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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-19
TERMS GRANTED TO TRAINMEN
BY WHICH STRIKE IS AVERTED

SETTLEMENT the
- tense: - -
an all service
hundred miles ten hours less overtime
eight
half miles the
be oneeighth
eleven twelve hours less shall
hours shall constitute
Overtime to be paid for at not less than eighth
e - Wv '' ~
the hours standard
standard daily
"n the law declared
present ten hours pay will constitute days work hosting
On roads having fiat tenhou
amended to read eight within " ~
For all classes passenger service
where the rule
read eight within
For such territory a
turn around the eight within
Overtime to be paid for less than
hour. ~ Wv e " WIG '' low
"The general committees elect retain
present overtime rules
gong make
greater compensation than is provided in either basis.
tne event he law held be constitutional if the foregoing
tement inconsistent with
adjusted to the decision declared unconstitutional al
The foregoing employees and classes
Of service represented by the
schedules modified
FRANKLIN X. LANE,
DANIEL
"W. B. WILSON,
by: 'oHD "oNdfEho
"W. G.
81. F. SHEPPARD
"W. STONE
.r, VS. CARTER
"The National of Railways.
New York March 10, ~ -1 ~"a""han'
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Elktoh Marriage Licenses

ELkTON. Md. March 10 Mondays
usual number of marriage licenses were
handed out here today to Norman Bowman
and Emma Clayberger and Moe Bletzsten
and Fay Stern, Philadelphia; Boyd f. Ste
vens and Pearl Whitenight, Berwick !;
Thomas c. Coffield and Frances Lilly, AL
lentown; Roy NJ. Adams and Aida ".
Creamer, Millville, n. j.: David NJ. Will
eon, Magnolia, Del. and Myrtle w, Rem
shaw. Elkton; Ernest B, Burnley. Newark,
Del. and Julia A. George, Wilmington /;
Paul ID. Sands. Easton, Pa, and Elizabeth
z. Lingo, Philadelphia william " Davis.
Pennsgrove, and Anna Moore. Philadelphia /;
Edward B. Hickman and Marq L. Ashton.
Iacony, Pa Everett Morrison, oxford, and
Bertha Kinley. Marcus Hook Everett
Fritz, Doylestown, and Mia NJ Engle
buckingham. Pa; William III. Whiting
Darby. and Maud p. Gilbert, Mount Holly
n. j.; Roy Kelshaw, Philadelphia, and
Irene Kiphorn, Lancaster; William Mosman
and Elizabeth Gamble, Norrstown; Ernest
Hanferd and Varna Young, Camden, ~ j.,
and Arthur Hemmerly and Lillian McAffee
Berwick. Pa.
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OF the railways Joins you In the con,
victIon that neither at home nor aoroau
should there he fear or hope the efncieht
operation Of the railways Of the country
will be hampered or impaired .
Therefore, you are authorized TO as
sure the nation that there VIII be no
strike and as a basis for such assur-
ance we hereby authorize the committee
of the Council of National Defense 10
grant to the employees who were about
to strike whatever adjustment your
committee deems necessary TO guar
antee the uninterrupted and efficient
oneration of the railways as an indis-
nensable arm of national defense.
AT $3.50 this morning the Joint commit
tee that was to work out the details wen
into session They recessed AT O'CLOCK
announcing that the full terms OF I'M
Adamson law had been granted the rail-
road men.
Worn and haggard by their trying ex
,erienccs, with almost no sleep during TN
two days and two nights, they hurried tt
their rooms for few hours rest. BY moor
the entire matter was cleared from the ma
tons states while the now more ominou'
situation IL being handled.
President Wilson was kept In constant
touch with the proceedings. Three Wash
ington calls passed through the hotel with
in an hour after it became known the three
American ships had been torpedoed Ther
an open wire was kept.
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purpose of copsidor;,,, ,to s,.,
inherent mower ye nut ,ho a,,os,io -.
to the eight hour stand,rd o,,t;,,oi,, 90
of view on the ground that tho a,thort
ity to establish perrnanerti,, 4. '.,'o, H. ~
clearly sustaired o., 90 ,,e, 10 50
ject not dlspItab,c A'' '"o Suo-
What was the ex,ept 30 a.. ,,o,,...
therefore. of conpress to ror,'I..
sidering the scone ne ro,,,,,a,In to,,
Government had tho rioh, A.. -. ~,
reference to int.rstoto -. VIZ" VIZ"
riers upbo,, ~ -. .p'i''''ei'e var
lative autborit,, ~ uo-'',a. .i'e ts Iesls-
is the matter "a ho anoiaas ou,,i','ei'o
business of comr.. a.-S, "' '.e
in n sense , nnh,,. ,,,,s, W i"" Is
the interest af so,;,,. a.. a., , v,
on.r.ti., ,o,. :" '"e co"I'"ueu
hns:,,.. """ s"''u' eonduct or such
h.n.t. .", ."e puphc interest
the mi, cr,.nt - vi resu'h''oh 10
ro,.,t 4, a. W secure n""
s,.. ny >" '"nnS "ecisiohs'
.uo,, ,,,. an" h"ustrated ny
r.,., ,, Ner''"" o' state ana
rno,, "' power 10 iea'e no
'"' '"e'''"" o" '"e SUBJECT.
RIGHT TO FIX WAGES
II is also eoua,,, trro ,,,. ,..
to fixe by agreement between tho non
rer and its emploves n st.pd.ra 90
wages to control tbpir ro1o ;o,e L., ,,,;
marilv private the astah,ish,t p pr,
giving effect TO such apreed'on ,tandans a .,d
is not subject to he controlled or -
vented by public AUTHORITY
But taking all these nronositio,s nc
undoubted. If the situation which we
have described and with which the act
of Congress- dealt ha 80, ~ A"1 a.'
ors ,, 49, VIC uispu.e petween the employ
wages their failure IN ayree tho 20
sulting absence of such STANDARD tho
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-19
RAIL STRIKE CALLED
OFF AFTER PARLEY

