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HOUSE ADOPTS
PEACE PLAN BY
242 TO ISO VOTE
Twenty-two Democrats Bolt
Their Party to Restore
Xormal Conditions.
31 AY STAND OVER VETO
i
Other Former Wilson Sup-1
jiortprs Wavering- in Posi-!
limi Against Resolution, i
HUES AT ONCE TO SENATE '
Will Tio Reported Thero To
day and Referred to Foreign
Relations Committee.
.- , i, ' THE Scn ami New York Hau.
Washington. April 9. lij a ma
out v of 93 votes tho House adopted
lo-night ontl t-ent to tho Sennto the
dint lesolution declaring: peace 'with
ilernuny and repealing, according to
hfir respective terms, all of the laws
wing special war powers to the
President. It was the first time in
History that tho House has Voted on
,i question of ending a war before the
ratification of a treaty of peace.
The final vote, which came after al
most twelvo hours of spirited partisan
attacks on the President, on the Sen
ate and on tho pea:c treaty, was 242
to KA Despite the appeals of their
leaders twenty-two Democrats, twelve
from New York, bolted the party
leadership and voted for tho resolu
tion. Only two Republicans deserted
their party.
The Democrats, just before the final
vote, sought to 'substitute for tho
peace declaration a resolution provid
ing only for the repeal of the pres
ent war laws which they insisted was
.ill Congress had the power to do.
Thus was rejected by a vote of 221 to
1T1, which followed party lines closer
Mian the final roll call. The Demo-
ratio plan is really section 2 of the
Republican resolution, which provides
'li.u all war laws which arc to ex
pire on or at stated periods after the?
termination of the war arc to expire
n or at the same stated periods after
c enactment of the resolution.
enntP to Art Xrxt Week.
" rn.aJ announcement will be made in
:- -iiuto to-njorrow of tho adqjnlon
'? t resolution by the House, after
li It will be referred to the For-
l1 delations Committee. Senator
UdK- (Mass ) said to-night that he cx
ect' d to call tho committee during the
om.ng week to consider tho resolution,
nut would await tho return of Senator
Knox U'a.), who originally introduced
the resolution to declare peace.
Tim ote In the House to-day did not
si -e the resolution a two-thirds vote, or
rough to assure its adoption over a
;'r.-!J, ntlal veto. However, It lacked
' v twenty votea of receiving such a
matin'..- and the Ilcpubllcan leaders
nnrnient that there arc enough
1 aw ring Democrats to make It entirely
' '''' fiat the measure finally could
' n..it. . I, President Wilton notwlth-t-t.ii.uni?
The test vote yesterday would
' !i'.''t that fifteen Democrats changed
'" a ;"'Mt:oii in favor of the resolution
" (r night.
It' tt h titatives Fuller (Mass.) and
K'.is i Mich.) were tho two Republi
cs im voted against the resolution,
tl l ittT asserting that it was a move
''" .i ;parate peace and an Insult to
Uii Alliee.
T. bolting Democrats were Hopre--'nt3!htS
raldncll, Dooling, Ganly,
tiol(l.'oS'.e, McKlnlry, Mahcr, O'Connoll,
l'"i:. Sullivan, Carew, Cullen and Mead,
a I ot NVw York ; Galllvtin, Tague and
Kin.-, of Massachusetts : Hamill (X. J.),
'an 'No), Hucldlcston (Ala.). Ash
I'Hj. ;4 ila,i, O'Connor (La.), McLane
' i and Sherwood (Ohio).
T .i H'iuso was In an uproar of cheers
' I n-platiso virtually tho cntlro day,
tl Itepubllcans cheering every demand
'' " l a. e and attack on the President's
h ' 'lini? of tho treaty situation, while
mi ..itlona of the Senate drew tho
tu ' ur rebel yoll from tho Democrats.
't was noticeable, however, that the
'i'xrat3 refrained from any extended
; i i .. nf the President's negotiations for
, anu hla position in regard to tho
s"i.i e. Instead, they charged tho Re
'.l.ans were not Blncero in offering the
'solution, that It was unconstitutional
and never would be made effective.
Uehate Cover "Vldi Itnngr.
i.vwythlng from tho Newberry trial to
'i ' Volstead prohibition law and In
I'l'i'mns against labor was drawn into
th- debate. Tho llouso broko Into a
t,.un when Uepresentatlve Britten
'lit exclaimed that "if that shameful.
" t tonal, Irritating and unconstltu
t.jirfi Volstead law is within tho power
' 'ngrs to enact, a resolution declar
pf.ico rertalnly can be adopted." He
" 'J ' iat the "drys" were afraid to
' f the Volstead measure up for
" dment
fteprescntativo Flood (Va). member
mo Foreign Affairs Committee,
a'Red that tho treaty would have been
' 'fled if Senator Newberry (Mich.) had
' '-' 't tainr j Ula Beat by fraud. The as
"' in was made by 'Representative
K .i iN, C.) that the ltepubllcana
n'Kl to repeat the Lever food control
v i.nt because it gives corporate In
wreats a chance to obtain Injunctions
' ft labor.
debate was saddened by Mr.
