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Threats of pros- I j- ecution for conspiracy faced city fire- Wii' mon ' today as a result of wholesale lltf resignations as n "strike" for higher Jff D"y- f j j Seven hundred firemen signed resig- A m nations yesterday, union officials say, v! nd by nightfall they expect to have KA 1 similar nction by 1800 of the 22G7 city ;! truckmen and pipemen. ij I John Cullerton, custodian of fire de- V h partment property, notified union offl- v 111 clals today that their action was a con- I ! ! spiracy. The fire marshal, Cullerton i ' ju said, had authority to draft any citi-j of zen for fire service, and would do so ' ' : 4V 1 10 fil1 ,bc ranks- ' flip Tne situation wrus further complicate j J Bit ed today when representatives of the t ml 256 fire department engineers an- 'iJo 1 nounced their mon would walk out if , iiH non-union pipemen and truckmen were L lyJ A( ' employed. mmll' break was seen today in the Hm I ranks of . the 1000 city hall clerks, 350 I m 1 J fl's wno have been on strike Tor three "ill 1 1 S days. At meetings last night the va-i Am rlous unions declared the 10 per cent mil i .' wage advance voted by city council f - I I yesterday was Insufficient and would ' I j not bb accepted. The strikers ask a 1 flat Increase of $25 per month. -jjij Mayor William Hale Thompson to-. Si W day will appoint an arbitration comrait- ..." pi tee of three department heads and five 4f j . aldermen In an effort to persuade the i tl I strikers to return to work. tH3 I The 1920 budget passed by the 3 1 council' after days and nights of wrang- li i J 15n? ntl4?d $-1,000,000 to the original I "if appropriation bill and exceeded the j t 1 city's estimated revenue by the same a ; amount. ( I The additions included $2,210,000 for IjIi ! j 10 per cent salary increases to all city (p. c employes. Salary increases asked 'by f j- all city employes totalled $5,500,000. , (J. Increases of $192 a year for pollce- men and firemen, $180 for junior Iff ' J ' clerks and $120 for clerks in the high- I ' ei grades were provided in the bud- ! I get. All of these employes asked for It t increases of $300 a year. it oo ; 400,000 MINERS TO I 1 GET WAGE INCREASE p Af , NEW YORK, April 1. The nowi i wage agreement of Uie bituminous MS i mine workers disposed of, John L. wv- Lewis, international president of the Ii United Mine Workers, today turned; w. his attention lo the negotiation of aj (new contract for the anthracite min-'; org. He declared that steps would be j ' , taken to bring about a "satisfactory"! 1 adjustment in the hard coal industry,! -without further delay. I More than -100,000 mine workers will receive the twenty-seven per cent wage increase in the new contract signed yesterday yrtaich goes into ef fect today and continues for two years. T. 1j. Lewis, secretary of the New M J, River Coal association, of West Vir- W ginia sa'd des.pite the new wage m1 agreement there would be little in I Ma crease in production until operators H ' - were assured an "adequate car sup-; 1 Ply-" I i oo f ALL SIBERIA TO BE f ' PUT UNDER SOVIETS VLADIVOSTOK, March 22 (By the Associated Press.) All Siberia will bo put under the soviet form of govern ment on April 1 when the communist party opens its convention at Nitiolsk, ! ,j near here. Two-thirds of tho districts (f in the eastern part of the country a . have developed since the revolutlon- j ary regime took control here, and au thorltios have adopted tho policy of jpt waiting until Bolshevik officials arrive 1 , from Moscow. If f l JAPANESE UNIONS TO ? DEMONSTRATE MAY 1 t , TOKIO, A.prll 1. Labor organ Iza- i J 1, tjons in Tokio are considering plans 1 IV for J?ntl' observing May day. This ' l i -will bo the first occasion of Its kind - 'Jll I in the history of Japan and leaders I Us i expect to carry out a gigantic demon- j 1 ' stratlon to make known their griev- j Jj ances and wishes. Japanese Social- : Ists will participate in the demonstra- U' tion. & ' 900 MEN CAUSE ' ALL VARIETIES OF i GRIEF IN CHICAGO i i j CHICAGO, April 1. Iftore I packing house employes were forced out of work here today ; as federal mediators tried to j reach some agreement with 900 ! strilung- stock handlers of the ', stock yards company. No more I cattle arc being1 used and the j packing- plants are working on stock slaughtered before the strike began. ' Fresh meat prices are rising j sharply. Pork loins at 38 cents I per pound, wholesale, are up 5 cents. Lard and other provi sions are advaricing. Chicago wholesale and retail butchers are ordering beef and pork