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Suit WEATHER FORECAST. Cloudy and warmer, probably shower to-da- y; probably cloudy.' Highest temperature yesterday, 59; lowest, 51. Detailed weather reports on editorial page. VOL. LXXXVII. NO. '45. ' NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1919. Copyright. . Bun Printing and Publi.Mng Attestation. PRICE TWO CENTS. POflT STRIKE ENDS; MARINE WORKERS GET 10 PER CENT RAISE; PRESIDENT WILL CALL CONGRESS BACK IF RECESS IS TAKEN; LODGE WOULD CURB JAPAN TO AVERT A NEW WORLD WAR SENATOR WARNS CIVILIZATION OF NIPPON MENACE z. Lodge Reveals Persistent Breaking of Treaties to 1 Build Up New Power. 1 SHANTUNG AN INCIDENT Hakes Powerful Appeal to Protect China and Save Peace of Universe. ' Sptcial DfjpofcA f Tns Son. Washington, Oct. 14. Senator Lodge (Mass.) In a strong speech dealing with tho Far Eastern situation, and especially with the peace treaty's cession of Shantung to Japan, warned the Senate and the country to-d- that Japan is fast building up an lm periallsUc power In the Pacific that, unless Its menace la recognized and curbed, will surely cause the world to confront a new outbreak of universal Persistently and relentlessly reach-la- g out for control of the resources and man power, of China, he said, Japan ultimately will employ those resources and that human power to endanger the safety of the whole Xabrio of Western civilization,. Eu- ropean and American alike. \It is impossible,\ he declared, \to understand how any conscientious 'American can consent to a treaty that will extend the power of such a nation as Japan over China, when the United States deliberately drew China Into the war with at least an Implied promise to assist and protect her at the peace conference.\ - Mr. Lodge reviewed in detail the record of Japan as a maker of inter- national agreements that were after- ward violated. The history of her with 'Cores, Manchuria, Mon- golia and China were set forth as dem- onstrating that the fundamental pol icy of Japan had been \steady relent- less aiming to get ultimate control of the vast population and great terri- tory of China.\ Important Papers Withheld. In the course of his address Mr. Lodge referred to the difficulties under which-th- Senate had labored in deal- ing with the treaty by reason of the persistent unwillingness of the Presi- dent to submit to It documents that were absolutely necessary to the Sen- ate's understanding of the genesis and significance of many provisions of, the treaty. He referred especially to the refusal to communicate documents re- lating to the rapidly expanding control of the Chinese railroads by Japan. \What reason was offered for not giving the Senate this' Information V was interjected. \The Senator rom Connecticut (Mr. Brandegee) knows the phraseology bet- ter than I,\ replied Mr. Lodge. Whereupon Mr. Brandegee said: \The letter from Secretary Lansing In reply to roy request for tbat report stated that the report hod never re- ceived the approval' of the Department of State. But the report was made to the Department of Commerce, not to the Department of State. For Bome reason I do not know it round Its way to the Department of State, and there was refused to the Senate on the grounds, first, that It had never re- ceived the approval of the Department of State, and that therefore the Sec retary did not wish It to obtain puoucity. There was an Intimation also that some dlolomatlo nesvtlatlon was going on with China with which this might In torfere. The President In replying to the Senate's resolution asking for the report said he did not think It com patible with the putmc interest. - Would Await Needed Documents, \I had hardly supposed,\ pursued Senator Reed, \that the Senate was to be barred from seeing anything be- cause It had not received the approval of the Secretary, of State. That seems to me a new doctrine. I think the Senate is entitled to every paper and every document bearing upon the treaty. The Senate can be Just as much expected to respect necessary secrecy \hs can the State Department So far as 1 am concerned I think consideration of the treaty ought to be laid aside Absolutely until the Executive places the Senate in possession of the papers, Tney have been withheld without precedent or Justification. To expect the Senate to pass upon an Important document witn- out knowlnr the facta Is to expect the Senate to submit to being played the fool with. I am tired of dealing with the case without the papers, and think far Senate oueht to take that attitude. \Will the Senator from Massachusetts Inform us.