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ATPREARATION
liilding of Ships Acceler
ated as Situation Grows
$ More Acute
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GOVERNMENT WORK FIRST
ni
Entire Capacity of Yards at De
partment's Disposal Steel
: Men Urcred to Co-ooerate
Jtl From It Matt nnrrrnnnnttr-nt
f$ WASHINGTON, March 10.
m The navy Is being prepared for any emor-
h Jency under tho provisions of the speeding
D.lpauthorlty appropriating 160.000,000 for
.-tme purpose. Secretary Daniels hao been
ruining the building of the ships authorized
fcy tho last Congress and making every
fcftD&r&tlon for the war with nrmnnv.
Kwhlch tho Administration has seen since tho 1
ir(Bsi oi January cannot oe avoided.
Secretary Daniels todav dlfecusanl In
Wjrlef some of the steps being taken by the
JBavy to hasten work and placo tho country
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s, " auwu aici
Shipbuilders have nirreed In cxnunrl
R"jjMventy per cent of their capacity for Gov-
, rnmeni worK, and, II necessity demnnds,
' their entire capacity will bo elvon over to
the Government.
Steel makers have not shown the same
Ml!nrBHAn na nLlnhatll.l,,... ..ll. s... ....
.,...-.. m nujjuuiiucia Willi loff CA"
1 eptlons, one being the Carnegie Company.
t uonrerenrefl wf ll hn ftolfl will, tham l.la
week and tho same request mado of these
PW-Companies as that to which the shipbuilders
ist nave acceded, if necessary tho Secretnry
FlL 1 ttlA rnr nntlni im.K- .i.tU.-li..
Irtt j nvuiif, unurt uuiiiuriiy oi
K Fecent law, will commandeer nlanta of tho
Fri ItMl tnftlfPP fi ttAil na ciMnitiiMi
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piiv mo iii uj upcucu ttvuucauuy ior ino
rw. wuiiuiii oi .uu moiorooais 01 j iu reft.
cVttst TllPHA hnnln will hn ilujirl In lint nn hm.1
Lin Anaaf natin1
These aro some of the strlklnc thine thn
Navy Department Is now doing to placo
the navy In fighting condition. In addition
to building theso motorboats the depart
ment has recelved'offers from private yacht
wners volunteering their boats In case of
war as well an prAwV
Wax At Philadelphia and other cities a list of
wo wwia "ao uccii maue, una nunareus
ean be taken Into the service without delay.
The department also has mado tentative
KaET "LerB lo Private yacntowners, and nt a
Kftt minute's notice tho yachts can be taken
PlC MfVAl Thaan .nUH rill t . .. . .. - J 1 I
w. .iino juwua win ua IIlUHIieu uy VUI-
Witeera.
At the Philadelphia Navy Yard great lm-
rvements planned will be rushed. There
an appropriation of J12.000.000 avail
able out of the last navy bill to Imnrovn
, the yards, and half of this will be expended
w c-nnuuejpnia.
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SCHOOL CADET PLAN HEARING
Jersey Senate Committee Listens
Security Leapue Arguments
to
' TRENTON, N. J., March 19. A hear
ing was opeped this afternoon by the
, Senate Military Affairs Commlttco on tho
Plarson bill for physical and military traln-
ItlBf In thA ntlhlln aMmrtln llin Inllni. ...,..
fc If adopted nt a municipal referendum olec
t, Won. In cases wherein tho noonle vote for
"-, military training for tho boys, a course
, in nursing wm oe estauusned lor girls,
, zander the bill.
A committee of the National Rrmiritv
gl. League consisting of W. Holt Apgar, James
, fT. Rusllng. eK-Judgc Frederick V.
onicniei , rrnncis i;. Lowtrop and George
W. Brower, of this city, appeared In ad
vocacy of tho bill. The opponents will be
card later In tho day.
MAGISTRATE MECLEARY DINNER
V r
Grateful .for Kindness Shown During
Illness, He Entertains Friends
In appreciation of the kindness which
was shown him during his recent Illness
t Atlantic City, Magistrate John Mecleary.
who dispenses Justice at the Central Station,
ave a dinner party to some friends at
his home, 2213 Amber street, last night.
The guests Included Charles M. Runner,
ehlef clerk at the Central Station; Ser
Keants Slgmund Goldbergcr and James Kite,
Court Officers William Atherholt. Andrew
Maneely, George V. Gemenden. a guard ;
Mrs. John Mecleary, wife of the Magistrate;
Robert Mecleary. his brother: nr. unci Mn
TO .Roll Smith and the Magistrate's two pons,
ry Horatio and John Mecleary, Jr.
