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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1920-10-22

The above and foregoing resolution
was duly passed at regular a e,,5 e
r.,S Of The Mayor and Board 3D., 81
h hl3a,naan held at the Mayors Office
A,"g TnnsJay. October 10th, 1920, the
, VI, for passage having been MADE
m n, Alderman err Fcatherston ard sec C,
ended 81 by Alderman Patty Ala g, ber.
A All Voting yea, none voting ray, sac ,saC
S yosol , was adopted and H 9faete.
reJ%iut,D and spread on the Minutes
Of the Board. SCOTT Clerk
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-22
Yelled Women
Aid IN Robbery
Masked Men Rifle Drug
Store Cash Register;
OiUrler Loses JeweIyy

Two heavily veiled women and two
masked men cooperated last night in
the holdup and robbery of William T.
Blair in his drug store at 1851 Bedford
Avenue, Brooklyn. They got diamond
ring valued at $500, watch and chain
and 500 in cash, then hurried out to
the street and were out of sight before
Blair could get a policeman. He has
no definite description Of any Of the
robbers.
The women entered the store first and
asked to be shown some pesfume.
While Blair was getting out the bottles
the men entered the store. The druggist
rose from behind the counter to face
a revolver.
Throw up your hands," the man
said, "and be pretty quick about it."
Blair obeyed. AS he did so, one Of
the women caught the CLEAN of the
ring. She nudged the man with the
gun and he tore it from the druggists s
hand and took his watch, while the
other man rifed the cash register.
The four then rushed out into the
street, climbed into an automobile and
started up Bedford Avenue toward
Eastern Parkway. Blair says when he
ran into the street calling police!
Police!" one of the men stood up in
the car and fired two shots into the
air.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-22
Credits t0Cenfrul
Europe Proposed
Allies, S,UitserIand, Hol-
land and Scandinavia
Discuss Financial Aid

PARIS. March 81 (By The Associated
Press) Important negotiations are
going on at present, and have been in
progress for some time, between Allied
representatives. and the neutral govern
ments of Switzerland, Holland and the
Scandinavian countries with the view
of participation by these states in a
scheme of credits under discussion, the
object of which is to procure the finan-
cial and economic rehabilitation of
Austria and other Central European
states, it was learned to-day.
The serious financial, economic and
social conditions in these countries
have been recognized. and the neutral
governments are declared to be keenly
alive to the fact that the collapse Of
these countries would necessarily have
effects which could not possibly be con-
fined to their own frontiers or finances.
1t is understood that representa-
tive of the United States government
will participate in these conferences.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-22
Rail Men to
Ask Billion
More To-day
Fifty Per Cent Advance i'm
Freight Rates Predicted
If Demand Is Granted:
Conference at Capital

From The Tribune's Washinoto Bureau
WASHINGTON, w March 21-Railroad
wage demands reaching the unprece-
dented total Of s1,10o,000,00 will be
presented tomorrow in Washington
on behalf Of 1.s5oo0o employees on all
railroads in the United States to
Joint conference of managers and men
called by President Wilson.
The conference opens on the same
day that the Interstate Commerce
Commission begins hearings to deter
mine what advances in freight rates
Will be necessary to provide for the
$1,000, 100000 advance in wages already
granted during the two years of gov
ernment operation of the railroads.
Under the provisions of the trans
portation act, recently signed by the
President, the commission is directed
to make railroad rates that will yield
minimum of 5h per cent on the
aggregate value Of the railroads. The
great advance in the cost of opera
tion, chiefly for wages, during the
twenty-six months of government con-
troll has reduced the railroad net in
come to ABOUT 2A per cent, or half the
minimum under the new law.
WOulu Medn CU Ier lent BOOST
Railroad traffic experts estimate that
to provide revenues sufficient to take
care of the $1,000,0 100000 wage advance
already granted an increase in freight
rates of approximately 25 per cent will
be required. The extent of this in
crease will be for the Commerce Com
mission to determine after hearings
that are expected to extend we'll into
the summer. The decision must be
made before September l, when the
government guarantee Of pre-war earn
ings expires.
If the new wage conference results
in a further increase in the railroad
pay roll, then, under the transportation
act, the commission will again be
obliged to raise freight or passenger
rates, or both, to provide the additional
revenues to pay the wages. 1t is es-
timated that each increase of a cent
an hour in wage rates adds $50000,-
900 year to the pay roll, requiring
an advance of l " per cent in freight
rates. The granting of the new ST.
000,000,000 wage demands would, un-
der the law mean a further 20 per
cent advance in freight rates on top
Of the 25 per cent advance about to be
considered by the Commerce Commits
sion.
When the railroads were turned back
to their owners March l the manage
nents were faced with an annual pay
roll Of S2,770,000, 900, as compared with
$17d0, 100000 under private operation
prior to government control. The in
creases granted to the principal classes
uad
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-22
Nun Pe1'ishes i'm
Convent Blaze.
9 Others Hurt
Sisters Leap From Win
dows TO Escape Fire That
Sweeps Order of Mercy
House in Wilkes-Barre

