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~ THREATS HEARD BY LABOR BOARD ~ Pitterences Must Be Settled at Once, Is Warning of En- gineers’ Grand Chief. ~ CHICAGO, Noy, 80.—Warning that the “ultra-conservative’ leaders of ‘the rallroad brotherhoods would cease |. their efforts to hold their men in cheek unless some plan to adjust dif- «ferences between roads and employees is found has been delivered to the - United States Railway Labor Board if by Warren 8. Stone of Cleveland, ‘ Grand Chief of the Brotherhood of Railway Engineers, ‘wy Appearing before the board with /- wiefficials of fifteen other recognized ewallway unions, Mr. Stone announced fethat, after being classed “for seven- teen years as an ultra-conservative, I {have arrived at the point where I am , Mrough making excuses to its men.” '. i "There must be some plan found ~~ #omewhere, “some place, whereby we «gan get results for these men,” Mr. g@tone continued. “The locomotive engineers have carried the load of Fesponsibility for years, We have tried to embody your board's decision - <f Jast July in agreements with 25% jxpilroads, but only four of these _ e@mreements have been signed. The «ithads refuse to sign until the board iene decision last July raised rail- rer ‘wages $600,000,000. 4 With Mr. Stone appeared officials ‘sof the other employees’ organizations that the board hold a heart ©) Mecide on the creation of national of adjustment, which would and pass on controvorsies other wage disputes, The matter has pending for some time, due to fact that adjustment boards cre- under United States Govern- it herp naie no jurisdiction disputes aris! since the roads Passed to private control, - *y¢ Asa result of the officials’ declara- joMons, the bourd agreed to an im- "4 te executive hearing on the re- at and if it is docided to comply oe od date for the hearing will be ——— —. LIBERTY BONDS. 4 re Q1-28 opened 91.90; Ist ~Al-4a, $6.98, up .26; 24, 85.84, off .04; $6.80, up .08; 4th, 86.34, off .0: MVictory 33-45, 95.90, up 10; 48-48, 86.88. : CURB. T* omy Opened steady. Int. Pet., 16 5-8— ~* 2-8; Un. Retail Candy, 8 f-2—9; Tob, ‘2 Simms Pet., 77-8— 10 3-4—11; iN EXCHANGE OPENING, #7) Sterling demand, $3. cables, : Pee off §-8c.; francs demand, 4 cables, .0605, off .0001; fire a cables, .0367, off .000: cables, .0141, S, .0641; Swiss france de- cables, 1669; guilders 056; pesetas Norwa: 84858; Denmark kroner demand, .134' | -webbles, 41258; Argentine pesos de- | dsmand, 1630; ‘cables, .7550; Canadian /sisllars, demand, .8825, unchanged. 5 DIVIDENDS. ‘ © The Indian Rfg. Co. declared «a y dividend of & per cent, on q the common and 1 3-4 per cent. on the preferred, both payable ‘Dec, 16 + WW stooK of record Dec, 8. _ 82% The preferred dividend is the regu- .°9Rr quarterly disbursement. - The Standard Ot! Co, of Kentucky “Atolared the regular quarterly $3 jend payable Jan. 3, 1921, to stock “OF record Dec. 15, * BANKING AND FINANCIAL, BRYANT PARK BANK, ‘New Tork dose é tusiners Nor. 16, 1990. fare 2,901,606,22 $8,208,007, 32 7 at 2.027: 044.10 | es $3.20 x W. W. 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THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, LROAD STRIKE |Zeading Lights of the Ohio Society N.Y’S OHIO SOCIETY ONRRAMERICAN And Its New Chief at Annual Feast FATS IH DINNER: ° ~— HONORS HARDING | Makes President-Elect an Hon- orary Member—Avery Elected NeW Chief, | This is to certify that the Ohio So- ciety of New York was on its way home and to bed this morning long ,before the earliest milk wagon rat- “led down S4th Street past the Wal- | dort. It {s to certify farther that the Ohio Society, wearing all the “soup and fish” and dinner clothes in town excepting yours, met at the Waldorf last night and achieved the two pur- poses of j:# meeting, (a) to eat its thirty-fifth aniual dinner, and, (b) to elect Avery President. fo thoroughly elected, along with all the vice presidential noes, because there were no noes, to count. He didn’t even vote against himself, but declared in a manful voloe, though husky, that he would do his duty. Which {8 Ohloan, so the Ohjoans House. And by the way, spoaking of Harding, he was elected again last night, this time to an honorary mem- bership. The record will show that it was unanimous, but on the rising vote it was observed that one