The evening world. Newspaper, January 6, 1914, Page 1

York. FINAL che WEA TIERACIondy ana t. be! Circulation Books Open to All. | PONE TRUST aL | 10 PER CENT. CUT ON BILLS RENDERED ON FEBRUARY 1 Evening World Wins Campaign for Cheaper Tolls and Saves Sub- scribers in This City $2,500,000 a Year. The Evening World has won an igimediate reduction of 10 per cent. in telephone charges ®r the people of New York City. The 225,000 subscribers of the New York Telephone Company in this city will have the biHs rendered to them Feb. 1, spectally marked “less 10 per) cent.” - | This means an immediate saving of between $2,000,000 and $2,500,000 per year for telc hone suscribers, It alvo 12eans that in about six months another reduction in rates will be made after a complete inventory and arpraisal of the comp. ny's property has been made by the Public Service Commission, which will save atill more | for the people and revise all classes of tel: \hone charges. CUT WILL BE MADE IN NEXT @———___ BILL RENOBREO. 4 Peeiatay Sab Atm hearing before the up-State , Publio Service Commission in the pptrppeluan Tower this afternoon the ss following announcement was inade on Behalf of the New York Telephone SCARED BY Company by its general attorney, John \ ‘Lam authorized by the executive committee of-the board-of directors of the cumpany to muko the following | exchanges and additional trunk lines, | chart they now exist, with ce | ceptions noted hereafter, will Feb. 1, which is the next bill to be ndered to subscribers, ‘hese discounts shall continue in ef- fect until @n appraisal of the propérty ham been completed’ and permanent Yates based on the appraisal have been I, Swayne: have 10 per cena discount effective] Leave Room on Run and Only | Return When Explosive Has Been Cast in River. (Special to The Evening Wortd.) | WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Jan, 6.—Twen- | ty Grand Jurors fled in terror from the Grand Jury room of the court house to- day when “Alex” Burg, @ Councilman of Swoyersville, entered with a stick of dynamite protruding from each coat pocket. Bure was called as a witnesss in a dynamiting case, his house having been blown up several weeks ago. The ex- plosives he carried were some that had not been exploded, Burz enfered the Jury room in a care- |less manner, and after he had bumped against a swinging door one of the| ifrorn noticed the explosives, in his pocket. his juror made the announce- ment of his discovery while om the run and the other jurors were quickly on his heels, struggling among themselves to get out of the room, District-Attorney John 4. Bigelow was the only one to remain in the room with Burg, A court officer was called and Burs wus led off to the Susque- hanna River and compelled to hurt the sticks of dynamite out In the stream He then returned to the Grand Jury |room and hia evidence was heard by | the Grand Jurors, STOLE TO BUY STONE FOR HIS FATHER’S GRAVE ___ | Jinige Promptly Gives Thief With Record a Two-Year | Sentence. Henry Meyée of No.’ 78 Mecond aver nue pleaded guifty before Judge Crain in General Sessionr to-day of picking |the pocket of a passenger of a Four- teenth street store. The records showed {he had been in prison before for the @tecounts shall be discontl: ued in the event of any change in the rates made by any authority having jurisdiction, “The rates subject to these discounts shall be as follows: All subscribers’ Message rates for local exchange ser- vice under standard contracts. The dis- counts will not apply to pay station rates, toll rates, obsolete rates or flat rales. MONTHLY RATE FOR PHONE $3.60 INSTEAD OF ‘This reduction will affect subscrilars as follows The present rate of $48 per annum for 600 calls will become $42.20 for 00 calls per annum, or $3.60 per month instead of $4 per month. All other rates under the present sliding @cale will be reduced 10 per cent. In the same proportion. The basic rate of 8 cents per call le cut to 7.2 cents per call. Dwellers in apartment houses can’ ne- gotiate with their lapdlords to find whether this’ temporary reduction will be suMictent to permit