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had been made for postponing the , Strike and that the hopes wore for a nettlement. trading centres to learn how they are The union leaders declared they| prepared. Answers so far are on- had no programme to present for | couraging. settlement of the strike and that) Retailers are Inciined to discoun they were colng with an open mind, fer, and te discuss a RAIL HEADS BEGIN RECRUITING MEN possible settlement. FOR STRIKE DUTY Many College Students Apply for Work—Pensioners to Be Called Back. At a meeting of the Irond Gen- @ral Managers’ Association to-day at No. 75 Church Street, twenty-five Members, represcuting the big roads ‘with terminals in and about New York City discussed ways and means of maintaining operation in the event of a strike. E. M. Rine, Vice President and General Manager of the D. L, & W., presided. Some of the menvbers told reporters after the meeting that newspaper and billboard advertiscinents would be put ny out to-morrow for engineers, train- anen, conductors and other operating hands. « .rainber of former railroad employees have already applied for work in anticipation of a strike, Beveral hundred letters have come from employees assuring the rallroad yalty officials of their ic Many quit in the 1920 “outls strike renewed their efforts to get back. The railroad officials will start a poll of employees to-morrow to “feel out the sentiment” toward a strike. ‘This task will be intrusted to workers without organized labor affiliation Hundreds of college students have written to the railroads asking em- ployment in the proposed emergency. Letters from Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs and Champ of Commerce have arrived in the las: few days of- fering mora! support to the railroads. Im a general letter sent to every employee of the Delaware, Lacks wanna and Western Railroad to-day, the President, W. H. Truesdale, in- closes a questionnaire in which he asks the men to answer to their own satisfaction the following: 1.Am 1 justified in giving up my position and seniority rights for which I have worked all these years with the company? 2. Will 1 obtain anything that will compensate me for the pension bene- fits which I will lose? & Am I sure of getting in return for ‘the sacrifice of life-long friends, assv- clates and suroundings for myself and family, anything that will justify the risks I am taking by giving up my position? It was learned to-day roads will call back their and others on the retired lists. One of the conditions of a pension is willingness to answer any emergency eall of the road, if the pensioner is physically able to work. P. R. R. MEN DIVIDED, 35,000 TO REJECT ORDER TO STRIKE PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 20.—Rep- resentatives of 35,000 maintenance of way employees ond railroad shop Jabor men have pledged their sup- port to the Pennsylvania Railroad in ease the threatened strike material- ines. Phe Brotherhood cf Railroad Train- ad 4 54.67 per cent. vote against quit! It is the general belief that the majority of conductors on the Pennsylvania system voted against a strike. The maintenance of way and shop labor men pledged their support in @ telegram sent to Bread Street Sta- tlom by the Executive Committee of the United Brotherhvod, Maintenance of Way Employees, Hulroad Shop who have thar the pensioners Labor. ‘The message said: “We * © * wish to inform you that we are taking no part in the pro- posed strike and will notify the em- Ployees of the Pennsylvania system ecvered by our regulations to remain on their jobs and perform their own work.” PITTSBURGH, Oct. on the Pennsylvania lines west of| vania Rullroad to-day placed adve: Pittsburgh and Erie have been or-] tisements in West Virginia and Ohio Gered to strike, according to a state-| newspapers asking upplications for ment issued here by R. A Kn Gen-| Joba that may be vacated by men eral Chairman of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen of the Pennsyl- vania Lines West. He said: “Personally, I feel on as friendly terms with the officers of the Penn- sylvania company as I have in the past, and J do not feel that this fight is between the unions and the Penn- sylvania, While it Is true that within the past year we have made much progress in handling the grievances of our men wiih the Pennyslvania sys- tem, we do not feel that we have re- ceived any fairer treatment than we have been entitled to.” COLUMBUS, O., Oct. 20.