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14 44f THESUN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY . 22, 1919. GARMENT WORKERS STRIKE, 35,000 ODT Entiro Business in Greater City Tied Up by Walkout, Which May Spread. DEMAND fxCREASED PAY Also Insist That Manufactur- ers Shall \Not Havo Eight of Discharge. The entire dress una waist manufac- turing business of Greater Now Vork w cimrpletely crippled yesterday when O workers, mostly wdmcn and girls, went oa strike To-da- y the factories of the city will b picketed, and special Instructions given the employees at meeting held In twenty-nin- e halls yesterday, warn them against violence. Unions the War Labor Board or some other body of conciliation Intervenes, tho strike promises to bo a long one, for the workers and their employers aro hope- lessly at loggerheads over tho right to discharge tho girls, though this point ac- tually Is not specifically Included In the demands made by the strikers. Testcrday noon, nfter every factory In the city wns closed, there eemed a ollght possibility that tho dispute might be arbitrated, for a statement was given out by B. Maruchcss, labor manager for the Dress and WalM Manufacturers' As- sociation, saying the manufacturers were ready to go Into conference with tho union leaders to discuss terms of settle- ment That statement, afong with con- siderable more Mr. Maruchess had to say about tho garment workers was printed in tho afternoon paper's, and then Mr. Maruchcss denied It. The fact Is, however, a group of man- ufacturers did fall upon Benjamin Rchlcsinger, president of the Interna- tional Ladies Garment Workers Union, In his office at 31 Union Square yester- day afternoon, nnd told him they were anxious to obtain a settlement. Striker Stonily Women, About 90 per cent, of the strikers aro omen and girls in their toons. The tlke order came oarly In the morning, Ad they poured out of the sweatshops In the lower Kast Side and the bigger fac- tories up town and massed Into Union Square. It was a bit like a holiday. The girls knew the time for the walkout was scheduled for yesterday, and so went to work, dressed In their Sunday best. In this attire, quite unlike the popular movie Idea of a shopgirl, they marched tip Fifth avenue and Broadway singing, laughing and cheering, with banners ad- vertising tho strike. In Webster Hall about 6.000 of them oonffregated, and were listed for picket- ing Others mot in Stuyvesant Casino, Mansion Hall, Manhattan Ly- ceum. Casino Hall, Progress Casino, Fulton Hall, Hennlngton Hall. Lenox Assembly Hall, Laurel Garden, Bronx Casino, London Casino. Brooklyn Labor Lyceum. Royal Palace Hall and tho New Plata Hall In Brooklyn. The Browns- ville workers went to the Brownsvillo Labor Lyceum and In South Brooklyn to Longo's Hall. \Extra police will observe the picketing y, but little disorder Is expected. The glrla say there are not enough workers available to cause any trouble. Those who are on strike are cutters, operators, sample makers, drapers, ex- aminers, hem stitchers, lace runners, finishers, cleaners, pressors, button hole makers and button sewers. Unionists to Lend Aid. There nre UO.000 affiliated with this onion, about a fourth of whom are In this city. All the others will contribute to the support of the workers on strike. Nearly 40.000 employed In allied trades that depend upon the work of those on Mrtlte aro expected to be out by the ond of the week. When ajiked how long ho expected the strike to last, President Schlctlnger of the workers said : \As long as it takes to bring the manu- facturers to their senses. Wo havo enough money to keep our workers on strlko Indefinitely. We nre tho fourth largest union In the American Federa- tion of Labor. Wo havo tho bupport of r.very garment maker from coast to coast, ond haven't the slightest doubt that we will win this strike.\ The women and girls on strike aver- age about J10 a week the year around, tor the working year of the trade Is about seven and a half months. They nre employed on tho piece work basis and work about forty-nlrt- e hours a week. Because the building trades al- low husky men to work only forty-fou- r hours outside, the girls who run the machines In the sweatshops feel thev should work no longer than that, and usk a corresponding increase In pay so that they will earn aa much In that time as they do under the present schedule. This amounts to about 15 tier cent Another point and to their minds n very Important one, la the demand that a union n(n..i,.i h. it.... \V . ,b:at while ago. declares that 330 of tho sweat- shops are extremely nnd that 114 aro serious traps. This latter par- ticularly Important to the workers, who remember the Trlanglo disaster of fow years ago. The Chief Dispute. \The chief dispute between uj,\ said Mr, Schleslngcr yesterday, \Is the mat- ter of discharging During tho Jast few weeks nearly 10,000 havo been Jet go, to frighten tho girls, When our agreement ended December 31 the tlmo came for renewal wn In. Council, in me last or so. The Idea of Jetting 10,000 more time is preposterous.\ About 300 Independent manufacturers, members of Waist Manufacturers Association, have notified the strikers' demandB. meeting of ,the strike their considered. The National Garment Retailers and Dress Contractors met at Waldorf night. Despite the Injunction strike lead-r- s that be disorder In of strike garment workers arrested In upon of William Flneman, man- ufacturer who ald they entered his draired men wonieo workers out. SEES LABOR WAR IN CAR LINE RECEIVER Brotherhood Head Adds Plea for Increased Fare. Thomas M. Ackerley, the New York Hallways Company Brother- hood, who appeared nt hearing be- fore tho Publlo Scrvlco Commission yes- terday In compnny's ap- plication for an Increased 8 cent charge for transfers, testified If compnny wns forced into a re- ceivership there undoubtedly would be troubles. A tleup last cummer was only prevented, he paid, because Oscar 6. Straus, then chairman of commission, asked no dis- turbances brought about during the period of tho F. T. Wood, assistant to General Man- ager Hedley. said it was no secret that the company was giving most unsatis- factory service. Acting Chairman Whitney asked briefs bo submitted by Monday. It Is reported that Grand Jury In Kings county Js preparing to report