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First to Last?the Truth: News ? Editorials Advertisements
WEDNESDA Y, DECEMBER 31, 1919
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WEATHER
Fair to-day; to-morrow cloudy, prob?
ably snow; fresh north wind?
diminishing and becoming
east and south.
Full K?port on 1'age 9
tram rruTo ? '" (?rratrr New York and
TWO CEST8 j within commuting ciiotanc?
TIIRF.R CENTS
Klwwher?
f
'Whiskv Kills
Twelve More;
18 Barrels
Seized Here
Poli?* of Passaic Raid
,411 Saloons in City and
Confiscate All Liquor;
6 Dead in Philadelphia
Big Stock Found
In Brooklyn Garage
Jfoough Deadly Alcohol to
Kill 20,000 Men Taken
by Federal Offieers
Despite efforts of Federal agents
and local police to stamp out the
sale of wood alcohol as a beverage,
the poison killed twelve more per?
sons in the East yesterday.
Six drank the deadly liquid in
Philadelphia and succumbed. Six
more died from the same cause in
Passaic, N. J.
In the latter town the police last
night took extreme measures to pre?
vent a spread of the menace. All
jaloons in the city were raided and
very drop of liquor found was con?
fiscated.
Eighteen Barrels Seized
Federal agents in New York City
seized eighteen barrels of denatured
alcohol, containing 10 per cent wood
alcohol. This was found on a truck
in a Brooklyn garage. Two men
were arrested in c mnection with the
Colunel Daniel L. Porter, supervis?
ing Internal Revenue agent, said the
confiscated liquor, if consumed as
whisky, might have killed 20,000
men.
Colonel Porter refused to make
public the names of the two men ar?
rested, saying he expected other ar?
rests to follow and hoped within the
next few days to have every wood
alcohol vendor in the city in custody.
Local toi ce and F< leral agents
arrested two more men last night.
They were Edward G. Ware, of 190
State Street, Brooklyn, brother-in
law to Samuel K. Sale? by, a chemist
arrested Saturday, and Salvatore
Esposito, of 130 Mulberry Street,
who ran a butcher shop at 111 Mott
Si '. whci c two men w ere a nested
the day before yesterday. The men
were held for further investigation.
Besides the six dead in Passaic,
nothcr saloonkeeper, probably is
lying.
The poiice, led by Chief Gustav
chmidt, wenl about their work
loroughly. There are more than
hundred saloons and hotel bar?
rooms in Passaic. These were ran?
sacked. All booze found was loaded
into trucks and patrol wagons and
carted to Police Headquarters.
Liquor To Hv Analyzed
All of the confiscated liquor will
be analyzed for wood alcohol. Early
yi rday morning there were a
thousand bottles ai d several kc;rs of
booze in headquarters with more
coming in every hour.
"if ? have the power," Commis?
sioner Preiskel said last night, "I
am going to keep every saloon in this
town closed until after New Year's
Day. Under the provisions of an
act dealing with unusual menaces to
a community I believe that I have
that power."
Those dead are Michael Molnar,
of 117 Passaic Street; Joseph Bliss,
of 112 Passaic Street; Joseph Cigaro,
of 123 Passaic Street; Stephen Bliss,
of 62 Wall Street, and Martin Du?
da . of 102 Passai;- Street.
All are said to have obtained their
liquor at a ?saloon on Second Street.
Joseph Sudol, saloonkeeper, will be
arrested on a charge of manslaugh?
ter if he lives. Last nie;ht he was
biind and in a coma from drinking
wood alcohol.
Eighteen Barrels Seized
Two Int( mal Revenue agents seeking
evidence of violations of war-time pro?
hibition in an East Side saloon yester?
day afternoon overheard a conversa?
tion between the bartender and a dray
nan and gained information that led to
the seizure of eighteen barrels of de
] natured alcohol. Colonel Daniel L.
1 Porter, supervising Internal Rvenue
I agent, said last night that if this poi
Kin hfl been consumed as whisky it
migh( i asily have killed 20.000 men.
Colonel Porter refused to divulge the
: < of :??. o me i an . ???'. <1 in connec?
tion with ' he i i sure 1. c uisi . he said,
1 , ? , , hop I to round up ov tv indi?
vidual connected with the plot to sell
t . .. i . '-.i ?ture o er New York
Urs. Il- said late last night these ar?
rest? | robably would be made within
t few hours.
How Revenue Men Work
Two of his men had just saluted each
ther with whisky glasses in the East
Ide saloon in the fashion of hard
iquor drinkers the world over, v/hen
tfc?y caught a fragment of conversation
? to*t caused them to alter their usual
L Continued on page seven,
England Fears
Wood Alcohol
Restrictions on Importa?
tion of V, S. Liquor
M a y Be Necessary
AVu) York Tubun?
