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New-York tribune., 1920-05-04
Crunau Declares
10000 Striking
Rail Men Hold Out
Tells Federal Court at Chi.
cago Switchmen Will Re-
turn Only if Granted
Their Seniority Rights

CHICAGO, May 3.-John Grunau. or
ganizer of the strike of insurgent
railroad switchmen which paralyzed
railroad traffic last month, announced
in Federal court here to-day that
10000 switchmen in the Chicago dis
trict who went on strike April l were
willing to return to work if their
seniority rights were given back to
them. These rights were cancelled by
the railroad companies two weeks ago
following an ultimatum delivered to the
men that they go back to work within
forty-eight hours or consider them
selve sdismisse2
"Thc Federal Labor Board will grant
us hearing and decide on the merits
of our contention if we go back to
work. said Grunau. "And we are
willing to accept the, conditions provid-
ing the men are given back their old
jobs and their seniority rights are re
esta blished
"At present the managers assoca-
tion is quibbling over this question. We
are by no means on our knees and the
men will stay out until their requests
concerning seniority are granted"
Grunau and forty-one other strike
leaders were in court IN charges OF
conspiracy to violate the Lever act
Commissioner Lewis F. Mason granted
Grunau's request that the hearing be
continued to May 13.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-04
Divorce Recommended
For Mrs. G.. o. Seward
Action of Jersey Vice.ChancelIor
Taken on Counter Suit
Filed by Wife

Vice Chancellor Backes announced
yesterday in Newark, after hearing
testimony as to the marital troubles of
George Oulton Seward, a grandson of
the late William Henry Seward, that
he would recommend a decree Of
divorce for Mrs. Seward.
The action came up in Chancery
Court on Mr.. Stewards suit for divorce
on the ground of desertion, but when
he got into court he obtained permis-
sion to withdraw his action. The vice
chancellor then took up a counter suit
filed by Mrs. Seward.
Mrs. Seward testified their troubles
were due to the moods of her husband.
Making due allowance for the benefit
him to withdraw his suit, his moods
said
She told of arrangements he made to
meet her and their two children at
West Hampton Beach, L. L.. in Septem-
ber, 1917, and said that after waiting
three days for him to show up she was
summoned to the home of her mother.
in East Orange, who was i'll. She left
West Hampton Beach, she said, on re
ceiving the telegram, and that night
her husband arrived there. 1t was on
this incident that Mr.. Seward based
kis claim of desertion.
They have been living apart since
that time. Their marriage took place
in 1900. Mrs Seward was formerly
Mrs. Helen Cadmus, of East Orange.
Her husband gave his address as the
Hotel Wellington, New York.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-04
Court Refuses
Rehearing. of
u. S. Steel Suit
New Prosecution Will Be
Begun by Government
to Prove Combination
i'm Restraint of Trade
Justices Divide, 4 to 3
Brandeis and McReynolds
Decline to Vote, Having
Had Interests i'm Case

From The Tribunals WASHINGTON Bpreau
WASHINGTON, May 3.--The United
States Supreme Court to-day refused
to grant the petition filed last week by
the government for q rehearing of the
suit to dissolve the United States Steel
Corporation on the ground that it vio-
lated the Sherman antitrust law.
No formal opinion was handed down
by the court, Chief Justice White SIM
ply ordering that the refusal of the
court to grant rehearing be entered
on the books.
To Bring New Suit
A new suit against the so-called
Steel Trust will be instituted by the
government, it is expected. in an effort
to have new evidence presented bear
Ing upon the charge of the government
that the Steel Corporation is an il
legal combination in restraint of trade,
The Department of Justice asked for
rehearing of the case, following the
courts decision in the Reading case
in which the dissolution of the Read
ing Company's control over anthracite
mines was ordered. In its order the
department. contended that the Su-
preme Court, in refusing to order the
dissolution of the Steel Corporation,
did not pass upon the charge originally
made by the government; that the Steel
Corporation was an illegal combination
In restraint Of trade, and that the
courts construction of the antitrust
law was at variance in the decisions
IN the Reading case and the Steel
Corporation suit
Court Divided to 3
The decision of the court to-day in
refusing to grant the appeal for re-
hearing followed the lines of the
original decision in the case In both
decisions the court was divided, four to
three, with two justices refraining from
voting.
Chief Justice White and Associate
Justices Holmes, McKenna and Van
Devanter comprised the majority, while
Associate Justices Pitney, Day and
Clarke favored rehearing. Associate
Justices Brandeis and McReynolds did
not vote, as both had been interested in
the Steel Trust suit. Justice Brandeis
testified against the Steel Corporation
before Senate investigating commit
tee soon after the suit was filed in 1911
while Justice McReynolds prosecute d
the suit while he was Attorney General
of the United States,
The court recessed until Nav
II without handing down a deci-
sion on the constitutionality of tho
Eighteenth Amendment or the Vol
stead act.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-04
Strikers Threaten
Textile Industry
Workers to Demand TN
Per Cent Increase, " hich
O,Uners viii Not Grant

