Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • 1

i The Weather The highest temperature recorded yesterday was 65 degrees lowest 32 orecast for Reno and vicinity Cloudy and threatening Metal Pricef BAR $120 irm electrolytic spot 19 to 19V1C $875 A NEVADA STATE JOURNAL ULL ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SERVICE VOL LXXV "NO 13 'RENO NEVADA TUESDAY APRIL 13 1920 IVE CENTS DEMANDS INVESTIGATION HINT CRIMINAL CHARGES SWITCHMEN TURN TO EA5T ATER STRIKE AILURE IN MIDDLE WEST tudy His drive about the capi by of not HEM PROTEST OVER the activities of individ ual liars" RENCH OCCUPATION and downed Vol LIBERTY BONDS DKOl a id is watching at $88 I tactiesdike that?" Of ROYALTY PLANS VISIT Oib TO IIETEIIN and that the only rail met wero brcthcr to of bersfof 'that organisation were offer ing financial and moral support to the SENATE REUSES TRAINING CHANGE the Chicago yards' ctm visit but yes in act the heard that the rench harsh measures officer said citizens have been strike Southern estate was the accona tnc village force from would Expect Announcement Today Regarding Steps to Curb Spread of Walkout th i Tils inmc be rot on tho republican prl Oregon as a candidate It was said at the state rc filed tor Mr not to not any the the the one INSURGENTS REUSE TO HEAR REQUEST SHEA CONGRESS PLANS PRDSECUTI ON WAR PROITEERS Upholds Voluntary Provision and Measure Likely to be Taken to Conference CHICAGO DISTRICT SHOWS MARKED IMPROVEMENT WITH MANY STRIKERS RETURNING TO W0RK TAT DOES NOT WANT HIS NAME ON BALLOT ATLANTIC COAST TERMINALS ACE COMPLETE TIEOP leadership and that nothing is to be gained by remaining he said "The outlaw movement is disintegrat APPARENT THAT LOCAL STRIKERS WILL NOT RETURN UNTIL SIMILAR MOVE IS ORDERED IN EAST SALEM April J2 Williain Howard Taft in a telegram received today by the secretary of statexf Ore gon allowed to go nary ballot in for president house if petition1? Taft they cannot be withdraw under a supreme court ruling CHICAGO April 12 District Attor ney Charles Clyno tonight denied storks published here that he had de livered an ultimatum to striking rail road workers on behalf of the govern ment yir Clyno declared he had hot seen strike haders and road men he had hood officials His department developments here instructions from Attorney General Rahner that an announcement is to come from Waliington igures compiled at his office he added show conditions here me im proving ood Continues to Arrive rom Chicago but Other reight Is Under Ban Advance Survey Indicates That Hole Not of Suf ficient Expanse Mail Trains Generally Dis rupted While Soldiers Used In Unloading Creel Declares Transfer of Official Bulletin to Bab son Was Regular ject to approval by railroad managers Syracuse switchmen on the New York Central and the Delaware Lacka wanna and Western Kailroad com panies voted late today to return to work at 7 o'clock" tomorrow morning (Continued on Page 2 CoL1)vj May Revert to Motor Service If Necessary to Handle Mails WILDE DEEATS ZJ7LU KID VIXDSO Ontario April Jimmy Vilde the British flyweight boxing champion delated Zulu Kid of Brooklyn in a ten round bout to night The British boxer held the lead throuhgout knocking his opponent for connt of eight in 4 the second round I and clerks have been temporarily thrown out of work by the so called illegal strike md the Southern Pacific com pany announced that these men will report for duty each day and in the event of being unable to work ow ing to the strike they will be paid a minimum wage former Chairman of Public in formation Hurls Lie At Charge of Utah Senator memorial April 2 A me to the government A dispatch from Madrid April 8 HairL it' was reported that the king wid queen vf England were abont to jvisitbSpain the insurgent leaders it is generally conceded that the men nt Sparks will remain out until the eastern strikers return With the announcement that the situation was improving on the coast word has been received that an at tempt to move freight shipments from San rancisco and Sacramento over the company's lines will be anidc some time today The Western Pa cific company was receiving freight with the exception of perishable gooda yesterday ami the condition of the Portola yards so lar untouched by the Y'esterday morning the Pacific company according to report made an attempt to muster the force of extra brakemen for duty at switch ing but were unable to find any members of the force The comp iny has advertised for men to fill the va cancies of the insurgent strikers no response to the call was according to those well touch with the situation Numerous freight handlers WOMEN AS OREST BANGMILS BELLINGHAM Wash April 12 Two school teachcrs'jMiss Cera Cros bv Bellingham and Miss Thompson Everett have been named to serve this summer at a Jbno'fire lookout station' nw Courd ottgh mountain north of here Murphy a strik