eoy.sc fSS v-i't ':' i i ,;, " V .V . : .V I VT' . . i r. - n THE WEATHER NIGHT EXTPA r Cooler, probably rain tonight and , KTurdayi fresh southwest winds shift s. hur o northeast or east; Saturday. TTMPratATimn At kacti nottw s r i i) lio lii lis I 1 1 2 a i ITT1 7uin7 38 wo ma nn imi i i i i VOL. VI.-NO. lbf entered aa Becond-Claas Matter nt the iWomce. at Philadelphia, Fa, Under the Act of March 8, 1870. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1920 Fubllahed Dallf Except flunday. flubnerlptlon rrtre to a Tear by Mall. ffopyrUht. 1020. by I'uhllo ledger Company. PRICE TWO CENTS , m S AILROAD LABOR BOARD MEETS TO SEnLE STRIKE " f ' ' ' ' s p. R. R. Shopmen Expected Back in Force This Afternoon; Brotherhoods Want Wage Pledge i 'i lEuenittg jt txbltc 2M0t 1 MISTAKE IE 10 HOMES IN ELNIOD.SECIN Lociation Is Enabled to Make Initial Payment to Shipping Board With Banks' Aid jEW OWNERS TERM COUP VICTORY OVER PROFITEERS' le Takes Place on Last Day of Grace Have 40 Weeks to Repay Loans r.lrn two months' grace by the shin- hbi board, more than 700 tenants of L the Kim w ood avenue section banded fcnther. and by a coup yesterday took itl to their own nomes. Tie tenants arc now the owners, ml thev exnressed their elation today t what they term "a victory over a The Tvholo section of homes was of pred for pale In February by the hous- tf division of the Emergency Fleet 'orporatlou. An nirogca sjnuicaie 01 real estate rolers stepped in and bought the en- Iff 1400 homes. There was nn imme- lite protest, liotlt from the tenants, rho expected an advance in their lent. nd br officials of the Philadelphia Ileal Ulite Hoard. A committee of protest went to iVuhlnglon and protested formally bo or the chairman of tho United States hipping board. The committee con ended that the sale bad not been suffl fently advertised. Sal Set Aside Tflft MlitlIn9 hnnrrl tiSf allrla 1ia ! tV V"'" . OW WaV V BUIV iad granted the tenants until March lfi I try and buy their own homes. Ou Kirch IS, sale of the. -homes to tho nl eieJ (indicate wax nsaln held nn-fnr mother month. , - ' Meantime the tenants organized a radicate of their own, caied it 'the 'Elmnood Community Association." wu tiftieu j. i-. Liarrimor. ueaa or ine 'outing department of the. American In- :roauooai Bmpouiming uorporation, i u.ctiueui. MflJlt nf th. fnnnnt. tint nnnittli ntnH. a pay $100 down on 'their homes, but uKuuuuie 10 pay aij per .cent or tne iircbnsc price in ninety days, as pro- llM hv 111. tftfmfl n9 tViA ealii 'RenrpcentfltiviMi nt 1i ,.AAU,fnn wae i of whom had financial influence, mat and procured the aid of several tulog institutions. Banks Assume Payment A Plan WAR f(rmlntoA rA bmiaaJ upon by the banks, whereby the ten- IQU lftlllil mnln ,l.n S.LII K t. -m HOO on possession of tho title, but uu tiouiu assume paymeut of the W Pr cent at the conclusion of the illotted ninety days. , The tenants, through this plan, are Urea forty weeks in which to pay the aoney paid by tho banks at tho con tusion of the ninety days. lMterfin .. nH 4U- !-,. ., .,;,'"' " ' mat uy oi grace Zi?1 j"10 ''PP'iK board to the .-..., u, ucarly ivu or U1(! tenants, Mk '.Tll.X :tJff2.i"!.1a,MM. in. , " """. vwu nomcB. biui .' ivJ.5' th0 homes range from 8730 to $4750, with a few at $3400. POST IMPEACHMENT UP Propoud Action Being; Considered nouse committee- Today ,'d !5" the house rulVcomnUttee S5re.int.f i,he?i t0Lda3r 8 resolution by ri act nnTtl "??h ProPOinK prelml utkm.i, by Congress toward lm Sta v'nV TCetdlDgrS a?ftlnt Assistant wlar r.i'.Und,e toward radicals arrested &Mnt raids. Mr. Hoch IntroT ittttion e-'ur? JW'erday with tho S,.,,0' Pw'n It for immediate Minlt.Ti Kt.l1 "ouse, but after The niM e th.? r8ular """ itt tifmT.iT vr'"","lie ws expectea to tf W?'. determining whether n a VbouTda?VdloW.n f0f tb6 WASHINGTON MEN RETURN ,rd Employe. ReauW Work for NMnmJ . ffife'APrai6.(BrA. r.) ' i as thV .." f 9"1" Trda here, ttV'.ih" freight gateway to the the gf?1 yesterday WS tfei0 ?Klln ?Q Ifde"r w "a urtVfe STW t the Eckin.ton tatma; lked t yMterday.-calso VtZ?'" Wtht throueh th. ."PoeXVV. I'""! after Dt.l,HildAu.ry' butwere ,dheeninfri,u,trict Attorney Laakey aded? nformcd tbt the walkout ha" WlDSS;ijANrsORROWS ,unJ"ed Man'. Aii- u i.