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EXTRA
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f VOL. VI. NO. 180
Enttretf u Second-Cliuu Matter nt tho Tottomee. nt Philadelphia. P.
Undtr the Act of March 3, 18T0. .
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PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1920
. Published Dally Expert Sunday, fluhscrlptlon Price Id a Tear by Malt
Copyright. 1020. by Publlo Ledcor Company.
PRICE TWO CENTS
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EASTERN LINES TIED UP; STRIKE BREAKING IN WEST
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Hie-Up Cripples Philadelphia-New Fork7 Division of P. R. R.; 1400 Out Here Roads Say
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DEFEAT FOR VARE
AT THE PRIMARIES,
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And Senator-Says Dolaney Will
Beat Ransloy in naco
for Congroas
DENIES A DEAL TO SEND
KENDRICKTOCONVENHUN
Cbming Home From Florida, Ho
Takes Vigorous Whack at
' . Wilson Administration
Bit a Staff Correspondent
.-i... f..nK V. C Artrll 12. Sen-
tof renroo. ttinlly restored to
health, .UscuKPPil lxnttcn, cny, biuic,
cational and even intorantlonnl, In his
private cfir twlny on the trip back to
Philadelphia from Florida.
Ills survey Included n denunciation
o(vthc Wilson ndmlnlstrnllon, another
-.1..4. - Tinrl.Art Hoover, nn Indict-
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i r intnmntlnnnl nltrulsm and the
prediction of Kcpubllcan success In the
next national election when n successor
to President Wilson will be chosen.
The senator declared that there had
been no deals with the Vnrcs or with
nr one eluo by the terms of which .
Fredaml Kendrick. Vnre lender, was
Klated by the state organization for
d.Wnti-nt.lnrEe to tho Republican
convention.
Says Sloores Can Win
... 1..1 1 Ik -n l.lu l.nUof ttm tllO
I1C UIL'IJIHU lb U" ..." uuin ..k ...
t t a..t. nni4)ilnM fl.ntf ttl
after In their HrIiJ In tho spring jrl-
inarips wiin mu !' .....
n.L . m4h .cmu i.nttlmilailif Ifiaia.
j.ae ri-uuiKi 44141 .........u.....,, ;"""
tent that the Moore forces could defeat
iL. ir.. T n...4rnllii V.it4ftti4n ttnn In
lie IMCliUUU-.uuiuii vu...u.u..
the contest for the Republican nomlna-
.1. . r .. 1 Al. f14.t .llafflrtf
HOB lor Woiigri;B 111 iui; imiH (U.04...4.V,
where a sueccssor is to bo chosen to J.
Hampton Mobrc.
TWnnPV enn beat Ransloy. Is tho
senator's vlev. . , ,
1 senator rcnrouc, in uiaL-uroiun,
hM many kindly things about the sue
ttsfloa of Governor Sproul for the prcsl-
nrtcr.Jncidcntnlly denying that he wns
committed to ficnatpr Harding, of Ohljp,
or. to any one else." ,
ine fcaior nun uo touiiiitin. iu umnu
hen his nttention was directed to tho
put in me .ioore 111 revs uvcr um
candidacy of Congressman Tcter K. Cos-
ftello.
No "Back Parlor" Convention
"I have been out of touch with local
affairs." said the senator when asked
If he favored the renomlnatlon of Cos
tello in the Fifth district. "I don't
like to discuss matters of which I am
entirely Ignorant." As for the Repub
lican convention tho Bcnntor said it
would not be boss-ridden or run from a
oacK parlor."
The senator is evidently Interested In
the fight to win the Republican city
committee away from tho Vnrcs. On
this subject and nlso.tho nlllcd one of
winning control of n mnjorlty of the
Philadelphia delegation to the State
legislature, the senator is suro the
Moore men will defeat the Vnre organl
tation. He Htfltril hla liollpfa nlnn tlila linn
boldly, notwithstanding the fact that ho
will lmvc the support of the Vnro or
ganization, along of course with that of
tbe entlm Ttpnuhllpnit oinfn fipvmil.n.
Won, In his own personal campaign for
"uuminauon nnu re-election.
lohs Moro Rugged
SenfltnP PnnrnD. .Invi..n n11 !.. 1
.1 ,. ,:, ''ni OUU4Y1J 1111 lliu B1KUB
lot the Florida sun. Ho looked more
rugged than when ho left for the South.
