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ONE KILLED, 10 HURT IN STRIKE MISHAPS Tftxicab Chauffvur Loses His Life in Collision With Private Autompbilo. BUS WRECKS MOTOR CAR Tolicpman, Bridge Employee and Boys Knocked Down by Various Vehicles. The unprecedented traffic Jam In the treats' of Brooklyn because of the strike resulted yesterday In numerous acci- dent In which one man was killed and ten oilier persona Injured. Isailor Sternberg, 27, of 1469 Washing- ton avenue, The Bronx, chauffeur of a tiixlriib, was killed In a headon colli- sion with an automobllo operated by Joseph Bella of 4618 Eleventh avenue, In Fiftieth street, between Fourteenth and Fifteenth avenues. Ella Bella, 19 years old, Mr. Bella's daughter, auffered cuts about the head and face in the accident. According to witnesses Sternberg was racing east In Fiftieth atreet at a ter- rific rate of speed when Mr. Bella's car suddenly hove In sight. The two vehicles met and the force of the collision drove both of them up on the sidewalks, turn- ing them over on their sides. Sternberg was pinned under his car. Dr. Hlnklcr of Kings County Hospital pronounced him dead. An omnlbua containing twenty crashed Into an automobile oc- cupied by Mr. and Mrs. William J. Woll and Mr. Woll'a father, Jacob, 6, of 1681 Greene avenue, at Stockholm street and Irving avenue. Jacob Woll suffered se- vere cuts of ' the head and ' body and vas sent to Wyckoff Height Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Woll escaped with slight Injuries. Their car wa demolished. Policeman Harry Smith of the Bridge Pound and Thomaa Hogan, a bridge em- ployee, were knocked down when an au- tomobile truck owned by the Telescope Cot Bed Company of 535 East Seventy-nint- h street wns sldcswlped by a horse drawn wagon driven by Patrick Ander- son of 56 Washington street at the Man- hattan entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge. Smith escaped Injury, but Hogan was cut about the chest. Michael Bresclo. 7, of 170 Twenty-firs- t street, Brooklyn, was knocked down at Fourth avenue and Twenty-firs- t street by an automobile operated by Tony Esposlto of 153 West 100th street, Manhattan. He was sent to the Methodist Episcopal Hospital with a fiactured skull. While playing In front of his home Bernard Frank, 8, of 161 Kosciusko ureet. was run over by an automobile operated by William n. Haltalno of 230 Noatrand avenue. Physicians at St. John's Hospital said he had been injured internally. Other boys who were knocked down v.hlle playing were Max Krlscusas, 7, of 113 Cook street, at Bushwlck and Flat-- 1 ush avenues ; Albert O. Welg. 7, of 56 South Ninth street, ut Ninth and Berry Htreets, Williamsburg, and Joseph l, 15. of 438 Pacific street, at Frank- lin Hnd Wllloualtby avenues. All three v ere sent to hospitals. Krlscusas was the most seriously injured, having suf- fered a fracture of the skull. BUFFALO RAILWAY MEN IN DEADLOCK international Company Re- fuse to Arbitrate Claim. a report made public yesterday . .... T n w. - U.tnnl It MW petit tM i tc controversy between tha-- ) Intir.nv.Tal Hallway company or dui-f- isJ employees, who are mem-ber- n of the Amalagamated Association of Street and Railway Employees, has reached a deadlock, all attempt ai me- diation having fallad. The report states that the company officials refuse to submit to arbitration the claim of the men for a retroactive Increase, and that they furthermore re- fuse to arbitrate the wage question at all without Imposing two conditions that the men will not accept One of these is that the company shall not be bound to pay any Increase fixed by the arbitrators unless the Public Ser- vice Commission decides that its reve- nues are sufficient to enable It to per- form Its public obligations, pay the ln- - craas. and alio pay a fair return upon It capital. Tha poaltlon of tha men. Ilka that taken by local of other oltlea, la that the financial condition of tha company should not be taken Into consideration at all In the f ranting of trace Increases. SHOCKING JAMS ARE BAFFLING TO POUCE Continued from Firit Page. would have to scramble out of the way and stop the battle. Merchants were telephoning to police stations all day saying: \One of my motor trucks Is missing. The driver, Jim So and Bo, went out with a load at ( tola morning. Hera It la 5 o'clock at night and he' not back yet\ \You'll find that Jim ha turned teckman.\ the 'tired sergeant would re- ply. \He'll likely show up at midnight Independently wealthy.