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The New York herald., 1920-01-20
HOTEL ENGINEERS AGREE
TO POSTPONE STRIKE

BY the terms of an oral agreement
reached by representatives of the Hotel
Associate ton of New York City and the
Joint Wage Board Of the Engineers and
Firemen's unions at conference yester.
day, the strike of hotel engineers and fire.
men. set for eight o'clock tomorrow morn
ing, has been postponed, at least until
Saturday afternoon, when another confer
ence will be held In the meantime mem
bers of the association will meet to decide
whether they are willing. that the COM
mittee which met the labor leaders yester-
day shall be given power to act for the
hotels as a whole.
The conference yesterday was secret and
officials OF the association declined to say
who. represented the hotels. 1t is known.
however, that Thomas d. Green. presi-
dent of the association, was present. The
unions were represented by Thomas J.
Healy, president of = the International
Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen:
Thomas Begley. business agent Of En-
gineers' Ldcal No. $40; Michael Murphy,
business agent of Engineers Local No 20:
Edward Hanley, president of Engineers
Local No. 90; William Keogh, former pres-
dent OF Engineers Local No. go: Timothy
Condon president of Engineers local No.
go and John CNiain, member Of the
executive board OF Engineers Local No.
$50
Through misunderstanding the en-
gineers and firemen of one hotel in the
Herald square district went out yesterday
Thy were at once ordered back
to work by heads of their Unions.
The New York herald., 1920-01-20
TRANSIT REPORT
SOUGHT Of NIXON
BY STATE SENATE
Mr.. Walters Says Republicans
Want to Know if City Com
missions Are Efficient.

ALBANY, N. Y, Monday.-The Senate
tonight called upon Lewis Nixon. Public
Service Commissioner, to mako definite
recommendations looking to the solution
of the traction tangle in New York city.
In the argument of the resolution Sena-
tor George F. Thompson, Of Niagara, at
tackled Commissioner Nixon.
II object to asking for Mr.. Nixons opin-
ion,' Mr.. Thompson said. Il don't oe-
lieve his opinion on the necessity for an
increase of fares in New York city is of
value, because after he was appointed and
before it was humanity possible for him
to investigate he went about the streets of
New York clamoring for an increased
fare because he is friend of the rail-
roads. I don't believe he has made an
investigation. and / think the only thing
upon which he has to base an opinion is
the Stone & Webster report
Senator Thompson declared he did not
think the Legislature had any jurisdiction
in the question of street railway fares in
New York city. He demanded an amend.
ment requiring Commissioner Nixon in
lSupIIitlilS Ills ItQueSltu report 10 tDe Leg
islature to show the source of the informa.
ton on which he bases his recommends
tions.
The Thompson amendment was lost, but
a substitute amendment offered by Sen
ator j. Henry Walters, Republican leader
of the Senate, who had charge of the res
oluton on the floor requesting Mr.. Nixon
to state whether he had conducted an in
yoStlpatlOn into the cad
fares. was carried. The resolution as
amended must go back to the Assembly
for concurrence.
Senator James j. Walker, Democrat
floor leader, defended Mr.. Nixon and
opposed the Thompson resolution. He
asserted it was not the province OF the
Legislature in adopting such an amend :
ment as that offered by Senator
Thompson to cast suspicion on respon-
sible officials of the State.
Let us get the information, but let
us not prejudge it before it comes" he
declared.
The purpose of the transit resolution,
which was fathered by Republican
leaders in the Assembly, was disclosed
by Senator Walters Republican leader.
1--WE created two commissions in New
York city last year. the Senator sal
Either we must keep these two commits.
sions or we must repeal the acts which
created them and set UP new ones. We
want to know whether the commissions we
created are efficient or not"
Governor Smith, in message to the
Legislature, transmitting the final report
Of Jeremiah +. Connor, who investigated
that the Industrial Council have broader
powers, so that it may initiate proceedings
and not be limited to passing upon matters
submitted by the Industrial Commission.
The New York herald., 1920-01-20
WHITMAN DENIES RICE TALE
OF WALL STREET SWINDLERS

