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WEATHER» llM<r KMlMl WIU Italfll nl iklj |«wm*| r«m- Ilax4 (Mil IfHfffttwr .I » t. ¦. M INAL EDITIO NUMBER 11,504. '^.^tagaLgggS?» WASHINGTON, SATURDAY EVENING, APH1L 17. 1920. |Qw»| W«ll Street Pncq| « rw. WaaklactM I Kl»«w Telephone Company Files Petition To Raise Rates In The District of Columbia COURT UPHOLDS HEARST SUIT BLOCKING SHIP SALE '»»»»»»»#< W. R. and E. Union Employes Vote Unanimously To Call Off Their Strike Plans Today Only the Body Gets Old. Beware the Sugar Problem. Dynamite In That. Arbitration Will Come. ¦y AH [ Ml K BRISBANE. TW ¦ !.». > 1 h* death of Theodore N. Vail remindt, men put fifty that they *r«>young, u long as they choose to be young, and if they have kept their heads alive. At an a«e when most me., be- M V** their chance has gone, in® k ?!?iU obscure, wu work- t {* build up the tramway by*- J?? ®' B««n°f Aires. He ou in 2rWD ?Tl he be¥ttn ^ im- w«rk *hat made the world M,1)0515 o{ »" the j. ^.P'1 *nd telephone wires in «e United States. ,h«*r« much about 22S?« or Alexander, world con- inuwly youth; not enough ^ pucli.*K^n " VMil- <»¦ K.*t English Admiral Blake, who untf|r #?*" l. sea" 'n command, 7" flfty- The body **te old, not the mind or the will. A Government board has taken ip the question of wages for rail¬ road Workers. The procrastina¬ tion has been disgraceful, and, nine times out of ten, the patience of tne men admirable. A govern- nient that does nothing to prevent profiteers from adding one hundred Per cent to the cost of food must do something to help workers get "'ages enough to pay profiteers' prices. Outrageous and dangerous is the increasing price of sugar. It could be bought for five or six cents a pound everywhere before the war. One firm used to sell one hundred pounds for thrift dollars, three cents a pound; now there is an¬ nounced a coming price rise of wiirty-two cents a pound, with a prospect of fifty cents. .. That is a most dangerous seed of discontent and public hatred. '.roily of small means must buy sugar every week, and be re- ntfndad every week that it is being deliberately robbed. Relief would not be difficult We have, thanks to Mr. Burle¬ son, an efficiently managed parcel post system. Even now sugar at wholesale does not cost more than fourteen or fifteen cents. Why couldn't th* parcel post to be the retailer, delivering sugar from manufac¬ turers to consumers at a profit of °* t5rS® centa » pound, in¬ cluding delivery, the consumer P«ytag the letter carrier? . WonW that be arfarehy and so¬ cialism? Possibly, but you may have-a-uorse b.aad of both, if you don t do something to convince the people that they are not entire¬ ly at the profiteer's mMrcyf A boy sixteen yeargf old quits high school to earn $21 a week. He leaves a teacher who, after years of preliminary training and teaching experience, is earning $17 a week. Do you wonder that teachers complain, are hard to find, hard to keep : The only wonder is that any of them are in the schools. The business of the public is to learn some way to help itself. In strikes that cripple the nation, ar¬ bitration, in ordinary industrial trouble, it ought to answer the pur¬ pose. It does answer in New Zealand and largely in Canada. But the transportation system, the telegraph and telephone sys¬ tems of the country are too big for private ownership, private con¬ trol, or private financing. The natu>n alone, the one hun¬ dred million people whose comfort depends on national control of na¬ tional necessities, are big enough to own, manage, and finance them. In connection with financing, you read that railroads next year will need six hundred millions of dollars: "New money for regular upkeep." Where are they going to get it? The country in this year's first six months of private management will give to the private owners one hundred and seventy-five millions to help them out, and make sure that they get dividends to which they think they are entitled. The Esch-Cummins bill gives them that. Will there be another bill next year to give the railroads six hundred millions more? Is the rickety baby of private owner¬ ship always to be kept alive with special feeding and fattening from the public purse? This strike of union men against union leaders probably will soon ccase, for American workmen as a rule do not like the idea of fight¬ ing among themselves, as they do not like the words "outlaw strike." But after this, what? Private owners want the railroads simply and solely to make as much money out of them as possible. And the big unions of course want the men connected with them to make as much money as possible. In due time you will have your strike of the brotherhoods against the railroads, a strike that will be ten times the sire of this one. Government ownership alone will settle the problem of the great natural monopolies. And enforced arbitration pro¬ tecting rights on both sides will settle the other strike problem*. There is no reason why, of all human misunderstanding, »the strike alone should bs settled out (if court. CARMEN AGREE 10 ARBITRATE Threatened Walkout Offset by Ham's Promise of Mediation. 'FIGHT HALF WON,'MEN TOLD Conciliator Assures Workers Signed Contracts Will Be Discussed. ta foreatall tk» Pahlle DMHMm CtaalMlM la ralata* .trert ear (an* ta 8 gait* aa Mar 1, ScMtar Wealey Jaa«a af Waah- la«ta«, t«4ay Utrarfaeed a Mil la the Seaate Ibaltla* all (area la the citr la .¦<4 ceata. The bill prarMaa that. "HmaNtr aa far* ahall ba charcH far a raatlaaaaa trlf aa mtj atreet ear la th* District at Col Bath ta at a srrea «er rate thaa SV4 ceata per trip. .The PaMIe TJtlUtlea Ci.li ¦in, la ftala* the rataa that mt he «hai(H far travel aa the atraet ear ayatwaa af the DUtrlet af Ca- laaaMa, ahall pranrtrfe wtthla tha Ualt af eaata a rata far eaah .Crtta, aa la It* iUcanit fill .11aw aaeh aj at s as . retara aa frerlM bjr law. "All lawa lacaaalateai with thla prorUlaa are repealed." The threatened street railway and electric strike is off. All differences between employes and the companies will be settled by arbitration. Thi strike was offset by Rowland B. Mahany, Dpartment of Labor Conciliator, who secured the promise of Wiliam F. Ham, president of the Washington Railway and Electric Company and the Potomac Electric Power Company, to arbitrate all dis¬ putes, including the matter of signed contracts. Fight Half Won. "Tour flght is half won," declared Conciliator Mahany several minutes before the men, meeting: early this morning in Waiter's Hall, 719 Sixth street northwest, voted