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I WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair to-day; to-morrow partly cloudy f
not much change In temperature,
Highest temperature yesterday, 395 lowest, a.
Detailed waatber porta will U found 00 Id editorial
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A HAPPY BLENDING.
The amalgamated SUN AND HERALD
reserves' the best traditions of each,
n combination they cover a wido field
and make a greater newspaper than
either has ever been on its own.
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AND THE NEW YORK HE RALD
VOL. LXXXVH.-NO. 164-DA1LY.
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NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1920.-SBJf SU
PRICE TWO CENTS
IN NBW TOIUC CITY AND BUBUnBS.
Tort, . T.
THREE CENTS
ON TRAINS AND ELSEWHERE,
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BOND THIEVES IN PLOT
TO STEAL MILLIONS
BELOW 'DEAD LINE
Broker's Messenger Tips
j Police, Who Arrest Trio
i in Lower Broadway.
BIPE FOR 'BIG CLEANUP'
19-Year-Old Confesses Plan
! to Rush to Canada
!i With Loot.
BAND STOLE $2,000,000
Jail for Others, Including the
, Higher-Ups 14 Security
Carriers Approached.
During tho noon hour yester
ity thrco men accosted Murray
ibramowltz, a messenger for the
itock brokerago houso of Parrlsh &
Co. of 115 Broadway. Tho meeUntr
was In a restaurant on Barclay street
Their conversation, as related some
time thereafter by Abramowitz, fol
lows, One of the trio, described as Joseph
Gluck of 659 South Seventh street.
Mount Vernon, who has occasionally
worked as a messenger In the financial
district and who has a wide acquain
tance among: the employees In that
neighborhood, said:
"Kid, we pull it off to-day, and to
morrow we'll be on Easy street. We'll
clean up about 15,000,000; maybe
16,000,000. We've got fourteen messen
gers in with us, and we'vo fixed it to
have them turn over the stuff and
meet us on tho 7:16 train out of the
Grand Central for Canada.
"Kid, you won't be taking any
chances at all. All you and the other
boys got to do Is let oia ease you of
your load. We'll get on the train at
125th street After we get past Har
mon our whole crowd will get to
gether. "When wo get to Montreal we'll turn
the stuff over to He men
tioned the name of a Montreal broker,
who, however, hag not yet been ar
rested. To Ke'eif dnVdy Six Month.
"You and tho other boys will be
nopw unwr over lor u '""
Toull havo the life Of Rellly. When
they drop the hunt for you we'll pay
jour way to SeatUo and give you
enoogh money to take It easy all tho
rest of your days.
The twenty-year-old bond messenger
liesitated. Thereupon a large. Imposing
member of the party known as "Big
Eddy" Furey laid an assuring hand upon
his arm.
"Why, nothing can happen to you," ho
laid, according to the messenger. "Say,
you know the big folks I hang out with?
well, I've fixed It all up so that there
won't be a chance of them getting us.
Tou can't guess who Is In on this thing,
but I'll tell you."
He then menUoned the name 'of a
politician of prominence in this city; a
man whose connection with the case wilt
be closely inquired into; a man whom he
U known to have actually conversed
with within the last few days.
"And If any one does try to stop1 us.
why, I'll Just croak him. Heven't I got
"try Kind or badge there is? I can
slip tl-.em on in a minute. If any cop
eomea after us I'll pin on a Government
wage and tell him I've got charge of
Km and It'll be all right
Joseph again chimed In. "Didn't I get
way with it before? What did I tell
you the other day?"
What he had told young Abramowitz
ne other day was. according to that
JMsseneer. that he had been Implicated
in bond thefts that resulted In the arrest
f David W. Sullivan, broker of 10 Wall
treet, as a receiver of stolen property,
and also In the arrest of Sullivan's part-
, Norman S. Bowles of Washington.
He had exhibited a ring containing a
diamond set In platinum that la said to
be worth 11,600. as evidence that his
"eals in the Sullivan case had been
Profitable, and had told the young man
that he had also obtained a valuable
motor car with part of his share.
Messenger Itemalna Hesitant.
Still young Abramowltx was hesitant
"J m on my way to the office of T. L.
JUncLso at 100 Broadway," he said.
Ive just got tome stocks to deliver
!..r-e; Th' "'J1 much- Only about
11,500 worth." '
He strolled to the corner of Broadway
na Barclay street with his companions.
They stood for a moment on he slde
r before tho Woolworth Building.
In that moment Joseph Gluck, the
Wllce say. reached Into the messenger's
Wclwt and extracted 400 shares 9f Ryan
Petroleum stock and 100 shares of Aetna
Dloslves securities.
