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1 f " Vi "TT5V iff H "TV n " TTl "LEST WE FORGET" TONIGHT WARMER; TUESDAY COLDER 1108 MORE DAYS OF GORE A Newspaper of Character FULL LEASED WIRE ASSOCIATED PRESS. ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1918. VOL. 25. NO. 13G. EIGHT PAGES TODAY DAILY AUSTRIAN NEWSPAPERS WANT PEACE TALK WITH AMERICA TO CONTINUE IN BE HEAR NG HOAR FACKER IS ASKED SOME VITAL AM) SHARP H ESTIONS RE GARDLNG PAY AM) 1IOIRN. HE FAVORS 10-H01 lY Declares Ten Hours of Work Do Not I'lidcrmiiie Man's Health (ir Shorien Hi Life, but Is W illiiii; to Concede 8-1 lour Day if Adopted tJcmrully. Chicago, Feb. IS. J. Ogden Armour, president of Armour & Co. took tin: witness stand here today in inghouse wuc invototlKiiUon Altschuler. the pack "uy Judge Armour was questioned by Frank '. Walsh, attorney for the employes, who are seeking higher wages. "You an: aware that a number of your employes have Joined the labor unions, are you not., Air. Armour?" ask ed Attorney Walsh. "1 believe they have," replied tin. packer. He added in answer to other questions that he tho demands of the of the arbitration, the, vice-presidents was familiar with men and the nature lie gave a list if of Armour & Co.; the and plants operated by the company, the names of the general superin tendents at each pia.it. lie had visited all of the plants, but did not do so reg ularly, he slid. twoen ir,ouu and Pi, 000 are working at the Chicago plant at pre.se nt. As to Production Cost "Are you familiar with production costs in your plants'.'" asked Mr. Walsh "In a general way, but I could riot give you exact figures offhand," Mr. Armour answered. can you say what your total pay roll and the per cent of labor cost is to the total production cost'.'" asked tht employes' attorney. "i would have to consult tho com pany's book." "Haves you any objection to equal pay for men and women doing tin same class and volume of work?" "1 understand that that is done now If it is not done, 1 see no obj-otion to its being done." "Where employes work in three shift of eight hours, have you any objection to giving tliem twenty minutes for luncheon with pay?" "1 don t suppose 1 have. If it was generally followed by everybody, wt would not object." Khr Question Is Asked. "i.-i it true that if the waives of all your workmen were doubled it would increase the price of meat only sixty live one-hundredths of a cent a pound?' "I couldn t tell that without some figuring." "Is it not true that if you doubled the washes paid your men in 191G, you Would still earn 6 1-2 per cent on your capital stock?" "I could not answer that now, but it would be unfair to figure on a basis of capital stock alone." Tho witness was askel to prepare statement on the subject and submit it later to Judge Alschuler. Armour workmen, the testimony de- developed, work on a basis of the ten- hour day and are paid by the hourly rate. Witness said the subject of the eight-hour dav had been presented to him bv Mr. O'llearu; he didn't remem ber just when. "Don't you think your employes should be allowed their liberty on Christmas and the Fourth of July'i asked Mr. Walsh. "I do." "Do vou think double pay would be (Continued on page 2) STREETS OF KIEV AND ODESSA ARE Petrograd, Feb. 9 (Saturday). In a battle at Odessa on Monday, between the bolshevik! and the moderates, hun dreds were killed. The city was bom barded by warships. Petrograd, Feb. 9 (Saturday). Kiev one of the principal cities of tho Uk raine, was captured Friday by tho bol shevikl after sanguinary lighting. The streets were tilled with dead and wounded. While tho fighting was at the height Thursday, the city waa bombarded by bolshevlst aviators. The casualties at Kiev are estimated at 4,000 killed and 7,000 wounded. Polish troops have defeated the bol shevikl at Bobruisk, eight-five milt: southeast of Minsk. Other roles an advancing toward Smolensk. Rumanians control the Akkerman dis trlct of Bessarabia and are threatening Od jssa. ijislgn Krylenko, bolshevik! com nuuider-in-chlef, has decided to come to Fetrograd to raise an army of 100 000 bolshevikl, which he will command per sonally in operations against Uie Cos sack army of Generul Lcxieff. LID WITH DEAD Oil Stockholm, Fob. 18. The German war measures against Russia today, the Social Demokraten states. first objective is the