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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1!>J
nt ?a ?
Reds' Grip on
TurksMenace
To Lausanne
Break in Parley Seen a?
?Certain T*>day Unies?
Breach 1* Made Between
Kcrnal.*.?? and Moscow
Straits' Freedom
Is Chief Problem
Allies Reject Soviet Pro?
posals and ?n*?*t Ismet
Give Hit* Final Stand
{Lap Irtr. I??T
' ? l again
tka ssOs ?' ??Ti'ie Near East
?ateo confer?-? ? is trembling ia tbe
'?lar?**- and orre affair. It is the ques
t.oa ?f tbe Straits of tbe Dardanelles
BBS brought it to this par?.
Th? exttvnt to which Moscow Is
ririnfirg pressare to bear on Anirora
o Brevert Turkey from signing tbe
?rasty f >r ?/?ntrol of the Straits, upon
' and tbe power? aaas
with them here are agreed, is
in the ?itu?tion pre*
Mjjh
it Tcbitcherin f?il?d to aceom
when he contended 'or fortifica
tien of the Straits by the Turk? and
erring of all warships has been
le extent Bceompl ?hrd by Ara
'?ff : Nrnbassador at Angora,
.? direct]?/ with tbe Turkish
? ?I Assembly.
Allies Reject Soviet Propoeale
Althorgli the Allie? to-day re*
?je,ted completely the renewed Rusaiun
?als macic ye.terday and forced
.reta Ismet Pasha, head of the Turkish
?'?legstion, a mora mod?r?t? answer,
lurkith .??unter-propooal bristles
nth ?ecr.ingly impossible demands,
?ptiour-!) in?pir?d by the Voseow
-?binstion working outbid?
IS a conference.
Settlement of the Straps problem Is
?i be attemj.ted to-morrow, but the
?? of divergence between tbe
orkish and Allied proposals are still
and any agreement
means that i qually wide concessions
| have to be made by one side or
<bt ether. The League of Nation?
? r it guaranteeing the f ree
fotn ?f the Strait? is not accrptitble
".Smvs, which al?o insists nothing
nail bt Brd'Ttaken here which will
t? Umit their mil?.
,'i^mmmmWt strength any way.
Ike Turn ralae Me tr in?- to have
rcraft that
into the
to not mera than
<, *TT,i4r BlecV
ef the be? o? Met?
ier?
< ..inciden With Red Dam and?
."? ver> near to
Russian demands
? -: la, and its inspiration
Aft-. Israel laid down the counter
r? j>os; 1 embracing these points to
pnrsen, ?r.ti?h
nta.. .ef spokesman for the
.ilUae? wai visibly amazed at tbe Otto?
man chanfc of fft
lie warned Ismet the Allie? were pre?
parad to devote aal?* one mo-e ses*
Ion of the commission to discussion
t f the Tutkr-h cm nter proposals, and
e pres?i J the Turkish statesman to
?considf-r bit. Etand and give the
onfrnncc an answer to-night. This
refused to do, asking for a de?
lay of two days, probably with the idea
' king new instructions from
Angora.
Such delay being unacceptable to
all the Allied delegations, Emil
larrtre, leader *?f the French, sug?
gested splitting the difference, and it
?#88 finally ?o agreed. So tbe ' TtSrk
:?B snswer will be heard to-morrow.
Rasr-Un Threats Are 8?f*n
Allied circles here to-night ?re in
lined to believe the rudden shift in
?be Turkish attitude is due not cnly
I - also to thre?t? from
'?uni?, del><-red at Angora through
iraloiT. Tr. lorrow, un e s a complete
es? it ? h(.(?een the Turks and
h? KusiiT.? a -erious breach in ibo
cork of this conference seem? ines'i
?able. The they will stand
rm on t hi a question 01 the Strait.
i*i been ^lengthened by Marquis Cur?
en? declaration to-day that the He?
rn has, definitely
arrived.
In reject nf* earlier in the day the
itt*M?n Straits proposals, submitted
iasterday, C.rzon wa? extremely brief.
ttJ?Bg tii . -,\ere based on idea? en
Onljr contrary to the ?cheme of the
^?'?rtnc?-. ?nd besides, tbey did not
?9r?t? ?taentiall** from tbe original
**j9i?n proposal?.
bawt rasha, speaking for hi? coun
liUid ?' was inadmisible for Tur
JJfSai r.dividually and col
B8?Bwb. be given by the powers sign
?? thst both in peace
liability not only of
-****i:v but of the Sea of Marmora
.'- ??
_ *9S*?t alto &?ked a promise from the
-am from any act of war
' ?**??"? th? M raits. He demanded, too,
?"?t Bos,.?, Georgia and the Ukraine
* ??clttdtd in any commission set up
|9 eantrol thig ?ection, and he added
~"? it wa. the Turkish opinion that
^?feee ?h-uld he barred from eoeh ?
