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ARMED ROBBER BAND
HOLDS UP CASHIER AND
GETS $4,000 CASH
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from Fowler. The thing was done in
an instant and before the startled
miikmen could move the two bandits
were racing east along the curb to-
ward a black Ford car with top up
which had como from the west side
OF the block at an easy speed and
had drawn towar dthe sidewalk. The
running bandits nourlshed their
weapons to discourage pursuit.
Jack Lewis, nine years old, OF No.
427 West 2sth Street, who was in the
path OF one OF the running bandits,
said the man stumbled over him and
struck him with the butt of his pistol,
knocking him down. Both bandits
Jumped into the car, the driver hav-
ing thrown open the door. The car
shot across Ninth Avenue, heading
east at ats top speed. II was last
seen turning north in Eighth Avenue.
A grocer's clerk. standing on the
southeast corner OF Ninth Avenue
and goth Street, realizing the Ford
car was escaping. noted the license
number and jotted n down on a
paper sack. He gave this to the police
when they arrived. His identity was
shielded to avoid any attack by
Gophers. A Borden truck driver
turned in an entirely different num-
Der which, when traced, proved "a
be the license of big red limousine
The police acted 30 promptly on this
tip that within half an hour they had
dragged the red llmousins's owner
from his bed in West 7sth Street and
had taken him TO the West s7th Street
station, where explanations and
apologies followed.
The police and detectives. after the
alarm had been raised, began stop.
ping all black touring cars which
we're exhibiting undue haste Ont
evening newspaper reporter. hurry ing
10 the scene in a black taxlcab wal
held up In Tenth Avenue and mad,
to furnish Identification before he Wal
released.
The description OF the bandits giveI
TO the detectives was meagr0. Tn,
driver OF the bandit car was dreaseC
In black with a black cap. The tw,
foot bandits were In black suits. on.
wearing a black cap, the other ,
straw hat All three were young men
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hour for engineers. firemen and oilers,
while water tenders and coal passcrs
receive a 10-cent increase.
In the signal department forpmen,
inspectors, maintainers, sigualmen
and their assistants, 1a cents an hour;
helpers, 10 cents an hour.
The decision provides that EN-
ployees in the departments named
who are properly before the Board
and not otherwise provided Tor shall
receive an increase equal TO that es-
tablished for the nearest respective
clnsses.
The following new rates are estab-
lished for employees operating rail-
road car floats. lighters, ferries and
tug boats in harbor service.
New York Harbor-Ferryboats
Masters and pilots, 500 per nt'pth (;
first officers, $3.50 =. Tugboats and
Steam Lighters: Masters and plots,
322o. Pilots In South Amboy, Perth
Amboy and Port Reading coal towing
lines, S220: mates, $3.50. &.
Philadelphia, Camden and will
mington district (rates based on
an eight-hour day.) Ferryboa Is:
Masters and pilots, $1,000; extra
pilots, $l50,22 Tugboats: Masters.
Sl0O9bi mates, Slll,
New Orleans. Anchorage. Baton
Rouge, VickSburg, Delta Point, Avon
dale. Algiers, Harrahnn and Colds
borough district, Southern Pacific:
Louisiana, Mississippi, Gulf Coast
Lines and Texas and Pacific boats
,arrylng one master. $3.50; two mas
| ters, S220; mates, $40; pilots. Sl55.
Newport News. Hampton Roads
and Norfolk district: New York,
Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad,
day freight service, tug captains,
$3.50; barge captains, $40; Chesa
peake and Ohio tug mates. $3.50;
steamer master and pilots, S2l5;
mates $3.50.
Norfolk Southern tugs, master
(day), $3.50; captain, (night.) $3.50.
Southern Railroad, Atlantic Coast
Line ferry and tug cRpt1bnss $3.50 10
$3.50; mates, S145 to $3.50. Atlantic
Coast lines, passenger barge. mas
ters. tl22.8a.
Port OF Baltimorei Baltimore and
Ohio railroad tugs: masters, $20l
( mates, Sl47.
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Captains who had beon invited 10 70
Mayor Hylan alone was missing. being
detained at the City Hsll after II hal
been announced yesterday that he
would make the trip.
Last Friday Acting Chief Inspector
Thor invited the assembled Inspectors
and Captains 10 view the cup race from
the deck OF the Hylan. In three groups,
one to 90 each racing day. This pro-
gramme was abandoned when It was
learned the Mayor had decided to go.
Grover C, whalen. Commissioner Of
Plant and Structures. headed the sight
seeing party. Among the twenty guests
we're Mrs. Hylan. John Slnnott. the
Mayors Secretary, and Mrs, Slnnott.
who was Miss Virginia Hylan. The
others were close friends Of the Mayor
and Of Commissioner Whalen. Blnnott
announced at the last minute that the
Mayor had been detained; The Street
Cleaning Department. Band was on
the forward deck.
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WAGE INCREASES
IN CENTS PER HOUR
AND ALSO PER DAY
Passenger Engineers Get 80 Cents
More a Day, Freight L iyers
and E;rat,,ap ctO1
and Firemen Si.O4.