The labor trouble in the New Eng
ing to local selling agents for the mills,
is threatening to develop into one of
the hardest fought industrial battles in
the history of the industry. Reports
yesterday indicated that nearly forty
cotton mills in the New Bedford dis
trict were affected. Two mills were
reported completely closed and the
others tied up by strikes in various de-
partments.
The announcement by the United
Textile Workers that their membership
of 100000 operators soon would demand
a 1712 per cent increase in wages
was met with the determination of the
American Woolen Company and other
big factors to close their mills rather
than grant advanced wages at this time.
In the New Jersey silk and wooden
weaving areas, slack work is reported
at many Of the mills. The wooden mills
in Passaic are dropping the night
shifts, according to reliable informa-
ton, largely because of an easing up
in orders for goods. The smaller silk
mills in the vicinity of Paterson have
been running on part time for several
weeks and a concerted move on the
part of mill owners to close thel
plants has been discussed
Among the conservative mill owners
and selling agents it Is admitted the
demand for silk and wooden fabrics has
slowed u pto a remarkable degree, with
the result that prices have softened
considerably. In the face of this, it is
said, the mills feel that further price
advances, which would follow wage in
creases, cannot be passed on to the
trada
New-York tribune., 1920-05-04

Of one who paid 171a cents pound
for a shipment from Holland.
Efforts are being made by the refiners
to bring in supplies from lava and the
Philippines, but the Java crop has
dropped from 1,77S,0O0 tons to 1885,
900 tons, and most of it 10 consumed
in the Orient.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-04
Arrest Of Sugar
Gongers Forecast
Ne,U York Brokers Said
to Haze Sold 1 100000
Lbs. at $225,OOO Profit
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

.opeC'uG DtSpuCCh 10 4 ne L rtOunS
PHILADELPHIA, May 3.-The arrest
is promised tomorrow by local fed
eral authorities of two New York
brokers on charges of purchasing more
than 100000 pounds of sugar at six
cents pound and selling it for
twenty-one cents. A profit of S225,OOO
is said to have been made on the deal.
Department of justice agents here,
who have been working on the case
for two weeks, completed their nves-
legations to-day. The warrants for the
two brokers have been prepared and
will be served tomorrow morning.
Department of justice agents from
this city are shadowng the brokers
in New York, and upon receipt of the
warrants will make arrests and bring
the men here for hearings. Bail
ranging between $4,000 and $4,000 will
he asked when the men are bought
here.
Department of justice agents said
that in the arrest of the brokers, two
of the country's greatest sugar profit
eers would be brought to justice. Ac-
cording to local agents, the brokers are
the men "higher up" and have repre-
sentatives working in Philadelphia
where, it is said, large part of the
100000 pound deal was transacted
Commenting on the proposed arrests
local department of justice men stated
that the brokers operated throughout
the United States and were among the
largest dealers in sugar.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-04
Colonel House and
President Remain
In Disagreement
Texan Has Not Been i'm Wash
ington Since He Came
Back From Europe; Home
Here To Be Permanent

