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' ' , Weather forecast. Cloudy, with probably showers to-da- y and not much change in temperature; moderate variable wfn'da. Highest tensperature yesterday, 60; lowest, 41, VOL. LXXXVII. NO. 230 DAILY. FOOD BLOCKADE' OF GERMANY IS : FRANCE'S PLAN Paris Aims to Have San JJeino Conference Agree on This Threat. TWISTS BRITISH PLAN London Would Apply Such Coercion in Event of Mili-- , tary Regime. AMERICA AS A FACTOR British Prohably Will Dwell on V. S. Menace of Trading With Germany. - LAURENCE HILLS. Slag Corrttpondcnt of Tni He axd New York Hsuld. CopvriQht, 19M, by Till Be iMi Nrir YonK Hxiuu, Paws, April 16. The latest scheme of Franco for compelling German ob- servance) of all the clauses of the Treaty of Versailles, including the eco- - nomlc and military provisions, is to; last have the Allies agree at j telling the have to Premiers which meets San . pay. Ryan said he made Remo Monday to threaten Ger- - Up his what be a blockade of foodstuffs many of fco that h raw materials. to inspired WKestcH a sources this was the sub- - j Tne Stock a state-je- ct an between which it Premier Millerand and Lord Derby, Ambassador here, French making It appear that suggestlop of the blockade emanated from the Urlfsh Government However, an entirely different ver- sion Is given British here. It was said Lord Derby only in- formed the French Premier of the purport of Lord Kilmarnock's threat that If Germany the restoration of the regime of militarism Great Britain wouU not hesitate to reimpose a strict blockade of all ports. Difference la This. It will be keen. Is Quite different from the to cut price be $1,000 or more. food supplies in the event Germany falls tj disarm or to carry out the economic clauses of the treaty. Tho French vould apply their plan to the present i.erlln Government, Just as well as to any militarist Government ia.'Ccniiiny. It was even suggested In' 'juar-tt-r- s here that a twist was given to Lord Derby's Interview for purpose advancing the scheme, of which British support has been lacking tl'Us far. Unquestionably, In their intense desire to conceivable to J Hughes, to bear on Germany, diplomatists at the Bemo conference will press vigorously this plan for concerted action: but the possibility of America resuming commercial relations with Germany already Is looming up as a ,wrlous menace to the success of tho French v.:ockad's nrltnln'a Probable Argument. It Is conceded here that the present temper of the American is In favor an independent course in con- nection with European affairs. is believed that Britain will advance this as one of her arguments against the French although she Is de- sirous of placating the French as much as possible. In fact, the withdrawal of America from any participation In the ex- ecution of the treaty now is generally expected In diplomatic here. It Is out that the United States not be represented at all at the Remo conference, the pro- posal to cut off appropriations for the American troops on the Rhine Is regarded significantly as the first step the possible elimination of the American from tho tone\ of oc- - cupatlon along the In the Coblenz area are J,ock: French regiments, so In America or Britain withdraws present the to LLOYD GEORGE ALLIANCE Must March Together Fruits Victory. By the Attociatei Marseilles, George, the Ilrltlsh Minister, expressed to sentiments of affection for France, remains champion of \It always approached problems Lloyd continued. knows the It Is animated by apprecia- tion now am to Remo. we It by we to difficulties Is to the utmost franknenj. of civilization depends of between France Britain.'' Lloyd George In an automobile FEENCH WITHDRAW. de to Occupied Territory. pRANKroirr, 16. ds the Thirty-sevent- h Division of of Occupation, on J. ne to Sunday. Eleventh Division, the troops, in ziewly occupied territory. ing Told Put the IN\ Said to Ad vised One LIMIT Ryan Names Firms Snvs Their Settle A. Ryan, central figure In corner In stock, announced night he Instructed kerage houses to In on Monday morning loaned to aro of Stutz. Is known In as \putting on the screws,\ stocX-broker- s night was no the confer- - what shorts might once of In hadn't should the basis Mttlttnent. dmM and According information share., from French Exchange issued of Interview yesterday j.ment earlier In the in British the the threat In circles Berlin attempted Ger- man Cited. the of bring every San allied Idea. of Great plan, Joint will San while Kahn toward forces Many Strassburg. FOR maintenance Wiesbaden, Him revealed Ryan sug- gested a settlement 31. Called 'before commit- tees of exchange, ho offered to let shorts settle contracts at