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New-York tribune., 1918-09-23
Not One Violation
Of 'Gasless' Sunday
Reported by Police
Gone Hundred Per Cent
Reduction" Achieved by
New York Motorists

The fourth gasoleneless Sunday, ac-
cording TO The police last night, was
distinguished by 100 per cent rcduc-
tion." With The exception of those
forced to be about by absolute neces-
Silly, not car was reported from any
one of the many observation points
maintained by the police.
The police themselves were ordered
yesterday morning when going on
duty to refrain from either stopping
pachines or even taking the numbers
OF those they saw. The order carried
with it no explanation. The motorists
themselves. however, prevented any
question OF why it was issued being
raised by either remaining at home or
doing what travelling they had to by
some other means of locomotion than
their cars.
While there was an appreciable de-
crease in even the few machines that
had been seen on the previous Sundays
Nation went out, there was decided
increase in the number of horse drawn
vehicles on the streets. Incidentally,
many persons took advantage OF the
new order Of things TO revert TO the
old order.
Out at Greenwich, Conn. for instance,
Dock Commissioner r. A. c. Smith,
who has his summer home there. Sc
cured q tally-ho, which he decorated
with Allied flags. and drove a party of
week END guests to the residence of
L. 7. Holmes, nearby, for birthday
SurnriSc marty
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23
Missing Beacon Light
Mission Aid Found
Willard Taylor in Syracuse
Offers to Reveal "T'ip-OH"
in Toiishus Case

SYRACUSE. Sept. 22.-Willard Tay-
lor, formerly assistant superintendent
of tho Beacon Light Gospel Hall, $3.50
Third Avenue, New York, who dis
appeared sin months ago, has been
found here living Inc life Of hobo.
Taylor applied to ". s. Cromwell,
supern tcndent Of Tie Gospel Mission
here. Tor help q few days ago and was
recognized by Mr.. Cromwell! The lat
ter wrote John Wolf, of the Beacon
Light Mission, who identified him
Taylor has made full confession to
Mr. Cromwell and says he left home
last spring. and since then had beaten
his way all over the state as a tramp
he does not want to go back to New
York, preferrlng to stay here until he
makes good. He has refused Mr.
VOLTS offer to return and assume his
old position, Offering to tell United
States District Attorney Dennis B..
I.ucey what member of the Federal
Grand Jury clipped off, the Office of
Bond and Schoenck that their mana.-
ing clerk, John a. Tolishus. had been
indicted on sedition charge.
Ray p. Smith o-day issued a state
ment saying he has conducted private
vestigation and does not believe
either Judge Ray or Assistant United
States District Attorney j. W. Davern
carried the information.
Mr.. Smith says he conducted the in
vestigat'on to prove that he, Smith, was
net guilty Of the charge OF plotting the
whole Tollshus' case to cmbarass
SchoenccE.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23
Germans See "Game Is Up," Says
Congressman Back From France

in the morning, and I shouted to bm,
What shall | do?'
Made Port Easily
"Get your head he replied 20.
it and helped Mr. s;chall get ready 70
go OF deck. We put on our life belts
and went on deck and to the lfaboat
assigned 70 us. We did not have 10
use the small boats. as the Mount Yer
non was able to make port in fourteen
hours"
To make sure they wouldn't get sep
ar&tcd should they be forced into the
stout cord, about fifteen feet long.
which was to be used TO tic themselves
tocetherin case Of accident at sea.
At Fere-en- Tardenois the Schalls
spent two nights IN the Y. NJ. c. 4. hut
The night following their departure
August %. Hun airplane dropped
bomb on the hut, crIppiinC the Y. u
G. A. secretary, who occupied the room,
above the one where MIR. and Mrs.
Schall had been for two nights.
Entertainment at "y'' Hut
II thought my hand would be shakes
off By an enlisted man at tho hut Mrs.
Schall said. .'Hc was so glad 70 see ar
American woman he could not help il
| sat down at the piano in the hut and
played for the boys. Not many people
know it, but Mr.. Schall sings, ard he
sang that night. 1t was weird place
We had only one candle IN the place.
and had to put that out when an alert
was sounded for tho Boche aviators.
The man who gave the warning whis-
pereG into the room where We had been
playing and singing
Mrs. Schall speaks French and Ger.
man. and this enabled them to obtain
much information from the natives OF
France and also from German prison
ers they were permitted to converse
with Mr.. Schall said his wife is
keen observer, and ne feels ne has a
front. His descriptions of battlefelds
very good idea of conditions at lthe
seem to be as intimate as if he had
actually seen the ground walked over
"One gets some idea of what it
means to root out machine gun nests
in walking over the field" Mr.. Schall
said "You come to cluster Of graves
where the Hun fire swept our boys A
few yards forward will be another
grave or two where the machine gun-
ners were killed by the charging Yanks
It's an awful price, but il must be paid
TO win the war"
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23
Final Act in Stifening Gov
ernment's Policy Toward
Unions
Wages on Level
All Over Country
Plan Adopted TO Stop Men
Fitting About in Search
of More Money
By G. w. Gilbert

