Division of Rail Excess Returns .Urged by Hines Action Called Necessary to Proteet Publie and In? sure Fair Profita for All Roads After the Change Private Capital Protected Consolidation Into Few Sys? tems, With I*ahor Aidin in Rule, Is Sought LOUISVILLE. Jan 29.?Walker D. Hines, Director General of Raiironds, In an address before the Transporta? tion Club her? to-nii^ht, urged the ne? cessity of a division of excess earnings of railroad corporations above a rea? sonable return, in.ortler to protect the public against excess turnings of very pro porous railroads and in order to ID sun a fair return to all railroads. "Tho e who oppose this plan seem to i ssume that it will operate as a di* lura?Tcment ipon private capital," said Mr. limes. "They seem to assume that lai is not adopted there will be i discouragement on private capital, -; hould remember the discour ngements winch have existed hereto? fore. The real question is whethei a plan -hail be adopted which-will both protect the public interest and reason? ably protect private capital or whether, or the other hand, p. plan shall be dopted which will fail to do either with any degree of satisfaction." Disappointment Is Feared Mr. Hines declared his belief that unless the railroad problem at the pr?s 'ent time "i dealt with "in a bold anii if ?? ? . ... th? return to priva management after Federal control "wili '?a whollj di appointing." The Director General also urged th? :ompulsory consolidation of the rail road "lystems of the country into a few ?rg\ systems and suggested the par icipntion of the pub ic and labor ir the management of th'? rft-iJroads. In his discussion of the railroad rat? [Uestion and the reorganization of th? railroads which he believed ?Jfc-cossfin if ter government control, Air. Huiei aid: "Intelligent consideration will h; rreatly aided by recalling tho condi ions of rail trad regulation as they ex strd in 1917, and as they will ngair ?cist under private control un'ess fun lamentally changed by new legislation "In 1917 railroad executives wer rofoundly discouraged as to the con ditions of railr ad regulation. The; ound extreme difficulty.in proving t< he public satisfaction _wh-.it they re .arded as their absolute necessities i: the way of increased ratea, and the; ?ad no r.atis actory method of dealin; vith the labor problems which wer onstantly becoming more, pressing Both rat ?.-. and service were being reg i ated bj Federal and state legislativ odie and commissions. Common actioi 'as much easier for the lab' r organiza ions than it was for the railroads. Th lit -.'.,-.s that so-called private n:;.r g? m? nt ; :' the railroads was r-, v- ?'? ?< ? ceci /es themselves a? arge!; igurat tuse they felt that to : r< ? . ?? ? nt the management was vir ;? ? taki out of I heir handsi "The que tion now i-- shall the rail oads be returned to substant ally th ame reg? lation which had pioved 8 ti'pcouraging in 1917, or shall change '?e made s fficiently fundamental t remove the difficulties upon this qucs ion. 1 with to offer the results o ny own study of the problem. Future Policy Defined "Broadly ! believe that unless thes natters be dealt with in a bold'an ffective way th?" ret-.ni to privat management will be wholly disappoint nt; I believe that r.o prompt, cor : and liberal regulation of th ?ailroads will be practical unless prr .sion is made for the ??npropriatin r the benefit of the public interest u n portant part of the excess which an ail road company may earn over ilearly reasonable return. If this lot done there will be two continuin t -,'icles to securing satisfactory gei ?nil treatment of the rate problem. "One will be that rates sufficient ilgh to pr tect the general situatH "ill , re to an unr asonable extei i the benefit of particularly prospe us r<-; 'Ir and this will operate to pr ??nt the establishment of such rat? 