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Soviet Envoy Does Thriving Business Here Martens Operating Openly in Sumptuous Offices With? out Federal Interference; la Not Anxious to Talk Some Contracts Placed Wcleomes Help of Reed and OtherAmerican Socialists, but Denies Any Formal Connection With Them Ludwig C. A. K. Martens, Soviet lin*. tia'a rcprcsentative in New York, has opened an elaborate suite of offices. Ho is transacting thc business of his agency openly and without any suggestion from government officials that he is unwcl come. Yt American 3oldicrs are fight ing tho Bolsht vik forces on tlirce fronts. Thc Department of Justice, in re tponse io an appeal from Dr. William /'. Hornaday to check the soviet ac ? ?: ies here, declared that America is not at war with the Bolsheviki. Yesterday The 'Tribune saU a re ' yrter to spei d a day at Mr. Martens's ,.' to usccrlain just what l;e does >h his tin . 'What does a Bolshevik ambassador do in an average working day?" ;\ uay's y i h offices shov s tha*. he hard every minute. i'esterday morning a Tribune re portcr went to thc "Russian Socialist Federal Republic" offices, as the hcad of thc Bolsheviki in this city sre called, at the World Tower Build? ing, 110 West Fortieth Street, deter 1 to pond thc day with Ludwig i. A. K. Martens, thc commercial and unatic agor.t. red a loor labelled "Russian Bureau" and was m ?: by a young who dcmatided to business v as. ould like to see Mr. Martens," repo ' r. "You mu M Nuortcva first," : ? eportei :: reup . I to soi N'uort . ho, 1 -. li arned, ia the poki n h i .' I he bureau, and n quick survey of tho rcc n : lom, ?li h h is new lj . up with iu:, ,.;.-. e oftico furniture ? ?! in uny pr... perous rl :' , Mr. Nuortcva a Flnn \ fl' s cvei al f irtl e r ri quei ts aud v i pi i ed ? "u ," etices thc re l b " ? L101 ? .- 1 ? ? i \ with tortoise i, through several offices, ', and wora m, apparenlly r . could bc obsi rved busi ly al v >rl . lo I-,- - office, Mr. waa affability itself ' ? ? reporter vt ry welcome. ? nn, about Corty-fice years ,'ith a eoi ' ice, and through which sharp ' morously. ined his m * ? I f .?-. im w.rttri ano itAUi.rA I j, ,,,,-?. . lin,; rj:toB11I) 6 BellanS Hot water Ll. -!S:-- Relief ofcwLiLr^ ._ pwron iNoi^esTipN All Towns in Germany Deprived of Garrisons OERLIN, April 21 i By The A. oci ?*-?*?*' atcd Press).?Every German town nnd city which had its own garrison, of which it has been proud for dec ades, has been officially notificd by tho National Assembly that it has been decided to disband tho German army. The oflicial not ilicat ion, while rc ferring to the creation ot' a new army in tho future, -says its strength is en tirely unknown at present and de clares that it recognizes towns will be injured economically by the with drawal of garrisons. They will, how? ever, have to accustom themselves thereto, the message says, and the authorities will try to consider economic problems while rcgrouping army units. to Mr. Nuorteva, but was told very kindly that Mr. Martens does not see newspaper men and thnt this task had been delegated to Mr. Nuorteva, who would tell the reported, if hc wished, what .Mr. Martens does. According to Mr. Nuorteva, thc agent reaches the office at 9 o'clock sharp ready to begin the day's work. Awaiting him is a hue,e stack of lot ters, which, together with liK. assistant, he distributes among the various rie partments, which are the diplomatic, the commercial, the statistical, the railroad and the legal. Mr. Nuorteva also said that a con siderable parl. of thc mail contains applications for positions with the bureau, which has about twenty-five persons ^n its employ. Ex-Monarchists Seek Jobs "Among those who have been look? ing for jobs." asserted Mr. Nuorteva, "have been several former offieials of the old Kevensky and Czarist regimes, but we have not taken a single one of them." ? .' . ? '-.I in e lauiismug '.;;?? . ?., 11 |1 Rll: :;:." Then Mr. Martens appear nt l ing nrranged "by Amcrican Sociali I and Russii n comradc 3 to greel :.? through. i hat is Mr. Mar 1 en ('a i*. ork foi a day^ "Have you an;.' branffies," asked thc reporter, "in other scctions of lhe couni ry'!" "Wc have no branches," replied Mr. ? 