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)' '? '' 7 INTERBORO RECEIVER EXPECTED TO DAY WEATHER Fair and Saturday. FT g r1 : -r- - 1 \ Circttlatiou Books Open to All.\ \ Clrculntion Hooka Open to ah.\) l ,n PRICE TWO CENTS. Coirllil. Co, (Tht lit 111, Nvr lor The Vork I'imi World). NEW YORK, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1919. 28 PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS. PEACE WALL MOVE Directors Meet and Discuss Financial Situation of Trac- tion REFUSE A Whitney Blames City for Green Car High Fare Peril. Wall Street accepted without ques- tion tills afternoon the report that the Intcrboro would be thrown Into tho hands of receivers y. Tho rumors of the expected action, current for many weeks and revived strongly yesterday with the drop In the quotations or Interboro-Consoli-dato- d stocks and tho appointment of tho receiver for the New York Hall- ways Company, a subsidiary, were developed Into whnt the street looked upon as a certainty by tho meeting of the directors of tho traction com- pany at Us ottlecs at No. 105 Hroud- - way. nL - , l ......j ntlatwlllll I.V Al)t? \ v,.n,i,.ri,.rt uai vuinvtiMo John 11. Mllburn, K. J. Uorwlnd, A. l. .ii . Ui. ...... i.m nf dm llrvird! i j uc, ......... . ..... Theodoro P. Shunts, President of Uie Intcrboro, and nthcrs. When tho directors filed out of Mr. Shout's offices shortly beforo 1 o'clock none of them would answer questions as to the fate decided upon tnu inter-bor- o. \You will havo to sco Mr. Shonts,\ ihey replied. Mr. Shonts camo out In a moment, looking unconcerned. , \1 havo nothing to say at this nmc,\ ho said. When will tlio receiverthlp be adkt-- for?\ \I don't know.\ \Will It bu Ho hesitated for a moment and then replied, \I don't know.\ \If a recolvernhlp Is aeked for whero will tho announcement be made first, hero or at Judgo Mayer's oltlce?\ ho was then asked. \Here ho answered and seemed to catch himself. \No I don't know about that. What has Judge Mayer got to do with It anyhow?\ whtoli was taken to Indlcato that tho petition may bo fllod In soma other District Court. Another meeting of tho Hoard of Directors was expected to bo held later In the afternoon. WHITNEY SEES TRACTION CRISIS SCORES ESTIMATE BOARD. Travis Whitney. Chairman of the Public Service Commission, who dis- cussed tho rocclvorshlp of New Vork i ity Hallways this morning, declared he had been expecting It for .me timo and Bcorod the Hoard of Kstl-ma- te for Its refusal to allow mi in- crease in fares. \The question now Is whether we are going to have wreckage or whother we aro going to build up ih c'tv.\ he said. \Personally I do (Continued on Second Page.) $25 Men's Suit or Topcoat $14.95 The \HUH\ Clothing Corner. Uroad-wav- . corner Darclay Street (Dun woolworih lliilldlim). will sell y and Saturday, I', 000 mn' and young men s Spring suits & Topcoats, tunes, browns, greens, grays and fancy mixed; single or douhlo breasted, nlnched or helted backs, slash or patch pockets; very lutest models: ome silk lined: all sizes. Our special Dries for y & Saturday, SU.D3 17.00. Open Saturday night till 10, Hob Clothier, Broadway, cor. Bar-el- r Street Advt. TREATY 10 INTO HANDS OF THE COURT TO-DA- Y Company. STATEMENT. Receivership IN IN KHAKI 1 PASSAIC N STRIKE II FIGHT Bolshevist Agitators From New York Reported Urging 3,000 Workers to Violence. Sclil to The Kfnilri World.) PASSAIC. N. J., March 21. Three Mimw.