almost unani¬ mously against a strike and agreed that all points of differences should bo. settled through an arbitration board. It was through Mr. Mahany that President Ham yesterday afternoon sent to Secretary of Labor Wilson a letter receding to some extent from the decided stand taken by the board of directors of the companies recently against granting the employes a signed contract. The letter was read to the 200 con¬ ductors and motormen. Fear that President Ham was attempting to trick the Amalgamated Association caused a heated debate between Con¬ ciliator Mahany and several tr&in- (Conttnued on Page 2, Column 3.) MRS.'REGGIE'VANDERBILT WINS DIVORCE DECREE Given Custody of Daughter, But Father Is To Share In Her Education. NEWPOnT, R. I., April 17.Mrs. Neilson Vanderbllt, former wife of Reginald C. Vanderbllt, has been granted her final decree of divorce In the Superior Court. The divorce petition was filed on a charge of willful desertion for more than Ave years The child, Cathleen Vanderbllt, Is given Into the mother's custody, with a provision that both father and mother ahall supervise her education and general training during her min¬ ority, LEADER OF SINN FEIN KILLED AT DUNDALK LONDON. April 17..Thomas Mul- hotland. a Sinn Fein leader, wasjtllled In Dundalk, «ald a Central News dis¬ patch from Dublin today. BRITISH PRICES TREBLE. 1 .ONPON. April 17. -The cost of liv¬ ing In England has trebled since mil arrordlng to the Statist, which hss made a special study of this subject. Its data Is based upon the average price of forty-live representative ram- mndltles. Song Writer Whose Wife Wed Millionaire Asks $500,000 Balm SIR HUGO CUNLIKFE-OWEN. NEW YORK, April 17..Society wax tingling today over the revelation of a {500.000 damage suit brought by "Monte" Brlce, song writer, against | Sir Hugo Cunliffe-Owen, British multi¬ millionaire and tobacco king. The suit Is the result of the divorce grant¬ ed Helen Oliver Brlce, a Pennsylvania girl, from Brlce, and her subsequent marriage to the British baronet. Spread over two continents, the life of Lady Cunllffe-Owea reads like flc- German Govt. Will Extend In¬ quiry in American's Case, State Dept. Notified. Papers addressed to Trotsky and Laaabosky, leaders In Soviet Russia, were found on the person of Paul R. De Motte, American citizens, of Pat- eraon, N. J., who was shot by a soldier while attempting to escape from a German prison after ho had been sentenced to death by a court-martial for participating In the Ruhr Valley uprising, according to a report today to tho State Department from the Oerman government. Tho German government has or¬ dered further Investigation of the case of De Motte and will make another report to this Government. The sentence of De Motte had been ordered reviewed by a higher authority but he attempted escape while this review was still pending, the report to the State Department declared Do Motte was arrested together with two Germans who were proven to be connected with the Red uprising In the Ruhr district, the German re¬ port stated. No claim to Imitiunlty because of his American citizenship was made by De Motte. He claimed to be en< gaged In Journalistic work and had papers ihowlni him to he connected with "The Modernist," a New York publication. LADY CUNUFFE-OWEN. tion. First dabbling; in motion pic¬ tures, she deserted the silver screen for the role of cabaret singer. Then meeting Brice, she msrrled him. Now she has become the wife of a baronet, reputed to be worth 110,000,000. Sir Hugo was #erved with papers in the suit last March while strolling on Fifth avenue and the summons was filed a few days later in an obscure country court house in New Jersey, where they lay unnotked. Married Brice In 1014. These papers show the girl married Brice in 19H, when only eighteen. She was granted a divorce In July, 1018. on grounds of infidelity. She wedded the baronet in December that year at Dudley, Mass. where the bridal party had gone in the private car of (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) Military Uprising Against Ebert Government Expected To¬ night or Tomorrow.. COBL.ENZ. April 17..An uncon¬ firmed rumor that a new revolution had broken out in Berlin was re¬ ceived today by the British high com¬ missioner of tho Ithlneland com¬ mission. TARIS, April 17..Dr. Goeppert, head of the Gorman delegation, re¬ ceived a telephone message from Berlin at 11 o'clock this morning that the city is quiet and that there had been no revolutionary disturb¬ ances. It is believed possible, however, that a military coup may be attempt¬ ed against the Ebert government to¬ night or tomorrow. A report was received from Co- lens that the German government took strong measures during the night at Berlin to meet an outbreak, but the foreign office Is without any confirmation.* According to the Cob- lens report, many streets In Berlin wore barricaded. Word resched the foreign office through official channels that there arc Urge concentrations of German reactionaries at Munstrr, capital of Westphalia. and near flomburg. This led to belief In some quarters that the reactionaries may be preparing for a roup south of the Ruhr district- SENATE COMMITTEE FINISHES WORK ON D. C. BILL Work on the District appro* prlatlon bill wan computed to¬ day by tha District appropria¬ tion subcommittee. The bill will be reported to the full appropria¬ tion committee Monday. The half-and-half plan la re¬ stored to the bill and the 2Vi per cent taxation provlaion elimi¬ nated. The Jonea tax amendment la incorporated In the bill with tha following amendment: "Hereafter the rate of taxa¬ tion on property, both real es¬ tate and tang'ble peraonal prop- arty ahall ba fixed at auch a rate, aa the Commlaslonsrs ahall ascer¬ tain to be necessary to raise a sum annually sufficient to inset the proportion of the expenses to be paid by the District of Co¬ lumbia" RAIL STRIKE Participant! in "Outlaw* Walk¬ out Return to Work in Drovaa. CHICAGO, April IT..It was rt»aitr« kir* ts«afr fest Mth .f the strike of svlteksMs Is tks rkleag* dtsrrirt kst vised the strikers to rrtara to wtrk. NEW YORK, April 17..The "out¬ law" railway strike virtually came to an end today on Eastern railroads with the return to work of the strikers in overwhelming numbers. Freifht Traffic Resumed. Freight began to move early this morning In volume for the first time In ten days. Embargoes were lifted, restrictions were removed, and before night fall, railroad managers said, practically normal conditions would be reatored on nearly all principalJ carriers. Warning that the public must ex¬ pect to suffer inconvenience for the next few days was given by the rail¬ roads, however. The fuel ahortage brought about by the tie-up of coal movements In the East for the lsst week cannot be overcome at once, it wss stated. All the strikers who returned to work today did so under the ultima¬ tum of the railroad managers, which sxpires tomorrow at noon, and the orders of their strike leaders on the Pennsylvania, B. & O., Long Island, Erie, Lackawanna, and other roads entering Jersey City and New York. By returning today they escaped dis¬ ciplinary measures and loss of sen¬ iority and other rights. Fifty per cent of the striking work¬ ers of the New York Central and New Haven Railroads showed up in time for the 7 o'clock shift today, and officials reported men returning constantly. 