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New-York tribune., 1919-03-15
NO Danger of Transit
1ie-Up for Wan,t Of Fuel.
Coal Dealers Declare

lhere is plenty of coal now stored
m y New y n York City to operate both the
b. Il. /: and Interborough lines for
a long time, even if the harbor tie-nn l1n
: lIomeahues; * rlsa e; 1T was said yesterday by
mere isn't the remotest chance of
coal shortage. y said an Official of ~ pa
Olin j: Stephen Company. of Manhat7 ,te
tan. The mild winter has left US With
an al unusually large stock of all grades
of fuel on hand. q i'0e
I'VE have 1000 tons of a particular
grade of coal which could be mixed in
Wlth !; Y not other grades to run the subways
II they should De tied up through tho
harbor strike. We have been ms;n', ;'r
our storage supplies for the past two o
weeks, and there is lot more where
that came from"
At the office of the Scranton and To-
high Coal Company, which controls five
yards in Brooklyn, it was said that
,nere was enough "buckwheat" coal on
hand to supply the B. r. T. through a
long period. -
New-York tribune., 1919-03-15
Case of ''Sleeping
Sickness" Found
At Washington
Woman Fell Asleep at Pict-
ure Show a Week Ago;
Opens Her Eyes at Inter-
walls Only To Be Nourished
Neso York Tribune
Washington Bureau

Nesv York Tribune
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 14.-Wide-
spread attention is being given by To-
cal physicians to what is apparently
the first authenticated case of the So
called sleeping sickness" to develop
in the national capital. The case is
that Of MrsFi Zoliotis, young Greek
woman, who was born in CONSTANT
nople, twenty-four years ago, and re-
Gently married in this city. She lies
at the Georgetown University Hospital
in coma, opening her eyes only at in
tervals to take nourishment. Although
reluctant to talk of the case, Dr. John
Costas, the attending physician, gave
such facts to-day as may identify it
with the disease that has swept
through the Congo and Uganda regions
of Africa.
The woman has been asleep since
last Friday. On March 2, it is stated,
the woman and her husband attended
moving picture performance During
the entertainment Mr.. Zoliotis noticed
that his wife was asleep. Awakened,
she protested that she could not resist
the temptation to close her eyes.
Alarmed, the husband took her home.
On orders Of the physisician, the woman
was removed to the hospital Since
then scores of physicians, including
army and navy medical experts, have
visited her. Except for absence of re-
f1ex action in the lower cxtremities, the
woman's senses appear to be normal.
This, according to DR.. Costas, may indi-
cate a congestion of the brain as a
corollary of influenza, or may indicate
a genuine case of sleeping sickness"
According to the physician, the
glands of the neck in sleeping sick
ness become greatly enlarged. this
swelling spreading to the lymphatic
glands all over the body The Congo
and Uganda natives. DR.. Costas said,
claim that when the NECK glands swell,
and the swelling spreads, the patient
may sleep for months, but eventually
dies In Africa the malady is said
to be caused by the bite of "tsetse"
fly. According to Dr. Costas, however,
the sickness can be communicated only
by direct blood contact.
If Mrs. Zoliotis's eyes are open as
she takes food, the pupils are seen to
be greatly contracted. One eye is
almost constantly closed.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-15
People Are With Hylan,
The Whole 25 of Them
Mayor Demonstrates to Board
Of Estimate That ''City"
FavOrs Subway Link

The people of the city, twenty-five
strong, demonstrated yesterday at a
Board of Estimate meeting that they
were with" Mayor Hylan. At his re-
quest, the twenty-five stood to signify
their approval of the proposed Ash
land Place subway link in Brooklyn.
Four persons stood up to voice their
disspproval. They were not molested
The proposed link would provide
connections between the Myrtle Ave
nue. elevated line and the Fourth Ave
nue. subway. Several additional sta
tions would have to be provided Con
troller Craig objected to consider ration
of the matter, as did several Brook
lynltes, who contended that the ex-
penditure involved did not warrant the
construction Of connecting link of
a temporary nature The proposition
will be reconsidered.
The board granted the request of
Health Commissioner Copeland that
Or. Henry G. MacAdam be promoted to
the position of Medical Inspector at
salary of $4,000, an increase of S72O
year for the official.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-15
Shonts Appeals
For an Immediate
Seven-Cent Fare
Says Zone System Can Be
Worked Out, But While
Doing Co eve Will Go
Broke; 3-Cent Transfers

