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a. 7A SMUTS IN DUBLIN WORKS FOR IRISH PEACE TO-NIGHT'S WEATHER PARTLY CLOUDY; "10T0 3" DAILY WALL STREET FEATURE 7H15EDITIOH TO-MORROW'S WEATHER PARTLY CLOUDY. WALL street; MWAL "Circulation Books Open to All." I "Circulation Books Open to All." VOL. LXII. NO. 21,783 DAILY. Copyright, 1021, by The I'rrns rnbUshing Co. (The Niw Vork World). NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1921. Knlrrril Scroiid-Clim Maltrr fast Otllcr, Nrw Voik, N. Y. PRICE THREE CENTS wbt U. S SENDS TWO WARSHIPS TO JAPAN PREVENTS U.S.0ISAR1IN T HARVEY DIVULGES He Gives the Answer (o Why Administration Has Not Pushed the Idea. TO END APPREHENSION Til! Pear of Trouble Is Allayea Fleet Reduction Is Not to Be Planned. By David La urencc. (Special Correspondent of The Eve ning World. WASHINGTON. I). C. .Inly -(Cop) right, 1921) For several week the Washington cor: espondo.itx time been iixk ns Preside it Harding and Secretory Hughes for inform.it on concerning disarmament. What, tlie lunr ruin i roil, in .--I .idlng in the wa ? To ail lias been given thr same answer a polite disinclination to dis- 1 clss the nutter In any form beyoti'l i the fee.' jeiicr-i I statement that info-mal . i 'ail been sent nut to learn the j a'ir.ude of other potpi. Now, however, George Harvey. American Ambassador to Oreiit Hrltnin . and President Harding's personal and . eflk-,.il representative on the Supreme Couiuil. has at last lifted the veil of tv reey and conllrmod what has been , suspected, but nevtr officially ad- initttd. namely, (hat mir relations with Japan constilucd the chief ob stacle tu immediate- disarmament. H re an- the words in Col. Uaivey's July J speech at f.ondon. which ! coniey moic siRnilicance than any oxher utterance on the .subject in ide Vy spokesmen of the Administration: "Foi the first tunc in history the tuibu.ent Atlantic has become as a mill pond, particularly eliminated from , onslder.ilions of danger so far ,s n.nal warfare in concerned. There is ground lor good hope, however, former wife of Henry Slcgel, is cn u.at whatever apprehensions exist of , Kaged to Picro Alfredo Quazzone, First rierllous possibilities on the I'acilit , may be dispelled sooner than Is com monly anticipated. When, if at all, that splendid consummation shall bo obtained In response to the apparent ly universal desire, disarmament will tollow naturally and Inevitably, and peace on earth will be assuied tor jears at least and it may bo lorevcr. "Is this glorious aspiration too i much to expect V Why should it be'? Oostaclcs many and grave thero are. to be sure, but what arc they? What nan they bo but barriers surmount able by a concert of purposo on the part of all the nations directly con cerned and no less directly rcsponsl We to others?" Nobody tu the Hardlnu Administra tion has heretofore made a point of the tact that the naval power of the Tinted States was practically use less, or rather potentially unneces bary, while, at the same time re- (Continued on Second I'ag?.) RAIL STRIKE TALK GROWS VERY FAINT Union Leaders Have Agreed and Organisation Will boon Act. CHICAGO. July 5. Hallway Union leaders held the fifth nf their confer ences to-day over the wage cut which went Into effect July 1, with prospect tit winding up the meetings to-nlgh. Strike talk has virtually disappeared md a conciliatory nttltude Is expected when thr. final action Is made public. There Is no essential disagreement. end all that remains to be done is to Mtr on the phraseology of our ac tion." Jn Corrlgan, Vice Orand Chief a4 veteran officer of the Mrotherhood ol Locomotive Engineers, said. There will be a meeting nf the chief executives of till the organizations at o'r.lock to-night for action on tho final programme. It will then be sub Ynlttril to the organizations to receive . tl-elr formal appioval Thr question of Miles governing woik- u renditions In the thop rraltj have i ruined more concern than the wage cut. 'SAILS FOR EUROPE 1 J TO-DAY TO BECOME BRIDE OF A COUNT 1,1 ! cX(rc. DOROTHY CA DWELL TAYLOR X. i i Mrs. Dorothy Cldv.ell Taylor and later taken to Kills Island to be heUljmain bull-ling. The others were quar , .. i n. for investigation , teretl in one of the cottages. Count cli Frasso to Be Married. Mrs. Dorothy Cadwell Taylor. 1 1 . , , .! uauKiuer ul -ir. unu ..w.s. u..