a share. Later In he modified at if he assured would, be stricken of Settling at fl.OOO. added, according to exchange's statement, unless he assured trading In would be allowed to contlnuo set French scheme offtl!ng might Certain French Whether brokers have represented in lending to obej'hls or whether to prohibited trading In 1, remains to be of the brokers, it yes- terday, by the protective committee on advice, of Charles E. associate counsel, French people It circles pointed further Rhine. officers Rhine, Ryan shorts orders order' which April shorts' Ignore the buying in six he bro'.cjn repudiated his contracts. am always to a settlement honest recognize obliga- tions,\ \1 to those welch. am not of the appointed public opinion.\ Exehfinrp 10,000 shares named statement Exchange reform business committee noting trading committee taklnR granted they will ttwAttm within months. French taken prt!,.d nr.oihtiitv .w.r.ti.n h.1V0 lm.HMn lOWnCd British Into the French and, .h's .Hi.A Immediate associates owned that tho event Great the French still will solid front along from to Get of Fret. April Lloyd Prime who arrived here newspaper most sin- cere \who world's thus have which f.eorge \N'o bet- ter than terrible sacrifices she has made this that going San c'gao union have won the war. only this same that uimeu. best level employ The future upon the union and Great left 'lco. TO ron Gen. Mets Unit April Gen. Metx and tho rench Army the right will from next The Gen. Walon and. will to on A Six Ho to Allan the 8tutz lost that had the bro him call the stocks they had those who This Wall Streei and said there Mr. next mind with h000 day that was that Mr. had the terms March two the the their 1750 the day that and put the price 500, were the stock not from the list Talk Mr. Ryan the that were tho stock the tho who Mr. will now, they will bow the Stock Stutz seen. One was learned has been advised pressure order. Mr. named Arms, which says have and \While and have been ready make fair with men, who their said, deal with who New York In reoort Is be me. tho to of the oiovik u.trc ar umiiea wnicn defy Thi. fLRprta find de he of get and m to of follows to he the of be no at the the in Stutz Motor Allan A. of the of A, before When he came It for stJlted was . . . flTWI than r min six The Jv :, W. 1. thu m.r, tn Shares Of and ..n nmi faml'y. pnrlrriln wi.h a , 1 6. the the the is I concern one I I \ Is ...Mai. way the for , i . u,e of I he I the the & or had contracts for the to of 110,000 shares, or shares more than capital of company. \When he' told the business conduct committee that there was a he was informed, that the situation must not continue; that he was In a po- sition to put an end to (he corner nnd take were neces- sary do so. situation did Improve, and.no effective steps taken by to put an end to the \At the with the business conduct committee on the of 31 Mr. stated the terms on he was willing settle. Those terms were a The itself had no to settle the out- standing contracts or fix the terms be for settlement At the Joint of the business conduct and the- law committee In the of the as his settlement fl)iure. He was even In of settle- ment the question be whether the utoek must not b stricken because It was not suf- - tlclently distributed to provide free Ton tL market He at once declared marc u-.- . T.h.? end U \\tret that unless he was assured that the cuia.i \The of under Belgian afraid at delivery 10,000 which be allowed to remain on list he would for $600, and .that his settling might be $1,000 er more. business conduct and law committee at once the to the governing committee, and the governing committee by unanimous adopted the resolution suspending dealings In motor of Settlement. \Allan A. Ryan on April 5, his own request came before the law committee the Stock 'Exchange undertook to lay before the law committee prop- - Continued on Page. THE LUCRATIVE POSITION'S may b obtained by the \Help Wanted\ columns ef the Stin and New York Herald. 7 ' 7 A The SUN AND the best of each. two AND THE NEW YORK HERALD make has ever a greater been on its own. than either 17, RYAN ISSUES ORDER TO SQUEEZE SHORTS IN STUTZ ONMONDA Y Three Brokers Represent Screws Victims. \BUYING PROCESS Hiighes Have Firm Against Obeying Instructions. REPORT .$1,000 Repudiated Contracts Shortage. representing Exchange nUh,8?,?mfnl \.\\.