ENTIRE TRAFFIC OF NATION NOW FACING TIE-UP Half Million Men Forced Out of Work By Outlaw Strike of Switchmen—Few Breaks Are Reported Today. Chicago, April 12.—Federal in tervention unless the railroad strike is ended within 48 hours was indicated as probable at the federal building today. District Attorney Clyne, fol lowing a conference which had lasted since early last night said the government had the power to cope with the situation brought about by the interruption of food shipments. Mr. Clyne has received instruc tions from Attorney General Palmer regarding the course to be pursued, it was learned. Committees appointed by the strikers to wait on the railway managers and ask for contracts will not be received, it is said. "Our contracts with the brother hoods cover all the men now on strike,” Secretary Snyder, of the general managers, said. "If the strikers want contracts they have only to return to their unions. We will recognize no outlaw or ganizations.” Despite the predictions of railroad union men that the unauthorized switchmen’s strike will recede today reports from all over the country con tinue to bring additions to the num ber of terminal men not working. Started as a freight tie-up the strike caused the cancellation of many pas senger trains out of New York city ami other eastern terminals today and foreign freight conditions con tinued to grow worse. With between 35,000 and 40,000 railroad men actually on strike, it is estimated that at least 500,000 other workers' are Idle as a result of the freight tie-up. A notable example of this is in the eastern steel works, where thousands of men are forced to remain idle. At Cedar Rapids, la., the Quaker Oats company and the National Oats company are both forced to suspend, with work cut In a number of other industries, leaving more than 1,000 Idle there today. Some “Breaks” Reported. Some "breaks” are reported in the ranks of strikers today. Santa Fe officials at Los Angeles report that several crews came back to work today. More men are reported work ing in Chicago, and at Kansas City the Rock Island switchmen are work ing today. Council Bluffs switchmen counciled moderation in a meeting last night and after a few radicals had withdrawn from the meeting a strike there was seemingly averted. A similar situation prevails at Omaha. Food conditions throughout the country are reported safe for the present, with nearly every city suf ficiently supplied to withstand a tieup of a week or more. Milk supplies are threatened in several eastern cities. A strike of eastern firemen may add seriousness to the situation there. Eastern points have declared a freight embargo and are selling pas senger tickets subject to "strike de lay.” Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, was en route from New York to Cleveland today, apparently for a conference with the Brotherhood of Trainmen at their headquarters there. New York local conditions are made more serious by a walkout of crews handling “tube" trains, leaving thousands of passengers stranded. Chicago, April 10.—The switch men's strike was described in bul letins here today as “easier in Chi cago; slightly worse outside." Strikers admitted more work was being accomplished by the roads here but denied desertions from their ranks. John Gunnau, head of the Chicago Yardmen s association, which started the strike, said 25 new lo cals asked for charters. Extension of rail difficulties on both coasts last night were gleefully greeted by strike headquarters. Representatives of the brother hoods declared it merely a matter of "letting the strike fever burn itself •out. It had been demonstrated, they said, that nothing was to be gained through the newly formed union. At the same time they condoned the acts of some strikers, who they said, were inode desperate by big advances in rents and food costs this spring. May Be Arrests. That arrests of radical agitators may result from fin investigation now being made by agents for lleber Jing s union was indicated by him. ■My job is to get the men back to work. There is nothing to mediate,” he said. "The demands they are mak ing, we have been trying to get for some months. "My first job is to get the wheels of commerce moving. The guilty will be punished later according to law.” Heberling said he would make no move to get an injunction to restrain the strikers from quitting their jobs. "The strike is broken and I expect to see the men start coming back be fore night,” he said. “They have reached their limit and are beginning to realize it.” That the organized unions will fight out to a finish without seeking gov ernment aid was the statement by S. E. Heberling here today. HUSBAND AND WIFE SHOT. Denver, Colo., April 12—Mrs. Ruthy Wilkins is dead and her husband, Silas Wilkins, is believed dying fol lowing a quarrel over money matters at their home today. Mrs. Wilkins was shot through the back and Wil kins through the head. The