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New-York tribune., 1919-05-16
Letter From Brooklyn
Can't Find Broadway
Naval Officers Missive Re.
turned to Sender After l8
Months WANDERING

The Odyssey of letter addressed to
Pay Clerk, care of Officers Accounts.
2e0 Broadway" ended yesterday when
after a year in the mails, the missive
was returned to its sender, who when
he wrote 1t was an officer of the navy.
at Brooklyn Navy Yard.
In the year the officer has become
again a civilian, and the letter has
journeyed half way around the globe
and back again.
On May l2, 1918, the letter started
out on its journey. Here is the course
it took:
From the navy yard to 2so Broad
way, where, according to the envelope,
"paymaster not found; from $50
broadway to Rockaway Air Station:
from there to Mail Section, Bureau Of
Navigation, thence to District Com
munication Office, New York City
From here to Naval Home, Philadel
phla, to Naval Home Headquarters
Norfolk, Va, and back again to Nayal
Air Station, Rockaway.
From Rockaway to American Avia-
tion Section, Paris. France; from Paris
to Genoa, Italy; from Italy to Naval
Auxiliary Service, New York City;
from there to Bureau of Navigation:
thence to submarine chaser and back
again to the District Communication
Service.
The letter contained information
that the officer who had mailed it had
just taken command of a submarine
chaser
New-York tribune., 1919-05-16
Trainmen Have No Time
For Reds, Declares Lee
Brotherhood Leader Tells Con.
vention That Organization
Is 1OO& American

COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 15.-Presi-
dent w. G. Lee, of the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen, gave an address
before the Brotherhood Convention
this afternoon in response to addresses
of welcome by Governor James M. Cox
and Mayor Karb.
That the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen has mo part or sympathy
hope of the world is only to be found
in its destruction" that the organiza-
tion is lone hundred per cent Ameri-
can" and that it docs not subscribe
TO any theory that proposes to throw
everybody into one common slough
of dependency for the purpose of
experimenting in the hope that out
of this general mental and physical
misery an average may come that will
of affairs for majority of he people,"
is the railroad mems attitude toward
government as expressed by Mr.. Lee.
We stand for no such doctrine of
destruction and ruin; we believe in
the government Of our representative
nations and stand as one hundred per
cent Americans ready to defend our
principles and our faith" he declared
There are labor organizations" Mr..
A1SS SOhCiiucu, LIldI seek refuge unQ6r
the banner of labor unionism that prop
crly have no right to claim affiliation
with labor organizations and in proof
of this is their readiness to raise the
red flag of anarchy and declare for the
revolution on every opportunity.
want to assure you that the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen has neither
part nor purpose in any scheme that
proposes to destroy this government or
take from any citizen either privilege
or property that properly belongs to
him; we have no sympathy with any
plan that finds its basic purpose in the
destruction of government or the or
ganized forms of law and order; we do
not subscribe to any propaganda that
proposes policy of destruction to find
in common basis of misery its ex-
pected hopes for reconstruction"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-16
Russellites Freed
In Appeal; Escape
Long Prison Terms
U. S. Court of Appeals Re.
verses Convictions of Men
Accused of Conspiracy to
Obstruct the Draft Law

