The evening world. Newspaper, August 9, 1919, Page 2

| Recelver Garrison to the strikers if they sner Nixon's MANHATTAN BRIDGE, BOATS AND TRUCKS BRING RELIE ’ Westbound Traffic on Big Span Is Tremen- dous, but Well-Handled, in Spite of a Few Accidents. °° Brooklyn vehlole drivers took alt m ANd advantage this morning of the ruling ‘eemired that an ample supply of of Captain Toole of the Bridge Police ‘ would be on hand. ‘that nothing but westbound 6 | There 1 little likelihood of anything Would be permitted on the Manhat! adequate traMc to Consy Bridge from 7 to 10.30 A. M. As @ to-morrow. The only elevated Consequence the bridge was literally running to the island to-day was J(m™med with motors and wagons five Brignton Beach system, eo rhe pore tady sid Wiinees ’ ‘ye gee et collisions, but the drivers were pre- pared to meet with the emashing of and ripping of the traffic moved rapidly. fe? like: , Columbia Graph: ‘and Edison Company run on special routes ery New York Railways Company ran every Fourth and ison Avenue ear it could spare to Brookiyn. tise there were ten in the block at were in a Delancey pret and the moe Bt ‘Thousasds of Brooklyn peop! o within Gistance of the img boats of all te and from Manhattan, ri e ss i ro £ # 3 E Pee irs : : i i 3 5 3 , Ht sii ret i fi ge? HI u 3 é 5 $s e fiefs ¢ ES SAGE & teresting sights on ire | these anys. Gone and the police, in that section, on the Job in larger numbers. When big trucks came from the Fleet Supply Base at 29th Street and Second Avenue to take about 409 yeomaneties to work there Tats Men around the Long Island ‘oad and y stations who appeared to be ip no hurry to get awa: H ‘The “step” to one of these trucks ts about four feet. When the yeo- Manette is of tho flapper variety two reach down, give ber “t Wheb, however, the rome an GP) is of e r) m took five or ut her in the van. roadway subway this HYLAN CALLS HEDGES’S THREAT TO CITY OFFICIALS ON LAW ENFORCEMENT MOST UNWISE!, —Suggests That Differences With Shea Be Adjusted. M AYOR HYLAN sent to-day to Job E. Hedges, Receiver of the New York Rallways Co., the following letter in ans’ to a communi- cation sent to'the Mayor by Mr. Hedges yesterday: Reveipt is hereby acknowledged of your letter bearing date of Aug. §, which carries the following statement attributed by you to P. J. Shea, National Wxecutive Officer of the Carmen's Union: “There is not a damn thing surer on earth than that the street railway 8 of Manhattan and the Bronx, including subway and ‘L’ employees, will go out as soon as we can get leaders here to direct them. W. D. Mahon, President; Thomas Shine, Vice President, and other officers of the union are on the way here.” It also carries the following statement made by you in your 1 the Sea Beach es of the B, R. T. came along at twensa] minute intervals. Locals from H Street on the West End ran ten) ' appears to have brought, no improvement in masculine deport- | ment. Male passengers on many of | to-day's big trucks sat in chairs and! read the morning newspapers. Girls! ind women were standing. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TAK CARE OF ITS EMPLOYES Federal Government officials per- item of transportation for Official position, to which you were appointed by a Federal Judge as Receiver of the New York Railways Company, in which you ask pro- tection for a strike that you imply is being contemplated by your employees: “Upon failure to receive such protection I shall appeal to the Sheriff and through hin to the Governor of the State of New York Upon the failure of any public official 4m the City of New York to Perform his constitutional duty in fact and in full sincerity as embodied In his oath of office, T shall lay charges before the Gov- ernor asking for the removal of that official by the Governor on Account of such failure of duty.” 3 Should the employees of the systems under your control declare a strike it is and shall be my @uty as Mayor of the City of New York to see that police protection Is accorded to the lines under your con- trol and also to the travelling public, I am positive that the Police De: Massive army trucks were ' Inte service, ordered to report | pressed from | at the Atlantic Avenue station of t subway, and then, in relays, take the men women employes to all parts of the borough. the aid of trafic policemen rye were marked off in front of the Academy of Music last evening, numbering from 1 to 7, Each employe was provided not only with a Pood but also carried a badge and photo- graph. Each