1 CHICAGO, April 17..Kailroad of¬ ficials and brotherhood chiefs here confidently expect a complete ending of the switchmen's strike in the Chi¬ cago district within the next sixty hours, they declared today. They based this hope not only on the action by the Federal authorities in arresting the strike leaders and the gradual restoration of freight traffic despite the strike but also on what apparently Is a changed attl- tude on the psrt of John Grunau and other strike leaders. The lstter appesred optimistic con-[ cernlng a settlement of the strike for the first time since the walkout began. Their change of front camc after they were released from Fed¬ eral detention on their own recogniz¬ ance following their refusal to give ball. CLEVELAND, April 17..Cleveland's striking railway switchmen are ready to go bark to work Immediately, sven If it is necesssry to revise their wage demands. If the Government will rec- ognise the 'insurgent" orgsnlcatlon. It waa said today by Frank O'Rourke. leader of the "rebel" railroad men. "Wo notified the President's wags bosrd that we will not consent to our demands being treated through the brotherhood or switchmen's union," ssld O'Rourke. Requests thst union men who Join¬ ed In the "outlsw" railroad strikes bs given full relnststement were made today to the Railroad Labor Board D. H. Fltigersld, of the Brother¬ hood of Railroad and Steamship Clerks. Freight Handlers, and Station Employes, declared that all membe-s of his organlsstlon who had Joined in the strike should be glv«n full rein¬ statement. He said the New Kngland Steamship Line was refusing to rein¬ state who had gone on strike sad asked the board to kl Company Asks Right To Raise Home And Business Phone Rates increased rates for business and residence telephone service were sought today by the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, and a petition asking approval of higher schedules was filed with the Public Utilities Com¬ mission. lit .XI .15 The rates proposed Include BO cants a month Increase on single party res¬ idence telephones. 25 cents Increase In the minimum for two-party residence Unas: M cent* on Individual residence or business Unas with limited service; 50 cents on trunk lines to private ex¬ change*. and 35 ceata on house exten¬ sion phones. The new rates and consequent In¬ creases are: Pro- la- posed area per mo. par ¦ Individual lla*. residence, un¬ limited ssrvloe $!.». Extension telephones. resi¬ dence, unlimited service 11 Two-party line, residence LH It or less local messages per month. Additional local messages.. .»» Individual line, business er residence 1M It *t less local messages psr Additional local massages In. creassd one oent each. Two-party Una business I.M 10 or>lsss local massages psr mona. Additional local messages.. Extenslen telephones, msssaga F*U MrVlOi .. eseees.ee e«» e Prlvata.ranch exchaac* ayataBi. Switchboends (or o*r, depending on capacity Trunk line.'Itncledlug U er lees toeal messages Per movtk .lf *'|J Additional lot *1 messagss Increased ene osnt each. In support of the proposed Increases, the company states that nt present It Is receiving a return of only About 1 per cent on a fair valuation for Its plant, not including additional equip¬ ment installed for the Government during the war and not now used, for which It is expected the Government will pay. Inadequate Ret arm. The comptny places the fair value of Its t*icphon« property at about $12,(00,000. Thi» amount, the state- T. Col. George R. Shanton Says Pay for a Chief of D. C. Force Is Too Small. Col. George R. Shanton, former cowpuncher, protege of President Roosevelt, at present chief of police of the insular police of Porto Rico, today declined the position of major and superintendent of police of Wash¬ ington, declaring as his reasons that "the salary was Inconsistent with the high cost of living in the Capital." Colonel Shanton reached Washing¬ ton last Monday after he had received three telegrams from Secretary of War Newton W. Baker, urging him to come to thla city and (111 the va¬ cancy caused by the death of Major and Superintendent of Police Ray¬ mond W. Pullman. Ceafera With Brewsle*. The salary of msj6r and superin¬ tendent of police of Washington is $4,500, Colonel Shanton now receiv¬ ing a salary of $4,000 a year as head of the Insular police of Porto Rica. Upon his arrival In Washington last Monday, Colonel Shanton held several conferences with Commis¬ sioner Brownlow and Secretary Ba¬ ker, both of whom are said to have urged that he take the position as head of the Washington Police De¬ partment. After a careful survey of living and police conditions in the Capital, Colonel Shanton, who has been stop¬ ping at the Raleigh Hotel, met Com¬ missioner Brownlow at noon today and gave his decision that he could not accept the Job because of the in¬ adequate aalary. It Is understood Colonel Shanton had other reasons to acceptance of the position aa head of the Police De¬ partment. His Ideas of policing are not consistent, It Is said, with those now In vogue here. Colonel Shanton I* known as the man who "cleaned up" the Panama Canal of every typt of lawless and objectionable elements. He was sent to Panama by President Roosevelt. When the Spanish-American wsr broke out. Colonel Shanton was a cowptmcher on a ranch In Wyoming. He met Colonel Roosevelt, who be¬ came greatly attached to the man. who was recognised as a fearless and powerful factor in controllng forces of men. He was a crack shot and rider. He was a captain In the Tor rey's regiment of cowhoya from Arl sons and was with the American forccs In Saa Juan. roent reads, fa arrived at by adding to the value fixed by the commission [ftt the end