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ff! f i, 1' t ' I ' . , 4 ' 'Olf ' \ ' ' T . ' . . ' .',3 t WEATHER FORECAST. A HAPPY BLENDING. Cloudy weather, with showers to-da- y - The SUN AND HERALD and probably cooler to- morrow; amalgamated fresh southwest winds, be- coming preserves the best traditions of each, variable, in combination these two newspapers make a greater newspaper than either Highest temperature yesterday, 57; lowest, 38. has ever been on its own. THE NEW YORK HERALD Detailed wealber report i will pro. be found on tbo Editorial AND 11 \ mttrA rtTiTni tkt li OortoraHen. 4. xvivju x v vjixxkj THnUE CENTS it? Ccnvrloht. UN. in ' VOL. LXXXVIL NO. 229 DAILY. NEW YORK, FRIDAY, APRIL J.U.. J.7u. Kniertd iecona ela.s matter, Post Ofllce, Nair York. K. Y. jN NEW YOWC CITY AND SUBURBS.! ON TRAIN'S AND I5I.SBWHF.m8. GERMANS WANT TO JOIN LEAGUE; FRANCE OBJECTS Treaty Revision to C!omc Up at San Homo Despite the French Opposition. MILLER AND STAYS FIRM \Britain and Italy Favor Policy of Greater Leniency Toward Germany. JIEKLIN HEMES OX WILSON Immediate Admission to the League Likely to Bo Pro- posed nt Conference. Ily LAURENCE HILLS. Hal I orretpondent of Tilt ScS AND 'NZW Yor.n llriuin. CopyrlgU, ICO, by Tns SB and New Yobk . Paris, 'April 15. Olllclal confirma tion from French sources that tho r.lMeJ Premiers, In their conference In San It. mo next week, will deal with mny phases of tho Treaty of Ver-- i allies has again aroused hope in tho German peace dslegation hero that tho Suprenw Council will express recogni- tion of the oxtrcmo urgency of some form of troaty revision, if Germany Is lo be made strong enough economically lo comply with tho reparation clauses of the pact. To effect a rovislon of tho- - treaty In the face of French opposition now will he a difficult task, as Premier Miller-an- d lias placed himself on record as demanding the strictest compllanco by Germany with all tho clauses of the treaty. Great Britain and Italy, .ac- cording to reports from Berlin, favor a policy of greater leniency toward Germany. It even lias been suggested 'hat Intimations have been conveyed to the German Charges d'Affalres In llndon and in Rome, Dr. Sthamer and Herr von Lucius, respectively, that efforts would be made, to effect a, more workable plan than that provided 'by the first peace conference. The Impression ...ts' -- gaining ground that this will' bo possible only by grant- ing Germany immediate entry Into the League of Nations, and It is believed that a proposal to this effect will be ad- vanced at tho meeting in San nemo next week. This would gtvo acrmany the rlgi to appeal to the international or- ganization that is, the league in cases similar to the Ruhr incident, and argu- ments are being presented in diplo- matic circles In Paris that a decision by the League of Nations would obviate the possibility of ruptures between the al- lied Governments over a policy regard- ing Germany. It was said here that while this would give Germany a strong weapon for of the treaty It would at the same time be equally advantageous to France, which would be able to appeal for leaguo Judgment whenever Germany shows slackness In carrying out the provisions ot the treaty or when she arouses French fears In connection with a possi- ble Increasing military menace. The Council of the Leaguo refused to reply jofllclally to Germany's plea that Hie occupation of Frankfort by Franco was within the scopo of the league's functions. Apparently Germany has not lo apply to any neutral mem- ber of the league to present her case, nt least until tho Premiers at their San Remo meeting have shown all their cards. It is evident that Germany is relying largely on President 'Wilson.'s views to influence England and ltnly and to off-r- vl French objections to Germany being admitted immediately to league mem- bership, as this would be tacit recog- nition of the Wilson plan that tho league eventually becomo the arbiter of the world's destiny. PACT ENFORCEMENT SAN REMO'S TASK Chief Business to Make Ger- mans Observe Treaty. f\-i- Cable Detpatch to Tut Sun ad Naw Yobk Hesald. 