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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-27
SHIP STRIKE ENDED,
EXCEPT ENGINEERS
Seamen, Cooks, Stewards and
Others Will Get $40 to SIS
a Month Increase.
NO SHIPS TO SAIL TO-DAY
Engineers to Confer With
Owners on Terms Either
Tomorrow or Tuesday.

The three weeks strike of seamen,
cooks, stewards and engineers which has
tied up all Atlantic shipping and thrown
10000 men out of work ended last night
when the union leaders announced that
most of the local unions had voted TO
accept the shipowners' terms.
The union Of marine engineers, whose
demands were not considered In the set
Element, win not return to work, how
ever, until their demands are adjusted.
Instructions were sent yesterday to all
members of the engineers union not TO
take out any vessel to-day. They ask
that chief engineers receive SIS less than
masters Of ships and assistants receive
an increase of $3S month.
sB. L. Todd, business manager OF the
engineers union. said a committee from
the union would meet Representatives OF
the American Steamship Association to-
morrow or Tuesday, and II a settlement
is then reached they viii return to work
Immediately.
The principal demand OF the seamen.
which was full recognition of the closed
shop, was lost by them. They won an
increase Of $40 to SIS a month, an eight
hour day In port and some minor points.
The new union wage scale follows:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-27
CITY NOT TO RAISE
RATE ON MORTGAGES
Nathan Hirsch Shows Berolz-
heimer Tenants Would Have
to Bear Burden.

After conference with Nathan
Hlrsch. chairman of the Mayors Com
mittee on Rent Profteering. Philip Be
rolxheimer. City Chamberlain, has decided
not to carry out his original intention to
raise the interest on mortgages owned
by the city from to 9 per cent
Mr.. Hirsch impressed upon the City
Chamberlain the idea that any increases
IL, mortgage interes. ultimately would
have to be paid by tenants. and that the
city administration is opposed to rent
rrofiteering.
The city holds a total of seventy-six
mortgages, aggregatinR about 100000.
II the City Chamberlain had raised tho
rate Of interest on mortgages from to
per cent. $4,000 would have been added
to the city's income.
When asked about the matter yester-
day Mr.. Hirsch said: After confer
ence with Mr.. Berolzheimer 1 am pleased
to say that as long as interest, taxes
and repairs on property are taken care
OF the rate of interest on mortgages
owned by the city of New York will
stand at per cent. It is stipulated
that the mortgagor will make reason
able payments on the principal, but his
convenience will be consulted in this re-
gard. No increase will be made to any
one.
"If the obligations are not met, of
course, the City Chamberlain will be
forced to foreclose, as this is his duty.
Mr.. Berolzheimer agrees with me that
the increased rate he had In mind would
have a distinct and unfavorable bearing
on increased rentals"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-27

Chief stewards and cooks on freight
ships receive an increase Of SIS per
month: others in the stewards depart
mept $40. On passenger ships the
chief steward gets 8 $40 Increase, chief
cook SIS. mess boys, walters and stew
ardesses IS, and all others $40.
J. Hereafter three watches will apply
only to wheelsmen and lookouts, and all
other deck men viii work their eight
hours during the day. The shipownsrs
agreed to this point with the under
standing that there Is to be no increase
in crew.
1t was said that the reason the strikers
yielded on the closed shop question waS
because some of the men were getting
beyond control and returning to work.
Seven ships are said to have sailed from
New York last week with mixed union
and non-union crews.
In return for the compromise on the
closed shop issue 1t is understood that
employers have promised to give prefer
ence to Americans first and to union
members second.
No estimate of the loss to the ship
ping interests by the strike would be
made by the shipping firms yesterday.
but the general understanding Is that it
has cost several million dollars.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-27
SHOTS END PARTY.
KILL GANG LEADER
Tanner Smith Meets Death in
Fight in Club.

Tanner Smith. who figured several
times in the escapades between the
police and the Gopher gang on the lower
West Side, was shot and killed last night
in the clubroms of 1.-THE MarginaIs,"
at the northwest corner of Sixteenth
street and Eighth avenue.
While the electrical storm was at its
height and the avenue bare OF people, a
party which was in progress on the
second floor of the building occupied by
the club was suddenly dispersed by a
fusillade OF revolver shots. The men
and women in the place fought to get
out; the windows were smashed and
chairs hurled about. When the police
reserves from the West Twentieth street
station arrived they found a confused
mob of young girls and men. Half a
dozen of them were taken to the station
house when it was discovered that a
man was dead upstairs.
DIR. Kelly of st. Vincent's Hospital said
that two bullets had killed Smith. Since
his encounter with several policemen In
June, 1914. Tanner Smith. who at that
time headed the rival faction of the
Gophers, manager to keep clear of the
cops. At that time he engaged in a
pistol duel with several of the gangsters
led by Owney Madden. who is now in
Sing Sing serving twenty years as "a
habitual criminal"
Detectives Callahan and Hooks later
examined two men who walked into st.
Vincent's hospital to have gunshot
wounds dressed and who are believed to
be able 70 shed some light on who the
gangsters were that killed Smith. He
was about 20 years old. and came from a
respectable family on the West Side. The
last few years he has been reported to
have been employed on the water front
as a stevedore.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-27