WASHINGTON. Sept. 22.-The War
standardization of wages in ell war
industries. The difficult question of
pay for overtime, which has been hold
ing up action, has been settled, and
while the conclusion reached has net
been announced, it is understood 20 be
time and half for all over eight hours
This is the final act in stiffening of
he governments attitude toward labor,
IN war industries. Labor has been the
favored child OF the war up till now.
There were not enough workmen to go
around, and the Administration, in its
desire to win the good will of the
unions has been excessively consid-
crate.
1t has been admitted privately to the
Senate Commerce Committee that the
unfortunate labor situation in the ship
building industry, which caused Mr..
Piez. of the Emergency Fleet Corpora
tion, to Cry out against slackers in the
Hog Island yards. was due to the lack
of firmness which the government has
shown in its policy toward labor.
Wilson'S Bridgeport Order Tonic
But now military discipline is enter
ing the industrial world, especially the
world of war industries. The Presi
dents stern order to the Bridgeport
strikers was symptomatic.
The striker will work or fight.
The Stacker will work or fight.
The drafter will work or fight.
The drifter who goes about from one
industry to another, slipping high wages
here and there as butterfly sips from
flowers in summer, will find wages the
same in all similar industries in all
like parts of the country. The honey
will not differ in the clover and in
.he buckwheat If, in spite of stand
ardized wages, the drifter still wants
to change, there is the work or fight
,ule which may be adapted to his par
ticular variety of industrial disease.
In staudardizing labor the Policies
Board has not attempted to make one
wage for all parts Of the country. Cost
Of living and traditions OF employment
have been taken into consideration.
Iron and steel wages viii be different
IN Alabama from what they are in
Pennsylvania. They will differ in
biz industrial city like Pittsburgh
from what they are III some small
town in Pennsylvania.
But in the same town OF similar
towns, where the cost of living is the
same, an end is to come to the seducing
of one employers labor by another en-
ployer. through the temptation of
higher wages. Much stacking and much
labor restlessncss have proceeded from
The Kidding Of employers against one
another for workmen.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23
Short Line Roads
Ready to Accept
Proposal by u. S

W WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.--Reprcsen-
tat1ves OF short line railroads rclin-
quished from Federal control, in con-
terence with railroad administration
olhcIa!s, have agreed to most OF tho
government proposals for contract
under which small roads might return
10 federal management with cuaran
tees OF fixed earnings accorded other
roads, but with the privilege of charg
ing higher rates and With a fair
division Of joint rates.
Inc contract proposed by the rail
road administration provides tina, Il
snort line shall operate as usual under
ITS own officers, keep it's receipts and
be responsible for all its oblirations
Rates might be raised to tie new
ration wide level without application
10 the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion or state commissioners, and iojnt
rates would be divided fairly with
out reduction of the proportion re
ceived under private management. A
short line would receive an eouitable
ALLOTMENT of cars and locomotive.
ordered by the railroad administration
and would pay the usual per diem
rentals for cars
Director General McAdoo at any time
might take over full operation Of q
short line, giving it the same status
as other roads now under Federal
management.
Among the short lines suggestions
for notifications now being considcrcd d
are:
Repairs Of the short line equipment,
when the contract provides might be
done in shops of governments manage d
roads, should be at cost Plus 10 per
cent. The contract should contain Il
provision protecting the company
against substantial damage by priority
orders and embargocs which might be
put into effect on connecting lines
operated by the government. Assum
! lnG the Director General would have
power to order extensions. additions
and Detterments, the contract should
provide a means of government tnanc-
ing if the roads were unable to do so.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23
Independent State Is
."Divir,e JUSTICE" Say
Czecho-Slouok Clergy
pecial Dispatch TO The T''ibnnc)


