Hines l Be Represented *, li-c road? will be represented by thc Niccial Committce of Railway Ex ocutivfes, headed b> Howard Elliott and Bincludjng 'januiel Rea, of hte Pennsyl g van ia,: Albert H. Harris, of the New ""York Central; E, G. Buckland, of the i Xew Haven, and Harry Bronner, ot' the Missoutri Pacilic. *?'' Beliff that the financial situation of vllic railroads is rapidly nearing a crisis ' is said to be responsible for the arrang S,ing of Friday's conference. Railway %uen have expresscd the opinion that early action by the President and Con jgress is imperative if tbe require troents of the roads, estimated at $500, ?000,000 up to July 1, 1919, are to be jjSmet. Three-fifths of this amount, it ?" is expected. will have to bc raised by -.private financial institutions, in the face of a large Victory Loan, as re /-gources of the War Finance Corpora? tion devoteable to this purpose are be . lieved to not exceed $200,000,000. .7/ Deficit (irowing Rapidly The forthcoming conference, it was "reported to-day, was arranged at a i luncheon given yesterday by Mr. Elli? ott for a group of bankers", at which time it was pointed out that the financ tuation is rapidly becoming worse J nd the deficit on the roads is piling 1 p far more rapidly than can be over '* by thc railroad admiaistration - its present organization] If no extra session of Congress i? :, railroarrj repreaentatLvcs said to-day. aud no action is secured before roads Will require praetieally , $1,000,1..000, and if action is further d, this amount will be consid " rably increased. plrs. Gerarcl Helps I Convict Ex-Soldier As a German Spy ,?% ife of Former Ambassador Identifies a Man Seized ou Mexican Border as One Seen in Berlin -? Henry Bode, the only turncoat con was ^victed in the American army, \ found guilty, it was learned yesterday, %'.pon evidence given by Mrs. James j|JW. Gerard, wife of the former am fcjbassador to Germany, and is now serv Ipng a sentence of ten years at Fort ?- Jay for espionage. After his convic t?tion he made a statement describing grhis activities in thc German Intelli '- g< nee Service. ..? "D was agreod that I was the most gjcapable man," he said, "to carrv out a |i>ro-ject in tfva United States to blow l? Laguna Dam and destroy the ad bridge at Yuma. My instruc vvere to proceed to Yuma and Bfcettle there to live. I was to obtain puturea of the bridge and supposed Jrenches and artillery casements and gwire entanglements on the American *?ide ot the border.'' .Bode was born in Germany and fought up in Hawaii. He was" in tbe g??sian intelligence -service during *fe Russo-Japanese War, and had ?"ved in the Philippine intelligence ?partment under General Yeonard Wood. In 1914 ho wa a private in |xne Quartermaater's Corps of the -tJ-Jiitt-d States army, and July 17 of j*tnat year he desorted at Fort Bliss ?#ex., and went to Mexico. - Hc- made his way to Germany, enlist J-*- ?ni the army and won the Iron Cross 7'0r hu gervices on the East Front. 2J?y 19, 1915, he was called to thc ;-%rrr;a" intelligence service, and or S??ed to report to the German Consul ga .?ew Vork. Before leaving Berlin ge called at the American Embassy, PM at h | tria] Mrg< Qerard identified i't, */"' German soldier wearing an Sbne. " Wh0m 8he had KL'C'" at fchat a.*!*** H few """-"-tha in tho Far Fast %Vw '""'''? '" -?u-Xi(-o, where hc was kiul? : Lobt*-ned his aasignment to *?w up the Laguna dam and railroad "tLtr"' ? *uma- Ha was arrested bv lC.?nz,8t,a treop?. however, and when1 *Ped, erossed the border and gave UP b..e?u,,,. hf. thought the job " ' fhat was tn July, 1918, Paited 25 Years, Divorced W*tay Major Is Granted Decree; \ Wus Eighteen When Wed |***Jo? John Henno, U. S. A., stationed K; 'arnP Mills, wan awarded a decreo ut T'"."'; '"y Jttatftc* Kelby, ir, the Brook : '"" Court from .Mr,,. PauJine |*??m>, wfom he had not seen foi twen s COuph ?- par. ? ?" o and ? I i ? oppoaition thi ?, . "'?. ?nd i. ...... . , . WT ^,r" "' ";,'"i her husband re ? : newspapei account of - l* '"'?'' ??'??- and invited him to call. I '' ?" ?;* to t?etfmony at the lu-arintc, E ,'.'