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ALL MERCHANDISE . ADVERTISED IN THE TRIBUNE IS GUARANTEED Vol. LXXIX No. 26,797 ?*r*t *?' b&*i'~m *h* Trjxth? _? ICopyrlirlit, 182?, New York Tribune Inc.] MONDAY, NejW?jzEdAto'Wls- Adv e rjt i s?ment s MARCH~2lT^t?O THE WEATHER Warmer to-day. probably thunder? storms; to-morrow cloudy and cooler, winds reaching gale force. Kull Report on I_?_t P*?? * * * , S In Greater New Torfe ?nd I THREE CENTS TWO CENTS, ??hi- ..??.??tin,, diataaee Elsewhere HylaiiRegime Faces Split As Vice War Nears Crisis Enright Subpoenaed and Democratic Leaders at Atlantic Gty Parley ? Map Plan of Action 4Many Dead Ones Soon,rIs Prediction Volcanic Developments Promised This Week With Three Inquiries in Scandals Under Way Police Commissioner Enright has been subpoenaed to appear before the extaodinary grand jury to? morrow to testify in the investiga? tion of police scandals and the Dis? trict Attorney's office and other de? partments of the Hylan administra? tion. With a resolution being prepared at Albany calling for a legislative inquiry into conditions in the admin? istration and with the extraordi? nary grand jury and a regular grand jury conducting investiga? tions along similar lines, this week is expected to produce some volcanic developments. A close friend of Charles F. Mur? phy and a veteran member of Tam? many Hall said last night: "There will be some red history written this week and some people who are live ones to-day will be dead ones by Easter Sunday." Confer in Atlantic City In the shadow of a possible legisla? tive investigation the District Attor? ney's office, the Police Department and the City Hall stand this morning poised for a civil war. The Smith-Henry-Hirshfield row cast gloom yesterday over the various Dem? ocratic clubs in this city. The mem? bers could view the situation only with dismay. The admission was general that the situation was "rotten" and that the only hope lay in the confer? ence being held in Atlantic City be-, tween Murphy, Mayor Hylan, Hirsh field. Representative Tom Smith, Grover Whalen and a number of "others." While the aforementioned were the only names in "official dispatches" tell? ing of the meeting at the seaside resort, a Tribune reporter was informed last night by a man high in Tammany circles that the Atlantic City conclave included many "leaders" and "domi? nant spirits" who had been called there with a view of effecting pacification. According to. the Tribune's inform? ant, the "others" who attended the meeting were so numerous that the affair looked like a Tammany Hall con? vention. Murphy, Smith and the Mayor were stopping at different hotels, and the session between the trio and the "others" was held at a private resi? dence donated for the occasion by a prominent Philadelphia^. Breach Grow?. Wider The charges brougjit by Dominick Henry, of the Fourth Inspection Dis? trict, against Assistant District Attor? ney James K. Smith, which accuse the latter of being an intermediary seek? ing protection for Establishments which the police had sought to curb, are said to have been the immediate cause for the calling of the meeting in Atlantic City. The indictment of John J. Gunson, a confidential member of Inspector Henry's staff, on the charge of accept? ing graft from women of the under? world caused an uncomfortable tremor in the administration. A similar ac? tion, engineered as was the first by Prosecutor Smith, against Detective Frederick Franklin made matters worse. The indictment of Third Deputy Po? lice Commissioner Augustus Drum Por? ter, since removed by Commissioner Enright, is said to have opened the breach between the District Attorney's office, Police Headquarters and City Hall so wide that the powers in Four? teenth Street decided that healing rem? edies were absolutely necessary. The publication of Inspector Henry's sensational affidavits, in which his ac? cusations against Smith were made, was a bit premature, if stories being told in well informed circles yesterday can be believed. One well authenti? cated version of the matter is that copies of the affidavits were stolen from the inspector's apartment on Central Park West and that, fearing they would be disadvantageously used, he decided to give them to the news Papers without further delay. A "soft pedal" policy, it is said, had been decided upon, and the idea was *? let time absorb the vibrations from Smith's attacks. "Oil of Peace" Doe To-day A politician in the 7th Assembly Dis? trict said last night, rather dolefully, that if this policy had been followed ?ut "it would have saved a lot of peo? ple." He added: ."If they had let Smith howl until he J*l tired there would not have been ?uch harm done. He