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Cabinet to Frame Ultimatum in Co
Italy Reported on Verge of Revol
al Strike To-day;
t as Ministry Totters
Tittoni Quits
His Foreign
Affairs Post
Scioloia Succeeds Him,
and Rumors of Crisis
Even Hint at the Abdi?
cation of Kin<? Victor
Threats Made to
Assassinate Ruler
Socialists Are Planning to
Stampede Parliament;
Opening is Postponed
ROME. Nov. 24 (By The Asso?
ciated Press).?Tomasso Tittoni,
ftal an Foreigr. Minister, has re?
signed and Vitario Scialoia, Min?
ister Without Portfolio. h'i3 been
amed to succeed him. according
the "Epoca."
.Ru ?or;* of the wildest character
ling the possibility of a very
erioua crisis, involving rot only the
Cabinet, but also the reigning house
f Italy, are in circulation as the
ening of Parliament approaches.
The reopening of the Chamber of
Deputies has been postponed for a
<\v days. This has been made
lecessary by delays connected with
the election formalities.
The Socialists, proud of their
ecent victory, are eager to con?
tinue what they call their "march
forward." Th< older, more authori
ative members of the parly, how?
ever, such as Deputy Turati, leader
; the Intransigeants; Deputy Tro?
ver, and Signer Modigllania are
aa.irst any excesses.
R.'n'.i al Power Increasing
Th? new elements wh'ch have en?
tered the S ciaiisj, parliamentary group
ire declared to be animated by ievolu
ionary sentiments and to favor an ex?
treme policy which, in their opinion,
will lead inevitably to the advent of
Bolshevism in Italy. This section now
indoubtedl; is the most numerous, if
ot the most important, one in the
larty, .': is considered that it almost
?rtainly will assume command ot" the
.- ** because of the audacity and de
?rmination of ?a members to attain
: *ol by whatever means seems best
hem. '
of this section are quoted
iring that, comprising as they
than 150 "live wire.;" among
" ".i 1? puties, the re t will not dare
ppos? tin .a. and that they will be ab'e
? aceoinp? : )i "some supremo act of
i? Ilion wl ich will overthrow the tot- j
ering government of the bourgeoisie."
Formerly the Socialists" never at- .
ended 'h ? opening of Parliament, ab
nenting themselves so they might r.void
being present when the ivia;; delivered
peech tmm the throne and t?> es
pe tai; ng the prescribed oath in the
King's presence. The newly elected
?xtrcmc Socialists, however, now1 in
that the entire group should at
end he cremonv, hiss the King, in
u't him the moment he appears, and
prevent him from speaking They
? ?a have gone so far as to threaten
that he would be attacked on his way
to the Chamber or upon his return.
No Measures to Prevent It
All this, it is pointed out, may be !
much more than is possible of accom-|
?>A hment. Nevertheless, it has had'
he effect of making 'he responsible
authorities restless and anxious. It
has been conceded among them that
'..'ere is no measure which it would be
-ins.- ?ble to take to prevent 160 mem- I
lers whistling and shouting and mak
ng it impossible for the King to be
?id.
rules of the Italian Parliament
,'. . not provide for any such contin
? ncy ..; ?s 11 *.is threatened, for it is
' ulati 'I that no poke or armed force
'?m < mployed in the hall where the
ators and Deputier meet. There
. A be no means ot" applying co
ercion, aa the meeting early in De- i
c mber will be the tirst uathering of
he new parliamentary body, and the j
Li es of the new chamber for main- !
tainimr order will not then have been'
S.rmulated.
Ti a council of ministers has been ;
meeting almost dai'y to di-cuss this
grave situation, as well as the Adriatic
? empl Vitions.
Tittoni Would Retire Cabinet
Foreign Mini ter T'^toni's friends
represent him as of the opinion that it
?would be better for the Cabinet to re?
sign because the minister?, through
neither their f ult nor any on the part
?f Premier N'itti of whom Si?nor Tit
toni is a strong admirer, have failed
o realize the country's expectations.
It is pointed out that they I ave not
succeeded in changing the attitude of
President Wil on toward Ita'y. have
not sett'ed the Adriatic question av d
. iffer d a rover e in the gonernl
elections. Consequently, rightly or
wrongly, tA* n ajoritj of public opin
?*? is a '?'.inst ? hi-p*.
In ?such a situation Signor Tittoni
? represented as hj? ieving that the
en conducting public affairs should
lave the force of character to put
heir country':? good above all else
sacrificing themselves even though they
ere convinced they had ?lone the best
in their power to serve the nation's
interest.