tains parted with her crown Of glory to
furnish the material for that switch.
Doesn't the best hair come from the
Barts MountainsT'
'No, canary birds" he was told.
We'll this switch was a bird. Al
ways wondered how a woman could go
away and forget A. switch like that, un-
less she was making a change OF iden-
tity to throw a Jealous husband on the
track or something" The press agent
dallied with this idea for a moment and
thon decided that II wouldn't help his
hotel any to set ahoat a story built
along those lines. YES" he resumed
guests do leave queer things in their
rooms sometimes. Such as shoe boxes
filled with sea sand. 'Wc figure the folks
who left the sand had children in some
inland home and wanted to take re-
hinder Of the Atlantic back for them to
play with.
zone old man lefe down quilt in his
room and another, n fellow from Val
paradise, Chill left pair of slippers
which some woman or other had worked
with elaborate embroidery, and eleven
cigars. It's a funny thing that han
hardly ever forgets his pipe Well, a
man who loves his pipe, and men do II
they smoke EN-. would sooner leave his
wife behind than his pipe"
No Record of Forgotten wives.
did any guest ever forget his wife
at the Pennsylvania ?" inquired the re-
porter.
II discover no record OF such forgot
ten property In the files of the lost and
found department" was the cautions an
swer of the press agent. But men have
left large sums Of money. which is more
remarkable, or less remarkable. accord
ing to the way you look at II. Recently
a man left under his pillow two diamond
rings and $500 in cash. Another man
left a purse containing S1g9 in bills.
Jewelled garters, watches and other val
uables are frequently found in the
rooms"
Few left articles are reclaimed. Once
a man did rush into the lobby. red faced
with excitement, and told the manager
that he had left one of his possessions In
the room he vacated the day before
The lost and found clerks looked up the
night data and reported that q partly
used cake OF soap, highly scented, had
been found In the mans room. He re-
ceived IL with Joy.
There was a theory that the man had
been interned in a prison camp in Ger
many and had thus become a mono
maniac on soap, but the management
never knew. for the owner of the soap,
clasping 1t to his breast. rushed away.
Unreclaimed articles are turned over
to the salvation Army after being kept a
certain time. and the Salvation Army
passes them along to where they will do
the most good.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-27
ARMY BOMBER LOST
IN FOG AND WRECKED
Rises 10000 Feet in Adiron-
dacks Before Accident.

LAKE PLACID, N. Y, July 26.--After
having been lost in the air for nearly
three hours the army bombing plane
which left Augusta, Me-, this morning
for Cleveland on its round the rim Of the
country flight landed at Upper Jay, near
here, late to-day. burying its nose in
the ground.
Lieut.-Col. r. F. Hartx, commander
of the ship" said tonight before
Dleaving for New York to obtain spare
parts. that the machine would be forced
to remain here for at least two weeks
to make repairs. Lieut.. L. A. Smith, the
pilot, sprained one ankle badly.
Col. Hartz said that after leaving
Augusta at IL :15 A. NJ on its $50 mile
flight to Cleveland the plane lost its
way in fog soon after circling over Lake
Champlain. The machine spent some
time flying over the Adirondack Noun
tains until its gasolene supply was ex-
hausted and a forced handing was made
at 80 p. NJ In flying over the noun
tains the plano attained an altitude of
10, 900 feet.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-27
WILL ASK INQUIRY
INTO FLIER'S DEATH


