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WEATHER FORECAST. A HAPPY BLENDING. Cloudiness, followed by rain this after- noon The amalgamated SUN AND HERALD or to-nig- ht and some- what preserves the best traditions of each. warmer; moderate southeast winds. In combination these two newspapers Highest temperature yesterday, 56; lowest, 33. make a greater newspaper than either Jins ever been on its own. Detailed weather reports will pact. bo found on (he Editorial AND THE NEW YORK HERALD VOL. LXXXVII. NO. 225 DAILY. f NEW YORK, MONDAY,' APRIL 12, 1920.- -? PRICE TWO CENTS , three cents IN NEW YORK CITY AND SUnUIUW. ON TIUIN3 AND ELSEWHERE. SHOT ENDS LIFE OF MERCHANT IN PROFITEER CASE Kichtliauser, Who Had 'God Help Us' Code, Commits Suicide in His Home. WAS OUT ON $2,500 Mil Federal Crusaders l?romiso to Mako Moro Arrests in Brooklyn Soon. Joseph Nichtliausor. wealthy Brook- lyn haberdasher, who used tho benign phrase \God help us\ as tho key to his alleged system, of profiteering, com- mitted suicide yesterday morning in his apartment at 78 Prospect Park West as his wife and children awaited him at breakfast Ho was out on $2,600 ball at the time, following his arrest Saturday noon by Edward and Shelby Williams, agents of, tho Department of Justice's \flying squadron\ against profiteers. They alleged a violation of tho Lever act, the maximum penalty for which would have been two years Imprison- ment or a flno of 5,000, or both. After a surety company furnlthcd tho bail Nichthauscr went to his home, one of tho flnest and most expensively fur- nished In tho neighborhood. He told his k wtfo, Reglna, and their threo children nothing of his arrest, and It was not until ono of tho children got the ovenlng newspapers that they learned tho rea-to- n for his sudden development of mel- ancholy. They tried to console hlra and assured him that tho affair would turn out all right Nevertheless his perturba- tion grew worse. Family Hears 3Iortnl Shot. 'Sirs. Nlchthauser, whose room was near her husband'?, said .yesterday she did not believe her husband slept during the night. When she arose she did not, go to his room, but to tho breakfast room, finding the children there alone. They were waiting for him to Join them when they heard a shot. Mrs. Nlcht- hauser ran to her husband's room, where the found him unconscious on the Iloor, blood streaming from his temple. Dr. W. C Orlswold, a neighbor, was sum- moned, but his services were not needed. A bullet had pierced Xlehthauser'x brain. Nlchthauser Btarted life as a clerk In a store In the Eastern District of Brook- lyn. When he had amassed sufficient capital he.opcned his own store, at Court and Montague streets, on the fringe of the Hrooklyn Heights section and In the heart of the borough's civic and buslns centre. His business prospered. In the circles which patronized his establish- ment his prices always had been thought high, but not extreme when compared with similar places. Tho Federal agents' application of the secret phrase, \God help us,\ how- ever, Is said to have revealed the truth. Thu learned, their ofllclal report said, that each letter of tha scntenco repre- sented a numeral from 1 to 9 nud that X was used to represent the cipher. When they entered the store ostensibly as pur- chasers and applied their coda to some raincoats they allege they found gar- ments costing $23 offered for retail at J 5. They oalled for NIchthauser's books, which they allego revealed a net prol)t to himself of $25,000 In 1919 on an In- vestment of only $35,000. Crnandc Will He Continued. ( NIchthauser's arrest was the first made by tha \flying squadron\ In Brooklyn, and the officials promise many others. Arnlm W. Riley, leader of the squadron, and Leroy W, Ross, Vnited States Attorney In Brooklyn? spint several hours together last night, discussing further procedure. \Us a rather gruesomo and shocking thought that our first case should be disposed of In this extraordinary man- ner, as without a defendant we could hardly prosecute,\ Mr. Ross said. \But It will not halt us in carrying oh to tho limit this crusade against profiteering. Tou and I and every one knows that much profiteering exists, but when we feci stuck we haven't the time or the Inclination to make a case. Now, how- ever, thero is this special detachment of the Department of 'Justice, the business of which Is strictly to make tho cases, and Attorney-Gener- al Palmer Is going to exercise It all ho can. \Ho has left Mr, RUey and his squad at my disposal as long as I shall rcqulro thern, which will be for Bome time. Evi- dence of profiteering Is easy to find, and we already have considerable. This evidence Is not against retailers only. We have a list of soma big wholesalers against whom we are to proceed speed- ily.