'CopyrtaU, 1920, ly Tut Sux and New Yobk- Homld. - London, April 15. QuesUons asked In the House of Commons y German disarmament and on 'ie status of the Iloheniollerns In Hol- land makes It practically certain that the whole question of the enforcement of the Treaty- - of Versailles Is bound w be aired fully at the San Remo lonference. Andrew Bonar Law, tho Govern- ment's spokesman In the House, Is going unexpectedly to San Remo, it was learned '\reparations for Lord Curzon, Sec-\ta- ry of State for Foreign Affairs, to 'ave here fpr San Remo indicate that the enforcement of the Treaty of Versailles will overshadow 'l other subjects which will come be- fore the allied Premiers, not excepting the Adriatic problem. Premier Ntttl, it was reported, will take with him to San Remo the draft \f the Italian agreement with Jugo- slavia regarding the Adriatic, but will net Premier Lloyd George at sea and kubmlt the draft of the agreement to mm before they land. BsussiLs, April 15. The Italian nt has invited Belgium to send \prnentatlvcs to San nemo. M. .i. the Jtlnlster of Foreign Affair?, nd M Jaypar, the Minister of Kconom- -' . will attend. PROSPERITY OF EUROPE WAITS .MEDITS Needs Neither Charity Nor Loans, Says Baldwin Lo- comotive Head. FINDS NO DESTITUTION Governments Now in Hands of Men Who Inspire Confidence. U. S. CAPITAL' IS FAVOBED S. M. Yauclain, Af tcv Tourj Tells of Benmrkablo Prog- ress He Has Witnessed. fipecM Cable Despatch to Tiik Sox and Sew Yonic IIuoAi.n. Vopyritiktt l, by The Bun and New Yobk Herald. PAnis, April 15. Neither tho grant- ing of large- - loans nor charity is want- ed by European governments, was tho assertion of Samuel' M. Vauclain, president of the Baldwin Locomotive Company, who has Just returned to Paris after an extensive business tour which took him to Vienna, Wnrsaw, Cracow, Bucharest, Belgrade ond Trlests 'What is needed, and needed quickly, Is tho extension of credits for manu- factured articles and raw materials to those European countries requiring them,\ Mr. Vauclain said. Mr. Vauclain admlttedthatr his trip had been a successful one from a business standpoint, and that he had closed contracts with the. Rumanian and Polish Governments amounting to millions ot dollars. Denerve to Get Credit. \The Governments of central and southern Europe are in the hands ,of men who inspire confidence,\ ho said. \I am willing to extend credit to them because I have assured myself that their demands are not exorbitant, but are necessary to put business on Its feet I look for these countries to become nor- mal very quickly. Despite all reports to the contrary. .1 am confident that there are no more cases of destitution than\ there are in countries which are doing the worrying. They only want a chance to help themselves, which can be made possible by business firms on a business basis.\ Mr. Vauclain insisted that little im- provement In exchango conditions could be expected until exports were Increased from countries whose exchange rate was under normal. \Financial assistance In tho way of loans direct to these Governments would be useless, as they would ulmply be used by those\ Governments to cover deficits and, consequently, would not aid the manufacturer, who has no tools or materials with which to put his house in order,\ ho said. Mr. Vauclain said that the Rumanian railways were in almost normal condi- tion, only one bridge remaining to be rebuilt. \That nation can sell everything laid down at her ports, and as soon as she gets locomotives, her exporb will In- crease and her exchange crisis end,\ he added. \Her agricultural districts aro In splendid condition, which is the best gauge of the future of any country. Nations Getting: on Tbelr Feet. \In tho recently Required portions of Serbia there Is a prosperity that is little short of remarkable. The broad plains are well prepared for this year's crops, while the herds of cattle remind one of out Western plains. \As to conditions In France. I am confident that sho will get on her feet quicker than will any country of Europe excepting Belgium. France, will be her- self Inside of two years. Too much has been said about the failure of tho French lo restart working, Franco Is working .better and harder than any other nation, not excepting the United States. \American capital, If properly repre- sented, will be given the preference In any commercial enterprise or business transactions between Europeans and the outside world.