\ There was one lumber truck doing a huge and nerve racking business out of the Atlantic avenue sector. The chauf- feur was not sober. There can be no doubt about that HI helper collector, conductor, guard and crew wa even more alcohollied. No matter where, any one was going that collector assured them that the truck was going there. On one partlculaar trip the truck started southward with passengers for Coney Island. Brighton Beach, Canarale, Buahwlck, Fort Hamilton, Eastern Parkway, Queenaboro Plasa and other points. After the tanklike affair had burst a wooden barrier and ploughed through a foot of soft asphalt and broken a water hydrant Its paengera decided It would be Just as well to walk. Latest reports had the but doing better than twenty mile an hour toward Sheepahead Bay. Now and then the brigand driving the private transports lost out. All a truck had to do was stop. A minute later It was overloaded. Off they'd go, until a passenger declared his Intention of dis- mounting. \One dollar, please,\ demanded the conductor. \Report It to the police.\ replied the dismounting passenger. \Come across or I'll \ threatened the Jehu. \What?\ asked the erstwhile moving off. \Don't pay him more than a nickel,\ the crowd would yell, and that ended It Thousand.! of persons starting to work and finding It impossible to get there before noon declared a holiday, and after an hour or so managed to get their employers on the telephone and why they would be absent. Mr. Whalen estimated that 300.000 persons used his buses yesterday. He said that all charges of profiteering by privately operated buses should be reported to John F. Gilchrist, Commissioner of Licenses, 57 Centre street, Manhattan. MAYOR TAKES A HAND IN DIRECTING TRAFFIC Chauffeur Think He's a 'Guy Looking for a Ride. Mayor Hylan lent a willing hand to an overtaxed traffic cop yesterday after- noon at Delancey and Norfolk streets by helping for nearly half an hour to keep north and south bound traffic from becoming enmeshed In the home-boun- d Brooklyn crowds crossing Delancey street to the Williamsburg Bridge In all manner of vehicles. The Mayor was on a tour of Inspection with his w secretary, John F. Slnnott, and brother- - bodyguard, Detective Sergeant Irving O'Hara, when he observed the policeman's problem, and Jumped from his automobile. A horse drawn wagon had Just started south acros Delancey :reet when the Mayor signalled for east tound traffic to proceed. The driver apri irently' did not observe his signal, with the result that v. . i . j w t r . . i fie coimnueu nam un. u nr, iit io Jumped for the horse's head, caught the bridle and brought the animal to a stop. He then demanded of the driver why he had not obeyed the signal. The driver, after explaining, was permitted to pro ceed. , An automobile then darted out of Nor folk street, alao contrary to the Mayor's signal, and Mr. Hylan shouted to the driver to top, but he did not Detective O'Hara ran after the machine and de manded an explanation. The driver aald there were so many person waving their handa he did not know what to da When told the person directing traffic was none other than tha Mayor he de- clared : \How should I know? I thought he was some guy looking for a ride.\ As the Mayor started for his home he Invited four young woman to ride to Brooklyn. They accepted. JnrifaAete ttdvQrtisin Bl,; POLES MERCY SOW MINSK Tmu rAil ftu PanflvAii Af aaaa irna and and Restricted. ON NEUTRAL CITY Re4s to Par- leyAllies Territory by Conquest. 8 atrial CuMt Dmpaich to Tn Ron AMD Niw Yoik Hsbald. CofVrtoM, (Mli V Tin Bon AND NlW YOSK HBUI.D. Londok, Aug. 80. Now that Polish warrior have won a free breathing place Polish have resolved on having freedom to air their own opinions. They absolutely Insist on a neutral peace parlay city where they will not b In this stand the Pole havs Vha backing of the Brit- ish The Foreign Office here learned y that the Polish armistice and peace en-y- s In Minsk have protested against the treatment they have received at the hands of the Busslan Bolshevlkl In Mink, declaring that uch treatment wa not Justified. They declare that tho Polish delegate are virtually enalaved rnd that their meisages to and from Warsaw are held up many hours, and then are garbled so badly that they are They assert that tneir movements in Minsk are so restricted that It I Im- practical for them to send messages. They add that tho Bolshevlkl tied up their wlrele equipment and then blamed conditions. Hr4m Anxious (or Parley. The Pole now contend that they, are In a poaltlon to demand respect and fair treatment. The Bolshevlkl likewise seem anxious to resume the conference. Downing street will not Interfere In the negotiation when they are resumed ex- cept to watch and see that both the Pole and the Bolshevlkl keep their word. It was stated that the policy of both the Polev