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New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
Strike i'm Week Is
Threat of $4,000
Garment Workers
Vote IL, ZOO to los in Favor
of Forcing Employers to
Agree ON Arbitration IN
Settling Their Disputes

BY vote of over 10000 to 105 the
International Ladies Garment Work
ers' Union has decided to strike unless
the employers retreat from their pres
ent position and agree to arbitration
as proposed by the union. If the dead
lock continues $4,000 workers will be
standing on the picket lines within a
week
The workers demand that in the re-
newal of the siX-year- old protocol or
agreement which expired December 81,
1918, there shall be an increase in
pay Of 15 per cent and the forty-four-
hour week shall be established. They
make number OF other demands re
garding shop management
The employers are willing to arbi-
trate hours and wages, but refuse alb
solutely to accept an outside verdict
on two points:
l. The right to discharge an employe
summarily and without appeal, for any
reason except membership in union.
2. The right to distribute piece work
among workers in any proportion de-
sired
Since the protocol has always for
hidden strikes, the workers claim that
the right of discharge must be limited
and Gases subject to adjustment by a
neutral board. Otherwise, they main
tain, the right of strike must be
granted to the unions to protect their
members from unfair discharge
The manufacturers are willing to set
mp board of adjustment different from
the board under the old protocol, but
they are unwilling to agree, as hereto
fore. to distribute work equally among
employees.
Both Sides Set for Fight
1t is upon these points that the
threatened strike of $4,000 women
workers in the middle of winter seems
to hinge.
The union has busily stocked its war
chest during the past six years
The employers have done slikewise,
and last week they created special
corporation to aid in financing small
manufacturers who might otherwise be
unable to "stick OUT the strike
The two armies are modified for
conflict
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
" oman Loses at Poker:
Causes Four Arrests

Mrs. Mary Baker, of 1850 Bryant
Avenue, The Bronx. joined in a little
poker game, size says. at the home OF
a friend one night last December. sac
los SIS Then. after examining family
budgets fer previous months, she de
clded that gambling among women was
subversive of the morals and finances Of
many domestic establishments IN The
Bronx and reported to the police.
AS result, Mrs. Fannie Abraham
son, of 966 Hoe Avenue: Mrs. Augusta
Bramberger, ,075 Bryant Avenue; Mrs.
Lena Weiss. Of 1.05S Southern Boule
ward. and Miss Pauline Townsend. of
$50 Simpson Street. were arraigned YES
terday before Magistrate Mancuso in
the Morrlsania Court and held for
trial in General Sessions on charges of
conducting gambling houses.
Mrs. Baker testified that with De-
tnctivc John Justice. of lnspector
Walsh's staff. she visited the apartment
OF Mrs. Abrahamson, and in forty-.ive
minutes lost $40. while the detective
cropped 81. Detective VIII Price said
that IN game a. Mrs. Bramberrer's
he played four hours and lost 500
Il am sorry 10 sec gambling so prev-
alcnt among women Of this section" !"
said Magistrate Mancuso. at is a bad
moral influence. not to speak of the
sguandcring Of the hard earned money
OF husbanis'
Mrs. Bake declared that in all the
Enmcs "kitties' were maintained. into
winch percentage of every pot was
p!nccd Tor tho benefit of the house."
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
L. S. Announces More
Units to Sc, Sail Soon
Priority of Other Troops sus-
pended; Huron Brings 2,490
Men to Newport News

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. Assign
went 20 carly convoy homo from France
Of units, comprising $50 officers anC
$500 men, was announced to-day by the
" an Department.
The units include the nth Engineers
complete: 372d Infantry, medical de-
'achment and I'd Battalion; east lnfan.
try; 18th and 10th Engineers, and Sd
Evacuation Ambulance Company.
The department also announced tha.
the 30lst Water Tank Train and the
ist, I'd, Sd, 18th and DIST companies OF
the 10Th Engineers, comprising the 1st
battalion OF the regiment. had been sus-
pended from priority for movcmen,
homc. Advices to the department did
not explain the change
NEW PORT NEWS, Va, Jan. lS.-
The transport Huron, bringing 2.490
soldiers, arrived here to-day, several
Gays overdue because of 120-mile
gale encountered in the Bay Of Biscav
one lfcboat was swept away.
Aboard the Huron were COMPANIES
I. + and K and medical detachment
oi the 56th Engineers; and the follow
ing casual companies: l2lst Georgia
122d lNew York;, l23d and 4l4th (Kan-
sasJ, l24th (Arkansas), 125th (Ohiol
1l2'h and 4l3th (Mnryland); the 3o4th
Fiold Hospital Company Of the 3lst
sanitary Train, the I'd Heavy Mobile
Ordnance Repair hop and nineteen cas-
ual officers and 400 sick and wounded.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
Employers Say They
Cannot Let " 0rkers
Control DISCHARGES