\ lnaulred Senator La r\oi lette (Wis.), \whether this Is the only paper connected with the treaty which the Senate has been refused r \Oh no,\ replied Mr. Lodge. \We wore refused practically everything we asked for except two drafts or tn .American plan for the League of Na- tions. One of these was called the American draft, the other the composite draft. Mr. Bullitt In his testimony added a number of other drafts to the collection, so that we are rather well supplied with drafts of the American pln which was discarded. There was also tent to ui, after some aeutenese Ccmtixued o BigMX Pag. French Deputies Ask Allied Indemnity Fund PARIS, Oct 14. The Chamber of Deputies, without debate, passed to-da- y a resolution favor ing negotiations between the Allies with a view to lndcmmty-in- g combatants in the war. The resolution follows: . \The Chamber, having con- fidence in the spirit of equity and justice of the allied and associ- ated Powers, invites the Govern- ment to open negotiations with them with a view to considering the principle of establishing a common interallied fund to indemnify combatants of the great war.\ TURKEY HELPED BY PEACE DELAY To Eetain rlaco in Europe Un- less U. S. Accopts Mandate Under League. OLD PLAN ABANDONED England Appears to Have Her Prestige in the Levant. By LAOTIEXCE HILLS, Staff Correspondent of Tn Scs. Copyright, o\ right! rtten-ed- , Pakib. Oct 14. The Turk will stay In Europe and Salnte Sophia will con tlnue to be1 the scat of Islam unless the United States accepts a mandate for Constantinople. This is becoming more and more evident from tho de- velopments both In Paris and In the Orient The delay in action by tlje Allies, arising largely through the adoption of the, mandate plan for ad- ministering Turkey, has saved the Turk from being driven out of Europe. If the United States refuses to accept the mandate the only partition of Tur- key will be of certain ports of Asia Minor. This Is In great contrast with the plan at the beginning of the confer- ence, which it will be recalled was to drive the Turk out of Constantinople, both spiritually and materially, giving him only Anatolia. All through the last years of the war It was taken for granted that Constantinople was to be- come a Christian city, with the cross once more on Salnte Sophia, thereby realizing the dream cf ages. All this has collapsed absolutely. The Illness of President Wilson has destroyed the last lingering hope of many, that something like the original plan might be carried out. The Presi- dent Is known to have favored strongly an American mandate for Constanti nople, and much surprise has been caused here by his failure to advocate It on his tour, which generally has been Interpreted here .as meaning that the President found sentiment overwhelm- ingly against It and therefore abandoned tho Intention he had, when he left Eu rope, after promising the big Powers a speedy determination of the Constanti nople question. If the President snouid be Incapacitated for any length of time. statesmen here are in favor of going ahead with other plans for the solution of the Turkish problem. : A solution along the same lines does not present Itself easily, for no European Power would allow any other European Power to take a Turkish mandate, such are the Jealous rivalries of Europe. The return of the Young Turks to power, emphasized by the victory of Mustapha Kemal's Nationalist army, can be at tributed to one thing only, and that Is the 'delay In settling Turkey's future arising out of the adoption of the League of Nations plan. Undoubtedly such a settlement could have been made last summer. If not be fore; but the mandate plan. Involving Americas acceptance, has given ine Turk ODDOrtunlty to recuperate rapidly and at .the same time has permiuea we rivalries and conflicting claims or. tne Allies to multiply. October 1 was placSd am the latest date when the President would make known the decision of America; bo had promised, it would ap- pear, to sound Congress on this ques- - tlon even before the ratification of the treaty. News of the occupation of two cities more In Turkey and the reaction caused In the Ottoman Ministry nas caused a lively sensation here. Observers agree that the mandate scheme now