.. ???'* ;h'* had b'-en living fur ymrn '*-, ?''"" Afid<-rson," a widow. Th<- di *%& **TMM*mi*'s* Vt>f-r? r,t>t rr,r>t?Ht,.,l State Income Tax Bill Is Denounced by Craig Wealth Excmplcil aml Mill stone lluiig on Wage Earner, Asserts Controller Staff Corre8pondcnce ALBANY, April 1'. Charles L. Craig, Controller of Now Vork City, added ; his opposition to tho proposed 2 por cent stato income tax bill to-day at tho final hearing on pending taxmeas ures before the Davenport special tax investigating committee of thc Lcgis '. lature. "It cxempts wealth and puts mill stones on tho necks of the salary and wage earners and small lnisinoss men," ho said. "Tho bill strikes from thc tax rolls, and forever exempts, stocks j and bonds, money on deposit or draw j ino; interest and intangible personal property of vast extent, including that on which no income tax is imposed." A number of East Side real estate owners also opposod the bill, contend ing that it would result in loss to their property. Of the advocates Robert E. Dowling. of tho real estate board of Xew York City, declared thc income tax proposal was tho best way of raising necessary revenue and relieving tho burdens on real estate. J. Frank Zoller, of Schenectady, rcp resenting real estate owners, favored a graduatcd tax on personal incomes, for which considerable support had developed within the last few days. It ! is, h iwever, doubtful that the flat rate ' of 2 por cent will be changed. -?-,?. Freight Shippers RegAin Privileges Lost During war {-?i Concessions ou Routing aiul Daily Shipmenls Are in! List; MutualCo-operation Is Aisreed on in Future New York Tribun* ' Washington Bureau ?WASHINGTON, April 9.?Freight 1 shippers havo won batV many privi? leges which thoy enjoyed before the I war following a two-day hearing be 1 fore Max Thelen, director of public service of the railroad administration. A joint corhmitte.e of railroad opera? tors and representatives of shippers ; proparod a memorandum which was submitted to tho corlfercnce late to day and approved by Mr. Tholcn. This is understood to be final and no changes are expected. Thc toxt is as i follows: "1. The shipper shall not be de i prived of his right to route his freight over any line at tho legal rates applicable and to delivcr his | freight at point of origin to such carrier on any business day during regular business hours. "Except* as to freight specifically routod by shipper, preferred routes should bc cstablished, based on tho following considerations: (a j Con veniencc to shippers and consignees; (b) Economy and expedition of move? ment; and (c) Proper reeognition of non-Federal controlled roads. "2, Daily service will be given to tlio greatest possible oxtent. At ship? ping points where it can be mutually arranged by representatives of iho shipping public and the carriers schedules will bo publishcd covoring tho movement of less than earload freight, tendered at freight houses, to be forwarded in through cars or set-out cars on specified days. The specified days shall bc known as . 'shipping days.' "3. Podlor cars shall be operated daily, excopt where more limitcd ser ^vice is agreed upon between shippers 'and carriers or authorized by law fully constituted regulating author ities, and schedules shall show pedler car service maintained from shipping points. "4. It is earnestly recommended by thc committee that in order to socurc improved service for thc ship? ping and receiving public and to make possible cconomical and cfli cient operation by tho carriers. the fullest corporation should bo ob served in carrying out the. principles agreed to heroin, and tho committee pledgos itself to this end." .-? . l\o Steel Solution Proposed by Hines Responsibility for Prices Put Up to Industrial Board by the Railroads WASHINGTON, April 9.