K' 'in k sudden ;)aralyt'.o stroke short
' tcr his nttack on tlnj resilutlon, and
" " lUpresentatlvo Mondell (Wyo.),
'n-1 Ttenubllean lpnrtpr. utnti.il h,if
ir
- hojd for his speedy recovery tho
' " membership paid silent tribute.
Te rllmnv nt ..a lA..t.lln
f-
"ie resolution canw late in the
Continued on Sixth Pqge.
All Frankfort Must
Salute French Flag
By RAYMOND SWING,
Staff Correipondtnt of tnr Hcn st
New York Hkiuid. Copyright. 1W0,
Itl This Si'N ami .New Youk HmiAin,
pRANKFORT, April 9. Despite
his proclamation thnt the oc
cupation of Frankfort would last
no longer than tho withdrawal
of tho Ueichswchr from tho Ruhr
Valley, Gen. DcBoutte, the
French commander, has decreed
that all civilians must ltave
identification cards with tho
holder's photograph attached. All
persons must salute the French
flag and French officers in uni
form. He warned against any
act that might lead to an out
break. The French force of oc
cupation has been increased bjr
about 10,000 men. Reports are
to the effect that another division
is coming.
ENTENTE SPLIT
FEARED IN PARIS
Alliance Said to Re in Serious,
Danger Over Frankfort
Occupation.
FRENCH SHOW RESTRAINT I
I I
i .
Aim of Germany in Appeal to
League Is Breaking Up
of Alliance.
Ilj- LAl'HEVCF. HILLS.
Staff Corrtspondent of Tin: Scs and New
Yoek Iltrui.n. Copv'et, y The Sc.n
and New YonK Ueuiui.
Paris, April 9 The Entente Cor
dlaie is in serious danger ot breaking
npart over the Frankfort occupation
by France. Just how serious the
danger is will not be knpwn until the
British note drawn up yesterday at
tho Cabinet meeting in London is
'digested by officials at the foreign
lufflce hero and published by the
! French Government.
I The note", the forecast of which,"
whether accurate or not. caused a sensa
! tlon to-day, was delivered to-day to
Premier Millerand by Ixrd Derby, the
! Rrlttsli Ambassador. If. as apparently
; Inspired press Information would In
t dlcate. tho Rrltlsh have refused to ap
j rove of Franco's action, throwing re
' sponslbllity for future developments on
! France and administering a mild rebuke
for hasty action, tho allies can no longer
bo said to stand together.
Italy Is with Kng.and. but Helglum
I has suddenly ranged herself alongside
I France, having decided to ;nd a Bel
, giah detachment to cooperate with the ,
French in tho neutral zone.
French Opinion It cut ruined.
French opinion Is restrained pending
publication of the Hrltlsli note. Franco
dees not want the Kntcnte to break.
This point waa stressed repeatedly In
official circles hero to-day. At the same
time It is plain that France Is smarting
at tho British" Cabinet's falluro to np
l.rove of her occupation of Frankfort and
ctner cities in tne neuirai zone.
If the Kntente is not shattered by the
tone of the British note negotiations will
have to bo Initiated for an entirely new
understanding regarding tho execution of
the treaty, it is believed that the Brit-
! ish note deliberately suggests this, and
l.., .nn.. ovMlfifn (hn nrrW'fl! hprn tn-fl.iv
!of Winston S. Churchill. British Secretary I ries of 1S70 and 1914 c.f , are con
1 of SUite for War, and Major-Gen. Sir I centratlng on military protection
; Henry S Ilawllnson. ngalnst a recurrence of tho German
! Tho round of the Leacue or N.-
tloas held two prlvato meetings to-day
It was Intimated In French circles that ,
thn flcrmaii nrotest could not be taken '
K?oTlneP mem-!
ber's initiative
ana then it would nave
'nUtMTKrtZ lto FreVich. nnglana; meanwhile displaying Mme'lnit.;... No trace of tho stone
' mblr f he co n op. r 1 to ! Ir'Patlence over France's reluctance to j was found and apparently no progres
memoer oi iw luu'""' 1 ,,'',,,.. r.,rrv out llko measures. was made In the search for the perso:
ll'f ""S 'V.I1 5 '-o to them from the vault Compart
to be laid before each member. It was
requirement, to prevent the league act
Ing on the matter at this time. ,
. . . . . ,J 1.-., l(l..fln,A
cleverncKS and subtlety of tho Wllhelm- ,
hr.ni nr riintomev thnn the ,
mive by Germany to attempt to Invoke
the allied agency, tho League of Na-Ifor
tlons. against France and her alller,
knowinc fill well the present low .state
th eleiue organization. In thia ap-1
pea, r CrW to the blague
'"'""VlT. " r.i,.wAln. tli.it evpn he Is Irritated over tho
KKtote ere: '
VS 'brine the Frankfort occupation
J 'vnel troops within tho purview
w.. i.Vonpli troons
of the leaguo In the hope of getting
France punished as an otienaing mem
ber and causing further disintegration
of tho old allied position.