Is less susceptible of operation than ever, the hostlltty of the Committee of Union and Progress to this mode of administering Turkey belts well understood and recog nized here as offering the greatest ob- - nteole to Us success. Thus It Is that various European foreign offices virtually have placed the tamp of their approval on a plan which consists of a kind of system of Interna- tional control with the preponderance of power in the hands Of the urltisn, French and Italians. The British prac tically are all powerful In that region y. It Is a fact that a ship cannot plear from the Bosphorua nor a train load of goods move from one place to another 'without the approval of the British commissioner In Constantinople. In short, England appears to have regalPfd her old prestige and power in the Levant whloh she had before the Germans supplanted her. Is PTamed Secretary of State, Baltiuorb, Oct 14. George L. Had cllffe, member of the Liquor License' Board of Baltimore, was appointed wee jretary of State of Maryland to-d- by uov. jiamngion, U.S. FORCE FOR SILESIA SAID TO \BE UNCERTAIN Paris Hears Participation in Allies' Occupation Is Left to Senate. ACTION IS MOST URGENT as It Fear of Effect on Treaty Be lieved to Bo Responsible ,for Delay. Peace Conference May Be Replaced-b- y Envoys PARIS, Oct. 14. Reports are current in peace conference circles that the peace conference may be replaced by a council of Ambassadors presided over by M. Pichon, the French Foreign Min- ister, with Marshal Foch as his adviser. II y LAUHKNCB HILLS. Staff Correspondent of Tns Sex. Copyright, lilt, all rlaht$ reserved. Paris, Oct. 14, The question wheth er American troops should participate i In the Allies' occupation of Bllesla. Memel, Danzig and other areas which iro to be taken over from Germany pending plebiscites. In advance of rati fication of the peace treaty by the United States, apparently has been put up to tho Foreign Relations Com mlttee of the United States Senate by the State Department, from what was learned hero y. The question Is considered here as pressing, inasmuch es the occupation of these districts Is to take place within two weeks after the treaty becomes effective. Tho Allies have been counting upon American troops and have received assurances from President Wilson through the mission here that they would be furnished. At tho same time orders were Issued by. Secretary Baker for 6,000 Regulars to prepare to leave the United States for this purpose. Barracks were made ready for them at Cobl'enz some time ago, but for some reason the troops did not start Now It Is understood that the whole matter was to be put before the Foreign Relations Committee, as was done in the case of American representation on the temporary reparations committee, which the Senate decided adversely. The reference of this question to ,the com mittee is said to be In response to urgent suggestions from Under Secretary Polk that' the matter be decided quickly and that the best way would, be to 'consult the Senato committee. The Supreme Council has discussed the whole matter of the disposition of troops In tho new regions but without reaching any decision, largely because of Its uncertainty In regard to the Ameri- can attitude. To be on the ground In time the troops should leave America Im- mediately. There will be an allied com- mander appointed for the troops In each area. The question raised was whether the United States would allow Its troops to be used In the execution of the treaty or portions of It when it .has not ratified the treaty. The position that the Amer ican mission took is that since such oo oupation Is an outcome of the war in which the United States participated she is in duty bound to assist in sucn policing. Alan, in tne case or ouoBia. uu oc cupation is vital to the coal supply of Europe, which In turn affects America. How long these troops would be kept In Europe nobody knows, as It depends inro-pi- on uia lensin or umt reuuuvu to organise these plebiscites and restore order after the Germans leave, should the results of the balloting be unfavor able to tSem. BAKER SAYS S.000 MEN WILL BE SENT. Lansing Refuses to Discuss Participation. 