man (who possibly did not realize what was golng on) failed to get up. Or maybe he was a Democrat. Sam Moorhead, who was elected to nothing but the First Vice Presi- dency, pretended to be sore abvut it. He even went so far as to suggest that nothing but alphabetical consid- erations wero the cause of Avery's it would take w reach the Ms. And he told the stery about the circus strong man by the name of Xerxes. Tt sems that at the end of a poor season the circus paid off in alpha- gone When they reached the X list, So next season Xerxes came around and introduced himeelf as Ajax. Everybody admitted it was a good story, but they elected Movrhead Vice President just the Same. These Ohiwuins are used to funny 1920." {Allocation Is Merely to Test Value | of Electric Drive and Diesel Engines WASHINGTON, Nov, 30,—Alloc! tion of two ships to the United Amer- ican Lines, the operating company for the Harriman-Hamburg American comb!nation, was announced to-day by the Shipping Board. The ships are the Eclipse and the William Penn, be used on the East Indies routes, In making the announcement Ad- miral Benson sald the allocation wi not to be considered as directly con- cerning the Hartman - Hamburg American combination, but Is merely for the purpose of making a test of these ships, one of which is equipped with electric drive and the other with Diesel engittes. It was announced also that the new board of seven members recently ap- pointed by President Wilson would meet here, ——— TO SEIZE ADRIATIC ISLANDS. LONDON, Nov. 20.—A_ despatch to the London Times from Milan quotes the Secolo as saying that a move- ment of regular Italian troops is re- ported ai! along the armistice line in the Adriatic zone, and it is rumored that Gen. Caviglia has been ordered to take the Islands of Veglia and Arbe, which were selzed by Gabriele d'Annunzio'’s Legionaires, and also to occupy the strip of territory near Castua, invaded by @’Annunzio soon after the signing of the Rapallo treaty. D'Annunzlo, according to the de- spatch, has issued a manifesto sayin, thataconfilct is imminent, and tha he and his men are ready to fightand to dle rather than to submit to the Ttallan forces. All males. in Flume from eighteen to fifty-two years have been re d_to the color! with Gomorrah and the Sahara Desert—to the glory of Ohb. And the Preskient himself, who Is not very funny very often, got a hand when he pointedly called attention to the fact that the society htstortan, James §8. Kennedy, !s a successful writer of fiction, lienry W. Taft was present after dinner early, enough to make a speech, in which he told_with awe about ‘having once seen Harding in his shirtsleeves, thus proving beyond all doubt that the President elect of these States wears better shirts than some of us, They made Charlie Burkett Secre- tary aguin, whether he wanted to be or not, He said the society had 690 resident and 500 non-resident mem- bers in addition to all the honorary ones. And he said there was no year book this year, partly because of the jokes, and you can't get Anything but a laugh by pulling witty stuff. ven when the chaplain, whose name is Edgar W. Work, declared that he be- leved in Work, and that he wag try- ing to catch up with his name, those blase immigrants from the Buckeye State pinned no medal on him, Up rose the venerable Alexander Forbes, who says he is old enough to live in Jersey, and does live there. PORT-AU-PRIN 7 Columbu beating me?” examination Williams, a six-footer, who sat next to the aged widow of lls alleged vie- tim, muttered sharp protests at part testimony and warned to be silent. Sigon Gabot native gendarme |who previously had testified against Williams, was recalled fcr cross ex-| He testified he saw Witl-/ ms beating Garnier Jean, declaring | lasted ‘two hours, Reitenteaby | HEARS ASSAULT 0 VER PHONE ends Police to Ald Friend, Attacked 20 Miles Away. LEXINGTON, Ky, 188 Fannle Brasher, operator of Middlesboro, Ky,, was talk- ing on the wire after midnight to | operator at Pineville, twenty miles ahe whispered :, sponded: “Cor wa one's breakin; The Pineville girl re- eet me with your police ‘AS the connection was made the Pine- The station iv block from the tele-~ , and when officers reached the place Misa Brasher waa found on tha with @ gash her|claim my vag whichggn officer had