four children of the couple witnessed the quarrel. TjOs Angeles police are advising mot orists to use secret murks on their machines, as means of Identification if stolen Ostruski Again Loses City Job By Toss of Coin Grand Rapids, Wis„ April 12,—For the second time John Ostruski has beeo defeated for a seat in the city council by the toss of a eoin. Os truski and Grand Babcock, candi dates for councilman drew a tie vote in Tuesday's election so it was agreed to flip a coin to decide the honors. As the master of ceremonies was about to flip the coin Ostruski said: "What will you take Mr. Bab cock?” “I’ll take heads,” replied Babcock. “Then I'll take what’s left.” said Ostruski. The coin was flipped and fell . eads, giving Babcock the seat in the coun cil. Four years ago Ostruski tied with Milte lameness for the seat and the toss of the coin was against him. STRIKE HELD I. W. W. MOVE St. Paul. Minn., April 12.—W. T. Tyler, vice president of the Northern Pacific railway, in a statement here today, declared he has positive proof that the “unauthorized strike of rail way switchmen and yardmen is fos tered by the I. W. W.” “In view of the agitation among yardmen at this time to join the un authorized strike which originated in Chicago some days ago, l believe that in all fairness to the railroad men it should be made clear that this is purely an I. W. W. movement," said Tyler. “The new unions which are being attempted and which are being or ganized under various names are ac tually local unions of the I. W. W." Tyler, until March 1, was director of the division of operation for the United States railroad administra tion. “I brought with me from Washington complete reports of the entire movement up to March 1," he said, "including records of member ship, officers, financial statement, copies of correspondence and official literature distributed in connection with their organization. The whole movement is for the purpose of build ing up one big union in the I. W. W. and has no relation to the wage movement no wunder way in Wash ington. "While the strike and drive for membership is just now confined to the railroads and railroad emplayes this is only because the time is most propitious. The plan of the one big union is similar to that attempted at Winnipeg and includes the organiza tion of workers in all industries." Tyler said he obtained the docu ments on the movement through At torney General Palmer. STAND ON TREATY Senator Walsh Declares Dem ocrats Cannot Hope to Win By Backing Wilson's Unreserved Demand. St. Louis, Mo., April 12—The demo cratic national convention must re pudiate the stand of President Wilson for unmodified ratification of the peace treaty, United States Senator David I. Walsh, democrat, Massachu setts, declared in an address here last night. "If it is not done," he said, "the democratic party faces a cataStropho in the coming presidential election." Of all the democrat; who have been widely mentioned as possible candi dates for president the speaker said, only Senator Hitchcock, leader of the administration forces in the Senate would consent to run on a platform for ratification of the treaty as it stands. Senator Walsh said that he went to the Senate in sympathy with the president and had studied the treaty with a view of defending it against its critics. He found that the critics were right though he said, and the treaty is “fatally defective in its prepent form." The speaker attacked the demands made on Germany by the allies and declared that promises which the president had made and was unable to keep is responsible, “wherever there is rebellion against oppression in the world today; wherever helpless people struggle for liberty.” NAVY DESERTIONS SHOW DANGEROUS FIGURE *DV Washington, April 12.—Ti 's of desertions in the navy in the pa.P year have brought a condition unpar alelled in American naval history, Admiral Thomas Washington, chief of the bureau of navigation, today told the Senate investigation com mittee. Naval service, he warned, is threatened, is seriously threatened. There were -1,666 desertions in the last six months of 1919, Hear Admiral Washington declared. At present rates of pay, he said, recruits can not be obtained. URUGUAY LIKES U. S. CATTLE. Washington. April 12.