Colonel Edward M. House, for years
President Wilson's closest confidential
adviser and intimate friend, has not
been in Washington nor seen the Presi-
dent for many months, twas learned
to-day
The information seemed to strengthen
reports persistent since before there
turn of the Texas millionaire from
Europe last year that he and the Presi-
dent were in almost irreconcilable dis
agreement over the Presidents peace
table policy in Paris.
Shortly after returning from Paris
the colonel went to his old home in
Texas and remained there until he
recovered from a severe illness he was
suffering when he landed in New York
He then returned to New York and has
been living al his apartments. 115 East
Fifty-third Street, for several months,
and within a few hours of the White
House, where he was once the most
favored visitor and a frequent one.
Colonel House was i'll and suffering
such cold yesterday that he was
unable to talk much, but it was an
nounced for him in answer to the
question that h, has not been near
Washington and that his last talk
with the Chief Executive was in Paris
An indication that he has not de-
serted Democratic councils or lost in
terest in politics, however, was evident
in his answer to a request for a state
ment on the Texas primaries.
"The papers of this morning speak
eloquently of. the situation there" was
the answer sent out from the sick
room.
Latest reports from Texas are thet
the anti-Wilson Democrats, led by Icr-
mer Senator Joseph Bailey. have suf-
fered an overwhelming setback, and
that the Baileyites are virtually elimi-
mated in the gubernatori race.
Colonel House intends to maintain a
permanent residence in New York De
spite the unsettled rent problem and
high rentals. the colonel has taken a
fve-year lease at 112 East Seventy
fourth Street
New-York tribune., 1920-05-04
10000 Textile
Workers Strike
At New Bedford
Continued from page one)

the textile trade is coming the manu-
facturers are not averse to closing their
plants.
The strikers said they were confident
public opinion would force the mill
heads to listen to arbitration before
the strike has run into many weeks.
chief executive, who did his best to
prevent the strike and has been tire
less in his efforts to bring about an
agreement, said 81 shall not give UP
my endeavors to do whatever l can to
bring about an amicable settlement"
The state Board of Cancellation and
Arbitration late to-day offered to act
as arbiter, suggesting that the opera
tives return to work pending the arbi-
tration finding.
The mills were heavily guarded by
police. Virtually all the policemen in
the city, including special and traffic
police, were on duty in the mill dis
tricts and guarding the homes of
prominent mill men. The striking
operatives, however, obeying union
orders, refrained from any demonstra-
ton, confining their activities to
picketing the mills.
Employers Blame Loom Fixers
New Bedford manufacturers asserted
the fundamental issue in the contro-
versy is whether their weave rooms
shall be run by the management or by
the loom fixers, or more specifically
whether the overseer shall have the
direction of the work of the loom fxers
as we'll as the rest of the help OF
whether the loomfixers shall be allowed
to prescribe their own conditions OF
employment and requisition the as
sistance of other help whenever they
please, independent of the overseers.
The loom fxers objected to notices
posted by the mills as constituting g
radical change in what has for some
time been considered their duties. They
question the present validity of any
agreement with the manufacturers as
to the. number Of looms that should
constitute q section, and declare that
if such an agreement ever was made
it was SO long ago that it has gone
out of date by reason of having beer
so long disregarded. They furthe,
maintain that the conditions in the diff
ferent mills vary so widely that it is
impossible to lay down rules to apply
to all mills alike as to how many looms
shall constitute a section.
The weekly payrolls of the mills af-
fected Aggregate 1857 900.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-04
Governors Act Saves
Two Slayers From Chair

OSSINING, May 3.&Major Lewis
Lawes, Warden of Sing Sing, received
word by telephone from Governor Smith
tonight that the sentences of two men
now in the death house, who were to
have been electrocuted on Thursday, had
been committed to life imprisonment
The men are Arthur Frazier, who
killed Joseph Breen in Stamford, n T.,
and William Walters, who shot and
killed a Manhattan storekeeper The
recommendation for the communication of
Fraziers sentence was made by Supreme
Court Justice Morschauser, who tried
the case, and that of Walters was rec
commended by officials in the office of
District Attorney Swami in Manhattan.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-04

is not within the state. Therefore no
property of such an interstate road sit
uated elsewhere can be taken into ac-
count unless it can be seen in some
plain and fairly ineligible way that
it adds to the value of the road and the
rights exercised in the state. The
foregoing considerations justify the
preliminary injunction that was
granted against what would appear to
be an unwarrantcd interference with
interstate commerce and taking of
property without due process of law"
Taking "a general view of the mode
actually followed" in administering the
statute, the court said it believed the
lower courts decree should be sus
tanned.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-04
New Citizens Take Oath
With. Hand ON Flag
Americanization Part of SUI
preme Court Opens With
Uniuue Ceremony