seizure of Rsthouia and Livonia, dares. London, Feb. 18. A serious schism has been created be tween Germain' and Austria-Hungary by the termination of the armistice between the central powers and Russia and re newal of a state of war with hagen correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph company. The Austrian press is warning Germany against reopen ing of hostilities, in which Austria he semi-official Fremdenblatt resse is quoted as pointing out onger borders upon Russia, anu pelled to resume warfare- The says the newspaper, is to protect the monarchy and the Ukraine. Die Zeitun?, which has intimate connection with the Aus- tro-Hungarian foreign office, is is saying that Count Czerrnn, tinue to negotiate with the West. "For our monarchy," it says, shed and for one of our antagonists it has virtually not begun. Millions of thinking people now resident H llson- The article concludes with spond interprets as being plainly addressed to Germany, reading: "From our side, the predisposition to positive negotia tion has never been interrupted, and it is to be hoped that ne gotiations will not be interrupted from the other side." E p 0 WATSON OF INDIANA WANTS TO ABROGATE EXTRA CONTKOL OF .UFA IKS AS WAR KNDS. Washington. Feb. IS. Provisions of the (Herman bill giving President Wil son wide powers to reorganize Uie war branches of the government were de nounced as "unconstitutional" and "au tocratic" by Senator Watson of Indiana today in the course of a speech in sup port of the senate drift of the admin istration's railroad bills. "The Overman bill," declared Senator Watson, "confers upon the president unheard of powers, many of which, to my mind, are unjustifiable, but the rep rehensible feature of that measure, In my judgment, is the one that provides that this autocratic authority shall con tinue for one year after the termination i of the war. why this provision? W hy ek in that measure, as in the railroad bill, to perpetuate power asked to pros ecute the war into the days when there hall be no war? They are not con stitutional, they are not :n harmony with the spirit of our institutions. Wants Tower to End Willi War. "I am willing to confer upon the iresident," the Indiana senator con tinued, "nil the powers necessary to win this war; I have voted for several What Ship OPPOS POWE President Carpenters' Washington. Feb. 18. President Wil-I son telegraphed William i... ituicneson, general president of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, that ho can see nothing to be gained by conferring witn him personally about the strike of ship yard carpenters until they have accept ed and acted upon the principle that in the present circumstances of the nation no body of men has the right to strike until every other method of adjustment has been tried to the limit "If you do not act upon this princi ple," the president's message said, "you ire undoubtedly giving aid and comfort to the enemy, whatever may be your own conscious purpose." In Keply to Appeal. The president's message was sent in reply to one received Saturday from Hutcheson, that he bad been unable to reach an understanding with officials of the shipping board, but felt that If s"iven an opportunity to lay the matter before the president, a solution could be arrived at quickly. It was made public last night, ns follows: "William Jj. Hutcheson, "(ieneral President t'nited Brother hood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, New York: "I have received your telegram of yesterday and am very glad to note the expression of your desire, as a patri otic citizen, to assist in carrying on the work by which we are trying to save America and men everywhere who work and are free. Taking advantage of that assurance, I feel it to be my duty to call your attention to the fact that tho .strike of the carpenters in tho Bhlp yarda is la marked and painful contrast AlSER d sagree 0 SOM PEOPLE OF RUSSIA begin Their it do Russia, accordintr to the Copen does not wish to participate. is silent, but the Ncue Freie that the Austrian monarchy no is not, like Germany, com only thing Austria might do, the free connection between reported by the correspondent the foreign minister, can con "our war is in the main fin- point to Count Czernin and a sentence which the corre measures, the necessity of which I doubted, because