Elktorl Marriage Licenses
BLKTON, Md.. March 19. Mondnv'a
ilisual, number of marriage licenses were
9BS.nded nllf llPrA tnHai In Vncn..,.. T7
Iji and Emma Clayberser and Moe Bletzstein
m- -- ....huvii'hih , -mb. oic"
j. ;... atiu iwn vYiiiceniKni, uerwiCK ;
IjX Thomas C. Coffleld and Frances Lilly, Al-
X. rmmi. Xrlllt.llla vr T . Tl U -,l.
k,. ...., ...,, .,,.k, .,, u. , fliVlll .U. Jl-
t on, Magnolia, Del., und Myrtle W, Rcn
' ihaw, Klkton; Ernest B, Burnley, Newark,
., ana juua a. ueorge, Wilmington;
Paul D. Sands, Easton, Pa., and Elizabeth
I. Lingo, Philadelphia; William V. Davis.
Pennigrove, and Anna Moore, Philadelphia ;
Fdward B. Hickman and Marci E. Ashton,
Tacony, Pa. ; Everett Morrison, Oxford, and
Bertha Kinley, Marcus Hook; Everett
Frltx, Doylestown, and Nlla M. Engle,
Buckingham, Pa,; William U. Whiting,
Darby, smd Maud P., Gtoert. Mount Holly.
;N. J,; Roy Kelshaw, Philadelphia, nnd
Irene Klphorn, Iancaster; .William 3Iosman
and Elizabeth Gamble. N'nrrlslmvn T.'rT,o
JS Banferd and Varna Young, Camden. N. J
'i and Arthur TTmtriArlv nt,.t t nti..n Kn4w.
S Berwick; Ja. ' ""'"'
j oupreme court uecisions
g. TBe following decisions were handed down
s'joday by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court:
VK PanroAn'a !&! n r n..Mi.. , , .
&j;Unt4 at ppellees coat.!1 vrvm us-
Ri'X1?111 va' pltu4lPhU and Reading Kail.
f f nrmmU
iiZ?L.' 'i!?- - ci. D'awre. Anneal,
aismlswd and decrees nltlrraed at appellant"'
!f, 91oud. Stlica k Work va. Williams. C. P..
,a Dataware. Annual niinhi.
Wk -JiT vy. coateavllie Holler Worka. C. P.,
Judgment affirmed
C. P.. Cbeiter. Judg.
1 Ohaatar.
,. Power v. Overholt.
LSBent affirmed.
1 BclUlnctr et al. va. Pecker et al. C.
i aaurimu. Appeal dlamlaaed and decrea
rP".11 Bppqiiftaia rum.
i itrHiva aDDfliiania
r --JHAfllr At l Vm laaa-n XAnnv,.. .1.
i - -- . . --...t bitii.,iioiiia . imi-
, jK!LSmpany Vtt Schuylkill Judrmant
"&bnon Valley bonaolldated Water .Hupply
I-ebanon. Apeal dlsrotased at appelfant'a
Lf AHa&u Al.i. a i " ''
L rPfCHlly JUSTICE UROWN:
JOM
C, P.. Dauphin.
O. and T,. Jef-
va. Commonwealth.
Jlt affirmed. a
JUSTICE MESTREZATJ
aMBnniiag lh va t-Tai liiaa
..,': Judrment" reeraed and a venire facias
fcajaW'aw.jrd.d. ;
mw 'riia.n:
i ( ai. va. Moore et al. C. r. No. 4,
uecrea reversed at coala of ap-
Ufnv. rahlsh Valley Coal Company,
BmJU''"'- Jwtament afTlrmed.
ITICK HTKWART:
"WhraaaaP ' ' Pn"eIl)hU'
eYfSufti.'-SerUrlch'a appeal. O. O..
lla,; Dterea.rvveratd with a proceden-
CHSUKSR:' v.
BM OiiMaaiir va. Mioamaktr,
tlaWa; Baervw affirmed.
sarv c ?t
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J.i Cj P.1,
atiaMf4.'
TERMS GRANTED TO TRAINMEN
BY WHICH STRIKE IS AVERTED
SETTLEMENT awarded by tho committee of tho Council of -Nntional De
fense: "In all road service except passenger where schedules now read: Ono
hundred miles or less, nine or ten hours or less, overtime at ten or eleven
miles per hour, insert eight hours or less for a basic day nnd twelve and a
half miles per hour for a speed basis, for the purpose of computing overtime,
overtime to bo paid for nt not less than one-eighth of n daily rate per hour.
In all yards, switching and hostling service, where schedules now read 'ten,
eleven or twelve hours or less shall constitute n day's work,' insert 'eight
hours or less shall constitute a day's work nt present ten hours pay.'