Kurovean Bureau
(Copyright. l?t?, Ne?- Torn Tribune Inc..)
LONDON", Dec. 30.?Fear lest the
spirits which will bo imported from
America to England as a result of pro
si may bo similar to those caus
many deaths in the United
may lead British import offi
| . . lo put a ban on thousands of
cases of liquor until on investigation
can be made.
Ghastly stories of the horrors caused
by the drinking of wood alcohol by
hundreds of persons in the United
States were circulated to-day through?
out England and were used as propa?
ganda by those who find the reports
to be a powerful argument against pro?
hibition, urged by "Pussyfoot" John?
son, "dry" leader from America.
So far no wood alcohol has arrived
in England, nor is there any reason to
suppose that it is being shipped, but
large distilling firms producing Scotch
and Irish whisky are confusing the
public by declaring that what is killing
1 drinkers in America is rye whisky and
I are warning consumers against touch
j ing rye or bourbon. The government,
I of course, possesses no powers to pre?
vent the importation of foreign spirits
and a new regulation under the de
fenso of the realm act or a new bill
in Parliament would be necessary.
City Fathers Give
Belshazzar Feast
Retiring Patriarchs of
Philadelphia Council
Make Merry at Party
Special Correspoi dene?
PHILADELPHIA. Dee. rat. Up on the
roof of the Hotel Adelphia, in a realm
apparently out of the jurisdiction of
the Volstead act, the retiring patriarchs
of City Councils to-night sang, jazzed
and talked themselves into a sweet and
mellow oblivion.
In other wc*$s, they held their care?
fully planned "Belshazzar feast," told
each other what wise- and prudent,
statesmen they had been, threw buns
around the roof garden and solemnly
marched into a red lettered page in the
city's history as "the best council
Philadelphia had ever had."
A merry time was had by all, despite
the fact that the Mayor's veto of a
resolution calling upon the city to pay
the chuck had taken some of the spice
out of the party. They each threw in
$15 and held the feast anyway, just to
show the city an! the Mayor that they
knew what they deserved as retiring
?..'.? ! an.! how to get it.
A few hours before going to the "Bel?
shazzar f ast" the Council's finance
Committee mem ter approved an ap?
propriation o? $8,400 for handsomely
ongr i i n ulutlons i or I la- ret i ring
members. Hie present body will be
upplanted bj a ingic chamber Coun?
cil if twenty-one p..embers.
No mention was made at the banquet
if the $35.000 worth of souvenir ma?
hogany city desks which, the retiring
members had presented to themselves
as mementos of long patriotic service.
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44Hip-Pocket Parties"
Are Tabou m Chicago
All Responding to Invitations to
I "Bring Your Own" Must Sur?
! render New Year's Cheer
CHICAGO, Dee. 30..Plans for "hip
pocket parties" to relieve the dryness
of Ni v Year's Eve in Chicago have
gone the way of other dear departed
hopes for ushering in the new year
on a tide of vinous, distilled or brcw< .1
: hilarity.
< aptain Morgan Collins, in charge of
the police who arc active in the Loop
district, had heard Lh? invitations were
Iv ing extended rather openly 1>.\ caf?s
bidding their ?usto net - <> come and
"brine, your own." Whereupon Collins
to-day issued an order stationing po
icemen in a 1 hotels and cafes New
| Year's Eve to greet each incoming
pat m; with the request that lie stand
i and deliver any liquor he may have in
his immediate possession. The state
search and seizure law give-, the police
that right, and the law was upheld by
the Supreme Court.
And as for the boteis and caf?s,
whatever liquor they have had on hand
in anticipation of an open season for
roisterers at the birth of the new year
has been seized by Federal agents, who
locked it up and took the keys away.
-1
?ivrvy Leaves Capital;
/ Never Saw President
British Envoy Will Make Re
port to His Government of
I . S. Attitude oti Treaty
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.?Complet?
ing three months of service in Wash?
ington as British Ambassador to the
United States. Viscount Edward Grey
left to-night for New York. He will
sail Saturday on the Aquitania for
Liverpool. On reaching London Vis?
count Grey will report to his govern?
ment on his work in the United States.
Arriving in New York last Septem?
ber 26 Viscount Grey announced that
because of the partial failure of his
sight it would be impossible for him
to undertake the duties of a perma?
nent ambassador, and his mission,
j therefore, would be "comparatively
I short."
A few days later he presented his
cr (dentials to Secretary Lansing at
| the State Department, President Wil?
son's health being such al the time
that a call at the White House was
deemed inad. i ible. It had been
oughl pos sibie thai the ambassador
might see the President before eis de?
parture, but in view of Viscount Grey's
continued insistence that no special
steps be taken to arrange such a visit
no appointment was arranged.