Nltti Ready to Fight
Premier N'itti. on the other hand, is
oclared by these close to him to be
Continued on page three
Smallpox Closes
Ontario's Border
ISetv York State Health
Chief Quarantines the
Ferries and Railroads
New York Tribune
Special Correspondence
ALBANY. Nov. 24.?As a result of I
the outbreak of an epidemic oi small- j
pox in Ontario Dr. H rmann M. Biggs, ;
State Health Commissioner, lias ?td-i
/ised the closing of the border be
ween that province and this state.
A quarantine is to he established ?
mmediately at all bridges and ferries, j
and persons who cannot give proof of
recent vaccination or of having had
the disease will be turned back. More
han four thousand cases of the dis?
ease have broken out in Ontario, and
already it has spread to Buffalo, four
cases having been found there.
The quarantine follows an exchange
of telegrams between Surgeon General \
Blue, of the United States Public
Health Service, and Dr. Biggs.
Health officials of border cities have
been notified of conditions to be im?
posed and railroad ticket offices in
Canada where the disease exists have
been requested not to issue tickets to ,
points ?n tho United States except on ,
the presentation of a certificate of vac- ,
cination from United States public
health serv ce representatives.
..-????
Cornelius Whitney Hurt
And Chum Killed in Auto
(lar Hit-* Horse in Pacing, Skids
Into Abutment and Wagon
Shaft Fractures Man's Skull
Special Corrcspcnilenc?
STAMFORD, Conn., Nov 24.?Allan
I). Ashburn, a junior at Vale and a
sun of Colonel P. M. Ashburn, of Wash?
ington, D. C, was fatally hurt, and Cor?
nelius Var.derbi t Whitney, his class- ,
mate and son of Harry Payne Whitney,
wan painfu ly injured, when the auto-1
mobile in which they were returning
to New Haven skidded into the stone
abutment of the railway viaduct at
Darie'n, Con'n., ear'y to day.
Ashburn died of a fractured skull in
Stamford Ho pital at 5 o'clock this
afternoon. Whitney was cut on the
cheek, nose and hand William S.
Cowles jr., son of Rear Admira' Cowles,
U. S. N. (retired), of Farmington,
Conn, who was the third member of
the party, was not hurt.
The three young men had been spend?
ing the week-end in New York and were '?
returning to the universitv in Whit- ;
ney's car. According to witnesses they !
were not going faster than twenty-live
miles an hour, when they attempted to I
pass a horse and wagon which were in
charge of a foreigner. The horse shi?.J
directly in front of the machine. Whit?
ney swung wide, but struck the horse
a glancing b.ow arid ran into the abut- i
ment. ?
A shaft of the wagon crashed through i
the windshield and apparently hit Ash- !
burn in the head, crushing his skull, j
He was taken immediately to the hospi- ;
tal, but there was no chance of his
recovery. Cowles and Whitney re?
mained with their chum until his death.
Business Rival Saves
Milliner From Blaze
Man Drags Her From Flaming
Apartment, Then Collapses;
Firemen Rescue Maid
Edith Kobe, a milliner at 38 West ?
Fifty-seventh Street, was rescued from
a lire in 'he structure yesterday by
Herbert Heller, a business rival across
the street. Short-y after Heller had
carried her uiit he collapsed. While
he vas being taken to a hospital,
Katherine Baker, Miss Bobe's negro
maid climbed "Ut on a window ledge
on the fourth floor and was about to
leap when she was grasped by Patrol?
men Francis .Jacstronsky and Harry Mc
Carthy, dragged back through the win-j
dow and carried safely to the street, j
Both Jacstronsky and McCarthy also
went to a hospital.
The fire was caused by the explosion !
of an alcohol stove in the apartment |
of Miss Bobe, who was ill. Heller
heard the explosion, saw the flames j
and rushed to the rescue. The fire
damaged two floors of the apartment !
house, entailing a loss of about $5,000. \
-?
Rips Off Her Skirt to
Stanch Boy's Life blood
Unidentified W ornan Saves Five-1
Year-Old Mangled bv
htreetear
Among th? crowd that gathered when !
five-year-old Leonard Hopewcll, of 501 |.
West 174th Street, was run over by a j
trolley car at 174th Street and Am- j
sterdam A\enue, last evening, was a
woman who tore off her underskirt and
fashioned a tourniquet, which she
bound around the boy's ri?rht ankle, j
Surgeons at St. Lawrence Hospital,
who amputated his mangled foot, said ,
the woman's action saved his life. She i
lipped away without revealing her!
identity.
The motormnn. Albert Weiderman, ?
thirty-five .ears oUL of ?Il'3 East ?
Lighty-third Street according to the
police, was pursued by Motorcycle1
Policeman Whitney to Fort George.