and the Russians meet the British which demanded that the Poles shall not attempt a con- quest of Russian territory and that the Bolshevlkl shall not violate Polish sov- ereignty or The British will not look with dis- pleasure on the Pole accepting an of- fer of territory beyond the Lord Curxon line, a was promised by the Reds, but they will not stand for the annexation of a yard of Russian territory by con- quest. The British Government will not reply to the note\ which Leonid Kameneff and Leo Krasslne, Soviet envoys here, handed to the Foreign Office last week, until a conference has been held between Foreign Office and the Italian Government. Even then a reply to the Soviet note Is unlikely. It was explained that the Bol- shevlkl had met the British demand not to insist on an armed mllltla clause In the Polish treaty and that a reply to the note waa not necessary. Prepare for New Drive. In so far as the etiquette of the case wa concerned, officials of the For- eign Office here did not conceal their that the note was pub- lished here before It was officially handed to the and also because It deviated from the subject matter io make a clear attempt at Bol- shevist It I believed In official circles hare that the Beds are not yet ready to give up their ambition to crush the Poles militarily. It Is suspected they are massing forces for a new' drive, which probably will not be an one. It Is known here that tha Bolshe- vlkl have a large number of potential troop. At the Foreign Office It was aald to- day that the Invitation which the French Premier, M. Mlllerand, waa reported to have sent to Premier Lloyd George to at- tend the conference be- tween the Italian and French Premier had not .been received. However, It Is believed here to be coming. Premier Lloyd George may go directly to this conference from Lucerne, where ha is passing his vacation, unless In tha mean- time the coal strike crisis demands hi presence here. An an automobile top material a technical organization a pioneer in its field. foresight of concerns has caused them to pioneer in advertising as The advertising of these companies is by PHILIP KOBBE COMPANY, Iwc. 208 FIFTH AVENUE, NEWYORK, Advertising Sand for our analysis \How to Choos An Agent\ THE SUN 'AND NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1920. AT OF AT Delayed Garbled, Actions INSIST Anxlons Resume Oppose peacemakers \prisoner.\ Government practically unintelligible. deliberately atmopherlc qualifications, Independence. \propaganda repre- sentatives displeasure Government, propaganda. Insignificant Technical Products entire city, and sales each The these well. handled Advertising DECISION AWAITED ON RIGA PROPOSAL Poles Receive No Word From Letts Regarding Holding of Peace Parley. ENVOYS SICK AT MINSK Virtually Held Prisoner By Reds and Subjected to Many Wrongs. By V jtMoetanrdf Press. Wamaw, Aug. 10. While Riga ha bean agreed upon by tha Polish and Russian Soviet Governments as the place for future peace negotiations. It was said at tha Foreign Ministry lata last mghl. that no word had been received from tha Latvian Government regarding the Pole' request for permission to hold tha conference In Riga, A wireless message, from Minsk say that members of the Polish peaoa dele- gation, and those who accompanied It to tha conference with the Soviet emis- saries; are becoming 111 because of the unsanitary conditions under which they are compelled to exkit. Among those who are sick Is Maurice Pate, Denver, a member of the Ameri- can Relief Administration. The mes- sage states that Pate Is seriously ill. The Denver man accompanied the dele- gation, together with Herichel Walker of Philadelphia, another relief worker, to discuss with the Soviet represents tlves a proposal for feeding war stricken children. The message says conditions grow worse each day. Tha delegates are per- mitted to walk only In certain parts of Minsk and only at certain hours. Tha advisory expert and the newspaper correspondents are virtually Interned on the premise occupied by the delegation. The delegates are prohibited to read the numerous Soviet placards at the street comers, by which the Bolshevlkl constantly endeavor to Incite the popu- lation against member of the Polish party. The only newspaper allowed the delegate are Soviet Communiat Organ. The message states that there haa been no messenger from Warsaw and tells of damage done to the Poles' wire less plant, which, at the time this com- munication waa sent by way of Mos cow, had not been repaired. A wireless message from M. Cchltcherln, Russian Soviet Foreign Minister, to Prince Sapleha. Polish Min- ister of Foreign Affairs, dated Sunday afternoon, says: \lour proposal to transfer the nego tiation, to Riga, which reached us to day, come rather late, seeing that two day before, August 27, we proposed that you transfer the negotiation to Eathonla and Immediately approached the Esthonlan Government with that end In view. \It la feared that the diverging pro posal coming from you two day later will Involve still more delay. Simu- ltaneously with your telegram we re ceived another from Premier Wltoa, who seems to regard Minsk as continuing to be the scene of the negotiations. These divergencies, which evidently show an absence of collective decision on the part of the Polish Government, consti tute a further reason to stand by the mvltatlcn sent you to adopt Eathonla for the ulterior or negotiations.\ PILSUDSK1 URGES CROSSING FRONTIER He Denounce Ethnic Border a Worthle. By ta Atneiatid rvs. Wabsaw, Aug. I. President In a statement to tha Polish press, declare that tha front designated by tha Allies on December g aa Poland's eastern frontier from a strategies! point of view, worth nothing to tha republic \At several points In tha region of Breit Litovsk,\ h says, \we have al- ready crossed the allied Una. In tha north wa are approaching It. To halt on thl line, dig trenches and create a state of defence meana that wa con- firm with this act that tha front In the east answers our aspirations.\ Tha Polish President go On to gay that there are only two solutions of tha Russian problem either to march for- ward and crush tha Rada bo completely that they will be forced to speak with tha Polaa In Mhother tone, or remain on the Illusory frontier and conclude peace as promptly aa possible. \Tha Polea must make a decision prompt and energetic,\ ha continues 'There la no time to lose. It Is not easy to Inflame tha Polaa and they are be- coming cool already. Wa must not de- lude ourselves even If wa sign, alnce we should always remain an object of Rus- sian aggression \ KEMAL PASHA ILL; REFUSES VISITORS Head of Turkish Rebels Says He Will Fight to End of World. By \' Attaeiatti Prtu. ConstaNTIN0pi., Aug. 29. Mustapha Kemal Pasha, head of the Turkish Na- tionalist Government at Angora, 1 111 of chronlo malaria, his condition being made worse by worry and overwork. Physicians are In constant attendance. He refuses to see many foreign vis- itor, partly because of his health and partly because of a feeling that he ha nothing to gain from them He 1 quoted as saying, however : \I will fight to the end of tha world.\ Ixndon, Aug. 30. Another attack against Hillah, west of the Euphrates River in Mesopotamia, waa launched by a force of 1,500 rebellious tribesmen last Thursday, but the attackers fell back under heavy shell fire, aays an official statement issued by the War Office to- day. \The situation In the Munteflk area of Mesopotamia, that la between the lower Tigris and the lower Euphrates, grows more ominous,\ the statement continued. \A violent holy war Is being preached and this tribe 1 expected ihortly to throw In Its lot with the In- surgents: The situation around Sawa-wet- h aura gives rise to anxiety. Move- ments of rebel bands have been observed and renewed attacks on our posts are expected.\ Bakuba, a town thirty miles northeast of Bagdad, which was taken by Arab tribesmen recently, was occupied by Sikh troops on Saturday, according to a despatch from Bagdad. Only slight re- sistance waa offered by the Arabian in the town, It I said. Elsewhere In Meso- potamia the situation Is without change. BELFAST SUFFERS WORST RIOTING YET Sixteen Deaths Now Reported and More Than Hundred Wounded. MANY SHOPS WRECKED Shankhill District a Blazing Inferno, All Catholics' Buildings Burned. Biltabt, Aug. 0 To-da- rioting waa the worat In the clty'a history, and waa probably the flrt to take place In board daylight The victim again were numerous and brought the dead up to sixteen. Mora than 100 persona have been more or less seriously injured dur- ing tha disorders, and there have been ISO fires since last Wednesday. The Lord Mayor after strong pres- sure to-d- made representations to the authorities, aa a result of which Gen. Balnbrldge and Commissioner Gelston have given the customary twenty-fou- r hours notice of the enforcement of the curfew order. Therefore Belfast was expecting a wild night ht before the curfew comes Into force. The men killed Saturday night and Sunday were declared to be Sinn Felners, while those killed y virtually all were Unionists. The mills, factories and schools were closed and most of the shops In the disturbed districts also were shut In the lighting between Sinn Felners and Unionists shipyard worker many shopa were wrecked In York and North streets. Soldier