
Tribune, was reaffirmed yesterday at
her father's home, in Blue Point, Long
Island. She had just returned from a
nail on Great South Bay. and her bright
blue eyes, thick hair, deeply tanned
cheeks and sunny smile made her a
glorious picture of youth and
happiness.
There was nothing of boastfulness in
EDISON'S READY TO GO,
BUT WHERE IS FORD?
Auto Man Falls to Show Up for
Camping Trip.
William B. Firestone, of Akron. Ohio,
has lost his trunk, and Henry Ford. of
Detroit, apparently has lost himself,
but this doesn't disturb Thomas A.
Fdison, of West Orange, N. J., who
starts to-day for the Adirondnck Moun?
tains. Mr. Firestone and Mr. Ford
were to have gone with him.
Mr. Fdison was abed early last night,
but not until he had made one last in?
spection of the big motor truck in his
garage which contains his camping
paraphernalia.
"I want to see that it's all there," he
said, "for in the morning I'm going to
be on the road at 7, and I don't want to
he running around looking for a mis
placed skillet."
Mr Fdison was not deeply concerned
over the word thnt Mr. Firestone's
lost trunk had delaved the automobile
tire magnate. Mr. Firestone will join
the inventor on the way north. Henry
Ford failed to put in his appearance >
or telegraph the reason for it. He is ,
somewhere between Wert Orange and
New Vork. and Mr. Fdison is confident
he will show up.
John Burroughs, naturalist, who i<
to be a fourth member of the camping
partv, will be picked up at Roxbury.
Incidentally
Garet Garrett ia primarily a wnter for thr man who
wants basic facts expressed intelligently. But Garet
Garrett is incidentally a writer who can make his writing
as entertaining as it is instructive.
Jhat is what makes The Trihune financial page more
than accurate. It makes it interesting?and unusual. It
makes it worth your reading this morning?and every
morning.
.JHBba
Hhe Slnbune
Flrat to s\a*t?the Truth:
?Sews?Editorial*?Advertisements.
Sl' *r ot i..a Audit Bviraau (fl* ._--.ia-.aa
her frank proposal to submlt herself
to paralysis inoculation. Her offer
Lami. no.r -h.- Had obs-trved tffe rar-1
ages of the plague close at haittd, and
ia founded on her belief that her ath?
letic body, reinforced by the close care
of the scientists to whom she would ,
suhmit herself, would prevent any seri?
ous results that the disease otherwise
might have.
Miss Booth's Letter.
In the letter conveying her initial
offer to The Tribune .Miss Booth says:
"Scientists assert that if a person
who has had and recovered from in?
fantile paralysis gives his blood for
serum, the lives of many children can
be 6aved. I am a perfectly healthy
girl, and would be more than ?illing
to take the germ of paralysis if I
could be assured of the right treat
moat and that my strong constitution
would fight the disease.
"At my recovery I could give all the
blood possible to save the lives of many
children. It does not seem likely that
the fatal effects of paralysis would at
tock one if the scientists transmitted
the germ an'd then had their treatment
in readiness.
"For one in splendid health this may
Continued oa pavae H, rolumn 1
TWO RACERS DIE;
12 CARS WRECKED
Jack Peacock Among the
Victims at Michigan
Track.
Kalamazoo, Mich., Aug. 27.?Two'
men were killed and eight others in- ;
jured, one of them fatally, when eleven
of fourteen automobiles piled up at the
first turn during the 100-mile race at
Recreation Park, here to-day. The
dead are Marion ArnoM, mechanician,
Chicago; Jack Peacock, driver, Brook?
lyn, both hips broken and head crushed.
He died :n the hospital. The man prob?
ably fatally injured is F. F. Marqtiettc,
Kalamazoo, mechanician for Peacock.
Hil head is injured and his left leg
broken in three places. He ll un
conscious.
Peacock's car, leading in the race,
skidded and struck the fence at the
Srat turn. lt was overturned and
thrown squarely across the track. Be- '
fore traek attetidants could signal the
other driver.. ten <-f the machines go?
ing at a terntic clip ploughing into the
overturned car. Five of them were ;
completely demohshed.
The car driven by Andy Burt, whose
mechanician, Marion Arnold, was
killed, was the tirst to strike that of ,
Peacock's. Nine others came into the
wreckage a moment later.
To-day's accident is the worst that
has occurred at Recreation Park aince >
1911, when Lee Oldfield's racing car!
ploughed through the fence and killed
eight persons.
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KAISER DEFERS PUNTSHMENTS
Won't Execute Sentencea Impoaed on
French Priaoners Until After War.
Berlin (by wireless to Sayville, tM.
Y.), Aug. 27.--The following official
statement was issued here to-day:
"The German Fmperor haa ordered
postponement until after the war of the
execution of all sentences imposed for
the punishment of French prisoners,
both civilian and military, on account
of acts committed up to September 1
ol thia year."
BROTHERHOOD LEADERS
READY TO TIE UP LINES
Delegates Leave for Home with
Secret Code Ready to Flash
Word if Break Comes.
PRESIDENT TO ASK ROADS
TO-DAY FOR MORE DELAY
In Meantime Executives Are Preparing for
War?Unions Expect to Keep Certain
Trains Running at All Events.
