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FOR uN AWE a ~ TONIL OL KING Police investiia His Expose of Bombs Meant for Rockefellers. cut of specc! Sieve and in that vicinity.” SULZER ASKS LENIENCY for one to withhold information of @ fology or to aid and abet a ‘person guilty of a, felony. 1 Berkman's atory Is true the meh who were killed and Murphy were engaged in a felon- fous act in the manufacture of the bomb, If it Is found that Berk alded Murphy to escape or withhel from the police his knowledge of the felonious enterprise he describes he may be arrested, brought here and tried. “T am telling the truth about the bomb,” said Berkman in Denver, | th where he is establishing a Ferrer achoor of anarchy, “because Burns the detective is trying to establish hat Matthew Schmidt, who is ac- used of implication in blowing up office of the Los Angoles Times, in the flat with the men who wero killed, Schmidt, who was ar- rested in New York last Saturday, had nothing to do with the Lexing- a i affair. jot against the lives of the Rockere ers originated in a spirit of . Necessity With ‘So Vigor- Refitenting Deposhor Depositors, He Seeks ous a Mayor as Mitchel.” Postponement of Mandel’s Trial Pending Restitution. Capt. Carey of the Detective Bur- eau began to-day an investigation of the statement made yesterday in Den- ver by Alexander Berkman, th archist, that the bomb which ploded at No, 1625 Lexington Ave last July and killed Arthur Ca: Charles Hansen and Carl Berg and « woman was meant for use in the an- — sassination of John D. Rockefeller ants and his gon. we World Wants. Berkman said he got his informa- Hae’ ontay Wonders. téon from @ man named Murphy, who 000 depositors in the Adolf| Senate to-da CONSTIPATION night at a meeting in Public School| an investigation. No, 63, on Third Street. urged the District Attorney | Mayor as New York's,” Justice Page in the Criminal Branch, | jature.” Supreme Court, until the indicted banker had a chance to make his promises of restitution to the Dosltors. Mandel, eaid talon bed Promised to declare a dividend for stockholders to-day, and had backed this promise with one to turn over all | &% AUTTRS ) creditors and depositors. The District Attorney sald later that Sulzer had asked him for a three. end hoy the debt may be lowered. an because of the aummer vacation, Per- to stay /juatice, a ‘The conviction before Justice Davis last week of Banker Schwenk, whose institution was one of the five closed Senate. ~_ HELD AS SUBWAY THIEF. Ernest Petron: with Mandel’s last summer, and his sentence of from two and a half to four and a half years in Sin; has had a profound effect east side bankers, —————__—_ HEAR THROUGH THE EYE. Deaf Neciared Able to Get Sounds|4 Hyde of St. Church, fe gogge Bay, by Ald of “Phonescope.” rMeyet subway Tenth street last night. India, Feb. 16 (via Lon- bat oe rrappied, wit and another been announced in La- wie Petrone as Ral Your Own”—It’s All The Fashion sheter I" Durham toljecco, fresh, delicious, satisfying, is the favorite f ultrasmart America. Any aft ionable femoon in the business men, professional men and club men motors to the Thes-Dansants, Hotels and tor a bit gt t ment, a view of the dancing, —a fragrant, fresh-rolled “Bull” Durham by own skill, to meet. their indivi Saat binar | ree eae ce in nem cn ea unique, aroma that can rensnad mgt oh iaintnt trace of smoke, te no other fragrance ‘lil it in all the world Weert “Bull Durham hand made ci rrettes Nes vine ttn moe etd capetianced snobes he use (Street and Lenox Avenue leaf to|liceman cai ‘The wallet, whic covered. before a perceive fuch as Music, by means of the eye. ESTABLISHED 1723 All Mt Furs At Final Reductions Our Fur Coats, Sets, and Men’s Overcoats have been marked at final reductions in prep- aration for removal to our new location, Fifth Avenue at 58rd Street. In view of this change and the lateness of the season the values offered are the most advan- tageous in the history of the House. Silver Fox at remarkably low prices. 19 West 34th Street, PARIS MONTREAL New York LONDON Synol Soap ynol Rokp isnot only an ideal antiseptic ee soap for use in bath and toilet. It also makes.an ideal douche —and it will cleanse scand assist in the healing of wounds, sores, pimples, etc. Ec Buy a bottle ‘at your drug store and be convinced. Growing mere popular as the good news around, and the reason is found in the podeg sl ail the ‘ valuce—fer instance, here's A fitting boudoir ott of raettel dealer, WX rawr” and Hs Sigeenheled Interior Pint ao =e chad ALBANY, Fob. spacial Leader Ex-Gov, William Sulser, counsel for| Brown took @ positive stand in the against the proposed Bank, which was closed by| inquiry into New York City’s finances Ban Superintentient Rich-| by & legislative committees. His re- ards last July, appeared before Dis-| marks were occasioned by Senator trict Attorney Perkins to-day, at the} Lawson's submission of a substitute head of a committee of fourteen de-| resolution to one he introduced jast positors, chonen by the others, last} night intended to provide for such “With so young and vigorous a Brown sald, to delay moving the trial of Mandel,!