from St. Paul a"d Cincin nati packers an unprecedent ed occurrence. Other packing centers are prepared to take up the work of providing the country with meat and all stock shipments are headed for these centers, di verted from C'.icago, There were no receipts and no quota- Jiogsiijivestockhere, .to.dayv v STEP FATHER MAKES EFFORT TO ATTACK GIRL MOTHER SAYS Other Testimony Shows Man Feared for Life at Hands of Two Women ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 1. Joseph F. Woodlock made numerous attempts to assault his stepdaughter, Ursula Brod erick, 1G years old. It was testified to at the girl's trial today on a charge of first degree murder for kiiling Woodlock April 14. last. Mrs. Lillian Woodlock, mother of j the girl, and also under indictment for her husband's death, asserted Wood-i lock drank heavily and when under: the influence of Intoxicants made re-1 peated attempts to attack the girl. When sober, however, she continued, ho regretted his actions and always apologized to Ursula. Also Kills Father. The girl, who also killed her father,' Thomas 1. Broderick, four years ago,! has declared she shot Woodlock to I defend her honor. On one occasion, Mrs. Woodlock said, she visited the prosecuting at torney's office to complain of her hus band's thrents against the girl, but the office was closed. The state Is attempting to prove Mrs. Woodlock and the girl plotted to murder Woodlock. Testimony to show Joseph F. Wood lock lived in constant fear of his wife and stepdaughter was brought out in Juvenile court yesterday. Aids Her Mother. The girl today again came-to her' mother's assistance. ' During a recess Mrs. Woodlock was' assaulted in a corridor of the court building by Mrs. Bridget Corcoran, a sister of Broderick. Seeing the attack, the girl stepped between her mother and Mrs. Corcoran and defied the lat-' ter to strike another blow, j Mrs. Woodlock is charged with sec ond degree murder in connection with her husband's death but will be tried! later. The girl maintains she killed ! Woodlock to defend her honor. ! "You'll Get It, Too. Once, while at the Woodlock home.! William F. Bright, a witness, testified Ursula referred to her father's tragic death while quarreling with Woodlock and remarked: "Yes, and you'll get the same thing If you don't look out." On another occasion Woodlock was visiting at his home, he continued, when Mrs. Woodlock entered with a revolver and told Woodlock she was going "to have an understanding" with him. Bright said ho wrested the weapon from her. At variouB times Woodlock asked him, Bright testified, lo see that an autopsy was performed if he were to die mysteriously. . : .! ' ' EXTREMISTS HOLD NUKE OF POWER li Oil DISTRICT Workers Forced to Leave Jobs . and Join Red Army, Holland Papers Declare OPPOSITION TO STRIKE DEVELOPS IN BERLIN German Government Grants More Time to Masses to Act Upon Ultimatum I ESSEN, April 1. Decision to con tinue the general strike here has been reached by the workmen's committee (in view of the failure to reach a set tlement with the government. The vvorkmen insisted that no additional terms be inserted in the Bielefeld agreement. General Leitner, commander-in-chief of workers forces here, raid last night the situation was clear ing. ! ExtremiGts In Power, j THE HAGUE, April 3. Most of the I towns in the Ruhr district are in the j power of the extremists, who are fore .i ng-tW-wor ker-srt o $.iIVt?f h tflrtjbUftlhiir .join tho red army, according to the (Dutch press. The burgomaster and the leaders of , the majority Socialist and center par-, ts at Duisburg have notified the gov-1 ernment that the condition of tho town '. is so bad there Is no hope of the, po- ; lice preventing plundering and other j loulrages by the mob, dispatches state.! ' Only governmental action can save the 1 ' town, it is declared. An official statement issued by tho , headquarters of the government itioops, under date of Wednesday, says j that after the expiration of the time i limit on the government's ultimatum i the advance of government troops be-, gan on a small part of the east front, j Strike Is Opposed. COPENHAGEN, April .1. The revo lutionary executive strike council at, Berlin, whoso members belong lo the i extreme radical group yesterday decid- J ed against the calling of a general strike In Germany a a result of the Ruhr valley situation, pending the re sult of the negotiations with the Ruhr norkingmen's organization at Muens ter, according to advices received here. , This action was taken, it was said, ow ing to the attitude of the Berlin work