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VOL. VI. NO. 183
Knlofea an Hccond-CUns Matter nt Urn Postofflc. nt rhlladefphla,
Under the Art uf March Jl. 1870.
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PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1920 -
I'ubllnhed Dally Kxcfpt Sunday. Huburrlplloii Prli-f in a
Uopyrutht, 11120. hy Public lditer Company.
Trar by Mall.
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STRIKE TO END TODAY, TRACY SAYS; READING HIT HARD
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ID RETURN NOW
Sudden Desertions on P. and R.
Are Severe Jolt to Commuters,
Who Chafe at Delays
CONFERENCES RENEWED IN
HOPE TO REACH DECISION
Officials Announce Modification
of Freight-Embargo Marks
First Sign of Truco
Lifting of Embargo
Barometer of Strike
The I'. It- TC. announced today
that tlic embargo on freight shipped
to this city y.as being steadily lifted.
The following freight now Is nc
Mptu! :
Livestock.
Perishable goods.
Newsprint.
Coal for hospitals nnd public utilities.
The railroad strike In duo to end this
l(trnoon, so far ns loeal lines arc con
Cfrncil, says W. J. Tracy, mediator of
the State Department of Labor. ,
Mr. Traey made this prediction just
before he went into conference with
representatives of the six shop crafts
affiliated with the Amerlenn Federation
of Labor, which tire Jnking pnrt In the
jtrlke.
The conference began at 10 :30 o'clock
tola morning at Broad Street StuUon,
la Room 53 of 'the executive offices.
la snitc of Mr. Tracey's coniidenco
the Heading Itailwny'ssuburbnn serv-
Ire was completely disorganized today
for the first timo, and thp scrvicn of the.
Pennsylvania Ilnilroad's West Jersey
'and Seashore Railroad was linrapercd
seriously by new desertions of men.
Tracy Is Confident
Mr. Tracy had n conterencc with
Clifford "It. Connelly, commissioner of
the Department of Labor of Pennsyl
vania, at the Rellevuc-Strntford beforo
joins to the meeting of the men.
"As a result of loRt night's confer
ence," said Mr. Tracy, just before lie
entered the meeting, "I am confident
that the entire mutter will bo cleared
up this afternoon. I feci certain t tint
ill the men now out of the bcrv
ife, or nt least the greater proportion
ol them, will return to their work be
fore nlRht."
On motion of II. S. .Teffery, counsel
or the I'hlladelphia-Cnmden ndvisory
board of tlm shop crafts' federation,
the ihopmen's meeting was in executive
legion, l'till details were promised us
toon as the meeting odjoururdi
The jolt given tho Heading 'Rnllwny
,tnla morning was a heavy one uurfj wns
toe first time during tho strike that the
road had been seriously affected here,
tim ul)llru!u service from Chestnut
I lilt fltlfl f J 01 inn ntmi'ti iinu mnlnl ntuswl
W with conipleto disregard of sched-
i. commuters complained that trains
ere from thirty to forty mluutes late,
w aj one passeuger put it, "too Into for
injr ute,"
Heading Cancels Trains
Officials ut the Heading Terminal
t said that truins were rtiunlng nor
mally, but luter admitted that sched
I"03 He disrupted uud some trains had
Men canceled.
i a oftral". wl,lch ,WM'M Chestnut 11111
., ' nn uour fw tlio short run
tttwrtn P hnli.... i .i.- ...
Ml..i ,n ,tu -uu uuu inc icr
Wnal. The Trenton local, duo ut Spring
o.m 8tr.t .'lt ,):1'7- fnilcd t0 ajuicar.
,,T,:L cum n """ l"-'cn annulleij be
tauae no crew could b0 got for it.
inc Doylcstown. local trains suffered
o5 n'.,y,o tho Keadlng branches,
way om. train ran into the tcrniluul
won this branch this morning, and it
0ffiriffJ2ritwL,b,at. uo" woul11 fn"ow
biln. Bd'niu,cl the cancellation of two
"" ou tho branch.
ib e n,tS,ircpor,,(:i? aUo tlmt n cpnslilcr
hid to!tthfr ? ilr,;nicn nnd engincmen
DoiC0",1 "to Norrfatown and
passenger traffic over u wide tcrri-
knift'v8 5,v'l"1'1 "n'lroad's troubles
P 11 it" Now, Jersey todny. Tho local
1 to o " !?'' ." was no general re
l.al ? "Ulk- 'l "'". "'Ported thut men
'(" f"cw volunteers ha.) been
In KnJ ? fnr'' ,ulccuJy ut work.
ylTanla ni r'i . vcr' ,l10 lcnn'
k'lousIv i,,'.ilroad8,Kboro I" were
"now n i"percd for tbo first time.
