New-York tribune. [volume], March 17, 1920, Page 5, Image 5

About New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924

Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC

                
Labor Papers
Come Out for
General Wood
?Michigan Federation Head
Says Washington Effort
to Kill'Soldier's Political
Ambition Has Met Failure
Teachers Back Candidate
500 Women Enrolled at the
Local Headquarters; the
Northwest Is Lining Up
Representative W. W. Lufkin, in
bargt of the Leonard Wood campaign
in New England, telegraphed Repre?
sentative Norman J. Gould and Colonel
"Thomas W. Miller, the Eastern man
!?r* yesterday that twelve of the
?frUen ' Massachusetts districts will
?end"Wood delegates to Chicago. Mr.
Lu'kin say? that when convention time
?Wives Massachusetts will be found
?resenting a solid delegation for Leon?
id Wood.
William C. Procter, national cam
Mjj-, manager for General Wood, said
yesterday of the Minnesota victory for
"Minnesota delegates to the Chicago
convention will bo morally bound to
be guided by this preference vote,"
$aid Mr. Proctor. "We shall find the
same result in South Dakota, in Mich?
igan and in Illinois. Another note?
worthy feature of the campaign is that
orcanized labor is strongly backing the
Wood-for-1'resident movement. 'Tho
Unionist,' Chicago's leading labor
paper, this week editorially indorses
Wood'and calls upon labor throughout
the country to vote for him. *The
Unionist,' followed by the 'Buffalo
Labor Journal' and the Flint, Mich.,
'Labor News,' calls General Wood 'The
true friend of the laboring man.'
Washington Trick Failed
"Carl Young, president of the Mich
ran State P'erieration of Labor, says:
?The laboring men of the nation saw
through the efforts of Washington to
??il Wood politically. Instead of alien?
ating the friendship of lr.bor, General
Wood has gained the good will of the
best element in the ranks of the toil
Reports received from Wood head?
quarters in St. Louis give his man
ace rs every reason for believing the
pineral will get at least eighteen of
the thirty-six delegates from that
State. Among the delegates from
Missouri will be David Procter, of
Kansas City who won after a hard
fight with the anti-Wood forces. Proc?
ter's election was the political talk of
the state for days afterward.
Governor Peter Norbeck, of South ;
Dakota, where the Wood men are mak
????- ar. aggressive fight, came out this,
.-"??-; ... neral Wood in a statement,
? ;vv:- . he said:
?; am for General Wood because he ;
has "reved himself to be a man of
? uctive mind and progressive ten- ;
\ straw vote of the Indianapolis
i r of Trade after Wood spoke in
? .: c I ? gave Wood 60, Lowden 38,
nson ?". Harding 3.
?chooi teachers of greater New York
? rallying to the support of General ,
Wood, according to the announcement
terday by Miss Juliana Cut
rector of the women's division
the i eonard Wood Campaign Com- j
Five '..u'?'"irod women teachers have |
enrolled at the Wood headquarters at :
the Hotel Imperial since General Wood
came out in support of the teachers
salary campaign. The hostess room,
\ -ich will be opened in the hotel for
Wood supporters to-day, will be in
charge of a teacher, Miss Mary Lee
nn, of the Theodore P.oosevelt High
School.
Miss Cutting expressed the opinion
kst night that the question of the re
construction of the public school sys
trm of the country, with adequate sal?
ary for t?=achors, would be one of the
issues of the campaign.
(?lark Out of Race for
Senate; Prefers House
Missouri Leader Says He Can
Sene People Better in His
Present Capacity
WASHINGTON, March 16.?Repre?
sentative Champ Clark, of Missouri,
formally announced to-day that he
would not he a candidate for the Sen?
ate, because of his unwillingness to
exchange "the Democratic leadership in
the House for the position of new
Benator." The former Speaker declared
in a statement "to the people of Mis?
souri" that between the two offices he
? ?' he could render better service by
remaining in the House.