he stated that the au thority sought was essential to the suc cessful prosecution of this conflict; but I am not yet convinced that in order to win this war it is necessary to con fer upon the president these tremen dous powers for a period of peace oiig after the conflict shall have ceased. "To that end, let us firmly resolve that with the proclamation of peace, the president shall surrender all the vast powers willingly conferred upon hirn by an aroused people because of the urgent necessities of war; that this nation shall return to the kind of re public foundrd by the revered fathers of lh" I'nion." Sees New Era In America, Senator Watson approved the pro vision in the railroad hill limiting gov ernment control over the railruiuls to eighteen months after the war. In his opinion, Senator Watson said, the war will mark a new era in railroad management. "I believe the old system of competi tion is gone for ever; that the Sher man anti-trust law so far as it affects railroads will be repealed, that anti (moling laws directed at railroad opera tions will be abrogated and a plan will be adopted which will give the govern ment practical control of American rail roads without the weakness and inef ficiency incident to government owner ship." Adoption of the standard of compen sation provided in the bill was also urged by Senator Watson. "It may be necessary," he added, "to carry out this vast project for the pres ident to raise rates, and he should be give nthe power to assume the initla- j tive in this undertaking.' Told Chief to the action of labor in other trades and places. No "Ships aro Deadlier Blow. absolutely necessary for the winning of this war. .strike a deadlier blow at No one can the safety of the nation and of Its forces on the other side than interfering with or by ob structing the shipbuilding program. "All the other unions engared in thus indispensable work have agreed to abide by the decisions of the shipbuilding wage adjustment board. That boara lias dealt fairly and liberally with all who have resorted to it. I must say to you very frankly that it is your duty to leave to it the solution of your present differ ences with your employers and to ad vir.e the men whom you lepresent to return to work pending the decision. "No body of men have the moral right, in the present circumstances of the nation, to strike until every method of adjustment litis been tried to the limit. If you do not act upon this prin ciplo you aro undoubtedly giving aid and comfort to the enemy, whatever may be your conscious purpose. Co-operal or Obstruct. "I do not see that anything will be gained by my seeing you personally until you have accepted and acted upon that principle. It is the duty of the government to see that the best pos sible conditions of labor are maintained as it is also its duty to see to it that there is no lawless and conscienceless profiteering, and that duty the govern ment has accepted and will perform. Will you co-operato or will you ob struct? "WOODROW WILSON." WEATHER FORECAST. For Ardmore anil Vicinity: Tonight, cloudy; warmer. Tuesday, colder. Oklahoma: Cloudy and warmer to night; Tuesday, unsettled ami redder. Hast Texas: Tonight, cloudy ; wann er. Tuesday, unsettled; warmer in southwestern portion. West Texas: Tonight, fair; warmer. Tuesday, l'.iir; eolder except in south- (astern iortiuri; cold wave in the I' handle, with temperature 10 to 10 grcts Wednesday morning. I .oral Temperature. Maximum temperatures yesterday, decrees; minimum this morning, -hi. E FOR HEW PREMIER DISMISSAL OF (JEN. STIRS WKAT1I OF SUCTION OF TDK. ROBERTSON CERTAIN' PRESS. London, Feb. IS. The idea that the public is attempting to dictate to the government what their military policy shall be or who shall be employed to carry it out, is deprecated by The Dally Chronicle in an editorial on lie- situa tion brought about by the announce ment tout General Robertson had been retired as chief of the imperial staff. "The task is one for the responsible ministers," it says, "and while it is open to parliament to rhange the ministers no circumstances have been disclosed in the present instance which warrant such an upheaval." ,The Times, remarking that the pre mier's recent spfcch in the house of commons failed to carry complete con sictlon, rays the result has boon a storm of exaggeration and