ers on the question. More Time Granted. t PARIS, April 1. The German gov eminent has granted leaders of work men's forces in the Ruhr district a! 1 48-hour extension of time in which to i 'either accept or reject the terms in cluded in the ultimatum sent to Essen last week, according to advices receiv ed here from Berlin. , Negotiations between representa-r lives of the workers and government delegates aro proceeding at Berlin and, it Is said, it is believed the conflict in the Ruhr valley may be settled without farther hostilities. nn WOMAN SAYS SHE MURDERS CHILDREN ELK CITY, Okla., April 1. That she killed her five children early today and then slashed her own throat was told in a hospital hero this after.noon by Mrs. Elmer Cowart shortly before she died. The tragedy took place at the lent home of the Cowarts near here. The bodies were found by the father, a mill hand, on his return from work. In a written statement) the woman' said sickness and loneliness had un balanced her mind. She said she used an axe, knife and razor to end the chil dren's lives. oo CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND RESIGNS LONDON, April 1 The Globe says the resignation of Ian MacPherson, chief secretary for Ireland, has been accepted. Mr. MacPherson probably will be succeeded by SIrHamar Green wood, tinder-secretary for home af fairs, the Globe adds. oo ' STRIKE TOMORROW. AGUA PR1ETA, Sonora, Mexico, April 1. According to a communica tion received by railroad officials here from Governor de la Huerta this morning the railroad strike on the sev eral divisions of the Southern Pacific de Mexico will take place tomorrow. ( ...... 1 iSBBBBBBBBBBBlgggfife" 4 A ' I T. 7 . - ! -The Setting Crescent I : : MIZEOLDI i FAVORS STRINGENT . CONTROL OF PACKER Attorney for American Fed i eration of Labor Presents Bill to House Committee WASHINGTON,, April 1. Organized labor put itself on record today in favor of stringent federjil regulation of the packing industry. Jackson II. I Ralston, counsel for the American Fed eration of Labor, presented a. bill to the house agricultural committee which he said "vvas specifically design ed to separate the packers from stock yard ownership and to prevent thoni from selling other products than meat. "This republic cannot continue it large aggregations of capital such as these are permitted to oxlst and grow; within it," Henry Sterling, represent-' ing the federation's legislalive commit-! tee, told the congressmen. The committee will hear- tomorrow j 'Attorney General Palmer, who' is ex-' peeled to explain the terms of the con sent decree put into effect against, the1 packers recently. ' ; I ITALY WILL ACCEPT i ; WILSON'S SETTLEMENT' ' i I TRIESTE, April 1. (By the Assoc!-1 ;ated Press.) The Italian government, has notified Gabriele d'Annunzio lhat.it i will have to accept President Wilson's ,project for the settlement of the Adri atic question. An envoy from the gov , eminent has been sent to Fiumc iwhero he made this decision known to! I d'Annunzio, the insurgent Italian com-J mander there. oo ' SUBJECT TO WILSON. i WASHINGTON, April 1. American troops on the Rhine are subject only tu the orders of the president of tho United States as commander-in-chief of the army, President Wilson wrote congress today in response to a reso lution of inquiry to the president adopted by the house, i i 1 POPULATION STATISTICS. WASHINGTON. April 1. Popula tion statistics announced today by the census bureau Included: Pine Bluff, Ark"., 19,280, an increase of 4178 or 15.7 per cent over 1910... . Manistee, Mich., 9630. decrease 2G91 or 21 : 7 per cent. t FIRST MOVE TAKEN I GENERAL STRIKE 1 CALLED IN DEMI i i I Bakers Quit Work Refusing to Return ; Firemen Also Leave Their Jobs COPENHAGEN, March 31. The first move toward putting into effect Uhe general strike ordered by the Dan fish trades unions In protest against jthe refusal of King Christian to rein state the dismissed Zahle ministry np ! pears to have been taken by (he bak jers of Copenhagen. A number quit j work this evening, stating they did1 !nqt intend to return on Thursday. The! jstokers on four Dutch steamers also, struck. J Steps have been taken, however, to , I open negotiations looking toward a set-1 UlGment. The Zahle party has. request led all the parties to hold meetings on Saturday fpr the purpose of coming I to an agreement on the question of an electoral bill. ' ( It is believed in many quarters that , 'if the government consents lo the con-! vocation of the parliament and the im-j inediate passage of the electoral bill' t.he trades