The evening world. Newspaper, August 4, 1919, Page 2

ee Pe pa i g Hi} i “lose ns | ii | ij i j i i ili fe i z ae i i t He ij | lee i Pi i i ea i a& E s fs it ba recbut j it fae Hl i E I t f (lt 782 | ga z : i 5 | Fs H | H s i & H } is i i | | prices, | ‘ALMAY LEADERS ONLINE Ci | Union Executives Go to White | House Expecting Answer to Demapd for Wage Increases. “WASHINGTON, Aug. (The Bx ecutive Council of the Railway Hm- ployees Department of the American Federation of Labor went inte confer. ene with President “Wilson late to- @ay. It was said the union officials expected to receive some assurance that the Government would hasten its steps toward relieving the high cost of Mying, or give adequate increases in Wages to offset the growth im President Wileon was told that the prement strikes of railway bopmén, throughout the country were in no ime | #tance authorised by the Executive’ Council and that accordingly they ‘were illegal and would hot receive ® per cent of the members of the giz shop crafts atiit Work. No fallrodd had been “ile a te Mi EE. HEARS |Senators Drop League of Nations Wrangling 4, walk ees MORE ARMY BACO TO BE ORDERED BY NEWARK MAYOR 35,000 Pounds ‘Bought From Government Going Like Hot Cakes—Ham To-Morrow. Mayor Gillen of Newark announced to-day that he will place un order for 90,000 pounds more of canned bacon with the War Department. Newark has already ‘4isposed ot about 85,000 pounds of bacon, consis!- ing of 25,000 pounds of slab bacon and 10,000 pounds of canned bacon, The Mayor said that the demand has been *9-heavy for canned bacon that ho will order the extra 30,000 pounds nt once, Bach can contains 12 pounds of the meat. 90.000 pounds of it are o24% comi ham is to be sold Abo from the warehouses in Jersey City. — i , Camned vegetables will be placed on sale Wednesday, and if the canned bacon arrived by that tim aid, it too will go on sale Wednesday. of the John B. Brasser, chiet Mayor's sales organization, predicted to-day that the whole fifteen tons of ham will be sold in a day and « half. He predicts that the ham will go twice as quickly as the army bacon, The weighing of both ham and ba- eon yesterday was done by a detail of eight boys from the Newark City Home, & corrective institution, All eight were honor boys, and by way of giving them a treat in the form of | @ day's junket to Newark—the insti- sked President Wilson to have Con- gress take up the question of tn- because he believed the creases was tantamount ‘to putting the Director General on notice that ‘ongress disapproved dT increases ex- copt by the rate-making body, , ‘Mr. Hines also expininied the finan- cial situation of the Railroad Admi wee! Week. tated Mayor Gillen ations for freak. His want fe want: suger for the ‘Zurich were on the decline, fm the discussion of high prices, the talk turned frequently to shoes, aes! aes Sere fn LE ra ne recently attem: his di operated Mr. Brassc: supplied the visitor with samples and he will mane his report to the Chamber this expects that his nego- army BERNE, Avg, 4.—The food strike sit- Wation at Basle was stationary to-day, according to advices recelved here by Federal Council. ner of Commerce visited bent on ascertain- ing ern Mayor sugar will the latter @ carl nt jewark housewives, po hd ath DEMAND FOOD CONFISCATION, tution is situated amid the mountains in Caldweil—Mayor Gillen sent auto- mobiles for them and brought them down to the storage plant. The boys | had @ hilarious time, away trom the monotony and discipline of the City Home, and they made adept weigh- ere, In the evening Mr, Braaser had all elght as jh “to au ‘Proposed ine ban they were driven k to the ents, after nden, army goods by be suc- of thie of gi Disorders at Officials of the Swiss Socialists, an- Houncing thelr programme for = reduc- tion in living costs, said the; demand immediate lowering ot "food Sreee materials, and atmfiar noah ee a lar nec , prohibition of further advances in the ice of milk and state ¢ontrol over ex ‘and imports, to prevent profiteering by real tate owners and immediate solution of t A om also were de- Chicage Prosecutor Goes to Ald Food tors, aan oO the local in- ject, which has 1 months, Inland Potatoes Up 50 © RIVERHEAD, L. 1. je or Pwores: FIX. BLAME FOR ee ss we i ee wee See Many of the Nation’s lawmakers are proficient golf players, and the Yelvety greensward of the Chevy Chase Country Club at Washington is the scene of spirited contests every day. Democrats and Republicans vie with each other on their stroke superiority, and the pictures show some of the ARMY BILL GALLS FORTHE COMPULSORY TRANG OF YOUTHS (Continued ‘trom First Page.) erations should they begin against te." WOULD ABOLIGH THE INSPEC. TOR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT. The Secretary also proposed. that the Inspector General's Department be abolished, saying it was clear that the inapectiog, of purely military training ought to be centralized and carried out under the direction of the training division of the General Staff, “It will be observed,” Mr. Baker continued, “that the bill suggests no change in the existing law with re- gard to tho organization of the Na- onal Guard and its relation to the Regular Army. It is assumed the National Defense Act federalizing the Guard will be retained in force, and that If any