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The Washington times., 1920-04-29
SAYS WIFE BLACKENED
EYE; RESENTS ALIMONY
New York Hotel Manager Tells
Court She Hounded Him From
Place to Place.

NEW YORK, April 29.-George
Daniels. manager of the Hotel Meth
erlands, wants to be relieved from
the payment of $50 weekly aEmony
to his wife. Pending a suit for sep
aration Justice Erlanger recently
made the award of alimony to the
wife. ..
Daniels put in a long affidavit
saying her persistence in Following
him from hotel to hotel and lodS ng
complaints against him with the
management had kept him out OF
good positions for years.
He told of scenes which he sald
his wife had made at various hotels
at Garden City. in the White Noun
tains, and elsewhere, and OF letters
she had written to Florida hotel men
when he was there.
Daniels says that on April last'
soon after Justice ErlanSers order
was signed. Mrs. Daniels followed
him from the Netherland. She Kept
on his trail while he walked through
Central Park and then back TO the
corner of Park avenue and FIFTY
ninth street.
At that point. Daniels says: ms
wife gave him a violent verbal lash
ing and attacked him with her fists.
She blackened one eye with repeated
blows and scratched his face with a
ring she wore, the affidavit says.
The Washington times., 1920-04-29
FORD REORGANlES
T0BU|LD AIRCRAFT
Plans sIOO,OOO,O00 Concern.
viii Make Locomotives Also.
Stock All In Family.

LANSING, Mich. April %. Formal
notice OF the proposed reorganization
OF the Ford Motor Company and other
interests OF its stockholders was FILED
yesterday with the secretary OF state.
The papers indicated that the auto
mobile and tractor businesses will be
consolidated and reincorporated as
s1O 90 900 600 Delaware corporation.
The corporate powers OF the new
company will permit II to manufac-
ture aircraft, internal combustion To-
comotives and railroad cars and 10
continue the automobile. truck and
tractor business now conducted sepa-
rately.
The capital stock, IL is understood
will be held by Henry Ford, Edsel b.
Ford, and Mrs. Henry Ford.
Incorporation is to be under Dela-
ware laws because the Michigan stat
utes do not permit the organization
of a company with a capital stock OF
more than $50, 0,000,O 900
Another reason given for the incor-
poration in Delaware is that the laws
of that State permit a wider variety
OF business than a Michigan corpo-
ration is allowed to engage In. ~ mas
ben known for some time that Henry
Ford intended to underta Re the. de-
velopment OF aircraft. He has also
been working for many months" on a
gasoline driven street car.
The change In the corporate organ
ization Is not to open the stock to
public sale, but to consolidate the
Ford interests.
The 500. 100000 corporation will be
formed by the consolidation OF COM
panies now having a total capitalize
ton OF only s3,000,00o. The present
capital OF the Ford Motor Company Is
So 900, 900, while that OF the Henry
Ford & Son Corporation. organized
originally for the manufacture o&
tractors, is 81 O0O. 200.
Announcement of the intention to
reorganize the Ford interests was
first made at the time OF the purchase
by Edsel B. Ford, some months ago,
of the minority stock held by James
F. Couzens. former vice president OF
the Ford Motor Company and now
mayor of Detroit. Mr.. Couzens was
the last Of the original group OF MI
nority holders to o>sell. his stock to the
Ford family.
The Washington times., 1920-04-29
BLIND YANK CROSSES
CONTINENT ALL ALONE

BALTIMORE. April 29.--James p.
O'Hara. n blind soldier, came to Bal
,timore, after having made the trip
alone from the Pacific Coast. lie came
to the Government hospital at Ever
green. His trip began .. Manhattan
Beach, Cal He was fourteen days on
the road.
O'Hara said heEstarted across the
continent alone because he wanted
something to occupy his time. He
was held up several days in Arizona
when the crew OF the train on which
he was passenger Joined the strik.
ers. During the trip fellow passcn-
gers assisted him.
The soldier lost his sight as re-
suit Of drinking soda water contain
ing wood alcohol while serving with
the Thirteenth Field Artillery on the
Mexican border in 1917.
The Washington times., 1920-04-29
"CAITALISTIC PRESS"
PROBE IS DEMANDED

