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THE WASHINGTON HERALD
NO. 4603
WASHINGTON, D. C.t THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1919.
ONE CENT w
KlHukrrt Twi Crab.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE VICTORIOUS IN SENATE;
NATIONAL WIRE STRIKE LIKELY IN 48 HOURS
HEAD OF D. C. UNION
FORECASTS SUSPENSION
UNLESS BURLESON ACTS
President F. N. McDowell of Local 24, Says;
Atlanta Trouble Menaces Whole System
Of Communication?Strike Breakers En
route from New York to Georgia Inter
cepted Here?Konencamp in City to Di
rect Fight Against Western Union.
With Sylvester J. Konencamp, international president of the Teleg-'
iraphers" Union is in Washington to direct the fight for the operators,
sdications were late last night that the nation-wide strike of wiremen
would be called within forty-eght hours.
F. H. McDowell, president of the District local, said early this
norning that complete suspension of wire activities here was imminent
inless the Atlanta trouble was speedily settled.
^^rioa> Tr?Bklf Likely.
Bolh the majn Washington office?
ff the Western Union and Postal
relegraph win be affected, with all
3k private wire, of the prees a*?o
nation* and the immense amount of
traffic Sled by the government seri
?us)7 afT**cted. i
From bis headquarters at the Na
tional Hotel. President Konencamp
suthtaixed a committee of twenty
members of organized labor to inter
sept a party of strike breakers bound
from New York to take the place of
ttrtkers in Atlanta, and urge them to
rum beck.
This committee, headed by V. H
ISc?Jo?vel?. of District Local 34. ac
;omp*nied by members of the Fed
i ;ial Employes* Union and a number
| so I-liers and sailors, went to the
| : ?ior ritatios ??d met the party
K>un<) for Georgia.
L'nioaiBts Make rieaa.
Sun-rintendent of Traffic SUmjKM.
,f the Kastem district, was In charge
' lie ten men and th,r,y-scven ?om
?11- at first declined to let. the
1 committee meet the atnK _
Us. After some parleying th
? went to the lobby of the sta
?there thev were Joined by Chief
Ror refer, of the Will ?
/^-luJed* them Vhit they were
K ' ,"a city when 1ST out of 41"
MMME to a tn> walked out in
arrfved 8ht j
Eralkout when the tim
I vii.tnf.rme*. They Say.
F ... ?? strike breagt rs de
' A I"SJ had been misinformed
'"vewTork of the true conditions;
" N 7 they had accepted
ind they had been in-,
??"yj * .... thom liable to prosecu .
T.:rbvT^ government Should they
^ ?>r?y.^n-bou" ir.
leadnuarters to nrn*n*
back his advance motiev.
Demands ??'
i 111 .lurinig the eveninn the wires
' k(.pt hot with telegrams from
ratil'H
* . unless Konencamp takes this |
irastic action to relieve the dissalis- .
'action and unre.t "ccomapnymgjhe (
SST hir^wnTdministrative po-j
?'-"e,r^rm7h^,irra-:
*r, of important conferences with la ,
u?ion executives, and some defl
,itee action Is expected from him to
CARD1NAL MERCIER
TO VISIT AMERICA
N. ? York. June 4 ?Cardinal Mer-1
.ier th- primate of Belgium, whose
,eroic defiance of Germany is now a
household story, will visit America
? September. Upon hi. arrival in
L York. Cardinal Mercier will
ft | ?* to Baltimore, where he will
Lv. um guest of Cardinal Gibbons.
? In an interview concerning his
P?,.??,ed visit to the United States.
F -ardinal Mercier sent the following
| message to America:
?This will be my Arst trip across
Atlantic, but to me seems
hat 1 am going to visit old fri<>Js.
Fr?m the beginning or the war I
-ealised that Americans were friends
jf Belgium. American public opin
io m'these early days saved Bel
lium even greater sufll ring than
hat which she had to endure."
British May Role -Port.
