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The Washington herald., 1920-04-12
"War Time Specials" Speeding
Toward New York With Food

New Yorks April 1.-THE out
law" railroad strike retained. its
grip on New York and all points
East today. Recruits were report
ed joining the strikers throughout
the afternoon and, following the
regular daily conference of the sub
committee of the General Managers
Association, ]. J. Mantell, chairman
of that body. admitted the situa-
tion is exceedingly grave.
Drastic curtailment of passenger
train service will be made il neces-
sary in order that milk and perish
able foodstuffs may be rushed to
New York. Strikers permitted the
milk train to reach the city. on time
today. Millions of pounds Of beef
and other foodstuffs are speeding
eastward from Chicago. Kansas
City and other packing centers on
New York Central wartime spe-
cials," according to officials Of the
New York Central this afternoon.
The most drastic freight embargo
aver known in railroad history In
the United States is now in eject
on all shipments of freight, coal
and steel on the Pennsylvania Rail-
road originating west of Altoona
for points east.
An embargo has also been placed
on all freight from the. south des-
tined to points north of Norfolk.
The Significance of the, embargo
lies in the fact that eighty per cent
of the bituminous coal use4 in New
York and points east comes from the
country about Altoona via the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad.
Tho railroad managers WELCOMED
Sunday, without the rush hour
schedules apd commuters trains. as
an opportunity to reorganize their
forces. Pensioners will be called in
by the officials and men will be
shifted from other forces to the
mobile branches.
onicials are hoping other en-
ployes will not walk out but fire.
men are expected to join the strik-
ers out now.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-12
Taft Deplores Lynching in South;
Aduocates Its Cessation as First
Step T Toward Harmony Between Races

Is difficult, noonshine stills have
been erected in many places and the
clandestine sale Of liquor is. general.
\ This affects negro labor kinjuri-
ously In two ways: 1t enables those
who are working the stills to make
money enough and~in a short time.
They will not work in the fields.
It furnishes the means of getting
drunk to others and leads to con-
slant disorder and idleness.
How far more rigid Federal en-
forcement Of the law may remedy
this evil remains to be seen.
OF course, lynching continues in
the South. an evidence of the law
less spirit Of the ignorant and the
vicious brutality created by race
prejudice; but the good people of
the South greatly deplore it, and
the protests Of leaders of public
opinion grow stronger and more
appealing.
Praise for Augusta.
In that charming city of Augusta,
with Its hne colonial and ante-war
associations and with the refine
ment and culture which the best
type Of the old Southern families
has preserved. there is as satisfae-
tory "A relation between the races as
anywhere in the South
The city is fortunate In the lead
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The Washington herald., 1920-04-12
WEEKS SURPLUS
OF FOOD IN CITY /
AS WEUP COMES
Congressional Limited" and Other Fast
Trains Withdrawn'in General C Curtailment
Pullman and Sleeping Car Service Prac-
tically Suspended Railroads in New York
Impose Most Drastic Embargo in Nations
History. 4

With Washington freight yards and storehouses stocked with
may
consumed practically the entire body of swtchmen employed by the
Washington Terminal Company night "outaw"
which has swept the country from
Yesterday afternoon fifty wtchmen quit the day shift and
midnight the night numbering fifty did
work. -.
--. Effect is Gripping
H. Tonge superintendent of the Terminal last night admitted
that the strike would seriously cripple the
running and of Washington All trains entering and
the city pass through Terminal be
destination.
Trying to Keep up Service.
After the failure of the switchmen report
Station dpatche said that effort being
service and they ordering through making
changes of the and sections in the depot
Railroad officials began Immediately passenger
off the schedule between
the situation
further curtaimcnts
The Washington herald., 1920-04-12
German Commanders De
clare Suspension Of Execu-
tons Encourages Reds.
TO WITHDRAW TROOPS
Indications Of New Revolt
By Worst Elements of
Agitators.
By KARL n. Won wIEGAND.