Charles s. Whitman. formerly Governor,
was a witness last night to refute state
n ents made by George Graham Rice.
broker, who is on trial before Judga,
James T. Malone and a jury. in General
Sessions, on a charge of larceny. Rice
had testified that improper influence TO
protect Wall street swidlers had been
brought to bear on Mr.. Whitman when he
was District Attorney. and later on Charles
Albert Perkins and Edward Swami, the
present District Attorney. Rice also said
that Mr.. Whitman when Governor had re-
fused to hear complaints which he made
against Mr.. Swami
Mr. Whitman denied emphattcally that
he had ever allowed any influence to deter
him from prosecuting Wall street swindlers
or that Rice had ever made any complaint
to MIN against Mr.. Swami. Mr.. Whitman
said also that he had no recollection that
Rice had ever complainel 10 him about Mr.
Swami.
"If such a complaint had been made"
said Mr.. Whitman. lit is more than likely
that would remember it."
The New York herald., 1920-01-20
SMITH COLLEGE WORKERS
ADD $318,981 TO FUND

At the close of the canvassing last night
saS9S1 had been collected by the Smith
College workers who are raising a fund
of 100000 The campaign opened last
Saturday.
OF the sum already raised $50 900 is a
part of the Russell Sage Foundation gift
OF $4,000 which the trustees of the college
voted to the fund. The remaining $67 900
came mostly from New York. The classes
of 1904 and 1909 and the district of Win
chester, Mass, have the best records so
far. each having pledged more than $4,000.
Roy u. Chaplin. president of the Hudson
Motor Car Company, of Detroit, tele-
graphed a subscription Of 5000.
The New York herald., 1920-01-20
Palmer to Defend
Anti-Sedition Stand
Herald bureau.
No. ,J02 RI street. y. W.,
Wnshin gtOn, ID. G., Monday.

A. Mitchell Palmer. Attorney General.
is to make a defence of his recommends
tions for legislation to punish sedition
before the House Rules Committee
He called at the Capitol today to see
Representative Campbell. Republican. of
Kansas. chairman of the committee, TO
arrange for the hearing Officials of the
American Federation of Labor, who at
tackled the sedition legislation in state
ment last night. also are expected to ap-
pear,
In his conversation with Mr.. Campbell
the Attorney General expressed regret
that there seemed to be q misunderstand
ing of the legislation and denied that il
infringed the right of free speech or law
full assembly. He also asked to be heard
in order to clear up what he considers the
wrong Interpretation that has been placed
upon his recommendations.
Representative Campbell denied today
that the proposed hearing before the Rules
Committee is TO be construed in any way
as method Of either side tracking speedy
action on the legislation or delaying its
consideration in the House. lie further
dcnied that any banks or other financial
institutions were urging it's passage.
The New York herald., 1920-01-20
BOSTON JUDGE DISMISSES
HABEAS CORPUS FOR REDS

BOSTON Monday. = The petition for
writs of habeas corpus filed in the federal
district court last week by Thomas G..
Connolly, as counsel for 112 alleged reds"
detained at Deer Island was automati.
cally dismissed without prejudice today
because counsel failed tc amend II as sug-
Gested by Judge Anderson, who heard the
case last Saturday.
Judge Anderson objected to the declara-
ion in the petition that the Imprisonment
procedure was equivalent to lynch law
and said there vas nothing to warrant the
implication that the prisoners would not
have fair hearing Connolly called al
the court clerks office today and said
that he did not intend to end the petition
Two new petitions have been filed on,
IN behalf of Mrs. Amy Colyer. OF wellcslv
who. with her husband William J. Colyer
IS held at the slantl,. and the other in be.
h,tIf OF julius Suidinitis or Cambridge.
The New York herald., 1920-01-20
Plural Voting
Blocks Treaty
Continued from Page Oneo

that the college poll was to be taken
the League to Enforce Peace sent out
letters offering to send speakers to the
colleges to discuss the question. Sem
ators ought not to forget the other
votes taken in recent months at cleo
tions in many States; also they should
not overlook the vote in the French
Assembly on Saturday, where Mr. Des-
chanel was elected President of France
over Premier Clemeneeau. one of the
authors of the treaty"
To Consider King Resolution.
The Foreign Relations Committee will
meet on Wednesday to consider the
resolution of Senator King, Democrat, of
Utah, to put the Senate on record in favor
or giving to Greece that part of Thrace
taken from Bulgaria and Turkey. This
resolution is further evidence of a rift
in the Democratic lutte, for it is under
stood that Greece would have been given
this territory in the first place but for
the opposition of the Presiden. in the
peace conference.
The King resolution reads, in part, as
follows
Resolved, That it is the sense of the
Senate that those parts Of Thrace which
have been surrendered by Bulgaria and
Turkey to the principal allied and as
sociated Powers, and extending the line of
Chatalja Hills, behind Constantnople,
should be awarded by the peace con-
ference to Greece. and become incorpora-
ted in the Kingdom of Greece; proper
control of the Notifications which COM
mand the Dardanelles being retained
under the authority of the League of Ma
tions, and Greece being charged with the
duty of granting to Bulgaria arrange
ments for the accommodation of Bulgarian
commerce AT an Aegean port of a similar
character to the commercial accommoda-
tions granted Serbia at Salonica.'
The New York herald., 1920-01-20
Under Radical Law
Shop Councils Will
Rule German Plants
Measure Passed by National Assembly
After Days of Debate Rouses
All Parties.

