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WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair to-day; to-morrow cloudy, prob
ably rain; general variable winds.
Highest temperature yesterday, 49; lowest, 30.
Detailed weather reports will be found on po 12.
A HAPPY BLENDING.
The amalgamated SUN AND HERALD
preserves the best traditions of each.
In combination these two newspapers
make a greater newspaper than either
has ever been on its own.
AND THE NEW YORK HERALD
VOL. LXXXVIL NO. 22DAILY.
NEW YORK, SUNDAY, . APRIL 11, 1920.-grr 84 PAGES. . PRICE FIVE CENTS !"roni!,,KV'h"Tiko,ctllt
SOVIETS RAISE
THEIR HEADS
IN GERMANY
Bitterfcld and Magdeburg
Proclaim Red Republics,
Paris Hears.
HEVOLT BEGUN IN PLAUEN
Knlir District Quieter, Work
men Surrendering Tower to
Local Officials.
Paws. April 10. The proclamation
of soviet republics In Blttcrfeld and
Mnpri-burg (respectively seventy-five
miles southwest and eighty miles west
soutlnvest of Berlin) Is told of In ru
mors circulating at AU-la-Chapelle.
Fern. April 10,-Whllo order is
restored in tho Ruhr region
alter the prolonged disorders there, a
new revolt Is reported In the indus--nal
town of Plauen, in Vogtland,
Saon. Communists there yesterday
Afternoon attacked the police and
Reiehswehr. and after hard fighting
occupied the polico posts, barracks and
railway station.
ItenuN, April 10. Red guards under
the notorious Max Hoelz, the Com
munist leader, have occupied the In
fantry barracks and railway station at
I'iaucn.
Ry ike Attoclatei Pren. '
DCES8ELDORF, April 10. Tho rule or
the workmen ceased throughout the
Ruhr district at noon to-day when the
executive committee at Duesseldorf, El
berfeld, Barman and Hagen relinquished
mthorlty to the municipal officials In
rompliance with the peace terms of the
Bielefeld and Muenster agreements.
committees of order will bo organized
with probably much the same personnel
In these places to-morrow or Monday
as soon as the Reiehswehr forces evacu
ate A central coordinating agency is
planned as soon as feasible.
Members of the Duesseldorf commit
tee said to-day that tho rank and file of
the workmen as well as the leaders are
satisfied they have won a great political
victory. There Is dissatisfaction and
resentment because the Reiehswehr have
entered the district because of the uncer.
talnty as to when they will withdraw.
More than 20,000 rifles have been sur-
rendered as proviaea lor in me imkickmu ,
.rreement. The municipal authorities j
say that some frlcUonhas been caused
bv the proposed committees of order,
which are to upe17.se pollct ng through ,
the security polico without interfering
lth tho reghlar police. The Burgomas-
r Is endeavoring to convince the work-
men that the Bielefeld agreement rc- I
'i aires their complete withdrawal from !
public affairs.
The workmen's leaders contlnuo to ex- 1
ess resentment at the steady advance ;
' the Reiehswehr southward, the latter 1
-'iving to-day at Ratlngen and Mett-
nn, within eight miles of Duesseldorf. 1
i he workmen declare there nave Deen 1
1 disorders anywhere. They deny that I
of the Reds carried arms to their
rues.
I'eter Berter, head of the executive
, mmitfeo here, eharired that the i
'i-iehswchr were taking no prisoners or
"re quickly executing them. Six of :
laeir captives, he said, had been exe- I
ited in Essen by order of a military ;
-.bunal. Including Marcuse, the leader
of i vrnr'B rtUnrdor., In Munich, who I
as at that time condemned to death,
narged with responsiDiuty ror me kiii
n; of the Munich hostages.
BELGIUM WILL SEND
FORCE TO FRANKFORT
To Leave Brussels on Special
Trains Tuesday.
Bv tt Allocated Preti.
Buussels, April 10. Belgian artillery
a-"l infantry for the Frankfort sector
Mil leave Brussels Tuesday on special
trains, it was announced to-day.
The Belgian official point of view at
he beginning. It was said here to-day,
w.is the same as that of the British,
Vnerloans and Italians ; namely, that
intervention was not Indispensable, but
after the French decision for occupation
Belgium considered her place was with
France
The Belgian troops will remain until
the evacuation of the Ruhr region by
the Itelchswehr. The French Ambassa
dor here has expressed tho official
thanks of France for Belgium's attitude,
wMrh he said was considered to be
proof of the solidarity of the two coun
tries FINANCIAL CHICAGO
WILL SAVE DAYLIGHT
But Still to Lose Day's Earn
ings on Millions of Dollars.
htrui fa the Scn and Neit Tobk IIebald.
fum..A a nail .a m . m .
will enter upon a daylight savlng.sched-'
J Monday. The Clearing House banks
HI onen for 'rammtrMnl h,,inu. a
A. M Instead of 10 A. M. and will close
' 2 P. M. .instead of 3 P. M.