"Overtime to bo paid for nt not less than one-eighth of the daily rate
per hour.
"In yards now working on an eight-hour basis, the daily rate shall be
tho present hours' standard rate, with ovcrtimo nt one-eighth of the present
standard daily rate.
"In case the law is declared unconstitutional, eight hours or less at
present ten hours' pay will constitute a day's work in hostling service,
"In passenger service tho present mileage basis will be maintained.
On roads now hnving a flat ten-hour day in passenger service the rule will bo
amended to read 'eight within ten hours.
"For all classes of employes in' short turn around passenger service,
where the rule now reads 'eight within twelve hours,' it will bo amended to
read 'eight within ten hours.'
"For such territory as has no number of hours fo'r a day's work in short
turn around passenger service tho eight within ten-hour rule applies.
'Overtime to bo paid for at not loss thnn one-eighth of the daily rato
per hour. J
"The general committees on individual railways may elect to retain
present ovcrtimo rules in short turn around passenger service, or the fore
going provisions, but may not make a combination of both to produce
greater compensation than is provided in cither basis.
"In the event the law is held to be constitutional if the foregoing set
tlement is inconsistent with the decision of the court. 'the application will bo
adjusted to tho decision. If declared unconstitutional the above stands with all
the provisions as written.
"The foregoing to govern for such roads, classes of employes and classes
of service represented by the national conference committee of the railways.
Schedules except as modified by the above changes remain as at present.
"FRANKLIN K. LANE,
unAWlPt itrrr t a nt-.
"Accepted by:
"W. B. WILSON.
"SAMUEL GOMPERS.
"W. G. LEE,
f "L. E. SHEPPARD,
"W. S. STONE,
T. v .. . . . "W. S. CARTER.
The National Conference Committee of Railways:
New York, March 19, 1917. "EUSlfA LEE' Ch' '
RAILROAD STRIKE CALLED OFF;
EIGHT-HOUR LAW CONSTITUTIONAL
Continued from rate One
such nhuso of tho power if possessed as
rendered Its exercise unconstitutional.
We will consider these subjects under
distinct propositions separately.
l''lrst Is tho entire want of constitu
tional power to deal with tho subjects
embraced by tho statute.
There must ho knowledge of tho
power exerted before determining
whether as exercised It was constitu
tional and we must hence settle tho
dispute on that question before going
further Only an eight-hour standard
for work nnd wages aro provided is tho
contention on tho one side, and In Mib
xtnnce only a scale of wages was pro
vided Is the argument on tho other
Wc are of tho opinion that botli aro
right and In a sense both wrong In so
far as It Is assumed that the one ex
cludes the other.
The provision In Section 1 that eight
hours, shall bo deemed a day's work
and the measure or standard of a clay's
workleacs, no doubt about tho tlrst
propositloni. ' As to the second, this
Is equally (rile, because of the provision
of section 3 forbidding any lowering
of wages as a result of applying tho
eight-hour standard established by sec
tion 1 during the limited period pre
scribed In section 2.
Both provisions are equally manda
tory. If It be said that the second, the de
priving of all power to change tho
wages during tho llxed period, Is but
nnclllary to the first command, the
standard of eight hours, that would not
make tho prohibition as to any change
of wages any the less a fixing of wages.
THE STANDARD OP HOURS
It certainly would not change the
question of power unless It could bo
assumed that the legislative power to
IK one thing, tho standard of hours,
could be enforced by exerting the power
to do another, llx the wages, although
there was no legislative authority to
exert the latter power.
The doing of one thing which In au
thorized cannot be made the nourre of
an authority to do ,nnolhrr thing nhVh
there Is mi power to do.
if to deprive the cmpuloyer and em
ploye of the right of contract for
wages and to provide that a particular
rate of wages shall be paid for a speci
fied time Is not a fixing of wages. It
is dlflicult to see what wouia be.
However, there Is this very broad
difference between tho two powers ex
erted., , The first, the eight-hour stand
nrd, is permanently fixed. The second,
the fixing of the wage standard re
sulting from the prohibition against
paying lower wage3, Is expressly lim
ited to tho time specified In Section
2. It Is, therefore, not permanent hut
temporary, leaving the employers and
employes freo as to tho subject of
wages to govern their relations by
their own agreements after tho speci
fied time.