The family Of Lieut.. Edward NJ. An
derson. who was killed in an airplane
accident near Dallas Tex, Friday. an
nounced yesterday that II would ask
the War Department to investigate the
young aviator's death. At the family
home, 4is Greenwood avenue, Richmond
Hill, Queens It was said there was
reason to believe that Lieut.. Anderson
was killed while operating an airplane
that had been condemned as detective
Mrs Laura Anderson. mother OF tho
aviator, received a letter from her son
yesterday, which was written just be-
fore he undertook his last flight He
was at wichita Fails, Kan, engaged In
removing the last Of the Governments
planes from the flying field there. 1t
was ordered that the machines should
ny from Wichita Falls to Dallaa
Lieut.. Anderson wrote that all the
machines were In poor condition after
long use In training new aviators. He
said that in operating them Il was
necessary for the pilot to descend every
few miles to make repairs.
The news dispatches describing the
Jleutenant's death said that the right
wing Of his plane collapsed ut a height
OF 100 feet. The plane made n nose
dive to the ground. Lieut.. Anderson
was killed instantly.
Mrs. Anderson is a widow. The avia-
tor was her sole support. She expected
him to be discharged from the army in
two weeks. He was "a years old. He
enlisted when the United States entered
the war and was considered one of the
most expert pilots at the army field
In Dallas.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-27
HER SHIMMY'S JUST
ORDINARY, HE RULES
Justice Luce Lsts Cilda Gray
Remain With Shuberts.

Contrary to the belief of many who
have witnessed her performance, Miss
Gilda Gray's shimmy dance under the
auspices of Messrs. Lee and ]. ]. Shu-
bert is not special, unique or extraor-
binary" There Is a Supreme Court de-
cision. dignified in tone and free from
the prejudices and personal likes or dis
likes of the average dramatic critic,
which says so. This ruling by Justice
Luce may be accepted as final
Justice Luce was called upon to de-
eide whether Miss Gray should continue
to shimmy for the Shuberts in the
Gaieties of 1919 or wiggle for White of
George Whites Scandals of 1919" a
rival musical revue. White sought to
enjoin the shimmier from appearing in
the Shubert show on the ground that he
held a contract on her services for the
present theatrical season.
IL was alleged by White that 1t would
be impossible for him to find another
dancer to take the part specially written
for Miss Gray in his show and that her
act was special, unique and extraor-
binary" Affidavits were filed for the
examination Of the court. and in a de-
cision handed down yesterday Justice
Luce says:
THE services of this dancer are not
special, unique and extraordinary with
in the meaning of rules allowing injunc-
lions Upon the foregoing papers this
motion for an injunction restraining Miss
Gray from appearing in Shuberts Gaie-
ties is denied. with $40 costs"
Miss Gray last season was an enter
tainer at Maxims.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-27
TEXTILE WORKERS
DEMANDS REFUSED
Passaic, Clifton and Garfield
Strike Threatened.

Demands for wage increases made by
the Amaiaganlated Textile Workers of
America upon the Botany worsted Mills,
Forstmann & Huffman Company and
Garfield Worsted Mills IN the textile dis
triet OF Passaic, Clifton and Garfield,
~ T., employing about 10000 operatives,
were rejected yesterday and there IL
possibility that the union may call
strike Tomorrow.
The demands were for n Is per cent.
Increase in wages for day workers and
20 per cent increase for night workers.
recognition Of shop committees, equal
division of work during slack periods, so
all workers can earn the same wages.
abolition of piece work for spinners and
payment of 25 cents per hour per loom
to weavers when looms may be idle for
any reason.
Manufacturers were given until noon
yesterday to accede to the demands.
They refused Matthew Phihar. presi-
dent Of the union. and other leaders re-
fused yesterday to say what action they
would take
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-27
GUNNER ROB AGENT
OF $4,000 ON PIER
Back Victim Into Stairway
and Steal Bag With Sandy
Hook Line Receipts.
MANY WAITING FOR BOAT
Thieves Escape in Motor After
Final Threats with Their
Revolvers.