leader in a statement declared original demands "stand as first and that wage increases go into effect upon the return of the men to Chicago association must come to us" he said all negotiations must bo in the open We do not exuect any intervention on the part of the government There will always be some one to take place if they arrest him" Many Are Returning ollowing the first big break in the strike at Coulmbus where GOO switch men on Sunday voted to return strik ers in other cities today returned to duty or decided to go back tomorrow 'At Dayton Ohio 300 switchmen voted to end the trike tomorrow while in Syracuse switchmen tile (New York Central and the Delaware Lack awanna and Western railroads decid ed to return tomorrow At Saginaw Mich100 railroad workers were back tonight and sixty miployes of the Grand Trunk rail road returned at Buttle Creek Striking ranks were augmented by wakouts at Bay City Mich Cheyenne Wyo and several places in the east Passenger service was reported vir tually normal at St Louis and the strike of yardmen was said to be wan ing COL BARKER HANDED ANOTHER AIR MEDAL president did not go motoring but spent his time on the White mortal anoealin to exclude the Turks from Europe end to take a step assuming America's shareiof responsibility for the welfare of the subject races of the former Ottoman was present ed to President Wilson today by committee of the ederal Council the Churches oRCln'ist in America Bitter Contest Ensues With Democrats Upholding Acts Of Administration i Appeals and threats by the South ern company failed to make tiny impression on the striking switchmen at the Sparks yards yes ter lay and the situation last nightwas very much the same as Saturday and Sunday with the exception that passenger and mail trains were han dled with greater expediency Trains from the coast wore city on time owing 'ment in the general ram onto Oakland Westbound train No 19 was the only train arriving any appreciable degree late i ct reaching Reno until a yesterday five hours later than schedule time Although warned that they nre In danger of being without positions striking switchmen have shown no de sire to return to work and according to reports the company has been un able tc secure men to fill the thirty odd positions declared vacant auto matically by a company order Satur day ordering the men to return or lose their positions A meeting has been called by the switchmen for this afternoon but no forecast of what the outcome may lie was available lat6 last evening and the leaders maintained that no action would be taken here until the out come of the eastern trouble was set tled According to hte statements of food AL placed 'on all freight shipments orig inating on the Pennsylvania Lucs and on all connecting roads With not set tlement cf the strike in sight at De troit the Detroit Edison company shut off electrical energy to faetci ies kite today About half the manu facturing establishments will be af fected it was announced One thousand railroad employes al Pittsburgh today joined the 4000 striker? and five hundred shopmen struck at Newcastle Strike conditions nt Philadelphia were reported worse and at lndianapolis the strikers' ranks were unbroken i Chairman1 Cummins of the senate interstate commerce commission an nounced that the investigation of tire strike by his committee scheduled to begin' tomorrow would not be con ducted now as it was desired to give the new labor board an opportunity to settle the strike Tire postnffke de partment declared action would be taken if movement of mails was ob structed Along with the investigating com mittee attacking methods of construc tion the repul lican present ed a resolution directing that evidence obtained dvring the nine in vestigation be turned over to the attor ney general with the request that he institute criminal and civil proceed ings The democrats countered with a substitute resolution proposing to instruct the committee to name per sons firms and corporations should be before direct ing the attorney general to proceed Dclaitc Not Ended When the house quit tonight debate had nut ended The principal speeches were made by Representative Dore mus democrat of Michigan author of the minority statement and Represen tative McCulhngh republican of Ohio signing the majority statement Representative MeCtillough declared the cry: won the war had been made to cover many sins while Rep resentative Doremus asserted that the Supreme Architect of the I niverse had built those'1 camps the bleacher managers would have found fault with the w'w To the republican claim that the govcrtnh'c ntlost 78 5 3 952 1 on six teen national army cantonments through waste andwas entitled to re cover damages the democratic anem ber said if his computation was cor rect be figured he had squeezed $85 water out of claims NEW YORK April George Creel who headed the committee