BERLIN Sunday (by the Associated
Press).-The shop Councils bill. other
wise known as the exploitation law"
one OF the most radical pieces of economic
legislation since the war. was passed by
the National Assembly today after five
days acrimonious debate.
The measure affects all places where
more than five men or women are en-
ployed. excepting newspapers, in which
business the councils are not permitted
to dictate. The five or more employees
elect a steward, who will confer with the
employer on the relations with the worh-
ers and the general conduct of the bust
ness The number of stewards varies
proportionately to the size of the staff
whose representatives viii now be given
the privilege of attending directors meet
ings. where they will be active voters, al
though not shareholders.
foreman or department chief may be
forced to quit, regardless of his services
to his employer. This feature was stub
bornly fought by the big business inter-
ests. One Of the last notifications OF the
bill prohibits an employer from discharg-
ing woman and substituting male en-
ploye for reason of sex alone.
The bill does not satisfy the Independ
ents who clamored for measure after
the Russian pattern, and was especially
opposed by other parties because of its
radical interference with the agrarian and
big industrial working systems. Skep-
ucism is frequently professed among all
ranks with regard TO the workabiity of
the measure, and clashes between capital
and labor, ii is feared. will be inevitable
Owing to it's wide ramifications, it will
be a year or two before its feasibility is
established. 1t is estimated that the mem
bership in the stewards in the shop coun
ellis VIII exceed 500 900
The New York herald., 1920-01-20
Will Established by United States He Tells Second nne
Room ReJoeS
Il Unelish Harmony Republics on This Continent

both North and South Americans are
most keenly interested in-namely. the
establishing of trade relations between the
1.-TWO countries and the presentation OF the
carrier programme by which this pro-
gramme is to be made possible.
Mr.. Payne reiterated his idea that the
American merchant marine shall be oper-
ated by private persons but SAID TINS
would not interfere with the supervision
iof the traffic by the Board and especially
will not interrupt it's South American pro-
gramme. Relative to the South American
programme he said
"Our present plans for the passenger
service to the east coast of South America
lare:-
Five, steamers. maintaining service
every two weeks between New York, klo
de. Janeiro Santos, Montevideo' ana
Buenos Ayres South bound, these vessels
will proceed directly to Rio de Janeiro.
northbound they will call at ST. Thomas
for fuel. The five vessels selected for
this service are all former German steam
ers of fifteen knots speed-the Aeolus,
Huron, Pocahontas, DeKalb and Princess
Matoika. The Huron, Dekalb and Aeoius
have been returned from the army ana
lare now being reconditfoned. The Huron
! is expected to De ready for service IN
April and the DeKalb and Aeolus in May.
The Princess Matofka and the Pocahontas
will be returned from the army shortly
They are all being completely remodeiled
and will be converted TO burn fuel OIL
Temporary Service Runs.
THE Board regards the passenger SER
vice to South America as Of paramount
importance and. pending the recondition-
ing of the five steamers mentioned above.
is doing what II can TO provide tenn
porary service.
I'VE are planning to inaugurate regular
monthly service between the River Piate'
Antwerp and other European ports IN
February. and will place on this run re-
frigerated cargo steamers capable of lift
ing approximately 5000 tons. of frozen peel
loading such general cargo as may be
available.
Following It's policy or encouraging es-
tablished American steamship companies
rather than competing with them, tine
Board will place in service under the man =
agemont of w r. Grace & Co, the Santa
Theresa and the Santa Elisa. now recon
ditionng after release from army ser
vice. These are combination freight and
passenger vessels built especially for TINS
trade They will call at Callao, AFRICA
Iuuioue and Valparaiso and will furnish a
sailing every two weeks from New York
During the calendar year 1919. sixty
two Shipping Board steamships loaded
from the United states ports 10 the west
coast. carrying 1900 tons southbound and
I19s, 600 tons northbound, Such additional
cargo steamships as this business re-
lauire will be allocated as needed.
1--WE are asked why we do not allocate
the ocean greyhounds like the Leviathan
in this service.
Difficulties Encountered.
There are certain physical difficulties
such as the fact that at Rio the depth OF
water is only twenty-six feet, which make
this impossible.
| ''The question Of national policy In
The New York herald., 1920-01-20
A. E. F. PRISON CONDITIONS
LAID AT GEN. HARTS' DOOR