\ ONE DEAD, ANOTHER DYING IN AIR CRASH Crowd at Heller Field Sees Tragedy After Stunts An airplane dipping and curvetting 1,000 feet abovo Heller Field, Newark, the eastern terminus of tho United States air mall fcrvlce, came roaring out of a big dip yesterday and was starting upward when tho engine went dead, A crowd of moro than 1,000 had gathered to watch the arrival of tho nlr mall from Chicago and\ had been fascinated by tho air stunts. Tha pilot. \Slim\ Robinson, 23, ono of the best known alnnen of tho mall service, had, taken up a mall clerk, Clarence Staple- -' ton, 27, In a trial lllght with a Curtlss machine. ! As the airplane fell, dropping In a tall spin, the spectators were for a mo- -' ment dazed. They did not know whether this was another air trick, but tho doubt became certainty a moment' later. \Slim\ Robinson had lost con trol and could not bring the craft out u t'fie spinning dive. : Tho plane struck In the embankment of the Erie Railroad, which skirts the field. Stapleton was killed outright. Robinson's skull was fractured, his noso' broken and his left foot crushed. When he was taken to Newark City Hospital It was said there was little hope for his life. . I Liberty Jlondj Ilousht Sold Quoted. John Jlulr Co., 1 Broadway,- - Wilson in Motor Ride, First in a Fortnight WASHINGTON, April 11. President Wilson took nn ride y for tho first time in two weeks. Accompanied by Mrs. \Wilsorrtho drove around xtho Speedway alonp tho Potomac Kiver and then through Rock Creek Park, returning to the White Houso within an hour. SONORA SEIZES CUSTOMHOUSES 'Now Republic Takes Over Other Property Also of Fed- eral Government. Nocsales, Sonora, April 11. Custom houses and all property of tho Federal Government of Mexico were formally seized In tho namo of tho \Republic of Sonorn\ hero Telegraphic despatches from Hermo-slll- o, capital of the State, say tho Con- gress there has designated Gov. do la Huerta as the \supremo power of tho Republic of Sonora.\ ' Gen. Calles Issued a procla- mation at Hermoslllo calling on all Sonoro saldlers, whether Federal or State, to rally to tho Sonora colors against an Invasion by1 Carranza sol- diers. Word from Slnaloa says the Congress of that State has Indorsed the action cf tho Sonora Congress In demanding Its constitutional rights against an In- vasion by Federal forces. Sonora State officials, headed by Gov. Adolfo de la Huerta, Governor of So- norn, declared to-d- that while tho State had seceded It would return to tho Mexican Republic upon guarantees from tho national administration that there would bo no Infringement of the Stato's rlght3 by tho Federal Government Any attempt of Carranza to take back tho State by force would bo resisted by force. Spread of the secession movement to other States unless tha Mexican Gov- ernment acts quickly was forecast here Tho Slnaloa Stato Congress, accord ing to Information received here, has indorsed the action of the Sonora Con- gress In demanding constitutional rights and Lower California, according to these reports. Is expected to do tho same. Slnaloa politics aro closely Inter woven with Sonora s and both States aro largely controlled by General ro Obregon, who Is technically under arre3t In Mexico City. Gov. do la Huerta's seizure of the Southern Pacific of Mexico Rallroid, ac- cording to reports here, has won sup port In Slnaloa, where vast\ quantities of agricultural products are awaiting ship- ment. In an interview y the Gov- ernor said the State would nold the road within the State until tho railroad arbitrated or otherwise settled the strike. Tho Governor declared neither the strik- ers nor the officials had the right to tie up ths road and leave perishable crops to ruin. Crops now are moving freely over the road, which Is being operated by strikers paid by tho State, tho Gov- ernor said. Officials of the Southern Pacific have appealed to the Mexican Federal Gov- ernment for assistance, but Sonora Stato officials said any attempt by Carranza to force return of the property would tie met by bloodshed. CRAP PLAYERS LOSE $40,000 TO HOLDUPS Police Silent on Raid on Game in Broadway. A holdup In which 100 crap players, gathered around a table in a building In Broadway, near Fifty-Secon- d street, were robbed of various sums totalling Into the thousands of dollars 10,000, according to one report was tho subject of most Longacre Square conversations begun af- ter 2 o'clock yesterday morning. Five men were In tho party that made tho raid. It was Bald. No report of tha rob- bery was made to the police. According to one report the game was a big one, In which as much as (1,000 was being bet on ono throw of the dice. It was being run by \notorious gam- - biers' who had found a \sucker\ wan- dering around the lobby of a downtown hotel. Tho victim was In a fair way of losing all he had In his pockets through tho medium of the dice when the door opened. Five men entered the room. All drew revolvers. \This gamo Is over,\ said the leader. \Up with your hands and get over to the wall.