Representatives of the manufactur-
ers in the waist and dressmaking in
dustry yesterday denied many state
ments made by union leaders, assert
ing that the break between the work
ers and employers was brought about
by the attitude of the union leaders
on questions which the latter have been
unwilling to make public.
They asserted that they have always
been willing to submit their differences
as to wages and hours of work to arbi-
tration, but that there were certain
other demands vital to the existence
of their business which they could not
trust to the judgment of an outsider.
In addition to their demands for
shorter hours and increased wages,
said George S. Levy, manager of the
Dress and Waist Manufacturers Asso-
citation. the union leaders have made
the following requests:
Any change OF system OF manufact-
urlng or reorganization of the employ
ers' business such as viii result in a
loss to workers of positions, or other
disadvantages, shall not take place be-
tore an agreement has been reached
to that effect by the respective organi-
cations.
No workers shall be discharged be-
fore complaint is made in writing
by the firm and representatives Of
both organizations are given an oppor-
tunity to Investigate and adjust the
matter.
In explaining that 1t would be ruin
Gus for the Industry to grant these de
mands, he pointed out that despite the
unions agreement not to strike, there
had been POO stoppages during the last
six months.
Boris Maruchess, manager of the
labor department of the Dressmakers
Association, stated that the employers
were concerned with two vital ques-
lions. They desire the provision for
the equal distribution Of work done
away with. and they want the right to
discharge employees except for union
activities
There have been no lockopts.' SAID
Mr.. MaWchess, despite the assertions
of the union men to the contrary. and
there will be none. If the union will
recede from its position of demanding
life tenure of employment and viii
grant the manufacturers the privilege
of rewarding the thrifty and efficient
workers and the right to discharge in
and insubordipate workers. we
are ready to meet them in conference
immediately.'
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
German Helmets Sent
Here to Aid Loan Drire

COBLENZ, Jan. II. (By The
~ Associated Press). = From
10000 to 10000 German helmets,
abandoned by the withdrawing
army, are being loaded on freight
cars for shipment to the United
States to be distributed as prizes
in connection with the next loan
campaign.
The shipment consists of bright
steel cavalry officers helmets and
Prussian Guard helmets, all of
fancy design, and most of them
spiked. These have been in great
demand by souvenir hunters. The
helmets will be shipped by special
train to a French port for trans
fer to various outgoing vessels.
The souvenir special will be es-
corted by an armed guard Of
American soldiers.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19

greeted Julia Stewart Pointz Rose
Schneiderman, Mary B. MacDonold
and speakers in Italian and Yiddisb
who spoke from the same platform
Judge Panken. who followed Nor.
rison, was enthusiastically applauded
when he said, among other things:
Fellow workers for | hope to h.,
fellow worker OF yours when tbe
time comes, as | know it viii. who,
all industry will be in the hands Of fbe
working class; l can understand ins4
one kind of democracy, and that +, IN. 1''
dustral democracy
Your demand for forty-four hour.
- labor week is not at all extreme
when You compare what labor prct,ncc.
to-day with what it produced ten vears
ago. To-day you can produce more IN
fo1ty-four hours than you produced ~
sixty hours ten years back. And | ssy
that all the results OF all such savinr
by Improvements in machinery. oual;.F
OF manufacture and efficiency. should
be given to the workers and not uenS
to pay higher profits"
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
Roosevelt Memorial Plan
Discussed in Oyster Bay
Citizens Consider Man, Propo-
sitions, but Fail to
Reach Decision

OYSTER BAY, Jan ls The com
mlttee in charge Of the work formu-
latlng plans for the RooseVo.f nanorisl
IN this village met this evening I'D the
Office OF a local lawyer. r. aas aa-
nounced that report would be nnos
slble for week or SO as many uans
were under consideration
Letters from All over the country
have reached the committee. AND prom
lnent citizens have not only asked fn4'
they be included u amy So To r4ise
funds Tor 1he late former pre-a aept
but offered suggestions as Vaat
seemed TO them most tttiae
Roosevelt Park" may be 'ad oa-
near the railroad station as Sitting
memorial. or it may be decided to erec-
a granite shaft il the centre Of the
town, where he had spent most OF BIS
life as its most distinguished -ea
William Loeb. jr, former secretary
to the late President, is chairman OF
the committee.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
Ex-k aiser, fIarassed
Bv Constant Worry.
Is Victim of Chills
Hohenzollcrn Is Said TO
Have Aged 10 Wears Since
Flight Into Holland: Wife
Plans a Birthday Gift