—Al! trains of 5, on the Pennsylvania lines west Pittsburgh will be stopped on No unless the strike order is cancell according to an announcement made here by H. R. Karns, General Chair- man of the Brotherhood of Locomo- tive Engineers for Mnes west of Pittsburgh. gee DRY GOODS MEN PLAN NETWORK OF MOTOR TRUCKS Will Operate Routes as Far West as Chicago if Railroad Workers Strike. ‘The National Retail Dry Goods As- woctation, in preparation for through its traffic group to co- into the meeting prepared to hear Any proposals the board has to of- then proceed on that basis 20.—Trainmen the Pennsylvania the threatened railroad strike, is planning Eastern and Southern States, Thi the seriousness of the tion, but through thelr traffic vation are planning to with the Nationa! Automobile Cham ber of Comme. Thousands trucks will be pressed Into to build up a motor network through organ! GREAT R. R. MEN’S ORDER BEGS UNIONS TO CALL STRIKE OFF 10,000 Yard Masters, Yard Con- ductors and Switchmen Say “Accept Cut.” MILWAUKEE, Oct. 20.—The Amer jean Rallrond Men's Association, a fraternal and benevolent association, embracing 10,000 yardmasters, yard- conductors and switchmen, to-day \s- sued an appeal to all railroad unions to call off the proposed general strike und accept the wage cut ordered by the United States Railroad Labo. Board The union men were warned that, if they strike, “arrayed against you there will be 100,000,000 men, women and children, The same railroad managements that now seem to decry public opinion would so mould anu eryatalize it against you as to over- whelm you and would use in their defense that same power which should be used against them.” The statement, an open letter to union men, was signed by Frank Mackut jr., business manager of the order, *We know that the popular demand now appears to be for a strike against further wage reductions,” the letter sald. “We also realize how disagre able is the task of advising against 80 popular a measure. Neverth we deem it our duty so to advise. in so doing we are actuated sole the good and benefit of the employees. A cessation of rail work now would make more terrible existing conditions of employment, and in its trend would fo'low extreme poverty, want and suffering.” ——— = ROADS REPORT EAGER RESPONSE TO CALL FOR HELP Jersey Central Announces It So Many No More Will Be Received. While expressing confidence the railroad strike set for Oct. 30 would be halted, railroads in many parts of the country to-day adver- tised for men to take the places of their in they walk out, AN reported an eager re. Sponse by men out work, The Ventral Railroad of New Jersey an- nounced that advertisements had sulted in sufficient applications and that no more would be received, PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 20,—The Pennsylvania and Reading railroads placed advertisements in newspapers here to-day for men, Bunkhouses were being erected to house them. One being installed here contained one hundred cots. Large orders for food to feed the strikebreakers were placed with wholesale firms, Has that regular workers NORFOLK, Va, Oct. —The Pennsylvania Rallroad and steamer ferry divisions are advertising for labor in Norfolk to replace men “who may leave the servic Several hundred may be needed here, it is estimated, WHEBLING, W. Va, Oct. 20.—The Wheeling Division of the Pennsy eaving the service, to be sent to Pittsburgh, MANUFACTURERS BACK RAILROADS ‘The Railway Executives’ Advisory Committee to-day made public two telegrams it has received from manu- rates to tne shippers. The telegram says the association believes all class- asrociation has sent feelers to lurge strike situa- co-operate service New England, the Eastern and Southern States and as far weat as| Chicago, One day shipments are | planned from New York to Phila- delphia, Baltimore, Washington and on to Boston, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, | Buffalo Relays will carry trate | Detroit, Chicago and Into large Southern cities, The retailers’ fle group, which will meet Monday if the situation does not show a de 1 Improve- ment, will consist of 3. L. Stoiber and BR. H. New York, A.