of 111$. the net additions since that date, and then deducting the value of the plant installed or acquired during th« war, and not now used, or at leaat not useful in the near future. The depreciation re¬ serve, accumulated alnoe 1*1$ ia also deducted, It being Invested in tele¬ phone plant upon which the public according to tha company's view, n«ed pay no return. "For the seven months (August, 1111. to February, 1920, Inclilelve) alnoe the termination of the Federal operation and control,'* the atatement reads, "the company's revenues have exoesdsd Its operating expenses, not including interest on bonds or dlvl- dends on atocka. by about $88,000, a very narrow margin, in view of prea- ent economic conditiona, on which to conduct a business of such magni¬ tude. "Reduced to an annual basis, the seven months' results above referred !tot are equivalent to a little over 1 per cent return on the fair value of the property, and this, the company ¦nbmiu, la obviously an Inadequate return. Tile company claims the right to earn 8 per cent on 1U Investment, rated at 112,000,000. Bifraois PASSED BY HOUSE Provision Reinserted by Senate Finds No Opposition in Lower Body. The House today approved the $240 bonus for employes of the Federal and District government for the year 1921, reinserted by the Senate In the legislative. Judicial and executive ap¬ propriation bill. No objection was raised to the bonus provision when the conference report was brought up in the House by Congressman Wood of Indiana, chairman of the House conferees. The Senate provision regarding the bonus Is exactly the »ame a* wa« stricken from the House bill on a point of order. The House will ask for a farther confcrence on the Senate amendment affecting the Bureau of Efficiency, but agreed to all other differences in the measure. ALLIES BEGIN TO DIVIDE GERMAN SHIPS JUNE 15 Division of the ships secured from Germany by the allies will begin on June 15. tho reparations commission today Informed the State Department. All claims must be filed by May IB and claims against the ships by Americans must be filed with the State Department by May 1. This notice does not apply to American claimn against ex-German vessels, the possession and title of which were taken by the United Statea during the war, whethor in pursuance to the joint resolution of May 12. 1917, or as a result of con¬ demnation in prise court. GERMAN DEBT IS OVER 3 BILLION IN U.S. MONEY BERLIN, April 17..The total debt of Germany in 197,000,000,. 000 markm Minister of Finance Wirt* today informed the financc committee of the national aft- aembly. The funded d«bt in 92,000,000,000 mark» and the floating deht 105,000,000,000 markn . At the prenent rate of ex¬ change, 197,000,000.000 ftiark* would he worth ahout ROfl.OOO in Ameriear m »ney. In normal time* it wauU he about .49.4H.M9.9M. Justice Bailey Affirms Right to Bring Action Restraining Auction of Vessels. TURNS. DOWN PAYNE MOTION Precedents Cited to Show Liti¬ gant Is Within Jurisdiction In Legal Measure. Justice Bailey, of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia today overruled a motion to diamiat the action brought by William Ran¬ dolph Hearst to enjoin the United States Shipping Board from selling at auction twenty-nine former Ger¬ man passenger ships, confiscated during the war. .Upholds Litigant Dismissal of the action was nought by the Government on the around that an a taxpayer Mr. Hearst had specific interest and, therefore, #. right to oppose the contemplated ac¬ tion of the Shipping Board. Justice Bailey held that there is no reason why Mr. Hea!rst, as a taxpayer, should not bring the actlun jphlch he did. Text mt Decision. The decision followa: "I think that the great weight of authority is to the effect that the plaintiff (William Randolph Hearst), as a taxpayer, has the right to main¬ tain an action of this nature, and there does not seem to be any de¬ cision to the contrary la this Juris¬ diction. _ _ "In Downing vs. Ross, 1 App. D. C. 351; in Bradfleld vs. Roberts. 12 App D. C. 453; in Millard vs. Roberts, 26 App. D. C. 221, and in Hotel Company vs. United States Electric Light Com¬ pany. 17 App. D. C. 856, the Court of Appeals has held that a bill la equity by a taxpayer to enjoin the officers of a municipal corporation from the Illegal disposition of its funds or property, will lie. In Bradfleld vs. Roberts (supra) and In Millard vs. Roberts (supra), the suits were to enjoin the Treasurer of the United States from paying out funds of the District of Columbia. But Wllaoa vs. Shaw, 25 App. D. C. 510. was a suit to enjoin the payment by the Secre¬ tary of the Treasury of the United States of $50,000. authorized by act of Congress to be paid to the New Panama Canal Company, and the right of the complainant to institute such suit was not questioned by the Court of Appeal*. IHraUm Motto*. "This case wae appealed to the 8»- preme Court of the United States and that Court passing over the conten¬ tion that a taxpayer could aot main¬ tain such a suit disposed of it upon Its merits and denied the relief sought. "Under the allegations of the bill, the plaintiff is a taxpayer, and In ray opinion has the right to bring this suit. "I do not see how. In any aspect, this suit can be considered a suit against the United States, and. having heretofore held that Congress haa not delegated to the Shipping Board authority to sell the ships referred to in the bill, I am of the opinion that the motion to dismiss should be overruled. .THOMAS JENNINGS BAILET. "Justice." DE VALERA IN RAILROAD CRASH, ESCAPES INJURY Arrives At New Orleans Nine Hour* Late.Given Degree By Loyola. NEW ORLEANS, April IT..Delayed for more than nine hours near Mobile by a train wreck, in which he nar¬ rowly escapcd serious injury, Presi¬ dent Eamon De Valera. of the Irish Republic, arrived here last night and was greeted enthusiastically by a large crowd which long had awaited his coming. , _ After a reception In his honor, M was escorted to Loyola University where was awarded the degree af doctor of laws. He delivered an sddreas in the uni¬ versity auditorium on the necessity of bringing Internstlonsl law Into ac¬ cord with the natural law* of rlgh' and Justice, emphasising that Inter- national law. which ssnrtlona th* political slavery of entire peoplsa Is obviously no Isw at all. Todav President De Valera will be received officially by Ihe mayor at city hall and greeted freedom of the ««ly. After eddrc**»»g a maae meeting tonight al the l.aKavotto Theater, he will resume hie t»w l^r Mouth.