AMERONGEN, Holland, Jan. ii (By
The Associated Press) William Hoh-
enzollern's illness, which manifests
itself principally in the form of chills,
the effects of which are plainly visible
in his features and his general physi-
cal condition. The former German
Emperor looks to be perhaps ten years
older than ~hen he crossed the frontier
Of Holland Although he is only about
tc complete his sixteth year, his BIRTH
day coming at the end of the present
month, his appearance suggests man
of seventy. He wears short gr~Jish
beard and a dropping mustache, and
his hitherto firm flesh is now sagging
The guards around the castle are
maintaining the strictest vigilance in
consequence of the revival of rumors,
which, however, DO not seem to be we'll
founded, that an attempt might be
made to kidnap the Emperor. A
Dutch airplane from the aviation camp
near Utrecht occasionally flies in the
vicinity of the castle, and the roar of
its motors is not calculated to diminish
the nervous tension Of the inmate.
The former Emperor, who had always
been accustomed to smoke a consider
able number Of cigarettes daily. has
now become greater consumer of
tobacco than ever, As soon as one
cigarette is finished he starts another
his smoking continuing virtually from
the moment he rises until he retilps
His meals with his wife are of the
simplest possible sort. Water is the
only beverage taken at table, but in
the forenoon he drinks a small glass
Of light red wine and in the evenings
half glass before going to bed
The former Empress recently sent
her chamberlain to Amsterdam over a
week end to order birthday present
for her husband
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
|. R. L. Bankruptcy
Would Be Disaster.
Says Outerbridge
Forcing Into Receivership
of Transit Lines Menaces
the Nation's Industry, As
serts Local Business Man

Bankruptcy of the lnterborough
would be disaster to the City of New
York and to all its citizens, Eugcnius
H. Outerbridge, president Of the
Chamber of Commerce, said yesterday
in a letter to the Board of Estimate
and Apportionment.
"If the business of Transporting pas
sengers is indicted as Improbable by
such demonstration as the forcing
into receivership of all the operating
companies" said Mr.. Outerbridge "the
business of municipal transportation,
whether by private or public means,
Will be blighted in a manner from
which it may not recover in a genera
ton, and the greatest sufferer would
not be the security holders of the pres
ent operating companies, but would be
the Corporation Of the City of New
York and the interests of all of its
citizens as a whole"
Mr.. Outerbridge declared that it was
not the 1nterborough which was on
trial, or any other transit corporation
but the whole business Of passenger
transportation here. The sletter, in
part, continued:
"lf the business is utterly discred.
tied here that discredit might easily
cause countrywide financial panic
the consequences of which could not be
forecast.
Would Transition Be Safe?
The statement of your board that
there is TO pretence that the income
from a fve-cent fare is not sufficient
to meet all operating and other cx-
penses' seems to imply that your board
assumes that operating and current ex-
penses are all that concern the city
and that if the present operating com
panies cannot meet their obligations it
would be safe for the city to take over
the operation.
1t must be apparent. however. that
more subways and moro outlying
branches will again be needed in few
years if New York is to be permitted
to grow as it has in the past
ut must also be apparent that money
for construction Of additional facilities
must be raised from the private capi-
tai, whether the security offered be
New York City corporate stock or the
securities Of a private corporation.
Ine railways were taken over by
the Federal government and operated
under war conditions. The government
guaranteed the security holders equiva-
lent returns to the average earnings Of
several pre-war years The Federal
Administration advanced passenger
and freight rates, but operations have
been at d heavy loss
Calls Situation Similar
Can the traction companies escape
from the same increased burden OF the
operating expenses? Is there any en-
ierprlse existing which could continue
indefinitely with the sale price Of its
products hxed, while the cost of ma-
terials, of labor and OF procuring CAPT
tai vas enormously enhanced by the
war?
III sincerely believe thai 20 indict
nose corporations. so TO speak. would
produce results which all the citizens
o. New York would subsequently have
sad cause to rol,ret
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
20 II. {. on Crccnhut Stock
Referee Recommends No Pref
crencc i'm Settlement