- In connec? tion with tho controversy over steel prices, it was disclosed to-day that in conferences which have followed thc refusal of the railroad administration to accept prices promulgated by the Industrial Board tho railroad admin? istration representatives havo neither definitely proposed now and lower prices 7ior indicated whether the prin? ciple of standard prices would be sup ported even with a reduced scale. This was said to mean that Director General Hines had thrown on the In? dustrial Board the entire responsibility for finding a way out of tho situation caused by failure of tho railroad nd- . ministration to accept, the proposed prices. Another conference between Mr. Hines and Chairman Pcek, of the. board, ia expected to-morrow. Strikers Get Twenty Days Magistrate Scores Men Accused of Assaulting Strike Breaker Kour mon accused by Joseph Maggi orc, of 40 Star Street, of waylaying him on his way to wojk in the plant Of thc Geller Manufacturing Company, whore thoy are strikers, and badly beating him, wero sentenced to twenty days each in the workhouse by Magis? trate Dale ln the Bridge Plaza Court, Brooklyn, yesterday. "You aro guilty of an net oT Bolshe? vism," t-.aid Magistrate Dale, in aen tencing the men "Thia country haa DO place for men liko you. You have no regard for tho American laws, which nre mado bv iho people for tho people You havo violatcd tho American spirit and should be dealt with severely." $6,330,000 Ih Loaned to Czecho?SIovakfl bv 17 S. WASHINGTON, April ?.- CredUa of $6,330,000 to tho Czccho-Slovak repub? lic and of $900,000 tr, Belgium wero ea tablished io day by thr- Treasury. Tho Belgian credit raiaed the total loans to tho Allies to $9,016,229,000 and tho total to Belgium to $341,435,000, The United Statea haa r.dvanced, in? cluding to-day'a credit, a total of $41,~ 830,000 to Czccho-Slovakla. The loans to the new republic havo been used largely to pay for nrms, ammunition and food auppllea for the Czecho Slovak foreofl operating ln Siberla, \shoes ra?t. JRH3. tJr^COMFORT ***** QUALITY All our shoes are the prod? uct of sixty-five years' prac tical experience. Their comfort and utility cannot be surpassed. P. KAHLER & SONS 15-17 West 44th St., Near fltli Ave, New Vork, ilcncl for Cataloguc. Bribe Inquiry Hearings Will Begin To-day (ontlnued from pase 1 insistcd on having the bill rcferrcd to his committee. This was done. Senator Walters declared he was un cquivocally in favor of thc enactment of the measure into law. Asked by Senator Thompson if he thought, the bill constitutional, Senator Walters rc plied: "1 do not know. I have doubts. If thc contracts and franchises in exist ence in New York City between transit companies and thc city are of a natiire that will be adjudgod within the pur view of the constitutional detinition of a contract. T do not believe this Legis? lature or any public service commission can do anything to abrogate any pro? vision of the contracts. "But the bill will enablc public ser? vice commissions to investigate the subject. It will enablc them at least to satisfy those who are dissatisficd with thc proneni. situation, nnd it may enablc the Public Service Commission to liring about agreoinent between the transit companies and the cities that will result in a modification of such contracts. ln Syracuse. Utica and other upstate cities agrcenients al ready have been reached. Some such settlement may bc reached in New York City under this bill will savo the traction companies there from go? ing to smash. It inighL.v.'ark out some I'hangc in the proferentials or other clauses that would savo tho situation. "The bill does not provide for fare increase, but does open a way for the Public Service Commission to deal with the railroad Companies and municipali ties holding agreements or which have granted franchises, with thc end in view that arrangements may be made to save the railroad corporations from going to smash." Burke Says He Has Not Been Served, but Insists He Won't Run Kichard H. Burke. who, it is said, will be tne first man subpeenaed in the state Senate investigation of the alleged !?r>00.000 fund to accelcratc passage of the Martin bill giving the Public Service Commission authority to raise carfares, said he had not, been served at. a late hour last night. He is living at the