political in trigue over what seems to have been a most natural and common sense ar langement It declares that a full ex planation of events obviously in over due. Says Matter Mishandled. "The government seems to have done Its best to mishandle an overwhelming case," The Times adds. "Whatever may have been going on behind the scenes, their alternate bursts of confidence and reticence have given the impression or sheer indecision, it is almost as sur prising as it is satisfactory that the allies' military organization has emerged with its principles unimpaired." News fjf (leneral Robertson's removal. The Morning Post says, will he roeeiv-d with consternation by the public and the tinny. Jt eulntM7.os General Robert son, not only as the greatest British soldier of his day. but as the. highest military genius the war thus far has produced. Says Robertson Was Dismissed. Declaring that It is evident that Gen eral Robertson has been dismissed and that those who dismissed him find it inconvenient to confess the truth, The Post says that parliament will insist on knowing why the distinguished soldier is "treated so scurvily." It continues: Ir the summary dismissal of Gen eral Robertson were not enough to shat ter our confidence in Premier Noyd George and the government, the cir cumstances of the dismissal wodld do it. The need of tin' hour is a premier who. while knowing where to forbear interference with what he does not un derstand, will Know also him to tniow his whole weight into the prosecution of the war." James W. Lowther. the speaker of the house of commons and 'leneral James C. Smuts (former Boer general) are men tioned by The Post as the type of men titled to head the government. . . Alleges Officials Are Cneasy. According to The Daily News, the government is becoming anxious over its position. I's supporters all over the country were telegraphed on Sun day a request that they attend the ses sion of the bouse of commons on Mon day and Tuesday for important army debates, says this newspaper. The question of the government's sta bility is mentioned by other newspapers but mostly viCi xpressious of hope and expectation that parliament will support the ministers. It still seems probable that Premier I.loyd George will make his promised statement on Tuesday, although it is regarded as possible tliit circumstances may impel hirn to speak today, not withstanding the cold from which he is suffering. UW KILLED IN L( London. Feb. IS. The casualties in Sunday night's air raid were sixteen killed and thirty-seven injured, it was ollit'ially announcd this afternoon. The following official report was is sued today. "Iist night's air raid appears to have been carried out by six or seven enemy airplanes, of which only one penetrated into London. "The first raider passed the Isle of Thanet about 9:45 p. m.. and proceeded up tho Thames estuary into lindon crossing the capita! from southeast to northwest. Bombs were dropped in rious districts between 10:40 and 10:55 o'clock. "The remaining raiders which at tempted to reach Ixmdon from the northeast across Essex or from the east alone tho line of the River Thames were all turned back." AMERICAN TROOPS HAVE 1HGUEST EEET IN WORLD Chicago, Feb. 18. American soldiers have tho biggest feet of any soldiers in history, according to Allen !. Albert of tli! war camp committee service. But they also have the greatest chest meas ure, the largest hat bands and the wid est Btep, he said. "Our soldier is a far better typo than those of our enemies or our allies," declared Mr. Albert. BRITONS CALL 10 BY AIR RAID OF ENEMY SHOWS TEETH TO TEUTON l'KO( J.AMATION IS DI'CLAK T!ON OF WAR ON GERMANY, BEE LIN IWIT.K RECUVRES. WHY PEQPLE ARE ANGRY Kaiser Took Slice of Their Country and Bought So-Called Peace With I krainc, and This After Plivlging Friendship and Independence for the Nation. London, Feb. IS. "Nothing less than a declaration of war upon (hriuany and Austria," the nations which "re leased Poland from the yoke of czar doin," is the way the Berlin Lok.il An zeiger characterizes a recently pub hshod proclamation by the Polish gov ernment council, whicn, like the Polish ministry, was recently ti'porteil to have resigned, according to an Kxchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen. The Polish proclamation which called out this comment declared that