futile the girl's attentio to the red halr she had In} She admitted sthen that Jan ‘homp: @ sweetheart she had jilted, had mouth. | come to question me. Would these her he Intended to kill her. ‘Warrants charge with intent to Kill Miss Brasher will —— FLORIDA NEGRO BOY HANGED, He cannot be found, Accused of Attacking. . B. Harris,| sensation, It would take the 1 ost ‘old negro, was lynched rday near Princeton, fol- d attack upon a white identified by his vio- & nineteen-ye by a mob yest lowing un_al olared them to be @ product of the Ohio common schools, “There were great men in those days,” he said, meaning quite a num- ber of d “There was Cox of . 8. Cox”"—— And he’ got a laugh. So did William 8S. Hawk, the man around the neck of Ben Avery. He, OVER Instalment No. 19. AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE PRESS. ee to see you, ma‘am.”" Marian Clark's maid en- tered and handed me a card just as 1 was finishing a breakfast for which I had little appetite, “George W. Wilson, Representing the Evening New it read. “You took pais, ma‘am—shall I open the window a bit?" asked the maid. “Yes, please, Surah, and you may tell the gentleman that I will eee him very shortly.” T might have been suffering from some terrible nightmare, I felt so weak and sick, My head ached, My hands burned. The very room I stood in reeled, Not one-half hour before Hasil Harrington had allayed my fears when he telephoned that he would see the newspapers and ask them not to make any further mention of our accident of the night before, and that he would go to the police station and found in his car, Evidently before he ‘Gould see either newspapers or the po- ice, one of the former had secured a “lead” on the accident and bad tortures, all the resuit of my having accepted an invitation to the Allison's party when my husband was out of town, never cease? How far was this retribution—that was what It seemed to me—going to follow me? I sank {nto a chalr before the dressing table. How haggard and wild-eyed I looked! “This never, will do—I must be calmer,"I said to myself, [ might say just the wrong thing to the reporter who was awaiting meé downstairs. |Tiis paper always was looking f° a {nsignificant item and make @ start- ling story out of it. ‘When I had yearranged my hair to tim and led into a nearby for it was reported, the body was left Ing to a tree. Negroes Convicted tn Blaine, Ark., Riets Denied Ape: LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Nov, 30. dates wore received here yesterday by the 4 | clerk of the State Supreme Court from the United States Supreme Court, nying the appeal to that court of the gases of Robert Knox, Ed Coleman, [ad nk Moore ‘and 068, convicted of murdey’ ith the Blaine riots, nk Hicks, Fi conceal as far as possible the cut in my forehead, and had put on a sim- ple serge gown I had borrowed from | Marian, T made my way below stairs, nov cewlnt prepared to undergo @ sort eporter was a nice, clean, \g boy. That there was suggest the “hard-boiled” man in his appearance , distinct sense of relief, (WD YOU MARRY, ~ YOUR HUSBAND shortage of white paper and partly because the money could be better spent in paying up the tnstalments on the society’s Liberty bonds. Howam H. Nieman, Raymond C. Penfield, Frank S. Stelling and James Sherlock Davis were elected Vice Presidents. Evarts L. Prentiss was chosen for Recording Secretary, Harry B. Logan for Treasurer, and Frank | He used to be an educator, and after.| Merrill Seamans, William J. Coleman 3B, Hayti, Nov. 30 he had called the roll (in part) of (Associated Press).—Zabulon’ Garnier Ohio's great men, he modestly de- Jean, a student and son of Garnier Jean, whom Dorcas Williams, a Ser- | geant of marines, is accused of hav-| ing beaten to death last year, testl- tled yesterday before the court of in quiry investigating the actiyities o! American marines in Hayti that his ‘ather een taken from bed, e fy corted to the gendarmerie office and that put the Presidential emblem killed without explanation, : Tho boy declared he followed and in one ‘breath, compared New York was close enough to the office when the beating started to hear his father cry, “What have I done? Why are you He testified that the beating occurred immediately after a battle at Maissade during which his| , home was closed