-..PH With Tranedv fcruTeTf J!' . April lO.-Derrlek '."pMd. I..on,tai murd" l on irV T wjdw " V Ht 'on m .u:. -las widow, a rv.ii iih. Ifj. wty.flye, has'bad a tragic rf Srs a,no' ih'7M- w WW Hil Kit ,0 wh, employed as SJta a laV ', VrownfU wills LkkWkkrSkflkakkkkki K Jkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkks THEODORE N, VAIL THEODORE N. VAIL ITAL DES NHOSP 'Biggest Telephone Man in World" Succumbs at Johns Hopkins HIS DREAMS CAME 'TRUE By the Associated Press Balllmore. April 10. Theodore N. Vail,, chairman ot the board of directors of the American Telephone and Tele graph Co., died at Johns Hopkins Hos pital this morning of a complication of cardiacand kidney troubles. Mr.' iVnll wa brdught hero from Jekyil Island, Georgia, last Sunday in his private 'car. At the hospital it was stated be was in a serious condition when. ho reached there and his death was not unexpected to the physicians., TIIEODOBE VAIL'S CAREER "The biggest telephone man in the world.11 That was tho designation ap plied to Theodore Vail, not alone ail a tribute to the genius which by the tlmo he had outgrown his youth had enabled him to discover the possibilities of Alexander Graham Bell's "toy" and to make it a factor in American life, but because of the fact that he was per sonally a nan of remarkable physique. He was 0 feet 2 inches tall, nnd weighed about 280 pounds. With this fxeat physique he had an infinite enpac ty for hard work, and a genial dis position. Mr. Vail was thirty-one years old when Bell invented the telephone, and, notwithstanding his youth, be was fill ing the responsible post of general bu Jierintendent of tho railway mall serr ce. Earlier in life he had been a tele- Continued on Face Retenteen, Column Ono VETERAN ROUTS ROBBERS Former Infantryman, Clad Only In Underwear, Pursues Intrudera An overseas veteran, clad only in underclothes, chased three would-be robbers from his home today when they awakened him from sleep. The veteran is George Young, twenty-seven years old, of -("1 South Sixth street. He served with the Fourth Iu fantry, Third Division, iu France for eiiht (Tionths. When Mrs. Abo Sliver, with whom ho boards, left the house this morning to gd to th,e store Young was in bed. He was awakened by something falling and saw a man duck from his room. Young jumped up 'and chased two Ieii and a boy iu short pants froiji the house. When he reached the street bq whs forced 'to give up the chase be cause of lack of clothine. He gave a good description of the intruders to tne ponce. NAMED AS MEDIATOR Whitehead Kluttr Appointed Mem ber of Conciliation Board Washington, April 10. Whitehead Klutta, of North Carolina, was nomi nated by President Wilson today to membership on the board of mediation and conciliation, succeeding G. Wallace W. Hanger, who has been made a'mera-ber-of the railroad labor board. Mr. Klutta now Is secretary' of the. inicTumiuiiui joiui commission. SCALDED SAILOR DIES T , Spray From Burstsu" Steamplpe Fa tally Burna 6eaman Ernest P. Kohmke, twenty-two jenrs old, a sailor at League Island, died in tho naval hospital today from scalds received when a steam pine burst In the receiving station barracks Wednes day. Kohmke was a tlrst-clusa engiucman, and his home was in Morill, Wis. Naval authorities will send the body borne late today or tomorrow. s'aYS WILSON IS OBSTACLE Hardlno Declares President Planned Treaty Under Delusion South Bend, Ind., April 10. (By A. P.) "When President Wilson left here for Paris ha did not know that only a majority of tho Henate Is needed to amend a treaty and for that reason he believed that he could force a ratifi cation of the covenant of the League o( Nations," Senator Harding, of Ohio, kia. an anaresa nere last nigai. u'iyise wan standing be Uftttti fltatM aadTftMee wllfc 1 KILLED, 5 INJURED' WHEN SPEEDING CAR CRASHES INTO POLE Man Dies, Three Men and Two Women Hurt in Fatal Impact on Cormantown Avenue 'JOYRIDING .POLICE,SAY; JAIL DRIVER WITHOUT BAIL Machine Taken Without Con sent, Is Charge of Owner ljm1R A J ... - . '; Ono man was killed and three men and two women wjfre injured early this morning when nn automobile in which they were riding crashed against a tele graph, pole on Gorman town avenue near Barren Hill. The automobile, which; was