This change will relievo the disparity
Mtween tho banking houy In New York
nd Chicago somewhat bufwlll not pre
"nt the loss to Chicago business of the
Alr"rs "ach on $25,000,000 to $50,
MO.000 representing the exchange that
' have to be held over for a day In
York because of the Inability of the
'rains to get the Chicago business to the
f-tern city In tlmo to clear the day It
Jrrlu3.
nll to FlKht High Price.
GlR.VIvnir.ir A It ,n.n . n TrrvliA
siisiii .v. ,HHO
"rmlnfrham'H Overall Club, organized
" combat the hleh oot f rlnthlnr was I
"ork'r.2- m-ertim. ,.).,.. nn.,..
limine new 1
meabrs dealers advanced the price of I
overai trousers from $2 to $6-a pair, I
Junker Generals Ready
to Prepare New Coup
gERLIN, April 10, -Major-Gen.
Bnron von Luettwitz, who
played a leading part in the re
cent Berlin revolt, is reported by
the Freiheit to be in tho neigh
borhood of Franzburtr, in tho
district of Stralsund, Pomerania.
Ho is said by tho newspaper to be
prepared for a fresh revolution
in .Germany, while one of his col
leagues is declared to be travel
ling through tho country organi
zing a new coup.
BERLIN BALKED
IN LEAGUE PLEA
Said to bo Trying to Get
Neutral to Present Case
Against Occupation.
MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED
Franco Will Not Withdraw
Troops Until Germany
Meets Her Conditions.
llr LAURENCE HILLS.
Staff Corretpondtnt of Thk Sen and Nkw
Yojik IIebald. Copyright, ISM, ly Tnc Sc.N
and New Yobk Hkiuld.
Paris, April 10. Despite England's
gesture of disapproval, Franco does
not Intend to withdraw her troops
from Frankfort and other points In
the so-called neutral zone until Ger
many has met her conditions.
This and the fact that Sir Eric
Drummond, Secretary-General of the
Peace Confcrenco, told the German
diplomatic representatives hero to-day
that the German protest against the
French occupation could not be
brought before the league save by a
league member were two of the out
standing features of the situation.
The Germans, It was authoritatively
said, are now seeking to get a neutral
member of the league, like Spain, for
Instance, to lay their protest before
the Council.
A decidedly calmer tone prevails here
now that the content of the British note
to France is known. Great Britain while
not refusing to cooperate with France
has not asked for the withdrawal of the
French troops from tho neutral zone but
has contented herself with merely say
ing. In effect, that If France continues '
her policy of Independent action Great
DrUaln muat leaV(j th(j Councjl oJ Am
bassadors thus bringing to an end all
jolnt nctlon ,n carryng out the terms
of the of Versailles,
made her
" , , , , .
Frankfort occupation and having signi.
ed, not only to the Germans but to her
allies, that she stands rigidly for en.
forement of the treaty, France sees In
the British note a basis for discussing
the whole question of carrying out the
treaty terms when the allied Premiers
meet for their conference In San Remo.
England appears as anxious as Is
France to preserve tho entente, and this
gives a poweriui lever to France, as
her fait accompli still stands as a basis
for these forthcoming negotiations.
Developments in the last twenty-four
hours show that German diplomacy Is
endeavoring to take advantage of the
situation 10 orean mo aiued dioo and,
ultimately, obtain revision of tho peace
treaty.
Also the German request for a three
months extension of the time granted
y the Allies for her to keep troops in
the Ruhr district was nothing more or '
less than an endeavor by tho Berlin
Government to bring up the question
whether France would be permitted to
hold Frankfort for theso three months,
as such permission would give allied
sanction to such occupation.
Despite all this, however, France has
accomplished something by her diplo
matic and military strokes. Indeed, by
her posltlvo action she has brought the
whole question of treaty execution under
review at a time when she saw the
movement for revision of the pact
spreading rapidly among certain classes
in England and In America a movement
based on John Maynard Keynes's book.
KANSAS MINERS QUIT
AS HOW AT PROTESTS
Four Thousand Reported Idle
n... . n, , ,
in ruiavurg rieia.