station had the destina~ on of the truck plainly marked and the employes were provided with “sute sheets. ‘Thus there was one sta- tion which had trucks for Coney Isinnd pnd Bay Ridge, and others for Flatbush and Sheepshead Bay, East New York, Ridgewood and Jamaica. Thanks to the enterprise of Act- ing Borough President Joseph A. Guider there was a big fleet of munt- | cipal auto buses up and down at @ 10-cent fare, They were not largely patronised. crowds bon- tinued te go to the 25, 50, 75 cent and V motor trucks, could write a book on the in- e sees in Brookl: sella | as fis in blind man who lead penc' in front of the Long Island Railroad 8) station—and who naturally does not haritable the same WAITS TO SEE YEQMAN- CLIMB TRUCKS. we observers the hood of jtbush and Rua = cars rans “Subways and , | buses moving in more orderly manner of the fact that so many big stores, | open up for the half day, employees| here but only five are working.” factories and other industries make @ holiday of Saturday, coum Official reports to the Public Hervice Commission this morning show that 146 elevated care were in operation, as against 1,161 when traffic is normal. ‘The promise of better service om , #ubway and elevated lines of ‘'T. was realised this morn- oars were seen on all three any time since the ff i E i POLICE GUARD FOR &. R, T. OF- FICES AND CASH, ‘This morning, for the first time, the R. T, buildings at Montague and midnight strikers went to the 23d Street barns | No,36 Cortlandt Street, at Manhat- |More Than 20,000 in Middle West &nd took out every employee, Brooklyn Rapid Transit officers as- @erted to-day that trips bad been made on various lines without jn-|who were on their way home after| CHICAGO, Aug. treference. All cars had at least two polices) strike, were all injured. Alexander | Upward of 20,000 striking railroad shop- “| mon; those running through crowded neighborhoods had four, FEW CARS OPERATING ON WILLIAMSBURG BRIDGE. At the Williamsburg Bridge Plasa few B. R, T, cars were operating, Mike Dempsey, superintendent, stated he had two bridge locals running and fifteen cars on the Maspeth line, though he had to reroute them on re- turn trips to avoid mobs near Metro. politan Avenue. “We have crews and could run get there |More cars if we had police protec- tion,” Bupt. Dempsey said. On the plaza where the R. T. usually bas hundreds of Brooklyn cars moving scarcely a wheel turned. Fourth On the opposite side where the New by manipu. | Zot nes were operating, thousands brake at| Were carried over the bridge to Man- 4 The Now York Railways and on|Co. bad many extra” care and the to the | other lines all added equipment so th Avenue that traMc was handled expedi- Atlantic Avenue was tiously, Traffic was not sp heavy to- "morning than any day day due to the Jewish holiday and ‘Thia wes on account the fact that many factories did not tl E object if folk drop a nickel in his hat and tax: nell" to_work” in an aul lo, Yesterday there was only one po- Hoeman to a corner at the Atlantic Avenue - Flatbush Aven Hangon Place-Fourth Avenue crossroads, T>- day there were two. In addition, fou: mounted policemen bobbed up an down amidst the traffic, eno ‘came remaining at home. The “flying squadron” of the strik- ers continued to move swiftly about Brooklyn, operating from the Ninth Avenue car barn. On a truck about seventy-five strikers rode, and they invariably were cheered by working ‘men, Few surface cars were located by the strikers, but whenever the truck found one an effort Was made to persuade’the crew to desert. The strikers refrained from violence. Near the Ward Bakery on Pacific Street striking drivers cheered the striking car men and were in turn given an ovation, Auto Collisions and Accidents to Bicyclists Among Incidents of Day. unk etre tre ping ape At 8 A. M. to-day @ sightseeing collided with @ small auto belonging to the Holmes Protective Association, tan Avenue and Grand Street, Will- lameburg. No one on the sightseeing car was hurt, but three Holmes men, Clerical work in connection with the! McIntosh, twenty-six, of No, 108 Chester Street, received a possible fracture of the skull. Philip Roberts, twenty-seven, No, 1611 Jefferson Ave- Aue, and John Waccomine, twenty- four, No, 96 Hancock Street, received minor injuries, Charlies Kraveck of Bridgeport, Conn, driver of the sightseeing car, was arrested. Frederick Hilliard, sixteen, of No. 43 Webster Avenue, riding to work | th on @ dioycle, wae bruised when knocked down by an aytomobile truck Al on 