" To get for the German contention
In "the present dispute tho moral support
of all leaguo enthusiasts in Great Kr It
ate and in tho TJnlted States inc udlng
the league's protagonist. President 11-
m -...nrtiien further her now rolo
io iA. nuked the Peace Con- I
. "T. "V rpmiest approval by the
ommlsslo'ii entirely unforu- .
league of a eomm .u.. - , ;
by tne reai "-"'' ,,.., .
-Plaint that Belgium violated
Article XXXIV. of the Treaty of Ver
sailles In falling to let the Germans la
Malmedy freely express their choice
i... i-f..t nerman move Is regarded
irAtX1 wSX'
growing moro tense.
BELGIUM TO FORM
PACT WITH FRANCE1
t. M:iUr Al)
PfegOliatiuiia w .r....w., tion, wn be cnt to tho Urltlfli represen-
liance Soon to Commence. tathe here not to attend tho Impending
. I conference of Ambassadors If France
BRCSSEts, April 9. It is stated that shows signs of Intending to continue act
iiRis8Ei.s i . independently In German affairs.
is sett m i between Belgium and
was is e"' ' ... , ...
the conclusion of a Franco-Belgian mil
itary alliance.
The ffolr says Belgium has not forgot
ten the slowness of British and American
intervention "In the hour of peril." nnd
that It is not Intended to renew Bel
glum's costly experience of 1914.
LONDON DENIES SEIZE CLERK IN
FRANCO-BRITISH $275,000 GEM
! CRISIS EXISTS, THEFT IN HOTEL
j !
Belief Prevails That Ruhr Detectives Arrest James E.
Difficulties Will Be Cleared Fo.ve, Identified as an
Up in Ten Days. Ex-Convict.
TUOOPS TO W1TUD1IAW .'JEWELLER SETS TRAP
Lloyd George and Anibassa- Nine Pearls, Part of Mrs.
dor Camhon Have Satis- )lillhisers Lost Yulu
vfactory Parley. aides, Recovered.
PHEMIEK IS OPTJMJSTFO
Uritain's Cabinet Not Dis
pleased Over Germany Get-1
tine: Stiiiffinff Lesson.
, ..
fnrrlal Cahlr Dtnatch. to Tlir. Si s AM Nr.W
Yoiik IlKniin. VopvrMt, liffll, ty Tilt Si'N
.(Mi New Yoiik HniuLn.
London, April y. 1 1 Is insisted olll-1
nl.tllt. linn Hint tlinrn lu lin lrlfl 111 I
An, o.F,.onch affairs, it was snc-1
cltlcallv asserted at No. 10 Downlns!l!iltmore Mfe dc"slt wm JC"'eIa
' . i vnlnnil r.t S27.", 000.
Htreet that not h ng as formal as a
"note" had been sent to France, prefer
ence being shown for the term,
"friendly representations." Tho ln-
, , , T it .w h!no pearls, Wcntifled as being from
based on tho further belief that the ; '
, n,ui, if,m.in m .,a5-' wcre rpcovered yesterday
th effect that all troops will be with
drawn snnn from thf neutral zone. !
Paul Cambon, the French Ambas
cauor nere, neiu a long comcrcnco
with Ireniier Lloyd George this
afternoon. Afterwurd it was stated
, , . .
that their informal exchange of views
it i. i . t n. , i..i.
had resulted sa isfactorlly o both.
The communication sent to Paris
wxs described ns a friendly reminder
that France's Independent action was
hardly In accord with the spirit nf the
alliance, sucji action going far toward
Jeopardizing the alliance. .
.. . . .
Hrltlsli Attitude DcflnnL
Great Rrltaln's attitude was defined as
uems unwilling w approve uie nuwmce j
of the French troops
ai ine saino imie
there was no deposition cither to de
mand their withdrawal or to order Rrlt-
h troops to advance with them.
So confident was Lloyd George late
this afternoon thnt events would
straighten out the difficulties which are
considered by him largely of a technical
diplomatic nature, that it was announced i
that he would leave here to-morrow for
Sau Remo, goihg by sea, as he had
planned.
The reaction In both countilea in the
last two days, however. Is Illustrative
of the essential and Important, though
well controlled, differences In the Brit
ish and French viewpoints toward Ger
many and the peaco trentyv A large
and Important section of British opinion.
Including some of the biggest bankers,
guided by economic factors. Is eager
te see Germany reestablished, and, with
that view, is willing to modify the
peace treaty, viewing with alarm all
events tending to set Germany back,
as would a French Invasion.
The French, on the other hand, with
miles of devastated regions reaching up
almost to tho gates of Paris, an Intense
,-n;ll shorlnC Mild llVCl' Dlt'SOnt memo
menace,
The samo elements In Great Britain
..... .1
who are now ready to am in economic
reconstruction or licrmany are inoso ,
who In 191S tightened their belts and ;
" .rUu-
Insist on railicai laxaiion reirencnnieiu '
Mojil (irurer'N Attitude. ,
I
T1...I.H T 1Mfrl iT.nrIT, lll,'..fl HoO
consistently displayed appreciation of
French domestic dltllcultlea and has been 1
reluctant to crowd France Ho acceded. ,
Instance, to Premier Mlllorand's do-
mand for a modification ot tne supremo
t ouncll's economic manifesto so as to
make France's Calm prior to Germany's
"he ,a lo hp.