The United States Circuit Court of
Appeals yesterday, in an opinion writ
ten by Judge Ward and concurred in by
Judge Rogers, reversed the convictions
of the Russellite leaders who were
found guilty before Judge Harland B..
Howe in the Brooklyn Federal District
Court last June on charges of con-
spiring to obstruct the operation of
the draft, discourage enlistment and
otherwise cause characterization in the
American military establishment Judge
Manton dissented from the majority
opinion.
Judge Ward, in the prevailing opn-
ion, asserts that the defendants did
not have the impartial trial to which
they were entitled and therefore the
Judgment of Judge Howe is reversed
He also says that certain witnesses
who were called to testify unwillingly
were subjected to unfair treatment.
Leader Sent to Prison
The men whose convictions have been
reversed are Joseph F. Rutherford
leader and head of the Russellites;
Treasurer William f. Van Amburgh,
Auditor Robert j. Martin, Publicity
Agent Frederick II. Robinson, George
H. Fischer and Clayton j. Woodwork,
authors of "The Unfinished Mystery;"
Alexander Hugh Macmillan, superin
tendent of Bethel Home, and Giovanni
de Cecca, a lay preacher.
Judge Howe sentenced all but the
last named to the Atlanta Penitentary
for twenty years, while de Cecca was
sent to the same prison for ten years.
The defendants all served nine months
Of their sentences, until they were re-
leased on bail by order of the United
States Supreme Court pending appeal.
1t seems unlikely that the case will
be tried again, inasmuch as the decis-
ion sustains the legitimacy of the
claims of the Russellites that member
ship in their organization, which for
bids killing, entitled all members of
the cult to draft eXemption
New-York tribune., 1919-05-16
Transports Due in Nest Three DAYS
To-day

HE Antonio Lopez
Among the
5 and 544
Detachment 2eh
embamer. -
The South Pole,
convoy detachment consisting OF enlisted
from brest May 1899
Among the units
cal Oetachmen
lescen Oetachmens 235 to 23S inclusive;
Inc hudson
among the units board 325th Infantry
pany Virgna) Casual Infantry
oechments OF Companies and
The West Shore,
Inc board Motor
Convoy
The Yale, officers and men Among
the units board
Sah Casual Company, officer and
Inc Noordam from Brest
Among the units board
officers dahed 12sth Infantry Medical
!
The Mount Vernon from Brest May
Machine Gun Battalion
33d Raihead
Detachment Special
dschages) 847th
Medical Detachments 39h
tachmen 13
vlians.
The Fdan, Nazaire, officers
Among Infantry, Battalion
Headquarters Sanitary
(inclusive) to (inclusive)
Sunday
The King officers and men
The discharg and
New-York tribune., 1919-05-16
FOREIGN PORTS

AMSTERDAM. May 11.-sailed. stao,
orestes (Dutch). Sandy Hook (for orders,
G. .ANToFAGAsTA, May 11-Arriuoa
steamer Andra. Perth Amboy, via sIa Norfollt
.,erser AML"ERp' Ssl' May s;-sailed: steamers el -
New, York; May IL. Liege 1Be]e 1iucSogee Sos
Hook tfor orders). e'' sandy
rloseHen. rl@Mna charyyston' May 1' Sailed Steamer
cha1rlsston NV YSa'lep YORK; lsth o stsams, s. s;
isef1n i5th ausoSte victSria New York
co o66.AaRbADOs, May l1.-SaIled: Steamer
sacramento Nfrom Buenos Ayres1 Nen
sARCELONA. May 7.-Arrived: Steam.
yada yadlz' cabo Tres F'orcas (spanS. NeW es
ceTna p,l lrNns9. sbr9. Nsw York; ''''' ''0
steamsT t1TnN9s na wAlI,a AYREs May 11.-Arrlved
Bahia, Rio Janeiro etc. -'e" iorA via
=, COLOMBO. May 2-sailed: stsauox
WWnrlymedon Wnrly (Br), 0rom singapore), New
DUNCENEss. May 1a.-passed. stsarar
Ulysses Dutch). Newport News for e"n, Am
sTs Mss,ir Grelssqns [nr John b. s'fsn fssh
srao srs Alsadn ;ld INor FRlaSapshaIa stsSm oSep-
%sr % Georgia D. jenkins (from Genoa1 Hch1on- 1ar
5ados; llth: Steamers Chas Bradiey. New
!, ork; Raccogini utal). savannah; Vera
s. NMN,iihns M,nhas,. tbeig>. st. John. N. b.. via
G, ,GoTHbNBuRG, May q. Arrived
Snrtn,, SSteam.r Aspen (swed), Galveston Via
= oal;,a mA,NGo, April ao.-Arrived: Steamer
HELSINGFORS Nav II Arr,,s
Steamer Anglia (swed.), New YORK ''Veu
prandaL munLVA May, i.-.saIled: Steamers
Srnnoon' Savannah 4th: Hans Maorsk
,,,Dhnl, Tniladelphia; 9Th Meteor, VIII
hnEton; 7th: Cundall (Br). Jacknonviiie.
HONG KONG. May o.--Arrived; steam
New-York tribune., 1919-05-16
Striking Garment
Workers Agree to
Renew Conferences
Settlement With Manufact.
urers' Association Be-
lieved Likely; May Be
Trouble With Small Firms

