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go slowly until matters had been talked over a little. He went into the afternoon session, however, with recommendations which he presented. Some of these were nothing more than slight alterations in the phraseology of the proposed protocol while others were such as to alter the entire spirit and effect of the plan. These suggestions were discussed shortly and then dropped to be taken up later should the commission so desire.

The American members then presented the remainder of the memorandum to the still greater surprise of the Mexicans, who thought that they were through with the immediate work for a time. After a short discussion the session was adjourned to enable Dr. Mott to take an early train.

After the adjournment one member of the American section stated that the situation looked “less dismal.” He expressed hope for a settlement, but was not willing to make any predictions as to how long it would take to arrive at a conclusion even of the military phase of the tangle. No expression could be obtained from the Mexican members, although the attitude of Mr. Pani and Mr. Bonillas indicated that they also hoped difficulties might be arranged in a satisfactory manner.

One of the points which has surprised the American Commissioners is that no effort has been made by the Mexicans to get in touch with General Carranza on the proposed agreement. The work of translating the memorandum still was under way at a late hour tonight, but nothing had been sent to Queretaro. It is understood that a reasonable time will be allowed the Mexican Commissioners in which to communicate with the First Chief, but that this would not be allowed to delay the final decision unnecessarily.

 

McALLEN, Texas, Nov. 21.—As the last note of the general bugle call was sounded in the camp of the Seventh Regiment this afternoon every tent was struck. Where the minute before had been a city of conicals was now only a flat brown waste, with a thousand happy soldiers in uniforms dancing about and cheering.

It is expected that the regiment will be able to leave here tomorrow evening, and that it will arrive in Jersey City on Monday evening. Loading of the wagons and baggage was begun today. The Pullmans will arrive tomorrow.

To help the Seventh get away quickly and to enable it to pack all the stoves and other mess equipment, the Sixty-ninth Regiment has invited the entire unit to luncheon tomorrow. Then the Sixty-ninth will march to the trains to bid its neighbors good-bye.

 

League Committee’s Report Criticizes Board and Mr. Wilson.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.—The Committee on Congressional and Legislative Action of the National Civil Service Reform League is preparing a report to be presented to the League at its annual meeting in New Haven on Dec. 4, in which the Wilson Administration and the members of the United States Civil Service Commission are criticised, and President Wilson is asked to dismiss the three Commissioners, who are declared to be the most inefficient in the commission's history.

The league has been in controversy with the commission before this, and its allegations against the Wilson Administration were utilized as campaign ammunition by Mr. Hughes in the recent Presidential contest. The report will renew charges that the commission maintains a policy of secrecy with regard to its actions, and that President Wilson has been a party to this course in refusing to see officers of the league.

The members of the commission are John A. McIlhenny, President; Charles M. Galloway, and Herman W. Craven.

 

Master Recommends Annulment for Younger Man.

TRENTON, N. J., Nov. 21.—Francis Scott of Paterson, after hearing testimony as an advisory master in chancery, has filed a report in the Chancery Court here, recommending the annulment of the marriage of Robert Conklin, 28 years old, of Haledon.

The testimony showed that although married ten years, Conklin only recently learned that his wife had married his father, Lewis Conklin, the year before she accepted the son. 



Wielding a Knife, He Enters Pullman Car, Then Stabs a Strikebreaker.

STARTED OVER A DICE GAME

Row Spreads to Car Ahead on New Haven Express—Passengers Complain.

Armed with a long jackknife a squat, muscular negro, who was known to other strikebreakers on the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company’s piers at Fox Point, near Providence, R. I., only as “Black Bill,” made himself the virtual master last night of the fast New Haven express which reached the Grand Central Terminal at 8:40 o’clock. According to stories told by passengers, “Black Bill” stabbed one man, robbed another of $25, and for a time threatened to “cut up” the terrified passengers in one of the cars in the solid Pullman train if money he said he had stolen from him was not returned.

The express left Boston at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon, and when Providence was reached a day coach containing twenty-five discharged strikebreakers was added to the train. For some time the men in the day coach contented themselves with singing and shouting from the windows at each stop. Occasionally when the songs became particularly boisterous snatches of them penetrated into the well-filled Pullman ahead of the day coach. Of the thirty passengers in the Pullman ten were women, and though they afterward admitted they had been uneasy, no effort was made to quiet the men.

Finally the disturbances stopped and a dice game was begun. The game ended with “Black Bill” a big winner. Shortly afterward the negro fell asleep and when he awoke he discovered that $24 of his winnings was gone.

Infuriated, the negro demanded to know who took the money. Shouts of denial went up all along the car, but “Black Bill” drew his knife and announced that he was going to kill some one. Some of the men ducked beneath seats, others ran to the further end of the day coach, but no one offered to close with the negro.

The negro hesitated a moment, and, as he rushed toward the frightened laborers a man shouted: “The man who took your money came from that car,” indicating the Pullman ahead. “Black Bill” turned, flung open the door of the day coach, and tried to enter the Pullman, but was unable to do so because the door had been locked.