might have Pulled a few indictments, aa he has ?one already, but the people of this town do not take Jim Smith very -ertously, even, if .he does succeed in |??ng something over on a Deputy Police Commissioner. If nobody but Smith had opened up everything would have been all right ln_* ?hort time, because it takes an ?wful lot to stick in the minds _f ?ew Yorkers for more than seven ?V-. But now Dominick Henry has 1*- bis foot in it and Commissioner ?irshfleld has butted in and the ?nolt thing looks to m? like a snow *WI rolling down hill. It's gathering ??wr as it goes. It'll need a lot of oil to ealm the waters." The "oil to ealm the waters" is ex? pected to be imported to-day from Atlantic City. If ?tories circulating ?n the best circles 9t the city admin? istration can be believed, Charles F. ?urphy hM no wish to continue tho i-ttad-ro^in of recrimination that has -C_-Utw_ ??_?_ ?_** ? ? Mayor and the Tammany "boss" on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, where they were in conference yesterday with other New York Demo? cratic leaders on the "graft" scandal situation here. Governor Ends Suffrage Hope In Connecticut Holcomb Decides Not to Go to Chicago Convention to Prevent Lieut. Governor Calling Special Session Special Dispatch to The Tribune HARTFORD, Conn., March 28.?-Orre little chance of getting togeiher the altogether willing and eager Con? necticut Legislature to make the neces? sary thirty-sixth state to ratify the Susan B. Anthony suffrage amendment went glimmering to-day when it was announced by John Buckley, secretary to Governor Marcus H. Holcomb, that the Governor had decided not to attend the Chicago convention and would re -main in Connecticut, on the job. Under the Connecticut constitution the Lieutenant Governor, Clifford B. Wilson, Mayor of Bridgeport, and long an ardent suffragist, would become act? ing Governor the moment Governor Holcomb crossed the New York State line. It is presumed he would waste no time calling a special session. About every possible contingency for getting the Legislature together in spite of the Governor's refusal to act has been suggested. The suffragists openly declare that even more than State Chairman J. Henry Roraback and Charles Hopkins Clark, editor of "The Hartford Courant," the Governor's ambitious young secretary, Buckley, is guilty of holding up ratification be? cause of his influence with the Gov? ernor, who is in his seventy-sixth year. Buckley aspires to be Speaker of the House. See Governor as "The Goat" A new scheme of certain women suffragists to have the legislators call themselves together to ratify the amendment is not meeting with much favor from the real leaders, men and women, and it is likely to be discarded at the meeting of the board of strategy in the Taft Hotel, New Haven, to? morrow noon. At this time Colonel Isaac M. Ullman, of New Haven, will give a luncheon to a number of Re-' publican leaders, including Senator Spencer, of Missour?, and a plan of action will be decided upon with refer? ence to an appointment which Colonel Ullman and others have with Governor Holcomb at the State Capitol Tuesday noon. Colonel Ullman openly told the state convention last week that, regardless of the merits of woman suffrage, he be? lieved it party policy now to favor it and party suicide for Connecticut to re? fuse to become the thirty-sixth state for ratification. Now "The Hartford Courant" believes that the Governor is being made the goat because he is standing firm on a constitutional technicality and is sav? ing the Presidential election from being thrown into the courts while the Roraback convention gets credit from Republican National Headquarters for having done all it could to budge the obdurate Governor. Many Favor Radical Move The idea of having the Legislature convene automatically and in de? fiance of the Governor is favored by former State Attorney General John H. Light, of Norwalk, under a section of the original Connecticut Constitu? tion, which provided for annual ses? sions (later changed to biennial) of the General Assembly, and "at such other times as the General Assembly shall judge necessary." This rather obsolete and amended section has been generally forgotten and few lawyers who favor suffrage are willing to concur with Judge Light's view. Mrs. Helena Hill Wee, daughter of the late Congressman Ebenezer J. Hill and prominent in the Woman's Party is trying to gather enough ad? herents of this radical procedure to have it tested. If Delaware would only ratify the amendment, Governor Holcomb might once more revise his plans and go to Chicago, to see his first national convention. (?OOP MORlS'lNu: If you haven't found the help you want why don't* you call the Good Moi-ninn Girl, Be-terruM. 