'"Old Tiger*' To Be Unopposed
PARIS, Dec. 30.?Political circles be?
lieve that the name of Premier Cle?
menceau will be the only one submitted
to Parliament when the election for
President of the French Republic
takes place, according to the "Echo de
Paris." ?
City Orders
Wide Inquiry
On Traction
Estimate Board Votes
for an Investigation
as Interborough Sends
SOS for $3,300,000
Delaney Presents
Ownership Scheme
Craig in Resolution for
Probe Demands 'True'
Figures Be Given
A thoroughgoing investigation of the
traction lines of the eity was au?
thorized yesterday by the Board of
? Estimate, which passed unanimously a
? resolution of Comptroller Craig's call
i ing for an examination of the books
i and physical equipment of the com
' panics.
Last night Frank Hedley, president
! of the Interborough, and James L.
Quaekenbush, its attorney, announced
that they had not yet been able to
?clinch'' the $3,300,000 which must be
' obtained to-day if the company is to
i be kept out of the hands of the re
, ceivers. They were sending financial
SOS calls to Florida and other wi'n
: ter resorts last night in a frantic
; eleventh-hour effort to get the co
| operation of absent bankers and large
stockholders.
City Ownership Plan
John IL Delaney, Rapid Transit Con?
struction Commissioner, submitted to
the Hoard of Estimate a plan for city
ownership and operation of the read
without increase of the city's: interest
charges or of fare. Delaney's memo?
randum included a letter signed by
Lindley M. Garrison, receiver of the
1!. R. T., and President Hedley, of the
Interborough, asking for a conference
with, the city authorities. Delaney also
stated that the Interborough had asked
for a new agreement for the first six
months of 1920. providing for :* tem?
porarily increased fare, as suggested
by Federal Judge Mayer.
These developments yesterday indi?
cate t that the traction situation, for
many months a serious muddle, was
approaching a real crisis with the end
of the year. One of the most seri-ous
consequences of an Interborough re?
ceivership, it was pointed out yester?
day by a high official, would be the
separation from the Interborough sys?
tem of the Manhattan elevated roads,
entailing.a 10-cent fare in many in?
stances and further losses to the sub?
way operators.
The Ouig Resolution
Comptroller Craig's resolution roads:
"Resolved, By the Board of Esti?
mate and Apportionment, that an in?
vestigation into all of tin- facts and
circumstances in any wise relating to
the transportation lines operating in
the city of New York, and particu?
larly with respect to the franchise
rights and actual money investment
put into the properties owned, con?
n-oiled or operated by any existing
companies, and the monetary value
thereof, and the securities hereto?
fore issued or outstanding against
said properties; and the character
and extent of service, rendered by
each of such comnanies and the ade?
quacy thereof, and the cost of render?
ing such service and the rates of
'are charged therefor; and such facts
and circumstances as may enable the
said board to determine upon proper
arel sufficient transportation and the
action to be taken by said board svith
regard to any of the franchises here?
tofore granted by it. or its prede?
cessors, or any of the companies
owning, con tro ling or operating
transportation lines under, or by
,'irtue of such franchises, i>?- any al?
leged right of any kind whatever;
and for the purpose of more effect?
ually conducting such investigation
and inquiry that subpoenas be issued
, requiring the attendance of witness?
es and the production of such evi
! dence as may be deemed to be mate?
rial to such inquiry and investiga
| tion."
In voting for the resolution Mayor
Hylan explained that his vote in the
affirmative was not to be taken as
favoring an increased fare. "I am op
posed to an increased fare, because I
dan't think it necessary," he added.
President-elect Fiorello I!. La Guar?
dia, of the Board of Aldermen, who
was in the hall, said :
La Guardia Approves
"1 approve of the resolution. It
should have been made six months ago.
: Judging from the statement > so fre?
quently made by officials/ of the ad?
ministration, the public was made to
believe that they knew all about it and
all of the facts.
"The resolution is almost verbatim
to my reply to the Mayor's question
shot at me toward the end of the last
campaign. I am delighted that they
have come to my way of thinking and
are ready to get the facts and face
the situation squarely."
No date was set for the investiga
! tion, but it is reported that it would
start at once. The committee on
transit of the Board of Estimate, with
the assistance of the Corporation
Counsel, will, in all probability, con?
duct the investigation.
In a long report prefacing his reso?
lution, Comptroller Craig said that the
city, in the first place, had asked to be
represented by a co-receiver in the
case of the B. R. T? but had been
turned down by Judge Mayer, who was
now asking lor municipal cooperation.
Craig th< 'i > lid that var ous n port s
had been made bj expert > to the re?
ceivers, but that nqne of these gave
the facts as to the franchise and other
rights by which the lines were oper?
ated or the '?actual monetary invest?
ment that has been put into the vari?
ous properties."