16th Street, near Third Avenue, Brooklyn, Joveph Ageota, thirty-five, of No 2117 Fulton Btreet, fell while board- ing ® motor van at wood Ave- true Easex Street and a wheel of the truck over bo feet. Patrolman yren, riding in an automobile driven by Sid: Livingston of No. 8780 Ocean Park. bro ‘was bruised when the machine collided at Atlantic Avenue and East- ern Parkway with automobile driven by Harry Plolasig, of No. 160 Yenn Streot, John Hancock, 15, of No, 1414 At- y | no immediate, occasion for the ‘pubis beyond the control of the Police Department that condition will be loge f a with, ne City of New York and the State of New York are fully equipped and competent to enforce | 3 est [ey within its confines, patie Maa crags oil reah lay I not say to you as Receiver of the New York Railways - Pany and to Mr. Shea as an official who claims to represent thé been, that jnstead of indulging in threats, fi part, railway company, second, you on sare rearee the Pesan Court as Receiver of the ratiwa: Bc ai. spbdawetetdictesieall HYLAN ASKS WHY CARS A RE IDLE; POLICE NOT ON JOB, HE IS TOLD Despatcher Looks Mayor “S, , quare in the Eye” as Directed, and Shocks Him. Following Mayor Hylan's visit. last ing abous it toned night to four car barns of the B. R. the Policemen, pire .. one of the men present gave the peent. ine said the windows were following statement of the Mayor's! the tools, oy ie fy 4 getting Policeman to In- conversation with Despatcher .| charges against Hackett, at the Halsey Street barn: sogcter Formosa" Mayor Hylan—“How. many crews the Mayor depa; b have you on duty here?” peeatss pia demndial all be glad to receive any in- Hackett—"There are twenty crews formation from you about the failure f the police to do their duty.” The Mayor wrote Commissioner Enrigi which was given to the to-day. He said that vont Mr. Jones at one of the in- Mayor Hylan—"Why are the others not working.” Hackett—"Because they are stoned when taken out. We had one car at Reld and Patchen Avenues, which was attacked by strikers. They pulled the trolley pole off the wire, took the control levers away from the motorman, put them on the other end of the car, threw a switch and sent the car back to the barns, They smashed the windows. There were four policemen on this car ond they let the rioters get away with it.” Mayor Hylan—Look me in the eye and tell me if that is the truth, Are you sure it is the truth? Hackett—I can look anybody in the eye, Of course it is the truth, The motorman is an old timer here and I believe his statement entirely, The Mayor turned to Police Capt. Kane. ‘hat do you know about this?"| g he asked. Capt. Kane replied: t tl ir except where Hackett sai ported that an o mi one i ‘an employee re- fficer hi ag: yall proper Protection." jayor said thi referred te Capt, is complaint was whi charges against the policemen Mayor Hylan also assu missioner that both Jones and thocn ett said that the reason they are not running cars was 9¢ they lack: men. Mayor rvation thus there is far less hb this strike as taken place in thi; the failure of the company to oeernte ts cars is not due to Hoe protection,” ‘The Commeng jon’ that disorder in ‘connection 'y strike which ‘I heard some- THOUSANDS OF SHOPMEN REFUSE T0 60 TO WORK TILL DEMANDS ARE MET tintions can be be; With Director General. Iie the terms st! Wileon, Tuesday wetted sng unser whe demanded that cored men return to wor! demands are take: ‘ik before the tony e their wage B. R. T. TRIES TO GIVE 20 PER GENT. SERVICE; Heed President’s Warning, but Others Stand Pat, %.—Reports from Middle West points to-day said that men had gone back in response to warming of the President that their wage grievances would not be adjusted until they returned to work, supple- mented by the urging of their grand lodge officials. From the East, South, Southwest and} Far West, however, came reports that the men had decided not to return to work until their wage demands were ‘This attitude was announced by nat Atlant Surface Cars Hagdest Hit, Only Few Leaving Barns, Company Admits, HE B. R. T. announced this morning that its schedule for the day provided for about 20 per cent. of the normal service, At one o'clock this af- ternoon the service actually given ‘was officially summed up as fol- lows: SUBWAYS8—Two-car trains. Sea Beach, eight trains; West Bnd, six trains; Fourth Avenue, eleven trains, BELBEVATED—~Two-car trains. Fifth Avenue, six trains; Myr- tle Avenue, eleven; Brigh Boach, éleven; Lexington Ave. nue, sixteen; Canarsie, thirteen; Bay