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— | i : Back on Peace Basis j TO-MORROW'S WEATHER—Showers. SREP ENS TN Naa EDITION VS Lal Via AVENE VOSS = VOL. LX. NO. 21,408—DAILY. Cvorntee imne' ‘New Feet We wera ne NEW YORK, “THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1 Batored go Segent-Chose 920. |-Clacs Matter Post Office, New York, N, ¥. 24 PAGES. PRICE faces CENTS. SENATE PASSES MILK BILL GIVING CITY POWER 10 BUY, SELL AND ESTABLISH PRICES Right toPasteurize and to Take] Over Straus Stations Accorded, EVENING WORLD PLAN Round in Long Fight Won After All-Day Wrangle at Albany. (Special from a Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) \ ALBANY, April 15.—After an all @ay wrangle the Senate, late yester- day afternoon, passed tho first of the milk ills long advocated by The Evening World. Tho vote on this bill, which gives the city power to purchase, pasteurize and. sell milk at a price fixed by the Board of Estimate and Apportion- ment is epic making in soveral par- aculars. ‘It marks the first etep toward regu- " Yeting the milk industry and deciaring milk to de a public necessity similar 40 gts and electricity. Tt jp the first timo the Senate has taid down the principle that the price ef such a necessity as milk must be controlled by some public authority. It ie the first time a motion has been passed this year to discharge a com- mittee which refused to report a bill. And when Senator George N. Thomp- em, sponsor for the milk bills, de- manded a close call of the Senate, the debate that ensued strongly evi- denoed ‘that the milk interests’ lobby been bard at work. SENATOR BROWN ATTACKS THE EVENING WORLD. Senator Adon P. Brown, Charman of the Agriculture Committee, which was the committee discharged from further consideration of the bill, showed his displeasure by a vigorous attack on the bill and The Evening Wortd, which had 90 long advocated milk regulation, making special men- tion of Sophie Irene Loeb of The Brenig World staff, who has for years fought to have the Legislature gtve power to some authoritative body im segulating the milk industry, all of which is not to the liking of Senator Brown. All the New York City Senators of both parties voted for the bill. Two Democrats from up State—Senators Ramsberger and Mackerel—voted with their parties. Other votes in favor were those of Senators Daven- port, Lusk and Fowler, Republicans. "This bill, if enacted into law, will obviate any stoppage uf milk, es- pecially among the babies and hos- pitals, in periods: of shortage or strike. It will also permit the city to gake over the Straus milk stations. DEFEATED BILL AIMED TO NAME BOARD. Senator Thompson will next week move to discharge the committee from further consideration of a bill to reg- ulate the distribution and fix the price of milk by a commission which will determine the fair price to be charged. ‘The milk bill which failed of pass- age by three votes, and stood 24 to 25 on reconsideration, was a measure that would regulate the producer, middleman and distributor and fix the nth Page.) . (Continued on Thirte Classified Advertisers Important! Ctammitied Sunday World office On or Betera Friday Preceding Putlication Warty copy receives the proference whoo Sanday sdvartiaine nae to he adverthimg 18 Dow Gee tor tack’ ef time te wet Ie THE WORLD Avert copy for Te ‘oe in The GIRL’S KISSES PAY PAIR OF BACHELOR TRAIN VOLUNTEERS Mayor ‘Martens, of East Orange, and Former Bicyclist Kramer Get Reward on Platform. RANK KRAMER, former na- Uonal bicycle champion, and Mayor Charles H. Martens of East Orange fired a Lackawanna train this morning, as they did yesterday. When they got off the train for a few minutes at South Orange a young girl ran up and kissed both begrimed men, They are bach- elors, VIGLANTES ORDER OUTLAWS TO WORK OR LEAVE TOWN pasado Long Island Citizens Form Committees After Firemen Are Pulled Off Trains. On learning thet firemen had been Pulled from trains at Babylon and Patchogue yesterday, the public irri- tation over the strike became organ- ized wrath looking for an opportunity to make an example of anybody and everybody disposed thing.” Babylon increased its police force to .seventeen members, Village President Foster of Patchogue employed five extra policemen and authorized the organization of a Committee of Visi- lantes, Vill age after village all along the South Ghore caught the spirit of the movement, Service men appeared on the streets in large