Weiderman was irrested on a charge !
of fe onious assault. At the West ;
177th Street police station he decir.red j
he had been unaware of running down '
the boy. j
-?-.
Ex-Queen May Sell Jewels j
Zita of Austria Lacks Cash for
Household Rill?
GEVEVA. Noy 24, The former Aus?
trian Emperor Charles denies the re-j
port that ho h'is asked the French gov?
ernment for a pension, but it is? known
here that the royal family and tho
archdukes are greatly embarrassed
financially. Unie-a funds arrive from
Vienna the former Empress Zita, it is
said will bo ob'i'red to sell some jewels
i?? prder to meet necessary household
expanses.
Wilson Calls
Conference in
Treaty Fight
Summons Hitchcock for
a Discussion Saturday
of PossibleCompromise
on Lodge Reservations
f
Expected to Reofler
Pact Next Monday
Plans for Ratification
Fight Will Be Basis of
the President's Message
Nexi' York Tribune
Washington Hut eon
WASHINGTON. Nov. 24.--The extent
t<5 which President Wilson will go to?
ward meeting the Republicans in a
compromise on reservations to the
peace treaty with Germany will be de?
cided at a conference which Senator
Hitchcock, Administration leader in the
treaty firdit, will hold with the Presi?
dent next. Saturday.
The conference wa**? arranged to-day
at the suggestion of the President.
.Senator Hitchcock is in Omaha, Neb.,
resting for a few days, but he notified
the President that he would return to
Washington next Friday night to meet
the President.
The President will go over all of the
Lodge reservations carefully with Sena?
tor Hitchcock and probably will de?
cide what part3 of the reservations he
will accept as the basis for a com?
promise.
That the President would resubmit
the treaty and launch a fight for its
ratification immediately upon the re?
convening of Congress, in regular ses?
sion, next Monday, was regarded as
certain to-da *, following announcement
of the forthcoming conference.
The result of his talk with Senator
Hitchcock probably will be made the
basis of the President's message to
Congress. The President's plan of ac?
tion will be decided upon at the confer?
ence and the recommendations he will
make to the Senate regarding the treaty
will be discussed.
Hitchcock to Lead Fight
The /act that President Wilson has
called Senator Hitchcock into confer?
ence is taken to mean that he will con?
tinue to lead the Administration forces
in the treaty light. Senator Hitchcock
has the active support of most of the
Northern and Western Democratic Sen?
ators and has been assured that sev?
eral from the South will line up in his
favor in any fight over the leadership
For the time being this support
si.'Ciiis to dispose of the attempt of a
large group of Democratic Senators
who are seeking to depose Senator
Hitchcock because they did not approve
of his leadership in the treaty fight of
last session. Senator Oscar W. Under?
wood, of Alabama, is an active candi?
date for the position of permanent
minority leader to succeed the late
Senator Thomas S. Martin, of Virginia.
The President's secretary, Joseph P.
Tumulty, and Attorney General Pa nier,
are supporting Senator Underwood.
Most ol" the Republican members of
Congress have gone for the recess, and
when they return for the regular ses?
sion of Congress they will report, to
Chairman Will H. Hays of the Republi?
can National Committee regarding the !
political situation in their respective ;
districts,
Hays Calls for Reports
Chairman Hays wrote to each Repub- j
lican Representative and Senator, re- !
questing him to report fully on the;
situation in his district before the
meeting of the nutiona committee in j
December. His letter follows:
'"The national committee will be un-;
der ob igations if you ' will write us'
fully und frankly about the general ;
pol.tical situation in vom* district. If
you go home during I he recess you'
will, of course, have very ilalinite in- ,
formation, and, in any event, be better
advised than any one as to conditions ?
there. We are anxious to get this as
fully and definitely as possible from;
everywhere before the meeting of the i
national comm.ttee in December, and ,
will appreciate it very much if you wi 1 I
give the matter preferred attention,"
German Paper Scores
Wilson for Acting as
'Voice of United States'
BERLIN. Nov. 2[i (By The Associated
Press).?Failure by the United States
Senate to ratify the treaty between
he Allied powers and Germany is con- :
sidcred 'he result of partisan politics
by "Die Zeit," which comments to-day.
upon the situation.
"We must accustom ourselves to the
fact that the peace treaty upon which
for us lue and future depend, is
treated in America largely aa a noliti
cal party matter," says the newspaper.
"Not because the treaty displease?! the
Republicans, who were more inimical
to Germany than the Democrats, nor
because they und the conditions too
hard for Germany d?> they condemn it,
but becaure the Democratic leader
signed the treaty and they wish to dis?
credit him and his party in the com?
ing elections.