\v8 bridgeheads FRENCH M?e.: HAPPV BLENDING. amalgamated HERALD preserves traditions combination newspapers newspaper NEW YORK, SATURDAY, 'APRIL 7 and 8 Cent Pieces Proposed in Senate Bptcial tt Tar akd Nsw l'osic Hhald. WASHINGTON, April 16. To provide a convenient coin for increasing! street car fares and tho sales requir- ing petty war taxes, Senator Frelinghuyson (N. to-d- ay introduced a authorizing tho coinage of seven and eight cont pieces. i \While a few years ago tho nickel was probably the most used to-d- it is rarely circulated alone,\ said Senator Frelinghuyscn. \It is a con- tinual bother to cany or make change in pennies, particularly for the seven eight cent street car fares, which are now virtually universal, and my proposes the coinage of eight cent pieces to obvluto these troublesome delays.\ The bill was referred to the Banking Committee. THRIFT WAVE TO ENDUWASTE Smoot Starts Move in Senate for Sweeping Reorganization of AU Departments. BILLION YEAR SAVING Commission to Make Thorough Survey Endless Duplica- tions in Present System. Ppco'ot to The Hun and Nkw Yosx Hkbam. Washington, April 16. A sweeping reorganization of the\ executive' de- partments of the Government aimed to' do away with duplication of ser- vices, simplify eliminate red tape, speed governmental proc- esses and save hundreds of of dollars annually, Is proposed In a resolution Introduced by Smoot (Utah) Wldi ''Senator approval Is given to the bill Congress. At a time profound reigned and annual expenartures about $1,000,000,000 a year the late Senator Aldrich (R. I.) declared that business organization probably would save me country x3og,uuo,uuQ a yr.ar. smoot pian would ready Smar irom within 'iew Senator Smoot. recognized one of Idavs. foremost around author- - the! tenants their Several showed mechanism marked with, H utiiaust the House, .,.., and Smoot dared would make effort to livery Stutz reported the Commission exist this session. W\1 Um tW0 Fcl. The the New York \The commission would recommend part legislation necessary 'carry out said. isnmeni conduct need surprise the commission exchange, the character find end of year's stock, Allan Co. before the bche Stutx Motor stock AnrniiPiMl oraerea military nnrllon. SO.OOO Motor zone, Rhine liberty.\ her,\ union Frank-ro- rt re- main OF short three stock alter Ryan refuse called Ryan Ryan stock total the aloiie must whatever steps The .him corner. meeting morning March Ryan which share. exchange power would proper meeting committee afternoon day stated $500 informed that case raised from the list stock would the settle price \The commltteo the reported facts action Stutz stock. Offer of .and Fifth JIORE Sun tho J.). bill coin, bill seven A peace night work could sent tentative, 'Incomplete report and ask more time. Government has added nearly headed Cabinet olllcers were beginning of haa been added \original Hamilton but Instead .being proper, systematic and way, new of the Government grown ex- crescences and April the Stite recom mended former Secretary begun y. Secretary Colby with Wilbur consular Secretary of State. iMr. will have nr. sonnel. hnalnp.s Marone. and be considered SPANISH PRETENDER trian Imperial Maorio, April The newspaoer secretary Don Jaime pretender throne director Cotrea Jaime, have farewell past anu insiruciions tne policy his posed visit United States. understood the ABC Don Jaime will leave uritti supposed Intention disponing America able the Imperial Pal- ace 'when was attacked Com Two Airmen Killed. Sa.vdihuom, Texas, April D. Hansell and Sergt. Maxwell, the Squadron, were killed when their fejl y. on border patrol duty. COURT ORDERS RENT GOUGERS TO 6I7E REBATE Tenants Profit by $1,000 Through Decision of Justice Davies. BLOW TO LANDLORDS of Claims Expected to Follow Victory Under New FINDER REBUKED Other .Municipal Judges Deal in Less Drastic Manner With the dismay of a number of and tho Intense Joy of a horde tenants Court Justice Davies yesterday tho refund of rent about 11,000. The dramatic scene, news of which sped through Harlem, was enacted In the Seventh District Municipal Court at 125th street and Nicholas avenue. was the first any Justice had Invoked the new law a property owner to dls-fcr- Tho strike not broken, gorge rents had already but by the time the workers eclved, and Assistant poration Counsel James O'Sulllvan who was present the court of tho Mayor's Committee. marks new step the admlnlstra- of the recently enacted statutes Tho refunds were ordered cases where dlscov-crc- that tenants prior April paid a rent of more than per cent over and above the rent of ago, .and where landlords failed satisfy cojrt that tho was The refunds wer directed after the court had pruned figure deemed proper under t.e and were applied against tho April rent which had been paid. In the case Involving premises 51S ves( 134th street, owned Meyer Ratner and Morris Frankel, landlords obliged only $43 rents $36 but tenants with ,V$S \excess\ collected March, that they actually received $2T. Other the house were cut pro portionately and similar manner. Expect nnsh for Refunds Mr. O'Sulllvan said last night that Mayor's Committee would advise tenants the future counter claims where \excessive\ rents . . . i ue rauo me en patd. proceedings wvc Dresent ouairet a. nnst- - ih.A v, ..M in ..rv slble billion dollars. court of the city the as the business a number other municipal ltles in the Government purposes courts did not fare quite appointment a \joint committee i although the score remained reorganization\ survey whole aa- - ! favor. Justices o.