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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-10
WILSON PRODS HOUSE,
TO PROHIBITION VOTE.
President Insists Upon Action
ut This Session, to Dis
gust Of Members.
MAY BALLOT NEXT WEEK
Defeat Of the Constitutional
Amendments Regarded as
Probable.

WASHINGTON. June "a vote on the
constitutional amendment proposing ma
tonwde prohibition OF the liquor trafiic
10 assured as a result OF pressure brought
to bear on the Democratic leaders In the
House by President Wilson.
The Presidents insistence that the
House shall vote on prohibition ut this
session has stirred up much ugly feeling.
but his wishes will be followed.
Mr.. Wilson Is said to have taken the
stand that while some individuals. may be
sacrificed by an immediate vote on pro-
hlpltion the party as whole would be
held responsible II Its leaders In the House
left washington at the end OF ehe session
with the amendment still on the calendar
Postmaster-General Burleson communi-
Gated the views of the President on the
matter to the House leaders. MI. Burlc-
SON. who has much to do with the politics
OF the Administration, advised the Fresi-
dent that II would be mistake for the
party 20 evade a vote on this issue.
In urging the President to request ac-
ton. Mr.. Burleson had the assistance OF
Representative Underwood, who has re-
peatedly declared his belief that the policy
OF evasion In dealing with prohibition
should be abandoned
Up 20 the time that the leaders heard
from the President most House members
were rejoicing over what appeared to be
n determination TO sldetrack prohibition
Until after the November election.
II did not become generally known I'M
I'll tonight that President Wilzon had
again enlarged the programme OF the
session for the House by including In IL
the amendment proposing prohibition.
In the secrecy of their offices Democrats
exploded long and furiously, but publicly
they admitted that MIR. Wilson's demand
for vote on prohibition would be needed.
1t Is quite generally cosceded by both
VETS" and "drys" In the House that the
prohibition amendment will be defeated
II REQUIRES a two-thirds vote 20 put
through a constitutional amendment In
either house OF Congress. Noses have
been counted and II has been found that
only a little more than n majority will
vote for the amendment.
Considerable gossip was caused among
members by this latest political develop
ment. Democrats who are known 10 be
hostile TO the Administration said that Mr.
Wilson, In forcing a vote on prohibition
at this time. had his thoughts more on
1916 than 1914
The indications are that the prohibition
amendment will come up for a vote In
the House next week. At informal con.
ferences held today by Democratic lead.
ers II was decided that special rule
providing for consideration OF the prohibi.
ton amendment should be introduced a,
once.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-10
PHOTO-ENGRAVERS
APPEAL TO WILSON
Employers Association Asks
His Aid in Support of
the Open Shop.
STANDS BY GILL COMPANY
Urges Protection Against Or
gained LabOr's "Var of
Exclusion"

Tho struggle among the proto- engrav-
ers OF America for an open shop assumed
new phase yesterday when the Employ.
ing Photo Engravers Association of Amer
lea at the close Of an annual session last
ing two days made an appeal to President
Wilson for his influence with courts and
legislators In securing the protection
which they say the non-union firms de-
serve.
Tho association frst became specih-
cally opposed to the unions in It's eff
forts to support the Gill Engraving Com.
pany, which applied last month to the
United States District Court for an in
junction against Pho;o-Engravers Union
No. to restrain IL from pursuing whn,
was declared to be a boycott against the
company. Judge Hough reserved decision.
The whole time of the convention was
given up to consideration OF the gill case
and OF the unions announcem, mt that az
ter juno /, 1917, a minimum wage OF S27
which In HAT Increase OF 20 per cent. will
be demanded. The sessions have been
closed until yesterday, when the following
copy OF a letter sent to President Wilson
was given to THE sum
Hon. WOODROW WILSON: The EN-
ploying Photo Engravers Association, In
convention assembled at the Waldorf
Astoria In New York city, speaking for
themselves and several thousand em-
plOyeTs to whom afilllatlon with labor
unions Ia distasteful. urge that they be
protected against the war of exclusion
now being carried on by organized labor
against the open shop and the non-union
worker and that the courts and Depart
ment OF Justice be encouraged to grant
protection against such attacks and that
all such legislation lmpairing such pro-
lection be vetoed. Very respectfully,
FIRED w SAGE, President"
Carl w. Caluminzer. secretary OF the
association, said yesterday that the open
shop engravers. whom he represents. could
not understand why District Attorney
Whitman does not follow the suggestion
given by Judge Hough in the opinion
handed down In the injunction case OF the
GIN Engraving Company. wherein he de-
clded that the company was being at
tackled by n criminal combination but was
not entitled to private relief
The eighteenth annual convention OF the
International Association OF Manufactur-
ing Photo Engravers. OF which the other
association Is an open shop branch. Will
end to-day with a banquet at the Waldorf
at which Gov. Glynn Is scheduled TO speak
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-10
COAL co. SUES ARMY CAPTAIN.
AIIege. Retired Omcer Converted
Money Paid on . Contract.