\ The five began to fill their pockets with wads of bills and followed that by picking stickpins and other articles of Jewelry fron theclothlng of the players. Somo of the players saved as much aa $100 by hiding the money up their sleeves and ono player saved his flvo carat diamond ring by putting It into his mouth. Tho gangsters quickly wlthdrow, scurried down stairs to a waiting taxlcab and disappeared, going north on Broadway. NO MERCY TO IRISH HUNGER STRIKERS Soldier Shot Outside Mount-jo- y and Justice Resigns. Dublin, April 11. Hugo crowds as- sembled before the gates of Mountjoy prison last night and and re- cited tho rosary In Irish for the hunger strikers. Father Carolan participated and was Bdmltted to see his brother. Councillor Carolan, Sinn Fein member of the corporation, who, with Alderman McCabe, Is considered to be In the most serious physical condition. Late the crowd had grown enormously and- - soldiers with an ar- mored tank were keeping order. One soldier was shot during a disturbance. Chairman Clarke of the Board of Vis Itlng Justices to the Dublin prisons ap- - i - pealed to tho Viceroy, Lord French, to exercise clemency, declaring that some of the strikers were dying, and another day's delay might mean \an appalling tragedy.\ A reply was recolved from i the Castle refusing any modification of i tho rules on the ground that tho hunger strikers had been forewarned of tha consequences, jusuoo Glarka than re- - i signed fronT office, CLOTURE RULE WILL BE ASKED IN PEACE FIGHT V Republican Leaders Prepare to Combat Effort of Dem- ocrats for Filibuster. WILL BROOK NO DELAY Resolution to Bo Withdrawn if, Minority Shows Disposition to Frovcnt Vote. SptcM to Tub Scn axd Nkw Toiuc HnutD. Washington, April 11. If Senator Hitchcock (Neb.), a strong leader of tho Administration forces In tho Sen- ate, carries out his threa.t of organiz- ing a filibuster against tho resolution declaring a stato of peace with Ger- many, it Is the Intention of Senator Lodge (Mass.), Republican leader, and his followers, to attempt to enforce cloture, and, railing In this, to with- draw tho resolution from further con- sideration by tho Senate. ' Before this, however, tho Republican leaders propose to demonstrate to the country that n majority' favors the resolution, and that tho responsibility for defeat rests entirely with the Democrats. Thero Is every indication ht that Senator Hitchcock is lA earnest in his announced Intention to postpone' Indefinitely action on the peace resolu- tion, already adopted by an overwhelm- ing majority In the House, by resort- ing to the usual filibustering tactics-endl- ess speech making and the, offer- ing of Innumerable amendments and substitutes. It requires a two-thir- voto of tho Senate to apply the cloture rulo and end debate, and the Repub- lican leaders are doubtful nbout being able to muster that many. Position of tho Majority. When Senator Ixxlgc. having ex- hausted every means of bringing the resolution to a vote, proceeds to with draw It he will do so upon the ground that the filibustering tactics of the Ad- ministration forces are equivalent to o that President Wilson would veto the resolution If adopted. This summary outlines the course of consideration of the peace resolution In tho Senate. Tho first step will be to refer tho resolution to the Committee on Foreign Relations, Action by tnat committee will be dolaydd somewhat by the fact that Senators Harding and Johnson are absent campaigning for the Presidency. Tho Senate programmo proposes to attach to the resolution some features of tho Knox resolution bearing on the economic relations between Germany and the United Statca. Senate leaders ' believe the rights of tho United States are not sufficiently safeguarded In the House resolution. By attaching features of tho Knox resolution-the- y would tafe-gua- rd America's rights and eliminate ono of the polnt3 of attack Which the Democratic opposition will make. The attitude of most of the Democrats In tho Senate will be that taken .iy the House Democrats, that tho resolution Is unconstitutional. William J. Bryan and other leaders who believe the treaty phould-b- o ratllled will urge Democratic Senators to act In dependently and to ceaso playing the part of mcro echoes of tho White House. of of : being for allied of ' mako resolution adop-- tlon Independent Immediately the repeal of all war time abrogation of Is included In the resolution. HELD IN NATION r- -, rjT 1A7 ATTrnirp rlKjtll JH LfJl tiKlLb of Columbus, Ohio, Raid. Columbus, Ohio, April What declared by police officers be start a nationwide campaign lottery companies operating throughout the country was to-d- when Columbus men were ar- rested and charges sell- ing tickets promoting lot- tery. $100,000 worth tick- ets were Tho four lottery companies said the Honduras, Cuban, which Is declared to be through the of Republic of Cuba ; the Metropolitan, headquarters Is Montreal, but printing estab- lishment Is paid be In Toledo, Ohio, the Alaskan. According tho police, they learned of the alleged lotteries when ticket sales- men