PiTTSBumi, Kan., April 10. Havine
selected a "walkout" as the proper , t0 kceP UP th0 Picketing, State Depart-
.... , . , ,i,. . 1 ment or no State Department They
metnod of, expressing their sympathy for fald furthermorc, that they would ex-
Alexander M. Howat, president and tend their activities to other cities, If
three other officials of the United Mine ' necessary, where there are British In
Workers of America who are locked up . t erects hostile to the Irish people. They
In the Crawford county Jail on a con-' did not explain, but It was taken to
tempt order. 4,000 miners were Idle to- mean that they would soon be busy in
day In the Kansas coal fields, according . New York city.
to statements Issued at the headquarters j The two women who went to Jail yes
of tho coal operators. The district cm- : terday, refusing to give bond for $1,000
ploys more than 12,000 miners. each for their appearance In court on
Howat, who was sent to Jail when he Monday, were released to-day. Despite
refused to appear in court to answer I
questlons and otherwise Ignored the In-1
dustrlal court, was torn Dy miners near
him when he was arrested that the
I mines would not be operated whllo he
'nHB h.ld In onrfftHv.
' , , .
OYSTER BAY OFFICIAL
DIES IN MOTOR UPSET
John S. Dean, Republican
Leader, Killed on Shore Road.
John S. Dean, Tax Assessor of Oyster
Day and a Republican leader of Nassau
county, was killed yesterday while rid
ing In an automobile with Frederick J.
Kline, a Long Island City manufacturer.
fpv.m ra-A nn thftlr VftV to lnSDeCt- their
summer homes at Bayville, when the 1
automobile failed to make the turn at
the Long Island Railroad trestle on j
Shore road, Oyster Bay, and went over ,
an embankment Into ft thicket Mr.
Dean was nunea against a irec. mv. ,
Dean was nunea aga
Kline also was thrown out but escaped i
with slight bruises I
CRUSADERS FIND
KEY TO PROFITS
IN SECRET CODE
'God Help Us' in Nichthau
ser's Store Had Double
Meaning, Say Agents.
PROFITEERING CHARGED
Year's Net Said to Be $17,955
on Capital Investment of
Less Than $1.0,000.
Tho "flying squadron" of tho Depart
ment of Justice, which has been hunt
ing .profiteers in various mercantile
fields, and which has bagged several
sugar and food dealers for alleged vlo
latlons of the Lever net, turned its
attention yesterday to bigger gamo.
Aided by a secret code A'hlch had
come Into their possession several days
ago, two agents attached to tho stuff
of Arnlm W. Riley, 'eader of the local
crusade against profilers, visited the
haberdashery establlshmen: of Joseph
Nlchthauser, Court nnd Montague
streets, Brooklyn, and made a com
parison of the sale and cost prices of
various articles.
Tho code, which was a confidential
one used In Mr. Nlchthauser's place, was
suggestive of what tho average pur
chaser might say or feel like saying as
he notes from time to time tho general
direction of things. It was "God help
us," each letter standing for a numeral,
with an X to represent O. Thus, when
the two ageflts read on the tags on six
raincoats the letters "OD," they Inferred
that these letters, being respectively the
second and third In the code must mean
that the coats cost $23 each. When they
read "OU" on flvo other coats they con
cluded that the letters stood for $2S,
and from a mark "DX" on another
batch they decided that the cost had
been $30. All of these coats were selling
at $45.
The agents demanded to see Mr
Nlchthauser's books, from which they
learned, according to their report, that
his gross sales last year had amounted
to $123,787.35, while the cost of tho
goods had been $77,705.79, leaving a
I gross profit of $45,081.56. Out of this,
jthcy say, Nlchthauser received a salary
or jtj,3io. -Not profits amounted to $17,
955 on a capital Investment that, it Is
iisserted, did not exceed $32,000 or $40,
U00. The agents arrested Nlchthauser and
accused him before United States Com
missioner McCabe in Brooklyn of vio-
J latlng the Lever act In charging cx
iccsslve prices. He pleaded not guilty
jand was held In $2,500 ball for examina
tion on April 21. The onenso or which
he is accused carries upon conviction a
maximum penalty of two years impris-
onmtnt. $5,00) line or both.
The Nlchthauser establishment is one
of tho best known haberdashery places
in the bqrough. being patronized by
many prominent residents of the Brook-'
lyn Heights section.
SONORA WITHDRAWS
rr miuirrr &
AS A M FX WAN ST A TF
iO i irJCWCiiT Oi liC
!
Officials Defy Carranza and
U.ll TV
i at would prevent famine. This fast scr
Nooai.es, Sonora, April 10. The State , vlce oy traJriioads brought 4.740.000
of Sonora withdrew from the Republic
of Mexico to-day. The State Congress
at Hermozlllo voted last night, accord
ing to reports reaching here, to resist
with armed forces any attempt of tho
Carranza OovcrnmcJit to send troops
Into the State.
