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WILL HOLD GRAND RALL Y
OF RICHMOND'S OVERALL
CLUBS ON TUESDA YNIGHT
xpect Definite Date for Overall
Wearing Will Be Fixed
Then.
BREADS THROUGH NATION
[rmingham Blossoms Out in
Denim in Accordance With
Advance Notices.
I hen- will !>?? ;i |?ig rally ih-M Tut'S
y nighl of all I In- lci< hmond "ol<l
?thes ami overall dubs" ami "giug
m-drcss so'-leties" at a maKS-ini.'vl- j
s In I lie city Auditorium, called by
\V. Merchant. organizer.
I lie i-iTi'i't of tin movement, organ
d less than a week. haa already he
lm apparent In a number of Itlch
itid stores. win-re signs arc eoti
k'uoiifly displayed announcing :i
op In prices. One store displayed
rign reading, "Why wear overall)*
i' ii yoti i aii get a unit like this '
r 12.1 V"
Announcement wart made yesterday
ilreudv between l'.f>(i'i and X.imhi !
t'limonil people have pledged lh<-m
|lve* to refrain from tin- purchase ;
n*w clothing. and that the mcm
|rshlp of t li?> various organisations
growing rapidly.
|Mr. Mi r.-huril stated last night thai
Million wealth's Attorney Oeorge 10. |
|lse will address the mas^-meetinu.
d that on tin* return of linvernur
estinorcland Mavis from .Ww York,
lere h> n attending .1 meeting of
e board of directory of the Itlch
>nd, Fredericksburg arid I'otomac
iliroad. lie w iu in- a .iked to Join
"Overall riuli" movement. Mr.
irehant announced that an Invita
iii will In' ui-nt to the flovi rnor to
tend utul s;>eak at the inuss-meet
Tbe City Auditorium hji; been en
ged for the evening, and the only I
iibt. expri sseil by officials of the :
soclatlon Is whether or not the
ildlne will he large enough to ho hi .
I of the persons who will attend,
itween ]rt.00(l and 1C.O0O are ex
ited.
ItlncuMa Other M. C. L AnRlra.
Tlte proposition of holding a pa
'de an a protest against the high
st of dressing, eating and other
ings In general will lie brought up
I the mass-meeting.
j A section of organized labor lias
fused 16 support the overall move
I.Mit. "Seorge I.uther Wilcox, mem
r of the )Iouce of Delegates and j
repreaenta11ve of labor here, stated
ist night that the unions here con
!er thi- movement a fad, and will
ke no a lion in their meetings to
rward the agitation.
Several factories here announced
e organization of overall clubs,
sterday, and the movement was
id to be taking root in the down* ,
vvii district. Several person* have \
ready braved the eyes of the curl- '
s and hive appeared on the street
essed in new overalls. It is proli
ne that ?t the meeting in the City
iditorimn thvre will iie a doiinlte
te set for the coining forth in full
oom ??.' ail overall wearers.
Intend Movement to Schools.
Costly clothing for schoolgirls J
is also attacked yesterday i>y a
iiiian who wrote Mr. Merchant
aking the suggestion that the
verall and apron" movement be ex
ndod to the schools. It was .nig- j
sled in the letter that the school
?ard take some action to reduce ihft j
.it of graduation class dresses by'
opting a standard plain white
iddy suit.
Organization of a new overall club
itli 10!> iiiembers-in the accounting
partment of lite Chesapeake and
lio Railroad Company was also an- j
?niiced yesterday. The date for the. \
oomiug forth of this club into j
eralis lias been set fur next Tues- j
y or Wednesday. A movement i
u- also on foot to organize an j
erall club among the employees of i
e Life Insurance company of Vlr- j
nia.
C. it II. Men In Movement.
Antony those who siuned the peti- i
in for the organization of the
ub in the Chesapeake and O^io
Ulroad accounting department
are:
?r. Hopkins Wllllama
v ltiiiicr ?! r. it. c.. i?ovi
N Murnhv '<? Stafford
rV." Toomev H. K. Hawthorne,
hi. Bartholomew
II. l?unMon ^ lliiams
Ti I rwis '?? "? Andrews
l! Hurnwell .inhn II. t'allHlinn
lomon Schwartz B do lairi.o,
P. Onarlcs ^aecr?i'w ? "oi!0
H. Ttoblielt X^S, ,
,. isr,mn Charles n. I'urdv
hli'v Tvler "? Taliaferro
I. stanshurtr '*? Hawthorne
v; Wood "? H. (?.iodi
n. l.oivrv W. I.. Tatiev
MeSorle V I' !*'? ^ eltzel
M. Heater ^ [??
V .... H. .1 Onestv
Trm-v O. K- Hererke
(I Moore T. n WHII?n?l
Vvr nrli?ir TI. f - Mnorft
Wc "nnn-rt T. F. Bvan
#*? i 'h^lkU'V Tl. ? ?12^"
li. Branch ?*.
is* ^. J. Tftllov
IFpe'll n. Jone* ? . 11. I. Scbulte
K ?ill Oeorise Jenkins
. K. Hae-ei ?' A W?rrt
T. Martin T. ??r?J
li V/.lc F. .1. Fowler
n' Mellon * Tuck?r
iomn? M. rorncllr Tt. T>.