of future calls at 6 cente each, Extra toll charges for messages be- tween boroyghs and the present rate of 5 cents fet pay station calls will be ‘vontinudd unchanged. Alt) phases of telephone rates In New York City, including the extra toil charges, the 10 cent charges made by landlords to apartment house dwellers, sSapiinet on Second Page.) PROVERBS _ —No, 1— iA ponead of $0r¥ will not pay an | f, gg ish Th jake | nish care, They mi healt satisfying most business | household wants, Exactly 1,544,239 separate “want- | same offense, filling” sarertnnets were printed “Have you gnythfe to say?" asked fast year in baw, Ke Crain, “Only this,” a1 Meyer. ‘My father) I was arrested on thi 1 was trying to get headstone on my poor died June 5. jee car June Che Biorid jore than in the Herald, the | Woes nearest and really ONLY com- “The Judge Crain, in Sing Sing prison for two years and sentence of the Court,” said is that you he confined myorid ads, make easy Liat of find- 1 fing the position, worker, home, invest-| one month. ment, lost article, bargain, etc. one _ weeks. SAILING TO-DAY. | They make one’s journey through pergeastjord, Berg: ‘ite easy sailing. |amertee, | Bamberg. Read W orld Ads for Greatest Variety! Use World Ads for Quick Results! FOR RACING SEE PAGE 2, 10,000 MEN FIGHT NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, The Evening World Has Won a Great Victory for the 225,000 Telephone Subscribers in Greater New Their Bilis on Feb. 1 and Thereatiter Will Be Cut 10 PER CENT. “Circulation Books Open to All.”” 1914. \ Five Survivors of Oklahoma, With Officers of the Gregory, Who Risked Lives in Rescue FOR S688 TOSHARE | NV FORD MILLIONS Line peal ite in Cold Outside of Detroit Works Shortly After Midnight. DETROIT, Mich. Jan, 6 — Yen thousand anxious, determined men, some Fagged and unkempt, others seemingly Prosperous, this morning fought for places in the line that stretched out from the employment window at the Ford Motor Company, in Highland Park—a line that éontinued for many blocks from the company's ¢actory, Each man sought to become one of the army of 00 workers who will beneflt under the {$10,000,000 profit-sharing plan, made pub- Ne yeaterday by Henry Ford, head of the giant concern, ‘The formation of the line hai start- ed at 3 o'clock thi: ne whi a small group of the city's unemployed took up their position before the big fuctory gates to await thelr opening at 7 o'clock, An hour later several hundred were waiting in the bitter cold, At 6 o'clock ¢) crowd had be- come a shoving, jostling, mirtiless mob of men, each with a sole aim to reach the employment window before All of the 4,000 jobs created by the Ford Company's shift from a nine to an eight-hour day were portioned out. A squad of half a hundred police maintained a semblance of order. It Was not a new scene to the Ford of- ficlals, h day for three months it has occurred—only on @ much smailer Je, When firat it was called to his utiention Henry Ford determined to scek a remedy, MADE THREE SHIFTS H ANDO said Ford { .# morning, pointing to the struggling mob, “is probably the chief reason we have udopted this plan, We want to give employment to more men, ¢o re- duced the working day from nine hours tn two shifts to eight hours in three shifts.” Fach man of those who struggled before the factory g: who is hired by the Ford Company will be employed at a wage of not less than $5 per day, whether he be a floor sweeper, janitor or mechanic's helper, Until the details of the pront sharing @cheme were announced the minimum wage had been $2.34. Hen forth, beginning with next Monday's pay day—the first in 1914—n0 man in the employ of the Ford Company who is over twenty-two y of age will r leas than $6 a day. This means 90 per cent. of the 22,000 employe Although informed by company om clals that no Jobs would be given out to-day the men refused to leave thelr posts. Instead, they demolished fences Into the building, forges, going home to slvep. ithe disappointed wi | mands for a speech from him, 1 with which to bulld fire warmth seemed to come @ temper of the mob, tunate Ford With the ‘hange tn the It cheered the for- mployees, who struggled to force their way through the crowds ad It cheered the night When it Gdwldn't cheer it jeered, WANTEO FORD TO COME OUT AND MAKE. = dem Stration continued,’ The departure of more than offset and more hope- ingessant cheer- rd and constant de- He re- by the addition of n fal recruits, There w: ing for Henry F fused to leave his offic ry-Treasurer who with Ford de- vised the details of the plan, to-day made public the motives that caused the seven Ford Company stockholders to vote to permit their employees to share in approximately one-half of the concern's yearly profits. “We believe that social ju at home," Couzens said, those who have helped us to produce thia great institution and are helping to maintain it to share our prosperity. We want them to have present profits and future profits. Thrift, good service, and sobriety will be encouraged and recognized, “It Is our hope to do still better vy our employes in the future, We want them to be in reality partners in our en- terprise, We do not agree with those employers who declare that ‘the move- the Ment toward bettering of society must be univers We think that our concern can make a start create an example for other employers. That is our chief object. Cousens announced that the public would not be expected to pay for the in- creased waxes of the Ford employes and that there would be no increase in the price of the Ford product, Henry Ford to-day*refused to add to his simple statement of last night, when, in explaining his motive for creating the profit-sharing plan, he said: “We believe in inaking 2.0% men prosperous and contented rather than follow the plan of making a few ala’ drivers ur establishment multi millionaire - pie ee CARNEGIE HOPES OTHERS WILL FOLLOW EXAMPLE OF FORD. Reiterating his declaratin that he would consider’ it a disgrace to dle without distributing his millions, An- drew Curmegie in an interview this afternoon asserted tuat the Ford profit- sharing plan forecasts a new era of more equal distribution of wealth. “Millionaires are more and more re- alizing that surplus wealth is but a trust to be administered for the god of thelr fellows," sald the little “ron Master” at his Fifth avenue mansion his afternoon, “T congratulate Mr, Ford upon making sucha record. Ie ix @ genivs and this splendid gift to his employees foretells the coming of the day when the dis- tribution of wealth will be far more equal than it ever has bee: “When the ‘Gospel of Wealth’ was published, I proclaimed that the man who died leaving vast wealth behind him, which was not free for distribution, would die disgraced, “1 presume the Ford Company is composed of stockholders. Therefore we must credit all of thein with the step in advance, ut no dowbt Mr. Ford Is the leader. May others be moved to follow the example —— FRR CHULSES to Berm) Weat Indies, Goat, era ii the “sei Hound the ot ial tie Hag ray a bt wet pe oe ee Oo ge 00,000 GIFT VTOEND Fa 82 nounced by Chairman Lovett of Railroad. A meion-cutting for stockholders of Union Pacific Raliroad and, at th time, a dividend reduction of 2 per cent. were announced to-day by Judge R. 8. Lovett, chairman of the executive of- ficen of the company. ‘The dividend on Unioh Pacific common will be reduced from 10 to 8 per cent, if the recom. mendation of the executive committee in adopted by the board of director dend, due to increased earnings, there will be Riven the stockholders slices, ot the Baitimore and Ohio stock owned by the Union Pacific latge enough to compensate for the loss, The amount of the Baltimore and Ohio siock in the Union Pacific treas approximates $28,000,000 In preferred and $54,000,00 in Judge Lovett, chairman of the Exec- utive Committee, called newspaper nen to hin offices at 165 Broadway shortly after noon to-day and personally hand- ed out typewritten copies of this state- nt: STOCK GIFTS REDLCE DiV:DENO TO 8 PER CENT. ‘The xecutive Committee to-day de- jd to recommend to the Board of Directors, which meets Thursday, ‘o distribute among the holders of the commorf rtock of the Union Pacific