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Labor Party in
Illinois Would
Oust Burleson
Demands Removal of Post
office Head Because of
Attitude Toward Labor,
Free Speech and Press
tlrge? National Movement
Platform Contains Many
Socialist Planks, Includ
ing Ownership of Mines
SPRJNGFIELD. 111.. April 12.?A
statement and platform was issued at
to-day's jession of the eonvention of
the Labor party of Illinois, and reso
Iations were adopted demanding the
removel from office of Postmaster Gen?
eral Burleson "beeause of his alleged
reactionary attitude toward labor, free
speech and a free press."
The eonvention by resolution also de- (
nounced Harold F. McCormick. of the
International Harvester Compamy, who
was accused of employing convalesciny;
soldiers from Fort Sheridan on his
Lake Forest estate to break a strike of
landscapc gardeners, and askerd for an
investigation by the War Depmrtment.
Indorsement was given by the new
party to "a league of nations which
will protect the peace which has been
won."
Against Daylight Savfcng
Other resolutions demandeel restora
tion of standard time, employmenrt. of
so'.diers and sailors in road construc
tion, Ufting of the Allied bloa'kade
against the Central Powers, and that
public ntilities taken over by tha gov?
ernment shall not be returned U> pri?
vate ownership.
Secrecy at the Paris peace confer?
ence was denounced.
A vote of thanks was extended to the
Non-Partisar. League and to trades
movements in North Dakota for their
interest in the new Illinois paxty.
The eonvention voted in favor vt
forming a national labor party.
The foliowing is an abstract of the
statement and platform issued:
Labor is the primary and Just basis
of political responsibility and power.
It ia not merely the right but the duty
of the workers, by hand or brain, to
become a political party.
The Labor party is destined to usher
in the new day of freedom in the
United States?freedom from the gr'rad
of poverty; freedom from the owner?
ship of government by btg business;
freedom from the. save-drtving of
workers by profiteers and freedom of
the men and women who buy food and
clothing and pay rent. from exploita
tion at the hands of the mortey kings
of "kingleas" America.
Only Workers In Party
Organized workers are members of
it. Unorganized workers are members
of it. Clerks, housewives, newspaper
men, farmcrs. school teachers, store
keper^ belong to it. Such heads of
organ.zations and business eoncerns as
are not exploiters or profiteers beloag
to it. There is no place in the party
for those who are not workers. There
is room within it for all who perform
service to society.
The Labor party was organized to
assemble into a new majority the men
and women who work, but who have
been scattered as helpless minorities
in the old parties under the leadcrship
of the conndence men of big business
The first eonvention of the new party
enunciatc3 the foliowing programme of
isaues to which it pledges itself, its
toembers and its candidates:
LeiBure in which to enjoy happioess
and improve the mind and body by the
Institution of a maximum working day
of eight hours and maximum working
week of forty-four hours, both for
m*n and women.
Equality of men ar.d women in pov
ernment and industry, with complete
enfranchisement of women and eoual
pay for men and women doing similar
work,
Reduction of the cost of living to a
just level, immediately and as a utir
raancnt policy, by the development of
cooperation and the elimination of
wasteful methods, middlemen and all
pronteenng in the creation and dis
Uribution of producta.
Public ownership and operation of
an pubhc utilities, including grain
eierators, w&rehouses, stockyards, ab
attoir*. lnu-urance and banks
Abohtion of the State Senate.
f.omplete restoration at the earliest
POfnble moment of all fundaracntal
pohticai right*?free Bp*eeh, free press
and free assemblage; and the libera
V?a\J?a ??r*?"s beld 'n Prison or
Indieted under charges due to their
champianahip of the rijrhts of labor or
t&elr patnotic insistence upon tha
rights guaranteed to them by the Coi>?
| Man Caught as Deserter
In a Colonel's Uniform
Prisoner Held in Danbury Said
to Have Criminal Record
in Jersey City
DANBURY, Conn., April 12.?A man
said to be Krank E. Speicher, of Jersev
City, and alleced to have deserted fron\
Camp Humphreys, Virginia, last \To
vember, and to have a long criminal
record, was arrested by five Secret Ser?
vice men here late to-day at the point
of n revolver.