Ridge, six; Fulton Street, eight; Broadway - Manhattan, eleven; Culver line, four, SURFACBD LINES. From Ninth Avenue depot, ten cars; from Kast New York depot, | one car; from Canarsie depot, Denver, Lite napolis, while en in the vicin= 0 remain out ty 4,000 of the craftam, at’ work, while simile! action Was taken by 10,000 others al juts, lows, and Milwaukee, on freight were tree fon tn Oren the strike were on the New . .Northwost regional 2, auld “There, to | The trains that have boon cancelled are those which may be easily dispensed with and the purpose is merely to keep the engines in’ re- f for hauling foodstuffs, milk. and in the event of a really critical ASHINGTON, Aug. 9.--Union of- ice lantic Avenue, on a bicycle, was struck by an automobile on Atlantic Avenue, hear Nostrand Avenue, and wae out bruised, have estimated that only of the 500,000 men im the went on strike, ‘They ex- Corday that pot, two cars. | four cars; fromm Fresh Pond de- headway between trains on about 40, shop crafts Uncalled For, Says Mayor, in Letter to Receiver} p...1, potice ints | bY. sixty all these | |; HOW TRAINS WERE RUN ISAYS B.R. T. OFFICIALS BREAK AGREEMENTS WITH THE POLICE Commissioner Lahey, in charge of the B, R. T. strike situa- | G8ne hey Declares No Effort Is Made to Move Cars When Guard Is Provided. Culver .. 1 rat ' iton St tion, this afternoon charged ofMficars| Myrtle A of the company with breaking thoir agreements with him. He accused the company of demanding police proteo- tion at certain points to move a specified number of cars and then making no attempt to keep the wohedule. He further accused tho company of trying to move from points whore no polles protection was ‘aaked for and declared that the com: Dany planned te bring Into the city |?,500 men to begin “operating the cars | Monday morning. He said he would give the company all the potice prot tection necessary to use the strike- breakers, At the same time Commissioner Lahey declared that he did not intend to have patrolmen idling their time away at car barns where there wus no use for them. He insisted to B. R. T. oMficials that the city needed every possible patrolman elsewhere and that unless the company intended using the men he wanted to know it, ‘As proot of his contention that the | { company bad broken faith with him, Mr. Lahey issted a table which shows the number of elevated and subway trains scheduled and the actual num- ber sent out by the company, The table follows: Scheduled. sent Out. sty B, R. T, EMPLOYEES’ WIVES THREATENED IF HUSBANDS CONTINUE TO RUN CARS Tell Nixon of Strikers’ Visits to Their Homes—Carmen Relate How They Are Mauled. While awaiting the arrival of rep- rosentatives of the striking B. R. T. varmen, Public Service Commissioner Nixon continged to-day his inquiry into traction conditions in Brooklyn. ‘William J. Gardner, who has been on the B. R. T. payrolls for twenty years, said his car was blocked on the Jamaica line by @ van filled with men, some of whom he knew to be B. R. T. employees. They cut the rupe from the troiley ‘pole of the car and cut out all the fuses, “I am willnig to go right on work- ing if I can do it without getting hurt,” said Gardner. ‘I believe you,” said Commissioner iNixon. “I believe that if the pulice are ordered to prevent violence these men can and will work.” Patrick Kiernan of the Gates Ave- nue line told of being pulled from his car and mauled while two police- men looked on and did not even ‘© | make @ verbal objection. Preston Jones of the Jamaica ele- vated Line said he had been kicked and mauled and his badge had been ripped from his coat by strikers who board G. Heine- man, wives of conductors, said that van loads of strikers had visited their homes and had threatened that their husbands would be crippled if they did not quit their joks. Mrs. Heine- man declared the visitors said to her “You get your man off his cer or we will get him or get you, and we ‘don't care which.” |. Morris Bi jthat he wi Tada; harge of @ two car on waa put ino! ted train as Lefterts Ave . Jamaica Av Sth Ave. & Accordl 4 ith st.. 8 to Mr, Lahey tho sur. tion was just as bad. Hi Pointed out that there are eight patrolmen and then mad no attempt to move one of the cars. All thesp Harty selene men were idle when they could have been used else- he says. where, “Our officers notice that the strik ers are kidding the com- 4 along about deing bie A rork if they get police protection. They have no heart for the work and the strikers, are fieaaty to those