French forward march, not only dlplo-l
matlcally but militarily, and especially
in the use by France of Moroccan troops
for this duty.
On tho other hand, .thero Is reason to
believe that the British Cabinet Is not
displeased over the fact that Germany
has been taught a stinging lesson, by
which sho will learn not to "monkey
further with tho allied buzz saw." Tho
fact that this lesson 'has already been
taught Is believed to be the basis of to
day's optimism over the situation gen
erally. Hence, while the British felt that so
long as
tho Uuhr basin Is opposite their
bridgehead rather than France's they j
- Informed regarding the real
e,ll,,, than the French were, and re-
Situation man uie rrenuii :.-, u i u re
garded' tho French nctlon in distant
I Frankfort as but 111 calculated to
i straighten out tho Huhr tangle.
BRITISH ENVOY MAY
SHUN PARIS MEETINGleX:Myrm:
Action Depends on French ,
Attitude to Germany.
I'Ants, April 10 (riaturday).-Instruc- .
ay. "Pertlnax." political editor of the
I hn rffl Paris. Ho says this "fresh
threat" has been formulated In "addi
tion to the conclusions set forth In semi
official statements from the London Cab
inet." lYcmler Jllllcrand's answer to tho
Continual on Second Page.
HOBHEl.Y !) MONTHS OLD
3ran Held Is Ex-Employee of
lliltmorc .Recognized in
Rogues' Gallery.
.lames K. Foyo, onrc John W.
fiates'a booretary, later a swindler
whoso operations attracted nation
wide attention, was arrested yesterday
used of stealing from the Hotel
- . .
The Jewels belonged to Mrs. Clar-
ience MUlhlser and they were stolen
nine months ago. Foye, tho police
say, was a clerk at the HUtmore then.
Mrs. Mlllhlscr's collection, tho police
Foye's
I attempts to dispose of them led to his
arrest.
I Foye. was an assistant room -clerk at
i tho Rlltmore, according to tho detectives,
and ,)s (,ut,M ,nrlmjMl depositing
, patrons' valuables In the vault.
J
I On II U Way to Cnh Ilir Check.
He was arrested In front of the Wool-
Uulwl
Woy 0,Ham ;lntl Hcnllall ot
j CtlnmlS!l0Ilcl. LaileyH special suuad. At
lt tne ,10 Wils splz(ji acc0rdlng to tho
! (etrctle?. Foyo was on his way to a
j bank to cash a check for "more than
$20,000," the amount they say he re-
iceived for nlno pearls cut from Mrs.
, , , ,
I MUlhlser s necklace.
j waM ,ockcU up on a (.h!lrea pf
Rrand Illrceny. Hn tuW lho ,10-cc i
i ,,., , ,,., c,, s, t.iiit.'u.i.lu,-.-!
Urooklyn; that he had been employed
here aB an accountant and that ho Is
unmarried. Ills age Is 12 years.
Tim announcement that Mrs. Mlll
hlscr's Jewelry had disappeared was
made Juno 2j, 1515. nioic than a month
i after the allegul then. At that tlniu
it was leaViifd that Mrs. Millhiser was
living at the Blltmore on May 20, tho
rtato of her Husband's death. She
claimed to have wrapped tier collection
of gems In two packages and to have
placed both jxickages In a compartment
of Uic big vault. On Juno 13, she said,
she called for tne Jewelry. She com
pared tho contents of the compartment
then with a -list of articles prepared
when the compartment was utilized. Ap
proximately J275.000 worth of the best
stones and trinkets were gone, she re
ported to the management.
Munr Detectives on Case.
Ill the elo"cn days prior to Juno I'o,
when the loss became public, tho Bllt
more lobby and coirldors swarmed with
detectives both prl ate agency men and
those of the Police Department. Lloyds,
through whom It was said the Jewels
had been Insured, lielpnl complete a
largo squad of plain rlqtlies men. .Mrs.
MUlbi'-er retained
the law Ilrm ot
t. I. .1.1 r. 1 ...... tn f..-.ttc.L-..M l.n.. t.
: ;:,''":
"ere taken care of by Ldwards. Murphy
" . .0 ,, , ,, ,,
..o... .... ...... .,.... .
!iones
ss
person
compart-
ment. After four days, the hotel mcan-
l...nn- ..(Vac..! .. r.xn'nwA i.f till AAA
...' ........r. ". .......... . v.v,uvw
JjT he J " '
wfta surrounded i i-ccree ,ma news-
'ZuX tt
llet"'1" J,'1 J'T,"? .L, '.,
r "'"""Z .Y' Zi .'.Za ImZ'
case had Wen se t u le ni .unfathom-
j XThlm Th e was"
tE "rhe
the Interview was oo oui now anu
clean up thta lob"
a" f'' rX. ' ' ""r'
and Herman undert oU to Pick up th
Hara
the
threads of the mystery. Their work
went for nothing until quite recently,
when from a source which they refused
to divulge they heard that a man had
been calling on various pawnshop owners
and jewellers to show thein some fine
pearls. The pearls were for sale. There
were nine of them shown at each store,
and the seller demanded ?2r.,000 fir
them. He was turned down with con
sistent regularity, but lin-.lly he ap-
..rrvii-iied a jeweller 111 uie w.-nmj oi
Times Fquarc and there mai.o an lm-
predion.