suit before Supreme Court Justice
Greenbaum discloses that Capt. Charles
T. Baker. U. s. A.. retired. formerly at
tached TO the Quartermaster-Gener de-
par;ment in Washington. Is accused by
the Skeele Coal Company OF wrongfully
converting sl3,3s2. An order of arrest
had been signed for Capt. Baker, which
Justice Greenbaum was asked to'vacate.
The coal company alleges that Capt.
Baker got a contract from tho Govern
ment for coal 10 be delivered In Wash
ington, and the plalniiff was TO furnish
the coal and get the Government checks
Endorsed over to Il by Capt. Baker. The
Government paid s67.104 under the con-
tract and Capt. Baker paid over all the
money except the amount for which he is
sued.
Capt. Baker says he has retained the
money sued for on the ground that the
plaintiffs coal was under the weight pa Id
for by the Government and that the quail
lily was not always what the contract
called for
The court reserved decision.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-10
STETSON FEARS THE RESULT.
Railroad Lawyer Says Commerce
Board May Re Split Up.

Francis Lynde Stetson when asked yes
tsrday for his opinion on the Shreveport
rate decision said that he regretted II
In certain ways as an invasion OF State
rights. and also that II would add an
additional burden on that already over
worked body the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
Mr.. Stetson declared that II the differ
ent legislative bodies OF the country did
not cease increasing the work ef the
commission II would be forced to split
up into circuits or districts like the courts
and perhaps become partisan by being
associated with certain sections OF the
country.
l.. ID. Smith. ylce-presdent OF the Le-
high Valley Railroad. said:
Il think the decision Is one OF value
to both shippers and railroads. II will
prevent individual State commissions from
arbitrarily making rates In favor OF
towns and sections under their Jurisdic-
ton and discriminating against adjacent
towns which happen 10 be just over the
line In some other State.
ut will tend 10 curb indiscriminate
rate making tendencies by State COM
missions. II is step toward and in the
right direction for general business as
well as the railroads"
Franklin w. NJ. Cutcheon. counsel for
Western Pacific and other Gould lines.
said:
1.-THE Shreveport decision, OF course. is
gratifying to any one who hopes that
some time unified or at least a consist
ent system OF governmental regulation
OF railroads may be worked out Per-
haps 1t IL more important In what II
suggests than In what II specifically adj
Judges.
The dominating character and ample
breadth OF the power OF Congress have
taa h,,
Court that probably few lawyers have
doubted that the Federal power would
be held sufficient In case such az this
provided 1t were also held that the power
had been exercised.
THE really doubtful point now decided
for the first time seems to be this: That
the interstate commerce act does dele
gate to the Interstate Commerce Com
mission authority TO remedy discrimina.
ton between localities which affects in.
terstate commerce. even though such dis
elimination may arise from the action
OF "A State or n State authority and the
remedy may amount to annulling the
States action.
"Of course II is rather a far cry from
this to a decision that the Interstate Com
merce Commission may annul q state
wide scheme OF intrastate rates, because
by reason OF Its effect upon railway
earnings II embarrasses or even stands
in the way OF a different scheme OF rates
which the Interstate Commerce Commits,
sion desires to apply 10 interstate traffic
This merely illustrates a very wide
field that this decision necessarily leave,
UNEMPLOYED The decision will certainly
give rise 10 many perplexing traffic prob
lens. some OF which will In turn cal
for consideration by the courts, Yer,
likely, therefore. 1t will prove that tn,
most important effect OF the decision will
ia tf, fha Ittr Of 10 ,t,n -
in State law that will surely flow from
L."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-10
BROKEN RAILS A GRAVE MENACE.
Commerce Board Told ot Defective
steel Used by Roads.