"It is plain now that President Wil?
son had no right to act as the pro?
tagonist cf the league ?>f nations nor
to "nake promises to the European peo?
ple?; for the fulfillment of which h"
wan unable to rely even on his own ?
oeople."
!
Record Crime Wave Grows
As Chicago Dims Lights
i
| Day's Reports to Police Include 36 Hold-Ups, 28
Auto Thefts and Safe Blowings; 8 Underworld
Leaders Arrested; Mayor's Car Among Stolen
Special Correspondence
I CHICAGO, Nov. 24. -With street
lights dimmed in an effort, to conserve
; fuel, gunmen, robbers and highwaymen
today continued the greatest crime
wave Chicago has ever experienced.
To-night the police have eight men,
said to be ringleaders in the city's
underworld, under arrest. Unofficially
it is said that the prisoners are re?
sponsible for six murders and more
than a score of robberies.
Police blotters throughout the city
show the day's crime up to a late hour
to-night consists of thirty-six hold
! ups, twenty-eight automobile thefts
: and numerous safe blowings. It is
. impossible to estimate the total losses
j sustained by the victims. Mayor
! Thompson suffered to-day to the extent
: of a stolen automobile.
The police wrapped a veil of silence
! and mystery about the arrest of the
I eight alleged gunmen. The prisoners
I were taken to an unused detention
: ward so that they might be out of con
; tact with all other persons.
Bandits successfully raided th?
Merrie Gardens and took away $2,000
'. after blowing the safe of the place
' early to-day. Just as the last dance?:
i nere leaving, six men appeared at the
?loor, and while three of them hustled
Edward Krause, the night watchman,
into an automobile and drove him
away, the other three ransacked the
place. He fore the automobile had gone
far it aroused the suspicion of police,
who gave chase in another car. But the
robbers had the faster machine.
Chief of Detectives Mooney, in com?
menting on the crime situation to-day,
said his men were seriously handi?
capped by a lack of high-powered auto?
mobiles and declared he would appeal
j to the City Council for two or three
1 fast cars.
? Captain Mooney renewed his attack
on the parole law and the practice of
forcing the release of criminals by
means of habeas corpus writs. He
said twenty-three writs had been
served on him in the last few days.
? The most spectacular of four auto?
mobile races through the city streets
was staged early to-day, when five ban?
dits in a high-powered ear chased Dr
E. W. Fischam for many blocks a ong
Sheridan Road, a fashionable drive?
way, and finally forced him to abandor
his car, with a fussilade of pistol shots
The physician was driving to see >
patient, when the highwaymen gav<
chase, and soon had punctured the rea:
! tires of his machine. The physiciai
slowed up, jumped from his car, an?
escaped through an alley.
Kills His Wife
As He Dreams
Of Black Hand
Manufacturer, Awakened
From Nightmare, Finds
Pistol in His Hand and
Woman Dead at His Side
James Sapienza awoke from the
j horror of a realistic nightmare early
i yesterday to an even more terrible
reality. A shot from his revolver,
aimed at one of the shadowy figures
that peopled his dream, had entered
| the brain of his wife as she slept.
The story was told with dramatic
: effect yesterday afternoon behind the
j closed doors of the judge'-- chambers
in the Court of Quarter Sessions at
Newark, Sapienza, still in a half
stupor from the shock of the tragedy,
re?nacted the scene he said he be?
lieved had taken place in tho bed
room of his apartment at ISO Coit j
Street, rrvington, N. J.
He pictured the vivid dream, the ap?
pearance of figures at the window of J
his apartment, of their supposed en?
trance, and of his quick action in the
hope of intercepting them before they
reached the couch occupied by his
youngest child. He said it was the !
scream of his wife and report of the i
revolver that brought him to himself. ;
Tells and Acts Story
The man toid an?l acted the story i
:ri the presence of Lieutenant Walter i
Godfrey, of the Irvington po ici- :*:<.
tion, and Prosecutor J. Henry Harri- ?
son. The po ice lieutenant then retold ,
it to Judge Harry V. Osborne, who was
so impressed that he established a
precedent for that court by freeing :
on bail a man charged with murder. ;
Sapienza was permitted to return to
his home and three children after put- ;
ting up $10.000 bonds.
Investigation by the Irvington police ;
has established, to the satisfaction of
Lieutenant Godfrey and the prosecutor, i
that the strangest story of r. killing!
ever heard in the courts of Newark is ?
true in every detail.
Sapienza is a successful manufactur
er of tile, whose prosperity apparently
aroused the. avarice or' some of his
countrymen. For weeks he said he had
been receiving threatening ?titters bear- ;
ing the signs that to the Italian mean :
death or a ready acquiescence to the]
demands of the writer. Ml were signed
"Black Hand."
