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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-06
Rockefeller Jr. Urges
Church Cooperation

From The Trtbune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, April 5.-"The solu-
ton of the worlds problems is to be
found in the brotherhood of man and
Of nations. based as it must be. upon
the fathcrhood of God" said John D.
Rockefeller il. addressing a keynote
meeting Of the Interchurch World
campaign here tonight. The meeting,
which took the form of dinner, was
presided over by Robert Lansing,
former Secretary Of State. Speaker
Gillett, Of the House Of Representa-
tives, Secretary Daniels, Of the nav;
General John J. Pershing and members
II the Senate and the House were
among those present.
Mr.. Rockefeller Is a member of the
Plying Squadron touring the coun-
try in the interests OF a church cam
paign which VIII seek to raise 1885,
100000, the budget fixed by the thirty
denominations cooperating, to be used
in the spread Of Christianity Ad-
dresses were also delivered by DR..
John R. Mott, of New York. chairman
Of the executive committee of the In
ter-church World Movement; DR.. S.
Earle Taylor, of New York, and Gov
ernor Carl Milliken of Maine.
The necessity Of cooperation by the
churches 10 meet the needs of the
world to-day were emphasized by Mr..
Rockefeller.
The churches arc beginning to
realize, as business men have long
since he said, that competition is
expensive, that cooperation is the
method by which in this day only can
great things be done with economy and
efficiency. This movement is based
on those principleS'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-06

Added to Cost
OF Rail Return
Hines Asks New Appropriate
ton: Government. Loss Is
Placed at SoOO.478.756:
Roads Owe S966.8O3.366
No Allowance for Claims
Total of sl,87O,727,34l
Got From Congress to Adj
Just and to Transfer Lines

WASHINGTON, April 5.-Congress
was asked formally to-day to appro-
pirate S420. 727, 341 to wind up the at
ialrs OF the railroad administration.
In requesting the fund Walter D.
times, railroad administrator, placed
the loss resulting from the govern
ments experience in Federal control
at S9o0,4ls,756. In addition the gov
eminent has $966,9O3 1866 owing to it
by the roads, the money having been
advanced Tor operating expenses and
oettermen1s. Ultimately this fund will
be repaid.
Mr. Hines explained that no allow
4nce had beer made in his request to
cover any claims the roads might have
against the government for mainten-
ance OF the lines because the net
amount for this purpose could not yet
be estimated
Total Needs for Roads
Before the carriers were returned to
private operation March |, Congress
appropriated Sl,45O,0 900 for the ex-
penses OF the railroad administration.
and the new request to liquidate its
affairs would bring the total appro-
priations to $1.070,72 BAL.
The losses incurred by the govern
ment included s677,5l3,l52 for the op-
>.
Operation of smaller lines, sleeping
and refrigerator cars and STEAMSHIP .
lines caused loss of $43,0l1,l29, and
inland waterways s2.449 739. The
American Railway Express was op-
Grated at a loss of S3S,111,742, while
miscellaneous losses were listed as ag-
grcgated, S125,438,O Ola In addition,
the expenses of the central and re-
gional organizations of the railroad
admin stration were placed at S13 1854.
$50, and SO, AS ,222 will be required for
its expenses rom last March until
next January.
Debt Funded for Ten Years
Under the transportation act $270,-
07s,o'o OF the S96o.s03 1863 due the gov
eminent by the roads will be funded
for ten years. This was advanced for
improvements. An addition $367,S06,-
96S, advanced for equipment purposes
will be payable in fifteen annual in
So lMents. In addition. the government
has sold S1l4422 526 OF one-year notes
of the carriers, s44. ABB ,664 of long term
no0es, S59,Z2 1879 of stocks. bonds or
receivers certificates, and s9O,258 ,305
as mi scellaneous investments. The
inland waterways owe to the govern
ment S14,581.126
Mr. Illness letter also showed that
the railroad administration expended
a total of S765, 82145O for improve
ments on the roads, but of this amour
he listed S495,741,875 as the prob
able deductions" to be made under tn,
railroad bill for debts owed to The
lines by the government in the form
of rent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-06
Croker Sound.
Saws Alienist
He EN- loyed