—Registered cattle recently shipped from this country to Uruguay for breeding pur poses have met with great favor among producers there and a number of Uruguayan buyers are arranging to visit the United States to make addi tional purchases, the American con suls at Montevideo today reported to the department of commerce. Three lion cubs born at the St. Louis niwniclpal r.oo. on St. Patrick's day are to be named Bridget, Mike and Pat. HOOVER APPEARS ELIMINATED BY DEMOCRATS NOW Little Chance Wilsou Will Urge Nomination on Both Tickets —Palmer and MeAdoo Id Race Now. BY MARK SULLIVAN. (Copyright. I»20, by N Y Rv -n.i :: foot. and Thu Sioux City l iiban** * Washington, April 1-. • It is now possible to discuss the democratic presidential situation in fairly definite terms. What is here said about it is based chiefly upon familiarity with what is in the minds of the leaders, as they stand at this time, and with the motives that will govern the mass of the leaders. Hoover is probably eliminated as a democratic possibility. The only chance of Hoover figuring in the democratic convention must now rest Upon a fantastic contingency. That contingency would be a determination on the part of .Mr. Wilson to do the unusual. A man who is on of the most powerful of tin* democratic had ers and is also among those in closest touch with President Wilson has long harbored the idea that it would be a fine thing for President Wilson to end his career with a magnificent climax by trying to bring about the nomina tion of Hoover on both the republi can and democratic tickets This leader spent most of January trav eling over the country seeing other leaders and laying iii." idea before the White House. The other leaders len. a willing ear to the idea of »;• minut ing Hoover as a democrat: but tin* notion of sharing Hoover with the re publicans as a bi*partisan seemed t<> them merely whimsical. I’p to last week, when Mr. Hoover definitely put himself in the republi can party, he was decidedly a leading democratic candidate. Hut the chance of the democrats nominating him now is most remote. It rests chiefly on the possibility of President Wilson determining to give bizarre exhibition of his power. For the purpose of the present discussion, it may be assum ed that Mr. Hoover no longer figures in the democratic situation. Others Also Eliminated. In order to clear the ground, it can be said that certain others, who now figure in the situation and who will have some delegates in the conven tion, are also out of it a_c serious pos sibilities. Senator Owen, for example, will have the Oklahoma delegation, but he will never go perceptibly be yond that. Governor Edwards of New Jersey will have a certain number of dele- . gates on the basis of his opposition to the prohibition amendment. Liu: Governor Edwards is not a serious possibility. If the democratic leaders determine to play the v**t game, to nominate a wet candidate on a wet platform, Governor Edwards will not be the candidate. Similarly', *»veral other men who are frequently mentioned and who will have delegates in th**.convention are not serious possibilities. James W. Gerard will have the delegates from Sou til Dakota. Jtmt he is not a serious possibility. Governor Smith of New York will probably have a complimentary vote from the New York state delegation in the early ballots, but he is not a serious pos sibility. None of the other minor candidates are serious possibilities. Of these minor figures, Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska is probably a little more serious than any of those I have mentioned, for reasons that 1 will allude to later. Narrowed to Palmer and McAdoo. As serious possibilities the demo cratic situation- is now down to a race between Attorney General Palmer and Mr. McAdoo. That will he the tight from now until the convention meets. Superficially. Mr. Palmer will seem to have the better of it. because he is following the method of getting as many delegates as possible in the primaries, while Mr. McAdoo is fol lowing the less obvious plan of wait ing until the convention meets. While Mr. Palmer will figure more strongly in the news from now until the meet ing of the democratic convention, his strength relative to Mr. McAdoo will not be in proportion to the number of instructed delegates he picks up. It is not possible for Mr. Palmer t* get enough instructed delegates to assure him the nomination. In the democratic convention it takes two thirds to nominate and Mr. Palmer cannot conceivably get that number of instructed delegates. Moreover, it is not the intention of the party lead ers that Mr. Palmer shall get enough delegates to nominate him on the opening ballots. The intention of the party leaders is to keep the nomina tion open until the convention meets. In this race between Mr. Palmer and Mr. McAdoo, the decision rests largely with the democratic leaders. Anyboody who wants to find out in advance whether Mr. Palmer or Mr. McAdoo is to win can make the near est approximation to a guess by can vassing the various democratic state leaders, the 53 members of the demo cratic national committee. The dem ocratic convention and the democratic nomination will be much loss affected b-r popular primaries than the repub lican nomination The democratic situation is almost wholly a matter of the net result of the wishes and interests of the leaders, chiefly the members of the national committee. RAIN OR SNOW GUESS ON COMING WEATHER Washington, April 12. — Weather predictions for the week beginning Monday are: Upper Mississippi and lower Mis souri valleys: Rains