on public information tonight made pub lic a letter he has sent tc Attorney General insisting that Mr Palmer investigate at once charges by the joint congress committee on printing that the Creel committee had wtongfully the Official Bulletin to (Roger Babson of Mass Mr Creel also made public to Senator Smoot chairman committee declaring the knew there was no trnsfer of "ictal Bulletin to Babson 1 the joint committee woiked in secret to frame the indict ment that my testimony would have made absurd" He added that the senator much as any one else" was responsible for wiping out the Creel committee June 30' 1919 in middle of its orderly liquida tion" The joint committee charged that the transfer had been made without cost to Babson and suggested institu tion of legal proceedings against Creel Babscn Clayton and Ed WASHINGTON April Deter mination of the course in the railroad strike crisis tonightawaited' further information from de partment of justice agents Attorney General Palmer after conference government officials said a decision might be reached to saying the government would not shirk its responsibility Meanwhile hoWhite House tonight announced President Wilson would send to the senate tomorrovv names of nine members of the railroad labor board created by the transportation tot Nominations had been delayed it was added by time taken in selecting representatives of the public on the board to getting the right men Men selected for that group had signified tonight their willingness eminent cnuld not recover money Demands Investigation Tn his letter to Mr Rainier Mr Creel said insist that your office commence an investigation ami put my self and every want to protection deliberate charges them to lls lies them Official transferred one else order of the attorney general on ground that I had no right to selljrmierty at public auction The asset was a mailing list and this was pubiiclv placed at the disposal of any NEW YORK April The strike of railroad workers here tonight pre sented the most menacing situation the city has faced since the unauthorized walkout begun reight service vir tually was paralyzed and passenger service already curtailed was further crippled Today United states troops went in to Jersey City to unload stranded mail trains and department of justice agents extended their investigations all over the New York area Appeals by railroads for volunteer workmen and the campaigns of the trikCis to recruit their ranks from men si ill loyal had become more in sistent General Situation The situation tonight was: Only freight shipments received today were of solid food trains brought WASHINGTON April 12 After re publican leaders had denounced and democrats had upheld thy government systeih of building army camps dur ing the war the house prepared today fvr a fight tomorrow on two pro posals to deal with persons alleged to have reaped rich profits from alleged arriving in this to an improve sitnation at Sac and Benicia ramers of the transportationncluJing Chairman Cummins of senate interstate commerce cominis 1 sibn were firm the opinion that the labor board would prove an effective agency to deal ith the railraod crisis or that reason commit tee deferred aclioh on proposals for a congressional inquiry into the strike Ask Tor The government today i sent orders through the post office department to its inspectors and railroad tnail offi cials for i rmu pt reports on any ob struction or delay of the mails The department justice would be asked fqr immediate prosecutions un der statutes governing mail transpor latiop the teles 'Ibilay in formulating a' program for government action under the I ever food control act was said by depart ment of justice officials to be duo to a desire for fuller know ledge as to the agencies which caused the unauthor ized walkouts Many official reports from strike centers'hn ve indicated activity of the Industrial Workers of the World anl officials said that it was proposed to determine whether this or any other organization was tarrying out a pro gram that would bring it within reach of federal statutes Mr Palmer declared that Jf federal action was' taken the government would nut enter the controversy as a supporter of either side Its action he said would be gov erned by its responsibility to the peo ple lint Criminal Charges It was indicated again that the de partment might employ criminal statutes if upon later Injunction proceedings were being considered it was said Agents of the department reported fomentation in a score of places officials declared They were Bulletin was to Roger Babson or It was LONDON April 12 'Arrangements of King George and Queen Mary do not include a visit to Spain this year it was announced today NEW YORK April 12 The price of a Liberty bond $88 fur the first time today when new low records were made four issues un der heavy selling The second 4W