'he other will be that rates whn .i ght be sufficient to protect the sit on the average would operate ?roduce unduly high returns in e optionally prosperous years, and th ear likewise will have a restraint: hlluence upon satisfactory action up he rave question. Benefit for Public "On the other hand, if it Is clear understood that an import,.nt part he \t turn of any co i . ai > in exc? ?f a reaBonal le i ri . ; ?.cme proper way to the public lenei -hese obstacles to satisfactory tre? ?nent of the rate pt b will /mar. 1 earnii gs thus it priai 'a 1'* ' ation reserve ?. the railroad s ti 101 years and th is ??"-d-.:. eme. Ill d'il-' - - v. r, bee ?us? me abnorr f01 - no years n,t ? excee? ' cu , lo draw e ?a?;" ? i as to the act *H!; ' - the ra Iroad i at m'j: also Cl': ' . a contin?. oni ? large Increase ra ?- ary. I ??'??.?' w; ? tain tl 0f the r,; , - .- -,? IlK? , P'" ? ?>? Ill BUCh . 1 -,"ct of obtaini ? Sw' i ????, : be great y >'' --i which i ? rp? au L ??? - ?. on any ra ??' " eral ?y, il ltd tur/," ou? ?ht r In? ? m .-?,..M? -.-, [? '-, c" '? ' ? ill gtf la ?.; ly to p Kct ntepfft nul er than i ?? ? m ? rs an dnne&?si ? , 3 ? ' ' ??? ?:-?'-' ? ??.?? rery 1mf?rtant p O1 ' Stave to ..in raJtr c< :????- . *-.-? . -*. ..., i. the excess earnings to stimulate their efficiency in the public interest. Be- ; yond this point I believe the plan of j division of earnings which 1 propone; is essential to the due protection both of the public interest &nd of all legiti- ; mate elements of private interest. "I have heard it seriously urired that the old system ought to be kept be cause w? are familiar with it. This would be a gcod argument if the old I system had been satisfactory and had obtained a proper result in the public interest, but since I believe the old system was wholly unsatisfactory and was rapidly becoming progressively more unsatisfactory I am unable to ap? preciate the argument. I find no potency in the suggestion that we ought to adhere to a failure because j we are familiar with it." Flu Drops to 4,706 Cases; 100 Deaths Oonllnnrf, from f>i?se t Copeland said, indicate tliat absentee; among teachers and children are at normal figures. He urged that ever? citizen remember that influenza is a "hand conveyed disease, promoted by intimate, persona! contact." Describing the situation as serious, he added that physicians contended thai while the disease v. ?? much milder than in the 1918 epidemic, there will be material increases in the rav ages of the epidemic unlesy ai! pre? cautions are taken. "The department" said the Commis j sioner, "is prepared to open new h?? pital'?, and it is our desire to do every? thing that can be done to privent a serious invasion of the public health. I "Yesterday I heard a comolaint that I the Health Department hospitals in ! Brooklyn were not able to take car" of the patients there. Dr. Peck, in charge lof hat borough, reported that the Cum? berland Street Hospital has Twenty eight vacant beds, the Greenpoint Hos? pital fifteen beds, St. Mary's Hospital) j forty beds and the Methodist Hospital : five beds. 1,500 Vacant Beds In Manhattan j "In Manhattan 1 find there are 272! ! vacant beds outside of Bellevue Hus- ? (,pith! and that in titution has never re? fused to take in patients because of .crowded conditions in its history. There are 600 vacant beds in VVillard I..Parker Hospital and 400 beds in the ??Municipal Lodging Hhure. We have; not hail to use either of these institu? tions. There are at least 1;50(J vacant beds in Manhattan." The Commissioner announced that additional workers were busy in de? partment laboratories seeking to find the cause of influenza so that a Berum may be developed. T. S. McCtil oh, vice-president of the Mew York Telephone Company, ap I oealed to New Yorkers to use the tele? phone only w' en necessary durinjt th? epidemic. With the operating force depleted by illness, he sa??!. q? '.-. radical decrease in the number of ca will rave the situation. More than] 300,000 calls daily have been added to the a.!rea?iy enormous traffic load ' About 2,000 operators are absent from Central offices. "The telephone company ;? ''.:-? th? public to do two things," the ap concluded. "Telepboi only whei it ia absolutely necessary and >vl do telephone help the operator in everj way possible. Be cons'dcrate.' Dr. ?'