[From a Staff Correspondent of The Tribune.]
Washington, Aug. 27.?The four railway brotherhoods
have set in motion the wheels of a nation-wide strike. All the
union delegates except the four chiefs and a handful of their
lieutenants left Washington to-day with two envelopes in their
pockets. One of them contained a circular of ir.structions to
be followed if the threatened strike is called. The other, a
sealed one, contained the union code. That envelope is not to
be opened until the delegates receive from the four brotherhood
heads a code message setting the hour to strike.
In the meantime tentative plans for a joint session of
the Senate and House to hear President Wilson ask for legis?
lation to prevent the threatened nation-wide railroad strike
were djscussed by thePresident with Senator Kern, the Demo
critlc leadTr.'"To-nrght, wEen it aeemed virtually certain that
a break between the railroads and their employes must follow
final conferences at the White House to-morrow.
All Depends on To-day'? Me-eting.
Whether the plans considered by President Wilson and hii
advisers at the Capitol will be earried out depends upon to
morrow's developments, but it is understood that if all efforts
fail to bring the' employers and their men together the Presi?
dent will go before Congress and ask that it deal with the
situation. even if that necessitates indefinitely prolonging the
present session.
READY TO FACE
STRIKE, SAYS REA
Yielding Only Temporary
Postponement, Asserts
P. R. R. President.
Washington, Aug. 27.?Samuel Rca.
President of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
issued a statement to-night, which, for
the first time since the executives de?
cided upon the course they would pur
sue, flatly announced that rather give
up arbitration they regarded it as bet?
ter to faee a atrike. He declared that |
for the railroads to yield would result
in a temporary, but probably not a per
mament, postponement of the strike, j
_nd that the issue of arbitration at
stake in the present situation would be
left unsettled.
"These in brief," continued his state?
ment. "are the reasons why the heads
of the railways, with a full apprecia
tion of the sol'emn and weighty respon?
sibility resting on them, aa well as of
their duty to the public and to their
shareholders, have been foreed to the
conclusion that it is better to faee the
alternative of a strike than to surren?
der."
Mr. Rea went on to point out the
history of the struggles between rail?
roads and their employes, and spoke of
the depression which he said the rail?
roads had experienced recently. He
said that now, since they were having
their first real touch of prosperity for
M-veral years, they were confronted
with demands which would mean, when
followed by like demands from their
other employes, an added burden of
from $200,000,POO to $300,000,000 a year.
"Confronted by such conditions," he
conclu-kd, "?nd bome down by a aol
emn ae_se of their responsibility to
their employes, to business interesta of
all kinds. to the 100,000,000 people of
the I'nited States and to their stock-:
holders, what could the heads of the
railways do but refuse to yield, and
thea ealmly but resolutely faee the
possibihties of the situation in the full
confidence that their action will receive
the unqualtfied indorsement and sup?
port of the bueiness interests of the
country and the publie at large, who .
have as yet been denied all opportunity
to be heard?'*
-a
Leipiic Openi Annual Fair.
Berlin, Aug. 27 (by wireless to Say-:
rille, N. Y. I. The autumn fair at Leip-1
sie was opened yesterday. The num?
ber of exhibitors is 2.800, which is
larger than is usual, even in times of
peace. A new section has been added
for the display of foodatuffa.
President Wilson also conferred
aU afternoon and part of the even?
ing with Franklin K. Lane, Seere?
tary of the Interior, one of the Pres?
idents closest advisers, and Senator
Newlands, chairman of the Senata
Interstate Commerce Committee.
Little could be learned about that
important meeting, but as a matter
of fact the three discussed two things
in paticular.
One was a plaa*- to keep certain
avenues of commerce open in the
event of a strike and the other waa
the question of keeping Congress in
session until the present cisis had
passed.
Employes Aet Promptly.
The employes caried out their ul
timatum on schedule time. Their
meeting this morning resulted in a
resolution giving the four brother?
hood chiefs, Austin B. Garretson,
Warren S. Stone, W. G. Lee and W.
S. Carter, power to act for the en?
tire 640 delegates. They are to carry
the negotiations with President Wil?
son to a conclusion. The Pesident
conrmunicated with them and re
ceived that assurance. But tha four
union officials have no power to ac?
cept anything that does not conceda
to the employes a basic eight-hour
day.
Crisis Expr. t?-.l To-day.
It would seem to-night that the
eountry's chances of avoi<v.ng a tie
up of all the roads involved?and
that means every great transporta?
tion system from coast to eoaat?de
pend on the outcome of to-morrow's
meeting between the President and
the railroad executives. President
Wilson has an appointment with thfl
raiload presidents at 10 o'clock.
They intend to present to him than
their counter proposal for aetUinc
the controversy. Whether ha arill
let them proceed with that plan of
aetion rerrraina to be ?een.
The Preaident apparently ia b-errt
upon exhausting every means at his
eommand to effect an acceptanea by
the roada of his original propoaal
beforo considering tha alternatlra
plan prepared by the railway exero
tives. He knows that it arill not ba
acceptable to the unions. It doaa
not grant the men tha eight-hour
basic day that his propoaal coneeded
them. It would submit the whole
controversy to arbitration. There?
fore it ia expected that the Preei
ident will ask the roadfl U> delaj