Hammering and kicking upon the door, the negro was finally admitted by Conductor Charles Lockwood, who demanded to know what he wanted. Pushing the conductor aside, “Black Bill,” his knife in his hand, demanded to have the “thief” pointed out.

The sudden entrance of the man frightened the passengers. Seated near the door was Mrs. M. Bossel of 1,146 Fiftieth Street, Brooklyn, and her daughter, Miss Lena Bossel. Mrs. Bossel pleaded with the negro not to harm anyone, until her daughter became hysterical from fright.

At this juncture “Black Bill” moved forward a step or two, but before he could go further Conductor Lockwood had pushed him back through the door and into the day coach.

Here the negro made for an Italian laborer, and before the man could elude him he was stabbed in the hand. The Italian ran back to the group still huddled about the further end of the coach. In a seat was Oscar Steglitz, 28 years old, formerly of Paterson, N. J., and when the negro saw Steglitz he accused him of being the thief. The negro then forced Steglitz to hand over the money he had.

By this time the train was well into this city, and though New Haven officials said last night the negro had eluded arrest by dropping off the train at the 138th Street Station, passengers, among them C. J. Wunder, a traveling salesman of Philadelphia, and W. J. Dana of Taunton, Mass., together with Mrs. Bossel and her daughter, were certain that he had walked out with the other passengers into the Grand Central Terminal.

When the train arrived about twenty passengers, headed by Mr. Wunder, went to the Station Master’s office and complained. Employes in the Station Master’s office refused to comment upon the affair.

 Hotel Man Killed by Auto.

RED BANK, N. J., Nov. 21.—Edgar A. Slote, 63 years old, of Middletown was struck by an automobile tonight and so seriously injured that he died before a physician reached him. Mr. Slote, who a few years ago was Secretary of the Monmouth County Fair Association, was a prominent Mason. He conducted a small roadhouse patronized principally by automobilists. 



Conscription Split Results In a Labor–Liberal Government.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21.—A complete reorganization of the Government of New South Wales is announced in a cablegram to the Australian Trade Commission received here today. The change was brought about through a division in the Labor Party on conscription.

The fact that a number of members of the Labor Government, including Premier Holman, gave their support to the recent referendum on conscription, was looked on as a breach of faith to the Labor movement, and the party became divided. A new Government has now been formed, with Holman as Premier. The Cabinet consists of an equal number of Liberal and Labor members, while Mr. Beeby, head of a comparatively new party known as the Progressives, has received the portfolio of Minister for Labor and Industry. Mr. Durack is the leader of the Opposition.

 

Boom in Logwood Bought In West Indies Collapses.

Dyewood speculators have been hard hit by the collapse of the boom in buying logwood in the West Indies at top prices under the impression that the American coaltar dye and natural dye industry would be unable to meet the requirements of textile and other users, thereby compelling the latter to have recourse to natural dyes at prices to be named by the speculators.

Storehouses, piers, and even back yards along the South Brooklyn water front are piled high with logwood bought by men who at the beginning of the European war, with German coaltar dyes shut out of the American market, saw logwood selling at around $110 a ton. The speculators, with views of fortunes made over night, rushed to the West Indies and bought logwood wherever offered.

The supplies were brought to New York, and for the most part stored in Brooklyn awaiting the expected demand from the consuming industries. It did not materialize. Storage charges accumulated, and with no market for their wood most of the speculators went to the wall.

W. W. Skiddy, President and Treasurer of the Stamford Manufacturing Company, with offices at 82 Wall Street, and a large plant at Stamford, Conn., said yesterday that the legitimate trade employed its own facilities in getting logwood supplies, and had been able to satisfy requirements, notwithstanding the big expansion taking place in the natural dyestuff business as a result of the war. Logwood is bringing now about $40 a ton, he said, although soon after the war started it ranged between $75 and $80 a ton. “The legitimate trade,” said Mr. Skiddy, “has no sympathy with the losers.”

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Some Voice Objections to Increases Provided For In Budget.

The Aldermen decided yesterday thoroughly to scan the provisions of the 1917 budget allowing salary increases to city employes receiving salaries of $4,000 or more. According to next year’s budget more than 18,000 city employes are to receive increases, totaling $1,147,180.80. This alone would raise the tax rate for the year one and one-half points. The Aldermanic Board has the power to cut down in the budget, but they may be restored by the Mayor. It takes a two-thirds vote of the Aldermen to override the Mayor’s veto.

Alderman McGarry of Greenpoint introduced yesterday a resolution to the effect that no city employe now receiving $4,000 or more a year should get an increase. He said many of the other Aldermen opposed increasing salaries of men now enjoying good incomes from the city. He said:

“When city employes who are being paid small salaries of $1,000 or less have either not been raised or so slightly increased as to be hardly noticed by their families, it is unfair to boost the pay of men getting $4,000 or more.”

The resolution was referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Tells Audience We Cannot Be Peace Conference Force Otherwise.

Ex-President Taft lectured on “The Church, Civilization, and War” in the Academy of Music, Brooklyn, last night, delivered under the auspices of the Brooklyn Institute of the Arts and Sciences. The audience filled the hall. Mr. Taft explained the purposes of the League to Enforce Peace, of which he is the head.