8000. and give, her youa adv.r Us?fflf at - ft?. .?-morroW* TribunJT?Adv_? Bomb Kills Officer Who Guarded Dr. Liebknecht ! Companion Also Slain and Oth? ers Wounded After Threats hy Communists BERLIN," March 28.?A tragic sequel to the assassination of Dr. Karl Lieb? knecht, the Socialist leader, has taken place in Friedrichshavcn. Captain Pflugartung, who was among the officers who were taking Liebknecht to Luxemburg the day Liebknecht was killed, was about to start for Berlin to-day in an automobile with a party of friends. A quarrel arose between Pflugartung and rocal Communists, who declared that Pflugartung would not be permitted to leave Friedrichshavcn alive. A hand grenade was thrown into the automobile, killing Pflugartung and one of his companions and wounding several others of his guests and also some soldiers who were standing near by. 1 -' 100,000 Lured to Coney And Many Brave the Surf Amusements Going Full Blast; Forbidden Beverages Con? spicuously Absent Lured by the summery weather, more than 100,000 persons went to Coney Island yesterday. "L" trains and trolley cars were crowded to ca? pacity. Many amusements were run? ning full blast/ and restaurants and "hot dog" men did a rushing busi? ness. Many of the visitors took a plunge in the surf, though to do so they had to brave the disagreeable odor from millions of dead clams, swept upon the beach by the last storm. The extra policemen under Captain Byron R. Sackett had little to do, the crowd being orderly. There were no foibidden beverages to be had, at least by unknown visitors to the island. Luna Park and Steeplechase will open May 15 and may operate one or two Sundays before that date if the warm weather continues. a Thunderstorms To-day ! Gale Promised Before Night by Forecaster Scarr Don't wear that new spring hat to? day. The weather, Forecaster Scarr predicts, will be warmer, but There will be thunderstorms this af? ternoon. There was a terrific storm sweeping over Wisconsin last night. There was a tornado in Chicago. And by evening the wind here will increase to the dimensions of a gale. Poles Smash 'Reds' in Hot 8;Day Battle Great Spring Drive of Bol? sheviki on 600-Kilome? ter Front Is Brought to Standstill, Warsaw Says Armored Trains Fight Monitors Gas Shells and Artillery Used in Fierce Charge to Take Kantenetz-Podolsk WARSAW, March 28 (By The Asso? ciated Press).?Polish armored trains fought pitched battles against the Bol? shevik monitors and other fighting craft on the Pripet River during the Bolshevik thrust which was designed to gain control of additional links of the railroad extending from Homcl to Kalenkovitz and Mozir. The Bolshe viki put down artilleVy preparation, j which was followed by the opening of a barrage from the river boats and then infantry attacks. The Bolshevik drive has been unsuc? cessful, according to a communication issued to-day. The communication an? nounces that the Polish military au? thorities, after eight days of lighting at various points on a 600-kil_meter front, see signs of weakness in the long planned spring drive of the Bolshc viki, which was designed to break the hold of the Poles upon the entire front. Entire Polish Front Is Firm The communication also reports se? vere fighting in the region of Olevsk and to the south along the Slutch River, with both sides using artillery extensively. On the Podolian front there is fight? ing along the railroad from Proskurov to Zoierynka, the Bolsheviki having at? tacked. They were driven back a few kilometers in a northeasterly direction, however. The Poles announce that sev? eral of the Bolshevik formations were annihilated. During the recent fighting in the swampy country in the region of Mozir the Bolsheviki used long range guns, say the newspapers, arousing the local population, which took up arms and fought with the Poles, defending the railroads, and the countryside. The Bol? sheviki eventually were routed. It is estimated that the locomotives rolling stock, armored boats and othei Pripet Lakes craft seized when the Poles captured Mozir are worth 3,000, 000.000 marks. The Polish line is holding all along the front in Podolia, where the Bolsheviki have been centering the attacks, of their big offensive in an effort to take the important fortified city of Kamcnetz-Podolsk, according tc the Polish headquarters communiqu? issued yesterday. The enemy has been using gas shells artillery, armored trains, armored rivei boats, airplanes and cavalry in his at? tacks on various parts of the front, bul he has made no headway, either in Podolia or elsewhere, according to the statement, although the fighting has been furious. On the northern front the Bolshevik attacked