-ini- l otril-ini- . ti.rllln workers clashed this mornlnrr with the pollcoi !nd discharged soldiers acting oa special policemen. Tho strikers were driven back with clubs, but not completely dispersed, and tho situation Is growing uglier as tho crowd of strikers Increases. There nro 16,000 idlo textile workers in the city. Bolshevist agitators from Now York nra reported to bo mingling with tho strikers and urging them to violence. Many of tho strikers them 8L.lvrs havo wn h(.ard to proclaim themselves Holshovists The strike of tcxtllo workers In now seven weeks old nnd there Is no known special reason for tho sudden outburst The trouble sturted at tho. plant of tho Hotany Worsted Mills. Hitherto this plant hns-Tici- m thinly picketed by strikers, but thfs morning tho pickets gathered by thousands. Only a fow police were on tho seen.) at first and they were unable to handlo the situation. The strikers were especially abusive to tho soldier police, who still wear their uniforms, somo of them with wound stripes. Strikers called them scabs\ and \hlrod men of the Kaiser.\ This last Insult Is said to be based on tho fact that beforo tho war n majority of tho stock In tho Hotany Mills was owned by German In terests. Hut hucIi stock was seized I by tho enomy alien property cus. todlan early In tho war. Strikers tried to take tho clubs away from tho polleo and former Eoldicrs. Two of the latter, Itobert Kaywood and Michnel McSchooly, woro slightly Injured. Police Sergt. Kdward Hakclaar sent an emergency call to Chief of Police Gustavo Schmidt, who Jumped Into an automobile with as many reserves as could bo crowded Into the car nnd proceeded to tho scene. Ho stopped at the armory, whero extra soldier police were waiting. These were rushed to the mills in patrol wagons. Tho training of the soldiers served them in good stead. They moved against the centre of the mob and divided it, prcsilng back the halves In both directions three blocks from the plant. Twelve arrests have been made on charge? of disorderly conduct. Tho prisoners are said to be amuiig the ring-leader- One of tho alleged ring leaders, Tony Hapey, who says ho came from DutTulo, was sentenced by .Judge Cos. tcllo to one year in Ui City Jail. Three other men who participated In tho riot wero sentenced to Jail for threo months each on charges of re- - slstlng the police, and threo woman ' wero lined for similar offenses. Other prisoners were released for lack of evidence, ....i SALE OF STEEL SHARES; DEAL OF $9,800,000 Cut in Price of Product Brings Heavy Day's Trading on Stock Exchange. The heaviest bursts of tradlnf- - that tho Stock BxcliaiiRO has witnessed In years took placd The semi- official announcement from WpshlnK-to- n that the average cut In steel prices would amount to nboiit $7 n ton worked speculative fervor up to tho boiling pitch. Transactions In United States Steel common were reminiscent of the Northern Pacific panic days of 1900. On May C of that year J. V- Morgan & Co. sent D. Norton into the Northern Pacific crowd with a buying order for 100,000 shares. To. day a specialist In U. S Steel was fflven an order by n, house, reported to bo Shearson, Hamlll & Co.. to buy 100,-00- 0 shares of the stock In the first hour. This ono deal Involved $3,800.