Now "Big Eddie" Furey Is not what
WOO 'j J UmtiM Anil n . 1
Juliet wound In his right hand that he
rs said was received from a policeman
w Canada. He has two brothers. Joe
na Harry, who are wanted In Wlscon
J for practising the confidence game.
The police of this city were asked some
ago to get them. A reward of 500
M been offered for each.
. And "Big Eddie" felt right at this
pneture of the proceedings that all was
Jt well. He didn't like the looks of
"Br men who were occupying another
wt of the sidewalk. It seemed to him
J9! they were taking something of an
Merest in his own group.
Just wat here." he said to his as
Utes, .'I'll p, nt0 this drug store
4 telephone to have our sleeper ac
comodations fixed up."
Furey stepped Into the store In the
Continued on Fourth Page.
'That Ounce of Pretention."
fiwf, "'"J" rest Th. Ortenbrler; Whiter
MAKES! WILL;
KILLS HERSELF
Mrs. C. E. Togo
of Mamaro-
neck, Once Wealthy, Found
' Dead in Hotel Vandorbilt,
SURROUNDED BY LUXURY
Indications Tltat Woman Had
Been Speculating in Stock
Market.
Tho body of Mrs, C. E. Page, 40
yearn old. formerly a wealthy resident
of Mamaroneck, N. T., was found on
a bod in her apartment In tho Van
derbllt Hotel at 0 o'clock last night
by an assistant housekeeper, a bullet
wound In her right temple and a re
volver clutched in her right hand. She
had committed suicide, according to
Dr. Charles A. Norrls, medical exami
ner, eight or ten hours before.
Tho fact that Mrs. Pago had written
a note to an officer of tho hotel, di
recting him to deliver the key to her
safe deposit box to Stoneham & Co.,
New York brokers, and also that be
side her be i lay a copy of yesterday's
Wall Street Journal, led detectives to
believe that she had become despon
dent over financial matters and the
money market's decline.
In the beautifully appointed room In
which Mrs. Page had lived since Janu
ary 2 were many cosily gowns and more
than a score of pairs of shoes. Hats
and evening wraps filled the closets and
an envelope found In the room contained
a rccelDt for 342S. her last monthly pay
ment on Woodlodge, her home In Mama
roneck, which. It afterward was learned,
she has subleased to Mrs. Mary Qlsh,
mother 'of Lillian and Dorothy Qlah, mo
tion picture actresses.
Membern of the staff of the Vander
bllt said Mrs. Page had paid her apart
ment rent promptly and had lived in
the Vanderbllt quietly, receiving few vis
itors and doing little entertaining.
On Monday, according to an assistant
manager of the hotel, she had called for
a notary to assist nor In drawing up
her will.
Thtf fact that the light were burning
dimly In her rooms when an assistant
housekeeper unlocked her door and En
tered last night tends to strengthen
theory that Mrs. Page had gone about
'the - ending of her life systematically
land calmly. With the drawing of her
will completed. It appeared, she had dis
robed and retired, revolver by her bed
side, awaiting the morning and tho news
of the money markets.
According to Mrs. Glsh, little is known
In Mamaroneck of Mra Page's family
relations, although It was said that she
was a widow1 of a Stonheam Toga of
New York.
After the medical examiner had pro
nounced It a case of suicide last night
the body was taken In charge by Charles
Wlllard of 140 West Ftfty-elghth street.
$rhose wife. It was said, was a close
friend of Mrs. Page.
GEN. WOOD NOT TO '
RESIGN FROM ARMY
Uniform Not a Bar to Presi:
dential Campaign..
Special to Tim 8r akd Nbw Toix TIsiild.
Washington, Fen. 10. Major-Gen.
Leonard Wood has set at rest rumors
of his intention to reolgn from the army.
In a letter to a personal friend In Wash
ington the General said, under date of
February S:
"I havo not thought of getting out of
tho service. Do not pay the allghtest
attention to this. If you hear it Just
announce that you have heard from me
and that there Is nothing in it"
Certain of the supporters of the Gen
eral's candidacy for the Presidential
nomination have been urglrj that 'he
resign. Closer 'friends persistently have
held that no such course should be fol
lowed, it Tiaa ooen intimated that the
General could devote more time to cam
paigning and remove the suggestion that
he was transgressing ethics if he .doffed
his uniform.
RHINE OCCUPATION
WILL BE EXTENDED
Millerand Insists on Enforc
ing Treaty Terms.
Pabis, Feb. 10, Premier Millerand
sent notice to Germany yesterday that
the date from which the Rhlneland oc
cupation period Is to be counted has
been deferred. This action was taken,
the Premier said, because' of Germany's
failure to execute certain clauses of the
Pec4 Treaty-
JWs policy would have the effect of
pr6Ionglng the occupation by the allies
of the Rhino territories, and Is taken to
mean France is determined to insist
upon the strict enforcement of the. terms
of the treaty with Germany.