\ Mr. Vauclain characterized as false the stories of terrible famine conditions In the Interior of European Stats. He at- tributed t,he temporary shortage of food supplies to the lack of transportation facilities In rural districts. BERLIN GETS TANKS TO OPPOSE REBELS Paris Hears of Alliance With 'Russia to Fight France. Paris, April' 16. The German Gov- ernment has decided to place guards around the Government and other pub-li- e buildings In Berlin and has sent for fifteen large tanks and twenty armored cars, becaure of rumors of a new at- tempt to overthrow the Government for the purpose of forming an alliance with Soviet Russia to declare war on France, according to advices from Berlin y. Tbo Social Democrats have Issued an appeal, the advices add, calling upon their adherents to register for defence of the republic against Internal enemies, arms in hand. \ KerjJ.v, April 15, The Government has arrested Major-Ge- n. Baron von Lucltwltz, commander of the rebel forces In the Knpp.revolt. He was captured In Pomerania. Major BIschof of the Baltic troops, credited with being a moving force In the Kapp conspiracy, also was arrested. NATCR.tr. FOOD. The bail' of Father John's Mrdtcln; I a natural fooil elemint. wiiltli bnlliM nrr fleiii and strensth, without uilns alcotul. Woman Enters Cabinet in Republic of Angora ny the Attoriattt Prtu, CONSTANTINOPLE, April 11, Hnlldo Edib, tho moat prominent woman leader among tho Turkish Nationalists, 1ms escaped tho searching parties ot tho Allies, yho wish to send her to Malta, and now is in Angxira, whero sho has been appointed Minister of Education of tho' new republic, of which Prince Djemal Eddino is reputed to bo President. Tho Topublic is reported to bo of Soviet character, with Arif Boy, who also escaped tho British searching parties, as chief of tho Council of Ministers. Dr. Adabncy, husband of Halidc Edib, i3 Minister of Health. ELEVATOR MEN STRIKE TO-DA- Y Union Calls Out 17,000 in Of- fice Buildings, Stores and Apartment House's. HOTELS NOT INCLUDED Increase of 5 and $10 Weekly and Eight Hour Shift Tart of the Demands. All passenger elevator service In this city will bo stopped nt 9 o'clock this morning;. Elevator starters and opera- tors, who have nn organization of about- - 17.000 members, voted aVnost unanimously last night to walk out. Apartment houSes, department stores nnd ofTico buildings will, bo affected. Tho hotel lift workers will not quit. Moro than 6,000 men and women met at Arlington Hall, 10 St. Mark's place, to discuss their grievances. From tho beginning of tho meeting the sentiment, seemed to be strongly In favor of an Immediate strike. Thomas J. McGll president of the Elevator Starters nnd Operators' Local No. 16,429, and James E. Roach, organizer of tho American Federation of Labor, urged that the controversy be left in the hands of the committee lot; an- other day. Tho strike vote was taken at midnight and the. men scattered to every part of th'o city. Early this morning every operator in tho city will bo notified, and tho machinery for making tho strike effective will bo put in motion. Tho operators and starters are de- manding an Increase of from 15, to ?10 a week, an eight hour day and time 'and a half for overtime. The commit tee representing the union reported last niit that the Building 'Managers and Owners Association of New York hud refused to negotiate with them as an organization, and had told them as in- dividuals that' they already had received Increases amounting to more than 100 per cent, over what they received In 10H. Leaders of tho strike asserted that no elevators would run until the building managers communicate with the union committee at 136 Third avenue and grant their demands. The strike has the official sanction of the American Federation of Labor, ac- cording to a letter read last night from Samuel Gompcrs, In which he aald that In tho event a 'strike should bo found necessary It would receive tho support of the parent organization. Hospitals and other buildings under tho management of the city will not be affected by the walkout. Some sympa- thy Is expected from the hotel elevator operators, who have an organization of their own, but they have taken no ac- tion yet. Ten elevator operators and two starters In the Battery. Pari: Bulldingy 24 stale Hireel, ana me amnunia xiuuu-In- g, S and 10 Bridge street, quit their posts yesterday afternoon Just, as the homeward rush was beginning. After seme delays emergency operators\ were supplied from among the other em- ployees. KILL PAYMASTER'S GUARD; GET, $20,000 Massachusetts Jtobbers Shoot Two Men and Escape. Braintrxe, Mass., April 15. Robbers who fled In an automfiblle killed Richard Baramlclll. a chauffeur, and wounded Fiederlc Parmenter. the paymaster of the Slater & Morrill Company, when they stole tho payroll of the company this afternoon. Parmenter Is said to be dying. Reports placed the amount of the pay- roll at $20,000. Parmenter and Barandellt, who was acting as his guard, were taking the money in a box from the office of tho company In South Bralntree to Its shoe factory on .the. .opposite side of ihe trades of the New' Haven Railroad. As they wcro walking nlong Pearl street toward tho factory, an automobile drow up a short distance away and four armed men sprang out.