-Four efficient gunner achieved n holdup
unmolested in a crowd OF several hundred
persons waiting for boat at the Hudson
River Day Line pier, at the foot of West
Forty-irst street, yesterday afternoon.
They stopped Elmer Beecher, ticket
agent for the Sandy Hook line OF the
Central Railroad OF New Jersey. which
also uses the pier, as he was depositing
the days receipts In the company's office,
and took from him pouch containing
$4,000. They then walked TO waiting
limousine and speeded off.
Beecher said he d.d not have a chance
to resist. The last Sandy Hook boat left
at 80 o'clock. and after counting up
the cash receipts of the day he dumped
the money into bag and started to walk
through the pier shed and to the Office at
the land end, a distance of about 500
feet
Persons were streaming constantly
past him TO wait for the arrival OF n
Day Line boat. AS he neared the ONCE,
idly shaping the pouch against his legs,
four men stepped out from the shadow
of the stairs leading to the upper deck
OF the pier. Two guns were pressed
against Beecher's stomach.
"Shut your mouth and get into this
stairway" the gunner told him.
Beecher said he took one fleeing
glance around for help but there was no
one entering the pier. The moment
could not have been timed better. He
stepped without protest into the stair
way, which Is boarded on the sides
and enclosed by double glass doors. 1t
offered perfect concealment for the
sticlxup men.
As three Of the men held guns'against
Beecher's body the fourth seized the
pouch and slashed it open to see If
the money was there.
'Now Just walk up stairs and keep
| walking. If you make a sound wen
bean you," the leader of the party re-
| marked.
Beecher walked. He couldn't think of
| anything else to do against such an
armament. The upper deck of the pier
was deserted. SO he walked along and
down the further staircase. Then he ran
| to the Waterman. John Ricico, who was
! on post at the Forty-first street en-
trance.
did you see four men leaving just
nowY" he asked. "rve been robbed"
II saw them. all right. I thought
there was something funny about those
| birds They hoped into a machine and
went out flying. watched 1t till they
turned down in Eleventh avenue"
well, they cleaned me out" Beecher
gloomed.
pretty slick work." commented the
| Waterman.
| The police went SO far as to express
admiration for the holiness and strategy
of the gunner. Two detectives hurried
over from the West Tkirty-seventl
street station. but they could find moth
ing to work on except few tire tracks
in the light dust on the stones. The
| Waterman couldn't remember having
seen a number on the car or what make
the automobile looked like. He did re-
call that It was mud spattered.
| Beecher reported the loss to A. d
Edgar. superintendent of the Central
Railroad He has been in the employ
of the company twenty-five years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-27
OIL STRIKERS TO RETURN.
Devoe Plant of Standard Company
Heopens Tomorrow.

IT was announced yesterday at the
Devoe plant OF the Standard .Oil Com
psuy. Long Island City. that practically
the entire force had accepted the cona-
pany's invitation to resume works at the
old wages and that the plant accord
ipgly will reopen Monday morning. A
strike was called at the plant. at the
foot OF Tenth street, as the result Of a
demand for an increase in wages. A
few days later an order came from tn.s
main Offices of the Standard OIL Com
pany at 26 Broadway to close the en-
tire establishment.
As result OF that order q thousand
men and women were thrown out of
work. 1t is said that with the high 1iv-
ing expenses the families of the en-
ployees of the plant were beginning to
feel hardship. When paid or yesterday
the strikers were given an opportunity
to return voluntarily to work II they
wished. and It was said most of them
accepted 1t Is reported the company
was about to make a Involuntary Increase
in pay at the time the strike was de-
clared.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-27
DE VALERA TO RETURN.
After Short stay Here VIII Start
New Tour of United States.

President Eamon De Valera Of the
Irish Republic has notified his secre-
tary here that he will arrive in this city
on Tuesday. President De Valera's stay
is to be short one for arrangement have
already been made for him to set forth
on another tour of the country that will
be more complete than the one from
which he is just returning.
Mayors and civic bodies throughout
the country have extended invitations to
the Sim Fein leader, and it was an.
nounced at his official headquarters in
the WaldorfAstoria yesterday that there
have been numerous requests from both
Republican and Democratic organiza-
tons for a visit from President De
Valera.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-27
CRUDE OIL CHRIsTENs SHIP.
TuI.o II 45th vessel Launched nj
Hog island,

PHILADELPHIA, July 2s.--Crude oil
from Oklahoma to-day christened the
Tulsa, Hog Islands forty-hfth ship.
The vessel, 1925 ton freighter, 10
named in honor Of the response made by
the citizens of the Tulsa district to the
Liberty Loan drive. Miss Lula Crosby,
daughter Of an Oklahoma oil OPERATOR
chrlstened the ship. A party OF Okla
Roma citizens. headed by Congressman
Il b. Howard and President MCGUIRE of
the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce, at
tended the launching.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-27
Police Department
Orders
REINsTATEMENTs.