n, presentment ngainst Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. Two engineers the Public Servlco Commission and othor witnesses were before Grand Jury The Inquiry, It was was an to whether company In Its construction work wns accustomed to hoed the recommendations the com- mission, and. If not, why not, and why commission not enforce sug- gestions. POLICE RAIDS NET 69 UNDESIRABLES Cops Go on Rampago on Both Sides of tho East Bivcr With Good Results. Time table and stout walking much In demand In the under- world yesterday when word was flashed by crook wireless that police on a rampago. In tlrst surprise of- fensive flfty-flv- o unlucky burglars, con- fidence, stlckup nnd gun men, pick- pockets and other malefactors were cap- tured In Manhattan by tho fast working detectives. In Brooklyn, too, th raid- ers gathered In fourteen undesirables. While the more fortunato crooks were leaving city by foot, ferry and fllv-e- r the luckless flfty-flv- o were formed In line nt headquarters to permit de- tectives to look over their facial topography. Inspector John J. Cray, who arranged the at headquarters, said It wns not an aimless roundup, but that the police suspect each of the men of some particular crime. He added that raids would continue until police satisfied themselves that no crooks rwnalned In city. Many Petty Inspector Cray a batch of papers and reeled off names of captives, their offences and their previous business transactions with the police. The details- - were not exciting, average burglar preys on tho average citizen and prefers to rifle a Harlem fiat without burglar alarms or new fangled window catches, rather than to go up against tiw better protected mansions of Riverside Drive or Fifth avenue. Robbers, too, lurk more often In the poorer. 111 lighted sections to carry cn their trade. The Inspector had some old friends and Interesting characters on his list. There was Kdward Cunnecn. who started a criminal career In with malicious mischief and ended It so the police thought by sentence of Imprison- ment as a habitual criminal six months ago before County Judgo Norman S. Dike of Brooklyn. Despite his life Cunnecn bobbed up In the roundup charged with knifing Louis Hanlllu of 237 East Seventy-fourt- h street. Cun-nee- n told detectives ho was out of Sing Sing pending appeal on the life sentence. He Is versatile crook, having !en con- victed of malicious mischief, burglary, assault, carrying a rovolvcr nnd rob- bery. There was also Sam Davis, nliio \Scarchy Scllts,\ one of the ablest pick- pockets who ever skinned a leather; Rose brothers, Fred and Max, both con- victs; Jack Attls and Jerome Goldberg, old time pals of James Regan, alias Kit. tenberg, alias Burns, who was sentenced on Mondav tn life imprisonment as a habitual criminal, and many others with many names and many sentences. Cops In Gun Battle. Detectlvo Caputo of the East 104th srteot police station had a narrow es- cape during the raids when one of three suspects, said to be Salvator Duranto, fired three shots at him at Lexington avenue and llfith street. Caputo and his companions, Detective Sergeant Qualne and Detectives Dolan, McLough-U- n nnd Bonano, pursued, firing In reply, and captured Duranto, although his escaped, Ono Jacob B. Hoffman, an accountant, of 27 East 117th street, was shot during runlng fight. He was bllglitiy wounded In tho Bide. In Brooklyn tho most important can- - tures wero those of Arnold Anderson a bureau drawer, where wero reposing two loaded revolvers. The Andersons are accused of three Most of tho men In tho raid will held for a day or two on short aff- idavits alleging suspicion of felony while complainants identify them. Later spe- cific charges be entered. MONTH'S SUPPLIES $2,778,208. V. M. C. A, Report on Shipments for December. Some figures of the cost of Y M. f? C4, 473.000 cigarettes. Included In tho month'B free supplies, which amount to 36 pr cent, of the total budget, aro ap- propriations of $99,508.93 for motion picturo equipment, $274,171,48 for books tnd $419,354.80 for athletic suppllos. Six Want to Ite V. S. Attorney. John II. McCooey, Democratic leader Kings county, has called a conference of district leaders for this afternoon to discuss Federal, Stato city pat- ronage, Tho most Important Job open la United States Attorney for the Eastern District to succeed MoIvIIIh J. Franco on February 1. Among candidates are Vino Smith, Henry Ward Beer John H. Eno, assistants to Mr. France, George L Brower, A. I, Nova and George W. Martin, hops at TttBOtUhnntoaMMnl n\d W '\.Anna. of 300 Atlantic they aro sanitary, safe p laws of ' .T 'C CntCrfl ther,a.bP\' employment. Tho report of the board of ' \J A.der8e!'' W? ?M l. sanitation of the nin . i burglar a Sing Sing education, to dirty, fire Is a workers. obviously ana fisted upon tho plan that was authorized ' A. work abroad during December, a pe-b- y Judge Brandels, whereby a board 'if rlod of occupation and demobilization. review is empowerea to look into tho were given yesterday by William Hloane, omplalnt of any worker who claims to chairman of the Wnr Work be wrongfully discharged. We had n Ho said December shipments of with tho manufacturers and piles totalled J2.77S. 208.92, about $1,000,-lat- er a second one, at which they re- - 000 less than November shipments, due, to have anything to do with the Mr. rfloane to tho agreement of board of review. They were against our the to furnish goods to ha determination to strike, but were firm In so!l3 ttt cost in soldiers stores operated their stand In tho matter of ' b' the Y. M. C. A. The grand total of the board of review. There Is nothing to i supplies In elghtcon montliB Is $24,- - rbttrate about that. Able Judges have 455,039,27. ruled on Its validity and we don't pro- - T1\1 statement also shows that tobacco pose allowing the employers the right ti supplies wero Increased during the discharge Indiscriminately, the way they ' month by $495,365.54, one Item being nio. weeK or go In that not tho Dress nnd the union of their willingness to settle At n committee will be Asso- ciation the As- sociation the last of there no the con- duct the three were Harlem com-plai- nt a dress of 2028 First nvnil, factory and and president of tho favor of the faro and a that the labor tho that labor ho war. that tho the of four the yesterdny. said, the