nldfit L SnB,lcmen wc,,t ''t "t
lomof, ' ,.1,llcr P.'nccs were taken to
f'Wlar ri.n. iy ,,r.c"Ht engineers whoso
ul! i thD?i In1'1 '. b. "ntlnueU Ik,-
t, ,au .uroBcn up their
Ultimatum Issued
'VrWtnBI?,u"t Fc1t,ura t0 work "t onco
m8 a? I ,pr vi,egcs UDd rl?bl 0(
NBiHf,.n"1!' brotherhoods,
C,JlVndstrikerfse.rCDl:0 ot rallroad '
o'clock tMCctine "ntlmied until 2
A tVW1 ln llroad ''t
Got.,,' ntl ipnfcrcnco was cnlloii iv
Mr t prou1,
!ika that iho Krc8Id0l! "otincil tho
' fp ta..i "viimnus, ana mat
'Fii:,i?.0 that tct evancc .. -
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A long line of trucks laden with foodstuffs l.as been n daily feat tiro at tho Municipal Pier at tho foot of Vino
Mrcct slnco tho rallroiid strlko began. Tho supplies, purchased here, have been rushed to New York byjjoat to
prevent n food shortage thcro
MEN ASK ALL R. RS
TO JOIN AGREEMENT
Strikers Insist They Will NotRo-
turn Until All Heads Reach
Settlement
CHEER IDLE MINE WORKERS
Tho general committee of the strik
ing railroad meu will enter into no
agreement to end tho walkout until
such agreement is ratified by the heads
of nil railroads affected by tho strike.
Tli is announcement was mndc by n
member of tbo general committee at an
open meeting in Knglcs' llnll, Spring
Garden street near llroad, tills morning,
and was greeted by prolonged, cheering
from thoso in attendance.
"The confrrenre between the P. 11.
R. ofliclais. W. P. Tracy, stiito media
tor. representatives of tho 'Hig Four'
nnd your committee ended abruptly nt 2
o'clock this morning." ho said, "be-causo-tho
linUlmom and Ohio und Phil
adelphia und Rending roads wcro not
represented." '
"And tho officers of the four brother
hoods had no license to be there either,"
a shout camu from the rear of tho hall.'
Say All Demands Must Itc Met
The meeting was one of the most eu
thuslustic yet held by the strikers.
Mvcry speaker who referred to a ou
tinuntiou of tho wnlkout until nil de
mnnds were granted was instantly
drowned iu the roar of cbers uud up'
phiuxc.
John Hemple, nn engineer, omplojed
by the 1 It. R., aroused a great storm
of protest when he reported that tic
P. It. It. pleaded it could not settle the
wage dispute and that the railroad wage
board at Washington hud jurisdiction
over that matter.
"They sly tho next move Is on to
Washington." ho cried. "Will you
btmid for thib?"
"We'll Stay Out!" Men Shout
"No! No!" came the answering
cries; "we'll stay out until jvc get what
we quit for."
Tills sentiment on tho pnrt of the
strikers was not official, but a spon
taneous outburst of. feeling.
The official report of the conference
with the company will not he delivered
until this afternoon. The cbiilrmuii of
tbo m.cctiugy tills morning said, how
ever, that it coujd be regarded uA a fair
prediction of wliut notion would be
taken at the later gathering.
"Last Monday the officials of tho
'Rig Pour' told us tho railroad offi
cials would not receive us," llemplc
k-ontiuued. ."Hut they did, and tho
meeting was of their secuing, not ours.
I'll stand by you even if I- go to jail.
I'd just us leuvo be in jnil ns hell, and
working for the railroads under present
conditions is just, pluin boll.
Misses Answer Questions
"The ruilroads have said they would
trv in cet imnicdinto action on our
"fer'icvunees by tho railroad wagu board.
What do you think of that'"
(roans, catcalls ami nisses answered
this question.
Hemple then told the men that they
wcro going to accomplish what the
brotherhoods, with 'S7,000,000 In tho
treasury, were unnblo to do.
A dispatch from Wilkcs-Rarro tell
ing of 15,000 conl miners Idle because
of tho railroad walkout was cheered
loudly.
Foster's Influence Denied
I'fdwurd P. tiowen, a Pennsylvania,
Railroad engineer, an ox-bcrvice man,
appeared at tills morning's meeting in
uniform and made nn Impassioned speech
denying that either William ',. KoMer
or tho I. W. W. are concerned in the
strike.
"If tliis charge were true," ho said,
"I would ho the first to desert. I for
ouo am disgusted with Hrothcrhood
leadership. There Is no more auto
cratic government in tho world than
that of tho llrotherhood." The speaker
was loudly cheered.
Cheers greeted twenty-sevon firemen
from tho New York illusion of the
Rending Railway who went iu n body
to the meeting. Tho brought news that
the ougluccrs of tho New York division
of the Reading would quit tomorrow.
Another report received with
upplnuso was that the men hud gone
out in tho Pottsvillo yards of tho
Reading, '
Strlko Coats Roads $3,000,000 Dally
Washington, April 15. The nntion
wldo rullroud strlko is costing thn rail
rout! companion $3,000,000 daily in re
duced revenues, Director Julius II.