| C. Albee, polar 8. L, King] jr, Pittsbur Shay, Boston; . Me Hoxion; Miss M.A Byers, and W. F. Friel, Washington a ceeiinniins Applications are IN WAGE FIGHT THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, OCTOBER _20, 1921. t f modern flapper comes on. A Century Ago and Now In a current Broadway production a dress of 1821 and one of 1921 uppear on the ucene at the same time and the young lady in the cen- tury old frock shudders, as the photo shows, when the short-skirted 3-YEAR-OLD GIRL GARROTED BY BOY ON A GRINDSTONE Strangled by Playmate Who Tight- ens Cord Around Neck by Turning Crank. PROVIDENCE, R. L, Oct. 20. Mary Sapila, three years old, was strangled to death on a grindstone ‘n the yard opposite her hom Street, Valley Falls, yesterday noon, Less than half an hour before shi had been playing with John iucko, who Is four months older. The boy, it 1s alleged, tied a cord tround his playmate's neck and, after fastening {t to the shaft of the grindstone, turned the handle until Mary was dead. c Mary's baby brother, Benny, took his sister's hat home when he stepped into the yard of John Zajac and saw her lying there. Eddie Szpila. ten years old, went to the scene « ‘ew minutes later to see little Mary being taken from the grindstone vy Mr, Zajac, who gave the child's body tu Mrs, Victoria Wojac, another nvigh- bor of the Szpila family. ht other children, whose ages range from 1% to 10 years, are in the Szpila family. ES CONVICT 20 YEARS AGO, A MILLIONAIRE TO-DAY, WANTS GOOD NAME BACK after. LANSING, Salsbury of M Oct. 20—L. Le Memphis was a Michi- gan attortey twenty years ago and was convicted of embezzlement. He served two years and then went to Memphis, where he engaged in the timber businesy and later in raising rice, He 1s now a millionaire and is Secretary of the Chamber of Com- merce of Memphis, In a brief filed with the Supreme Court to-day Salsbury seeks rein- statement to the Michigan bar as the final step in his comeback, He says he will not return to Michigan to practise law, that “with Gis present financial success he could not afford urn to law practice.” WAGES UP 119% OVER 1915, FREIGHT RATES ONLY 78% Figures Given Out by Railway ecutives Show Wide Difference. The Association of Railway Ex- ecutives yesterday made public a compilation prepared by the Bu- reau of Rallway Economics show- ing the relation of wage increases to freight rates since 1915, This shows there have been four general increases in freight rates facturing interests, One from the! gince 1915, which averaged as fol- Muskegon, Mich, Emmployers’ Asso. | jows per cent, June 27, 191 ciation announces that manufac-| 2 pe cent, March 16. 1918; 26 per turers support the executives in the] cent, June 26, 1918, and 84 per fight for reduced wages to the end] cent. on Sept. 1, 1920—a total of 78 that the railroads may offer reduced| per cent, in 1921 over 1915, n The average annual compensa- tion of the railroad employ in es must accept their share of respon-| creased 7 per cent. in 1916, 1% pe sibility fo: readjustment and that| cent. in 1917, 41 per cent, in 118 public sentiment is overwhelmingly| 6 per cent. in 1919 and 22 per (cui wth the railroads, in 1920, This shows @ total ‘- The other telegram signed by lead-| crease of 119 -er cent. in 1921 ing firms of Rochester, N. Y., states | over 1916. that the manufacturers are willing to| ~ phe bure a teeta! submit cheerfully to the tnconveni- PS DUSSAY RAYA ha. CHRIRDS fete ence of delayed shipment and will co-| !crease is only theoretical, while operate with the roads, adding that| the vage imcrvase is acti It they believe a reduction road] gays that between 1915 and 1921 transportation costs to be necessary| the average annual compensation to an {mprovement in general busi ness conditions, per employe nereased from $830 “Official refusal of organized rail- to $1,820, or 119 per cent, while way labor to accept its share of the| the average receipts of the rail. burden of readjustment we believe to] roaay per ton mile Increased « be one of the principal factora con-| Toads me rn ans ile Increased only tributing to the present industrial un-] from 722 cents in 1915 to 1052 q@dinate trucking facilities of thelemployment,” the telegram says. cents in 1920, or only 46 per cent. on Bim} ‘VERY SHARP TEETH ~—UKELYTOBEPUT (Continued From First Page.) | jwhen the Nation's food supply transportation of commodities seriously held up by a country-wide strike on the railroads? The impression prevails that if President Harding asked that teeth ne put in the Esch-C that the decisions of the Railroad Labor Board would be there wou!d be no difficulty in rush- ing such a measure through Congress. A big question is whether the railroad labor unions will force the Adminis- and we re tration to such an extreme, It's coming if there is a railroad strike, The fight will be transferred to the halls of Congress, where already there is enough sentiment against a railroad tie-up at this time to