completely wrecked, was owned by the Bev. .Tohn P. Thompson, 242 South Twentieth street. It was operated by William J. Merrick, (509 South Twenty-third street, the priest's chauffeur, who was using the machine without the owner's con sent. The dead : Thomas iF. Ilynes, thirty-two years old, 2182 Cherry street, killed instantly when tho car hit the pole. The Injured: John J. Ilynes, Manning street. Con tusions of the head. He is a brother of the dead man. Laurence Cochran, 3.521 Pine street. Lacerated scalp. Elizabeth Doyle, COS Manning street. Contusions of tlin bond nnd right ankle. Sarah Gorman. fiOO Manning street. Bight arm. injured, may be broken. Merrick, the chauffeur, who hnd one hand laccrntcd, wns locked up iu the Norristown jail without bail to await the coroner's inquest. "Joyriding," "Police Charge Accordingto the police, the fivo men nnd the two young women were "joy riding" at 3:30 0,'clock this. morning when the machine swcrv(d sharply and struck a telegraph pole. Thomas Hypes .was catapulted from tho car. his head, striking the pole. His skull was crushed. - ' The others were bruised ,and gut by the impact. Merrick clung to the wheel dazed while, the others scrambled from the wreckage. Hynes's body was hud dled face down near the pole. Father Thompson, the owner of the automobile, Raid this afternoon that Merrick had taken the car out without his consent or knowledge. NINE HOMES ARE ROBBED Six In Cheltenham and Three In Jenklntown Entered Loot Small Six ntljoining houses on Township line. Cheltenham township, nnd three In .Tcnkintown were entered and robbed between 3 nnd G o'clock this morning. The burglars got comparatively little for their risk, the total of their loot not reaching $300. In each case entrance was gained by forcing a window on the first, floor. Police of Ogontas nnd .Tcnkintown believe the robberies to be tho work or the same band that entered five houses in North Wales one night, seven iu Doylestown another night, nnd several In Fort Washington nnd Gwynedd nu othcr night. In each of these robberies the method of entrance was the same and In no caso did the thieves take any thing but money or jewelry, nnd not once did they go above tho first floor. The biggest loser in last night's raid was John 0,'Donncl, iu. .Tcnkin town, where $50 in cash and a $100 watch was stolen. 'Chameleon' Conductor Keeps Trains Going W. J. Hnllnnon, twenty-nine jenrs a Beading conductor, likes to keep things moving. Ho started out bright and early today for Pottsvlllc, working as a flagman. Then he went as far as Bethlehem as conductor of the crack Black Diamond-Express. He rode bnck to Philadelphia as brnkcnian ' on an express which stopped nt Bethlehem on (ho way from Buffalo. Beading officials think this is pretty nearly a record for n morn ing's work. N. Y. GIRLS. REPLACE ELEVATOR STRIKERS' Cliff Dwellers of Wall Street Saved From Climbing Endless Stairs New Yorh, April 10. (By A. P.) Girl strike-breakers running elevators today enabled lawyers, financiers and other tenants of skyscrapers that make canyons in tho Wall street district to get to their offices without walking up more uignis oi stairs than there are anywhere else in the world. At the Woolworth nnd Singer Build ings it was announced that nearly all the elevators vero being operated by women. The Equitable Building hnd thirty of its sixty-three cars operating to lift its population of more than 10,000 to their offices. Some buildings claimed not to have been affected at all, nnd at others it was said that scrvico was 75 per cent normal. Thousands of operators are out. The union claims a membership of 17,000. CALL FOR TRAINMEN N. J. Defense League Wires Former Member8 to Aid Railroads The Defense League of New Jersey, with headquarters in Newark, today sent telegram throughout the fitatc calling up.ou former members to enlist as trainmen. Commanding officers of tho various companies v have been in structed to 'forward "names' and ad dresses of persons who will servo dur ing the crisis. At Hnmmonton, William J. Slack, former captain in the United Stntes army nnd commander of the Defense League of Hammonton, began recruit ing nt noon. WILL NOT CALL ANDERSON Anti-Saloon League Head Not In Contempt of N. Y. Assembly