--- ,. v. i i. 1 mlnlstratlve .and n t Impatience that were 7V PIan- - The committee comprise 'apparently unreasonable and designed Eichitngo may of thrc0 SenatorSt by Vice--J defraud landlords even j'i'resiaent, three Representatives, I income iu an. Rtnclt Rv.ln schedules were were by the mem. The went the Eighth District Court at 170 Committee, Senator more of lt than He anticipates Retrain Suspension. j rqU're Stock 1 reads as : I its CJLBl 121BI mere meii. said pay got Mr. over the over this for you facts as to I he \It is Then \L fimt. , a hnn- ,h.i...i as no rcau 'The I If I would a day that .... n4 nome have j StutZ h them the stock to not to $750 he a a open not a contultlnc these and and up wncn were next all of appointed Speaker resolution ADDroDrla-- ! Hons corner must and that It only pre a for \The as many by as there the to the organization, of added In the efficient features have aa Washington, 16. Reorganiza- tion of by was' by the appointment J. Carr, director of the service, as as- sistant to the Carr chftn-- a nf mthnrl ' his the 16. says that the the of J?I orcan of left for to bid the receive be to the lt is by Paris soon the of In1, or he was to' from It by Amiy 16. M. W. both Aero here Both Flood FAULT Owners. To of profits to all St. It time rent to is that office to Cor In half' It a In tlon in a of the court had, to 1 25 one year the to the Increase the rents to i now laws, they not the by tho not cut to Tils.' credit the rents in so renti In same disposed of in the all In to set have al u K tnr In of so on well, In the t.., pleas not V. to uie new nut uiu \'. In of 'entitle to the in the siren raarcncu one tenants, who that they not their r\ent until they a \bet- ter\ lease. O'Sulllvan, who had Journeyed from Seventh Dis- trict, looked the \Why seems to provide every- thing that can expect,\ aston- - The suspension of programme,\ a remarked. f\.. Mof.. o.v t. at uio uuuum wo of firm It at 'details, withdraw aggregating same wimT at millions me departments In constitutional organization. Every- thing on extravagant Department Lansing, of administration, at to to to naDer the clause, which had been Inserted by the tenants, \And It that tho fresh that now have must be sacked and fired.\ \Yes the sighed, even fired the Janitor please them, but they ain't Justice Prince that would upon each tenant's case with the law, and not In with such rules as their might choose to enact. He refused their pleas. Deal for also ,the plea o a woman wanted a lot costly made to her before she should a two dollar He ten tenants of a house 210 East 112th street for setting Up as part their defence the that they had not been enough hot water. When was Joseph the at and general management the 2274 First avenue, had raised the ment. In to duties In his premlsesbut once In fourteen ervtce. He make a sys- -' years Justice Pjlnce decision tematlc study of the with a In the dispute thlst man his view to such as may , tenants. Marone will have an oppor-- necessary. COMING AMERICAAC Dispose of Relics, ABC of Bourbon, to Don ' I that articles rescue Lieut T. of were Law. . Municipal amounting ' according on Justified, pretender airplane land- lords possibly following understood janitor we landlord \I to satisfied.\ said pass in accordance accordance organization Square Landlord. Justice Prince overruled who of repairs premises Increase. censured at of allegation receiving Informed that landlord of premises of Depart- - rent addition of cdnsular withheld Department betWeen making changes of tuntty of submitting to Justify a raise of more than 25 per cent Arthur J. W. Hilly; of the TO $3S from and The Don Jaime to Aus- - rlans were d vivirn. anv at alteration political and Eivanol Paris rcgaraing to- - followed .during pro- -, Austrian munists. Ninetieth directed \ex- cess\ would lease. pay will evidence slightly chairman Brooklyn, Manhattan WIV.n.na \ which may be' designed to defeat the ends of the new rent laws. This ar- rangement was brought about through receipt of Information that certain land, lords were cutting up apartments mere., to dodge that section of the law which fixes present renu upon tnose or the DAILY-ISSUE- S 9 M. ti Main Ofce, M0 BrMoVar. 