WASHINGTON, June 9.---Broken rails
have been responsible for the killing OF
i55 persons. the injuring OF 6.004 and
damage to the extent of s3.237.793 In the
last ten years according to d report made
to the Interstate Commerce Commission
by ii. w. Belnap. rs chief inspector OF
safety appliances. Mr.. Belnap made a
complete investigation OF rail-. track and
wheel load conditions for the purpose Of
determining the effect thereon OF the
recent types OF locomotives and cars.
The report OF Chief Inspector Belnn p
was made In connection with an investi-
CATION OF derailment OF passenger train
near Westerly II. l., which resulted In
the injury OF seventy -four passengers and
three employees.
The report says that the accident was
caused by a rail which was defective In
that II had transverse assures. He adds
that this defect cannot be detected by an
examination and inspection OF rails. but
liz developed only by use. Mr.. Belnap
calls attention to the rail failures recently
due to shis defect and points out that
there are thousands Of rails In use made
a, the same time and under the identicai
conditions as those whose use had brought
out the defect.
1T IL manifestly evident" said Mr..
Belnap IN his report to the commission,
"tnat IN tniS type OF
Ia presented = serious situation. Rail fall
ures OF other types have been the cause
OF many accidents"
7, was intlmated at the commission to-
day that the commission would ewait the
action to he taken by Congress on the
stevens bill, which has been favorabiy
reported by the House Committee on In
ters,nte and Foreign Commerce and which
gives the comm ssion jurisdiction over the
operations Of railroads. before taking any
action looking 20 n general INVESTIGATION
q, rail track and wheel load conditions.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-10
ANTI-MERCER PLEA REFUSED.
Ohio Commission Rejects Petition In
New York Central Case.

d COLUMBUS. Ohio. June 9.-The Ohio
Public Utilities Commission, through it's
chairman, Oliver II. Hughes, announced
to-day that It had no power to determine
whether or not the merger OF the New
York Central and Hudson River Ines and
the Michigan Southern Railway Com
pany would perfect the monopolization
OF lines running through Ohio from Buff
falo to Chicago. The application for the
merger was filed some time ago
Involved In the merger was $4,000 900
q securities. Mr.. Hughes explained that
me Ohio law does not confer authority
on the commission to determine when
competition Is eliminated by a combna-
ton OF roads, though II gives this power
In cases OF other public utilities.
Objection to the merger had been filed
ny the Continental Securities Company.
the General Investment Company and the
clarence ". Venner Company of New
Turk,
petitions similar to that refused to-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-10
No one in the office OF Kaye & Ein.te,n.
MISS sEwALL BOSSES LINER.
Ora ndd a lighter of the Late Admiral
Evans Captivates skipper.

Dorothy Sewall. aged 10. granddaughter
Of the late Admiral Robley ID. Evans, ao-
companied by her mother. Mrs. Evans
Sewall, and her grandmother, Mrs. Robley
u. Evans, bossed things on the bridge of
the Austro- American liner Martha Wash
ington. which arrived yesterday from the
Adrlatic and the Mediterranean.
The skipper was astonished al Dorothy's
knowledge of the sea and seamanship. and
that In one reason he permitted ner to
learn more about It by spending most OF
her time In smooth weather on the bridge.
She Is going to Newport with her
mother and Mrs. Evans to see Commander
Evans son OF the Admiral.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-10
BISHOPS SISTERS SUMMONED.
Going TO Rome, where Mgr. Ken.
nedy Is seriousIy III.

PHILADELPHIA. June 9.-Summoned to
Rome by n cablegram announcing the
serious illness OF their brother. the Right
Rev. Thomas +, Kennedy, titular Bishop
OF Adriasapolis and rector o. the Amer
lean College there. the Misses Theresa and
Margaret Kennedy OF Conshohocken. and
a cousin. Miss Florence Fisher. left for
New York to-day en- route to Rome
They will be accompanied by Mgr. Nevtn
F. Fisher. rector OF the Catholic Chur ~
OF st. John the Evangelist OF this city. an
intimate friend of Bishop Kennedy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-10
NEW YORK MAN TRIES SUICIDE
said to ne l.. II. Heilbroner, Fur
rier, OF West SD street.