He was wearing the uniform of a
lieutenant colonel of the United States
army.
Dry Act Mav
Not Go Into
Effect Julv 1
W
Contlnued from page 1
force untu repealed by Congress. Their
cnforceiT4ent will continue to be given
the vigorous attention of internal rev?
enue ttfficers until repealed."
The. commissioner also e.vpressed the
yiew. that the only authority given the
int^rnul Revenue Bureau by the war
tiine prohibition act related to regu
liitmg the manufacture and sale of dis
Villed sptrits for other than beverage
?purposes and the distribution of wine
| ior sacramental, medicinal or other
| than beverage purposes.
; This statement of Commissioner
i Roper threw a new element of uncer
! tainty into the status of prohibition
between July 1 nnd January 16, when
the prohibition Conytitutional nmend
ment becomes effective. Some officials
said this uncertainty might be par
tially removed by enforcement legisla?
tion if a special session of Congress is
called soon, although revenue bureau
officials doubt whether an adequate
iorce of agents could be whipped into
shapc between the pussage of such
j legislation, even if it were speeded
through Congress, and July 1.
Can't Use 3,000 Agents
It now Cevelops that the revenue bu?
reau will be unable to assign all of its
3,000 revenue agents to liquor work,
owing to the necessity of employing
most of these men on tax collecting
business. Reports that 3,000 agents
would be assigned to prohibition en?
forcement work after July 1 now ap?
pear erroneous in the light of the rev
I enue commissioner's decision that he
I has not authority nor approprlutions
j neceasary to carry out the task.
Double Penaity Provided
| Technically interpreted, the revenue
laws would constvtute sufficient basis
. i'or detecting and prosecuting iliicit
; munufaeturer:- or dispensers eff liquor,
: officials say, since it violatos tljese laws
! to make liquor without authority of the
. revenue bureau and without~paying
| the tax, and the bureau wiii have no
i authority after July 1 to issue Hoenses.
; Despite this, persons detected in the
: manufacture of whiskey, boer, wine or
j other liquors would be subjec* not only
| to the penalties provided by tne prohi
I bition act, but those established by ex
i isting revenue laws and to the payment
of liquor taxes in addition.
Aniong the officials and infiuential
citizens who are said to have proposed
j to President Wilson that he consider
j the proclaiming of the -end of de.mobili- !
| zation before July 1 and thus render j
j prohibition on that ekite ineffective aro
some ranked as advocateafof prohibi
j fcion. Their attitude, it was explained ?
j to-day, is that without proper pro- '
j vision for enforcing prohibition, there I
would be many violationBf that conse
j quently the cause of pTob.bition would !
i be discredited and that a revulsion of
feeling on the question might occur. I
President Uemains Silent
There has been no indication of anv
intention on the part *f the President
to follow these suggestior.s fo~ the
sake of preventing- the effcctlveness of
i war-time prohibition. It also was
sta'.cd to-day that the Treasury wouhl
i make no formal or official suggestion
1 regarding action to postpone the ef?
fective date of prohibitien and that any
j question Mr. Roper might take on this
phase of the question would be en
1 tirely personal, and that in his official
[ capacity.
j A number of members of Congressre
I cently have discasp^cl proposals that re
pealof the war-time' prohibition measure
: be sought if a special session is called
j soon. Even some advocates of prohi?
bition have diseussed the possibilities
of this action. although they have not
indicated tlveir adhertr.ee to any such
; plan. Maft prohibition supporters are
; believed to be strongly opposed to
j these suggestions.
Deny Right of U S.