*">*?issio?. Thia brounht a vigorous
?*3?etion from Venixelos. Tchitchenn
?*?** b.ttcr and sarcastic comment on
Oti casting out of the Russian demands
I demanded that the Germans be
"u>*s4 on the Straita commlasion.
dotier Appointment Blocked
$?n?tor Robinson Acte in Nam
??>?? of \asodat?*' Jueiicr
t Washington, d?c. i?.t-objertion
*l*B*aediat? consideration was mad?
??eo the no-nmation of Piere? Butler,
?0*1raul attorney, to be an associate1
??tie ?f the United Statea Supreme
^?rt wss brought up today st an
YnZ"*?. ?'"?oa of the Senate.
.* ?-?objection was understood te
+*? been rr.ad? by Senater Robinson,
y-r*'; of Arkansa*. on behalf of
?ral abtent Senators. A somewhat
-envative agretmer! was reached to
.'***? ?? ?he nomination Thursday.
?wiia*-?*'..U,*i- ??whtiir??, M, c. C?>??1
\g%m*f- ???este?, ?>?.? au? oeis?ert-?
Ash Cart Takes Bomb
To Buckingham Palace
Cram The Trtew*?. Btr-epeaft ***?r?ae
< o->xrt?-ht. t?;;. New Tork THr-tt?
LONDON. Dee. If. -Pol... to- ,
night aro investigating the die- ?
co-v-erv of a Mills bomb to-day in j
an ashcart as it was about to .
pnter the yard of Buckingham :
Pelare. The diftcovery caused a \
Bensation, but poli??? nay they do
not think the matter serious, nor
do they believe the presence of the
bomb represented an attempt on :
the life of the King.
The theory is it was tossed Into I
the cart by an ex-soldier who
wanted to get rid of, it, and that
it was only by chance that he hit
upon tbe cart, which included the
Palace in its rounds.
The King and Queen were both
at Buckingham Palace to-day,
their.son Goorp?- having neen ruc
ccssfully operate?, on thi? morn?
ing for appendicitis. If hi? prog
i ress continues they ink*nd to go
i to Sandringham on Friday for
| Christmas.
News Summary
FOREIGN
Franc? virtually' deeide? upon In*
vasion of Ruhr despite America'?
expressed desire, delivered throiijrb
Ambassador Jussersnd, to aid
Europe in its financial crisis.
Turks st Lausanne, apparently In?
fluenced by Russia, balk over
Straits control und parl?7 again
face? a break-up.
Hop? of Irish truee got? aetbeek
when Free State s-ove traient
executes seven more persons for
possessing arms.
Kne persons killed and seversl
wounded In clsrhes between Fascistl
and Communists in Naples.
William T. Cosgrave, Pre-ident of
Irish Fres State, blsmes Re Valer?,
without naming him, for civil
war In Ireland. Calls propagandiste
abroad "lying, neurotic v.omen," and
prophesies peaceful f-j'ur
LOCAL
Artist shoots sweetheart, kills
self at mother's feet as police
close in.
Lemont says Germany could not
pay rates on American loar; Am?
bassador told proposal is "impossi
I ble."
National Republican Club tables
' r...t^reM.i'j?i?>n aftof orarn <i??i?'r?.
mas rum runr.er off Hook with $6U0,
000 cargo.
Poor rush coal stations ou year's
coldest day; safeguards placed
around salea.
Painting; of De Witt Clinton
sold from Board of Education's
walls to satisfy 8)7? uuto tire bill
Antl-Ku-Klux leader reveals to
Hylsn workings of Klan.
Customs agents find morphine
worth S7W),000 when auto cruifbes
"fish" barrel on pier.
Smith names Berry Adjutant Gen?
eral and puts Rodman Wanamaker
on staff of colonil?.
Board of Estimate? votes do?rn
free speech ban ??ought by societies.
Unionist leader passes lie to Gov?
ernor of Porto Rico.
Max Spiegel, theatrical magnate,
in bankruptcy following commit?
ment to sanatorium.
Bru?en trial, anticipating Christ?
mas, may go to jury to-night.
WASHINGTON
George W. Wickersham files brief
in United States Supreme Court for
foreign .team.hip companies, asking
reversal of Judge H?ind's ruling
apalrst carrying of liquor on alien
ves.els within the three-n.ii? limit
Senator Jones, Impatient at fili?
buster on ship subsidy, threster.s to
move to table Norris farm relief
measure.
Committee hearing impeachment
charges against Attorney General
Daugherty agrees to withhold report
till after Christmas holidays.
Issuance of tax exempt securities
is unsound and indefensible from an
economic standpoint, says Represen?
tative Ogden Mills, in defending
House tnea?ure to forbid such issu?
ance by Federal governmeat and
states.
DOMESTIC
Governor Parker of Louisiana or*
ders troops to Battrop to protect of?
ficials investigating alleged kidnap?
ing of citlrens by the Ku-Klux Klan.
Herrin mine office manager testl
? .1es as to surrender of strike break*
I en and shooting that followed.
The regalia mask never will b?
removed, ?ay? Imperial Wixard
Eran?, of the Ku-Klux Klsn. Defies
designing and anhitiou? politicians
to break spirit of hi? organisation.
SPORTS
Giants complete schedule of games
for spring tour with Whit? Sox.