The report continues:
"A widespread and active propa
fanda and agitation is being conducted
or the right to charge increased fares
so as to provide a satisfactory return
to holders of traction securities. Noth
C?ntinued on page three
Allies Demanded
Custody of Kaiser
Extradition Called For
When*Escape of Crown
Prince Was Reported
WASHINGTON, Dec. CO.-Through
official information not heretofor
available it has been learned that last
summer when an apparently reliable re
port ciime from Holland that the former
German Crown Prince had escaped from
his island internment at Woringen the
Supreme Council precipitately de?
manded that former Emperor William
be turned over to the Entente powers.
The demand was embodied in a note
sent to the Dutch government.
The reply of the Hutch government
was a oolite statement that the report
of thP escape of the Crown Prince was
erroneous and that every precaution
was being taken to prevent such an
issue. The ollicial information, avail?
able to-day, is that there was no at?
tempt by the Dutch to answer the de?
mand otherwise, so the probable action
of The Hague authorities in case such
a demand is pressed can only be
ferred.
otels in City
3 Drench
With Free
T
New Year's Eve Celebra-?
tion Promises To Be Gay'
ami Very "Wet" Despite
Efforts of Prohibitionists
? To-night- New Year's Eve?promises
to be almost as wet as ever.
Despite prohibition 1020 will bo
greeted with the click of glasses full.
not of pop soda and ginger ale, but of
Scotch highballs and real champagne.
The supplies will come not only from
the bottles "on the hip," but from the
choicest casks in the wine cellars of
the large hotels. Liquor is to be served
at many of the dinners with the com?
pliments of the management.
At the McAloin one pint of cham?
pagne will be set before each couple
partaking of the ?!0 dinner. At the
.Martinique tlie diners will have a nip
of Scotch at the expense of the hotel.
The. Claridge will serve a small bottle
of wine. The Imperial will do the
same. The Waldorf will not announce
its plan; until this evening, and most
of the other hotels are maintaining a
discreet silence. N
All Hotels Arc Crowded
All of them are crowded. Reserva?
tions for to-night's celebration scarce?
ly can bo had. Banquet halls, grill
rooms, special dining rooms, restau?
rants and caf?s will all be taxed to
capacity. Prices have been advanced.
but the demand still exceeds the sup?
ply. It is expected some of the last
minute guests will have to pay mure
than $25 a plate for tin/ privilege of
welcoming in the new year at some
of the large betels.
Ten day.- ago hotel and caf? mana?
gers were wearing the most doleful
express: ms. \'i w Year's Eve. usually
the best, night, of the year, looked like
a frost. But suddenly the sentiment
changed. People decided to make the
best of it and started a rush on the
hotels, breaking all records. Little
wonder, then, the managers were all
beaming yesterday afternoon, when,
after a five-hour meeting of the Broad?
way Rest urant Association at the Ho?
tel Ast or, they came out and said that
they were riot worrying about the New
Year's Eva c?l?bration.
Every public and private dining
room, including the big roof gardens
and dance rooms, will be filled to over?
flowing to-night with dancers and
merrymakers in the Waldorf-Astoria,
McAlpin, Claridge and McAlpin Annex
hotels, according to anonuncements
made by the managers. The hotels
around Pershing Square issued similar
report-;. And although no liquor will
he s.,!d, there will be plenty of it
flowing.
Special Charge for icing
Special service or corkage charges
ha.-e been put on every bill of fare.
For icing, opening and pouring cham?
pagne the Conn odore will charge ?''.:.
for serving wines .'-1 and for separate
drinks "5 cents a glas-. These prices
vary with the hotel, but some sort oi
provision for the service of liquor
bought, by tin- z-uesl has been made in
every'hotol and caf? in town.
For those who do ne- wish to in?
dulge in the mare intoxicating liquor
oft di inks a-plenty will be on tap.
Th. se wiM be sold. But the prices will
not bej much lower than those for the'
hard ?funks in the old days. Non
: lcoho'lic champagne will cost ?4 a bot?
tle. Pod s<da. ginger aie, lemon soda
and other similar beverages will cost $1
or $2 a bottle.
But the New Year's Eve celebration
will no, be confined to the hotels and
restaurants. Ticklers, papei hats and
rattles will reappear on Broadway. I'he
hawkers arc replenishing then- old
stocks. 'I r- ;. expect to reap a harvest
to-night.
Barbed Wire Barrier
Guards French's Lodge
Military Inquiry ?- Ordered
Into Shooting Affray at
Phoenix Park
DUBLIN, Dec. 30.?As a result of the
shooting near Viscount French's resi?
dence in Phoenix Park last Sunday,
barbed wire entanglements are being
constructed around the viceregal lodge
and also around the Town Clerk's of?
fice in the City Hall, which overlooks
the Chief Secretary's office in the
cast ie.