1 Special VetpateX io Tan Be. Washington. Oct '14. Although Sec retary Lansing declined to dlscuBS the question of whether or not America will contribute B.Ouo troops to lane pan wiui the Allies In the occupation 01 upper Silesia, Memel, Danzig and other areas pending the plebiscite ordered under the peace treaty. Secretary Baker said to- day that 6,000 additional American troopfjf ire to be sent to Europe at once fronVfJie United States. M?5 Lansing was aware of Mr. Baker's statement when asked about the matter, but explained that the question had not been settled. The understanding Is that .the 5,000 troopB will go to Germany to be ready to relieve that number in case It Is decided that the United States should participate. This additional 6,000 will bring the total American force In the Army of Occupation up to approximately 17,000. Arrangements wilt be made to comply with the commitment which President Wilson made before he left Paris, but In the event of opposition from Congress It will still be possible to countermand the order. Roosevelt u Country Minister.\ A stlrhnx story about the Ute President which won the nrst orlie in contest Rt4 It In next Sunday's Sua, U. S. ARMY COURIER SERVICE CHARGED WITH GRAFTING Six Officers About to Return Paris, Where Investigation Is fly a Staff Corrctpondent of Tns Sen Copyright, ttl, all right l retirvtt. Paris, Oct J4. An Investigation which promises to bring out interest- ing revelations has bee\n begun here Into tho United States Army courier service. While many ofllcers who acted couriers already have loft for home in known that at least six who were to about to leave have been detained pending the Investigation, which In- volves charges of wholesale grafting. The couriers worked for the peace commission and covered all parts of Europe nearly a hundred officers be ing employed- - at one time. They en-Jo- full diplomatic privileges, neither their pouches nor baggage be ing Subject to Inspection. If the charges are true these privileges have been greatly abused, to the alleged en a richment of some of the couriers. ' Among .the charges is that thou sands of francs were made by these BUDGET SET AT $316,521,427 Estimate for 1920 May Send Tax Bate Up Between 68 and 85 Points. $28,fG3,320 WAGE GAIN Liberal Figures Used, Some Say, So Hylan Could Do Cutting. The tentative budget of the City of New Tork for 1920 amounts to ! These were the figures given out by the Board of Estimate yesterday as being their preliminary estimate of what it will cost to maintain the city government next year. This Is an Increase of $68,495,932 over the final budget for this year, which brought a tax rate In Manhat- tan of 2.32, and more in other bor- oughs, running as high as 2.41 In Richmond. What the tax rate will bo for 1920 can be estimated In only the most general terms because of many un- certain factors. Figuring on the basts of the tenta tive budget and estimating the yet un- known factors, the tax rate would have a Jump of between 68 and 85 points. Itednotlon May Be Granted. If there Is deducted some 36,000,000 which was put In for Items that In the last year have been paid for from cor porate stock It Is estimated that the tax rate would have an Increase of between 33 and 47 points. This may be deducted If the Legislature grants a request to be made by the city officials for a fur ther suspension of the\ pay as you go policy. Of the Increases 128,163,320 Is for In creased salaries and new positions. Of that amount 33,757,564 Is for the Police Department, 12,346,910 for the Tire De partment and 11,921,625 for the Depart ment of Street Cleaning. The policemen' and firemen are down for the 3250 Increase In the various grade?, promised, and which they de- clare Is 'too small by 1100. The rank and tile of the Street Cleaning Depart ment get an average Increase of 3300, Other civil service employees are In creased on the following basts: Up to and Including jl.zOO a year, 20 per cent, with a minimum of 1100 and a maximum of $200 where any In crease at all Is given. Between $1,201 and $1,900 a year, 16 per cent Increase where any Is given, with a maximum of $200. Between $1,901 and $2,600 a year, 10 per cent, with a minimum of $200 and a maximum or zov wnere apy in crease is given. Underthe resolution or tne noara or Estimate some time ago discretion was riven to the department heads m re .aril to Increases. It was understood yesterday there were many complaints on the part of employees that they had been discriminated against In favor of others who had more \pull. Mayor Hylan announced tnat all city emnloveoa who thought they ought to get more money could make their appeal to