Senora political leaders said President ( food fold at retail yesterday over
Carranza planned to set up a military I the prices asked on Friday, although
dictatorship In Sonora nnd tako over , most necessaries advanced some, but
tho State Government He was openly j 'William Minder, president of the Wash
accused of plotting tho manoeuvre to j Ington Market Merchants' Association,
harm the presidential candidacy of
General Alvaro Obrcgon, whose homo Is
here. , settled, because the wholsalers have run
Yesterday Sonora officials seized the ' up meat prices from 3 to 5 cents a pound
Southern Pacific of Slexico, an Amerl- j on all classes of meat He corroborated
can owned . railroad whoso employees the Market Commissioner's statement
had been on strike, and put all the strlk-, that there Is a big supplj of food in stor
ers back to work with a guaranty of age. This is a disputed point big prod
their demands. juco dealers Insisting that stored foods
A delegation of leading citizens of are deplc'ed.
Sonora may be Bent to Washington to 6. According to A. W. Rylcy, chief of
ask the United States Government to In-, the "flying squadron" sent out by the
tercede In an effort to adjust differences. Department of Justice to curt) proflteer-
WOMEN PICKETS IN
IDICU nAIIQV nrn AWT
tKlOtl Cil0. UCt iAll 1
1
Mav Extend Their Activities '
may nxiena neir ncuvmes
to New York City.
SfaL!?v T8K in,",D
Washington, April 10. The women
wmu iiuti; uvcu iiii.itviui iiio unusn I
Embassv In the cause of Irish freedom
announced to-night that they intended 1
their protests, weir renow plcxets tur-
nlshcd
the bonds. They wero Mrs.
Vsiira Onlnn nf Hoston ajirl MIm Marv
Calvin of Philadelphia. j In potatoes, and Dr. Copeland found
!they were selling up to $18 a barrel.
nn DT AW PTJDNim IHls surveyof the delicatessen shops, the
UK. DLAtC. DUtUVtLU, 'great reliance of hundreds of thousands
UriMK" nrCTPnvm of New Yorkers, showed, he said, that
nUMC. UCOl KKJIILU thcy COUd tale care of trade for two
weeks. On the whole, ho decided there
Surgeon Suffers About Hands was no occasion for alarm or for hoard
. ttnnnnn J?; 'ng- He advised food economy and
in $iUU,UUU rire. I avoidance of dealers who were obviously
'profiteering. The Commissioner wilt
Fire destroyed the home of Dr. Joseph have a further report from his lnspec
A. Blake, the noted surgeon, at Tarry- tors at 6. P. M. tc-day.
town yesterday, the damage belngj cstl- The railroad contribution ' to relief
mated at more than $100,000. Dr. was one of tho most Interesting factors
Blake's hands were severely burned when of the day.
he tried to prevent the spread of the I "The meat trains which came through
flames by using a Are extinguisher. The from Chicago unbroken and on fast
three children, Catherine, Jean and
Ytrdllim wpa tnken fn nnf)fv hv Mr
Blake and Mrs. William B. Field of this
city, who had gone to the Blake homo
for luncheon.
The Blake home, opposite that of Mrs,
FInley J. Shepard, was a large stone
structure ouiu dj a. a. uuroee.
More
recently It had been owned by
Stem sd Robert B. Dula.
Louis
RAIL STRIKERS ASK BIG
NEW. UNION IS FORMED;
GO VERNMENT READ Y
ROADS PREPARE
TO RUSH FOOD
City Officials and Railroad Ex
ecutives Take Steps to Ward
Off Possible Famine.
CONFERENCE TO BE HELD
New York Central's Fast
Freight Brings in Largo
Supply of Meat.
Every hour that the strike of the
insurgent union railroad workers con
tinues increases the tension of the
food situation in this city, but more
optimism was displayed yesterday ns
regards the possibility of a food famine
than had been noted on Friday.
Willie It is generally recognized that
there would bo severe food stortage,
especially in fresh vegetables, butter,
eggs and milk, if the railroad brother
hoods and tho Government should be
unable within a week to put down the
rebolllon within the ranks of organized
railroad labor, certain steps taken and
opinions offered by city officials, rail
road executives and others having to
do with tho transportation and dis
tribution of food tended to easo the
public mind.
Important Developmenta.
The Important developments were:
1. Health Commissioner Copcland.'rec
ognlzlng a serious situation and prepnred
to use the broad powers of his depart
ment, announced that he will call a con
ference to-morrow of wholesalers in
meat, produce, vegetables and fruit, to
gether with representatives of the rail
roads, to work out a plan of action to
procure and conserve food and avoid
distress.
2. Commissioner of Markets Edwin J.
O'Mallcy stated that an investigation by
liUj denartment had revealed enough food
, 8t0rcd , warenouaes t0 ,ast the clty t0T
....
fslx months; that large quantities are
being held at the Jersey terminals which
. would be accessible i that his department
; 3 taking steps to correct the shortage
, mllk nml n nroduCH nnd lhtt, eo.