Harvard rowing coach makes radi?
cal changes In training methods.
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club
accepts challenge of the Royal
Northern Yacht Club of England .or
the Sw?wanhaka Challenge Cup.
Fantoche wins Bells Chasse Pura?
at N?w Orleans.
D. K. E Club defeats Colomb!?
Club to Class B,s<*os!h tourney end
moves into s tie with the Ysle Club
for first elacs.
MARKETS AND SHIPS
Stock pri?es trend upsrard at th?
close.
Amour to refund W.W.MO not??, i
it is reported.
Wheat and cotton Irregular.
Shoots Girl,
Kills Self as
Police Arrive
Urbano Miranda? Artist.
Woundn Lola Toro, 17?
Probably Fatally, Wbefj
She Refuse? to Marry
Menaceg Officers,
Then Falls Dead
Held Up in His Home,
Detectives Rush Youth.
but Death Win* Rare
_?
Urbano Miranda, a yonng wate*
artict ?ho lired with his fair
'.-?st 100th Street, ?aaited outside!
the door at '.'? East lOOtl
-Hay for seventcen-year^ld tattle
T'.r? le BIT. e home from work at 6
o'clock. When she started up the step,
he took hi? place at her side, told her
once egalr. that he loved her and that
le would kill himself if she dd not
marry hijn. The girl smiled kindly, but
late the house and got out the
key to thi- connd floor apartment in
?.lie), .hi has lived with her brother's
fam ly ?incc she came from Pon
a year ago.
As she fitted It Into the lock Miranda
pulled a rcrolvr-r frets bis ??"??ket and
fired two bullets, both of which took
effect in her reck. The girl itaggered.
made an attempt to get the door open
and fell to tie leer. Her udml-er
? lipped away doe-n the street as the
neighhoi? rushed into the hall and be?
gan pounding on the Toro door I
Lola's sister-in-law, ?-?ho know? ne
hah, who it was that had been ahot
The woman inside had tak?n her hab??
into the back yard and ?vas hidm,
in terror.
"I h no? I \m Hying"
Bor/ers ? 'he door an am?
bulance cal had been sent to }
erbockcr Hospital, th? East
Street police Ution had been n
and Defectives En right and T.yr..
bien sent in an automobile to investi?
gate. The plaincloth?? me:
girl ?'.retched out on the floor of the
apartment, aim?.?'. BDOeBM
Knright placed his han i
h??H.
"Do you think >ou nre dying?" he
asked, sensing the tragedy and heil
tfiting a second before he plunge.,
hi? work.
"I know I am," she an?v,-?red faintly.
"Do you know who shot you?"
sisler-in law knows my I
hearts name and where you csn find
?him. He ki I
With th I lost en-.
I ness, and Dr. Rern'.r.srton. who an
a ni'.ment later, ?aid that she might
n? ver speak ?gain.
Leaving the physician with his pa?
tient, tbe deteetiv *, rushed
and two interpreters into their auto?
mobile ami started after Miranda,
obeying her directions when SB?
'.hem ehe knew his house but did not
know thi number. Ten minutes after
the shooting they had ?topped In front
< f ttj East 100th Street und were fol.
lowing her to an apartment on t.
floor.
Miranda's mother opened the door
for them, surprised at her dinner. Bis
father pushid back his chair as .
to sec what was the matter
brother and sister and a friend stopped
eating, but kept their places at the
table, to?, astonished to move, by the
announcement that the police were at
thr. iloor. The detectives stepped into
?he room, leading Mr. Toro and the
interpreters ir. after them.
Enrlght was Just about to tell them
what he and his partner had come for
when he ?>aw the curtain of the rear
room move. A revolver came through
the portieres, and then Miranda
stepped in, covering the detectives with
the automatic with which he had shot
l.is sweetheart.
W;th Enright and Lynch shouting to
him to throw up his hands and his sis?
ter screaming, Miranda advanced calm?
ly, still covering the detective?. They
rushed hirn.
Moment of Triumph?Dies
As they did ?o Miranda threw up hit
arms, se i red the portiere? with hi? lefr
hand, placed the automatic to his
tem?le and tired.
triumph as Lynch and Lnright halted
five feet away, his mother collapsed In j
the doorway and the others shrank
back aghast. Then the light fe-i?.?* '
from Ms long, ??cet c ace a 'I ,
dragging the portiere? down aver his ?
body. Dr. Kearny, of Harlem Hospital,!
found him dead ten minute? later.
inda had reached his home, his
'mother told the detectncb as ?he
sobbed beside her dead son, perhaps
:!?? before they di i
said "No" nervously when ?he a?ked
him if he wanted any dinner, and
i walked in excited rilenc? to the hack,
rooni. He did not join them a? they
went on wonderingly with their din
ner and the drat intimat'on they had
of his crime came after he had died.
Mrs. Toro had little to aay.
"Lola did not love him. That is all,"
she said. "Why should he not lova
her? Look at he.:"
Monkey Seta Hotel Afire ?