Arms and Gives Police Letters
Sapienza lurried the letters over toi
the police as fast th-ej arrived, pur?
chased a revolver and insisted that his
youngest chi.d -mentioned in the let?
ters as the first victim of the letter
writers unless their demands formonej '
were met?s.eep on a couch cose to
his bed.
Early yesterday morning, he said, he
suddenly awoke with the scream of his
wife in his ears. He found himself
gripping the revolver with which he j
had hoped to protect his wife and chil- !
dren. A lure was bored through the i
pillow, showing that the weapon had |
been discharged at the instant his
hand closed on it and before he could ?
draw it from its hiding place.
Sapienza hurriedly summoned rela
tives from an adjoining apartment, and
a neighboring physician arrived a few
minutes later. But the death of his
wife had been instantaneous. The bul?
let had entened the brain behind the j
right ?'ur.
Louis A. Fast, attorney for the man
ufacturer, declared that the marri*!
life of the pair had been ideal. He
said that he had known them for ter, :
years and never had seen the slightest
evidence oi a difference.
5,000 at Morse Memorial
'?lore than .".000 persons, employees .
and the'r families, attended the war
memorial exercises held yesterday by
the Morse Drydock and Repair Com
pony at First Avenue and Fifty-sixth ;
Street. Brook'yn. Adresses were de?
livered bv General John F O'Ryan, .
Colonel Sydney Grant and the Rev.
Nehemiah "Boynton in connection with ;
the unvei ins of a bronze tablet com- i
memorating the war service of Morse!
employees. I
National Labor
Party Created
At Convention
Political Declarations and
Resolutions Adopted: Im?
peachment of the Coal
Strike Judge Demanded
!
CHICAGO, Nov. 24. Representa?
tives of organized !><bor in convention
here to-day signalized the creation of
the Labor party of the United States
by adopting a set of political declara?
tions and several resolutions, one of
which called for the impeachment of
Federal Judge A. B. Anderson for his
action in granting the government a
mandatory injunction ordering the
rescinding of the coal miners' strike
call.
A petition for Judge Anderson's im?
peachment was drawn up, and ever.
delegate signe?! it, although one, R. L.
Martin, of Oklahoma, declared such
procedure a waste of time. I' is
planned to have the petition signed by
a million members of labor organisa?
tions before it is presented to Congress
next month.
The object of the Labor party, as
set forth in its constitution, will be
' t?> organize all hand and brain work?
ers of the country to support the prin?
ciples of a political, social and indus-j
trial democracy."
Striking Party Principles
The striking points in the party
declarations are:
Women are to have equal represen?
tation with men in the management of
affairs.
A national convention will be held j
next summer for the purpose of nomi?
nating candidates for President and i
Vice- Pre; ident.
The affairs of the organization will
bo administered by a national-commit- !
tee which fcvill elect a secretary-treas- !
urcr as its executive head.
'l'rade unions, farmers' organizations,;
cooperative bodies and all other asso?
ciations winch sub. cribe to thn prin?
cipes of the party are invited to be- |
come affiliated with it. The committee
on constitution recommended that, the?
national committee be composed of one!
mi mia r from each state, but Robert M. '?
B?ck, of Chicago, led a light to have.
a man and a woman from each r?ate.
Action was deferred until to-morrow.
The constitution provides for th<> I
issuance <>i state charters on petition
of live or mare local branches. The;
basis of representation in the national I
convention will be one delegate at large I
from each state and additional dele* j
gates for every 400 of party member?
ship from the different states.
Day's Pay Contribution
Members will be asked to contribute ,
one ?lay's pay to th** campaign fund,
next year. In addition, the party will j
i?e financed by the levying of a monthly ?
tax of from five to "5 cents on each
member, the members in states with- ,
out party charters paving the maximum ,
tax.
Among the r? s dutiona adontcH were:
Protesting against the massacre of
Jews in the Ukraine an?i other Euro?
pean countries.
Application of the principles of the
initiative and referendum in national
legislation.
For the release of Eug-ne V. Debs,
Kate Richards O'Hare, Carl Haess'er
and 1 000 other political and industrial
prisoners.
For the repeal of the espionage law '
and all other repressive acts passed by !
Congress during the war.
For the revision of the army court
martial laws.
Demanding a new trial foi Thoma:
Jloonej and Warren K. 13 ill ii ?.-.-.
Strike of Engineers KniK
A str'ke of engineers on ocean and I
coastwise towboatSj calied six weeks :
aero, has been settled by the granting
o*' increased pay, it was announced
yesterday at the otile* of the Marine
Engineers' Beneficiel Association. Chief
???ngir.eer^, it was said, wane granted!