8 M. at foraer Herald O&e, Hekld BaHejaf, Herald Sqove. 8 M. it ill other Bnstb Offices. Operations Usfd on Fas.) STRIKE TIES UP ELECTORS AND TENANTS CLIMB 10,000 Operators Go Out in Big Office Buildings in Manhattan. . HOTELS NOT AFFECTED War Trained Women Keep Lifts Moving Regularly in Two Skyscrapers. STORES LITTLE AFFECTED No Accidents Reported and No Serious Clashes of Substi- tutes and Strikers. Many New Tork business men and women, After-spendin- a restless night, worrying about tho food shortage, the railroad strike and all the other evils j which have become a part of life ln( the metropolis, were Indignant yester-- , day morning became they were forced . to climb to their lofty offices. A atriko of 16,000 elevator starters and operators went Into effect at 9 o'clock and partly tied ser vice In the downtown district for sev- - compel hours. ho re-- 1 D. be up uew he ,. Be he he schemes P. P. P. Editorial up elevator started going home last night enough lifts were running to give fair service. 8triko breakers were recruited from among the Janitors, porters, the wait- ing lists and from other employees. In several buildings where women were discharged to make room for returned soldiers the women were called back and got their old Jobs to keep. Thomas J. McGlll, president of the Elevator Starters and Operators' Union, said last night that he was pleased with tho success of the flr3t day of the strike and that the men were tncouraged. Sev- eral bullllng managers communicated with union headquarters at 138 Third avenue and granted the demands for an Increased wage. Realty Ovrners Stand Finn. N'ejther tho Real Estate Owners' Asso- ciation nor the Building Managers and Owners' Association' lias communicated with the union, and thero Is little likeli- hood that they will do so. Horace S. Ely, chairman of the realty organization, said that elevator service in office build- ings was from 60 to 75 per cent of nor mal, and that things wmld be running smoothly by Monday morning. The strike affected only a few of the apartment houses on the upper West Side. None of tho hotel employees struck In sympathy with the union and the.department stores were not hard hit. Most of the department store elevators are run by women. The two largest office buildings which have granted the demands of the union are the Blair Building. 21 Brootl street and the Farmers' Loan and Trust Com- pany Building. 2S William street The. Equitable Building, 120 Broad way, was tne nrst large oince building to be affected by the strike. There are sixty-fiv- e operators, starters and relief men employed there and sixty of them failed to report for work. C. T. Coler, building superintendent, Immediately found enough mechanics and clerks to run twenty elevators. AU the operators at the Empire Building, 71 Broadway, were on the Job as usual yesterday. Service In the Sin- ger and Wool worth buildings was nor- mal, the elevator being operated ,by women. The men in the Hudson Term- inal Building did not strike. There was a wide difference of opin ion about the Metropolitan .Life -- Build- Ing. McGlll said that it was tied up, while- the starter sold that forty-fiv- e men had stuck- - to their posts and only one had quit Things appeared to bo running smoothly. Elevators in the Trinity Building, 111 Broadway; the United States Realty Building, 115' Broadway, and the City Investing Building were being run by Janitors, starters ana other' help. Operattnjr Under Difficulties. At the St Paul Building. 220 Broad way, where the Building Managers and Owners Association has offices, two ele- vators were running, the starter operat- ing a third when a Jam was threatened. The service was slow and unsaUsfac- - too'. The superintendents of the Flatlron and Fifth Avenue buildings said that several of their men quit' but that they had other Operators ready to take their positions at once. Twelve operators struck at the New York Life Building. 346 Broadway, Two elevators were put into service soon, but many tenants walked to their offices rather than wait \ Chnriea Bacon, manager of the teal estate firm of Cross & Brown, agents Tor about a hundred office buildings, said that elevators were running In all except six of their buildings.,. Only one iuildlng In Brooklyn, the Temple Bar Building. 44 Court-'street- , was affected. Seven operators who were receiving $20 a week went out demand- ing $33 & week and an eight hour day. Their .demands were granted. No serious accidents were reported due to Inexperienced operators. There were a number of calls for pollen nro. tectlon, but no serious clashes between strikers and operators were reported. CLOSING TIME roR ali W)t J&tm AND NEW YORK HERALD SUNDAY ISSUES ( PM. Si today at Mw -- Office, 280 BraisVar. 