HOG ISLAND PROBERS HERE
Six Congressmen in Committee Make
Tour of Shipyard
lnnoii 1 cnmmiuec, namcu to
si. . , VIU "euviiies or tno united
pV8 ""'I'Pins bonrd, Emergency Fleet
torporatlon, h mnkingl thorougli sur-
01 "UK ls"nu today.
OlX COnifrptiemnn owa l..t...lA.l lH At..
44fil it """"" iu 1u4.-iUUt.-ll ill lliu
fn,7i i 7 ,;.". "v lllD "ciicvue-atrai-lord
about 12::i0 o'clock. Among them
Hadle eSS,nPU Flshcr' Connolly and
Thi t. ....
I.inm """M'ouni party went to Hog
island early this morning. Tho mem-
tl rn,.i, u ,u . ", "l0n "o yard and
"'rough its administration buildings.
llonsn ," "wgcani-ni-nrinsor ttie
nlr.,1 .1 "1'reseiuauvcB, nccompn
n'ea the comniittcc.
MERCHANT ASKS DIVORCE
Attorney Files Suit Nature of
Charges Not Disclosed
by iM,.'nr, iVvor.C0 ,,a8 u,en insttuted
It C, nrM MVrt,lmnt- "Kolnst Martha
"ith ti fli'.e,'chu.l,t' Action wns t,tnrtfl1
6 Con.,?, ml?, of nnnerH n curt No.
at l?os v 1 lc1?;. Mr- Slcrchailt lives
"taw offices In the Land Title Bulld-
hls00" ,nado b' Merchant against
0 1 ft, .aroi Vot wol lu tho record
torLv nLp,B,nt; John - IJc,1 fmicr
Sir 1 '. ho Plaintiff.
case to inl iV0l.1(1 ",t comment upon the
8 tA'Z 2SSi an t0 say tlmt th0
Strikes and Rumors
J7 , loir day.
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"'- l'roil, bolder,
;oiei(; coWer
?" l railroud.neiot.day.
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USE PREDICTS
VANTED: AN OWNER FOR THIS WRECK
Vt, V. 'A.A 1 . IKS
ii a mr.-.,- iHHk
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fo V -:fe l':a:
l'olieo nro endeavoring to learn the identity of the owner of driver of the
automobile who drove It Into n telegraph pole on tho Spring Garden
street brldgo Iato Saturday night nnd then walked away and left his car
T
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Posse Scours Woods Nearine-
land. N. J., for Farmhand
.Suspected of Act
SEVERAL SEE TRAGEDY
Mrs. Irene Styles, an attractive young
widow, wns probably fatally shot nt 8
o'clock this morning, near Vineland,
N. .T.
The police say she was shot by a
jealous sweetheart, who was employed
on the farm of her father, near Vine
land. The shooting occurred nt a
trolley Station near the farmhouse.
Posses aro scourlngt the woods near
Vineland for tho' man. The young
woman Is at the Vineland Hospital.
Several men and women saw the
tragedy, but were powerless to Inter
vene. The farmhand the police arc seeking
Is 'William Mercer, twenty-eight years
old, of 'Wheeling, W. Vn. He came to
tho William Jioyd farm, at Magnolia
and Main rondn, about n year ago.
According to the police he immediately
made advances to the pretty widow,
who is thirty years old.
Neighbors sa that lately he had be
come intensely jealous of nnothcr man
who was paying nttention to the widow.
Walked to Trolley
This "morning Mrs. Styles left the
farm bhortly before 8 o'clock, and
walked to tho nearby trolley line to take
n ear for Vineland
Mercer followed her nt n distanco of
several paces, and as the two nenred
the trolley' station the farmhniid over
took her.
Witnesses say there was n sharp ver
bal encounter between the two. Then
Mercer, in a jealous rage, stepped n few
paces back, suddenly whipped out- a
revolver nnd opened fire on the woman,
tho police say.
With the first report of the revolver
the woman was seen to throw her right
hand to her head and then, reeling, she
fell.
Women fainted nnd two men standing
nearby hurried to the assistance jf the
wounded woman. Her assailant jam
med the revolver in his pocket ami fled
Into tho nearby woods.
Call Vineland Police
Police of Vineland were summoned,
nnd Dr. Ocorgo Cunninghum wns hur
ried to the sccno of Jtho shooting. He
gave tho woman, temporary mcdicnl at
tention and had her hurried to the Vine
land Hospital, wjicrc her wound is be
lieved to bo mortal.