BOSTON, Dec. 19.?A monkey'.? curi
oslty caused a fire in the Hot?,
erty in tl.? South Knd to-day. The
animal, owned by an actor, in the ah
-ence of its master, started to light
matches. A fire .Urted, the monkey
?creamed, and a chambermaid release.,
it and sounded the alarm.
Louisiana Calls Out Guardsmen
To EndKidnaping by Ku-Klu.x
<?o\(Tiior l'arktr Drrlan** H? Will Suppr?-?- Klan
Acthitir*? Hrforr Mori OttoCM Nani-li: Slatr
Militia May Be Stationnl at Open Hearing?
Sp^al VUpotch. ta Tr.e Tra?ame
eroor John H. i'ark?r to-day ail
an?wer t?. th? KuKlua Kl?n in
Louisiana. Hr ordered out a
party of tho State National QssH and
InstrucOd them to proeeej t-?
Roug- m,d Bastrop and there await
hi? orders.
Morebou?? Pariih and Mer Rouge
have been the ?ceno? of the Klan
activities which have brought the
hooded men to the attention of the ne
t.on. aii'l 'iuvrrnor l'erkcr made it
clear that hr was going to ?up
ore cllizer.
apprar
Itl ! and
ring a
)??? people of
and Batlrop. in th? ?hape of
pr<.???<*ution of the men who wer?- ir
?pomible for the diianpcarance of
Thomas Richard? and Wat! Daniel? a
few month? ago. No tract of the men
has been found.
La Salir Parish, adjoining Mor??hou?e,
also la a hotbed of Klan aetiviti?*, and
it is expected some action will
place there ?oon.
MONROE. I-? , Dea. 19.?Comp?ny (...
l.<viiiiai)a National (iuard, in charge
of Captain T. VV. Cooper, entrain,
afternoon for Bas:
j Pariah ?eat. nher? the men are und?r
ordere, to guard the ?oerthou?.
?the next ihuty day?. The movement
i i? !>?? I . In eooi
.iu?tion growing ou? of th?
; .er of live M? r Roug?
ef whom ha* e d.a
company. compo??d of sixty?
three .. n mr,d threr officer?,
: to mobilit? ?nd
lowing ? conference hr Id
to day at Beton Rouge between Gov
.'i nn M. Parker and other ?tat?
'la.
i ej David I. Garrett i
en inform..
?use that hII ?a
II ?aid he a?ea without official
r the
r? Ti.? iroupk
I carried iwentj '??:?ni?.
IS
Parker ?nd Attorney tseneral i
i fere nee her.
hearing? at Baa
' trop If connection wt'h the di<"
kidnaping of live Mer
j Kong?? citnena by hooded men la?t
I August. Two of their number, Wett
's nr.ti Thomas F. Richard?, have
diaappeurer) VlfTorta by authorities to
the perpetrator? have f.led,
?he open-hearing couree we? de?
termined upon.
The movement of the troop? to guard
the H irthou?* it con?
here ?s signifying the imm?diat? OpasB?
ing ' r
Dry Navy Gets
Ship CaiTyinj
$500,000 Rui
stiiiii?zr Crp.ft PU i in: I
Sanity Hook I ouml I o I
Hrin?*iiii* W<?t Iloliil
t Jim- From the Bulium
Had 1.090 Cesmft Ahoai
I'roliihiiioii 4 I.?ef (litukl
?i- Ho Rrporti Othe
Are Expected Miort
?-in J. J. Dy??rt. in com.iiai.d
the rum navy'? fiagsh
was cruising near Beady H
night when u strange craft auoc.r
off hii l?e. The captain itivettsgst
und a small steamship
.(fated th? steamship and fou
j 1500,000 worth of holiday ?vhi
from the Bahamas for the arid wast
of Manhattan.
Now the stesmship is at :?
Island Quarantine station
4,01?0 cases of illegal liquor?, and C'a
: tain Dysart paces the ?luarterdeek i
I hi? flag hip gasfng over th.
?earcn of the next of the tl
i limiter? rui.ners to attempt a dm
; through the blockade.
Prohibition < hief Chuckle*
Prohibition Chief John A. Applet
! chuckled last night as h- reported th
'< Hanson's capture. Then ?re moi
broie boats off Long Islsnd and tr
, Jersey coast right r.ow ths:
fore, he said, and not one of thei
dares to ettrmpt to run the gantli
' of the dry navy which guards Ne
York from the influence ef their u
sting cargoes.
E ght or ten rum ?hips have left th
j Rahum i? within ?he la*t few weeks, h
. said, loaded to the Plimsoll mark wit
liquor, and hsving New York for thei
destination. They are held up nutsid
?hical limit line of the Eight
eenth Amendment's authority, ?nd ju?
[ r-s soon as one of them attempts th
I hasard of ?the blockade it ?rill b
1 and brought to town, it
cargoes confiscated and it? officer
?w tumcJ over to the Ecder?
laeiaetitlss fei octicn.
Mr. Applcby expressed confidence ii
.ibility of his navy to hold th.
? line ugslnst any atumpt on the par
of th-? ruin runners to crash th?-our,h.
'Millions" Estimated Captured
The value of the comb ned cargo?'