-00- 0. Trunsuetlons In the first half hour of trading nmoiintcd to over 300.000 shares, or at Uie rato of mnro than 3.000.0(H) shares for a full session. Ily the end of the flrit hour nearly 225,-00- 0 shares of steel alone were traded In. Another buying rush for steel was precipitated within tho last half hour of trading. Several brokers had or- ders to buy 50,000 tftarea at the mar- ket and Uh-T- was pandemonium nt the steel post on the Kxchunge. Steel common wont up to 0'J3-- , whero It closed nt the day's high mark. It had opened at 95 Slotor shares, which aro expected to largely benefit by the cut In steel prices, wero practically unaflected. Stocks of equipment companies, which will also benefit by the steel price cut. uere about a point higher. Halls also Hhowcd fractional advances. EXCHANGES CLOSE MARCH 25 Mod; mill Cotton lnrl.rt to Honor thr -- 71 ll DUUIon. Tho New York Cotton Kxchange will not bo open for business Manh 25, the day of tho 27th Division parade. 'This decision was reached by the Hoard of Managers, after consid- ering a petition of 100 members lo close that day. Lute this afternoon the Hoard of Managers of 'the Sew Yolk Stock took similar action 436,912 SIGN HOMAGE PLEDGE TO ON HIS BIRTHDAY Address and Signatures Will He Hound and Sent to VVilhelm at Anierongen. HKHLIN, March Jl. UK address of homage cir T culated on the occasion of the former Kmpcror's birth day received 130,!'12 signatures, it is announced The address and signatures will be bound In a series of thirty- - seven volumes and sent to Amur, ongen. TAllK lir.l.l.-AN- S IIClMllli: MUM.?) tDd t$ oow (Ui uod UU.tllOQ utkcl rou f4l. rm WORIJl TRAVKI, BUIUUO. AmAt. I'uJltwr (World) tlvtWM. ta as vut How. x. y Oiij. TlWIun IWkautl 40OU. Cheek Tom for bicwe tet ptrr!a opn djj a4 BUM. Kan erdtra u4 trrllm' atocki tm ,arm -- m. Guard Put Over as of His Wife. Dr. Walter K. Wllkins was ar- raigned this afternoon beforo Justice Hecger for the murder of his wife, pleaded not guilty nnd was remanded to the -- Mlneola Jail without ball. It Is probable the trlul will not take place until fall as there are two murder cases ahead of It. The doc- tor seemed a bit brighter than earlier In the day. He bad refused to cat anything up to this time. \This Is one of the saddest cases that has ever come under my notice,\ said Charles N. AVysong, the doctor's uttorney. \Dr. Wllkins has led a blameless Ilfo nil these years. His wlfo was his companion, nurse and dietitian.' They lived for each othnr. She wanted him to give up his prac- tice so that ho might better enjoy the comforts of life. \He had ever thing to gain by hei life and everything to lose by ber death. She was of robust health and he an Invalid. He had no reason to get r.d of ber and every reason to have her live.\ Wysong discussed, on behalf of Dr. Wllkins, tho hammer and plpo be lieved to havo been used lo kill .Mrs. Wllkins. Kfl'ortH aro being made by tho county to use the weapons as evidence against Dr. Wllkins. 'Dr. Wllkins told me that, as far as he knew, tho hammer and pipe never had U-e- in his house and did nut be- long to him,\ said Wjwung. Dr. Wllklns's first night In jail was u night of complete unrest and al- most of terror. Ho was given the freedom of the corridor and talked nearly nil tho lime between nildnlghi and 8 o'clock this morning to Keepei William Combes. Ho repeated that he was Innocent over and over again. Once he cried und went Into hln cell and there gave way to a paroxysm o! rlef. SAYS HE AND WIFE WERE IN COMPLETE HARMONY. \My wlfo nnd I lived In complete harmony,\ lie 'told the keeper when ho had somewhat recovered from Ms collapse. \We wero always ver happy. This is an outrage. If I stay In this pluce long, I shall die.