.1. MeI.ean T. W. .Tcxiatt
B. Thomas
ftlrniingbam Out In Overnlla.
B1 R.MINC5FIAM". AT^A..' April 16.?
ie lowly overall today supplanted
k "pinchback" in Birmingham.
Rainy weather, - which sometimes
ilieartens the crusader and blights
njy an Important event, served
ly to fortify the wiivering inten
ns of those who resolved "to see
tat the other fellow did" before
?y dofin?d denim tlu>mselves. Ah
. (Continued on Sccond Pago.)
New Orleans Archbishop
Scores Modern Wedding
(My Animrlnlrd
m:\v on i.ioa .vs. April hi.?
ChnnclrrUliiff modern "rvrnlnK
or mii'ltl}' >*rddlnc?" nn ti|i|irouch
InK "to thf iiliomlnntlun of <lr??
Intloii," .HiMt Itrv. John \V. Shall,
Ar<*liltlHho|i of ?t* OrlriinN, toniulit
?nnilr mul?lIt* the Inl of n piinlorul
Irttcr ttlilrli trill ho rrnil .Stindiiy
In ull rhurrhrn In thin nrrHilliii'mr.
lllNi'UNHlnK noclrljr nrililliiKR,
iihlch lir nxHcrtrd, huir nupplontrd
llic nuptlnl in n mm to ti emit dr
Brrp, ihr jira-hlilnhop unidi
??'I'll ofTnrt t rot niton I church
drcornllon ??* liI<? >* nrrvr? mrrrl? to
flnttrr thr vunltj- of tlic lirldnl
party nod thrlr relative* the choir
imiMl lir lottrrrd to tlir level of nn
ordinary thrnlrr orrlirxlrn to ?iI?>?
I'lilinir NUKxrnllvr oprratic nlrn
nnd ? inrdlrj of trivial, NriiHiiuiiH
iiiuilc,"
Hr concluded tilth n -ififrr df
iitinrla t ion of church mrirrlnyr rr
liviirNtila.
STATE OF 50NH TO ASK
AMERICAN RECOGNITION
licailrr of He volt Ai;niii<il ("aiTjin/.a
Government Announces U. S.
Will He Askeil for Approval.
I
LIIIKKAIaS l>K\OL.\(K action
Sympathizer* of Governor <le l?
I inert a I Ipclarr Movement l-i
Flagrant Attempt lo Involve This
Country in .Mexican Kmbrogllo.
I fly A?., 'iMlfitl Prrr* 1
AOUA Pit IKT A, SONOKA, April
W> -The State of Sonora will appeal
to 1 In* United St at oh for recognition
us a^helllgerent. Announcement of
the proposed appeal'was made her*
today !>>? Kranclfio Kilas, a leader
In the Sonora revolt against the Car
ranza government of Mexico.
Colonel Abi-iardo Rodriguez, head
ing 1,200 Sonora troops. reached .No
gales, Sonora. today, and Is proceed
ing with :ti! haste to Agua 1'rieta.
opposite Douglas, Ariz., to re-enforce
the state troops massing there to
re|)H threatened Federal invasion.
Following announcement that the
Federal government pf Mexico had
asked permission to send troops
through the* United States to attack
Sonora from the north, leaders of
the Ubera'.ist movement, under Gov
ernor do la Muerta. of Sonora. today
denounced the action as a flagrant
attempt to Involve the United States
in what the leaders consider a purely
Internal matter.
Should Carranza's request he grant
ed. they declared, it would threaten
the massing of forces on either side
of the line at Xogales, Arizona and
Sonora, with a resultant battle and
the loss of American lives anil de
struction of American property.
KAPP'S ATTEMPTED
FLIGHT ENDS WITH
ARREST IN SWEDEN
Five-Day Dictator'May Be Ex
tradited on Treason
Warrant.
COl'KXHAOKN. April 1(5.?Dr.
Wolfgang Kapp has been arrested at
Stockholm (after a sensational and
adventurous escape in disguise.
The man who for five days was
dictator in Merlin, and wliise madcap
militarist revolt plungrerl (Jormany
into civil war. fled from Merlin in
an airplane and traveled to Sweden
vi.'i Denmark. Mis suspicious :ip
pearancc led to his arrest In the
Swedish capital. Me had assumed
the name of "Kanitz," his passport
w<ts not vised and bore an indistinct
photograph. Me had shaved off his
must-ache and otherwise camouflaged
his identity. When taken into cus
tody. however, he admitted he was
Kapp. lle?is held by the Swedish
authorities. Since a warrant for
treason is out for him. the German
government is expected to demand
his extradition.