NEW YORK, March 19.-The railroads
have met the fullest demands of the Adam
son eight-hour law and thereby definitely
averted the threatened nationwide strike
with the country on the verge Of its most
serious international crisis.
Patriotism. swayed to its height by the
sinking OF three American vessels, brought
from the railway managers committee
early today the announcement that il
would accept the brotherhood chiefs de-
mand rather than give the impression at
home or abroad that the efficient operation
of the country's railways will be hampered
or impaired in the face of It's latest peril
The railroads surrendered completely,
leaving their end of the adjustment en-
tirely in the hands of President Wilson s
mediation board. A joint committee is to
thresh out the minute details.
PRAISE FOR RAILWAYS
The following statement was issued by
the mediators:
We desire to express our appreciation
or the large and patriotic action of the
railway managers committee which has
put beyond preadventure the possibility of
a nationwide railroad strike.
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GERMAN SAILORS IRl
NAVY YARD THIS WIN
Stockade Will Be Built Arm. /,
Forts Mcpherson and oa,a
thorpe, Harboring PrisonsS,.' S.''
WILL LEAVE BY TRAM
Raiders Will Be Under Guard 30 O.
teenth Regiment of Infantry
Intoxicants Barred

The 200 German sailors at the p,,'.
phia Navy Yard will be renovaa niiade.
Mcpherson and Oglethorpe, Ga No w. forts
1t was decided at Washington tod.y ualn
movement will start probably TS,.- The
or Just as soon as the barracks sn
readiness. eT u
Secretary Baker and Secretar,,
had conference this morning m tnanlels
ject. The Seventeenth Infantry ,s,,, SUB
coed to the barracks from the boran,. pro.
marines now at the Philade,nh,a ana
Yard will take the German saiIor. Nasy
guard to the barracks. under
Because Of international law. IN.
oners Will be taken from PhiaSs,p,a
in two or three trains 1t wou,d ~ uupnh
to take them by boat TO Savanue. ne easier
as the vessel would have to po out
the three-mile limit and thereby rais yssona
International law point, trains viii, b. ~
No intoxicants will be allowed tho ~ "NN
ors in the barracks, as both forts ara !, WI ~.
territory. :" uV
Captain Max Thierichens, commana.. !.
the Kronprinz Wilhelm. left the navv ~ y
this morning In an automobile. He w..
going to the United States Naval uos,I.s'
Gray's Ferry road. according to tho ~,
feur who was Floyd Williams ora !.
Henry Rohner's employees under s1ooo NJ, "
IN the alleged chronometer smugpI,n, ~.
Williams said he did not know uh ~ ~
German commander was being taksr ~
the hospital At the hospital the autho,s
ties said that Captain Thierchens had NJ.
been there. nor was he expected. wv
The automobile which drove Can,,,.
Thierichens and another man from IN.
navy yard belongs TO Adalbert Koer,ins
Fischer, who is under $4,000 bail in ~
alleged plot. Captain Thierchens and nj.
companion were allowed to leave the. vars
after papers, which they presented to ths
marine guard at the gate had been reaS.
No guard accompanied them. ., -,
The vessels will remain at their pres.n,
anchorage at the foot of Broad street. mi.
has been settled upon by the Navy Depart.
ment and the officials at League Island M,
will the ships be searched unless war shouis
come. This is principle of international
law. and the various United States ofacials
have been warned to use great discretion IN
observing these rules.
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RUSS CHURCHES HERE
STILL PRAY FOR CAR
Orders Eliminating Romanoffs
From Supplications Expected
From Petrograd, However