the central powers, after having guaran teed the independence of Poland and promised the Polish states its friend ship, help and co-operation, neverthe less refus"d Poland representation at the Brest Bitovsk peace conference and bought peace with the Vkraine by hand ing over a province completely Polis1 Without consulting Poland regarding it. The Polish council protests earneslb again; t the partition. It requests tin people of Poland to maintain unity and to give the council support in its posi tion. The summary of the proclama tion thus given wa.s telegraphed to the Berlin l.oka.i Anzeiger from Warsaw. JUSTICE IS BEAD CMAKI.ES M TIUCKI.K. MKMHEK OF STATE MTRKMK COI KT, 1 ASSES AWAY. Oklahoma City, Feb. 2S. Charles M Tliaekcr, associate justice of the Ml prime court of OUlahnun. died sudden ly Sunday morning in Wesley hospital of acute ga.ntti-J. He had leen ill only two days. Judge Thacker had long born promi nent in the making of historv for Okla homa, coining to the state from I ex is in ll-s:) and locating in Mangutn, Creer County, then a eountj in Texas. Hi was mayor of Mangum, county attor now countv iudgo and member of the P rritori.il senate and of uie board of regents for territorial normal schools Ho was also edtor of the Mangum Star for lever il years. Appointed y ('nice. In 1911! Judge Thacker waa appointed a member of the supremo court com mission under the admin isl ration of Cov. I.ee Cruce and in BUS he was appointed an associate justice of tin supreme court, tilling out the unex nircd term of Judge 0. A. Brown, who died. This appointment was made by Cov. R. L. Williams. In PJ1H he was elected to a six -year term of the Mil nreme runt which would have expired in BI21. Judge Thacki r wa.s born in Virginia and was fifty-two years old. He wa: admitted to practice law in Texas. Ik was married here Oct. 22, P.Mtl, to Mis? Oelzora Phillips anil one child. Virginia Thacker Phillips, was born to them The body will be taken to the eapilol tomorrow and will lie in state in the supreme courtroom under an honorary iMiard. until Tuesday afternoon when funeral services wiil he held. The Rev W. II. B. I'reh will conduct the serv ices. Pallbearers Are Named. K. O. McAdams, president of the State Bar Association, announced last nicrht the appointment of the following as honorary nallhearers: John II. Bur ford, Oklahoma City; M. E. Roiiscr Muskogee; Robert II. loofburough Beaver: T. P. Clay. Mangum; Frank Matthe.vs. Alius; lion F. Williams, Norman: Samuel C. Me.ssinglc, Lor dell: E. R. Ciarrett. Mangum. and A Titus, Cherokee. Harry M. Thacker, lawyer of Man gum. and Thomas Thacker, physician .if Dallas, bolh brothers of. Judge Thacker and the only near relativi will attend the funeral, as will Judgi Nelson Phillips, chief justice of. the supreme court ot Texas, una orotn of Mrs. Thacker. AIRPLANE I OR OIL KI SINESS Tulsa, Okla,, Feb. Hi An abstract on some Texas oil lands was delivered to Joe Rogers here today by Joe. Barties of Dewey, Okla., who came in an air plane. The machine was piloted uy William Parker and the trip from Dew ey, a distance of fifty miles, was made in thirty-six minutes. .This Is said mark the first practical use of the air plane in the Kansas-Oklahoma oil fields Barties and Parker expect to retu by air. RISSIAN (iRAND DIKES AND (JRAND Dl ( MESSES MAKE PLEA FOR NICK Petrograd, Friday, Feb. IS. A number of grand dukes and grand duchesses of the former regime have addressed a plea to the bolshevist government urging that the conditions under which the former imperial tamily Is be ing kept at Tobolsk, Siberia, be alleviated, perhaps permitting tho former emperor and his family to go to England or France. In tho plea, they are reported to have announced that the im perial family is ready to renounce all rights and pretensions to tho throne. KlT.EIt OF AI STKIA DECORATES OFI ICIM.S 1 OR "PEACE" WORK Amsterdam, pen. 17. The of lici.il gazettes in Vienna and Bu lapest publish a letter from Km peror Charles expressing the wish to create closer relationship be tween the army and Coutu Czer nin. the imperial foreign minister, "who, finding his support in the iitny's proficiency has laid the lirst foundation of a general peace." Count Czernin is apiKtinted mi honorary major general in recog nition of his .services. Kuipcrnr Charles also has decorated several diplomat." conin