\ Two of them opened firo on the paymaster and his .guard and two others made a dash for an excavation in wie street nearoy, where they covered the laborers at work there. Barandelll fell at the first shot and the paymaster was wounded immedi- ately afterward, but sought safety In the excavation with-th- e laborers, where he was subjected to the fire from a sawed off gun and an automatic pistol. The robbers' directed warning shots at the shop windows, and at pedestrians and then picked up the, pay box and fled In the automobile. The machine bore a Massachusetts number plate registered as that of War- ren II. Ellis of Needham. Ellis subse- quently Informed the police thajt Ills garage had been entered a month ago nnd the plates stolon. Pursuing j auto- mobiles tost the trail of' the robbers at Ablngton , HEALY INDICTED AND HIS COOKING LIQUOR SEIZED Federal Grand Jury Also Finds Bill Against Own- er of Teter's. ON ,DR. STRATON'S TALE Two Restaurateurs to Be Arraigned To-da- y Com mon Nuisance Charged. CLERGYMAN THREATENED Inspector Henry Accused in New Indictment of 14 Moro Derelictions. In conquence of the testimony of tho Rev. Dr. John Roach Straton, the Fedora' Grand Jury indicted yesterday-Thoma- s Hea'.y, proprietor of Ilealy's restaurant, at Sixty-sixt- h street and Columbus avenue, and Peter Galottl, proprietor of Peter'a restaurant, at 105 West Ninety-sevent- h street. They are charged with selling liquor In violation of the Volstead act. Bench warrants for their arrest were issued. Just before the indictments were rcturnel Henly'3 was raided by several of United States Marshal McCarthy' deputies, led by Joseph I McDonald. They roved from cellar to roof and found, not In places of concealment, a half barrel cask partly full of sherry and eighteen bottles of varied con- tents, including rum and cremo do menthc. The selzuro of these caused Tom Hs'ily great murtal and professional anguish.- - He said tho sherry was In- tended for lobster a la Newburg, the rum for rum omelets and tho creme de menthe and other liquids for appro- priate culinary purposes, and that not ho but the evening's projected menu would be tho sufferer. He said he had a general Government permit allowing him to koep on hand liquors for culinary use; and that ha had a special withdrawal permit for tho cask of sherry. Mr. Hcaly further averred that he had sold no. liquor as beverage flrtcc It be- came Illegal to do so. His counsel. Har- old A. Content, a former Assistant United States Attorney, will accompany him this morning to the Federal Build- ing, where Hcaly will bo arraigned be-fo- ro Judge John C. Knox. First Rnld Mode by McCarthy. Both Heaiy and Galottl are accused In tho Indictments of knowingly maintain- ing rommon nuisances, In that they dis- pense liquor containing more than one-ha- lf of 1 per cent, of alcohol. The time of Galottl'n offence ls placed as late n3 Saturday nlghr, .March 27, and of Healy's at 'i o'clock on Sunday morning. Those are the hours of Dr. Straton's Investiga- tion, as described In his sermon. As the result ot a later raid made by Inspector McDonald's policemen another charge of whiskey selling Is pending against Galottl and his waiters In the Federal Court, and they have been In- dicted by the county Grand Jury on a charge of keeping a \disorderly house.\ Dr. Straton said last night ho had re- ceived within the last few flays several letter .threatening him vwlth death If he continued his investigation. One of them, postmarked Erie, Pa., and em- bellished with four red crosses, under- written \Signed In blood,\ said: \Beware Dr. Straton, Stop your vice crusading and monkeying with the Vol- stead law. We are going to get you.