LINCOLN. Neb,. June "a man thought
to be L. II. Heilbroner. vice-president OF
Kaye q Einstein. a manufacturing Arm
OF furriers In New York, attempted sui
eide to-day In his berth on a Burlington
train here by cutting his throat He
failed only because OF rolls of fat on his
neck. He Is at q hospital and will re-
cover
Heibroner was on his way East from a
business trip to the Pacific Coast. A
letter In his pocket was written inco-
herently. When he recovered conscious
ness he said that mental worry and over
work had ruined his health.
No one In the office OF Kaye & Einstein,
furriers. of 3s West Th'-ty-second street.
Yesterday could shed any light on the
attempted suicide. Mr.. Heilbroner In
vice-president OF the company and his
brother, Alex Heilbroner. Is president He
had been travelling for nearly two months
and was not due in this city until July 4.
He had not been ~ or In any trouble so
far as members OF the firm knew. He
Is unmarried
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Commissions of New York. Pennsylvania,
Michigan and Illinois. Officials OF the
companies concerned said to-day that the
decision would not materially affect the
status of the proposed merger and that
they would press their applications In
other States.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-10
Gives Aid to Child wife.

THE Sun has received 81 for Mrs. Mary
Minora. II years old. who with her six
months-old baby in her arms testified
before the Federal Commission on Indus
trial Relations In the City Hall last FRI
day that she was able TO earn so cents
day by working as a hnisher on
trousers
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-10
Railway Men In Convention.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j.. June Eight
thousand railroad men arrived here to-
day for the Joint annual conventions OF
the American Car Builders Associat III on,
the American Master Mechanics Associa-
ton and the Railway supply Manufac-
turers Association.
The Detroit times., 1914-05-25
5000 TONS OF ICE
MELTED INTO HUGE CHUNK

Six thousand tons OF manufactured
ice, cut in squares ready for the ice
boxes of sweltering citizens, were
melted into one grand lump of frigid-
Ii,y, Saturday afternoon. when the
storage building OF the General. Ice
Delivery Co, on Crane-ave.. was par
TALLY destroyed by fire OF unknown
origin.
Dpvid A. Brown, president OF the
company, estimated the loss at about
$4,000 The insulation OF the ice
house walls, consisting OF sawdust
shavrngs ana wood. made great fuel
for the flames, which were hot enough
10 amalgamate all the ice chunks
Four barns and one house were de-
stroyed by a Superiorst. blaze which
did about $4,000 damage, early Sun
day morning, starting in the barn OF
Steve Melmowski, No. 113 Superior
ST., and spreading to barns owned by
Mary Teafih, No 1l5 Superiorst. /;
John Pilkowski, No 100 Superior-st
and Theophil Przbylski. No. 1917 Supe.
rior-st Melmowskis house was also
badly damaged
The Detroit times., 1914-05-25
DANISH FARMERS
COULD TEACH u. S.
Minister TO That Country Says
They Show Profit of CO.
Operation

Undoubtedly the best farmers Oh
the Atlantic seaboard today are thoss
oil eastern Pennsylvania. who by over
TWO centuries OF labor nave made thls
section OF the state blossom as rosei
notably In such garden counties as
| Lancaster To them intensive anu
intelligent farming need not be held
up as a model. but 10 others II may
be interesting 10 learn how Denmark
has solved the problem that Is both
ering all sections OF the Unlleu
States II Is not new story, but Ia
worth retelling in the words OF Dr
Maurice Francis Egan,. CIR minister
TO Denmark, who is now In this couh'
try on leave OF absence. In holding
| up the remarkable achievements OF
the Danes as lessons TO Americans
he lays stress upon intensive farming
and cooperation, as follows:
BY cooperation the Danes have
brought under control the exorbitant
! demands OF the middlemen. The ell
mate OF Denmark is the worst ID the
whole OF Europe. and the soil OF the
country by nature admittedly the
worst. and yet those disadvantages,
given them by nature. the Danish
farmers have solved by tackling their
problem scientifically
| venture to say that II the aban'
doned farms in Massachusetts alone
could be put under the direction OF
competent Danes they could be made
10 yield food enough TO supply the
whole of New England.
The farms in certain sections or
i the east are exhausted because the
farmers themselves have exhausted
them But they can be restored. That
has been done In Denmark. In lS4o
the soil OF that country had been ex-
hausted by generalization of wheat.
| But so we'll have the farmers come
TO understand their work that Den
( mark, though small has become
great agricultural country. Conditions
over there now are excellent The
demand for bacon, butter ana eggs in
| England can hardly be supplied, and
/ the market for Danish bacon in Ger
many has increased enormously.
| Nowhere else have the possibilities
of the small farmer been developed
as in Denmark. The tendency over
! there is 10 cut up the great estates
into small tracts and work these in
| tensively. In Denmark a family can
make a very good living out OF 20
acres. These would be devoted 10
raising COWS and peas. and perhaps
some chickens There would prooa-
bly, be half dozen cows. You see.
there are only Il weeks when COWS
can feed in the open, and on the
J place quantities of sugar beets and
mangel wurzel--big beets-are raised.
Then the farmers import through cor
porations the very best fertilizers at
! low prices, such as. IL bought by them
as individuals, would cost great
deal of money
| AS a consequence what was once
! the poorest country in Europe has
now become the most prosperous.
! Undoubtedly the same effort would
bring as great results here.-Philadel-
phia Record
The Detroit times., 1914-05-25
AUTO HORN MAKERS
IN COURT WRANGLE