Members of the Russian Orthodox Church
throughout the United States are momen-
tary expecting orders to take the names
of Gar Nicholas and other members of
the royal family from the prayer books now
used by the Church.
Some believe they may be ordered 10
pray for the Duma. while others are of the
opinion that instructions will be sent forth
to pray for the executive who will succeed
the Car. Although there is general jubila
ton among the Russians of Philadelphia
over the success of the revolution they will
continue to pray for Car Nicholas until
orders to the contrary are received.
Members of the three Russian Orthodox
churches in this city prayed for the Car
yesterday, although the names of the Car
and members Of the royal family were omit
ted from the prayers offered by Archbishop
Evdokim at the Russian Cathedral, New
York. Similar action was followed in the
Orthodox churches in Pittsburgh
The prayer as now offered by commune
cants of the Russian Orthodox Church fol-
lows
I'VE pray for our God-fearng Emperor,
Nicholas Alexanderovich, and for his heir.
Alexis Nicholovich, and for his family, and
we pray for the President of the United
States and further pray for their countries
and for victories. peace. health and for the
defeat of all their enemies"
There are 100000 communicates of the
church in the United States. and of these
5000 are in Philadelphia
The largest Of the Russian Orthodox
churches. in point of membership, is St.
Michaers. Sixth and Spring Garden streets.
Several hundred Austro- uurp"~io~- o~,
members of this church. Although many of
them are citizens of Auetr,.
resolutions denouncing the conduct of Aus
tria-Hungary in the present wal
fered their services to the United States
The Austro-Hungarians sent telegram to
President Wilson today declaring they
would fight for the United States against
Austria If called upon These members of
the Russian church held mass-meeting
yesterday at Metropolitan Hall, III Fair
mount avenue, at which the Rev. John Ada
miak presided.
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SPEEDING
AR PREPARATION
building of Ships Acceler-
ated as Situation Grows
More Acute
GOVERNMENT WORK FIRST
Entire Capacity of Yards at De-
4 partment's Disposal - Steel
Men Urged to Cooperate
From a StdT Correspondent
WASHINGTON March


The navy is being prepared for any emer-
oency under the provisions of the speeding
~ authority appropriating $3.50. .ooo. 900 for
the purpose. Secretary Daniels has been
rushing the building of the ships authorized
BY the last Congress and making every
Dreparation for the war with Germany,
which the Administration has seen since the
last Of January cannot be avoided
Secretary Daniels today discussed In
orief some OF the steps being taken by the
navy to hasten work and place the country
m the state of military preparedness.
These are:
Shipbuilders have agreed to expend
seventy per cent of their capacity for Gov
ernment work, and. II necessity demands
their entire capacity will be given over to
the Government.
Steel makers have not shown the same
co-cperation as shipbuiders with few ex-
eeptions, one being the Carnegie Company
Conferences will be held with them this
week and the same request made of these
oompanies as that to which the shipbuilders
have acceded. II necessary the Secretary
Of the Navy, acting under authority of
recent law, will commander plants of the
steel makers. as well as shipbuilders.
Bids will be opened Wednesday for the
building Of zoo motorboats OF 110 feet
These boats will be used in harbor and
coast patrol
These are some of the striking things the
Navy Department is now doing to place
ne navy in fighting condition In addition
% building these motorboats the depart
ment has received offers from private yacht
owners volunteering their boats in case of
war as we'll as crews
At Philadelphia and other cities a list of
these boats has been made, and hundreds
can be taken into the service without DELAY
The department also has made tentative
oners to private yachtowners, and at n
minutes notice the yachts can be taken
ever. These yachts will be manned by VOL
unteers.
At the Philadelphia Navy Yard great i'm
provements planned will he rushed There
= an appropriation of $12.000.000 avail
able out of the last navy bill to improve
the yards, and half of this will be expended
IN Philadelphia.
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Supreme Court Decisions