«1 hardly see the necessity of inter- which is set for next month before] ference on the part of the Legis, Th substitute resolution offered by Lawson would increase the appropria- tion for the committee from $10,000 to eed and broaden the scope of in- A committee would determine i he lebt of the city and its causes, ine into and determine the necessity for each item in the 1915 his property for the satisfaction of budget, and feport @ remedy, to the engagement hr Governor Whitman for this ernoon, but Senator Brown saw the months’ delay of the trial and that{ Gevernor before that time. The reso- since this would be tantamount to 1 mee wan tar to Ell eres tponi. eari: committee, and it is unde: a postponing the trial for nearly @ year! \¢°"the Committee docs not. "report favorable on it, Lawson will move kins had refused to make any move| that it be discharged from further sideration of the matter and thus present the affair directly before the salesman, giving as INK) nig address the Paris Hotel, One Hun- OnE] dred and Twenty-second Street antl Third Avenue, was held in’ $1,000 bail for trial by Magistrate Freschi in Har- Jem Court to-day charged with stealing. tie watch and wallet of the Rev, ‘Thomas Matthias's Episcopal way Fenyine “he reached one Hundred and Bixteenth po- ‘watch and ‘contained $4.90, were re- ed i ‘An “Open, - Sokaié, ‘Ahoveboard, Diet OPPOSED N SENATE FOR INDICTED BANKER) RePucan Lexer Leader Cannot Se Appeal to the Intelligence and - Judgment of the People | The railroads of Pennsylvania and New Jersey believe that,the public « fully ‘advieed concerningsthe Full Crew laws bt these po Bag demonstrated that these laws have worked to the detriment of public their repeal would redound greatly to the advantage of the people. Not a. Fight on Trainmen : The railroad companies making this announcement wish the public to oi understand that thie appeal is in no way to be aa baling aimed at.the men in employ, nor is it an-effort to curtail operating expenses at the coat of new aS mpanies point to the fact, with justifiable pride, tha hones piles in ct ti le t safety and conveniions ‘demanded ax increased number of employees the pot ch pacer Behind this st&temnent ie a record ‘See ment achievements which is a most vital factor of calm and dispassionate “ad Tee a olen ectinrery te cans these rotivead. chanpastne’t arbitrary laws are te burden their payrolls with some ye pain for wasted, piers es labor, and which actually means a rease, rather an increase, in ting ciency, ther with heavier casualty lists, it is undeniable that the public should be put in full touch with existin ne Nernst that the people may judge wisely foe. for them- selves should an effort be made to impugn the sincere motives prompt tl this educa- meee How Full Crew Law Works A twenty-nine-car freight trair/ can be operated with five men. Add a car and an extra man must go on. \w requires no larger créw on a hunared-car train. A four-car passenger train can run with five men. On a five-car or longer train there must be an extra man. Even if all the cars are Pullmans, with porters and a Pull- man conductor, a six-man railroad crew is required. Amilk or express train of twenty or more cars, running Lyte sealed, and yirtu- ally without stops, must carry a crew of six. The only place four of them wo ul’ ride ‘would be in the end car. When the Full Crew law became effective in Pennsylvania, the Ponneshaets Railroad Lines East of Pittsburgh and Erie were operating in Pe trains. Of these, 1,198 passenger and 1,061 freight trains were mannec up to or the law’s requirements. 1,198 passenger trains which were provided with crews equal to or in excess of the law’s requirements consisted princi ily of logal or semi-loca’ sal trains, making fre- quent stops and handling a large turnber of ngers. second brakeman was be’ ari i Henveaeaiad the departure of trains Stn lence and to assist conductors in co ing tickets. The 1,061 freight trains on which the law required no additional men consisted of local freight trains carrying package freight, on which brakemen were required to load unload cars; road shifters, doing a large amount of work, necessitating the ore of switches and much hand braking on cars; mime trains, placing empty © oun an eA aa ing up loaded cars, and through slow freight trains of heavy tonnage on t! pe Middle Divisions ori which the brakemen riding on the front part of lat pa were required to assist the firemen. Official