5 P. M. it former Herald Office, Herald Bu3nf, Herald Sqsire. 5 P. M. it ail ether Branch Office. (Locatlens lilted on Editorial Page.) YORK RAIL STRIKERS A WAITING LABOR BOARD ASSURANCES; ULTIMATUM FORCES FEW IN Effects of Railroad Strike on Lines In and About N. Y. City THE following summary of the effects of the railroad strike upon New York and the resultant condition of railroad t raffle was ob- tained from the offices of the general managers: Baltimore- and Ohio Amboy division passenger traffic resumed. North shore and east Bhoro divisions idle; no freight. jLong Ialflnd Slxty-fiv- o passenger trains, constituting 95 per cent of the normal steam passenger service, resumed. Only five regular fire-me- n working. Volunteer crews on reestablished train service. Oyster Bay and Wading River service restored. Fifty A. E. F. veterans volun-tee- r to move freight. American Legionnaires and Veterans of Foreign Wars do vigilance committee duty to prevent attacks upon volunteers. Lehigh Valley., Virtually no change. West Shore A few men return to work. Freight embargo lifted of Newburgh. ' Central Railroad of JTew Jersey A few men return, but not enough ...iuvo mi, impression on tne iroignt situation. Suburban passenger service almost restored by volunteer firemen and trainmen. Commuter service about 85 per cent of normal an Increase of about 5 pci cent, over Thursday. Through service unin- terrupted. Forty-flv- e members of wrecking crews quit at Trenton. Tren- ton shops still idle. About a hundred freight trains moved, the largest freight movement since the start of the strike. New Haven A few more cummutatlon trains; otherwise no change. Lackawanna Emergency crows operate sufficient commutation trains to accommodate suburbanites; otherwise no change. A few men return to work in yards. New York Central Embargo lifted on freight cast of Buffalo and north of Yonkers. Passenger service becoming normal. Erlo Sixteen special commutation trains manned by volunteers bring 10,618 suburbanites to the city and take them home again. Partly successful effort to move freight from Port Jervls to New York. MANY STRIKERS ME TO RETURN Pennsylvania Trainmen and Switchmen Will Go Back to Their Tosts. AFFECTS ALL LINES HERE I Agreement Reached in Phila- delphia Applies From Boston as Far as Washington. PmuwsLPUM, April 1C Trainmen, yardmen and all other employees of the Pennsylvania, the Beading and the, .Baltimore and Ohio railroads In the Philadelphia district who are on strike were ordered late ht to resume work at once. The order was Issued by representatives ot the strik ers at the close of a conference with William J. Trucy, chief of tho State. Bureau of Mediation, and officials of the railroads. x According to a statement issued by tho committee representing the men who walked out the striko settlement will be effective from Washington, D. C, to Boston and will Include all roads entering New York, and the Jer- sey City terminals. The basis on which the men return to work Is that they retain all rights of seniority and that there will be no dls. crimination or prejudice against them. At the authorization of John C, Bell, chairman; Eugene Magee, I W. Gat-tln- s and George F. A. Koehl represent- ing the strikers on the Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and Reading and Baltimore and Ohio railroads In the Philadelphia district, Mr. Tracy save out a. statement covering the agreement It says In part: \At a conference ht the follow- ing decision was made: \That the men now working on all systems In the East In the territory covered from Boston to Washington ore requested to return to work Immediately, This decision was reached after satisfactory arrangements had been made with C. S'. KrlcX ganeral man?gir of the Pennsylvania Railroad Compi.ly, and 3. Ennes, general manager of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, for the return of the men to work with full rlehts of seniority and without In crimination or prejudice.\ Letters from the executives of the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio pledging this treatment are appended. The statement continues: v \This committee was empowered to act for the. men now out on all railroads entering Jersey City, New York city, Long Island nnd the territory as far east as Boston and as far sdhth as Washing- ton. The representatives from Jersey City and Baltimore were In conference with the committee In Philadelphia and agreed to abide by the decision of this committee. \Prior to this meeting the Boston delegation had signified its willingness to agree to any action or any decision which the Jersey City delegation might agree to. The Washington men lad agreed to abide by any action taken by the Baltimore committee.