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HARBOR TRAFFIC
GREATLY IMPROVED
Ferry Service Almost Normal, and
Freight Is Moved Despite
Strike.

A considerable Improvement in the
harbor situation Vas noted this morn
ing. including both freight and ferry
services.
At Pier No 4. North River, sixty
men worked all night, handling n num-
ber Of car floats OF the Pennsylvania.
The Central Railroad Of New Jersey
had ak tugs working yesterday and ex-
pected to add two TO the force to-day
This railroads ferry service was normal
this morning.
The West Shore ferries from Liberty
Street we're not running, but the Lacka-
wanna service from Barclay street vas
normal The Pennsy lvania ferry service
from COrtiandt Street was two-thlrdS
normal yesterday and was TO be- conf
pleteiy restored to-day. The Erie ran
4 normal ferry service from Chambers
Street. but none from 23d street ycstor-
day.
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side hQldipG the others ana the rest
leaning out to form a living brace
for the fireman, got across TO the
sill on which Kelly lay. With one
hand graSping the sash Of the win.
dow and his feet braced on the sill.
Walsh swung the unconscious man 10
tho four in the other window and
then leaped back across the space
himself. Tho fire burned 50 rapidly
that the firemen had, arrived and
started their work Of rescue before
DR.. Wheeler and Mrs. Wheeler were
awakened. DIR. Wheeler, with his
wife following him, went to the east
Window OF their room on the second
loor front. Mrs. Wheeler turned
oack and ran up tho stains. Con-
fused in the smoke, the dentist
thought his wife was safely out OF
the window, and cfawled easily across
the coping into a window OF No. IS.
Battalion Chief KeEy, who had
been rejoined by o'RsilIy after the
rescue Of Miss Lyons and backed by
Lieut.. McCune and John A. johnson,
working up the stairs under cover
OF two hose sprays played behind
them by men Of Engines Nos. IS
and 8, saw Mrs. Wheeler'a figure
dimy through the smoke going up
the stairs q floor above them
They fought their way after her
and found her unconscious on the bed
in Miss Lyohs's room. she was ter
ribly burned about the arms and
body.
DR.. Bul of Bellevue, who had
dressed the burns of Miss Lyons, took
Mrs. Wheeler to Be elevue Hospital,
where she Is in a critical condition.
The damage to the house was about
SO. 900.
The evening world., 1920-04-09
MRS. SHoNTS WINS SUIT.
Appellate Division Orders Rein
statement ms AdmInlstrhtriN'

The appellate division Of the Supreme
Court in an opinion written by Justice
Edgar S. X. Merrill to-day made known
an unanimous decision reversing the
order Of former Surrogate Robert Lud-
low Fowler removing Milla d. Shonis as
temporary adminLstratrix Of the estate
Of the late Theodore =. Shonts, and APP
pointing the Guarantee Trust Company
OF New York as administrator IN her
place.
Mrs. Shonts. by order of the Ap-
nellate Division. will forthwith receive
ietturs OF administration reinstatlhs hGI oh
IN the position OF the estate from when
she was removed.
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Held Cor Damaging Property AfteF
Eviction.

Two men were held in Brooklyn To-
day by Magistrate Reynolds without
nail for the Grand Jury on charge OF
having mallciously destroyed chimney.
windows and plumbing to the value OF
$3.50, after being dispossessed. The men
are Jacob Hertzberg and MAN Sleler,
Street untN dispossessed last week WIN
sixteen other families BY the lanulora
Jacob Feldman of No. 252 Third street
Brooklyn,
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Filming OF CRAIG UPHELD.
Appellate Division Confirms Crop
sey RuliRG In Contempt Case.

Tho Appellate Division Of the Kings
County Supreme Court to-day sustained
the decision of Justice Manning last
February, finding Comptroller Charles
l.. Craig IN contempt of court 50 hav-
ing issued sl.OOO.OOo corporate bonds
after Justice Cropsey had granted an
Injunction fOrbiddinE such a bond Issue.
The Injunction was granted at the re.
quest OF William j. Schieffelin. Of Brook
IN Citizens Union. Craig pleaded that
the bonds were Issued without mis-
Knowledge by subordinates
The evening world., 1920-04-09
GARTER SEEKER SENTENCED.
Gets Twenty Days on Complaint
Of nrooklyn Girl.