The International Ladies' Garment
Workers Union and the Cloak, Suit
and Skirt Manufacturers Protective
Association. yesterday agreed to an i'm
mediate resumption Of negotiations
looking toward a settlement of the
hour week, payment by the week in
stead of piecework, and guarantee
of eight months work year. 1t is
probable, said Benjamin Schlessinger,
president of the union, that conferences
will begin tomorrow.
The strike of the 10000 garment
makers was without feature yesterday
The strikers met at various halls
throughout the city. where addresses
were made by leaders. The principal
meeting was held in Webster Hall,
where Mr.. Schlessinger told 1000
workers they were sure to win their
demands. Few of the strikers were on
picket duty, and as on the first day of
the strike no disorder was reported.
The decision to resume negotiations
WIS the result OIL an eNcnange OF let-
ters between Mr.. Schlessinger and Saul
Singer, preside of the manufacturers
association. In union circles it is not
expected much difficulty will be had in
reaching settlement with the asso-
citation, which contains in it's member
ship but $50 of the 2,400 individuals
and firms affected. Difficulty is expect
ed with the smaller manufacturers,
who declare the union demands. if
granted, will force them out of bust
ness.
According to spokesmen for the
smaller manufacturers and contractors,
the larger manufacturers can afford to
pay all that is demanded if by so doing
they are relieved of the competition
of the smaller shops.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-16
Says lOO,OOO,OOO
Want BurlesOn Out
Head of Letter Carriers Asso-
citation Makes Attack on
Postmaster General
Special Corresponds,

EVANSVILLE, Ind, May 15.-Ed-
ward J. Gaynor, of Washington, presi-
dent of the National Association of
Letter Carriers, in an address at a
banquet given here to-day by the local
letter carriers association in honor of
0. Ray Luhring, Representative in
Congress from the 1st Indiana District,
and George X. Denton, whom he sue
ceeded. made an attack on Postmaster
General Burleson.
"The association is certainly against
the Burleson labor policy" Mr. Gaynor
SAID. MIR. Burleson has a different
conception of the relationship between
the employer and the employe than
we have, even when the employer is
the United States
Nobody seems to hesitate about ex-
pressing his opinion about Burleson.
| have seen no newspaper editorial nor
have / heard any one speak in his
favor. One hundred million people
are asking that Burleson get out. |
DO not know whether President Wilson
is 'nsensible to this sentiment or not"
MIR. Luhring. in criticising Mr.. Bur
ieson, said that "the only way. it
seems. we can get rid of him is to
abolish his office and then create a
new Office
New-York tribune., 1919-05-16
Nixon Orders Plans for
Bronx Valley Viaduct
Structure of Either Steel or
Reinforced Concrete Is
To Be Built

A viaduct eighty feet wide will be
constructed across the Bronx River
Valley at 238th Street as the result
of a decision by Public Service Com
missioner Lewis Nixon yesterday.
Commissioner Nixon ordered plans for
steel and reinforced concrete struc-
ture to be prepared by the New York
Central Railroad Company and the
Bronx River Parkway Commission. The
plans will be submitted to Mr.. Nixon
in three months. After considering the
relative costs he will decide whether
reinforced concrete structure or one
of steel will be erected.
The decision of the Commissioner
followed hearing on the project held
at the request of the Bronx Parkway
Commission. The new bridge will pro
vide thoroughfare across the north
ern end Of The Bronx and will estab-
llsh route for cross town trolley
line.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-16
Winnipeg Tied Up
By General Strike
"7'oOO Union Men Quit in
Sympathy With Building
Trades EMPLOYEES