approached a policeman and asked him to buy tickets. The police the tickets were offered for nolo from 50 to $10 each, that prizes offered ran as high as $10,000 and $20,000. I 1- - BULLFIGHTERS STRIKE DEMANDS GRANTED Andalusian Laborers Quit at Harvest Time. Bv the Trtst. Madiiid, April In spite of labor troubles tho opening the bullfightlng season It seems destined be a Brilliant success, uanuiueros plcadores struck on the day, but their have beon Discovery a widespread plot among laborers to a strike soon crops are ready for harvest Is reported. \mCT censorship WAIUlANTS YOUR CONSIDERATION of the clasilnad ..Bo,neM advertisement Sun and Udp. FRANCO-BRITIS- H BASIS LAID FOR ACCORD IN ZONE Exchanges by Lloyd George and Millcrand Produce Satisfactory Results. TEXTS NOT MADE PUBLIC Millcrand Intends to Ask French Pnrliament to Ap- prove of Occupation. II y I.AL'IlENCn HILLS. Staff Correipondent of Tan Son axd Nk'w York HniiU). Copyright, 1920, lv Tin Sen and New Yosk IIe&ild. Paius, April 11. Lloyd George's re ply to the French explanations of the occupation of Frankfort and other cities tho neutral zone was to Premier Mlllerand this morning by Lord Derby, the British Ambassador. This evening tho French Premier delivered to the British envoy, the answer of Government to the rep rcsentatlons by tho London Cab inet. The text of neither document has been made public, but satisfaction was expressed tho French Foreign Of- fice at Is considered an unex- pected change of tone In British note, which Is taken that thero will bo no rupture of diplomatic relations. A basis Is believed to have been reached for friendly consideration of outstanding questions. Tho British still Insist, however, that decisions on behalf tha Allies must hot taken Individual members the Entente. Mlllerand Intends to ask tho French Parliament to Its approval to his course of action, although It was at first sug- gested that the entire proccduro should reviewed first by tho commission on foreign affairs. Attitude of Unrthou. Mr. Barlhou, who the Mllle- rand Government a futnlght ago, Is ex- pected to ally himself with the French lewpolnt that Germany must be closely watched, t'Ut will undoubtedly condemn Mlllerand's policy of not awaiting allied opinion as equally dangerous to the French ns the hopes of maintaining the peace of Europe. The faction Is stressing tho existence of the letter Maurice Paleo'.oguo of tho French Foreign Office to tho German Charge d'Affalrcs, which the French official confirmed In a tele- phone message. Intimating thrit Premier Mlllerand would havo no to nllowlng German In Ruhr a perlid of two or three weeks, on condi- tion that French occupation was essen tial If the Germans failed to withdraw at the expiration of that tlmo. Tne text the letter, which has been carefully avoided In the French press, Is published from and Is believed to reveal a of team work tho French Foreign Office. Berlin persists In citing the paleologue Information as the basis for the con- tinued pending the Relchswchr to tho Ruhr, but the French contend the Ger programmo was effectively started before M. Paleologuc was approached In regard to French approval. AsUn Clenr Statement. It Is understood the British Govern- ment asked for a clear statement of the meaning of paragraph In the French note last week, which might be Interpreted that France reserves lib- a greater effect than merely straining the hitherto amicable relations between Franco on the hand Great Britain and Italy on tho opier, or even making more difficult tho ta3k induc- ing Germany become again. a rroduc- - tlvo nation able to the payment clauses of tho Versailles treaty. Her failure to seek allied advice forthcoming San Rcmo- - conference such wide scope that It now appears before the public as a general second Peace Conference Severe Blow Denlt. Great Britain suggestion that unless Franco pledged \that sho would make no further decisions without consulting the Allies, Lord Derby would not bo allowed to participate In the of Ambas- sadors dealt a severe blow to tho effec- tiveness of that organization, which was entrusted with matters regarding execution of the treaty. Tho assumption of Its duties by the High Council is believed to foreshadow the formulation ot a definite? Interna- tional policy, especially regard Ger- man affairs. France's reply to British noto of disapproval was merely additional evidence that French opinion of Germany ias not changed materially since 1914. France cited Germany's numerous failures to obey the peaco treaty clauses presented the Ruhr situation as the proverbial straw that Continued on Third rage. So far as can be gathered, all Repub-- : erty action In certain contingencies llcan Senators, with two possible excep- - without approval heroines. The para. Hons, will vote for tho peace resolution, graph reads and a fairly good representation of \The preceding considerations Democrats Is expected provided .stated, the French Government does not tho obstructionists permit It to come to a hesitate to declaro that In all lnter-vot- c. Tho two Republicans who are re- - questions arising from the ex- ported to be In a stato of doubt on tha cutlon the treaty It foresees no case question are Senators Colt (R. I.) ond In which It should not be glad before McCumber (N. acting to sure of the assent of If the peace falls of Iti allies.