Albany, N. Y.. April 10. (By A. P.) William II. Anderson, state superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, will not be nsked to appear beforo the Assembly judiciary committee to explain statements alleged to have been made by him against several members or the lower house. The Judiciary committee framed Its report at an executive meeting today, Chairman Louis M. Martin announced. He said the committee was of the opinion Mr. Anderson had done uothing "in contmpt of the Assembly as n whole." The eommltteo also voted to report to the Assemoiy mar. n tncre is to be nn '"estlgatIon of the Antl-Saloon T.enR it should bo by n joint legisla tive committee created for this purposo. Gorgas to Study African Fevers New York, April 10.' Major Gen eral William C. Gorgas, former surgeon general of tho United States army, returned here today from Lima, Peru. General Gorgas Bald he would soon leave for tho West African coast to investigate combatting of tropical fevers. NEW IL S. TRIBUNAL TAKES UP DEMANDS FOR HIGHER WAGES Industrial Body Considers Prob lem of Proper Pay for 2, 000,000 Rail Employes MANY WORKERS RETURN AS FEDERAL BOARD ACTS 'Insurgents" Receive No Pref erence Over Workmen Who Refused to Walk Out dc cm' SILKS LEAD GIRLS TO CELLS; TRIO BLAME WOMAN FAGIN Mires of Shimmering Finery Trap Misses of Tender Years Held Under $1000 BailTwenty Others Being , Taught Shoplifting, They Say "One tliousund dollars bail each for a further hearing next Friday," Magis trate Grolis said. Fourteen-year-old' Helen Cozi cringed perceptibly beforo the words. By her side were her slxtpcu-year-old sister. Cello, and Helen Cauusa, also sixteen. On the magistrate's deak lay a pile o,f shimmering silk gowns, u fntr coat, expensive purses and frou-frou. The thrco girls were charged with flhonUfting. Standing near them was Mrs. Lucy Tronko, who, according to the testimony of the detectives, has been operating as a modern feminine Fagin, using the gfrls as her dupes. Helen Cowl raised her tear-stained eyes and looked about, as though Kparehinr the crowd for her mother. The mother was not there only a mor bid crowd or men who derive tneir tiuuy entertainment bv natine tboir curiosity dn police court hearings, n score of de partment store detectives ami ponce, gob Escaped Ups A sob escaped the lips of tho girl. She forgot all about ber fur coat, her black picture hat, the satin and silk which caressed her from her well-shaped brunette head, to her neatly shod feet. There was a kindly faced woman standing behind Helen. "This girl is only fourteen years old, magistrate," tho woman said. "I'll take charge of her until next Friday. Ilcleu broke down completely, hid her face on the woman's shoulder, and was led away to tWe House of Detention, MaatatrMLQralia called the nut: i . ' ,'T m.. T "j .. . - fm,v ;m )mm Mary oaHagaer,. MM 9timt wtveotn , ". -v -v streets station, took Helen's slotcr, Helen Canusa and Mrs. Tronko bnck to their cells. Irblng Doggel, n privato detective, emplojed by seven department stores in tho central section of the city, A the chief witness ngainit the three girls nnd the woman, who, he said, had taught them how to steal and whose husband, ho testified, disposed of their loot, nos ing ns a street peddler. ' P Doggel arrested the thrco younir vlrl. at Ninth and Market streets fflf ? terday afternoon. Mrs. Tronic whs arrested shoitly before 12 o'clock Inst night In her home nt Ninth and Wliar ton sticcts. "iiui Accuse Woman He and the girls testified that Mrs. Tronko had made their acquaintance several months ago by offering to take hem to the movies. She then taught them, Doggel said, how to "make an easy living and wear nice things." "She took us out with her," the youngest girl declared, ".she ,VoUu JX one of us to try things on, and, while wo were doing this, it was easy to get away with stuff." Helen Canusa's parents, who live on Morris street, near Tenth, thought she had "a wonderful job," as did the par ents of the two CokI a stcrs, who live at Thirteenth and Pierce streets Doggel told Magistrate Grclis ho had recovered more than $2100 worth of silk gowns a ud qlher apparoj from the Tronko home. He .testified that the three girls arrested yesterday afternoon ua iMUBtd Mrs. 