AS SERGEANT.
To take effect July Is;
James B. Nestor, No. ~, to 10th Prec
TRANSFERS AND ASSIGNMENTS.
PATRoLMEN.
To take effect 1901 A. NJ, July rs:
From Division Of National Defence tspe-
dsanits leaves Of SbssnOs are 0 hereby r S-
voked:
M ~ ;sk a , hyneh 1 Tho g~,s Dcni0n So
Charles Martin, LIST Prec., to 18th Preo.
John r. Polski' It'll Pree.' assigned as
oscar Stewart. nth Pree.. to nth Prsc..
Thomas Larkin. Nth Prec.. assignment
as attendant discontinued.
TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENTS.
PArRoLMEN.
George HiEginA 77th Prec., to Headauar-
ters DIV. TO duty In Division OF Supplies,
For ffteen days from s 4. n. August /:
Francis e. Reehil, 1884 Prec., to Head :
quarters DIV to duty ,ty, IN boiler squad;
Dist, to duty in front Of alleged disorderiy
hotels;
PatricR Resafi. IS; Thomas cSilan. 80. 81
From precincts indicated to 9Th Insp.
Dist, to duty in front Of alleged disorderly
brecht, 81; Michael j. Fitzgerald, 80;
toi William NJ. J. Flynn "a; John ]. Wal.
lace. as; Lawrence Hurley. &C; John C.
Miilar. so; James A. Barry, Sc.
LEAVES OF ABSENCE.
without pay.)
PATRoLMEN.
Edward II. Stoll, 2Sth Proc. for six
days from 12,ei A. n. August 20, and for
Ave days from i2:oi A. NJ. September is.
Valentine O'Toole, S2d Prsc., for thirty
days from 81 noon July 20.
Thomas W, Gray, LIST Insp Dist, for
seN days from A. NJ. August l.
tomas ]. Duny. Headquarters Div.
s A. NJ. August 1.
RESIGNATIONs.
PATROLMEN.
To take eject ~ midnight July IS,
Joseph Donohue. No. 1850, 18th Preo.
William =, Ward. No,Itsts. 9sd Prse,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-27
URGES FIsHERMEN TO STRIKE.
Boston Union Agents Seek % "Or-
rnnfzeo Yarmouth,

YARMOUTH, N. s.. July 26.-Four mem.
bers OF the Boston Ffshermen'B Union
have arrived here to organize n SYM
pathetic strike of local flshermen, thereby
cutting of the fresh fish supply going
from the Province to Boston and other
ports, 1t was learned to-day.
Union members fishing on vessels op-
Grating out of Yarmouth have been
warned to quit work. while non-union
fishermen have been informed that a
local union would be organized Just as
soon as the Boston strike was settled,
and that membership would be denied to
those men who continued to work on
the present non-union boats.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-27
WIVES NEVER LEFT
BY HOTEL PATRONS
Children and Dogs Immune
Also, but Everything Else
Is in Found Lists.
MEN ARE MORE CARELESS
Pennsylvania Hotel Reports
Few Articles Are Ever Re-
claimed by Guests.

On the authority Of the tlreiess press
agent OF the Hotel Pennsylvania, who
invaded the lost and found department
yesterday in his desperate search for
something to write about It may be
staed that no guest Of the Pennsylvania
ever went away and left their dogs or
their children behind. At least no dogs
or children were ever turned over to the
lost and found department to be stored
in the archives Of that repository Of
forgotten articles.
But II there's anything else in the
world that has not at some time or
other been left In a guests room the
press agent would like to know what 1t is.
And In proof of his assertion he sent
three bellboys to THE SUN once yester-
day staggering under huge sheaves Of
papers that upon examination were
found to set forth a list OF articles for
gotten by departing guests. The press
agent says the list is longer than the
items in the League Of Nations.
one I'm Fifty ForeetfuI.
The D. g. estimates that at least one
person IN nifty goes away leaving some
tnlnR more OF less valuable DenlHu, anu
as the Pennsylvania shelters $500 guests
every night 1t will be seen that the lost
and found clerks have quite busy time
of 1t every morning gathering in and
listing and filing away the kimonos. pa
jamas, socks hairpins. keys, books,
raZors, fountain pens. sewing bags, scis-
sors, eyeglasses, hats, toothbrushes,
toothpaste, perfumery, hair tonic. UNI
brellas, rubbers, gloves, hair brushes,
combs. stockings, shirts, night gowns,
corsets, bank books, bathing suits
women's suits, blouses, electric irons,
cigars, cigarettes, cigarette holders,
sponges, suspenders, wells. watches, rings,
earrings, stick pins. beads, necklaces,
brooches. shoes, overcoats, trousers. I'M
derwear. both the solid sort worn by
men and the articles called lingerie:
belts, purses. vanity bags. parts of sol
diers' uniforms, decorations. &C.. dc, &c
and also, of course. false teeth. Those
are Just few of the articles mentioned
in the lists furnished by the press agent
but they will serve to give an idea OF
the variety of the little matters which
the Pennsylvania chambermaids pick up
when tidying the rooms after the occu-
pants go away.
The press agent. burying all sex pride
admits that 1t is nearly always the mar
who forgets things. He says that only
once in the history of the hotel did q
woman leave her switch there.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-27
Full Suffrage L. Upheld.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, July 26-The con-
stitutionality of the recent act granting
woman suffrage in municipal and Presi-
Dental elections in this State was upheld
to-day by the state Supreme Court, re-
versing a ruling of the Chancellor Of
this county.