\ The committee representing the tren on strike here announced that a com- mittee of five will leave for Washington and lay their wage demands before the Railroad Labor Board. CLEVELAND YARDMEN VOTE TO REMAIN OUT Only 300 Return in Response to Union Appeals. Cleveland, April 16. In spite of the ultimatum Issued by the Railroad Gen- eral Managers' Association ot New York giving ..striking members of the railroad brotherhoods until noon to- morrow to return to work, 500 members of Lake Front Lodge, No. 260, Brother hood of Railroad Trainmen, employed in the local yards of the Pennsylvania lines, unanimously voted to-d- to re- main on strike. TUB MOST EFFICIENT BMFL41YKRA how discrimination la selecting the \Situ- ations Wanted\ columns of the Sun and New York HeruM tor their announcements, ntfd them. xiv. PEICE TWO CENTS , TORBB cents IN NEW CITY AND SUBURBS.) ON TRAINS AND ELSEWHEBR north Pennsylvania TIEUP SWAMPS PARCEL POST Express Is Deserted and Mail 3ratter Jumps Five Times Its Normal Amount. NEW SPACE OVERFLOW'S Post Oiflfico Building Not Large Enough to Meet Rush-Tr- uck Service Extended. , The railroad strike has. caused such congestion of outbound mall and such an Increase in the use of the parcels post .rather than express that the main Post Office at Eighth avenue nnd Thirty-thir- d street now is called upon to handle nearly 600 per cent more-busines- s than normal, it was said yes- terday in the office of tho Superin- tendent of Malls. Room being Insufficient for this enormous quantity even In that block square building tho average being 16,000,000 pieces a day the depart ment on Tnursday began tho use of 50,000 squaro feet of additional space in tho Old Dominion line pier No. 40, River, 7\ 7 or contmuo i yet to per or grow worse, it Is thought still more space must bo acquired. \Understand that outside room Is not ior storage In the strict sense of the word,\ an official explained day. \Clerks are sent there to assort the pieces ar.d make them ready for, dis- tribution to trains. Just as Is done In tho main butldlntr. And whenever trains are available the sacksgo rierht out. Thus there is a continual move ment of this great overflow, but of course, not as swiftly as under normal conditions. Some pieces of mall matter ore fortunate, for a train may leave for tnclr destination almost as soon as they are in other cases perhaps piece may be delayed two or three dnva. \Persons whose mall matter Is delayed should realize Just who Is to blame. It Is not the Post Office Department The men In the railway mall sen-Ic- and the clerks In the main office and In the sub- stations are working overtime, so that as soon as the cars arc available tho rpeks or Eorceu man may oe snot out at once to weir destinations, it is not the rail road companies. It Is an actual fact that crippled as they are. the roads have furnished us with cars for mall regular mall cars and ordinary box cars far in excess of their normal service; yet the vast quantities of1 mall we are receiving are overflowing our capacities 500 per cent This overflow and tne crippling of distribution would never have happened but for tho strikers; they are the ones to blame. FRAUD CHARGED IN PICKFORD DIVORCE State of Nevada Suit to Set Aside Decree. Mindkn, Nev., April 16. The divorce which freed Mary Plckford from Owen E. Moore and made It poxslble for her to be married to Douglas Fairbanks was obtained as, a result of fraud, and connivance, according to allegations made to-d- by Attorney-Gener- Leon- ard B. Fowler in a complaint he caused to bo filed here in an action brought by the State against Fairbanks and the principals. \In the Interest of the State of Nevada\ .the suit seeks to set aside the decree. Fairbanks Is brought Into the case by allegations that a conspiracy existed be- tween himself and his new wife to de- feat a provision In the California di- vorce laws requiring the lapse qf a ynr before a final decree can be granted. moving of the case Into Nevada was the result ot the conspiracy. It Is alleged. It Is further alleged that Fairbanks and Miss Plckford were engaged to be mar- ried prior to February 15, 1910, the date wnen sne camo to tnis stater Mr. Moore, according to the complaint cams to this city solely for tho purpose of being served with the necessary papers In the ran. The decree wns granted March i. 1920, Miss was married to Fairbanks soon afterward. Many More Outlaws Not Ex pected to Heed Threat of Railroads. WILSON APPEALED TO Newark Workers and N. Y. Merchants Association Ask