Clams HoldRockaway Point
When Health Ship Founders
Good Launch Tuberculosis Battles Gamely Agaiust
Vicissitudes in Losing Fight to Enter 'Army' En?
trenched Off Carnarsie; Plan New Expedition
Over the wires from faraway Canar
| sie came last night sad tidings of the
j naval expedition sent out yesterday by
I Admiral Royal S. Copeland, of the
Health Department Navy, to rout and
inter the invading hordes of clams
i that climbed out of the sea during the
recent storm and entrenched them?
selves strongly on Rockaway Point.
Last night they were holding their
position even more stroncrly than they
had in the morning, and the good
launch Tuberculosis, in which the
Health Department sailors had started
for the fray, was lying deserted off
Canarsie, where it had coughed itself
to death.
For a time yesterday the expedition?
ary force of fifteen men looked for?
ward to nothing but a long life of bail?
ing aboard the Tuberculosis and final
death by drowning. At dawn the force
set sail under sealed orders from
Staten Island, armed with spades, mat?
tocks and the burial ritual, and swear?
ing a mighty vow to inter those clams
j or die in th.e attempt. They nearly
i fulfilled the latter half of their oath.
Tuberculosis Puts to Sea
Staten Island dropped behind and
j the Tuberculosis started out to open
' sea, developing spots in her left lung
as she went. By the time the cxpedi
I tion had come in sight of Rockaway
i Point and the carronndes had been
! loaded to the muzzle, she was showing
? signs of asthmatic complications.
And the:: in the waste of ice and
! water just off the harbor of Canarsie,
i the Tuberculosis gave a great expiring
! cough, hiccoughed once or twice,
plucked feebly at the counterpane and
, passed away. Members of the gallant
crew noticed that their feet were gct
\ ting wet and some one, advancing the
| theory that she must have sprung a
Major Schroeder's Climb
Called World's Record
The altitude record of 36,020 feet, es- i
I tablished by Major R. W. Schroeder, |
i United States Air Service, at the army j
] experimental station in Dayton, Ohio, '
? has been officially accepted as a world's
' record by the American Flying Club.
\ This action, coupled with the reported
refusal of the Federation A?ronautique
Internationale to recognize the achieve
1 ment because one of its representatives
did not witness the flight, has set in mo?
tion again the struggle for supremacy in
the aeronautical world.
The F. A. I. is the European body
that passed upon all aerial records prior
to th.e war and resumed its functions j
again at the cessation of hostilities, j
Practically all of the American records
made during 1919 and those established
this year have been questioned by the
F. A*. I., it was said yesterday. The
F. A. I. issued an official statement de?
claring that every pilot who took part
in the New York-Toronto air race last
year had been disqualified. This action
automatically cancels the altitude rec?
ords made by Roland Rohlfs last year
records that have not been approached
by European pilots.
I. \. Mills Redesignated Justice
ALBANY. March 16.?Isaac N. Mills
cf Mount Vernon, was redesignated as
associate justice of the Appellate Divi?
sion of the Supreme Court by Governor
Smith to-day. ,
1082?Crystal Candy Jar
$3.50
HP HE tables marked at
X $3.50, $5.00, $7.00,
$10.00, $12.00 and $15.00
are a help to the woman
shopper, but to the man
in search of a gift they
are manna in the wil?
derness, indeed!
OVINGTON'S
" The Gift Shop of Sth Ave."
314 Fifth A v., near 3 2d St.
S^ggS ' BS5B53B5
1
^^^^ 5*AV??.*J6t?ST
***IS ^ NEW YORK
"T?4f Pvris 5*0? o? Am?R'CA*
INTRODUCE
many smart new ideas in FURS
Spring and Summer?
Mole?Seal?Natural Crev
Squirrel ? Summer Ermine ?
Sable?Fisher and Liphtveieht *
Foxes?