After spending thirteen days in the
Raymond Street JAIN and Kings County
Hospital Observation Ward. Carl Diet
rich of No. S72 Blake Avenue, BroOk-'
lyn, was sentenced TO twenty days n
the Workhouse by Magistrate McGuirc
In the Gates Avenue Court on u charge
of disorderly conduct.
The complainant was Miss Jessie
Marin. seventeen, of No. 944 NewklTk
Avenue, who alleged that while she was
visiting an uncle AT No. 934 broadway.
Dietrich met her in the vestibule, said
he was a detective looking for g girl
who had stolen some gaFtefs and told
Miss Marin that he would have to see
hers in order TO make sure that she
was not the clprit. II developed that
serve SIX months and In 1914 had been
put on probation for o year for similar
offenses.
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wan Take Action Against "Rump"
strikers.

BUFFALO. April S.--Towermen, who
went out with the striking members OF
the newly organized Yardmen's Assocla-
tlon Of tho United States and Canada
yesterday, wCro the first TO return 10
work, 1t was said at railroad ofiices here
to-day
Passenger, express and mall service
continued without serious delay and
freight trattic moved at a rate OF 81 TO
30 per cent OF normal
J. J. Madden, Secretary OF the Broth
erhood Of Railway Trainmen. called a
meeting here to-day to discuss action
against the ''Rump" strikers.
The evening world., 1920-04-09
SENATE QUESTIONS
OUTLAW" STRIKE
Mccormick Again Attacks President
for Failure TO Appoint Adjust
mff1t Board.

WASHINGTON. April s.--The Senate
to-day ordered an investigation Of the
railroad strike. without debate II
adopted the Mccormick resolution, d.
feeting the Senate Interstate Com
merce Committee through a sub-com-
mittee to investigate and report inn
mediately on the causes ana purposes
OF the outlaw" railroad strike.
In urging adoption Of his resolution.
Mccormick again referred TO failure of
the President to appoint the Adjust
ment Board provided for IN the Esch-
Cummins Blll, and decnfed that I'VE
are confronted by q very grave situa-
tion which demands prompt action ii
any action Is TO be effective"
The evening world., 1920-04-09
WILSON TO NAME
RAILROAD BOARD
Nominations Likely to BE Sent to
Senate To-day as Result of
"Outlaw" Strike.

WASHINGTON. Apti s.-Prcsldent
Wilson Is understood TO have decided
upon the personnel of the Railroad La
Dor Board and white House officials
say the nominations probably will be
sent to-day 60 the Senate.
The President spent more thnn an
hour to-day ON the south porticu OF
the White House, Rear Admiral Gray =
sOn, his physician, said Mr.. Wilson
had not had time for automobile rides
recently because OF the press OF public
affairs.
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want WhnIeh 60 give $4,000 Indeaa-
nIfyIRE Has nOnd.

Jackson A. Dykman of counsel for the
Brooklyn city Railway Company to-day
applied to the Appellate Division for an
order directing Grover A. Whalen, Com
missioner Of Plant and Structures. to
give n bond or $50, 600 personally 70 in
dcnnltv the company In the event OF ia
winning a decision against the running OF
the buses IN competition with It's trolley
cars. Decision was reserved.
The evening world., 1920-04-09
1,1OO Men Are Out in Los Angeles
Yards.

LOS ANuELES, April 9,-Fourteen
hundred railroad yardmen here are re-
ported on strike to-day Tho walkout.
begun early yesterday. spread to other
points in California last night when
railroad ofilclals reported that service
to some points had been entirely cut
'on by strike Of engineers and fremep
as well as swtchmen
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SABOTAGE OPENLY
URGED IN STRIKE
BY OUTLAW CHIEF


time riding around in automobiles,
hobpobblng with politicians in Wash.
ington. and drawing good salaries.
The men wont stand for any more
of that stun. The way they are join
ing the new union shows they are de-
termlned to get some officials in
Washington who see the workers get
their demands"
Spread Of the insurgent strike OF
switchmen and engInemen on rail-
roads throughout the country was in
dicated by reports to-day showing
that more than 10000 men have Joined
thc yvalkouts
The evening world., 1920-04-09
noy KIIIed. by Auto,

Anthony llrtl, eleven. Of No. P27 West
llSth street. was killed by AN automo-
bile operated by Warren s, Howell. of
No. Si5 Bedford Avenue, BROOKLYN IN
front Of No 1909 Seventh Avenue, early
this afternoon, Howell was arrested.
The evening world., 1920-04-09
Cleveland YRrdmen Vote to Re-
main nt work.

railroad terminals to-day and all em-
pluyees reported for work following the
failure Of efforts last night OF dlssatis-
fed SWitChmen, nremen and brakemen
to drag Cleveland yardmen into the
strike.
The evening world., 1920-04-09
Funeral Of Col. Partridge set for
sunday.