THEODORE N. VAIL,
PHONE GENIUS, DIES
Head of American Telephone
and Telegraph Company
Succumbs in Baltimore.
GIRDED GLOBE WITH WIRES
Lived to Talk Without Wires
Across Continent and
the Ocean.
ISAI/riMOKK. April IS.?Theodore
N Vail, chairman of the board of
directors of I mo American Telephone
and Telegraph Company, died at JohriC
Hopkins Hospital thin morning of a
cornpth ation of cardiac and kidney
t roubles.
Mr. Vail was brought here from
Jekyl Island, Georgia. last .Sunday In
his private car. At the hospital it
was stated that he was In a serious
condition and his death was not un
expectod to the physicians.
Mr. Vail retired as president of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company last June and became chair
man.
Iliit l-'aith In "Hell"* Toy."'
As head of the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company, Theodore
i.Vevvton Vail was the head of the
laigcst telephone system in the world.
He was front the first the genius
that promoted the popular use of the
telephone, the first man to establish
long-distance communication by tele
phone. and. when past seventy years
of age, ho wa:. still the initiative head
of a system that numbered 0,000,
000 telephone subscribers and rep
resented an Investment of -a billion
anil a half dollars.
Mr. Vail was .11 years old when
Alexander Graham lie!! invented the
telephone, and. notwithstanding his
s.ge, lie was filling the responsible
post of general superintendent of the
railway mail service. Still earlier,
however, he had been a telegraph op
erator. and. interested in the possi
bilities of electrical communication,
he had visions that/ Bell's "toy"
vould some day be a great factor in
American life. ^ ^ /
Bell and his associates hud equal
faith in Mr. Vail's organizing genius,
for he had Already made a name for
himself as an organizer in the pro
nation of the railway mail service,
and he was readily Induced to resign
I*la government post to become the
vteneral manager, in 1S7S, of the first
American Hell Telephone Company.
l.onir Dlntanrc Triumph*.
Kven the most optimistic backers
of the telephone then thought that
the invention would serve only for
local communication, but Mi, Vail
had virion: of its long-distuncc use.
It was !ie who inaugurated succes
sive steps of snf/fr-city communica
t:on. The first lino from liootou to
Providence was ridiculed as "Vail'w
side-show," but 3.?m?: of the persons
v. ho indulged in the ridicule at that
l'51i?- lived to see Mr. Vail telephone,
nut only from Boston tj Providence,
but from New York to San Francisco,
in 1915, thirty-five years later.
Kurt her, in October in that year, they
found that it was possible to send
the human voice more than half way
around the world, as wis .lone by.
wireless telephone from the govern
ment station at Arlington, '.'a., the
words being recorded si-r.jllam.-cusl/
ct Honolulu, in the mid-Pacific and
the ICiffel Tower, in Par;*.
Mr. Vail was horn in Carroll Coun
ty, Ohio, July lfi. 1S4T>, of Quaker
ancestry. His father. Davis Vail, re
moved from Ohio to Morristown, X.
when the son was four years old,
and became associated with a broth
er, .Stephen Wtit, who had founded
the Speedwell Iron Works, near Mor
ristown. where they built much of
the machinery for the first trans
atlantic steamship. Alfred Vail, an
other brother, was one of those asso
ciated with Samuel Morse, in the in
vention and promotion of the tele
graph.
Theodore Vail waa educated <at the
"(Continued on Second Page.)
GOTHAM THOUSANDS FLOCK -TO
COLORS OF GENERAL OVERALL
Blue Denim Brigades Spring Up Overnight and Go
Forth to Do Battle With the Securely Intrenched
Forces of the High Cost of Clothing.
sympathetic faculty work smoothly.
Hoys of the Jamaica High School
voted to wear khaki on all occa
sions. The fironx Business Men's
Club anil the Women's Civic Federa
tion promised support.
Mow strong is the popular indig
nation against the fancy prices be
ing asked for ordinary clothing was
evidenced in the number of applica
tions made to the Cheese. Club for
places In ils overall par ado today
that was postponed In order to make
the affair an /impressive demonstra
tion.
Various styles In blue, denim have
been advanced. A popular one at
present is a "neat- little jacket,
helted In the back, to cost $6." The
rule for the Junior prom at Columbia
next week, it was announced tonight*"
Is "strictly overalls for jflrla and
men-"
I By A*sueiate<l Press. 1
NKW YORK, April 10.?Thousands
of recruits in New York flocked to
day to the standard of "General
Overall," whose march against the
guerrilla forces of the high cost of
clothing started recently in the
South, gained strength In the West
and now has reached the East for
decisive battle.