An appeal for an immediate seven
cent fare with a three cent charge for
surface car line transfers, as an emer-
gency measure for the protection of the
travelling public and investors until
permanent legislation can be framed
to regulate traction rates, was made
yesterday by Theodore P. Shonts, head
of the subway, elevated and surface
lines. Mr.. Shonts addressed the Broad
way Association at the Hotel Marti-
nique.
"The emergency exists now," Mr..
Shonts said in answer to questions.
"The zone system of fares can be
worked out, but while we are working
1T out we will go broke. Give this
increase as temporary emergency.
over S26O,000,000 are in jeopardy in our
securities, not to speak Of those of
others. We don't want to make a dol
lar. We want temporary relief on
account of conditions, so as to protect
lnyestors and the travelling public"
The cost of living, Mr.. Shonts de-
clared, made the reduction of wages
Of traction employees out of the ques
ton. The emergency requiring the
seven cent fare might exist for two or
three years. Then the increase in
patronage and reduction in cost of
materials might make possible a re-
Turn to the five cent fare, he added.
lie advocated the passage of the
Martin Carson bill, pending at Albany.
which would vest the rate making
power of electric roads with civil serv
ice commissions.
"Ihe New York Railways COMPANY
Is, IS operating at a heavy loss" he said.
For December the net income fell
short of first mortgage bond inter
est requirements by $13,329.95. For
January it fell short of those REQUIRE
ments by $l5l ,37284. While things
arc not SO bad as expected last Sep
TEMPER, they are still so bad that
bankruptcy is inevitable if the com
Pany's income is not increased"
Of the lnterborough Company. he
said: From the figures for operating
s,ubways and elevated just compiled
the fact appears that in January we
operated at a loss
The Broadway Association will CON
slder the rate question at its next full
N'-
New-York tribune., 1919-03-15

York City" said Mr.. Craig. 81 cannot
see any other outcome of the situation.
II it is true that the com panies are
operating their lines at a loss, and I
mean both surface and subway lines.
then the right thing for them to do
is Let the city take over their property. .
Replying to question as to whether.
if the city should take over the trac-
tion lines Of the city, the fare would
be raised if the present rate was found
improbable, Controller Craig said:
Under municipal operation fares
would have to be adjusted to meet
costs, and raised or lowered from
time to time as conditions required.
The citys great investment in the
rapid transit lines would be sclf-sup-
porting. Heavy deficiencies for interest
and sinking fund requirements would
no longer have to be included in the
annual tax rate.
The tax rate would be reduced
about twenty points. 1t is manifest
that this cannot be done under cx-
listing contracts. The whole Of any in
creased fare under the present con-
tract, in so far as the Interborough is
concerned. would be for the benefit of
the operating company"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-15
Jersey Strike Hearing
AaUaits NeaUark Conference

WASHINGTON, March 14.-Hear-
ings before the War Labor Board in
the New Jersey street car strike con-
troversy were postponed to-day until
Monday to await the outcome of a
conference at Newark tomorrow be-
tween representatives of the Public
Service Railway Company and the
strikers. with an examiner of the
board present.
This course was agreed upon at the
suggestion of Joint Chairman Taft,
after counsel for The Public Service
Company had begun statement of
the case The employees were repre-
sented, although they had not form
ally accepted the boards invitation to
submit the controversy.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-15
Congressman Plan Junket
Twenty Members of House Will
Visit Porto Rico

WASHINGTON, March 1d.-Twenty
tives will visit Porto Rico in April
to study political and economic con-
ditions with view to solving legis-
lative problems which are to come be-
fore the next Congress. The party
will leave New York April IL.
Delegate Davilla, Porto Rico's Repre-
sentative in Congress, who extended
tho invitation at the request of the
Legislative Assembly Of Porto Rico,
announced to-day that he would intro
duce bill to fix definitely the fu-
turc policy Of the United States tow
ard the island. He has not decided
whether the measure will provide for
statehood or independence.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-15
'Flu' Precautions Urged
for ''Sleepir,g Sickness