A CONCRETE STATEMENT
Concretely stated, therofore, the
question is this: Did Congress hae
power under the circumstances stated,
that Is, dealing with tho dlsputo be
tween the employers and employes as
to wages, to provide a permanent
eight-hour standard nnd to create by
legislative action a standard of wages
to be operative upon tho employers and
employes for such reasonable time as
it deemed necessary to afford an op
portunity for tho meeting ot minds of
employers and employes on the subject
of wages? Or, In other words, did It
have the power In order to prevent the
Interruption of Interstate commerce to
exert Its will to supply the absence of a
wage scale resulting from the disagree
ment as to wages between the employ
ers and employes and to make its win
on that subject controlling for the lim
ited period providfd'for?
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
Coming to the general consideration
by which both subjects must be con
trolled, to simplify the analysis for tho
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purpose of considering tho question of
Inherent power, we put tho question as
to tho eight-hour standard entirely out
of view on tho ground that the author
ity to establish permanently it Is so
clearly sustained ni to render the sub
ject not disputable.
What was the extent of the power,
therefore, of Congress to regulate con
sidering tho scope of regulation which
(.o eminent had the right to exeit with
reference to interstate commerce cur
riers when It came to exercise Its legis
lative authority to regulate commerce
Is tho matter to bo decided. Thnt the
business of common carriers by rail Is
In a sens,. n pnlillc business because of
the Interest of society In the continued
operation anil rlchtrul conduct of such
liuV.nesx and that the public interest
begets a nubile rlelit of rcEiilallon to
the full extent necessary to secure unit
rotect It, Is setled by so many decisions.
Slate and federal, und lj Illustrated by
such n continuous exertion of Mate and
Federal legllatlp power to lenve no
riHim for question on the subject.
RIGHT TO FIX WAGES
It Is also equally true that the right
to fixe by agreement between tho car
rier and Its employes n standard of
wages to control their lelatlons Is pri
marily private, tho establishment nnd
giving effect to such ngrecd-on standard
is not subject to be controlled or pre
onted by public authority.
But taking all these propositions as
undoubted, if the situation which wo
have described and with which the act
of Congress dealt be taken Into view;
that Is, tho dispute between tho employ
ers and employes as to a standard of
wages, their failure to agree, the re
sulting absence of such standard, the
entire Interruption of Interstate com
merce which was threatened and tho in
finite injury to tho nublie Interest which
was Imminent It would seem Inevitably
to result that the power to regulate nec
essarily obtained and was subject to bo
applied to the extent necesary to pro
vide a remedy for the situation, which
included tho power to deal with the dis
pute, to provide by appropriate action
for a standard of wages to fill the want
of one caused by the failure to exert
the private right on tho subject and
to give effect by appropriate legislation
to tho regulations thus adopted.
This must bo unless It can be said
that tho right to so regulate as to save
and protect the public Interest did not
apply to a case where the destruction
of the public right was Imminent ns
the result of a dispute between the par
ties and their consequent failure to
establish by private agreement tho
standard of wages, which was essen
tial ; in other words, that the existence
of tho public right and the public
power to establish a standard by agree
ment. B
HISTORY OP CASE
ml.!! rallrt!ads attacked the Adamson
measures as "not a regulation of commerce
L
not the result of legislative Judgment, but
an experiment," whose success would bo
determined by- futuro Investigation, and as
depriving the railroad of Its llherty to mnke
contracts and tin property without duo pro'
cess of law. They held It t6 bo a wngo
measure, which Congress "hnd no right to
enact," under tho Constitution.
The Government contended tho law was
not a wage law, but an hours-of-scrvlco act',
and that, even If It was a wage measure,
Congress hnd tho right to pass It under
the commerce ctnuse of tho Constitution,
The case had Its Inception when Congress
passed a law late last August, when rail
road brotherhoods threatened to tie up tho
nation's ralhoads, declaring eight hours to
bo a standard day's work and providing
that pro rata overtlmo should be paid for
work dono after the first eight hours. This
section formed tho real basis of attack for
tho railroads.
On March 2fl, lfllC, tho four railroad
brotherhoods tho Brotherhood of I,oco
motlvo Enelneers. thn f)rrlir nf Ttnlltvnu
( onductors, tho Brotherhood of IOcomotlvo
Mremen and tho Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen demanded of the railroads ot
tho country nn eight-hour day wlthtlme
and n half overtime, overtime to be com
puted on thn minute basis nnd regular time
to begin when a railroad man was re
quired to report for duty. This was to re
place tho old mileage basis, by which tho
men wero paid for H trip 100 miles consti
tuting n day's run, usually of ten hours.
PRESIDENT FAILS
Railroad refused this nnd other con'
cessions, and .In return nsked arbitration by
the Federal Board of Mediation or tho In
terstato Commerce Commission. This the
brotherhoods refused llatly, Thn brother
hoods held out for tho eight-hour dny and
tho time nnd a half overtime; the railroads
contended granting these would havo meant
material Increases In pay nnd should bo
arbitrated.