Purmvlee, of thoIlureuu of Railroad
IOconomlcs. estimates. Tho total loss
of the rouus thus fur, countlug only thu
six days during which tho strike has
I1HU, nnUOU-W10fVl,Vl. mill in uv lean
uou. not wuuinig 1044 uow
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WILSON'S CONDITION GOOD
President Suffers No III Effects From
Cabinet Session
Wellington. April 15. (Ry A. P.)
President Wilson suffered no 111 effects
from liis long scsslou with the cabinet
yesterday, it was said today nt the
White House It was tho first meeting
of his official family ho had attended
since he was taken ill Inst fall.
White House officjuls thought the
President's condition might permit him
to greatly enlarge his list of callers in
the near future and that among others
he might soon receive n hfllf dozen or
more foreign diplomats who have been
wafting formal presentation of their
credentials. ,
AFTER SUGAR PROFITEERS
McClaln Says Fair-Profit Rule Must
Be Adhered To
Reports of sugar prolltecrlng as the
result of tho scarcity duo to transporta
tion difficulties have reached the ofiicij
of Frank R. McClaln, fuir-iiricc com
missioner for PemlsylvanliK
"These cases have heeli filmed over to
i,thc Department of Justice," lip sold.
Any retnncr who is cnugnt inaKiiig u
profit of more thnu two ecu tit-an u pound
nud nuy jobber or wholesaler who. is
making more than one cent profit on a
pound, will be prosecuted."
Mr. McClaln sriid today that the Do
partment of Justice plans to continue
with udded vigor the umpulgu against
the high cost of living.
Funds for tho work, he said, after
talking with the depnrtment. over the
telephone, are low nt the present time,
but addltiounl appropriations nro ex
pected from Congress for the renewal of
the work already begun and the tuk
iug up of additional angles of the task.
Howard 10. Figg, special assistant
nttorney general, will confine bis work,
Mr. McClhin said.
DEFICIENCY BILLS
RAPPED BY MAYOR
Criticizes Smith Regime for
Leaving Hangover Charges
From 1919
AMATEUR ROBBER FLED
MasKed Man Cowed Victims, but
Forgot to Take Money
Just before midnight a man. with n
bluck handkerchief tied over his face
and a revolver in his hand, entered tbe
saloon of Stanley Ruclor, 17tl(l Juniata
btreet. and commanded :
"Hunds up! I want your mone.vc
nll of jou!"
Four customers threw up their hands
in quick compliance.
Stanley Szoda, WW'X Wayne avoiue.
the bnrteuder, ducked behind the bar.
He inuue several efforts to reach u re
volver, which was resting near the cash
register, but Vus unsuccessful. Then
he remembered thnt tho proprietor' kept
a revolver Hi his apartment adjoining
tho saloon.- He crept along und then
inudo u dash to Ruclnr's apartment.
Obtaining the pistol, Szozda returned
breathlessly demanding J "
"Where is he? Where is he?"
The four customers still had their
hands iu the air, ulthoiigh the gunman
huil gone. Pour hr.udml dollars lu
tho cash register remained .untouched.
The would-be robber got nothing.
ONE BOX, dNE "STEW"
Federal Agents Say Restaurant Man
Sold "Moonshine"
When jou go into u restaurant uud
order "u stew iu n box tu take home"
you don't necessarily refer to the oyster
species. This Is clearly evidenced to
day lu the arrest of P.dwurd MacLcuu,
who federul prohibition authorities
churge is the proprietor of a restaurant
nt 010 Columbia avenue, and with
operating nil illicit still.
Agents Keudriek und Lord observed
thut many customers inndo the "stew-in-a-box"
order. The.v were surprised at
the rapidity in which the orders were
fulfilled, nml upon investigating learned,
they bay, that Illicit whisky was being
dispensed. They urrested MucLcuii
and seized a still, four barrels of
molluscs mush, one barrel of peach and
coruiunsh und one und u half gallons of
mooushiuo whisky. MncLcuu wns tnkeu
to the Twenty-eighth and Oxfinrd streets
police: station ipid will ho given u hear
ing later in thu day boforoCominls
siouer Muuley, iu tho Federal Ruilding.
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HELD FOR SHOOTING EX-WIFE
Prisoner Accused of Wounding HerJ
,rour (lines
Duvld ICahan, Pine street near Thir
teenth, uccuscd of shooting his divorced
wife yesterday, was held without hall
tliis morulni! tn await thu outcome of
tho womuu's Injuries.
Kuhau was arraigned in tho Twelfth
nnd Pino streets station, beforo Mae
(strata O'llrieu. Mrs. Millie Kalian,
who conducted u millinery shop at 11128
Pine street, is iu a critical condition
ut tho Polyclinic Hospital.
Physicians found four bullet wounds.