read@jestment of its re- lations to the Regular Army ig de- rl , Will be suggested in the ‘The plan for registering youths of Nineteen years is the same, with slight modifications, as was applied during the war under the Selective Service Act. ‘The bill provides for the appointment of local and appeal boards, compensation at the rate of $10 for every day of actual service by board officials being prescribed. Exemption from training would be given only to members of the Reg- war Army and Navy, honorably dis- e ‘soldi And eallors mei and “persons mentally or m Under such exemption clauses the average number of boys of nineteen to be found qualified for training year would be approximately 600,000, This number from the last annual class to have been trained would be held ready fof immediate mobilization at all times. UNIVERSAL TRAINING IN HA- WAII AND PORTO RIGO, ‘The universal military plan would be put in effect in Hawaii and Porto Rico as well as in the Continental United Stat During training the youths would receive no pe Dut all expenses would be borne by the Gov- the ditt sald, ernment. “Bach person,” “tmmediately upon completion of his three months' training shall be clas- sified for service in war in accord ance with the regulations prescri y the President, and he shall be re- classified during the two years next following his training, according to from | jemand | dependency or civil | industries farm- apring Said regulations whenever his status with respect to physical ition, 80 ‘Newar! Senate leaders In action\and s quartet of G. 0. P. men whore faces seem to to-day selling the if pounds i the seb b senator chow that only the gimé is on their minds. | } | military authorities. No person upon the completion of training shall be Mable for further training or any service in time of peace without his consent, | “Upon @ formal declaration of war the provision of the act to increase temporarily the military establish- ment Approved May 18, 1917, and as amended by Act of Congress ap- proved on Aug. 81, 1918 (the Seleo- tive Service Act), shall immediately become of full force and effect, using Qs far as possible the organisation created by the present act The dill was introduced in the Sen- ate by Chairman Wadsworth, of the Military Committee, who explained, however, that this did not mean that he indorsed all of its provisions, Ho said he presented it merely at Secre- tary Baker's request. “LINK” MITCHEL TAKEN Will Be Charged With Murder of “Rubber” Shaw, Second Feud Victim, “Link” Mitchell was arrested this af- ternoon a# @ fugitive from justice at the request of Chief of Police Hayes of Hoboken who telephoned Assistant Dis- trict Attorney Joyce that he woult send papers for his extradition within twen- ty-four hours charging him with the mutter of “Rubber” shaw. Mitchell's arrest came shortly after he appeared before Judge Wadham in General Sessions to answer to the charge of robbing Wall Street mes- songer of $30,000 in Liberty Bonds, Hoe was out on $15,000 bail, which was fur- nished by ‘Tanner’ Smith, who was murdered a week ago Saturday night. pi Riera antatty FIGHTS FOR NICKEL FARE. mton Tests Right o o to Or Increase. BINGHAMTON, Aug. 4.—Binghamton has begun @ test onse in the Supreme Public Service Commission to order an increase in streaB railroad fares where ® contract exists fixing the fare at five cents. af Application for a writ of prohibition restraining the Public Service Commis- sion from granting the increase asked was made before Justice Nichols at « special term in Albany and opposed by representatives.of the Binghamton Rail- road Company and the Interborough Company of New York. If the writ is granted the cave will be fought through the Court of Appeals and will finally determine the question for the frst time in this Stat enna Veluntary Raises for Werkers HARRISBURG, Pa, Aug. 4.—Fol- lowing the voluntary action of the Ratlway FOR HOBOKEN POLICE}- Court to determine the right of the | s HIGH STRIKE SHUTS DOWN GARY STEEL FURNAGES 10,000 Men Thrown Out of Work —Walkout Spreads, but Some Locals Hold Off Action, CHICAGO, Aug. 4.—The strike of Federated Railway Shopmen, which entered upon its fourth day to-day and hae already involved approxi- mately 250,000, will soon spread to every section of the coyntry, local officials of the union declared to-day, unless their demands are speedily met, Many locals are taking @ strike vote to-day. At Cumberland, Md, the shopmen of the Baltimore & Ohio, who went out Friday, called off the strike Sun- day on the ground that it did not have official sanction. In other cities the locals at mass meetings decided not ‘to strike until orders came from theimexecutive officials who now are in Washington in conference with of- ficials of fhe Railroad Administra- tion, The most serious tie-up of indus- try caused by the shopmen’s strike was reported from Gary, Ind., where eight of the jive blast furnaces there of the United States Steel Cor- ration were banked. It was said 10,000 men were thrown out of em- Noyment. ke The entire force of shopmen em- joyed by the Wabash and the Lake ‘ie & Weatern walked out, accord- ing to heads of local unions, whittle on other railroads the tie-up was onl rtial, ‘ Raliroad oy ey that traffic ld begin to suffer Weck unless some pettlomont of ‘the strike is a Strike tm Mast Not Serious Say Rail Officials Here. cording to a the ‘regional lew Yor ty fikteter’ caeise has been spor: the trouble up ba’ re = ed to ferialige hi According to reports from all local railroad yards all but ten shopmen reported for work this morning. . STATEN ISLAND FERRY = WON'T CHANGE RULES John Mara, Acting Commissioner of Underwood, Pre: lroad, who avbi nd Ferry management will ite rules which compel excursion trip passengers to leave municipal ferry b each trip. Mr. Un Faigned before a uraday mornin, rly conduct, sented by John Transit Com: romulgated t! 6 topo ‘ot ferry, poate after once trip, "to-day defended his action, “Passengers, articulanly young t their way under said Delaney, “and round and cornered. 