the Board of Estimate at jz:io o'clock this afternoon. The general pub lic hearinrs. which were started yester day, will be continued at 10:30 o'clock this morning. Any Item In the tentative budget may be increased up to October 20, On that day the tentative budget aa moamea becomes the proposed budget This may be decreased, but not Increased, any time ud to October 3. by midnight on which day the final budget must be passed by the Board of Estimate. This then goes to the Board of Aldermen, i . . ' .. - . . - V. . . ... i In. crease any Item. There were those last night who ex nressed the onlnlon that the budget bad been deliberately padded with the' Idea Home, Are Detained in Begun. men by carrying money from one cap- ital to another when the fluctuating exchange rates mado it easy to reap large sums through arbitrage transac- tions. Large quantities of salvarsan, made only In Germany and very scarce throughout the wax, diamonds and other things in demand are alleged have been brought from Vienna and Berlin to Paris, $1,000,000 worth of diamonds having been found In ono pouch, It Is said. In this case the officer In charge of tho pouch professed ignorance, saying tho package had been given to him In Budapest, the sender assuring him that It contained only papers. Charges of huge expense accounts also are to be Investigated. The as Elgnment as courier was regarded as soft, desirable post, and these as- signments were In great demand by young ofllcers as soon as the war closed. BARE 'RED' PLOT TO BURN CAMPS Military Authorities at Gary Find Evidence of Plan for General Uprising. TBOOPS BUSHED TO FOSTS Unguarded Cantonments to Bo Mado Safe Against Threat- ened Attacks. Chicaoo, Oct 14. A plot hatched by anarchists In Gary, which aimed at burning every abandoned army can tonment. In tho country, was uncov ered by the military authorities there Troops under arms, it is re- ported, have been ordered by the War Department to proceed at once to army cam pa not having adequate pro tection. According to Information gained at army headquarters in the steel city the first attack of a general uprising of the \Reds\ from West Virginia to Colorado, and from Canada to the Gulf, was planned against army can tonments abandoned except for care- takers. Five hundred soldiers were en trained from Gory late Monday night Their destination was not revealed. The movement was cloaked In secrecy, but it was learned they are part of the army of defence that will face the rebellious forces of anarchy If they make their initial onslaught On Trail of Bomb Maker. It was learned also, that the 'uprising was planned to be guided from Gary and Omaha. Federal Investigators here asserted toTnlght tbat they are hot on the trail of an Anarchist named Ivanhoff, who they believe to be the master bombmaker at Gary. Ills noma was mentioned by Anton Gorskt, who, army officials at Gary asserted, had confessed to planting the bomb that blew up the north en trance to the Chicago post office, killing four persons and Injuring more than thirty, a year ago. MaJor-Ge- n. Leonard Wood, through Col. Evan II. Humphrey, his chief of staff, emphatically denied late to-d- that any of the men held at Gary has any connection with the mailing of the Glmbel bombs to prominent men throughout the country last May, Col. W. 8. Mapes, commanding of ficer In the Gary district, reported tn me to-d- that there Is not a single thread of evidence to connect any of the men held In Gary or by Federal troops any where else In tne strike zone with the making or distribution of the Glmbel bomDs,'' said Cot Humphrey. Two men were arrested on suspicion around the plant of the Aetna Powder Company. They are being held merely because they may be suspicious char acters. The story In a morning news paper that a cellar In Gary was raided and evidence found locattng the place of manufacture of the Glmbel bombs, as In Gary. Is without a foundation of fact Apologises for Fake Story, \The reporters who were on that story and one of the editors df the paper which printed It were called before Col. Mapes this morning and the editor apologised. The reporter was ordered withdrawn and this was compiled with. \There Is no actual censorship of the pross In Gary, and therefore more dras tic means cannot be taken. Col, Mapes Is the commanding pfficer of the Gary district, and as such is responsible for the entire conduct ot the troops and the Investigation there.