Ono ball entered MrR. KiiIiuu'k back nnd
is belicvVd to have pierced n lung. An
other entered her right breast nud she
tl.... L.tltnt wminil. It, lm1 Iamu
s i,'. d" KiiT 'AS
SIGNS FOR $77,000 DEBT
The Smith administration wns criti
cized today by Mayor Mooro for leav
ing n legacy of debt in the form of
deficiency bills totiilinir Sl.'tO.OOO which
must he paid out of this year's rev
enues.
Tho Mayor sigued n deficiency bill
covering part of this inherited debt and
'totaling more thnu $77,000.
"This ordlnuuco." ho said, "tukes
577.170.IV1 out of the funds that might
have been nvnilablo for street repairs
and other important work for the
present ycw '
"Rvidently. according to tho indorse
ments of various departments of county
offices, bills were contracted to this
uniount prior to the advent of the
present ndinlnlstratlon and were not
paid. They should bo paid and the
ordinance just sigued provides for their
payment.
"The bills include nil sorts of
cburKes, from typing faco cards for
SiIM!) in the county commissioners'
office to payment for the Major's last
mevsuge, costing $IO0.'I.7O.
"There nre so many odds nnd ends
thnt it will take several columns of
fine print to udvertiso them in usual
form. I refer to them only becnuse we
are supposed to be running uuder the
'pay-us-you-go' policy, and thn public
should be' advised thnt. we tire S77.
17(l.(Vt poorer in 1!12() iiinn wo should
have been had these bills and charges
been provided for and puld In 11110."
In the discussion over the delicienev
hills iu Council recently Joseph P.
(riiffney, finance chrtirniun under the
Smith administration, claimed the old
committee had no thought of loading
debt? on the new administration. He
claimed the bills had not been received
iu time.
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DELANY BACKERS TO MEET
Mayor and "War Cabinet" Will Plan
Anti-Vare Offensive
The administration "wuc hoard-' will
meet in thi Mayor's reception room this
afternoon to take tho offensive in the
fight being wuged for tho congressional
nomination from the Third district.
Major' Mooro, City Solicitor Smyth
nud Thomas W. Cunniughuni, Republi
(iiu Allinnim lender, nre to utteuil the
meetings, nnd Senator Penrose also muy
be prcsciit.
'lho conference wus culled id the in-
icresis oi i narlcs Heluiiy, admliiisrru
bus bullet wouuds In boU lem.
I -. . Mil. ... L
i. mi fuiii-iimu- ior rue nomination, fol
lowing tlio churge iu Washington us
terduy by Representative' William' S.
Vare thati 850.000 fnmi 1....1 i.....
raised to nominate, Mr. Dchiuy bv anj
menus possible.
A statement on thn congresslonnl sit
uation is expected from Senator Vare
some time todny.
SALUS IS ON RAMPAGE
Vare Lieutenant Says ye Will Rule
Fourth Ward Again
Stutc Senator Samuel W. Salus to
duv declared his determuintion to be
"king of the Fourth word."
The senntor, who recently moved
from Ids home, on Lincoln drive, back
into the Fourth wnrd, ninde this an
Jiouncemeiit during an 'linpussioned ti
rade nginnst the present city adminis
tration and police officials.
Ho wus representing Nnthnn Oeiger,
a barber. t!15 South Third street, ur
rnlgued nt Contrul, Station, before Mag
istrate Rooney ou 11 clmrgo of violut
ing tho btuto law ugTltnst work on
nuimay
"Tills is a sample of the persecution
with which the Vnrc men iu my ward
have to contend," Senntor Salus cried.
"It is by these means thnt tl,,. ..,,.
Moore, and his followers are seeking to 4
murm nn- cieciiuii 01 narry iiunslcy
uud tu name Dctnny in the primaries.
"Tho in est of my client was inAile
at the-direction of Lieutenant Noon.
;lhe fact thut there flourish nt the pros
cut time in ny ward gambling houses,
dope peddling and all other forms of
vlco is overlooked by theso polleu offi
cials of tho Mooro domain. It is be
causo my client Is n committceninn of
my ward thut ho wus arrested." fJeiger
was discharged,
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City' Has ,$7,185,328
Tho report of tho city trousurcr for
tho week ending yesterday jdipws u
bulanco of $7.183.!t28.tU iV t l.n Wl
. treasury, cot Including flio, sinking fund.
OF RADICAL PLOTS
VIEWED jS BLUFF
Attorney General Tells of Rev
olutionary Plans Without Tak
ing Salutary Action
U. S. DEPARTMENTS SPLIT
9 IN MATTERS OF POLICY
Government Inefficiency Seen.
Cnnirrnssmnn firi-imc Tront
ment of Raid Prisoners
STRIKE SITUATION HERE
ON ITS FIFTEENTH DAY
W. J. Tracy, stnto labor mediator, predicts ending of strike todny.
Conference nil intirnllig among Mr. Tracy. P. R. It. officials und nicu.
Intension of passenger tlcMp to Reading Rnllwny subiirbun trains.