WINNIPEG, Man, May 15-Winni
pegs union workmen walked out on 2
general strike at II a. M, following
the failure of metal workers and en-
pioyers adjust their differences.
citizens committee of 1000 was
organized to cope with the strike
which involves more than sixty unions
The city was outwardly quiet
T.e unions have membership of
more than 27,oOO. The strike is in
sympathy with that of the building
traass and metal workers union.
The tie-up affects street car service.
stores, restaurants, bakeries, cream
erles, and firemen, except for what has
been termed an emergency life saw
ing squad" The strike committee re-
quested the police to remain on duty.
MONTREAL, May 15.-Twelve hun
dred employees struck to-day at the
shipbuilding plant of Vickers Linn
tied. For several months they have
been negotiating for wage increase
nut the company gave them no definite
answer. Those who walked out did so
without authority from their union.
LAWRENCE, Mass, May 15.-Leo
Robbins, spokesman for the commit
tee in charge of the textile strike here
announced to-day that he had "everv
reason to believe that the strike
would be over soon" Persons in
'ouch with the situation expressed the
opinion that the efforts of commit
professional men had been a factor u ~
the settlement. Al
me Everett mills, which closed
down after the strike began February
o. will reopen Monday.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-16
ar Archer San rro,,,,.o v,, v.,,.h

er 14Ths 4TehsT; S;os1 San FIranc!sco via Tokchama
Harrisburg, New York
~ LIZARD. May 1a.-Passed: Steamers
ocean SpYtchl, New York for Ro1terdamP. es~slP.
GIendeyon 9Br). Halifax; Tuscarora.
NJ MAPhEs; PIE; Nay 7.-sailsd: Steamer AL
P1RAEUS, May 9.-Arrived: Steamer
Fannonia (Br), New York.
er En- sagaporack. Philadelphia via Mar
RQTTERDAM. May ,7,-Arrlved Steam
ers Eigen Hulp (Dutch), Baltimore; Sth
Pendrecht (Dutch). New York. Sailed
treal.
at{N san JUAN, May 14.-Arrived: Steamer
philadelphia, New York for Curacao. etc. ::
schooner schooner Cecilia NJ. Dunlap. Newport
ST. NAzAIRE. May 12-sailed: Steam
er Orizaba. Newport News
SHI ELDS. May 13.-Salled: Steamer
S,ai Nordic lswed). New York. Arrived:
SIERRA LEONE. May S.-Saied:
steamer Atlanten (Br.), New York.
YOKOHAMA, May 9.-Arrived: Steam
er s Wergeland (motor). San Francisco via
New-York tribune., 1919-05-16

information that one officer, one civil
ian employe and one man not con-
nected with the aviation camp were
the leaders of the expedition and that
arrests probably would be made within
few days.
Major Wirz, native of Switzerland,
was in charge of the Andersonville
Prison during the Civil War and after
peace was declared he was executed in
Washington for cruelty to prisoners of
the Union Army. The monument to
his memory was erected several years
ago by the United Daughters Of the
Confederacy.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-16
70 Years on Job, Postal
Employe Is Honored
W. ii. Chase Credited With
Many improvements
During Service

Seventy years "on the job" as an
emPFioye Of the Postoffice Department.
william II. Chase, of the inquiry de-
garment, was honored by Postmaster
fatten and his fellow workers yester
gay when he was called to the ex-
ecItiye's OFFICES and given gold watch.
in July Mr.; Chase will be eighty-fve
at % Anderson Avenue, Port Richmoni
staten Island His Oldest son is sixty
and his baby" man of thirty-seven
When Mr.. Chase first went to the
postoffice he was fifteen and cot 5000
year: He is responsible for manv
OF the improvements in the postal SER
vice. among them the adoption of the
postage due" stamp and the orpaniza-
ton of the Employees Benevolent Asso-
cation, which pays $1,000 to the fami-
iies OF postoffice workers when they
New-York tribune., 1919-05-16
Salesman Dies in Chair
While Teeth Are Pulled