\ The \vice\ Grand Jury In the Crimi- nal Courts Building 'received new evi dence yesterday from witnesses present ed by James E. Smith, Assistant Dis- trict Attorney, but was not ready to act upon It Instead, It returned a super- seding indictment against Inspector Domlnlck Henry. This corrects the ad- dresses of some .of the dis- reputable houses which Henry Is accused ot falling to suppress and adds fourteen new ones, rr.Jklng the total number nlr.e-ty-tw- o. Henry will plead to the new before Judge Malone this morning. Witnesses before tho Grand Jury were Robert S. Wlnsmore, of the brokerage ni-- ot Billings, Olcott & Wlnsmore. with whom Inspector Henry has an ac- count; Peter Galottl and two ot his waiters; Ferdinand Delenne, former proprietor .of the Van Cortlan.lt Hotel, and his wife; Grant Crabtree, first dep- uty clerk at Police Headquarters, nnd Patrolmen Philip McGIynn and John Conies, who nude arrests In Peter's-re'atauran- t last week. ARMY OF 191,000 IS APPROVED. Home Makes No Objections to Var ' on Thnt Basin. WA8HINQTOV, April 15. An army ot 175,000 men and 16,000 officers during the year beginning in July was approved y by the House in considering the military appropriation bill. No objection was made to the appropriation for pay based on theso figure?, nnd no effort was made to provide for a larger force, al- though the army reorganization bill, as passed by the House, authorizes a maxi- mum peace time army of approximately 300,000 men and 18,000 officers. DAILY ISSUES 9 P. M. it Mtk Ofee, 280 Broidwiy. 8 P. M. at former Hertlcl Of&e, Herald Eu3&r Herald Squire. S P. M. a!' n other Sraach Of&et. (Lorstlont .lilted on Editorial rage.) I IPEACHMENT OF POST ASKED AS 'RED' FRIEND Assistant Secretary of La- bor Accused of Aiding Arrested Radicals. RESOLUTION IN HOUSE Representative Hoch Spon- sors Charge, but Others Also Ready to Press It. WILSON MAY REMOVE HIM Appointee Said to Have Tried to Provent Doportation of Alien Anarchists. FpeeM to The Son anh New Tonic Hesald. Wasiunciton, April 15. Impeach- ment proceedings wcro started y in tho House by Representative Hoch Republican (Kan.), against Louis F. Post, Assistant Seprotary of Labor, on 'tho charges that ho has sought to prevent doportation of radical aliens who plan to overthrow tho Govern- ment- of the United States by force and violence. Mr. Hoch introduced a, resolution which authorized tho Judiciary Com-mltt- to investigate the charge against Mr. Post, and If substantiated to bring In a resolution of impeach- ment. This is thp regular Impeach- ment proceeding. Representative Davey, Democrat (Ohio), nlso purposes to introduco a similar resolution. Republican leaders met this after- noon to consider tho Hoch resolution and after a slight change in phrase- ology gave It their approval. The understanding is that action on it will be rushed. It was referred to the Rules Committee, which la oxpected to report It to the Houso wunin a ien days. Adopting this resolution would start the Impeachment Investigation by tho Judiciary Committee.' Democrat Will Assist, If the charges against Mr. Post arc proved Representative\ Gamer (Texas) has assured the Houso that tho Demo- crats will assist in obtaining his re- moval. Criticism against tho policy ot the Assistant Secretary of Labor has broken out on tlu floor soveral times In the last few weeks, charges belns mado that, he has shielded many aliens who should be deported. Relations be- tween the Department of Justice and the Department of Labor have becomo strained as the result of the failure to deport any large number of the aliens who wcro rounded up In January by the Attorney-General- 's department, and the charges have been made that the re- sponsibility reals w Uh Mr. Poit. It also becamo known y that somo Democratic leaders, wishing to prevent the Impcaohment proceedings, have asked tho White House to remove Mr. Post and \clean out\ the Labor Department Under the Constitution ana tne rules of Congress tho Senate conducts an Im- peachment trial when authorized to do so bv a majority vote of the House. The final Impeachment Judgment of the Senate, however, must be by a two-thir- majority. BRITISH DICTATION TO SULTAN IRKS FRENCH Predominance in Turkey Is Sharply Criticised. Paris, April 15. Tho Tempi, In an emphatic leader, criticizes what It terms \British of .authority\ at Constantinople. \Not onls does France possess great Interest In tho Levant\ says the paper, \but the solutions of 'Oriental problems will react on European equilibrium. British predominance at Constantinople and the creation of Anglo-Gree-k hege- mony in the eastern basin of tho Med- iterranean means the risk of other Re- sults which may be Independent of our volition, but of which our foresight should tnko account'\ The Temps reviews tho results of \British dictation\ to the Sultan's Gov- ernment In the alienation of the Na- tionalists' organization and rebellious States, and Intimates that worse de- velopments may be expected, and adds: \Gen. Franchet D'Esperey Is only nominally commander In chief of the allied armies In the Near East Gen. Milne (British) has declared officially that he would not receive Instructions from him. Thus It Is seen that the Brit- ish Government holds itself more shafp-l- y apart from Its 'allies than did Iho French Government In occupying clues on the Main.