CHICAGO. July 2O.-The increases
in wages to railroad men granted by
the United States Labor Board fol-
low:
Passenger Service-Engineers and
motormen, firemcn, helpers. 80 cents
per day.
Freight Service-EnEineers, fire.
men, helpers Sl.O4 per day. a.r
Yard Service-Englneers tisemeD
helpers, Is cents per hour.
Passenger Service-Conductor
ticket collectors, baggagemen, nag
men and brakemen, $50 per month;
suburban service passenger employees,
$50 per month.
Freight Service-Conductors flag
mCn and brakemen, S1.O4 per day.
Supersedins rates established by
the Railroad Administration. the
board fixed the following schedules:
Yard Service-Foremen, 1886 per
day; helpers. $6.4S; switch tenders,
R5.O4.
Hostler Service-Outside hostlers
1924 per day; inside hostlers, $3.50
per day; helpers, 1904.
The following increases were au-
thorized for shop employees: Super
visOry forces, machinists, botlermak-
ens, blacksmiths, sheet metal workers
electrical workers powermen, mould .
erv, tenders and cOremakers, includ-
ing those with less than four years
experience, all crafts, 13 cents an
hour. Regular and helper apprentices
and helpers, all classes, l3' cents an
hour Car cleaners S cents an hour.
Telegraphers, telephone operators
agents. towermeh, levermen, tower
and train directors, block operators
and STAFF men. 10 cents an hour
Agents at small non telegraph sta
tlons, cents an hour.
The following increases were grant
ed maintenance OF way and unsltilled
force: Construction forces, their as
sistants, section, track and maInten.
snce foremen and assistants and me.
chanics in these departments, II
cents an hour. Iaborers employed IL
shops and roundbouses, 10 cents ar
hour.
Mechanics, helpers In bridge Gn1
building departments. track laborers
common lab0reR, bridge tenders
hosting firemsn, pumper engineers
crossing watchmen or hagmen anc
lamp lighters and tenders, s Ia cent
an hour.
crease OF Is cents an hour and yard
masters and assistant yardmasters Il
cents an hour.
The following increases are addeS
to the established rates for clerlcI
and station forces:
Storekeepers, chief clerks foromei
and other clerical supervisory forces
clerks with one or more years railroal
experience, train and engine crew call
ers, assistant station masters. trail
announcers, gatemen and baggage an,
parcel room employees. IS cents o.
hour.
Janitors, elevator and telephone op
orators watchmen, employees opcrat
ing office appliances and similar worl
10 cents an hour. Freight handler
or truckers ~ cents an hour A
. common laborers In and around sta
0 tions. storehouses and warehouses nc
e otherwise provided for. si-2 cents a
r hour
Clerks OF less than one years 81
= perlence, 6l-2 cents an hour. one
boys, messengers and other employed
!, under eighteen years Of age, cent
d an hour.
Stationary engine and boiler rooi
n employees were advanced Is cents q
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SLAYER
LONG IN HOUSE,
STORIES INDICATE
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contents that she never asked him
tor It.
81 have read the letter myself and
1t is meaningless and harmless. Ell
we'll had It in his possession for about
a year and a half, she said"
Mr.. Dooling was asked by reporters
to whom he made his statement
whether he was satisfied with Mrs.
Washburn's replies and he refused to
say He also declined to answer an
other question as to what sort OF an
impression she made on him. In con-
cluding his statement, he said:
II may question her again"
Her husband has been questioned
He is William Mayhem Washburn, an
army officer who was at the Mexican
border and also in France with the
A. Il, +. According to MIR. Doolng,
the husband did not know the slain
whist expert. His brother, who did,
has also been questioned by the
Prosecutor, but no new facts have
been brought out through him.
Mr.. Dooling said w, Nj. Washburn,
who was formerly an officer in the
army, admitted he has 45-calibre
pistol and ammunition. He hold Mr..
Dooling. the latter asserted. he knew
all about the check sent by Elwell TO
his wife and that 1t had been de-
posted to his account.
Attorney Bernard Sander. who ownS
the house in which the whist expert
was murdered, told the reporters to-
day the following story:
About a week before the murder
Robert NJ. Silverman. a retired rca
estate man who lives at 92d Street and
Riverside Drive. called me on the
phone and said that he had a couple
Of prospective buyers for the house
and asked me to secure Mr.. Elwell's
permission TO take them through tbs
premises. phoned TO Mr.. Elwell, and
he made an appointment FOR them or
the following day.
Mr.. Silverman and his friends
went TO the house about o'clock N
the evening and rang the bell and
hammered at the door for nearly an
hour and got no response. Then
Z leaving the couple in front OF the
door he went to telephone and
called me up. While he was telling
| mo OF his troubles another phone III
my office rang and / was told that
Mrs. Larson, Elwelrs housekeeper
wanted me.
Asking Silverman TO walt / talked
| with Mrs. Larson, who wanted e
know whore my people were. Sh,