It is feared the bullet pierced her
brnln. The sight of her left eye is de
stroyed. News of tho tragedy spread rapidly
from farmhoubc to farmhauso In Cum
berland county, and by 0 o'clock posses
of farmers and residents of Vlueland
were searching tho woods in which Mer
cer was last seen.
At tho timo of the shooting Mercer
wore n Milt of khaki,
TRUCKS TO CARRY FOOD
Many Motor Vehicles. Will Ply Be
tween Here and Baltimore
Thousands of tons of food nnd gen
eral merchandise will bo cnrrled from
lialtlmoro to Philadelphia by motor
trucks beginning today.
Thcso trucks will run on regularly
fixed schedules; soino will stop nt Wil
mington and Chester en routo to Phlia
dclphln nnd others will como directly to
this city without a stop. The truck
line, It is believed, will greatly rrduco
the troubles nnd Inconvenience caused
by -tho strike of the railroad men.
Severnl thousand trucks have been
mobilized in Raltlmoro alone for this
work nnd each vchlclo will carry n load
to Rnltlmore and intermediate points on
tho return trip.
Precautions have been taken, it is
sold, to protect tho trucks from attnek
by strikers or sympathizers over tho
entire route.
A fleet of motortrucks was placed In
operation to carry goods from i.ancnster
to Phlladelhia nud New York. Lan
caster Is virtually sugnrless today, sup
plies being exhausted In tho grocery
fitorrs nud a number of big rnmly nianji
fuo till en being threatened with 11 shut
down. A hundred carloads of cattle, ma
rooned at the local stock yards by the'
strike, wero rushed; this morning to
OamDDtt under special orders.
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YOUNG W DOW SHO
ANDSUITORB
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HOLD PHILA. PICKET
FDR
RAND
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$1000 Bail Fixed for Parader in
Front of British
Embassy
WOMEN CROWD COURTROOM
By a Staff Corrttvondmt
Washington, April W.-rMIss Elalno
Barric. twenty-one-year-old actress,
was held for the federal crand Jury un
der $ff)00 bail today by, United States
Commissioner Mason Richards, charg
ed with "Insulting nnd assaulting" the
person of Roland LIndscy, chargo d'nf
falrcs of the Rritish embassy, by pick
cting 'in front of the embassy in tho
cause of the Irish republic. She was
the first of eleven defendants nrrestcd
on similar charges to be given a hear
ing. Mrs. Honor Walsh. Philadelphia au
thor, was the second picket called. As
the evidence nnd charge were the same
in each case It wns anticipated tlmt all
tho nlckets would bo held b.v Commis
sioner RichnrdH, who stated his belief
that an insult within the meaning of
tlic lnw was deliberately Intended by the
women.
Miss Barrio was plainly disturbed by
the commissioner's decision. She had
expected dismissal.
"Oh. I'm a terrible criminal in the
eyes of that man," she exclaimed In the
anteroom of the court chamber after
agreeing to give bond. "If ho only
knew I wouldn't harm n hair of thu
poor old ambassador's head."
Hundreds of Irish sympathizers,
mostly women, packed tho courtroom to
suffocation. Many woro ribbons of
grceu, yellow nud white, for the "Irish
republic," frequently superimposed on
tho Stnrs nnd Stripes. Others carried
flags, evidently prepared for n demon
stration should tho pickets be released.
Women in tho rear and In adjoining
rooms stood on chairs and craned their
necks to cutcli a view of the principals
nud watcli tho proceedings.
15 HURLED FROM V
IN NEW YORK CRASH
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Plunge to Street When Car Is
Demolished Dozen Injured,
None 'Killed
By the Associated Press
Now York, April 12. Passengers on
nn elevated train had remarkable
escapes from death today when they
wero catapulted to the street, a distanco
of twenty-tiro feet, " In tho midst of
debris of the car in which they had been
bound to work.
The front car of tho train was
knocked off tho derated structure on
tho Nlntji avenue line near Trinity
Church by n collision with another train
nnd demolished. The wrcckugo was
wedged in between the elevated struc
ture nnd the side of a brick building a
dozen feet away.
The fifteen persons in tho demolished
car sifted through debris to tho street
and about a dozen of them wero re
moved to hospitals, tho only woman
passenger In the car being seriously
hurt.