The Following decisions were handed down
eoday by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court :
S PER CuRIAM:
Psnrose's estate. o. C., Bucks Appeal -us-
talned at appellee,s costs. 1
Sss comDany Z. p. Baci' deins Ssds%ssnt F1i- al,
croser's estate. O. C.. Delaware Anre.,.
ss%isssd ana DEGREES airmed al appeliants aRfa'
Cloud. stiles q, Work VS.. Williams C. r..
bsss.s n:sr VI yaae%.S, cSs,sss a,ms Rser Works C.
Power VS. overholt. c. p. Chester. Juds-
.; s:sss' .aa al d.erss &c s si
Black ct al W.. Eastern Pennsylvania Rail-
Esys Company. c. p. schuyikilii Judgment
L&bsnon Valley Consolidated Water Supply
lebanon Xpssi Gismi..ed iust az apDsllsnf IlHsay
caiES iH'.iia ;SsiiicE 4 fS.ss SsSwNg' 81 wsNg'',.''
SSsIss|s ssssSsH EasTsssaT I. a.is.. O. ana r. ,...
1.&1en. Judgment reversed and venire facias
21.1as:c q a. ys, Moore Ct al; c;P. No. 4.
serimfen ". I.shish Valley Coal Company.
y r & j[5afffciaEs ias' srEwARr: EaSS1hsr' affirmed
q rAe!|saj9A's r. h. .ns Riss'.s ss'ss.lSsa ssI,
::s:. :::s::'ss; ::s:s.:s viz S,.!..!a
~ {urRzcE foscHzrskER:
~ ~ TrQSt coua1Apy Shoemaker
- tntn1elphis. pecres affirmed,
1 q I, = {2esusas afsiFmsd'
- cs.xsy. c. ?. No. y
ssss2 s:ss:s :: 2. ,rsssissx
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| not the result OF legislative judgment, but
an experiment" whose success would be
determined by future investigation, and as
depriving the railroad Of it's liberty TO make
contracts and It's property without due pro-
| cess OF law. They held II to be a wage
measure. which Congress had no right to
enact under the Constitution.
The Government contended the law was
| not wage law. but an hours-of.service act
| and that, even IL II was wage measure,
| congress had the right to pass It under
the commerce clause of the Constitution.
The case had its inception when Congress
passed law late last August. when rail-
| road brotherhoods threatened to tie up the
| nations railroads, declaring eight hours TO
pc a standard days work and providing
| that pro rata overtime should be paid for
| work done after the first eight hours This
section formed the real basis Of attack for
the railroads.
On March 90. 1915 the four railroad
brotherhoods-the Brotherhood of Loco
! motive Engineers, the order of Railway
conductors, the Brotherhood of Locomotive
flremen and the Brotherhood of Railroad
rainmen-demanded of the railroads of
the country an eight-hour day with.time
ana a half overtime. overtime to he COM
puted on the minute basis and regular time
10 begin when railroad man was re-
quired to report for duty. This was to re-
place the old mileage basis. by which the
men were paid for a trip--100 miles consti-
tuting days run, usually of ten hours.
PRESIDENT FAILS
Railroads refused this and other con.
cessions. and in return asked arbitration by
the Federal Board of Mediation or the In
terstate Commerce Commission This the
brotherhoods refused fatty. The brother.
hoods held out for the eight-hour day and
the time and half overtime the railroads
material increases in n.w Ia aho,,,s de"he t,o
arbitrated.
Little attention was paid to the dispute
until late in the spring 1t became apparent
neither side would yield without a struggle.
Both sides said the other was bluffing
When neither side would concede anything
and the negotiations at New York seemed
about to end in strike. President Wilson
asked leaders FOR the brotherhoods and
railroads to go to Washington for a con-
ference. They did-first big delegation of
the brotherhoods and the conference COM
mittee OF managers representing the roads.
Then when the President was unable to
make settlement he called in 100 railroad
executives representing every railroad and
billions OF dollars of capital, The brother
moods were represented only by their pres
ldehts. AGAIN his efforts failed. one night
the executives announced they would not
yielu' Later they showed printed copies
OF strike order-eHective at a. m. Labor
Day september a. brotherhood leaders ad-
fnitted the strike had been called for that
day by nnety-eight per cent vote of the
ralIroau men
RACED py possibility OF paralysis or COM
merce' President Wilson prepared mes
sage 10 congress asking Immediate passage
Oh an eight-hour law.
Aoanson introduced ms Dill IN the House
on august 81. The House passed 1t next
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LITTLE GIRL IN NIGHTGOWN
BURNED AT GAS RADIATOR
Flames Set Fire to Dress as She Plav,
in Home-In Critical
Condition