Belief. MORE FREIGHT IS MOVED N. Y. Central and- - Pennsyl- vania Make Progress in Their Battle. AXwcary and IrrltabVs officer of one of tho railroad brotherhoods camo shuffling out of Grand View Hall, Jer- sey City, yesterday. He volubly cursed railroad systems from terminal to terminal and railroad organizations from brakemen to boards of directors. Emerging with him came 2,000 strik ers, quarrelling among themselves nbout labor boards, radical labor lead- ers, conservative labor leaders, public officials, United States Senators, news- papers and wages. you want to know what would send all these, men back to work?'1 de- manded the brotherhood man. \Do you want to know vhat would do more good than all tho blanket denuncia- tions tho Attorney-Gener- al can. write In a year or aii tho ultima- tums the railroad managements could issuo from now to doomsday? I'll tell you. \A simple telegram from the Presi- dent of the United States that their grievances wpuld be submitted at onco to ine new innor board and that the labor board would get busy on those ( grievances right off the bat There's been too much talk of everything but the real trouble. These men want to go back to work; that Is, 90-p- cent of 'cm do. Tho remaining 10 per cent aro professional ottoriFahd ought' to bo disregarded by us. A noisy 10 per cont Is keeping the whole mob out.\ It is estimated that fewer than 00 of the strikers have responded to tho ultimatum of tho railroad manage- ments and applied for reinstatement. The chances ore that noon tho dead line will come and go and tho body of strikers will not have diminished in proportions to any extent Little Freight la SfoTed. Tho railroad managements are becom- ing desperate. A little freight moved Hudson and if the .tribe ihouMjif\.' exceed 5 this sorted; 'collusion The Plckford cent The men know this and sneer at tho too optlmlstto assurances that tho strike is breaking. E. M, Bine, chairman of the General Managers' Association, received yester- day afternoon from the heads of the four big. railroad brotherhoods who were meeting in Cleveland a telegram that caused a hastily convened and long meeting of the association. Just what the wording of the telegram was re- mains! a secret, but Its effect was elec- trical. It is more than hinted that it had to do with the railroads' ultimatum, which is interpreted by many to mean that the railroads are about to sever connections with the brotherhoods as rep resentatives of railroad labor ond creato a central employment agoncy through which railroad employees will be com- pelled to pass before being engaged. The railroads declare this tq be sheer rot The mystery about the brotherhood telegram was not dissolved fast night It was said that the brotherhoods Dro. tested the wording and veiled threat of the ultimatum, and that the JJrotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, which has had no part In the strike thus far, was ry offended. Whether the younger element in the engineers' ranks mleht bolt if tho ultimatum Is Interpreted by the railroads to its fullest possibility. Is a good bit of a question. At any rata they are rather hot In their Individual statements. J. J. Montell. the spokesman for the general managers, and who Is usually quite anxious to tell through the news- papers nil of the railroad's side ot tho present fight was In no wiao loquacious last night. He said that the managers had nothing to say and that the reason for the meeting could not be divulged. Ho even refused to repeat his usual dally summary of rail conditions. United States District Attorney Un dine. In Trenton, announced last night that the Federal Grand Jury would be- gin in Newark on'Tuesday an investiga- tion Into the causes and various ether mysterious features of this strike. It Is the first time an Eastern State has started, a .Federal Investigation into a railroad strike and Mr. Bodlne says that neither side will be favoitd. SubDoenaa are being served. 8trlke leaders, radical agitators. Communistic and syndicalistic demagogues will t called before the Jury and several railroad officials will be questioned. , Mayor Glllen Is Appealed To. Rather Indicative of the present atti tude of the strikers was that of n com- mltteo of seven Idle employees of the Waverly freight yards, all members of the Brothrrhood of Railway Trainmen, who called upon Mavur Glllen of Newark yesterday. James F, Wlntera, spokes- man for the committee, asked the Mayor to start nome sort nf Intercession that would bring the strike to a close. Winter raid that he knew of no I. W. W. or .Communist among the local men. He added that all the men wanted as Incentive to return to work was assurance from the new Labor Board
