British Coal Barons Fight Nationalization Several Dukes and Earls Appear at Investigation to Defend Their Kightg to Royalties From Mines Union President Scores Robert Smillie Plays Role of Chief Inquisitor at Commission's Inquiry Naw York Tribun? Special Cabin Sorvicn (Copyright. 1P13. New York Tribune Inc.) LONDON, Mny 11.?The Coal Com? mission's examination of British peers reached its most interesting stage yesterday with several dukes and carls giving testimony. There still are signs that things are moving toward some form of nationalization of the mines. The title holders of the richest coal fields in England appeared before the commission to defend their rights in what may be the last-ditch fight of the British land barons. The scene in the royal robing room of the House of Lords recalled the days of the Span? ish Inquisition and almost was a parel !?1 to that enacted at Versailles, only here the heads of the richest and old? est titled families in England sat in the place of the Germans. There was the same horseshoe, the coal commissioners being seated around a semi-circular table, while the ?and owners sat at a small table at ?he foot. Crowded into the inadequate space of the robing room were all manner of curious witnesses, many of them of the proletariat, rejoicing in the spectacle of their discomfited ene? mies. Smillie Chief Investigator At the head of the horseshoe sat Commissioner Sankey; at his right Sir Leo Chiozza Money, twitching nervous? ly in his chair and occasionally asking a question of a witness. At Sankey's left was Robert Smillie, president of the Miners' Federation, "the most powerful man in England to-day," im? maculate in light tweeds. Smillie was the principal inquisitor. Lords Durham. Dynevor and Dun- ? raven, three of the most powerful coal ; barons, looked ill at ease. Baron Dyne vor wasn't sure where he got the right to his land or how much the output of coal was, but he admitted that na- . tionalization had once been put in | Practice when Henry VIII beheaded j ,ord Dynevor's ancestor and seized the lands. Lord Dunraven also was uncertain on ' many points of his testimony. He ad- i mittedhe hadn't probed into antiquity to find his right, to work the mines on ! certain public lands. Lord Durham was extremely alert, i but apparently met his match in Smillie. The miners' president didn't play the role of fire-eater expected of him. He didn't leap to his feet ha? ranguing. Rather, he met the earl at his own frame of airy persiflage, quoting Blackstone and Dibble to prove that Lord Durham had no right to own the iand. The earl retorted angrily. Housing Conditions Discussed The inquiry developed into an inves? tigation of the housi?g condition of the Durham tenants, the earl assert? ing they were comfortable and happy. He gave figures showing that the roy? alties on his coal, together with rent I for shafts, railways, etc., amounted to i approximately $300,000 in 1913 and i S200.000 in 1918. The royalty and) rents in 1913 approximated 11 cents a ton more than in 1918, but heavy taxes ' cut down the profits. Lord Dunraven confessed his ina? bility even to pronounce the names of many of his buildings. The hearing reached its most inter? esting stage when several dukes gave evidence. The Duke of Northumber? land and Smillie had a battle royal. The Duke scored a most a dialetlcal success, but he made admissions that seemed in Smillie's favor. For in? stance, he admitted, in reply to a question by Sir Leo Chiozza Money, that as a coal mine owner he per? formed no service to the community. A .statement of his possessions showed he owns 170,000 acres and has mineral rights over 244.000 acres. Last year, after deducting all taxes and duties, he drew nearly 5120,000 in royalties. Northumberland Retires Smillie put a series of searching questions, answers to which showed Northumberland's ignorance of housing conditions and general inattention to the welfare of his tenants. The dnke, icy and unperturbed, indicated he had a small opinion of the commission. Ho took the firmest stand on the question of nationalization, saying he regarded it only as a step toward a general socialization of industry. He finally became restless under the attacks of Smillie and retired. The next peer, the Marquis of Lon Jw ??fS?D s?