'a "1 . ougho il thi intr; :l ii tln near future to gc I iion of i ii" con - ulai - '???;? and wi havi com u . . o\ icl goveri ment abi li ntmei ? . asked, "in ? Mr. Nin , "1 ? i i ? I ? I ... i : I'l .; ri | | ; . M.nii io, NorH 0111111111,i| 1 ' ' "ii found |o |,o tha l'"'1";1' '; I;"' '.kor. ."o h? ? ,0, '"'V'1 v',,h/ "" ranorior .| "ha? " , "?'?" """ |'l wlllingnei !.. I,,,.,,! "?*? *;"?? ?" h*? il been ,.? mtitudo ol COI | , ..i, V" "" 'een both," h? "!,,,?,! """ ''"" 1 t?oct," Mr. Marteni w??. ?'" '?" tlll . OUfltl V ii, ln,,,."" "I ?b?H HO! I,.; OMlldcl Al.,1,:, ?.|?, ' ;" ?voii|ln? n rlirocl unswor of tho ruiMitlon, "bul the IteproBentutlvi of Uoviet Jlusuin." 311U1G irives ast Grants s\> Americans Right to Buihl 3,000-Mile Railroad Is Included in Coucession to Norwegian and Yankee Capital ists To Exploit Timbcr Lands "\ alue of Grant Is Douhted hy Financial Men Here iu View of Instability of Bolshevik Government Special Cable St n ice New York Tribune '? op '?:.. 131?. N7 v Vorl: Tribune Inc.) PARIS, Apri! 21.?Details of tlie gi gantic coucession made by the Petro? grad Soviet government to Norwegian and American capitalists are now available. The Petrograd "Sevcrnaya Komuna" states thal the coucession is being granted to a Russian nrtist, Bor i.-.off by name, and Edward Hannevig, a Norwegian capitalist, back of whom are several American capitalists. In tiie official cxplanation of the terms of the coucession, Hannevig is rcferrcd to as one of tlie owners of a bank? ing house in London and New York. The concessionnaircs have received the right to buihl 3,000 miles of rail? road line travcrsing thc northern part of Siberia and rJuropean Russia, through a country which embraces thc richest timber lands, in thc world. Such a line would touch the ports of Arch? angel, Murmansk and one port on the Baltic. Under thc coucession thc com? pany gcts the right to tlie exploita tion of tho railroad for eight years, after which it revcrts to the state. In addition, the concessionaircs are granted 8,000,000 acrcs of limber land Cor cxploitation, of which 2,000,000 acrcs are granted for a period of cighty years i'av thc needs of the proposed company, and the remaining 6,0 10,000 acrcs for commercial purposi i for forty-eight years. Under thc conci ion the conccssionnaii ?.- are autltorizcd to cut ali trees thi,'her Lhan live inches in circum rerence, paj ing lhe stati 0 per cent on all exported timbcr, ac? cording lo Franco-London exchange. Maj Fxplolt Mincrals Also Uc o;, the limber land. lhe conccs i ionnai rcs al o gcl thc i ighi to e: ploit Krati all lands along thc line of 11; propo cd raili oad no! occupied b> olhcr railroad.. and all other u i I lands, Thcy ai .. ? ? ll right I i nll li ? ,,. i ? cl ? n??; al di po I n the co i ceded territory, paying lhe sttitc one half kopi ?? pi - pound for \\ hatevcr i>n may bc cxtracled. ally, thc concc on nn ircs a rc awarded lhe righl to construct town;, and all othei noci buildings, doeks, ? '???.. in thc conceded territory, and are grantcd pcrn ; ?? ion to ( pen and o ?? n commercial bank; in , hc foi lowing eitie toucl d b its main line,. d ' C o 1 o n, Kn ., Vo ogda, V'iatka, ' katcrin: - urg, M ? "?. ?? . Perm, I'cl vog rad, 1 i u i i'a ro ivl and G rea I I i luxes, the Iai o i vi ? ; , changi for lhe eoin , per cei et prolil mced b oi tob..?? d I ... , , ' ' j . .-tr. s on February i. afti r thi above terms had been submitted to e: amination hy ;. special coin ni . ion irom the Supreme Economic Couneil, v. hich repoi ted f r. oroblj upon them. SAN FRANCISCO, April 21. Ed? ward Hannevig denied here to-night that he is interested in any Russian cpneession. He sa; s he left Russia al the tim< of the Bolsheviki uprising after being stripped of hia toroperty and after a nui ibei of hi employes 1 ad bi en arrested and imprisoned. He says ln ii nol interesti cl with any American or other capitalists in any P'1 '? ?'