of the did its shoes were the were the the the the had the Criminals. thumbed the the for the 1909 a life sen- tence a the com- panions bystander. the burglaries. taken be will of tho and the II. and nil fused said, Government continuing sent 4 GHOST DRAWS LINE AT AFTERNOON TEA \Invisiblo Foe's\ Mystic Star Goes on Strike Agninst Posing as a Freak. MESS AGENT IN DESPA1JI Hut Flora MacDonald Docs Her Best to Entertain Bat- tery of Writers. The hard worked ghost that's walking at present In the Harris Theatre on Forty-secon- d street now don't every actor nnd actress out of a Job rush oft on reading the above sentence and bom- bard the Harris1 management for a Job, because tho ghost referred to Is not the one that pays salaries when It walks, but the Impalpable visitant that Is send- ing thrills all over Broadway (see press agent) by rustling curtains and sending messages through tables and otherwise In a mysterious way enabling the beauteous heroine in \The Invisible Foe\ to provo that her lover did not commit the crime of which he is accused In the first ac- t-To proceed : The ghost that's star- ring at the Harris Theatro was peeved. It flounced into a corner of the book- case, packing Its filmy gray Incorporeal-lt- y Into a square Inch or so of apace behind a gorgeously painted wooden set of Balzac tn tho neat and Inconspicuous way that ghosts have when they wish to avoid notice and proceeded to sulk. It was yesterday afternoon, and the ghost was entitled to nn afternoon oft with tho Test of tho cast, there being no matinee, and thero was the stage filled with people and the footlights lit and Rose Shulslnger. the press agent, rush- ing around calling in loud tones for the ghost because ahe had all the reporters In town and a lot of feature writers and Fannie Hurst and so on Invited there to a spook party, and what was s spook party without a ghost? Quits Job After Itehenraal. Also Flora MacDonald. the fair young heroine of \The Invisible Foe,\ was there sitting on a sofa trying to go Into one of her trances to see If her Scotch second sight wouldn't discover where the ghost had gone to and meaning: \Rose that ghost was on the Job at rehearsal this morning and promised solemnly to pour at our tea, but don't blame me, because ghcets are always unreliable and hard to keep track of because of their capacity for fading away Into nothingness.\ Meanwhile reporters were arriving, also Fannie Hurst, who had torn her- self nway from the sixteenth pare of the conversation between the Yiddish mother and daughter in her last story on receipt of n telephone message from Press Agent Shulslnger that the ghost at the Harris was waiting to read her palm. And did all this move the cruel heart of the ghost in the corner behind the wooden set of Balsac? It did not. Malevolently the ghost peered out upon the scene of distress Its absence caused and thus soliloquized: \Right here is where I strike. Yes, sir. when I signed a contract to goose-fles- h Rroadway nothing went Into that contract about afternoon teas. Whaddo they expect of a poor ghost anyhow? Ain't it enough for me to be at every rehearsal working and hearing the flesh and blood actors talking about the fun they have spending their salaries when they get them, nnd me kept out of all the glad times because ghosts are per- sonal non gratse In safes and most every place except a fool spook party like this? Dinged If I don't float over to tho Flymouth Theatre and get Walter Hampden to produce Hamlet's father's ghost for me and I and Hamlet's father's ghost will form a union of the theatrical ghosts and lay down a few rules to protect\ us. Yes. and we'll rope In the walking ghost that pays salaries and 6wear to hao corns whenever our demands are Ignored.\ Hides In David Copperflrld. Chuckllnr malevolently the ghost of \Tho Invisible Foe\ flowed Into the hoi-lo- Interior of David Copperfleld. which figures In tho play, and composed itself to take a nap until the time for the evening performance at which It was due to appear. The above is the truo explanation of why Press Agent Shulslnger and Miss Flora MacDonlald wero unable to keep their nronilM of a .imc vn - ... . party at the Harris Theatre yesterda .iiniiwii. Hiiwnvitr, ine party nnally tvontuated and a pretty good time was had by oil. Miss MacDonald at last ga.vo up the ghost, and having done so became quite lively, reading the palms of assembled writers and others and telling their fortunes from tea leaves. In the latter achievement she was balked at first by tho Fad fact of the tea that was handed around being strained and having no leaves, but u pretty little aetorlne went to the rescue and brewed a freah pot that was nil leaves, where- upon tho heroine of \The Invisible Foe\ discovered fortunes for all pres- ent in the bottom of their cups. Fannie Hurst demanded a palm read- ing, so Miss MacDonald dreamed for time over the h.iml nt th &,.tv,n- - then told her that thero was a man a man something had. In short, hap-peno- d that had caused what one might call gaps In what she was doing, and It would be well for her to stop everything and turn to the thing that was In her mind. I'rrss A vent Makes a Find. At this Interesting point a sudden mys- terious scratching Ixhlnd tho bookcaas caused all to Jump, and Press Agent Shulslnger. who couldn't give up tho ghost, but had been prowling contin- uously around getting down on her knees looking under things for Raid ghost, shrieked gladsomely : \There It Is!\ A gray something emerged slowly from under the bookcase; there was a pauso and Miss MacDonald swooped down upon the something, clamed ii o I her bosom and crooned, \My little cat! My precious little cat! Dlddums Itsums nnK it wouia como to murier s party?\ Then, opening her arms, she exhibited the animal, which, she told tho guests proudly, was her constant companion, and was such an accomplished thief that It shinned up tho flro escape from hr apartment to the one nlxive, opened the Icehos In that apartment nnd abstracted and ate her neighbor's high priced chops. Then everybody commenced to talk about cats, except Fannie Hurst, who talked about her dog, and thus In pleas-a- nt conversation the party ended, But not before Miss MacDonald had brought out the oulja lioard and the spirits of various celebrated persons who havo passed on had condescended to dictate messages to all present, telling them that they were going to be rich and famous Immediately, If not sooner. As the shades of night wero falling the party drifted out and away, each guest carrying an autographed copy of \T) Clansman,\ which Thomas Dixon, the author, had presented to them ; Miss MacDonald having, as all movie fans know, ttnrred in the photoplay made from that novel. 