\ in the Senate tho Houso will tako Franco's action has had up legislation, the which peace 14 r f I in Tickets Seized through Council Ambassadors s?lVV,WJ in.fnr ..uinrr rfeflnltfl Rtens liAS riven Is local to the of against four big taken fourteen Imprisoned on of lottery or a Moro than of seized. to conducted National Bank whoso In whose to and to state cents and to Atsociattd that clouded of to and opening demands met. farm call as as OpportunltUi\ la New York Herald. in handed his made what the to indicate M. glvo attacked to from objection troops the of Berlin lack In of man for a of and ot to obey Council In to the and it D.). the be- - 11m 11. are be the the at the 11. of th by of be by of be for one all RAIL TRAFFIC TIEUP TIGHTENS HERE; PENNSYL VANIA TERMINAL CUT OFF; FIGHT SEEN AS STEP TO RED REVOLT PALMER PLANS 'SPEEDY ACTION To Brocecd Against Strike Leaders on Samo Lino as in Coal Battle. CONSPIRACY SIGNS SEEN Attorney - General Back to Direct Activities- - -- Seriate Begins Proho' To-da- y. Sjirrlal to Tun Son and New Yoiiic IIeiuld. Washington, April 11. Cancelling all immcdlato speaking engagements. Attorney-Gener- al A. Mitchell Palmer arrived In Washington for the purpose of directing Government ac- tivities in dealing with tho \outlaw\ railroad strike. Department of Jus- tice officials to-d- would say only that they were carrying out the orders the Attorney-Gener- al wired last night from Atlanta to investigate tho sit- uation. It Is understood that the Depart- ment of Justice plans to follow tho course it adopted In the coal strike Tho serious dlfferenco Is that In tho coal strike tho Department was deal- ing with a responsible organization, and in this case it. Is dealing with an .ntangblo group. Tho first steps of tho Department will be directed to discovering whether tho strike is the result of a conspiracy, a course of Inquiry which may develop the real purpose of the present dis- turbance, which Is under suspicion. Other branches of the Government ap- parently are awaiting the lead of the Department of Justice, Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War, said that he had received no communications from the General commanding the Central Department, and that h had no plans In contemplation for the use of mili- tary forces In meeting the strlko crisis. Tho White House was silent, and tho appointment of the members of the Railway Wage Board Is still deferred. There Is a growing suspicion In off- icial Washington that the present out- break Is a- - movement mofo thoroughly organized than first believed, and that It Is the first In nn attempt toiJIott Haen rds ycsterrtay a3 about an paralysis ot the country. Tho action taken, It Is pointed out. Is In lino with that which has been urged by the Communist labor organizations. It Is recalled that nn appeal recently was sent out from Mos- - cow tor Just this kind of, a movement for the purpose of preventing the fall- - . uro of the Soviet movement in Russia, i Tho Senate Interstate Commerce Commlttee wilt oegln us worx oi in- - vestlgatlng tho strike with Joseph Grunau of the Chicago yardmen as tho first witness, Oftlclals of the Amarican Federation of Labor were silent Tho railroad strlko in Washington took effect nt i o'clock this afternoon when the crows for the various Wains were expected to report. Approximately 150 men were scheduled to report, but they announced that they were on, strike, Consequently there was a general delay In the departure of trains, many or which wero cancelled. LEGISLATURE LIKELY TO ACT ON STRIKE Bills to Meet Tieups Like Present One Are Taken Up. Albant, 11. Tho \outlaw\ rail road strike Is expected to result In by the Legislature this week. Several bills to meet such situations have been Introduced and one aireaay nas passeu labor unions irom \vu In wnicn moro are agreements. Should this or nny similar bill Gov. would sign It. Walton bill provides con- tract entered Into between the and employees can broken only legal grounds. Another bill before follows relations of Kansas, which of that Stato spoke recently before Legisla- ture. It requires compulsory arbitration between managors and employees of rail- roads, gas, electricity, telephone and tel- egraph companies, manufacturers of food products, clothing, fuel, and It creates a Indus- trial relations of three to ap- pointed at J10.000 each. To The Sun and Herald Readers Because of the railroad strike which haa held ud all incoming print paper, we are compelled to you a smaller sized paper to-da- y in THE SUN- - AND NEW YORK, HERALD usual. A similar cut