DANES LEAD MARLY
SCHLESWIG VOTING
Majorities in All but Six of
ISO Northern Districts.
Copenhaocn, Feb. 11. The results in
the North Sohleswlg plebiscite up to 1
o'clock .this morning show" Danish ma
jorities In all except six of the ISO dis
tricts. The aggregate vote was. 30,7(3
for Denmark, and 12,758 for Germany, .
Sonbiuburo, Schleswlg, Feb. 8. (de
layed), Amid scenes of the greatest en
thusiasm" Sonderburg, Apenade and ila
dersleben welcomed to-day the arrival of
shipsfrom Denmark bringing 10,000
electors to vote in the first plebiscite
Trains from Germany have brought
thousands of Germans to vote.
JAPS VIEW WAR
TO CRUSH RED IN
FAR EAST SORE
Bolshevist Wave Seen En
gulfing Siberia and
North China.
NO' TERRITORY DESIRE
Would Have Taken Land
Before if Wished To,
Premier Says.
"ALLIES JUST WAKING UP"
Military Chiefs In Tokio Say
They Long Urged Action
Now Unavoidable.
By a Staff Comtpontent of Tna Sun and
Ntw Yobk Hcsald.
Copyright. 1S. by Tm Sen and Nxw Yobs
lllBAM).
Tokio. Feb. S (delayed). Japan
faces the prospector having a most
unwelcome and costly war thrust upon
her now that tiio rest of tho Allies
begin to show Blgns of Anally recog
nizing the true etate of affairs in Si
beria. Despite the fact that Japanese mili
tary leaders 'havo long advocated
more vigorous action and have re
peatedly expressed their readiness to
restore order, they and the people
generally regret that the time for no
tion really has come, for the Japa
nese realize that it is to be a war to
defend themselves from Bolshevism
which is creeping steadily eastward
and threatens to engulf all of eastern
Siberia and northern China unless an
Impassable banrier Is erected against it.
Also, Japan Is not too sanguine con
cerning the outcome of so great and
lonely an undertaking. It. means to her
a great sacrifice of lives and money.
There Is no assurance that It will be
possible for her to recoup her financial
expenditures.
It Is both popular and easy for ob
servers 10,000 miles from Siberia to rant
about the gladness with which Japan
will proceed on her mission of territorial
conquest, but Premier Hara stated
Japan's position In these no uncertain
terms:
"Japan has absolutely no territorial
ambitions in Siberia, We will not take
a single square foot of territory 'and the
minute the Red menace is sottled Japan
will withdraw every soldier."
And this was emphasized by the state
ment of Gem Ot,, commander In chief of
the Japanese troops In Siberia, who said :
"If Japan had any such alms In view
she would not have watted until the
present moment Had she wanted any
thing In Siberia sho would have taken
It long before this at any time that
suited her convenience."
At the same time the General said:
Pence Is Only Aim.
"It Is the truth that Japan has only
one object in view and that Is not the
annexation ot territory, nor the acquir
ing of privileges, as slanderous tongues
have raid, but It is to guarantee peace In
the Far East. We understand that
Japan alone Is unable to guarantee
peace In the Immense Far East, and
that It Is necessary for Japan to cooper
ate with another largo power, like Rus
sia." Reports reaching Tokio from the Eu
ropean press Indicate that Continental
imaginations at least have run ram
pant. The representative English press
seems to be mora temperate. It Is
pointed out that Japan has never with
drawn from any territory Into which
she has ever sent a military expedition.
On the other hand, no foreign Power
has ever been able to stay In Russia,
and bad as the situation Is to-day in
Siberia municipal and provincial offi
cials declare in no uncertain terms that
any kind 'of foreign intervention is most
unwelcome.
It Is difficult to understand this atti
tude of the Siberians who see Kolchak's
anti-Bolshevik armies fleeing .eastward
after suffering the loss of their Ameri
can locomotives, a rasi quantity OI
British army stores turned over to them
and the general disruption of his army.
What a feeble thing the whole Kol
chak government has been is now being
recognized as the Intrigues which honey
combed the anti-Bolshevik structure are
gradually uncovered. Just before the
collapse of the Kolchak regime Major
Joseph Lasles of the French army and
for twenty-three years a member of the
Chamber of Deputies said:.
"I am not holding any briefs for the
Bolsheviks, but they could not be worse
than what the people of Siberia are now
.suffering from Kolchak. The situation
In Russia, especially. In the eastern sec
tion, is going from bad to worse. Kol
chak and his armies are doomed and it
is good riddance."
Ko Rnastan Poller.