The Lovell-McConell Co, of New
Jersey. makers OF the Klaxon auto
mobile horn, is asking for a temper
airy injunction against the Sparks
Wilmington Co., OF Jackson. Mich.
makers OF the Sparton horn, claim
ing that the latter is an infringe
ment on the New Jersey concerns
patent rights. The Hudson Motor
Car Co.. large users OF the Sparton
horn, is a party TO the suit Fed
eral Judge futile head testimony in
the case. Monday morning, and then
adjourned it until 2 o'clock in the
afternoon to allow the filing OF az
fidavits.
The Detroit times., 1914-05-25
GIRL AFFINITY
GETS LASHING
FROM JEFFRIES

up and whose husband Is estranged
from her. IL / had the husband be-
fore me-and | think he should be
here on an assault charge might
send him up for 80 days. too. And
| may bring him in here, unless this
affair Is settled justly for the vile
and children before May 30
The alleged assault, which caused
the above acrid speech from Justice
Jeffries, occurred In Mittleberger' s
place OF business, April 80. His wife
had previously heard. from the father
OF Miss Weideman. she says, that the
pretty little bookkeeper and her hus-
band were acting in such outrageous
manner that the girls mother was
nearly crazed, and her father was
growing gray from worry over IL
| Mrs. Alittleberger says that Mr.
Weideman told her that her husband
and their daughter had gone 10 Sagi-
nav and Bay City together, when Nit.
/ tleberger told his wife that he was
on business trip.
After receiving that warning, she
went 20 the place where her husband
! Is employed one night, TO meet him
! She says the lights went out as she
/ approached, and she stumbled across
/ her husband and Miss Neideman
spooning" in the darkened office.
! She upbraided them both, and, she
says, the young woman told her II
was none OF her business.
A few evenings later. she called foI
! her husband and had somewhat sim
| liar experience
Thoroughly apgered, she rushed uI
TO the girl, crying, How dare YOU.
J The girl swung mesh handbag with
all her strength against Mrs. Mittle
! bergers face. loosening several front
teeth Mrs. Mttleberger says that
her husband rushed up, grabbed his
wife's arms, and held her while Miss
Weideman struck her twice more
blacking her eyes and badly cutting
her face
Her husband, meanwhile. said &c
| his wife, What do you mean Dy
lthis?"
! Mrs MIuleberger then swore out
3 the warrant, charging the girl with
assault, and she told Justice Jefries
her husband told her then that she
would never see him again until she
IwiIhGrew the warrant
| 1t will be month next Wednes
day since | have seen my husband
she said II would not withdraw this
complaint, and he would have nothing
! to d. with me unless | did"
You should have charged him with
assault, too" said Justice Jeffries.
4 lie told Miss Weideman and her
attorney that. if Weideman was not
back home. behaving himself. by May
Log, Miss Weideman would suffer
! for It.
Pm going to wiring that mans
heart strings, through one OF you wo
men" said the justice. III his heart
can't be touched by his wife and chill
dren. then I'll have TO reach him
through this defendant
The Detroit times., 1914-05-25
CHILDREN TELL WHEN
FATHER BREAKS PLEDGE

INDIANAPOLIS. May 22.-Wring-
ing wet from their long walk in the
rain from North Indianapolis, two
brothers, one seven years old. ap-
peared In juvenile court to tell Judge
Taylor that their father broke the
liquor pledge he took In the court
some time ago The boys swere In
juvenile court several months ago.
charged with running away from
home.
They told the court at the time
that they had left home because their
father got drunk so often. The court
then asked the father to sign the
pledge and told the boys 10 keep an
eye on him to see that he kept IL.
They promised that they would let
the Judge know the first time their
father broke the pledge, and so when
their father went on a spree" they
rot up early In the morning and walk
ed 10 court
Judge Taylor gave the boys carfare
and told them 10 go home and have
their mother come down 10 court 70
nle an afidavit against their father.