size other newspapers will be in force. We must conserve tho we have hand or miss issues altogether. FRANK A. MUN&EY. - Erie's Chicago Express Crew Maroons 250 Passengers and Mail at Port Jervis fpHE Erie Rnilrond's train, tho Chicago Express, reached Port Jervis, on its eastbound trip, at 5:45 yesterday afternoon. It car- ried 250 passengers, much mutt matter and hundreds of quarts of milk. A delegation- of strikers met it. They informed tho crow of tho flyer that in tho Town Hall an association of railroad workers was in process of formation. Unanimously the crew left tho express. ( They remained at tho Town Hall long enough to affiliate them- selves with this new Soviet and returned tho ultimatum that they'd the milk and mail to New York but that the passengers would have to get off. Tho passengers started to arguo. The crew refused to participate, and to show the world that tho meant nothing to them they left tho train, tho milk, the mail and the passengers flat; Tho Express will not arrive until some time to-da- y, if all. The strikers gave notice that the same fnte awaited the Cleve- land Express, due in Port Jervis, eastbound, at midnight. step uuua, bring industrial April action upon Allen court the take FOOD RECEIPTS BY RAIL HALTED O'Malley's Six Months Supply Claim May Send Carloads to Moro Needy Points. Despite tho encouraging view of tho food situation taken by Commls- - sioner of Markets Edwin J. O'Malley tho remains that virtually no food has moved Into this city for two days. Railroad men were astonished at Mr. O'Malley'8 statement that \New York has a six months supply of food on hand and as much more In storage on the Jersey If this Is to, they said, thoy will direct their efforts to getting food through to other points where it is badly needed. Tho survey which tho Department Health Is making of tho quantity and location of food stores was con- tinued yesterday under tho direction of Olo Saltho, director of foods Mid drugs. A' report will be made at noon Health Commissioner Copo-lan- d Is chiefly concerned with the milk supply. There has been no Interrup- tion In the milk traffic so far. Tln Vm.. Vi.l I\\ ..,, .!' .lnllt tntllf train nt of flirt although a little lato. milk supply must and will be kept up. Copoland said last nlJtht If train sorvlco should ccasa tho Health Department will com Imandeer automobile trucks, If bl.jnK lnto tho cty cn0UKh milk to supply babies and sick persons, Next to food fuel has tho right of Way. The situation, while serious, 8 not desperate, Arthur P. Ittc'e. com- - mlssloner of retail merchants, BaM yesterday. Frank Hedley.. president of the Intcrborough. said the Interbor- - o.igh has between 1F.O0O and 19.0X) on hand, the supply Is \coming In normally.\ Mr. Rlro said that even before tho present difficulty arose there was great trouble In getting coal on ac- - count of tho harbor strike, Investigation made yesterday by Inpectors of the Board of .Health showed the stoppage of food shipment Is almost complete. Pennsylvania Railroad orainariiy moves ;w 10 aw ra ui iuuu-stuf- fs on Saturday and Sunday. This week end no cars were moved. . Tho New York Central reverted to a war tlmo practlco Is rushing two \war specials\ of sixty cars each con- taining a total of 7,250,000 pounds of beef from Chicago and Kansas City stock yards. These trains run on ex- press schedule and' take right of way over all other tralllc. High prices, faithful ally strikes food shortages, wero In evldenco TlmM perrons were .stocking up with provisions, which to tho price. Commissioner OMalley olianred certain food dealers with de nberatoh' playing upon, public alarm Copeland for 3 o'clock this afternoon at tho Board Health. be adopted to meet situation and especially to arrange dqultable distribu- tion. The flurvey, although not completed, Indicates thero Is enough beef In storage In city to last about ten days. Is also a supply of eggs, butter and cheese sufllclent for about one week. ST. LOUIS INDUSTRY, , AND TRAVEL SUFFER Passenger and Freight Ser- vice Chaotic State. Sptclal to Tjirj Son and Nnw Yor.ic Hsiui.n. St. Louis, Mo., April 11. The of switchmen in St Louis and Uast St. Louis had effect of throwing passenger train service In and out of SL Louis In confusion dnd as a result many.tratns are being stopped at Kast St Louis and passengers brought St Louis In taxlcabs. Tralllc conditions ore approaching a chaotic slate ns dead- lock between the brotherhood and in- surgent unions tightens. Practically only freight moving for 'the last forty-eig- ht hours Is that handled by rail- road onice help. Business and manufacturing Interests aro feeling keenly result the strike. One ot most serious blows came with the shutting down tlfty-nln- e coal mines, most of them In Illinois, throwing 20,000 miners out of work. It Is estimated that 25.000 men havo been temporarily laid off from work In St Louis and suburbs. tho Senate Demands are being made ,t0 profiteer. Government agents will from all over the Stato for action on tho rcnew their efforts to fight exorbitant measures. A conference of Legislative ooA prices. leaders will be called probably i commissioner Copcland said ho had row night to determine which one. will i received 'complaints that food dealers be acted on. ' wore boosting prices. \I don't see how Tho bill that passed the Senate wns nny one jnstlfled In raising prices by Senator Walton of Ulster ,ier tneg0 conditions.