All nationals who have been in direct
personal touch with the situation agree
that only the Cxecho-Slovaks and the
Japanese have made any real stand
against the advance of the Rods. Un
questionably the whole miserable mesa
has been made well nigh hopeless
through the lack of a Russian policy on
the part of any of the Powers. The
Czechs could have been more effective
With sincere cooperation from Kolchak.
snd the Japanese would hare keen more
effective it they had had less considera
tion for the Allies, with whom they were
trying to act In concert
All nationals in the Far East now
stand aghast at the situation which
threatens China. The long standing quar
tet between the north and the south,
the anti-foreign agitation by tho stu
dents In the ports and the capital and
the rising costs of living Have made
China a fertile field for the Bolshevlkl
to work. Once they get well into China
the whole Far East will be thrown Into
(such chaos that the results will be noth
ing short of a world calamity. Every
where In the East Occidentals are ask
ing each other, "Why doesn't somebody
do something?"
I.nin hjM&HSJI of thii fontfanillvnr 1. .
,B '0"'J .
uwn Manchurian and Corean borders to
Siberia, Is. ot course, far more Interested
and apprehensive' of the results' of fur
ther delay than any of the other Power
Lords Approve Grey's
Letter on U. S. Policy
LONDON", Feb. 10 Baron
Charnwood, seconding tho ad
dress in the House of Lords on
the King's speech, expressed ap
proval of the recent letter , of
Viscount Grey, British Ambas
sador at Washington, with re
gard to the American position on
tho penco treaty. Ho said: "We
must allow the American people
to choose their own path. I am
convinced, despite recent mis
leading appearances, that wo
may confidently anticlpato in
creasing participation by tho
United States in tho world's af
fairs." Earl Curzon, Secretary for
Foreign Affairs, concurred with
Baron Charnwood and said that
although Viscount Grey had ac
quainted him with his intention
to publish the letter it was
neither inspired by nor sub
mitted to tho Government. "I
consider that tho letter did not
savor of interforenco in the do
mestic affairs of America, and
I feel no sentiment but thanks
to Lord Grey," he declared.
WILSON DOCTOR
ADMITS STROKE
Ccrchrno Congestion Followed
hy Paralysis of Left Side,
Says Dr. Young.
BRAIN 'NEVER AFFECTED
Condition Now Better Than
Before Illness 3Iontal
Vigor "Prodigious."
Sp trial to Tub Sck asp Nnr Totx RriAto.
Washington', Feb. 10. An inter
view with Dr. Hugh II. Young of
Johns Hopkins, printed to-day In the
Baltimore Sun, caused a stir in Wash
ington becouse it was tho first admls
olon by one of tho President's physi
cians publicly made that the Presi
dent in October had suffered from a
cerebral congestion, with Iresultant
paralysis of the left side. Dr. Young
in this interview Is quoted ns saying:
"An you know, in October last wc
diagnosed the President's case an cere
bral thrombosis which affected hist loft
'arm" and leg, TH at ho time was his
brain pbwer or .the extreme Vigor said
lucidity of his mental process in tho
slightest degree abated. This condi
tion has from tho very first shown a
steady, unwavering tendency toward
resolution and complete absorption.
Tho increasing utility of the left arm
and leg, greatly Impaired at first, have
closely followed upon this Improve
ment Tho President walks sturdily
now without pain and without fatigue,
He uses tho slightly impaired arm,
and more every day."
Dr. Young was quoted aa saying fur
ther that the President's mental vigor
was simply prodigious; that in many
ways he was In better shapo than be
fore his Illness; that he could now work
several hours a day without fatigue, and
that the weather oftly was holding him
back so far as hts public appearance is
concerned.
Dr., Young made It clear that he per
mitted the quotation of these statements
In ordor to relievo tho public mind. Dr.
Grayson refused to comment on this
Interview In any way, although he did
not seem to be In the slightest degreo
upset by It
The condition or iTesioent wnson nas
improved so much in the last few weeks
as to give the greatest encouragement to
his friends. There Is no question that
Mr. Wilson is doing en Increasing
amount of work every day, which al
ready covers much ot the White House
routine, and that ho 'looks better than
he has in many months.
JOHNSON IS CHOSEN
AS ENVOY TO ROME
Nomination of Page's Succes
sor to Co to Senate.
Special to Ths Sen aso Niw Yoax Hsxaid.
Washington, Feb. 10. President Wil
son will send to the Senate within the
next few days the nomination of Robert
Underwood Johnson to be Ambassador
to Rome. This will be the first ot a
number of Presidential appointments to
fill present vacancies In the diplomatic
service.
The selection of a man for the post at
Rome Is of crucial Importance at this
time because of the relations existing
between the United States and Italy
growing out of the Adriatic problem.