SURPLICE
CAPES
CAPE
COLLARS
STOLES
a"d ONE or
TWO
SKIN
SCARFS
Mllfe
leak, all hands rushed for the pumps,
consisting of a bucket, several tin
cans, some shovels and a sponge.
Frantically they bailed while tho icy
flood crept to their knees. Some one
then thought of using the shovels and
thus armed they dumped water over?
side even moro vigorously.
Hours later the men decided that
they would rather die comfortably than
live in misery. They threw down cans,
??hovels and the sponge and commended
their souls to the Lord of Wind and
Wave. After that, some profane mem?
ber suggested that they call for help.
Canarsie Hears Wails
Canarsie heard the wails of anguish
and in a few minutes several launches
were threading their way through tho
ice lanes toward the doomed craft, the
crew of which saw thc-m coming, and
redoubled their bailing efforts.
In a few minutes the rescue was
made, and from the other craft the
members of the expeditionary force
waited to see the Tuberculosis vanish
in the vasty deep-.
"Oh," tquoth the matter of fac
fisherman who (rescued them. "She's
all right. We'll patch her up at low
tide and tow her in% She's stuck in
a mud bank and can't sink no more
, than she has a'ready."
i For long hours the crew of the
t Tuberculosis had fought for life, had
| strained a large portion of the ad
; jacent Atlantic through their craft
and all for this! , Sever-al of the
? strongest wept.
j Admiral Copeland, when informed
j last night of the failure of his expedi
i tion, announced that another would
i leave an Atlantic port some time be
! fore Thursday to bury the clams. They
? need burying badly, he said. Residents
i on Rockaway Point say the clams tell
? the world they do.
Leaders of Miners Hope
To Avert Coal Crisis
Lewis and Green Told President
Is Studying Reports on
Working Conditions
WASHINGTON, March 16.?John L.
Lewis, president, and William Green,
secretary, of the United Mino Workers
of America, called at the White House
to-day to inquire as to the status of
the bituminous coal strike settlement
question. They were told that Presi?
dent Wilson had not yet finished his
study of the majority and minority re?
ports of the members of the commis?
sion.
Mr. Lewis and Mr. Green are hope?
ful that the situation can be adjusted
on the basis of the two reports and a
fmal agreement as to wages, hours and
working conditions reached.
3 Early Wills
Bare Change in
SRonts's Life
In 1905 He Made His Wife
Legatee, in 1916 Trust
Fund Is First Provided
for Mrs. Amanda Thomas
All Documents Filed
In 1917, After Separation,
Clause Barring Contest
Appears in Testament
By agreement between attorneys for
Mrs. Milla D. Shouts and attorneys for
the executors of the estate of her hus?
band, Theodore P. Shonts, former presi?
dent of the Intcrborough Rapid Transit
Company, three wills executed by Mr.
Shonts were filed in the Surrogates'
Court yesterday. They were not of?
fered for probate, but were filed for
the purpose of making them part of
the record in connection with the last
will of Mr. Shonts, made in 1919, where?
in he left the bulk of his estate to Mrs.
Amanda C. Thomas, without bcqucath
! ing anything to his wife, who is con
! test in? this instrument.
The first of the will produced yester
| day was dated July 20, 1905. In that
| document Mr. Shonts left to his widow
$100,000 outright, and also made her
! a residuary legatee with her daugh
i ters, the Duchess de Chaulnes and Mrs.
j Rutherford Bingham. The will also
gave monthly allowances of $200 to
the father and mother of Mrs. Shonts
and $25,000 each to Drake University
and Monmouth College, of Iowa. The
late Paul Morton, former Secretary of
the Navy, was one of the executors
named.
Mrs. Thomas Jlentioned
This will, made by the railroad presi?
dent while he and his wife were still on
amicable terms, was filed by counsel
for Mrs. Shonts.
The earlier of two wills filed.for the
' executors was dated August 19, 1916.
This document provided for only $50,
000 in trust for the widow and a por?
trait of herself. Mrs. Thomas evi?
dently had come into the life of Mr.