??27."i a month, as against the former
nay of Sl?'?, and ass'stant engineers
$205, as against ?165. Demands of the
men for a second assistant engineer i
were not granted
Strike Called
By 'Soviet' at
Ellis Island
Alleged "Reds" Demand
Removal of a Seren?
Keeping Them From
Contact With Callers
j Refuse to Answer
Calls to Inquiry
I Congressional Committee
Told Watchmen Are
Too Old and Too Few
Sixty-six alleged anarchists held at
Ellis Island declared a "general strike"
yesterday.
"The Committee of Room 203." the
pen in which the nun held under
criminal anarchy charge-; are im?
prisoned, addressed a communication
to Acting Commissioner Byron H. Uhl,
demanding that the .screen barrier
which separates thom ?Von-, their
friends during visiting hours he re?
moved. Failing this, they thru?*' ned
to refuse to attend hearings of their
own cases. Mr. Uhl replied that the
demand would not be granted, and that
aliens would refuse at their peril to
attend tho hearings.
Attach?s of the immigration st.v.loi
went to Room 203 and called the names
of certain individuals. They received
no response. The guards were told that
the "Ellis Island Soviet" had declared
a strike. The inmates of tiie pen re?
fused to reveal then- identity, and tlie
officials found it useless to attempt to
separat?? them, as they did not know
one from the other. It. was admitted
that the arresting officers who ex?
ecuted the warrants would have to In
called upon to reestablish the identity
of the alleged anarchists.
Friend? Refuse to Leave
Further complications were brought* I
about when friends of the men in Room
203, visiting at the island yesterday.'
refused to leave unless permitted to
visit tho aliens without being both
ered by the screen harrier. After [
some persuasion the visitors consent?
ed to depart.
Th?"; revoit of the inmates of Roon
203 took iilacc while the Immigration I
Committee of the House of Represent-!
atives was conducting its formal in
quiry into conditions at the island, .
covering admis-ion, exclusion and de
portation of a.iens.
The ultimatum of the "Committee
of Room 203," signed by M. Oshav
ow Icy, Peter P. B.anki and Arthur
Ketzes, was read to the committee.
Mr. Uhl then declared that force would
be used, if necessary and his answer,
refusing the demands of the alleged
anarchists, also was read.
Following the reading of the letter.
the committee was advised'that Isaac
Schorr, counsel for the alleged anar?
chists, was leaving on the 2::30 boat.
Suspects' Attorney Examined
"Don't let him leave," cried Repr? -
scntative Raker, of California. "Bring
him bef#re the committee and let's find
out whe?her th.s attorney is runr ng
the immigration station or int."
In testifying Mr. Schorr said that he
had law olhce at 121* Broauway and
that he was counsel for the inmates of
Room 203 as a whole, although he was
not paid in a lump sum II" said he
was aware that there was some mis?
understanding about the screen bar
rier, and .hat he was ready to with?
draw if his clients refused to proceed
with the hearing oi their cases. H?
said he represented sixty-six men held
under criminal anarchy c.iarges, but
that he had nothing to do with 'h<
writing oi tiie !???'? ? to ihe acting com?
missioner.
"To what organizations do these
clients of your belong?" asked Chair
man Johnson.
"They are members of the Union of
Russian Workers," he replied.
"Don't you advise your clients to ob?
serve ihe rules'?" he was asked,
"I always do," he replied. Ho said
he had no objection to the screen bar
rirr in the visitors' room, and declared
that he was not a member of any or?
ganizations to which his clients bo
onged. He admitted that he thought
the screen necessary to prevent visit?
ing friends from smuggling firearms
m th< ''*???
Counsel for Other Suspects
Schoi m- itied that he had been
couns? I at different times for Osha
vowsky, Bianki and Ketzes, and hud
represented a number of other men
who have been arrested in New York
on criminal anarchy charges Schorr
is expected to be broughl before the
committee at future hearings. He
conferred with his clients after leaving
the committee.
Room 203 was visited by the Con?
gressional committee Saturday and
several young men. who admitted the>
were anarchisis, declared that they
were dreaming ol wor! i :'i volution, and
that it was ilu-ir sole purpose in life
tu overthrow the government.
At the morning session of tho com?
mittee's :' ."estigation it ?.'? i devi loped:
fit-'! the inspection and examina- !
tion ol incoming aliens, to be done
properly, should be transferred from
aboard ships to the immigration sta- !
tien itself.
That the watchmen at the station I
are past the st-ig? of usefulness and
that the number of watchmen ?s in?
sufficient.