“The question is,” said Mr. Taft, “whether the United States is going to lead in a movement to make war less probable after this present terrible one in Europe has ended. Can we have a restoration of friendly feeling between the belligerent nations after this war is over? Some say no. I do not believe that to be the case. We had our own fratricidal war and today all the wounds are healed, and wounds in a family are harder to heal than are those where the combatants are of different nations or families.”

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N. Y. Central Halted by Accident Which Kills Horses and Mortally Hurts Driver.

NEARLY HIT CROWDED TRAIN

Taylor Faced Death, but Stuck to His Seat—Wrecking Crew Clears Tracks.

Although his plunging horses were heading straight for the New York Central cut, Louis T. Taylor, a young fireman, driving a tender responding to an alarm, kept both his seat and his head last night and fell with team and vehicle twenty-five feet down on the tracks at 184th Street and Park Avenue, the Bronx. Both horses were killed, and he woswas [sic] mortally injured.

The accident caused a complete shut down of traffic on the outbound tracks and thousands of commuters were unable to board their regular trains when they arrived in the Grand Central Terminal. Many took the subway and elevated to Webster Avenue and East 198th Street, where they boarded trolleys running through Westchester County.

Shortly before 6 o’clock, in response to an alarm at East 183d Street and Washington Avenue, Engine 88, followed by the tender, left the firehouse at Belmont Avenue, between 183d and 184th Streets, and proceeded west on 183d Street. The tender, with Firemen Edward Reith and Joseph Laracy on the rear, did not follow the engine, but turned onto Washington Avenue. The firemen on the rear shouted to Taylor that he was taking the wrong direction and were told to jump, as the collar on one of the horses had broken and Taylor had lost control of them.

The men did not jump then, and it was not until the horses headed straight for the five-foot railing at the edge of the New York Central cut that they leaped. With Taylor sticking to his seat until it was too late, the team smashed into the fencing, bringing down fifteen feet of it, and the whole mass went over the side.

Taylor’s comrades had meanwhile notified Battalion Chief Barrett, and with most of his men the Chief hastened to the scene. At the bottom of the cut, sprawled across the railroad tracks, lay the horses and the tender and the firemen scrambled down the stone sides expecting to find Taylor dead beneath the wreckage.

The force of the impact against the iron guard rail had burst the straps which held Taylor to his seat and he had been flung clear of the debris and landed on the south-bound tracks. He was picked up unconscious and Dr. McGovern of Fordham Hospital rushed him there suffering from several broken ribs, fractured left leg, and internal injuries.

A minute before the tender took the plunge a local train, crowded with commuters bound for New Rochelle and intermediate points, pulled out of the 183d Street Station, and the last car had just cleared the tracks when the tender fell.

Inspector Walsh and Lieutenant Meehan arrived in charge of the reserves from the Bronx Park and Tremont Stations and held in check a crowd of 8,000 homegoers. The yardmaster at the Grand Central Terminal was notified of the accident and he ordered all trains held. Several of the locals were stalled at points between the terminal and the scene of the accident. A wrecking crew from High Bridge cleared the tracks after an hour’s work.

While Battalion Chief Barrett and his men were busy in the cut, Acting Captain John McMahon, in charge of Engine Company 88, proceeded to the fire, which was in a two-story barn at 464 East 183d Street. The blaze was out when they arrived.

<section end="Fireman" /> <section begin="Celebrating Evacuation" />To Celebrate British Evacuation.

The Sons of the Revolution will celebrate the 133d anniversary of the evacuation of New York City by the British troops at Delmonico’s on Saturday evening. President Robert Olyphant will preside. There will be a lecture, illustrated with stereopticon views, delibereddelivered [sic] by Wilbur C. Abbott, Professor of History in Yale University. The annual dinner of the New York Society will be held at the Hotel McAlpin on the same evening to commemorate the British evacuation. The speakers will include Dr. Jacques E. Zipser, Herbert Parsons, Thomas W. Churchill, and Judge Wells. <section end="Celebrating Evacuation" />

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General Says Army Is Against Fighting, but Should Be Made Ready.

Three hundred members of the Society of the Colonial Wars in the State of New York attended the twenty-third annual dinner held last night in the grand ballroom at Delmonico’s. During the dinner the ancient punch bowl belonging to the organization was carried in by four members dressed in the uniform worn by British soldiers in the time of Cornwallis and placed in front of Henry G. Sanford, the Governor of the Society, the toastmaster.

In responding to a toast to the army, General Leonard Wood said that military training among the citizens was essential to national integrity and honor.

“The great war raging in Europe,” he continued, “is not the last of wars, and our children's children will not see the last of wars. It is essential that the new masses pouring into the country be imbued with the spirit of service to the Republic, as well as the impulse to profit by our national advantages, and that the citizens be taught not to evade the responsibility in our hour of need.

“Army men are not in favor of war, but if it should come the army should be ready and equipped to meet any situation that might arise.”

Dr. Charles A. Richmond, President of Union College, spoke in favor of universal military training, and Rear Admiral Nathaniel R. Usher responded for the navy. <section end="No End" />

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