The motorman, who disappeared after
thu accident, finally returned to the
sceuo alter being treated for slight
bruises, and Is said to have told official
investlngatoru that he ran by a signal.
When tho accident occurred near a
swlU'h between Albany and Rector
streets ambulances were summoned
from flvo hospitals. Police reserves
wero called to keep back crowds from
the scene. Tho fire department re
sponded to nn nlarm when a report
spread that the trains were In flames.
Hair Tonic Kills Drinker
Big drinks of hair tonic with a wood
alcohol "kick," tho police say, caused
the death last night of Fred Snead, a
negro, (118 South Third street. Snead
was fourid unconscious on tho sidewalk
in front of his home by a patrolman.
He was sent to tho Pennsylvania Hos
pital, whero ho died,
Wbtn yeaUInk of writing.
KUUAV.-aiH
n
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Strike Situation
Here at a, Glance
One thousand Pennsylvania Rail
road switchmen, shopmen nnd yard
men out here, according to rallrond
officials. Ten thousand out, men
say.
Reading reports 400 men out here.
Twenty-seven P. It. It. tralhs to
and from Philadelphia annulled.
Philadelphia-New York service
on Pcnusy badly hit; only one train
each way up to 12 o'clock noon.
No P. R. R. trains from tho West.
All P. R. R. parlor enrs with
drawn, no daylight sleepers.
All express shipments over P. It,
11. canceled.
Freight schedules disrupted,
though food is kept moving.
Motor truck scrvlro organized to
rkeep food supplies flowing Into city.
E;.
GET STOLEN SILK
Police Capture Alleged Chester
County Thieves at Re
volver Point
BURGLAR'S KIT
AUTO
Three alleged robbers were captured
nt tho point of revolvers early today in
nn uptown Karaee after they had un
loaded $12,000 of silk lingerie from a
inch -powered touring car.
The dramatic capture of the men was
made an hour after the police learned
that the Grubcr Knitting Mill, nt Spring
City. Chester county, had been looted
of thousands of dollars' worth of fine
silk underwear.
When word of the Chester county
robbery was received, CIcgg nnd Far-
Icy, district detectives of the Twenty
eighth nnd Oxford streets station, went
to a garage at 3124 Clifford street. They
had had tho place under surveillance for
the last three weeks.
At 5 cclock, the detectives, hidden
In a dorway, saw a big touring car
glide up to the garage door.
Covered by Detectives
Three men Tteppe$ouT'nnul "unloaded
two packing cases and a large quantity
oi tthDoxcd underwear.
One detective hurried off to summon
Gladden, a district detective, while his
companion mounted guard. When Glad
den arrived the plainclothes men rnpped
ou the garage door and demanded admit
tance. CIcgg, one of the detectives, looked
through the front window nnd saw the
men watching the door. Another slipped
to the rear, opened a window and "cov
ered!' the group with his revolver. Clegg
then rniscd the front window nud aimed
his weapon nt the men while Gladden
forced open the door.
Two of the trapped men, tho police
armed them. The police say tho men
sny, tried to draw revolvers. But the
detectives pounced on the trio and dis
lind three revolvers of heavy caliber,
all fully loaded.
Find Burglar's Kit
Search of the touring enr, according
to the nollcc. revealed a complete burg
lar's kit, Including saws that could
cut through iron bars and braces and
bits that could bite their way through
steel doors.
Tho captives said they were Frank
Wysoeki, Eighth street near Fairmouut
avenue; Morris Wldlcnsky, Mnrket
street near Fortieth, and Michael P
Slinv. Norfolk. Vn. "
They will bo arraigned tomorrow in
Central Station.
The tthrce men rented the garage a
month aro. The proprietor of the nlnce
noticed that the men came thcro late
nt night or in the carl ymornlng hours
nud unloaded packing boxes. He told
the police of his suspicions and the
garage hnd been under surveillance since
then.
ARMY BILL AGAIN IN SENATE
Voluntary Training Plan Will Be
Attacked
Washington, April 12. (By A. P.)
Tho Sennto today was prepared to
grnpplc ngain with the question of uni
versal military training in resuming
consideration of the army reorganiza
tion bill.
Pendlnc was the motion of Senator
McKcllar, Democrat, of Tennessee, to
strike out provisions for voluntary
training of youths from eighteen to
twenty-eight years of ago which were
substituted last week foe the mllltnrv
committee's compulsory training plan.