numbers and police justices were besieged for pis- tol permits, ‘The appointment of Vigilance Com- | mittees was superintended by a committee which toured the island in an automobile of which General Passenger (Agent Woodward was ‘Chairman, assisted by Chief Engi- neer L. V. Morris. (Rockville Center drafted a committee made up of vol- unteer ‘firemen, members of the American Legion and Spanish War Veterans and Special Deputies. Sub-committees of the Vigilance Committees in Babylon and Patch- ogue visited the homes of resident strikers this afternoon and notifjed them that they had better go back to work or prepare to move out of town, as they would hereafter be re- garded as undesirable citizens if they |remained on strike,” ATTACK PICKFORD DIVORCE. Nevada Attormey Gene Move to Set It Aside, CARAON CITY, Nev., April 15 (United | Press).-Suit to set aside the divorce | decree granted Mary Pickford from her former husband, Owen Moore, will be filed at Minden, Douglas County, to- morrow, according to Attorney General Fowler to-day “to start some- wi | | Marphy's %: Murphy’ Joun A. ay, and Secretary* LD KhsPAL KANT, Special fi "Thursday, April’ 18, 1920. Smoked beet tongue jud eat «pinsal, Uo; breaded of” Lama tomato due cinwes Toe Lien ons, World itg. hae, OD TEAMSTERS WALK OUT U. S. Starts Investigation After Handlers of Butter, Eggs and Cheese Quit. WAGE DEMANDS BASIS. Mayor Seeks Conference to Try to End Trouble Before Night. United States District Attorney Francis G. Caffey began an investi- Bation to-day into the “statements and actions” of the leaders of the newly called strike of teamsters, ‘chauffeurs and porters who handle Laaaregd foodstuffs at the various Me promised that chere will be pros- ecytions under the Lever act if it is shown that the strikers have plotted to endanger the city’s food supply.; He;was especially interested in the that the strile must succeed because & threatened the destruction’ of $1,- 000,000 worth of food. “The Lever Act was not intended,” aid Mr. Caffey, “to attack any man’s Uberty of employment. But if there és a conspiracy to destroy food, that iy another matter and action must’ follow. No body of men can threaten to starve a city and get away with it” The first acts of violence in con- nection with the newly called strike! occurred this morning. Extra police were sent to the market districts by Chief Inspector Daly. Attacks on several trucks carrying butter and eggs to wholesale houses were reported. At 11.30 o'clock a horse-drawn wagon of Gudekieffer & Co, No. 21 Jay Street, was attacked by about thirty-five strikers,’ who slashed holding ropes. They followed the wagon to its Jay Street destina- tion, where they were dispersed by the police. To Section 4 of the Lever Act 4s amended, apparently has a direct Dearing on the present situation, specifically prohibiting acts thet have been committed by the strikers. Section 4 says in part: “It is hereby made unlawful for any person wilfully to destroy (Continued on Twentieth Page.) NO COMPROMISE WITH INSURGENTS SAYS UNION CHIEF Only Settlement in Accordance With Law and Order, Train- men President Wires, J. WALSH, Chairman mfttee of the Brother- hood of Railroad Trairtmen at Hoboken to-day gave out the fol- lowing telegram he received from W. G. Lee, President of the Brotherhood. “The situation is clearing in Western and Central territory. Men are returning to work ut many points. Others are leaving the service at a few points where they have not been out. “Now that the Labor Board is appointed and will function immediately, loyal members of the Brotherhood who have been car- ried off their feet by mob move- ment should realize the necessity of returning to work until the Labor Buard can band down a | decision. | “There can be no comprom se with Insurgents, Only ony sett | ment can be hoped for, aud that + in sevordance with liw and ord | .througn authorized committees o | established organisation Racing Eniries, on Page 2 statement attributed to strike leaders) IN DEFIANCE OF LEVER LAW: STRIKERS ATTACK TRUCKS STRIKER KNOCKED OUT BY VOLUNTEER INENGINE BATTLE Major Weed Shatte Shatters Jaw of | “Outlaw” Who Orders Him Off Train. Three striking yard conductors | were fined $20 each to-day in the/ Magistrate's Court at Hoboken for a| concerted attack last:night on the engine crew of a Lackawanna local destined for Montclair, but in the opinion of Montclair folk at work to- {day in Manhattan offices, Newelt ‘Weed’#'mnan was