Mr. Johnson will succeed Thomas Nel
son Pager who resigned because; as la
known now, he differed from .the Presi
dent as to the proper policy toward Italy
In the peace negotiations. It is under
Stood the President had considerable
difficulty In getting Mr. Johnson to ac
cept the post
' Mr. Johnson has taken an active part
in the League to Enforce Peace and la
regarded as being in sympathy with the
President's ideas ot a League of Nations
and. his other policies. He has been in
terested in many things pertaining to
Italy, having been ths originator of the
Keats and Shelley Memorial in Rome.
He holds the decoration ot Cavalier of
the.Crown of Italy.
Mr. Johnson sold last night when
asked about the report that It was a
matter he could not discuss.
Tito Seta of Triplets in IS Months.
Alba NT, Ala., Fed. 8,-SIx children
two sits of triplets within 15 months
Is the birth record in the family of Mr.
and Mrs. Posey Livingstone of Albany.
The second trio of children was born
ar few days ago And oil are well.
Ideal Winter WeMher and JSport
In Ihe WtJ. at Tama Farm. Npanoch, K.T.
Hunbtri, truest Uet only omlttsd.
Particulars N. r. 6B3c Tel. K0 U3 Adv.
LLOYD GEORGE
WILL USE TRADE
TO CURE RUSSIA
Premier Tells Parliament
Force Has Failed to End
Soviet Insanity.
IRISIUrEASUEEINSOON
Blames Money Deprecia
tion, Not Profiteers, for
High Living Costs.
DEFIES POLITICAL FOES
King's Speech Surprises by
Advocacy of Liquor and
Mine Control.
Special Cable to Tna 8pm asd Naw Toax
niaiLD.
Copyright, H, er Tits Sex axd Nbw Yok
London, Feb. 10. Throughout the
brilliant ceremony nttendant on tho
reassembling of Parliament lo-day and
the address from the throno there
stood among the members of the
House of Lords and of tho Commons
a man small of stature and gray, who
wore a plain black coat and trousers
that were slightly rumpled. In tho
colorful surroundings the strange:
would not have noticed him, and yet
he was the central figure of the real
drama. And when the King and
Queen had laid asldo their robes of
state and departed this man's hour
came. It was then that David Lloyd
Georgo began his address.
He ridiculed the attacks which his
opponents had previously launched at
him and speaking without bitterness,
for neither Labor nonany other pollti
cal win?, he Insisted that the Coalition
meaning himself held the responsl
blllty. He defied the results of tho re
cent bye-elections and declared for a
plain, common sonso settlement of the
British problems without party labels
that is to say, without labels other
than those of the Lloyd George Coali
tion. Cheer forlrlab Plan.
. ' Lloyd Georgi's announcement that
he would at an early date Introduce a
bill "to amend 'the provisions for the
government of Ireland" following the
early appearance of tho Home Rule
measure, was greeted with cheers.
Intense interest was exhibited by the
House in the Premier's exposition of his
policy with regard to Russia. He did
not take the members fully Into his con
fidence, but a fairly accurate lino on
what he proposed attempting was to be
drawn from his statement that "Bol
shevism cannot be crushed by force of
arms," and hts further remark, which
typified English policy for centuries,
"that having failed to restore Russia's
sanity by force, I believe we can save
her by trade."
That the Premier favored a slacken
ing of the pressure on Soviet Russia
was made evident by his remark that
the policy ot "a ring ot fire around Rus
sia" was impossible, and that "the. Bal
tic States were making peace with the
Soviet and no nation apparently was
willing to provide the. funds for a con
tlnuance ot military operations." He
admitted that the anti-Bolshevist mili
tary efforts had failed; but said: "We
had to give them a chance." Special
significance was attached to hla warn
ing "that the danger was -not all In Rus
sia; there was serious cause 'for ap
prehension, at home ; that we must fight
anarchy with abundance."
Challenges the Labor Party.
The Premier challenged the Labor
party tor Its stand on the high cost ot
living, declaring that while labor's ad
herents were complaining that many
men were out of -work and there was a
great shortage of houaes for working
men, the reason was not because the
houses could not be built, but because
the trades union rules would not relax
to permit adequate building.
Then he turned to the Conservative
Opposition, defying It to equal the rec
ord of the Coalition In the matter of
leglaUtlon. He paid a tribute to the
Labor party organization and dofled the
Tories to accomplish In coalition with
Labor what he had done.
whii th Premier's address was a
Parliamentary achievement and had a
tremendous effect U Is nevertheless
true that he only fiostponed action on
the momentous questions which con
front the nation. However, he prom
ised "tq take up in detail the measures
iich h would propose to meet the
various Issues. He defied Labor to pro
duce a better irisn tan man me one
which would be placed before, this Par
liament warning them that they were
leading stralgni 10 a repuouc in ire
land. .....