Stilko on Pentisylvuiilu's senshore Hues delays Atlantic City travel.
No answer to P. R.R.'s iillimatniu to men, bucked by lirotlierhoods, thut
they must return or lose scniorljy standing.
Connie Sends Star Pitcher
Against Yanks in Second
Battle of Season
MACKMENArE HAPPY LOT
ATlir.IlTll'S NKAV i
MIHi.cf lllrlrli.rr
Wnlkrr. r lii, ll
llrlflln. H. Itutli. rf
Duirnii, ili l.l. If
r.iilloun. hs Mruorl. :il,
IbkrH. 31, I'r.itt. 31,
I'rtklno. r Kurl. r
.Nnslnr. , ilnn. i,
I'nililres N'nllln mill lllnrrn.
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R.V CLINTON r. C.ILREitT
hlnfT CorrrKnilcnt of (lie Ktcnlns TuLllc
I.nlerr .
Wiusliington,. Aiiril 15. The Moses
committee of the Senutc bus reported iu
condemnation of Mr. Martens, tho so
culled soviet ambnsNiidor nt Washing
ton, nnd referred Ills case to Attorney
(ieneral Palmer. It will be interesting
to sec what Mr. Palmer docs about it.
The administration is divided upon
the radicals. Louis Post, nsslstnnt sec
retary of labor, has ruled the men can
not 1)0 denorted for the more nilvnem-v nf
communistic doctrine. There is reason !
to believe (lint the State Department
docs not wish to see the soviet umbus- !
sudor deported, j
The Allios nre all dealing fuioflieiully
with representatives of tho soviet. And
it is probably convenient for the Ameri
can Government to have nn unrecog
nized representative of Russia in tliis
country.
Moreover, the attorney general's pro
ceedings against the radicals have been
largely ' bluffy. The raids worn sji
tacillnr tilings which were expected to
be popular.
' Tells of Gigantic Plots
Rut, according to the attorney gen
eral's own statements to the press iu
regnrd to the railroad strikes. In suite
of all he has done, and in spite, of nil.!
ins vigilance, ine radicals nre still active
and dangerous lu this country. They
form gigantic plots, ho says. They have
iu mine general strikes and. after gen
eral strikes, they intend to bring nbout
revolution.
People nre asking Iierp iu Washing
ton why the nttorney general, knowing i
alt. this, permits it to go ou. Why bus
not his vigorous raiding of he Red
broken up their organization and mude
It impossible for them tobriug nbout
hlrllfnu il.iit in lilnt t-nv.ilitt inn 't Ati.l if
the attorney general bus not stopped it'''1"1"' 1,,R,, strong ot tbe visiting Yun
nlreadyMwh.v doesn't he stop it now? kees tliis afternoon wlieu he decided to
1 lie trutli is time tlie attorney gen- i,IM! ItoMIo Najior in the second gam.
eral's recent utterances in regnrd to tlie f , , . K,, ,
strike have bee,, largely propaganda. of lu" h"r""- inoRiT lluggins selected
lie. lias acted on tlie tncory mat tlie
best way to break this strike was to
make it disreputable y calling it u
radical plot. ' And there is a certain
element of truth in the charge.. There
are rndicals In the ranks of union labor
ami they nre active. Rut their reluthins
lu this strike huve been grossly exag
gerated. It lias been exaccerutcd mirtlv to nre-
vent the spread of the strike und purtlj , KI".'V.'i
le eover tlie restioimlhilil v of flip nilmlir. .Miller
Istrattoii fnp the strike tiirnnHi ll fnll. , "Ver til
lire to Mipport the i oiiservutive leaders
of the brotherhood by giving them an
answer to their demands for higher
wages.
Official Policies Conflict'
The government lias failed to function
iu its relations with railroad labor.
Ami it lias eiiiully failed to function in
relation to the rndiciiR The attorney
generul has one poliej. The Department
nf Labor has another' pollcj . The State
IepiirtnitMit is supposed al-o to hnvitu
polby of its own with regard to the per
son of Mr. Martclis.
The attorney geuerar policy uguiiist,
the radicals bus been largely propa
ganda. The rnids were made for spectue
tilar effects. Congressman Nichols, of
Detroit, lias been Investigating the case
of tbe aliens guthered in In Mr. Pill
mer's agents in Detroit. Mich. There
are 141 ,iieh aliens in the barracks at
Fort Wayne. Mr. Nichols describes
what he found theie thus:
"1 found the records of thousands of
cases all of men who ure beflig held
FIRE MARSHAL PROBES GARAGE FIRE
Fire Marshal Elliott and AsBlstnnt Fire Marshal Christine
today questioned George Conoughton, Twenty-ninth street nrnr
Girarcl avenue, who was A washer In the jraragre of the Keystone
Telephone Co. which burned- last night. Conoughton snid he
tlneorowed the cap on a gasoline tank of nn automobile nnd thpn
walked away to get a drink. Cpnoughton had walked only a
few feet when an explosion occurred, he said. The fire marshals,
believe that fumes from the gasoline tank might, have came fli
contact wltli tlie lamp on the automobile, which was burning,
thereby causing the explosion.