Insure passage of any measure deemed necessary Ly the Administration. Incidentally, the original anti- strike clause imposed heavy penalties on carriers and their executl for entering to combinations between themselves to produce lockouts or strikes. Probably this time an amendment would drafted whiet would simply make it unlawful for carriers or employees to enter into any combinations between them- selves to violate the decisions of the ad Labor Board, There would ce presumably to strikes Railr be no refere or lockouts The passage of such a law affects) If the| organized labor as a whole. experiment succeeded in handling |public utilities there might be in the future an effort to make it cover other things, like coal mining, When the original antl-strike clause was passed by the Senate, it was provided that nothing In the act should be construed as preventing any individ- ual from quitting his job. What was aimed at was combinations of two or more persons who persttaded individ- uals to quit their jobs, Similarly there are combinations of individuals in management who use coercive measures to compel men in associated lines of business to pursue courses of action which provoke strikes. The Administration ts concerned for the moment only with the rail uation, It is trying through the Ldourd to establi: between the railway excoutives and thelr men, Patl- ing In that, a law with severe penal- tles against those who would interrupt y site Labor ) peace proposed. Will railroad labor accept the leaser disadvantage, or run the prevented altogether from using strike weapon? Offical, Washington has confidence that the mediation of the Railway La- bor Hoard will be fair and even-hand- ed, and that when its proposals of a settioment are made this week they | be accepted | GEORGE V. “CANNOT AFFORD TO RACE YACHT NEXT YEAR LONDON, Oct. 20, King George announced that owlng to the great need of econon a t afford to tt al yacht Britannia for FATHER JOHN'S MED thiGats olds, bronchitis, ~—WNTOTHE ESCH LAW Cummins law so|{mpossible railway transportation 1s bound to ne| risk of being | the | A Fad in Fans Something entirely new in fans for milady is a huge affair of Coque feathers, which forms a diversion from the usual ostrich fan, NEW U.S. AIRPLANE SPRAYS DEATH WITH (Continued From First Page.) resist range Its speed—more than 140 miles per hour—and {ts mobility, which has} |been compared with that of an at-| tack single-seater, make it an almost, arget from the ground | two of its thirty ma-| machine gun bullets at any For defense, respected, |chine guns are mounted on each side/do in the air. jor the pilot's seat, ready to greet an attacking plane. HAS BATTLE RADIUS OF 400 MILES FROM BASE. The plahe was designed and built ‘by John M, Tsraen, a well-known n-| gin and inventor, who in the} course of his aerial touring has flown between 250,000 and 300,000 miles in| country and Burope. It Is known | JL-12 attack plane” and is a 30) MACHINE GUNS A Bride-Elect means," saw tained the the letter hy the etxpl The and cating that educated the sheet anzettl, (These letter zettl, of first de The letter zettl, responsible man who w' Miss Bertha Guggenheim of the house of Guggenheim of New sassination _ York will marry Louis Meyer jr. | W'th a bom ® of Los Angeles. Miss Guggen- Dome yeste helm’s troussean is said to em- eaten t body the last word in fashion from Paris, | mer Premiet i speech attac! and the remainder are trained slightly tyopartmen: [att po that fire from the plane flies Depa in three directions simuitaneously, the outrage The circular drums for the Thomp- son guns contain 100 cartridges and |the ammunition equipment for tne plane in battle trim consists of three Jaruma for each of the thirty guns, a and the Su face. t 1 of ye earteees bil or fifteen minutes the Chamber Of the flight and the capabilities * Se ‘ * 2 of his attack plane, Mr. Larsen saiq WSS !n confusion, with Deputies to-day just before the machine took Shouting and battling the air for the 200-mile journey to When things quited down M, Bon- Washington: Y f y " | evay, Minister of Justice, referred “We shall travel at cruising speed, ” ie aan a sbout 120 miles an hour, and our patn KOUEHED HOM GO HeIAe n: wes lies over Philadelphia, Baltimore, plored it in strong 1erms, while the Aberdeen, Md., and Washington. We Chamber cheered |shall go to Bolling Field and also to Langley Field, where the army and navy experts will make their inspec- tion of the plane and sce what it can It has been put through the most severe tests already The comer former's insi and the flying and the battery per- % formance have been pert Socialist. Dep “One marked feature of the plane | is its climbing ability cent test it climbed t n nd rose minutes During a re- e first 1,000 feet to 10,000 fe It is as fast An the granas! 