, pie should refuse to deal with dealers who
Ilt?rce pn8, l0 snurp', f'"Le ",a
opinion, such dealers would bo using the
situation to pronteer. .
3. p. e. Crowley, operating vlce-prcsl-'
dent of tho New York Central rtallroad.
promised such fast freight nervlce, orlng-
ling wnoie iramioaus oi meat ana omer
' food straight into downtown Manhattan
pounds of fresh meat direct from Chicago
In eeventy-nlne refrigerator cars and de
livered It to waiting trucks along the
vest side tracks on Friday and repeated
the achievement yesterday. Another
supply as big is due to-morrow morning.
There was no startling rise of prices
predicted there would be a big prlco ln-
crease by to-morrow unless the strlKo is
ilng, a disposition was snown yeaieraay
by some dealers to taKe aavantage or
the strike and food crisis to boost prices
artificially, me claim Deing mane imu
g0 lltue 0f butter, oggs, milk, fresh vege-
tables and fruit were coming in that
hlfher vrlcen ,Ud 10 bo cnlrR.fd J,any
nBhDorh0od stores put butter up as
much as 10 cents a pound, and eggs and
vegetables, especially potatoes, Jumped
similarly.
Health Commissioner Copeland, while
taking a hopeful view of the situation,
said that practically no food has been
brought Into the city for two days, and
that his survey shows that tho markets
are practically empty, especially of fresh
vegetables. He found the milk supply
normal, as It has been possible to get a
sufficient supply from Jersey by wagon.
This method was precarious, he ad
mitted, because there was likely to be
trouble In getting the empty cans back
to the Jersey milk stations.
As for butter and eggs, the Health
Commissioner found enough to last
nerhans twn weeks. He believed the
city's meat supply would hold out about
twn weeks. There Is a distinct scarcity
time," the New York Central Railroad
reported, "consisted of seventy-nine re
frigerator cars packed to their capacity
of about thirty tons with fresh beef,
pork and mutton, as well as many Bolld
carloads of ham and aides of bacon.
Merchants and distributers were ready
at various points along the West Bide
U.S. ULTIMATUM
FORSTRIKERS
Action Will bo Taken Unless
Men Go Back in 48 Hours,
Says Clyno in Chicago. '
I.W.W. LEADER ARRESTED
Man Activo in Walkout Has
Old Record Some "Western
ers Return to Work.
Bptctal to The Son and New Your IIebald
Chicago, April 10. In the face of re
ports that tho "outlaw" strike of rail
road workers throughout tho country
was beginning to break, and others
that more men were going out, United
States Attorney Charles P. Clyno be
gan preparations to-day for Federal
Intervention unless peace Is renched
within forty-eight hours. Following
Instructions from Washington, Mr.
Clyne Is prepared to take court action
to force an end to the transportation
tlcup.
The Government's first move in the
direction of forcing a settlement was
seen In a conference this afternoon
between Mr. Clyne and officials of the
various railroad brotherhoods. Much
secrecy was maintained by those at
the meeting. They refused to com
ment on tho situation or to divulge
what had takpn place at tho confer
ence. One of those attending tho confer
ences of Mr. Clyne was Attorney
Mitchell, an assistant to Attorney
General Palmer, who arrived here to
day from Washington.
It was learned on good authority,
however, that matters considered by
Mr. Clyne Included wholesale prosecu
tions or jonn Grunau, head of the
Chicago Yardmen's Association, and
other strike leaders. Injunctions, too,
will be obtained, providing It becomes
necessary for the Government to in
tervene. Mr. Clyne's only reference to the
meeting was contained In the state
ment: "The United States Government
Is not powerless in a situation which
affects food suppliejs." He said that
f. . ',,, ,.. .. i.i
the strikers would receive an ultl-
,natum ordering them back to work.
'vftcr( his conference with United
Btatea Attorney Clyne, Grunau addressed
- -
tho new union formed here. In his ad
lress Grunau charged that "secret ser
vice men have been watching our move
ncnts for tho last week" and added:
There probably are large numbers of
3overnment agents here and we might
as well dismiss the meeting."
Railroad chiefs believed normal ser
vice would bo restored by Monday. B.
B. Gricr, vice-president of the Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul, said that full
crows would be back on that ijoad by
to-morrow night and that the congestion
would be relieved within twelve hours.
The St Paul road and the New York
Central to-day lifted the embargo on
freight and Immediately resumed
operations of cars loaded with perish
ables and coal.
Other cities reported Improved condi
tions. In Kansas City 125 Rock Island
switchmen and sixty-five firemen of the
Kansas City Terminal Company wero
back. Six crews on tho St. Paul road
alBo returned in Kansas City."