Paris. June 4.-A British protecto
rate over C onstantinople is being eoti
I udered b- the Turkish Grand Coun
.,1. aeeor.iing to a dispatch fro?i
It liens.
day. All of the union leaders assert j
that the Western Union is sending out j
garbled statements as to the extent I
of the difficulty, and that the trouble!
in Atlanta is of far more serious im- i
port than the company will admit. j
HERE ARE WOMEN WHO LED FIGHT FOR SUFFRAGE
/
"Sea Wolf's" Cruelties
Outdone, in Court Tales
New York. June ?.-No more thrill
i?5 tale of the ea ever flowed from
the facile pen of Jack T-ondon or
Clark Russell than that unfolded at
the trial of "He 're" P?!erson. cap
tain of the barkentine Puaaka. and
his son, Adolph Eric Pederson. sec
ond mate of the same craft, which
is now proceeding in thu United
States District Court before Judge
Hough.
Capt. Pederson are charged witr
murder on the high seas in having
permitted Axel Hansen a member of
the crew, to drown ^without attempt
ing to rescue iiim. Hansen, it is
alleged, jumped overboard in fear or
desperation after having been starv
ed. maltreated and beaten during the
voyage of the barkentine from Vic
toria. B. C.. around the Horn to
Cape Town. South Africa last Au
gust.
The indictment gainst Pederson
and his son was iound after mem
bers of the crew had told the story
of the voyage to the I nitcd States
consul at Cape Town.
Typical **Old Salt.*
When the trial opened. Judge
Hough, in accoidance with an ancient
custom, had a special enclosure built
for the prisoners, where they would be
isolated, even trom their own coun
sel. but in response to the protest ol
Dudley Field Malone. counsel for the
ptdersons. they were Anally assigned
to a place inside the regular en
closure. but still apart from their
counsel. ?!
Capt. Pederson is a typical old
salt." short and stocky of build, with
powerful hands, bushy hair, sandy
mustache, hard blue eyes and tirm
mouth?in appearance not dissimilar
to Jack London's "Sea Wolf." His
son. on the other hand, does not live
un to the description of the typica.
mate. He I* slend-r. but of wiry
build, with a sallow complexion. An
occasional Hash of his close-set eyes
gives the only hint that his donee
appearance may be misleading.
Both father and son seem keenly
aware of the seriousness of their po
sition and watch the witnesses closely,
veins standing out on the forehead
I of the grizzled captain as he leans ?
! forward to listen to the former mem
' ber? of his crew telling of brutal I
! treatment suffered at the hands of i
I himself and his son show the intensity |
| of the strain.
Tell* o? Tragedy.
1 John W Campbell, apprentice sea
i man. on the Puaako. who was on
the stand yesterday and for a short
time today, told ot Hansen jumping
I overboard after having been beaten
by the younger Pederson and then
"rasping the training log line and ,
calling for help. The ship was
brought into the wind by the pilot.
Campbell testified, but Capt. Pederson |
appeared on deck and shouted. "Back
to your stations."
And when told that there was a
man overboard, he yelled: "To hell
with the man overboard! Get back
to your course."
The men were forced to obey,
with the dying calls of Hansen ring
ing in their ears. !
Campbell said no boat was low
ered and no life preservers thrown
overboard to aid the drowning man
suggestion that the log line be
hauled in was likewise ignored by
the captain, according to the testi
mony. ., , ,
Edward Reilly. able seaman, fol
l lowed Campbell on the stand, and
I told a similar story. His manner I
was impassioned and highly emo
'?'iwas standing on-'helurnhfrload
aloft and loosen the royals
rt^r^n^r^>uV.
trter,dm^??n to Co? down and
siasj^S^^u
A, Hansen approached, the ma
r-iised his clenched right hand.
" He had a knuckle duster on his
^'hc ?m!ck Hansen on the right
????":?; tTh\sT,Us. WhenV got
ranhi feet he as knocked down
again heard Hansen say. '< ?W?
mates reply was 'C^ ^ "."rted^o
3a?*jtfua
E?;ner the starboard rail Into the sea.