George Barnstead, twenty-four years
old; salesman, Of 1853 West Fifty
e'ghth street, died last night in q dem
sai "a chair at the Office Of DR.. r. X. Nc
Ne,iie' s. at 300 Fifth Avenue, after DR..
McSe'iic had extracted two teeth. Ac-
cording to the dentist the usms,
amount of gas prescribed for natian4s
was administered to Barnstead bv his
assistant, Leon Latner, but the pa-
tient failed to revive.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-16
German Urge Meeting
Of International Socialists

PARIS, May 15.--The French Gem
eral Labor Federation announces that
the next international syndjca,ias
Congrcss viii be held at Amsterdam
July 30.
A dispatch from Berne says that the
Germans are most active in urging
that an immediate conference of the
international SOCIALISTS be called to
meet at Lueerne.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-16
Barometer Readings
8 a. M. 29.87l1 p. m. 29908 D. M. 29.O9
OTHER PEopLE.s WEATHER


WASHINGTON, May 15.-Pressure is
uniformity low over all parts of the country,
with the region of lowest barometer over
the south Rocky Mountain region and the
upper Mississippi Valley. The weather is
cooler in the Atlantic states, north of Mary
land and in the lower Lake region and the
TAR Northwest. Warmer weather prevails
throughout the southern states east of the
Rocky Mountains
During the last twenty four hours there
were local showers in the middle Atlantic
states the region of the Great Lakes the
upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys
and the far Northwest. Fair weather pre-
vailed in other regions
The outlook is for partly cloudy weather
with local showers over much of the coun,
try east of the Mississippi River during the
next fortyeight hours. The temperature
will rise Friday and Saturday in the Atlantic
states north of Maryland and in the lower
Lake region.
Forecasts for Special Districts-New Eng
land, Eastern New York Eastern Pennsyl-
vania and New Jersey-Probably showers
Friday and Saturday: rising temperature
western Pennsylvania and Western New
York-Probably showers Friday and Sat-
urday; not much change in temperature
New-York tribune., 1919-05-16
Unions to Protest Pogroms
Jewish Workers Here to Omit
for Half Day Nav 2I

-Four hundred thousand Jews who
are members Of unions will quit their
work in this city at p. m. May 21 for
me rest OF the day. as a protest against
pog5oms IN Poland and Galicia. ac-
.ore'hg 10 an announcement made YES
terday by Harry Goodman.
dr. Goodman Is a member of the
COMMITTEES which is arranging for a
protest meeting TO be held at Madison
square Garden on the evening Of Nav
~, under the auspices Of the Committee
lor the Defence OF Jews in Poland.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-16
TRANsPACIF1C MAILS

The connecting mails close at the General
Postoffice and City Hall Postoflce Station
New York, as follows:
Philippine Islands, Via Vancouver and
Victoria B. c.. at $50 p m. May "a. for
dispatch per steamship Empress of Japan
Tahiti, Marquesas, Cook Islands. New
Zealand and specially addressed mail for
Australia, via San Francisco. close at $50
p. m. May rs, for dispatch per steamship
Paloona.
Samoan Islands Australia, and specially
addressed mail for New Zealand. via San
Francisco. at $50 p. m, June s, for dis
patch per steamship Ventura.
Hawaii and Guam. close $50 p. m. daily
This mail is forwarded to the Pacific Coast
daily for dispatch to destination by the
best opportunity.
Japan. Corea. China. Siam, Cochin China
and Netherlands East Indies, close at 80
p. m. daily. This mail is forwarded to the
Pacific Coast daily for dispatch to destina
ton by the best opportunity.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-16
Jim Europe, Slain Bandmaster,
Left Estate of ONLY $1,000