Roger Babson. publisher, OF the Of
fetal Bulletin, yesterday requested a
Senate investigation on, the question
of whether the press OF the country
is under "capitalistic control
The request, addressed to Senator
Reed Smoot. chairman of the Commit
tee on Printing, suggested the calling
of newspaper editors, reporters
owners, publicity agents, and puplic
citizens before the committee to
testify.
Babson's suggestion is the out
growth of a controversy over the
manner in which he obtained the Of
fcial Bulletin, published in wartime
by the Government.
The Washington times., 1920-04-29
-QU|CK RELIEF
FROM CONSTIPATION
Get DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets

That is the joyful CIV of thousands
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Tablets, the substitute for calomel. No
griping results from these pleasant
little tablets. They cause the liver
and bowels to act normally. They
never force them to unnatural action.
DR. Edwards Olive Tablets are q
soothing, healing. vegetable compound
mixed with olive oil.
H.you have a bad taste, bad breath.
feel :.dull, tired, are constipated or
bilious, you'll find quick and sure re.
suits from DR.. Edwards little Olive
Tablets at bedtime. l0c and 25c box.
The Washington times., 1920-04-29
CHARGES BRITISH HAVE
MONOPOLY ON CABLES

An English company has a monop-
oily on cable facilities In Brazil, Sen
ator Kellogg. Republican. OF Mime
sofa, charged in the Senate ycstcr.
day.
Senator Mccormick said terms have
been made which would prevent
Amer can firms LAYING cable ~
oept under terms fixed bN the Brit.
ish firm controlling N" Rra-ilisn
cabi.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-22
Smallpox on Caronia;
Liner Held Up 7 Hours
All 1hird-Class Passengers Re-
moved at Hoffman Island
and Vaccinated

The Cunard liner Caronia, from
Liverpool, was htld in Quarantine for
several hours yesterday and 52S steer
age passengers were transferred to
Hoffman Island for observation. They
were detained because one of the steer
age passengers had developd smallpox.
Tn patient was removed at Hilifax,
where the Caronia stopped, as 8 port
of call, to discharge passengers for
Canada The steerage travellers re-
moved to Hoffman Island yesterday
were vacinated and the ship was fumi-
gated.
When the Caronia docked last night
Gerald Petfert, of Woodhaven, L. l.,
was at the pier to meet Benjamin G..
Diworth. a school mate he had not
seen in fifty years. Mr.. Dilworth, who
has just retired as a school teacher at
Dundalk, Scotland, will spend several
months at the home Of his friend at
Woodhaven.
Among others on the Caronia were
Emile Henry Lacombe, former Judge
of the United States Circuit Court,
and Lady Elizabeth Marie Roberts.
wife of General Sir Rowland Roberts.
a brother of the late Field Marshal
Roberts,
New-York tribune., 1920-06-22
DR.. Eliot Asserts Tea
Aids in Mental Effort

BOSTON. June 21.-President Emeri-
tus Charles W. Eliot of Harvard Uni
versity, now in his eighty-sixth year,
says frankly that he believes tea facili-
tates the mental effort of writing and
speaking. He prefers it to coffee, be-
lieving it more beneficial. He says
"Of late l am often asked to what
attribute my health and long continued
capacity for active exerton. The best
answer I am able to give is to sound
constitution never impaired bv any
serious disease or accident, calm
temperament expectant of good the
habit of taking daily exercise in the
open air, moderation in eating and a
slight and never steady nor regular
use Of stimulants like tea, coffee, alco-
hol and tobacco. Tobacco | have never
used at all except on rare occasions
between 1854 and 1883. | have used
tea most, because it seems to me to
facilitate the mental effort of writing
and speaking.
"As I look back on the years which
succeeded my election to the presidency
of Harvard see that I was probably
saved from physical breakdown by two
practices, one Of which I set up inn
mediately in the summer of 1859 and
the other of which l adopted in the
summer Of 1871. The first was the
practice of riding horseback every day.
usually in the afternoon, and the sec
ond was cruising in sumner along the
coast of New England IN small sloop
of my own and camping in tents dur
ing part of each summer on the sea
shore"
New-York tribune., 1920-06-22
SProul May Act
For Arbitration
Situation Reported Not
Alarming, but More
Rail WOrkers Walk Out
Special Dispatch TO The Tribune