Special Disp1tcl, to The Tribune
WlLKES-BARRE, Pa, March 21.-One
nun is dead and nine other residents
of the Wilkes Barre house of the Order
of Mercy were burned or otherwise in
Jured to-day when fire destroyed the
convent. The loss is $15O,OOO.
Mother Theresa died as a result of
burns. The condition of several others
is critical. Several jumped from the
third story windows and had remark
able escapes from death.
Firemen saved two by spreading nets
and the fall Of one was broken by a
pedestrian who tried to catch the
woman before she struck the pavement.
The blessed sacrament was saved bv
Sister CasimIr, who was in the chapel
and was cut off from safety by the
flames. She took the sacramental YES
sci in her arms, climbed through the
window and clung by one hand to the
ledge until the fremen reached her.
The Sisters who are in the hospital
are Sister Gregory, Sister Julia, Sister
Gertrude, Sister Agnes, Sister Xavier
and Sister Felicia.
Three others were overcome by smoke
and are i'll from the effects of their
experience.
The origin Of the fire is not certain,
though it is believed that crossed wires
started the blaze. The building was of
stone and concrete, three stories in
height, situated on South Washington
Street, directly opposite St. Mary's
Church, where hundreds of people were
at mass. Sixty-four nuns were resi-
dents OF the local house. Eight of
these were out on mission when the
fire started.
The blaze was discovered by the po-
lice when on another call. The flames
had gained headway in the cellar and
had worked up through the walls and
stairwayS of the convent before the
nuns, who were busy at their various
duties and in their rooms, learned of
the danger. The flames burned out the
stairway in the center of the building,
but the Sisters who were in the rear
part of the ground floors easily made
their escape, as did few who were in
front on the first floor. Those who
we're on the second and third floors,
however, had to fight their way through
flame.
Three Sisters were i'll in rooms on
the second floor The nuns heroically
rescued these sufferers and carried
them through fire to the windows.
where they either jumped OF were res
cued by firemen. Sister Gregory, who
was on the third floor, found escape
cut off.
The flames scorched her habit as she
climbed through the window For a
few seconds she clung to the ledge and
her body swayed as she waited for
rescuers. The fire trucks had not ar
rived and she failed to heed the words
of encouragement from below.
She jumped and is alive now only
because Thomas Morrisey, of Sayre,
formerly of this city, tried to catch
her and broke her fall. Police Captain
Joseph Mangan and several city de-
tectives, who were in the patrol wagon,
tried to catch several other Sisters.
but they jumped SO quickly that it was
impossible to get under them before
they struck the ground.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-22
Government Troops Fl.
nalIy Take Town After
Reign of a Terror by
Armed Radical Force
Government Force
Being Mobilized
Baltic Troops and Work
ers' Army Threaten Ber-
lin From Two Sides