Altorneys to Enforce
Prohibitory Act
Representatives of the United States
! Brevers* Association asserted here last
night that Revenue Commissioner Ro
per's ruling on enforcement of the
j wartime prohibition act was "a recog
jnition" of the position taken by Elihu
I Root and William D. Guthrie, the asso
eiation's counsel in the suit brought in
; Federal court here to nullify the act.
The contention in the test suit
brought here, it was pointed out, was
that neither the revenue department
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WHY the ordinury camp, WHEN THERE IS A REAL
Military and Naval Camp for Boys
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German Propaganda Still
A Menace, Warns Gompers
Labor Leader Cites Bolshevism, Standpatism and
Profiteering as Evils That Must Be Guarded
Against at Home?Taft in Plea for League
Warning against. German propa?
ganda, which ho declared is now as
active and more insidious than at any
time prior to or during the war, Sam
u^l Gompers, president of the Ameri?
can Federation of Labor, told the mem?
bers of the National Civic Federation
yesterday they must also guard against
triple evils at home ? Bolshevism,
standpatism and profiteering.
Mr. Gompers, who has just returaed
from the International Labor Confer?
ence in Faris, with Frank Duffy, James
Duncan and William Green, associated
with him in the mission, were guests
of the federation at a luncheon given
in the Holland House. V. Everit Macy
presided, and the speakers, besides Mr.
Gompers, were William Howard Taft
and Mr. Duncan. About 400 were
present.
B. R. T. Position Criticised
"Since my coming ashore," said Mr.
Gompers, referring to the Brooklyn
situation, "I nnd a situation right
here where men intrusted with
the management of a great trans
portation system have said to
the employes: 'You cannot talk
with us. We will not discuss with
you the terms of your cmployment
nor the conditions under which you
work. The industrial autocrat who
thinks he is master of all that he sur
veys is a real menace to our institu
tions, an inciter of unrest and dis
turbance. No man in this day can
say that he is master of all he sur
veys. If he is not willing to concede
something he has learned nothing by
the war."
Mr. Taft, the first speaker, intro
duccd hrmself as a "rogatory, gyratory
animai, ever on the wing," and de?
clared that few realizod how much the
American people are indebted to Mr.
Gompers and his associates for their
work in keeping labor stabiiized dur
ing the war.
"I fancy," said he, "that few under
Rtand what labor commissions sent
abroad did in the matter of preserving
the morale of the laboring classes in
England, France and Italy. Had that
morale yielded no one knows what
the result of the war would have been.
It was through labor mismons sent
abroad that we were able, with other
factors, to win the war."
Pledge to Labor Asserted
A league of nations to prevent further
wars was one of thc things promised
the labor of these countries bv these
missions, Mr. Taft said, which fact
he cited as an additional reason why
Americans should now stand for such
a league.
"I conceive it to be a duty of those
who occupy a somewhat adverse position
to realize the changes the war has
made," said Mr. Taft. "We must all,
capital and labor and the people in
between, welcome and encourage the
partieipation of labor which has a sen.^e
of responsibility to the entiru govern?
ment and the country."
As part of this he urged that cm
ployers recognize the right of em?
ployes to be cansulted on working con?
ditions and wuges and to coLlective
bargaining. This, he declared. was in?
dustrial democracy. Collective bar
gaining was not a solution of labor
problems, but it is. he insisfed. a step
in the right direction.
Speakmg of Mr. Gompcrs>s part in
the war, Mr. Taft declared, "no pro
berman ever extracted corafort from
any act or word of his."
"When you consider the cross-cur
rents and what he had to meet a?:d op
P?sej said Mr Taft, ?'.;,? man who ?,;.
nor the United States District Attor?
ney had authority to enforce the act.
With Mr. Roper's decision disposing
of the iikeiihood of interference from
the revenue department, confidence was
exprcssed that thc last "menace," that
of action by the District Attorney.
would be removed by the result of tho
.suit.