said that she and Mr.. Elwell wer,
waiting for them and | repeated e
her what Mr.. SNverman had told me
She declared that neither she no
Elwell had heard anything. Then
told Mr.. Silverman what she had sait
and he remarked that IL was strange
but that he would go back and tr!
again,
In response to his ring, he told
me later, Mrs. Larsen opened thu
door and ushered them into tse re,
oeptlon room where Blwell was sit.
ting and on a table Was an empty
champagne bottle and two empty
glasses. II there was anybody else II
the house besides Elwell and tn,
housekeeper, Mr.. Silverman and hIi
prospective buyers did not see tn,
person"
When Assistant District Attorne!
DoollnB heard the story he said tina
Mrs. larsen had not mentioned II 4
him and that he would again ques
tion her.
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difficult and sometimes impossible with
the men receiving the wages they did,
The board has been fair and just in
this complex and intricate problem -
The decision, after a preamble set.
ting forth the history of-the board and
the difficulties in the way of reaching
satisfactory decisions, tabulated the
increases according to classes of work
men. The document contained a list
Of the roads affected. including 95 pei
cent Of the rail mileage Of the coun-
try.
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Especial STAN Correspondent OF The Evening Worldly
HIGHLANDS OF THE NAVESlNK, July 2o-The prospect for
successful for the Americas Cup off Ambrose ughshp less
promising at the start to-day than Saturday, when the called
off for lack Of wind enable the yachts finish within the allotted
hours There only threeknot breeze when the starting signal
given at i2.iS.
The wind had held from the northwest since dawn but steadily
growing lighter without any indications of swinging the eastward
had been hoped because change of direction might bring with
lfreshening.
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Inc fog Which gathered soon after
daylight lifted little at 10 o'clock
and showed Shamrock standing out
Of the Sandy Hook anchorage, about
the turn OF the Hook. with her new
big club topsail. for which she is TAX
Ing on 81 additional seconds handicap,
spread.
The breeze was hardly enough 70
defect the tall expanse OF Sham
rocks sall from perpendicular, though
she was CLOSE hauled just before max
ing the turn 70 sen.
The ReSoluts left her buoy ut 1918.
Tho wind inshore freshened consider
ably and Tilted her we'll over. Those
who were despondent regarding rae
Ing prospects we're greatly cheered.
The velocity Of the wind seemed 10
be about ten miles an hour.
Capt Burton 10 "ht the Wheel OF
Shamrock ~. again to-day. which
means that his authority aboard the
challenger ls the same as II was dur
Ing the first race and Saturdays un-
confusion as 10 whether he should be
displaced after his poor showing with
Shamrock in the abnormal and fluky
weather OF last week.
All the conferences and the intima-
tions and crew grumblnG which grew
out of the decision of Sunday to take
Burton at his word when he said he
would be glad to turn over the direc-
tion Of the yacht to anybody whose
seamanship would be subject to less
public criticism, have been wiped off
the map.
Remarkably enough, all the unhnp-
! piness and bitterness which for a
time made the situation pbinful have
disappeared like morning fog be-
fore n July sun. Sir Thomas Upton
and Burton played q round Of golf at
the Rumson Country Club yesterday
afternoon. with Mrs. Burton and
Claude Hickman, navigator OF the
Shamrock and aggressive ndmirer
and friend OF Burton, as gallery.
Since the reports OF Buron's pos
sibie removal from control got back
70 England there has been very
storm Of protest and advice cabled
TO Upton and all his associates from
the other side. The Upton private
signal has been fiying almost contin.
uously from the towers OF the tele.
graph companies on Sandy Hook
Some OF these messages protes
against the American practice o.
'.Jockeying at the start" II is suE
gested by the senders that trickinesl
in embarrassing an opponent befort
the race has actually begun and
deliberate effort to have him get OF
a. a disadvantage would not be tol
GRATED In golf or tennis, any NOR
: than talking a man out OF hts strok
J or waving OF arms 10 distract hi
a attention, however much such tactic
might be said 70 be a test OF com
: paratlve nerve and skill. II canno
. be said that this entirely Britis
! point OF view has any open supper
= In the Upton party, though Burto
}. has said that the tactics Of the staI
as. known 70 Americans have Use
duplicated further than anything b
ever thought TO encounter
. There was a heavy fog after sun
!, rise which persisted off shore afte
It had disappeared from tha beacl
Il The confidence OF the New Yor
"a Yacht Club members who have Ro,
Z olute in charge in the ability OF the
y. trim little craft to dance away f.oi
~ Shamrock over any course and In an
sort Of wind is Just as high as Il hl
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MOVIE ACTORS SUE.
Injured In Production, They Say,
and Seek Damages.