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WEATHER»llM<r KMlMl WIU

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Ilax4 (Mil IfHfffttwr.I » t. ¦. M

INALEDITIO

NUMBER 11,504. '^.^tagaLgggS?» WASHINGTON, SATURDAY EVENING, APH1L 17. 1920. |Qw»| W«ll Street Pncq| « rw. WaaklactM I Kl»«w

Telephone Company Files Petition To Raise Rates In The District of Columbia

COURT UPHOLDS HEARST SUIT BLOCKING SHIP SALE'»»»»»»»#<

W. R. and E. Union Employes Vote Unanimously To Call Off Their Strike Plans

TodayOnly the Body Gets Old.Beware the Sugar Problem.Dynamite In That.Arbitration Will Come.¦y AH [ Ml K BRISBANE.

TW ¦!.». >

1 h* death of Theodore N. Vailremindt, men put fifty that they*r«>young, u long as they chooseto be young, and if they have kepttheir heads alive.At an a«e when most me., be-

M V** their chance has gone,

in® ?« k ?!?iU obscure, wu work-t {* build up the tramway by*-J?? ®' B««n°f Aires. He ou in

2rWD ?Tl he be¥ttn ^ im-w«rk *hat made the world

M,1)0515 o{ »" thej. ^.P'1 *nd telephone wires in«e United States.

,h«*r« much about22S?« or Alexander, world con-

inuwly youth; not enough^ pucli.*K^n " VMil- <»¦K.*t English Admiral Blake, whountf|r #?*" l.

sea" 'n command,h® 7" flfty- The body

**te old, not the mind or the will.

A Government board has takenip the question of wages for rail¬road Workers. The procrastina¬tion has been disgraceful, and, ninetimes out of ten, the patience oftne men admirable. A govern-nient that does nothing to preventprofiteers from adding one hundredPer cent to the cost of food must dosomething to help workers get"'ages enough to pay profiteers'prices.

Outrageous and dangerous is theincreasing price of sugar. It couldbe bought for five or six cents a

pound everywhere before the war.One firm used to sell one hundredpounds for thrift dollars, threecents a pound; now there is an¬nounced a coming price rise ofwiirty-two cents a pound, with aprospect of fifty cents...That is a most dangerous seed of

discontent and public hatred.'.roily of small means must

buy sugar every week, and be re-ntfndad every week that it is beingdeliberately robbed.

Relief would not be difficultWe have, thanks to Mr. Burle¬son, an efficiently managed parcelpost system.Even now sugar at wholesale

does not cost more than fourteenor fifteen cents. Why couldn'tth* parcel post to be the retailer,delivering sugar from manufac¬turers to consumers at a profit of

°* t5rS® centa » pound, in¬cluding delivery, the consumerP«ytag the letter carrier?

.WonW that be arfarehy and so¬

cialism? Possibly, but you mayhave-a-uorse b.aad of both, if youdon t do something to convincethe people that they are not entire¬ly at the profiteer's mMrcyfA boy sixteen yeargf old quits

high school to earn $21 a week.He leaves a teacher who, afteryears of preliminary training andteaching experience, is earning$17 a week. Do you wonder thatteachers complain, are hard to find,hard to keep : The only wonder isthat any of them are in the schools.

The business of the public is tolearn some way to help itself. Instrikes that cripple the nation, ar¬

bitration, in ordinary industrialtrouble, it ought to answer the pur¬pose. It does answer in NewZealand and largely in Canada.But the transportation system,

the telegraph and telephone sys¬tems of the country are too bigfor private ownership, private con¬trol, or private financing.The natu>n alone, the one hun¬

dred million people whose comfortdepends on national control of na¬tional necessities, are big enoughto own, manage, and finance them.

In connection with financing,you read that railroads next yearwill need six hundred millions ofdollars: "New money for regularupkeep." Where are they goingto get it?The country in this year's first

six months of private managementwill give to the private ownersone hundred and seventy-fivemillions to help them out, and makesure that they get dividends towhich they think they are entitled.The Esch-Cummins bill gives

them that. Will there be anotherbill next year to give the railroadssix hundred millions more? Isthe rickety baby of private owner¬ship always to be kept alive withspecial feeding and fattening fromthe public purse?

This strike of union men againstunion leaders probably will soon

ccase, for American workmen as

a rule do not like the idea of fight¬ing among themselves, as they donot like the words "outlaw strike."

But after this, what? Privateowners want the railroads simplyand solely to make as much moneyout of them as possible. And thebig unions of course want the menconnected with them to make as

much money as possible.In due time you will have your

strike of the brotherhoods againstthe railroads, a strike that will beten times the sire of this one.

Government ownership alone willsettle the problem of the greatnatural monopolies.And enforced arbitration pro¬

tecting rights on both sides willsettle the other strike problem*.There is no reason why, of allhuman misunderstanding, »thestrike alone should bs settled out(if court.

CARMEN AGREE10 ARBITRATE

Threatened Walkout Offset byHam's Promise of

Mediation.

'FIGHT HALF WON,'MEN TOLD

Conciliator Assures WorkersSigned Contracts Will Be

Discussed.

ta foreatall tk» PahlleDMHMm CtaalMlM la ralata*.trert ear (an* ta 8 gait* aa Mar1, ScMtar Wealey Jaa«a af Waah-la«ta«, t«4ay Utrarfaeed a Mil lathe Seaate Ibaltla* all (area la

the citr la .¦<4 ceata.The bill prarMaa that."HmaNtr aa far* ahall ba

charcH far a raatlaaaaa trlf aa

mtj atreet ear la th* District atColBathta at a srrea «er rate thaaSV4 ceata per trip..The PaMIe TJtlUtlea Ci.li

¦in, la ftala* the rataa that mthe «hai(H far travel aa the atraetear ayatwaa af the DUtrlet af Ca-laaaMa, ahall pranrtrfe wtthla thaUalt af eaata a rata far eaah.Crtta, aa la It* iUcanit fill.11aw aaeh aj at sas . retara aa

frerlM bjr law."All lawa lacaaalateai with

thla prorUlaa are repealed."

The threatened street railway andelectric strike is off. All differencesbetween employes and the companieswill be settled by arbitration.Thi strike was offset by Rowland

B. Mahany, Dpartment of LaborConciliator, who secured the promiseof Wiliam F. Ham, president of theWashington Railway and ElectricCompany and the Potomac ElectricPower Company, to arbitrate all dis¬putes, including the matter of signedcontracts.

Fight Half Won."Tour flght is half won," declared

Conciliator Mahany several minutesbefore the men, meeting: early thismorning in Waiter's Hall, 719 Sixthstreet northwest, voted almost unani¬mously against a strike and agreedthat all points of differences shouldbo. settled through an arbitrationboard.