The blue denim brigacle, which hail
Its Inception here, among members of
the Cheese Club, of dramatic press
agents, critics and theatrical writers,
obtained re-enforcement today when
5,000 Pa Witt Clinton High School
students voted to wear khaki over
alls. Then Columbia University In
dorsed the movement and other
schools and business and professional
c.lubs began to fall In line. On Mon
day the new colors of Do Wftt will
bo blue and brown, li plans of the
SAMUEL T. MORGAN,
ORGANIZER, IS DEAD
Head of Great Virginia-Carolina
Chemical Company Passes
Away at His Home..
REAL CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY
Notable Figure in City's Life,
Identified With All That
Made for Progress.
Samuel T. Morgan, president of the
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company.
| director of a number of Richmond
; and Virginia business and philan
! thropie institutions died yesterday
afternoon at .1:15 o'clock at h!?< resi
dence, 111 Kast Franklin Street,
| after an illness of several weeks,
i Burial will take place In Holly*
| wood tomorrow at an hour yet to be
I determined.
Mr. Morgan, than whom there
probably was not a better known or
more public-spirited citizen of Itieh
mund and Virginia, was taken slisht
ly ill about six weeks ago. He
rallied and went to Florida to re
| cuperate. Ho returned to Richmond
apparently entirely recovered and
went to his country plantation,
"Meadowbrook." two miles below
Dutch (Sap, near Curie's Neck Farm.
KtrU'krn nt "Mfndnnhriiuk."
While at "Meadowbrook." lie be
came AiMidenly ill again last Friday
night, and was brought to Richmond
by automobile and taften to Ills home,
where his condition 'gradually grew
graver, ending in his death late yes
terday afternoon.
Mr. Morgan is survived by his
widow. who was Miss Sally F.
Thompson, the. daughter of Hon.
George W. Thompson, of Wake Coun
ty. whom he married September 15,
1875. and three children. Mrs. \V. a
Reynolds. Mrs. Robert (J. Cabell am*
S. T. Morgan, Jr.
SamuM Tate Morgan was born in
Wake County, North Carolina, on
March lo. 1857. He was the son of
Samuel Davidson and Talithia
Adullne (Tate) Morgan. He was
educated at Bingnarn's Military
I School, and Horner's Military School,
of North Carolina. He left school,
at the age of 17, to assist his wldow
i ed mother on a plantation.
OrxunlF.nl Chemknl Compnnj.
Mr. Morgan removed to Durham,
I N. C., in 187S. and engaged in the
grain and provision business, also
\ handling fertilizers. There he or
| ganized the Durham Fertilizer Corn
j pany in 1881. which grew into the
! Virginia-Carolina. Chemical Company,
i the largest company of the l^ind In
[the world, ,yilh_ jj^paj.fcua.taaita.l of
more than $46,000,000, manufacturing;
| 1,000,000 tons of fertilizer a year.
He was also president of the
Southern Cotton Oil Company, and j
| of the Charleston tS. C.) Mining and
Manufacturing Company, and a direc- |
tor of tii? Merchants' National Hank, ]
[ the Virginia Trust Company, the old
Dominion Trust Company, all of
Richmond. He was also interested j
in Important enterprises^, in New
York, where he was well-known.
He was a member of the follow- j
Ing vlubs: Westmoreland. Common
, wealth, Deep Run Hunt, all of Rich- j
mond; tha Calum<>t, Manhattan and
| New York Yacht Club, of New York, j
j Mr. Morgan always took an active
i Interest in everything that made for
| the progiess of Richmond and Vir
ginia commercially, socially and re- j
| ligiously and .was prominently iden- j
titled with all progressive civic move-|
ments.
Mr. Morgan was a lifelong Demo- j
crat and strongly supported Demo- j
cracy in Virginia. He was a member j
of First Baptist Church, and took a j
prominent and active part in church I
work.
HE DEALS IN HONEY
WHEN AT BUSINESS,
BUT HE WASN'T THERE
|
New Yor.\cr Imprisoned in Tel
ephone Booth White Crowd
Smiles On.
| By Universal Service. 1
NKW YORK, April lfi.? Henry
Boso. of Richmond Hill, Dong Island,
a honey merchant, w<is conversing in
no honeyed accent* in a telephone
booth in the South Ferry building
today, waving his arms, gesticulat
ing and mak'ing such facial contor
tions as men in great distress are
wont to make.
Men and women passing through
the ferry house and noting Bose's
contortions and the sounds issuing
from the sound-proof booth, smiled
reminiscently :-.s they recalled that
they, too. had spoken with tongues
when in response to a simple request
that central give them a number in
a near-by cxe.changp they had been
connected them with Manila, or San
Francisco, or Chicago.
"Go to it!" "Tell 'cm what you
think!" were some of the forms of
advice given by the passing, smiling
throng. But no one offered aid.
The truth was, however, that the
honey merchant was imprisoned In
the booth.