\ LTHOUGH believing cpl
"A demic coma or sleeping
sickness" to be an independent
germ disease rather than trailer
of influenza, Health Commissioner
Royal S. Copeland recommended
yesterday that the precautions
invoked against influenza be
adopted to prevent it's spread.
LAS it seems to be of nasal
or pharyngeal origin" he said, ''it
would appear that all of the
warnings and precautions used in
the influenza epidemic would ap-
ply equally we'll now and should
be carefully observed.
"Some of the English special
lists have been disposed to regard
the disease as post influenza. 1
question that. The cases in this
country seem to show that it has
a specific germ or virus of it's
own"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-15

vile mob fell upon three Bloomfield
Avenue cars, broke their windows and
pulled the trolley poles from the wires.
Three conductors. three motormen
and two inspectors were captured by
the crowd The prisoners demanded
that they be allowed to join the union
and go on strike. The mob escorted
them to the Coliseum. where their ap-
plications were taken. The passengers
walked to work.
AT Avon and Badger avenues a group
of strikers tried to break switch of
the Clifton Line. They were dispersed
by the police.
No Change in Other Towns
by the strike, conditions showed little
change from yesterday. In Jersey
City, twentysiX cars We're running
the same number that was in opera
tion the day before. The snow storm
hampered the jitney traffic there also.
The first car to run from Newark
to Jersey City went through this morn
ing over the Old Turnpike line.
Jersey City police guarded it while it
was within the limits of that city, but
there was no attempt on the part of
strikers to halt it.
The cars that ran in Paterson
yesterday were not increased in num-
ber to-day. At the car barns number
of applications fofr work were received
frfom men who had been attracted by
the advertised SIS day bonus.
Mayor John r. Rogers, of West
Orange, threatened to-day to take
drastic action against any one who in
terferred with the trolley lines when
they resumed operation.
Public utilities belong to the
people," he added, "and should be op-
Grated under the direction of the
Mayors and officials of the various
municipalities when the private own
ers fail to meet their obligations to
the public"
All of the Oranges have been with
out any car service whatever since the
strike began.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-15
Guard Kills Soldier
Who Tried to Escape

LEXINGTON, KY, March IA
Private Fred Branton, military
prisoner, arrested recently by civil
authorities at Middletown. Ohio, was
shot and killed here yesterday by
Sergeant Sidney Dent, his guard, while
they were preparing to board d train
for Camp Gordon, Ga. The prisoner
was being taken to Camp Gordon to be
killed while trying to escape. Dent
was arrested by civil authorities on a
charge of murder
New-York tribune., 1919-03-15
Hylan administration
VIII Oppose Increase
Of Fares, Says Craig

The Hylan administration will not
approve any increase in fare for either
the surface or elevated transit lines
OF the city. according to Controller
Charles l.. Craig. Mr.. Craig said yes-
tterday that city ownership and opera
tlon of all local transit lines is the
logical and inevitable outcome of the
present situation. ~
He declared that so far as the present
administration is concerned the re-
1usai of the Board of Estimate to
modify franchise contracts to permit
the companies to charge higher fare.
is positively final.
Il should say that the drift of events
IS towards municipal ownership and
operation of all transit lines in New
New-York tribune., 1919-03-15
France Decorates Women
Honors Six Americans Who
Fought Typhoid Epidemic

A cablegram received at the head
quarters of the American Women's
Hospital, 637 Madison Avenue, an
nounces that six women have been
decorated by the French government
for their work in stamping out the
typhoid epidemic at Luzancy, France,
last fall. The women are: DR.. NJ.
Louise Hurrell, Rochester, N. Y; Miss
f. Pauline Whitaker, Lancaster, Penn;
Miss Lillian Pettengill, Philadelphia;
Mrs. Lena r. Lehman, Philadelphia;
DR.. Cora f. Allen, Heron Lake, Min
nesota, and DR.. Eva Reid, of San Fran
cisco.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-15

hnlon ha i p3iickets, Mr.. Delahunty said he
nad mao, written Police Commissioner En-
n,gne asking for. protection against
armed strike breakers. A''''
+ha ne H. rort and Terminal Workers and
nen,h me ,aarOor boatmen's Union, whose
the wages awarded them bv tbs ra;l1 ali"
T4ad Tf q settlement, met in ST. CoIumha
Hali, West Twentv-fourth Street YES.
teroay' They agreed to submit their
complaint to the adjustment board of
.ne railroad administration and remain
New-York tribune., 1919-03-15
Smith Aids Liberty Loan