It was through Mr. Mahany thatPresident Ham yesterday afternoonsent to Secretary of Labor Wilson aletter receding to some extent fromthe decided stand taken by the boardof directors of the companies recentlyagainst granting the employes asigned contract.The letter was read to the 200 con¬

ductors and motormen. Fear thatPresident Ham was attempting totrick the Amalgamated Associationcaused a heated debate between Con¬ciliator Mahany and several tr&in-

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MRS.'REGGIE'VANDERBILTWINS DIVORCE DECREE

Given Custody of Daughter, ButFather Is To Share In Her

Education.

NEWPOnT, R. I., April 17.Mrs.Neilson Vanderbllt, former wife ofReginald C. Vanderbllt, has beengranted her final decree of divorceIn the Superior Court.The divorce petition was filed on

a charge of willful desertion for morethan Ave yearsThe child, Cathleen Vanderbllt, Is

given Into the mother's custody, witha provision that both father andmother ahall supervise her educationand general training during her min¬ority,

LEADER OF SINN FEINKILLED AT DUNDALK

LONDON. April 17..Thomas Mul-hotland. a Sinn Fein leader, wasjtllledIn Dundalk, «ald a Central News dis¬patch from Dublin today.

BRITISH PRICES TREBLE.1.ONPON. April 17. -The cost of liv¬

ing In England has trebled since milarrordlng to the Statist, which hssmade a special study of this subject.Its data Is based upon the averageprice of forty-live representative ram-mndltles.

Song Writer WhoseWife WedMillionaireAsks $500,000 Balm

SIR HUGO CUNLIKFE-OWEN.

NEW YORK, April 17..Society waxtingling today over the revelation ofa {500.000 damage suit brought by"Monte" Brlce, song writer, against

| Sir Hugo Cunliffe-Owen, British multi¬millionaire and tobacco king. Thesuit Is the result of the divorce grant¬ed Helen Oliver Brlce, a Pennsylvaniagirl, from Brlce, and her subsequentmarriage to the British baronet.Spread over two continents, the life

of Lady Cunllffe-Owea reads like flc-

German Govt. Will Extend In¬quiry in American's Case,

State Dept. Notified.

Papers addressed to Trotsky andLaaabosky, leaders In Soviet Russia,were found on the person of Paul R.

De Motte, American citizens, of Pat-eraon, N. J., who was shot by a soldierwhile attempting to escape from a

German prison after ho had beensentenced to death by a court-martialfor participating In the Ruhr Valleyuprising, according to a report todayto tho State Department from theOerman government.Tho German government has or¬

dered further Investigation of thecase of De Motte and will makeanother report to this Government.The sentence of De Motte had been

ordered reviewed by a higher authoritybut he attempted escape while thisreview was still pending, the reportto the State Department declared

Do Motte was arrested togetherwith two Germans who were provento be connected with the Red uprisingIn the Ruhr district, the German re¬

port stated.No claim to Imitiunlty because of

his American citizenship was madeby De Motte. He claimed to be en<gaged In Journalistic work and hadpapers ihowlni him to he connectedwith "The Modernist," a New Yorkpublication.

LADY CUNUFFE-OWEN.

tion. First dabbling; in motion pic¬tures, she deserted the silver screenfor the role of cabaret singer. Thenmeeting Brice, she msrrled him. Nowshe has become the wife of a baronet,reputed to be worth 110,000,000.

Sir Hugo was #erved with papers inthe suit last March while strolling onFifth avenue and the summons wasfiled a few days later in an obscurecountry court house in New Jersey,where they lay unnotked.

Married Brice In 1014.These papers show the girl married

Brice in 19H, when only eighteen.She was granted a divorce In July,1018. on grounds of infidelity. Shewedded the baronet in December thatyear at Dudley, Mass. where the bridalparty had gone in the private car of

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Military Uprising Against EbertGovernment Expected To¬

night or Tomorrow..

COBL.ENZ. April 17..An uncon¬firmed rumor that a new revolutionhad broken out in Berlin was re¬

ceived today by the British high com¬

missioner of tho Ithlneland com¬mission.

TARIS, April 17..Dr. Goeppert,head of the Gorman delegation, re¬ceived a telephone message fromBerlin at 11 o'clock this morningthat the city is quiet and that therehad been no revolutionary disturb¬ances.

It is believed possible, however,that a military coup may be attempt¬ed against the Ebert government to¬night or tomorrow.A report was received from Co-

lens that the German governmenttook strong measures during thenight at Berlin to meet an outbreak,but the foreign office Is without anyconfirmation.* According to the Cob-lens report, many streets In Berlinwore barricaded.Word resched the foreign office

through official channels that therearc Urge concentrations of Germanreactionaries at Munstrr, capital ofWestphalia. and near flomburg. Thisled to belief In some quarters thatthe reactionaries may be preparingfor a roup south of the Ruhr district-

SENATE COMMITTEEFINISHES WORKON D. C. BILL

Work on the District appro*prlatlon bill wan computed to¬day by tha District appropria¬tion subcommittee. The bill willbe reported to the full appropria¬tion committee Monday.The half-and-half plan la re¬

stored to the bill and the 2Vi percent taxation provlaion elimi¬nated.The Jonea tax amendment la

incorporated In the bill with thafollowing amendment:"Hereafter the rate of taxa¬

tion on property, both real es¬tate and tang'ble peraonal prop-arty ahall ba fixed at auch a rate,aa the Commlaslonsrs ahall ascer¬tain to be necessary to raise asum annually sufficient to insetthe proportion of the expenses tobe paid by the District of Co¬lumbia"

RAIL STRIKEParticipant! in "Outlaw* Walk¬

out Return to Work inDrovaa.

CHICAGO, April IT..It was

rt»aitr« kir* ts«afr fest Mth.f the strike of svlteksMs Is tksrkleag* dtsrrirt kst vised thestrikers to rrtara to wtrk.

NEW YORK, April 17..The "out¬law" railway strike virtually came

to an end today on Eastern railroadswith the return to work of thestrikers in overwhelming numbers.

Freifht Traffic Resumed.Freight began to move early this

morning In volume for the first timeIn ten days. Embargoes were lifted,restrictions were removed, and beforenight fall, railroad managers said,practically normal conditions wouldbe reatored on nearly all principalJcarriers.Warning that the public must ex¬

pect to suffer inconvenience for thenext few days was given by the rail¬roads, however. The fuel ahortagebrought about by the tie-up of coalmovements In the East for the lsstweek cannot be overcome at once, itwss stated.

