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IriifftTtTi rl ' MJl WETBTTT ?r 7' iinii r- -. f ARMISTICE VIOLATED BY GERMANY ' ' WEATHEnFa'r' W\rmef To'N,h\ Cloudy Friday. ' ' j' , P RICE TWO CENTS. Cw' NEW YORK, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1919. 32 PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS. os.e r rencii vaiiaeroi t avv un - : . DOUGHBAG CHARGE MADE only 3 ex-soldi- ers !elsje vanderbilt 77 nurses home ; V RV KMM THflMPQnw. SDISCOVERED AIV10NG AND NAVY OFFICER ! WiTH WAR HONORS; I, Ul UL nm 1 1 1 LI I 1 1 UUm. nm Ufm AT t un nrnnmnrn i i . - - ii i ini mil ii i nil v 1n11.11 n i nibin unu i i iami iili hum iliii ir TELLS STORY TO SENATE Approached on 7-C- ent by Men of High and Low Standing, and Has Diary With Names and Dates, He Declares. By Daniel llrccn. (Staff Correspondent of .The Evening World.) U.UANY, April 3. Septor George H. Thompson, who uncovered he Shunts and other Interboroiigh bonuses, to-da- y testified before the Judiciary Committee of the Senate S5uo,000 corruption hind to pas., the iie was wilUa; to take entire respusibilitv for the statement contained in .ryf .. I lie Lveilins orlJ. Senator Thompson appeared voluntarily before the committee when he learned that the Albany correspondent oi I he Evening World had been to testify in the Senate probe of the traction scandal. I'lu talemeuis contained in these columns and which Senator Thompson a, b w er based on information lurnished by him, are: rirtf ilml lie lui'l been iippronrheii l.j a wry prominent higher nilielnl, it lift IkmI slrnni;ly intlninteil to lilm (lint there mis a fund of !hjil,(MIU uiiilhible fur lh\ puxsice of the notorious teten-ccu- t fare hill. Si i oiid I li'it the $.il)(l,lll)0 ilniighhiii: iiin.il vns about to bcRin oprmtioho nl the (iipllul heir, In the hope that lie might reach legisl- ator'-. I.i ui 'tatcment t the lejjMuor, Senator Thompson said: I i. c',i nl in e.P' i u m o wil'a- - jbo.wiH m a long nnd interest nig nm. I: time b,iel win n in tiuempt .i m.nle t\ repr.il Hi-- n' nt gas Ian. The measures in-- i tr . d to repul UK S0- -t r.t gas law. for wlu-- The Hvinlng W.ild 'nugUt mi hard, are known as Hu ,r-- . inn lu lliu Seu.ito and Hi. Mu-li- Hill ill I lie limine. Thine bill-av- 111', well Unuwn I'llblle Kerviee ouimihh.oii I lie iifciH t\ rul\\ .ibmo the sUUUteiv intt X I til II in \Au I'liairman ol tho Public Servle u nmiitec or the Senate, 1 soon dix overed that nil lheu measures of uch Mtal Interest to tho average person in New York State revolt- -i ' die. Tho activities of lobbyists tep- - resentlng corporations have been so persistent that there bnvo been tmie: when thoy becauio simply Intoieratjie. APPROACHED DY HIGH OF STATE.\ \tt Is true tb.it 1 save Information ,!o newspaper m ' to the effeet ih it I had learmil there was a jauu.u'iu fund available for the passive of the Seven-Ce- nt Taro Hill. \It is alto true that I told them (Continued on Tncntloth Pago.) IMPORTANT TO ADVERTISERS Snndajr Classified Ad rcrt la- in K Copy ihould be In th World Office by Friday Evening. Sunday Supplement Section Display Advertising Copy should be In the World Office by Thursday, at 1 I'. M. Sunday Main Sheet Display Copy should be In the World Office by Friday livening. I aI drtltn. owlnc t !