Caso Will Be Heard Friday
The case is scheduled to come up for
hearing before Federal Judge A. N.
Hand next Friday
coun^el for the brewers would waive
temporarily, the second question raised
ui_the suit?whether beer containing
2.75 per cent of alcohol is intoxicat
lt^nA wou,,f! P?ceed imrnediafcelyto
attack the vahdity of the wartime pro?
hibition act itself.
Several labor leaders, when informed
that the President is being urged t0
suspend enforcement of the war time
proh.bn.on act. on the ground that no
provision for its enforcerm-nt has been
made, expressed strong approbation of
follow* ?f thc ?^ini?na
Bltter Feeling Aroused
Frnest^Bohm, secretary of the Cen
tral Federated Union:
"It would be a sane way of settling
the question, because it eertainly has
aroused considerable bitter fe.ding
throughout the country."
Rohert P. Brinde.ll, an official of the
Carpentcrs' Union:
"1 approved of the war time prohibi
t.on act when the United States went
Jnto the war, but now that the war is
over I don't beliovc any one has the
right to force prohibition upon us."
John Coughlin, an ofTicial of the
.I^'u Ijabor l-'ni?n of Brooklyn:
"The prohibition idea was a silly one
from the very beginning, especially the
war time prohibition act. It was in
tendod to function as a food saver,
but it never Baved any food."
Sweden to Blame U. S. if
Part Is Weak, Says Writer
Spcakinjj on thc subject of "The
Neutrals and the League of Nations"
yesterday aftemoon at a luncheon
given by the League of Froe Na$io?e
Association at the Hotel Commodore,
Kdwin Bjorkman, tho Scandinavian
writer, said that if the United .States
doca not live up to the ideals she pro
fessed during the war the Swedish peo?
ple will be gruvely disappoint.ed.
"If they don't get thc sort of leaffue
of nations they wnnt," Mr. Bjorkman
sdded, "they will hold the United States
rtsponsible."
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meed of praise that is his due."
Of the league of nations, Mr. Taft
said its advocates were relying on three
groups; first, the women "who never
forget;" second, the churches, and
third, labor. The latter, he said^were
interostcd because the chief burdens of
war fall upon them.
"It falla upon labor," said he, "in
larger proport'ion than on any other
: class, just as red cows may be said to
furnish the most milk?-there are more
:who labor, and necessarily more of
their number must be in the ranks.''
Labor's Plcdge to Allies
"In February, 1918," said Mr. Gom
pers, referring to the part American
labor had played in preserving the
niorale of the labor of Allied coun
i tries, "there was held in I.ondon a
conference of labor men and Socialists.
| Aftcr several days a declaration was
' made by that body calling for peace
| by negotiations. In September, six
; months later, another conference was
held representative of the same bedies,
the samc pcrsonnel, with the addition
; of representative3 of the American
Fcderation of Labor. That conference
declared unfiinching support to the
Allies, until victory had been won and
the enemy driven from all invaded
: countries.
"There were only five American dele
gates present. There were eighty
; eight from t ther countries.
"Now the war has practically come to
an end, but the propaganda which is
now being conducted is just as vigor
| ous, and perhaps more insidious, than
at any time before, during, or since
the war. This propaganda aims to win
by diplomacy and agitation what Ger?
many has lost on the field of battle. It
is in these trying times of peace that
we should be on the alert lest the
whole victory be turned into a defeat.
Bolsheviki Compared to Samson
"You know o:f my opposition to Bol?
shevism in theory and in fact. In
thoory it. is a mental impossibility. In
fact, if it could be put into operation,
it would mean the decadonce or per
version of the civilization of our time.
' To me tho story of the deaperatiou of
! Samson when he pullcd the temple
j down about his head is an example of
: what is meant by Bolshevism.