?of the vesaels thu- M tl"
thrr*ho!d of prosperity Mr. Applrbj
ate? as "millions of dollar?.'
? y the precious stuff is held or
sea goir.jr bargea, he said. The activi
ties of the dry tnvy have made th?
??g of the blockade by ?mall
speedy power boats impossible, Sri
added, and the barges floating on th?
Atlantic, with land in sight, but up
attainable, are all loaded up with no
pUre to go. Their situation, he said,
i? best described a? desperate. Their
beat market is here and now, and they
are helpless.
Mr. Appleby ?aid Captain Dyiart
had not tolj him th? name of the ves?
sel captured last night, having ?tipped
only to make the briefest possil
port of the capture before putting out
again to sea and possible further
raids.
The sktpper of the rur.i ?hip. he
.??aid. had told Captain Dysart he was
hound for a Canadian port, but that
hia machinery had broken dowr.
forced him to put in for repairs
Nevertheless, said the prohi
-hief. when the Hsnson stopped her
the smuggler ersft was making a good
seven knota.
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KtrnQcrxk Zvibxmt
Needv Rush for
Coal Pittaiueat
City Station*
LMak I)i maud Follow-, the
Opining of PaMff 1 astaTts
ltM'l 1?? Dintrihulrd ?n
50 Itj 200 Pound lot?.
Strict Hijrulation*? Mail?*
-
IVdillrr?, Who \ioIntr Rules
\> ill Have Source of Su|h
plir-. Kart-rri to Them
The lue] Alin.nistratlon came to the
aid of the congested tenement district?
: ?-.hatten, Brooklyn, Queer? and
the Bronx ..?-rt. rany the widest day
? winter so far -by throwing open
nln?- ?talion?., at which coal was
i ?old in 100-pound lofs ?t 70 Cent* the
. hundredweight. Although announce?
I n?ent of th" openin?? of the emergency
i fuel atritiona vaaa not made until after
: noon there ?*aa a brisk demand for
the cor.1, ?n.l it Lb expected that se
er.il thou und ton? will be distributed
daily in this way.
I try p?.??ible .-nfeguard haa been
thrown about the new system of di?
! tribution to make certain that the coal
as those for whom it ia intended
the f.-im.!irs which have not tha ?tor
age space nor the mean? to buy in
quanlilifs which the regular dealers
will deliver, and are therefor* forced
to buy from the peddler or the cellar
' dealer.
Any one may go to the emergency
coal station? and buy 60, 100 or jno
poun?K Seventeen stations are located
IB Manhattan, principally along the
Ka?i Side, and aevrral along the
. I?wer We?t Bittes fourteen eaeh In
I Brooklyn and the Bronx and four in
Queen?. The coal will be packed.m
? bag? and must be carried away by the
! purchaser. PHdler? also will be per
: raitted to buy at the emergency sta
' liens, but In diaposing of the coal to
they will be forced to
I charge no more thun ?6 cent? a hun
i dredweirlxt, which allow? them a 15
?cent profit for handling and delivery.
Dealer? Aaaured of Supply
The dealer? at who*? >?ru? the
emergency nation? have been estab
1 iked will be assured of iteady ?upply
of chertnut and itove-?i?e anthracite
] throughout the ?inter under an agree?
ment re-irh-d b> the Furl Administra?
?ion with ?ever?! of the larger anthra?
cite producers. These produ."?.r> have
agreed, a? they did during the War. U
turn a percentar.- ot their product
over to a "? '.," which a
'supervised by the Fuel Admii? ?tr?tion.
The "peddler pool" coal then will be
t.uted to the emergency at?'
for sale under the following exacting
condition?:
Ra?*h dealer to whom peddler coal
is consigned will report weekly to the
feel administrator in whose
-t the dealer it located hi? ra?
the detailed ??le? ?howlng the
era <?r the total number ot baga
' of 100 pounds e.ch ?old end the
?amount ?till on hand. One thing which
' mu?t be rloiely w?tched Is, ?o far a?
I ' :inke ?nr? that coal ?old
"ddler? go??? either to their own
n- to th? cellar dealer? for dii
lound
0-pound lot.?. No buckwhe?! or
Utste? should be sold witb
?re, chestnut, range or pe?.
- have the cooperation ??'
: Police Department. Health P?partm?r\
i Tenement House? Department and the
Bureau of Weight? and Measure?, en i
; we will request (hem. so far aa i?
iwithin their power, to polie? and re?
port to us any eatri which come to
attention where coat sold to ped?
dler* doe? not get to the peddler'?
yard or the cellar dealer."
Mal atora te Loee Seppliee
Peddler? violating the?? rule? will
have their ?applies cut off.
The Krie Railroad wa? charged with
d'-ertirg cal in'ended for Jeraey Cltv
.-stern pointa In a t?l?gr?m which
Mayor Hague ?ent to Conrad K. ?Span?,
Federal fuel distributor at Washing?
ton. James J. Hagan. Fuel Adminis?
trator and Health Officer of Jersey
reported to the Mayor that Jersey
?va? getting less than half of it?
requirement? of dom??tie site anthra?
cite and charged that the Erie wa?
diverting the coal to more diitant
point? in the Wut ?o a? te colUct the
higher frteght rates for the longer
haul.