The funeral Of Col. John N Partridge.
Police Commissioner in 1902 under
Mayor Low. who died yesterday at as
home I'm westport. Conn, at the age ~
eighty four. viii be held at 3.30 O'Clock
on Sunday afternoon at Holy Triaity
Church, Brooklyn
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strike Ia O,osInr nIr st.sI MIns.

YOUNGSTOWN, o., April 9,-Unnu-
thorlzed strikes Of railway employees
will tie mp yards Of FIVE railroads IN the
Mshoning Valley district by o'clock
this afternoon. railroad officials said to-
day, affecting a.50O 10 3, 900 railroad men.
Steel mill officials said that twenty four
hours OF the strike would close the mills.
throwing 1900 men out olspniployment.
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strike Grows Worse In ~. Louis
DtatrIct.

ST. LOUIS. Mo, April 9.-Hailroad
ofncinIs and clerks from terminal and
railroad. offices worked as switchnneh
here to-day In nm effort to move pas
senger trains and perishable freight
The strike Of switchmen continued 10
grow. railroad ofiicisls reported only
a small percentage - the 1000 yard
ernuloyes at work.
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Buffalo Industries Closed by strike.
BUFFALO, n. Y. April S.--Indus-
tries here to-day began 70 feel the
effects of the "outIaw" switchmen's
strike. The LAckawanna steel Com
pany has been forced to hay off $500
workers because OF inability to get
raw materials. The Ford Automobile
assembling plant, employing $50 men,
closed yesterday.
Officials OF other steel plants and
industries here said to-day that un-
less their fuel supplies can be re-
plenished shortly they win have to
close.
MIX trains have moved without in
terruption, but livestock shipments
are low. Tho food situation here has
not yet become acute.
The evening world., 1920-04-09
HorneII strike May PaFAIyss
shipping.

HORNEI4L, N. Y. April s.--Erie Rail-
road switchmen here will vote this af-
ternoon on the question OF declaring 4
strike. The Hornell yards are the most
important between Jersey City and Chi
cago and strike here would paralyze
all through shipments. .
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nnnk nnndIta Get ID, ,OOO.

ST. LOUIS. No, April 9.--FKe ban
dts to-day held up the Lowell bank
here and obtained 5000.
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MORE MEN OUT IN CHICAGO
DISTRICT.

Eight thousand insurgents are out
in the Chicago district, where the
strike had it's inception nine days ago,
and reports from score Of cities
from coast 20 coast in which walk
outs have occurred predicted additions
to the strikers ranks ( day.
Railroad brotherhoods' officials. who
haye denounced the new trump"
unions and appealed to loyal union
men 10 assist in breaking the strikes,
declared, however. the walkout in the
Chicago district had reached its
maximum, would be broken within
forty-elght hours and strikes in other
parts OF the country then would end.
Chairmen OF the brotherhoods an
nounccd that in the Chicago district
tho mon were returning to work.
They asserted that freight traffic
| was 80 per cent normal.
| on tho other hand. leaders Of the
! royulting yardmeu's union declared
the strike was growing and that the
men would continue TO remain cut OF
the parent unions, ignoring notices
from Chairmen Of the Brotherhood Of
Rallroad Trainmon threatening eX-
pulsion unless contracts were re-
spected.
One thousand brotherhood men
from other cities had answered the
call for strike-breakorB here, officials
said.
Between 10000 and $4,000 packing
house and stockyard workers had
been thrown out OF employment to-
day as the result OF stoppage of cat
uo shlpments. Many industrial plants
roported thousands OF employees
would be thrown out of work II the
freight tie-up continued another
week.
Nearly 1000 employees OF th'
!. twenty three railroads entering To-
iedo, Including switchmen, ensincmeI
4 and Hremen, are idle to-day
In the st. Louis district, including
East st. Louis and Madison, Ill
f.eight trafic is reported virtually a
a standstill with yardmcn of twenty
seven roads on strike.
= SOUTHWEST BADLY cRlPPLEI
a BY THE STRIKE.
. All railroads in Kansas city, Mo
. operating under contracts with IN
= brotherhood OF Railway Trainme
u are affected and the strike has sprea
To Kansas City, Kan, and Rosedal'
AN industrial suburb.
Points throughout the Southwe'
l. reported embargoes had been place
on freight and cattle shipments
. 81 Lois, Kansas city and Chicag'
e and freight traffic between New o.
X leans aud Chicago ON all lines wa
) suspended.
!, Rail centres throughout Californi
4 felt the freight restrictions and cas-
|. ward along the tranSoOntinenu
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lines several terminals reported
strikes.
Starting at Los Angeles, where ap-
proximateiy 400 yardmen walked out
yesterday, the strike spread to yards
In San Francisco and Oakland and
other California cities.
UnioniDed railroad workers at Louis
vile, KY, at n meeting voted al
most unanimously agaiA2t striking in
sympathy with the Chicago ,''insur-
gents" Brotherhood officials re-
ported.
ARE ATTEMPTING TO FORM
"RUMP" UNIONS.
Attempts 10 form trump" unions in
several other cities were In progress
to-day and votes were expected to be
taken.
A summary Of conditions through
out tho country reported early to-day
follows:
Chicago-S,0 900 men on strike:
freight traffic estimated SO per
cent of normal.
Toledo, 900 employees OF 20
roads idle.
ST. Louis District-2,0O men out;
freight traffic virtually tied up.
Buffalo-2,OOO men idle.
Jersey City-2,OOO ylrdmen and
other workers out
Los Angeles, 400 on strike.
Detrolt-l.2O0 to 1 1,4OO idle.
San Francisco-443 men out.
Kansas City-40O men on strike.
Gary, Ind.-350 Idle.
Syracse-,25O men out.
Saginaw, Mlch.-200 men Pere
Marquette out.
Salt IAIke--2i5 men on strike.
Ogden-15O swttchmen on strike.
Decatur, IH.--107 men striking.
Joliet, nk--50 out ON four roads.
Scanton.--5O men idle.
Springfield. Ill.--Bnltimore and
Ohio switchman on strike.
Niagara FAlls-Two roads affected
and traffic detoured.
The evening world., 1920-04-09