PHILADELPHIA, June 21.-In spite
OF material increase to-day in the
number of railroad workers who have
joined the unauthorized walk-out, and a
serious tle-up of freight transporta-
ton, railroad heads assert the situa-
tlon is not alarming, while interven-
tlon on the part of of Governor Sprovl,
with view to arbitration, looms up
hopefully.
Governor Sproul has summoned off,
Gals of the State Department of Labor
to harrisburg and himself left here
tonight for the capital to confer with
them tomorrow on the situation.
Pennsylvania, Reading and Balti-
more & Ohio officials reported the to-
tai number of men who had refused to
DO duty in Philadelphia and vicinity
as slightly more than 1900. All three
OF the roads stated that already men
We're returning to work. The number
OF insurgents was estimated at 1000
by repres entatives of the workers
The Philadelphia G. Reading Rail-
road reported that all freight, with the
exception of perishable foodstuffs, was
at standstill in this city. The Penn
sylvanla report was more favora BILE.
the road predicting all yards soon
would be operated at nearly normal
capacity. The Pennsylvania announced
that 1,l61 men had quit work.
Dispatches from points II New Jer-
sey declared certain embarcoes on
freight consigned to this city and Bal
tlmore had resulted from the walk-out
here and in Baltimore
Six hundred freight handlers on the
Pennsylvania and Philadelphia & Read
New-York tribune., 1920-06-22
Rail Unions May
Appeal to Wilson
Brotherhoods Lay I,sur-
gent Strikes to Delay in
Labor Body's Decision

From The Trtbunes Washington Bur.nu
WASHINGTON, June 21.-Heads of
the railroad brothernoods may appeal
to President Wilson in an effort to ex-
pedlte the decision of the Railroad
Labor Board and end the menace Of
insurgent railroad strikes like those
IN Philadelphia and Baltimore. accord
ing to W. N. Doak, vice-president of the
brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
The Labor Board, headquarters of
which is in Chicago, has under consid-
Grafton the demands of more than
100000 railroad workers, and the
promise Of early action had ended re-
cent disturbances.
for the trouble in Philadelphia and
Baltimore, charging that it fails to un-
derstand the situation.
I'VE are using our best efforts to
have the men return to service, and
in all proba ability will take the neces-
sary steps within the next few DAYS
to see that justice is done the railroad
employees, and, if necessary, an appeal
may be made to the President" said
Mr.. Doak.
Mr.. Doak indicated that railroad
union leaders are apprehensve that
the satisfaction among the men will
spread. He said wage demands had
been pending since the summer of
1919 and that the Labor Board has had
them under consideration since
April II.
The men have become very restless
and large numbers have either re-
signed their positions or left the SER
vice at ditFent points," said Mr.. Doak.
The organization has disciplined many
thousands of the men for violation of
contract"
New-York tribune., 1920-06-22