\ ' Col. Mapes declared y that the premature account In the morning news- paper concerning the \bombers\ com Pontinxui on Stvtmih Pag. WILSON SPENDS RESTLESS DAY; GLAND SWELLS New Complication in Ill ness Causes Much Concern in Washington. HE BEADS PBESS BEPOBTS Plans to End Inactivity Bo- - cause of Unsettled Condi- tions at Capital. Washington, Oct 14. Duo to an un Important but Irritating new complica tion. President Wilson spent a restless and uncomfortable day, but his condi tion was described by his personal physician. Rear Admiral Grayson, as Improved. The new ele ment entering Into the President's ill ness, It was stated, was of the non ' operative type. in tne regular nignt miuetin on tne President's condition, issued from the Whltn.Hoiisn nt 10 o'clock, Dr. Gray- son said: \Tho President has had a restless and uncomfortable day, but ho Is bet ter In connection with the Issuance of the bulletin Dr. Grayson announced that Dr. H. A. Fowler, a Washington specialist, had been called In for con- sultation and through his efforts had been able to reduce tho swelling of the prostate gland, which it was stated to- day had interfered with the rest of the President last night Night IV ot Restful. The bulletin lerued at 12:16 P. M. read: , \The President did not have a restful night last night His restlessness was caused by a swelling of the prostate gland, a condition from which he has suffered In the past and which has been Intensified more or less by his lying In bed. His general condition, however. Is good. As noted yesterday, his 'tempera ture, pulse, respiration, heart oc tlon! and blood pressure are normal. \Grayson \RumN \STirr. There wore clear Indications to-d- that the President himself has become aware of tne many and varied reports concerning his condition and his inabil ity to perform the functions of his office for a long time to come. As a result It became known that th6 President had taken steps to end his period of complete Inactivity sooner than otherwise, but the advice of his physicians Is still deter minedly against any such move. Heads the Newspapers, It was vouchsafed this morning,' for example, that the President had Insisted on getting copies of the newspapers and reading Just what the reports were. He furthermore made Inquiries concerning the steel strike, the industrial confer ence, the treaty debate and other mat ters. One report which is said to have Im pressed the President particularly was that stating that Congress might ad- journ for a month after the treaty was disposed of to await the President's re turn to health. Should Congress take this action It was the President's Inten tion, according to officials at the White House, to summon Congress In session and InBlst that the legislative pro gramme which he recommended In his cabled message from Paris be carried out In view of latest developments It appears certain that the President does not take kindly to the Intimation that his rest cure must keep him entirely from public affairs for an extended period. But this view had been enter tatned by the President since tho be ginning of his Illness, It la explained, and has been one of the reasons which have causod his physicians to desire that all work be kept from him. Tho President's, physicians, and not the President himself, must Judge as to whether he Is In a position to resume work, and the verdict of the physicians continues to be discouraging to any thought of his taking up work of any kind for a considerable time. Thero Is still no denial of reports Indicating that the President Is and has been more seriously III than tho bulle tins Intimate, and consequently the period of mystery and anxiety persists. Rear Admiral Graysdn and tne special lsts decline to deny rumors or depart from the bulletins, and apparently take the stand that It would be beneath their dignity to discuss the various reports coming from the outside. The actual malady of the President remains as heretofore, undefined. BRITISH CAPTURE SIX GERMAN SHIPS Merchant Prizes Are Taken by Destroyer Into Reval. Lonpon, Oct 15. Six German mer- chant ships have been captured during the last two days by the British tor- pedo boat destroyer Westoott which took them to Reval, says the Daily UaiVt Reval correspondent \According to a report from Riga.