Little attention was paid to tho dlsputo
until Into In tho spring It becamo apparent
nemier smio would yiem without a struggle.
Both sides said tho other was Mulling.
When neither sldo would concede anything,
and thn negotiations at New Yntk seemed
about to end In a strike, I'lcsidcnt Wilson
nsked leaders for the btnthct hoods nnd
railroads to go to Washington for a con
ference. They did llrst a big delegation ot
tho brotherhoods nnd thn conferenco com
mlttco of managers representing the roads.
Then, when tho President was unable to
make a settlement, he called In 100 railroad
executives, representing pcry railroad nnd
billions of dollars of capital Tho brother
hoods wero represented only by their pres
idents. Again his efforts failed. Ono night
tho executives announced they would not
yield. Later they showed printed copies
of a strike order effective nt 7 a. in. Labor
Day, September 4. Brotherhood leaders ad
mitted the strlko had been called for that
day by a ninety-eight per cent vote of tho
inllroad men.
Faced by possibility ot paralysis of com-
mercc, j'resldont Wilson prepared a mes
sage to Congress asking Immediate passage
of an eight-hour law.
Adamson Introduced his hill In the Houso
on August .11. The House passed It next
day. Tho Senate'passcd It September 2.
Tho President npprocd it September 3,
CONTEST IN COURT
The strlko was called orf. The bill pro
vided a commission to Investigate tho work
ing of tho law which was effective Janu
ary 1, 191" within six or nine months, and
report thirty days after that to tho Presi
dent nnd Congress. The country settled
back Then came i union) the railroads
would fight tho law, nnd on November 20
Alexander Now and Harry C. Ferris; re
ceivers for the Missouri, Oklahoma nnd
Gulf Railroad, tiled complaint In tho Fed
eral Court at Kansas City, attacking the
constitutionality of tho law.
Judge William C. Hook, of Kansas City,
considered tho case November 22 and de
creed the act "unconstitutional, null and
void." and the "Judgment of tho Court Is
the law cannot be sustained." Thnt brought
It before the Supremo Court on nppeal. Both
sides had rather a rocky time of It In couit,
as the Justices, palpably Interested, inter
rupted frequently with questions.
The case was regarded as one of tho big
gest of recent . years. Tho law, passed
frankly to avoid a railroad strike, was looked
on as a departure from anything dono by
Congress, In .that It named the compensa
tion to be glv'en the men for overtime, nnd
Incidentally stipulated that no man, under
tho eight-hour standard, should bo paid less
than hlB ten-hour wages when tho law went
Into effect.
RAIL STRIKE CALLED
OFF AFTER PARLEY
NEW YORK, Starch 19. The railroads
have met tho fullest demands of the Adam
son eight-hour law and thereby definitely
averted the threatened natlon-wldo strike
with the country on the verge of Its most
serious International crisis.
Patriotism, swayed to its height by the
sinking of three American vessels, brought
from the railway managers' committee
early today the announcement that It
would accept tho brotherhood chiefs' de
mand rather than give the impression at
home or nbroad that the efficient operation
of the country's railways will be hampered
or Impaired In the face of Its latest peril.
The railroads surrendered completely,
leaving their end of the adjustment en
tirely in the hands of President Wilson's
mediation board. A Joint committee Is to
thresh out the minute details.
PRAISE FOR RAILWAYS
The following statement was issued by
the mediators:
"We desire to express our' appreciation
of the large and patriotic action of the
railway managers' committee, which has
put beyond preadventure the possibility of
a nation-wide railroad strike.
'The railroads have met the full demands
of tho Adamson elsht-hour law. This con
cession wai secured as the culmination of
two days pi nights of negotiations.
" "Our first effort was to secure a post
ponement of a strike which was fixed for
Saturday night. This was secured by pre
senting to the railway managers a memo
randum ngrccment drafted by the broth
erhoods which with some particularity ex
pressed tho provision of the Adamson law.
Wo next sought some adjustment that
would bo effective should tho law bo held
to be unconstitutional. In this rcgnrd many
propositions were made to both sides, but
none wns acceptable in til the railroads ex
pressed their willingness to place the whole
matter In the hands of th,s committee.
This action proceeded, nc tho letter from
tho railway managers stntes, from a desire
to demonstrate to the country thnt tho rail
roads would not allow their own concep
tion of railroad policy to Btand In tho wny
of the fullest use of tho roads nt a time of
severe national strain.