1 in small, PARIS, Oct. narrow es bomb. josion, LETTER GIVES CLUE TO BOMB EXPLODED IN HERR GK S HOME (Continued Frou First Page.) which the writer declared he had in his possession These experts to-day believed they a striking similarity botween the handwriting of the letter and that of the address on the box which con. The experts are difficulty, was written by pencil on cheap paper and the cover of the box was badly blurred addr now engaged In comparing closely the two eamples of pcamanship. are experiencing They because ess on che was written in French the sald: for th 111 uneven author Frenchman. theref« er letters, was At the top of vere the words "Sacco ant written in large letters, names evidently Nicolo Sacco and Bartolomeo Van- two Italians who were convicted murder by a Massa- chusetts court last summer.) execution, have in my power scientific means of sending you to the same destiny, to- gether with your whole household.” The letter was signed: ind - an un- refer to “As the representa- tive of your country you are a party to the persecution of Sacco and Van- and you are, ore, jointly i “A scientific work alone.” 20.—The attempted as- of Ambassador Herrick b that exploded in his led to uproarious Deputy Mandel ked th « French Chamber of ‘Dep- henchman of for- Clemenceau, in a fiery ne _polic e and thr of Justice for permitting to occur. a bitter attack upon the Communists, list Senator, leaped at him and struok him in the no} puty ag u aeout plane und has high qualt- ne little chap of manoeuvring at speed | Nothing has been overlooked to | Yet In my room 4 make {t an irresistible weapon of | the evening,” the war. Infantry, elther in the opea or! "but yesterday he ntrenched, cannot possibly withstand | a : Sate lits sheer ‘velocity of flight and its |type in advance of the latest foreign, Mr aining fire. i tiles too fast to| all-metal planes, For the benefit of/ afford a target. It sets a pace which | occurred. those who have a fancy for accurate|is strides ahead of anything like it ures It may be stated tt @ in the world, and the best part of it babciinee betel te Pee 2 that the: Til ta that thia pl is of American ¢ think such pices feet long with a wing material and workmanship through- | the open, so | spread of 49 feet and carries 130 gal- lions of gasoline, When manned by nd gunner and equipped wit 000 rounds of ammunition and ¢ for 500 miles of fight, It weighs 5, pounds. Its radius of action in bat- tle is 400 miles from its supply The engine is a 400-horsepov Liberty motor, ‘The main battery of the plane eon- sists of twenty-eight machine guns arranged in two sections. The ‘irst| section Ls of twelve guns located di- rectly behind te pilot's seat, and the second of sixteen guns, 1s mounted to tne rear, | The firing Is done by the manipula- Uon of three levers, one firing halt the battery, arfother the other halt, the | third being a master lever which puts all twenty-eight guns into action with a single motion, The two remaining guns of the thirty are fired at will by the pilot or gunner from the cack- pit. The replacement of fresh maga- zines for all the guns requires only four minutes, PLANE CONSTRUCTED OF AMER- ICAN-MADE DURALIUM. plane itself made with me The Ani aluminum Th of an inch thick, more t thickness of that used foreign all-metal planes, It is braced thr ughout with steel, there being a powerful criss-crossing of rods in the wings, which are two feet thick at thelr greatest diameter, In designing this plane, it was Mr. Larsen’s idea to provide a flying ma- chine which, through its high speed, {ts sensitiveness under control and its lability to elimb rapidly, could be successfully against, infantry field of battle or while to the rear, or to at- y. The tn- is constructed of duralium, the al an alloy of of mild 1,000 an twice the in the latest ngth Sheets are used either “going up,” or | tack a convoy on a roadw tent of the plane ts to swoop down upon the enemy, fly low over him, perhaps at not more than fifty feet from the ground, and loose an anni- hilating fire from machine guns. After h, the machine ts to climb give the gunner time to idjust new magazines to the guns and jen to return to the attack SPRAYS GROUNL WITH BULLETS FOR WIDE DISTANCE, By manipulation of the allero