-. .. .... L. Tajlor. No. 340 Park Avenue, sails tc-day on the Antlltanla for Europe, where she Is to become the bride of I Count Carlo Dentice di Frasso as soon a the anntilment of his first nianiage U announced by the Vati can Mrs. Cadwell Taylor, whose lirtt husband was Claude-Citahame White, the aviator, is accompanied by her brother and sister-in-law, Jlr. aml Mr.s. Hertrand L. T.ivlor jr. She will stop at the Uitz in London while 1 nim, ,11 1."tv,.c. u-lij, nli -i'l nn the Aquitania, goes to Home to ob tain the formal announcement. The former Countess, .Mrs. Geirge Wilde, daughter of Mrs. W.lde Siegel, Secretary of the Italian Embassy in Toklo, Mrs. Siegel has announced. This marriage also waits upon tho formal announcement of tho annul ment. Seeks Laundry That He Missed 30 Years Ago Capt. Hansen on His Last Trip Here Had to Sail Without His Linen. On his last visit to this cit thirty jears ago Or. c Norman Hansen of Copenhagen, Denmark, left six shirts, six collars, six pairs ot detachable cutis and an assortment of under wear, socks and handkerchiefs at a Chinese laundry somewhere near Ful ton ferry. On his- arrival to-day as acting surgeon of the Scandanavlan liner Frcdcrik VIII. his first inquiry w,is about that Chinese laundry. "Of course," he said, "I do not re member the Chinaman's name. went to the laundry o nthe day my ship sailed and found it closed be cause tho Chinaman had gone to a funeral, so I lost my linen. I shall try to recover It when I go ashore Then he smiled. Dr. Norman-Hanson Is sixty years old When hew a a last hero the Pulitzer llu.ldlng was tho tallest In the city and Joseph Pulitzer person ally conducted him through the news paper plant und showed him the view from the tower. The doctor Is the author of tho II tiretto of a grand opera called "Kadera," which deals with life among the Esquimau:., and was pro duced last rP.isnn in tho Grand Opir House, Copenhagen. Ho has come t" New Vork to see if arrangements can be n-...dc for the presentation of the opera at tho Metropolitan next winter, MAN OF MYSTERY STOWAWAY: MAY HAVES ,000,000 Arrested by Secret Service Men ' on His Arrival From 1 Christiania. GAVE BRIBE TO STEWARD i -ifir DiinriaH it i f.,nnU-, ' L,iuiki ixkuut ilu u iu iiiiaui r-. - j :.. , May Be Concerned in Embezzlement. IVlilV 13C VUlIiCI 11CU Ul A middle-aged man giving the name of Jacob Gronvold, who arrived as a stowaway on the Scandanavian liner Frederick VIII. to-d. Is said by olll- cers of the ship to be suspected nt .in embezzlement In Russia of a sum ap- proximatlng ?1.0UO,uuu. lie was mi.cn . into custody at Quarantine bj agents, or me ueparuneui 01 juntn-t mm secret service men of the Treasury ' Department, detained on the ship and Gronvold boarded thi FrcdcriH VIII. , tat Christiania. Norway. Ho wanted to buy a ticket and displayed plenty of money but had no passport i.apt. - - .,,,. ,., ...,orr. hlnV Tucket and'c.ronvold dis. UOICIIU Ul,.lllV t IJUJ-M V Lppearpd, saylns he was si"S to his hotel for his passport. I nn the second dav out from Chris tiania. Gronvold, who had concealed himself, appeared on deck He was taken before the Captain where he said he had lost his passport, lapt. Gotche sent a wireless to Christiania which brought the reply that no pass port had been Issued to ironvom. Subsequently a wireless from Chris tiania stated that Gronvold was an embezzlement suspect. Although Gronvold had no baggage and no papers of any kind and there nro no marks of identification on his lothing he Is well suplled with money. On last Friday he offered a steward -lOn to hide on the ship on its arriv..l in Hoboken and lend the stowaway his steward's jacket and cap Gron vold explained that disguised as a steward ho could get to tho dock by carrying baggage and that friends would enable him to go ashore. Tho steward took the money and reported the transaction to tho cap tain who put a watch on Gronvold. When the ship reached Quarantine this morning tho captain reported the case of his mysterious passenger to the Secret Service men. Norwegian passengers say i.ronvoiu spoke German on the voyage and that when he tried to speak Norwegian m betrayed but scant knowledge of that tongue, although he did drop ex pressions In ltussinn. IJeyond insist- ing tnai nu in a iwi noswu, u, lefused to talk about himself. FARMERS FIGHT SENATE RECESS Lodge's Move to Adjourn l-rom Thursday to July 28 Is Signal " for Battle. WASItlNCTO N. July 5. Senator Lodge to-day Introduced a resolution in the Senate for a recess from Thursday cf this wcok until July 1. This wa the signal for the