On tho Pacific coast men also wero re
ported returning to work, but In various
other place, throughout the country the
strikers reported fresh desertions of
Brotherhood members.
Operatives from tho State Attorney's
office to-day arrested E. C. Estey, who
has been active In the local strike. His
arrest followed a speech at a strikers'
meeting.
Estey Is beln held Incommunicado
pending the arrival of the Minneapolis
authorities, who want to question him
concerning his boast that he belongs to
the I. W. W. and that ho wrecked trains
and destroyed bridges near that city
during the strike of 1910. Tho strike
leaders have disowned him.
Late reports Indicate that the striko
has spread to eleven new districts, with
8,000 more, men out
At Gary, It Is reported, a total of 12,
0)0 workmen wero thrown Into Idleness
because a lack of supplies had resulted
In the banking of a dozen blast furnaces.
Blast furnaces In South Chicago also
have, been banked and many are Idle
there.
Food prices began to climb In Chicago
to-day as a result of the freight tleup,
potatoes, sugar and lettuce taking the
lead. It Is not believed other foodstuffs
will go up Immediately, as the strike
has prevented shipments from as well aa
shipments to the city. Sugar has ad
vanced almost $5 a 100 pounds during
the week. It is se'ling at $23 a hun
dred velght wholesale. Potatoes are sell
ing nt $7.75, having advanced about $1.
Lettuce can be bought In only a few
places.
It was predicted by butchers that the
price of meat would go up 20 cents a
pound by Monday. Portt loins, which
sold at 29 cents before tho strike, were
up 11 cents.
DR. HADIEY TO RETIRE IN 1921
Yale Corporation Accepts
Ills
Resignation as President.
New Haykk, Conn., April 10. The
resignation of Dr. .Arthur Twining Had
ley, president of Yalo University, has
been accepted by tho Yalo Corporation,
It was announced to-night.
The resignation will' be effective on
June 30, 1921, when Dr. Hadley will
have been president of Yale for twenty
two years.
Wage Demands in Ultimatum of New Union
Compared With Rates Now Paid by Railroads
fpiIE following comparative tablo shows tho present pay of the rail
road men and their demands as set forth last night in the ultimatum
U of the United Railroad Workers of
Present hour ly wage.
Engineers (yard) $ .90
Engineers (road) 1.05
Conductors (freight) 65J
Yard brakemen 62
Switch tenders. . . .' 50
Brakemen 50
Collectors 55
Baggagemen .. .45
Baggagemen (express) . . .45
Yardmasters (general)... 250.'
Yardmasters 250.
Firemen (through service)
Firemen (local service) . .
Firemen (yard service) ..
Firemen (pass, service) . .
Hostlers (outsiders)....,
Hostlers (insiders)......
Hostlers' helpers
Eight hours is specified aa a
upon "time and half time" for overtime; the same for all regular day
work on Sundays and holidays and "double time" for all over time on
Sundays and holidays.
PALMER ORDERS
STRIKE INQUIRY
Federal Attorneys to Deter
mine if Move Is Against
Necessaries of Life.
Spetil to Tnc Son ajid New Yonu Hesaxd,
Washington, April 10 United States
Attorneys throughout the country were
authorized to-day to begin Investiga
tions of tho "outlaw" rail strike. Their
orders, sent from the office of the At
torney General, specifically mentioned
the necessity of determining whether
there had been "Joint action" aimed
at Interference witli the movement of
food and fuel and other necessities
In an interview 'at ' avannah, Oa.,
A. Mitchell Parmer, Attorney General,
made thla statement aa outlining his
opinion on 'the legal aspects of the
8trrke:
Any joint action designed to in
terfere with the distribution of
the necessities of life would be un
lawful. Our district attorneys have
been instructed to watch the con
ditions and see If there has been
any such unlawful interference, or
if auch Interference Is contem
plated. I have wired Assistant Attorney
General Arrras, at Washington, to
act on his own judgment should
the situation be found to warrant
It Nothing will be done until
there is a careful Inquiry made to
ascertain the exact facts of the
situation.
Mr. Ames refused to comment on the
fact that the Government was about to
step In and sift tho evidence to deter
mine whether the strike leaders could
be prosecuted and the backbono of the
revolt broken In that manner.
"I am not prepared to say anything
relative to reported Government action
on the strike," was the text of the state
ment he authorized.
Pressure has been brought upon the
Department of Justico to step Into the
fight as was done in the casa of the
coal strike, but the department Is mov
ing cautiously, especially since messages
received from the brotherhood leaders
are optimistic In tone.