\ At breakfast this morning Dr. Wll- kins was offered oatmeal porridge and other dainties not on the prison menu, but ho declined tho breakfast, saying that he always bad two poached eggs, rolls and coffee for breakfast. A lit- tle fruit too he said might not be (Continued on Second I'age.) TO Sunday Classified Advertis- ing Copy should be In the World Office by l'ridiiy livening. Sunday Section Display Copy should be in the World Office by Thursiluy, ut 1 I'. M. Sunday Main Sheet Display Copy fchould be In the World Office by Friday Evening. UU clertliln. owing to ( f;rrat volume, ! iieeemwrliT to u Vlncrd or entirely omitted EARLY COPY MPLETE MARCH 29 DR. WILKINS ENTERS PLEA STREET AWAITS THROW INTERBORO TREMENDOUS WILKINS COLLAPSES IN JAIL FEARS DEATH IF KEPT THERE; ENTERS PLEA OF NOT GUILTY Special Doc- tor, Arraigned Slayer investigators circumstantial IMPORTANT ADVERTISERS Supplement Advertising iHnaiivantiiiriiuiiilr NECESSARY ENGLAND'S LABOR CRISIS IS HINGING ON TO-DAY- 'S VOTE Railway Men Turn Down Gov ernment's Wage Offer Miners Ballot on Strike. LONDON, March 21. Lend. ri of the union of railway men have decided to reject the Govern ment'e offer regarding wacjet, James H. Thomas announced to day. After the adjournment of the conference one of the delegates said that the Government report, the report of the employers and that of the miners' representa- tives were being considered in every detail. \Things look better than they did.\ the delegate added. Croat llrlt.iln Is fiii lrii: n lih.ir rrl.l. tthlch will culminate -- Alien the \Triple Alliance\ miners, railway-me- n and tlMlinriiilt v.01 ker mnl In ,1a. clclo uhclher general strike rhall bo called to nun l ow. While tho Hovel anient has urTrro.l some concessions to both tint railway- - men nnd miners, labor leaders declare II must yield to every demand of thu \Triple Alliance\ lo avert an Imliialrlul catastrophe. Many labor lemurs believe Premier Lloyd Oeorgo It poiwirully Inclined to sympathize with the workers, but they loubt that he hu tho support of the rtholu Government. An eleventh hour proponi) mjdo by the Government to the r.tllwayrnen last night includes a week and over- time pay at the rate of tltno nnd quarter for Sundays, time nnd n half for night work and a bonus fur nlKht. The miners, at their ronfeience this afternoon, passed resolutions sup. polling the effoits of Lloyd Ooige and I'lesldent Wilson to establish the League 'if Nations. The mliii-r- s then began voting on the strike issue, Tho government's compromise orfer, on which thu ballot is being taken, concedes the miners shorter hours and higher wages hut defers decision regarding natlonall.a-tio- n of mines. The miners have that nationalization be un-d- taken Immediately. Itobeit Smlllie, head of the miners announced that \the situation is critical.\ JURY GETS O'LEARY CASE. .IiiiIkf IIiiiiiI In I'lillrue Orrliir It I U It I itl I'rre Spr.-cli- . The ease of Jeremiah O'Leurv, elurged with linking seditious uttennu-- i s. went to tin; Jury fluted .States District Judge ll.ni'l in iivlevvlng the evidence declined thi licensed hud Ihe right or frte mneeh ex- cept when the effect of unv mt or ulii r. mice would lend to obstruct nlMtrnc lit or i rente niirlinv nnd whs perforin' d or Utleied Willi tliut intention STOLE COW tTpLEASE WIFE. itivi;i!iii:.n, i.. i, M.tr.h 21 aj. initt.int lh.it lie atule 11 ok- - 1 uiu a f.unier at .Middle island lcc,tua h j 'wlfo did not like the neighborhood an4 lie neuded funils to move, John Wllllaiiu Jr. a nemo, plrided guilty to itra'id Hr-cn- y second degree, in Ihe t'uunty c'ou-- t lie was sentenced to nlng Jilii for not lens than one ear and cix in.,iths. I He had previously served a tann in JllneoU for forgery. OF NOT GUILTY E. FREMSTAD DENIES GETTING SECOND DIVORCE K Singer Admits, However, She Doesn't Know Whereabouts of Harry I.. Brain.mi. \Any