'irouko had "fifteen By tho Associated Press Washington, April 10. Wage mands of the 2.000.000 railroad ployes of the country were taken up today by the newly nppolnted railroad labor board, which held its first session at tho railroad administration, with seven of the nino members present. Tho absent renresentatives. Judge K M. Barton, of Memphis, Teen., of the public group, and A. O. Wharton, or tho labor group, arc expected to arrive later in tne day. Both administration and railrond of ficials believe that the nromnt assem bling of tho board will have Its influence on the present strike of railroad men and may brine about a settlement. Manv of U1080 who walked out nlready have returned to work with the understanding that their demands would receive prompt attention by tne board At the railroad administration it was said that tho demands of the strikers would not be given preference over those of the other rail employes ; that the wage question would be considered ns n whole, With the first meeting of tho new board direct government intervention in the railroad strike situation took niace. The three railroad representatives Horace Haker, J. II. Elliott and Wil liam L. Parke were on hand. J. .7. Forrester nnd Albert Phillips were the labor representatives present. The two members of the nubile ernun in attend ancc wire G. Wallace ,W- nanger and The members of the board were con firmed yesterday by tho Senate, after two day of discussion of Mr. Wilson's selections Officials of the railroad brotherhoods, wnicn nave opposed tne strike move ment, government officers and members of Congress in urging the strikers to return to work, have held out to them assurances of prompt action through the board upon their specific complaints or uemanus. Information on the wage demands of tho railroad employes and upon working conditions on the railroads, compiled by the railroad administration's board of waccs and working conditions, will ho turned over to the new body by Walker. jj. nines, uirector general. t It is tho government's nlan of action to identify tho radicals in the ranks of the strikers from the lists of names of the men out now reaching tho Depart ment of Justice. Balds and arrests throughout the strike-Infected area will take place, officials indicated, either upon orders from the department or upon information furnished federal district attorneys by agents of the do nartment. Department of Justice officials said they wero without official information regarding the arrests in Chicago, but indicated they had expected such action nnd directed it. The ehareo oi a. .uucncu iaimer, attorney general, that tl radicals were back of tne strike nnu nau instigated it as part of an I. W. W. and Communist plot to brine nbout industrial revolution in the United States, was strengthened by tho receipt of literature being circulated among tlic strikers. DE VALERA DODGES DEATH 1 Three Men Killed and Woman Hurt In Alabama Collision SIXTEENTH DAY OF STRIKE - ' i ' " Hallway .labor board holds first meeting nt Washington. Strikers have resumed work at points in East and West. Speedy collapse of strike in West forecast rtt Chicago. Ultimatum of rnllroads nt New York has thus far failed to cause strikers to return. Transportation service is improving. ' Brotherhood trainmen in city want signed statement from wage board before returning to work. P. B. B. shopmen return to work. PHILLIES GAME CALLED OFF i BROOKLYN, N. Y., April 16. The Phlllies-Brooltlyn gnmc scheduled for 3 o'clock this afternoon at Ebbets rield,, vrao colled off at 2 o'clock on "account of n heavy downpour. The final ganie-of tho'terics will bo plaetl tomorrow. J$ r GRUNAU DECLARES HE WILL GO, TO JAIL,., CHICAGO, April 10. John Grunau, president of theXihicairo Yardmen's Association, and H. E. Beadfug, presideu5cof the TJiiKed Euijiuemen's As&ociation, -thfr two "OutlawWtfiilway uuious, announced today that thcywould go to ldir o th government charge of coubpiracy' to violate the Lev Act. y ROHELL CHOIC E TO DO BOX DUTY Ex-Newark Hurler Likely to Start Against New York Yanks Today HARRIS ' IS A POSSIBILITY 150 COLLEGE MEN PEACE PROSPECTS CALLED BRIGHTER AS PARLEY GOES ON Members of Train Crews Who Aro Out Refuse to Co to Union Meeting TRAFFIC SCHEDULES ON