The evening world. Newspaper, September 13, 1919, Page 1

! hw __PRICE Two “CENTS. Covrrian, 1919, by The Prey Publishin, (The ‘New York World), oo SF ene LE Sn A A mm ER mn oe ae ten egm eaanmmeR Nem RATIFY TREATY AT ONCE, SAYS HOOVER NEW YORK, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1919. “Circulation Books Open to All” | 14 PAGES TO-MORROW'S WEATHER—Cool, Moderate Winds. PRICE ‘wo CENTS. ——= UNION POLICE BARRED BY BOSTON; ALL STRIKERS LOSE THEIR JOBS “YM FOR LEAGUE OF NATIONS AS 13," HOOVER DECLARES CN ARRIVAL FROM EUROPE “Some Treaty of Peace Must! Be Ratified at Once,” He Says. SEES FALL IN PRICES. Crest of High Costs Has Been Reached—Must Give Credit to Europe. Herbert C. Hoover came home to- @ay on the Aqetiania,.wentstraight to hie Brodway office, and there gave to reporters a momentous interview touching on all the vital problems of | the world to-day, Mediate ratification Peace, and declaring emphatically for the Loague of Nations. “Peace is n demanding the im- of a treaty of He said: | led more than any- thing else in the world, and America’s task is greater now than at the time of the armistice, “1 stand for the League of Nations ‘as is’, and some treaty of peace must me ratified at once—within thirty “I don't believe the League of Na- fons will change men's character| over night. Very possibly natlons| will attempt to make alliances and effect balances of power, even tho ve | the League of Nations is adopted, Dut I believe such efforts will fail. n anywhere “The food prot Problem of credits m in Europe is a| The governmen dustries going. “The crest of high prices in this] country has passed. Prices from now on must fall of their own welght, Speculatas hoarded on the assump- ton of an enormous market in Ku-| Tope. Europe had no money, and the Speculators were deceived.. The huge accummulations, added to our greatly “amcreased production, will force prices down not only here but all over the world. “The sugar supply here is ample the Cuban crop leaves the rest of the world short, Our purchase will cause a drop of four or five price here, “I am going to Washington to re- Port on the expenditure of $100,000, - $00. Of this amount $90,000,000 will cents in the —— | Fire Follows Exp Explosion days. | the scene |when an oil tank exploded at Nor- #hevism is not now making progress j hattan had been called out at 2.45 point, \ have the means of transportation. We | police stations, After the third alarm until February 1, but our purchase of | 1! be paid back by foreign governments, | Only $10,000,000 was charity, | nce the armisti the Unite es has exported supplies to Eu- punt of $2,250,000,00v. Stat rope to the an “IE hope I shall Burope. In five years T have had nly nine months with my family. We re going to California next week to speaking acquaintance with any po- Utica’ machine, never go back to| vest, The Presidency? (Reporters | told him bis name had been men- thoned), I am not in politic any shape or form, I have not even a FOUR HOLDUPS TO-DAY IN SPITE OF AUTO POLICE Flying riage Arm Saute Fail to Stop Series of Robberies, PARTIES HALTE TAXI D. Enright’s Men Get Busy After HUGE OL TANKS BPO US OF UFE FEARED ewes Ing operations last night in various fections of the city despite new and in| extraordinary precautions taken by Police ,Commissioner Enright to |check them.” “Four more holdups and a burglary were reported. In addition, a glaring case of police Standard Plant in Greenpoint Section of Brooklyn. A series of tremendous explosions followed by fire occured in the Green- jy, robbers who escaped with $8,000 point Section of Brooklyn near New- in cash and Liberty Bonds were town Creek and Greenpoint Avenue | enabled to get a fourteen-hour start [on detectives because the record of ‘automobile license numbers at Police Headywuarters is incomplete and far from up to date of a machine suspected to have been used in a get-away it was necessary to wait from 7 o'clock last night until 9 o'clock this morning, when the branch office of the Secretary of State was opened in Manhattan Acting on Mayor Hyla which the Mayor urged that more be done by the police to reduce the number of hotel robberies, Coz laxity was revealed whereby Brook- this afternoon, The explosions were in hugh tanks of the Standard Oil Company. Flames into the alr for 100 feet and uds of black covered the entire district, shot dense ¢ smoke soon Five alarms of fire were turned in and fire apparatus in the vieinity and a hit dozen fire boats were rushed to It is not known that there has been any loss of life, though this is feared, The blaze is reported to have com- |Missioner Enright sent Detective municated to the plant of Sone and Sergt. "Paddy" Sheridan