4 to tights. In the DP eollection ‘of fares was a te 1on to some em: whe ‘were continually up on cl While collect! utes were Relayed’ tne predecessor, mpelling thi ts were Harrisburg Railways Company in in- creasing the wages of their platf m employees, the Valley Railways Com- Rany. operating in the ‘Cumberland oe to warrant such action, of * cnaaifeatia ‘ADnouna voluntary | in- effective 15, to three hour to platform em- nn Eas lil SARATOGA WINNERS, FIRST RACB—Maiden two-year-olds; selling; five furlongs.—Over Cast, 110 (H. Myers), won; Tache O, Gaunt, 116 ‘Troxler), second; Nancy Apa, Js uttinger), third.” | Thne, 1.08 1-5. D., a ey cients he 4 F . ve CO ‘ om WEALTHY FURRIER for Friendly Games on Capital Golf Links| |\)Rtp 10 DEATH EE (Continued from First Page.) Bessiona and: it has been rumored that Cohen indemnified Baron's bondsmen for his $2,500 bail. The fact Yémains that Cohen cl con- j Uaued to do business with Baron and ‘Korman. A letter was found in the dead Broadway, asking him for a fee of , 9100 for his services in the case against Baron. ‘The man with whom Baron and Korman and the two “strangers” fought occupied a room over the res- itaurant where the fight took place on Saturdays and Sundays. A watch has been kept on the place since the murder, but the roomer has not put in a appearance and his identity has not been established, Korman told the police that the two men who sccompanied him and the woman in the taxi were unknown to him; that he picked them up in the wine cellar, Nussbaum says that he does not know the men either, but that the woman was te wife of the taxicab chauffeur, She and the latter drove ) Say when the fight started and Nussbaum made for the beach. The Police are endeavoring now to locate the missing men, of whom Korman makes no mention when he and Baron met Cohen upon his arrival at or near the restaurant. The police records show that Baron was arrested om April 18 of this year by Detective Botte, after, according tothe complaint, Col 4 passed him $200 in marked bills in the pres- ence of the detective, He was in- dicted and on May 27 pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted extortion and was remanded to the Tombs for sentence, On June 6 he withdrew his plea and entered one of not guilty and. was released on $2,600 bafl fur- nished by the National Security Com- pany. According to Cohen, Baron had rep- Tesented himself as an agent of the striking furriers and had agreed that for $200 Cohen's employees would not be molested. This was reported to the police and Botte was assigned to the case and handed the marked money to Cohen to pay to Baron, Louis Siegel, an attorney, with offices at No, 346 Broadway, said to- day that he had sent a@ bili for $100 to Cohen for sérvices in connection with the extortion indictment return- ¢d against Baron. “I was retained in the case against Baron which had grown out of a labor dispute, but I can say nothing about it,” said Mr, Siegel. “If the District Attorney of Kings County wishes to hear me I shall be glad to talk to him, although I can shed no light on the murder.” “Was Cohen fighting Baron in the extortion case or had he continued friendly with him?” was asked, ‘Mr, Cohen was not fighting Baron,” was the reply. Cohen was the second client of Siegel's who has been murdered, the first having been “Big Jack” Zelig, gang leader involved in the murder of the gambler Herman Rosenthal, Zelig was shot and killed on a Second WORTHY OF FRANCE” ' RIB, Aug. 4. REMIOR CLEMPNCRAU has P cited the City of Paria ia army orders as follows: “The City of Paris, a capital magnificently worthy of France, animated by patriotic faith which never faltered, bore with firm and smiling courage frequent bom- bardments by aircraft and long- range guns from 1914 to Mrs. Cohen has been prostrated the family residence, 28 North Beach, 1th Street, Rockaway Park, sinep news of the murder was broken to her. A young man at the house told’ & reporter for The Evening World to- day that the first telephone call came for Mr. Cohen at 7 o'clock yesterday morning and that « second call ome later and the man at the other end Of the ‘phone was told that the men! chant was on his way to Coney, "Mr. Cohen told Wife,” sala” The Evening World’s informant, “that he was going to Coney Island to settle some Inbor difficulty.” He‘ rarely talked with her about his ness troubles.” : ‘This statement contradicts that of Korman, who said that he had rung for the merchant to help him out In case he was arrested for a fight. with the unknown man. 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