closed at 88788 second third is at $9160 fourth 4 Vis at $8806 TORONTtb Ont April 12 Lieut Col William A Barker' has been awarded a second silver medal by the king of Italy for heroism in October 1918 when he attacked si tty German airplanes single handed and shot six down before he Barker it is said holds more decora tions for bravery than any olhc liv ing jiritish airman While freight traffic was still standstill the city had enough for three weeks Pittsburgh an embargo was fit your disposal know front you also ivhat a'i citizen has against the slanders of a member of Not fiJjjnlyaje entor raise out ne Knew when he uttered lar out The action of the senate was ex pected to result in currying the volun tary training proposal into conference for adjustment Only youths between IS and would be accepted for voluntary training under an amendment sug gested today by Chairman Wadsworth and written into the bill Previous age limits were 18 to 28 Twenty five republicans were 1101 1 1 i the voluntary training plan mild (cans na of North Kai foliowin training lint Arkansas Missouri Trammell Reupblican Asserts 78 Millions Lost to Contractors in Cantonment Work GOVERNMENT ASK DAMAGES ROM IRMS WASHINGTON April Pie i dent Wilson will not establish the summer White House at Hole Mass as had been expected Lut piob ably will select some other place where more accommodations arc available for the large staff of secretaries and attaches It became known today that the an nouncement that the president hail selected the estate of Charles Crane minister to China for Ins' sum mer home was premature The piesi dent had accepted Mr offer of a lease but it had not been in spected by the secret service opera tives and White House attaches When White: House advance agents inspected the ground it is said they concluded that the crane not large enough and that inodations to be found in were insufficient fur the the executive offices which have to be moved to Hole It also developed that the Crane mansion is close to a railroad track that there are several automatic fog signals in Long Island Sound close to shore and that the layout of the Crane grounds in relation to the public strets and' sidewalks of Hole were such that the secret service men ad vanced what they termed practical obstacles to their regular plans fpr guarding the president When tl esc considerations were laid before the president ti was said to day he reluctantly abandoned his plan to go to Hole it has not been decided where the president will go in view of the chang ed plan but several offers are before him The ndf House portico on the south lawn tfrid in his study His drive about the capi tal Sunday served' to quiet rumorstbat be had suffered a setback Rear Ad miral Grayson reiterated that (he president was in better condition than at any time since he returned from bis sneaking tour last October democrats in retaining wo re Borah cf Idaho and Gron ta voted witn me democrats toeliminate tao sections: Dial South Caro Harrison Mississippi: Jsirhy MeKeltar Tennessee Reed Swanson" Virginia and lorida who voted to retain the provisions were: Republicans Brandcgee Capper Colt Cummins Curtis Edge rance relinghuyscn Hale Jones of Mush tnzton Kellogg Kenyon Keyes Len root McCormick McNary New Phipps Poindexter 8 Spencer Sterling Wadsworth Watson Democrats Rec Chamberlain Glass Kendrick Myers Nugent Pomeron? Sheppard Smith of Arizona Thomas and Wolcott The senate also defeated an amend ment to require three daily ed ucation ot all soldiers of the regular army In the' house the military commit tee completed and will report tomo row the regular argiy appropriation bill carrying $5372 4 69 I 1 a decrease cf $605 553 ('76 from the war depart estimate Rigid economy is neeesary if a deficit of several bil lion dollars is to be prevented Chair man Kahn said in the majority re port adding that the sums provided would meet the needs of the military establishment Committee figures are based on an army of 175000 en listed men and officers ns against a total of 576000 proposed by the department The report stated that $22777839 is earned cleaning up including transporting maintaining forces on the Rhinos also taken unde orders of the 'attor ney general private citizen was at liberty to start a publication of similar char acter and this is what Mr Babson did He received nothing from the govern ment except the right to copy the mailing Terms It To Senator rimoot Mr Creel said that after he had been dispossessed on July 2 0 1919 his records had twice leer moved and had been jumbled int army trucks He declared a "private memoran dum stating this confusion was sent to Senator Warren but some one sneaked it cut to the press and the conditions precipitated by congress wore credited to my am sick and tired of this long listance he said rec ommendation to the attorney general to "bring action 'against