TO OTTAWA'iN 4 HOURS
Army Avlntom Make Knnt Time In
Flight From ('npitnl to t'nnndlnn
City, Mopping Once.
OTTAWA, April lfi. ? An airplane
flight from Washington. D. C., to this
city by United States Army aviators
was made today in fo'ur hours and
two mlnute.s.
How many investments return
themselves in five, years? Some say
the Cary Kstate will do II! Improved
lots 25x150 feet here, at auction,
Thursday, April 22, 2:30 P. M. Sale
conducted by Atlantic Coast Realty
Co.. Pe'.orsburg. Va. R. V. Whlte
hurst & Co., 1014 ICast Main Street,
Richmond,
Adv.
fe. &
LocuL ReprcHciKuUvc8.? j
i
FILE SUIT TO ANNUL
i PICKFORD DIVORCE
State of Nevada Charges Fraud
and Purjury in Obtainment
of Decree.
CASE HAS NOVEL FEATURES
/
First Litigation of Its Kind in
Any Court in United
States.
( lly Universal i-rrvt< r. |
CARSON. NKV., April IC.?The son
Hatlonal cSrcumntances surrounding
the divorce secured by Mary I'ickford
from Owen Moore in the district court
at Minden several weeks ago. and lici
{subsequent marriage to Douglas Kair
i banks at Los Angeles, together with
the charges of fraud-, collusion and
perjury which Immediately followed
and have been agitated ever since, all
crystallized today In the lillng of ??
suit to secure annulment of the de
cree of divorce.
' The action, brought on behalf or
the State of Nevada by Attorney
Wjeneral Leonard It. Fowler. was re
corded shortly after i I'. M. iti the
court at Minden, Douglas County, the
j tribunal before which the little mov
jing-picturc actress had appeared to
'obtain her separation from Oweh
| Moore. The complaint contains more
than fifty typewritten pages. The al
legation is made of a "fraudulent
iplan. scheme and undertaking "con
i cocted by (Sladys M. Moore (Mary
I'ickford). Owen K- Moore and Doug
] las Fairbanks to defeat the laws of
both California and Nevada in tlfeir
desire, to annul the marriage of the
Moores and facilitate the wedding of
kMnry TMckfonl and Douulas Fair
banks pursuant to a pre-arranged
contract. Th- interweaving of Fair
banks in the alleged fraud, as well
? as the importance attached to the
I alleged fraudulent evasion of the
laws of California constitute novel
?features in this suit, the ilrst of its
i kind, so far as divorce is concerned,
jto be brought in any court in the
United States.
j Attorney-General Fowler makes
{charges of wilful fraud and collusion,
i as well as of perjury, against tho
defendants, declaring that they im
!posed upon the court and Induced it
through ignorance o.' the facts to
grant the divorce.
?Shorn of the profuse verbiage and
almost endless repetition necessitated
to guard the action trom successful
attack, the complaint sets forth the
following alleged 'facts:
That the defendants, Gladys Moor*
!'?n dOu-cn Moore weHi'ftnn^reil' JUiiri
j 7. 1911, In Jersey City, and that at
the time of the tiling of tho complaint
; they still are husband and wife. .
' That they are, and for a long time
have been bonafide residents of tht.
i&tatc of California and therefore their
married status, as any question of its.
dissolution, comes under the juris
diction of the laws and courts of
California and never was subject to
the delay imposed by st Interlocutory
decree.
That Douglas Fairbanks, at ttie
j time Mary Pickford came to Nevada
February 15, 190, was, and lonp had
been, a resident of Los Angeles
County and that, while the movinsr
plcture actress still was the wife of
Owen Moore, she and Fairbanks had
entered Into an agreement to marry
as <;ulckly as her divorce could ne
obtained and that this agreement still
is in full force, and effect.
j That thereafter the defendants, to
gether with Douglas Fairbanks, fully
knowing all of the above allegations
; to bo true, did wilfully and wrong
fully concoct and enter into a cer
tain fraudulent scheme.
Mary I'ickford and Owen Moore, un
der the- laws of Nevada, have forty
days in which to answer.
TWO ATLANTA BODIES
AND IS FIRMS CITED
FOR UNFAIR METHODS
Formal Complaints Lodged
bv the Federal Trade
Commission.
IB; Associated Press. I
WASHINGTON. April 16?Two trade
organizations and fifteen concerns in
Atlanta dealing in groceries and food
products in wholesale quantities have
been cited by the Federal Trade
Commission in formal complaints of
unfair competition, it was announced
today. The complaints name: The At
lanta Wholesale Grocers, a trade as
sociation: City Sale3niens' Association
and O. T. Camp and K. O. listes, its
president and secretary, respect .vely;
J J. Barnes-Fain Co., Kelly Brothers
Co., McCord Stewart Co., Merrett
? Streoter Co., Oglesby Grocery Co.,
Conley K. Kntiis, Johns-Fulker &?. Co.,
McDaniels Co., I'aradies &. Rich; R.