Jreller Helps hc 'Irnii.
This Jeweller thought he recognized
.v.. ,,Art ns some of those described
I in the alarm sent out for the MlMitser
Jewelry, "e promptly notllled Gegnn,
and when the stranger npepared there
Thursday the detectives were on hand
iil . . tI..rirl..iiirtAt h.l
Cnntlmiril on Thinl Pane
CLOSING TIME
jjC 'ttlt AND NEW YORK HERALD
DAILY ISSUES
9 P. M. l Mtin Office, 2S0 Brojdwjj.
8 P. M. at former Hcrtld OlTke, Hertld
Bulldinf , Hertld Squire.
8 P. M. at all other Branch Offices.
(Lotctlons listed on L'tlllorU Pace.)
STRIKE CRIPPLES ALL ROADS
TUBE WORKERS TO GO OUT
DANGER OF PASSENGER
MANY STRIKERS
BEG JOBS BACK
Chicago Lines Expect Normal
Freight Movement on
.Monday.
FOOD SUPPLY IX DANGER,
New Walkouts East and West
of City Threaten Hunger
to Many.
Cy it Mutf VorrtupimitM of The Kln anu
JCtw York .IlEnAt.n.
CmcAoo, April 9. As railroad broth
erhood olllclals and "outlaw" strike
leaders Issued coiitllctlng statements
to-day and "sympathetic" switchmen's
strikes were reported In other cities,
It seemed that the balance slowly was
swinging away from the strikers In
Chicago and that the end of tho rail
tletip boon would bo In sight.
The strike has become a clear cut
fight between Uie old time conserva
tive brotherhoods nnd the radical cle
ment among the rail workers. The
brotherhood's nsscrtlon that 50 per
cent, of tho normal freight traffic here
was rolling met the "rebels' " declara
tion that tho tleup had become more
complete, but neutral reports indicated
that the "peak" of the blockade was
over.
The first break In lho switchmen's
slrlkc camp this afternoon. A dele
gation of "rebels" from the Chicago
and Northwestern Hallroad' yards
waited on A. F. W'hitney, vice-president
of the Brotherhood of Hallway
Trainmen, who is in Chicago to di
rect the efforts of the union "regu
lars" to .-mash tho strike, and an
nounced that the sentiment in their
organization was In favor of a return
to work.
Some time within the next twenty
four hours, they sajd, a vote would
be taken with a view to ending the
strike by to-morrow night.
Hxprot Annual Movement Soon.
Brolherhoml oflieluls who have can
vasMd the situation on other roads free,
ly forecast a normal movement of
freight by Mondaj.
International ofllccrs of the brother,
hoods were holding a meeting to discuss
means ot "breaking the back of the re
bellion" when the swltcnmen's delegation '
C.'llleil lllion Mr. V!illnr. Aa n n.sult '
of tho parley with the strikers tho policy
of Hk executive session was changed. It
was announced that there would be no
retaliatory movement against the seces.
lfn"17!;Ilat V'ey stlU "eru considered j
..... ..m. IIIIIUII lillll 111 KIIUll CLllllliMIR
who had a real grievance but had been
led astray by overenthuslastlc organ
izers. All the leaders of the union "recularV
now In Chicago were present at the con
ference. Sam K. Ileberllng, International
president of the Switchmen's Union of
North America, presided. The result
was a plea to all the railroad managers
of Chicago to grant mure time to break
the rail strike.
Tho appeal was In tho form of a letter
to tlia Itnllroad Managers Association
and boru the signatures of Heberllng. 13. i
corrigan. assistant grand chief -of the
Hrotherhid of L,ocomotlo Engineers;
S. X, Merry, senior vice-president of
the Order ot Railway Conductors; A. F.
Whitney, vice-president of tho Brother
hood of Hallway Trainmen, and A.
Phillips, vice-president of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen and lngluc.
men. The letter said the strike leaders
had misrepresented facts and btam.
peded the workers Into striking.
Striker' Itiuik Incrrnaetl.
After a check from all available
sources there were more men out to
day than yesterday. Six hundred engi
neers nnd firemen on the Chicago, Mil
waukee and St. Paul, where the walk
out began a week auo with a handful
of switchmen, voted unanimously to
walk out as Individuals to-night. This
walkout, by tying up the St. Paul road '
virtually will complete the cutting off
of Chicago's food supplies, stopping
shipments fronj the Xorth. The walkout
only an hour before of tho 60ff yardmen
ot the Michigan Central road at Michi
gan City. Jnd.. had completed the cut
off from the Kast, aa the Kankakee men
who went out on strike yesterday had
from the South and West.