That the examination and inspec- i
Continued on next paye J
Fuel Crisis Near
In Central West
Indiana Factories Shut
Doten; Eastern Points
Also Face Idleness
Special CoTTeeptmd tie
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 24.- Th.- i ml
?lowly but surely is paralyzing
production i*i Indiana. Many factories
were compelled eilhe?* to suspend op?
erations entirely to-day or <.ui down
' ?U per cent.
i Western Pennsylvania und Maryland,
' also coal mining tenters, face a situa?
tion nearly as bad. A'thouch no fac?
tories have closed, public utilities, such
as street lighting and tractions com?
panies in and near Pittsburgh, will
have to shut down within a day or two
unless coal is allotted to them in the
meantime. In Baltimore the glass
making industry is faced with a com?
plete tie-up, and the bakeries have coal
fur only a few ?lays more.
In Terre Haute, the center of the
bituminous coal tie'ds of this state,
the electric companies are withholding
power from all industries classed as
nonessential; as a result thousand- ? ?!'
men face idleness.
Indianapolis merchant- to-day vo ? id
to close their businesses at 1 p. m.
daily to combat the coal shortage.
Most of the manufacturers will cA^e
their factories at -t p m. Tue ?lay and
Wednesday, and wi'l remain closed
Thanksgiving Day, Friday and Satur?
day.
Inspectors for
B, R. T. Held
in Fare Riots
District Attorney Call** Col?
lection of Second Nickel
Penal Violation and Pre?
pares Criminal Action
Free-for-all lighs ami numerous ar?
rests marked the renewal yesterday A
attempts by the Brooklvn City Rail
*? ?
road Company to collect a 10-cent fare
on its Flatbush Avenue line Toward
ihe end of the evening rash ho ir o
many of the special insnectors had
been arrested that the company began
to relax its enforcement of the double
fare order, and many of the passengers
who refused to nay the extra
at ?* <>-:? v Avenue rode on jub( the
same.
After n series of agir? dur i
morning rush hours both the compan
any the police tow teps i.? avert
trouble in th? svening. Iv ;>i*?> their
efforts conditions grew so threatening
that reserves had to be called out.
The worst trouble occurred a* I
p. i.i. Ambrose \ldercr, of 125 Amers
ford Plac*, refused to pay tin- extra
:arc, protesting '??.,< the charge was
illegal. Two inspectors jumped on I
ear and began to arg ,e with (uni tl
tried to put liim oil'. But Alderer -.*....
too much for them. Three more in?
spectors joined in and began to carrj
the man to the doo
The crowd took a hand. A gro ip i ?'
young fellows who had been standing
by ail e\ ? mng tai.a: mg the coi i]
inspectoi s i o i,ei ; he car, and ; ^- ?
eral rough-and-tumb.e light - . ed
The po ice arrived, but befori I lej
could clear the street A derer had be
foic.bly ejected and the ear was speed?
ing away. The crowd howled foi I ?
arrest of the five inspectors, but
charge of assault was preferred
only one Inspector No. 96.
Others Arre.-ited
Seven other inspectors were arn
in connection with o her cases dui ng
the day. Most of these were held on
the complaint of members of
of the Pial bush and Flat land civ c
qganizations A Ian S. ? rumm,
dene a the 32d War i Taxpayers' A
sociation, had two of the inspect?ra ir
???? il ?1. L. J. N ?ornan, u i " A i
the r iatland - Civic A ioc it ?on,
ferrcd charges acainst another. When
Arthur L, Wannerstrom, iv.
living at 1A??; Brooklvn Avenue, ???.a
ejected h?* made his own arrest of In?
spector E. Siegle.
For a time the company tried i in
ning its cars a block or two beyond
Foster Avenue before trying to collect
the extra fare, but. the crowds around
these corners soon grew threatening
and the atten pt was discontinued. The
officials then threatened to resume the
practice of running the cara to a siding
if the passengers did not pay their
fares. But this was not carried into '
effect.
During the morning rush hour Moj
ton S. Cornell, superintendent in charge :
of the Flatbush division, ordered one
of the cars run to Tilden* Avenue
where the comyany lia:-, a storage yard
As soon as the ear was run on th
ing the passengers got out and boarded
the next car. The superintendent th in
ha?i the second car run into the yard
behind the lirst car. A third car cam;
along and the process was re
peated. An inspector is alleged to have
struck one of the passengers. A gen
i-iail row followed. In the excitement
man ?>;" the passengers boarded ? th ??
cars .?nd continued on their way down
tow la
A short time later two more inspec?
tors were arrested. In the court Magis?
trate Geismar said the cases were iu?.>re
?hau simple assault charges on ac?
count of the great public interest. He
then ordered that the men be held in
?7500 bail for examination to-morrow.