SHAMOKIN MINERS yOTE TO REMAIN AT WORK
SHENANDOAH, April 15 At a meeting of thogencral mine
committee of District 0, United Mine Workers of America, heiil
at Shnmokin today, the men voted unanimously to remain at 'work
and to back up district officers now negotiating' a new wage scnle.
Similar action was taken by several local unions throughout the
dibtrictb.
STRIK
AMD
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BY AGENTS OF U. S.
Grunau and Others Are Seized
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in Raid on Meeting
in Chicago
VIOLATION OF LEVER ACT
CHARGED IN WARRANTS
Fpster, Leader of Steel Fiasco,
Man Behind Railroad Agita
tion, Says Palmer '
Today's Moves in Rail
Strike Told in Brief
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NAYLOR VS. QUINN SUSPEND DETECTIVE
IN TODAY'S GAME,' FOR HOSPITAL ROW
Hy HOHKHT W. MAMVKLL?
Shine Park, April 15. Connie Muck
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lack (Jiiiuii and his moist dclivcrv t
baffle the home folks. v
The Athletics were very happy over
their triumph j'esterdny und felt thut
they j'ould repent. The tdavcrs cut on
u gang of college jouths when the
McGinty Is Held in $800 Bail, J
Charged With Assaulting i
Magistrate .and Patient I
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NURSES TELL OF ATTACK,
Agents of the federal government in
different sections of the. country acted
toddy iu tlie nation -wide railroad
strike.
In Chicago seven alleged leaders of th
strike were n'rrcsted on u charge of
violating tlio Lever act und twenty
four more alleged lenders arc being
sought. s.
In New York, where food prices have
been mounting during tlie strike, the
first arrest wus made by the govern
incut's "flying squadroti" seeking
food profiteers.
Federal agents also have announced
thej nre investigating delnj-s of mall
trains. Vigorous action will lie taken,
it wus said, where it is fouud law,
wus violated.
Announcement by Atjorney General
Palmer that a communist Influence
was behind tbe strike und that W. 55.
Foster, leader of the late steel strike,
was active iu the outlaw railroad
movement was followed today by de.
niul by Foster. " '
.Meanwhile railroads arf actively com
batting effects nf tlie strike. In the
Fur und Central West conditions
were reported returning to normal,'
while in the Middle West and. East
railroad officials professed- to see ''
marked Improvement In passenger,
serviie. although admitting thtttv.
freight OH Still hnitlf rllmlixt .
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: "t 1"J ""J"'," lr"." i','mu ." " ,M" r': The situation iu New York seemed the
Superintendent of Police Mills today !
suspended Charles McOiutT. a district j
detective, of tlie Fifteenth street nnd I
Snyder avenue station, uud ordered him I
t7q
i.Xt
'a
like
of unwarranted und disorderly rouduct
ut the Methodist Ilospltul ou tho night I
of April Hi.
McGinty was accorded a hearing lie- '
fore Mugistiate P.cuton. at lO.'S.", Spring j
Gnrdcn street, at noon, und held under
SMI!) for court, charged with assault i
und buttery on Magistrate Kdwurd
Carney. He wu also chuKged witli us
sault ou James Priest, while the latter
lay unconscious ou an operating tuhle!
In the hospitul. j
Magistrutc Rcuton declared ,M.--(iiiity's
the most notorious abuse of
police power I hut hud ever come to hisi
attention. i
riiysicians und nurses nf tin. Aleilm
disf Hospitul testitiiil before the niagis
most critical. Although commuters
huve been able to reach the city 111
Increasing numbers, threat of u food
shortuge Jooms.
H- tlie Associated Press
Chicago. April 15. Six officials of
tlie "outluw" railway unious weralar
rcsteil today hy Cnited States marshals
on warrants issued by I'liited States'
Commissioner Mason, charging tlicm
with violating the Lever act.
Warrants huve been issued for
scores uf other alleged leaders in the
insurgent railroad strike, it was said
:; i!!"' ,!,,!.!"V: J,,a!!. l"?" .w ' - nH.n..g.
rctiirned t the clubhouse lftV-I he New 'ruled when 'he arrived' ut the hospi'tu
porkers hud been retired in the ninth, I Tiiesdnj night to take an nntc-morten
nn,.,, nif, in.,, mm uieir maris in Hie
lluggins was not discouraged
os.s of the iuitiul buttle. "F.r-
rors are bound to happen iu ball
games." be said, "and sometimes tliev
nre very serious. Ruth's nuiff jus't
ruined us. but Rube cannot In, ilmm.,l
kit was a hard chance and lie mine, n
good, h st trj for the ball. You can't
expect to do more thnn thut. It. was
the first fly ball 1 ever saw Ruth drop.