( volum. Ii ntciMarllr Ktit te tM dlMdrtnlAKno tae4 cr stlrilr omitted. EARLY COPY NECESSARY - - . . ..... j ' that The Evening World story of a sjven-cen- l fare bill is true. He said Son..GEO. CLOCK SAVES FIVE LIVES. Mnrm niaelnnm llrnil Miin nnd IMIierx Mmitat Ovrrrnme. Tho continual ringing of an alarm elock probably saved tho llvos this morning of five persons on thu fourth floor of a rooming bouso ronducted by Miss Mv' Qulgley nt .No. 71 Iixlngton Avenue. Tho prolonged clangor caused MIjs Qulgley to nscmd to tho fourth floor. where sho smelled Kns. Anthony fifty-fou- r, an elevator operator, was found dead In his Imd. Five other roomers on the snnn floor, who weru almost overeomu by tho fumes oscaplng from an open Jet in Ills room, wuro nv. nkened with difficulty. The police believe Ulutrom committed suicide. fonr.oA ni4t ru Tfth' rtrmi. in i f n i nm i i i r ii u isi on mi i hiii i ii miu i i I LV i 111 UllLnU LlllLU I1LU 111 119.111 US15 I HU ULUUill 1 1 Lu I Chief Complaint Concerns Lack of Funds to Search for Employment. Two hundred nnd twenty-tliro- c men obtained freo soup and bread nt No 44 Bowery, tho soup Ultchcn ostab-llnlic- d by Urbaln J. I.Moux of tho Hahal Assembly, No. 203 Bast Oth Street, at noon Hlxty-olg- h' others were found lounging at the 9th Street address by an Kveninir World reported at 8 o'clock thU morning nfter breakfast hart been served. Only three discharged soldier wcro found in th two bread lines com yoVkoK n to elevator man. iiaving obtoine.i ja Job, through Lcdoitx'a efforts, lie as- - 'Mated Lodoux in handling the crowd at No- - u \owory. tiw other two men were from Fredericksburg, Md., and Chicago and each said ho was \ ot returning to hi, home. Sixtv lobs wore, offered to tho men 'at the afternoon meeting by Ledoux. These positions wero offered by tho following firms: ft. Hoc & Co., llvo machinists, two laborers; Klrkman & Sons, Urooklyn, ono porter, onu watchman, eight laborers, ono car-- 1 pentcr, twcnty-tlv- o distributors of, samples, Hvq drivers; A. Schradera' Sonw, Inc. twenty to twcnty-Jlv- c men for general work. Many of the men In tho noon-da- y lino told Tho ICvtnlng World reporter thoy had had good Jobs In munition l'hiladulphla and Wilmington, where ihcy had worked in shlpjards and powder mills. Tho majority, how-,cvc- r, according to policemen who ihavo walked tho Howery for years, iwero tho same run of \shifters\ men (who work a day or two or a week and thtn como to tho Howcry for a \bust.\ Lcdoui bald at 1 o'clock that be ex- pected to havo paused through thu hull at leant S00 men Muuy larrivo up to 3 o'clock when thu op;n meeting la held, at which every man present may express freely his opinion of social and cconomio conditions. Tho meetings, which were begun about ten days ago, are orderly, ac- cording to I'ollccniun Snyder. Although tho two missions are con ducted by tho Il.ihai Assembly of .Vow York, which Is comprised of fol- lowers of A bdul Ha ha. now tald to be in Palestine, Haialsm Is not preached to tho men nor mentioned to them, according to lodoux. Followers of liill.il, ho said, practise their belief, which Is baaed on sclencu and n. Only tho purity of all sects Is accepted by tho bellovors, I.udoux said, was at tho \Stepping Stone,\ which Id the namo I.edoux has given (Continued on Second Page.) LEAPS FR0M\L\ PLATFORM. Itu4h hour crowds on the rlevntod platform nt Mth Street und Colum- bus Avcnuo this morning saiv a wo- man climb over the ralllni; and iluiivn to tho stleel. She dll an hour later at llcllivuo HuHpltnl. Kroin un ixainlnatlon of her personal boknglngs tin; pollie ho l Miirgiiret inllli. No. 1) Dunk Strut Mn. Saruh Snetl l:epa a tome houso at the Hunk Street addi-- . an. She suld Miss Kmlth had been treated lately for nervous trouble, but hail eatitlnui to work as a silk weaver In a factory uptown. She camo from Scotland ubout two ypitr imo sad had a brother la th ws. ....... 'ji . ..assu.r' Mrs. Paul Fitzsimmons. damage Of DlVOrCCd i Wife O. ,c Lusitania Victim to Lieut. Fitzsimmons a Surprise. tSpflit to lf Kwnmr M XUWII'OUT. It. 1., April 3. Mrs. Ellon French Vandnrbllt and Lieut, raul FUanlmnions, U. S. .V, were to.u b y the bride's Newport rrsldenee. tho ,teN'- - Stanley C. Ihigltes, reetor of Trinity Church, oillclnting. Only a few Intimate friends were at the ceremony, among them Gov. Heeck-ma- n of Ithode Island. The first intimation of the marrtngn. came at 10 o'clock this moi nitu'. nhen the couple obtained a mairiigc Only a few at the Vnndrrbilt liomo knew tho redding nan to take place, no announcement having been made, Mrs. Fitzsimmons was Miss ICIIen French when nho married Alfred 11. Vandurbilt In Newport In 1301. There was one child, William, at present an ensign In tho Naval Reserve force. Mrs. Vanderullt obtained a divorce in April. 