Chairman Wadsworth, of the military
committee, and other advocates of uni
versal training wero prepared to com-
liat this vigorously.
Passage or tho bill within a few days
was believed probable. In view of the
tabling of tho compulsory training plan,
Senntor Wadsworth proposed to insist
on authorizing u regular nrmy of nt
lenst suu.uuii men mm strixc out pro
vision which would have reduced the
regular force 5 per cent annually for
five years.
Another shurp controversy was in
sight over the bill's provisions mak
ing the selective draft effective auto
matically upon a declaration of war.
Senator Reed, of Missouri, advised
leaders ho and others would oppose the
plan.
NO STRIKE AT HARRISBURG
Brotherhood Lodge Repudiates Nation-wide
Walkout
Harrlsburg. April 12. (Br A. P.i
All Harrlsburg ywltchmen are nt work
today, but the railroads have organized
substitute forces for use in case of
emergency. ,.
At n meeting of lodge No. 42, Broth
erhood of Trainmen, yesterday, the no
tion of the grand lodge in repudiating
the switchmen's strike was Indorsed,
and the members wero arced to assist
the companies in maintaining, tserrlco.
NA
3 IN GARAG
YARDS
GLUTTED
WITH FREIGHT AS
27 Trains Are Canceled by
Pennsylvania Line Only One
Arrives From New York
STRIKERS SAY 10,000
HAVE JOINED WALKOUT
Employes Agree. to Move Coal
and Foodstuffs to Prevent
Suffering
Tassengcr transportation between
Philadelphia and Jfew York on the
Pennsylvania Railroad and freight
on every road coming into the city
were nt a stnndstill todny because of
the -"outlaw" strike of railroad1 men.
AH roads were, effected by the
"strike," although this Is not the term
the men themselves apply to It. It tied
up freight transportation tightly, only
perishable commodities being moved,
nnd these with difficulty. .
Suburban pnsscnger traffic on the
Pennsylvania, Rending nnd Baltimore
and Ohio Railroads ran nt normal
schedules.
Freight terminals vere tied up, how
ever, glutted with trains laden with
valuable merchandise.
Disagree on Number Out
The men nnd the rnllrond manage
ments make widely varying claims an to
the number of men involved. Officials
at Broad Street Station stated thnt not
more than 1000 men in all the Phila
delphia Terminal Division were In
volved. Not more thnn 0000 men, ncrordlng
to thcsamc sources, out of a tptal of
275,000 employes, were out on the
1'ennnylvania lines -East k,andjvWot.n- -The
men, after they adjourned held
a mass meeting at 1028 Arch street,
claimed that they had brought but the
entire number of employes in certain
lines of work in the Philadelphia
terminal division. The claim was made
tlmt In nil 10,000 men arc out in Phila
delphia and vicinity.
The worst part of the tie-up occurred
on the New York division of the Penn
sylvania Railroad.
P. It. R. Cancels Twenty-seven Trains
The seriousness of the situation here
is indicated b.v .the fact thnt the Penn
sylvania Railroad annulled twenty
se"ven trnins tills morning running -between
this city and New York nnd
Wnsblngton.
During the morning hours only one
train arrived from New York nnd only
one left for New York.
A second train wns due from New
York ntl o'clock. .
Because of the strike, tho P. R. It.
announced the suspension of nil parlor
nnd sleeping car service during daylight
hours and of all Amcricnn Express serv
ice. Service from the West on Pennsyl
vnnln lines nlso was put out of com
mission by the strike. Not a train ar
rived at Broad street from the West up
until noon.
It was made evident by strikers, rail
road officials and others that every ef
fort will be made to prevent suffering
by possible food shortage on account
of the strike.
To Move Foodstuffs
Strikers nt the Port Richmond yards
of the Reading announced they would
handle perishable freight, as well as
coal, to keep the city's electric lights
undimmed.-
Two emergency lines of motortrucks
alho aro announced. One is to run frqm
Baltimore to Philadelphia, and on be
yond to New York. The other is to ply
between this city and Lancaster.
Coal shortage seems tho most Im
minent danger from the strike, nlthdugh
present reserves are sufficient to reduce
this danger to n minimum for the pres
ent. Ono of the Pennsylvania Railroad
freight yards announced an embargo on
outgoing freight today.