WASHINGTON. d. c., Monday.-Re-
sponsibilty for prison conditions in the
American army Paris sector was placed
on Brigadier General William Harts. for
mer commandant of the district, to-day by
Major General Harbord. commander OF
the Service of Supplies in the A. +. +.
Asked by Representative Bland. Republ-
can, of Indiana member of the subcom-
mittee before which the general appeared,
what procedure was necessary to bring
General Ifarts before court martial. Cen
eral Harbord replied that Secretary Baker
could issue an order. General Harts il
now chief Of staff of the army of occupa-
tion
1T is evident why General Harts has
never been court martialled," Bland said.
He was the teachers pet in this country.
and the teachers pet in France, and IL
has always taken courage to attack him.
Fifty men were placed in contemp-
tible room and left there indefinitely be-
cause 1t was claimed better quarters could
not be obtained Officers however, found
no difficulty in finding luxurious quarters,
and the headquarters of the district OF
Paris was located in a palace
The New York herald., 1920-01-20
Herald Bureau,
Washington, ID. e., Monday.
No. 1.JO2 II Street. n. W.,

Establishment of an elaborate steam
ship lire. which will bring North and
South America close together. was out
lined tonight by John Barton Payne,
chairman OF the United States Shipping
Board, in an address before the second
Pan-Ainerican Conference. Speaking be-
lore the representatives of all the Amer
icas, ne outlined the plans of this country
for utilizing its splendid new merchant
marine and for taking the place Of other
world powers in becoming the carrier
nation of the new world
Mr. Paynes address followed a day of
unusual interest and of Importance in
cementing the relations Of the two Amer
icas
With representa- lives OF the South and
Central American republics present to-
gether with those of Mexico. the session
was opened with Carter Glass, Secretary
of the Treasury. presiding. W. ]. Bryan
occupied a place on the platform. and in
'front.' of him as delegate, adviser for the
Guatemalans, sat Samuel Gompers, pres
dent of he American Federation of La
Dor
Unable to be present in person, Presi-
dent Wilson welcomed the delegates with
a letter while Robert Lansing seconded
the address Of welcome with a speech
which glowed with the spirit of Pan
Mr. Lansing said the conference was in
line with the progressveness of North and
South Amercanism. II had met to find
ways to adjust all the republics to new
created by the war, he said,
actuated by the spirit of brotherly and
friendly nations
Payne's Address Feature.
Nothing that occurred during the session
created more interest than the address OF
The New York herald., 1920-01-20
Influenza Cases in
Isolation Hospital

Mindful that the influenza epidemic that
,,yaced the country last winter was
h,,urht from Europe aboard vessel ar
irving at Boston, port health authorizes
Yesterday were prompt in their action
when five cases of influenza were dis
covered among the passengers of the Lor-
raine. of the French line, which arrived
bere The persons afflicted were taken to
svi,yhurne Island and placed in the isola-
ton hospital.
Dr Royal S. Copeland, Health Commis'.
sioner. repeated emphatically that there
n no epidemic OF flu in the city so fan
this winter. The number OF cases in the
citv in various stages, is under the five
hundred mark-less than the number for
,I,e same period in 1917. the year before
tho endemic he said. The day by day
figures showed ninety cases for Sunday
and Monday, and fifty cases for Sat
urday. Pneumonia cases were 116 for SUM-
day and Monday and 1O4 for Saturday.
AT this time in the city there il nothing
A all in the nature of an influenza
} endemic" DR.. Copeland said. I'VE have
aIways had influenza and pneumonia cases
and deaths at this season of the year.
Durine- the last epidemic New York city
had about one million cases of influenza,
and In consequence, i think, 'we have a
certain degree of immunity from the dis
eaae now. This city then had the lowest
death rate of any of the principal cities
~ the country. Our Health Department is
tho hest in the country. and / attribute this
"a the fact that our employees are under
civil service, and most of them have been
IN the department great many years"
Tho spread of influenza in Poland, he
conu,ented. was due no doubt to the poor
sconomic conditions of the populace.
Dr Copeiand said that the Health De-
nartment in the event of another in
rlonza endemic here would follow last
Years poIicy in not closing the schools,
churches or theatres. He scoffed at the
use of masks which were adopted In some
IItias and military camps in the last
epidemic.
In the event that influenza cases break
ont Commissioner Copeland suggests that
natients be kept I'm n room alone. get
nlenty of fresh air and that the patients
lands he washed frequently. He sug-
rested that everybody should wash the
hands frequently. The washing of the
nostrils also Is advised
The police Of Harlem last night reported
an inc-case IN calls for ambulances for
p,etimonia and influenza cases. At Har-
l.r Hospital IL was said that all the
anbuIances were busy, and that the in
,,lfotion Is well.filed with pneumonia and
influenza patients. There has been a rapid
development In numbers of these cases in
the last twenty-four hours, IL was said.
Althorigh tho hospital authorities did not
,,eciosc tho number Of FLU and pneu-
r,onla patients taken there in the pre-
,.jous twenty-four hours. 1t was said there
L,d beeu considerable '"crease since
"a trrSay and Sunday.
The New York herald., 1920-01-20
ESPECIAL DESPATCH TO rHn HERALD ]