I don't think it will happen today, and
we will cmne back stronger thnu ever.
"Conine Muck has a good ball club
this eur. His youngsters have plenty'
ot tight und should make a great show
ing the league."
Tlie game todaj stm-tcd nt .'!:"() p. m.
"PENNY ANTE" DAY AT PENN
tateinent from Priest
Prc-it wus unconscious. He lav gn
nn operating table, with his skull frac
tured, two bullet wounds In his hodj
ami several stub wounds. Resident phj -siciuns
testified thut McGinty went oxer
to the man. punched him in the stom
ach und shook him roughly In tlie
shoulder. 4 4
His action created an uproar iu the
hospital, thej testilied. Magistrate
Carney had been siimmoueil to take the
tne uiite-moricm statement. He siw it
wus impossible to procure it. When he
ipostuhitcd with McGiutj the hitter
hecnnie abusive, attacked tin igis-
trate. n was testified, uud liimllv had
him urie-tcil.
Mrs. Anna Priest. Hf,. f .iIlm(M
Priest, died at' the Methodist Hospital
lust night. According to the police, she
was- shot l,j her husband iu the home
of l.'rnest Krtoluni, in South Carlisle
street, late Tui'sdiij night. After IW
coiiuii hud stubbed the husband, the
inner inriicii nis revolver on
police sny. Priest's londitiou
critical.
iimcir,
'cuiuius
t'unllminl nu 1'ucp Knur. Culiuiin Tlirre
MEN QUIT, WOMEN SOUGHT
Lflldley Park Hopes Gentler Sex Will
Deliver Its Mail
Ridley Park borough, near Chester,
is about to inaugurate the custom of
linviug the morning mail delivered by a
smiling femule.
It is a case of ucccssitj rather than
desire, because Postmaster llrooks can
not find u man who will stick on thV
job inoro than a week at the rate of SIS
for each six days.
When the mull deliver) service was
started iu Ridley Park a man was up.
pointed us carrier. The plan was so
satisfactory to the residents that n
second currier wus named. Just ubout
this time tho first carrier decided he had
enough ami quit.
Shortly after the second caprier cried
"enough," nnd since that Hum nr l.iui
six carriers have been appointed nnd re
signed.
Women are clcihlc ns enrrinrs MI..IA.
the postal law, und Postmaster Rrooks
says that thev nre his n..t mi t...
carfl.
CITY JOB LISTS ARE OUT
The
Clouds and Showers,
Crowds of Flowers
Incrcatina cloudiness followed by
shtneers
Tonight and tomorrow, and
iciirmer tonight;
Fresh south winds blowing bring
promtso of flowcia
For MJiitme delight.
Students Chip In to Repay Fines of
Basketball Rioters
This is "penny ante" day nt tlie
I niversity of Pennsjlvuuia.
Students are "passing the lint" for
all loose change to reimburse the twentv
students lined for oen"Jthiislnsui after
the basketball victor) over the 1'niver
sity of Chicago team nbout two weeks
ugo.
The collections ere being taken iu
tlie lecture lfhlls by the "heelers"
"cub" reporters of the Pennsylvanlnn.
tlie student publication. The sum
needed will be realized today, it is
lielieved, und John Lovitt, senior class
president, will announce where the
twenty -three students who puid $12.50
lines will get their money jmck'.
3 HELD ON ROBBERY CHARGE
in i-'iunui n
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Accused Men Said to Have Accom-i ' i ' ,,"ll";1"" "l",,r l,n
. , . . i-iiiiiu, iiiscciuin cnncr nil ei in the
ponied Bakery Bandits exuminntion or did not tuke it. Thev
Three men. alleged to be companions I ",''! bl' Pfmltted. b) law, to remain iu
of the two bandits who held tin tiw, i "'elr positions two weeks after thean-
bukery of Frederick Ycttcr, -HtW North I ol'"Vt'l"'Ilt "f the eligible list.
Ninth street, on Anrll ' ...,.i .... i i Robert J. Hunter. .IT.'tT liiti, .,,,..
with .fll, were arraigned t'odnv in Cen- h-troft. Iii'iiili-il tlie eligibles with nn uvcr-
tral Stiitiou. Thev nre ulso c hiirVeil ' nB'.' of ,,,U'
with the lorcenj of' an nutoniobile be- I ,)r- willin', Hewson. CsiOilDverbrook
iiti-iiii,.. iieuiieo a list of eligibles for
the position of electro-curdlograiihic
worker iu tlie Rureau of Hospitals
Woman Successful Candidate as
Street Inspector
Civil Service Commissiim i,,.i,,,
unuounccd an eligible list of twentv -three
numes for inspectors iu the Ru
reuu of Street Cleaning.
One is that of a woman. Mrs. IMith
. Pierce. '(I0(I Green street, who is
eighth ou the list with an average of
S.'!.U. Mrs. Pierce wns a special in
spector in the Rureau of lllghwms m.
der.Major Itluiikcuhiirg.