LONDON. March 81 (By The Asso-
ciated Press. ).-The Spartacans gained
control Of the Ruhr district to-day, ac-
cording to dispatches received by way
of Coblenz. The "Red" army won
Duisburg, Ganborn, Milheim and Nett
mann, west of Elberfeld.
In the fighting at Leipsic, the dis
patches state, 5000 persons were killed
before government troops captured the
town Friday. The estimate of the cas-
ualties was made by three American
business men who arrived in Coblenz
tonight from Leipsic
Up to Wednesday there was strike
agitation in Leipsic against the Kapp
regime, then anarchy and soviet con-
troll until the government troops shelled
the Volkshaus and labor headquarters
Friday afternoon, the Americans say.
There were 1000 persons in the build
ing who were shot down as they made
their exit. The shells finally set fire
to the building, killing other hundreds.
Workmen Procure Arms
There was a demonstration on March
ID, in which thirty-six persons were
killed. Then the workmen secured
arms and street fighting was heavy
until an armistice was arranged
Wednesday, March II, at noon. The
armistice ran until noon on Thursday.
A Saxon aviator flying over the city on
Thursday was shot down by rifle fire.
The fighting continued from Thurs
day between the workers, using rifles
and grenades, and the Reichswehr and
loyal volunteers until the Volkshaus
affair Friday afternoon. Then the
trouble gradually quicted down.
The Americans who brought the de-
Coblenz are David S. Block, Of 27A4
Ontario Road, Washington; Irving
Glitter, of West Twenty seventh Street,
New York, and Samuel T. Barron. of
New York.
A report at noon said that the Reichs-
wehr troops from Duisburg have cut
their way through to Dinslaken, south
of Vessel, where a Reichswehr concer-
tration apparently is taking place.
direct report from Duisburg says
that soviet government has been
SET up there. NO private telephone
conversations are permitted except for
the procuring of food and COAL
The "Red" army in the Ruhr district
is reported to have available a force
estimated at 10000 men, all of whom
probably are armed. The situation is
considered extremely critical because
of the rapid growth of the "Red"
troops and their mobility, which was
displayed in the taking of Essen. There
are about 5000 troops of General Won
Waters command in that vicinity, but
Of these l.500 are said to have been
forced to retire across the boundary
into the British occupied area
Troops May Quit Region
However, there are no further re-
ports of bloodshed, and it is believed
the imminent march of the government
forces now being concentrated will
quickly quiet the region, although on
Friday it was feared there would be
Continued on ncxt mana
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-22
Crowd Storms Hall to Hear
HAYWOOD DenOunce America

William d. Haywood, secretary Of the
general defense committee of the In
dustrial Workers of the World, who
has a reservation waiting for him in
Leavenworth while he is out on appeal
from a twentyyear sentence, almost
caused a riot and made a speech at
Peoples House, Z East Fifteenth Street,
last night.
The disturbance came just after
scheduled to speak at o'clock and the
hall was filled an hour before that
time. When the crowd outside learned
that the address had begun they start
ed to enter the building whether there
was room or not.
"Fellow workers" inside resisted Wig
orously and blows were exchanged. A
few chairs we're smashed, and for
minute or so it looked like a lively
evening. Some one yelled:
of you don't look out they'll call out
the Cossacks."
This caused a moment of peace, which
would speak again later in the evening
at Yorkville Casino. The crowd out
side Immediately headed for that place.
Cheered for Fifteen Minutes
When the I. W. W. leader mounted
the stage the crowd cheered for fifteen
minutes. During his address, in which
he attacked America and American in
stitutions and praised Russia to the
skies, he frequently was interrupted
by applause that drowned his voice.
He began by saying that he repre-
sented the anarchists, the l. W. WIS,
the Socialists "and all others who have
suffered indgnities at the hands of
the Department of Justice, the police
and other Cossacks." He continued
1.-The time has gone by in which we
could point to America as the whitest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-22

spot on earth and to Russia as the
blacklist Now we find America the
darkest spot in the world"
Here applause otted out his voice
for several minutes, and he was only
able to speak another phrase before it
overwhelmed him again,
"And Russia to-day is the whitest!"
he exclaimed. whereupon men and
women stoodA up on chairs and yelled
fell off them and continued to yell.
Step Forward in Germany
II am looking forward" Haywood
continued, when the tumult had died
away, "to the time when America will
be as good as America is bad now. We
hope that America soon will take the
step forward that Germany has just
taken"
He continued by explaining the ideals
of the Industrial Workers of the World
and the work that they were doing. He
dwelt some time upon the Centralia
affair and the trial of himself and his
associates in Chicago.
During the five months of this trial, ,"
he said, "the capitalistic press never
wrote single honest line"
At Yorkvile Casino Haywood, in
speaking of the trial in Chicago, said
he had been found guilty of printing
the preamble of the l. W. w. constitu-
tion. This, he declared, he would con-
tinue to do until copy had reached
every ones hands. He said that he
also was accused Of interfering with
the war.
I'VE didn't mean to interfere with
the war;" he said. Nobody wanted
the war, and now, with all the Other
nations out of it, Uncle Sam is still
rolling up his sleeves. Nobody seems
to know how to end it,"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-22
Gibson Buys
Life Realizing. G.
His Ambition
Artist Sold First Drawing
to Humorous Weekly for
S4 Thirty-four Years Ago;
Then Decided on Future