WASHINGTON, Sept. 222.--Thc Wash
ington office Of the Czecho S.ovak Ma
tional Council made public TO day the
following cable message from the Paris
headquarters:
The Czccho-Slovak clergy, assembled
in Prague on September 3, gave proof
cf its solidarity with the declaration
Of Czech authors and deputies and re-
iteratcd tho national oath OF April Is.
II declares that it sees in the realiza-
ton of an independent state supreme
divine Justice The Czecho Slovak
Catholic party, in giving its supreme
adhesion to full independence, made
preparation to celebrate the national
1etc of S.. Nencenslas as a symbol.
"Aftcr the British recognition the
Nicnncsc government put strong pres
sure on the Czech parties, demanding
that they declare the Czecho Sovak Ma
tiona Council Of Paris to be an in
competent body and that the nation is
not in harmony with the movement
abroad and with The Czccho- -Slovak
armies. The political parties refused
categoricaliy to comply with the de
'nands of the government. English and
American declarations produced in the
Czecno-Slovah lands an enormous sem
sauon and enthusiasm. The British
recognition arrived ab the right mo-
mcnt, Just before the opening of the
Slav Congress Of Laibach; all the res
oiutions of this assembly We're taken
under the direct impression Of the Brit
lsh declaration
"The Laibach Congress WAS COM
posed OF REPRESENTATIVES Of Jugo- Slavs.
czecho-Slovaks and Poles. It's main
programme was to arrange foC oconorn-
cal cooperation of these three Slav
races. The Slovakians at this congress
organized a national committee. follow
ing the example Of the Czccho Slovaks.
This committee IS to be broadencd
later by the Inclusion of Croatians and
Serblans of Austria Hungary, and its
seat transferred from Laibach to
Agram.
"The Independence movement in Be-
hemla and Slovakia appears to have
gained such momentum that the Vienna
government fears to adopt the only
measures capable of suppressng it,
such methods as the Bolshvki are en-
ploying against their enemies in Rus
sa. On the other hand, armed revolt
IN the Czecho-Slovak territories is gu.
of the question. at the present time.
owing to the total absence of the means
OF %aging effective warfare.
The CZechoSlovak patriots at home
are, however. it was declared to-day,
employing every means in their power.
short of open rebellion, to promote
their cause and to bring about the de-
feat of the Teutcnic powers, and their
spokcsmen in the Vienna Diet. together
with Jugo-SlGv and Polish Deputies,
are expected to play an important part
IN the approaching sittings of the
Reichsrat."
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23

west are the iron and coel fields of
French and German Lorraine Deprived
OF these fields, Germany could not con-
duct the war another three months, it
is asserted.
The chief iron field ecf the Rhine dis
trict is that of Lorraine, including the
Bassin de Bricy (thc centre of which is
the little village Of Briey), the greatest
iron producing region in the world. It
is located mainly in Alsace Lorraine,
and overlaps into Belgium and Luxem-
burg. 1t extends along the Franco
German frontier for thirty-fivc miles,
almost up to Pont-a- -Mousson.
Gcrmany's possession Of the major
portion of this productive area fol-
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23
Especial D;spatch to The Trijrnc)
Sept. 22.-American

Especial Dispatch to The TriJrnc)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.-American
soldiers will be OH German soil in the
Metz sector before snow falls. and
"they are going to keep right on go
ing" when they get there, in the op'n-
ion of Representative Thomas d.
Schall. the blind member of Congress
from Minnesota, who, with Mrs. Scnall,
returned yesterday from a trip to the
Battlefront.
On several occasions Mr.. Schall was
permitted to talk to freshly captured
Germans. AS quickly as the more ia
telligent Hun prisoners got some idea
Of the size of the American overseas
armya they realized Germanys doom.
The Kaiser, Mr.. Schall said, seems to
have been more or less successful IN
hiding the fact we have more than a
million and half in France.
"One prisoner we questioned INSISTED
SchalI said. 81 finally convinced HIM
it was nearing 1,750,000. He threw up
his hands and yelled madly: We are
lost! We are lost,'"
Had Exciting Trip
The Schalls had a trip brimful of
new experiences. The one freshest in
their minds was the torpedoing Of the
Mount Vernon by U-boat. They were
passengers on the former German liner
and were delayed week in getting
home By the submarines successful at
tack. Each insisted the other was
more calm when the torpedo smashed
into the great snip. Being unable to
see Mr.. Schall said there was nothing
to excite him.
The title of "calm lady" conferred
upon Mrs schall by the officers and
men aboard the Mount Vernon is proof
of her conduct, Mrs. Schall explained. On
the way back to the French port a
meeting was held on the crippled ship
and the key to the depth bomb which
was believed TO have destroyed the at
tacking U-boat was presented to Mrs.
Schall as war cross" by Lieutenant
| Commander Doyle, of the ships gun
crew.
81 may have been calm when l ap-
peared on deck" Mrs. Schall said, but
am not ashamed to say l was fright
ened when the torpedo struck. MIR.
Schall was taking a bath, it was 7:1o
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23
Hunger Beats Runaways