-/ F CAOTRELL& COCHRANE THESTANDARD Ginger Ale OF TWO CONTINENTS Order by the dozen for use at home _ ?? ?* Soothe tired nerve? for restful sleep. At night apply BAUME ANALG?SIQUE BENGU? on the forehead and back of neck. Kmmp ? tube handy i fe**. huml?? * c*., m. v. donderry, scored the best pointa for the case of the royalty holders when ' ho explained he worked his own mines, took a close personal interest in them and wished to continue so doing. He declared for individualism and the rights of private property. The inquiry is developing daily duels, with Smillie and Sir Leo Chiozza Money scoring heavily with their hu? manitarian arguments against the landowners. Tho commission's report, which, is to appear in about a week, will render a decision. National Union Of Tenants Is Started Here Continued from page 1 sued by the new union," he said, "will be the collective method. We will or? ganize the tenants in unions just as the various trades are organized, and the federated unions of tenants in the various states will ask for special ses? sions of the legislatures to empower eaoh city to issue bonds for the erec? tion of municipal tenements to be op? erated by the cities and rented at cost." Cooperation Committee Named Samuel Shore, manager of the White I Goods Workers' Union, presided at the meeting. Mr. Shore, with David Brod sky and Meyer Abramson, were ap? pointed a committee of the United He? brew Trades to establish a basis of co? operation with the Tenants' Union, the Brooklyn Tenants' Union, the Greater New York Tenants' Union and the Con? sumers' League. In Brownsville, whore 1G7 dispossess i actions are on the calendars of the two parts of the Seventh District Municipal ! Court for thi? morning, the rent situa- ! tion showed symptoms of settling down ' to a normal basis. There were indica? tions that the tenants' union and the landlords' organization were' approach? ing an understanding. Morris Jasse, secretary of the union, announced that the organization had satisfied itself that some of the land? lords it had been righting were not profiteers and that these had agreed to hold their rent increases to 50 cents a room or less. ' In this tho tenants union acquiesced. Mr. Jasse said several of tho landlords had acceded to the de? mands of tho tenants for leases for nine and twelve months. Evictions Are Halted City Marshal David Goldberg, who was to evict more than forty tenants from a house on Hilsdale Street this morning, received visits from manv of Williams Avenue Methodist Epis? copal Church and the Rev. Roy E. Manne. They will house tenants evicted from tenements in Browns? ville to-day. the tenants, who deposited with him their arrears in rents, thus halting tho eviction proceedings. Tenants in a house at 534 Powell Street, who were so incensed at rent advances a few weeks ago that they partly wrecked the place, seemed anxious to reach an un? derstanding with the landlord. Captain Charles A. Goldsmith, of the Mayor's Committee on Rent Profiteer? ing, said after an inspection of the Bronxsville district, that ho considered the situation much improved. It held possibilities of danger still, he said, but plainly was on the mend. Nathan Hirsch, chairman of the ?.Iayor's Committee on Rent Profiteer? ing, said the Committee on Mediation and Conciliation, which was formed with Mayor Hylan's consent, was re? sponsible in no small measuro for the solution of difficulties. At least six important cases which were submitted to this new committee by the respectivo landlords and ten? ants have been solved, he said, to the satisfaction of all. "Everything," he said, "will bo done to bring about a good understanding between landlords and tenants, and be? cause I believe a lot of landlords do not want to be held up to publicity and are ready to negotiate with their ten? ants, who see that expenses have risen and are ready to pay a little more rent, I think the rent problem is in a fair way of beinp solved." Mr. l?irsch added that of course this did not do away .with tho "necessity A Smart Roll-Front COLLAR TWENTY-SIX MILLION DRINKS served at our soda fountains last year. Those who know, prefer to walk out of their way to come to Liggett's Soda Fountains. The