The commltteo considered the matter and
decided that, In view of tho nctlon of Con
gress in passing the Adamson law and the
necessity for Immcdlnte action, that It was
best to ndopt at onco the memorandum
agreement of the previous day as applicable
under all conditions.
Thus tho piovislon of the eight-hour law,
by agreement between tho roads nnd the
men, became tho basis of the settlement,
and, whether tho Supreme Court holds for
tho validity of tho law or against It, there
will bo no strike.
Tho decision of the railway managers,
which wns as sudden ns It was unexpected
by all thoso directly In tho conference, camo
after virtually forty-eight hours' continuous
conference.
Jt has ended tho specter of a national
paralysis of tho American railroad system
nnd at a time when the whole world
waited for word from the two little camps
In New York city.
COMMISSION'S THANKS
The following letter was sent to the rail
road managers' committee early today by
tho mediation committee:
Ellsha Leo, Esq., chairman national
conference committee ot the railways.
Dear Mr. Lee:
Wo are In receipt of your favor of
this date, placing In our hands for Im
mediate adjustment the matter of the
difference between your committee and
tlie railroad brotherhoods.
Wo have brought this letter before
the brotherhoods with the statement
that In our Judgment It was advisable
to put Into effect the provisions of the
Adamson law, whether It be held valid
or otherwise. This was acceptable to
them Thus, by your own nctlon, urged
thereto by the highest reasons of na
tional concern, you havo avoided a
natlnna! calamity.
Wo would he delinquent In a true
sense of gratitude If wo failed to ex
press our slncerest appreciation of the
nctlon you have taken. We trust that
it promises a long period of hearty co
operation between the railroad man
agements nnd their employes.
Cordially yours,
FRANKLIN If. LANE
W. B. WILSON.
DANIEL AVI LLA RD.
SAMUEL GOMPERS.
THE TELLING BLOW
Sunday had been a day of doubts in the
conference rooms of the mediators. The
fato of the Administration's attempt to
avoid the greatest labor war In the history
of tho United States had stood in the bal
ance all day, ready to be pushed either
wav.
Hallway managers, brotherhood chiefs
and mediators had been In conference
through tho dny and most of the previous
night. Messages had flowed back nnd
foith In a constant stream. Thero was an
open wire between Washington and the me
diators' headquaiters.
Then came word of the sinking of the
three American ships. Half an hour later
the brotherhood chiefs, a committee for the
managers and the mediators were In a Joint
session. Debate and earnest pleading could
bo heard Issuing fiom the little room In the
Blltmore.
Then vvor1 was passed to waiting news
paper men at 1 :45 a. in. that the managers
would send their deflnito answer to the situ
ation in a few minutes. The message came,
guarded, and minutes turned Into hours be
fore It was announced.
Shortly afterward the brotherhood chiefs
arrived. An hour and a half later tho mes
sage came that the managr.H had uncon
ditionally surrendered nnd placed tho set
tlement in the hands of the four men who
had postponed and then averted tho calam
ity "We have been negotiating all day," Sec
ittaij i.uiie announced. "vs .. result, re
gardless of a decision by the Supreme Court,
the eight-hour basic oay will go Into ef
fect." ,
Then he made public this letter to. the
mediators from the railway managers:
In the national crisis precipitated by
events of which w learned this after
noon the national conference committee
WASHINGTON
3-DAY TOURS
April .-.. 12. 19
Mat 3 and 17
$10.50 $12 SWIi?""
Proportionate nates from Other
Points.
Itineraries nnd dVtnlls from K. II.
PArnltz, Division Paisnntrrr Aient.
1.-3!) Chestnut Street. Philadelphia,
or nearest Ticket Anent.
Pennsylvania R.R.
Men Can Have Their Easter Suits
Tailored - to - Measure, According to
Their Own Style Ideas, from New
$40.00 and $45.00 Fabrics, $31.50
$40 0oISdns45Mu?Ci yarl3 of no,?PTinK Suitings-qualities intended for
&- - Men's CuBtonl Tailoring Shop, Second Floor. East
"""s .
New Silk Waists
for Spring
Those of CREPE GEORGETTE
are the most fashionable and aro
here in a very comprehensive as
sortntent. They are embroidered,
beaded, or trimmed with hand
made laces j others, less elaborate,
simply have revers or frill. The
color-range consists of chartreuse,
citron, mais, amber, peach, coral,
flesh color, bisque, orchid and' new
shades of blue. The new ellp-over
Waist is included in this collection,
as are also Sports Waists, elab
ofrately embroidered in Chinese or
"Bulgarian designs. Prices $5.00
to $35.00.