Ian Jee and Nellie Michel, motion
picture performers, to-day filed suits
In Supreme Court against the Amerl-
can Cinema Corporation, OF No. All
Firth Avenue, TO recover damages for
injuries received when balcony gave
way In the midst Of a production.
Ian joe OF No, i3 Doyers Street says
IN his complaint he was sitting al q
table beneath the balcony when the
structure gave way and precipitAtod
unop him people. tables chairs ant
paraphernalia. Mics Michel fell with
the balcony. Ian Jee sues for $50, 600
Miss Michel seeks SIS, 0OO
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$6OO,OOO,OOO MORE
IN WAGES AWARDED
TO RAILROAD MEN
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higher grades. such as train and en-
ginemen. They averaged, roughly, 20
to 27 per cent. Demands by the
unions had run from 80 to 66 per
cent.
Judge II. NJ, Barton. after announce
nent OF the awards said;
This award necessarily, In the end
will have TO be paid by tho public anc
win result IN Increased freight rates.
"Ehieient railroad service has beer
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Rail- wage Has No Effect on Port
strike Here.

The Executive Council Of the Marine
AHilIatiou OF the Port of New York.
which Is directing the strike OF 1900
marine engineers. pilots and railway
terminal workers in this port, said to-
day that the award OF the Railway La &.
Dor Board would not have the slightest
effect in ending the trouble which has
harassed shippers In New York harbor
since last April /. They said the New
York harbor workers we're not included
in the award because the were on
strike and that the Board had refused
to consider the cases OF any men who
had not returned to work pending the
award and that the strike here did not
involve the wage question. but solely the
elght-hour day.
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WARES ExEcUTRIx OF JAIL.

Surrogate Cohalan to-day warned
Mrs, Josephine Blaha Of No. 1895 First
Avenue that unless she files an account
ing by Tuesday neXt he will commit
her 10 Ludlow Street jail ASrs, Blaha
last week promised TO submit her Re-
counting AZ administratriN OF the estate
of her husband, Adolph Biaha. to-day.
her attorneye had not whipped" thf
matter into shape.
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Eastern Railway Mems Association this
morning, because we have not yet
learned the details. These viii doubt
less be received by the time the meet.
ing gets together and we will probably
take whatever action the men In Chi
cago elect to take"
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JERSEY CITY MEN MEET.
VIII Discuss Wage Decision at BiE
Gathering Tonight.

A mass meeting OF the striking rail-
road employees in the Jersey City yards
NUMBERING between 1000 and 5000
has been called for o'clock tonight
to discuss the award Of increased
wages. The meeting win be IN touch
by wire with the strikers I'm Chicago.
II cannot discuss the wage increase"
said Chairman G, H, Evans OF the
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WON'T LAY OFF RAIL MEN.
n. Y. G., Erie and Others Not Dis
posed 20 Follow PennHyIvRnin Plan.

n T. @, ETC ana OtheFH NOt UIH-
posed 20 Follow Pennsylvania Plan.
The Pennsylvania plan to discharge
employees will not be followed by other
big roads here. w. c. Besler. President
and General Manager OF the Genital
RHlroad OF New Jersey, to-day said:
While we have been affected by this
same inefilciency and II has given US
much concern. and while we have been
studying ways and means TO overcome
this condition with the view OF restoring
our service to It's pre-war efficiency, We
have given no thought TO the matter OF
laying off any OF our force at present. %
Similar statements we're made by Of
hcials Of the New York Central, the New
York, New Haven & Hartford. the Ecie
and Lackawanna Railroads.
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HYLAN FAMILY, BUT
NOT MAYOR, co TO
RACE ON POLICE BOAT

When the police boat John r. HyiAn
steamed on 10 the cup race to-day she
carried an exclusive Hyiau family party
instsa1 Of tho police insPsetoFs aaa
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FOG AND LITTLE BREEZE
AS YACHTS MAKE READY
Crews Go Over Cup Contenders and Give Last
Touches Before Race.
By Lindsay DenisOn.