reason:?appetizing, clean service; pure, wholesome materials. i Of} PER MONTH OK ??? " PLEDGE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY THE PROVIDENT LOAN SOCIETY _OF NEW YORK Office Hour?: *J A. M. tu ? P. M. Saturdays 9 A. M. to 4 P. M.? from tirnt Saturday In June to first Saturday in September, both In ilmlv, 9 A. M. to i P. M. MANHATTAN Fourth Avenue, cor. 25th Street. Eldridg* Si., cor. Rivington St. Fit! Houston St, cor. Eates St. Seventh Av., fact. 48th ft 49th Sis. Lexington Av., cor. 124th St Grand St., cor. Clinton St. E. 72d St., bet. Lexington ft 3 Avi. F.izhth Av.. cor. 127ft St EWlflJIWaBW? It KO NX CourtUiidt A? .cor. 148th St. IIUOOIU.VN Smith St., cor. Livingston St Graham A?., cor. Dtbcvou? St PUkta Av? cev. Rocktwep Av, inHTOi??^wir'?h ?."a of housing," which was the only means by which the problem could be settled for ail time. Mrs. Henry Moskowitz, of the State Reconstruction Commission, said there had beeu no further development in ?? the rent situation yesterday, but that the commission would cooperate in the i investigation on housing conditions by the Legislative committee. This committee has announced that it will begin its first session on'Thurs day mornig at 10 o'clock in the* Board of Estimate room at City Hall. Senator Charles C. Lockwood, chairman of the committee, announced that Mayor Hy j Ian, Mr. Hirsch and Abram I. Elkus, i chairman of the Reconstruction Com : mission, would bo invited to appear. The Legislative committee has offices at 511 Fifth Avenue, i Despite the brighter aspect which ! the Brownsville situation assumed, ar | rangements were completed to throw open the Williams Avenue Methodist i Episcopal Church in that district to? day to the scores who were expected to be homeless as the result of dis ?)ossess proceedings. A detail of police ?as- been assigned to the church to j maintain order in case the applicants I for shelter ara too numerous or too ? impatient. Labor Federation Won't Join in Strike for Debs ( Vice-President Dunean Declares Protest Is Nof Sanctioned by Organization The American Federation of Labor will not cooperate in the proposed na I tion-wido protest strike for the re? lease of Eugene V. Debs, the Socialist leader, from the penitentiary. The strike has been set by the Socialist party and radical labor organizations for July 4. James Duncan, vice-president of the American Federation of I^abor, said yesterday that any strike demanding Debs' release will be without, the sanc? tion of the federation. It was ad? mitted, however, that many of the unions, which have promised to strike, are affiliated with the federation. Mr. Duncan thought the strike demonstra? tions planned for Debs will he only "spasmodic outbursts with which or fanized labor will have nothing to o." According to Mr. Duncan the unions affiliated with the federation are business organizations. He said: "We do things in regular fashion nnd do not engage in flighty outbursts. We have agreements with our employ? ers which we intend to keep." Court to Rule On Open Shop Labor Policy Transportation Trades Council Named by Truck Owners for 'Interference' With Longshore men Injunction Is Granted Unions Summoned to Show Cause Why It Shouldn't Be Made Permanent For the first time since the United State? entered the war the aid of the New York courts has been invoked in a labor dispute. The Truck Owners' Association has haied the Transporta? tion Trades Council into the Supreme Court of Kings County to show cause why it and its members should not be restrained from interfering with tho open shop policy insisted upon as a. matter of right by the truck owners. On the petition of P. Reardon, Inc., a member of the association, Justice Van Sielen had granted a temporary injunc? tion and ordered the officers of the transportation council to appear on Wednesday and show cause why the in? junction should not be made perma? nent. Joined with the union as de? fendants are Walker D. Hi?es, ns head of the United States railroad admin? istration; the International Mercantile Marine and various steamship com? panies subsidiary to it. The unions making up the transportation council are locals of the International Long? shoremen's Association, made up of checkers, weighers and receiving