It Is nlmost Impossible to get coal
for bunker purposes. This has do
layed tho Bailing of nt least two ships,
and Is expected to hold up others.
The Pennsylvania Railroad opened a
strike bureau nt Broad Street Station,
housed on the tracks In several pas
senger coaches, for the quick making up
of emergency train crews.
Few Out on B. & O.
"T E. Gallery, trainmaster general
of the Baltlmoro and Ohio Railroad,
said his road had not been materially
affected by the strike. There were only
fifty men put. he reported, in the Phila
delphia division.
The II. and O. Is affected by embargoes
which the strike hns mado necessary
for other roads to declare. Passenger
Continued on I'ato To, Column Throo
ROMANCE LEADS TO ALTAR
Mrs. George W. Boyd to Wed Man
She Met at Social Affair
An acfiualntance of flvo months will
culminato April 24 In tho marriage in
this city of Mrs. George W. Boyd,
widow of n former vice president of the
Pennsylvania Railroad", and Theodore
Pomeroy, of Greenwich, Conn., formerly
of Pittsflcld. Mrs. Bord nnd Mr. Pom
croy met at a social function in Balti
more in December.
The engagement of the couple was an
nounced fo lowing tho mnrrfngo Satur
day of Miss Elizabeth ,Noyes Rovd
daughter of airs. Boyd, to Paul Delloff
IJct(i; ?iSB'y Bo'r(l Xas "soclated with
the Red Cross and Emergency Aid here
during the war
1R IN
QUIT
President MVill Appoint
Railway Board at Once
L
Newly Authorized Body
law" Strike for Government; Senate In
quiry in Nationwide Crisis Halted
By CLINTON
Plan Corrmpondent of the
Washington, April 12. The Presi
dent is to appoint today or tomorrow
tho members of the Inbor bonrd pro
vided In the Cuiiimlnx rnllrond net. Sen
ator Cummins, nctlng upon nn under
standing to this effect, has persuaded
senators to postpone the prouosed in
vestigation of tlie rnllrond strike by the
Senate interstate commerce commit
tee, of which he is chairman.
Tills is the substance of what the
administration can do to meet the dif
ficult situation created b.v the "out
law" strike. The labor board, when
created, can investigate nnd nttempt
to effect a settlement, but Its effective
ness Is uncertain, for the board will not
be able to deal tills time with tho con
servative and rather practical old lead
ers of the rnllrond brotherhoods. And.
moreover the lenders of the present
strike will not be especially amenable
to the inuueucc or the board because
the labor representation upon it will
be from the old lendeishlp of the broth
erhoods, which im tin ally is antagonis
tic to the strikers.
The government In this emergency
faces a new situation. Tho labor board
STUDENTS WILL REPLACE STRIKERS
Twenty-five Swartlimore students reported at Broad Stre.t
Station this afternoon tp assist the Pennsylvania Railroad In
tho strike crisis .They aro members of the electrical department
courses and have been relieved from classes during the strike.
They will b assigned to shop work.
SOUTH BEND, IND-, BANK ROBBED OF $10-000
SOUTH BEND, It;d., April 12. Three hold-up men robbed
the South, Bend State Bonk o approximately $10,000 this morn--AnP-
.,Wbio..twa-,p -the robbera-cowciL the casbiex-aud. book
keeper!), a third man swept the money from the desks and vaults
lno a, bus. They then backed out of the bauk and disappeared.
CLERYINA TTAGK
a
Presbyterian Ministers Send
Protest to Mayor Asking Ban
on Sabbath Shows
COMPLAIN OF AIRPLANES
The Presbyterinn Ministers' Associa
tion of Philadelphia today passed a
resolution today condemning the show
ing of motion pictures In Philadelphia
yesterday afternoon in behalf of the St.
Agncs's Hospital campaign.
A resolution protesting to the Mayor
against the Sunday movies was adopted
by the association nt a meeting in West
minster Hall in the Wltherspoon
Building.
"Resolved, that the Presbyterian
Ministers' Association of Philadelphia
have learned, with profound regret, that
the Department of Public Sufcty granted
permission for the opening of motion -picture
theatres in our city jeMcrdny.
"Wo respectfully but energetically
protest against all such moving-picture
shows on Sunday, whether to raise
inoncy for hospitals or any other ob
jects whatever, since such violations
of the stntc lnw ns Oils generate dis
respect for the law, lowering the
standnrd of Sabbath observance, nnd
will ultimately lend to nn open .Sunday
In our city and stnte.