\ the correspondent adds, \Col. Avaloff-Bermon- dt asked the Allies It he would obtain terms from the Letts, but the Germans Impudently fired on the al- lied Ileet In Riga Bay, It Is reported that the destroyer Vanoc returned the lire, and II Is also reported, but not confirmed, that th fleet landed a forcJ Canada to Gqt Paris Goods Partly bjr Air TVONDON, Oct. 14 (via Mon- treal). Paris millinery for Canadian buyers la to be carried by airplane to London and from there shipped across the Atlantic, with all speed, in order to meet American competition. The Canadian express and grand trunk companion to-da- y en- tered into such an arrangement with a British airplane company, in competition, it is explained, with New York services. Those companies have also established an arrangement under which Canadians arriving in Eng- land can receive transportation by air to the continent or any part of England. RAIL BILL ASKS STRIKE PENALTY of Senate Committeo Votes 14 to 1 for Measure Fixing Terms for Boads. \ WOULD DIVIDE PBOFITS Carriers Entitled to Five and to a Half Per Cent, on True Investment. Washington, Oct. 14. Inclusion In tho permanent railroad legislation of a provision to penalize strikes of rail- road employees was decided upon late to-d- by the Senate Interstate Com- merce Committee by a vote of 14 to 1. The committeo did not enter Into the details of the anti-strik- e legisla- tion at Its meeting y, the vote being merely on the question of adopt- ing the principle of penalizing railroad employees for striking. Senator Stan- ley (Dem., Ken.) cast the only oppos- ing vote, declaring he did not believe antl-strlk- e provisions could be en- forced. The committee voto wus regarded ns making certain Inclusion in the final railroad bill of an antl-strlk- e clause somewhat similar to the clause of the Cummins bills proposing fines and Imprisonment for concerted action of employees Interfering with interstate commerce. The phraseology of the anti-strik- e clause Is expected to be agreed on late this week. Other steps toward reporting out the railroad bill probably this week were taken y by the committee in determining dis tribution of excess railroad earnings. In accordance with a recent vote In favor of a provision directing the Inter- state Commerce Commission to fix rates sufficient to Insure railroads a return of 5 per cent upon the value of their property, as determined by the commis- sion, plus one-ha- lf ot 1 per cent for maintenance, the committee to-d- voted on disposition of earnings exceeding this 6 per cent return. By a vote of ten to five the commit tee decided that of earnings of railroads between 6 and \ per cent, one-ha- lf of per cent may be retained by individ ual carriers toward maintenance of In- dividual Improvement funds, with the other one-ha- lf of 1 per cent to be trans- ferred by the railroads to the Federal Transportation Board to compose a gen- eral, national contingent fund, This general fund would be distrib uted by the board for the maintenance or Improvements, through loans or other- wise, of other railroads deemed worthy of assistance. Of excess earnings of railroads over 7 per cent, of net value, the committeo de- cided that h shall be retained by tho earning carriers for their own lm proveraent funds and threfc-fourt- given to the boards general fund. Disposition of excess earnings was ru- - garded as one of the most important and difficult tasks In the framing of the bill and has been opposed as unconstitu tional on the ground that It was beyond the power of Congress to prescribe. The committee also approved a pro- vision that the Individual carriers, from excess earnings over t per oent may ac- cumulate reserve funds up to a max- imum of B per rent, of their property value. When this 6 per cent, limit Is reached and maintained, one-thir- d of further excess earnings may be retained by Individual carriers and two-thir- must be transferred to the Federal con- tingent fund. . W. W. LUMBER MEN DEMAND BATH HOUSE Also Want Free Bedclothes Sfrfte Called. Spokanb, Wash., Oct, It Lumber Workers Industrial Union No. 600, In dustrial Workers - of the World, has called a strike In logging camps In east- ern Washington, northern Idaho and western Montana, according to advices received hero Demands of uie lumoer worKers in clude release of all \class war prison ere,\ Immediate withdrawal of troops from Russia, minimum wage scale of )5 a day, not more than II a day for board, eight hours irom camp to- - camp, free blankets, sheets and pillows, bath- house, dry