between the rivers Dvina ane -Beresina. The Poles counter-attacket and drove off the enemy. In the region "of Mozir the Bolsheviki attacked after artillery preparation bringing a number of armored trainr into action. The communiqu? an? nounces that two of these trains were destroyed. Along the Dnieper the "Red" forces used a flotilla in the region of Rietchitsa. The fighting ir this sector is extending toward Ka? lenkovitz in a drive evidently aimed al the*recapture of Mozir and its impor? tant railway connections, recently taker by the Poles in their drive anticipativc of the Bolshevik offensive. Town Bombed in Air Attack To the north and northeast of Kam enetz-Podolsk the "Reds" attacked De rashuia with gas and artillery. The rail road station was damaged. In a day? light air raid Proskurov was bombed The Poles, however, held fast all along the line, it is declared. The Polish communiqu? issued.Frida} stated that drives were launched be? tween Lake Osveia and the Dvina ir an apparent effort by the Soviet force! to cross the river at several points The Poles counter-attacked, driving the enemy beyond the river and taking eighty prisoners, the statement re ports. The fighting in this sector was continued, it was said. On the front in Volhynia the Bolshe viki also delivered a new attack in thi region of Olevsk, and likewise in th< Jemilezyna sector. The communiqu? an nounced the Reds were repulsed -every whore with losses. In Podolia, northeast of Kamenetz Podolsk, the line swings back and fortl a few kilometers daily, the Bolshevik persistently attacking with artiller; and infantry in their effort to taki Kamenetz-Podolsk. The fighting oi (Continued on pane tour) 10 Millions in Gold Arrives From Europe, First in Years . LONDON, March 28.?The steamship Carmania sailed from Liverpool Saturday with a record shipment of gold, amounting to more thap sixteen tons. The first consignment of gold to come from the Old World in several years arrived yesterday in the strong? room of the Red Star liner Lapland, from Antwerp and Southampton. It was listed as specie and consisted of ?2,000,000 sterling ($10,000,000 nomi? nally). The treasure was shipped in 341 boxes and was- kept abbard under guard throughout the night. It will be transferred early to-day, under the di? rection of J. P. Morgan & Co., to whom it is consigned. The docking of the Lapland was un? usually difficult, as the dock to which she was assigned was filled with ice that had drifted down the North River, piling up alone the Manhattan chore. Captain Jrad-fia? Wrought W* ????. from Quarantine to a position abeam the Red Star pier in one hour, but an hour and a half was required to warp in. Among the saloon passengers were Charles A. Tornquist, Commissioner of Finance for the Argentine Republic, who had been abroad arranging the de? tails of a $200,000,000 loan Argentina will make to the governments of the Entente to finance the buying of wheat, beef and other foodstuffs by Great Britain, France and Italy. The last named will take 20 per cent and the other two nations 40 per cent each. Ivan Caryll, the composer, came over on a hurried visit, at the request of Charles B. Dillingham, to attend the rehearsals of a production. Among others on the Lapland were Seward Prosser, -president of the Bank? ers' Trust Company; Captain Thomas P. Magruder, naval attach? of the American Embassy at Paris; Walter Crotch, a banker* of London, and Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Prindiville, of Chicago. a-? PHH.AJDKI.PH1A SERVICE?NEW JER? SEY CENTRAIr?I.v. Liberty St.. Day? light Savlni? Time. S. 9. Il A. M.-l. 4, 6, i 6, 7, 10 P. M., 12:15 .Midlist. Sundavs 10 A. M? I- M.. 4, 6. 9, 10 P. M.. 12:16 Mldngt. I Vinar at meal hour??Sleeper ?a Midnight. - ?f-Adv?. Plot Charged To Build New GermanArmy Paris Press Asserts That 300,000 Men Secretly Are Being Organized in ?Bavarian State Alone Would Bar Troops From Neutral Zone Berlin Forecasts Truce ? in Ruhr Area ; Leaders j of Rebels Losing Gripi PARIS, March 28.?Charges that the military party in Germany has been secretly working on a reorganization plan for the German army are made by the "Journal" to-day. Investiga? tion has revealed this, it declares, _tnd has shown that the list of men who can be mobilized totals 300,000 in Ba? varia alone. The "Petit Parisien" says it learns that the government has proposed to the Allies that immediate action be taken to prevent the neutral zone along the German border being constantly entered by Reichswehr forces con? trary to the peace treaty's stipulations. It is the opinion in official circles in Berlin that an agreement soon will be reached between the government and the militant workingmen in the Ruhr