The "Americanization Part" of the
Supreme Court, ordered by the Appellate
Division upon the request of County
Clerk William F. Schneider, opened it's
term of one month in the Supreme Court
yesterday, with Justice Burr, specially
assigned, presiding. The purpose of this
special part of the court is to expedite
the work of making American citizens
of alien men and women.
A large flag was conspicuously dis
played in the courtroom, and as each
swore his or her allegiance Justice Burr
required such candidate for American
citizenship to grasp the staff that held
the Stars and Stripes, which was a new
formality in administering the oath. Miss
Frances Rothenberg, of 1873 West 112th
Street, twenty-one years old and ma
tive of Rumania, was the first candidate
One of her witnesses was her sister
Miss Rose Rothenberg, an Assistant Dis
New-York tribune., 1920-05-04

road Labor Board will move to CHICAGO
within two weeks, Chairman Barton
said to-day, and will begin hearings
there May II. Offices have been OBJ
tanned In the Kesner Building.
Presentation of the brotherhoods'
arguments for general wage increases
probably will be concluded this week
The board then will recess until the
railroads are ready to present their
after the board has moved to Ch;cagn
E. j. Manion, president of the Order
of Railroad Telegraphers, concluded
has argument to-day for wage in
crease for telegraphers, who demand An
advance OF 26 cents an hour to 81
cents.
Demands of the railroad signalmen
were presented by D. w. Helt. pres..
dent of the brotherhood, who asked for
from so Cents an hour to s1.10 an hour
for various branches of the signal
service.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-04
Edsel Ford's Assessment
Increased $l,47l,OOO
Detroit Council Raises Sum Set
by Assessors on Property of
Auto Maenate's Som
Special Dispatch to The Tribune


DETROIT, May 3.-The assessment
on the personal property of Edsel Ford,
son Of Henry Ford, was raised $l,471,-
900 to-day above the 1919 figure by the
City Council, sitting as board of re-
view. His assessment now totals
$1,63o,OoO, against S159,ooo last year.
In arriving at this figure the Council
increased the sum named by the as
SCISSORS, who placed the value at
81 100000, and put the assessment
nearly million above the statement
filed by Mr.. Ford, who showed that his
assessable personal property was
$3.50, ,140.
The Council took into consideration
the formation of the Delaware corpora
ton by the Ford interests, the assess
ment being higher on foreign than on
Michigan corporations. AS Mr.. Ford
was out of the city his secretary was
notified of the increase, and hearing
will be held May 6, at which repre-
sentatives of Mr.. Ford will have a
chance to argue the matter.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-04
Clennon Mounts Bench
Many Friends Witness Sealing
Of the New Justice

Justice Edward J. Glennon, recently
appointed by the Governor to the Su-
preme Court to succeed Justice Francis
X. Pendleton, resigned, took his place
on the bench yesterday. The new jus
tice was greeted by many friends
among lawyers and laymen. including
number from the Bronx, where Justice
Glennon lives.
If he fails to maintain a proper judi
cial atmosphere it will not be the fault
of his friends, for they presented Jus
tice Glennon with three gavels.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-04

trict Attorney on the staff of District
Attorney Swami.
Justice Burr delivered a patriotic ad-
dress to the new citizens, in which he
said, "Love that flag; and be ever ready
to protect it from insult. And remern-
Der always that whoever would attack
the government Of your adopted country
and seek to injure or destroy it by force
is not only traitor and public enemy
but is also an enemy of you and your
family"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-12-30
CHAPTER ~

Snowbird felt very glad of her inti-
whole region Of the Divide. In her in
fancy the winding trails had been her
playground. and long ago she had ac-
quired the mountaineer's sixth sense
for traversing them at night. She had
need Of that knowledge now. She
slipped into her free. swinging stride;
and the Inst beams from the windows
of the house were soon lost in the
pines behind her. It was one of those
silent. breathiess nights with which
no mountaineer is entirely unacquaint-
ed. and for long time the only sound
she could hear was her own soft
tramp In the pine needles. The trees
themselves were motiOnless That
peculiar sound. not greatly different
from that of running water which the
wind often makes in the pine tops,
was entirely lacking. Not that she
could be deceived by it-as stories
tell that certain tenderfeet. dying of
thirst In the barren hills. have been.
But she always liked the sound; and
she missed 1t especially tonight.
She felt that If she would stop TO
listen. there would be many faint
sounds In the thickets-those little
hushed noises that the wild things
make TO remind night-wanderers Of
their presence. But she did not in
the least care TO hear these sounds.
They do not tend toward peace of
mimi on long walk over the ridges.
The wilderness began az once.
Whatever influence toward civilian
tion her fathers house had brought to
the wilds chopped off as beneath
blade in the first fringe of pines This
is al ogether characteristic of the Ore
gon forests. They are much too big
,n'l Ton old to he tanned In any large
degree by tile presence Of one house.
No one knew this fact better than
'.nnnox himself who. In q hard win
ter of -four years before. had looked
out Of his window to find the wolf
rark rar.cL i'll hungry circle about
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-12-30