Illegal, Say** Lewis of Fare
Da-?'riet Attorney Lewis of Kings
County said yesterday afternoon that
the collection of the second fare at
Foster Avenue, in the face of the order
Continued on page five
Dr. Garfield
Hints Owners
Should Pav
I*. S. Expected to Sagged
WageAdvance of Almut
25 IVr Cent and Make
It a \ irtuai Command
Mr. Wilson to Back
Derision of Council
Federal Control of Mine*
To Be Avoided Except
as the Fast Vlternathe
i ,;.?...
'
W VSHTNGTON, Nov. 24. Pre?.
idont Wilson's Cabinet will make
'.'m- more effort :?t its meeting to?
morrow to bring the bituminous coa'
operators and miners into agreement
and got the mines l ?u-k t?> normal
pro luction at once through a pet
centagc of wag? increase, which
will bear the stamp of governmeni
approval and which both side \ -
tur-l.y will In told to accept.
Fuel Administrator Garfiel ?
the joint wage scale committeei of
operators and miners to-night tha
any v. age increase should be "bom<
by operators <>i the public ??c both."
He did not go into details, hut it is
understood he meant that a por?
tion of the increased wag'.- t-f thi
miners must come from the
profits of the ?'iterators.
Just what 'ace increase will h.- pro
posed by the governmeni after 'o-mor
row's Cabinet meeting eras nu; dis*
closed, but it was generally believed
it will '><?? Bomewher* between the B1.61
per cent over the i-vi.-4t-.nu scale i>n>
posed by Secretary Wilson ami the 2C?
it increase proposed by the op
? ? The miners last week agree?
t?? accept Mr. Wil&on'a increase &nA.
deel . ? ?? 1 ' ? !"* I ! lit of the ? pel l
tors, while I .-? operator? refused t>
agree to 'he 31.61 per cetil and stood
n * ?? r own ligur? a- mon than suffi
But to tl
I
Federal Control Deprecated
? ? ? r.
i ? that ? he ' ?? Il '?* b
asked to appro' the taking i
minea or heir op?rai
Federal novernn h
believe tl
?
fnc? of th?
i ? ? i I tl
Th?- Cabii I to frame
.i =tate men 1 to In? operatoi
mi m ra and I he p? :h will s>"
whici
? lie wage . ncrea
?i view to n fa ?r j
-
of the
1 he
: ?
\itorn Gem ? r. 1 >
i . ??(,?-. - Hin?
\ rat ? . \)i Harr) ? ?arfleld
F ni ! A iie nisi rator, an - i
Ames, thi Assistant I nei
? ha '.i i the coal
Garfield Prepare? Coat Sheets
Di Garfield has prepared extensiv?
heets how ing the cos! to the
iperutoi of mining operations, and
other departments of tha government
'" .'. ?? " I i ? Rf
,:i the cost ?ii living.
cab lent is ex
in .ti.I to be a most in the maure o*
? ..ii .1 to both Bides f.o get to
was inderstood to-night i'
i - an ?ipi>ca! to thci
id? s t., reach an
minen return
-
President W [son him elf may be
?it'and
weight of lm office, jrith
md thi public, y
imed the advance the gov
ornment will suggeat will be *m?
where around 26 i??t c?-nt, about the
,? '? way point between the 'igures ac
cepted by the miners at.d tho ..? offered
by the operators.
What <li poaition will be made of th*
miners' demanda for ?? shortened work
and s half holidi . on Saturday!?
. ? ? ' ference o? loca i to tins
proper localities, was not clear to
? v. a - r. garded as p<
h it the cabinet w 11 aak the n men U
. ? ou? ' "" i i rbttrat Ion.
Secretary Wilson weeks ago KUKj?est
e?l an eight-hour bank to-bank day,
which meai s from an hour to an hour
and a hali less than the miners now
ul in coupled w th a Saturday half
holiday. He may be able to convince
the re t of ?he Cabinet that ?me such
pro? ti - be contained in the govern -
ment suggestion.
I inal Alternative Not Clear
What the government may do if it?
last appeal fails to bring an avrreemer.'
was problematical. It can take over
the mines under th?' Lever act, but
many discussions among members c
the Cabinet since the trouble bctwee?
the miners and operators first begai
have noi disclosed any sentiment fo*'
such act on. 1 iie two-year experience
?he government !?!..< bad with th*>
railroad and the fact tha* under no
circumstances could it compel thu
miners ti> go back to work, in them
selves have deterred official* from >er.
ou8 consideration of government con?
trol.
A flat rejection of the government's
proposal for an agreement, however,
would present another problem ai.c
reicht force r?**ort to such drastic