"Wo earnestly nnd respectfully call
upon tho Mayor of our city to see to it
thnt such Sundav exhibitions be here
after prohibited."
Tho resolution, which nlso advocated
public protest by ministers from their
pulpit, will be handed to Mayor Moore.
The Rev. l'vank Werner, of Mt. Cal
vary Presbyterian Church, voiced n
protest ogalnBt tho practice of living
airplanes over his church on Sunday.
Ho said tho aviators were charging pas
sengers $1 n minute for flights and wero
nlso charging nn udmlssion to tho flying
Held on Sundays.
Tho Rev. Dr. Percy Shelley said thnt
moving picture interests throughout the
country had organized their finances
and concentrated in Pennsylvania on
the nomination in May of n Legislature
which would bo favorable to Sunday
movies legislation.
CHURCH RUG STOLEN
Altar Ornament Valued at $700
Taken From 8t. Timothy's
A rug valued at $700 was stolen
yesterday afternoon from tho nlti... f
U. Timothy's Protestant Episcopal
4wuurcu, ui jameHiuwii street nnd llldge
avenue, Roxborougli.
The theft wns discovered at 2:,10
o'clock, by the rector, the Rev. H. At
more Coluc. Tliere were no worshipers
in the church between 12:.'l() o'clock
nud 2:110, although thu doors were un
locked. Members of tho congregation bought
the rug twenty years ago. It was of
Oriental origin and measured 0x15 feet.
NAY
MOVIES
to Investigate "Out
W. GILBERT
KTrnlnir I'nlillc I.rdicrr
Is constructed on the theory that the
government may settle Its difficulties by
(fenllng with labor organizations, but
this strike Is not nn orgnnizntion move
ment. Unlike the steel strike, which
was probably started by the radical ele
ment, this strike has not the approval
of the organization. It Is a fight within
the organization.
No one here in Wnshlncton knows
who is really responsible for It. Some
Investigation lias been made through
the Department of Justice to find just
who is back of the movement.
One theory Is that it is a Plumb plan
group which has chosen this- way of
protesting ngnlnst the return of the
railroads to government ownership. An
other theory is that It springs from I.
W. W. activities, boring from within
as they did in the steel industry.
May Be Anger ut Leadership ,
lAnother is that it is nn almost spon
taneous movement among the workers
themselves, who are angry nt the de
lay iu settling their clnims for ad-
Continued on I'nro Twu. Column Hli
E ON H. C. L
Men, at Mass-Meeting, Declare
They Will Remain Out Until
Wages Are Adjusted
SHOW MANY ARE IDLE
Fnliure of tho federal commission,
appointed nt Washington, to obtuin re
suits in reducing the high cost of living
wns given ns one of the reasons for the
wholesale walkout of rnllrond employes.
At n largely attended meeting held to
day nt Grand Fraternity Hall. 1028
Arch fctroet. the men nlso declared that
the government took no steps toward
adjusting wages of railroad men to meet
living costs.
They summed their reasons for quit
ting work In the following stntement:
"The cniplo:.es have been waiting for
the Inst tuo years for adjustment of
wage demands. The representatives of
the rnilrond organizations went to
Washington, giving n limited time to
havo the cost of living reduced or un
increiise of wages. A commission was
npnolutcd to Investigate the cost of
living, which they found to be ns repre
sented, with no results.
"The lnw requires grievances to be
presented to a wage board, which is not
n existence. Hnvlng been loyal all
through the war and until the present
time, for this reason the men Individ-
sufficient time for an adjustment. There-
4.i4 , in.- iiu-ii imve icit tni sen ice until
such time as there is assurance of an
adjustment of our long-existing wage
question. 'I he following percentage of
nun have left the servie- in common
cnuse for better conditions:
"100 per cent of the New York
dlvMon brnkomen nnd bnggngement.
"II.-) per cent of the Maryland di
vision brnkemen nnd bnggngement.
"M P rent of the Philadelphia
division brakemen and bnggngement.
"100 per cent of the Philadelphia
district yardmen.
"OS per cent of the outlying dis
trict yardmen.
More thnn 2000 men attended the
meeting. It adjourned at 12:H0 o'clock
nnd will be resumed at 2 :.'10 o'clock this
afternoon.