Railroad Company the Baltimore and Ohio stock owned by It, together with $3 per share in cash. It is propos distribute to the holder of each share of Union Pacific common $12, par value, in Baltimore and Ohio preferred, now ylelding at 4 per cent. 48 cente; and $22.50, par value, in Baltimore and Ohio common, now ylelding at 6 per cent. $1.35, and $3 In cash, say at 6 per cent. per annum, 1% cents, or @ total of Ym, “The Executive Committee also reo ommends that if this ts carried into effect, the regular annual dividend be correspondingly reduced from 10 per cent, to # per cOnt. per annum," Judge Lovett dectined to amplify the tement given out but @atd, hin 14, of course, merely @ recom: mendation of the executive committee and needs the approval of the board of directors, At the meeting of the direc- tora, if the recommndation ts approved, the dividends will be declared and the date set for the distribution of the B. & O, stock.” A minor official of the ruad eaid The distribution amounts to $12 of preferred ytovk, $22.00 mmon stock and ® cash on every share of Union Pacific common. At the pyesent market Baltimore ak vaiue of thi Jhio stocks the gift amounts to 633 In Btock and 8) in cath, In addition the actual divi- dend recelved is slightly augmented, 4 fu Hew of this shrinking in the divi- | | WIFE OF CAPTAIN HEROINE AS SEAS UP. STOCKHOLDERS BATTER ER Bl LINER i | Long Expected Melon Is An- | Poleric dibiiee Be Boston With| Her Boats All Gone and Deck Fittings Smashed. (Apecial to The Bening World.) BOBTON, Mans, Jan, 6—Bringing 10! a tale of furious storms at sea, in which | whe was battered and nearly over- whelmed, the Poleric, one of the steam: | mhipe of the Bank line, came into port to-day and went to a berth at the New| boats were gone, ed and furniah- Haven docks, the deck fttii Ings destroyed. Owens cated Iinb and other tnjurle Mra, Alice Dye, the captain's w! proved to be tho heroine of a battl with the seas, oMmcer it BP, moat distressing conditions, Men thankswivink when port for at one ume few of them ever ex- pected to ave iand aga! Filled with a $1,000 carg Oriental ports, the "io Was caught in the atorin which ravaged the Atlantic on New Year's Day, to make headway. The sea wan run- ning in mountains and, the vessel was rolling like a huge cask. WIRELESS OUT OF COMMISSION EARLY IN STORM. ‘The wireless was put out of commin sion early in the storm and it was im possible to communicate with the shore Very soon there were not lifevoat® enough left to carry the case it became necessary to At one time it or other vensels, crew in abandon the steamahip, seemed that would have to be done, ‘Third Officer J. 8. Sangster, who was! py.NINE ON THE OKLAHOMA, Pagid eee renee Company se} making Nis first trip as an omser, waa! rhe five survivore broaght in by-the|an chips alos the corse in ine ae Just leaving his stateroom when the! Qiong the elght survivors on | athe 1 the coast to look out soa bit the steamship. Water surged s . : 3 down the companionway, and the ven- | Dard the sii ee v ener From the description of the acaident tlator was driven through the opening, | Bavaria, due to-day in ton, make) ny the survivors, it would appear \that hh could not atairs on Capt. bye to see that e make hin wa: call he was struck by eenld taken to hia| amidships and the two parte of the ehip| bulk and the torrent of water that was room, been confined, | drifted away from each other, The en-| thrown upon her decks from above, ‘One roue over the atar-| ines in the after part kept running| The Oklahoma separated a! board side and wrecked the cuptain’s| until the hulk sank about half an hour] badge, like @ stick of wood room, where the captain's wife was in| after the separation ‘aad the last the oats two blocks and struck with bed. Dye was stunned by the| survivors saw Of the rear end of the He bolle: ngines shock, and when she regained her senses Oklahoma was her propellora spinning her firet thought Was (that she was! in the w Letween two way in the water of the vessel. Throwing an ollskin over her wet) two haives of a ship drifting she went to the bridge and| ‘The five survivors brought to port by| each other In mid-gowan, one halt. er husband's wide until the| the Gregory were transferred from the] smoking ig! and racing 1 Open to All.”