Casualty Statistics ~ The effect of the Full Crew laws in forcing extra men into already adequate train crews, thus dividing responsibility, has been to increase the hazard of operation. This fact is [reget you the official pases of the Interstate Commerce Commie- speak hy tt numberfof persons killed:'who were neither employees nor passengers areree bes included, for it is obvious that extra men on trains are powerless to prevent sual The Pennsylvania Full Crew law took effect on July 19, 1911. bie. Commission’s figures show that for the hai foil period preceding this date 10,186 oye gid pee. sengers were killed. Since the law became operative, the total Garber killed increase, or 10,372 persons. - + The cepuelty list of the Pennsylvania Railroad for the six months. precedin: Preceding: the enactment and the first six months of 1914, when the law was in, full force and effect, ducloses the following startling comparison: ‘Law, Under Law, ¥ Firet half 1911 Firat half 1914 Py Killed © Injured Killed i Trainmen............-.+00++ 15 1046 16 699 r ASSONGOTS... 0.0... ee eee e eee 1 2 141 16 1145 18 1840 ‘Fell from train. What the Extra Man Costs Twenty Railroads in Pennsylvania and New Jersey last year paid in employment of s1 uous brakemen_ . $2,000,000 That would have bought................-0+ee00+ 200 steel coaches ’ It would have bought..............sseseceeeeees 80 locomotives ‘It woula have paia for..............eseceeeeeeees 67,000 tons of rails It would have returned 5% o . . -$40,000,000 It would have block aianated... .. 800 miles of track It would have eliminated..................000055 65 grade crossings { Rejected by Other States A Full Crew law was enacted in Missouri and signed by the Governor in {oell, 1913. In Novenber, 1914, it was submitted to a referendum vote. The people repudia\ the lay by a vote of ; 324,85 0 ainst 159,593. Ful fe ted the fi ° bearish (907, A + Charles E. Hughes, of New York, vetoed an attempt to enact a Full Crow Jaw in that state. In 1912, Govern nr oo a Dix, of Now York, Ae rebsed CA od Crow mene re. past lassachusetts, vetoed a Trew legislat In 1913 the State Assembly wisely referred: a Full Crew ad to the the Railroad n of Connecticut, who promptly condemned it. overnet Cruce, of Oklahoma, vetoed a Full Crew bill in 1913. Attempts to enact Full Crew laws in Colorado, Delaware, Virginia, and Ohio were defeated. In Pennsylvania, New J the interest of the pubic, the rollron burdensome laws should be re employed in train service. Only oy of these are extra brakemen. Will Wage a Just ‘Fight Railroads operating in Pennsylvania and New Je: are determined to place their case squarely and fairly before the people of those states. tes, They are firmly convinced that the people—all of whom, without e: tion, are affected more or less directly by the im- position of this annual $2,000,000 len, and thousands of whom are direct sufferers— will, knowing what a continuation at these harmful laws means to them, voice their wishes in no uncertain pes te their elected representatives at Harrisburg and Trenton. This campai; lic i teament will be waged by the railroads in a manner that cannot poss! og legitimately assailed. There will be no lobbying, no star ber iter aay 4 or private deals to influence public opinion or |: The campaign will be fought in the open, purely on its merits. Railroad Pledge to Trainmen and Public and Heong v1 a give public netian. aes the reilroads ask onl; he Pennsylvania R. ie eee Ohio Rallreed Compa ey pokes ‘Febru inhi ip ny, in a ing on ary t to nr tae sepeel of the themselves as followa: Full Crew laws, pledged “Let us add that if there shall be freige: to the ® of ‘er the detri ment of or danger to the public, that, assuming the present Public Service acts de not alte the eauamloniens aavple povrare.be aaterwalne What antes ore on different trains and to compel the railroads to man trains as ordered, we will openly support emendenente $0 fo the present ents be may be necessary: beeen Us give euch assurance.” ds, and the ly of railroad employes, ‘The rail directly to the ind not ove of he Sensnnd the greatest eafety at all times and whe realize rho a eel? wise economy, a of wasted sevens, snatle the the railroads te adequately ful ee ligetions and meet those demands as they should be met. DANIEL WILLARD, President, Baltimore & Chio THEODORE VOORHEES; President, Philadelphia & Reading Railway. Lo nnsylvania 2,971 weekday, law for Texas failed to pass owing to the popular protest. and § , New York, and Magy lend such laws are in force, In | these ae Pennsylvania, approximately 65,000 men are ‘ lative action. | are, deal all around in Relivey Dames; be evidence that without such laws the railroads would underman | a eee haart eee

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