\ . j Strike bnts CUIcngo Schools. Special to Tnc Sex anh Net Yosk Herald. CltiCAOO, April 15. The public schools of Chicago will close for ten days beginning Engineers of 325 schools rejected the Increase In wages offered by the School Board to- day. The engineers demand a 10 per cent Increase In wages. 20 per cent. moro than was, offered by tho board. SUNDAY ISSUES 6 P. M. Saturdi; at Maia Office, 280 Broadway. S P. M. at former Herald Office, Herald Buitdinf, Herald Square. 5 P. M. at all ether Branch Cf&u. (Locations listed en Editorial rage.) CLOSING TIME fob nW&r Wb?&tttl AND NEW YORK HERALD ROADS GI VE BROTHERHOODS ULTIMATUM ON STRIKERS; MUS TRETURN TO-MOR- R O W Train Movements and Food Situation in and About City jpHE following summary of tho effects upon New York of tho railroad strike nnd tho resultant condition of railroad truffle was obtained from tho ofTccs of tho general managers: Baltlmoro and Ohio Railroad, thrco passenger trains out of twenty running on Staten Island; only two yard crews left of tho freight handlers. Philadelphia and Reading, practically idle. Long Island Railroad, electric .service nearly 100 per cent normal; steam servico cut in half. Lehigh Valley, freight suspended; through passenger servico Intact. West Shoro Railroad, freight almost entirely suspended; passenger trainmen return to work and Kingston yards open up; no firemen or switchmen return. Central Railroad of New Jersey, 80 per cent, of its passenger servico running; largo numbers of firemen return to work; freight service virtually nil. Pennsylvania Railroad, 10 per cent,. Improvement in passenger service; service between New Yorit and Long Branch restored; east of New Bruns- wick 90 per cent of the dommuter service restored; through service 75 per cent, of normal; ninety cars of perishablo freight moved ye&terday. New Haven Railroad, passenger service disarranged because of inter- mittent striking of individuals und single train crews freight paralyzed. Lackawanna, fifteen special commutation trains manned by citizens; moro through passenger service restored; thirteen thousand com- muters carried yesterday. Erio Railroad, through trains manned by supervisory forces; flfteon commutation trains manned by citizens carried 13,500 suburbanites; \one train of coal nnd ton care of poultry fetched In. New York Central, freight paralyzed; through passenger service run- ning and suburban service almost normal. Butter and egg strlko settled; three alleged profiteers in dairy products arrested; food supplies coming to city by train and motor trucks. U. S, SEIZES 25 STRIKECHIEFS Deputy Marshals Use Taxi-cah- s in Roundup of Lead- ers in Chicago. MORE ARRESTS GOMINO Grunau and Others Held in $10,000 Bail Each Many Desertions Reported. r wfr n TS Arc J i.- - K. K. Uirer Accepieu Shop Men End Strike PHILADELPHIA, April 15. Announcement was made by the Pennsylvania \Railroad Into that n committee repre- senting various shop crafts in the Philadelphia district has accepted the offer of the management to take up grievances within tho jurisdiction of tho company and promised to have all the men who struck go back to work at once. The offer of C, M. Krick, gen- eral manager of tho Eastern region of the company, was that the men will be taken back at onco without loss of seniority and without discrimination or pre- judice, and that the railroad's, own labor board shall be con- vened to hear and consider grievances other than the ques- tion of wages, which under tho Federal transportation act, must be token up by the Railroad Lslbor Board appointed by Presi- dent Wilson. The agreement was the result of a conference between workers nrw1 nffifinls ufctli lasted nil dav. J Special to, Tns Sex and \New Ycsk Behald, CiitcAoo, April 15. With the arrest to-d- of moro than a score of lead- ers in tho \outlaw\ railroad strike In Chicago tho Federal Government struck what is said to be the first blow in a campaign to purge organized' labor of the .Red clement which, It is alleged, is attempting to destroy con- servative trade unionism in tho United States and bring all workers into \ono big union.