; Shonts before the execution of this
will, for she appears in it as a life
? beneficiary of a trust fund amounting
to $200,000, similar trusts being creat
? ed for the daughters of the te)tator.
Several other trusts are established,
and at the death of the beneficiaries,
? the will provides, the principal is to be
i used toward creating the Theodore P.
'? Shonts Memorial Hospital, for the care
; of sick and injured employees and for?
mer employees of the Interborough and
the Xew York City Railways Company.
Mr. Shonts stipulated that in case
his plan with regard to the hospital
* could not. be carried out the trust
beneficiarios were to receive the prin?
cipal of the trusts instead of the in?
come, which would have given Mrs.
! Thomas $200,000 and Mrs. Shonts onlv
. $50.000. In this will Mr. Shonts left
; $100.000 in trust for his grandson,
' Emanucl do Chaulnes, vriio, at thirty
five, was to have the principal, pro- i
vided his conduct and mode of life i
have been such as to meet tho approval
of the executors. Otherwise, the $100,
000 was to become part of the residue
and go toward the hospital fund?*
The Third Will
The third will, filed yesterday, bears
the date of January 18, 1017, the year
in which Mr. and Mrs. Shonts sepa?
rated by agreement. The provision for
the widow is the same in this docu?
ment as in the 1916 will. This pro?
vision was to be in lieu of dower, Mr.
Shonts provided. AIho, there is a
clause that any person contesting the
document shall ho barred from any
benefits.
The $100,000 trust fund for the
grandson is increased to $200,000. The
principal of the trust funds and the
residuary estate are left to the Post
Graduate School and Hospital to found
tho Theodore P. Shonts Memorial,
which was to provide free care and
medical treatment for railway em?
ployees.
- ?
Jersey Seeks to Repeal
Last of "Seven Sisters"
Anti-Trust Laws Wilson Pro?
moted When Governor Held
No Longer Necessary
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
TRENTON, March 16. ?The Senate
of the New Jersey Legislature to-day
passed unanimously four bills which
will have the effect of i-npealing the
remainder of those anti-trust laws
known as the "seven sisters" and placed
upon the statute books of New jersey
by President Wilson when Governor.
It was the passage of the "seven sis?
ters" that made Governor Wilson a
Presidential possibility. At the time of
the enactment of these laws the anti?
trust agitation throughout the country
was at its height and New Jersey was
looked upon as the "mother of the
trusts."
Since that time three of the bills
have been repealed, and to-day the
Senate passed four measures present?
ed by Senator Runyon, ' of Union
County, designed to wipe from the
statute books the last of the series.
i Sheridan ^?nits Legion Post
INDIANAPOLIS, March 16.?Charles
; F. Sheridan, of Syracuse, N. Y., resigned
i to-day as head of the service division
j of the American Legion, according to
? an announcement made at national
? headquarters here. The resignation
| will become effective Friday. No one
i has been selected to take Mr. Sheridan'?
I place.
in Comfort
Great variety of
every . conrelvnbl??
style?raising, col?
lapsible, swlnplng
to meet any con.
??litIon in office or
lionji*.
Krtra lenRlh nrn!
f.)><*rial bracket1? In
m-'v-t unusual re?
quirements.
We specialize on
ImirJiots. Repre?
sentative will r:i!i
to (lrinoii<;tra?>.
INSTALLED ON TRIAL FOR ONE WET!;
Circulars of All Styles on Request
SCOFIELD & CO.
. Tel Peekman 4411 lfO Nassau St., N. Y.
Telephone
With An
Equipoise
Arm
CLOTHES OF CUSTOM QUALITY
Just off the Steamer!
?? _H \%J
fa
Ecad! What fine materials!
Here's absolutely the first of
the new season's importations
c
in
Li I
s
and barely a fortnight out of
England. Tweeds and Chev
?le
e
Breasteds?Belt and Plain
Backs?Raglan and Plain
Shoulders. If you really want
something with touch-and-go
to it, go ^ *ff
Paddingtons are ours ex?
clusively in New York!