!iS - Second Floor, 'Ceptra
Special Service in Corsets
MINNIE K. FINK, M. D.
Medical Director of the Nemo Hygienic Fashion
Institute, of New York, Here This Week
. . Dl Fink wil1 te in our Corset Store every day this week, from
10 to 12 and from 2 to 4 o'clock, to give FREE CONSULTATIONS
in all cases of physical ailmenta which may be helped by correct
corseting .She is a specialist in corsets in their relation to health
.and. whether or pot you havo any particular physical weakness, will
advise you bow corsets should be selected and worn to preserve health
and youthful grace. CONSULT DR. FINK TO-MORROW.
A Special Nemo Model at $3.50
. 'mo Self-Reduclng Corset; No. 359, in flesh color, for averaee
full figures unusual value. - Third Floor, Market Street. West
ot the railways joins -you In the con
viction that neither at homo rior abroad
should there be fear or hone th efllclent
operation of the railways ot tho country
will bo hampered or Impaired.
Therefore, you nre authorized to as
sure the nation thnt thero will be no
strike : and as a basis for such assur
ance we hereby nuthorlzo the commltteo
of tho Council of National Defense to
grant to the employes who ere about
to strlKO wnniover nujununcin. -.-
committee deems necessary to guar
antee the uninterrupted and efficient
operation of the railways ns an Indis
pensable nrm of national defense.
'At 2! 30 this morning the Joint commit
tee that was to work out tho details went
Into session. They recessed at 6 o'clock,
announcing that the full terms of the
Adamson law had been granted the rail
road men.
Worn and haggard by their trying ox
irlonces, with almost no sleep during tho
two days and two nights, they hurried to
their rooms for a few hours' rest. By noon
tho entire matter was cleared from tho na
tion's slates while tho now more ominous
International situation Is being handled.
President Wilson wns kept In constant
touch with tho proceedings. Three Wash
ington calls passed through the hotel with
in nn hour nftcr It becamo known the threo
American ships had been torpedoed. Then
an open wire was kept.
RUSS CHURCHES HERE
STILL PRAY FOR CZAR
Orders Eliminating Romanoffs
From Supplications Expected
From Petrograd, However
Members of the Itusslnn Orthodox Church
throughout the United States nre momen
tarily expecting orders to tnko the names
of Czar Nicholas and other members of
the rojal family fiom the prayer books now
ued by the Church.
Some believe they may bo ordeied to
pray for tho Duma, while others nre of the
opinion that Instructions will be sent forth
to pray for the executive who will succeed
the Czar. Although there Is general Jubila
tion among the' Russians nf Philadelphia
over the success of tho revolution they will
continue to pray for Czar Nicholas until
orders to the contrary nre received,
Members of the three KusMan Orthodox
churches In this cltypraycd for tho Czar
yesterday, although tho names of the Czar
nnd members ot tho roynl family were omit
ted from the prayers offered by Archbishop
Evdoklm at the Russian Cathedral, New
York. .Similar action was followed In tho
Orthodox churches In Pittsburgh.
The prayer as now offered by communi
cants of tho Itubslan Orthodox- Church fol
lows: "We pray for our Cod-fearlng Kmpcror,
Nicholas Alexiuiderovlch, and for his heir.
Alexis Nlcholovlch, and for his fnmilv, nnd
vo pray for the President of the United
Stntes nnd further pray for their countries
and for victories, peace, health and for the
defeat of all their enemies."
There nre 1,000,000 communicants of the
church In the United States, and of these
6000 aro In Philadelphia.
Tho largest of the Russian Orthodox
churches, in point of membership. Is St.
Michael's, Sixth and Spring Rnrden streets.
Several hundred Austro-Hnn,ru, ..,
members of this church. Although many of
them nie citizens of Attstr
resolutions denouncing the conduct of Austria-Hungary
In the piet-oiit .il
fered tiiclr services to the United States.
The Austro-Hungarians sent a telgram to
President Wilson today declaring they
would fight for the United States against
Austria if called upon. These members of
the Russian church held a mass-meeting
yesterday at Metropolitan Hall, "17 Fair
mount avenue, nt which the Rev. John Ada
mlak presided.
GEpANSAEtiRS
NAVY YARD THIS
Stockade Will Be Built AMJ
Fnrts McPWarm . "un
u" " it "r"T: "'? W
uuu yc, iiuiuunng Tisoner8
yiuu ujrjiAVJCi BY TRAIN I
Raiders Will Bo Under Guard of R v
-" -" "v " miantry ,
Intoxicants Barred ,
Tho 700 (lerman Rallors at th rni
phla Navy Yard will be removed iTi4"-
McPherson nnd Oglethorpe, Oa t, . "
It was decided nt Wash-.i1RIOn todav il"-
movement
or Just ns
readiness.