Especial staff Correspondent Of The Evening Worldly
HIGHLANDS OF THE NAVESlNK July 2o.-The prospec
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to answer any call. Il includes doc
tors. nurses and assistants. 8 complete
20o-hed hospital with all the essentials,
such as clothing. food medicines and
N-rav apparatus. with everything
which could be called for. even 70 the
garbage and ash cans. The details Of
this organization are said TO be SO
complete That 1t could be moved with
IN one hours time from the receipt OF
the call.
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A Feeling Of Security

You naturally feel secure "os s.,. .
know that the medicine you @l7 IN, %
take is absolutely pure ana e--'
harmful or habit prodaclng e'.ss. . sr.-e
Such a medicine is Dr.. A.-g 5s.. I'D ,-
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and excellence is maia'1-1a1 -
bottle of Swamp-Root. s.4 ~
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vegetable herbs. sss
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teaspoonful doses. ,,- .-.--5,i
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] TDW.
Independence demand a population dis
tributed between industry and the farm.
and sharing on equal terms the pros
| perity which is wholly dependent on
| the efforts Of both. Neither can pros
per at the expense of the other without
| inviting joint disaster
The Crux Of the present agricultural
condition lies in price, labor, and credlt.
The Republican party believes that
this condition cane be improved ara az
ricu.tural production encouraged by the
right 20 form cooperative associations
for marketing their products subject 70
regulation by federal authority, the sci
entfic study Of agricultural prices. with
a view u reducing the frequency OF an
formal fluctuations: the authorization or
associations for the extension OF per-
syuai credit. a national inquiry on the
coordination Of rail. water, and motor
transportation with adequate facillies
for receiving. handling, and marketing
mod. the eucOGTa cement Of our eNpOr.
I trade. and the encouragement OF tue
pIOaGction and importation OF tertilz-
ing material and Of its extensive use.
The federal farm loan act should be
SO adE Mustered as 10 facilitate the &C
QUESTION Of farm land by those desir-
ing % become owners and proprletors,
and thus minimize the evils Of farm
Industrial Relations.
There are two different conceptions
Of the relations Of capital and labor
The one is contractual and emphasizes
, the diversity Of interests OF employer
ard employee. The other is that CO.
partnership In common task.
We recognize the justice Of collective
/ bargaining as a means of promoting
good WILL establishing closer and more
harmonious relations between employ
ers and emp leyees. and realizing the
true ends Of Industrial justice.
The strike or the lockout, s. a means
Of settling industrial disputes. inficts
such loss and suffering on the community
as 10 Justify government initiative to
reduce its frequency and limit its CON
SEQUENCES.
We deny the right to strike against
the governments but the rights anu IL
terests OF alI government employees must
b. safeguarded by impartial laws and
tribunals.
Public Utilities.
IN public utilities we favor the estab-
/ Hshuent Of an impartial tribunal to
make an Investigation Of the facts and
/ 70 render a decision 70 the end that
there may be no organized interruption
OF service necessary TO the lives ana
health and welfare Of the people The
decisions o. the tribunals should be NOR
/ ally but not legally binding, and an in
formed public sentiment be relied on to
secure their acceptance. The tribunals,
however, should refuse 20 accept jurs-
dietjpn except for the purpose Of in
Vestigati0n as long as the public service
be interrupted For public utilities we
favor the type Of tribunal provided for
iu the transportation act OF 1890
In private Industries we do not advo-
cate the principle of compulsory arbi-
tratiOp but We favor impartial com
missions and better facilities for voluE-
-ary mediation, ConCiliatiou and arbi-
trauon supplemented by that fun pub
LEFTY which VIII enlist the influence Of
an aroused public opinion, The govern
meut should take the initiative In inyit-
d
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orally several from the same filing.
Nearly every traveller has HIS own sup
ply Of a more potent native beverage.
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Unpreparedness for War, Agriculture,
League Of Nations Plank, the Mexi-
can Situation, National Economy,
High Cost of Living, Suffrage
Amendment Among Foremost Topics.