is bun combe and you know it better and a quicker way is to have me appear before your commit tee or any other senate committee and make full and complete answer to the Hffieial Bulletin charges since the armistice has been your steadfast attempt to shame the American war record and be smirch every man conected with that tecord To date these congressional investigations have cost $2000000 but failure to develop a single in stance of graft still forces your group Proposes Prosecution Mr McCullough said it was not within the province nor the duty of rhe committee to prosecute criminals or indict criminals The report of the minority contains facts and evidence he declared and the record of the testimony taken in connection with the construction of Camp Sherman at Chillicothe Ohio and Clamp Grant at Rockford 111 contains evidence Or which the de partment of justice should immediate ly predicate grand jury investigations No attempt was made to save pub lic mcney he raid adding: paying your children and your chil children fur generations to come will pay and continue tc pay fur the cost plus system Let us hope that never again will such a repre hensible system be put into opera tion" Representative Doremus said the stress of war justified peace time methods of ho decaired "if Secretary Baker had attempted to build tho ramps by the competitive system he would have been guilty of the grossest incompetence and merited removal from After nimj months' investigation with access tj all records he said tho majority of the committee was willing to make specific recommenda tion ofa allegation cf iraud against any person finn or corpora priiir niMriT 'sparks insurgents refuse bUVLlIlllVIEIl I Id 'tq HEED ORDER TO RETURN EHLPAHINb UH PROMPT ACTION a letter of the senator theOf but the Chicago i the New York i reported cars in tn MVHVHHb and that embargoes bacD been Uincerb UL LDVOG IVUUU said they had enough men at work to take care of all ears arriving The General Managero' association today denied that any negotiations were being carried on with tile outlaw association and stated no parley would be entered into Denies Any Contract In requesting negotiations looking towards the end of the strike Presi dent Grunatt of the asso ciation sahD contractu the railroads have with the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the i nion of North America did not apply to membership in his union Ho denied that the strike was illegal brotherhood chiefs who accuse us should come' with clean hands he raid Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen took a strike vote in secret two woe) sago Ballots were cast at one hundred and forty points and au tlwrized brotherhpod officials to call a strike if demands for increased pay and better working conditions were not granted If our strike tailed in the open is illegal what do they call A arquharson an officer of the Brotherhood of (Railroad Trainmen said charge was fabrica A Whitney vice president of tie Brotherhood of Trainmen leader in the union's in Chicago against the insurgents said that the crux of the come and that the rebel movement' was weakening men realize 'Jthey Jiavp na the New Huven and Pennsylvania roads Mail I rain schedules were gen erally disrupted ami motor trucks were used H'indreds of thousands of commuters living in New Jciiey were unable to reach their places of busi ness in New" York Strike sympathizers committed their first act of violenro when an iron lu was huned through the window of a Genual Railroad cf New Jersey train injuring a passenger Train crews of four mail Ute Erie" were at tacked at Port Jarvis and rail road officials announced Jarvis was cont rolfrd toy strikers Timothy Shea first vice presidentuf the Brotherhood of Locomotive iremen arrived here accompanied by I Walker secretary of the of information of the eastern railroads to arrange a joint conference of rail road managers and the four railroad brotherhoods Other labor leaders were here Relu Arbitration Mayor Hague uf Jersey City who had expressed sympathy for the strik ers appealed to them arbitrate A eoininittee of 14 men representing the strikers to urge strikers to return lie announced Warning was issued by Lindley Garrison federal receiver of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company that agitators were urging employes rapid transit lines in New York strike Kaiircad officials sought in vain learn the source of maintenance the strikers Tho department of justice began an inventory of food stores and big ware houses searching for hoarders Meat dealers announced an increase of a cent a pound in wholesale prices Wallace president of the fruit and produce exchange commission merchants ami market said perishable food was gradually being exhausted and the situation was becoming grave The New York New Haven and Hartford railroad tonight issued a statement that the of