Five-year-old Elizabeth Mitchell was seri.
ously burned today in spite of the rescue
efforts of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Mitchell, 324S Chancellor street. Both wer.
badly burned on the hands and arms.
The little girl, playing in her nieht.
clothes about gas radiator on the sec.
ond floor of the Mitchell home today, toddled
too near the flaming jet Her screams at.
tracted her parents, who wrapped her in
a blanket. They rushed her to the Uni.
versty Hospital in a motortruck belonging
to Walter Bradley, of Ninth and THOMPSON
streets. Physicians said the little girl was
in n critical condition.
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The railroads have met the full demands
OF the Adanson eight-hour law. TINS con.
cesson was secured as the culmnatioh Oh
| two days ~ nights of negotiations.
Our FIRST effort was to secure poN-
ponement of n strike which was hxed Tor
Saturday night. This was secured Dy pre-
senting to the railway managers memo
randum agreemen drafted by the PROM
erhoods which with some particularly eN-
pressed the provision Of the Adamson law.
We next sought some adjustment that
would be effective should the law be held
to be unconstitutional. In this regard many
propositions were made TO both SIDES, put
none was acceptable uf Ill the railroads ex-
pressed their willingnesr to place the whole
matter in the hands Of tn s committee.
This action proceeded. as the letter from
the railway managers states, from n desire
to demonstrate to the country that the rail-
roads would not allow their own concep-
tion of railroad policy to stand In the way
Of the fullest use of the roads at a time OF
severe national strain.
The committee considered the matter and
decided that, in view of the action Of Con-
gress in passing the Adamson law and the
necessity for immediate action. that 1t was
best to adopt at once the memorandum
agreement OF the previous day as applicable
under all conditions.
Thus the provision OF the eight-hour law,
by agreement between the roads and the
men, became the basis Of the settlement,
and, whether the Supreme Court holds for
the validity of the law or against 1t, there
will be no strike.
The decision of the railway managers,
which was as sudden as It was unexpected
by all those directly in the conference. came
after virtually forty-eight hours continuous
conference.
1t has ended the specter of a national
paralysis of the American railroad system
and at a time when the whole world
waited for word from the two little camps
in New York city.
COMMISSIONS THANKS
The following letter was sent to the rail.
road managers committee early today by
the mediation committees:
Elisha Lee, Esq. chairman natiopal
conference committee of the railways.
Dear Mr. Lee:
We are in receipt OF your favor or
this date, placing in our hands for i'm
mediate adjustment the matter of the
difference between your committee and
the railroad brotherhoods
We have brought this letter before
the brotherhoods with the statement
that in our judgment II was advisable
to put into effect the provisions of the
Adamson law, whether it be held valid
or otherwise. This was acceptable to
them. Thus, by your own action urged
thereto by the highest reasons of ma
tional concern. you have avoided
nationa. calamity
We would be delinquent in true
sense of gratitude If we failed to ex-
press our sncerest appreciation Of the
action you have taken We trust that
1t promises long period OF hearty CO.
operation between the railroad man.
agements and their employees.
Cordially yours,
FRANKLIN X. LANE
w. b. WILSON.
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MAGISTRATE MECLEARY DINNER
Grateful for Kindness Shown During
Illness, He Entertains Friends

In appreciation of the kindness which
was shown him during his recent illness
1t Atlantic City Magistrate John Mecleary,
who dispenses justice at the Central Station.
gave dinner party to some friends at
his home. 2213 Amber street, last night
The guests included Charles NJ Runner.
chief clerk at the Central Station; Ser
eeants Sigmund Goldberger and James Fite
Court Officers William Atherholt. Andrew
Namely. George V. Gemenden. a guard
Mrs. John Mecleary. wife of the Magistrate !;
Robert Mccleary, his brother; DR.. and Mrs
Rolla Smith and the Magistrates two sons
Horatio and John Mecleary Jr
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SCHOOL CADET PLAN HEARING
Jersey Senate Committee Listens to
Security League Arguments

TRENTON. n. j., March ia hear
Ing was opened this afternoon by the
Senate Military Affairs Committee on the
Pierson bill for physical and military train
ing In the public schools, the latter only
II adopted at a municipal: referendum elec-
tion. In cases wherein the people vote for
military training for the boys a course
IN nursing will be established for girls
under the bill
A committee of the National Security
League consisting of w. Holt Apgar, James
w. Rushing, eK-Judge Frederick w
Gnichtel Francis c. Lowtrop and George
W. Brewer. of this city, appeared in ad-
vocacy of the bill. The opponents will be
heard later in the day.