Though It has been stated from day
to day that the President was expected
to announce the membership of the Rail
road Labor Board at an early date, no
action In that direction was taken at
the Whlto House to-day. The President,
so far an could be learned, saw no one.
consulted with no one and took no
action whatsoever on the situation. He
remained indoors viewing a private ex
hibition of "movies."
Referring to tho President's failure
to name the board, Senator Cummins
(Iowa), chairman of tho Interstate
Commerce Committee, placed the blame
for the tangled rail mess on his shoul
ders. "Wo havo waited now six weeks for
this board to bo appointed and still
ndthlng Is done," the Senator said. "And
while we wait, Rome burns."
In connection with tho proposed
Senate Investigation, Senator Cum
mins said that everything was ready
for the Investigation providing someone
could bo found to tell tho names of the
witnesses who should bo called.
"We are trying to learn whom to call,
and find there are some difficulties and
embarrassments In the situation," he
said.
"For three weeks I havo been hoping
that tho President would name the Rail
road Labor Board. Failure to namo It
has been holding up tho whole business
of the men's demand for more wages.
It Is utterly Inexcusable and cannot be
(defended on any possible theory. While
I we wait for It tho country is being led
to the very edge of a volcano."
Bur Dry Referendum Vote.
Lansino, Mich., April 10. Action of
the Michigan Legislature In ratifying
the national prohibition amendment is
final and cannot be submitted to a refer
endum of the people, the State Supreme
Tilt. OREENMUF.h Whu Sulphur
Jprlnfi. W. Va. Through Coropartmtat
lttpirs. Baoklnfi Th Plata. Atv,
PA Y RAISES:
TIEUP GROWS;
TO INTER VENE
America :
Demanded.
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a month
a month
$ 1.35
1.50
1.10
.95
.95
.5
.97
.82
.90
325. a month
295. a month
8.20 a day
9.20 a day
7.20 a day
7.50 a day
8.20 a day
7.20 a day
6.75 a day
working day.
The demands insist
ABOUT WILSON
Eeports Persist That He Is Un
able to Tako Up Pressing
Problems.
SptcM to Tax Sum and Net Yoxs Herald.
Washington, April 10. President
Wilson's health again Is causing con
siderable concern In Washington, de
spite authorized statements from the
White House that there has been no
change In his condition except for the
better and that there Is nothing to
tho rumors current for a week that he
has suffered a relapse.
The outstanding fact remains that
tlib President, so far as any outward
appearance Is concerned, has not been
functioning in the last ten days in his
official capacity, although there are
numerous matters of public interest
which seem to require his attention.
It Is this more than anything else
which Is tho cause of the repeated
rumors In official circles that Mr. Wil
son Is not so well.
A statement to-day by Senator Cum
mins (Iowa) regarding the railroad sit
uation that Mr. Wilson Is doing noth
ing "while Rome Is burning" Is a sam
ple of tho general comment
Joseph P. Tumulty, Secretary to the
President, has said all week that Mr.
Wilson was about to announco the per
sonnel of the Railroad Labor Board,
v, hlch would be empowered to deal with
the present strike. And yet ihe work,
has passed without such action. Also
pending are three nominations to mem
bership on the Interstate Commerce
Commission, with th.0 commission
swamped with work In view of the
passing of tlfo railroads into private cor.
troi again and anxious for help.
The reports of Mr. Wilson's new Ill
ness have been of various character, the
more extreme being to the effect that
Mr. Wilson again Is confined to his bed
and that Rear Admiral Grayson, the
White Houso physician, Is Kreatly
alarmed o.ver his condition. This Dr.
Crayson has denied. In an authorized
statement to The Sun and New Yonx
Herald, already printed, he has said
that Mr. Wilson Is better now than at
any time since foe became 111 six months
ago.
DANISH FARMERS NOW
THREATEN TO STRIKE
They Propose Counter Action
to Force Labor to Work
Copenhagen, April 10. A majority of
the Danish farmers, who are the back
bone of that nation, are exasperated
over the continuous labor troubles which
are preventing the transport of farming
produco to England and the United
States, and contemplate direct action by
cutting off Copenhagen and other Dan
ish towii3 from agricultural produce,
meat and grain until the strikes are
stamped out.
Tho bakers, masons, seamen and long
shoremen are still on strike. The long
shoremen are willing to negotiate, but
are Informed that this Is Impossible until
work Is resumed.
GOMPERS ASSERTS
THERE IS NO STRIKE
'But No Law Prevents Indi
viduals From Quitting.'
Philadelphia, April 10. 'There Is
no strike of railroad men," Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, asserted here to
day while he was waiting for a delayed
train for New York. As ho swung
aboard he said:
NEW CONCERN
"Remember, there Is no strike. Con
gress has prohibited strikes on the rail
roads, but, of course, there Is no law
to prevent Individuals from quitting
their jobs If they choose to do so."