clcrk3 on various railroad and steam? ship pierB. Because of what the papers in the casa term "an illegal boycott," it is charged that several hundred trucks, representing an investment of $1,000, 000, have been rendered idle, and a volume of business said to exceed $3, (/00.000 a year closed to the operators. "During the winter of 1918 and the present spring," says the complaint, "various attempts were made by the Transportation Trades Council and its affiliated locals to unionize the team? sters and stable forces of the plaintiff. The plaintiff's employes were con? tented with their wages and conditions and rejected these overtures to enter the union fold. At about the same time intimations were received by the plaintiff and its officers that it would be advantageous to the plaintiff and might avert future trouble for it to sign a union agreement and insist upon the unionization of the employes. No attention was paid to these implied threats. '"Substantially every pier in the city of New York and every steamship or other vessel entering or departing from the port of New York is closed to the plaintiff, and it is wholly unable to deliver any merchandise to or receive any merchandise from these vessels or upon these piers; the plaintiff is un? able to truck bonded merchandise in the custody of the United States gov? ernment from bonded warehouses to vessels or receive lik$ merchandise ar? riving from vessels from foreign ports; the plaintiff is unable to make deliv? eries on piers or to vessels of war and army supplies intended for overseas shipment by the United States govern? ment; the plaintiff is, and for approxi? mately two weeks has been, wholly incapable of carrying on its transfer business in discharging its lawful function as a common carrier in inter? state commerce, for the reason that the embargo declared by the defend? ants has been made effective against ?through freight as well as that of local origin; merchandise worth millions of dollars belonging to customers of plain? tiff has remained for days, and much of it still remains on piers subject to perils of fire, storm and insurance can? cellations, and merchandise of like character and value intended for ex ?port or foreign shipment has been similarly delayed, with consequent loss to all concerned; perishable and urgent freight have, in many Instances, been held up with gevere financial loss to the owners." Paul Bonynge, counsel for the truckmen, said yesterday: "A number of checkers have orders from the union to disregard the injunction order and are defying it openly. As soon as the papers can be issued they will be haled into court and either jailed or fined in contempt of court. This is a clear case of master and servant." Mr. Bonynge said that union workers on Piers 42 and 67, North River, in tho employ of the Panama Railroad Steam? ship Line, refused on Friday to accept goods of P. Reardon, Inc., and were discharged. 22 American Women Decorated by France AH Served During War in Hos? pital at Buzancy, Says Let? ter Just Received Twenty-two women who served in the American Women's Hospital No. 1, at Buzancy, France, throughout the war, have been decorated by the French government, and the entire staff of the hospital has been given the freedom of t||e city of Buzancy. This information was received yesterday by Mrs. Charlotte M. Conger, executive secretary of the American Women's Hospitals, 637 Madison Avenue. The medals have been presented to: Dr. Delan Kinney. Miss Alice M. Clark, Miss Florence Eadio and Mr?. Sarah O'Brien, New York City; Dr. Louise Hurrell, Rochester, N.. Y.; Dr. Char? lotte Fairbanks, St. Johnsburg, Vt.; Dr. Kate Doherty, Milwaukee, Wis.; Dr. Margaret Ethel Fraser and Miss Ruth Caldwell, Denver, Col.; Dr. Mary MacLachlan, Portland, Ore.; Dr. I. j. Mamvaring, Norwich, Conn.; Dr. Inez C. Bentley, Kings Park, N. Y.; Dr. Olga Stastney, Omaha, Neb.; Dr. Edna Ward, Littleton, Col.; Mrs. Emilie Lanoir-Lehman and Miss Lillian W. Pettcngil!, Philadelphia; Miss Ada Tobitt, Darling, Penn.; Miss E. Pauline Whitaker, Lancaster, Penn.; Miss Mar? garet Purvis, Atlantic Highlands, N. J.; Miss Emily S. Cheney, Manchester, Conn., and Miss Wilhelmina Drum mond, Atlanta, Ga. 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