arose between him and his son. these
exp 4anatlons differing materially from
nose his sons make. Mr.. Croker said:
mere was no trouble between nv
children and me about my marriage
lfhtli LOOK my power of attorney away
from Richard three year slater. in 1911,
" hen decided one morning that was
gong to be married cook Mrs. Croker
with ME and went down to Richard ;
mousse / left her outside FOR a moment
ana told him what I was going to do.
lhen brought her in and introduced
nm He shook hands with her and
"eIGomed her into the family.
re salo: IF YOU take good care of
my rather you VIII have the thanks of
ms entire family. From then on for
me next three years we stopped at tn .
ncEse. tnlnS, every time we were in
New lors bat enc, and the relations
we're cordial.
We came down to Palm Beach after
ne marriage and the children sent US
Snfistmas presents and continued to
90 so. For three years all the children
wrote my wife many letters CONTAINING
eroearlrg terms. There is no truth a.
ali IN Richards statement that he en-
deavoreo to persuade ne not to marry
or to de,ay my marriage, and all our
trouble has arisen through my en-
deaver TO get my business affairs
through him Strengthened out.
Made Will to Children
:" When we were about to 90 to Ire
land on the last trip the Lusitania
made over, we were at Richard house
when rumor reached us that the Ger
mans were Slnk
out for a lawyer and we made a will
that night leaving everything to my
children IN the event that the Lusitaria
was sunk and Mrs. Croker and lost
our lives
1T was not more than three months
after | was married when it came into
nv mind when l found out how pro-
fcient she was: that my wife could as
sist me in handling my business affairs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-06
Flat Thief. Discovered,
Offers SlOO to Go Free
Pursuer Sccrns Bride and
Turns Opulent Intrudre
Oxn1, 20 PnliceN

Mrs. lilly jacobs LETT the door ii her
apartment. at 6l5 West l5Oth Street.
ajar yesterday afternoon when she
went to call on a neighbour Soon after
her departure her brother, Martin
Rathstone, heard some one enter eau
tiously, and opening his door he saw
a stranger casting an appraising glance
about the living room.
At the noise OF the opening door
the man fed Rathstone pursued him
down two flights of stairs % the
entrance, where, he says, the fugitive
offered him a 500 bill to give up the
chase. Rathstone grappled with him.
however, and with the help of the ele-
vator boy had him subdued when the
police arrived.
The prisoner said he was John Bar
ry, Of $40 East 13Sth Street, the Bronx
He was locked up at the West 152d
Street police station charged with un~
lawful entry. According to the police.
he had in his pockets two rolls Of bills,
one containing $3.50 and the other Sill.
and jewelry valued at about $1,000
none of which had come from Mrs.
Jacobs's home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-06

n Palm Beach ana tear up piece Of
paper; that he caused these pieces TO
be collected and put together and dis
covered them 10 be a Cancelled note for
1000 and that the son believed she
was destroying 8 record of her imam
cal transactions.
That note said Mr.. Croker, was
one put in the bank to meet some
taxes. My wife and | both signed i
because the account in that bank was
IN our joint names, and my wife and
| have property here that we own
jointly. ! got a payment of $1,000 on
piece of land that day and | said 10
my wife: Let's go 10 town and paw or
that note This we did. had Just
been in the bank with her paying II
off y
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-06
Brakemen Face Prosecution
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

Specedl Dispatch to me Tribune
TOPEKA, Kan, April 5.-If the
brakemen on the Rock Island lines in
Kansas strike they will be prosecuted
in the new industrial relations court.
There is no exemption in the law for
railroad employees, and Richard J. Hop
kins, Attorney General. said today tho
state IS prepared TO proceed agains-
the officers of the brakemen's union
if the strike goes into effect.
'Officials of union" said Mr. Hop
Asns, who join in a conspiracy to cause
cessation of work or hamper an es-
sential industry are guilty of a felony
The ordinary person who join in sucn
conspiracy or agreement is guilty OF
a mlsdemeanor The court can star
an investigation at once into the merits
o. the controversy and issue finding,
and orders If the strike reaches such
proportions as to endanger the pubi'
health or walfare the court is empow
cred to take over the industry and op-
& ta
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p! r. G..
Printing Facts

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service, but only those who have
an adequate organization can
render it.
The test as to what a printer
can do is not what he claims he
can do, but what he is actaallv
performing.
A Champion Monograph on
Greenwich Village, which we
have gust produced, shows the
kind of service we are rendering.
We wrote the Monograph, illus
trated it, and printed it.
A copy will be sent without
charge to users of printed matter.
Publishers Printing Company
200 West 25th Street
Telephone Chelsea 1910
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w.. ..shDkF' s. J.. April r. Tho men
49, S,'isf and another probably fatally
ss<'s9 ~ tof explosion Of an air com
ss@r F>r auto Urea in the Cadillac
~ '~efa Dan9's garage al as Market
''ysst te-day.
81 ne dead ARE William Bradford.
81 lsafs Old, If Stanford, =. j,
yss.. Ns>fzS iAndenserger, thirty five
~ m. ~ phllade pfia. John Me
tsrs'l ~ ~ yeafz oid. of Stanford,
sa zTrefe internal injuries.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-06
Jack Johnson Arranges for
Arrest on Entry Into L. :.