region, according to advices from the German capital to-day. The "Vos? sische Zeitung" says the Socialist groups have decided to send emissaries to Wesel to arrange peace between the regular troops and the workers' forces who are besieging the fortress there. Duisburg Banks Confiscated A dispatch from Mayence reports that the workers' committee which as? sumed power in Duisburg removed the burgomaster, difbanded the police and confiscated the banks. BERLIN, March '28 (By The Associ? ated Press).?A Duisburg report says that a strict dictatorship has been pro? claimed there. A revolutionary peo? ple's defense force has been replaced by police. The new executive commit? tee is in the hands of the extremists. The news from the Ruhr district is still disquieting. There is a report current here that the government in? tends to issue an ultimatum to the workers' army, allowing three days in which to observe the Bielefeld agree? ment. Failing this drastic measures will be taken. A Munster message dated Saturday says that government troops were then in complete control at Wesel, but that another attack was expected, as the malcontents seemed intent upon cap? turing a direct railroad running through the industrial regions to Hol? land. ? There are indications, according to the dispatch, that the rebels are get? ting out of hand of the leaders, among whom are Dr. Max Levien, who was president of the short-lived Bavarian soviet, and Marcuse, who is alleged to have been implicated in the murder of hostages at Munich during the soviet r?gime. Lack of food seems to be damping the spirits of the Spartacists. Cabinet Reception Lukewarm The new Cabinet, which it was ex? pected would secure a three-fourths majority at to-morrow's sitting of the National Assembly, has met with a luke? warm reception even from the coalition press, and the eleventh-hour elimina? tion of Captain Fisher Cuno as Fi? nance Minister especially is criticized in quarters which looked for great benefits to the country from his ex? perience and business ability in the resumption of commercial relations with foreign countries. Captain Cuno's decision is believed to have been largely influenced by the urgent request of the Hamburg-Amer? ican Steamship Company begging him not to desert the company at the mo? ment when the rebuilding of its busi? ness was at stake. The prevailing impression is that the Federation of Labor is the controlling factor in the present crisis, and that Herr Legien, president of that organiza? tion, is dangling his power over the head of the new ministry. ?Military Made Subordinate ESSEN. Germany, March 28 (By The Associated Press).?At a conference of the workmen's executive committees for the Ruhr district a resolution was passed providing that the military should be subordinate to the political leaders. This brought out a stormy debate in which it was charged that the new commander in chief, Leitner, had sought a military dictatorship. It was announced that the Berlin govern? ment was expected to agree to yester? day's armistice terms, under which the ' workmen collectively would retain their arms. *Leitner, in reviewing the military movement, said the Belgians on Sat i urday fired on the "Red" army's left j flank at Wesel when the "Reds" started | an advance over the Belgian area. He i said this forced the retirement of the ! "Reds" for several hours, but he as j serted that they regained their lost ! ground in the evening and finally es 1 tablished a straight northeast line I toward Munster and cut three vital ! railroad lines. The conference also ordered the en ! forcement in the Ruhr district of the (Continued on page four) Revolt Stops Us S. Credits to Berlin BERLIN, March 27.?It has been learned from American sources, says the "Tageblatt" to? day, that a number of American financial concerns, which had of? fered to provide credits to aid in the recovery of German trade, have withdrawn their offers as a result of the recent Kapp coup d'?tat. For the same reason, adds the newspaper, the negotiations, which had been nearly completed for shipments of large quantities of potash to America, have been postponed indefinitely. 