There will be a military inquiry into
the affray, hut no public investigation
bevond yes! rday's inquests into the
deaths of Lieuti lant Bo: st, command r
of th - git ird, at la civilian.
Joli i Dillon, chairm n of : lie Na
- :? ?ial ? narl , in a: i iten iev , held
that the test iri-ion it t he .. que ts was
> contradictory that it was impossible
to leise an opinion on it and conse?
quently the incident would have no
political effect.
India Still Celebrating Peace
DELHI. India. Dec. l? (Delayed).?
Peace celebrations on an elaborate
scale commenced December 13 and con?
tinued for three days throughout India,
The native states generally Joined in
the functions, but tne Moslems and
Hindus in several centers held aloof on
account of the situation in Turkey.
Peace To Be Decreed on Jan. 6;
Hitchcock Now for Compromise
Minority Leader Says He
Will "Take a Chance"
That President Will
Approve Treaty Truce
Democrats Called
In Council To-night
Program Devised by
Lodge and Pomerene To
Be Considered at Meeting
By Carter Field
New York Tribune
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.?Half a
dozen moves to-day apparently
brought ratification of the peace
treaty nearer. Senator Hitchcock,'
Administration leader, announced j
he would "take a long chance" that
President Wilson would approve a
compromise, indicating that he (Mr.
Hitchcock) would go much farther
toward accepting the spirit of the
Lodge reservations than he hitherto
had intended.
The Nebraska Senator then called
a meeting of the Democratic mem?
bers of the Foreign Relations Com
mittee, with the exception of Sena?
tor Shields, for to-morrow night at
his house. This meeting will dis- :
cuss any compromise set of reserva- '
tions that may be worked out to?
morrow between Senator Lodge, rep?
resenting the Republican reserva
tionists, and Senator Pomerene, of
the Administration camp.
The Lodge-Pomerene conference
was to have taken place to-day, but |
Mr. Pomerene was so busy with the
railroad bill that his meeting with ?
Senator Lodge had to be postponed.
Hitchcock's .Move Deprecated
The "mild reservationist" Senators,
who are responsible for the conference
between Senators Lodge and Pomerene,
were a little disturbed to-night at the
information that Senator Hitchcock had
called the meeting of Democratic mem?
bers of the Foreign Relations Commit?
tee to go over the Lodge-Pomerene
compromise, if there is one. They
'"ear -eery much that this meeting will
prove a stumbling block rather than a
help.
"?t seems to me," said one of this
group, "that Mr. Hitchcock is going oui
of his way to interfere, when by stand?
ing hack for awhile he could facilitate
a compromise, This move of inviting
Senator Pomerene to confer with Sen?
ator Lodge was initiated by us. Sen?
ator Lenroot made the arrangements.
The idea was for some Democrat oth?rj
than either of the contestants for thej
D?mocratie leadership?Underwood and
Hitchcock to work out a compromise
with the Republicans, and then get j
enough Democratic hacking to put it
through. Now Mr. Hitchcock has ar?
ranged to throw the compromise, if
there^is one, hack into his own hands.
As his obstinacy has been blocking rati?
fication for some time, that action does !
not inspire me with much confidence."
It was to niPCt just such objections,'
apparently, that Senator Hitchcock took
such a conciliatory attitude to-day.
Risk Claimed for Democrats
"I will take a long chance on the
Presiden! accepting whatever compro?
mise ?es. rvations we c'.n work out,"
said'Senator Hitchcock. "In working
out a compromise we, of course, are
taking all the chances. The Republi?
cans are not taking any. We are tiie
only mi w! o would be embarrassed
if the President wou'd not deposit the
ratification of the treaty after the
Senate had ratified it."
Senator Lodge will go to the Capitol
to.morrow for the conference with
Senator Pomerene, who will be asked
to undertake the task of lining up
enough Democratic Senators to ac?
cept whatever modifications of the
reservations Senator Lodge will agree
to at the conference in order to secure
the sixty-four votes required for rati?
fication.
Democratic members of the foreign
Relations Committee invited to meet
at Senator Hitclfcock's home to-mor
ow night arc, in addition to Mr
Hitchcock. Senators itvanson, Pittman,
Williams anfl1 Pomerene. Senator
Smith, of Arizona, is ou! of the city.
Senator Shields, of Tennessee, the
other Democratic member of the com?
mittee, was not asked to be present.
He broke away from his party associ?
ates in the treaty lieht, supporting the
Lodge reservations and several textual
amendments when the treaty was be?
fore the Senate last month.