All the strikers who returned towork today did so under the ultima¬tum of the railroad managers, whichsxpires tomorrow at noon, and theorders of their strike leaders on thePennsylvania, B. & O., Long Island,Erie, Lackawanna, and other roadsentering Jersey City and New York.By returning today they escaped dis¬ciplinary measures and loss of sen¬

iority and other rights.Fifty per cent of the striking work¬

ers of the New York Central andNew Haven Railroads showed up intime for the 7 o'clock shift today,and officials reported men returningconstantly. 1

CHICAGO, April 17..Kailroad of¬ficials and brotherhood chiefs hereconfidently expect a complete endingof the switchmen's strike in the Chi¬cago district within the next sixtyhours, they declared today.They based this hope not only on

the action by the Federal authoritiesin arresting the strike leaders andthe gradual restoration of freighttraffic despite the strike but also on

what apparently Is a changed attl-tude on the psrt of John Grunau andother strike leaders.The lstter appesred optimistic con-[

cernlng a settlement of the strikefor the first time since the walkoutbegan. Their change of front camc

after they were released from Fed¬eral detention on their own recogniz¬ance following their refusal to giveball.

CLEVELAND, April 17..Cleveland'sstriking railway switchmen are readyto go bark to work Immediately, sven

If it is necesssry to revise their wagedemands. If the Government will rec-

ognise the 'insurgent" orgsnlcatlon.It waa said today by Frank O'Rourke.leader of the "rebel" railroad men."Wo notified the President's wags

bosrd that we will not consent to our

demands being treated through thebrotherhood or switchmen's union,"ssld O'Rourke.

Requests thst union men who Join¬ed In the "outlsw" railroad strikesbs given full relnststement weremade today to the Railroad LaborBoard

D. H. Fltigersld, of the Brother¬hood of Railroad and SteamshipClerks. Freight Handlers, and StationEmployes, declared that all membe-sof his organlsstlon who had Joined inthe strike should be glv«n full rein¬statement. He said the New KnglandSteamship Line was refusing to rein¬state who had gone on strikesad asked the board to kl

Company Asks RightTo Raise Home AndBusiness Phone Rates

increased rates for business and residence telephoneservice were sought today by the Chesapeake and PotomacTelephone Company, and a petition asking approval ofhigher schedules was filed with the Public Utilities Com¬mission.

lit.XI.15

The rates proposed Include BO cantsa month Increase on single party res¬

idence telephones. 25 cents Increase Inthe minimum for two-party residenceUnas: M cent* on Individual residenceor business Unas with limited service;50 cents on trunk lines to private ex¬

change*. and 35 ceata on house exten¬sion phones.The new rates and consequent In¬

creases are:Pro- la-posed area

per mo. par ¦

Individual lla*. residence, un¬limited ssrvloe $!.».

Extension telephones. resi¬dence, unlimited service 11

Two-party line, residence LHIt or less local messages permonth.Additional local messages.. .»»

Individual line, business erresidence 1MIt *t less local messages psr

Additional local massages In.creassd one oent each.

Two-party Una business I.M10 or>lsss local massages psrmona.Additional local messages.. .«

Extenslen telephones, msssagaF*U MrVlOi .. eseees.ee e«» e

Prlvata.ranch exchaac* ayataBi.Switchboends

(or o*r, depending on capacityTrunk line.'Itncledlug U erlees toeal messages Permovtk .lf

*'|JAdditional lot *1 messagssIncreased ene osnt each.In support of the proposed Increases,

the company states that nt presentIt Is receiving a return of only About1 per cent on a fair valuation for Itsplant, not including additional equip¬ment installed for the Governmentduring the war and not now used, forwhich It is expected the Governmentwill pay.

Inadequate Retarm.The comptny places the fair value

of Its t*icphon« property at about$12,(00,000. Thi» amount, the state-

T.Col. George R. Shanton Says

Pay for a Chief of D. C.Force Is Too Small.

Col. George R. Shanton, formercowpuncher, protege of PresidentRoosevelt, at present chief of policeof the insular police of Porto Rico,today declined the position of majorand superintendent of police of Wash¬ington, declaring as his reasons that"the salary was Inconsistent with thehigh cost of living in the Capital."

Colonel Shanton reached Washing¬ton last Monday after he had receivedthree telegrams from Secretary ofWar Newton W. Baker, urging himto come to thla city and (111 the va¬

cancy caused by the death of Majorand Superintendent of Police Ray¬mond W. Pullman.

Ceafera With Brewsle*.The salary of msj6r and superin¬

tendent of police of Washington is$4,500, Colonel Shanton now receiv¬ing a salary of $4,000 a year as headof the Insular police of Porto Rica.Upon his arrival In Washington

last Monday, Colonel Shanton heldseveral conferences with Commis¬sioner Brownlow and Secretary Ba¬ker, both of whom are said to haveurged that he take the position as

head of the Washington Police De¬partment.After a careful survey of living

and police conditions in the Capital,Colonel Shanton, who has been stop¬ping at the Raleigh Hotel, met Com¬missioner Brownlow at noon todayand gave his decision that he couldnot accept the Job because of the in¬adequate aalary.

It Is understood Colonel Shantonhad other reasons to acceptance ofthe position aa head of the Police De¬partment. His Ideas of policing are

not consistent, It Is said, with thosenow In vogue here.

Colonel Shanton I* known as theman who "cleaned up" the PanamaCanal of every typt of lawless andobjectionable elements. He was sentto Panama by President Roosevelt.When the Spanish-American wsr

broke out. Colonel Shanton was a

cowptmcher on a ranch In Wyoming.He met Colonel Roosevelt, who be¬came greatly attached to the man.who was recognised as a fearless andpowerful factor in controllng forcesof men. He was a crack shot andrider. He was a captain In the Torrey's regiment of cowhoya from Arlsons and was with the Americanforccs In Saa Juan.

roent reads, fa arrived at by addingto the value fixed by the commission[ftt the end of 111$. the net additionssince that date, and then deductingthe value of the plant installed or

acquired during th« war, and not nowused, or at leaat not useful in thenear future. The depreciation re¬serve, accumulated alnoe 1*1$ ia alsodeducted, It being Invested in tele¬phone plant upon which the publicaccording to tha company's view, n«edpay no return."For the seven months (August,

1111. to February, 1920, Inclilelve)alnoe the termination of the Federaloperation and control,'* the atatementreads, "the company's revenues haveexoesdsd Its operating expenses, notincluding interest on bonds or dlvl-dends on atocka. by about $88,000, avery narrow margin, in view of prea-ent economic conditiona, on which toconduct a business of such magni¬tude."Reduced to an annual basis, the

seven months' results above referred!tot are equivalent to a little over 1per cent return on the fair value ofthe property, and this, the company¦nbmiu, la obviously an Inadequatereturn.