Governor Smith yesterday Informed
the Liberty Loan Committee that he
accepted their appointment as head of
the advisory committee of the Speak
ers' Bureau, which will campaign for
the Fifth Liberty Loan.
lie will meet the other members of
the body at luncheon at the Bank
ers' Club on March 81. Among his
associates are Charles f. Hughes,
b:r,gad1er General Cornelius Wander
DlI DlIt: Lieutenant Colonel Charles W.
and George w. Carnentor
New-York tribune., 1919-03-15
STEADY JOBS AT HIGH WAGES

wen VINO want work and edv
jobs at high wages on Public Service Railway.
IN ADDITION to the regular the
pay during present emergency conditions
Wages paid are Al three months: cen
an hour tor months and IS the first wear wiki
timeand- -a-half for overtime '' '"
Ibis means that each worker during present
ditions, at least 5000 ' wa
his bonus will be paid to all women) now one,s
ing the all EMPLOYEES
company their
for work who accepted PERMANENT EMP OYFFS
THIS OFFER DOES NOT PLYTOPROFEssIONA1 STRIKE
BREAKERS ~ ~~
he will employ professional skebreake m i; will
make every legitimate effort to fill it's ranks neranen
employees that it full schedule of cars
Furthermore tralnman working
Poyent can count jobs
only those who steady work EMPLOYEES in Their
position the days to -
Applications for employment will Public
and Public Service Car houses Newark West ooken
Edge"ae Engewood ckenack, Paterson Passa
Orange Montcar Elizabeth Paneld Dunelen Somervie New
Brunswick Nlltown and Perth Amboy all in New Jersey
PUBLIC SERVICE RAILWAY COMPANY
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-04-03
HINES VISITS CHICAGO
Railway Director General Speaks
Before Press Club.
Asserts Some Form Of Private Man.
agement viii Follow End Of
Government Control.

Chicago, March 20 Walker d.
Hines. who made his first official visit
to Chicago as director general of rail
roads, speaking at a Press club din
ner, said the time now is propitious
for solving the railroads problems
with the public more nearly apprecia-
tive OF the service of the lines than
ever before.
Also, he said, the expenditures re-
CURED of the government for operation
Of the roads would not show as great
a loss as many people suppose.
Observing how "the conflict has
made things happen more quickly"
while the world has been moving
rapidly toward the eight-hour day"
said Mr.. Hines. "the issue came more
quickly with the war. The govern.
ment had to follow a policy of uni.
formity with respect to wages and
hours. Higher wages and improve.
ments would have come anyway, bu,
the war made them come quicker.
In speaking of "a permanent solu.
ton of the railroad question" the di
rector-general concluded by saying he
believed some form of private man.
agement would follow the termina.
ton of government CONTROL" But he
asserted the old plan of private opera.
tion by some ITO companies would
never again be successful.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-04-03
PREPARING new BILL
immigration Officials Advocate
Drastic Changes.
Proposed Law viii Place Burden OF
Proof of Fitness on Those
Desiring Entry.

Boston, March ga. Warner Par.
ker, law officer of the United States
Bureau of Immigration at Washington,
announced that the bureau of immi,
grafton had drafted a tentative immi,
grafton law which would have a mum.
Der of radical provisions regarding the
admission and stay of aliens in the
United States.
Speaking before the Boston Cham.
Der of Commerce, Mr.. Parker said
three main features were included in
the proposed new immigration law,
namely:
Registration of all aliens now in the
United States or who are to apply for
admission hereafter.
Making the admission of immigrants
provisional or probationary during
their stay in this country; and chang.
ing the burden of proof of require.
ments for admission so that it will be
incumbent upon aliens to prove their
fitness for admission rather than upon
the government to prove their unfit
ness, as at present.
"Our proposed law" said Mr.. Par
ker, lis the result of months and
months of study on the part of Off
cers of the bureau of immigration, and
while 1t is not yet in completed form
it will be ready for presentation at
the next session of congress-"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-04-03
SAGE TEA DARKENS
HAIR TO ANY SHADE
Don't stay Gray! Here's an OLD.
time Recipe that Anybody
can Apply.