Fiyi; of the successful i-aiididute. were
irinisioiuu Mppoinices now working a
in
longing to Walter V. .Smith. J 151 IVlhani
luiin, n.-riiiuuiow 11.
Tlie men gave their uiinies as James
Donnelly, seventeen jeurs old; Joseph
Devlin, tliirt) jears old. and Josefdi
McDude. 'I hej were cucli held i $mmi
bail for court on tlie larceny churge. n
without bail for court ou the highway
robbery ihnrge by Magistrate Roonov
ut Centra'. Station this morning.
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Italy to Assist Austria
Vienna. April LI. Iftv A n
dlclul and commercial advantages clVen
solely to Italy ly the treaty of S
I laiMlll 11 I li hill it liiniii ..,.. I.. v '
........... "... ...... inuue reciprocal nn
der tho terms of nu agreement rcachei
betweeu the Austrian repnblie nn
BURN NEWSG0Y AT STAKE
nhln I art n..i u., ft.fl
Rescued by Woman
Nick of Time
In
ljincas w. O., April 15.-(Hy A. P.)
-Police today were searching fl)r livn
older boys who last evM,ing attacked
( liarlcs Kneiler, aged ten. a newsboy,
while bo wus carrying bis route, bourn
Z,, ..il, i ' l . u ,.K"i""K nud
Those urrested are; Joseph Scott,
tn'st f the Chicago Yurdmcu'H As
sociation: A. W. Cussednj. secretary;
Mnrtiu .1. Kcnney. vice presideut Of
Lodge No. 1', Clkicugu Yurdnieu's As
social inn; W. Lnrrubell, trustee of tho
ussociation ; Fred L. Schultx, vlcq
president of the l.'jiited Knglncracn'a
Association, and 'Michael Kllgus',
treasurer of the engiucmeu's associa
tion, i"'
John Griiunu. president of the Chl
'ugn Yardmen's Assnciution! tlio "out
law" organization which started tbe
strike was arrested Inter by federal
agents who raided a meeting of tho
strikers heie todaj. (,1'iiuau was ar
rested while he was addressing tlie
meet inc. Si others ulso were ur
lested ut the same time.
I'niled States deputies sent to Car
penter's Hull tmhi) fouud Jutnes II.
Hoilgion addressing u meeting ot 150
strikers. Thej arrested Dodglou, Fred
C Lockwond. II. !:. Crcighton and
Michael IMiitkr
, Repmts nt the Federul Riiildiug in--duiite
t Ik list nf thirty fur whom war
rants li,i already been issued is only
a starter and that more I Hit n ".00 mem
bers of the outluw" uuions will bo
urrested
I'liited States .Marshal llrudley Indi
cated lie would begin arraigning tho
prisoners before Commissioner Mnsou
this iiftcruoon.
Federal agents who culled the crowd
ut Conwnv Hull, where liriuau was
urrested. took William L. Roml, R. I).
Murph) nud II. W. Radke to tho fed
"rill building.
As the men left the hull there were
cries of triiitm-, trnitor" from this
strikers. They uccuscd newspapermen
of pointing out the leuders to tho fed
erul men.
Washington, April IT, t Rj- A. P)
Icdernl otliclnls today wcro wutchlng
for the effect upon the railroad striker?
of the allegation thut the rudleal forces
which incited the unsuccessful uteri
strike were behind the present effort to
tie up transportation foollltieH.
Reports from agents nf tlie Depart
ment of Justice thut William '.. Fos
ter, a leader iu the steel strike; Carl
Picrson nnd 'other radical ugitatora had
been positively identified ns uiqvhig
spirits, in the country -wide unrwtt
nuoug truliiiuen were expected to ga
far toward enlightening the rauk aud
tile of strikers an to tlio trito meaning
of the movement.
After the cabinet meeting yesterday,
ut which this phase, uf tbo" situation
was ilK-usscd, the attitude of the gov
ernment wus understood to bo that
K?J.,L'riV.,1"i".,t ll1'V,""l '!fu'r "turllu u specific .action through government ttgcir
lire, left liliii to his fate, cies might bo mud.: unueoesKury wbwi
Mr-'i' u,lgMr'pwrt7,i,,l "iilent to the disclosures were fully uiidrrnttil.
Kha vA:..ii MnW,l-r, MlK ",'r,'y. "'I Wliile, the government has not adopted
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vniv irnlir will nv.A.i' ,. -".-
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HttHwny inio Austria ami wll 6iV0 iMi ffiw C, '' i.. i ' r ,""!.. Wl" wu ? n?;H'0 l'iH-y, omciais felt It woqhl
. U-ouutry greater 'twrt fkdiut es ! Jt S?.if. b.,,rueii-,J,,ilWi ' M Acton, f Ker trt linvo the strike willed. If.
TT.'J'rleslc. " Ww JtA'?1"vqn Court, U: making au Iil WsMf UiroUgl, tilt. vohir.r"lTtV,t !l
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