of the Vierhing in Kings'and Avenue, Strong Arm Squad with twenty picked men {in automobiles to patrol the districts where hold-ups have The have started fire is sald to “The danger of Bolshevi '6/man Avenue “and Sutton Street, on |been most frequent. Passed. It passed last February in| Newtown Creek, at 2.30 P. M, All{FLYING SQUAD TRAVELS NEAR Central and Eastern Europe when the|/the fre apparatus of Brooklyn and SMALL HOTELS. People were assured of food. Bol-| jong Island City and some from Man-| These picked detectives rode along- fiae suspicious-looking stag taxicav parties, stopped cars when the riders seemed to be worth investigating and particularly toured the neighborhoods where hotels with small and unpre- o'clock Reserves were sent from the Green- Herbert Btreet and Stagg Street must help restore normal economic |the ambulances of Greenpoint, Bush- |tentious foyers abound. The detec- relations, There is far less food pro-|wick and Williamsburg Hospitals|tives believe the bandits seek hotels éuction in Europe now than at the|went to the scene. where the cash box is near the door, time of the armistice Property valued at approximately | Providing @ short run to a getaway. “Germany cannot pay a penny of) $1 990,000 is either on fire or in| At 8 o'clock this morning, Isadore her indemnity until she gets her in-|qanger, it is re portas Schiffman was alone in his bakery and lunch room at No. nue when men entered w drawn revolvers, One of them held up Schiffman while the other we 2421 Sth Av two HUGE AIRPLANE ARRIVES WITH NINE PASSENGERS tre car arawer and exteacces sae $1,400 in promissory notes and other A : valuables, Schiffman was then beat Lawson Flier Settles on Mitchell ana robbed of $60 which he had n hig Field After Flight Fi Syracuse, iLL FLYING FIELD, L. 1, e persons arrived here at 2 o'clock this morning abpard the Lawson flier from Syracuse, N. Y., where the start was made at 8 o'clock. The distance flown is 460 mil It had been intended to make the landing at Hazelhurst Field but the pilot, Alfred W. Lawson, head of the company that built the flier, chose to descend at this eld and he made a graceful landing. The Might from Syracuse was the last Jump eastward from Milwaukee where om (Continued on Second Page.) —————-—_ Thurste aera eS ithte oo on earth, ext MITCH) t, 13 CLOSING TIME 7.30 P. M. Sharp on Saturdays for SUNDAY WORLD WANT ADS. the flight began ten d 0, Besides the stop at Syracuse the plane de- a scended also at Chicago, Toledo, Cleves Want Advertisements for The and and Buffalo. Sunday World must be in Tho fier has a sawing epan of $5 feet and the bode is 50 feet long and inclosed in glass, She is equipped wth two Lherty 400-horsepowor motors. In the The World's Main Office on or before 7,30 Saturday evening Positively no Advertisements will cabn are upholatered seats for 26 per- sons and she can accommodate 60 more be accepted after thi standng. | For next few days test fights Kend your Sunde, | will be made here and then Lawaan | {| Advertisement sn to-day \o many will proceed to Washington, carrying 19 0} ite publication, ten United States Senators, SOME L OSE PL ACES, To learn the owner 's letter, in| much | 6,000 EMPLOYEES IN SHPYARDS TAKE AN AFTERNOON OFF | Walkout to Enforce 44-Hour | Week Refused by Em- Ployers All Will Return Monday Morn- ing and Try Same Tactics Next Week. Some 6,000 of a total Brooklyn of 12,000 “took the afternoon off” to-day to talk over the question of demanding a forty- four hour week, Labor leaders al- shipyard employees | lowed the impression to prevail that | this Is to be a weekly practice dur- ing the winter. Shipyard owners re- port that those who remained at work | are non-union employees. The men are expected back to work Monday} and in most cases they will be wel-+ come. Officials at the Tebo Yacht Basin | are said to have collected the men's passes and time checks. ‘This is said to amount to dismissal The principal yards affected are James Shewan and Son, Morse Dry | Dock, Robins Dry Dock, and the Tebo | Yacht Basin The meeting of the union men is scheduled for 4 o'clock at Palace Hall, Brooklyn, It is said they are willing to work four hours longer every Sat- urday, but they want double time for the labor. The hours are fixed by the U. 8. Shipping Board and do not schedule a forty-four-hour week, ex- cept during June, July and August. Employees of three Staten Island yard also laid down their tools at 11 jock and anonunced they would re. turn to work Monday. The men are employed at the Standard Shipbuild- ing, Downey and Staten Island yards, Superintendent Montgomery of the Downey plant said: “{ expect all the men back to work Monday. There is no