Captain Prevent* Rescue
-I ran along thelumber _load .and
jumped to the^P P thc maM ?t i
T voji io brni^ the ship about.
lhe. Wr T reached the door of the
W .aS ' CilPt pederson came out.
cha .1^1 or a moment. looking up
,,e .H "tannine "ails. ?i'd turned to,
at the flapping What are you
lh -heel.man ?.th. ^ jo<, ,
dotns off tnrc was over_
wheelsman, told Mm* ^ m3n over. |
board. To captain said. At |
the"^ame time could hear Hansen
tryilf .rtlmrnansen^as hanging j
on to the Jo- ? (o draw hliti I
?""but' the captain stepped up to me
in. but the C P dojng, here
and asked. X\ hat the>cap(ajn , co,,w
the ^^vheelbox ^TL^o ^ |
WaId?s1l'twenTup the ratlines to make
? , .he sa.N I could hear Hansen's
fast the sails, I an(J wcakcr.
""'?I8 saw him clinging to the line as
?? ? h^?Sa^.-WhenJ
? statement of the affair pre
pared by the second mate at thc cap
'"when'he're'fused to sign on the
'l ?of"' Reilly said he signed when
2 1 the look in the captain s eye.
In *replv to further questions. Reilly
J", Hansen had been forced to
"k'?reDumel Fle'M Ma^ne!yduHng
S?5strs4-5s:s
"'??Coffee and toast' You were lucky
to get anything on Ithat ship.
never saw coffee and toast.
Germans Worried
By Tax Dodgers
_ The German government
will send a commission to neutral
rtuntries to study methods of thwart
tsx dXers Profiteers with huge
Incomes are most notorious In the
oTass of those who dodge payment of
taxes.
Women May Vote
In 1920 Election
WOMEN WHO WON IT. }
These suffrage leaders
deserve the honor for bring
ing the vote to women: |
Above (left)?Mrs. Carrie 1
Chapman Catt, president of
the National American
Woman's Suffrage Associa
tion. Center ? Dr. Anna
Howard Shaw, dean of
American Suffragists, in
heriting leadership from
Susan B. Anthony. Right?
Mrs. Maud Wood Park,
chairman of the Suffrage |
Congressional committee.
THEY FOL'OHT FOR IT.
The militant wing of the
Suffrage party was led by
the National Woman's
party, who picketed the
White House and went to
jail for it. Left (below)?
Miss Lucy Burns, who, with
Miss Alice Paul (center),
founded the Woman'i party.
Miss Maud Younger
(right), chairman of the
lobby committee.
PALMER'S GOOD LUCK
GRATIFIES PRESIDENT
\
Paris. June 4.?President Wilson to
day warmly expressed his gratifica
tion over the escape of Attorney Gen
eral Palmer and others marked for
assassination by the bomb plotters.
"All America deplores these das
tardly efforts," he said.
The President directed by wireless
and cable that every governmental
agency be used to run down the cul
prits and impose the deserved punish
ments.
INDEMNITY OVERTIME
PLAN OFFERED BY HUNS
Berlin, June 4.?A novel method for
raising the indemnity is suggested by
Dr. Bernhard Dernburg. former Co
lonial Minister.
He says if 21,000,000 German work
ers work one hour overtime daily at
the usual wage, instead of receiving
"extras." 630.000.000 marks <*157.00n,o00>
will thus be raised monthly.
Galleries Cheer as Vote
Of 56 to 25 is Announced
At Close of Long Debate
How Suffragists
Have Fought to
Win the Ballot
The vote yesterday was
the fifth time the Senate
has balloted on the ques
tion since it was introduced
forty-one years ago by
Senator Sargent, of Cali
fornia.
The first vote, which
came in 1887, was- 16 yeas
and 34 nays; in 1914 the
amendment had gained a
majority of one, but still
lacked eleven votes of the
necessary two-thirds; in 1918
it failed by two votes, and
last February by one.
Susan B. Anthony led the
suffrage fight during the
civl war period, and in 1872
cast a vote to test women's
rights. She was arrested
and fined, but, refusing to
pay it, was never jailed.
She then was certain a
Constitutional amendment
was necessary, and began to
press it in Congress.