??; clan 1 appiove I ':.? ? i'ca an reque ted f r the Health Departmei that the telephones in the m in head quarters in Manhattan be i lievd ;? much R5 possible. Calls {< r 'octors, supplies ov other help sh luid be made to the health offices in the 'nor j ough in which the services ar? needed The telephone numbers for the bor? oughs are: Manhattan, Worth 0-100; Bronx Tr?mont ?'.>V"; Brooklyn, Ms n 1720 Queens, Jamaica I2u0; Riehmoi d, T?mpkinsville 140. Sanitary Precautions Fnfercrd Dr. Cope and issued anothei warning tu keepers of restaurants, bakeri a and other establishments where food an.:: drinks are served to the public con cernir.g sanitary precautions. Twent men were arraigned in Tombs 1 Court yesterday charged with vi latiuj ; the sanitary code regulations : expectorating in the subways ?: h? j were fined $i each. j The Fire and Police department! suffering. Dr. Patrick J Murray chief surgeon of the Police Departmei t, said that 443 members of the force are off dut because of influenza Dr. Jos E. Smith, chief medical officer attach' to the Fir? Department sa d hal ?uniformed men were incapacitated b' influenza. Lists of drug more? where whisl may be had undei restrictions w< -? issued yesterday by interna! revenu? ': officials. 23 States Report Cases Gaining On>r Last Weeh Increase Is )Iorr Than 23 000; Deaths Also Leap, hut Pneu-1 ! mnnin f ht Slioic* a Decrease WASHINGTON, 3r.... 29. ' spread of influenza over the i was indicated by report?? to the Pul Health Service to-day from state ui ; city health officers. X mai ;ed .? , ;n any particular '. ? ? -, hov e\ ? | noted. Cases reporte,) from twenty-throe states arid tr District ' Columl ' h i -.'. eck ? : led Januar; 24 i mber? 27 241, an increase of mor? thi over tiic we k before Of! plained that the total reported [ ? aMy was far below the actual of cases existing. Deaths from ?nil ? g ' I ? k end? d Jai uai ?, : I thirty cities, toti I 4G7, an 16 over the week 1 deaths from pneumonia were decrease ? r seventy five r. t p. I '?..' the w? :> before uOI [SVH LE, Jar 29 Infl ling ,'....?, ? ?????< ' the en .... . ?....., . t wee n Cb i ca g? mil New . x ? ?. . - ? t t rallie", ace ?rding t Hi?es, D rec or I ... ., of P.ai r n .vt . was h? re to day tn . i ?::' ? anqu? t of the Trai ? ? ? ? ; Club. "< oupled with h,rl weather c? I ' Moos." eaid Mr Hin?? ., "the influe : epidemic han dea ? a ser ou ! ? I railroad op ra?on. Nor ? nly are : ht rallroa I men down w dise ??? at x any n,,r? urn forced ?? rom the r duttos I ,? ,n?. ye ^^nom^a' --^r'J l,,v,,^., % PEEEECT PENCIL Am*rJA? Uft4%neil 0>.?22cHfif th Avenue. N.Y however, are that both weather condi tions and troubles due to illnesB are j ?trowing better." ! SYRACUSE, Jan. 29.?With more i than .'?.000 persns ill of grippe, influ i ?ufa in a light form and other diseases , Syracuse public and business life is : badly crippled. Comparatively few of the patients are seriously ill, and only 100 of them have developed pneumonia in the lust week. The se1 oo! system is bad'y affected ; by teachers being forced to gire up , work, and the various city departments are also handicapped. Transportation tervi?e is at its worst, the trolley com? pany giving the illness of 100 men, about one *i\-;jj of its force, aa the main reason. BALTIMORE, Jan. 29.- The ascend- j ?ng scale of influenza c'.">'c continued her? i day, 453 n? w cases being Te? l:; rted for the last twenty-four hours, making a total of 1,387*. Orly two leaths were reported for the same period, however. More than 200 ? rhool teachers ire ill, most of them with in? fluenza. There were eight deaths from pneumonia yesterday. Th" disease con? tinues to spread throughout the state. LANSING. Mich., Jan. 29 ? Influenza casi ? in Michigan reached llfilO this afternoon, according to reports to the State Hoard of Health. Tho figures ajjow an increase of 2.113 in the last twenty-four hours, during which timfe thirty-seven deaths from influenza and forty-seven from pneumonia were re? corded. ASHEVILLE, N. <"., Jan. 29.?A city ordinance was adopted to-day closing nl ?: ?!.'