The use of Sage and Sulphur for re-
storing faded. gray hair to its natural
color dates back TO grandmother's
time. She used it to keep her hair
beautifully dark, glossy and attrac'
tive. Whenever her hair took on that
dull, faded or streaked appearance,
this simple mixture was applied with
wonderful effect.
But brewing at home IS mussy and
out-of-date. Nowadays, by asking at
any drug store for a bottle of "Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Compound" you
will get this famous old preparation,
improved by the addition of other in
gradients. which can be depended up
on 10 restore natural color and beauty
to the hair.
A well-knOwn downtown druggist
saws il darkens the hair so naturally
and evenly that nobody can tell it has
been applied. You simply dampen n
sponge or soft brush with it and draw
this through your hair, taking one
strand at a time. BY morning the
gray hair disappears, and after an
other. application or two, ii becomes
beautifully dark and glOsSy.-Adv.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-04-03
WILSON DENIES
DELAYING PEACE
President Issues Statement Cow
ering Doings of Commits
sion on League.
DRAFT IS COMPLETED
American Executive Says Entire
World Has Had Full Month in
Which TO Discuss Original
Plan of Covenant.

Paris, March 28.-The following
statement has been issued by Presi-
dent Wilson:
In view of the very surprising i'm
preston which seems TO exist in some
quarters that il is the discussions of
the commission on the league of ma
tons that are delaying the final for
mutation of peace, l am very glad to
take the opportunity of reporting that
the conclusions OF this commission
were the first to be laid before the
plenary conference.
They were reported on Feb. "a and
the world has had a full month in
which to discuss every feature Of
TIE draft covenant then submitted.
Differences Utilized.
Daring the last few days the COM
mission has been engaged in an effort
to take advantage of the criticisms
which the publication of the covenant
has fortunately drawn out. A commit
tee of the commission has also had the
advantage of a conference with repre-
sentatives of the neutral states, who
are evincing a very deep interest and
a practically unanimous desire to
align themselves with the league.
Tho revised covenant is now prac.
tically finished. 1t is in the hands of
a committee for the final process of
drafting and will almost Immediately
be presented a second time to the
public.
Conference at Odd Times.
THE conferences of the commission
have invariably been held at times
when they could not interfere with the
consultation of those who have under
taken to formulate the general conclu-
sions OF the conference with regard to
the many other complicated problems
of peace. So that the members of the
commission congratulate themselves
on the fact that no part of the confer
ences has ever interposed any form of
delay"
The super-council of the president
and premiers, known as the Council of
Four, divided it's labors between the
white House" and NJ. Clemenceau's
private Office, adjoining the war Office.
The FTanco-German frontier was the
chief topic OF discussion, this follow
ing upon an agreement reached or
reparation for wal damages. 1t is I'M
derstood this agreement includes the
vital point of the total amount of in
demnity, which will not be announced
at present, as likely to aus discus
sion and arouse hostility in enemy
quarters.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-04-03
Australian Peace Delegates 0p-
pose Wording of Monroe
Doctrine Amendment.
INSTANCES ARE CITED
Opposition Which Has Developed on
This Account May Result in
American Proposal Meet
ing With Defeat.

Paris, March 29.-The proposed
amendment to the league of nations
covenant regarding the Monroe doc
trine. the Australian peace delegates
have pointed out, providing for recog-
milton of the binding force Of the poll
cies heretofore applied, would validate
and confirm Japanese claims to pre-
ponderance in China and the Orient.
Fear is expressed that the f9pesi.
ton which has developed on this ac-
count may jeopardize the amendment.
Experts are trying to find a formula
that will overcome this objection, and
meanwhile the amendment has been
withheld from insertion in the cove
nant.
Premiers Discuss Poland.
The conditions of a preliminary
peace with Germany are still being
considered by President Wilson and
the premiers of Great Britain, France
and Italy. The four government heads
deliberated on the question of the
Polish frontier, according TO the news
papers, which believe that there will
be some difficulty in reaching an agree
ment on the principle of the annexa-
ton to Poland of territory containing
two to three million Germans.
The papers believe that the council
will reach a decision sooner on the
question of reparations than on the
Polish question.
French Demand Saar Basin.
The council of -four continued its ex-
animation into the question Of the
German frontier. France claimed all
her 1914 frontier and the Saar Basin.
leaving to the German population not
included in the frontier political auton.
omy.
Ii was demanded by the French del.
egate that the Rhine serve France as
a neutral frontier, Germany having the
left bank of the stream without forti-
fed works, troops or railways.
Increased precautions have been
taken to safeguard President Wilson
and the premiers with whom he is in
daily conference. So carefully have
the plans been made that not even the
chief of the American secret service
squad is informed as to when the meet
ings will take place.
Up to the present some of the news
papers have carried schedules of the
movements Of the President with the
result that crowds invariably have
gathered to witness the arrival of
President Wilson and his conferees.