unions will be satisfied. , rr ARTILLERY DUELS ARE FOUGHT ON FRONT j WARSAW, March 30 Only artil lery duels and a few skirmishes on I the Polesian Xront aro reported in to-' day's official statement issued at the' war office, yesterday being the quiet-: est" day on all fronts since the Bolshe-j vlki began their spring offensive on March 21. Reports Indicate that -the Bolshevik! j are withdrawing many units from the j vicinity of Odessa, i LANSING WIRES GEORGIA. WASHINGTON, March 31. Robert Lansing, former secretary of state, an nounced tonight that he had tele-' graphed tho Georgia Democratic com-! mitteo requesting that his name should not be entered in tho presiden tial primary. Mr. Lansing said he was not a candidate and could see no pur pose to the use of his name. While he appreciated the" compliment paid him, he though it best his name should not appear on the ballots. ; SOVIET SOLDIERS KILL 1 NIPPONESE IIU TWO-DAY FIGHT i Japanese Consul Still Missing After Battle at City on Amur River -RUSSIANS LOSE 40 IN FIERCE STRUGGLE t Belief Expressed that Guerilla I Warfare Will Continue Until Forces are Withdrawn HONOLULU, T. II., April 1 (By the Associated Press.) Seven hun dred Japanese troops and civilians were killed in a two-day battle with Russian Bolshevik forces at Niko laevsk, Siberia, according to a Tokio cable dispatch received by the Japa nese newspaper Nippi Jiji here. The Japanese residents organized a volunteer force to aid the. Japanese soldiers to fight a heavy force of Bol sheviki. cJkJapanesa consjiilale-, was .burned, 'ing, accoVding- to the cabled vr The two-day battle began on MaYah 18. Nikolaevsk Is at the mouth of the Amur river. Clashes Reported. VLADIVOSTOK. March 22. Rus sian and Japanese troops clashed at Nikolaevsk, a city located at the 1 mouth of the Amur river on March 115, the Russians reporting their losses, as being forty killed and eighty wounded. Belief is expressed here that this en counter may spread a guerilla warfare through all eastern Siberia if the Jap anese do not evacuate the country. Announcement by the Japanese com mand here would seem to indicate a change in the policy tollowed by thac country. In the past the Japanes-e have beon assisting Czech forces here but in future they will devote their 'efforts to safeguarding Japan's special position in Manchuria and Mongolia. Evacuation Delayed. Evacuation of Siberia by the Japa nese will not be started, It is under stood, until the soviet government at Moscow reaches some form of agree ment with Japnn. The local .provision al government has handed protests lo the Japanese command regarding in tervention in eastern Siberia and the latter has concentrated its forces along the Ussurl and Chinese eastern ', railways. , The railroad to Chita, . where the! 'remnant of Admiral Kolchak's foroes; 'was trapped by revolutionists, is open, j and Czech troops in that vicinity arej thus enabled to get out of Siberia. When this is accomplished, all anii-i revolutionary forces will be eliminated as possible operations by General! Semenoff and Lieutenant General flor-j vath occasion no apprehension. oo DENVER PLASTERERS RECEIVE $10 A DAY . DENVER, Colo., April 1. Plasterers' were granted a wage increase in Den ver last night lo $10 effective Ihis morning. Carpenters were denied an increase to ?9 a day and declared aj sinkc effective this morning. Approx-I imately 200 men are affected. In the j instance of building contracts now un der way the old scale of SS per day continues for plasterers. The new ! scale starts with new contracts. j UNITED STATES OUT OF PEACE COUNCIL WASHINGTON, April 1. The Unit ed States will not be represented at the peace council when it meets at St. Remo, Italy, this morning, it was said at the state department It was ex plained that this country had not been officially represented in the conference since Under Secretary Prank L. Polk and the other peace delegates left Paris last December. oo j i MOTOR CAR BANDITS i CARRY OFF $45,000 KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 1. Two armed men in a motor car held up the messengers of Swift and company, j packers, on the 23rd street viaduct here this morning and escaped with a handbag containing ?45,$40. V, UNSEATING OF FIVE ' IS FAVORED OY LARGE majority ALBMY JjPj Expulsion Vote Taken on Each j , , I Socialist at Early Hour of TWO OF EXPELLED ,1 MEMBERS PRESENT Ousting Comes After Lengthy , Hearing of Charges of IbbbbI Disloyalty j ALBANY, Y., April 1. Five So- V i BH ciallsts, Louis Waldman, ' August 5 ' WMMMMM Claessens, Charles Solomon, Samuel A h ! iDeWltt and Samuel Orr. all of New ' 'BBb1 York City, the entire delegation of Si I . mmmW their party in the Isow York assembly, 51 ' J IIBBbI were expelled from the legislature to- )W The majorities in -favor of unseat- f V ing the men, suspended on the opening 111 day of tho legislative session on ' fM charges of disloyalty, were substantial. j j The debate lasted about 24 hours I f1 fMM and more than forty members panic- L r3 vMMM ipated. The chamber was crowded jV TBBBbI with spectators trom the time the as- I ! Y sembly convened at 10:30 a. m. yes- ! 