Charles Dana Gibson, the artist, has
purchased the controlling interest in
Life" the humorous weekly publica-
tion, it became known yesterday. He
will take active charge of the publica-
tion on April 1.
&. B. Richardson and George Utassy,
it was announced. will be associated with
MIR. Gibson in the publication of the
magazine. Life" was established in
1885
The deal, in which Mr.. Gibson
bought from the widow of John A.
Mitchell, formerly editor of "Lfe." the
majority of stock in the publication,
was closed last Tuesday. 1t represents
business transaction containing as
much Of romance and human interes t
as Of cold facts and figures.
1t was to Life" that Mr.. Gibson, then
an eighteen year-old struggling pen
and-ink artist, sold the first drawing
which he considered worth submitting
for publication. For it he received 81.
And he was supremely happy over his
that on the day of the appearance in
Life" of his 81 work he decided great
things were in store for him, and also
on that day determined that some day
he would own just such a publication
from the earnings OF his pen.
The 81 drawing was entitled "The
Moon and l." 1t was inspired by part
of the action in "The Mikado," which
Nh. Gibson had seen and admired. His
drawing, done in ink-line style much
the same as his work to-day, depicted
dog standing baying at the moon, and
created wide interest both for it's ex-
cellent execution and for its humorous
appeal.
Inspired by the sale of his picture,
Mr.. Gibson went home to Flushing and
spent almost the entire night at his
sketch board, finishing twelve pictures
before going to bed. The next day the
editor of Life" refused all twelve
From the date of the publication of
"The Moon and l." thirty four years
ago. the work of the young artist be-
came known rapidly. Soon he wa,
drawing faces of pretty girls, and as
the circulation of his work expanded
he became known as the premier artist
of the country in his portrayal of femi-
nine beauty. His "Gibson Girl" panels
have attracted attention throughout the
world and have made him famous
"Gibson Girl" hats. frocks. photo
graphs and musical comedy types
flourished, and it is understood Mr..
ruaA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-22
General Strike Doomed Revolution
In Germany, Declares DR.. Schiller
By William c. Dreher
By William C. Dreher
Special Gable to The Tribune

Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Iuc)
BERLIN, Schifr in an interview
Kapp evolutionars to the COM
peness of the strike (which
on"
Of there other important said
Higher officials all branches of the
state refused authority
bank fully seconded he and it impossible
to get any money.
number of generals, who
Informed uewitz get out they would not
recognize his authority"
Wha about the declaration governmen?"
DR. Schiller was asked
Yes that also had considerable
mposslbiity of succeeding in his crazy venture"
The situation looks decidedly better here In government
believed that settlement reached first Berlin will spread
country within in
difficulties which n the region
The danger has been believed although the
government still taking contingency which
The military authorities special protect
the heart of the city from attack the and east
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-22
500 Members of Realty
Association Will Send
Committee to Oppose
Measures in Albany
Formulate Relief
Laws Themselves
Proposal for 20 Per Gent
Net Profit on Invest.
ments Held Inadequate