"It is well for us to see that our
own house is kept in order. Bolshe?
vism is not the only danjrer confront
' ing our institutions. The standpatter
: an dthe proiiteer are equally a men
I ace."
j After referring to the Brooklyn sit
i untion, Mr. Gompers passed on to a
: discussion of the league of nations.
| "It may be truo that as brought to
; this country by Mr. Wilson," said he,
l "it is not a porfect instrument. It
is probably trae that it will require
, some modiiication. We must be safe
; guarded in America against those who
j might menace this republic. It may
! need amenduig, but in principle it is
right.
"The American Constitution?who
would say that it is of no value?- -you
know how often we have amended it.
I do not know that we have always
amended it rightly. Perhaps the last
was the silliest of all."
In referring to the reeommenda
tions of tho labor conference to the
j peace mission, Mr. Gompers mentioned
five not covered in his statement of
Friday to the reporters. One of these
reqUires the continued education of
all children in industry between the
ages of i'ourteen nnd eighteen. An
1 other calls for one day of rest a week.
! Another called for factory tnspection.
The most important deals with the
rights of immigrants. It reads:
"In all matters concerning their
status as workers and social insiir
ance foreign workmen lawfully admit
? ted to any country and their families,
should be insurod the .samc treatment
the nationals of that country."
New Strike
Foreeast in
Harbor Fijjht
Lontinuril from pas<? I
cou'd be towed by raiload tugs which
are 100 per cent union.
Some boats manned by Brennan's
men were in consequcneo towed to this
harbor. Here they were tied up by
the refusal of the engino.ers and pilots
to tow them further. Mr. Smith ap
pealed to the Marine Workers' Affilia?
tion and was told this position would
be maintained.
Situation Complicated
The situation was further compli
cated Friday by O'Conner. according to
Mr. .Smith, serving notice upon him
that unless the railroad tugs hnndlnd
barges manned l)y members of the
Tidewater Boatmen'a Union and liglit
ers %nanned by the Lightcr Captains'
Union, which, like tho bargemen's
union, accepted a privato scttlement
vrged by O'Conner, union longshore
men would refuse to handle 1'reight
"which the tug men are now handlmg
in other barges, such as the railroad
barges, ctc."
Friday night, by order of Mr. Smith,
a notice was Bcrved on all in the rail
i road's marine service insisting: that the
; tugs work with boats however manned.
"The open shop," says thia circular,
"under which tho railroad employes
! have heretofore worked, is not recog
, nize.d, but the demand is made that all
! boats handled by railroad power be
manned by union men.
"The railroad Hdministrntion has no
fault to iind with its employes who
; choose to helong to labor organiza
; tions. It does. however, objoct to the
'. position now being taken that its pm
i ployes cannot work with non-union
men employed on boats not owned by
the railroads, and all employes in the
marine service are hereby called upon
to carry on the regularly established
duties of their position as before the
| strike of March *1, a settlement of
which was reached on March 7."
m
Jersey Conncilman Sentenced
To Year for Action in Strike
GARFIELD, N. J., April 12.?City
Councilman Edward Kunkel was sen?
tenced to-day by Recorder Lefferts to
?erve ono year in the county jail. He
was arrestod several days ago on a
chargc of inciting strikers against tho
armed deputies on guard at tho woollcn
mills during the recont strike. Kunkel
J denied all the charges made ngainst
I him. The complaint wn? preaaed, how
I ever, by Alfran Rnwson, who was in
j charges of tho sper.iul deputy shcritfs
I doing strike duty. An appeal is to be
| taken in the case.
Britinh Occupy Trebiiond,
Town in Asintie Turkey
LONDON, April 12.?British forees
havn occupied Trebliopd, Asiatic Tur?
key, according to a CoustantinopJe dis
pntcti under date or Thursday to the
Exchaago TolcfiruDh Comuuny.
