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x®&.™ .-.••-,•*'•> V-*;. * • • £-kKM'-Mm^SL ' -^ J-••. «.%*«< H \ '-^' • i \ • * * . Weather Forecast jg Toniflht—EarJIy Cloudy, jjj Tomorrow—Probably Rain. ! ##*****#**###*#*,*****«**#***** Vol. 26, GENEVA, N. Y., SATURDAY, AJPRJL 17,1920 Price Three Cents '-Hi: ' '$& M ••-•-4 s is rrr- Strikers R^twra^MTo Wof kIn Overwhelming Numberi FREIGHT MOMED AGAIN Embargoes Lifted, Restrictions Removed, But Pufcdi^ Musjt Expect taJS^ferk, cdrivenience^for Next Few Days New York, April 17—The \outlaw\ railroad strilte TtfrtnaHy eSJ^ to-agj|a£ toduy on eastern railroads with the re- turn to work of the strikers in, over- whelming numbers. . ... Freight began to move early this morning in volume-for the first time in JO days. Embargoes were lifted^ re: •stricti'jns were removed and before nightfall, railroad, mana^era galdj._Brac= tii-ally normal conditions would fee re- s.orrd on nearly all. principal carriers. Warning that the public must ex- pn-t to suffer inconveniences for the next few days was given by the rail- r<itds. r.owover, The^ fuel shortage immglit abeut by the tie-up of coal moiements in the\ cast for the last «iTk cannot be overcome at once, it was stated, ,, All the strikers wbo.returned to work tijilaj: did so under the ultimatum of thi' railroad managers, which expires lomorrow at noon, and the orders of their strike leaders on the Pennsyi- ' \ ama. B. and 0., Iiong Island, Brie, l-ai-kawnnna arid other roads entering Jersey City and New York~ Byretttra- Ing today they x>scajped disipHnary measures and loss of/ .'senlofclty nnd other rights,\ • Fatty per cenf,,of the ,£jyjMi^»p%ft era of tho New York Central and ftew\ Haven railroaa-sliow64-BP- in~%ft«07 «$- the 7 o'clock shift today, 4nd official^ reported conditions momentarily im- proving. majority of the strikers are preparing to ^^efl^l<L-theig--worfc,^eday. -. -\--\ ^He - efforts of the .department to check the work of agitators will' not cease, it was stated, but_ateps__wiU.'he tafceir - toT5T6vefitTiny~~ further out- breaks Caused by those who desire an industrial foment. ' According to'_a_report^ on the entire, sterft\6~situaOroa received by Frank Merrison, secretary of the American federation of- tabor,* \tire agitators caipe into the strike only after it was well starte'd. Morrison declared. that he had evidence to show that \the reds\ are not the moving factor in the strike situation. The railroad labor board meets again today to take up }ts work adjust- ing railroad wages, and it Is expected that the board ivill..be able to'take steps shortly which will allay the un- rest among railroad workers. Wfll Go Back To Work If Rebel Union Is Recognizee/ —-^ • v —~ Olovelaiid, Ohio 17—Cleveland strik- ing railway switchmen are ready fo go back to work immediately e.ven If it is nerpHsn rv _ta rcvlse-^heir-wagtr-dif mands, if 'the government will recog- nize thf \insurgent!! nrganliatiOBr-it was said today by Frank O'JJourke^. leader of the \rebejr jailnJatd-infia—•— ,r T\V* notified the_. JPr_eaiiient.'s.-wage\ way of a local railroad peace and Jthe resumption of transportation, He'i'as optimistic. ^ fin^s no evidence of a prosDectlre eommeree greater than the present. Four Detroit Merchants Indicted for Profiteering Detroit, April 17—Four merchants— -hnn-nrcTTaT we will hot consent to OUT? denrimis being treated through the bhitlWhood- OP switchriien's union\ Mill u'Rourke. i'no provision, he addM, -JSouId be tli.it there should be no discrimination ai.iinst men who participated in the siriki-. (I'Rourke said the'proposals Of f ^ •IK- \insurgFntr' were, sent t6 T?fasli iiiKtoii lust night, * \ Expect End of Strike in Chicago Within 60 Hours 1 'Mrago, Aprils 7j±dEftiMiad- ^fBelals ami biothcrhood. chiejfs here confident- ly r\pe<~t a compreto ehdtng of tho suit.