Tile company claims the right toearn 8 per cent on 1U Investment,rated at 112,000,000.

BifraoisPASSED BY HOUSE

Provision Reinserted by SenateFinds No Opposition in

Lower Body.The House today approved the $240

bonus for employes of the Federaland District government for the year1921, reinserted by the Senate In thelegislative. Judicial and executive ap¬propriation bill.No objection was raised to the

bonus provision when the conferencereport was brought up in the Houseby Congressman Wood of Indiana,chairman of the House conferees.The Senate provision regarding thebonus Is exactly the »ame a* wa«

stricken from the House bill on a

point of order.The House will ask for a farther

confcrence on the Senate amendmentaffecting the Bureau of Efficiency,but agreed to all other differences inthe measure.

ALLIES BEGIN TO DIVIDEGERMAN SHIPS JUNE 15

Division of the ships secured fromGermany by the allies will begin onJune 15. tho reparations commissiontoday Informed the State Department.All claims must be filed by May IBand claims against the ships byAmericans must be filed with theState Department by May 1.This notice does not apply to

American claimn against ex-Germanvessels, the possession and title ofwhich were taken by the UnitedStatea during the war, whethor inpursuance to the joint resolution ofMay 12. 1917, or as a result of con¬demnation in prise court.

GERMAN DEBT ISOVER 3 BILLIONIN U.S. MONEY

BERLIN, April 17..The totaldebt of Germany in 197,000,000,.000 markm Minister of FinanceWirt* today informed the financccommittee of the national aft-aembly. The funded d«bt in92,000,000,000 mark» and thefloating deht 105,000,000,000markn .

At the prenent rate of ex¬change, 197,000,000.000 ftiark*would he worth ahoutROfl.OOO in Ameriear m »ney. Innormal time* it wauU he about.49.4H.M9.9M.

Justice Bailey Affirms Right toBring Action Restraining

Auction of Vessels.

TURNS. DOWN PAYNE MOTION

Precedents Cited to Show Liti¬gant Is Within Jurisdiction

In Legal Measure.

Justice Bailey, of the SupremeCourt of the District of Columbiatoday overruled a motion to diamiatthe action brought by William Ran¬dolph Hearst to enjoin the UnitedStates Shipping Board from sellingat auction twenty-nine former Ger¬man passenger ships, confiscatedduring the war.

.Upholds LitigantDismissal of the action was nought

by the Government on the aroundthat an a taxpayer Mr. Hearst had n»specific interest and, therefore, #.

right to oppose the contemplated ac¬tion of the Shipping Board. JusticeBailey held that there is no reasonwhy Mr. Hea!rst, as a taxpayer, shouldnot bring the actlun jphlch he did.

Text mt Decision.The decision followa:"I think that the great weight of

authority is to the effect that theplaintiff (William Randolph Hearst),as a taxpayer, has the right to main¬tain an action of this nature, andthere does not seem to be any de¬cision to the contrary la this Juris¬diction.

_ _"In Downing vs. Ross, 1 App. D. C.351; in Bradfleld vs. Roberts. 12 AppD. C. 453; in Millard vs. Roberts, 26App. D. C. 221, and in Hotel Companyvs. United States Electric Light Com¬pany. 17 App. D. C. 856, the Court ofAppeals has held that a bill la equityby a taxpayer to enjoin the officersof a municipal corporation from theIllegal disposition of its funds orproperty, will lie. In Bradfleld vs.Roberts (supra) and In Millard vs.Roberts (supra), the suits were toenjoin the Treasurer of the UnitedStates from paying out funds of theDistrict of Columbia. But Wllaoa vs.Shaw, 25 App. D. C. 510. was a suitto enjoin the payment by the Secre¬tary of the Treasury of the UnitedStates of $50,000. authorized by actof Congress to be paid to the NewPanama Canal Company, and theright of the complainant to institutesuch suit was not questioned by theCourt of Appeal*.

IHraUm Motto*."This case wae appealed to the 8»-

preme Court of the United States andthat Court passing over the conten¬tion that a taxpayer could aot main¬tain such a suit disposed of it uponIts merits and denied the reliefsought."Under the allegations of the bill,

the plaintiff is a taxpayer, and In rayopinion has the right to bring thissuit.

"I do not see how. In any aspect,this suit can be considered a suitagainst the United States, and. havingheretofore held that Congress haanot delegated to the Shipping Boardauthority to sell the ships referredto in the bill, I am of the opinion thatthe motion to dismiss should beoverruled.

.THOMAS JENNINGS BAILET."Justice."

DE VALERA IN RAILROADCRASH, ESCAPES INJURY

Arrives At New Orleans Nine Hour*Late.Given Degree By

Loyola.NEW ORLEANS, April IT..Delayed

for more than nine hours near Mobileby a train wreck, in which he nar¬rowly escapcd serious injury, Presi¬dent Eamon De Valera. of the IrishRepublic, arrived here last night andwas greeted enthusiastically by alarge crowd which long had awaitedhis coming.

, _After a reception In his honor, Mwas escorted to Loyola Universitywhere h« was awarded the degree afdoctor of laws.He delivered an sddreas in the uni¬

versity auditorium on the necessity ofbringing Internstlonsl law Into ac¬cord with the natural law* of rlgh'and Justice, emphasising that Inter-national law. which ssnrtlona th*political slavery of entire peoplsa Isobviously no Isw at all.Todav President De Valera will

be received officially by Ihe mayor atcity hall and greeted freedom ofthe ««ly. After eddrc**»»g a maaemeeting tonight al the l.aKavottoTheater, he will resume hie t»w .«l^r Mouth.