cted with the "peace" negotiations at Brest I.I-tovsk. MANUFACTURERS ARE CONDEMNED tl OFFICIAL REPORT All. IKE TO INCREASE WAt.l IN KEEPIMi WITH I.IYlNti COST HERTS COl'NTKY. ;s Don't Complain vance in Cost Not ;ie Cp of 100 Per Cent Ad of Matrials, But Will to IjUior one-si teen (li of So-Called Inherited Eights, Washington, FYb. IS. Failure of lanu'acturi-rs to increase wages in ping with the advance in the cost living "may be the weakness of our industrial structure," according to toger W. Bahson, special agent of the mploymont service of the department labor, whose views gained during a cent trip through the vest are set eth today in an employment service ulletin. Although starting Ins trip with tin ea of educating the workers to the j "ls of the present situation, Mr. Bab n says he returned with the idea .' the manufacturers, especially those some localities, peed fully as much missionary work n.s do workers. "The labor difficulty at present is one Improper distribution rather than hortage. The complaints of manufac turers, I found, -have arisen not so much from their difficulty in obtaining tlor, but in their difficulty in obtain- it at the prices which the manufac turers desire to pay. My principal dif ficulty was m convincing manufacturers tho increase in the cost of living to igo earners and in the reasonableness f advancing wages. The mariLfacturers v-ho tire not com- dainiug about paying advances of one itimirco per cent or more for materials which they must use, are strenuously bj'tiiig to paying a fraction of this ad- va ance in wages. In many ways, manufacturers are more liberal than wage earners. They heerfully pay heavy taxes, give boun tifully to the Reil Cross and similar anizations, are willing to work In W.L'hingtoii for (1 a year and permit their wives to knit from morning to ight; but there in one thing which they will not do give up one-sixteenth f the so-called 'inherited rights' of the mploying class." Mr. Babsou also is in charge of the industrial relations division of the committee- on public information. I Elixir Endorses Wilson. Washington, Feb. IS.- -American la r today endorses President Wilson's war aims and is eager to do its share toward winning the war. In a deelara tion issued by the executive council the American Federation of I.bor it the close of a seven-day session ero I.ust night, the American worker i declined to be loyal and will do hi, share if he Is given a decent place to live, industrial justice, and protection igaiust conditions that take all his wages lor a bare living. BOYS II TRENCHES (By the Associated Prcssl. With the American Amu in France, Sunday, Feb. 17. General Pershing has completed a two-day inspection of the American sector northv-est i f Toul. In a "tin hat" with a gas mask swung over his chest at the iilcrt position, the American commander walked through all the first line trenches, iplashirig through the mud and slip ping on the ice. He dropped down into the dugouts and visited batteries busy hurling "iron rations" at the enemy. In all places, tho general asked in- numerable questions, especially of the men, with regard to food, what they were and how they liked conditions. All except one cook answered that they were perfectly satisfied with everything. Tho cook said he would like more "green stuff." The general next ap peared In a dugout Ui a town which has been riddled by shells. The colonel wan not there at the time and tho com mander called for all trench and other orders and all papers. lie sat down and read through every one of them. Throughout the inspection tour, Gen eral Pershing limped a little, his ankle having boon injure! slightly a few days ago. COTTON EXCHANGE TO CLOSE. New York Feb. IS. The cotton ex change here will be closed Feb. 23, the , Saturday after Washington's birthday PERSHING SURPRISES SHIP CARPENTERS E i STRIKE AT END AS RESI I.T OF ! PRESIDENT W ILSON'S REIU KE TO I'NION I.ABOK CHIEF. YARDS BE BUS! TODAY American Executive Told Carpenters' IVesident That If He Did Not YVLsh to dive Aid and Comfort to Enemy Mo would Direct Men tu Return to Their Jobs. i:i i.i.ETiN p. m. New York, Feb. IS. A hitch in the settlement of the Eastern shipyards strike situation developed here todav when John Rico, general organizer of the Cuited Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, announced that Rrookh n yard had refused to reemploy twelve carpenters who struck this morning without knotting that an understands g was under way between the govern ment and the brother hood. I'nle.