The clarion call or uie iremiera
neoch was that the nation return to
normal, mauatry ana savings ne an
nounced amid cheers that tho estimated
budget showed that revenues not Oply.
would meet expenditures, out tnat there
would be a small balance to the good.
He denounced profiteering and, turning
to Labor's benches, declared that "the
real Inflation of prices was dUe to the
fact that money has not got the value
that it had before the war."
"This fact" ha declared, "not only
is true here but It Is true in every coun
try In the world. It Is the right ot the
working people of this country to know
that when anybody tells them that high
prices are due to profiteering the man
who says it does not know what he la
talking about or else he Is trying to
deceive. . There la only one way In
which prices can be brought down, and
that way Is by Increased production,"
Two surprises in the King's speech
from the throne were the strength of
his recommendations for liquor control
and definite revelations of the Govern-
Continued on 8cond Pag.
WILSON FOR COMPROMISE
IF IT MEANS RA TIFICA TION;
TREATY IS BACK IN SENATE
CONFER ON WAY
TOHALTSTRIKE
Department of Justice Consults
Hailroad Administration
on Subject.
TRAINMEN CANCEL RULE
Hincs's Reply Delayed, but In
sistence on Thirty Day
Notice Likely.
Special to Tut Set and Ncit Yoke Hssald.
Washington, Feb. 10. Administra
tion leaders havo become disturbed
over tho threatening turn taken In ne
gotiatlons between the Railroad Ad
ministration and representatives of
2,000,000 railroad workers.
Tho Department of Justice was
brought into conferences between
Railroad Administration ofllclals and
the White House this afternoon, mid
this lent color to. reports that the in
junction powers of the Government
again might be brought into play to
halt a strike regarded as illegal and
as a menage to tho public safety and
welfare. The Lever act, which for
bids any agreement to Interfero with
the 'production or distribution of ne
cessities, still Is In cjfect. President
Barker in a statement given out in
Detroit, however, took pains to point
out that the uhion had considered the
possibilities of injunctive action and
discounted them.
"White Home Also Consulted'.
The nature of the conference be
tween the Department of Justice offi
cials and those of the Railroad Ad
ministration was not made known.
Following it, however, the White
House -was communicated with and
another conferenco. between Director
General Hlnos and Secrotary Tumulty
'murhelfi to-Vilght Mr. Tumulty haa
transmitted feiteMtM
ports and reconunctiaatiOnsTto the
President
The answer of 'Mr. Hlnes to the gen
eral wage demands was to havo been
made to-day, but It was delayed at the
specific request of the twenty-mree
union ofllclals who have been In confer
nr with the Director-General every
day for more than a week. They asked
a postponement until to-morrow because
ihv liad not vet completed a final bflef
covering their demands and the matters
In dispute. Until this Is receivea ana
considered no definite answer win bo
given.
Trainmen May Strike Too.
Another nhase of the situation Is a
hint contained In a despatch from Cleve
land, made Dubllo to-night, stating tnai
the Trainmen's Union have abrogated
the agreement that a thirty day notice
must be served be-fore" cancellation ot
their arrangement with the Raiiroaa
Administration. President W. O. Lee of
the trainmen, under date or januarj
telegraphed Director-General
Hlnes in
part
n'eneral Order No. IS. executed dur
ing the war as a war measure, has now
been continued more than a year after
the close of the war, and the pressure
coming to mo from train and yard men
throughout the country to press the
wage demands presented last July to a
favorable conclusion compels me to give
official notice to you aa of January 23
that on and after February 23 the broth
erhood must be conaldered as having
...iMrann from or severed lta connec
tion with any ana an or uw provimoiw
of Ueneral Order No. ia.
.akn,,M h trainmen loin the main'
tenance of way In a strike the situation
would be seriously complicated.
Mr .Hlnes has not been served with
official notice of the .calling of a strike
for February IT by the Maintenance of
W"ay Employee, but has wired for In
formation as to the sending out of a
tt la r re Dared to insist on the
thirty day notice embodied In the labor
agreements between the men and the
Railroad Aaminisiraiiou.
"INJUNCTION WON'T
DETER," SAYS CHIEF
Will Pay No Attention to Any
Such Order, Declares Barker.
Special to Ths Snc axd Haw Yoxx Hxsald.
Detroit. Mich. Feb. 10. Government
threats to Invoke the Leverjaw In an
effort to block the strike called for
Tuesday by the Railway Brotherhood
of Maintenance oi way employees were
nwred to-day by A. B. Barker. Grand
President of the Brotherhood, with the
statement that hla organisation would
"pay no attention" to any such injunc
tion Issued by any federal Judge in this
J!Ln,r3r:..... .1 ,.. ,.
cording to President Barker, the only
possible basis tor a settlement ana it
Is now in tbe hands of the Railroad
Administration. The schedule blown tho
maximum anfd minimum wao par hour:
Bridge and building department, ii.m
to 57 cents.