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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-02-27
By the Way

This is a good town. Tell it to
others.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-02-27
PUBLISH THE RETURNS.

This may be cruel and heartless
thing to subbest, but we would like
nightly to the government order
tho publication by counties of all in
come tax returns in the United
States.
We have shrewd suspicion that
many of our rotund plutocrats are
making a royal sneak when it comes
Gc- making just return on their in
comes.
Inasmuch as the facts are kept Sc
c-et by the tax officials, we have no
means Of knowing whether the multi
vich are making false returns or not.
Certainly very few of us believe that
they are making true and correct re-
Trims. II they did, Uncle Sam would
at be able to house the money.
It's an easy matter for the rich
M9n to employ lawyers to find ways
Of Beating the government, and it is
generally suspected that many of
thein do it.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-02-27
First Feb. 6-Last March 10, 1920
STATE OF MICHIGAN

First Feb. 6-Last March 10, 1920)
STATE OF MICHIGAN
In the Circuit Court for the County
Of Baraga: In Chancery.
JOHN H. HID, Plaintiff, VS..
DANIEL MAST and SIMON KAR-
GER, comprising the firm Of MAST
and KARGER, Of Milwaukee, Wiscon-
sin, Defendants.
Suit pending in the Circuit Court
for the County Of Baraga, in Chan
Gerry, on the 9th day of February, A.
d. 1920.
In this cause it appearing by affi-
davit on file, that the defendants,
DANIEL MAST and SIMON KAR-
GER, ere not residents Of this state,
but are residents Of the State Of H.
linois:
On motion of HUBERT A. 'BREN-
NAN, Esq, Plaintiffs attorney. it is
ordered that the appearance of the
said defendants DANIEL MAST and
SIMON KARGER be entered in this
cause within three (3) months from
the date of this order; and that in
case Of their appearance that they
cause their answer to the bill of COM
plant to be filed and copy thereof
served upon the attorney for the
plaintiff within fifteen days after
service upon them or their attorney
of copy of the said bill, and in de-
fault thereof that said bill be taken
as confessed by the said defendants,
DANIEL MAST and SIMON KAR-
GER.
And it is further ordered, that the
said plaintiff cause this order to be
published in the L'Anse Sentinel, a
newspaper printed, published and cir
culating in said county, and that such
publication be commenced within
twenty days from the date Of this
order, and that such publication be
continued therein once in each week
for six weeks in succession, or that
the said plaintiff cause copy of this
order to be personally served on the
said defendants DANIEL MAST and
SIMON KARGER at least twenty
days before the time above pres
cribed for their appearance.
PATRICK II. O'BRIEN,
Circuit Judge.
Examined, Countersigned and Entered
by me:
HOMER J. PENNOCK, Clerk.
HUBERT A. BRENNAN,
Attorney for Plaintiff,
Business Address,
L'Anse, Michigan.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-02-27

Our office devil asserts that if some
people would use a little less paint
on their faces and little more on
their fences this old world would not
look quite SO dilapidated.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-02-27
HELPED BY WESTERN IDEALS
American Missionaries Must Be Given
Much Credit for the Uplifting
Of John Chnaman.