84 Are Killed, Hundreds Injured as Tornadoes Sweep Over 8 States Daylight Saving Well Received; Grand Central Alone Ignores It Shift Made Without Confusion Except for Travelers on IV. Y. C. Lines and New Haven, Who Find Station Clock Ticking an Hour Slow Your Father Knickerbocker was in? oculated with the sunshine thrift serum yesterday morning. Except for a little local irritation, the operation was a complete success. The Grand Central Terminal was the only place where daylight saving failed to "take." The New York Central Lines and the New York, New Haven & Hart? ford alone of the railroads into New York or Jersey City failed to adjust their schedules to the change. Trav? elers who stormed around the /ast concourse at the Forty-second Street building hunting for the scalp of any available attach? from red caps to the station master were challenged by the illuminated face of the big clock which from each of its four dials assured them placidly that their watches were an hour fast. ' It was the only timepiece in New York of any consequence that stood steadfast, for the old r?gime. The big public clocks, the French boudoir con? trivances of Riverside Drive, the grandfather's institutions of Fifth Avenue and the tin tinklers of the rooming houses were all agreed that it was noon, while in the Grand Cen? tral Terminal it was only 11 o'clock. The reason for the adherence to the old time on the part of these two reads was the failure of many small communities in Connecticut to adopt the change. It had been announced earlier in the week, and accepted by the public that while the time would not be altered the train schedule would be adjusted accordingly. This was not done, and no official could be found who would say when the adjustment would be made. The commuter who lives one hour's train' ride from New York on these lines finds himself in a state of per? plexity. In order to be only an hour late arriving in New York he must get up at his usual time. Going home he will arrive at the same time he leaves his office. "Are you going or coming?" is a popular subject for serious debate in such communities, and many citizens are seriously agitated over the possi? bility of meeting themselves coming back one of these fine evenings. Jersey commuters came through the ordeal with fewer casualties in the Debate on Irish Home Rule Rill To Open To-day Commons to Discuss Meas? ure as Anarchy Grips Island, and Favorable Action Is Anticipated By Arthur S. Draper From The Tribune's European Bureau (Copyright, 1920, Xcw York Tribuno Inc.) LONDON, March 28.?At a moment when it is impossible to distinguish be? tween friend and foe, when life is safe neither by daylight nor dark, when government agents are completely baf? fled, debate on the Irish Home Rule bill is about to open in the House of Commons. There is no parallel to the situation which is confronting England. For the first time in forty years the British Cabinet held a Sunday session to con? sider a domestic issue, for the demands of the coal miners are the immediate question with which it is dealing, al? though Ireland is an equally pressing problem. Anarchy and civil war exist in Ire? land. Nothing else will describe the orgy of crime that is sweeping over the island. When a vote is taken on Home Rule not a handful of members will be willing to grant the demand of the Sinn F?iners for complete independence. Not even all the Labor members arc willing to make this concession. Asquith to Lead Foes Herbert Asquith will lead the fight i against the bill, attempting to unite all j its opponents, but he will be the leader of a comparatively small minority, com? posed of some Independent Liberals, some Labor members and a few Con? servatives. The representatives of Uls? ter will uphold the government and the bill will be passed without the shadow of a doubt. Then will come the real test. Having failed to satisfy the Sinn F?iners, the Nationalists and a big majority of Irishmen, what will the government do? Certainly no member of the gov? ernment has been deluded into believ? ing that the present, handling of Ire? land is a success. Two courses are open: Either the government must use more force, establish martial, l?*wr and rule by the bayonet and machine gun, or it must withdraw its troops from Ireland, admit its failure and leave Ire? land to the Irish, giving Ulster first an opportunity to organize under the Home Rule bill, which it has accepted. It will be interesting to see whether Ulster will accept this opportunity once that it is actually presented. There are some who believe it will not Seek to Embarrass Government The Parliamentary debate will bring Premier Lloyd George and former Pre? mier Asquith into conflict again and wid?n the political breach between them. All the scathing attacks and sharp criticism of the last ten dstys are due to the desire of both men tc win power. It is a personal fight, and the Labor party, instead of being weakened by the charge of Bolshevil (Continued on pig? five) --y*?-?