Great Northern Hotel, 118 AVest Fifty-seventh Street. "Well, I'm stiii at the hotel, and I'm not running away." he said. Burke said ho had received a mes? sage over the telephone earlier in the day that. a subpeena for his appcarance before the investigating committee had been issued. He added that he would not go to Albany unless the papers were served on him. Burke, who is said to have been an I employe of a signal company which I bgured in the Public Service investiga | tion conductod by Senator Thompson, j refused to discuss the present. inquiry, or the information in his possession. | Three former Governors Charles F ; Hughes, William Sulzcr and Charles S. Whitman ? in turn yesterday, when communicated with, said they knew | nothing whatsoever about thc state | inent by Sen-Uor George P. Thompson of Lockport, about the alleged slush fund. | "What is the use of asking former I Governors about such a matter?" said , former Governor Sulzer. "Thompson is | tho man to say who attempted to bribc ; him, if there was any such cireum i Rtance. I wouldn't know Senator Thompson if I fell over him in the l street. I never met him but once. If ? any one should offer me $500,000 as a bribc I would knock him dbwn, and so would any other honest man. I was j twenty-seven years in public life, and : never was offered a bribe. If I thought I was under suspicion 1 would wire .senator Thomprfon instantly, chaJleng mg him to produce thc names of th" mysterious strangers who have been i trying to bribe him. "The story from beginning to end sounds incredible to me. However, thc &enate has appointed a committee, and in due course Senator Thompson, under oath, will have a chance to say who ofiercd him thc bribc, and who dangled before him the Governorship nomina? tion if he would assist tbe traction in? terests. If there was $500,000 'slush' money ready for distribution at. Al? bany there would bc little mysterv about the fact. There would bc a riot'" l know nothing whatsoever about thc statement attributed to Senator Ihompson and narrated in to-day's papers, said former Governor Whit? man. An equally comprehensive state? ment was made in bchalf of Mr. Hughes by his secretary. The four other former Governors are Benjamin B. Odell, of Newburgh Horacc White, of Syracuse; John A l>ix and Martin H. Glynn, of Albany. Chicago Judge Blocks Biirleson's Phone Kales CTirCAGO, April 9.?Judge Charles M. Foell, in the Superiur Court, to-day made permanent an injunction issued a few weeks ngo restricting the Chicago Telephone Company and tbe American , Telephone and Telegraph Companv from -?aismg their rates in conformity with thc schedule issued by Postmaster Gen- I crnl Burleson. American Ship Arrives With Mail From Danzig Tho West llumhaw, an American steamship, arrived at XoW Vork yester? day with mail frora American military and other officials in Germany and Poland. She came from Danzig, and was the first ship flying an "Allied flag to dock at a German port since the armistice. Captain Hatfield. commander of the West Humhaw, said things were quiet in Danzig during the fifteen days his ship was there. "The Germans," hc said, "laid them? selves out to flatter us Americans. They said they were all friends of the United States and blamed their troublcs on the English and French. "I have boen many times in German ports, but I never saw people looking more prosperous pr better dressed than in Danzig. Nobody did any work. The government paid them eight marks a day for doing nothing, so thoy did not seem to think there was any necessity for working. Thoy wero short of soap and sugar. II a man had a piece of soap he locked it up in a safe. and they would steal anything sweet if it was not, nailcd down." Captain llatlield said little had been done toward cleaning up mine lields in the North Soa and thc Baltic. Oats Handlers Move to Expedite Grain Exports To Adjust Private Business So 1. S. Can Send 1.600,000 Tons of Food to Europe To increase the export grain handling facilities nf the Port of New York i so that the Grain Corporation can | send a