He is now TO be found in ever,
country OF the globe. AS an imml
grant he comes ignorant Of language
and subject TO oppressive laws, but
ne makes his own way. Drop him
down on any spot on the carth's sur
face and he will make living for
himself and ask odds Of no one. The
Chinese bcggar Ia foreign land Is
unknown. He Is misery and lives
cheapIy only when circumstances com
pei. When prosperity smiles there IL
no more generous people. AS a trader
and n merchant he has NO equal. In
the Philippines there are only 10000
Chinese, less than per cent Of the
:otaI population. But this handful Of
Chinese controls 80 per cent Of the
retail trade of the islands. In trade.
In scholarship, In bodily strength and
endurance, in industry John China
man individually Is able to- hold HE
own against all Corners. lie can live
md prosper In adverse conditions
where NIL other races fail. Yet HE
country is weak and helpless against
the aggressiOns of smaller countries
und Its future is subject Of appre-
hcnsiOn and doubt. Official corvur-
tion, superstition, provincial spirit In
stead of national patriotism, bind the
country to old forms, and make Its
progress slow and uncertain. West
crn ideals and learning, carried to
China largely by the American mis-
sionary, are helping now tn show
more clearly the ways to advance
mcnt and are iooscning some OF the
old bon,ls.--w Worlds Work.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-02-27
First Feb. IS; Last May z, 1920)
MORTGAGE SALE.

DEFAULT having been made in
the conditions of certain mortgage
made by Alice E. Randall and Ira
Randall, her husband, and G. I. Ran
dali and Grace M. Randall, his wife.
of Morrison County, State Of Mime
sofa, to Frank Bastien, (also known
as Frank x. Bastien, of Little Falls,
Minnesota, dated the 10th day of Sep
TENDER, A. d. 1917, and recorded in
the Office of the Register Of Deeds for
the County of Baraga and State Of
Michigan, on the 18th day Of Septem-
Der, A. d. 1917, in Liber fourteen
(1D Of Mortgages, on page three
hundred fifty-fve 1851, on which
mortgage there is claimed to be due
at the date of this notice the sum Of
Two hundred fifteen dollars and thir-
ty Cents, ($215.3o), and an Attor-
ney's fee of Twenty-Five ($25.00) Dol
lars, provided for in said mortgage,
and no suit or proceedings at law
having been instituted to recover the
moneys secured by said mortgage or
any part thereof;
NOW THEREFORE, BY virtue Of
the power of sale contained in, said
mortgage, and the statute in such
case made and provided, notice is
hereby given that on Monday, the
10th day of May A. d. 1920, at two
o'clock in the afternoon, I shall sell
at Public Auction to the highest bid
der, at the front door Of the Court
House in the Village Of L'Anse, Mich
igan, chat being the place where the
Circuit Court for said County of Bar
aga is heidi the premises described
in said mortgage, or so much thereof
as may be necessary to pay the
amount due on said mortgage, with
five per cent. interest, and all legal
costs, together with an attorneys
fee of twenty-five dollars, as provided
by law and as covenaRted for there
in, the premises being described in
said mortgage as follows, to-wit:
The East half (EM) Of the South
east (SEA) quarter Of section TWEEN
ty-three (23), and the West half
(wh) Of the Southwest quarter
(Swh) Of section twenty-four (24),
all in Township fifty-one (51) North
Of Range thirty (so) West, in Baraga
County, Michigan.
FRANK X. BASTIEN,
Mortgage.
Joseph J. o'Connor,
Attorney fof Mortgage,
Business Address:
L'Ansc, Michigan.
Dated: February IL, 1920.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-02-27
500 Reward, Sloo

The readers Of this paper viii b
Hieased TO learn that there 10 ut least
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mat II catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
influenced by constitutional conditions
rcsrsirss constitutional treatment Halls
Catsrrh Medicine N taken internally and
faces OF the system thereby destroying
the foundation OF the disease. giving the
patient strength by building up the con-
stituff6n and assisting nature In doing it,
Sasth IN the curative powers Of Halrs
Catarrh Medicine that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that u fails
70 cure. Send for Iist OF Testimonials:
ebio. Sold BY all Druggist. 10.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-02-27

In France a prize of 100000 francs
(normally $20,O00) is to be offered to
the first person who establishes cleo
trical communication with another
planet. We don't want it-amount
is entirely too small for an energetic
citizen Of this town.