story that I have heen divorced Is u lie,\ snld Mine. Olive I'rcmstad, funnel ly of tho Metro-polltn- n Operu (.'ompiiuy. In denylm the story printed in a miislenl puhllt'Utlou that shn had heen sepa- rated legally from her husband, I lurry Lewis Ilrnlnuril. \I havo not seen tho story,\ she continued, \hut If thoy say thnt I havo been dlvoiced and that I plnn to marry aKalu, I shall hiio thern for libel. It Is absolutely untrue. No, I 'lo not know anything ubout Iho whereabouts of Mr. Ilralnard nor what ho Is doiiiK, but that Is our own affair. There has been no divorce\ Mine. Kremstad and her husband havo been living apart for some time, shn In New Vork and he In Call-fornl- a. They weto mnrried lit liilti, shortly after Mmo. Kremstad had divorced her llrst husband, Kdson Webster Hutplinn, a wealthy mliio owner. Ilralnard was a rompnscr and uiuslp teacher, tho sou of Lewis II. Ilralnard, a banker of Now Haven, Conn. Thy had met In New Vork and later In llrldutnn, Me., where Mine. I'reuiHtad has her summer camp. The wcddlui- - wan a surptlse to their friends In Now Vork, us the slnKer liad said sho would never many ukuIii when sho divorced .Sutphell. Mine. Kremstud was born In Swcdon and camo to tills country with her parents when hho wan twelve years uld. Hho studied music In New Vork and (Jermauy, ami Joined the Metro pulitau Company under Maurice (ir.ui. Kho sail,' tho t It lo lolo of \.Salome\ 111 tho Strauss operu of that name. . Three veara ujpi Mine. Kremstud sepurated from thu Metropolitan nnd since thcii has been appearing on thu cuncert Htae. Ilneiiiia Xrc fori Slrll.c still tin. IK'KNO.S A VIIIW. Mareh SI. In its efforts to solve thu difficulties cuun-i- l by the )rt strike, tho Unverument to. ilny founiilly nrdeieil thu ImiKjIioie men to unloud the cinit lue ste.iruer insldu the linn to penult of tlx, entry of tians.itlinllc wnuela, Thu ImiKshurv nun. however, nune.1 10 .uiiinly Alth Uiu ijiiveinineiii di numl. IIMi: Til III 11.11 MUKMITII. Pallor Juan'M AIuiILlIiiu U tuiu, uuumri-Ini- l uii,l--Vi- l.i w ttui.it lr..n.uit,.vi. Rpmil lr T\ I', il'n l. .141. Ii -- I lUllt. iv.o.11 IKi.ikI \I'll Ir-t- fhM i.ililaoi, r4)c F1I1.I I'HI \' I'Ij\\'!\\ lll) rilt muc, Zia T'IU .I'llot lllnii-- r. 4I.. HTll I'UMJU, WOnLU UUILDINU. Adtt. HOUSE SAYS M GERMANS WILL BE CALLED IN TO SIGN TREATY WITHIN THREE WEEKS Swiss Delegation Proposes Amend- ment to League Covenant Which Seems to Meet the American View on .the Monroe Doctrine. PARIS, March 20 (Associated Press). Col. E. M. House of the United Stales delegaiin to the Pace Conference told British journalists y he was convinced that the peace treaty, including the League of Nations covenant, would be ready lo: signature on March 29, and added that lie would be \disappointed\ it the Germans were not at Versailles three weeks hence.\ MONTREAL PREPARING TO TALK WITH IRELAND BY WIRELESS PHONE Instruments Being Installed for Commercial Ihe in Canadian City1!. Hoard of Trade. MONTH HAL. Maivh II. wireless telephone Is to Till: put to piiictlciil commer- cial use here. Instruments are beiiiK Installed In II10 iiIIIccm of the Montreal lio.ud of Trade, anil the.iu will e brokers to talk with Ixlnirs. ton, Ottawa, Thicn Itlvcis und (uebi.f. It Is cxpci lcil hero that ultimate- ly loiiversallonn will take place be- tween thu Hoard of Trade and Ireland over the Mai conl (!om-Ikiny- 's wiieless plant. WILSON WORKTsO HARD HE CAN'T PLAY GOLF Daily Walks Are About the Only l:xercise the President Gets. I'AIIIS, .March 21 President Wilson Ik winking so hind that hn tins no time for exercise or rirresllnn except dally walks, anil he k. ik rally takes those ivhlle en mute to lonm conference. I'siluMy III. i President bus breakfast nt 9 o'clock, then tackles a mass of corre- spondence, nnd Important ps.rs. When Wilson first arrived here (Irnyson rernmrnondud Colt lit least three times a week, but tlm President snld h could not con- sider this at picseut. AlthoiiKh hu bus bom under un enormous strain for iiionlhi. and h.11 still much worlv ahead, hu is keeping in oud physical shsp.