agricultural bloc tn open Its fient to keep the Senate slttiriir until the agricultural programme has been enacted. Senator Lodge and other Senate leaii fr.i intend to force the recess upon the farmer group If possible. HONOR 6,761 WAR DEAD. tlndle of Klmt nirrlpnnii Killed In Franco llrouislit Home. Th'o first three American noldnis killed on French soli In tho World War will bo among those for whom funeral services will be held at the army plcia in Hobokrn on Sunday afternoon. The soldiers wero Corporal Jiimes D Oresham of Uwinsvlllc, Ind : Private Thomas F. Knrlgh' of Pittsburgh and Private Merle D tiny of (Hidden. la AH were members of the 16th Infantry, 1st Division They wero killed during i trench raid -by u Oormau patrol the i cht of Nov 3. 1D17. Tlie eervlce will be hfld over th bodies of 1,437 soldiers brought in by the steamer Somme to-day and 5.124 which . arrived on the Wheaton a few days fgo CANOE PLACE BURNS TO GROUND 2 DIEJNFLAMES Three Guests in Good Ground Hotel Drop From Windows to Safety. WAS - BUILT IN 1635 Sullivan Trained There for His Fiphf With rnrhplf in r " the Early Nineties. Canoe Place Inn, one of the oldest hotels and best known roadhouses on Long Island, at Good Ground, built in 1G3.",, was destroyed by fire this morning, lllchard llelnemann. cashier of the hotel, and Miss Helen Whit- ( tington of Jamestown, employed In th(i (nnB room pt,rlsncd ln the flames. They were the only two of ..t. . ., 1 i l 'u """ ... whittlngton appeared .it the third floor window those on thi ground urged her to Jump In- clr,,,. hnunn. she turned ami evi. dently tried to make her way through the building. In addition to these two employees in the house at the time were three guests. Mr anil Mrs Palmer of Urooklyn and Justice of tho Peace Clifford Jackson of Good Ground who' made his home In the Inn Justice Jackson and Mr and Mm. Palmer escaped by dropping to the ground, from windows of their rooms The fire was discovered almost si multaneously by Justice Jackson and Mr. and Mrs. Palmer who were awakened by the crackling of flames. In a few minutes the old two-story building was a mass of flames threat ening the annex cottages, occupied by Mr. Keller, the -proprietor, and em ployees. Two automobiles in the yatd were destroyed. The nearest flro fighting apparatus was the chemical company at South ampton. Tho volunteers responded and to them is given tho credit for saving tho cottages. Canoe Place Inn was a few hundred yards from Shinnecock Hay. Later the Shinnecock Canal was built of the little stream that ran past the Inn. Heforo tho days of automobiles it was a stopping place for persons driving down Long island and was noted for itt food. It was first a two-story structure and in later 5 ears a three-story addition was erected. It was thorp that John L. Sullivan trained for his fight with Corbctt at New Orleans In 1852. Later the Inn became a resort for automobllists and tho set that visited and mado their homes In the summer at the Hamp tons. Some years ago, when Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany, bought a home at Good Ground and other Tammany leaders followed hint down the island for a summer resting place, tho Inn became the scene of many political conferences. Tho late Pat- : ick H. McCarrcn frequently went there over Sunday to talk over things political and It was a headquarters for leaders In Suffolk County. Tho loss is estimated at between $40,000 and ?50,0CO, RACING RESULTS AT AQUEDUCT. FIRST IIACE For three-year-olds and upwaid: the Hamburg Hignwelglit Handicap. (I.20IJ added; six ami a half urloMKi - N.ituiaJiMl. 13" (C Ktiiiiuu-r). 7 to 5, 1 to 2, 1 to 5. drat; Hilly .Mc l.iughiui, 11,", (Sand-). K to 1. 8 to 3. 7 to ID, second; Dry Moon. 12.1 (.Miller), to 1 7 to 3 ana 1 to .'. third. Time- IIS 2-5. St. Allan. Stiff r. Fuuniis. Crack O'Dawn also ran (Racing Entries on Page 2.) Gen. Smuts, De Valera and Griffith, Who Met To-Day on Irish Question j ARTHUR GRIFFITH gen, jan smuts. j mm, -e. : PLATFORM OF "L" i BY CROWD; DYING .Eamonn.De. Valcia. sayIsTleos T Wife's Lawyers Expect to Show Enormous Expenditures Dur ing Past Four Years. Counsel for Mrs Anno Urquhart Stlllman to-day announced a series of conferences for this week at Yonken to decide on what witnesses to call on July 13, when tne defense expects to open its side In tho divorce hearings. It became known that lawyers for Mrs. Stillman will try to prove from bills and other data in their possession