against bullets, Although the defense against the % charge was not revealed, a question {during cross |that Garnier Jean was suspected of 85% | harboring bandits during the battle or; (else was Wounded In 1 and went to uy the gendarmerie office for medical and Hudson P. Rose as members of the Board of Trustees. Only the handsomest men in the so- ciety would pose for portrait sketches, These were Logan, Nieman, Avery, Prentiss, Colgate Hoyt, David H Bates and ©. P. Bruch. Bates w the handsomest of the lot, and they say he was even hand- gomer in Civil War days when he was the manager of the War Department's | telegraph office. | The dinner was dry, they say. | AGAIN “Thank you,” he said/“I am sorry to trouple you, Mrs. Barrett, but we understand that you were hurt In an unfortunte accident last night which happened to Mr. Harrington's car.” “What makes you think I was in Mr. Harrington's car?” I demanded, struggling to maintain my com- posure, “We have compared the number on the license tag with the records,” he answered, “and this card was found in what we presume to be your # He held out the card with re. Hugh Manville Barrett” engraved on ie Denial of its ownership was use- jess. “Of course, Mr. Wilson, you are not going to use names in your pa- per. There is no news in that little affair, an: fed “I must let the city editor be the judge of that, madam,” he replied in the most exasperatingly unruffled manner, “We understood that you were pretty badly hurt. Blood was found, you know, both In the car a on aid pevement beside it.” “I must insist that you say not about this matter,” I replied, Patel ing his reference to my wounded forehead and the blood that had flowed from it. “It will be abso- lutely uninteresting to the public,” “There may be a differe: opinion about that,” the rep ter = joined politely, ut positively. “My city editor sent me here to verity the details wo have in our office.” “But there are no detatls,” I re- torted, a sharper note creeping into my voice. “I was merely returning with Mr. Harrington from party held at the home of a friend.” “So we understood.” Th of a smile crossed his face, sca “But you won't write anything— youl penne me tha \ 24 pout pro t, won't you?" “I can promise nothing. I work under orders,” “Very well, Mr. Wilson, Since you refuse to oblige me in this trifiine matter, I will see to it that you don't "How T might mak ow I might make good that thre: I did not know. TI had only ee thought and intention — to move heaven and earth before I would seo my name played up in a sensational newspaper story, Rising, I rang for the maid. Sarah appeared in a moment. The jinkly when I entered the War trying w a omille, nice, clean, unsophisticated looking reporter followed her to the door, (To Be Continued To- Morrow.) AQoopright, 1020, by tue Dell |. nay | ee 12,000 ton cargo carriers. They will |conmiring 19 Meee, wh “Diu visile the. Chinese And there meets Sharend, thirsting for CHAPTER VI. (Couttn wed.) there was a knock at the door, A serv: Nur al-Din. The Chines gambler dismissed the servant with upon the floor and grunted. prince of princes, in my most miser- able abode,” he sald, smiling. edged the greeting. lave Abu Sha- keap a meeting with me?” he de- manded. she said, In Chinese, In an expression- less_voice. “What does she say?” asked the Prince. The Chinaman shook his head sadly, ‘My most wretched wife, she hear she know everythings, she say Abu Shamah and Al Khasib this nlgbt ar- rive in Paradise.” “In Paradise?" repeated the Prince, i great alarm. “Po kung—tang ki sho,” continued the Chinese wife, solemnly. . “My most wretched, miserable wift explained San Wel, “she say this night both have head chop off vy Sultan. My most dishonorable wife, she singee song of death.” There was a knock at the door, San Wei opened It, and Abdullah, the steward, rushed in trembling with fright and threw himself at the Prince's feet. The Chinese wife con- tinued to sit upon the floor, smoking. “How now, Abdullah? Thy news?" cried the Prince, “Oh, Prince of princes,” .moaned Abdullah, “our plot against our Sul- confessed their guilt, and even now city walls.” “and tho hoarsely. the Prince cried could wag,” lained the steward. “What else the kingdom—her son murdered.” “Murdered—by whom?" steward with a mocking smile. ward the Chinese