Secretary James Foley filed his re-
port Yesterday, in the Supreme Court
as referee IN tho matter Of tho volun-
tary dissolution Of the Grecnhut co,n
pany lie recommended that holders
ol the nrst preferred stock. includ,ner
holders of voting trust certificates ig-
sued IN exchange Of Indebtedness OF
the old J. Il. Grccnhut Company. bc
rad - per cent of the face valuc of
their stock. There is outstanding ST.
'eo,29o Of this stock Of which 20 uer
cent Will amount to s797,1ls. conotor
roley recommended that there Mould
be no preference given holders rf cor
t'hcates over other preferred stock
holders
40 part of the dividends due ON FIRST
PreIerred stock, amounting to q total
OF S'l3,l Is, was ever paid. The fgures
o. the rcfcrcc's report show that since
i9io there was 81 downward trend ir
IN" business Of the Grcenhut comnan,
IN that year the profits amoun,,d 70
Sl95,S5o and in 1916 to Sl73.Os0 I'm
lVi1 the company had loss Of sq7.5yl
and between January and March PR
1913, tho loss was $276,5o3
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
Mayor Hylon Confers
With Leaders to Seek
Means Of AgreemenI

Mayor Hylan Yesterday conferred
with representatives Of the Irte,.
national Ladies' Garment Wo~ke~s.
Union and the Dress and Was
Manufacturers Association in an e.
fort 10 avert strike Of III,
$4,000 workers in the Industry. Earl,
in the Afternoon the Mayor was Clos,
eted for more than TWO hours win
Harry A. Gordon. counsel for the man,
ufacturers. after which hc met Benia-
min Schlessinger. head of thc union
1t was learned that the EMPLOYERS
attorney viii again see the Mavor on
Tuesday, and the union ron,esertativee
viii present their side later in The
week. Nothing definite, however. was
accomplished at Yesterdays conference
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
". :. 5. Sales in New York
For Two W ec'<s $5oo,33o
Early Purchases of New Issue
Indicate Popularity of the
1919 Series

War SAVING stanp sales between Jan
01ry ard January g IN the five
ooroughs amounted 70 s5cG G,@36.4G. ac-
'ofd'ng TO u statcmcn, issued ycstcr-
day by the Libclty Loan Comm ttoe,
"nic1 also asserted that the sala Of
nc He% sei.cs Of Clamps begun Friday
nad already demonstrated. tnat this
form of Investment m government
sccurltics vas still attractive.
Inc report Of sales was based anon
rctprns from the Federal Rc5crve Bank
rnd the naiH post Offices Of inc five
bofouHha Ihe2c returns did no, take
lnto account the ealcs ~ branch poxt
ntiicos and the 5000 agcncies wh.ch
nayc been csabl shol hcro.
j., was announced Yesterday that
faf'ngs stamp buyers l.uQ i'm Man
i'n ara ft~ 'ro may now buy
''"n trf ".o deiivcr their
1ori a.. aff.4a4e.nc with
inon.aa g. Fat1tr.. .iat. .t.,ei.
'afa ti'l brrg the t.mp. ~ tac doora
"a patiVns.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
y. NJ. G. A. Soon to Drop
"No Smoking Signs
Distribution of Tobacco to the
Soldiers Suggests New Policy
in Buildings

DR.: George J. Fisher, head Of the
pIhyslcal department. Of the Y. NJ. c. A.
National War Work Council has sent
letters to the \. NJ. c. A. branches
throughout the country advising them
that since the "Y' has distributed
smokes to the army in Europe it wa,
ADVISABLE not to be too arbitrary about
cigarette smoking in the buildings Of
the association IN this country. The
uhequivocal, non-discriminating "No
Smokln&N signs, therefore are likely to
be discarded soon.
AS a new policy, Dr. Fisher was
quoted as having said yesterday. oNi-
c'aiS OF the various branches are to
combat cigarettes through moral sua-
slon. They are to supply literature
prepared on the basis Of actual research
made by the Y. NJ. c. A. and showin,,
me deletcrious effects of smoking to ali
WI VINO .l' may VIII it, This literature in
cIuaes pamph!et- on "Ihe Physical Ell
fects Of Smoking' and "7he Effect oe
smoking on Rife Shooting"
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
More Influenza Gases
3ff Cases Reported Yesterday,
an Increase of 81

Influenza and pneumonia toos an-
other jump in the city yesterdA,
according TO figures of the lcalti
Department. Deaths from both ais
eases. however. fell on There We're
o44 cases of influenza. an increase o.
81 and $50 eases of pneumonia. an
increase OF 66 over the previous day
Deaths from influenza numbered
SIX less than on Friday, and deaths
from pneumonia numbered So. l9 les
than Fridays record. Reports Oh both
diseases from all boroughs WerS is
follows:
Manhattan. influenza. 23S: pneu-
monia. 80. Brooklyn. influenza lS6.
pneumonia. 81. The Bronx. influenza.
l27; pneumonia, % Queens. influenza.
26, pneumonia, .. Richmond. influenza,
II. pneumonia, II. Total, influenza,
644s pneumonia. I50.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
Philippines Want Full
Freedom, Says Delegate
islands Too Grateful 10 L. S.
to Press Matter Now.
He Asserts