LOCAL ROADS IMPROVE Ultimatum That Promise of More Pay Must Be Made Planned by "Revolters" 1 RUN SHORE TRAINS Institutions Keep Serv ice Normal ATIII.KT1CM Mitt. cr. Ktrnk. rf. Wpl'e-r. If. (irirrin. lit. Pn-an. t't. f'-'lomiv. m. Drben. Sli. Prrklnn ,r. Kommell or iiarrla. n NEW YORK Vlrlc. ttt I'erk. ft. rirm. ll. Kotfi. rf. I.ewl. Ir. Meueel, th. I'm ft. 2I. Unel. r. MftrtHrlsa a ThormaJilrn, p DO AS WELL AS STRIKERS Umpire Dlnecn nnd Nallln By BOBEBT W. MAXWELL Connie Slack shuffled the cards this morning, took a look nt his private Utilja bonrd, gazed into the Crystal Ball and decided to spring somo new stuff iu the ball game this afternoon. Bushing to the phone he hurriedly sputtered an announcement to the effect that Ed Rommoll. nnn if Mo .... ....! curvers, or Bryan Harris, another of the same brand, would be sent in to labor against the Ynuks nt promptly 3:30 this afternoon. Bommell Is the kid captured In New- nrlr V .T lnc ..n.An rj .1,., f ... ..., .urv ovuouu. i.r uiii some very good work for the International League club and In the South thl .!. li . 1 . it -. nlnrAl nnMAnln n .3 -. nvliAA il.. tt BuiiuK i-uiuinuru niong me same line. r m, '","mu" '" n-i'iutr iue Jirmcm, Tinrrlu la tl.n vlnm. lianM ntM ...i. , Tllp rollp2f men nrp rennrtn.l tr. K.. six feet six Inches toll nnd three inches Performing the work with the ndeptness wmu. tie nuns wnat is known as a sinker ball, which goes well with coffee. New Orleans. April 10. (By A. P. -Eamon de Valero, president of th ) liresiilent of thr Irish republic, due to nrrlve here from Jacksonville today, was thounht to lm on Louisville and Nashville train No. 3 wrecked in n liead-on collision nt Bay Minette. Ala., with a north-bound trniu. Ilo was duo to arrivo here nt 7:45, the scheduled tlmo of arrival of No. 3. Three trainmen were killed and two trainmen nnd n negrcss passenger were Injured. Tho two trains met on the main line in a blinding rtiiwtorm. Both locomotives wero reduced to scrnn nnd tho express cars of both trains telescoped. neports stated that the engineer of one of tho trains failed to carry out oiders to take n siding north of Bay Minette. "BUT N0Tj DROP TO DRINK" 13,000 Dottles Pass Through City En Route to New York From Baltimore More than 13,000 bottles of whisky, 112." coses to bo exact, passed through this city late yesterday in ten motor trucks on their way from Baltimore to New York. The procession was held for fifteen minutes at Darby, Just outsido tho city. A telegram from the federal agent at Chester caused the delay. Policemen guarded tho expensive con voy. while all of Darby that was within hall gathered to gloat over Its con tents. 1 lie mix-up wns straightened out by telenhono and the trucks con tinued ou their way. Pollco Official Denies Neglect New York, April 10. (By A. P.) Police Inspector Domiuick Henry, who formerly commanded tho tenderloin dis trict, today pleaded not guilty to n su perseding Indictment charging neglect of duty, returned vcstenlirv i.v i. J,nrigr!H!Ui'ry invcstWtiu8 vice. Hl8 u ywMv ,y .a""!h:'. VH Ktt Ir,s offlheaCtraiid to ; ' " f " ' These gents hnve not nppcared before im- noun- crowu as jet. so tlielr work will bo wntched with iutej-est. Miller Muggins also sprang some new ones ou the folks. He substituted Vick for Gielch in right field and decided to use ii left-bunder for pitching pur- 508CH. Either George Mngridge or Herb hormuhleu will sling southpaw slants with Muddy Buel behind the platter. The rest of the line-up is the same us yesterday. Babe Buth was very much peeved this morning because some one swiped his brown derby. He left it on the bench during the game nnd when he looked for it after tho ninth inning it had been purloined. Perhaps n brother uthlcte elected himself to the order nnd decided to wear the badge. Bobby Meusel des orves it because of his bum work on Calloway's fly in the seventh inning. Manager Huggins lins nbout given up all hope of getting Frank Baker back into the game. The Maryland slugger Wsltcd the ball park tho other day and said that while he liked the game and would bo glud to pluy again, lie could not leave tho farm at this time. If he CIlll tin Kf, Ifltp. tti ,lw. t-i.nu..., I. .. ... lakn off his overalls and hurry to New xurK. Tho Yanks