Ing. railroads at Norristown joined the
strike tonight and paralyzed freight
traffic in that section
IN Camden freight crews walked out
on the West Jersey & Seashore and the
Atlantic City railroads, tying up ship
ments in the South Jersey section.
:. According to passengers on local
INES of the Pennsylvania system,
clerks were being used to-day as emer-
gency train crews. The clerks said
they were being paid 50 day in add
hundred and sixty-one men have so
ter quit their posts, according to Of
tclals Of this road.
The Reading likewise reported the
use of emergency crews in the places
of the "vacationists," the number of
whom it estimated at 400. The B. & O..
reported that sixty to seventy-five men
of switching crews had joined the
walkout.
statement issued by Charles H.
Ewing, vice-president in charge of
operation and maintenance of the
Reading Railroad, that conditions in
this city ARE due entirely to radical
ism and Misrepresentation" was denied
by George F. A. Koehl, an employee
of that road and representative of the
Readings employees who have quit
work
Mr.. Koehl, speaking of the state
ment of Mr.. Ewing that the labor board
probably would award an increase
ranging from 2 to 10 cents an hour
instead Of IS, as demanded, said that
also must be unsatisfactory to the
men and that such statement alone
was sufficient cause for the men to
leave the service.
"The wage question has precedence
over all else with u.s." continued Mr..
Koehl, "and if fair decision is given
Immediately the men will go back to
work tomorrow"
New-York tribune., 1920-06-22
90 Salvation Army
Cadets Graduated:
Go to Hard Tasks
Crowd in Hall Fans, Mops
and Cries as Lassies and
Men Get Diplomas Amid
Prayers for Strength

Memorial Hall. at 122 Yes. Four
teenth Street, was crowded With people
last night for the graduation exercises
of the 1920 class of the Salvation Army
National Training College. Ninety
eight cadets were commissioned proba-
tional lieutenants and captains. But
the most exciting things we're the ap-
pointments.
1t was hot in that hall. All seats
were taken and the back aisles were
jammed. Men famed themselves with
their hats and women mopped their
faces. Babies cried and wanted to &C
home. About two thousand persons
from out of town Forty officers came
from Easton, Pa.
The cadets sat on a grand stand on
the platform. There were sixty-nlne
girls and twenty-nine men, neat IN
their dark blue uniforms and ex-
pectant, for none of them knew where
they we're going to carry on the work
of the army. It might be China, and
they are young and haven't been home
much in nine months.
Hymns were sung. The spirit put
into them vibrated the walls.
The commissioning address was
IUdUe ny OOiOuel w lllldIH coiN SAieA
secretary Then Colonel (Mrs.) Miles
prayed for them.
There were no fine phrases in the
words of these two. Salvation Army
commencements are like 10 other col
lege commandments. The ones who
use words to bid them on their way
know what the graduates will have to
do. They themselves know. SO it was
was work service, courage" that was
urged on them with a wealth Of earn
estness. 80, God, give them strength
And mighty amen" rose from the
audience
The girls could not control them
selves when they found out where they
had been appointed. They cheered and
laughed and clapped their hands, hug
ging their diplomas and trying to tell
every one how grand it. all was.
With all this JOY waiting for
chance to express itself, they sang:
TAKE my love. my Lord, I pour
At Thy feet It's treasure store
1t filed the air. and it did not seem
to be quite so hot:
Take myself and I will be
Ever, only, all for Thee.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-22
Bergdon investigation
Begun by Federal Jury
Court Calls Draft Dodgers Es-
cape a Blot OH Admins
tration of L. S. Laws