total oT 1,600,000 tons of! grain and ccvoal products to Europe \ in tho next thiry days, oat handlers ; of this city at a meeting yesterday agreed to adjust their private business to release the grcatest possible per ccntage of the port facilities for this ? pu rpose. A MERICANS don't like things that seem, but aren't. They may put up with near-seal, near-silver, near-style, but they'd rather get nearer^ than that, if the price doesn't keep them away. My Journeyman Custom-Tailored Suit to your individual measure at $30 to $55 costs you no more. You get rich custom Patternings; season-ahcad Custom Color ings. You get a Custom Tailor's Fit, doubly assured hy careful measurement first ancl a careful try-on aftervvard. You get my Personal Attention from Hand-Clasp to Hand-Tailoring. ::,::,.. Qemgas -*?*"' ' '"h v-ivilian, Army Of Slashing Swarilr' And Navy Tailor Broadway at 391~hSt 21" Years OnThis Corner Men's and Young Men's Spring Suits A SALE WITH EXTRAORDINARY VALUES $28.75 All Reduced in Price. Well Tailored. The Season's Latest Models. Plain BlueSj Broions, Grcys and Blacks. Fancy Jf'or sleds and Striped Effects. New Patterns?New Styles. Men's and Young Men's Spring Top Coats VA Silk Lined tffcOl ^fZ I'tril Silk Lined ^Alt i O Chcsterfield model, double breasted skirted model, and form fitted model. Well Tailored. Many fancy colors as well as plain Oxford greys. All sizes. Men's Separate Trousers, $5.75, $6.75, $8.50 For dress'or business wear. Plain colors and striped effects. All sizes. Lvcry pair in this sale has been reduced. G1MBELS MEN'S CLOTHING SECTION?Fourth Floor Derbies and Soft Hats, $3 Men's New Spring Styles Such hats have not sold for so little since 19! 4. for Gimbels Spring Drive for 100,000 new customers we want to put on sale the best valucs we possibly can. These hats are extraordinary at the price. GIMBELS MEN'S HAT SECTION?Fourth Floor Broadway any at 34th Street Will Place on Sale Today a Rare Collection of Women's Dolmans. Capes and Coats of a character seldom seen at $22.50 and $29.50 These beautiful Capes and Dol mans.have all the earmarks of mneh higher priced garments. In their clever lines and their careful needlework" they set a new standard of value in smart wraps at these very modest prices. Fashioned of Wool velour, men's wear serge,. poplin and duvet de laine $29.50 of dependable quality. Two styles yictured, Fourth Floor, Todayy Thursday j 200 Women's Tricotine, Serge and Poiret Twill Frocks Greatly Reduced All taken from our regular stock and reduced be? cause the size and color assortments are incomplete. Tricotine Frocks.formerly $39.50 to $45. . now $25.00 Poiret Twill and Serge Frocks.... .formerly $29.50 and $35.00. .,.^.;.................. .now $25.00 Embroidered Serge Frocks. formerly $25...:...... .now $15.00 Braided Serge Frocks-formerly $18.50...;.;... .now $12.75 Sizes 32, 34, 36, 42, 44 are in the majority, but sizes 38 and 40 may be bad in some style9. Sat\s & Company Will Place On Sale Today 3,000 New Easter Blouses at much below their actual value 'All new, fresh, crisp Easter blouses that just teem with original style innovations. Many are strictly tailleur for wear with thc smart tailored suits for Spring. Others are more elaborate, but all are truly interpreta tive of Fashion's latest edicts. In the collection: Dainty Voile and Dimity Blouses.special 85c Smart Organdie and French Voile Blouses.special $1.45 One Thousand Sample Blouses.special $2.00 Chic Crepe de Chine and Geotgine Blouses.special $2.85 And a wonderful collection of the most beautiful Georgette aml Crepe de Chine Blouses ever presented iu New York Special at $3.95 and $5 On Sale Today, Friday and Saturday 1,500 New Brassieres and Bandeaux JBk Speeial at 85c . ??> ' / ? A wonderful collection of ncw front Xf and back fastening brassieres and bandeaux that usually sell at very much higher prices. Fashioned of V \ / ii ^. '?' r? Wash satin, pussy willow silk, mesh rloth, sifit dotted batistc, all-over lace, long cloth and tricot, trimmed with lace and embroidery. Main arul Third Floor?. f TT