not améng them. |The Montclair folk who talked of Newell Weed's man think he is more likely in some hospital. Weed,’ twenty-eight, was a major with an A. EF, tank corps, He was in the thick of things in France and ig settling down as a Mahhattan real ectater with a home in Montclair. The major was one of the first of New Jersey’s husky leaders to gather other young men about him and or- ganize a volunteer railroad crew. Some of his crowd sympathize with the rebel unionists but condemn their methods. Their big consideration is retting to work every day and home every night. ‘The muscular major was in his overalls just before 5.30 yesterday afternoon when two sturdy strikers suddenly appeared beside the puffing engine. One of them swung himself up to the cab. “What in the hell do you mean,” he asked Major Weed, “butting into this thing; coming here to take the bread out of men’s mouths and the mouths of children?” ‘ “We won't argue about It,” said Weed, “though a lot might be said about my bread disappearing with a disappearing train service. I'm busy; you move along and sell your papers. Get!” At this the vacationist dropped semi-parliamentary language and be- came profane. He went beyond the limit and the onlookers witnessed the striking of two blows. Weed struck them both, The first, it is said, al- most shattered the railroad man's jaw. He fell toward the pit and Weed picked him up and dropped him to the station p tform, Rail- road policemen carri J him away. The 5.30 for Monclalr pulled out, The three yardmen fined were mixed up ina free-for-all. The fight between Blank and Weed was pri- vate. re Foreign Diplomats to Present Ore~ dent! Soon. WASHINGTON, April 15.—President Wilson suffered no ill effects from his long session with the Cabinet yester- day, it was said to-day at the White House. Officials thought the President's con- dition might permit him to greatly en- large his. list of callers in the near soon receive a half dozen or more foreign diplomats who have been wait- ing. formal presentation of their credentials | a EGGS AT 15 CENTS A DOZEN. | | Strike Causes Big D tn Delaware, WILMINGTON, Del, April 15.—With cases of egxs ready for ion platforms, the price are towns to-day per _Sozen, pin Prices thousands i _ TAKE BELLA NS AFTER MEALS and eeq bow fine GOOD DIGESTION wanes you teal. Ade, WILSON TO RECEIVE CALLERS) future and that among others he might} ~~ BY-CREWS OF VOLUNTEERS |“‘Indignation Specials” on Long Island Lines as Well as Erie and Lackawanna. ONE ON PENNSYLVANIA. \Jerkay High School Students Join College Men in Offering Services. ‘The number of ‘“Indignation Bpecigia” brought to the Jersey ter-| minals of the Lackawanna and Erie Railroads to-day, manned In part by commuter volunteers, jumped from yesterday's top mark of nineteen to the higher figure of thirty. Bach road reported fifteen. On the basis of yosterday's estimate by J. J. Mantel! of the General Man- agers’ Aswociation, 950 passengers to a train, to-day’s “specials” on these two raflroads brought 28,500 persons, The Pennsylvania, maintaining about 75 per cent. of a normal pas- senger service with its own crews, reported a single train maintained by volunteers, It came from Wood- ridge, N. J. ‘The Long Island Railroad ran three such trains, two from Oyster Bay and ‘one from Patchogue. The total number of passengers brought tu New York in part by volunteers, therefore, was at least 31,500. In addition to the plain, every-day commuters who ran their own trains, college men flocked ‘o the railroad yards to give their young strength to the public service wherever !t might be needed. Princeton, according to one report, will be a university with- out students by Saturday. Hundreds ot men have gone out from Stevens Technical Institute at Ho- boken. JERSEY HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TO HELP IN YARDS. ‘To-day the boys of Jersey high schools came forward. “Two hundred students of East Orange High,” Mayor Charles H. Martens of that city in- formed officials of the Lackawanna, “are ready to lend @ hand in the rail- road yard after school hours. Most of them are free after 2 P. M.” Flizabeth, N.,J., Teported that word had gone out ‘to commanders of the New Jersey Home Defense League to hold their men ready for a call to ser- vice on the railroads. Members of the Guard are former members of the State militia, | At, Stevens Institute a Student Clearance Bureau was organized to supply the railroads with