Debs Ordered to Go to
Prison; Says He Is Ready
Tells U. S. District Attorney at
Cleveland He Will Seek
jVo Further Delay
CLEVELAND, April 12.?The United
States Supreme Court mandate, order
ing that Eugene \'. Debs, Socialist
leader, be taken to Moundsville, W. Va.,
Federal prison to begin a ten-year sen
terjce for violation of the espionage
act by making utterances against the
government in a speech at ' Canton,
Ohio, was received by District Attor?
ney Wertz this morning.
Wertz immediately got into com
munication with Debs by telephone at
Terre Haute, notifying 'him to deliver
himself here, which Debs promised to
do, saying he would make no further
etfort at delay,
Organized Labor
In School Fight
To Aid Teachers
Federated Unions of New
York and Brookly*n Pass
Resolution Calling for
Investigation of Board
Organized labor has now entered the
: fight between the Teachers' Union and
| the Board of Education.
| Several of the biggest labor bodies,
it was learned yesterday, have taken
! sides with the teachers, and have joint
i ly resolved to undertake an investiga
j tion of the board's attitude toward the
j teachers' organization.
In addition, the teachers, at a meet
, ing at Terrace Garden yesterday, ap^
: pointed a committee of five to confer
I with Arthur S. Somers, president of
I the board, ?r. their grievances.
A bill of rights detailing fourteen
1 changes which the teachers desire
; made in the administration of the
. school system, also was framed.
The action of the labor bodies was
participated in by the Central Feder?
ated Union, the Central Labor Unian
: of Brooklyn, the Women's Trade Union
League nnd the United Hebrew Trades.
Their joint resolution, adopted at a
meeting in Labor Temple, reads:
"Resolved, That vve form a special
I joint committee to undertake a thor
: ough investigation of the attitude of
the Board of Education toward the
reachers' Union, their proposed' in
? vestigation of and past attitude and
oonduci toward the members of said
union, and specifically to inquire if the
innuendoes and inferences of disloy
alty given out by the Board of Educa?
tion are not for the purpose of terror
:xin<r its officers and members 'and
thus destroying it.
"Be it further resolved. That this
; committee enlist the bervices of ex
perts to investigate in all respects the
conduct of the Board of Education, its
professional subordinates, especially
Dr. John L. Tildsley and Dr. William
; L. Ettinger, and their edueationai poli
: cies. Pending the report of the in?
vestigation, the Board of Education
: should abanden its inquisitorial meth
; ods of examining and trying teachers
and substitute therefore a committee
of seven, selected as follows: Three
by the board, three by the union, and
tho six to select the seventh.
"Be it further resolved, That tho
right to use tho public schools be im?
mediately restored to the Teachers'
| Uniou. Only thus can our schools be
made safc for democrncy."
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Cable Restrietions
On U. S. Commerce
WiUBeWithdrawn
Government Notifies Allies
It Will Not Censor Mes
sages to Latin America
and Orient After April 18
PARIS, April 12 (By The Associated
j Press).?The United States has ln
| formed tho associated governments
j that American cable censorship on
| communication3 to Central and South
| America and also to the Orient, with
the exception of Vladivostok, will be
j abolished April 18. This announce
| ment cuts the Gordian knot of trade
[ rcstriction through censorship and
ends the apparently interminable dis
cussion regarding the future of the
censorship, in which the American
government has been steadily pressing
its associates for joint action in lifting
or modifying the system based on war
requirements.
The American representatives, In
enmmunicating the decision, expressed
the hope that the ansociated govern?
ments would flnd it possible to follow
suit, but made it ciear that the United
States is dotcrminod to put an end
to this rcstriction of trade, so far as
it is concerned, without further delay.
It already has abolished censorship
on communications to the Entente
countries, leavmg only a censorship on
disputches to Europe.an neutrals. It
is proposed that this be exercised only
once, American cables being censored
at the point of departure and uliowed
to pass without further delay to their
destination.
Tho censorship on mail will continue
to bo exercised as at present. The
associated governments consider this
necessary to provent Germany from
dissipating sccurities and other asgets
for reparations through neutral coun?
tries.