finish the series here to morrow. SIMS AGAIN CONTRADICTED Admiral Badnfer Disputes Cham That Navy Delay Prolonged War Wiislilnrtm. Anril til ti. ..ii... .. ......., ..,..., ,,, -4,n,- uuii-y of the Navy Department ns to sending destroyers to European waters early ill tlw, unr hml nn nfT.wi, n. ,1.. .1 ... .... ..... ..h.. .... ...1 iv ...I ..It inn .1- tlon of hostilities. Bear Admiral Badger ""'" luuuy ueiiiru ine ncuatc in vestigating committee. AxUOtl l.v PI. fit cm a. 1In1A , f.. it opinion on Bear Admiral Situs's rhnise inui me, department by delaying send fng anti-submarine forces abroad pro longed the war four mouths, Admiral Bndffer ! nl hn ..III...I ' 1 i.,"7" ade of Germany and not the auti-sub- uiuuiie nuuiiuiKU na mo cnief naval contribution to winning the war The blockade forced Germany to "live off her own fat" until the untlon wns ex hausted and forced to capitulate, the officer ndded. The "extraordinary feat" of the United States in getting 1,000.000 men amazed the Central Powers and broke m.b uviu.hu Riuruu-. me. - American TT , ffforts did not shorten the war. the wltns asserted, but the navy m Pennsylvania Bailrond shopmen who have been on strike are expected to go back to their work at the 3 o'clock shifty this afternoon. Officials at Broad Street Stiftlon ad mitted that few had returned during the morning hours. They explained this as due to the fart that the men hnd not received sufficient notice of their of ficials wishes, ns the meeting nt which the agreement to end the strike was reached adjourned loto last night. W. J. Trney. mediator of the Stntei Department of Labor, conferred for two hours this inornine with W. Attor. bury, vice president of the P. B. It., in j charge of operation, and nt the end of ..iu iiiuirrniit; announced mat matters were running smoothly toward ndjust- .lll-.ll Governor Sproul. in nn irterview. likewise sold ho wns yell pleased with the progress mnde. and that he ex- I pected to see conditions approximate normnl I.V thn nml nf Mm ,....,1. A E F Trainmpn From Thron' Tllp, "mtherhood men shouted down . c. r. irammen rrom inree n order sent them bv messenger from wieir oroinernood oltlclnls tn nttrud n meeting this afternoon In Knizht of Columbtix Hall, Thirty-eighth nnd Mar ket streets. Strike .Fund Ordered It was derided to pay a specinl assess ment of $2 ordered by the brotherhood chiefs, on penalty of cxjmlslpn. M?mberr-6T- flie railrond irrTunTrr'' hoods, which don't inchme the shopmen, will not return to work until their, committee now in Wnshingtou gets a signed nnd sealed promise from the rail road labor board that the men's de mands for higher wages and better working conditions will be granted. This stntement was made todnv bv the chairman of the men's meeting, held in the Colonial Theatre, at Fifteenth and Chestnut streets. The stntement yns mode in the course of a speech to the mpn. nml .vfi. .., n.ni.iii.Ii t --. ........... ., .,,,, i ...... n.iii-iiii. al though the proposltlor was not put to ii.i-iu in nip iorm ot u vote. Badicnl Influence Denied J A Nelson, one of the speakers at the meeting, declared that the employes would brook no interference b ladicnls ."Y. ,irn.r " Kront ,Jcnl but the I. vt . . nnd Bolshevists being bnck of this movement." he snid. "If there are such in this room I want them to leave iinmrdiatplj . I want them to get out. W ! are Americans nud we aro coiidiicting this tight on American prin eiplcsT' Nelson cnutioned the railrond men ngnlnst heeding letters which, he said, are being wnt out bv representatives of the rnllrouds, urging them to return to work. "I have received three such letters." he said. "The look like propaganda to me. I nin going to stick to this tight, ami although I urn n conductor. I work with a pick and shovel before I 11 go bnck." Georgo Abel, a jnidmoster of the Heading Bailway, aitiched the nction of college students in olimtcerlug the r services to the railroads. He snid he had narrowly averted u wreck on the r-Ietnted line of the Beading M-stordaj because a student flagman was standing in the middle of a tralu, instead of nt the lenr. Seeral conductors at the meeting said theie hud been telephone calls to their wives urging the wives to in lluence tlielr Idle husbands to return