and snows Mon day an-l rains Thursday or Friday. Cool. The international motor truck com pany, has declared a stock dividend of 100 per cent on its oommou stock Boys Forgiven of Robbing Firm If They Play Fair’ Minneapolis, Minn., April 12,-Sev ert young men pleaded guilty to petty larceny in connection with theft* of $4,000. and then went back to work for the firm they admitted robbit.g. Judge O. U Smith gave the seven a lecture on the evils of bad com panions and the results of misconduct. He inquired of the manager wh' the the company would re-employ the men. The manager said he not only would re-employ the men, but would be glad to do so. in their old positions , and at their former salaries. Then Judge Smith exacted a pr>m ise from each of the prisoners to Join either the Knights of Columbus, ti e Y. M. C. A. or the Jewish Welfare organization; to avoid evil compan ions, and to “run straight.“ Then 1 ' sentenced the young men to 50 days in the workhouse, suspended the sen tences and placed them on probation for a year. Millerand Insists Move Was Necessary, But Wants Con ference and to Proceed as Allies Advise, Paris, April 12.--The note sent yes terday by Premier Millerand to the British government in reply to the British note w ith regard to tho action of France in sending troops into the neutral zone in Germany says: "Tlie French government affirms first of all that no doubt can bo fell of the loyalty of its attitude. The al lies have been constantly informed of its policy. The French government lias always opposed the entry of sup plementary German troops into the Ruhr region and ha.5 added that the authorization for sucli an entry must have a counter part in the occupation of Franfort and Darmsjadt. "On April 3 its representatives in all the allied capitals informed the governments to which they were sac rificed (at the same time a copy be ing sent to the allied representatives in I’arisi that Marshal Foch's meas ures could no longer be postponed. Furthermore, the French government recalled that the matter concerned tlie violation of one of the most sol emn clauses of the treaty' signd by Fram e, and that tlie German govern ment had formally recognized that formal authorization given in ad vance, was necessary for such a dero gation, and that France had the right lo ask for territorial guarantees "How could the government of France be satisfied with the German promise to withdraw the trops when order had been restored? Neither for reparations nor for the delivery of the war guilty, nor for coal, have ttic allies received the stipulated sat isfaction. “The question could be asked when tlie British government which no doubt has not measured the danger of tlie.se systematic violations would step in the path of concessions. "France in any case was obliged to say, 'that is enough.’ "The French government is no less convinced than the English govern ment of the essential necessity of maintaining unity of jlie allies for the application of the treaty with Ger many. This close concert of France and England appears to France equally indispensible for the equit able solution of the vast problems which are presented at this moment in the world, in Russia, the Baltic, Asia Minor und all tlie Balkans." The note closes with assurances that the French government, for the promotion of these ends, deldures it self entirely disposed, before acting, to be assured of tlie consent of ihe allies in all inter-allied questions which the execution of the treaty raises. -4— GERMANY WANTS MORE TIME. Paris, April 12.—Dr. Groepport, head of the German peace delegation, has addressed to Premier Millerand, as president of the peace conference, a note asking an extension of three months after April 10 for the reduc tion of German military effectives. This reduction is provided for In tho protocol of August 8, 1919. —4— HOLD NOTE CONCILIATORY. London. April 12. -The reply of France to tho British note on the action taken by Franco in occupying additional German territory, was re ceived in London today. Officials here view the note as con ciliatory. because of tho expressed de sire of the French for an allied con ference. In other official quarters the French note is considered to have relieved llio tension of yesterday. Vienna. April 10.—Satlsfaoffon over dispatches telling of dissension b tween Great Britain and France rel ative to tlie action of the latter in sending troops into German cities east of the Rhine is not concealed by Vienna newspapers, which express the hope that France will be isolated. France is credited with designs which may provoke further blood shed by the Neue Freie l’resse which invites the entente to intervene “more than verbally to prevent fresh hostil ities." Other newspapers speak of France as having received a "diplo matic defeat.” BOLIVIA DETERMINED TO GET HER SEAPORT Buenos Aires, April 12.