method of com- pelling them to work forty-eight hours a week.” Superintendent Quinn of the Stand- ard Company declared the men would be welcomed back Monday, i ae JERSEY TROLLEY ZONE FARES HIT 242 TOWNS TO-NIGHT » | Rides Will Cost Some Residents 14 to 20 Cents, Zone fares go into effect on al) lines operated by the Public Service Rail- way Co, In New Jerse t midnight to- night. The te la 3 nts for the first mile and 2 cents for each additional mile, No transfers will be issued, Two hundred and forty-two munici- palities in fourteen counties are a fected, The only large cities not in- cluded in the order are Camden and At- Newark lantic City, Suburban residents are| the hardest hit but there are restdente | of Newark who will have to pay hij 14 to 20 cents a ride ‘The hope of the peo liew in the call | for figures from the company showin | in detall its earnings, which It ts hope will be made by the New Jeraey Board of Public Utilities Commissioners about | 1, If exorbit earnings are re- | led It is believed that the fares will | be reduced. — View the City trem ¢ | WORLD RESTAURANT, | tor usta 13, aa |General Uses Football Tactics RTE POLICE DESERTERS LOSE JOBS; THEIR PLACES TO BE FILLED, SAYS COMMISSIONER CURTIS Decision Barring Out the Uniformed Men Who Quit Posts Based on Opinion of State’s Attorney General. OLICE COMMISSIONER EDWIN V. CU 8, acting upon the ad- P vice of Attorney General Wyman, made this offictal statement noon “It is manifest that the places in the police force of Boston for- merly held by the men who deserted their posts of duty have by this action been rendered vacant. “I am advised by the Attorney General that upon the existing facts the offices formerly held by the members of the police fore to whom I have referred are in fact, and in law, vacant. I shall accordingly proceed ih accordance with law and in strict complince with the re quirements of the civil service laws to Mill those vacancies with new men. “I have submitted to the Mayor of Boston recommendations for immediate adoption relating to a revision of salaries for the lowest paid members of the police force, and I shall later submit reconimen- dations for a revision of the entire salary list, “I have further requested the Civil Service Commisrioner to grant me authority to appoint to the police force any veterans as defined by Chapter 160 of the General Acts of 1919, whether such veteran be resident of Boston or not. “The Attorney General has ruled that such veteran must be a resi- dent of the Cominonweaith, but need not be a resident of the city of Boston, PERSHING DRAGGED FROM CLUTCHES OF GREETERS BY GUARD, | POLIGE COMMISSIONER OF BOSTON WHO REFUSES to Get Through Cheering Crowds on 59th Birthday. WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—Almost fighting his way hundreds of admirers gathered at the War I through partment, Gen, Pershing officially re- yA ported to Secretary Baker to-day his return from France with his mis- slon—victory over Germany—accom- plished. By actual physical effort, aided by two of his staff officers and finally by guards of the building, Gen. Pershing got through into the Secretary's room, 7 The final. step was the most diffl- cult, Women and girl clerks, shrilly erying their greetings, in about the General and his aides at the door, He was for several minutes unable to force his way through Finally the watchman caught him by the arm and hauled him out of Sage” the clutch of the crowd. The General | Oby®: cxtcwmmsre— through almost like a football Edwin U. Curtis. er and he breathed a sigh of — serena Ragen VICE FOREIGN SECRETARY cretary and when he IS JAPANESE ENVOY T0U, $. came out Mr. Baker bore the brunt of the crowds’ attack, while Gen Pershing seemed to enjoy the cir-|Rijuro St fehara Will Succeed Vis- cumstance, reaching continuously on count Ishii as Ambassador, both sides for the hands thrust out el nice § to clasp his. The Gene who ¢ Official Advices Declare, brated his fifty-ninth birthday to-| WASHINGTON, Sept. 13. —~ Rijuro day, then went to his offices in the | Shidehara, Vic retary of Foreign | ola Land Office Building, to begin the | / of oy ne panese vere es Bi ‘concluding work of the great army, ja SHAatMADE TS ce Tinltad: Biatea Gen, Pershing received to-day a es to-day, He cablegn rom Premier Clemenceau K kusiro Ishi, Fen saying by France will never forget the ad mirabie work of the American sold lers under your command, which wa as offective as it was energetic | Dayton Day. Gen, Pershing will dine to-night} payTon with his father-in-law, Senator Ware | i, hig ren of Wyoming. It will be « privat lon’ ail Dae Am observin, M pildren Jo ifn factories and business hous Wil close ‘this efteraoon, dinner with only @ few guests itlenship MEALS ———— TO TAKE BACK STRIKERS, ry te BOSTON GUARDSMAN'S SHOT KILLS MAN AFTER FIGHT: SAME BULLET HITS WOMAN Governor and Commissioner Decide Striking Bluecoats Are Deserters and Proceed to Organize a New Force, Despite Appeals for Jobs. ecial From a Staff Correspondent.) BOSTON, Sept. #3.