Two twelve year-old runaways. after
living almost exclusively on a nut diet
for three days, tired Of squirrel food
and last night gave themselves up to
the police Of the Liberty Avenue sta
ton; IN Brooklyn. They got square
meal.
The lads. Elmer C'Neil and Joseph
Mahoney. took "French leave from
the Nazareth Homo at Farmingda!c,
Long Island, on Tuesday last. They
prevailed upon a friendly motorist to
give them a lift to Queens. where they
md themselves, part of the time in
Forest Park and later a Highland
Park.
They we're eager to become soldiers,
one Of the lads having three brothers
IN service now. They stole away from
the home, hoping they would be able
to enlist somewhere, but they lost
courage when they finally reached
BROOKLYN,
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23

lowed the signing ot the Treaty of
Frankfort in 1871. Previous to the
present war Germany obtained from
the mines on her side Of the frontier
210O0,0 900 tons Of her total annual pro-
duction of 2S,0oOOoO, while France got
10000 ont OF a total production Of
22,ooC,o 900.
Since her occupation in 1914 Of the
mines on the French side OF the frontier
Germany has added to her mineral
wealth the 100000 tons annually OBJ
tanned by the French, bringing her tota,
production from Lorraine alone up 10
430c0,00 tons year
The only practical road to this i'm
portant region, military author;tics 5
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23

~ FFENSIVE operations toward Metz
~ strike at one of the most impor-
'ant German bases in the west The
city and the twenty-ei eight encircling
1orts comprise what has been regarded
as one of the most formidable fortresses
IN the world. Metz also is the centre
OF important iron fields which before
the war supplied France and Germany
with more than two-thirds of the ore
used by their iron manufacturers.
Metz is on the Moscllc, ten and a
half miles west OF The French border.
The city lies astride the Moscllc River
as well as on both sides Of the Seilc.
Part or the city is on islands in the
Mosellc. To the east. north and north
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23
Man Mysteriously Shot
Hoboken Police Doubt Yer.
sion Given by Victim

Joseph Monies, thirtysix. n clerk,
living at 80 East Seventh Street, was
mysteriously shot in Hoboken early
yesterday morning. Montes was com
ing out Of vacant store" at 80 Ri~gr
Street, according to the police, when he
was shot in the groin by one of two
men standing outside the building, d.
rectlv across the street from the head
quarters Of the Navy Department. The
man who fired the shot and his com
panion escaped in an automobile.
Monies was taken to Christ Hospital,
jersey City. HIS version of the shoot
ing does not agree with that Of the
police. He said he WAS in d poker game
and was CLEANED out" He got into an
argument with five men in the place
lie said, and was shot.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23
Hays to Tour Middle West

VIII II. Hays, chairman Of the Re-
publican National Committee, leaves
New York to-day for series of po-
litical conferences, war and Liberty
Loan meetings that will keep him on
the move for the entire week
Tomorrow he Will be in Louisville
and Wednesday in Detroit Thursday,
in Grand Rapids, he will address the
Republican State Convention. Friday
and Saturday he will be in Topeka and
st. LOUIS.
I'm just going to vneot the folks
and help put on the power for the
Liberty Loan and the war;" said Chair
man Hays last night.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23
The Weather Report

WASHINGTON. Sept 22.-Hgh pressure gener-
ally clear weather and low temperatures for the
season have prevailed the Eastern half of tho
country during the last twenty -four hours and
there we're quite generally light to heavy fros,s
TINS morning In the Ohio Valley lower Michigan
add tho mountain districts OF Pennsylvania Mary
Over the Western halt of the country pressure
's generally low. with the principal centre OF dis
iarbsnce osor Southeastern Montana and high tenn
rcratures prevail in the Northwest. There were
local showers in all districts west of the Rocky
Mountains, except the north Coast states, and tenn
prraturcs are generally low with the exception O;
lda and local rains to morrow night Tuesday IN
ihe upper lake region. Fair weather VIII prevail
datins the next forty eight hours east OF the
Mississippi River and probably for several DAYS
longer in the Southern states.
Temperatures will be higher except In the uppsr
lake region. where they will fan somewhat TO-
morrow might Tuesday.
Forecasts for Special LocailtIes-Westeln New
iork-Fajr slightly warmer to day; tomorrow
fair. warmer east portion.
Eastern New York-Fair to- day. warmer interior ;
o-morrow fair. warmer
Southern New England Fair TO-DAY and to-
morrow. somewhat warmer on the mainland
Northern New Englsnd--Faf. slightly warmer
'o'ua. 'o-m morrow fair. warmer interior.
New jersey Eastern Pcrnsylvania-Falr to-day
sNd tomorrow. with rising temperature.
Local on'elal Reocrd.-1he following oricia! rec
ora from the Weather Bureau shows temperatures
curing the last twenty -four hours. in comparison
win tho corresponding date OF last year:
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23