-iimen's strike in the Chicago dis- ti'.'i within the next 60 hours, they <1M lare.i today. They based this hon^noiL,only,-oh thr ni-tion by the federai'-atitnorities In : atiiKting the strike, leaders and the giaduai riijtoration of freight traffic d'f-fiie the strike, but Also onjwhat nPt'ii f ntU- is a-etettrgsd^flEtttHaVpn the i-uit of John Grauatr aiioT'otBef^srrQ&e l«a?:< is. The latter appeared optimls- 1 ti' cunn.rning C settlement, of the stjiki* for tho first tltne since the walfe- om hfgan. Their cliangfii of front came a fid- tin-j- were releasW'ffdnl federal d\ti-ntion on their \own recogriiziiiSe !••!!• niiifr their refusal 4o glVe ba.il . Tin stuiurs will hold a mass meeting? l»t.- t.„iay, and It is posstbir'that acr f'\ whic ii will result Uji .their retu©) • \1; vv III bo taken.. '. t\ w. Railroads Refuse To Take Back Employes .Buffalo- April 3,7—A.deaaiack in 41ie s*lt*;hmen'|i strlbe was reached today wheBv tile railroads refuged: tor tafce back lr46..~theht -errtfiioyeesi .roadmen and yafdmast€rs», v who were discharg- ed 'or >yho walke'4 dyt when they re*' Jiaed._ta-^wtteij^cara foHuwliig thr Strike. Federal Mediator Frank T. Hawley, was in conference for several hours this'morning fn.'ia attempt to adjust Strikers and Railroad Officials Reach Agreement Baltimore. Md., April 17—-The strike of railroad .wprJkersljyMcJi. has-held-this4 t ^ EO - iw * ebe ^ : ^ m * twc district in. its grip for the past week liStvlrtuiUlyat-an end today find it i s ipJegS01SQjKeca^*a«t^wHldTave- 'relurned to work by Monday. Agree- ments between the railroad officials and strikers were reached following a series of meetings.' ? f • ' .%••-•\ — '—. —i=r - - English Papers Printed at Vladivostok Suppressed Report to House Committee' Says Present Commerce ©oes Not Warrant It ^Washington; April 17-HCdnstruction Of a l^ke Erie^Lake Ontario water- way or ship^canal Is not advisable at this time either from the military or a commercial viewpb'intj^acqfijding to a repoTtr-strbjnlttea today to the House Bivera and Harbors Committee by .the- army «ngiHeer-*BaSrd in-charge of ri,v- ers and harbors improvements. In the improbable event of war with JSreat Britain, says the report, nf thp_ thglrieers, the Welland Canal could bo egsily destroyed by shell or aircraft as it is .on Canadian soil, while the United States^jcouldjijeJthe_Erle barger^anal foVTKe inin'emenf of its vessels of light draft. The-- present - cpmmereer Between lia-kes Erie and Ontario does not ex- ceed 4,000,000 freight tons per annum of-which not over 10 per cent Is United States commerce, coastwise 6r for- eign, continues the report. .. \It is not deemed advisable at the Present ttlme for the United States to undertake the construction of water- way or ship channel along the most practicable route between Lake On- tario and Lake Erie of sufficient ca- pacity to admit the largest vessels how in use on the Great Lakes,\ Is the. con- clusion of the engineers- .\No such, Improvement should be considerednn- tii tangible plans for the .deepening of the St, Lawrence channel' t o the sea cottimensu-ito with the enlarged Wel- laoa^ Canal indicates a prospective, -cphimerce that might Justify, the con- struction of a - United States ship cn&n>«]\.'ffriar Lake Bciqwto\ Lake Qr«- tarjov - • -\•* ' * - '•''\ • CpJcnfiLJUJX JSTarren, district en- gineer, who ntade the report ;which is concurred' in by Major. General Lans- Ipg H. Beach, chief of engineers, says that the- present needs of eommeree between^ Lake_JEr ie^ajndj^ke-ilnariot 1 TT u ^* : - ut4I «-- one -' m * 11 '-P i:r W e T s_ fefry which plies between 'Pier* No. 1 and NA 2 of the D. I, & W terminal In Hoboken still keeps up its trips in spite of the harbor tie-up. A two-mile walk is saved by passengers using the ferry, which is hauled across the slip with a cable. •ii .