Senator MeN'ary, of Oregon, 'leader of
the "mild reservationists," served no?
tice on the Administration leader that
unless he submitted a definite pro?
posal for a compromise or took some
definite steps toward securing rati?
fication immediately after Congress re?
convenes next Monday, the "mild res?
ervationists" would support a move
co be made by Senator Underwood, of
Alabama, to have a committee on con?
ciliation appointed by the Senate to
work out au agreement.
Senators Hitchcock and MeN'ary
talked together for an hour and a half.
.- enator Sv anson, of* Virgi da, was
p ? ,..., nt dm . ; part of the- conferenci .
naioi Ititel ock later talked with
: enator Kenya ?1, Ri publican, of Iowa
he i ;. luslon or the conferencc
cnat i" McN'arj said that Senator
['nd wood, ? ?? is opp< sin.: Senator
? . ?ck for t he po sit ion ?"i Demo?
cratic leader, will cap. up his resolu?
tion providing for tin appointment of
a conciliation committee of ten Sena?
tors on January ?, when the Senate
meets ..gain.
"I look for some developments
within the next few days that will
make an agreement possible," said the
Senator.
"WKTmrVC BELI/S"?Harris Theatr?.
Everybody and th.Mr Imm?diate family love
them. lis tli? comedy hit of years.?Advt.
London Looks for Peace
With the Bolsheviki Soon
Blockade To Be Lifted in Three Weeks and "De
Facto Government*" Recognized, It Is Reported;
Lenine's Victories Called Cause of Action
New York Tfibun?
European Burra*
(Copyright, 1919, Xow York Tribuns Inc.)
LONDON, Dec. 30.?As the result, of
a complete about-face on the part of
European statesmen, early peace with
Russia may now be expected. Accord?
ing to information obtained by The
Tribune correspondent from a trust?
worthy source, within a fortnight, or
three weeks at the outside, the Allied
blockade of Russia will have been lift?
ed and entrance into and departure
from that country will be just as easy
and free as is the case elsewhere.
Contrary to reports generally circu?
lated that the Copenhagen conference
between Max Litvinoff. the Soviet en?
voy, and James O'Grady, M. P., who
had been appointed by the British
Foreign Office to negotiate with the
Bolsheviki on the exchange of pris?
oners, broke up a week ago because
Litvinoff insisted on discussing peace
and other matters, instead of prison?
ers it is learned that the negotia
tions proceeded with such smoothness
that agreement was reached on nearlj
every point.
O'Grady and Litvinoff left (.'open
hagen on December 20 to confei#witr
their respective governments. O'Grad;
will leave London again next Satur
day, and, it is reported, will dot th
i's and cross the t's of a general
understanding with the Bolsheviki.
Attitude Reconsidered
During the recent conferences be
tween Premiers Lloyd George and Cle?
menceau and other representatives p?
the Allied nations, the Russian situa?
tion was again reviewed thoroughly,
and it was felt necessary to reconsider
the attitude toward the Bolsheviki.
As reported by The Tribune corre?
spondent on December 13, the terms of
peace offered by the Bolsheviki were
received by the Premiers on the second
day of their conference. Following the
military reversals suffered by General
Yudenitch southwest of Petrograd and
Admiral Kolchak on the Siberian front
and with the beginning of General
Denikine's wide retreat in southern
Russia, it was understood the Allied
leaders felt they were forced to ad?
mit that the Bolsheviki constituted at
least a de facto government of Russia,
whether that admission was agreeable
or not.
Before the Premiers' conference ad?
journed an agreement was reached
definitely to pursue a policy of non?
intervention in Russia. Further dis?
cussions on the subject led to the con?
clusion that the only logical thing to
do in this situation would be to abolish
the blockade altogether.
?10,000,000
Bonns Given to
Ford Workers
New Profit-Sharing Enter- ;
prise To Be Announced,
To-day; 90,000 Em?
ployees to Share in Gift
Special Correspondence
DETROIT, Dec. 30.- Henry Ford and j
his sou, Edsel Ford, president of the I
Ford Motor Company, to-morrow will
announce a plan whereby between |
$8,000,000 and 810,000,000 will be dis- ;
bursed in bonus money along with an
opportunity for every Ford worker to
purchase Ford investment certificates.
These certificates are to be issued in
denominations of $100, $500 and $1,000,
and the employees will receive inter?
est based on the yearly earnings of
the Ford Motor Company.
This will affect approximately 90,000
Ford workers 'throughout the United
States. There are 53,000 workers in
the mammoth Highland Park plant,!
15.000 at the River Rouge blast fur- '.
naces, 5,000 at the Ford body plant, :
?1,000 at the Ford tractor plant; and!
17,000 m the various branches scat- ;
tered throughout the country. Em?
ployees in the plants of foreign coun?
tries are excluded in this plan.