Track department 11JH In 5a cents.
Shop laborers, 92 cents to SO cents.
Signal department. 31.-5 to 31.18.
Questioned as to how a strike of the
maintenance ot the way workers would
tie up the roads Mr. Barker said that
rules ot ihe firemen's uhion forbade
ihm doing ths work of maintenance of
ways workmen such as cleaning en
gines, firo boxes and attending to water,
while rules ot the engineers' union for
bade them taking their, engine out ot the
roundhouse.
Kansas to Prosecute
if Strike Is Called
Special Dupatch to Tna 8ck and Ksw
Yobk Hssald.
rpOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 10.
Kansas probably will prose
cute in the criminal courts tho
national, State and local officials
of the railway maintenance of
way and shop laborers union if
they call a strike in Kansas, it
was announced to-day by at
torneys connected with the in
dustrial relations courts. The
proposed strike order would be
a violation of the new State law.
- Gov. Allen announced to-day
when he learned of tho proposed
rail strike that "the Kansas laws
will bo enforced" and that "if
somo ono outside of Kansas
orders somo one in Kansas to
violate tho law, and he does
violate it, we will And out
whether or not thero is a man, or
a set of men, bigger than tho
laws of this State'
The Governor holds that
Knnsas's anti-strike lawg cannot
be violated under tho shield of
interstate commerce He also
intimated that Kansas might
start extradition proceedings
against labor union leaders in
other States who order Kansas
workers to strike.
DEMOCRATS TO
FIGHT R.R. BILL
Sims, Houso Leador, Announces
He Will Not Sign Confer
ence Report.
BACKED BY COLLEAGUES
Object to Guaranteed Income
and Continuance of U. S.
Rental Paynicnts.
Seeeiat to Taa Smt A!n Kw. Yonx HiBAtD.
.tfWAittoroNt'Feb. 10. House Dem
ocrats nave 'determined to ngnt tne
conference report on the railroad bill
mainly because of the provisions that
rates shall.be adjusted to guarantee
the roads a return of 5 per cent on
their aggregate property value and
that standard rental guaranteed dur
ing Federal operation shall bo con
tinued six months after the return of
the roads to private ownership.
Representative Sims (Tenn.), leader
of tho Houso Democratic conferees,
haa Informed the minority leader of
the House that he will not sign the
conferenco report because ot these
guarantee provisions, and will file a
minority report In protest against
their inclusion in permanent railroad
legislation.
Aa a result of a conference ot House
Democratic leaders, It became known
that the position of Mr. Sims will be
backed and made a party Issue when
the bill as agreed to by the Senate and
House conferees Is submitted to the
House ,for action. This probably will
be the latter part of the week. Repre
senatlve Kltchln. former Democratic
leader, and other prominent memoera
of the nartv have made 'known their
Intentions to wage a determined fight
against the measure on the floor. The
position of the leading Democrats Is that
the railroad measure should contain no
guarantee provisions on the grounds that
this in reality amounts to a Government
subsidy for private business.
' The Democrats are claiming that their
purpose In opposing the report Is not
to prevent the passage of railroad legis
lation before March 1, the date set by
President Wilson for return of the roads
to their owners, but. solely to eliminate
the guarantee provisions from the meaa
ure.
Mr. Sims, however, has advocated a
form of Government ownership and has
opposed the return of the roads to their
owners at this time, even to tne exten:
of supporting the proposal, of organized
labor that the roads should be held for
a period of two years.
What effect the Democratic fight will
have In delaying the passage ot the leg.
lslatlon so necessary to tne return ot tne
roads Is problematical. House Repub
lican leaders are determined to pass tho
railroad bill In ample time to aUow the
handing back ot the roads with the least
disturbance nosslble. Nothlna- less than
chaos will result If legislation is not
passed.
The parliamentary nrocedure of the
House la such that the Republican, by
their majority, can force through the
measure over the Democratic protests
with little delay, but should a similar
move be made by Senate Democrats a
filibuster might block the measure. .
ST01M CORK POLICE STATION.
Raider tn exchange of Shots Cap
ture tbe Defenders.
Cork, Ireland, Feb. 10. After an at
tack lasting some time, with an ex
change ot rifle-shots, two hundred armed
men last night captured the Castle
Martyr police station. .
They temporarily made prisoner the
Ave policemen who defended the station.
The raiders seized arms and ammunition
and decamped.
P ANGER OF NEGLECT.
Colds often derdap Into sHd or ona-
m'anti. unlsss trtttcd at one with rath.r
John's Medicine. JLiv.