\ Dr. Copeland said, county and Assemblyman Louis M. Mar-- . ..jt l3 WC.Ni profiteering.\ tin of Oneida, and Is In the Assembly j A conference of food dealers, dlstrlbu-Rule- s Committee. It would prevent tcra nm. nlarket men has been colled by kub u \ cases uruuruuuu bo passed Smith The that any to arbitrate employer be on tho legislature tho Industrial law Gov. the mining products. of Judges, be by-th- Governor give than in of our put paper on prize with public Chicago at fact side.\ of ni,. The Dr. necessary, mul cool the coal tons and The The and- - the of and tended lift the Dr. of Measures will the the Thore in strlko the tho to the the tho of the of industrial CRISIS PASSED, CHICAGOREPORT Condition on Every Itoad Is Improved With Ileturn of Many Strikers. Ciucaco, April 11. A noticeable Im- provement, in the strike situation on every railroad In tho Chicago terminal district was announced ht In a statement made public by tho rail- roads. \The situation with reference to the Strlko in Chicago continues to Im- prove,\ tho statement said. \In fact, there Is a notlc&ble improvement on every railroad In tho district, \Tho management of the Grand Trunk Railroad advises that Its strik- ing employees at Battle Creek and Durand, Mich., returned to work. \The movement of llvo stock, coal and other commodities for Chicago proper has improved, as well as the movement of Chicago outbound freight. \Through passenger and suburban business In and out or Chicago is maintained at 100 per cent. \As the situation continues to Im- - i prove the railroads nro lifting their em I bargoey, although It will be some time before freight will movenonnally. \ While ofllcers of the railroad brother- hoods, who united with railroad heads to break tho unauthorised strike of swltclunen which started In the Chicago terminal district, announced thflt tho situation was steadily Improv- ing and that the crisis of tho walkout was past, John Grunau, president of the Chicago Yardmen's Aroclation, who called the strike, declared \the situation Is unchanged.' \Tho situation In the Chicago district is' distinctly ' Improved f, K. Heberllng, president of the Switchmen's Union of North America, said. \More men are returning to work and we look for an early return to normal condi- tions.\ , Jlr. Hebcrllng said ttrat brotherhood leaders wero meeting with delegations of strikers In an effort to end tho walk- out arid that satisfactory progress was being made. Union heads are confident that If the walkout Is broken In Chicago It w\1 mean the collapse of the strlko movement which has spread to many parts of the country. \I feel absolutely certain that the men will be back at. their work within forty-eig- ht hours. Our plans appear to have the desired effect. We are taking this action to protect our old men. They have been HI ndvlsed, but they now see their mlstike.\ At an open meeting of the strikers, John Grunau, leader of tho Insurgent clement, predicted success for the walk- out ' \We are going to win,\ ho said. \No ono has returned to work and reports have been received from all parts of the country that traffic Is tied up. 1 have such telegrams and letters from St. Louis, Kansas City, Columbus, Cleveland, Detroit, San Francisco, San Antonio and other rail centres. Many of these communications report that more men are going on strike. \There Is no basis foi rumors that we are going back. I have usked no parley with the other, side. There have been no withdrawals- - from the strike. The demands wo have made nre not un- reasonable. For years tho living costs have been advancing and tho wages of other workers have risen too, but wo have not received enough to live on. When we decided to ask for U an our for foremenand 95 cents an hour for switchmen we pared the demand? as low as we could. \There Is talk of the Government tak-In- ir a hand, llf I have to go to prison for anything 1 have done It will be for action In a right causo. I do not see how they could put me In prison, though. I have not ordered you out and have no power to ortler you back. You simply left your Jobs because you weren't get- ting enough to llvo on.\ Grunau warned tho men to avoid vio- lence. Other sneakers alEO urged peace- ful methods. \We don't want any I. W. W.'s In tho Chicago Yardmen's Associa- tion,\ ono said. \You can gain nothing by disorderly action.