| 22 t PAGES tn hin bunk with a dislo- | While {t seemed to ali! on board that they were facing certain death she remained calm through the | on hoard the liner offered up a praypr of was reqched, for The galo came roaring out of the northeast and was so furious that the vessel was unable up the erything was mecure, and while the oMcer was responding to the | @ sea which) huried him againat the rail with such | force that It dislocated hin right leg and | strained his left leg so badly that he! nking to the wreckage . Kanon warmer to: PRICE ONE CENT. — * 4 DRAGGED FROM SEA | BY HEROIG OFFICERS WHEN BOAT UPSETS ‘Half naked men tumble from boenks on oil steamer Oklahoma to find thetr vessel literally broken in two, | The stem of the steamer, with eight men aboard, floats off. Men later picked up by liner Bavacia. Stern, with propeller racing in atr, carries off 3% mens } who take to two lifeboats. (Cotter Seneca finds three dead men in boat that \g away wit een, |Second beet, with 33 men, capsized by storm | times, only séven betog aboard when tt ts | sighted, ‘Liner:Gregory bears down on lifeboat as it o last time, two of the seven Thee olticers of the Geogory, Wolly clothed, onp fh boiling sea and bring op three men, one dead, | Same officers, exhausted, frozen, in water twe hours, save three more, rescuers and rescued being overcome. ‘The men who saved the other chaps finished the job by contributing $78 to bey them clothes and feed. when they reached post. is The Booth liner Gregory came into port to-day with five more sue vivor; of the oil tank Oklahoma, which broke in two fifiy miles Sandy Hook Just Sunday morning. These five were picked out of ocean Sunday afternoon by the three officers of the Gregor , Bi Williams ‘and Roberis, in a mariner thrillingly heroic, The Oklahoma survivors, in a lifeboat, were almost alongside. ted. Gregory when the boat capsized, throwing seven men into the ‘water, ” |The sea was too high and the gale too strong to permit the launching of bee a lifeboat from the Gregory, so the three officers jumped overboard in the swirling sea and swam to the aid of their fellows in distress. Buck, Williams and Roberts didn't know who the men were, they didn’t care. They just went overboard, fully clothetl, and got a of them, five alive and one dead. The other man sank. J The three officers of the Gregory hnaed sf the Gulf Refining Company, at were in the water about two hours. 3 State street, this afternoon § After bringing two live men and 6 Marne bechamel: Kegneds, dead man to the deck of the Gregory | thinks that perhaps the second on thelr firet endeavor, they went} !s stu! affoat, overboard again and each retrieved! The revenue a live man. And to cap the climax| Sorted nicking up un Oklahoma Iifebpat in With three dead m they, next to the captain, were the! thinks perhaps thir wan the eae largest contributors to a purse of floated away from the Gregory with » $78 made up by the crew of the} dead man fu it nnd the Seneca ma* Gregory for the men they had pulled = BS : have picked up two dead men floating denides. from certain death On the chance that the second lifebaat THIRTEEN SAVED OF THE THIR-| sy still be afoat with | survivors 4 total of thirteen aaved from the wreck of the Oklahd The other twenty-six of tie ship's company, including one passenger, were drowned ‘The five survivors brought in to-day confirm the wireles ter of the Oklahom: varia, that the Oklahoma broke in two the Okla! which was in ball was picked up at once by two waves.\’ one of which raised her astern and the other forward, leaving her amidship seg- tion hanging over the water without any support, At the moment When she hung thus suspended a great sea slapped down on her deck and she broke in two from the combined weight of her own), spectacle, grotesque in. ad id never before witnessed, |} SECOND LIFEBOAT MAY BE AFLOAT. Brooklyn dock of thas steamer to $B6-ether with + MIR a