-? "Cranberries" are Nature's Spring: Tonic I Hake moat appetising taue, and jelly 1 r~A-Yt? I shape of serious lacerations of the temper, but the State of New Jersey is divided into two camps on the issue. j In the southern half the old time pre j vails, and any change is vigorously op? posed by the embattled farmers, not only because of the stock agricultural i arguments, but also because the bulk^of the southern New Jersey traffic iswltn I Philadelphia, and the Quaker City | characteristically has declined to take j j any hasty steps in this connection. ! Cities and towns of the northern half I of the state are solidly behind Cov- I ernor Edwards, who during the fight in i the Legislature has appealed for day- | light saving, and mo3t of the munici? palities in the northern section have | passed ordinances introducing the i I change. At the railroad terminals on the Jer- ? j sey side of the Hudson there was little confusion, the few commuters "who for- ? j got" finding accommodation on later : i trains. The Central Railroad of New Jersey ' handled 140 trains in and out yester j day; the Pennsylvania 130, and the Erie j 126. This heavy traffic for Sunday i moved smoothly, carrying crowds of j excursionists and regular passengers. j The Pennsylvania is adhering to East ? ern time, but has changed its schedules i to comply with the daylight plan. The new time was proclaimed in As ! bury Park and also is effective in Deal, ! Allenhurst, Loch Arbour, Wanamassa, ! Whiteville, Ocean Grove, Neptune i Township, Bradley Park and Bradley | Beach. Avon and Belmar are expected ? to make the change to-day or to \ morrow. NEW HAVEN, March 28.?Stamford | and Greenwich kept in step with New j York to-day by going on a daylight | saving schedule, but the rest of Con ? necticut lagged an hour behind. Four I cities, Hartford, New Britain, New London and Putnam, move their clocks ahead one hour at 2 o'clock to-mor? row morning, and Derby and Shelton are scheduled to adopt daylight caving next Sunday. There remain thirteen cities in the state that will use stand? ard time for the present. Ansonia is to vote on the question to-morrow | night, but New Haven, Bridgeport, Waterbury, Meriden, Norwalk, Can bury, Norwich and the others appenr in no haste to adopt daylight saving regulations. j Plan Launched To Modernize Old Tenements Rebuilding of Entire Blocks of Insanitary Structures Projected by State Boards to Solve Housing Crisis I ~ l The rebuilding of whole blocks of dilapidated and insanitary tenement ; houses on the lower East Side as a 1 help to solve New York's housing prob ' lern is urged in a plan announced ? yesterday by the Joint Legislative Com , mittee on Housing and the State Re - construction Commission. To stimu? late interest in the project to modern? ize the East Side tenements the two organizations announced that a com? petition for the best designs to re? model a specified block would be opened. The block selected Is bounded by Rutgers, Madison, Jefferson and Mon? roe streets, which is considered "char? acteristic of hundreds of blocks scat? tered throughout the city." Two prizes of $1,000 each, four of $500 each and four of $250 eacn are to be awarded. The awards are to. be made after June 15, when all designs and descriptions are to be in the hands of the Reconstruction Commission in Room 302, Hall of Records. Printed details of the competition, giving plans I of the structures at present in the ! block, arc to be furnished by the com ! mission to any one who applies lor I them. Most Tenements Antiquated ? The judges will be Allan Robinson, ; Alfred E. Marling, Edgar A. Levy, Frank i Mann, Tenement House Commissioner; Clarence S. Stein, State Senator Charles . ' C. Lockwood, State Senator John J. I Dunnigan, Andrew J. Thomas, Burt ?Fenner, Robert D. Kohn, Lillian Wald i I and Alexander M. Bing. It is proposed to stimulate interest I in the rebuilding of other East Side ' ! blocks. The need to provide not only ? ! more living space and also to make ten? ement houses more ch-eerrui and habit '? able is pointed out by the two organi? zations in connection with the i^act that most tenements were constructed be ? fore the present building laws were ! enacted. Of the 982,926 individual apartments . in the city, 587,851 were built more , than nineteen year, ago, and hence are i not designed on the new tenement law ? standards. a "The old law houses, which are detri? mental to the health and well being of ? the community and at the same time a ' poor financial investment, might be ex ' pected to disappear and be replaced by ? new buildings," stays the announce ? ment of the competition. Unless more rapid strides are made it would take , perhaps a century to wipe out entirely [ present evils, it is estimated. [ Some of the defects of the present , tenements are thus described: "Lack of I light and air, insufficient and foul , plumbing, the lack of privacy, which en , dangers decency and health, the absence I of recreational spaces, dreary and un , wholesome environment and lack of ! i proper fire protection." Governor Gives Approval Governor Smith has given his appro \ vai to the scheme of offering prisas t?. .OwtlawHl ?a- ??