Chicago's coal supply h dwindling.
Present holdings will ml customers'
orders until about next Wednesday,
after which the city Is threatened with
an industrial shutdown unless the slrlkc
Is ended.
Oiileer.i nf nieklnrr nl.intq rllnr tlit !
50,000 men have been laid off, and that'
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SUNDAY ISSUES
6 P. M. Saturday at Main Office, 280
Broadway.
S P. M. at former Herald Office, Herald.
Building. Herald Square.
5 P. M. at all other Branch Officei.
(Loratlona lilted en tentorial rage.)
uv to-niorrow n c u virilism nn win ' i.i .. u.iiri,.i ,, .,,ir., ,.. i .u. i ikihj .
1... forr-H out Th.. nlaiit. ,,m .-nrL-in. i V"1" b .I,'- " .. ' " , J . . '"e leiiced 111 gett'nc the ml
, m i,. , k' ... i u.k- ,,,r ' " ?" ,n -c- tlons where they could be unloaded. i Manning in tno roregronn
-v - v-..l. pumiuan resoiuron io uec.nre peace,. . . Nhorfiire In milk U x- ' str ke seemed leader ess
This morn nir 172 ears of live stock wnr.. ,. r-i-,,.i t.-i,t.i.. r. i Allnougn snor..ii,i in nmiv a .....
recele,,! nt the vanls mrnln. n r. " .. w' Voted to-day. Mr. Van Rome! said IIO om- .asi nwni.im
mal Friday receipt of L000 ca s 1 1? D mocVatklie en Irs suffc-cd :nUvanCe "T- ". and J" s suggestive o
It wa climated to-nlcht thnt 100 non 'r1'0; P ,ouse ca(,,-ri' SUITc,:l that none wmi'd bo made "If only n i about It.
I L i, i" ,1 nl," l.. . r.,l?,.?. a ,araL V01":- 'third of our milk should get here." The
-"-". -mi iitnillj Mr Iv ICHItlS U1CO .TIKI Ills left S tie i-.,. ... 1. ..!.. IU n.n.LlMr. th., .lU-tll,- P.m inrsn Km. lino..
due to the strike. . rrerted and Tils sneerh lmnnlr,! ' 1"'-h
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Heads of Striking Kansas Mine Workers
Sent to Jail for Contempt of Court
piTTSBURG, Kan., April 0. Alexander Howat, president, and three
other officials of the Kansas district, United Mine Workers of
America, who recently defied the authority of the Kansas Court of
Industrial Relations, were sentenced to jail for contcmpt,;of court to
day by Judge Currnn. They were taken to the county jail at Girard
and locked up, and will bo imprisoned until such time ns they express
their willingness to appear and testify before the Industrial Court.
The specific charge against Howat wns that he refused to obey
nn order issued last Tuesday by Judge Curran instructing the union
ollicial to appear with three other district officials of the miners nnd
testify in the investigation of tho recent walkout of miners in the
Kansas bituminous fields. The other three men are August Dorchy,
vice-president of the miners; Thomas Harvey, secretary-treasurer, and
Robert Foster, district nuditor.
"Our position is unchanged," snid Howat just before he was sent
to jail. "We refuse to testify before this court because we do not
recognize tho court It is nn institution founded to enslave the work
ing man."
SENATE UPSETS
TRAINING PLANS!
Adopts Amendment to Army
Bill to Provide for Volun
tary System.
AGES FIXED AT 18 TO 28
Compulsory Clause Is Defeated
When Freliiiffliuyscn Pro
posal Wins, 40 to 9.
fyfrful In The Sin ,xn Ni:v Youk IIeuald.
Washington, April !. By a vote of
16 to n tho provision of universal
training wns stricken from the army
reorganization bill In the Senate to
day. The provision mot Its fate when
the amendment by Senator Freling
huyscn (X. .1.) was adopted. It struck
out tho requirement of universal
training and substituted a system un
der which the novemmcnt undertakes
to train for four months In any year
thoso men who between the ages of
la and 2S Volunteer fur tmlnln
rt
has been estimated that possibly 200. - -
000 men will take the training an -
nually.
After tho Freiitighujscii proposal had
been accepted Senator Klrby (Ark.)
offerod a motion i i,n..., i. .i,
bill.
Later Senator MeKolinr (T.nn
offered an amendment to the same effect,
which wns accepted by Senator Klrby.
An effort to 'get immediate action on it
Was Opposed bV Senator U'n.lau-nrth
(S. Y.), n charge of tho bill, who said
thero would have to be an extended dis
cussion before tho -vote could bo taken.
It was left pending when Uie Senate
adjourned.
Tho Frelinghuypen amendment was
adopted with forty-six Senator, twenty
two Itepubllcans and twenty-four Demo-
crats, supporting, and
Inffit: IlraniWro (Conn.). Kcvo v
H.). :.icCumbcr (X. I).), Moses (X. II.),
Myers iMon.V X- nii
ft ' " ..., M ItlllMII
(Xev), Poindextor (Wash.). Wadsworth
(X. Y.). .Myers and Pittman are Demo
crats ; tho others Republican?.