CALEXItO, Calif.. April 5.-Jack
Johnson, former worlds heavyweight
champion pugilist, sent for Sheriff Ap-
plestill, of Imperial County, yesterday,
and arranged to have the sheriff take
him personally into custody when John
son crosses the international line to
meet Federal charges pending against
him at Chicago Johnson said he hoped
TO be ready to sure nder soon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-06
Wilson 8 $4,000
Jobs Go Begging

WASHINGTON, April O.
President Wilson is having diff
Guilty in finding men willing to
give up their business to serve on
the railroad labor board as rep
resentatives OF the public, White
House officials said to-day in ex-
planning the delay in nonlinat-
ing the members of. the board.
Each representative will re-
ceive an annual salary of $4,000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-06
1000 Desert
Coal Mines in
Kansas Strike
New Court of Industrial
Relations Acts to Halt
Waik-Out: Union Heads
70 Be Quizzed TODAY
Troubles Over Awards
West Virginia Workers
Refuse to Return: Illi-
nois Output Is Crippled
Over Awards


PETTSBJRG. Kan. April 5.-Two
thousand coal miners went on strike
,oaay and on .he heels OF the walk
~. the state invoked the powers Of
,se new Court Of Industrial Relations.
Under subp@nes prepared by Attor-
aey General Hopkins the presidents of
al the miners local unions involved
are ordered 10 appear before the court
.o-morrow morning.
TIE Attorney General acted after a
conference with Judge ". [. Higgins.
presiding judge Of the court. Under
me state law the court is empowered
10 deal with all Industrial controver
sies, 70 issue orders, and in the event
ma, strikes endanger public health or
welfare 70 take over the industry in
vowed general investigation Of
The nine situation IS scheduled tc be-
an before the court Tomorrow.
Dissatisfaction Over Awards
The miners qgit WORK to-day because
thsv are Gi~SaIi led with the awards
ei the National Coal Commission on
wages, dead work, automatic pen
s,,ies. cost OF supplies and working con-
ditions. IN a speech made recently
before the Illinois miners Alexander
u. howatt, president OF the Kansas
district Of the national union. declared
there would be a strike IN the Pitts
burg fields on April l, and said that
II would be a defiance of the industria,
court law.
Announcement that the mine had
gene out was made = court during the
progress Of q hearing in an appeal for
Z wage increase lied by the employees
Of the Joplin Pitcsburg Railway Com
uany.
WHEELING. ". Va. April 5.-Three
thousand eastern Ohio coal miners who
went on strike last Friday refused TO
enter the mines today in spite of the
efforts Of union leaders to have the
msn call of the waik-out. The miners
expressed satisfaction with the man
ner II which the - per cent wage in
crease was applied.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-06
Missouri Fruit Crop DESTROYED

JEFFERSON, Mo, April 5.-The
BLIZZARD which swept Missouri yester-
day destroyed the entire peach. apple.
cherry and plum crops, causing losses
OF millions Of dollars, according to in
formation received by the State Board
of Agriculture to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-06
" alk-Out in Illinois

SPRINGFIELD. H., April 5.-Dissat-
SIZED with the advance given them by
the wage contract signed by the gen
'Tal scale committee of coal operators
ard miners OF the bituminous field at
~ York on March 81. company men
!. several downstate Illinois mines re-
used to work to-day. Frank Earring
son, president Of the Illinois miners.
sid work in at least twenty mines was
saF.ously affected. Under the wage
contract the men we're given a mini
NUN wage CT 1915 day and maxi
mum Of S.
NEW PHILADELPHIA. Ohio. April
S-Only three OF Tuscarawas County's
mines were IN operation today. as the
result Of 800 men joining the ranks Of
The miners who walked out FridaN
They are dissatisfied with the 81 IN
crease over their present wages of SIS
q day
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-06

Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co., Hartford
Conn., A. " Cornell Supervisor Audit Department Chi
The "a Dcaphones in Claim Audit Depart
ment at Chicago speed up letter production They make
possible for and their dictate
detail of important subject while fresh in their
is Indispensable
Hamilton Brown Shoe Company, St Louis, Mo-, says:
We and the % Dcaphones used various depart
ments absolutely necessary in handling the large volume of
correspondence. The Dctaphone is tire-saver of the
hrst order hat it money know for die
tators least 30 letters than formerly
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-06

The California Packing Corporation of
San Francisco Cal., packers of the del
Monte Brand Of Food Products, use Isl
Dictaphones in their various departments
These Dictap phones have increased the
speed in handling correspondence by at
least fifty per cent. Furthermore, the records
of this corporation show that since the in
stallaton Of The Dictaphone the volume of
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correspondence has almost doubled. while
the cost per letter has been materially
reduced.
What more? Whether your office is
large or small, ask US to install Dictaphones
in your Office, on your work. Then let The
Dictaphone prove its case on a definite
basis of speed, greater efficiency. and
decided economies in letter costs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-14
NEWBERRY JURY MAY
GET CASE this WEEK

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. March IA
The case OF Truman H. Ne~berry and
eiEhty-foun OF his political associates,
charged with fraud and conspiracy In
the 1918 election. will probably be In
the hands of the jury Thursday or Fri
day OF this week
with the Government waving Its
privilege OF cross-exAminin8 Paul II.
King, star witness or the defense. the
examination OF several witnesses yes
terday afternoon concluded the evil
dsnce in the case. The closing argu-
ments win begin tomorrow.
In response to motions made earlier
in the trial, Judge Sessions announced
that only two OF the six original
counts In the indictment would be
considered by the jury.
He struck out counts and and
combined 1 aud 4. These are the con-
spirAcy counts. and the Judge de-
clared he regarded them as Identical
and not wsrrantins cumulative pun
ishment in event OF a conviction. The
NTH count was stricken out at the
close OF the Governments direct testi-
mony. The sixth count. which re-
mains, charges fraud. Motions seek
ing dismissal of the various defend
ants were renewed and promptly
denied.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-14
HAM FAVORS WOOD
PLAN FOR MERGER
President OF w. r. and E. Puts
O. K. on Congressman's
, Proposal.

The plan outlined yesterday by Con-
gresham Woods OF Virginia, designed
TO bring about a merger of the local
traction companies, has the approval
OF William II. Ham. president or the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company.
Congressman Woods plan. like that
of the Commissioners, Is aimed TO
bring the earning power of the two
roads as near level as possible, In
order to enable the stockholders OF
both companies to get together on a
merger plan.
The taxation clause In Mr.. Woods
plan 10 more liberal to the companies
than that recommended to Congress
by the Commissioners. The Commits
sioners stand for a 6 per cent return
10 the compa MES on their valuations,
while Mr.. Woods allows per cent
return.
The consolidation OF the electric
light company with the Washington
Railwsy and Electric. Is allowed In
the proposal of the Congressman
from Virginia. The Commissioners,
however. have been opposed to this
consolidation.
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CONTINUED from First Paxe.)

(Continued from First Psxe.)
different moods. When he names
the three, you will know what he
himself is. They are Guido Guini-
cell, Marmontel, and Swift. II
would shock Ruskin's ghost TO
learn that more than ninety mil
lions of Americans never heard
about the first two and know about
Swift only because he wrote "Gul-
liver's. Travels"
This Ruskin thought you might
bear in mind when your little boy
tries to "show off" or somebody
else displays what we call vanity:
.The greatest efforts of the race
have always been Taceable to the
love of praise, rs Its greatest ca
tastrophies TO the love Of pleasure"
A thousand men may succeed
while struggling to earn the praise
of others, and nine hundred Of
them, less magnificently than
Marc Antony or Lucullus. but just
as thoroughly, go to pieces in pur-
suit of pleasure.
Young people should pay atten-
ton to this, about careful reading
and understanding what you read:
"You might read all the books
in the British Museum (if you could
live long enough, and remain an
utterly 'illlterate,' uneducated per-
son; but II you read ten pages Of .
good book, letter by lettsr-thSt is
to say, with real sccuracy-y0u are
forevermore In some measure an
educated person."
The "letter by letter" sugges-
ton is extreme. But ten good
pages really digested may contain
more education than volumes swal-
lowed whole. For education means
"to lead out" to lead us from ig-
norance to knowledge. And ten
pages Of a good book will lead
long way. A few volumes care
fully read, by light of wood fire,
led Lincoln from rail splitting to
eternal glory, long journey.
Young gentlemen that admire
prize-fghters, that shine because
they lack refined nervous organ
izat'on, read this, please:
~The ennobling differences be-
tween one man and an0ther-be-
tween one animal and another
IL precisely In this, that one feels
mOre than another. II we were
sponges, perhaps sensation might
not be easily got for us; il We were
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-14
JUVENILE ENROLMENT
IN HEALTH DRIVE GROWS