_% aaasi Heaviest Loss of Lif__ and Property Damage Reported From Chicago and NeighboringDistrict Troops Called Out To Guard Elgin Deaths in Storm Also Occur in Missouri, Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin Tornadoes that struck in eight state? to-day caused a death list that already has passed eighty-four dead and may total many more, caused property damage reaching many millions of dollars and played havoa with wire and railway service in. widespread districts. The greatest damage was done in Chicago suburbs and Elgin. Atlanta, Ga., reported that the death list in Georgia and Alabama was at least thirty-six. Apparently there were three distinct storms, one ; driving northeastward into Illinois j and dying out on the shores of Lake I Michigan, just north of Chicago; j one striking in Georgia and Alabama | and another striking in Indiana and ; passing into Ohio and Michigan. A list of points suffering greatest j damage follows: ?84 Reported Dead Chicago suburbs, 15 known killed, I hundreds injured, a dozen or more missing and damage of upwards of I a half million dollars done. ! Elgin, 111., eight known killed, sev? eral missing and scores injured; property damage estimated at $4,000,000. . LaGrange, Ga., a death list re? ported as high as thirty and heavy property damage. West Point, Ga., five reported killed. Near Fort Wayne, Ind., three killed, heavy property damage. Agr?cola, Alabama, five killed. Greenville and Union City, Ohio* j sixteen reported killed. St. Louis, one killed. East Troy, Wis., one killed. Swanton and Raabs Corners, Ohiog a number reported killed. CHICAGO, March 28.?At least twen? ty-eight known dead, hundreds of in I jured and a property loss of several ! million dollars were left in the wake ! of a tornado that swept northeastern ! Illinois and portions of Indiana, Mis ! souri, Wisconsin, Ohio and Michigan I to-day. Elgin, Jolict. the western outskirts I of Chicago and North Shore and west ! ern suburbs were in the path of the I storm, which destroyed hundreds of j buildings, uprooted trees and demoral ! ized railroad traffic and telegraphic and 1 telephonic communications before dying i out on the shore of Lake Michigan, just ! north of Chicago. Several persons were reported killed j or injured at Swanton, Roob's Cornera ! and Greenville, Ohio, twenty miles west of Toledo. The fury of the tornado in Chicago j and vicinity was felt chiefly at Elgin ! and Melrosc Park, a Chicago suburb, : Eight were killed and more than one I hundred injured at the former city, j thirty-si:: miles west of Chicago, and ; the property loss there was estimated at $4,000.000. At Melrose Park seven were killed and four were reported missing. In i Chicago proper two persons were killed and a score injured, while at Dunning, : a northwestern suburb, four deaths : were reported, more than a hundred j were injured and one thousand made : homeless. Indiana Towns Swept 1 While northeasten Illinois suffered ' 1 the principal damage, the tornado in* its ; freakish career swept several Indiana j towns near Fort Wayne, resulting in ! three deaths, caused the death of one 1 man and the injury of several persons < in St. Louis and killed Mrs. Louis Brown at East Troy, Wis. Report3 from some of the country ?districts in Illinois and Indiana wer? I meager, and it was feared the death. j toll might be considerably augmented i when isolated rural communities were I heard from. Telephone, telegraph and j power wires to nearly all of the towns , in the path of the storm were down, j and many of the places were in dark ness. i Outside of Chicago, Wauconda, 3fc_> Henry, Woodstock, Algonquin and Marengo felt iho full effects of the storm, but communication with then? Was cut off. Edgerton, Ind., eighteen miles from Fort Wayne, was reported hard hit. j Three pe.sons were reported killed a? I Zulu, lr.d., near Fort Wayne, while ? several were said to have been injured j at Ossian. Heavy Loss in Suburbs "Troperty loss running into the hun? dreds of thousands of dollars was caused in Evanston, Wilmette and othee north shore suburbs, while Bellwood, Maywood, Edgebrook and other villages west of Chicago were damaged. No fatalities were reported from the latter places, but many were injured by fly? ing glass, and timbers and broken I trees. The tornado struck ETgin at noon, j coming from the southwest and ?wept northeast. In the Chicago territory the tornado first passed through th? village of Bellwood, and sweeping fro? thtra through Maywood and Melrost]