that tho alleged friendship of James A. Stlllman for Mrs. Florence Leeds, former chorus girl, cost him about a million dollars in less than four years.) On tho list aro two alleged trust ', funds of jico.ooo rach. said to have been established for Mrs. Leeds and her son, Jay; Jewelry, $200,000; main- tenancc, clothing, &c, $200,000; rents, j Rest Court, L. I., Cleveland cottage, i Miami, and No. 61 East S6th Street, tSi.OOO; "pin money allowance," $2,000 a month; total, tOG.OOU; two automo biles, $18,000; title to co-operative apartment at No. 9G3 Park Avenue; $45,000; redecorating it. $17,500; grand total, $311,000. Additional sums for gifts, &c, It Is alleged, will carry tho total over tho million dollar mark. Counsel tor Mrs. Stlllman, It li understood, will makn an effort to subioena bank records to .show Mrs. 1pcds has accounts at more than one trust company running into six fig ures. It Is denied that Mrs. Stillman Is about to buo Mrs. Lords for $500,000: that contempt proceedings aro con- . tcmplatod against Mr Stillman for his refusal to answer quostions at last (Continued on Sucoiid Page,) OVER' 1,000,000 MEXICAN WATERS ans i-seiwcen i wo Lars aiu Skull Is Fraclured at Brook lyn Station. A crush on tho platform of th-- , Urooklyn Elevated Itroadway line at ' Myrth- Avenue to-day forced Anna Cunningham, nun-, of No 7SS .Iyrt! t jiiic into the space between two i ari She ti ll to the street and her I skull was tractiiri'il. Ambiilani-e Sur luvui ISrady. who took the child to 'lie llciii Moses Hospital, said thcie .i.ih slight chance of ln-r recover). Then- an- two stations at Hroadway .ml Myrtle Avenue, the Myrtle Ave nue line crossing the Hroadway line lugh In air. The station is always crowded because of tho transferring of passengers between tho two lines and the passengers are usually in a reckless hurry to ma' connections. Frequent complaints have been made o' the danger caused by these condi tions. The Cunningham Bl. with her mothi-i, came down frmii the Myrtle Avenue platform Willi a tralnlo.nl of passengers which broke into a run as a Hroadway train pulled In below. Anna was swept away fruni mother's side, can led along with the utowd and biushed along a car until she was toppled helplessly Into tin. opening. Her screams as she fell veie heard by her mother, who fought frantically to reach her, and in the confusion several other persons nar rowly escaped being knocked from tne platiorm. ALBANY BUILDERS ADOPT OPEN SHOP j vnnmirkV ,ijcv ftcr Union Re- jects I'ermb Troy t-ullows Lxample. ALItANV. July 6. Twenty-five Albany master builders and eight Troy contractors to-day announced that they would conduct their busi ness on an open shop basis. The an- j nouneement was made after tho Car penters and Painters' Union had rc fused to accept a wage reduction and to agree to work with non-union men. About ono thousand who have been on strike in tho two cities since May 1 wero given until last midnight to agree to the employers' imposition Their failuro to accept caiied tho employers to offer employment to day to caronters and painters at $7 a day. In the proposition to the unions the employers offered tho painters 82 1-2 cents an hour and the carpenters 87 centd an hour. GEN. SMUTS TAKES A HAND IN ARRANGING PEACE BETWEEN DE VALERA AND UNIONISTS He Sees the Irish Leader and Griffith Immediately Upon Arrival in Dub lin Authorities Modify Raid Or ders to Irish Forces. DL'HLIN, July 5. Following yesterday's conference between De alera and the Unionist leaders from Ulster, Premier Smuts of South frica arrived here to-day tor a talk with the Sinn Fein chief. The visit is said to be entirely unofficial, but it is the belief that it will have tar reaching results as bearing on the settlement of the Irish question. ('.en. Smuts Is the guest of the TWO U. S. WARSHIPS c 0 T Cessation of Oil Work Causes Labor Linrest in Mexican Port. WASHINGTON. Julv C The niisiT Cleveland and the gunlw.it ri.ier.miento have been ordered to Tamplfo. Mexico, to protect Ameri can Interests in ine i-vi-ni inai. nu-j ,rn Jeopardized because of labor ' tt.mbles growing out or tlie unem- nloyment situation. MKN'ICO CITY. July 5. Oil com- panic which have closed down opor- otions In the suites or lamau.ipis and Vera Cruz "without sufficient Justification" are ordered to pay in demnification to employees thrown mt of work by thetv netlon In a de cree Issued by President Obregon last night. It is understood that all labor- its