of e claas referred to.” Mr. Tabey conferred with Vice Prenident Dempsey, Superintendent Beibert and Chief Engineer Menden. le accused them of not trying to help themselves. He then conferred with all the police inspectors and instruct- ed them to be firm and have the policemen be firm too. “Did you instruct them to cause police to use their revolvers?” he asl ‘ertainly not. Every pol Knows when to use a revolver tect himéelf or the qublic. Special in- struction is not necessary,’ * ir conference with Mr. Superintendent Seibert and Hansen, Mr. Lahey informed that the company w have 1,500 “new” men to operate the cara Monday. “All right. I'll protect every one of them and guarantee that they can cover the routes and get the cars bagk ot Y advised them. THEATRES CANCEL NATINEES OWING iceman to prow TO ACTOR PICKETS) Managers Determined on Fight to Finish With Thespians Who Close Nine Houses. The fight between the actors and thelr managers, it was declared to- @ay by Arthur Hopkins of the. Pub- lieity Committee of the latter, will be one to the finish. “There can be no change in the attitude of the man- agers,” he said. “While they have always been sympathetic with labor, they oan't see how actors can union- ize on a@ sliding scale of wages. if the actors will form themselves into ‘n association the managers will confer with them, “We have promises of many of the actors that they are coming back, but whether or no we will go ahead hreak- ing in others for their parts and will eventually open up uguin is. still in abeyance,” ¥ Not a matinee was given this after- noon in any of the nine houses which remained closed last night. Well known actresses joined the pickets in front of the theatres and begged all persons to stay away. A lot of chorus girls acted. also pickets. More actors Joined with the mummers in their stand, according to Grant Stewart, Secretary of the Bquity Association, who says he re- ceived a telegram from a number in Hollywood, Cal., to-day. 2|STRIKE HITS STORES a ‘and hed controller motormen’s uniforms controller ‘handies in ‘thelr hands, he said. One shoes was torn ‘off and he lost the fighting over me a: ‘another trip he from @ seat in 's the matter, uu been having trouble here?” he ask you letter?” asked Mr, ¥ for the B. R. ‘T. Commissioner Nixon had to call for orde: | NATION'S FOOD CROPS SHOW SHARP DECREASE IN JULY Grain Estimates Fall Off With Exception of Rice. All WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—The Na- tion's principal food crops showed from droughts and pests over much of the growing area. ‘Wheat production fel! off 221,000,000 ‘Dushels during the month, according to the forecast to-day ‘of Depart- ment of Agriculture, Corn showed « reduction of 37,000,000 bushels, oats 197,000,000 bushels, barley 27,000,000 ‘bushels and white potatoes 84,000,000 bushels. Rice alone of all the crops showed an increase, Total production of wheat was fore- cast at 940,000,000 bushels, but this ‘was an increase of 23,000,000 bushels ‘over the forecust last Deo, 1, and 149,- 000,000 bushela over the five-year av~ showed the greatest loss with 124,- | 000,000 bushels, with spring wheat = | Guetion. showing @ decline of 97, 000,- 000 bushels, |eharply in North Dakota, Minnesvta jand Bouth Dakota. Largest prospec- | sharp decreases during July, resulting | * AND THE THEATRES Business Interests in Brooklyn Be- gin to Feel the Effects of the Walk-Out. Business interests along Fulton Street, Brooklyn, are beginning to feel the result of the strike. Business, | which took a decided increase re- cently, following the termination of | the war, took a drop the jast two days and it was estimated that the merchants have lost $160,000 in rex celpts. Phe department stores suffered se- verely, but the small shops which do not run accounts, but depend on passing trade, lost the greatest per- centage of business. ‘he theatres and moving picture houses also suf- fere On the other hand, the hotels, lodg- ing houses and taxicabs were among ners. athe hotels and the more expensive lodging houses have felt the increase noticeably,” said one hotelkeeper yes- terday, but the Mer and cheap- | er places are coining money, as the rity of the patronage is of work- ers who are stranded from thelr homes by the lack of car transit, and must conserve their expenses,” ah B BANK PRESIDENT ARRESTED, Head of Cloned Philade!phia Ineti- Another Accused. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. %.