agree. is the valley of the Moselle AT
the head Of the valley and barring the
way lies Metz, ranking with Strass-
burg as one Of the two great bulwarks
O: the German southwestern frontier.
Metz is city of $4,000 population, its
chief industries being the manufacture
ing Of weapons, clothes, shoes and
hats.
AS a fortress Metz has been impor
tsnt since the Roman era. Since that
time it has never succumbed to front
al attack. It's present system Of fortl-
hcations includes twenty eight de
tached forts which sncirclc the city
proper. The outer chain of dcfences.
built within the last two decades. and
undoubtedly perfected since the out
break OF the present war, extend to
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23
First Aid Crews Asked
For All Shipyards
Especial Dispatch to The Tribune,

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.-Recom-
mendations that first aid crews for re-
suscitation from gas asphyxiation
drowning and electric shock be organ :
lied in every department of the 165
shipyards in the United States en-
gagged in government work has been
made by the United States Shipping
Board Emergency Fleet Corporation.
This recommendation, made through
its industrial relations group. affects
approximately 100000 workers en-
ployed in the shipyards. The organi-
zation of the accident prevention ac-
tivities are under the direction of II.
A. Schultz. head 6f the Safety Engi-
neering Section of the industrial rela-
ticns group, who. formerly was en-
gagged in that capacity with the Ameri-
can Steel and Wire Compahy.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23
First Frost Predicted
Weather Bureau Announces
Autumn Begins at 4:46 P. M.

Autumn begins at A:46 this after
noon, the Weather Bureau announced
yesterday. The official forecaster
prophesied there would be frost las.
night.
Frost does not generally make its
appearance in this latitude so carly.
saying the equinox. so far as science
Rad discovered, had nothing to do with
the weather. This year, the Weather
Bureau added, the temperat turc hap
pened to be lower than usual, but ire
quently mild and even warm weather
occurred much later than the equinox
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23

Thionville. on the north, and Grave
lotte, on the west.
West and southwest of Metz the
course Of the Moselle is lined with
high, wooded hills. The German fort
ress also is protected by heights and
woods northward On the south, how
ever, the terrain is more open, with
few hills and little wood.
From the American lines southwest
of Metz the nearest forts are Forts
Haeseler and de Sonny. on the right
bank of the Mosolle. and Fort Kron-
prina, on the left bank. Fort de Sonny
is less than five miles from the French
town OF Arnaville. on the Franco Ger
man border. The forts surrounding
Metz were similar to those at Liege.
which were notable for their disap-
pearing turrets. German guns, how
ever, overcamc these forts.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23
382 Austrians Killed
BY War Plant Blast

AMSTERDAM, Sept. 22-Three hun
dred and eighty-two persons have been
killed and many others injured in an
explosion in an ammunition factory a.
Woellersdorf. a town near the Aus
trian capital, according to the Vienna
newspapers.
Fire broke out in the powder room
and the terrific heat quickly overcamo
those i'll the building. The victims
were mostly girls
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23
Notification Thursday

ALBANY, Sept. 22.-The formal
notification of Alfred E. Smith and
other candidates on the Democratic
ticket will take place in the Whiting
Opera House, Syracuse, next Thursday
evening. Judge D. Cady Herrick. OF
Albany, will preside. Mr.. Smith is
scheduled to make a speech OF accept
ance and other candidates may speak
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23

cart and bargain was made. Just be
fore they started, however. the con
tractor managed to get hold of rig
and drove them to the ColonePs home.
They remained there for Il while, but
had to walk back, as the contractor ap
parently got tired of waiting and dis
HOnearcd
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23

tomobile of Moses Helman, SO Clinton
Street. ran him down. Herman Abel,
127 Goercls Street, Manhattan, driving
The car, told the police that the boy
had run directly in front Of the ma
chine and there was no time for him
to stop.