. Is and heaters and prohibit? ing lodge and c'ub meetings, in an ef fort to prevent the spread of irfiuenza. Churches were requested to close, as no municaplity i ti this state can order ?hem c os? d for any reason. A total of 109 new cases of influenza were report? ed to-day. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Jan. 20.? The threatened influenza epidemic at Camp Eustis, nenr ,this city, has been completely chec ed. When Brigndier General Ilaygoi I, commander of the camp, discovered the first cases he closed all theatera, reading rooms and >" ? rooms und temporarily suspended drill. The next day there were fewer new cases, and five days Ir.ter only one new case was reported, there laving been twenty-five or thirty caseB i nail. Limit of ?*inf in 10 Days Put on Whisky for Flu On'y Physit ian* Who Hold V. S. Permits to Prescribe; Seized Liquor Available in Emer? gency ____ New York Tribune IS'ti hing! m Bureau WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.?Official cs planation of the regulations under which it ma}- he possible to obtain liquor for medicinal use in combatting 'he influenza in New York and other tii i was made here to-night in a statement issued by ''"> Mure::-: of In ? rna! R enue. Il . ids: ''Any phys cian dul; licensed to prac? tice medicine a i -1 a?. : :. e!j engaged :n : ?ctico of inch, i, r >fes! ion ma ohtnin a permit to prescribe intoxi . -...: i: ! oi and m i\ then is su? pre foi distil d spirits, wines ? r ? ;; n ilcoholic medicinal prepar nedicinal p u i'poses for per iii ipon wh mi he is in attendance in ? -.-!? rc ho believes that the uso of liquor a ned'eine : ncc 'ssary. In may spirituous Uquoi be pre? scribed '?; ? -, or m ?-.e physicians in of one pint for the same per within any period of ten da ?.. No Limit on Quantity of Wine "No spec fie limitation is placed upon the qui: tity or" wines which may be : " c? h d foi medicinal purposes."The ? merely require that no ? - be issued for a great er , necessar..- for use ae iicin? i hysicians who do not hi I permits to prescribe intoxica ng : ; is arc under no circumstanced permitted to issue prescriptions. "A 1 prescriptions for intoxicating ' I ?red to be written on I ? ? '? ai ks prescribed by the Form 1403 I, and to be pro bun -ni., ? xcept that in cases physicians may use ? . : Iai prescription blanks ? ding ?? . d-quate supply 0f the of ing primed, physicians : ?> perm i have been authorized ?'" pr? ? iptions on blanks regu ?'?l bj them. "Pn icriptions for intoxicating liquor may be filled only by registered ci ? , ho'd permits au h r them to do so, or who are em ? o yod by ???! i: drugjrists holding such mits. Pharmacists and druggists - uch p? r:nits will procure their ? icnting liquors from manufacturers or other persons hohi ?.- -? -itl orizing them to sell ? - - > whom pr^scrintlons for i a are Is sued bv phy o? ire the liquor pre ribed ... pharmacists er drug I . ? ;: ,.'. rmits without obtain pe lit. "Physicians may also obtain permits lem to procure not more ? I i t?'ed spirits. '?' '" ore .:? ilcoholic preparations Im - ?? dar y? ai for adminis t? tion to theii patients i;i emergency ? ? " delay ?'. ; rocuring liquor ?' '? '? i ? ? ' ? h rough a f ' armacist us con?equences to the I ati"i t, Provision 1? aiso made In tnp- regu n o n ng permits to hospitals and -- atoriums 'o enable them to pro cur? ? ' ??? icai ? .- liquor o he 'adminis ' foi 7 purposes to pa tients at such institutions, and a?so for tissuing permits to manufacturing, m I dustrial and other establishments: i maintaining first aid stations, author j ?zing them to procure such liquor for administration to their emyloyees for ; medicinal purposes in emergency cases. "All applications for permits above ! referred to should be made on form i 1404 in triplicate and forwarded to the ; | local collector of internal revenue. "Section ?7 of the national prohib?- j j tion act provides that any intoxicating J licuor seized under Section 25 or Sec- ; j tion 26 thereof, and subject to be de? stroyed, may, upon application of the I l.'nited States Attorney, be ordered by I the court to be delivered to any person ! holding a permit to purera e liquor. ! All liquor Be?z?d under such sections I of law maj be diverted through regu j ,-.r channels for medicinal purposes { under the procedure above described. "Any ?n'oxicating liquor seized urder Federal law prior to October 28. 