Dusseldorf on Rhine. April IL
The German government troops In
the Ruhr district threaten to go on
strike unless the Berlin cabinet re-
institutes the death penalty through
drumhead courts-martial or extra
ordinary military courts.
Such Is the message which Will be
conveyed to the Berlin government
, by an officer representing the
reichswehr. sent by Gen. Won Wat
ter, commander in chief OF the
Ruhr troops.
There are now more than thirty
persons sentenced to death by
courts-martial or an extraordinary
court sitting at wesel. All are
charged with participation in the
red insurrection- The executions
are stayed by President Ebelt's re-
cent order prohibiting the putting
to death Of offenders by the military
without his counter signature.
Has Bad Effect on Troops.
Commanders of various reichs-
wehr groups declare that the sus-
pension of military executions is a
great encouragement to the worst
elements in the Ruhr region who
shoot at troops from buildings or
under cover of darkness and openly
boast of killing soldiers because
they know they will not be exc
cuted. and this Is declared to have
an exceedingly bad effect upon the
trspps" spirit.
The representations on the ques-
tion are to be traced back to the
initiative OF Commissary Severing,
representative OF the Berlin gov
ernment in the Ruhr region. Sew
ering went to Berlin to lay the
matter before the cabinet. but the
latter declined to reinstitute the
death penalty for guerilla warfare
against troops. .
Troops May BE withdraw.
Gen. Won Waiter now has sent a
representative of the troops to Ber-
lin to say that unless the govern
ment permits the application Of the
military law against snipers, II
may become necessary to withdraw
the troops from the Ruhr district
because of the nightly wholesale
sniping. There are indications of
new revolts in the rear Of the ad-
yancing lines by elements who
know they will not be executed
and therefore are willing to take
a chance at stirring up fresh
Red rebellion.
In one instance the troops were
SO aroused that. regardless of Pres
ident Ebert's order. they shot ten
men caught in a building from
which they had been firing upon
the soldiers.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-12
President Kills
Relapse" Rumors
BySpininHisA Auto


President Wilson yesterday re-
futed repeated rumors that he had
had a serious relapse by appearing
in a big White House automobile
with Mrs. Wilson and DR.. Cary T.
Grayson and taking a two-hour spin
along the Speedway and through
other parks.
The start was made at IL o'clock.
The President waved cherrily to a
group at the west gate of the ex-
ecutive mansion as the car passed
through. He appeared in good
health, as was the case on his last
appearance. more than two weeks
since.
DR.. Grayson has emphasized sew
eral times lately that the only rea-
son the President had not been go
ing out in an automobile was that
he preferred not to, and not because
his condition was worse.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-12
BRITISH COMMANDER
TO .G0NClIATE IRISH

London. April -1.-sir NevH Mac
Ready. successor to Gen. Sir Charles
F. shaw. commander of the British
forces in ireland. is going to that
country within few days to as
sumo his duties.
IT am going to- ireland with an
open mind" he said. II am In q
sympathetic frame of mind and ]
invite the support Of all parties. Ny
belief is that most of the existing
differences are due to misunder-
standings. II / can help to make
the country peaceful and contented
shall be more than satisfied.
II am convinced the real Irish
are not responsible for the recent
cold-blooded murders. Irishmen are
not assassins. whatever else they
may be-"
The Washington herald., 1920-04-12
Airrran Ends
His Life in
Hotel Room
Capt. c. S. Katzman, Over.
seas Veteran, Blows Out
Brains With Revolver.

Capt. C. 8. Katzman, IS years old,
of the Air Service, veteran of the
world war and IL years in military
life, was found dead in a room In
the Continental Hotel yesterday. A
bullet from a .45 caliber revolver
had pierced his brain. Coroner New
lit issued q certificate Of suicide.
Capt. Katzman was last seen alive
by his wife and two-year-old son
at the Donald Hotel. 1919 Thirteenth
street northwest, where he was re-
siding, Friday at luncheon. Appar-
entity In good spirits. he kissed his
wife and boy goodbye. buckled on
his revolver, which he seldom car
ried. and left the hotel. .. ,
Katzman registered at the Con-
tinental the same afternoon and was
shown to room 311. Hotel employees
became suspicious when Katzman
failed to come out of his room. They
FORCED an entrance ana Iouno ms
body.
Coroner hewitt found a note
written by the captain on a table
in the hotel room. In it Katzman
asked forgiveness for his deed and
asked that he be buried In Arling-
ton.
Mrs. Katzman is on the verge of
a nervous collapse. She has lived
here with her husband for year,
following his return last April from
overseas duty. Prior to the war,
Katzman was stationed In WASH
ington at intervals.
Military funeral services proba-
bly, will be held tomorrow after
noon.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-12
WOMAN'S BODY. =.
FOUND IN SEA
CBy Herald Leased wire.)