House Kills SO-SO Plan;
D. C. Railways Flayed
A fe*?ble attempt the rider
abolishing the "half-and-haK" from
the District appropriations measure
was made on the floor of the House
yesterday but it failed.
Representative Walsh, of Massa
chusetts. tried to knock out the rider
on a point of order, but after a pro
tracted debate in which Representa
tives Sisson. Gard and Davig par
ticipated. the Speaker ruled that it
should remain in the bill.
When the Public Utilities section
of the bill came up for discussion,
a few " unkini cuts" were handed
to tho District Commissioners. John
A. Beeler and others who have been
handling ihe street car situation in
Washington.
"The street car service in Washing
ton is a crying shame," declared Rep
MILK AND BREAD
FAMINE FEARED
Winnipeg General Strike
Worse as Rumors of
Settlement Grow.
Winnipeg. Manitoba, June 4.?A
milk and bread famine was declared
in prospect here today, following:
peremptory notice by the central
strike committee that milk and
bre^d workers and handlers will
quit work before morning.
The notice was served on munici
pal authorities, unaccompanied by
any explanation. Heretofore these
workers have operated under per
mission of the central committee.
Mayor Gray said plans were being
made to fill the places of the men
called out by the order.
Insistent rumors were current to
day that settlement of the general
strike will be affected within a few
days. Talk of amicable settlement
persisted in spite of martial law
alarms of the past forty-eight
hours.
| Mayor Charles F. Gray, Preit.er
Norris, R. S. Russell, leading figure
among the strikers, and the railroad
j brotherhoods' mediation committee
appeared optimistic.
The mediation committee an
nounced satisfactory progress in
the discussion with representatives
of the metal trades workers and the
iron masters.
Red Flat Editor Most Die.
Copenhagen, June 4.?Herr Levfne,
of Munich, editor of the Red Flag,
and a revolutionary leader in Ba
varia. has been sentenced to death
after a two days' trial, according to
a despatch received here from
Munich.
resentative (lard, of Ohio. "Slag
jgrered hours for the government em
ployes and other subterfuges resorted
I to are a confession of the failure of
the so-calW*d Public Utilities Commis
sion to handle the situation properly."
Representative Davis, chairman of
the District Subcommittee of the Ap
propriations Committee. Mated that all
the public utilities of the city are
inadequate, particularly street car*,
but that the Commission was doing
the best it could with the situation.
"If the Public Utilities <"ommission
could show that it has accomplished j
; any good for tho reople of Washing- j
I ton in all the years of its existence.!
there would be a different situation."]
replied Repressentatix e Gard. "But
j what has it done except to tolerate!
inferior service, grant th#? companies I
higher fares?with one of them not
asking for an increase?and to assert
its helplessness generally to remedy
conditions."
Try In Kill Appropriation.
A hard flght was made to strike out
j nn appropriation of SJO.WO for the em
l ploy men t of experts hy the Public
[ Utilities Commission. Representative
j Walsh wanted to know whether Mr
| Beeler was responsible for the grant
ing of the 2-cent < harge for transfers
| by the companies, and whether any
practical steps had been taken in the
direction of the merger of the <*apital
Traction Company and the Washing- j
ton Railway and Klectric Company, j
A viva voce vote finally was taken j
on the clause adding &J0.0 4) to th#4 total j
Public Utilities appropriation of
and it was kept in the bill.
Ir. the course of the general discus
sion of the appropriation measure.
Representative Madden, of Illinois, j
stated that more new schools were
needed in Washincton than were pro-I
J vided for in the bill Representative)
Ma pes stated that many pupils werrt :
forced to go to school on the "haTf \
j time" basis, and Representative Fes.-, j
' of Ohio, himself a school teacher. said
j that it was idle to expect competent 1
! school teachers to remain in Wash
j ington when they could make mucli
[ more money elsewhere
Next Monday will bo District da>
in the House, with the Zihlman meas
ure authorizing an investigation of
the District water supply the first
bill up for consideration. If pos
sible. the Mapes bill providing re
I tirement annuities for District school
j teachers also will be considered Mon*
j day. Hearings on this measure open
! at 10 o'clock this, morning.
asquTth-french ROW
BIG POLITICAL ISSUE
i London. June 4.?The controversy
between Herbert Asquith, former
I premier, and Lord French, former
| British commander-in-chief. over
? the latter*s charge against govern
i ment conduct of the first year of
: the war, has developed into a bitter
j political fight.