gambler. “My most wretched wife, mbler, calmly th blood under fi think you killee bo; Thy written word is here. small bits, throwing the pieces up+ the floor, the Prince. Nay, | n think of naught/’ re- Pati to ta, com: “Dour der of her son © suspect me of the mur- yet will she have proof before she does accuse.” “Dhat proof, then, we must sup- ply,” suid the Prince, Another knock upon the door made them pause, The entered. “Nur al-Din, thou art my brother,” she began. tensely, “I come to thee for aid, Thou last heard the happen- ings of this nignt. My aon is slain, bis mother banished.” "Yes, Prince, coldly. “I have come to thee to b Thou dost seek the throne hast failed by force, and also failed ain. murderer of my son?” him up to thee,” in the house of the Chinese gamble: “To-morrow the Sultan takes to wi: fastness, The throne, her ransom.” sense, But how?” “Thou hast thy wi help.” prince good advice. I thinke “go fare thee well, my harazad moved toward the door. Whither goest thou?” “Back to my native land. We travel with the Mecca pilgrims as far as Karnak, and with singing and danc- ing will fll our empty purs “ah, the Mecca pilgrims!" repeated Prince Nur al-Din. “Then I may chance to see thee to-morrow night. ‘They camp beside the Nile and I have heard there are many wealthy mer- chants to make that journey, I and my followers must live”—— “So thou and thy hyenas will come to raid and rob,” answered Sharazad, scornfully, “Then may I see thee and learn how thou hast prospered, ‘Allah's blessing on thy plotting.” She swept from the room as Nur al-Din words to his wife in Chinese. She rose, Prince Nur al-Din looked at him faquiringiy. “t will send my most miserable, wretched, dishonorable wife to house,” explained San wel, ever; steal very quiet. I ot plan, Me see you jing presented by CARCELY had the last player left the gaming house than admitted Prince & look and bowed low before the Prince. Wa Shi, the wife, crouched San Wel offered his visitor a chair. “Me very glad to see you, oh Prince Nur al-Din gruffly acknow!- mah and Al Khasth yet arrived to Wa Shi, the Chinese wife, looked up. “Kung ta sho ki kwang sa shi,” all that happens before any one else, tan's life hath failed. Thy servants Shamah and Khasib were trapped, thelr headless bodies hang upon the “They died before their tongues “Sharazad hath been banished from “Allah alone knoweth,” replied the The Chinese wife spoke a few words in her native tongue. Prince Nur al-Din turned questioningly to- ." said the “she say Abdullah er pall, She “Didst thou?" The Prince turned a searching eye upon Abdullah, The wed. “At thy command— steward bo yea | out a paper, which the Prince took, glanced over, and then tore ing “Hast thou any new plan?” asked the steward, “Yet ere she left Sharazad questioned me whereabouts. 1 told her » coum find thee here, and she is “Nay, J did it with the Sultan's} behind them dagger, but though she suspects him, Uhinaman opened it and Sharazad I have heard,” replied the thou by attempted murder, if I unfuld a pian to thee, wilt swear to find the Prince Nur al-Din raised his hand on high. “if through thy counsel 1 win me to the throne, I swear by the Koran to find the murderer, and give “Then bear me,” continued Sbara- “My am aud as she drew closer to her| ,,!¥ Wedding gift—oh lord,” she be- brother, the evil Prince Nur al-Din, lovingly, placing ‘uy a milk-white maid, the daughter of ig “upon h the man who sought his lite at thy| ‘o,f fold and emeralds, command. She is his one delight, his , oh lord of lords," con. Mfe, his being. Steal thou this maid and hold ber captive in thy mountain “By Allah, my sister, thou hast and thy ser- vants,” replied Sharazad, pointing to San Wel. “This withered parchment here is full of wisdom. Seek his ‘The Chinaman grinned, “Princess very clever,” he smiled. “She givelions and polish rother,” F, Ray Novelization by William A, here In five or six hours and tellee, Ta _ woo.’ lA ‘Prince Nfr al-Din nodvied in ment and departed. Abdullah to follow him, but San Wet hi im. “You washee finger nal, eh? dullah bowed and went his g Wa Shi carefully ed up - of paper torn by the Prince, . CHAPTER VU, N a secluded corner of the gam deng of the Sultan's . @ fountain with water in bloom, there waa « small in the high wall whioh excl: the common crowd