freight traffic has seriously with the distribution Of empty ceal cars to the mines Railroad employes announced 1 liz a i nW Dy iiiiiiutri wvuiu fartlilies and advise they advise lheir breadwinners to return to work Refuse to Hoar hhea Strikers in a meeting at Jersey City tonight refused to listen to Mr Shea when hu tried to urge them to return to work pending a settlement Each time he attempted to speak hisses ind lo6s drowned cut his voice A striker shouted: "Shut up sit down or get out" It was learned at I tie IidivWtnna office that a "millionaire special" was run from Hcboken to Morrivtown NJ late today The train was manned except the engineer and conductor by five wealthy residents of Morristown Strikers ou the New York Centra'ind New Haven roads have agreed to supply crews for milk trains The strikers declared they were not fight ing the babi'w the 111 and the poor" TIEIKVRTS PITTSBURGH Pa April 12 Claims of striking railroad yardmen that their numbers had been largely increased today were tonight by statements of railroad authorities that passenger schedules had been main tained with a minimum of delay This result officials said had been achieve! through assistance of volun teers! many coming from the com offices here Tlie freight situation fcmaiiicd un changed from tint of yesterday ex cept an embargo was put on all ex press except perishables oHlcials of all roadswere concentrated on the movement of per ishable goods and foodstuffs with tho result officials said the public need have no fear of a snortagc The strikers claimed they had added largely to their forces today The walkout in the Importan Pitcairn ward 1 (Continued on rage Col ESTATE OER SENATOR SMOOT DENIES CHARGE WASHINGTON April 12 The sen ate refused today to strike out of the army reorganization bill the provision for voluntary universal training" re cently substituted for the military committee's plan for obligatory train Thc motion cf Senator democrat to 'strike was 37 to t' also had under consider ation methods fci feeding communi ties which might be cut the I strike 'ederal district attorneys anil field agents were instructed to deal with individuals and firms exof nitart profits out of the under the profiteering statutes With respect to movement of the mails ami emergency food supplies Mr Palmer said it htid been sug gested that the government resort to motor transportation if necessary The army transport service of the army is ready to mnvo the aid of any city by ac cording to announcement the coun cil of national defense RANKORT April 1 Citizens of rankton are not permitted on the streets after 9 in the evening without special permits from the rench occupational authorities while in Darmstadt and other towns in thenewly occupied territory the public is allowed on the thoroughfares until 11 o'clock iu the evening Protests a i uro taking too One rench of Darmstadt were living dt alt will 1 as leniently as possible people are too good naturecl to cause trouble" he declared "They ore entirely different from the Prus sians The way to secure peace in Europe is to separate them from CHICAGO April 3 While the unauthorized strike of railroad em ployes which started hero two weeks ago with the walkout of seven hun dred switchmen on the Chicago Mil waukee and St Haul railroad today appeared gradually to be waning in the middle west and the wesQ the situation east of Clevelantta took on a more serious aspect The center of development of the walkout of insurgents had shifted to the cast where additions to the ranks of thee rebel railroad workers had caused a stoppage of freight and passenger traffic and the closing of several industries Improves at Chicago The situation showed a marked improvement and reports from other large railroad cen ters in the middle west indicated that tho crisis was past and that the strik ers were returning to ork in consid erable numbers Officers of railroad brotherhoods who have been fighting tho strike wore confident that the bulk ot the walkout in Chicago would be followed by a general resumption of work in other areas A pronouncement cf the govern course in the strike was ex pected to be made at Washington by Attorney General Investiga tors of the department of justice were completing on inquiry into the situa tion Mr Palmer said "The federal government vail not shirk its responsi he said More freight moved into the Chi cago yards today than on any day since hte strike started railroads an nounced At the stockyards 229 cars cf live stock were received and inore than 9000 employes forced out of work by the strike returned I Packing house receipts included 4000 cuttie 2000 hogs and 4000 sheep 'This was a larger quantity than received any day last Iwedt About 25000 stockyard workers were still idle Lifting Embargoes The Illinois Central Milwaultee and St Paul Central and other toads again were moving partly lifted.