4,495 MORE TROOPS BACK FROM FRANCE Thrco Vessels Arrive \With Daring Air Veterans nnd Brave Land Fighters. STORIES OF GALLANTRY 'Tho Hatchet\ Tells of Daily Life of Men on Transport Gcorgo Washington. The George Washington Is back again, her prestige as a Prosldent carrier supplemented by her famo as the only Tankeo troopship that publishes u dally paper with real wireless news, up to date, and \columnist\ material. In vrree, free verse and freer proso that helped to make the stormy trip frothier. Nat-udall- y, one who knows anything what- ever of the Father of His Country would ay offhand that the namo of the only Atlantic dally Is the Hatchet, and that's what It is. Despite the tradition of the Inability of Georgo to framo up material that might lead to a libel suit, some of tho naughty doughboys tried to fool tho sus- ceptible editors of the Hatchet. This called forth an editorial warning the writers who wanted \to tako a ride on Pegasus not to copy other people's poems and send them In as their own,\ adding that a \Pennsylvania Infantry- man came pretty near putting one across yesterday. It waa a regular sob sister poem, only tho doughboy did not write it.\ With tho 3,474 troops that returned by tho Gcorgo Washington wero two big yellow dogs, smuggled nbonrd, accord- ing to the veracious reports of the Hatchet, hy men of the Forty-nint- h In- fantry. The chronicler says the dogs were named Kaiser Bill nnd the Crown Prince, but that their intelligence flat- tered their godfathers. Tho dogs wero put In the brig for examina- tion as to cooties. The master at arms was to see that they were fed. Bympa-thetl- o doughboys turned them loose and they were ordered put in restraint. They were tied to tho mlzzon mast with ropes. Doss Get Their Sea Legs. \Again the issue of the Hatchet of January IS, mldsea edition, says, \the doughboys set them free. And again cams an order to the master at arms, who set ftsldn a compartment in the en- gine room nnd started with Sailor Ahern, the lasso expert, to corral them. \But Kaiser Bill and tho Crown Prince had their sea legs by this tlmo. Alio they know tho chief master at arm by sight, so that every tlmo he potted them they spotted him, and having cleht legs to his two they kept nt a safe dis- tance. . \ \When we reach Hobokcn,' said the chief master nt arms, 'when we reach Hoboken ah, well, thero aro many Wie- nerwurst factories In Hoboken !' \ Some of the Washington's jnssengers were Brlg.-Ge- Chamberlain, who com- manded the Coast Artillery Corjis of three brigades oreratlng all heavy rail- way guns, from 8 to 16 Inches cilibre; Brlg.-Ge- William II. Wilder of the headquarters staff; Capt. II. C. Curl of tho Medical Corps, veteran of the War, who had charge of the bast hopltal nt Brest ; Capt. T. B. Wood and Capt. David T. Jackson of the Fifth Marines, who fousht with their command until the armistice and scaped wounds. Lieut. W. 1' Krwin of Chicago, of the First Aero Squadron, credited with bringing down nine planes and wearing the Distinguished Service Cross, Croix d ,Ouerre nnd the war medal of tho Aero 'Club of America, was attacked at Ver- dun last September by three German fliers, was wounded and fell 1,000 feet, but before landing was able to get his machine gun in shape and repel his pur- suing enemies. Ho was a concert pianist before going to war. Corporal Walter Snow, 172d Infantry, a Sioux Indian born tn Oklahoma twenty-f- ive years ago, won the Croix de Guerre and several wounds. On outpost duty at Verdun he spotted four Germans carrying a machine gun townrd tho en- emy linw. Ho dropped them with his rifle. Ho saw service also with tho French Blue Devils. Mtllrr' French Brtde Arrives. Mrs. Marcel Miller, who was married six months ago to Corporal Howard Miller, who recently arrived here, came to Join her husband. She H one of the ten thourasd French girls who captured American soldiers. She has been doing Red Cross work. She speaks no more English than that taught her by her husband while they wero sparking In Paris, but she suspecU ho will help her to learn more. She Is only 17 nnd pretty. By the Transatlantic itall.ino liner Giuseppe Verdi more than 400 American fighters came back, Ucludtng thirty-eig- naval aviation officers commanded by Lieut, G. W Almour nnd Lieut. Wil- lis B. Havlland, former commander of the naval station at Porto Corslno.sevcn miles from Ravenna. Among the Verdi's civilian passengers were Frederlco Glolltti, manager of the AnsAido Company, Genon, one of the largest steel worka In Italy, here to visit American steel plants ; Frank t'rownln-ehl'l- editor of Vanity Fair, and Peter McDonnell, sfnlor member of McDonnell & Trudax, ngento here of tlio Transat lantic line. The transport Do Kalb, with 621 troops, Including C. W. Keeno of Chicago, who prided himself on stnndlng near Gen. Pershing and being decorated on the same dy by King George. The Sergeant won tho British Military Crow by gal- lantry tn rushing nnd capturing German snipers and machine gun nests that had been killing stretcher parties sent out to bring In the wounded. Ho left his right leg In France. ASKS $250,000 FOR SOLDIERS' WELCOME Mayor's Secretary Makes Ap- peal to Aldermen. Somo Idea of the oxtensivo plans that are being Hid for New York city's wel- come liome to the Twonty-scvcnt- h and Seventy-sevent- h divisions of the Amer- ican Kxpedltlonary Force, was given yesterday afternoon when Graver A. Whalen, representing Mayor Hylan, ap- peared beforo tho Board of Aldermen to ask for an appropriation of $250,000 In special revenue bonds. This Is In ad- dition to tho $100,000 that appears In the 1919 budget for this purposo nd a special appropriation of 180,000 that has already been mado to make a start on the arch at Madison Square. Mr. Whalen said that In all tho Mayor's committee to welcome home- coming troops, of which Rodman Wan-amnk- er Is chairman, expected to spend about J7O0.00O. The committer will raise by private suscrlptlon all that 1b rot given by the city. Borough President Dowllng nbked for Immediate consideration of the nppro-prlatlo- n, but owing to the objection of some of the Republican nnd Socialist members, the proposil went over for a week. It is estimated that tho cot of the decorations will b 1 SS.nnn, th Illumi- nation nt night J25.000 and of enter-Ulnln- g the trooDa $100,000, In add!