Distribution of Bonuses
The cash bonus of practically $10,
000.000 wih b" payable beginning Jan?
uary I. This ;s based in the daily in?
come and length of continuous service
with the company before October ',
; '.' l 1. The r>'l lowing i- the scale in
iccordance with which bonuses will be
distributed tu employees on a daily
-.sag-' and on salaries of less than $250
a month.
Men hired prior to October 1, 1?!4:
a six-dollar man gets a bonus of $150;
$6.-10, $100; $0.80, $170; $7.20, $180;
$7.00, $190; $8, $200; $8.40, $210; $8.80,
$220; $9.20, $230; $9.00, $240; $10, $250; j
$10.40, $260; $10.S0, $270.
Mint hired prior to October 1, 1915, j
range from the $6 a day man who re- ?
ceived $130 bonus, to the $10,SO man j
who received $250. The intervening!
scales are figured on the same basis !
as the two above.
Men hired prior to October 1, 1916:
$1 10 to $230.
Men hind prior to October 1, 19 ! 7 :
Men hired prior to October 1, 1918:
Men lured prior to October I. 1919:
?50 lo i IV0. ?
Bonus May Be Repeated
The distribution of profits with
wages will continue as in the past, i.i
accordance with a plan in effect since
January 12, 1914. In addition to this
it is the intention of the company to
continue the annual bonus if, in the
judgment of the directors, the earn?
ings permit.
The rate of pay on which a bonus is
based will in all cases be the rate
which an employee is receiving De?
cember 31, 1919.
In case an employee has returned to
the company after having been out of
the service for a period of time the
length of service will be reckoned from
the date of his return, except in case
of employees who have been in govern?
ment service or absent fov reasons be?
yond t hei r control.
The company further announces the
institution of Ford investment certifi?
cates, in which employees desirin ; to
share further in the prosperity of the
company may invest a portion of their
income. Certificates are to be issued
in the names of employees only, in
denominations of $100, $500 and $1,000,
and arc non-negotiable and non-assign
, able. Only persons in actual and ac
[ tivo service of the company wili be
' permitted to buy or hold them. These
certificates will bear a guaranteed in?
terest at the rate of 6 per cent per
annum, and in addition to this fur?
ther payments will( be made semi-an
nuallv as the earnings of the company
permit at a rate to be fixed by the di?
rectors > *> the company.
Army Demotion
System Causes
2,146 to Resign
Regular Offieers, Finding
Themselves Reduced in
Rank on Return From
Overseas, Leave Servir?
New Tor/,- Tribune
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON. Dec. 30. The War
Department's policy of demoting over?
seas men immediately after they reach
this country is largely responsible for
the 1 wholesale resignations of regular
army officers from the service since
the cessation of hostilities.
It was officially announced to-day at
the War Department that no less than
2,146 regular officers, from lieutenant
colonels down to second lieutenants,
have left the service up to December
24. There was no record kept of the
reason for each resignation, but it is
frankly admitted that the failure of
the War Department to retain overseas
officers in their emergency rank is the
largest contributing factor in the
whole sab.- resignations.
The bulk of the registrations, of
course, are of officers in the lower
ranks, from captain down, hut it is sig?
nificant that four lieutenant colonels
an 1 twenty-two majors 'nave left the
service becftuse their demotion came
at a timv when the cost of living was
far in excess even of the period when
they were lieutenants in the service.
Tabulation of Resignation??
Here is a tabulation of resignations,
showing how many of each rank, and
whether the rank was permanent or
provisional (for the emergency only),
have left the service up to December
24, when the latest compilation was
made :
Lieutenant colonels (permanent; ?
Infantry, 1; field artillery, 1; quarter?
master's department, 1; judge advo?
cate general's office, 1.
Majors (permanent)?Infantry, 3;
cavalry, 1; medical corps, 1J; en?
gineers, 5; judge advocate general's
office, 1.
Captains (permanent)- Infantry, 54;
coast artillery, 2!; cavalry, _?'; field
artillery, 20; medical corps, 2 1; en?
gineers, 19; chaplains, 1; dental corps,
5; captains (provisional), infantry, 8;
field artillery, .'? ; engineers, a.
First lieutenants (permanent) -In?
fantry, 33; coast artillery, 1 :'<; cavalry,
2t?; field artillery, 17; medical corps,
107; engineers, 3; chaplains, 30; dental
corps, 19; veterinary corps, 1; Philip?
pine Scouts, 2. First lieutenants ! pro?
visional)- -Infantry, 317; coast artil-^
lery, 19?; cavalry", ?12; field artillery,
148; engineers. 57.
Second lieutenants (permanent! ?