ESPECIAL DESPATCH TO EHE HERALD
CHICAGO. ILL.,, Monday.-The grip of
influenza frightened on Chicago tonight.
Reports at the Health Department showed
1,79 new cases in forty-eight hours, with
S7 cases of pneumonia. There were fifty
deaths from influenza and sixteen from
pneumonia.
DR.. Robertson, Health Commissioner,
said ten thousand nurses would be re-
quired to handle the situation. He advised
against sending patients to hospitals.
Patients can receive better care in
many instances at home" he said. AM
balances are cold and Patients moved in
them expose themselves to great danger.
They frequently become chilled and by
are worse off than when they left home. y
Or. Robertson called a meeting Of bac-
teriologists and pathologists this evening
10 discuss the advisability of using vari-
Gus vaccines to combat influenza. No
recommendation was made, but a resolu-
ton was passed calling upon bacteria
logical laboratories to seek an anti-influ-
enza vaccine.
A comparison of the number of cases
reported during the last two weeks i'll
Chicago, as compared with those reported
for a similar time during the epidemic OF
1918, shows that $50 cases have been re-
ported and total of 260 deaths resulted
from pneumonia and influenza, while in
1918 the total for the first two weeks was
4766 cases and sos deaths.
The New York herald., 1920-01-20

volved in the ownership and operation Of
passenger and cargo steamers constituting
a merchant marine is one now occupying
the earnest attention of the President and
Congress.
Mr. Wilson Sends Message.
President Wilson's message to the dele
gates from his sick room follows:-
Gentlemen of the Americas
Il regret more deeply than l can well
express, that the condition of my health
deprives me of the pleasure and privilege
Of meeting with you and personally en-
pressing the qualification which every Of
ficer of this government feels because of
your presence at the National Capital, and
particularly because of the friendly and
significant mission which brings you to us.
II rejoice with you that, in these
troubled times of world reconstruction, the
republics of the American Continent
should seek no selfish purpose, but should
be guided by desire to serve one another
and to serve the world to the utmost OF
their capacity. The great privileges that
have been showered upon us, both by
reason of our geographical positions and
because OF the high political and social
ideals that have determined the national
development of every country of the
American Continent. carry with them OBJ
legations, the fulfilment of which much
be regarded as a real privilege by every
true American.
1T is no small achievement that the
Americas are today able TO say TO the
world Here is an important section of
the globe which has today eliminated the
idea of conquest from It's national thought
and fromits international policy
'The spirit of mutual helpfulness which
animates the conference supplements and
Strengthens this important achievement of
international policy. I rejoice with you
that we are privileged to assemble with
the sole purpose of ascertaining how we
can serve one another, for in so doing we
best serve the world"
The New York herald., 1920-01-20
CHICAGO CALLS FOR
10000 NURSES TO
FIGHT INFLUENZA
Disease Tightens Hold on City
with 1889 New Cases in
Forty-Eight Hours.
CAMP DIX QUARANTINED;
400 ILL WITH INFLUENZA

CAMP DIX, N. j., Monday.-A close
quarantine of Camp Dix has been de-
clared by the military authorities ow-
ing to an outbreak of illness that has
confined nine hundred men in the base
hospital.
OF these four hundred are suffering
from influenza, two hundred from diph-
iberia, and three hundred from other
diseases, including pneumonia. No
the epidemic of influenza and diph-
iberia is said to be of mild type.