New York, April lin the
morgue at the Coney Island Hos
pital tonight lay the unidentified
body of q young and pretty woman,
found floating in the sea at the
foot of Ocean Parkway, Coney
Island. The woman was about %
years old, fve feet six inches tail
and weighed 12o pounds. She had
long, light brown hair. large gray
eyes and slim tapering fingers.
Two molars. apparently of porce-
lain. were recapped with gold.
There was no mark of any kind
on her body. with the exception of
a bruise over the right eye.
Her apparel was of material far
above average and Of costly design.
She wore a black silk taffeta dress,
with brown silk trimmings and
gold embroidery. She wore white
silk petticoat. pink silk underwear,
brown silk stockings. brown OK
ford ties and a black pony skin
coat with fur collar.
Her hat was missing. No bag
or pocketbook was found. Neither
was there any jewelry.
Detective Ryan Is investigating
the story of a waiter in a Coney
Island dance hall, who said the
body resembled q girl who was in
the resort last night with a young
man.
When the place closed at mid
night the man led the woman, pro-
testing. to an automobile. He had
to use considerable force to get her
into the machine. The waiter said
he attempted to interfere. but the
man warned him to mind his own
business
The Washington herald., 1920-04-12
$lN,750 IN BONDS
= SEEK VET" OWNERS

Liberty bonds valued at $140,750,
sent through the mails to former
soldiers and sailors from the office
Of the zone finance officer at Wash
ington during March, have been re-
turned because the owners cannot
be located. The zone finance officer
now has $50 discharge certificates
which cannot be delivered because
of missing or incorrect addresses.
During the month 1870 bonus
claims, amounting to s277,2o0. were
paid. To date there have been
mailed 1,64o,o42 bonus checks. ag-
'gregating sss.4o2.52o. During March
the zone finance officer located and
mailed 1878 liberty bonds to the
par value of $7s6,ss0. -
An alphabetical list of undeliver-
able discharge certificates by States
has been turned over to the Ameri-
can Legion.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-12
WILSON'S SHEEP
WILLLEAD
PARADE
White House Flock in Van
Of BE Kind to Animals"
Procession.

The flock of thirty White House
sheep will come forth from their
well-fed lethargy this afternoon to
lead a parade Of animals. the most
novel procession ever seen in this
city of pageants.
Thus will BE Kind to Animals
Week" be inaugurated. Under the
auspices of the Humane Education
Society an elaborate program has
been devised, of which the parade
Is the lead-off. The effect of the
whole. it is hoped, will be to wipe
out cruelty and ill-treatment of all
animals in the District. whether the
result of thoughtlessness or design.
Other Notable Features.
Though the sheep will occupy the
van, they will not have all the dis
tinction of the procession. Gen.
Pershing's famous mount, "Jeff," and
probably twenty other war horses
from his stables and those of his
-staff will take part. The Riding and
Hunt Club will be prominently rep
resented both as regards equines
and their riders. Also there will be
a muIe-a hard-boiled army mule,
wearing blanket telling the world
They don't dare treat me rough"
There will be hundreds of dogs
and cats. conveniently assigned to
farr separated sections, and the rear
will be brought up by a world
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The Washington herald., 1920-04-12

Replies to SIS questions submitted
by the Republican National Com
mittee to the Platform COMMITTEES
Of the National Nonpartisan Poiiti-
cal campaign have been made by
president Samuel Gompers, secre-
tary Frank Morrison and Vice
President Matthew wolL OF the
american Federation of Labor.
In the main labor opposes the
following named propositions:
The Kansas Industrial Court
collie cooperation
\ through shop councils.
Legisiation limiting the right
tn strike.
n Establishment Of arbitration
and conciiiation, boards.
The, Injunction in Industrial
disputes. So .5
The Washington herald., 1920-04-12
SEEKS
PEEPN N'ATTIC
OF WAR OFFICE
Seek Reason for Withhold
ing. Excess Supplies
From Market.
CAN TURN NEAT PROFIT
Materials Badly Needed and
Price Is m Advance of
That Paid.
CAN TURN NEAT PROFIT

Congress wants to look into the
War Department attic. Republi-
can leaders who are wrestling with
the problem Of governmental econ
omy intend to introduce a resolu-
tion In the House calling for q bal
ance sheet from Newton d. Baker,
Secretary of War. that will show
the departments reasons for re
serving" or holding off the market
more than $1,000. 100000 worth Of
materials-most Of which will de-
teriorate before they can possibly
be used-with no more apparent
reason than the weakness which
fills the average garret with things
that might be OF some use some-
time.
There exists in the War Depart
ment q division of sales, created for
the specific purpose OF disposing Of
the surplus material which the gov
ernment had on hand when the
armistice was signed. This material
was accumulated on the basis of
three more years OF war and an
army OF 100000 men.
Tied Up BY sReservatiens."
The original orders given to this
division was to dispose of every
thing to the best possible advan-
tage, instructions that worked well
in theory, but encountered an almost
insurmountable obstacle In the .re-
.servations" that virtually all
branches Of the War Department
and various other government de-
partments were permitted to make.
As result. the division Of sales,
confronted by a market that will
absorb virtually everything that the
department has, at a profit to the
government. is forced to turn away
eager purchasers with the con-
sciousness that the very articles
wanted are lying in open storage
of no use to the government, but,
instead, a drain upon the Treasury.
Instances of the material 're-
served" that could be sold now at
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The Washington herald., 1920-04-12
CARMEN VOTE TO STRIKE
THIS MORNING IN NEW JERSEY