— — , , * Washingtoiv-April- if—The a ctlvf< •'•• ties of Japanese troops along the chin< '• _ cse eastern railway and in the vicinit* '45 of Vladivostok, Khabarovsk and Ni5*\\7f olatevsk, In eastern Siberia, are beiiilr ' **- watched from\ Washington with un5- ~«£- easy interest. ,v $# Clashes between Japanese troops and \ the Russians, and between the Japa^. nese ana armed workers, among tliens being Czechs, along the line of com- munication by rail from the Baikal region to the Sea of Japan, are grow-, ing in seriousness and in frpemency, while officials here admit neither tha exact cause of the friction, nor the precise aim of Japan's military opera- tions has hjten made clear. The State Department has heen In-* formed that tw^ new_j A p Mesei .. d i ¥l „ M°i!^wilIJ»'a^a-trht^-To-^sTa - aTmoi6' immediately. A message from Toklo explained that these divisions are to OF ALL aiioopsiN Sen. Capper Says Place of Every American Soldier Now in Europe Is Home were Indicted today by the federal grand jury on charges of proBteernrg-: I^:fopdstnff^-durmr\f^*'ranw\a|r\^?aft\e7' The- agents of the Department of Jus- tice are* investigating the many other Cases arid more indictments are ex- pected. Those indicted were Andrew EL J3rawn_and JFrank Bates, iwtehersr and Benjamin B. Schwartz and Jacob M. Smith, potato dealers. They will be arralnged in federa Washington, April 17—Recall of* all United- States, troops In Europe was urged by Senator Capper, Eepublican 6f-Kansas, In a statement made pub- lic today, \It is our business t o keep out and entirely put of.Europe's family row,\ Gappfer said. \The. place of every American sol- dier ROW ijf, Europe*, is honie.' riie gov- ernrnent sn&uia fecall e^ery one in un- iform from foreign soil lest through\ our presence there and \in spite of our selves, we become involved in these entanglements. \We are lingeringr- too toilf at the was advised. 4oda-v- tout scjaELM ^otion^W^^ave-Ied-1*^^ ^^ ropean horse to the trough of reason and liberty but we cannot make it drink. We must leave the rest'to na- ture and instinct., Saving nothing left i to fight for . and having no quarrel with anybody, the 19,000 American sol- diers should come home. \The results pf tile war have been so disastrous and far reaching to our own national lif@_that ibje. people and lers J the\ country are now_s.ejaklng eagerfy- •* ' for positive men with leadership. - to get hs out of the\ditch. NOT LET MEXICAN TROOPS PASS THROUGH THE UN11B STATES WASHINGTON, April 17.—The State Department has refused the .Carranza government permission to move troops through the American border territory to the Mexi- can state of Sonora, Senator Knox, Republican, of Penn- sylvania, announced in the Senate this afternoon. -Washington, April 17—Secretary of the Navy Daniels yesterday «gave the \Overall Club\- movement a boost, when he approved, an order per-mit- firig- civilian employes of the navy yard at Norfolk to buy overalls from the navy commissary as a protest. CBiirt^.MoMay.—(-against-tfte-hlgh^cost of clothing. . Toklo, April 17—The two * English newspapers printed at Vladivostok have been suppressed by the Japanese military authorities, a'ecording Jo 1n- forrhnfctev received iiere-jtoday. -- r The special Japanese military mis- sion, at Vladivostok, which is .ncting- onJ orders fr6m tne general \staff is ac^.\ cused of maintaining sympathetie're- lafidns with General Semanoff 'and other reactionary Russians and im- peding the work of the diplomatic mis- sion. ., . A—~-'-~— : 'TBS aalvSpa3per\ to- coni-. mentihg: upon . the .Japanese occupa- tion of Vladivostok and other Siberian territory asks: _H1_ _ toe^said^tlrat lve~ Tiave any foreign jnlicy^\^ -_.