—Bolivia will continue to pursue with "irrevocable resolution” its purpose to obtain the port of Arica as an outlot for her to the Pacific, according to a new note from Bolivia to Peru, which is pub lished here. The note answers the latest Peru vian communication declining to rec ogutae Bolivia's aei'iriilijuw. NO PLAN YET FOR II. S. STRIKE MOVE Washington Officials Seem “Up In the Air” as to Means For Helping Present Na tion-Wide Emergency. Washington, April 12.—Fared with many demands for immediate action, Justice department officials today... had not decided on their policy In the outlaw railroad strikes. C. B. Ames, assistant attorney gen eral who is in charge of the depart ment's inquiry into the strike, today said it would be impossible to make any public statement. Ames made the same reply to Rep resentative Cooper, of Ohio, who got into communication with him at the request of President Lee, of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. l„ee demanded that the justice de partment employ the injunction to break the unauthorised strikes, acting under the Lever act. Ames today was waiting for a re port on the situation from District Attorney Clyne, of Chicago. Whether the Injunction can be used In the present strike is not yet determined, according to Robert Scott, secretary of Attorney General Palmer. Profiteer* Rampant. Justice department officials today had made no special arrangements to cope with the profiteering problem now becoming more than usually acute in Chicago, New York and practically every city in which tho strike is interfering with transporta tion of perishable foods and dairy products. Large quantities of butter and eggs are stored in all big cities, according to reports to the agricul ture department. These commodities were placed in storage at the usual prices and could be sold for the pre strike prices, government officials said. The United States board of media tion and conciliation was awaiting a report from Assistant Commissioner G. W. W. Hanger, who was sent to Chicago Thursday to try to settle the strike there. Hanger yesterday sent a telegram confirming that the strike was an outlaw movement as far as the rules of the established railroad brother hoods were concerned. Wilson May Act. At the White House appointment of a transportation board to deal with the strike under authority of the Eseh-Cummins law was expected. The board, it was said, however, would not have authority to order the strikers back to work. It could only Investigate and report its findings. The government will be forced to intervene in the “outlaw" railway strike if it seriously interferes with transportation, it was said today at the White House. White House officials arc not con cerned as regards present emergency over President Wilson's delay in making the personnel of the railway wage labor adjustment board. They do not believe the board could func tion with much success in the strike now existing which one of them char acterized as “a bolshevistic movement in the ranks of labor which labor must settle itself." One high official declared .that the present insurgtrficy had been brew ing for months and described It as the final chapter in the wafare be tween conservative and adical labor elements. NAVY IS DUE FOR Senate Committee In Daniels* Sims Row Decides to Broad en Scope of Its Work Materially. Washington, April 12.—Over the protest of the democratic members the Senate committee investigating the Siras-Daniels row decided today to broaden the scope of its work to in clude suggestions for the reorganiza tion of the navy department. Senator Pittman, democrat of Ne vada. strenuously objected to the ex amination of Rear Admiral F. F. Fletcher by Chairman Hale to de velop reorganization suggestions de claring thut the committee had no authority to go into that matter. Chairman Hale declared the com mittee was authorized to Investigate anything connected with the navy de partment and when Senator Pittman persisted a vote was taken. The two democrats present voted against extending the inquiry and the two re publicans voted in favor of doing so. Chairman Hale then cast the de ciding vote. Senator Pittman announced he would c^irry his protest to the full naval committee immediately. It the inquiry were extended as proposed, he said the committee would be in session “the rest of the year." "FlUME STRIKE OVER. Triest, April 12—The general strike at Fiume has been settled. Work was resumed this mwning. The na tional council granted all the de mands of the strikers. Gabriele d'Annunzio interceded on behalf of the strikers and advifeed that this ac tion be taken. STEEL ORDERS INCREASE. New York, N. Y., April 12—Unfilled tonnage of the United States Steel corporation on March 31 was 9,892,075 against 9,502,081 on February 29, It was announced today. This was an increase of 389,994. LA FOLLETTE WINS WISCONSIN. Milwaukee, Wis„ April 12.—Wis consin's delegation to the G. O. 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