\ John Grunau, president of the Chi- cago Yardmen's Association; Elmer Bldwell, alleged by Attorney-Gener- al Palmer to be- - the I. W. W. leader be- hind the yardmen's strike, and officers and directors of the yardmen's asso ciation, and the United Engincmen's Association, were taken Into custody by a crew of forty United States dep- uty marshals, who, accompanied by operatives of the Department of Jus- tice, scoured the city In taxlcabs in search of the thirty leaders for whom warrants wcro tworn out. Arralcned before United States Com- missioner Lewis F. Mason, the men were ordered held on bonds' of f 10,000 each, and April 24 was set as tho jlato r for their formal hearing. Prbsecuted Under Lever Act. The strikers will be prosecuted under a section ot the Lever act which makes It' unlawful to conspire, combine, agree or arrange wun any otner person to limit facilities for transporting, supply ing or dealing in the necessities of life. The penalty Is two years Imprison- ment or 5,000 fine, or hath, for each count. The drive was dlrectea by Assistant Continued on Second Page. ronrr.KLt. iiiuhly efficient ex-- KCLTIVEM AMI MANAGER it .4vrtt, for connections through Inn \Situations V\nil columns of the Sun and Nw York Harald. iiv. A. 0 .a . ''. .J , ( , a 1. - . , 1 ' i STRIKE TOTIEDP FOOD HERB ENDS Drivers and Porters Jlandling\ Dairy Products Win $5 a Week Advance. BUTTER IMPORTERS HELD Ten Cents n Pound Profit on Ono Cargo Charge. Two gleams of light camo\ glintln; through tho dark clouds of high prices and profltcoring yesterday to cheer up the ultimate consumer and drive away his fear of being ultimately consumed. Three merchants accused of UelnB butter profiteers were taken In what was announced as the first of a series of wholesale arrests by Department ot Justice raiders. In addition, the strike of drivers and porters in the butter, cheese and egg markets, which began yesterday morning; about dawn, was settled by nightfall, so the public need have no fear of higher prices In these commodi- ties \duo to tho strike.\ Merchants In these lines asserted yesterday that tho day's suspension or curtailment of business would matter little. , These were the chief of many inter- esting developments of tho day in the food situation. New York, in addition to her food reserves, Is\ not completely cut off from fresh supplies by rail, as shipments of butter, fruits, poultry and vegetables reaching the city yes- terday proved.. Two million pounds of frozen army beef is being defrigerated ond will be on the market within a week or ten days. This is as wholo-som- e as and far cheaper than other beef. A full supply of milk will come into tho city this morning. The men accused of butter profiteering were gathered in by,J. J. Price of the \flying squadron\ of tho Department of Justice, and although their lawyers Is sued statements within a few hours of their arrest explaining that they were not profiteers, A. W; -- Riley, commander of the squadron, did not weaken In his belief that the men can be convicted .un- der the Lever law. First Lever Lntr Arrest Here. The first man taken In, who Is tho first arrested in Manhattan under the Lever law was Nicholas J. Eschenbrenner, and general manager of Lewis Mears & Co., wholesale butter dealers of 127 Reade street Esjhen-- brenner was arrested at the door of the New York Mercantile Excnange. The complaint against him Is that he charged sixty-nin- e cents a pound fcr butter which his concern had purchased. for about fifty-nin- e cents. According to Joseph Mulqueen. Assistant Un'.U-- States Attorney, who drew up the com-- 1 plaint, Eschenbrenner bought 672.000 pounds of Danish butter for 1358,840 nnd when it arrived here sold It for about 8425.000, and made a profit on tne single transaction ot about 887.000. The defendant was questioned by Mr. Mulqueen, and then taken before the Federal Grand Jury to give evidence con cerning entries In the books of his con- cern. He was held later In 81.000 ball to await the action of the Grand Jury after ho waived examination before Com- missioner Hitchcock. Mr. Mulqueen as- serted he had rosde a profit of as high as 17 per tent. His attorney, George B. Bushell, asserted he had made only 6 per cent, and that there would have inoiii a butter famine here had not the Danloh bulter come. In the afternoon Agent iticc nrreaieu Frank ' D. Shea, manager, and Harry Continued on Third rape. KXCKlTIONAI.AirrOMODIi.EBABOAI.V3 - . . n...t In t V. rlM1fll Alltri !!. ehunii\ column! of tt Sun and Ntr York Htrald. Ue. t 'Outlaws' Guilty of Violence or Seditious Talk Wili Lose Jobs. TO IIIItE NON-UNIONIS- TS M m Passenger Traffic Improves But Freight Hauls Decline. VOLUNTEER FORCE GROWS Bolters to Draft Now Demands To-da- y Nixon Starts Inquiry. It becamo apparent yesterday to tho local railroad managements that llttlo