- - tlon to the latter It Is planned to play tho host to Its 60,000 troops at dinners In the various' city armories, Vhlch will cost In the neighborhood of $300,000 dinners that tho men probably will never forget Tho officers will bo received at the City Hall with much the same ceremony that waa observed when New York greeted tho representatives of tho alllod na- tions. The decorations In City Hall Pari: will bo on an even more elaborate scale. The main grand stand for the rovlow will bo at Fifth avenue and Flfty-nlnt- h street. It Is planned to frame It In such a way that It can be taken down and used anln for future city celebrations. Heretofore tho large grand stands havo cost In tho neigh- borhood of $10,000 nnd tho city after- ward had had nothing to show for the expenditure. Mr. Whalen said. Among tho structures that will be decorated In addition to City Halt are the Washington Arch, the Victory Arch in Madison Square, the Publlo Library nnd the bulldln?o on tho equaro at Fifth avenue and Flfty-nlnt- h street. Mr. Whalen told the Adcrmen that already the Mayor's committee had wel- comed 103,000 returning soldiers. After Mr. Whalen had withdrawn the mem- bers of the board clashed on the various resolutions In regard to the appointment of tho committee by the Mayor. Tho welfare commltteo reported adversely on the resolution of Alderman Squiers, Republican loader, which soughl to have tho board \repudiate every truckler with our country's enemies\ and moved the passage of the resolution by Alderman Collins expressing confidence In tho Mayor and his nppolntments on tho com- mittee. Tho Collins, or Democratic, resolution was passed by a vote of 41 to 14. Condemning the Squlers resolution the majority report said that Its plain pur- pose woo \to censure the chief exccutlvo of this city for having appointed as a member of the committee to arrange a fitting welcome to our homecoming sol- diers a newspaper publlshor who ha by his vigorous support of measures In the Interest of the people Incurred the en- mity of Jealous rivals and certain po- litical nnd nodal elements In this city and who Is Inccrcly\nd honestly up- holding the hnnds of President Wilson In the arduous and overwhelming responsi- bilities now resting on his shoulders.\ The commltteo expressed the belief that It waa the duty of nil tho people to uphold the 'Mayor In everything that he did to welcome home our heroes. Tho Socialists presented a minority report In which thoy asserted that both tho Squlers and Collins resolutions \are prostituting patriotism for political pur- poses.\ One, they raid, was In the Interest of those opposed politically to Mr. Hearst and tho other waa merly \n partisan defence of an unholy alli- ance between Mr. Hearst and Mayor Hylan and mado politically necessary by the Introduction of the other resolu- tion.\ TO AMEND PRIMARY \BILL. G. O. V. Committer Named to Draft lllll for Convention System. Samuel S. Koenic, president of the Re- publican County Committee, appointed a committee of eleven yesterday to draft n bill or bills for tho amendment of the direct primary law 50 ns to provide for a return to the convention pystem of nominating political candidates. Tb committee was authorized nt tho last meeting of the County Committee, nnd It will report at the next meeting of the County Committee on the third Thurs- day In February. In tho meantime, how- ever, it will confer with AtKemblyman William W. retlet of tho Tenth district, who h.ts been authorized to draft a simi- lar bill for the Republican Club and to Introduce it at Albany. If tho committee can Agree on Mr. To- ilet's measure It will make unnecessary a late Introduction tn the of a rpcUl bill to r present tho views of the County Committee. Charles 1\. Hedt. leader of tho Ninth Assembly district. Is chairman of the committee appointed by Mr. Koenig yes- terday. Robert W Bonyngc. president of the Republican Club; Robert P Levis, leader of th Hleventh district ; Kzra P. Prentice of the h district. Stanley M. Isaaci of the Fifteenth district. Mar- tin C Ansorgo of the Thirteenth district, Herman Hoffman, leader of tho Four- teenth dlfctrlct ; Mrs. Georgia B. Wentz of the Seventh, Mltw Mary Wood of tho Eleventh and Miss Clara Stiles of tho Nineteenth, aro the other members. CHOCOLATE FUND WINDS UP. Wnr Orffanlznf Ion IlrKlns Clmlns; Up Its Ilools. The American Chocolate Fund, t West Fifty-sevent- h street, beitan closing up Its books yesterday. The work of tho organization will noon be suspended. The fund has supplied PO.000 pounds of hard chocolate td the trenches, trans- ports and ba'e hospitals, Including 62,-00- 0 pounds svnt direct to tho men nt the front through tho Red Cross and 4, COO pounds to transports. In a statement announcing that Its work Is dono the fund acknowledged thousands of letters received from men In service, chaplains and Red Cross workers, and concluded In these words: \In the knowledge that wo havo given this) bit of comfort to these boys who havo given so much for Uf we have our 'exceeding great reward.\ \ FEWER INFLUENZA CASES. Fnlllnc Off of SOI I'uonninnln Mliovts litrrrnsr. New influenza cases reported yester- day to the Health Department totalled E74, which thougli showing nn increase of 254 over Monday's figure in actually a decrease from tho normal dally average. Sunday's total numbered 600 rases, nimlnntlng Monday's figure tho first day of the week nlways records only one-ha- lf tho cases normally reported and compnnng yesterday's total with Sunday' j a falling off of twenty-si- x caset H shown. Yesterday's Influenza deaths numbered eighty-six- , an Increaso of six over Sunday. The pneumonia cases reported wero 132, a gain of eighteen over Sunday. Deaths from pneumonia wero 121, nn Increase of forty-on- e over Sunday. Any appnrent Increaso In cases and deaths that may bn Indicated by yes- terday's reports nm attributed to tho delay of physicians, whose reports covering Sunday do not reach the Hoard of Health until lato Monday afternoon. New cass reported yesterday, by boroughs, were ; Influenza. Pneumonia. Manhattan 112 37 Brooklyn 517 t: Hrnrtx ion Qutns 41 Richmond IT u Totalt. 