-— i Attempt IVJade on tife of Letvinn Premier GRANAU DENIES ADVISSINCS MEM TO GO BACK tO WORK •v\ April 17^-If -vvas reported '•••lav that leaders of the.'strife^ <c «»itihmen In the Ohieago district 1 \1 ;^lyi(M>d.the strlke'r's to return to *''||-- John Gmiiau, \chief.'of the ta '; :: ' r «i n's union denied this: and re- ( i la ring- that the uestioh of\ go- It to work 'was '% matter for \.individual to dc'dlde tor hlhjsen?l h<- :-ii..i li'-i: I e'a London, April 17—^-An attempt- was made to assassinate M* Ulmeraisj the •Letvian premier, \accoi-ding ' u tii .nouncement made her§ today \by'\the Lettitsh,bureaui . -',' .,.,'—. \\PoJItibal enemies mined: a roaq over which the premier's aupmobilei party was''due to pass. « The„ automobile stopped just Before fcea/«ajffig ift4 rained Bpprt. •- ..\• ' * « *$.. ,•-\' •• • ' iWHereupoiB-tihe^-^ssaiiahtft •' opened jfire with rifles from ambush.-. The pre r mier'S escort siicceededi- in; drivlrfg oft the attackers. None of the' prfeniiet's party was hurt. • -^ -•-... Germany's Totld^gbt for- Railroad Strike uV~ Pair Way to Settlement • i. \'••\iilngton, April lf-^The. •'!'--l railroad strikes which; have, •\'\» in their grip for more than • 1 rp In a fair -way to settlement; \\\fling to the reports reach-. '\'r.arfttent of Justleei •\ rocpivea at the departaJbnt t-. ft V. t...! Irr I I:..! Berlin, April 16—(Oe1as'ea)~tEhe.t0t tai debt, of Germany » iOV.OOOf.ttOO.OOO markff, Mlhlstef of Fmafice Wirts to- day Informed the finance cpnlntfttge at unaut^lthe National Assembly, The fti'nUed debt is 92,000,000,000/ marks *affd\t»e fldttttng aebt'105,d00i000,000*inat'ks.- i At tfie present rate of exchange 197,- OOO.OOdVOOa marks %btiia b e wofth about 13,280,800.000 i n Aanerioatf tfloney. In noraral times It would be worth «*ont i U9,iWW,W. \^Vashlngton Apr. 17—-The Mexican government has made no formal re- quest for permission to send troops through American territory to So- nora, but such a request, has --heeit .made*by the Mexican army officials, the State Depaftmeiit announced tp- day. \;T/be request has been referred to the' War Department by the State Department with data on precedent. .-There, is no eJcodus of Americans from Sonora the State Department vras_^aaj£ised.-4Gda-y;- tout r/oranraiifea- tions with Sonora is seriously hamper- ed through the railway strike and the closing -of the\ pert pf Nogales. RHODE ISLAND HOST TODAY OF m eeneria Aivaro Oregon, candiaat* ftr Jfe«j Presidency. 6* JjE^nooi-nad, General- fienJamHt WXT, -MB. cftnipftltKiJ,,nianagef, have flcj^frojtt 'm -^g.^»' Capital* ac6ordln#'to a dispaMi fMirii lilexlco 'CJty. , Aft mif&? / dl.s|5a^jn. Btatcdthat an unsuccessfut attempt Bad been ffia^e Qath^llff 6| Resident Carranza. nujd that ft member o'l General HUP* staff' wa#..#Seiitea •& tha :«fi««r*aMfcfe. aenemai 3^111 tiftd previoaiily b^n WWW >M \05^ - o* . 6en«al Cmmim.M the ch«**e ciM*** »<*, WH$- 1*»; m MeiJpan^rcfl- 4enti*l msitijm;, ; *;;•/\_-. V•\_ ;\' ( \ ; . • '. _ v.' Y/ j J:*- •. : ,tU*r---^f. ' \ Providence, R. L; April 17—JRhode Island.jwas host-todayto General John J. Pershing. Along the flag decorated streets thousands from all parts of thejBta^e_chce££d -the leader-of - the-j-, Sinerican SExpeditlon forces as he proceeded to the luncheon in his hon- or at the Y. M. C. A. Scoi-es of rela- tives of^ war-heroes who lost their lives overseas and hundreds of world war \veterans were among the 2500 who crowded the Strand Theater, to hear General Pershing make the prin- cipal speech of his visit. CITIZENS* PROTECTIVE UNION BEING FORMED \New\York, April 17—Conservatives today were busily engaged in stealing the war plan of the \reds.