Jersey City, N. j.. April 11.-All
street car lines in Hudson County
will be tied UP carly tomorrow
morning.
This. was decided tonight at a
meeting Of employees in Odd Fell
lows Hall. The reason given by
the leaders for the strike was that
the men demand a nine-hour day.
Armour and Company employees
walked out of the Jersey City plant
late today when they heard that
strike breakers had been employed
to unload meat from railroad cars
on the plants siding.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-12
KILLS HIMSELF
IN GRAVEYARD
Especial to The Herald.)

Hagerstown, Nd, April 12.-Bar-
clay E. Hollingsworth. 60 years old
wealthy manufacturer of this city
died this morning from self-infIicted
bullet wounds.
He went last night to the grave
OF a niece, in Rose Hill Cemetery
where he fired two bullets into his
brain. after dropping roses on her
grave. 49,. 2. -
He had been in i'll health for sew
eral weeks.
At the home Of John Lewis. where
he lived he left a note. which said
with malice toward none and
charity for ALL"
The Washington herald., 1920-04-12
WOMAN TRIES
TO CHOKE
PICKET
Springs Upon Mrs. Joseph
Grady as She Parades
Before Church.

tranquility OF the Sunday morn
ing exit of worshipers from st.
Matthews Church, on Rhode Island
avenue near Seventeenth street. was
shattered yesterday when an un-
identified young woman sprang at
one Of the Irish pickets doing duty
in front Of the church and attempted
to choke her. A man. also unidenti-
fed, interfered and the attacker
hurried away. There was no police
man near. The picket. Mrs. Joseph
Grady, of New York, declared she
was unhurt.
Mrs. Grady was parading up and
down in front of the church bearing
a placard calling attention to the
fact that the English had proclaimed
martial law in Jerusalem. A young
woman pedestrian read the placard
and hurrying UP behind Mrs. Walsh
sprang upon her and dug her finger
nails in the pickets neck. Not a
word was spoken during the at
tack, but after being dragged off, a
witness says he heard the, young
woman mutter something about
"disgraccful creatures as she hur-
ried away. .-s-s...
Pickets Also at st. Johns.
Placards calling attention to mar
.tial law in Jerusalem were also dis
played by the pickets in front OF
the fashionable ST. Johns Episcopal
Church at Sixteenth and H streets
northwest. but aroused no comment
nor any especial attention. The
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The Washington herald., 1920-04-12
Gompers Opposes lWunctions,
Wage and Arbitration Boards
In Reply to Republicans

Private employment agencies.
Minimum wage boards.
Clayton Law Wins Approval
Labor endorses these issues:
Collie ctive cooperation
through trade unions.
The Clayton law. >,
2 The Trade Union movements
machinery for handling indus
trial disputes.
Free Federal y employment
agencies. -
Standard eight-hour day and
4l-hour week.
Restrictive, legislation for
women workers.
Equal pay for equal work.
The document. which replies t,
the questionnaire sent out recenti!
coNTISuEp. ON FACE NINE.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-12
SWITCEIMEN OF 10 ROADS
AT KANSAS CITY STAY OUT

Especial to The washingten HeraldJ
Kansas City. April IL. - The
striking switchmen on eleven Kan
sas City roads have given no in
.dication Of ending their outlaw
strike and returning to work.
The large mills. soap plants and
other industries today adopted the
policy. of the big meat packers and
will be practically shut down to-
morrow. The number of men thrown
out of work as q result of the strike
Of 1,5eo switchmen has reached TO-
600.
Rock Island switchmen declare
The Washington herald., 1920-04-12

their union will stick. Their lines
largely lie in Kansas where the Kan
sas Industrial Court has jurisdic-
tion. About 300 other switchmen
on Kansas lines, however, have
walked out in violation of the State
law.
i. J. Hopkins, attorney general.
will renew his investigation to de-
termine who was responsible for
calling the men from their work.
Arrests are expected.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-12
CREELrBABSON
DEAL SECRET
SAYS REPORT
Smoot Committee Mentions
Rochester in u. S. Bull
letin'' Transfer Case,
COURT ACTION URGED
Clayton, Another War
Worker" Named in
Allegation.
COURT ACTION URGED
BY ROBERT r. BARRY.