71 13.\ Grip Dentin Suerp Fnrts of India. Influenza and famine conditions aro causing a death rate seven times as great as during the plague last spring In certain sections of India, according to ndvlces received yesterday by tho Board of Foreign Missions of the Pres- byterian Church. Failure of tho grain crop Is given as one of the causes. Swnnn Pleads for Clunffrar, District Attorney Sw.uin appeared In Special Soesiohs yesterday to nsk clem- ency for William Freeman, a chauf- feur, of 300 East Ninety-thir- d street, whose arrest Mr. Swann caused teveral dnys ago nt Fifth avenue and Sixty-thir- d street. Freeman was said to be driving In nn Intoxicated condition. Sentence was suspended on Mr. Swnnn's statement thHt Freeman hnd a wlfa and eight children nnd would lose his license it ao was svmencca. WALSH IN HOT TILT AT HARBOR HEARING Impngns Board's Fairness for Itcfnsal to Force Produc- tion of Boohs. SUBPOENA IS IGNORED Boat Owner Testifies U. S. Pays 59125 Rent for His $9,000 Boat. Hie constant wrangling that has marked the progress of the harbor labor hearing beforo a section of tho National War Labor Board culminated yesterday in a bitter row In which Frank P. Walsh, representative of tho workers and him- self a former Joint chairman of tho body, Impugned the fairness of the board and niade a veiled threat to suspend the pro ceedings. Thoroughly angeied by the refusal of Chairman Ilutchcson. a member of the labor representation, to Insist upon tho production of books ofthe boat owners, for which It had Issued a subpoena, Mr. Walsh ,shoutcd: \I think It best we do not proceed further with this hearing until we get another labor member on this board.\ (Adam Wilkinson, ono of tho two mem- bers of the labor group assigned to the section, was absent on account of the death of a' relative in Ohio.) Stilt Wants tho Hooks. \You can do as you please about that,\ retorted tho chairman with some show of heat. \Well I want thoso books,\ loudly in- sisted Mr. Walsh. \I must say. Mr. Chairman, that your rulings nro the most technical I ever encountered. It's the first tlmo In any forum that I have seen tho best ovldenco kept back.\ Mr. Walsh had explained tn the course of an argument with Paul Bo- nyngc, counsel for the boat owners, that he wanted the books for the purposo of showing what the companies had paid\ out In wages, what prices they were re- ceiving from the Government and pri- vate cstomers, expenses of operation and similar Information. His Irritation was heightened when Mr. Bonynge declined to put his clients on record as refusing to produce tho desired Information. Walter S. Smith, of tho Red Star Towing and Transportation Company, had remarked under that his failure to obey the order to bring his company's books was due to the fast that ho \didn't have time.\ \I don't say that we refuse to pro-duc- o them,\ said Mr. Bonynge, \but I do not know of any legal reason why wo should do so.\ He then conceded a willingness to produce the payrolls of tho company, but not the other evi- dence requested. \The payroll does not give the Infor- mation I want I want tho books from which It is made.\ rejoined Mr. Walsh. \I want to prove that In 5,000 cass tho companies did not pay the men tho wages ret by the odjustment board and that In somo cases they have worked the men sixteen hours a day.\ Tho chairman suggested that the pay- roll alone ought to be sufficient But Mr. Walsh was not to be mollified. Snbterfnur, lie Chorgei, \I want those books,\ ho stormed ; \to prove the claim these owners make that they can't put an eight hour day Into operation Is Just a subterfugo like It wns with the railroads. Wo nro malt- ing a right against the strongest com- bination In the harbor.\ The Incident was closed when Mr Walsh finally said. \We will proceed on the rnllnir fh.it tit h.. -- ..k pecnaed the books and they havo not been ... wuuVU Tho complainants closed their case with tho testimony of Alfred M. Sorell, business agent of the Hoisting Hncl-neer- s' Union, that members of his or- ganization nro \dying right and left\ from overwork. They are asking $5 to 51 for an eight hour day, with double pay for overtime and Sunday work. They now1 wcrk on tho busi., of a ten hour day for 32 11 week. When Theodore L,. Burgess, represent- ing the Railroad Administration, said he had eight or nine witnesses but that hey were not prepared, and Mr. Bonynge SUircestpd ho hnt .nnn.h ,.!.... seep the board busy until Mr. .Burgess wan ...... m,,. ..... - Tl'tW I I . . .u,, iirecipiiaioi an other wordy exchange, by expressing the hope that the defence would not take up the tlmo of the board by extending the hearing beyond It had taken tho complainants live days to present their tfstlmony. Frederick B. Dalzell. head of the tow- ing company of that name, testified that operating expensei of the companies wero Increasing while business is be- ginning to slacken. He and John J Ruygc, president of tho Tic Towing Company, testified at length a.i to the effect of tidal conditions on toning operations. Rents 80,000'Dont for Hl.Vltsr.. Under by Mr. Walsh Arthur Knight, owner of a single tus for which he raid $9,000. said tho boat liad been under charter to the Govern- ment for the last ear nt J 125 a day. A colleague of Mr. Walsh, adding up tho expenses of maintaining the boat an .Mr. Knight enumerated them, set tho figure at ?0, Mr. Walsh announced. Tho witness ridiculed the flgnro aa being far too low. \Who set the prlco that Is paid you for your boat'\ asked Mr. Bonynge. \Tho Government,\ said Mr. Knight. \The Government Is certainly treat- ing you nice. Isn't It?\ observed Mr. Walsh. James Kennedy of Elizabeth, N. J., who graduated from the ranks of tho workers to the presidency of tho Ken- nedy Towing Company, operating st boats, said hl boats scoured the harbor looking for fares after the manner of a taxlcah in the streets. \Sometimes a boat will go a whole day without getting a Job and some- times oven a week,\ ho stated. , \Yes and fomctimes one boat earns n much as $1,D00 In ono day, doesn't it?