11)19, if not c aimed within sixty days ram such date may likewise, upon er? det of the court, be delivered to any person holding a permit to purchase I and bo diverted to medicinal or other ? i.on-bcveraire purpose . ? "Complaints of exorbitant charges I for liquor for medicinal purposes I which place dispensers thereof in the | class of profiteers will be investigated." ?-?--' ! G lass Culs Relief Plan for Europe to $125,003,000 Loan ?$50,000,000 Gift "Would Do More Harm Than Good*' in Poland, Austria and Armenia, Said Hoover I ' - - - ? WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.? Reduction j of $25,000,000 in the $150,000,000 loan ' proposed for food relief in Poland, ? Austria and Armenia, was made to-day 1 by Secretary Glass, appearing before the House Ways and Means Committee. Mr.. Glass said tha reduction had been decided on in conference with Herbert Hoover, who wa9 quoted as saying that the loan or gift of $50, 000,000 as suggested in comrnitee would do "more harm than good." "Fifty million dollars would not re? lieve the menacing situation and revo? lution might occur in the affected countries," said the Secretary. Assistant Secretary .Norman Davis told the committee the reduction was made possible by Great Britain defi? nitely agreeing to provide the ships for transporting ihe food. He added that Argentina and Canada had '"signi? fied a willingnens" to participate, esti? mating $10,000,000 would be provided by them. "One cannot describe the need ol relief," declared Secretary Glass, re citing the conditions related to hiir by American officials just back from Europe. "This relief is the humani? tarian and safe thing to do. !t is tin piain, practical common sense thin?; I to do, even if we don't get the monej j hack. But we hope to get some of n back, it ?3 the least expensive thinf to do. "Men, women and children, especially children, are dying by the thousands One man, just returned fr.-.m Europe i saw twenty-seven bodies unburied in i street in an Austrian city." The committee adjourned until to | morrow without acting on the proposei j ;oana. Huge Stores of Food Sent From V. S. Remain Undelivered in Danzig Thousands of packages of food valued at hundreds of thousands o dollars, sent from this country to re lieve the shortage in Poland, are oi the piers and in warehouses of Dnnzi" and cannot be delivered, according t> a report received fr?>m Warsaw by tin Amer.can Relief administration hen i yesterday. Packages which arrived In the Bal tic port last summer are piled hi;r: in warehouses and may never be de livered, it was said. Virtually all o j 'he shipments to individuals in Polan. have been lost. ! Edgar Ricknrd, acting chairman o the administration, in calling atten I tion to this huge loss, again warne j Americans not to attempt to send sup p'ies in individual packages becaus such action not only made condition in Danzig worse but failed to reliev the growing stringency in Polan? Secretary Lansing's attention has bee called to the conditions in the Balti port, and the Secretary of State ha j been asked to help prevent individua shjiments. The only solution so far devised I ? a plan by which Americans may pu I chase "food drafts" here which the j may send by mail to Poland, wher j they v/ill be redeemed by the relie I administration with food sent direct -, . chartered ships under special guar ? 'o Polish warehouses, $32.1,000,000 in interest Oirvd to V. S. by Ettrop j WASHINGTON. Jan. 29.?Accrued ir i terest on loans to European conn trie ! totals approximate':." 5:125,000,000, ac j cording to a table, submitted to-day t i the House Ways and Means Committe I by the Treasury Department, whic | plans to defer collection for a fei ? years, pending reconstruction. Great Britain owo^ th ? most intpres the total being $144 440837. ?nteres owed by other countries is: Franc? $94,021.7-10; Italy. $54.250.589; Ru: j sia, $1(5832 662; Belgium, $11,465,278 - Czech 3 Slovaki ?.. $1,667,083; Serbii ; $917,299; Rumania, $609,873, und L b e r ?4?. f 548. mm?m I_ STORE OFENS 9:30 A. NI. CLOSES 6 P. M." ODAY AND SATURDAY QUOTE MANY ATTRACTIVE BARGAINS, ?HE NEWEST GOODS, AT THE "* IT v*? V .,?i w* 4?r> .