\ The \one big' union\ idea, originat- Jng/- with ' Ultra-radical agitators, has -been appropriated by tire New ' York Chamber of Commerce. Under tho di- rection, of President Alfred B. Marling a ''one- big union\ of citizens of all classes is being organized-, to protect the public'against such discomforting strikes as the outlaw railroad walk- outy It will be called the ''Citizens' tProtective Union\ and Its members. will pledge themselves for emergency; work in p'rotect;ing the public, .- r .-..-*--•••...: .r. ,-.• • m ,.• —-^~ Unconfirmed Rumor of Revolution in Berlin CSblenz, April fl—Aii unconflrmea rurmV that a' li«w; revolution had broken out in Berlin was received to- day .by tl/e feritlsfl hlglvcommlssidrter, of tbe:Rhinelana*.' , c6ttimisslon.- \The Ameri<jan milltaS'y authorities feelleVe thattlie report is untrue. They #er© in communication with Berlin ittat Wght anct received no information 'pfc$.ied- them to wedlt the rumori Military Cpub May Be„ Attempted Tatiiy April 17^-Di*. Goephert, head of th^ GeHtrian fierce delegstton, re« i eciiK«a ! 'i. telephony mt&aage from fief* iuj at If o'clocl| thi* morning fhat the City ir-iqnietr-and that there' had been no revblutjonary disturbances. itjiklbelleved poisiblej hoWeverj thAt .» military coup nlay WK- 'attempted France and Belgium Will Do So Even If English and Americans Withdraw *—;— Paris, April 17—France and Belgi- um are prepared to„ maintain a big army on the Rhino even if both tho British and American armies of occu- pation are withdrawn, It wns an- nounced today by General fastelnau. president of tho Chamber of Deputies AIM IN SIBERIA NOT KNOWN Activities of Jap Troops Be* ing Watched From Wash-i ington With Uneasiness T^ Wm\y~co'mfnfi\sIb'n.' \If the United States Congress fails to vote an appropriation to maintain an'army on the Rhine, France will re- gret it very much, since the burden of placing an additional 15.QO0 men In the Coblenz area would fall upon our .9imntj%i:_said^aeneral GaetemaTi. '\But Germany knows very well that even If England should also retire we would maintain an army at Cologne. Franca' and Belgium are canable of amassing sufficient mi'Iltry forces on the Rhino to compel Germany to respect .and obey the terms ofthe Versailles trea- ty.\ ' --- ___ CAVALRY PATROLS ON DUTY AT VERSAILLES Paris, April 17—Strong cavalry pa- trols were bn duty at Versailles today as the result of a demonstration last night by 200 soldiers of the class of 1918 who made noisy protests because they were hdt demobilized. Antirmili- 4a*y speeches-were delivered and the names of army officers were hissed. The'.crowds were Anally dispersed at midnight' after an artillery captain had been badly beaten. . Seven Sirirt.F©lners Arrested. . Ldndop, April 17—Sinn Feiners Were arrested today in raids by the military police\ in the. Managhan district, _ac- eordirig-jta. * Central News dispatch, from Dublin today. **************** • * ' . THE WEATHER. • •• ** . ' \_ * -Waslrtngten; April 17—Forecast • • for Western New York—Partly • • cloudy tonight and Sunday} prob- • relieve tired divisions now In Siberia. Tlrfs ls~Taken to indicate that instead of withdrawing from the part of the world, as Japan was supposed to ..do when the French, British and Amerh^ cans beared out of Russia as they have now done, Japan intends keeping large forces there. These forces now number about 36,000. The original intention ot tha Allies was for the United States, France, England and Japan each to send to Russia 7,000 men. Japan tlrst sent 60,000 but later cut this-number down tp^half, only to reinforce the ccui. tlngent subsequently by two fresh • brigades. . - ai ' An excerpt from a\ Japanese paper printed In Hawaii has reached Wash- ington with the assertion that the Japanese are in Siberia to stay. Officials declare they aro unable to