The press Remands the fullest in
? quiry. Liberal organs urge French's
resignation, while the Northcliffe
press declares Asquith has failed to
disprove charges made in French's
book.
Marines in Coita Rica.
San Salvador. June 4.?American
j Marines have been landed at Punta
| Arenas. Co^ta Rica, because of the
] revolution against the government
| led by Gen. Tinoco.
Struggle Started Forty-One Years Ago by
Senator Sargent of California Ends in Vic
tory After Many Defeats?Supporters De
clare Ratification by States Now Is Merely
| A Matter of Form and Will Come Quickly.
The long battle for the submission |
of the woman suffrage amendment J
was won yesterJay when the Sen- i
ate. by the vote to fifty-six to twen
ty-five. passed the resolution which j
passed the House just two weeks'
ago. The resolution now goes to
the legislatures for ratification.
The amendment was supported by j
thirty-six Republicans and twenty j
Democrats, and opposed by seventeen j
l>emocrats and eight Republicans. It |
received two more votes than were
pe*?d#?d to make the requisite two- j
thirds.
It was exactly ",;3? o'clock when 1
President pro tem Cummins from
the chair made the announcement to
the expectant crowds in the galleries
who had sat through a tediou* all- ;
day debate waiting for the final vote ,
to he taken. He said:
Galleries Applaud Wildly.
"This resolution has received the
affirmative votes of more than two
third." of the Senate, a quorum beiry?
present, and it is declared to have
passed the Senate in accordance with !
the Constitution of the 1'ntted
States."
Wild applause from the galleries
followed the announcement, and tha
suffrage cohorts immediately fled to
the steps of the Capitol, where a
demonstration was sta*ad and where
moving p^c^jren of the suffrage lead-'
ers were t iken
The resolution was signed by Sena
tor Cummins and transmitted at one
to the House, where, at it was i
siuned by Speaker Oillett and laid
before the House two minutes later.
Stiff rage leaders express confidence
that the necessary ratification by j
thirty-six States will be obtained
within a very short time The leg
islatures of Illinois. Pennsylvania
Massachusetts and Wisconsin are no%?
in session, and an effort will be made
to bring about ratification in these
four States before the legislature? ad
journ.
The Ohio legislature Is to convene
next Monday, while those of Michi
gan and T**xas have been called to'
BALLOT IN 1920
SAYS MISS PAUL
Suffrage Worker on Tour of
States Planning Ratifi
cation Campaign.
**The women of this country will
vote in the 1929 elections."
That declaration was made by Alice
Paul, chairman of the National Wora
I an s party, in a message received
[from her by Miss Maud Younger.
| lobby chairman, in the Senate gallery
yesterday.
j Miss Paul was not in Washington
I for the suffrage victorj . She has been
! touring Massachusetts. Pennsylvania,
! Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota for
I the past two weeks, planning ratifi
i cation campaigns with the State lead
i erg of the Woman's party.
Miss Paul's message continued:
"There is no doubt of immediate
ratification. We enter upon this final
i stage of the < ampaign joyously, know
! itig that women will be enfranchised
citizens of this great democracy with
in a year."
The following State legislatures are
j now in session: Illinois. Pennsyl
vania. Massachusetts and Wisconsin
; They are due to adjourn this month
j or next.
Regular or special sessions will meet
this month in Michigan. Texas and
I Georgia; in Alabama in July. Sessions
J are scheduled for before or during
j next year in Louisiana, New Jersey,
t Maine. Iowa. Kentucky, South Caro
lina. Mississippi. Virginia and some
i time during 1920 in Maryland.. Be
i cause of pressing reconstruction prob
lems. many other special legislative
sessions are probable. Where none
are called for other reasons, suflfra
I gists will demand special sessions.
Only One Divinity Graduate.