PHILADELPHIA. June 21.-A spe-
cial Federal grand jury began an in
vestigation to-day of the escape of
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, millionaire
army draft dodger Seven witnesses
we're examined and nine more have
been summoned
Contrary to expectations, Charles D.
McAvoy, United States District Attor-
ney, did not subpoena Colonel Samuel
I. Ansell or his partner, Colonel Bailey,
the two Washington lawyers, who with
D. Clarence Gibboney, made representa-
tions to the War Department on which
Bergdoll got out to hunt for S105OOO
in gold which he said he had buried.
Judge Thompson, in charging the
jury, said:
Bring to the bar of justice any and
every person, no matter how high or
low in authority or position, who either
directly or indirectly was responsi Bile
for the escape of Bergdol. The facts
Of how the escape occurred arc a
scandal in the community and a blot
on the administration of the laws OF
the United States"
New-York tribune., 1920-06-22
Cleans Out Jail and Escapes
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, June 21.-
Sampson Murphy outdid the famous
Samson of Biblical days last night
"Murph,' as he was known, alone in
jail here, found the isolation irksome.
lie began by. smashing the interior
furnishings. A French 255 or Boche
bomb could not have cleaned out the
building any better. Stoves. benches,
tables, chairs, several cell doors ali
went the same way. Amused, but not
satisfied, Murphy inspected the walls
Of the jail, found vulnerable spot,
set to work and tore out several feet
Of the masonry.
Leaving the jail in a perfectly order
ly manner, Murphy met two men on
the street and before parting with
them said:
I'm not sore at any one. didn't
mind it in there until they left me
alone. won't stand for that kind of
treatment"
Murphy is noted hereabouts for his
strength. Despite the contentious of
prohibitionists, he is a hard drinker
New-York tribune., 1920-06-22
Rotary Convention Opens
With Pageant of Nations
Il Countries Represented at
Gathering Now Being Held
In Atlantic City
Special Dispatch to The Tribune


ATLANTIC CITE, N. j., June 2l-The
eleventh annual convention of the In
ternationtl Association Of Rotary Clubs
began here to-day. with delegates from
seventeen nations in attendance. A
pageant opened the convention, which
is being held in the Steel Pier Conven-
tion Hall.
The hall is decorated in blue and
gold, the colors of the Rotary Club,
and the flags of the various nationali-
ties of the 1000 delegates
Mayor Charles H. Godfrey, of Vent
nor, president of the Atlantic City Ro-
tary Club, welcomed the visitors The
invocation was delivered by the Rev.
Father Thomas Fryon, of the St. Rose
of Lima Church. Chester, Pa. A. C.
klumph, of Cleveland, past president,
to the greetings of the local
club
More than fifty bands are here with
the various delegations and these are
marching from one hotel to another,
serenadng. The New York delegation
has established general Headquarters
at Llewellyn Park Place and Pacific
Avenue.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-22
j. S. Matching
One Big Union
Plan in Chicago
Federal Agents Ordered to
Keep Eye on Meeting of
Railroad Men for Which
Call Is Printed in West
Session Set for June %
Butte Bulletin Which Ran
Appeal, Is Believed To
Be |. W. W. Publication

WASHINGTON, June 2l.-A call for
convention of railroad workers to be
seld at Chicago June 29 to organize
.oue big union" has been published in
he Butte. Mont, Daily Bulletin. y
which officials OF the Department of
Justice said today they believed to be
mI ". ". publication.
Orders went out from the department
today to its agents at Chicago to keep
strict watch on the proposed meeting
for any possible I. W W activities.
The call tor the convention was re-
.eived By Joseph Clough, secretary of
he zone big union" local Of Butte, ad-
vices from that city said. Presumably
Il was stated, the call came from T. S.
Cassidy, general organizer for the "one
biz union" at Chicago
"Ths Butte Bulletin" building is
headquarters for the lone big union" at
Butte, according to banner displayed
On the structure.
Recognized Leaders Attacked
As published at Butte, the call is
dgned The Committee" and those ex-
secting to attend the convention are
asked 10 communicate with Z. E. Pride,
s25 Northwestern University Building.
Leaders of the recognized labor
Unions and the members Of the Rail-
road Labor Board at Chicago are at
ncked by the call. which says:
Modern industry is organized into
sne big union,' which has grouped its
financial resources, and practically
controls the industry of the country.
ut is the organization power Of the
workers Of the industrial field which
will decide the victories in the future,
,ad until we organize into the 'one big
union' we will be beaten before the
fight starts, just like we have in the
past.
III you are red-blooded enough to
stand up and be counted and not afraid
to carry out this work, then We want
you to send a delegate to the Chicago
convention TO be held on June 20 with
The express purpose of becoming a
part Of the one big union If such is
not the case, then don't come and try
and offer some compromise proposition,
for you VI. not be seated. as the one
biz union is alive and already formed,
snd all We want is workers who are
willing 70 join US in this fight for in
dustrial freedom.
Throw Fakers OF Your Back"
Throw the labor takers off your
back and get into a labor organization
mat Wi. be controlled by the rank and
tle"
Discussing the Railroad Labor Board,
ne call says: .
az those men chosen by the Presi-
dent 70 represent labor really repre-
ser. the rank and file We would be out
numbered rwo TO one. We leave it to
your judgment what proportion Of rep
-esentation the man n oYera.ls actu-
a.Iy has on this board
Reci,lng the history of the so-called
insurgea- strike Of April !, the call
says 2 committee w2s selected to tour
the Northwestern section o. the coun-
ny 70 get the sentiment @ the men,
md, as Z result os dissatisfaction with
tie Old organization, i vas decided 10
call E convention Of all dissatisfied en-
plcyees OF al railroads in America to
organize one Big Union of railroad
workers
New-York tribune., 1920-06-22
Break in Strike in
Baltimore Area
B. & o. Reports Half of
S,uitching Force Back;
100 Return on Pe111sy