SEATTLE, Wash, Jan. Complete
political independence is desired by the
Philippine Islands. Manuel L. Quezon,
Pres dent of the Philippine Senate, de
clared in statement issued here to-
day. Quezon, who was the Philippine
delegate to Congress from 1910 to 1917.
arrived here yesterday on a honey
moon tour.
I'VE want frecdom,' he said. "Thc
United States, however, has been so
lust and so honorable in dealing with
the Philippines that it would be un-
grateful Tor rs to bring up the matter
during the present emergency.
THE statements Of President Wilson
as to Americas purposes aroused the
enthusiasm of my country, so that We
were determined to contribute our all
little as 1T was, to the triumph OF the
American arms"
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19

Michigan Legislature ratifying the
Federal prohibition amendment which
may make 1T necessary for that body
70 vote on the proposition again came
to light to-day
AS approved by the State Legislature
the resolution provided that Congress
and the several states should have
Joint power to enforce the amend
ment. The resolution passed by Con
gress provided that the power to en-
force should be concurrent"
1t is pointed out that "joint' power
makes 1t necessary for both state and
Federal government to agree in the
enforcement of the amendment, while
concurrent power gives the Federal
government authority in event the
state declined to act.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
Police Orders
Transfers and Assignments


sergean's. eject :o1 a. m, January %
John Twillman. SSth. 20 9Sth Louis Wag
nor. 8Sth, TO saith. William Young, 9ith, te
SSth iohn Farrell ssth, to SSth.
corporals elect a. M. January 20
Matthew >. Kelly lst to 5th Alfred Raw
son. 5th, to list.
Bicycle pntrolman Clarence A. Timony
18th. to patrol duty.
Putroimcn. effect a. m. January is
Hugh Gilroy 18th. TO 10th assignment to
lrison ward, Belcvue. discontinued.
rlTect n. m. January l9-Alcxandel
Mckinney. 18th, 20 S9tn, attendance: Julius
lcck, S9th, to 23d, assignment as attcndant
continued
corporais in precincts Indicated 7th Inspcc-
tion District -Gottiicb e. Vosatka. 4Jth
Adam Spics. jr., 45th: William Dunn, 45th
Patrick loohey. a6th: Emil l.. Kclpo. 46th
,harlcs llumbeutcl. 46th Patrick Kelleher
t'th; John Sullivan. 10th James j. Movni.
ban, 4ath; William f. Mckicrnan. 49th
John A. Lyons. 50th james Nolan. 50th
James A. HngRerty. 50th Charles G. Weiss
Aoth, to 4Ith; Francis Curran, i9th, to i7th
Temporary Assignments
Patromnn Robert /. Cahill 31th. to 33d
day tour. 10 days, Il. m. January 49,
Full Pay While en- Sick Report
Patromcn Edward A. Mooy 46th. 80
a m, January |. TO y. m. january
Michael McNcclcy. f0lst. II 20 y. M De-
cember r. during disability: James Trainor
18Th. 3 80 p. m. January II, during dis,
ability james F. Milan. Traffic c. $40
a. m. January - during disability Frank
Sndlo. Motorcycle Squad >. from 4 n m
November %. to noon, December .
Suspended Without Pay
Patrolrinn John Morris. 18TH. cfrcct 9.As
p. m, January t.
Dcnth
P"trolman William !. Gillcn. National De.
fence. attached to Corps of Intcll,roncc
Pol',", H. :. A, died January "a. lNIe at
huenza and pncumaula W.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
Rochanbeau i'm Halifax
Transport Stops for Coal After
Battle With Gales

A wireless message received yestcr-
day by the French Line from the steam
ship RochAr beau announced that the
vessel, hard hit by heavy seas and stiff
northwes terly gales, had put into Hall
faX to replenish her coal bunkers. She
has on board troops from the 337th and
18th Field Artillery of the Ssth Divi-
sion, fifty casual officers and several
medical dctachmcnts. Her total sol
dier passenger complement is sS@ otfi-
GERS and men,
The master of the Rochambeau did
not say how long it would take him to
coal ship, bat it is expected that he will
dock the Rochambeau at this port late
Monday Afternoon or Tuesday forenoon.