\ inquired Mr. Walsh. \Not very often,\ raid the witness. Ho was asked by Mr. Walsh If he would produce the books of his company. \Sure he replied , \I'll produce any- thing.\ The hearing will be resumed at 0:30 o'clock this morning. Zionist Fund Benches ?!(, OOO. Subscriptions to tho 13,000,000 fund neing rniseu tor mo rcswruiwn or by tho Zionist Organization of I America, reached $400,000 yesterday with the rec-jlp- t of i 120,000 from ail 'part of the country by wire. The .largest amount, J4H.O0O, came from San Francisco yesterdaj In Nw York tl.e da's figures showed f 5,1 Z0 in rasih.mil announced that a bcne.llt win Imlttco held at the Hippodrome. PROSECUTOR LIKELY TO FREE O'DONNELL District Attorney Convinced He Did Not Kill Miss Riddell. Unless evidence moro substantial than his own confession to Indicate the guilt of Patrick O'Donnell for tho murder of Mary Riddell In Richmond Hill last Wednesday Is found, District Attorney O'Lcary of Queens will consent to his discharge when ho Is arraigned before a magistrate Six witnesses, nil fellow employees nt tho Waterman' pen factory, but none of them spoclnlly Interested In him, have so far substantiated the story of O'Don-nell'- a wlfo that he was at work In the factory at tho tlmo Miss Riddell was killed. They havo mado detailed state- ments to tho police nnd Mr. O'Leary went' all over tho statements yesterday. Ho said last night: \I havo consulted y with the de- tectives who havo been looking up O'Donnell's record, as well as his where- abouts on the night of tho murder, and from what they tell me they have found and positively verified. It would hnve been Impossible for this man to havo been In Richmond Hill on tho night of the murder. I nm of tho belief now that he was nt work In tho factory nt tho hour of tho murder.\ Mr. O'Leary has not yet talked with a now witness, Interviewed by detectives yesterday, who says O'Donnell was neither nt his factory work nor In Rich- mond Hill when Miss Riddell was killed, but at a saloon In Lexington avenue near Twenty-sixt- h street Patrick Flood, son of tho owner of the saloon, told the detectives yesterday that ho was behind tho bar at 7:16 last Wednesday evening, which Is supposed to be about the time Miss Riddell was killed, and that O'Donnell came Into the saloon. He says ho Is certain of the tlmo because ho was setting the clock on tho cash register when O'Donnell In- terrupted him. Mr. O'Leary will have a talk with Flood Dr. Edward J. McGoldrlck, In chargo of O'Donnell at tho Queens county Jail, reported O'Donnoll greatly Improved j RYAN.NOW FUGITIVE, INDICTED AS TRAITOR Another O'Leary Aid Added to List of Accused in Spy Cases. John T. Ryan, a lawyer and Demo- cratic politician of Buffalo, was Indicted by a United States Grand Jury yesterday charged with treason. Ho Is alleged to have cooperated with Jeremiah A. O'Leary in nldlng n German spy ring of which Herman Wessels and Baroness von Kretschman, alias Marie do Victoria, were the central figures. Ryan la the fourth to bo named In a lengthening list of persons who will be put on trlsl for their lives accused of the gravest offend of which the law knows. The others ore Wessels. Jay Wlllard RoblnBon and Albert Paul Frlcke. Ryan disappeared on May S, 1518. tlio day after that on which O'Leary bccAmo a fugitive from Justice. Ho Is believed to be In Mexico. He served In the Amer- ican army In the Philippines during the SpanHh-Amerlca- n war and was made a Captiin. In tho National Guard he was known as \Philippine Island Ryan.\ He speaks Spanish fluently. The Indictment charges that Ryan's special work In behalf of the Imperial German Government, which was at war with the United .States, was In protecting the Interests of Baroness von Kretschman, who came here In January, 1917, after. It Is said, she had acquired status as a citizen of Chllo through a fake marriage to a Chilean named Do Victoria tn Ham- burg. Ckstrge Acalnst Kim. Ryan Is charged with harboring B.ir-on- von Kretschman. In advancing her money and In aiding her to procure In- formation relating to ship and troop movements, Tho coconspirators are named as O'Leary, Wessels, Robinson, a man named Hurley, ngents of tho Ger- man Government In this country, Kurope and South America and nersona in Ire- land. Ryan Is alleged to have advanced $000 to Baroness von Kretschman be- - iveu uctDuer in ur.v urcmmier 10, li'n He camn from Buffalo for the week end almost every week In July, August, Sop- - tembcr and October, 1917, nnd viMted Baroness von Kret\-hma- n nt the Hotel Nassau. Long Beach. The Indictment I charges that on thesa visits ho gave the woman Information nnd advice relating to her work as a spy tor tho German Government. George Wlnsiiip Taylor, Assistant United Stntes Attorney, who presented the case to the Grand Jury, said that Ryan sent a man named Jerry to Mexico early in ISIS to ohtaln $20,000 for the Baroness on Kretschman. It was the agreement that tho messenger was to have 12.000. and that Ryan wns to be repaid hln $4. COO. The messenger re- turned with the money In April, but be- fore he could rejort to tho Baroness she was arrested. It wa. the arrest of the Baroness, ac- cording tn Government officials, that caused Ryan and O'Leary to ficc. On May S Ryan rodo In an automobile with his law partner, Stephen V. O'Oorman, from Buffalo to Rochester. The two men parted in Rochester. O'Oorman said that Ryan told him that ho was going to New York to intend an Irlsli meeting. Lender of Sinn Fclncr. Ryan, 43 years old and a bachelor, llvfd nt lfi Prospect avenue, Buffalo. Ho wnt born In Brookline, Mar. Ho began to practice Ihw (n Buffalo after returning large practice. Ho was the leador nf the Sin\ Fein orcanlzatlon in Buffalo. Sir Tlncpr .ta. ment, who was In this country In 1915, and Mrs. Miooh.