place an authoritative irrte.rpnetntion upon Japan's actions, though in some quarters- the opirrton was hazarded that \tho Monroe ^octrlne of the East,' with Japan playing the/ principal . ale, may have something to do with de- velopnSems, ' The -United States has- recognized; that Japan has \special interests\ la China, but this agreement does not extend to Siberia. .In this connection it is pointed out that Senator Williani K. Borah, of Idaho, through questions) <- put to Secretary of State Xanslng last) T~7~ fall revealed a possible .COnaidetablia--—-*^Ss; difference of opinion between tKS ^ * country and Japan over Japan's policy in China, which policy is now belieovdl to have been expanded to cover at least parts of Siberia, Senator Borah brought out the fact that it was Count Ishii, the Japanese- ambassador, who had urged that the words \special Interest\ be included in- tho Japanese-American agreement signed in 1917, and that there was* room for doubt as to the .exact inter- pretation Japan put upon the words. -At the Japanese embassy here it was expjainedJthj|.t....^e„_j}jJijng„^xQ.u.Bd„ a ii. Vladivostok,' at Nikolaievsk and Kha- barovsk was due to the agrressive at- tiude of the Russians necessitating their disarmament, and that sinee they were disarmed conditions are becorn* ing quiet, \ . —*\ • ' o • • \ • •. Deportation of Foreigners and Christians Ordered — . —*.— Constantinople, April 16— (Delayed* Mustapha Kemal Pasha, leader ot the Turkish Nationalists in Anatolia, has ordered the deportation of all foreign- ers and Christians from the new sov- iet republic of Angora, according to a report reaching the Turkish govern- ment today. Fresh massacres are reported from Armenia. _ Peasant in the Kal-abagh and Zari- gezur districts on the Turco-Pei'slan frontier,, have 3tarted a revolutionary movement. Forty villages are said to have been occupied. _In.-«>taUaiiofl, the sappertera of -tha- ne w republican, government of Azer- baijan have begun deporting the 26,-- 000 Armenian residents of Baku. ±P3 -ft-* • ably rain Sunday, •' J •\ *•' * Temperature*. 7a. m. ...........'.... 1Z noon ............. .8 p. m> ,.»«*«•••••.*• 41 62 kocaififflflditions. The storm that was forecasted # <fc,for today was delayed en route + • tuid i n its place partly cloudy a^d • generally pleasant weather pre- • '•' failed today. HoVever, the wind # • took tip Its station in the north- + • east auarter. which indicated that + • th.fi unsettled weather had not + • MSBed. The temperaturf had a • • normal range for thto stason of • :#-tlM»'jr»l«*. : ' ••, I • • • * ***** • • • • •;• • INQUIRY INTO ACTIVITIES OF THREE REICHSWEHR OFFICERS Berlin, April 16—(Night)—An in- quiry is under way today into the activities of three officers of. the R'eichswehr who were arrested on or- ders from Minister of Defense Ges- sler on the charge of- plotting for' Ay nationalist - Bolshevist anti-go v t -rn- ment movement. One of the prison- eTS\rCSpfam \von Vie balm Senled that he and his companions were engaged in re.volutionary conspiracy;' He ex- plained that the officers were seeking an -agreement with the leaders of the Communists for tho surrender of arms a.id artimunition by the radical work- 6ts - \ . s^Mkz---<\i -.' •\ Two Comm.unIs^*^|lg^||rjst- ed and are being'sf.i|.«^^ppf«S , Jhe result of the iipHHf '' ' *^ '.- , - • 'i)»\-.M J ?i~ T.rTB^jgvC POLISH OFFICIALS DISCREDIT REPORT OK ULTIMATUM ( Iiondoni April 17—A report that Po- land has sent an ultimatum to Germans ana is threatening 'to send troops into German territory was discredited to- day by Polish officials. They declared the belief that the report had- been put out by the Germans to justify th» movements eastward to prevent a mill* tarist coup. .t 1 V> \* \ii % 4 L <^ki mmMmMt; v5i.'