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New Wage Scale, Dating
From June 1, 1919, Can't
13e Paid, Say Roads.
PASSENGERS STALLED
With Jersey Tubes Closed
Strikers Attempt to Stop
Ferryboats.
MANHATTAN JOT. IDLE
rennsy Annuls Many Trains
Engineers and Conductors
May Quit.
The striko of tho railroad twlschi
men, which has paralyzed freight
transportation into and out of New
York, has spread to the railroad fire
men and tho passenger services aro
going the way of freight. Lato last
night 140 switchmen In tho yards at
Grand Central terminal and in Mott
Haven yards quit in a body, without'
warning and without demonstration.
But tho passenger service of tho New
York Central Railroad, which to that
time was running with hardly any
deviation from schedule, threatened
for a time to become completely dis
organized. Emergency enltchmon
wero recruited from the electrical
division and at midnight passenger
scryrlco was still moving, but lato and
Irregularly.
Tho Lackawanna Railroad firemen
served notice late in the night that'
they would walk out at 2:15 this
morning. They said that they would
take caro of suburban paasonger'
service up until midnight, but that
the Buffalo express, pulling out of
Hoboken at 2:15 A. M., would be tho
last train they would fire.
Pennsylvania Railroad trains left
Thirty-fourth street two hours be
hind schedule this morning and some
times moro than that. Incoming
trains were from thirty minutes to
two hours late. All stations wero
thronged at midnight. Officials aro
as vague about the futuro as wero
the would-be passengers. Early this
morning the Graiijd' Central terminal
waiting rooms and concourses looked
UKa refugee camps, Tho Westchester
commuters were trlko bound.
Caught Destroying Slarnalt.
The llrst suggestion of sabotage waa
reported by the Erie Railroad police,
who reported to J. J. Mantell. manager
of the New York region of the Erie, that
l.they had captured a man in the act of
destroying signal connections near May
vllle, N. J. Another Erlo detective re
ported he had overheard a group ot
strikers near the North Paterson station
talking about derailing a train due at
that station at 10:25. Tho train came
through slowly, with armed guards on
the engine pilot and In the cabin.
Up In tho Grand Central Terminal a
dozen striking laborers, switchmen nnd
trainmen were arrested whllo exhorting
loyal trainmen and switchmen to leave '
their posts. The men offered no violence
either to tho trainmen or to tho polico.
In the night court Magistrate March
reprimanded nnd then discharged the
men.
The strike of the Hudson and Man
hattan tube trainmen came to pass on
scheduled time. The tube trainmen
held a meeting this morning to appoint
a committee to carry their demands to
Oren Root, president of the Hudson and
Manhattan rtallroad. The tube strikers
havo aligned themselves with tho other
railroad workers. Thcy predict com
plete collapse of all ferry service by to
morrow morning.
Shortly before midnight the yard
crews in tho Meadow shops, Manhattan
Transfer, N. J walked out. This ties '
up the Baltimore and Ohio, Lehigh Val
ley and Pennsylvania lines between that
point and Pennsylvania Station at
Thirty-fourth street, Manhattan.
The Pennsylvania Railroad announced
that five Philadelphia expresses, ono
Long Branch express and two Philadel
phia locals had been discontinued. On
tho Philadelphia end four New York ex
presses and ono New York local have
been taken off. The company announced
at midnight that 2,000 of Its switchmen,
brakemen and conductors had walked
out. Such was tho throng In the Penn
sylvania Station at midnight that polico
lines had to be formed.
Striken Deliver Reply.
Tho striking railroad workers deliv
ered their reply jesterday to the railroad
officials, who have been charging that
the present walkout is Icaderless and
that the men were stampeded out of
their Jobs without knowing why thcy
quit In Grandvlew Hall, Hoboken,, the
strikers organized ."The United Railroad
Workers of America," and Incidentally
tho first organized revolt against tho
present officers of the Brotherhood ot
Railroad Trainmen and the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen and Englnemen.
The men Insist that despite Its nanm
tho new organization la not yet a na
tional body, nor will they admit that
Its purpose U to abolish the various
existing railroad unions and consolldato
all under one head. Thcy have not do-
elded yet whether to seek a charter In
the American Federation of Labor. A
certain radical group Is against affilia
tion with nny comprehensive labor body.
Another element, fearing that the radi
cals will control, want It understood
that the men will retain their member
ship In tho brotherhoods, but confess
that It will be hard to make the brother
hoods agree to tho members dividing
their allegiance.
At any rato the United Railroad
Workers of America elected their na
tional officers, drew up their demand?
and arranged to submit their grievances
and demands to the railroad manage
ments Just as soon as the latter can ha
reached. Meanwhile thcy look for a
prolonged strike and a rapid growth of
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