190S. and Mr. Vunderbilt mar- ried Mrs. Ilollls McKIni In PJI1. lie perished when tho I.usitania wont down In 1915. Ho left more than tr,0oo.000 to his son, but mado no provision fur his first wife. Mrs. Vanderbllt was prominent in Now-po- rt as a social lender nnd worker in Ited Cross, charity organisations nnd patriotic work. I.leut. PitSimmons Is tho Hon of tho lato Paul Flizulmmons, a medical examiner of tho Navy. lie was born In Newport In is:i2 and went to hool hero be.foro entering thn Naval Academy, where he was graduated In I'll. He was on nversenH duly with tho destroyer Dale during the war. He returned here i xpresly for tho wcdditiK. I.lent I'ltzsimmons In about twcUo yonrs yuunger than his bride. After the cetitnony n bridal break- fast was nerved. Dleut. and Mrs. FitzMmmons expected lo leave lulur In the day n their honej moon. I, lent. iFilzsimmi.iis'H relatlMs ,.v. in Wash- - uigton. Mrs. I' i'zlminunH's mother was a slst' r of Hdwanl Tuck, who gae 100.000 to Dartmouth I'nlvor-ult- y. hlrii. Fitzsimmons, among l'r lntltuato frloiids, was known as Kl.'.lo French Vanderbllt. wentyof Hospital UnitServeil at Front Under Fire Tank Men Arrive. Seventy-seve- n army nurses nnd five women Ited Cross nnd Y. M. C. A. workers who saw service In main parts of France, sonto of them on ihe battlellne, returned y on the tra sport Ileredla, Tho nurses wero front Huso Hospi tal No. 4, the famous Lakcsldo hos pitai unit which wn organized In Cleveland before thu United States entered the war. Tho hospital went abroad May 8, 1917, nnd was received at Buckingham Pnlaco by King Ccorgo V. nnd Queen Mary. It was Htatloncil at the, headquarters of tho HrltLsh at Itoucn. When tho hospital was relieved from active duty Jan. 2a J i this year, it had cared for 70,000 tlcnts. Twenty of tho nurses wcro Sept. I, 1D1S, nnd transferred I to Mobile Hospital No. & In tho Cen- tral Clearing station back of tho American lines, in thu Argonne. Thoy slept In dugouts and wcro frequently roused to run for bombproofs to souk shelter from bombardmcnta and Oer-ma- n air raids. Two of the girls, Miss Nnttle Hlsrn-hur- d of Green Springs, Ohio, und Mta.i M. J. llocho of Menln park. Cal woro tho Meritorious Service Medal awarded for especially distinguished services not in tho actual battle line. MIsm Sally Parker of No. 270 Park Avonue, Ilrookljti. who went to France in January, 191S, waH attached to the American Military Ited Cross Hospital at Neullly as a nurse's aide. Sim said that only ono who had aided mortally wounded boys lu writing let- ters to their home folks could under- stand tho gallant spirit of tho Ameri- can soldiers who went lo France. Capt. Ilirhmond L. Hrown, .WJth Field Artillery, and ono other olllcer also arrived on tho Ileredla. Capt. Hrown, who lives at No. 8 Clark Stroot, Urooklyn, was in tho Argonne. drlvo when tho \Sth Division went forward to hold tho gain mndo by tho 77tb Division. TANK CORPS MEN BRING BACK 44 TANKS. Tho 302d Centro Tank Corps, mini-Iwrln- g 17 ofllcors and 253 enlisted men. rotttrnixl last night on tho transport Phillpplno nnd debarked this morn- ing at Hush Terminal, Urooklyn. This Is about thu last of tho tank men who demonstrated to thu (Surmans tho futility of German machine gun nosts against a war machine maje from tho old-tlm- o American tractor. All kinds of men engaged lu thu ser- vice woro in tho Tank Corps men whu made tha inachinon, men who ran thorn und mop who handled thn guns. In tho hold