Secretary
today;
will start nrobahlv u V I
ns lh I.-" ."""Ml
- """"cks , ,;
Baker and Secretin.,, r
Ihls morning ' ,
eenth Infantry urn ?
Yard will take tho Uerman sailor. V7
guard to the barracks. r" nii
nun iv .uini-icine nun morn ng On Ik. .V" i
Ject. Tho Seventeenth infamrv ..,.? &"'
cecd to tho barracks from tho hordiVI
marines now at the Philadelphia v!!'l
Because of International law ii,. . , '
oners will bo taken from PhlladdSi '
In two or three trains. It would h,...,
to take thorn by boat to Savannah! iS'
as the vessel would have tn 1,nT?b,
thq three-mile limit nnd thereby ralSr I
International law point, trains will he TiLiM
No Intoxicants will bo allowed th JS7 I
nrs In fhp harrnrks. ns Vinth . . "s'l
territory. Be,n4r
Captain Max Thlerlchens, command,
the Kronprlnz Wllhelm. left the navy t.m"
thls morning in an automobile. iL'l.
golng to tho United States Nnval IIobdiT.1
tlray's Kerry load, nccordlng to tho 1:.
. nccordlng to tho CW
Wlm-rt -Willi -nU.,
....., ,, ...... . ...,,,. ,, ,iuii ..
Henry Rohner's employes under Jirtnn k.,:
in the alleged chronometer smuggling ,?!
Williams said he did not know iT .iTl
fliti'tii'iti rnmmn nrlnto l..iu. 1 . "
. ... ....... .. .. . .inn iJcinK taken fit
the' hospital. At the hospital the author!
tics said that Captain Thlerlchens had nat
been there, nor was he expected.
The automobile which drove Captala
i inn luiit-n.-, mm iiuuiiier man from thi
ii. n., j.wu wciuiik" i vuatucrt Koertlnr
Kischor, who Is under Jr.OOO ball In .v!
alleged plot, Captain Thlerlchens and hit
companion were allowed to leave the art
after papers, which they presented to thi
marine guard at tho gate, had been teat
u KM.uu tiiiuiupiiiiifu mem.
Tho vessels will remain at thlr n...i
anchorage at the foot of Broad street' Thli
has been settled upon by the Navy Depart
ment and the nftlclals at League Island. Nor
will the ships be nearched unless war should
come. This Is a principle of Ituernallmm
law. and tho various United States offlclali
havo been warned to use great discretion to I
LITTLE GIRL IN NIGHTGOWN
BURNED AT GAS RADIATOR
FIame& Set Fire to Dress as She Playi !
in Home In Critical
Condition
I'lvc-ycar-old Elizabeth Mitchell was seri
ously burned today In splto of the rescue
efforts ot her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Mitchell, 32 IS Chancellor ttiect. Both were i
badly burned on tho hands and arms.
'The little girl, playing In her night-
clothes about a gas radiator on the sec
ond floor of the Mitchell home today, toddled
too near the flaming Jet. Her screams at
tracted her parents, who wrapped her la
a blanket. They rushed her to the Unl.
erslty Hospital In a motortruck 'belonlng j
to Walter Bradley, of Ninth and Thompson !
streets. Physicinns said tne little girl was
in u critical condition.
Matfson & DeMair?
1115 Chestnut Street
(Opposite Kc!lh')
Most Interestina Furl
Values for Tuesday ,
Spring and Summer Fur
Scarfs
Red Fox Scarfs 22.50
Taupe Fox Gray .... 22.50
Moleskjn Gray 24.50
Kamchatka Fox Scarfs, 24.50
Battleship Gray 29.50
White Fox Scarfs 32.50
Jap Kolinsky 32.50
Ermine 34.50
Slate Fox Scarfs 39.50
Siberian Squirrel .... 39.50
Cross Fox Scarfs .... 45.00
Kolinsky 89.50
Fur Coats at One Half
Buy Your Next Fall Coat NoM
French Seal 29.50
French Seal 39.50
Natural Muskrat 48.50
Scotch Moleskin 225.00
Hudson Seal . .
Hudson Seal . .
Hudson Seal . .
Hudson Seal . .
54.00
so.w
125.00
'.175.00
IMPORTANT
Purchases will be reserved in our storage vaults until
next fall on payment of a deposit. Payments to be
continued during the spring and wmmer. '
Smart Suit
Hap
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They cohj
springtime
$8:50
list ot Lwere, Milan and all the novelty 8tra$J
hues of exquisite harmony. iO
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