E. S. Hellenmnn, of the Brotherhood
or Railroad Trainmen, nctctl ns tem
porary chairman .nt the meeting, whirl. ,
it wns contended hnd not been culled
by any one. It wns clnlmed that 10,000
trainmen nro on strike iu und near the
As the meeting proceeded the crowd
wns augmented by railroad workers,
many still wearing their blouses. News
was announced from time to time thnt
men were leaving their work nt various
points In the yarns ami roundhouses nt
the outskirts of the city. Cheers greeted
these announcements.
The trainmen began to congrcgato at
nl? ir,rch. "trcet hall early this morning.
By 10 o clock the place was filled, and
Continued on !'( Two, Column n
RAIL STRIKERS PUT
BLAi
N. J. CENTRAL ROAD
TAKES OFF ALL IIS
PASSENGER TRAINS
Desperate Strugglo Against Iso
lation Being Waged by New
York City
CROWD OF 3000 STORMS
TRAIN TO PHILADELPHIA
Ferry Service, Weakened by
Harbor Strike, Unable to
C
Meet Emergency
Hotv Rail Tie-Up Hits
Transportation Centers
NEW YORK All freight and pas
senger railroad traffic virtually
paralyzed. New York, with its
need for huge food and industrial
supplies and tho necessity of han
dling about 700,000 commuters
daily, today faces a crisis that is
well-nigh desperate. Hudson tubes
tied up. Ferries themselves crip
pled taxed 'far beyond capacity.
Mayor of Jersey City, who cham
pions the cause of the strikers, has
called a conference of strike lead
ers to formulate demands this aft
ernoon. All passenger service on
New Jersey Central suspended. ,
CHICAGO Definite breaks in strike
arc reported from Akron, 0., Sag
inaw, Mich.; Fort Wayner Ind., and
Erie, Pa., where the striking
switchmen voted to return to work
today. In Chicago the situation Is
RO. improved that freight embar
goes wero lifted by several roads.
An offer of settlement has-been
made by the strikers in Chicago
and Detroit. Buffalo and Indian
apolis are reported recovering.
PITTSBURGH The entire railroad
district reported greatly affected,
the yards at Pitcaivn, Scully, Mc
Kees Rocks, Smithfield, West
Brownsville and Altoona being
tied up. Scranton and Wilkes
Barrc in the coal region are also
hard hit, closing of a'.l mines in
northeastern Pennsylvania threat
ened. WASHINGTON White House an
nounces members of labor board
will bo appointed within twenty
four hours. Announcement by
Postoffice Department that vigor
ous action would be taken if tho
movement of mails were ob"'- i
structed; introduction of a bill by
Senator Poindcxter providing im
prisonment nnd fines for persons
interfering with the movement of
interstate commerce; Attorney
General Palmer studied reports so
as to determine whether nction
by the Department of Justice
were warranted.
Anouncement by Chairman Cum
mins, of the senate interstate
commerce committee, that the in
vestigation of the strike by hi
committee, scheduled to begin to
morrow, would bo halted.
By the Associated Press
New York. April 12. Tho Control
Railroad of New Jersey suspended all
passenger serice at noon today when
agents were ordered to stop selling tick
ets. The road covers the state of New
Jersey aud the suspension affects np
proximate! r5,000 commuters.
New York city, with Its back against
the wall, is struggling desperately today
to free itsidf from the tentacles of tho
octopus-like epidemic of unauthorized
railway strikes.
Out of the maze jif conflicting reports
of new strikes called, and others
threatened railroad officials profess to
see a ray of hope, becauso some passen
ger service has been maintained and
food nnd milk train managed to creep
Into the city.
With the Hudson tubes still tied up
the burden of handling New Jersey
commuters falls upon ferries plying the
Hudson. The ferry service is handi
capped, too, by tho strike of harbor
workers. Each bont is Jammed beyond
capacity by commuters who qtand iu
line nt ferrj houses for hours. Police
reserves nre having a strenuous time
trying to control the mud rushes for the
boats.
Thousands Aro Late for Work "
The Stnteu Island ferries also are at
fec.tcd, but the hong Island Railroad
Is maintaining virtually normal serviee.
The New York, New Haven and Hart
ford nnd New York Centra) lines are
operating ou a somewhat curtailed
schedule.
Thousands of persons were unable to
reach their places of business here until
hours after the usual time, while otb
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