freight handlers. At least 20 Stevens men re absent from the classrooms. «Moet of them are with the Erie and ithe Lackawanna, but many are in (he yards at Long Island City, more are on Staten Island, and Mitty are doing Abe rough work of longsboremen on (West Shore docks at Jersey City. If the strike is prolonged the col- lege men will have to remain at gchool during the summer, Other- mise they will.be given an opportu- nity to make up the lost time this “QUTLAW” LEADER - “GRUNAU AND AIDES ARRESTED BY U. 8. aici Chiefs of Strikers Put Under $10,000 ‘Bail for vigstnn Lever Food: Laws. « Apel 18—Arrest utlaw" railroad in many WASHINGTON, of leaders of the strike may be expected cities before night, C. B, Ames, As- Passenger Service Improved, Espe- sistant Attorney General, indicated to-day, following the news that Chi- cago leaders had been taken into custody. CHICAGO, April 15.—John Grunay, President of the Chicago Yardmen’s Association, the “outlaw” organization which started the nation-wide strike of reilroad workers, and six others were arrested by Federal agents who raided a meeting of the strikers here to-day, Grunau was arrested while he was ad- dressing the meeting. Other arrests have already been made and many warrants have been issued. Elmer Bidwell, who was named yes- terday by Attorney General Palmer as having replaced Grunau as leader of the strikers here, was also arrested. Both Bidwell and Grunau deny that the latter has been displaced or that Bidwell is taking any part in directing the strike, All the arrests were made for viola- tions’of the Lever Food Law on war- rants issued by U. 8. Commissioner Mason at the instance of U. 8 Attor- ney Charles I, Clyne, under instruc- tions from Washington, James J. Dodgion, whom Attorney General Palmer is reported to have called a “dangerous man,” also ts un- der arrest. Among others arrested are Joseph Scott, Trustee of the Chicago Yard- men’s Association; A. W. Casseday, Secretary; Martin J. Kennedy, Vice President of Lodge No. 2, C. ¥.A.; W. Larrabeli, Trustee of the association; Fred L, Schultz, Vice-President of the United Enginemen's Association, and Michael Eligas, Treasurer of the Enginemen’s Association, AN the men were held in bail of $10,000 each WASHINGTON, April 15.—Chiet Burke, ‘of the Bureau of Investiga- tion, Department of Justice, let it be known to-day that many arrests may be expected in Chicago in connection with the railroad strike, Burke was told twelve arrests had been made in Chicago. “There are many more radicals than that in that distriot,” he said > BOYS TRY TO BURN YOUTH AT STAKE Tie Him Up and Set Fire Under term. | wiiot Sumner, Superintendent the Pennsylvania's motor division oF | |New Jersey, placed a substitute in his office to-day, dor | overalls, climbed into the |focomotive and fired the fie. |B of} a suit of | engine to} ond Page.) (Continued on — en FER, TO LO SUNDAY NM HT. onlebrat jours solve fai deodlisus; Woe to 42,56. boats Sow, OO ae Him, but He Is Rescued by Woman. LANCASTER, Ofte, April 15.—Police o-day ure searching for tive older boys who last evening attacked .Charles Kneller. newsboy, bound him to t 4 kindling and papers about him a r starting a fire, teft him to his A #mall reported the incident to | Mra. "A FP) Mowery living nearby, and she rescued the Kneller boy, who was burned, wer noes tS OUTLAWS TELL UNION’S TERMS; . U.S. TAKES UP NEW FOOD STRIKE 31,500 COMMUTERS ARRIE NV CITY ON TRAINS MANNED! lego 0Firemen and EnginemenOffer to Yield'to Brotherhood If Federal Board Will Act— Workers Return- ing and More Freight Moving. Fifteen hundred striking railroad firemen and enginemen who had been in session at City Hall, Hoboken, all day, adjourned this afternoon after agreeing to conditions under which they would go back under the control of the heads of the International Brotherhoods and return to work, They voted to continue on strike until these conditions were met. The conditions were that the Federal Adjustment Board make a¥- rangements for an immediate hearing of the wage demands incidental to the present walk oul. Timothy Shea of the Brotherhood of Trainmen, who labored with the meeting for three hours, said he thought the situation would re- a dead-locked ‘except as the railroads made use of volunteers until an intimation was received from Washington that the Adjustment Board it was ready to get down. to business with the trainmen’s and switchmen's grievances at the top of the programme. H would