Five hundred landlords at mass
meeting called by the United Real Es-
tate Owners Association at the Hotel
Astor yesterday decided to appear at
Albany tomorrow afternoon in oppo-
s'tion to the anti-rent profitecring bills
now before the Legislature.
The statement was made that unless
property owners appeared in body
before the various legislative commit
tees which are to give public hearings
on the proposed measures the As
sembly would pass laws which would
only camouflage the situation" and
would not make one more empty room
available to New York tenants.
Stewart Browne, president of the
association, pointed out that while in
the opinion Of property owners none
Of the proposed bills would meet the
situation, the landlords. nevertheless,
would have to consent to the passage
of some constructive measure.
UNLESS we do," said Mr.. Brown, "the
Assembly will pass measures to suit
the tenants and the landlords will dis
cover they have killed the goose that
laid the golden egg"
Some Of the Arguments
Some of the arguments presented at
the meeting were:
That the landlords ought to agree
that 20 per cent net is fair income on
investments in real estate, and only
when they receive an excess over that
amount ought they to be charged with
protiteerlng.
That the Assembly, in introducing
more than fifty rent protiteering meas
couraging capital from entering the
building industry.
That If the Assembly is permitted to
pass restrictive measures unchecked
the value of property will become so
uncertain that Landlords will not
know who owns the coats on their
backs"
That if apartment houses and resi-
dences were investments as profitable
as tenants assert they are, "Wall Street
woulq be investing in new buildings"
=, That Mayor Hylan and the Mayors
committee on Rent Profiteeriny have
exceeded their authority in inviting
tenants to form rent strikes and to
send petitions to Albany in support of
pending bills.
Special Committee Named
To crystalline their protest the land.
lords empowered Mr.. Browne to ap-
point special committee to present
the argument at Albany. But all other
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-22
10000 at Coney Island
On First Day of Spring

Fully convinced that spring had ar
rived, 10000 persons journeyed down
to Coney Island yesterday, and few
of them even went in bathing. Trains
to the resort were jammed to capacity
and autos lined the roads. Extra po-
licemen were on duty. but the crowd
was orderly.
The old Sea Beach Palace, with the
largest swimming pool in the world,
will reopen early next month as the
Workmen are busy rcfurbishing Luna
Park and the Steeplcchase. The Union
Square "battleship' is. to be- set up in
the Steeplechase this season.
Many OF yesterdays visitors to the
island were seekers for summer bunga-
lows
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-22
RybzuOM Wins
Cape-Cai,o Race

LONDON, March 21.-The Air
Ministry announced to-day that
the 5,300-mile airplane race
across Africa from Cairo to the
Cape of Good Hope for prize
offered by "The Cape Times" was
won Saturday afternoon at
o'clock by Colonel van Rybzvold
and Major Brand in Vozrtrek-
ker machine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-22
Ebert Returns to Berlin, State of Siege Is Raised
Army of 10000 "Reds" in Control of Rul,r Distri
Ebert Told II. S.
Halls His Return,

COPENHAGEN, March 21.-
Ellis L. Dresel, the American
representative at Berlin, has ex-
pressed to the German govern
ment his satisfaction at the ter
mination of the military coup
and the reestablishment of con-
stitutional conditions, according
to a dispatch from that city to-
day.
He was convinced, he said, that
public opinion in the United
States would strongly condemn
any attempt from whatever
source to break down orderly in
stitutions by violence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-22
Hitchcock Looks
For Ne,u Party
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

Special Dispatch to The Tribune
AUGUSTA, Ca, March 21.-
Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock,
leader of the Administration
forces in the Senate, who is tax
ing a vacation here, expressed
the belief to-day that the contro-
versy over the peace treaty
would result in the launching of
third political party in the
Presidential campaign, backed
by such "irreconcilables" as Sem
ators Borah and johnson.
1.-THE coming national election
will be to decide on issues rather
than candidates." said Senator
Hitchcock.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-22
Kaiser Annoyed
By Close Guard

AMERONGEN, Holland, March
21.-The constant pacing of the
sentinel behind former Emperor
William when he walks in the
BeAtiaci: Castle garden has so an
noyea tha one-time German ruler
that Oh several occasions lie has
told the guard not to follow him
so closely, but to stay out Of sight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-22
coon MORNING:

n YOU didn't get just the right help for
the position why not call the Good Morn
ing Girl. Beekman 5000, and inser, an ad-
vertisernent in to-morrows Tribune ?---Advt-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-22
Boy, Ii, Kills Brother. 10

MIDDLEToWN, Conn. March I'll
theodore PIoseki, ten years old, was
shot and killed here today bv his
brother Joseph. fourteen. The bows
were playing with revolver which be-
longed to an older brother
Medical Examiner J. r Calef said the
shooting was accidental.
Fake the family to see an honest, clean.
wholesome comedy. WEDDING BELLS"
HARRIS THEATRR.--Advt.
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Ar "stau III season"--.the most
y ssssckt-aAA~t.
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HE w E A I H e r

Fair and warmer to-day and tO.m0Y-
row; moderate west Winds
becoming south.
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