got between the In York treet and kept them apart. There were numeroua baton charge by the police. The military held York treet with armored car at mid- day. A girl In a green blouse headed the Sinn Fein attack In York street, keeping a dosen yards ahead of her nearest male companion. Before 2 o'clock the death list was In- creased by the shooting of a small boy by a sniper. A curfew law will be Introduced In Belfast night extending from 10 :S0 P. M to 5 o'clock In the morning. In the morning's disturbance Boyal avenue, at the end of North street, be- came the scene of Intense activity. Baton charges by tho police were watched with eager Interest from the windows of big stores. The Shankhill district of Belfast late was a biasing inferno. Nearly a score of Area had been started and virtually all the grocery stores and pub- lic houses owned by Catholics In the dis- trict were being destroyed. The police fired on the crowd during the disturban- ces. Inflicting several casultles. Cork, Aug. SO. A party of armed men yesterday burned the magnificent country residence of the Deputy Lieu- tenant of Cork County, Joseph Pike, near here. The family was absent at the time. The servants were allowed to leave the premises with their personal belongings. Londonderry, Aug. SO. Major John- stone, Justice of the Peace, and one of the best known residents of County Donegal, was assassinated at his home by men who fired through a win- dow. The assassins escaped. Qukbxc, Quebec, Aug. SO. The long- - OUTFITTERS TO COLLEGE AND PREP\ SCHOOL STUDENTS Young men about to enter or resume their studies at leading colleges and \Prep\ schools may secure ready for im- mediate service from our ample assort- ments of clothingfurnishings, headwear. footwear, luggage and the like every requisite essential to the completion of their wardrobes. For a great many years our exclusive productions and importations have been the standard among the best dressed young men in attendance at these schools and colleges. DE PINNA Fifth Avenue at 50th Street shoremen who atruck Saturday aa a pro- test against the Imprisonment of Lord Mayor MaoSwlney of Cork, want back to work JAPAN PBOTECTS OFFEUDEBS. Lagstloa Rafasaa to Ul re Vp Polit- ical Hefss to Cklaw. By la Attodatrd Press. Pixin, Aug. SO. The Japanese Lega- tion here, replying y to the request of the Chinese Foreign Office for the extradition of members of the Anfu, or Military group, who have taken refuge In the Japanese Legation, refuses to sur render the man. The Japanese note says in part : \I have the honor to reply that In view of the fact that the Presidential mandate seeking the arrest of tha In- dividual In question wa Issued on Iblltlcal grounds, and the legation la giving them refuge aa political offenders, I shall not be In a position to comply with the request for extradition, lrre- - 7 \active of any criminal offence with which the men may be charged.\ REBELS MEET Iff BAKU. Ixjndom, Aug. SO. A \Congress of Revolutionary Peoples of the East\ has been opened at Ba:u, Transcaucasia, says a wireless message from Moscow Four thousand representatives from Turkey, Persia, Armenia, Azerb- aijan and other countries are expected to attend. The agenda of the congress Includes a programme of action to be adopted by the revolutionary parties of the Eastern countries ALASKA In 1867 the United States bought Alaska from Russia for $7,100,000. And the public criticised the purchase as a shameful waste of money. Now, in one year Alaskan salmon alone bring more than the sum paid for the whole country. And the public praises the Government for its foresight, while enjoying the delicious salmon served at CHILDS. SalssMi slag will, ssaiwsaast rimr a rafrasklas BOg weather .p.cUlty. 0 64-b- sea yifth Aprnur.-- ! Mf479 sts. 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Formerly '195 to 350-- at '75 '95 $125 Street and Semi-dres- s Suits Suitable for' present or early Autumn wear, in a variety of smart models, developed in tricotine, twill, tweed and novelty fabrics. ) Formerly '125 to '225 at '55-'- 75 Summer Evening Wraps A clearance of remaining style in taffeta and satin. Formerly '195 to '275 at '85 Remaining Street and Sport Hats Formerly to '45 at '5 '10 '15 r Tailored and Dressy Blouses- - Formerly '20 to '25 at '10 Formerly '30 to '50 at '15 NO EXCHANGES CREDITS OR APPROVALS MALADY'S CAR toot merely because it is sheltered and. has all the furbelows dear to the feminine heart, but \because it is the logical result of fifteen years' development of a motor fundamentally correct. Inspection Invtted. Coup Carlton Motors Corp. 872. Park Ave., at 53d St. Phone Plasa 7391' ' Metropolitan Distributors