* UPRISING ^^^^ VERY LOWEST PRICES. Men's Wear Sf>r*?nrt Tust two days left for you to partiel-1 rat? '?? lanuai - Szl?- offerings. me ': . e Is m ide by the most ifacturcrs ? mly,?not v bo Ight f it Special Sales, but our ?)' Regular Stock. Prices I ire lo a .'- than today's Whola i ?le '-'.oat. M . -. Bntc? Street Shirt*, soft and ?it sizes 14 to 18, Good as? sortment ol neat,-desirable .patterns rl> priced S i.OO and 55. So each F'rice, each.2.65 Men'? Shirt?, suit and stiff CufT?;. Bfiken assortments but all sizes, H to 18 Made of high-grade Percales. January Sale Price, each.1.70 Oti? Bidbriggnn Shirts ?nd Drawers, in long and short sleeves: all sizes to 16 Some have vers slight defects. lanuary Sab' Price, each.75c Shirt? and Drawer?, "Winsted" make. Grey Merino, medium weight; all sizes to 5o. January Ssdc Price, each.1.6S "Carter's" Union Suit*?Our entire line of medium and heavy weight cot? ton and mwl mixed Union Suits. Values S3. SO to 39.50. January Sa'e Prices, from, each. . . .2,35 to 5.95 Men's Sweaters, Sweater Vests and Cardigan Jacket??Our entire stock. Values from |8.00 to 522 SO. January Sale Prices. .5.35 to 12.50 Men's ?Pajamas, "Universa!" make. Simple lot of high grade Cotton Fab? rics, pl.ii!) .tnd novelty weaves. Values to S8.50. January Sale Prie each.3.95 Men's Night Shirt?, "Universal" make, all sizes t?> 20. Made from heavy weight high grade Musllnj with or without collar. January Sale Price, each.1.95 Many other Items, too numerous to mention?at greatly reduced prices. None C. O. D. or exchanged, Those are ?ua] cloiiutf prices Carter Praises Work of Rail Labor Boards Recommends That Adjust? ment Machinery Be Con? tinued After End of Fed? eral Control of Lines Morale of Men Raised Confidence of Employers and Employees Won by F??ir Decision of Disputes WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-Cont.nu ance after the end of Federal control of railroads of the boards of adjust? ment set up by the Railroad Adminis? tration to decide controrer3i?3 arising under the appliciition of wage ortlers and ii other disputes between the rail? roads and their employees ?vas recom? mended in the annual report to-day of ^' ,S. barter director of the division of labor of the Railroad Administra? tion. "The work of .thgae beards," said Mr Carter, "demonstrates not only the ad? visability of the creation of such boards, but the necessity of their con? tinuance. -. The fact that the boards are 'bipartisan, without 'umpire' or j i'neutral member,' ancKihat a:l of the;r i members ar? experts- . on railroad | i agreement matters has led both officials ' and employ?es ?to have confidence not i only in tthe fairness of decisions ' reac' ed but a- to the technical ab: i i y i I of the members of the board to pass ? intelligently on all controversies sub? mitted for decision?"! | Mr. Carter, reviewed the cOmpara ! lively small number of cases on ail the ? railroads ip- tha. country in-which- d\ffit fiiKi-T. r'ssu ted in ??i?V?hoTized strikes. i i-1 ] t<19 and jvc'urod- t-b s'-^or.k of jjfi? 'division of labor nf the Railroad' j ? tmiris'rntion Sn adiils-tjfjg':'?p"if"c >? tiversies in cooperation 'with other ?anches of the ? Railroad'Administrai, r-on. ;' Parp?se of Division of Labor ' Outlining labor conditions &* b* B&v ' them on railroads prior to.governrneht : control and^the r??iroa?i| labor situ?ti?n when government control'of railroiadu began, Mr. Carter said : : "One of the principal purposes of I the creation of. the division cf labor i was to provide means' whereby the ! controversies that constantly arise be ! tween railroad officials and employees 'would be promptly arid ?equitably ad? justed. An inability to'--adjust these i controversies' "under past pTactices re I stilted in strikes, threatened strikes or ja constant unrest among employees? i to the extent that th???.;effeiency of the ? service had greatly'diminished at the time the roads were