1 4 fiBBl terday until long after midnight. Many H ' j IH of the visitors remained throughout I ' IBBBI the night and heard tho assembly re- , , j VlggM cord its verdict. Luncheon and sup- I Li' fgM per were eaten at the desks. i:BBBBl Tvo Socialists Present ( ' 11 Waldman and Solonlon remained at I . jfM the capital throughout the delibera- f tions. Both appeared to be highly I amused at the proceedings and smiled ,! fl frequently. The other three jnen un- f Vy ffMMM der fire were not present. ' , ' fMM The first chapter of the story in the , S . expulsion of the Socialists was writ- ' jh . ten on January 7, last, the day on ft, gH which the legislature ;.conenedaiorJits. ''j, tH aftpepjer-weetTiad "beeu re-elect?' ;i 'jH ed heTWsdrne five Socialist assem- 1 I fM , blymen before the bar of the house, 1 'faH and told them that a resolution to sus- , , ijfffl pend them from participation jn the 'l ifffl business of the assembly pending an 'f 1BBI investigation of their loyalty was to. be ,1 'ilfflH Introduced and that they would be al- 1 lowed their "day in court." VH The resolution was offered by Ma- i jority Leader Adler. mmmm HBBBBBBl Lengthy Hearing. i V 333m Hearings were begun on January 20 ! I, jH after the judiciary committee had ' 'i AfffJ been appointed and had organized, ' ffV with Louis M. Martin, Republican, o( , Q wMMM Oneida, as chairman. A notable ar- 1 , JfMMM I ray of attorneys headed by Attorney ! ( fMM ! General Charles D. Newton appeared s jfor the state, while Morris Hillquiu ifflffl .Seymour Stedman, Gilbert E. Roe, S. j mmm John Block, William Karlin and Wal- v v fffffl iter Nelles appeared for the suspended , ; ' jlfflfj arsemblymen. , . ; Twenty-four days were consumed in M . 'H the hearing. . JH Precedent Established. , A JflfflfJ By its action the assembly estab i ,ti lished a precedent altogether unique U . lmmm in the legislative history in the United ' ' IfflfflfJ States, as never before has. an entire fj jftfBfJ party delegation been ejected from H any legislative body. ' j When the assembly adjourned it had ' beeu in continuous session twenty- . '! I three hours and forty minutes. fl I Voting on the question of expelling Ul -ifffffJ the Socialist members of the New l; York assembly was begun at 9:38 ar V'TI m. today. Louis Waldman, the first Iffll voted on, was expelled. 'JPH Tho vote was 116 to 2S. j;i ,?H August Claessens also was expelled. jj' !; The vote on Claessens was 116 tc I 1 2$. lie was the Socialist floor leader. (fH Charles-Solomon also was expelled. 'Jl Solomon Arrested. Il The vote on Solomon, who last week i was arrested in Philadelphia for al- ri ttiH leged disorderly conduct at a mass niffV meeting called to protest against the i't i'H ouster proceedings here, was UC to 28 ". j fiPflV Samuel A. DeWitt also was expelle.. ,' V The vote in DeWitt's case was Hi 1 i Hmmm to 40. Samuel Orr also was expelled; ' h ifflV Owing to the fact that the men Tverc ' lH expelled after mldsight on March 31. j ' rH there can be no special elections tc f . I'H fill their seats in tho assembly unless ; ' H an extraordinary session of" the legis-' ' , (H lafure is to be called. (j rf lH oo 1! i jiH Alleged slayer of H CHILD IS ARRESTED j !i STEUBEN VILLE, Ohio, April 1. ' ! I , Mike Onnnck, a Russian, was placed lct 1 1 'M jail here today charged with killing- Sfl Frances South, whose body was fountif '1 near Adena, Ohio, last Thursday.1 , i ( mW Onunck was arrested in Ramsey, Ohio, f '; yesterday, There was much excite ment in Adena when the news of the l L arrest reached there, but authorities 1 '.M fear no attempt to lynch the prisoner. L ,M 00 '! ; EMPEROR OF JAUAN M REPORTED QUITE ILL J M ' - rm HONOLULU, T. H., April 1. Em- i . 3M peror Yohoshito of Japan Is ill at his Is I W IjfJ winter villa In Hayama near Yoko- M i ''Mm hama, according to a Tokio cablegram 81 ' ' to a Japanese -language newspaper . $ fffl here. Court, physicians said he Is suf- j( aMM forlng from sciatica with symptoms of mW glucosurla.. j