would receive three months pay. American concerns especially have curtailed work and more than 10,000 workmen have been dismissed within the last few days by foreign oil com. panics as nn act of reprisal against the recent decree Increasing tbe ai port taxes on petroleum. In tho Vera Cruz Melds British rnmpanicrt are speeding up operations Instead of decreasing their worklag forces. At Puerto Lohos. where pipe hue terminals uro operated hy Amer icans, work has been closed down and 450 men thrown out of employmeni ANOTHER DECLINE IN MEXICAN OILS Mexican Petroleum Drops to 91, Oil 8 From Friday, to Tampico Drilling Stops. There was a further sharp crash in Mexican Oil shares on the New- York Stock Hxchango this morning, and these Issues sold at the lowest prices recorded since 1018. Shortly after tho opening of tho market, Mexican Petroleum touched !tl, a loss of more than 8 loints com pared with tbo closing price of last week, and pnn-A,morican Petroleum went down to 42. Tho new wave, of selling was in duced by tho announcement that oil drilling in th Tampico district ot Mexico had tx-vn entirely suspended bec.tcsc of the Mexican Government's Insif-Hiice in plac.ng an export tax of 2.r cents a barrel on crudo oil. The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey considers thts tax so oppres sive that It has d ided to discon tlnue Mexican oil sl. netits and has withdrawn 1U tankers from Mexican service. EMI 0T1PI0 AS A PRECAUTION j Lord Mayor here. A welcoming dele I gallon. Including th- Lord Mayor. I Arthur (Iriillth. founder of the Sinn I Fein, and It. C. Ilarton, Sinn Fem I number ot the Parliament for Wlck low. awaited Oen. Smuts at Kings town, expecting to meet him tlitrt and escort him to Dublin Through some slip, however, tho General motored to lJublln unnoticed. Conferences began as soon as the General arrived. He conversed with Lord Mayor O'Neill and afterward with Kamonn de Valera and Arthur Grllllth. The opinion Is luc-iy expressed thai the way has been paved for a UKCt- ug between Ue Valera and Lloyd George. Just when the meeting wlb occur has not been hinted even, but, it will ptobably not be earlier than "ext i, week us the conference hero with the I Unionists is to be resumed Friday ...... .umfii;.ui u-.-i hhju. , In "' "'cant.tno plans for s talk between Ue Vale.-a and Sir .brai-.- ,,ruI1cr of (;,scri ;(ru ns arranged, and this will surely ptecede my trip to London. As soon as th,.i ' """V- ' s ' that the Irish leader will formally am tcpt t,)(. nVltaton of Lloy(1 0torgw for a consultation. At the end of yesterday's confer ence, which was held in the Lorri .Mayor's official residence, the tallow." ing statement was issued: 'An Informal conference called uj President De Valera was held tliu morning at the Mansion House. Kail- Mldleton, -Sir Kobcrt Woods. Sir Maurleo Dockrcll and Andrew Jame son wero present. Tne President was accompanied by Arthur Grllllth. Views were exchanged on tho political situa tion created by tho British Premier's proposal. Certain agreements wor reached and the conference adjourned until Friday at 11 o'clock." Intense public Interest ceutrcd on :ho conference, where the crow da awaited its progress. Jlr. De Valera. arriving early, was accorded a gtcat welcome. Arthur UrltUth, followed by the Unionists, who were all of- I flcially welcomed by Lord Mayor i O'Neill, proceeded to the conference chamber. it was learned tlwtt the agreements reached were merely preliminary, but important Many details remained undiscussed at adjournment The In tcrval between the meetings. It Is un derstood, will be utilized to further conversations to give an opportunity for tho good offices of Premier Smuts with the Crown Government and Sir James Craig, the Northern Promiei. Tho atmosphere at the conference was described as good, but thr vital matters and relations between tho North and South and tho extent to which tho Crown Government U prepared to employ prcssuro In tha North wero undetermined. Cheering crowds waving American Hags assembled outside. Flags were Mown at many hotels, public o dices, pnvato houses and were hung across tho working class str. its and bported as buttonhole favuis Tho women made the biggest dii a w.th flags, and bassinettes and .-uwris decorated with the Stars and Stripes wero com mon sights everywhere. The Republican Press Department crucially reports; "An American Mat wns hanging from the l-ouaa ot Mnv O'Reilly ln Goldsmith Stxaa ta oeJa-