taken over under Federal control. '"During the trro or three years antedating Federal control of the rail? roads an alarming situation was crested in that the employees' organization?, as a whole and through federations, found themselves confronted with simi? lar federations on the part of the rail? roads, the roads being represented by conference committees and the confer? ence committees being subordinate to 'advisory committees.' It was alleged by employees that these conference committees of all of the principal rail? roads in a district were not permitted to grant the demands of employees, or even to make favcrab'e compromises. vithout the consent of the advisory committee. The advisory committee, it is a .eged, was the ag. nt of the great banking institution? that controlled the financial policy of al! the railroads. Minor Strikes? Adjusted "Arbitration? have been resorted to in the later years, with the result that <.'inp?oyees reached the conclusion that an arbitration award depended en? tirely upon the frame of mind of the neutral arbitrator. Later, provisions were made for submitting controversies over the application of an arbitration award back to the arbitration board or to some other umpire, but this re? sulted in the continuation of contro? versies over a pjriort of two or three years. "It may be truthfully said that at the time the railroads passed under Federal control, because of these vexa? tious contentions the morale of rail d?greeemP!0yeeS had 8Unk to * "W "During the year 1919 ? consider?!?,, number of minor strike, oeenjW practically all 0f which we? nH' thonzed by the organization of whfcs the employees were member?. A B,w ..ropornon of these strikes waf l ?* ?justed through the initiativ? of g division of labor. lBs "It is believed that a rast majoritv of these unauthorized strikes arose otrt of the fact that the employees at thaE ocal points did not fully ?ndMit.fi that a proper tribunal had been ere.tSd %?he ,.*?"?>?<' Administration to which all controversies should be re ferred and that equitable decision, would be reached by such tribunal"?" 60 Cases of Flu on "Dry" Canard Liner From JV. Y PLYMOUTH Eng., J.n. 29?Infl' enza raged on board the Cun.rd Lin? steamship Kaiserin Auguste Vic'or^ : during her passage here from Nev York i whence she sailed on January 17 tv ' liner arrived here to-day twenty.four hours late because of encountering ? hurricane. There were sixty M?ej 0* I influenza among the passengers and I crew, three of the patients developin*' i pneumonia, from which one, a third j class passenger, died last night . It was declared on the ship that til? \ absence of stimulants, which w.b s?i?jnf. ? "dry," had hampered the surgeons h : fighting the prevalent diseases. A sue I ply of spirits and medical 6tores ????* I taken on board here before the ????, proc?eded for Cherbourg "? L.*,n n,y' 748 NEW ULSTERS From Kuppenheimer Now In This Sale We Have Just Received Them and Instead of Keeping Them Out, for Selling at Regular Prices, or Packing Them Away for Next Season and Getting the 30% Higher Prices, Which Clothing Will -in All Probability Bring Next Winter, We Have Put Them Right in with Our Reguar Stock, Offering You Unlimited Choice of the Very Finest Ready*to-Wear Clothing Made Kuppenheimer and Boll Overcoats, Uls'ers and Suits At Unusually Liberal Reductions $75, $80, $85 and $90 Overcoats and Suits, at. ? . . . , , . o , $55, $57.50 and $GQ O v e r c o a t s and Suits, at.......... 279 Broadway 44 East 14th St $57.50 $47-50 $05, $67.50 and $70 O vercoa t s and Suits, at.......... $45, $47.50 and $50 Overcoats and Suits, at.........?i 47 Cortlandt Street 125th St., at 3d Ave. $57.50 $ \ ? ? j u 2 Fiatbush Ave. Brooklyn $05, $100, $115, $125 and $135 Overcoats and Suits on Sale at 49th and 42d Street Stores Only, at $30,00, $32.50, $35.00 and $40.00 Suits at all stores except 49th and 42d Streets, at $23 Buy a Suit or Overcoat for Next Season and Wr Will Buy ft Back at Purchase Price If Prices Do Not Adrance us We Anticipate, NO CHARGE FOR ALTERATIONS THE KUPPENHEIMER HOUSE IN NEW YORK t Broadway at 49th St 1456 B'way, at 42d St.