\ \ .Strike Opposed nt Springfield. SroiNOFiKM), Mn8.i., April 11. After a .meeting nt noon to-d- of switchmen employed In tho Boston and Albany yards at West Springfield, brotherhood officials expressed confidence that the men would not leave their work. Yard employees of the Boston and Maine and the fw Haven In this city are also stated to bo opposed to a walkout at this time. DON'T LANGUISH IN THE PAST KOnGK AHEAD! Turn to the cUmined \Help Wanted\ col- umn of Tho Sun and New York Herald and tako advantage of Its offerings. Me. Electric Crews Between 3U(1 Street and Manhattan Transfer Quit. L. I. MEN MAY GO' OUT Thousands of Commuters Will lie Unable to Eeach City To-da- y. STATEN ISLAND TIED Ul' U. S. Investigates Plot, Laid to I. W. W.f to Got Subway and Elevated Men Out. New York city is faco to face this morning with tho worst railr'oad tleup In Its history. Developments last night und early this morning ended what little hopo thero was of getting tho hundreds of thousands of cotn-mutc- rs to work y. Roads which wero nblo yesterday to maintain nn Irregular schedule admitted thoy probably would bo powerless to get a train into their terminals y. Tho Lackawanna issued a state- ment that Its suburgan servlco had been abandoned. This was followed at midnight by tho announcement that flfty crews of tho Pennsylvania elec- tric system operating between the Pennslvnnla station and Manhat- tan transfer in New Jersey had quit. Somo of tho men had signed up for their runs at the train de- spatched office when they suddenly\ decided to gu out. The Pennsylvania oftlcIalH said they might be nblo to operate a few steam trains lnt6 their Jersey City termlnnl, but they were not very sanguine about maintaining oven that service. While progress apparently hnd been made by the New York Central In moving its trains, both passenger and freight, tho New York, New Haven and Hartford announced through Its ofllcers In Now Haven that it waa talc-ln- g off many of its principal trains, Including nine out of' New York. Eric Itond Is Tied Up. The- - Erie was still practically tied up, with Its striking crows In nn ugly mood. One of its bestjtrains, tho Chi- cago Express, carrying United States mall, 250 passengers and milk, waa abandoned by lfa crew at Port JervJa. Tho temper of tho strikers at Jersey City was such that pollco and rail- road oftlclals expressed tho fettr that disorder might break out ut any min ute. A report that the trolley employees of the M'ubllc Service HCorporation would go out this morning, tying up every trolley line- - In Hudson county and possibly In all northern Now Jer- sey, was denied both by olllcials 'Jf the company and leaders of tho car men. That another attempt to stop th0 Lackawanna ferry servlco would bo made tills morning was Indicated soon after midnight, when the entire Ho-bok- police force wn3 ordered out to prevent firemen who had called a meet- ing at the Lyrlo Theatre, In Washington street, from marching In a body to tna ferry terminals and calling off the crewa. Stamen Island was closed complotely to all freight and passenger traffic. Re- ports that the railroad strikers would' enlist the rirpport of Municipal Ferry employees wero denied at tho ferry ter- minal here, but the report persisted nevertheless. During tho afternoon official state- ments were made that the firemen op- erating Long Island Railroad trains Hid considered tho question of strike and voted against It. Early this morning Police Headquarters received an anony- mous report that all of the road'a switchmen had quit at Jamaica, tho backbone of tho Long Island system. The report was denied there by a train depatchcr, who said over tho tele-pon- f. that the roa\ operating forco was complete at that hour except for three switchmen who had failed to re- port for work at midnight. Danger on Long Inland. 'In tho face of theso statements re garding the condition ot the Long Island road, at half past 2 o'clock this' morning reports from Long Island City said crewa were turning In their trains at tha Sunnyslde yards with such provision that It appeared the load would be tied bp tight by daylight. C. I. Lelper, general superintendent of tho Long Island road's terminal In tho Pennsylvania station, said n delegation of twenty-liv- e con- ductors had complained to him of condi- tions under which they woro working, but he prevailed on them to tako out their trains this morning. They prom- ised they would. The railroad managements havo de- cided they .will not treat with their Idle employCea until the latter agree to go back to work and, .while working, submit their troubles and demands to arbitration. The 'railroad officials still Insist that they do not know whom to recognize as spokesmen for the striking switchmen, trainmen, firemen and sun- dry other employees, and they havo not been approached by their men or by anybody purporting to represent tho men. But such were the circumstances yesterday It Is fair to say that desig- nated representatives of tho railroad managements havo talked. If not con- ferred, with men who. If not actual leaders of the United Ilallroad Worlrtra