—Louls H. Michel, President of the North Penn Bank, which closed its doors July 18 with an apparent shortage of $2,144,000, was arrested yesterday on charges of conspiracy. A warrant was also issued for the arrest of William T, Gabell, a direc- * and clerk, on similar charges. Gabell Ie atWilawoot, Node and it ‘Michel, who conducts a bakery in the northern’ seotion of the city, was held by @ Magistrate for a hoaring Aug. 2) Two former State officials will be ar- erage from 1918 to 1918, Winter wheat | | Spring wheat production fell off | tive reductions in corn yield were Indiana and Llinols, ® ited in connection with the failure, Bistrie Attorney Botan announced, + | LOS ARMY FOOD CUT BELON OST PRE TOLOVER MARKET Early Sales Were at 80 Per Cent. of What the Gov- ernment Paid. WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. — Cort Price will be absolutely ignored tn’ the sale of the army's surplus food Supply and every effort made to get it to the consuming public at prices | The early sales were at 80 per cent. Of the cost to the Government, but the new policy will be to cut woll be- low the current prices regardiess of any long to the Government. A new Uist’ of prices was issued to-day. Some of the prices quoted in the re- Viged list for foods follow: Bacon in 12-pound cans, $4.15 @ cang The bacon is packed In cases contains ing six of the 12-pound cans, $24.90 a case, Corned beet in one-pound cans, 2> |Conts © pound. The cases chntain 48 One-pound cans and sell for $18.92, Roast beef, in one-pound cans, 29, cents a can. The cases contain 49° }ne-pound cans and sell for $13.44 Corned beef hash in one-pound 22 cents a can. The cases contain one~pound cans and gell for $10.56 a case. | Baked beans in one-pound cans at § cents a can, The cases contain 46 one-pound cans and sell for $2.40, Sweet corn in two-pound cans at 10 cents @ can. ‘The cases contain % two-pound cans and sel] for $2.40, beans in 100-pound bags sell be td ao bag, 1 * ite corn meal in 100-poun, at $3.60 & bag. ‘ hee ne eliow corn meal in 100-pound bags aren & bag. ; elfow corn meal in two-pound cans, 7 cents a packed in cases of 30 two-pound cans, at $2.10 a case. : Soda crackers in one-pound tina at 6 cents @ can, packed in cases of 48 Ried eoeaee At $2.68 a case. rt in 40-pound cases, $6.82 a case, - Corn flour In 100-pound bags at $5.06 bag. Edibfe corn starch flour in 100-pound bags at He bag. ? coarse hominy in 100-pound bags $6.49 a bag. it vt Fine hominy in two-pound cartons at 4 cents a carton. Cases contain 34 two-pound cartons at 96 cents a case. Bulk macaroni in 25-pound pack- ages, at $2.08 a Macaroni jh one and a half pound packages, at 7 cents a package. Cases contain 24 packages, at 61.468 & case. Rolled oats in two-pound packagés at 13 cents a package. Cases contain 3¢ packages, at $4.32 @ case. Rice in 100-pounds bags, at $6.74 bax. Beef, chicken, tomato and vege- table soups and clam chowder in one-pound cans at 8 cents @ can. Packed In cases of 48 one-pound cans at $3.88, Tomatoes in two-pound cans at 9 cents a can. Packed In cases of cans at $2.16 a cane, ‘LEAGUE OFFICIALS WAITING FOR WORK Nothing Can Be Done by Secre-- tariat Until Three Powers Ratify Treaty, Doprriaht, by The Prom Priptiah Trae New! York erenine. World it LONDON, Aug. %—The League of Nations has been born, but its Secre- tariat, which has begun to come ta- gether at Sunderland House, the Curzon Street residence of thei Duchess of Marlborough, is not yeti tunctionit officially, because it ist awaiting the ratification of peace by’ three powers. Until that is dong it is suspended in midair, like Mo-' Kammed's coffin, ‘ Secretary General Sir Eric Drum-' mond and Assistant Secretary Gen-‘ eral Raymond Fosdick of America are here, as is an Assistant from France. Many things regarding the: organisation are being considered, which are imperatively necessary, without awaiting the actual ratifiea- tion of the treaty, This is being done so that when ratification is accom- plished the League's machinery will be ready to function, for some com- mission under the League must be ready fifteen days after peace is ratified by three powers, =a * MOVE FOR GERMAN STRIKE. for a rike on agitators are cha: leaders of the movement, which the Governmont \s using every means to suppress “The discovery Was made just when Germany _ believed self quieti; down while the rest] of the world Floted and struck,” the official étate- Ing eon- hela, "the ‘The movemen w strike being decided upon.” ECIAL NOTICES. HORLICK’'S THE ORIGINAL \ . 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