Middletown. Conn.. June 4.?One
student. Umetaro l*da. of Tokio, Ja
pan. was graduates from Berkeley
Divinity School at the sixty-fifth an
nual commencement here. Never be
fore has there been only a single
graduate in a class.
several" nth"* r-IOn ,hl" ?onth In
will other States there probablv
SLItST upon S.
Thrrif. are twenty-eight 8 tat-. whrcfc
fra_, *'' fuM or Presidential suf
? ?. these quick action
ire ^^1,'ndmen, '' looked for TJmy
?? Mjoinin,, Colorado, rut
I T0"' California, Ka^s Art.
?on?. Oregon. Montana NexaJ. v?
ork, Oklahoma, South Dakota im
?'' V'iCh(?n- N>^.k, Vo' h n?'
kota. Rhode Island, lota, W^LSl"
Indiana, Maine. ^ ^
i Tennessee. Arkansas and T?u
In the finatl debate on th* ??
resolution. Senator Reed of mUSSS*
o??p.ed nearly three hou" w|?T.?
ofKthe'"nro'r^i'^i"' """ corwt" "Uonality
or the proposed amendment u.
SK3?V1*W5
Ameadmeat. Defeated.
The amendment by Sen.t..>- i
*?od. of Alabama, d /
fication bv st?t. ?... . for r%t|
a'vote 5^2- W''n
issSSSrSgsa
I rive Mrh <?o. L*>ui*?ana. to
! the Sena,, wj *"
| ??? "!?. and Feb?.? In
I -0.^" ^ ,h" ,h< ^25
?..ldc.|r,
? ? *? sou,;^ ^ -i^T
; interfere*'1
1 The vote Isjit *? poi- f?
Miffroge defeated .nVsu'l^T
crendum. was Clte4 , ,(!!. J*f"
srs.sr'Er" b"?- ,h'
.^u^r-hX sr.?6
ultimately defeat ,he .mendmen,
j Suit Lead,,. T?ll?.n,
j Suffrage leaders. however mm.
i?-< oUhr :tn 'X^o8;:;;: T2
ratification. Thev nrw^f ?k 1
n a 1 W} **P*ct the Susan
, B. Anthony amendment to be nun
-h?Cdn4V.'^i?n W'th,n * 'hort "??.
to^kn^T,KBra"leS<*' of Connecticut
t ??^? n rv'mo' r?U to task for
eofng crazy about prohibition " and
: ^Havln' ?h" ,h' of
Ha\fng done that." said r>M,V
r-r;'r ^^srt
| lution ** ""? Wom,'n """?? ne
The prohibition and suffrage preae
I Brandrp*# wl?1 ,
I other amendment* brmkfn* down th*
| Principle of local self.go^rnmTm
Attacks President.
Prrsidest Wilson. Brandegee said
| has see-sawed on suffrage ^Tlth
?The d"J",y- *^'n? **?*?
..?t ?oe* on Quwtiona
Thousands* are trvinir
r-at r 25:
Bovornment ,n this rnuntrr
! The danger la that contempt for
j tho constitution will spread ,1? over
'he country. We are t<t? hm* _
I Pie the government owes them a
living and can do things they cai
do for themselves We are urglJIJ
? the easiest way" urging
j Senator Smith. South Carolina
, urged rejection of ,hr
^TarrhT-"' l? "Pr'V"" -
To celebrate the nasssre ?? ..
amendment the National Ameri?,
^??iTiLi K* Aasociation will gtv.
J1""1*y evening, at
i I!" " h"*',?o?rter?, lo th
'Z "J" ,h' "*>U"' ?"<> of he
Senate who votcl for the Mil .m
; their wives These will he the ^|v
guests and admission will be %v |nv|.
i tat ton card.
WILSON GETS PROMISE
OF REFORMS IN ERIN
London. June 4.?The Dally News
said today It had heard on the most
; reliable authority that President
Wilson had obtained a definite un
derstanding from Premier Lloy?
I George that "a wide measure ?f re
form will he undertaken in Ireland
| immediately."
Thp Washington Herald should be on the job to tell you what's doing before going to tvork. If not, Phone Main 3300