W. Davis &. Co.. Charles b. Drannn:
J. N. Ulrsch, l|. L. Singer Co., Walker
Brothers Co., and A. McD. Wilson Co.
The commission's complaint alleges
the federation of the respondents to
prevent competitors from obtaining
necessary supplies from manufactur
ers and others and avers that by boy
cott and threats manufacturers have
been itiduccd to refuse to sell to com
petitors of the respondents under pen
nlty of losing their business.
WANTS 7-CENT COIN
Nfw Jersey .Senator OflTern Hill Pro
viding; for Xfw llenoitilnntlnnK
of Money.
I By Ajuw.aifd I'rcss. 1
WASHINGTON. April 1 f,.?Senator
Frellnghuysen (Republican), of New
Jersey, today Introduced a bill pro
viding for tho coinage of 7 and X-cent
coins. It was roferrcd to the Bank
ing Committee.
T5v?ry week Jay fo Baltimore. 5:10
I". M. Vork River Line.?Adv.
EARL Y END OF OUTLA W
RAIL STRIKE IN SIGHT AS
HUNDREDS RESUME WORK
Declares Government's Allega
tion of Radical Influence
Is Stupidity.
SCOUTS PALMER'S CHARGE
Walkout Not Revolutionary,
Merely Demand on Em
ployers for More Pay.
... . ',,v ?v-"' I'ito,! Pre. |
" AbJ! r.VUTON. A|>ri, 16_Al.
! ?>rM,y.(;o?,rjU I,lImcr.8 co|)cI|JHlona
that u,c "outlaw" railway strike was
, trae?abl,. ,? activities ?f radicals and
i U yn u|. ,
i U Issued
j-er^ Tn
; '"dependent in vc*tlSat|on ?f Mrike
,hc ??'.?>.?
Mr an OUtbrcnk ? this."
would h' L . " d> ",hC rendition
il "o "*h " n',teU- Hut th, r?
ure of "he *?"olutc fail
lhc At torney-General to gra8.,
rue situation is amazing" '
?^I. o 7r,ent ?f JU8l,ec ???> ??
. L. "nnoiinceinentH to make
tonight to sunnori i>q ,
The null* conclusion*.
?feeling ,h PmCnl ?f thc tla>- "f
with th ,^.Vernment's connection
strike situation wa?s tht?
Ubor h U'T n,,!etll,e of the railway
? or Uo.,rd. which mot with seven of
"nine members present, elected of
fers and determined to take up. be
Binnlns tomorrow. the whole ques
I i" ? ,illlwa>' whscs at the point
1 'T C b'-Par?'s"-n discussion be
! soml I"10" an<l ?ml??>ers dropped
, ? days ajjo, unable to reach i
I conclusion. ? ,l
Sr, " M,0rt ?f
I were wr " lllC rli11 ?rlk6ra
were wronp and disavowed by or
j Ployers representatives not |?
j sympathy with the strikers.
evW..n?in.th10 l',<SiC reP"r*? ?nd the
I Ir the>" contain as an evidence
' withOVnrnm7tnl StU,,idit-v '? dealing
"It. the situation." Mr. .Morrison
?'throiT .h"'V,l'Ie U,e fovermnent!
: through the .A.ttorney-Oeneral i,
milTriV,"* rf?llPreHston -1 I'Unlsl!
l e ;?l . he Strike as il <=rl?.
lkC' Cmr>loycri' know that the
I strike is an outbreak against eco
nomic conditions.
I ren^rMCad,nB the of these
that 'wh I Inevitable
whatever the merits of m.?
i^-AiMk<rhryIn^t1,:y.ru,?'
|ve*sU~aJ Und XCW KnBland in
r.r :
! men " Mr r, , d conservative
; 'in, Mr. MorrMon sate. Manv of
\ he strikers have served for '
j Periods on one railroad, ho said and
never before were known as agu"
i io.s. Other observers fon?<i
Is^^jrsLaps-s
f ?*??. to i,c :s:
-ir. Morrison declared the railrn-ni
'rrsii'T ,v"? """,y
?n.i character of the strike, and
. , k"ow' ll,at thc outbreak is
under no revolutionary direction." '
According to data Kathered by
h employers from their repreaen
xr:zr,^zj>z, rs z:
< onelusion i? based are in -close dally
touch with the*o men. and are ,n
thoir ronfldciLco."
Jt
Men Earning $50,000
a Year Run Elevators
Illy I'nlvmnl Service.|
\K\V 1 OltK, A p. lI III.?.So nr.
runlomril nre laujer?, brokers nnd
biitilnt'NH mm to firing: nnil run
ning; ritKlnr*, nkrn rnllrondw
i'r??p to function, nml nimm to
rolling up their HlffVf* nnil loy
Injr with the fnmlly nnnh or cook
Move, nhrn Inunery women nntl
ciink* nre on ntrlke, that today's
utrlkc by f hoowiinil* ?,f elevator
1 operntorn did nol (nip Ihp iir
cupnntH of oilier niiildlnc nl nil.