from the Sultaniade- main, Abdullah, entering the corner cau- tlously, looking behind him tovtmake sure he had not been followed, to- toed towata the gate. In the digtance could be heard the singing Of « quaint Chinese song from the @ther wide of the wall, Abdullah with satisfaction when he heat@ the song, took out the big key with ih to unlock the gate, and then pated, terror-stricken, ten feet from ithe gate. For there, before his very eyes, without a key, without human agenoy it seemed, the Ee el shot back, the door open in — Wel San Wei and his Chinese Wel Wa Shi. 4 ‘They both smiled. “Ta woo,” Shey said in unison. ‘Allah, Allah,” quaked Abdulla, "where got ye key to opem that secret door?’ smiled Wel San Wel, “my miserable wife, she welly ‘lever. Open any lqck, No uste key. She welly clever.” hinese wife nodded grimly. "O koo,” she said simply. “Quick, give me thy news,” said the steward, nervously. “No one listen?” “Ni none,” continued Abdullah, quic’ The wedding Is at an en: The Sultan and his bride come Qither to pass the time until the hour of the divan, now close at hand, Thy news —and quickly ‘ “When Sultan go to divan, you see his bride stay here all alone with you in garden? Cando?" The Chinaman blinked at the steward. "Yea, I will contrive that she be here alone. What then?” “When allie safe, you give at Prince Nuy al-Din, Kataf, the mi and me itee outside wall. You throw ball over wall, Me knock. She tell you go sea who knock. You go. T come: “But what is thy plan? Hath Ali Shae a pet in this?" * “No, he no more good. Go to Meoca, My Welly miserable wife cal his Wa Shi murmured something tn Chinese. “What's that sh s asked Abdullah, dca e Chinaman grinned. “M, y miserable wife, she say, Abdullan me, waltee Jong before him see Paradise.” Abdullah groaned. “Oh, Allah, Mercy,” he cried. “Awah, awa The sound of music was heard tn the distance. It was the approach of. the Sultan and his court, returning from the wedding ceremony, Abdu). lah warned the Chinese to departiand they did so quickly, through the emal! door, which closed and locked before Abdullah. even insert the key in the lock, The Sultan ted his bride, Zummu ud, to a great divan covered with- so: cushions by the side of the fountain. while languorous music was player by the attendants, and the ladies in walting and the courtiers crawded round, Abdullah disappeared in” th- background ag all salaamed whon-the Sultan Faised bis hand for silenag, ow art thou in only | wife,” deolacet Ale falikeat, Nasir, solemnly, “Here 1 ti 1 return from the divan, “iy int? Hating with singing and with dane Bat Zummurud, ga: her new lord and Paster, tueee with him. “Nay, on King, | would speak with thee a little while alone before {hou dost leave me. “Let it be so, then, v eum he directed the assembled na and all departed. When they ware alone he took the beautiful young girl in his arms and said: “What is ft, ohm. Zummurud, my queen. : % gan, Umorously. He laughed. Yea, this ‘ent worth a Caliph's ransom," he oa er arm an ree 2 uramurud, of Shatazad. She banished Fr happiness until thy name be oleate this steel which killed him. See, 1 have the dagger ever by me.’ There yet remains @ spot, a dull, red: epol and whilst thou art absent, I wil) "I fear the word: make it bright,” “And L my namie, my added fondly, quéen,” “he well.” “A llttle while fave Zummurud sat aene UPON thé cush ed the bl e dagger as best she could "Meanwnutis 4 Abdullah, coming stealthily behind her, threw & small ball of cotton over the wall. Instantly from the other side came the sound of the Chin man’s son, Then there was a Nit Knock at the door, Zummurud turned at the sound and saw the steward “Thou?” she said, in surprise. "Yes, my queen, the Sultan hath left me here to gilard thee. Shall 1 see who ‘tls that knooks?" “Yea,” commanded Zummurud. nervously. That something was wrong she half suspected. She clenched the dagger inside the folds of her dress, Abdullah went to the gate, opened it and returned dn a moment. “A stranger would haye speech witi thee, oh queen,” he said, bowing iow “He ‘brings a message from: thy father.” “From my father? Let him.come | in.” She rose to greet the messenger. A smiling, oly Chinaman bowed lox ( ‘before her. \ “Who art thou?” demanded Zum- murud. To- Morrow's (Continued in Eve- ning World) ¢