Mrs. Louis Reed Weltmiller, Deputy
Commissioner of Market?, announced
en of organising th? women
to protest against an si
a! distribution of coat in a
I ?eoring the
..-.ion snd it? tsethaS?.
Berlin Loan
Im pos ? i h le.
Says Limon I
el
Denle*. Statt- l)r|iarimint
Sent?n-rinan Xinhansailor
To J. P. Morgan or Uni
He W a?? (eivrn a Ucfti-.tl
Sini|)]\ ToW baue
( oiildn't Be Moated
Hint?* at "Utile Lift Over
Hill" After Kejmration
and Deflation An* Mail?
Then.s \\. Umont rclter.ted la??
night an inn?
' <-?!i banker, not to pert"
m?w In ?ny kind of g lo.n t"> Germany.
Hi- rssdarati -.a." made at th? din?
ner of the ( OBItgil of Foreign Ke: ?
at Cherry's, which wa? attended by tbe
eading linru:r?er? of the country.
Lamont denied the report that
th? ?-tate Department had sent th? tier
man Ambassador to see J. P. Morgan
4 Co. about b loan. He denied that
'.rrrnan Ambassador had been re*
I fused a loan for his country.
"We just ?old the ambassador that
a loan was impossible," said Mr. I,a
mont, "for the reason that such a loan
could not be floated."
fould Not Recommend It
After saying that bankers had little
power in ruch a situation, Mr. Lamoal
said: "We could not in ?.-Mod fait:
omn.end such a loan to the inv.
of America" for the reaaon ' the'
many I. not in a position to pay the
rote, demanded "
lie reiterated that th? repa.atiom
problem mu.t be .ettled before a loan
could be i-onii'i' ?uggettion
t<,wnrd a set) i :^-n\. of this pr 'biem
was that a drftr.it. sum b? fixed for
we lid know what
th? mu.t P?y-" Germany would then
to begin ? !? dation und "po?sibly
an Allied comnu.sion to supervise the
us to see that the policy of de?
flation ?res carried out."
"All the?e ??? ? !.;.mont de?
clared, "would have to be taken before
a loan on a Urge *r..
?ible. At such a time American In?
vestor* might be prepared to make .
lo.n?not a larjje loan, not a loan on a
frigs? ut enough to get her
:h.. hill."
No I ??an for Reparation*
A large loin, however, he said was
' out of the question for a long time
to com? and no loan would ue made
-.ble Germany to pay her repara*
> lions obligations.
Vrance, op th? other h.nd, he .?id,
i could always obtain a larg? loan in
untry.
"Bdt I do not believe,'' Mid Mr.
Ijimoi.f, "that conditio". In Germany
will be such as to make peesible a
i oan on u largo acal? for quite some
1 time."
B? said alio, di*cu??ing the i-ues
ition of the hampering
the manner in which the Allies a-e
to refund their debt? to America, that
the Gongrtaaionnl provision providing
that the entire debt be puid off ir.
twenty-flv? year?. tsitJi l*si BSf rent in
?ivolving rather than clarify?
ing the situation.
England, for example, he ?a
!orced under this provision to refund
its debt in gold, and since one-half of
the gold of the world alrendy is In
- e.n coffers this simply holds
back England'? economic revival.
Dulles Blaasee VII ?on
John Foster Dull??, formerly mem
ler of the Reparation Commiruion, who
blamed the prei
<nt reparations crisis en former I
dent Wilson's deviation from that one
of his fourteen pointa providing that
(iermnny should make reparation? for
the damage done in invnded territories.
Mr. Dulle? said that when the Allie?
?ndeavored to include under this point
the listing up ngainst Germatiy of pen?
sions ami settlement and separation
allowance? th? American representa?
tives communicated will
!.. who w.s then on his way to
Kurooe on the George Washington, ask
la advic?.
A wirele?? wa? immediately received
from him s?ylng th?t America wos in
honor bound to stick te the original
point and the Aille?, when told of this,
agreed. Nevertheless, ?aid Mr. Dulles,
the Allies immediately adhered to theit
original demands in thi? matter and
got Mr. ?A il.'.n to agree with them with
the re?ult that he reversed his original
fiosition, allowed the pensions and al
owances under the point relatinr to
damage and Increased the reparations
from approximately 120,000.000,000 to
|3-|,000,000,000.
Hlnes Hits (hanging Regime?
W.lker D. Mine., former Director
ral of the Railways, said th.:
of Europe'? trouble v..? due to I
?efects in It. system of ?<
nient- Governments in Kurope, he said
? re so temporary thet a definite and
continued noliey of reconstruction is
impossible.
Hoot presided at t'ic dinner.
bor vi fin JT ai ship lian
ht Baltic lieht Ret? Plan
, Dsc 19.?Th
sian Soviet government, "Trie
?ii Times" learn?, i?'taking
gain adherent? for the
Mien '<( eobvertlng tl
repartid warship?,
of all nation? except iao?o whose
??$ toucli Um Haiti.-. ,
The Ku'--' i have
already ?pprourhrd the Ilanirh
government with a proposal to
??ill i confereiica of ?tstas inter?