^len nnd nomrii nlmply xtrpprd
Into the elevntorw nnd rnn tliem?
declnrntIon* lij- strike lender* Ihnl
the walkout mm elTectlve to tlie
contrary not rrll listn tiding.
IIumiichn men In Inrce InilldlnKn
took tnrn? running the elevnloro,
nnd It did nol take lone for the
liralnv ?vhn?e owner* enrn from
*10,000 to *30,000 or more n jear,
to innNter the ln?r?rnclc* of ptinh
Inu n lever one n?y to make n
enr ?n up nnd nnother to pi tlovvn.
I'he xtrlker*' prediction thnt thin
would prove n "wnlk-lip" day vvn>
not lullllled. In moil of the
IliiilldlnKn nil the elevators were
ruiinlni;.
1 Striking <>f Now York Klcvator
Operators Kails to Koii'c
l/onj; Climbs.
J STATK HKGIXH AN INQLIKV
: Member of Industrial Commission
Investigates Situation ami As
serts That Only 7,000 Men Have
I/eft Their Positions.
i
I By Aiaoi liitctl Pres.-. I
XICW YORK, April If!.?"Volunteer
! specials" were run today in elevator
| shafts of New York skyscrapers.
l.atc today efforts to effect a settle
[ merit of the strike were begun by J.
J. Brian, of the State Industrial Cora
j mission on mediation and arbitration.
Sev'eral building superintendents an
nounced that the." would agree ,to ar
, bUrajLJpn of. demands bofonjr' boards
composed of building' (enantH. pro
vided the men returned to work lm
j mediately.
Although strikers claim 17.000 oper
fators are out, Belan placed the nam
j ber at 7.000. While the strike has
affected ofllce buildings, loft huildlngH
and apartment houses, the financial
district suffered the moat because of
such buildings as the Kquitahle wltn
forty stories, the Woolworth with
fifty-four, and numerous others with
a score or more stories and a popula
tion as high as l'.'.OOO. Superintendents
reported, however, that no tenant or
patron of a tenant had to walk up
or down.
Women who were installed as ele
vator operators for war-time emer
gency were recalled to take the place
i of strikers.
i POTOMAC YARDMEN
\ RETURN TO WORK AND
TRAINS AGAIN MOVE
| Six Strikers Arc Or dor ml lo
Appear Before Federal
Grand Jury.
I n>- Ass?rUi~d Pres. 1
WASHINGTON. April 16.?Employes
j at the Potomac yards here, known as
i the "freight gateway to the South,"
who went on strike yesterday for the
second time within four days, re
turned to work today after conference
with union loaders. Switching craws
j at the Kckington yards of the Walti
| more and Ohio railroad, who walked
| out yesterday, also returned to work.
Movement of freight through I'oto
mac yards was resumed when the day
| .shift reported for duty. Six of the
I strikers answered summons to ap
| pear before a Federal grand jury, but
were, released after District Attorney
i l.ahkcy had been informed the strike
1 had ended.
11 ARE DEAD ON YACHT WITH
BULLETS THROUGH HEADS
Roumanian Authorities, Investigating Gruesome Trag
edy, Uncertain Whether Russian Refugees From
Odessa Were Murdered or Committed Suicide.
I Hy Ae.sorlHtPil rr*fs. J
DITCH A UICST. April IS.?The dis
covery on the yacht Ostara, str.wideu
lat Sullna, on one of the mouth of the
| I)anMho, ot the bodies of eleven noteu
1 Russian inen anil women, each shot
| through the head, and not a living
isoul oti hoard. has presented to the
Roumanian authorit i>'? one of tri?
most mysterious tragedies of Bol
shevism In the RIack Sea. The
bodies have been Identified as those
of members of the noted Russian
families of Kalzfeln and KkadowsKt. j
The discovery was made hy sol- ;
diers. who, when they went aboard
the helpless yacht, found the cabin
half filled with water and the eleven
bodies floating around. Oil board the
yacht were 14,000.000 rubles In gold
and paper and Jewels.
The elder Kalzfeln still grasped a
pistol In his hand when his body was
foiled, and whether the party com
mitted suicide, or were murdered is a
question that remains unanswered.
An investigation is being made by
the Roumanian authorities, aided hy
Russian friends of the two families.
All that is known is that he. two
families fled their estates to Odessa,
unil when the Bolshevists arrived
there, in February, put their belong
ings on board the Ostara. which was
then towed by a Russian steamer
hound for t!onstan*a. The tow ropes
broke several times owing to severe
storms, and finally the yacht lost the
steamer altogether and proceeded to
Constair/a. The refugees were re
fused permission to land.