\ Skctiington spoke at meetings arranged by Ryan. Ryan handled tho money for Germans In nn attempt to blow up the Welland Canal In Canada In December, 1915. He paid cash to llorst von dor Goltz, the dynamiter, for Capt. von Papen, German Attache. Hvnn linn a stronsr fnr fr wlil.n heavy mutsaohe and goaten lent dlstlnc-- 1 tlon in his Buffalu day He is c feet 10 'inches In height nnd weigh 190 pounds. jn temperament no is pugnacious, par- ticularly when tho dlscusa.on Is about Great Britain or Ireland. Will Greet Itrtnrntnir Soldlrrs. Two thousand soldiers of tho Flfty-nint- h Coait Artillery, formerly the Thir- teenth Coast Defence Guard. National .Guard, of Brooklyn, who will arrive to- - day on the U. S\ S. Louisiana nnd the u. fr. H. .New Hampshire, will be met down the harbor hy 2,500 friends and relatives n board the steamer High-lande- r, which will follow th\ Patrol, the official welcoming boat. Arrest Moon In Ilollmrh Mnrdrr. An \Important arrest\ within twenty, four hours was predicted last night bv detectives who nre reeking the four Ital- ian youths accused of slaying Joseph Holbach and his wife, Helen, In iheir saloon nt South O20110 Park early Mon-in- . Samuel Stelnhart of 102 .Trrmm I etreet hrottie r of Mrs Holharh. remmed bodies to an undertaking Ithe eiterdaji FREE MME. LEBAUDY OF MURDER CHARGE Grand Jury Bcfases to Indict Slayer of \Emperor of Sahara,\ WEEPS WHEN TOLD NEWS Thinks Slain Husband's Spirit Influenced Jurors in IFcr Favor. Mme. Marie Augustine Lebaudy w?nt to her home at Westbury. L. I., jest . day evening freo nnd happy and deiia lng her belief that even tho tp.rlt e Jacques, the husband whom she shot to death, had Influenced the Nassau cojntv Grand Jury to find np Indictment agalr.ii her. The action of the Grand Jurors ran-- , after they had heard County Dctei'tUt Carman Plant as the last witness fortu State In the morning, and District A torney Charles R. Weeks, who esiund-r- t to them the points of the law with r gard to murder In the first ana Geoonl degree, manslaughter, and the cvldem on which a presentment of \no Ind' 1. ment\ might be found. Following luncheon the Grand Juror resumed their deliberations, and about I o'clock In tho afternoon word was entti Supreme Court Justice Asplnall that th Jurors had reached unanimous agre- ement He took his Eeat oil the bench, a-- d about five minutes nfter 3 o'clock Fore- man Sylvester Fearsall filed In at tl head of the Jurors. Sheriff Phlncas Sea- man and other court officials, come o whom were known to have hopvid tl'? Mme. Lebaudy would bo exonerated waited tensely while the foreman hamlM tho Jury's etatement of the case to tlx court clerk. Failed to Find Evidence. Then It was announced that the Jury, after reviewing Lebaudy's cruelty his wlfo for many years and his unfatherly attitude toward his daughtir Jacqueline had failed to find evidence Justifying an indictment holding Mme. Lebaudy for trial. Instantly Sheriff Seaman ran to a t'.\' phono and called up his wife, who HI been ministering to Mm. Lebaudy imr. Mlneola Jail and trying to soothe tv. nervousness that developed as the h&' ' for tho Jury's decision approached \Tell Mrs. Lebaudy,\ the Sheriff saM to Mrs. Seaman, \that everything Ii an right. The Grand Jury has found no Indictment against her.\ Mrs. Seaman went upstairs to ' 11 room where Mme. Lebaudy, still wes't and 111, was lying In bed Seeing by Mrs. Seaman's expression that to\ Jury, men had made up their mind Mme baudy roso In bed, raising her arms ti the Sheriff's wlfo appeallngly, whllt: hr lips trembled as though she tried ti make them frame words, but couldn ; \It's all over,\ said Mrs. Se.imar. \Everything la all right.\ Mine. baudy looked daicd for a moment, tl.t' the tears came. \Maybe It Isn't true,\ she sobbtd \Maybe It's a mistake.\ \No it's all over.\ Mrs. Seaman i.v sleted. \My husband Just called me tp and said you nre to go free \ Mm Ibaudy threw her arms around M- - Seaman's neck nnd wept Wanted to Stay All Nlclit. \I'm so glad, so glad,\ Elie murmured, despite her sobs. \And you've been so kind to me.\ In fact sho appeared to have dvel-nie- d such an affection for the wi haired, motherly woman who had lo her every want In the prl3f,r when her emotion finally subsided Vt Lebaudy said: \I'm so tired I'd like to stay '. place all night. I don't wan' home.\ But In a few mlnut. i Harry W. Moore, her attorney. order for htr discharge which ' Asplnall had Just signed at h! -- The lawyer, with tho aid of r- - Suffern, an old family friend. upon her to s;cnd the night s' tv where tho tragedy occurred a - Saturday. But Mme. Lebaudy wo\'. I until the return of her th daughter, who had gone for bile ride with the two ,1.. v i Sheriff Seaman, Uthel and T, ' waiting for her Mme. Leb.n:d -- Ited by Mrs. Michael Wi' iam f the detective from whnn catr, ,' olver with which Mtre. Libaj. tho shooting. Jacqueline, ignorant of h'r n f release, drove up to trtj J.v. a' I o'clock and was told the gocd ( Mrs. Seaman. She gave a iri f ran up the stairs nnd threw nr ., around her mother's ncl. T . 1. y Lebaudy. Jacqueline, M\ore an 1 PofV accompanied by tho Leb.iud went down stairs, wucre w. e good-b- y to the Stamans. Inkirnr Sherlff'3 hand smilingly and K.s \f ' wife. Her Manner tlinngrd. Mme. Lebaudy had put on a t Isl- and waa otherwise attired a 1 , ' been on tho day of her entry lr'o her manner had undergone a r pleto transformation Thourh nhi w\ still p3io sparkle of In her eyes as she said tn ' newspaper reporters aligned ' lawyer's car : \I thank you for all the ktrdr \ havs shown me. I tn sorry I ri 1 speak btter Knsllsh.\ Then In French: \I really bclief n ques ban helped me much t! m ' ' ordeal. I feel that he Is fr,- J 1. ' \ and was glad to helj me. it \ Sho ndded that th\ t r through the papers he.' apprccia \1 the many expressions of s . pa' had received from nil parU .if t'\ 1 try. It was Impossible for her. s- - - ' to acknowledge the varlo-- ' c 1 tions individually, espectallv as v ehausted and was eklng ' 'i ' qullllty and repose that I for so many years.\ Then she got into t'.i ir.ic' ' Mrs. Mlunlo Weldmer and the r, party .tr.d motored t Ph.v: - un the way they pased the l.i ! Rev. William V. McGinn!-'- , her c adviser, but d.d not stop as F.i\ Glnnls was 111 In bed from 11 ' ' was expected to cmne t the l .lc-In person and express his Jub.a- - ' was notltled of the r\ult over ' '' phone by Detective Jam- - Bar1- - r! ' xppenred to becomo omzl' - dlately. (iocs to nn! , mi 11. At the large ond attraclxc place that had been n dark terror for her during the Ust vrv v Lebaudy alighted gravely, tb. quellne was Emlllnif gaj ' moved without hesitation past at the foot of the stair wher ' . ' \ band had breathed his lat: ail-- . ' composedly to h\r room TIito the inevitable reu, ' nnd shs ton'v to h'-- r bed. io remain thero for (nm- - t - has rccove-e- fionv t',e e- T iftrn Ml f t b.' i af'ei- - whmb it was expc' .f j ' nhut up the lodgo uml go- awa.