?"' any son of righl in Ru ia. SebastopoVs Capture By Soviets Denied Dispatch lo Paris Declares That tho Crimean Government ir as in Control on Sunday PARIS, April 21.?The naval port of Sebastopol, in the Crimea, has r.ot been oecupied hy Russian Soviet troops, ac? cording to a dispatch to the "Journal Des Debats" dated Sunday at Saloniki.1 The dispatch says that fighting ap- ' pears to have stopped I'or fhe time be? ing in the southern Crimea. The Bol sheviki are said to he slackening their advance in the faee of the Allied ar ' tillcry fire. LONDON, April 21.- Twenty-eight bolsheviki, including one officer, were eaptured hy Allied troops in the raid at Seletskoe, on thc Kadish front soiuheasl of Archangel, on April i:;. an official statement from thc British War Office to-day says. Many of the 'enemy were killed and several sleds loaded with wounded were seen moving away from the scene of the lirrht. japanese Police Kill Christiaiis' In Corean Riot| Twenty Persons Shot Dead Near Seoul Wlieu Mem? bers of Mission Clash With a Party of Gendarmes TOKIO, April 21 i By The .\. oeial ,i Pross i.- Special di .patches from Corea say that members of the Christian mis? sion al Teigonari, near Seoul, clashed v* ith gendarmes during a riot there, thc ofliccr i living noon thc mob, 1. Iling ' iventy and wounding mnny of 11,. ;r;;"'''l ni thc dcmonstral ion, !"' ENG ^ ANG, Corea. April 20 i By : ;'" A ociutcd !'.?? i, I ho Rev. Eli M. Mowry, of Mnn lield, I ihio, n l'rci - bj tcrian mi; . ionnr* . was round guilty I di . of h?\ ing permitted Corcnn lo ' '.rcmisi here for di eminal - ing propaganda for Corcnn indepen d< nee, i hc ,? mi: ? . ontencod him lo s r. month ' impi - ent nl hurd labor. Tho di cii ion w h appi alcd from by ;!" I" uonury, and hc v a i udmitted lo bail in the um of GOO ; v. a: >ir>.<; roN, Api ii 21. Dii - patcht s r. coi' ed to day giving the State Dcpai tm nl il lirsl official in ,n of i hc con icl on of thc Rev. ' " 'er ilov r; . ,,!i A me rican mis ? ionary in Corea, aid ' ; ry had been lenced to si onl ' iprisi ment, b it wa tl libi rl 011 bail ? <" '? - - ? - Strikers Refused .!??!? - ? la ?? " ' , said I . li ..I re.'i . ? ? ? Do Oil 1 ? ? British Pacifist Leader Predicts Class Revolt tTUDDERSFIELD, Eng.. April 21. AJI Phiiip Sno-.vden. former Liberal and pacifist member of Pariiament, in an addrc 3 at the annual confer cnc of t he Independent Labor party, said that the peace terms to be submitted *o Germany were not peace and would not end the war. '?The new wgr," he continued, "will be a war of systems and ciasies, in which the democracies of a'.l nations will be ranged on one side against the hereditarj oppressors and ex ploiters. "We are not a party of violer.ee. An intelligent and unsclfish democ? racy need not, in a. country iike ours. resort to methods of violence to at tain its aims. If revolution has to be achieved in Great Britain by vio? lence,_it will come in that way be causc oi* the resistance of the old order to the new birth." Vedrines., Noted French Air man. Killed bv Fall \rmy Flier Was Attempt ing iXon - Stop Flight From Villa-Coublay to Rome; Mcehaniciaii .Also Dead PARIS, April 21 (By The Associated Press). Jules Vedrines, the noted French aviator, was killed to-day when his machine fell in the Department of Drome while he was attempt ing to make a non-stop flight from Villa coublay to Roiue. The mcchanician in ihe machine also was killed. The accident occurred about 10:"0 o'ciock this morning at Les Foufulouses and it is believed it was due to the machine collapsing in the air. The aviators fc!l from a great heigh'l and tho death of both was instantaneous. Thc mail sack which Vedrines was ear rying lo Rome was found among the debi 1 -, of the machine. Vedrines's airplane was built to bom bard Berlin and weighed five and one half tons. Ile had a strong wind at his back when hc left Villa-coublay ai 8:30 Ju'u Vedrines was one of the lead? ing I rench airmen. Ilo was one of lhe lirst Frenchmcn to take up aviation nnd in 1911 and 1012 wai very acl i a '?i aerial 1 aeca 1 1 ?urope, winning thc Pari -Madrid race, linishing fourth in ii;e Lhiropean circuit race, and making \ ariou 1 reeord.; for hcight, distance and speed und linishing second 111 the Briti h e,7.