impression was .being mado by repre- sentatives of the railroad brotherhoods sont to New York to nrgue and cajolo tho strikers back to work. So at their dally meeting tho general man- agers decided to glvo tho brotherhoods until noon to get their men back into the fold and to work. If tho brotherhoods fall in this, the gen- eral' managers decided, the railroads will start rehabilitating their demoral- ized \services themselves, in whqtcrcr manner circumstances provide, from whatever sources labor in to bj ob- tained and without paying further at- tention to the brotherhood's. The railroads despatched their In- tentions to the brotherhood repre- sentatives at onco and In tho follow- ing words: Messrs. L. G. Griding, assistant grand chief engineer, B. of L. E. ; Timothy Shea, assistant president, B. of L. F, and E. : T. R. Dode, assistant president, -- B. R., T. ; 8. C. Cowcn. deputy president O. R. C, Gentlemen:, In order that you may be fully Informed of the action of this association, I quote below a resolution unnnlmous'.y adopted at the meeting to-d- : \Resolved That the represcnta- - ) motive vKngtneerp,, Brotherhood of Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen und Drrtut nt Tt linen. nnniit, I notified that the rail roads look to them to bring their men back to work, and have1 con- sequently given them until Satur-da-y at 12 o'clock noon, April 17, to have their men report for work, after which time tho railroads will themselves open their books for a period of twenty-fop- r hours, ending Sunday, at 12 o'clock noon, for such men ns register during thnt period and who'aro'acceptable, who will bo takon back into the service, retaining their roster rights. \In any event tho railroads re- tain tho right to refuse, to rein-sta- ts or reemploy certain employees who have shown during the period of trouble, by violence, seditious ut- terance, intimidation or othtr well defined means, an unfitness for fur- ther railroad Bervlcc.\ The foregoing will be released for publication In the newspapers Fri- day morning. April 16. Yours very truly, E. M. Rinb, Chairman. Non-Uni- Men May Be Hired. This means that tho railroads, never bound to the closed shop principle, will begin hiring union nnd non-uni- men indiscriminately, Instructing new men and reinstating old men. Tho strikers, ex cept those whose names are on the Hits of the Department of' Justice as ultra- radicals and professional agitators, will bo taken back as fast as they apply, and none will sacrifice preferences or extra emoluments accruing from his total years' of service. J. J. Mantel), spokesman for tho gen- eral managers, said that he had on sev- eral occasions asked tho public through the newspapers to bear with the rail- roads while the latter gave the brother- hoods ample- - opportunity to whip the bolters back Into line. Ho added : '\At this time hundreds of offers oi assistance are pouring In upon the man agers' organization. After considerable deliberation on the part of tho general managers at their meeting y and the Insistent demand of the public that traffic be resumed It was felt that as the strike had lasted a full week and had caused great disarrangement of business and other affairs the step they are now taking will be considered rea- sonable' and just by the general public.\ Meanwhile, to the growing consterna- tion at the railroad managements, the nmount of freight moved yesterday In the New York region was less than ever. It was admitted that It aggregated un- der 3 per cent of the normal, and the same managers admitted that while pas- senger service was' Increasing over com- mutation lines tho Increase meant little to them, as It was put a makeshift ar- rangement to accommodate suburbanites and not a healthy sign of a return to normal traffic Nevertheless, the strikers are begin- ning to dribble back to work. That they are losing morale rapidly was Indicated, by the small numbers attending tho' daily mass meeting In Falrvlew Hall, Jersey City. It was by all means the smallest meeting of the strike, and the men camo and went, grumbling that \wo are getting It coming and Kolng\ and \that there was no use trying to fight organizations with disorganisa- tion.\ To Draft New Demands To-dn- y. In the City Hall In Jersey City the various brotherhood representatives ai.d tho executive committee for the stril.-it- s held a long and. acrimonious sesslo. It came to a close with nn jgreemcnt by Ihe brotherhoods to receive from tho boilers, whom they repentcdly have characterized as outlaws and not to I 1 - 'i II