BROOKLYN ADVERTISEMENT
B, R. T. Strike
Due To-morrow,
Say Union Men
Vote Ordercd at Night Mass
Meetings To Be Mere For
mality and Walk-Out Is
Certain, Workers Assert
Effort for Peace Fails
Eniployes Declare Trains
and Surface Cars Will Be
Left at the End of Lines
A mass meeting of Brooklyn R,3pid
Transit employes will be held to-mor?
row night at Arcadia Hall Brooklyn,
at which a strike vote will be taken.
Announcement of the meeting was
made last night at the Hotel Contt
nental by P. J. O'Brien, international
vice-president of the Amalgamated As?
sociation of Street and Electric Rail
way Employes of America. Member*
of the executive committee of the B.
R. T. local declared that a strike vote
would be taken.
Mr. O'Brien declined to commit him
self on that point further than to say |
that the statement addressed to the
public by the Brooklyn local spoke for
itself. In that statement the union
men told of their erTorts to gain recog?
nition and declared that peaceful
means of effecting their ends had
failed.
The meeting at Arcadia Hall will in?
clude all employes except the signal
men and motormen. The signalmen
have called a meeting for the sarne
hour?8 o'clock?at Triangle Hall, in
Halsey Strget, within a block of Ar?
cadia Hall. The motormen are mem?
bers of the Brotherhood of Engineers.
A meeting of the brotherhood has been
called for this aftemoon.
Employes around the car barns in
Brooklyn were convinced that a strike
would be called Monday night. They
! asscrted that the question would not
even be put to a vote, as the union had
given its executive committee power to
I handle it.
It simply would be a matter of in- ?,
' structions from the executive commit- ;
j tee to go on strike. the men asserted, ,
j and, as fast as they ran their cars or
trains 'o the end of their runs Mond ty
i night the men would quit. The entire
! B. R. T, system, surface. elevated and
i subway, would be tied up Tuesday
j morning, the men declared.
? Mayor Hylan's letter, telling of his
! effort to persuade Lindley M. Garrison,
' receiver for the B. R. T., to deal with
! the union, had not been received by
! union officials last night.
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APRIL SALES OF THE
AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION
All of which, in accordance with the mvariable
custom of The Association, are absolute and
without reserve or restriction of any character
TO BE SOLD
At The American Art Galleries
ON TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY EVENINGS
of this Week, April 15th & 16th, at 8 o'Clock
An Important Collection of
American and Foreign Paintings
' OF THE MODERN AND ANCIENT SCHOOLS
INCLUDING A NUMBER OF DECORATIVE PORTRAITS
BELONGING TO SEVERAL ESTATBS, INCLUDING THAT OF
L. A. LANTHIER, FRANCIS WHITE, BALT1MORE,
AND LAURA BALL PINKUS
and a number of Private Owneri
THE FOLLOUINU ABT1ST8 ARE KEPRKSFVTBO
ON FREE VIEW TO-MORROW UNTIL DATE OF SALE
??? CatalogTie raaited on rccclpt of Flfty Onu
?ALSO?
ON FREE VIEW TO-MORROW UNTIL DATE OF SALE
Historical Americana
Broadsides, Books and Tracts f
VIEWS OF NEW YORK AND OTHER PLACES
TO BE SOLD
ON TUESDAY, APRIL 22ND, AT 3:00 AND 8:15 O'CLOCK
ALSO
The Private Library of
H. M. Levengston, Esq.
OF bAKATOUA SPBIXGS, V. V.
Comprising Handsomelj^ Bound Library Seta
First Editiori3 and Ilkstrated Books
TO BE SOLD BV OKDEK OF MB. JKVEMrMON
ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23RD, AT 3:00 AND 8:15 O'CLOCK
??* Catalogue r.i:ii'.i?<t on receipt of Fiftjr Cents.