More Washington children were en-
rolled in the Modern Health Crusade
at the end OF the frst two weeks Of
the 1920 tourney than were enrolled
last year during the fifteen weeks In
which the crusade functioned. It WAS
announced today.
Tho entire country Is watching with
much interest the progress of the
Health Crusade at the National Capt.
tai as the result OF the wide distribu-
ton given the annual reports of the
Board of Education. These reports
were sent by the request of the ma
tional office, to each State and re-
gional secretary of all tuberculosis
associations in the United States.
They contained expressions of opinion
by seven school officials. who have
witnessed q practical demonstration
OF the crusade in all OF the graded
public schools of the District of
Columbia
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-14
FINANCIAL


II 10 . gsssrSny rsosgu4ssd fact tina
o. , q. xs: are - ,ss 'is Ne: .. "a
our psw seokist telling Of the Daay safe
guATds 20 have placed arss.A oUR mrs
mortsAsS stx Per cent notsA vhsch vs be
which constitute the chief rsAsDos for ou
record Of nifty years without 49, 70 al
investsS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-14
DOUBTS GERMAN DEFENSE
HEAD IS BROTHER N-LAW

CLEVELAND. Ohio, March IL
Doubt as to whether Major General
Won Luettwitx, named as minister Of
defense of the new government in
Berlin, is Arthur Won Luettwitz was
expressed today by Sheldon Cary,
brother-in-law of the latter.
Mr.. Cary says his brother-in-law
has been in retirement at Baden since
the armistice, but. according to let
tiers from his sister, a cousin of the
general named. Arthur Won Luettwittz
has been active in political affairs In
Berlin,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-14
HER BUINESS7 RAISE BABIES

AURORA, ILL.,, March 14.-5Asked
what her business was in the interest
of a better Aurora, Mrs. c. A Bisbee
told the Chamber of Commerce 1t was
"raising babNs" It can be helped.
she said. If Aurora is = clean city in
every respect
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Junk its garbage reduction plants and
feeds It's garbage TO pigs kept for the
purpose. This suggestion. placed bo-
fore the city council by'an alderman,
Il now under consideration
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TODAY

earthworms, liable at every In
slant 10 be cut in two BY the spade,
perhaps too much sensation might
not be good for US. But, being
human creatures, ID Is good for us;
nay, we are only human In 30 fur
as We are sensitive"
Murderers go TO the chair
bravely, as the newspaper re-
porters put it, because they lack
FEELING and for the same
reason they commit murders. The
first fits them for the gallows,
then lack of feeling makes them
electric chair" heroes.
Ruskin denies greatness TO
England, his own country. A real
patriot criticizes remorselessly.
"A great nation, for instance,
does not spend Its entire national
wits for a couple Of months In
weighing evidence Of q single ruff
fian having done a single murder;
and for "a couple OF years see Its
own children murder each other
BY the thousands or tens Of thou
sands IA day, considering only what
the effect Is likely 10 be on the price
Of cotton, and caring n0wise TO de-
termine which side OF battle Is In
the wrong.
.Neither does q great nation send
its poor little boys 10 jail for steal
ing six walnuts; and allow Its
bankrupts TO steal their hundreds
or thousands with q bow, and Its
bankers, rich with poor mems saw
ings, TO close their doors under
circumstances over which they
have no control with n by your
Ieave;' and large landed estates
to be bought by men who have
made their money by going with
armed steamers up and down the
China seas, selling opium ut the
lannon's mouth, and altering, for
the benefit of the foreign nation,
the common highwayman's demand
Of your money or your llfe,' into
that Of your money and your llfe.' I"
Ruskin would be interested in
the decision that the Turks be al
lowed to remain in Constantinople
He had the Turkish Sultan in mind
when he wrote Of sending a min
lister Of the crown to make polite
speeches to a man who is bayonet-
ing young girls in their fathers
sight, and killing noble youths in