?>afeg? & Company
Broadway at -34th Street
Striking Dockmen
Stand Jby Demand
Fol* Wage Increase
Conference Fails to Bring
Hope of Ending Walk-Out
of Coastwise Workers;
Urge Higher Freight Rates
The prospect of an early settlement
of the longshoremen's strike against
the five lines of the port engaged in
the coastwise trade faded yesterday
with the action of the striking dock
men, at. a meeting at their headquar?
ters. 164 Eleventh Avenue.
After going over the situation with
Thomas V. O'Connor, president of the
International Longshoremen's Associa?
tion, who reported the futile results of j
the conference with, the steamship
owners the day before, the strikers de?
cided to stand by their demands for
the same pay as the deep sea workers.
Delegates of all the other locals In the
New York District Council present also
pledged their moral and financial sup?
port.
At the close of the meeting Mr.
O'Connor announced that he probably
would confer with the steamship own?
ers to-day. He added that an effort to
obviate the deadlock was made earlier
in the day, by a telegram to Congress?
man John J. Esch, one of the authors
of the Esch-Cummins railroad bill,
providing relief for the railroads after
their return to private owners.
The Congressman is asked to obtain
the adoption of special legislation per
m?ttlng the coastwise lines to increase
their freight rates about 25 per cent,
and so tide them over until higher
rates are allowed to all carriers.
This appeal was made, said Mr.
O'Connor, on the strength of the con?
tention of the shipping interests that
they were unable to grant the employ?
ees any increase in wages until higher!
freight rates were allowed.
E. R. Richardson, head of the Ocean
Steamship Company, who speaks for
the ship owners, declared that all ?
freight business on the coastwise lines I
mammmlmmllmmmmmmmammmmmmmammmmmmm??mmm??mmm
was at a standstill. The passenger
service, however, continues to a 'Cer?
tain degree, the Clyde and Mallory
lines operating three oil burning ves?
sels between New York, Charleston',
and Florida coast resorts.
A few Fall River Line boats also
were reported to have been in opera?
tion from this port to New Eng?nrH
coast towns, but Isles, dispatches say
that employees of this company at Fail
River also have gone out on strike,
probably tying up the business of the
company there.
? ? -??
Oli?graOlsod
(dhe Store of Service
^ROADWAVat 79th ST?
SPRING SHOWING
HATS -GOWNS-WTRAPS
? SRORT COATS and SKIRTS
BLOUSES
DISPLAY DAYS
?TUESDAY WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY
; MARCH ? 16 ? 17 T_ ano 18T?
- \
? I
I
Have Made Unusual Preparations
To Hold Wednesday
A Sale of
Women's Spring Wraps,
Capes. and Coats
Regularly $75.00 to $85.00
Special at ^a??#OU
6-852.50 C- $52.50 D-852.50 A?952.50
The very newest ot Paris Wraps, Coats and Capes for
Spring, showing in their wonderful lines the creative
genius of the most widely known designers of the great
French Metropolis. From every viewpoint?needlecraft,
styling and quality of material?they are the best values
in distinctive Wraps and Coats presented in New York
for Spring.
Illustration "A" shows a beautiful accord?on pleated
Cape of Men's Wear Serge trimmed with Satin folds.
Illustration "B" is a very charming Velour de Laine
Cape, button trimmed, lined throughout with plain or
novelty silks.
Illustration "C" shows a handsome Wrap, copy of a
costly import, developed in Duvet de Laine silk line?.
Illustration "D" is a smart coat of Diagonal Cheviot,
trimmed with the newest cable stitching, and lined
throughout with silk.
Every fashionable, color. Sizes 34 to 48
None Sent C. O. D.9 Exchanged or on Approval
- FOURTH FLOOR
.roadway ^flliS ^?iUUtJUC?UIJ at 34th St*