- .; these men veil1 allowed to return. Mr. Rice said, the entire .situation would be re-opened. New York, lib. IS. The strike by carpenters in the Atlantic seaboard shipyards engaged on government con tracts, is over, John Rice, national or ganizer of the I'liited Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, said today. Several thousar. 1 men who still are idle are expected to be at work tomor row morning. Within twenty minutes after Presi dent Wilson's telegram to William L. Ilutcheon had been received last night, energetic steps wire taken by union officers to notify by telephone and telegraph all the 8.000 workers to obey tin- wishes of the president. About S.Ono of the strikers returned to work this morning. Mr. Rice esti mated, "l.'nion men are going back be- alise they have every confidence that President Wilson will adjust this mat ter to their satisfaction," be said. In yards of Philadelphia, Baltimore. Jersey City, Elizabcthport, Newark and New York about 6.000 carpenters quit work tlds morning, Mr. luce announced. because they were unaware of the fact that William L. Tlutcbeson, president of the brotherhood, had responded to resident Wilson's letter of last night by announcing he would endeavor to Influence the strikers to resume work pending settlement of their grievances by the wage adjustment board. Many of these 6.000 men later were Informed of the situation and returned to the yards, Mr. Rice said, and during the day every effort would be made to get in touch with the remainder. WILSON'S KEKl'KK (iETS ACTION HiiUheson tJuUkly Orders Resumption of Work on All Vessels. Washington, Fell. IB. Shipping board officials were, confident today that President Wilson's intervention in the strike of carpenters in eastern ship yards hail had its desired effect, and that the nvii would go back to work, lending settlement of their grievances by the wage adjustment board. The president took a hand In the sit uation last night and Issued a sharp rebuke to William L. Hutcheson, presi dent of the Cuited Brotherhood of Car penters and Joiners, declaring if this union leader did not wish to give aid and comfort to the enemy he would di rect the men to return to their jobs pending settlement. The president de clined to see Hutcheson until he bad done so. This message brought prompt action from Hutcheson, and local union offi cials In affected districts were notified bv Hutcheson last night to :isk the men under their work today. jurisdiction to return to $15-A-WEEK TELEPHONE OPERATOR POSES AS CONFIDANT OF KING New York, Fen. 18. Edmund Rous selot, the JlTi-a-week telephone opera tor, who, while masquerading as "Count Edmund Rousselot di Castillot," alleged secret agent of the king of Spain, ap plied for a loan of $."i0.000,000 from J. P. Morgan & Co., will be arraigned In court here tomorrow. Rousselot was indicted under the espionage act, one of the charges being that he forged a government permit to visit all warships in tlie harbor. Further investigation of his meteorle career revealed tnat ne mane tne ue- luaintanco of an heiress, having been introduced to her by a P.ritish naval of ficer who believed in his bogus cre dentials and Westchester County seals, and that he paid marked attention to the young women until he was arrested for impersonating u French diplomat. The federal authorities said that some of tho man's friends continued to belie'-e in him after his arrest, and one Jotn.'in from whom he had bor rowed $10,000 only a few days ago, pleaded with them to release him. MAJORITY SOCIALIST PARTY OF GERMANY DE (TARES NO SYMPATHY WITH KL'SS Stockholm, Feb. IS. German major ity Socialists are disassociated from any connection or sympathy with the Rus sian bolshevik! in an article in tho So cialist organ Vorwaerts ot Berlin by Otto Uraun. He charges that the Rus sian delegates at Brest Litovsk did not intend to utilize the truce to arrange peace, but rather to extend the revolu tion to the territory ot tho central powers. German Socialists, soys Ib-rr Brnun, sharply condemn tho violent methods of the bolshevikl. "We must draw a broad line betwepn ourselves and the bolshevikl," he adds, 1 WORK