5
President's Letter to Hitch
cock Declared to Have
Been Misinterpreted.
BORAH OPENS ATTACK
Assails Document on New
Line of Economic Con
sequences.
DEBATE SET FOR MONDAY
Irrcconcilablcs Admit tThoy
nave Slim Chance of Ef
fecting Killing.
Special to Tna SDN axd Kbit Tom Hesaid.
Washington, Feb, 10. As tho new
discussion of the treaty opened to-day
In the Bcnato with a vigorous speech
hy Senator Borah (Idaho) against its
cconomlo consequences, a strong Inti
mation was thrown out at the White
House that President Wilson Is not
necessarily opposed to compromise on
a reservation programmo that will
bring about ratification.
From an official source close to the
President came tho Information that
Mr. Wilson's letter to Senator Hitch
cock (Neb.), acting Democratic leader,
has been misinterpreted and as a mat
ter of fact the President meant to
convey the impression thr.t tho com
promise provision of Article X. sent
to him by the Nebraska Senator "was
acceptable If it was necessary to rati
fication, even though It might have a
chilling effect on the other signatories.
The President's, letter was cryptic in
this respect,and was variously under
stood at the Capitol. But to-day ' talk
of compromise at tho White Hc-uso
has put a new light on the situaUon.
If. caused some of the Republican Ir
reconc'llnbles in tho Scnato to admit
this afternoon that they now have
rather a slim chance of being able to
kill tho treaty. .,.
One IteeenUy DroMed.
The- reservation to which reference
was made at the" White House to-day is
not the original Interpretative reserva
tion offered by Senator Hitchcock In
November, but is the one drafted by Re
publican and Democratic members of the
rccept bi-partisan conference to which,
however. Senator Lodge (Mass.), Re
publican leader, did not give his assent
If the Prea dent Is willing to accept
this compromise, that will be recognised
by the leaders ot both sides as the begin
ning of tho end.
The only houe of the Irreconcliablcs
for comnlete defeat of tho treaty has
been based upon the stubborn determina
tion of the President and his followers
to accent no reservations changing the
character of tho document, especially no
impairment of the obligation of this coun
try to protect the territorial Integrity and
political independence ofthe other league
members. The proposed compromise res
ervation to which the President appar
ently is willing to give his consent it
need be, limits this obligation substan
tially although it does not destroy It en
tirely, .as tne L.oasc reservation aoes.
Senator Borah, addressing the Senate,
said i
"The solvency and the very Ufa of
Europe depend on the acceptance of one
of two alternatives: Either Europe must
be saved by reason of Germany's pay(pg
huge Indemnities so nuge that she can
never pay them or else it must be saved
by continuing loans and perpetual chari
ty from the United States."
Dlacnaaton on New Lines.
Senator Borah's argument was rein
forced by Senator Knox (Pa.). As Tun
Sun and Niw York Hiralb correspond
ent predicted even before the treaty
was brought back td the Senate, the
discussion starts now on entirely new
lines. Attack Is aimed against the
cconomlo consequences of the treaty.
The political considerations are being
thrust to the background.
Aside from the oratory In which these
views were urged, the Senate dealt with
the treaty only to the extent of re
ceiving the document back from the
Foreign Relations- Committee, with the
Lodge reservation attached and a reso
lution of ratification embracing them
favorably reported.
The committee was In session about
an hour and a half, but the treaty busi
ness was a formality occupying only a
few minutes. The Senate's Instructions
left the committee little to do. These
instructions were to report the treaty
back to the Senate without any amend
ments and with the Lodge reservations.
The committee talked chiefly about the
probabilities attending the Senate s con
sideration of th railroad conference re
nort It is conceded that ns sooh as this
comes out the Senate must give It al
most exclusive attention until It Is dis
posed of, In order to open the right ot
way for return of the roads to their
owners March 1. The treaty therefore
will have to wait.
Accordingly when Senator Lodge
early tn the Senate session presented the
committee's favorable report o the treaty
with the ratification resolution, he asKed
agreement that it should be taken up
for consideration next Monday, -mere
was no objection. If the railroad meas
ure Is not out of the way by that time
the treaty may be displaced temporarily.
nut although it Is not formally oeiore
the Senate yet, the treaty promptly be
came the domlnatl'ig theme. Senator
Knox was In his seat for the first time
in a long period, having heen Kept
away by Illness in his family. His part
In the discussion was oniy incmoniai,
but it was highly significant
Discusses Hoover's Statement.
Senator Borah used as his text Her
bert Hoover and the recent statement
of tho Hoover attitude toward puwio
questions. He undertook to demonstrate
that Mr. Hoover In demanding a Leagu
of Nutlons, but one eoaaUUatwlili tka
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