A direct charge of secret and
wrongful practices" by George
Creel. former chairman OF the Com
mittee on Public Information; Ed
ward s. Rochester, editor of the
"onicial U. s. Bulletin" published by
the Creel Organization during the
war. and Roger W. Babson and c. =.
Clayton. both war workers" in the
Department Of Labor, was made
yesterday by the Joint Congress
sional Committee on Printing,
headed by Senator Reed smoot. Of
Utah.
The accusations Involving creel
grew out Of the transfer of the
"0nicial U. s. Bulletin" to Babson,
who continued its publication as
the "U. s. Bulletin" every effort
being made. 1t was stated. to have
the publication retain its appeal
ance as an Official organ of the
Federal Government. The Congress
sional committee recommended that
proper steps be taken by the law
officials Of the government to de-
tsrmine whether proceedings should
be Instituted against any or all Of
the persons concerned. for the pur-
pose of obtaining just compensation
to the Government"
EAert to Lest Charged.
when it became evident to creel
and Rochester that the Bulletin
would not be continued as a gov
ernfnental organ" the Congression-
al committee stated. there seems
to Nave been a deliberate effort to
, loot that $500. .ooo-a-year publica-
| tion. A gang OF safe blowers could
hardly have created greater havoc
in a country bank than did these
government employees in the ONCE
of the Official Bulletin when the
final word was given that Uncle
| Sam had refused to continue as
their benevolent paymaster.
ITO the ordinary business man
The Washington herald., 1920-04-12
Twin Brothers, Aged 80,
Observe Anniversary

Frederick Nd. April ll.-Adam
and Henry Nusbaum. so-year-old
twin. brothers. peiebrated their
birthday anniversary at the home OF
the latter near, Frederick today.
Adam Nusbaum lives at walker
willie. thiS county. Henry ~ veteran
of the civil war and WIS confined
I'm three Confederate prisons dur
ing his service. xs.ss. - .-.eg.. :.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-12
Leave Trains On Sidiass.

Philadelphia, April 11.-Seyeral
trains were cancelled on suburban
and New York divisions because Of
the walkout Of about 500 men on
the Pennsylvania Railroad. In sew
erai instances the crews left their
trains on sidings.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-12
n, WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT.

A trip through the South develops
the pleasing fact that the negroes
of that section have shared In Its
general prosperity. They are better
clothed, they are better fed, than
they were before the war.
whether the immigration of
large number to the North has i'm
pressed the whites of the South with
the need of their continued presence
one cannot say; but that they oc-
cupy a somewhat better standing In
the community than they did before
seems apparent to the casual OBJ
server.
There is one circumstance in the
situation, however, which Is dis
quietins: The South voted for pro-
hibition, both by States and in the
national legislature. chiefly because
II wished to lessen the, demoraliza-
tion which strong drink brought to
the negroes. But national prohibi-
ton is not working as well as State
prohibition. It has so Increased the
price of liquor, Of any quality that
1t makes moonshining most profta-
BILE. =. - =.
sim Make .Meenshine..
In the citiesythe law. has abolished
saloons most effectively and their
record of crimes is much improved
But in the country. where policing
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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-05-14
PUPILS WILL GIVE
RECITAL FRIDAY NIGHT

Hal @. Van Aiken and W. 2. Nc
Henry viii present their pupils in
a recital Friday evening at o'clock
at the gymnasium OF the Y. W. c. A.
Miss Greta Edner and Mrs. James
Cover will assist at the piano. The
program follows:
"Tannhauser March" for 90 vio-
Inns: vocal. selected: duet for two
violins, John Szperlinski, Hal Van
Aiken; Morning" (Speaks) Blanche
Colip; Revere" (Gnlis) Margaret
witt; Dreams" (Strelezki) Ruth
HUFF, violin obhgato. Hal Van Aiken;
Souvenir de Wieniawskf' (Hoesche)
Esther Templin: Little Mother OF
Nine" (Burleigh) Paul HIGHLAND;
duet. two violins (Greenwold) Ell
eanor Coppes; Sing, Smile. SUM
ber," (Gounod) Jesse Winchell, vio-
lin obligato. Hal Van Aiken; "Ro-
nance" (Moreno) Ruth Stein: Pro
logue from l. Pagliacci," Leonca-
VALID J. @. CipiN; Tone Poem, ="
Lester) Eleanor Coppes. Ave
Maria" CBach Gounod) Mrs. J. II.
Tompsett, violin obligato. Hal Van
Aiken; Quartet for violins. (Dancla)
Iva Bayman. Eleanor Copies, Esther
Templin, Hal Van Aiken; The
Harm" (Arnott) Fred Buckley.