Before tho vote was taken Senator
Chamberlain fore.) attacked the oppo
nents of universal training and charged
that they were generally the same men
who by opposing universal training for
the late war would have confronted
America with defeat If their counsels
had not been rejected by Congress. In
the present Instance, he said, they were
seeking to gain partisan advantage by
dragging tho tame question Into party
politics.
Senator Chamberlain rend President
Wilson's letter to House Democrats urg
ing that universal training be not made
a party question.
'The President is m favor or universal
tranlng." continued Senator Chamber
lojn. "His letter shows that clearly. I
do not understand how the members of
hl party here expect by their position,
which Is directly opposite to his, to get
political advantage."
KITCHIN STRICKEN
WITH PARALYSIS
OeriOUS StrORC comes fitter
Speech in House.
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WASltlNCTO;. April !. hK)n after!"
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according to Uepresentatlve Lazaro , Anv attempt on the part of local re
Ua). who Is a physician and was first, ln)I ,-,r wholesale food dealer.-! to take
to attend the Uepresentatlve. To-night ' mivantage of the strike to profiteer will
Dr. Lewis J. Battle, Mr. KItchln's per- ,nrt by tho Department of Justice
sonal physician, admitted that his con- wm, prosecutions, so J. J. Price. In
dltlon was serious, but that he was In charge of the Government's "Flying
no immediate danger. .Mr. Kltchln. who 1 squadron." said Inst night. Armlu W.
has been troubled with high blood prcs- mtey, Mr. Price's chief, who was in
sure, suffered a slight stroko two months ' Washington yesterday, sent him a tclo-
ngo.
Mr. Kltchln Is d years old and has
served In Congress for almost twenty
years. While the Democrats wero In
control ho was door leader,
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Tha Bun and N Tork Herald. 40a a
Una. ir.
EMBARGO PUT
ON CITY'S FOOD
Strike Causes Itailroads
Halt Shipments of All
Freight.
to
MILK IS NOT AFFECTED
Famine Conditions Threatened
if Service Is Not, Resumed
in Week.
An embargo on tho delivery and re
ceipt of all freight was announced
yesterday by the railway and express
companies-on account of the railroad
strike, and unless tho trouble ends or
the situation Improves within a short
time New York will be confronted
with the most serious situation the
city ever has known with regard to
food supplies. Already, according to
representatives of the big packing
houses and dealers In provisions, tho
reserve stocks arc at a.low point nnd
, MXn will nniivoach the stinro where
1 actual hunger will threaten.
i T,,e Iocal llerul of Armour & Co. rc-
"Tfcrrud to the outlook as "delicate" and
said his reserve supply of meat might be
sufficient for the next week, but no
longer. Ho explained that beef, lamb
and pork products iccclved here were
consumed almost as soon as they ar
rived; that shipments were received for
weekly distribution and that no attempt
was made to store any quantity of meat
Prices advanced from one-half to a cent
a pound at wholesale yesterday and the
Armour management said this was only
n forerunner of what might come if the
strike were not settled promptly.
Representatives here of the packing
houses were agreed that tho difficulty
would be Ironed out before famine con
ditions resulted. They based their views
J'Pon the fact thnt the strike did not
have the support of union labor and
upon their assumption that It lacked also
! lnc.f empathy of tho puhlk-.
.... ..n ii.ii:ici a ri'ut'ti'pii
n. .l.t. ..nrtl..
yesterday
fenvr r. limi. i r ... ".
1
itiill lUVIt"
was much de'nv- Im imlni.1.
ing mem bcause of switching dltll- , country's transportation systems will set
cultles. Retail prices advanced from in. and If so, how soon. Out of the bo
i to 4 cents, the rise varying In different , wllderlng maze of conflicting state
sections of the city. Prices are ox- i incuts, rumors and predictions obtained
peeled to go up sharply If no relief ' last night only this could be gleaned :
comes by the first of next week. ' That the switchmen, freight handlers
Food supply conditions were charac- j and other railroad strikers hanging
terized as "unprccedentedly serious" by I around the Xew Jersey shore of the
Joseph F. Rlnn. a produce dealer at 1 Hudson River Inst night nro tired of
ji-j vtasmngton street. He said the
railroad and express companies had
notified all produce houses of tho em
bargo on freight receipts and shipments.
"It is a situation wo never have had
to .face before," said he. "If it lasts
for three or four days even it will take
more .than a week to get back to nor
mal conditions. It Is the very' worst
time of the year for a situation of this
fiort to have arisen, for tho cold
storage supplies are about exhausted."
The embargo was clapped on yester
day at tho Potomac yards near Balti
nfore. tying up Immense quantities of
produce en routo to Xew York. Much
of It Is peilshiihle nnd will be a total
' loss. No early vegetables can come
from Florida and nil California ship
ments also are choked off.
Sonv of tno railroads turned back to
Western jmcklug houses shipments of
dressed meats which had been accepted
.!. fnnrini tlim ll'l.lll utia) I
in transit. The supply of eggs is at an
oxtromcly low point.