—As the Evening World forecast in these despatches Gov. Coolidge and Police Commissioner Curtis ruled to- day that the posts formerly held by the policemen who went on strike are vacant. This is the decision of the Attorney General. A new police force is being recruited. The request of Samuel Gom- pers that the strikers be reinstated is refused. The action of the authorities had the effect of speeding up the strike vote of the unions of Boston and vicinity. The result of this may not be known for two or three days. About 100,000 workers are involved, The eighth street killing in the strike occurred at noon to-day when Gustave Gast, twenty years old, of No. 3 Monadnock Street, Dorchester, was shot dead by a young guardsman on the edge of Boston Common i Samuel Gompers at the Continen| Hotel this afternoon said he had not received any official confirmation of the that Gov, Coolidge and Police Commissioner Curtis had refused to give thelr Joba back to the striking po- Neemen on the advice of the Massachu- setts Attorney General When he received such confirmation, Mr. Gompers said he would make a statement. He said that it was at his request that the policemen had offered to return to work. On being informed of the latest developments, Mr, Gompers spoke with some heat, and his words were taken to contain @ velled threat. He said “It the present atitude of the across the street from the Hotel Touraine, in the heart of the city. The rifle bullet fired by the guardsman passed through Gast’s body and struck May Jacques, a young woman of No. 10 Hemmenway Street. She was taken to a hospital severely wounded, ' ‘® Gast got into an argument with @ , suardsman in front of the Touraine ON ACTION OF BOSTON guardsmen came running up and Gast turned and ran across the street heading toward the Common, One AUTHORITIES A THREAT? shot was fired after him, The identity Ss of the guardsman who fired the shot | has not been disclosed at this writ- ing. ‘The shooting occurred as the com- mittee of labor leaders, including M. report J. O'Donnell, President of the Central Labor Union, Harry Jennings and Frank McCarthy, organizer of the A. F. L., were leaving the State House after a conference with Gov. Coolidge, The committee informed the Gover- nor that the policemen were willing to return to daty as individuals pend- ing the outcame of the labor con- ference in Washington, While the conference between Gov. Coolidge and te union leaders was in session in the State House the Attorney General reported to Com- haughty, autoeratic| ™ssioner Curtis that the men who Massachusetts authori-| Walked out had forfeited their Jobs tles is maintained, the consequences will | and the Commissioner began the work. of organizing a new yolice force. MEN CANNOT #F TAKEN BACK reat on their own heads. I have been doing and am doing and I will continue to do everything I can to rel the As ~"ION MEN, situation, But L repeat that if they (the Maasachus authorities) continue to] The attitude of the authorities is act in thelr present unreasonable man-| tat the striking policemen have totally dissociated themselves from the city service and cannot come back as individuals unless» in some in- stances It can be shown that the mea struck unwillingly, Such men will have to take thelr places in line and ner, whatever happens will be | them. up to FIRST RAILROAD PROFITS. evenne of 82Riih- fatale: file new applications for Jobe WASHINGTON, Sept. 13—For the} In building up a new police force | frat time at 818 the railways under|Commistoner Curtis will give, he Government control showed a profit in-| says, preference to former soldiers, latead of a defeit, in July, accord ng to} sujiors and marines, Applicants muct the Anal report for that month, issued) 4 residents of Massachusetts but ave Soe en terniisonorsied” PT] QUESTION OF LAW AND FACE lb _ : INVOLVED, SAYS GOVERNOR, |EX-PRINCESS VISITS KAISER, |. After conferring with the Attorney pg neral, ¢ Coolidge Issued the Ja. ee ork lowing statement: rive “Ata conference with labor lead | AMERONC Sept. 13 (iy the Age | PS held at their request, details were r|sociated Press).—the former Crown | Presented to me of the conditions un- Princess of Germany, with her two sonu,| Wer which the policemen in Boston performed the duties of office, The telegram of President Gompers wes errived here to-day and was received