The step kept pace. For long
mile. up a barren ridge. she heard
every step 1t made. Then. as the
brush closed deeper around her. she
couldn't hear II at all.
She hurried on, straining to the
silence. No, the sound was stopped
Could 1t be that the animal. fearful "a,
last, had turned from her trail? And
then for the first time a gasp that
was not greatlv different from a de
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-12-30
BOOK TWo-THE DEBT.

CHAPTER I.-Dan. now thoroughly
proficient in woods lore. learns from Len
nox that an organized band Of outlaws.
of which Bert Cranston Is the leader. Is
making trouble in the vicinity. Landry
Hildreth. former member of the gang.
has been induced to turn states evidence.
On his way to the city Hildreth is way
laid by Cranston, shot, and left for dead
Cranston, however, overlooked the fact
that Hildreth might have documentary
evidence on his person. and Is satisfied
that his enemy will never reach the city
to tell what he knows of the operations
of the gang.
CHAPTER ia cougar. on q personal
hunting expedition. finds Hildreth in a
thicket, where he had crawled after be-
ing shot by Cranston. The cougar I'm
ishes Cranston's work, and in striking
down man becomes q forest outlaw
Failing on his way homo from q visit
to 'snowbird's" lookout station, comes
upon Cranston in the act Of starting .
forest nre. The men quarrel and hght
Failing IL no match for the sturdy noun
taineer and il saved from death only by
the Intervention of ''Snowbird." who
threatening him with q revolver.
CHAPTER IH.-Cranston grossly insults
the girl Failing promises her he will
punish him when he has fully recovered
his strength, and the girl looks on the
promise az Q compact A few days later
silas Lennox, while chopping wood In the
forest, 10 pinned under . falling branch
and badly hurt. ''Snowbird'' finds her
father and gets him safely to the house
and to bed.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-12-30
BOOK I-REPATRlATIoN.

CHAPTER I.-Warned by his physician
that he has not more than six months to
live. Failing sits despondently on q park
bench, wondering where he should spend
those six months. A friendly squirrel
practically decides the matter for him
His blood Is pioneer blood. and he decides
to end his days In the forests of Oregon
Memories of his grandfather and a deep
love for all things of the wild help him
in reaching a decision.
CHAPTER u.-ln a large southern Ore
gon city he meets people who had known
and loved his grandfather. q famous from
tiersman. He makes his home with Silas
Lennox. q typical westerner. The only
other members of the household are Len
noxs son. BILL" and daughter. Snow
bird" Their abode Is many miles from
civilization" in the UmpQua divide, and
there Failing plans to live out the short
span of life which he has been told is his
His extreme weakness in the face of even
q slight exertion convinces him that the
doctor had made a correct diagnosis Of
his case.
CHAPTER III.-From the first Faiing s
health shows a marked Improvement and
in the companionship of Lennox and his
son and daughter he fits into the woods
life as II he had been born to 1t By
quick thinking and remarkable display
of nerve" he saves Lennoxs life and his
own when they are attacked by mad
coyote. Lennox declares he Is rein
carnation of his grandfather. Dan Fail
ing /. whose fame as a woodsman Is a
household word.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-12-30

long training In the mountains CAM
to her aid. That did not mean she
was not truly and terribly afraid. The
beast was hunting her. She couldn't
doubt this fact. Curiosity might make
a lion follow her. but II would never
beget such a wild light of madness in
his eyes as this she had just seen. She
simply clamped down all her moral
strength on her rising bysteria and
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-12-30
SYNOPSIS
PROLOGUE.

In the little town of Gitcheapolis small
Dan Failing dreams boyish dreams, tine
tured with melancholy over his supposed
physical weakness. There, years later.
he meets Destiny
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-12-30

spairing sob caught at her throat. She
heard the steps again. and they were
in the thickets just beside her.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-12-30

When Dan Failing. riding like mad
over the mountain trail. heard the
third shot from Snowbird's pistol. he
felt that one Of the debts he owed had
come due at last. He seemed to know.
as the darkness pressed around him.
that he was to he tried in the fire. And
the horse staggered beneath him as
he tried TO hasten.