then come back into the Brotherhood fol, a ly strike méet- STRIKE CONDITIONS. | 12% -t Grana View Hail, Jersey City, ON NEW YORK ROADS te advocated an immediate retarn AS REPORTED TO.DAY HE Acs Pending a settiement by the eral’ Adjustment Board was in- terrupted by a demand for a yott on the proposal. No vote was taken, Op- | Ponents of @ vote started a rough and | timbie Personal argument in which | the seckers of compromise were’ called | “skunks” and “worse than scabs.” An adjournment was taken to stop the wrangling. The compromise fac. tion promised to renew the proposat for @ vote on ending the strike this cially to Suburbs—More Freight Moving. EW YORK CENTRAL—Pas- senger service regula receiving freight at Kinger bridge yardat moved hundreds of care of general merchandise yes- jorday. PENNSYLVANIA,— Passenger afternoon, service to be completely re-estab- |HUNDREDS OF STRIKERS RE- lished to-day. Work in local TURN TO worRK. i freight yards resumed. Meantime the ‘general demoraliza- NEW HAVEN—Suburban ser- | tion of the outlaw railroad mtrike fal. vice again crippled. Freight’ yards clearing. LONG ISLAND—Electric traf- fio 100 per cent.,-steam about 60; crews returning, but freight ser- vice paralyzed. LACKAWANNA — Suburban lowed rapidly the course indicated by yesterday's reports from railroad managers, officers of the Railroad brotherhoods, public officials and the strikers themselves, Hundreds of strikers return work; some, ey ie volunteer service increased. notably those of the Volunteer freight orews in train- bavi and Manhattan Tubes (whic i | have not yet remimed operations), were met with signs saying thera were no vacancies for them, In the Peniisylvania and other rails road offices cots and bedding on alee the operating .orces have slept uring the emergenc dade} rgency Nere being res On all of the New Ja dmprovement, besides thy @n increase of suburban . ing ald the restoration of through schedules, extended to the freight situation, The floating equipment of the rati- roads was moving about the rivers and bay to-day as freely as before the marine workers’ strike began more than two weeks ago. Energetic efforts by leaders of the Marine Af- RIE—Running forty specials to-day, many with volunteers; through service improved. One freight train started from Port Jervis. BALTIMORE AND OHIO— Moving perishable freight. senger service at Pennsylvania terminal restored. JERSEY CENTRAL —Caring for all commuters; 90 per cent. of all trains running except freight, which is tied up. WEST SHORE—Through and local service normal, some freight movement. LEHIGH — Normal passenger wervice through Penn Station; some freight. fillation to revive the effectiveness STATEN ISLAND RAPID |of the marine railroad strike were TRANSIT—Three trains sched- | made by appeals to the deep sae uled to-day. longvhoremen and boilermakers and HUDSON. AND MANHATTAN |ES—No service promiaed for other shopmen to strike. ‘There ~:re Ro indications of any response to these requests. The United States Army shipments 8,000 DETROIT MEN |: hos en vie ihe uote IN OVERALLS CLUB wan were started on their way to Posts and camps to-day by detachments of #0l< Loyal Order of Moose Also Boy- cott Potatoes Until the diers from Camp Merritt, who went into the yards with a full complement of experienced railroad men to Prices Are Reduced. up and pull out army property, — DETROIT, Mich., April 15.—Several thousand members of the Loyal Order of Moose donned overalls to-day pur- | i | The first duty these men had was to get at two empty baggage cars which were sent to Hoboken to receive suant to @ resolution adopted last night : the bodies of A. E. . zt yo. culling upon 8,000 local members to of A. E. F, dead for ship. eae se imweht antil nrrece .g| ments to their families at-home and clothing declined. which the strikers have not allowed The resolutlon al¥o indorsed a boy-|t0 move since the first yard walk-out, cott on poluioes us a provest aguinst| Ninety-nine college students, eighty~ high prices: | yay He eee Nu, April 1o.--An “over. | Seven from Stevens and the remains 3" ‘club has been formed here by| der from Princeton were sent to twenty-five prominent citizens, The Jamaica at noon to report to Assiat= ant General Manager Baker of the Long Island for service as firamen on the bs) lines of the road. A full members are pledged to wear overalls | untit wearing apparel is cheaper 2 rn Wi dregang ond gine. Sew x a re ns ee ee ee ee es Pe ce ey carn see