ON FREE VIEW BEGINNING APRIL 19TH
VERY VALUABLE
ANCIENT AND MODERN
Oil Paintings
BF.LONGING To 1UK HEIRS OF THE LATE
Charles Stewart Smith
To AeE.Uto of the Late T. T. Block, Peoria, IllinoU; E.Ute of
the Late W.ll.arn Macheth, New York; Estate of the Late Hum
phrey B. Kendrick, Boston,
AJiV THE FOIXOWIXG PMTATE OWNER8
MRS. HILDA C. FLOWER, MR. J. OLCOTT RHINES
MR. JOSEPH F. FLANAGAN, MR. JOHN EMMANS AND
MR. WILLIAM OBERWALDER
ivri.roDo i.\ this m;kv lhpobta_nt ooieection is
A. FINE EXAMPLE OF REMBRANDT
From the Collection of Lord Palmerston and Collection of l..,rd Mount Temple
THE EARLV ENGUtiH PAINTERS^ MAXV A? MPIES nr
AMEKICAN \%j> MODERN I OR KIGN ARTISTS OF DISTIXrTWMr
A M MBER OF IMI'DRTANT PAINTINOH P^CHASKD
FROM THE JOSEPH .1 ? I 1 Jii.M, v COELECTIOX
AND SEVERAL EARLY AMERICAN PORTRAITS
THE COLLECTION TO BE SOLD
In the Grand Baliroom of the Plaza Hotel
ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY EVENINGS
April 24th and 25th, at 8:15 o'Clock /
-ALSO
ON FREE VIEW BEGINNING APRIL 19TH
THE VALUABLE
ANTIQUE CHINESE PORCELAINS
Incksding the "FAMOUS BRINKLEY SANG DE BOEUF
VASE," Jades, Enamels and Glass Japanese Sword
Guards, Knife Handles, Sword Mounts and other Metal
Work. Fine Old Netsukes, Greek and Persian Faience and
Other Objects of Art.
COLLEOTED BT THE LATE ? ,
Charles Stewart Smith
AND TO BE SOLD IJV ORDER OK HIS HEIB8
At The American Art Galleries
on the Afternoons of Friday and Saturday
April 25th and 26th, at 2:30 o'Clock
?,? An Illustrated Deacriptlve Cutalogue ni!l l>?> mailed to appllranta on th?
receipt of One DoIIht.
ON FREE VIEW BEGINNING APRIL 24TH
Mr. John Boland's
UNEXCELLED COLLECTION OF THE COMPLETE WORKS OF
THE FAMOUS ETCHER
Axel Herman Haig
TO BE SOLD
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29th AND 30th
??? Illiintrated Cataloirur muilod on receipt of 7S Cent*.
ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY
TO BE SOLD
0N DATES T0 BE ANNOUNCED 0N THE ARRIVAL 0F IMPORTANT ADDI
TI0NS RECENTLY SHIPPED FROM FRANCE AND ITALY.
The Very Important
Tolentino Galleries Collection
Consisting of Rare Italian Renaissance Furniture, Bronzes
Marbles, Terra Cottas, Anttquities, Textiles, Primitive
Paintings and other objects of great Rarity.
??? Illustrat?-<) CuluioKu? ln prep?tratk>n.
TO BE SOLD IN MAY
Rare Japanese Color Prints
Including many exceedingly fme examples of Hirotbige
and other great masters
BEING PART II OF THE IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF Tue
CONNOI3SEUR ?*
Judson D. Metzgar
, MOLINE, 1LUNQ1S
??? IUustraU-tl t utoiogue ln nrvparattaoL
The *ales will be conducted by
MR. THOMAS E. KIRBY
aod hlii aitslriUuitH, Mr. Olto BernH and Mr. II, H. Park*, ot y^
AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, Managers
Madlnoii S?. South. Kntranro fl E. 2:!.l Street. New Vork.