BALTIMORE, June 2l.-The striking
yardmen in the Baltimore railroad dis
trct, who went out yesterday, began
returning to work to-day, according to
statements of operating officials.
The Baltimore & Ohio reported that
so per cent of it's normal switching
force was back, and the Pennsylvania
that 100 of the 25O men who struck
reported for duty to-day.
There has been no interference with
the passenger service. according to
operating officials of the two lines.
Both roads placed an embargo on all
kinds Of freight shipments, except coal
for public utilities and hospital and
foOdstufTs.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-22
Actress Asks $4,000 for
Injuries in Auto Accident

Miss Harriet Pike Rempel. an &C
tress, thinks it was quite negligent OF
Arthur R. Lewis, silk merchant. to
have an accident while she WAS his
guest in an automobile. She was in
jured and filed suit in the Supreme
Court yesterday TO recover $25 700
from her host
Miss Renlpel says the accident oc-
CURED on December 6. 1918. Lewis,
she alleges, invited her 70 accompany
him 20 Arrowhead Inn to discuss q
real estate transaction. They were on
their way back to the city. where the
actress had a theatrical engagement
when the accident took place
New-York tribune., 1920-06-22
Malta and Gibraltar
Troops for Turkey

From The Tribune's European Bureau
Copyright. 1920. New York Tribune Inc.
LONDON, June 21.-lt was
said at the British War Office to-
day that the reinforcenents to be
concentrated in Constantinople
would be drawn from the garri-
sons at Malta and Gibraltar. 1t
is not at present intended to send
any troops from England
New-York tribune., 1920-06-22
'VO German War Prisoners.
Freed. Seek Jobs in Japar

j., TOXIC, May 20.-More than 100 Of
ae German prisoners Of war set free
y Japanese troops in Siberia are de-
ssous s., of nHding employment in Japan.
al are graduates q technical schools
sha experienced IN elec.r.c, mechanical
.ao u ra'."ay work. The japanese au-
.aoTnes 10 ~noEn they have applied
1sTe e referred the matter % the Toxic
:. va moer Of Comm cree. which il trying
% md employment for them.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-22
S. Parker Gilbert Jr. Named
As IeffingWell,s Successo,

WASHINGTON, June 2l.-President
wilson nominated s. Parker Gilbert jr-
Treasury, a recess appointment. Mr..
Gilbert succeeds R. e. Lefingwe!l, re-
signed, in charge OF fiscal Offices. His
home is in New Jersey and he has
been IN the Treasury as assistant to
NJ. Letfngwell since early in the war.
Edward Capps, o. New Jersey, was
named by President Wilson as Minister
New-York tribune., 1920-06-22

early yesterday morning in 34-foo.
n,otor boat or a fishing trip.
They were 10 have returned last
night. bu. up until this afternoon had
not been heard from. Five men, three
women and three children comprised
the party