Lieutenant James Reese Europe, lead
er of the band of the old 18th (negro)
regiment, who was stabbed to death in
boston by Herbert Wright, his drum
mer, left an estate of about $1,000.
He left no will, and application was
made yesterday by Mrs. Willie A.
Europe in the Surrogates' Court for
letters of administration.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-16
Aviation Cadets Accused of
Desecrating War Monument

MACON, Ca, May DEMONSTRATION
is being made to-day at Souther
Field, near Americus, Ga, of charges
that a party of aviation cadets went
to Andersonville, Ga, where $4,000
Federal soldiers of the civil war are
buried, and painted the monument of
Major Henry E. Wirz, Confederate
officer, in the German colors, red,
black and yellow.
Sumter County officials said they had
New-York tribune., 1919-05-16
Weather Report

Sun rises. s :43 a. mlSun sets. -. $40 m.
Moon rises. 9:51 a. M. Moon SETS. 9:51 m.
Cheer Up: Fish WI Bite Soon
Local Forecast.-Probably showers TODAY
and tomorrow with rising temperature
moderate east to south winds
Local Official Record.-The following Of
iiclal record shows temperatures during the
last twentyfour hours in comparison with
the corresponding date of last year:
New-York tribune., 1919-05-16

Highest temperature 81 (at 12:15 a. M (:
lowest 30 lat $3.50 p. m.) average IS
average same date last year, Sc; average
same date for thirty three years. 80.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-16

Humidity
m.... 46I1 p. m.... 49IS p. m.... 81
New-York tribune., 1919-05-16
Sunday

The and men
The
New-York tribune., 1919-05-16
Shipping News

High Water
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-05-28
ARCADE TODAY
SHOOTS RELIGION INTO TOWN
WHICH OUSTED PREACHER

The strenuous methods of the late
Colonel Roosevelt i'm achieving reforms
are recalled in Hell Roarin' Reform
a William Fox Screen production, hav-
ing Tom Mix as its star. which Isl TO
be presented at the Arcade theatre
today. The play deals with the evil
spirits of Tarantula, a bandit ridden
town whose outlaw residents oust the
preacher-and it Is Mix's task to shoot
religion and Righteousness into the
place. The Fox cowboy star is said to
do this with the same degree of direc-
tness that Roosevelt used in tackling
trusts. malefactors, mollycoddles and
undesirables.
Numberless new thrills are promised
in Hell Roarin' Reform" which is
declared to be the liveliest western
drama I'M which Mix has appeared.
Among other things, Mix leaps on
horseback from the upper balcony OF
one building to the roof of another,
plunging through the roof with his
horse: he rides down a steep noun
tain trail at a headlong gallop, routs
a band of stagecoach robbers by firing
three guns at one time, and shoots a
pipe out of a mans mouth.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-05-28
PASTIsIE TODAY.
A JOKE ON THE POLICE

During the entire story of THE
Lightning Raider" Pathe's now serial
starring Pearl White, the working of
Lightnings brilliant mind is cleverly
brought out in the action, but in the
seventh episode. "Meshes of. Evil, -
she accomplishes the brightest coup
of her entire career. Lightning is
the cleverest girl thief in the world
who is wanted by the police of many
nations. but she has stopped stealing
in order to help her friend, Tom Nor
ton. secure an ebony block from his
arch-enemy. Wu Fang. In the seventh
episode Tom and Lightning have been
cornered by Wu Fang, and his hench-
men in a lonely house and areitrapped
in an upper room. They manage to
phone for the police and when the
bluecoats arrive WI Fang and his
gang of Chinese thugs take to- their
heels. Lightning then tells the Off
GERS that the fleeing girl is Light
ming and her gang of thieves and asks
for protection against them. SO half
of the squad of police chase Wu Fang
while the remainder stay to protect
from herself.