The big milk distributing companies
rfCK-tH word that milk trains would'
oir.e under tho same classification ns !
those bearing passengers.
I-. -A Van Home!, assistant
eneral
iiinnn.i.
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rf (hi. vii.in.iifi !'.'iritiu f 'mil-
11; cars In loca -
iilnpa Lvrlnllq rnneern.
cram which said :
1 "Under no circumstances should the
strike bo used ns an excuse for making
excesvo or unreasonablo charges for
foodstuffs. Take vigorous action wher
ever necessary.
FOB THE BETTER CLASS HELP
advertise In the help wanted columna of
The Sun aod Now York Herald. Uv.
HERE;
TO-DA Y; ,
EMBARGO
Most of 'Outlaws' Know Lit
tle of Cause of "Walkout
or Who Called It.
COMMTEltS SUFFERING-
TieupoOVhoIcU. S. Trans
portation Is Anions
Possibilities.
ULTIMATUM IS SENT OUT
Strikers Send Word to Wilson
and Gompcrs That Condi
tions Must Change.
Striking swllclmipii succeeded yes
terday In recrultint: tludr numbers
sufficiently lo cripple the railroads
entering New York so thai business
suffered anil the spectre of hunger
seemed not a mere bugaboo, but
something tpilte possible.
The strike Is likely to be worse
to-diiy.
There are Indications, however, thut
It may end as quickly and in as
mysterious a fashion as it began.
The enthusiasm, of the throngs of
strikers that choked a half dozen
halls In Jersey City lust nltjlit was
chilled effectively Ivy news from Chi
cago that the strike Is waning there.
A strike vote was taken by the em
ployees of the Hudson and Manhattan
tube service at a meeting last night
in ' Hancock Hall, Jersey City. Tho
meeting ended at midnight, when the
men del a red In favor of walking out
at "i o'clock this morning. It was
said that the decision to quit work
was unanimous.
The outlook for the New Jersey
commuter was not encouraging Inst
night. The various roads across the
Hudson Issued statements la which
they nssured the public that they
would do their best but not to ex
Iiect too much. Some of the rail
roads admitting that their passenger
service was almost If not quite dead,
declared that they would uo nil
switchmen they could muster to move
food trains. Further than that they
expect lo do little.
The strlko has spread to other rail
road workers. Tho flremon on tho
Krle Railroad went out In largo num
bers last night. Their own ofllccrs be
sought them to remain loyal. They
bolted all union authority and Joined
tho switchmen. It is acknowledged that
tho samo conditions obtain on other
roads. It was said last night that
representatives of L. E. Shcppard,
president of the Order of Railway;
Conductors, nnd of William Q. Lee,
president of the Brotherhood of Rail
way Trainmen, were barred from
meetings of their own men. Tho
meetings wero held in Jersey City.
Ucelilon will toiui! To-dnj-.
Some t!m, fn.rlnv tho nilllllrt l.lril, Inn.n
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"u". ulu ''aus ana me siriKin?
1 switrhnmn tvhpfli..r itft.. ,iooli,olu rtf
the rule of tho American Federation of
jnuor; warn moro money and fewijr
working hours, and at onco; want tin,
Government to take over the railroads
again, or at least compel the prlvato
owners of the lines to grant their i.
mands within a week. S
Nothing more general about
inands of the nin wns given onL '111I1
morning the switchmen will meet In Jer
sey City to listen to their own resolu
tions committee read the ultimatum that
Is to be sent to-day not only to tho rail
road managements but to tho President
of the United States nnd Samuel Oom
pcrs, president of tho American Federa
tion of Labor. They Insist that they
will pay no attention to any of tho rail
road brotherhoods' leaders.
Just how many men are out, how
mnny are on strike nnd how many have
been made Idle by the strike Is entirely
conjectural. J. J. Muntell. regional di
rector for the I'rie Railroad, speaking
for the carriers, estimates tho number
ot strikers In and Immediately around
.New orK to no 4.UUU. Tho men sneer
at this nnd i-ay there aro more than
6.000 out, and the crowds In Jersey City.
Iloboken and echnwken last night
M.emed to hear tho men out. It U not
: iktiuiu li, iiiiuli: .till ill lii,. iniif.ra nr
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the strikers, for In this vxi-enllni-u- .in-
' reious waiKoui uie leadtrs are not
d. Indeed tho
most of the day
men; appear to
f organization
Tightened.
Chere Is nn nfrtight embargo on all
freight. It Is i.ut unlikely that a pus
renger embargo will be- roinpclled to
night. Unless the Government steps In,
the strike undoubtedly will spread, the
men say. And If the strike spread
much further railroad communication
may cease altogether.
From the managements or tne various
railroads on which Xew York city de
pends for Its dally consignments of per
ishable foods llttlo could be gathered
that might be railed optimistic. Pitt
P. Hand, assistant to' the president ot
the New York Central lines, declared
tho Xew York Central Lines declared
to deliver its normal amount of food
stuffs. "The Grand Central Terminal and
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