Infantry, 10; artillery. 5; cavalry, 3;
field artillery, 1; engineers, 1; veter?
inary corps, 8; Philippine Scouts, 5;
quartermaster's department, 3. Second
lieutenants (provisional) ? Infantry,
350; coast artillery, 158; cavalry, 162;
field artillery. 84; engineers, 1; vet?
erinary corps, 10.
Resignations by services?Permanent:
Medical Corps. 14:'.; chaplains, 31:
Dental Corps, 23; Philippine Scouts, 7;
Quartermaster, 4; .ladite Advocate Gen?
eral's office, 2; Veterin?r; Corp ,9: I-'n
:-.-. i r: 28; ? avi ? i y. 59; Field Artil?
lery, H''-, Infantry, r>7 ; Coast Artillery,
1'. visional: Veterinary C
'Engineers, 67; Cavtilry, 27
Ar illcry, 2 i; Infantrv, 70
Artillery, 356.
150 Resign Each Month
As evidence of the demoralizing er
feet the War Deoartraent's demotion
policy has had in the regular army, of?
ficers' are leaving; in wholesale num
I hers. Statistics prepared by the Wa'
| Department on September 9 showed
that a total of 1,395 officers had re?
sign* ri up to August 30. Of this
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S, 10;
Field
Cba,>
Berlin Accepts Terms,
Excepting Naval Clause,
and Ratifications Will
Be Exchanged in Paris
Allies to Reduce
Tonnage Demand
Agree Upon 400,000
Reduction in Penalty
for Scuttling of Fleet
PARIS, Dec. 30 (By The Associ?
ated Press).? Exchange of ratifica?
tions of the Treaty of Versialles will
take place January 6 at the Quai
d'Orsay.
Baron von Lersner, head of the
German delegation, and Paul Du
tasta, secretary of the peace confer?
ence, to-night settled all points in
connection with the signature, cxcep:
that relating to naval material,
which- it is expected, will be solved
shortly.
Allies to Reduce Tonnage
The Germans will sign the proto?
col, and at the same time the Allies
will hand a letter to them agreeing
to reduce their demands to 400.000 if
the total available tonnage has been
overestimated or Germany is gravely
menaced economically. In any ease,
after the signature, the Allies will
get 242,000 tons of material and the
balance based on the report of ex?
perts who are now checking up at
Danzig, Hamburg and Bremen.
The British Prime Minister, David
Lloyd George, will be present at th?1
ceremony, which will be carried ou?
without any display. Diplomatic re?
lations with Germany will be re?
sumed the following day, when the
French Charge d'Affaires will go to
Berlin and French consuls will re?
sume their posts.
U. S. Expert to Berlin
Allied troops will proceed on Jan?
uary 12 to the territories which must
be evacuated by the Germans or
where plebiscitos are to be held. It
is estimated that 100 trains will be
needed f?r this purpose.
Ellis Loring Dresel, ::;i American
member of the peace conference as
expert on German affairs, it is un?
derstood, will go to Berlin as soon as
ratifications are exchanged. He will
be accompanied by a staff. This is
presumed here to be a temporary ex?
pedient, until diplomatic' relations
with the United States are resumed.
He was appointed aetinp eommis
sioner and charg? d'affaires in Octo
i)l!-.
The Rhineland Commission, on
which the United States is not as ye'
represented officially, is expected to
meet ;:s so: n as practicable niter the
treaty is promulgated. This com?
mission will have jurisdiction ovei
the territory occupied by the Allied
troops in the Rhineland, including
the American contingent.
During a discussion of the 1- renc!i
'loan in the Senate to-day Alexander
Ribot asked Premier Clemenceau re?
garding guaranteeing of the German
indemnity by the Allies. 'The Pre?
mier replied : "That cannot be taken
up now because of the situation at
Washington."
M. Ribot commented: "I hope that
when we have put order in our
finances our Allies will consent to aid
us, or rather to stand their share of
the defense of the common cause."
New ) ork Tribuw
Washington Burra&
WASHINGTON, Dec. .".'?. Th.- e
change of ratifications at Ouai d'Orsa"
January ."> will not have the effect of re
'establishing relations between the
United Suites and Germany, it was of?
ficially said here to-night. Until th?
peace treaty is ratified by the United
States Senate or war with Germany de?
clared over by Senate action this gov
rnment will not be in a position to of?
ficially resume relations with the Cen?
tral Empire.
Ellis Loring Dresel will go to Berlin
as United States Commissioner, having
no diplomatic status, but merely serv
ing in the capacity of an observer and
an aid to American business firms who
are arranging all preliminaries to re
sumption of commercial relations when
peace is declared.
U. S. to Have iVo Share
In iirst League Council
President Has Mot ?Seen Asked
to Call Meeting, but Will
( Comply if Request is Muda