? tsd.
Doom of Irish
Truce Seen in
7 Executions
Members of Rebel Hying
Squail Out to Wreek
I ruin- Shot to Death;
Woman, 3 Other?., Held
: Peace Hop?* Diinini-li? ??
?_??.
D?il Silent on Trageil) :
< omlemiieil Allovaed to
Write to Their Friend*.
-
?i*>???'? Kurrtpoan B?r?ea
If It, N?? Yorlt T
IM'iH.IN, Dec |?, Rumor? a Chritt
ma? truce might be effected in Ireland
.ermed to have gone glimmering to?
day with the official announcement the
largest number of execution? ?o far
i carried out by the r r " State took
place thi? morning, when s*ven mem
I bcrs of a gsng of train ur'ckera psid
lias death penalty.
The executed men ?ere Stephen
., Josrph Johnson. Patrick Magar.
Patri?k Dates. Bryant Moo'e, Jam??
? ?-.? r and Patrick Hagnel. All cam?
Kildaie, with tie exception of
nur, who wai a Tipperary man,
and l They
?ptured last Wrdne?dsy. together
an, in
a dug.u? in Kildare, where they had
?4j a ?tor? of weapons.
The offense for which they were
executed wa? ponesaing arms, rifle?
vers, ammunition and bomb de
; t>nator?, live bomba being found in
j their lair.
It i? known that beaide?. being cut
todian? of the weapon? with which they
were taken the men were momber? of
a rebel flying column that operated
against the railroads and troop trains
and engaged in looting ?hops ss well.
They had bocn pursuing the let*,
cupation in Kildare for eome time, it
is reported, and also were responsible
for the amhuah of Free State troop?
' on the Curragh railroad ?idings Novem
' ber 2?.
Only two days before Its cspture the
1 gang attempted to dislocate the whole
! ?outhern railroad system by ?ending
two engine? they had seized crashing
?nto an (?itruciion near an Important
junction. The dugout in which they
: were Anally run down I? underneath
the kitchen of h Kildare farmhouae.
ember of the gang wa? mortal!
wounded in the lighting attending their
capture. The woman arrested we?
found in the farmhouse with a loaded
? revo:
Father O'Donnelly, military chaplain,
attended the men to-day* before they
i wore put to death. They were al!owe?|
'. alao to communicate svi*h their friend?
j in answer to complaint? of the re?
publicans in connection with the
.earlier Free State execution? that the
executed without being per
! t?j communicato with tho?.
to them.
PerssB? the most significant feature
. in connection with the ?xtcutioni to
j day i t that no comment wa? made con
g them at the meeting of the
o-night.
Although the?e executions have given
a ?ever? ?etback to the peace move
, which ?eemed to have been mak
i ing ?orne progre??. effort? toward
bringing about a truce are ?till b?
1 Ing continu?d. The Senate l'e?er
l I? silent, but it? member? are
' testing out opinion in different direr
to-night.
The Dublin Sinn Fein ?lub? n.
I conference to-night to di?cu?a a po?
j slbte basis for peere, and they ?a ill
i meet again on the ?object Sunday.
I Also public bodies ?.ontfr.ue to pas?
resolution? urging a true?'.
De Witt Clinton's Portrait
Clears Gty of $140 Debt
N?*jr YoTk City is commonly believe
to be solvent, but that did not prever
th? portrait of D? Witt Clinton, form?"
Governor and one of the founders i
the city's school system, from bein
taken down from the walls of the Hoar.
of Education's assembly room yester
day and ??Id at auction to ratiefy i
ITS claim because no appropriation ha?
been mad? to cover it.
Deputy Sheriff Lerwrenee Curtln con
I ducted the ?ale, armed with a writ o|
attachment issued by Justice Rijur, ol
upreme Court, and sued out bj
th? < pfiny. Inc.. when It w?i
found ther, Comptroller had no intention
of paying 'ha- firm's claim for auto*
hieh had been approved
and ordered pe d v;y the board
Before It began. Aasiitant Corpora
1. W. Hilly s
land form? *d on the ground
I th? i ' he hoard's rooms we?
D.-P'jtv' . '? v'.??? ??- -i-'.i
?ineea. Ti
we? that of J. Edward Simmon?, h.
land former member of th? boa-d. Inder
ta? compati ti-? bidding; ai Mr. f?at*
mons's son, who ?u anxious to bu>
in th? portrait for sentimental reasom
and present it to the board, the pri?e
was run up lo S158. There the bidding
stopped and the aw' '.cer deelared th?
picture aold. At this point the bnrfa
b dder said he had never offered mor?
then 1156. Baffled, tbe auctioneer de?
cided it bad all been a mistake and
that no one wanted air. Simmon?'? por?
trait after all.
Attention wa. then turned to the
Clinton picture, which was painted by
..m H. Powell in 1SS4. It was
finally knocked down to L M. Boden
hein-ter for |17t>, thus satisfying tbe $71
Judgment, which with 0 per cent in
'?rest and eoeta now ?mounts to S140.