of tho Philippine! wcro stored forty-fou- r tanks, ten uf them being tho intust, Ameri- can machlnns and thirty-fou- r Frcnuh lienault tanks. In addition there were a lot of guns wn.cn ueru lUed in Urn uukn. Tho corpt was lu command of J.but. f.'ol. Vlner of Ardon, N. Y., who went to France in February, 191S, and has sinuo been in eoinmund of '.ho lMnl. through St. Mlhl.l and tho Argonne. Ten per cent, of (Continued on Second Page) Ti iriit t - v vr niM'iiiit1 it m i i u j .ttsj iii.ui(-i..i-ii ! ftntl 4 uow W m4 tlUtiou utkci you ft, GERMAN In German Troops March on Frankfort From Coblcnz District to Crush Reds. HEItMN. April 2 (Night. United Press). More than 150,009 workers' went on strike- - In Ilerlln late today. Mjtal workers, technicians htld rother skilled craftsnten Wero tho llrrt to walk, out, They wero quickly followed by ' several other trades unions. While tho striko hail been imtlcl- - pated for several days, it wn iwiiove.i It might be postponed until next week. and Uio sudden walk-ou- t caught the Gvernmcnt forces unprepared. Theto waa no violence, houuvcr. and tho city was qt'jlet Tho Frolhelt y published the following appeal of tho Itadlculs' Con- trol Commlttei: \Workmen and workwuncn, rlso nnd demonstrato against tho brutal military government which is grad- - ttally placing the entlra land under a stnto of siege! Tho Government Is forbidding workmen's meetings and Is not hindering the demonstration's of the ri.tclliinarleH.\ HopoitH reaching hern tn.nlcht In. dicnted that dlFturbanees have been fenewed lit Stuttgart and Frankfort with greater vigor than before. More I ban twenty peiwins hnve been killed and fifty wounded In Stuttgart. IIiihInphh Is nl a stand- still. Cniwds fiwarm through the utrcetn. stunning army fond wagons. Government troops are mnlntulniio; i tho upper hniid by means of machine, guns and armored motor cms. A battery of tanks Is assisting In ir the streets, In Frunkfurt, hundreds of persons bnvo been arrested. Iiss frotn plundering l ostlmuted nt inoro than a million dollars. COMUKNK, April 3 fAssoclattxl Pri'ss). Troops opposito the Coblnna llrldgehend beg in moving early Thursday toward Frankfort, whtiro u Sp.irt.iean revolt has been causing disorder. Iloforo entering J' .. ikforl, which Is In tho nnutial ssutiu le yund thn Fronoh i lli'lilgclicid Inxsed on .il.iyonro, tho (ierman military authunin.H had to obtain permission from thu Kronen ITonth Army. According to Information renchlixf American h.udouartera hero the trouble lit Frankfurt hccaim ix'rii.U Tuesday. A mob of m.iro tlmn lO.ouu wuiKcr .ui.i...m inruumi me ireet The limb stormed ri largt- - warehuui. and the members h. Ipe them..le.H t.i i in rn'ni sioreu in'-ro- . sl,r..l ,! f..ll.,.i... I .,. .,, l.u II... lira iilltliiirlll. In n.i.. 3 w w,...vi of the 11111111100. HASI.K. April 3.- - .Martial luw ha. been proclaimed throughout tie- nhineland, a dispatch from tMuii - curl reliortud Thn striker are s.nd to hive dem.iudid that U' i many imni'-diii- ly resumw diplomat reiations with Itiusia. World Itr.lMilriuil. Bl fur Thumtif, April S, 10 in. iH'ii null i(iKirtjrii ?.o't u II. um MiiiiM.t uf eil 4 It JinliKire 4n lbl d'Uuti JO Jiti Floor, Waili HuIMIdx. julti. icer s ARMY MASSED NEAR BORDER OF POLAND mnnnnimrn' MrlimnnT Fares, tSw 150.000 WORKERS STRIKE BERLIN RIOTING SPREADS Paderewski Said to Have Been Com- pelled to Postpone Visit to Paris Lithuania Troops Find 700 Dead at Mitau.. GENEVA, April 3. Field Marshal von Hindcnburj;, with n large staff, has arrived at Gliwicc, Northern Silesia, and, contrary to the terms of the armistice, has ordered a general mobilization in that region, according to despatches to the Journal dc Geneve. The Polish Agency at Lausanne states that the Germans arc syste- matically destroying the industries of upper Silesia and taking everything away from the