Jelllror In tiovernor.
l.ON'nON, April Ifi?Admiral Vis
count Jollicoe, of S'capa, former First
Sea I,ord, has f>oen appointed tiov
ernor of New Zpulund.
FIRST BIG BREAK l
SEEN IN BALTIMORE
Five Hundred Firemen and
Enginemen Vote to Resume
Operations.
UNION MEN DISPUTE CLAIMS
Railway Officials Report Pas
senger Service Normal and
Resumption of Freight. ? j
Outward Indications point to an
early end of the nation-wide railroad
strike.
The fir.?t biff break in the strik
ers' ranks in In the Bast, their last
remaining' stronghold, caine yester
day whon .">00 Pennsylvania fireman
and enginemen at Baltimore voted
: to go b.u-k to work. Similar action
I by the trainmen's brotherhood thero
' was reported by its president, al
i though at a meeting last night in
Baltimore trainmen declared thoy
! had voted to remain out, even at
the risk of being expelled from the
' unions.
I Uastcrn railroads continued to re
port increa?:ng defections in tho
strikers' ranks, but these were dis
puted by strike leaders, who doclarcd
tho main body of their men was allll
holding llrm. Continued improve
ment also was reported by the roads
of the middle and far Wo?t.
Switchmen at Toledo, Ohio, voted
j to return to work, pending a settle
| inent of their grievances by tho
j labor board. The railroads there
I will give their answer today.
Ilrmimr Freight Service,
i Railroads in all sections of~ tho
i country reported that passenger sor
| vico was nearly norma], while freight
| service, virtually abandoned) slticc* the
i strike began, was rapidly being re
sumed. Thousands of volunteer
I workers bore tho brunt of the work
In moving trains In and around New
York.
Attorney-General Palmer's allega
tions that the. strike was planned,
and Is being ^r^cted by ^.raillcal
agitators with questlonatfle motives,.
were challenged yeatorday from twb
separate sources.
Frank Morrison, secretary of the
American Federation of Labor, issiicd
a statement in Washington, that an
Independent investigation of striko
causes by railway executives rovoal
ed "just a plain, ordinary strike for
more pay."
Major-General ixionard Wood, com*
manding tho Central Department#
United States Army, who has jiifit re*
turned to his duties at Chicago, after
a short lCAve of -absence, asserted ho
failed to find "any evidence of con
nection between tne railway men's
striko and the industrial Workers
of the World activities." ;j
Chleaico Mm Ordered Back.
Striking trainmen In Chicago havo
been ordered by broencrhood leaders
to return to work by midnight to
night or suffer expulsion from tho
union with the loss of their senior
ity rights. Railroad brotherhoods In
New York have already been warned
by railway managers to get their
man back by noon today or the ralK
roads would open their books to
register men seeking re-employment,
i reserving the right to refuse to rein*
> state those who have proved f'unflt
! ne?s for further service."
Tite Federal grand Jury at Tron*
ton, N. J., has begun an Investiga- '?
tion of the strike to determine
j whethf.r there had been violations -of' ' $
the Lever act. Thirty subpoenas, re
: t.urnable in Newark, Monday, were
j served on strike leaders. In Chi*
! cago twenty-five leaders of the In*
j surgent forces already are under ar-t
j rest, charged with violating the?
j Lever act.
I OPTIMISTIC Ol'TliOOK l.V
| XBW YORK SITUATION
I By Axaociatncl Press.]
N 10\V YORK, April 16.?The col
? lap?e of tho "outlaw" railroad strike,
: which is entering its second week :{'
; here, was believed to be near to- ~
! night by r&llroad officials, who sup
| ported this opinion t/lth statement.t
| of greatly improved passenger and .?
freight servico on all railroads intu J
New York.
Restoration of incoming and' out-i %
going freight service on the Now
York Central and West Shore Rail* ?
roads, with noticeable increase Jo.,
food supplies; resumption of 05 per
rent of passenger traffic on the
Pennsylvania and partial resumption
of freight schedules, today gavo an
air of optimism to the situation not
previously evident since the strike
begun. .? .?
"Urgent and effective action" in ..v-l
the transportation nituatloo in New >;?
York was requested of President '
Wilson today in a telegram from the
| Merchants* Association of New York, ':ff
j The. President waa_ urged to take 'j
such action through appropriate dc? >:
partments of the government
shall bring this Intolerable situation jp
to an end."
Packages r?f pamphlets signed 'XJon- v".
tral Revolutionary Council of Amer*
k*a." and addressed u> "railwayman "
ami port workers," nppeaflnr ? to
them to "tie up the whola syulemfl
and show your rr.-ats power," were
turned over to the Jersey City po
lice by a committee of strikers. They
said an unidentified person had left
them at the hall, where the atrikertr
! held a meeting. Another packag
(Continued on Hccond P~" *