to work One hundred nnd fifty college men who served on nrmy railroads in 'France ore operating trains in place of strikers on tho Atlantic City Bnilroad between Camden and seashore points. The men, nccordlng to railroad offi cials, were recruited at Swarthmore nnd Haverford Colleges and at Temple Uni versity. The college men are taking the place of all the strikers on the road, the of ficials say. Men who quit their jobs on the road, however, claim to have at least 400 in their ranks niul scout the theory that seventy-five collegians can replace them. Only one train on the roniLyns an nulled today. That was an early one for Grenloeh, which was combined with a later train. Officials of the West Jersey nnd Sea shore road to the shore, a Pennsylvania NIlhftifllnPT- rnnnrf ,1.a.. nl.A l.n.. . ... ........... ..,,. ...v.. ,,nu uuvt- cm piuycu roueginns to repince tne strikers ni. ii ... shared wlth tho army, the iiredtt the( Rrtfonpartlid Jhefoarfc " l of experts. Every man employed from tne throe colleges has had experience ou army railroads. Both roads are preparing for the big rush to the shore expected tomorrow, and officials of both say they bavp made adequate preparations for nil trains to run. the express tinlns with the usual pnrlor car conveniences. Freight is still congested nt Camden, but it is expicted to be cleared mi by tonight. Passengers on n Bending flier, learning thnt the oow aboard had made a double trip to keep the traffic open, started a collection nnd a purse of JJ2O0 was divided among the lo.al traiuinen They were Jimmy Coleman, tho con ductor: Martin Lautry, tho engine man; Joe Hunter, the fireman, and William Strntton, the brnkemon. Cole mau has been in the service thlrtv-ninn years. Ihe P. It H nnnounced nt noon thnt the Sundn $1 .!!," exclusions to Atlantic Citj- will run on Sunday. HIS FARM DIDN'T PAY Owner Turned It Into Cemeiu. Which He Hopes to Fill Soon Washington, April 10. v A p In returning Ins ngricultunilVtutl-iti. s ehedtilo to the (Vumis Bureau, u I'uin slvanln farmer eliminated facts nbout crops altogcthei. An liiiulr by th" but can brought this explanation. "The population near and nbout m farm lias a tendency to reliew the own", er from the labor of miHimim- lm crops. Thin altruistic impiil.c is Vo ' . .. ,""",'. ",lr ' nil-dominant that I hnve refrain! rV,.., I ,m""!' the chairman. planting aiutliluir for th.- lnt i,..,.i.. riiM-d in the hall ears. Am just now turning nbout fortv ucres Into n remeterj and hope to till it soon." n A ,1m7s,,"K,,r from the officials of the Hrotherhiwiil nt I(.,n.,. t i T to the , .t . ; i. .rv... . ."," uz ' mn and having b"c given 7he HV,m. ......... in,- iii.. ntteiid the brother hood im-i-ting nt K. of C Hull nt ..tn oclo.k. Tin- men were told to bring .. ii ('a. I 111 UW, The em i -mi i had M-nm-Iv finished when then- were shouts of 'Tlnn t go'" Will (io to Other .Meeting "How man men here will Bv" ntked the I'lmlriimu. rJ.'X,.'b"',," ,,n""' '" n erent shout from the men. 'How inn n will.....- ,...... ., Flats $3000 for Five Days During G. 0. P. Convention Chicago, April 10. Houses ami apartments for the flve-diiv period of the Bepublicnu national convention may be rented at prices ranging from $500 to ?3000 each. ' Prominent Chicago women, realiz ing that hotels will be taxed fnr be yond capacity, have announced tlvlr willingness to accommodate delegates who can "come across." Housing offers arc sent to Fred W Gpham, Bepublicnn national treas' Hrer'. v,, '" '"dined to think that iiUyarteUy '" ' "' Prflt Every linnd was The cliiilrmnn nili-lvn.1 n, , ,,.: ,ll,',l,""it avenue, instead of .ing to the meeting of the brotherhood. Trickery Ik Charged Tlie clmirmnii charged that trlckerr ."K resorted to 1 the broth e in "''"'I,'0 K,;t h" m"a 'k After h" lm. cautioned them to stuy away from i In meeting In- read letter from I allwny lmlnmen. conveying word of the ?2 assessment, Somo wero inclined to refuse It, but b pad so as to give the brotherhood officials no excuse for expelling the mei A representative of the J?rsi-y City Mltv-1".' i"reiu,.u tol,L n, lMctin hat ghty eight lodges vf the brotherbood Id declared for n new convention of .In- nrih-r, with the puipose. 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