- - GERMANS MAY REFUSE TO SIGN PEACE TREATY Delegate Are Prepared for Such a Contingency and Take Proper Steps. PARIS, Mann Jl. Ilrltlih oltlclalx are cuiisldrnni; thx punHlblliiy tint (Jcr-man- y niii) lefune to uccet the terms of IhH preliminary treaty, It w.u learned from authoritative mnirce' toilay. They lielli'vo Uiere is u real denser that the enemy vvlll throw up thulr lian.lt and a. \Iij what you like.\ What Ihe peace deloKHles are plan- ning to do in su.'h a contingency could nut bu ascertained. It was unJerjioo.l that \all safeituunls will bo taken.\ TAKB KI.I.NH IIKlOltri IIB1M ltd ki fig lis o4 4li,Uoa Uitit ro (Mi. 4Vdll. u I i,: .1 '. \ L r .inil II iiiMii I mi - When informed of tho state msnt by Col. Rout', \Mr.'Ooytl Gtorai aldi \Add anothsr week and It will be about riant.\ I'remler Lloyd Oeorgo told th llrltlsh newspnpermcn that ho bad. decided to remain In Paris until tho I'cnco Treaty was slr;ned. Ho ex- -, pressed tho opinion that ono of tha reasons for tho present labor dllllcul-ll- e In KiiKlnnd was the fact that tho treaty had not been completed, which, led In a fcelltiK of dlsiiulct In that country. II snld he was \unable to lumtrliio that labor leaders Would re- sort to forco ut tho present moment,\ CWIfiS OFFER AMENDMENT COVERING DOCTRINE. A Swiss amendment concerning the Monroe Doctrine wai offered In wrltlnn at the meeting of neu- tral delegates yesterday and was placed at the foot of the pro- gramme for diicutslon It wa favorably regarded In Am- erican quarter! at expressing ad horence to the doctrine in such form at might prove acceptable and nt tho tame time tafeguard national sovereignty, The oillclal communlnue scttlnir forth tho proceeding of (he first hearlntf of drleiratcM from neutral countries 1 us follows: \ItopresentutlvcH of the neutral states wero received Informally thlfi (Thursday) nfternoon nt a' o'clock at the Hotel de Chlllon by .i small committee of the com-missi- on the Leairuo of s, composed of Lord Itobert Cecil. Chairman: M. Linn Hour- - Kiols, Col. House. M. Hymans, M. niacins and M. Vesnltch. FIRS. FIFTEEN ARTICLES DI8 CUSSED BY THE NEUTRAL8. 'The draft of the covenant tin rtxul nt the plenary session of I'eb. It was made the, basis of discussion. The llrst llftcen arti- cle wero exnmlned In order and u number of tljg different neu- tral slates (words mlsa-Iiik- ). further meotlmr will be \held (I'rtduy) at 3 o'clock, nt the HiJtel de Cbillon. when It Is hoped tliat the examination of the remaining articles will be concluded. \On Saturday morning the ' Lea hum of Nations Commission wll! bt'Bln the consideration of tin. sugKesled umendmentt.\ Marshal Koch y took up the . discussion of the Ithlne boundary, from tho Kronch viewpoint. \The Ithlno s our only good line of defense,\ be said in a statement to thu Matin. \1 do not demand annex- ation, but If we do not secure .that military frontier vve will have fought lit vain, \It wat the wonderful toldlen who fiave ut victory,\ tald the Marthal in ditcuttlng tha war, \My only merit wat to have had faith and never .to, have, de