-UH raee. ile was one of tlie firsl aviators to fly l'rom London to Paris, doing this ou Augu ? 1, 1911, iiM April ..".>, 1912, \ cdrinos wns in iured ? oriousl; ly. t :> 5 fall ..: his machine a; st. Deni .' Ilo r 'covored froi 1 his injuries and in \ui 1 I. of that yifr ho came to Amer-. ieu and v 011 thc inl irnational aviation raoe al Chicago <>:. Septembcr 9. In 1913 hc flew from Pans to Cairo. Vedrines served in thc French aerial crvicc early in the war and was later inade an instructor. On January 19 this year he accomplished the ('eat of landing on a roof of a building with :. 0 .1 i ,'i'!:. :i,' V* SJson to Deeide on SJrv Eaw Enforcement Yorl I ?ibttne II a I 11, . ? /:? ,.;., W ( 111 ;G rON, Apri! 21. -The en forccmcnl of tho War Time Prohibition Act, wl ,1 opcrative July 1, ? now up to ih<: Pr. di nl. Mo ac II bc taken by thc 1 cderal -...-, an .-p'liv Prc den! hi in thc | J 1.1 I i I I I i || ) i|n . ii. i , i | i-vir fiilU'i lo i.'??. intd i ? nia Ho Ilanj o| (lu '? [unjiui i;m ( umimni ji i jssui .1 .1 . oj| . lll.... i( ,1. Ili.n.l..'.| .IHI..J;. ipllS .li l.'.ulli ? . li, .11:. nl New \ 411 iv ili t|n' ( lost- ul i|, . Hui Iii- 11I11 i.i 11 ul (iii -i I11.uk j-. linni.-.l li 1 .,111.111 ?>, lu ,iuii|..i ol ih? signu (il H'ili.il :,ll|)f.i I ihi IS lu 1 lu- Uil | It-il Htlirk nl 111'' M.I Ul lll tn 11 < iuuip.li.i .1 , iisi.K'll |)\ ui j,; iii.il .- iili-.i 1 ipiiuii iiuiil.. A|.i i| ?!-', 17'i'i. MAIN <?i I Ii |ii W \l L Si li I! T 1 \\ VORK CITY 1 ptown im i it i. 31 UNION SQUARE VI A YORK CITY riKe Ends To-da\ w orKers <5 in Right to Control of Hiring and Discharge oi' Men 1?* (iranted by Employer? After Week of Tie-TJp Councils Will Ratify Shop* Reopen as Agreement U Reached After 4-8-Hour Conference; Money Short? age On BERLIN, April 10 l By The Associ? ated Press).?A settlement of the gen? eral strike in Berlin was reached to day after negotiations lasting forty eight hours between representatives of tlie strikers and the cmployers an 1 the Minister of Labor. The settle? ment is tantamount to active reeog? nition of the demand of thc strikers that they bc given a voice in de- : termining engagements and dismissals and promotion of employes in all work except in executive and directorate positions. A law giving force to thc new regu lation will bc incorporated shortly in [tho government'; socialization legisla? tion. It will give to thc workers, rep? resented through shop, factory a. d of I fice councils, the joint right to de tcrminu * ital r< lation betw< i n em? ployer and employes and will protect tlie employo to the extent that his dis missal or promotion will bc passed j upon by his fellow workers. The work-i I ers also must be consulted when new help is to bc engaged. The preliminary settlement now awail only formal confirmation by the factory and on'ice councils, who are expected to ratify it Sunday. Tne . factories and banks, it is expected, will j resume operation in full Tuesday. The government has a plan for racog 1 ni. ing Vienna as a si cond capital of ? Germany by having Pre ident Ebcrl re yde there part of the year, to Iran for c riain imperial bureaus to that city and even hold some . ice! ing i of the Nat ional Assi mbly there, accord? ing to "Gi rmnnia," It di sin d :,. con\ incc the Aus trians that thcy shall not i uff ir too much by the joining of Au tr ?, nnd Germany. Budapest Government lotes to Arm Against Attempt at Invasion BUDAPEST, April 'JI. A war of de fence ori bchal of wl ai has been acquired by the Communisl dictatoi : Bhip her.