the plane, the latter can be rock back and forth above th attacked and thus spray on the ade t object the ground with bullets for a wide distance, The forward Thompson guns are set at a slight forward angle, six in the sec ond battery point dire out.” eived a ntuining —— os Glass Onto Them. the reception to Gen, we were returning as the explosion people 1 have number protests, aad He it only $ usually with my | pout 6 Ambass. went no fea of some effec tampered with | the jury at a trial of Communists, wath Pershing, and letters, also mad: Escoffier, attack upon M, Mandel by Es- resulted uativas to-day, but frum churges made in the Chamber yi day by Mandel ty th: from the t that the ibussador Herrick to-day told of | h OF his ten o'clock in ador said, us to “It was a cowandly act, so cowardly will not work in ro have som’ containing NARROW ESCAPE reats, from Communists, They re- late to t South Braint after OF TWO SENATORS with which I have obyiows' nt Qin I MeO Chandelier in the President’s Room “| have turned them over to the | «iI FLETH AYE. Drops, Pulling Plaster and police.” Ambassador Herrick went to his -old } Jomee in the American Embassy ag usual to-day, iittle affected by hia narrow escape. He found scores of telegrams and letters of congratula- ilon from officials and friends all over Europe. The first thing he did wad tv Issue instructions that any one desiring to give him @ present mus’ bring it opened to the’ Embassy. ait packages brought to the Embassy will b> under suspicion and will be opened under water in the presence of policc, The entire detective force of Paris and all available policemen under the personal direction of the Prefect of Police worked throughout the night in efforts to trace the makers of the bomb, No arrests had been an- nounced by the police up to noon to- day, but it was said a number of persons were under surveillance. Other prominent Americans besides Ambassador Herrick have received threatening letters from Communists here, the police learned to-day, One sample letter, sent to many, read: “We will avenge Sacco and Van- ett! by the lives of’ American resis* dents of France.” oe PROTEST IN BREST AT U. S. CONSULATE Mayor and Police Head Apologize for Demonstration by Mob Under Windows. PARIS, Oct. 20.— After a protest neeting at Brest last night against the action of a Massachusetts court in convicting Nicolo Sacco and Barto- lomeo Vangzetti of first degree mur- der, a manifestation was organized under the windows of the Ameriein Consulate there, according to # dis- patch to-day to the Petit Paristen, Th jemonstrators later broke up, the dis- patch said, and some of them wen to the sub-prefecture of police, where they sang the “Internationale” and the Red Flag.” The crowd disbanded at 11 o'clock, the dispatch added. To-day the Mayor made an apoloxy to Sample B. Forbus, the American Consul, saying that no such incident would have been allowed if it could have been foreseen, The Sub-Prefest ed warning against further lemonstrations. Consul Forbus thanked the off and said the incident was not sidered grave, according to a despatch eceived here by the Havas Agency. a eon- { Fines Inseparahlee One for mildness VIRGINIA One for mellowness, BURLEY One for aroma, TURKISH The finest tobaccos perfectly aged and blended 20 forl5* | WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—Senators Pomerene of Ohio, and Swanson of Virginia, narrowly escaped injury to- day when the massive chandelier in the President's Room, just’ off the Senate Chamber, became loose, pull- ing down with it a huge patch of plaster, parts of the heavy bronzc ornamentations of the chandelier and particles of broken glass. Both Senators were deluged. The chandelier weighs 1,800 pounds and was too heavy for the plaster sup- ports, The main body of the chan- delier was left swinging loosely and precautions were taken to secure it before further damage was done, to the ceiling may be the magnificent paint- amous Italian artist noed, Soe Plans Bane LONDON, Oct, 20 (Associated Press) —'The reports that Great Britain was planning the establishment of naval buses In the Bermudas, at Singapore or elsewhere were termed “pure imagin tion to-day by an Admiralty official who declared he was unable to under- stand what Premler Hughes of Australia was referring to In his recent speech on thy subject. The damag irreparabl ing Brun as li was de Denice Brita New N. DIED. POST.—MARY W., 14 years, 11 months, 18 days, daughter of Mra A. W. 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