room arid wash room be fur nished seven days a week, right of free sDeech. free press ana iree assemDiage, all men be hired on tho Job and not through employment offices and no dis crimination against union men. TIAnTSHOKNE. FALES CO.. lltmbtri I JC X. Sleek BxBAa: II utv. Brooklyn Longshoremen Go In; Others Expected Back Saturday. ACCEPT WAGE AWAED Many of 50,000 Waterfront Workers Are Likely to Eeturn Today. EXPBESSMEN STILL FIRM Packers' Employees in Jersey City Strike Drivers Out \With Laundrymon. The strike sltuntfon In New York city showed marked Improvement yes- terday, and indications arc that all the principal strikes will havo been settled within the next two or throo days. Tho harbor strike, that of tho ferry- boat men and others employed on the boote of the several railroads, ended at midnight last night when tho Marino Workers Affiliation ac- cepted the offer of the United States Railroad Administration of an in- crease of 10 per cent In wages. Union officials Immediately sent message\ notify all members of the affilia- tion, and efforts are to bo made to have all ferryboats \and tugs operat- ing by the tlmo tho rush hour begins, this morning. The longshoremen's wnlkout was ended so far as Brooklyn Is concerned, nnd the workmen employed along the waterfront of that borough will re- turn to their Jobs this morning. John P. Riley, hend of the New York Dis trict Council nnd chairman of tho strike committee, mild last night that the backbone of the strike had now been broken nnd that there was-ever- likelihood that all the longshoremen will return to work by Saturday. Another conference was started at midnight, and there was some Indi- cation that a settlement might be reached some time this morning. Tim lenders of both sides were optimistic. No Indication appears of hu early settlement of the expressmen's strike. The Railroad Administration notified the strikers yesterday that It would havo no dealings with thorn,' and would not consider their demands un- til after they had returned to work. The International Brotherhood of Tonmsters met this challenge with tho decision to continue the strike nnttl the Administration hands down a rul- ing on thnlr demands. No likelihood of a settlement of ttie pressmep's strike was seen In the de- velopments yestordrty. Reports were prevalent that negotiations had boon begun with a vlow to ending the strike, but theso reports were denied by representatives of tho employing printers, who declared that they w'ero .propaganda dpslgned to keep up tho morale of the strikers. The laundry strike In New York nnd Brooklyn appeared to be no nearer a settlement. Union lenders say that 4,000 laundry drivers In the two boroughs Joined the strlko yes-terdn- y nnd that nlmost 100 per cent. of tho total employed nro now out. Tho only new strike of any con siderable Importance reported during the day was, that of 2,000 drivers and laborers In the Jersey Olty plnnts of Swift & Co. nnd Armour & Co. They demand nn Increase In wages of 13.1-- 3 cents on hour. Brooklyn Strike Calli-i- l On\. The longshoremon's strike was called off tn Brooklyn last night. Work along the waterfront thero will start this morning. ' Union officials believed this to'lndlcate that the entire tleup of the port, so tar aa tho 60,000 longshore men are concerned, will be ended by Saturday. John P. Riley, president of the Now York District Council and chairman of the strike committee, appointed Thurs- day night at Tammany Hall, received last night official reports from six of the fifty-thre- e locals which yesterday polled referendum votes on the ques tion of returning to work at the scale nwnrdel by tho National Adjustment Commission of 70 cents an hour and J1.50 for overtime. Tho voto of tho six locals was affirmative. Three of theso In Brooklyn were Nos. 808, with 2,000 men; 925, with 1.800 members, and 055, with 1,600 men. The numbers of thoso In Manhattan voting to return to work are being withheld through fear that radicals will intimidate the members. Mr. Riley declared that \the back- bone of the strike is broken. The rest will drift back gradually and by Satur- day 60,000 of them will have returned to work.\ Quick Voting; by Loral, Voting went forward In those locals last night which already have not taken a poll on the question of the strike and of handling petishable.food-stuff- s since the agrement on the ref- erendum was rsaohsd Baturdny oiUr- -