factories. Owing to (he seriousness of the situation, Igtuce J.nH PaderCWSkI, tllC Polisll Prcnihfr,-lia- s postponed his visit to PArii.Jj said. U(Ini:Inian (roopSi 0 rcfaW m, . , , f j 00 boi,ies of won,en iUlJ clii!ctrcn in tlic streets when tliey entered the Cily. HHKMN, April 3 (United Press). A Bolshevik otkiisivf was re- - T30reJ (o ,,,V(, Wm star(cd ycstcrJay j ij.,;, Prua,a c , iniui'- - are s.iui 10 ne iiuKiug a micccsiui resistance. WAR LEGALLY AT END, FEDERAL JUDGE RULES IN FORMAL OPINION War-Tim- e Regulations Closed With Signing of Armistice, Says Judge livans. I.OUISVII.U:. Ky., April 3. line with an Informal state- ment IN from the Pencil un March SI, IVderul Judge Wal- ter Kvnns, in an eplnlnn handed down a decision find ng that tho war In lOuropo legally Is ut an end and that a plea for a new trial on conviction of lolatlng war nine military regutatlnns aflcr ihe armistice was tied ban Maiding ,n court. GERMANS WHITEWASH CAPT. FRYATT'S SLAYERS Invesligaling Commission Holds Briton's lixccutinn Wa Not Illegal. IllMtt.lN, Wedni Jduy, April : The tpcclst coiiimlKsion (Uirmm) Invusll- - gating tho execution of Capt. Chxrles Fryatt of tho Ornish Merchitit Mailno decided to-d- y thut the ntenee Im posed upon him was not In violation of hnternailoiinl law. Arcarding to th Iormsn olllcinl r- - port of thn case. Fryitt'i steamer, the UrusnoU. th, t.'-- sj off ihe oixiHt of Unlluml In March, 11)13. Fryatt Is mild tu have sttotniited to ram the submarine. The IlrusteU was captured In June, PI. I'ryalt wan tried by UIlUrt m',irtiar , Ilruges, convicted of yioiatiiiK tlm rules of warfar. and ex h nri,llf K,iiii. (!,.,r.Mn naval olllccri. testified beforv l... tmiiitiiMMliiii thit tliu liia .f Him . . an entry aumiii iirumiri' nl .. . ..... .. ,.- - utx l'rail irii.-- uiifiiiy in mn tiiuit. Niitis of prutt t from the Hililnh U, Amiiuno Uuvi i mm nts avsin.-- t the cxi'iutum veie mid to the (.'uuiuusslon. - III llllli: Ml, tl.s mtt PACING jLXliSULTS, Inge . NTRIES, Hatre 20 BASLE. April 3 Thn Otl-chut- e Union has lent tho Government, on behalf ol a million membort, a telrornm protcitinn nciJinit Polith trnnp landinq in D.injici, n Berlin l. patch stated Disembarkation of Poliah troops at that port would moan a bloody civil war in East Prussia, it was said. FOCH AND ERZBERGER IN CONFERENCE AT SPA TO END DANZIG DISPUTE ? Germans Favnrahle in a Settlement, Say Cabled Reports HUcus-sin- g. German Finances. SPA, April 3. Manilas Krxberger. head of tho Gorman urmlstn-- com- mission, hits urrUed here, uccom-IHinli- id by a number of technical and other udvlsers, Including tho Chief. Hurgomastcr of Danzig. Hetoro leaving lierlln, Krzberger had a final consultation with representatives of all parties, nt which an agreement was reached as to tho tittltudo to bo adopto.: In tho negotiations with Allied reprcsentntlvos here. It v:iii that the sentiment of thn Germans Is favorablo to a acttlnmunt ot tho Danxlg controversy. Marshal Foch camo to-d- for a confer, nco, .it which the Danzig question will ho settled. Tho con- ference Is hold at Villa Noubols, tho residence ot lien. Nudum. PAIUS, April French mem- bers of tho llnancial sectiun nr tiu s\l\'lnl War Council met with tho Germitn llnancial delegates ut Pont Stc. Mnxence, yowteiday, It was lenrnei! to.dnv. Tim riuifeinnn. if ....i.i .. ii.. ii... i HI4.ill.-- llH ll iy IU U 8X1 nnilga nf views ' Thu HntiKh dele- - gate Is expected to be present at to-- da ;i meeting. Several members of tho French Peace delegation assure the Matin that Fronch ideas on the peace treaty and oth i matters use gaining ground, ami that an understanding has been almost. If not alt. get her, reached. Itcgardmg tho subject of the finan- cial demands to be Imposed on Ger. 'many, tho Kcho do Paris say tint tho Council 'Y)f Four bolieven tJi,t, ucrmany wiuido apie to pay luuigj;.