- wa decided upon a! a mccl ? ing yesterday of thc ( cntral Council of Soldiers, Workmcn and Pca: ants. A resolution v a adopted declaring that half the workmen :. all tlie fac? tories shall be armed lo defend thc : authority of the proletaria! gov^rn : ment again .t thc Ruman an and Jugo slav troops "who have been ncil. d '?????? the western bourgetnse agains thc Hungarian Sovi< I Republi. ." Thc resolutions ?n-er received en ? it icall; h thc populai e and large procc ion i pa r, ded Ihroi i thc cil\. The < lommis ary of I on ha - ?ns; ructed lhe e] i g ., ,-. CU .-.. fron) pulpil c next. thi . . tJ I hat the So\ ici ; ovi full rcligiou : . ? ? C :? chui I' ' and fai State Opens Fight On AVh; Telegraph Rates ALBANY, April 21. Thc upstate - *? Public Service Commission to day served upon the Westei-n Union Telegraph Company and the Postal Telegraph Cable Company a coni plaint against increasing ra.e* about 20 per cent for telegraph messages in the ?:;.:,. without ; ' ? rate schedules with the commission. it was stated thu;. counsel for the com? mission on next Saturday would ash for an injunction or writ of man damus to prevent the companies from co'lecting the advance ordered by the Postmaster General. Over Million Days Lost in Year by N. Y. Sirikes ALBANY. April 21.?Transport industries were productive ef the most strikcs in tho year ended June 30, 1918, with the metals industry a close ? sc ond, according to the annual report of the State Industrial Commission's bureau ot' mediation and arbitration. There were 256 s:r;:.o-= in tha*. period. I'nose in the metals group ot' industries aft'ected the *,-reate ? t number o." per son "l'ho. industries in which the greatest number of strikes occurred during this period were as follows: Metals, ma? chines, and conveyanccs 56; transpor tation ")7; building industry 29; tex? tiles 23; food, liquors and tobacco 27; trade 10; clothing and millinery 9; hotels an.i restaurants 8, and leather and rubber goods 8," the report say.--. "The industries in which thejgrent est lo;:- of time occurred were thc metal. machines and conveyances group n which 56 strikes resulted in the lo,;s of 890,036 day.-. of woi'king time and involved 29,870 workers. Three serious strikes occurred in the shipbuilding in? dustry i'i New 'Vork involving 10,250 men and rcsulting in a loss of 720,950 days' time. "In the transportation group, a total ot" 57 strikes involved 14,710 workers PROMPTNESS In the goodness of service? at least in the service of food ?promptnessplays'a mighty important part. Even if time is unlimited, tood served at hunger's rirst call is doubly enjoyed. At CHILDS the service be gins when you take your seat?everything is in readi' ness. The dining room is clean and comfortable; the food prc pared for instant service, and the attendants right at hand. But at CHILDS. the" great attraction is thc quality of the tood and the delectable way in which it is cooked. Chicken soup with rice,roa?t sirloin oi beef with m??hcd potatoee, ccn'tarvh puddinn with cutturd sauce. ?nd cof? fee with cream?ft dinncrde luse nt 70c. and can cd a s of 63,391 working days' time. On May 11, 1918, a strike o , thc Rochester ; rolley lines ? street car traffic in the city. Interven tion by the bureau Icd to a settlement of thc s trikc in two da ? a wage increase." GOLF CLOTHES PHEY are Scotch in their x lines and in their lineage? in their tailoting and in their tradhion in their warp and in their zvoof?m their style and in their swing. In fact, they're as bonnie as a briar. In Knickers or Long Trottsers or Both! 3 d up ?stfui $c (Eflimpmtg B R O A D W A Y A T 3 \ T ! S S T R E I T jjHITIIIIII I lUl Hi llillilWIIIHIIIIHH | IH 'IIIWHM IIIIIWBil n? I ITA 11 W ... ?,.,,. ii?i hmi, unii ii Muaua Kegistered in the U. S. and Foi . ign Countriet