Mr Bodenheimer, who I? th? attorney
for the C'ayton company, said he had
bought it for himself. The remaining
136 was handed te the l?tretary of the
?board. The purchaser took the picture
, with him ?no promised to return later
: for the frame, out of which it had
' fallen dining the excitement.
The <snd is not yet. The city is go?
ing to bring replevin proceeding? to
' get the portrait hack, which probeb'y
meen? the sheriff, with at riet lmparti
[ alitjr, will seise and bold the picture
I he bas jus? seised sad sold.
French Resolve to
Seize Ruhr Jan, 15
Despite U. S? View
Poiiicarr. Koch, (ahmet
Piifli <)ccti|ialioii Plan?,
After Jii-.-i.amI r?ahlc>4
Attitude in Washington
Krparation Ad\irr
\n<l Loan Hinted
s n mention of Temporary
Help for Iscnnanv by
I.omlon Kanki-r-l^nor? (1
By Wilbur Forrest
rtpeetel ?*??? te is? r-<?-???
Ceprrlght. ISO. N?w Tor? T-?mr.? Ire.
PARIS, Dee. 19.-France will Urn
vads the Kuhr before or immediately
after January 15 unless something
moro decisive than now searai Itksly
intervenes to prevent auch action.
The Tribune correspondent is aMa
to annoum-e this authoritatively fol?
low in g ? series of Important inter?
vicw-s held to-day among I'rt.nier
Poincare, Marshal Koch, MinisUr of
War Maginot and Ministes of
Finance? Lanteyrie.
In the best informed official cir?
cle?) tonight it was said that occupa?
tion is RO per cent probable.
The decisions reached at to-day's
confersnew here were strongly in?
fluenced by two communications.
Foremost of these was a cable from
Ambassador Jusserand at Washing,
ton, setting forth the American pos!
tien on the basis of a detailed inter?
view which Jusserand has just had
with t -.j Department
of Stat<\
I nlted Slate? Plan of Aid Hint?*]
Thl? message explains that the
I'nited States i? anxious to aid Europe
la the financial erisi?, and th,
?ould be excellent If th? French view
point were clarified. H also Is, tug
i tested that certain American bankers
I might act as advisers or lnve?tig<
? Th? me???ge did not, hawever, cei
: any rsferen? . to a ?leec* loen, saeh
i ?s it he? been reported het
? any sugg. i
the I . Might ?art
I tbe situation in a material way at
?age which ?en?usly
! engsged to-day'? meetings came i
I London, snd suggested a compar?t
small cred | rmany by !
1 don bankers, covering four or five rep
, arat.ons payment?, on condition inat
Frsnee call of her plans for occupation
of tbe Ruhr.
Neither Held Ad?quat?
| these messages, however,
was considered ?ufTic afl ? ? by
'Premier Poincare and bit counsel???
i to mil i I- reaek rjesisioa r?i?
tive to the seiture of guaranties from
'.ny.
If the meeting of the premiers here
January 2 doea not provide th
?ource? for satisfacto. para
tion- payments through the medium of
;? loan or through installation of Al?
lied rentrai Ib (.ermany. th? pretence
of France on th? Ruhr may be re?
garded a? i certainty around the mid?
dle nf next month.
If France thua ad\ancea on the Ruhr
the government feel* assured. It is
st Belgium will Jo;n in the
movement, providing a por?
lussolini ?n
?ed on to lo?k on sytn*
any r-e
?rom Bonar Lew
will be merely of a formal nature, It
is declared.
King Presses for Hearing
On World Parley Plea
(?nUr-i < tllh-l, VM
t.nnsider tJtnnomiri ami
l i ti ti n ? ? . ? ft v | Smntor
iah. ha. ?
Lit ion? i
hear t. - .g to
another gr.
on land and naval ?.isarmament. Sen?
ator King'.- in g^^H
ed to disarmament, ?
resulted in a corfirene?, bring about
leratioa of ?conomic and nn?rtg^H
questions s? well, according to its
author.
The .Senator urged Senator lodge
to-day to call au early meeting of ta?
committee.
utor King at sea
plated introducing -t r?solu
t?d to th? State Depart
for the purpose of finding out wha'
this government is doing to bring
about a settlement of the troub ? ?
and an international undar?
ng He has come to th? con
however, that such a resolv?'
tion would be of no value, inasmuch
as the Sta?? Department by taking the
reply at this -
would b- "meompatible with the p .
?void throwing ligb*.
on < be matter. He therefore will net
attempt it.
'her th, V
diseussion on tbe floor of tbe S*n
>f disarmament add th? general
4
situatioo. It will com? s
Ion with tbe naval bill
I
?ttor Kin< went t* ???- Wet? Do
p?riment to-day to see Secretary ?f
State llughea about rtpoits the
H States might ???.tarante? German
reparation?. He did net aee Mr.
Hugh??, who wa* not at th? depart
ment at th? time. Senator King 1?
much opposed to any ?ueh plan.
a ??"
'?-?piwbounti Pootofiic* Robbetl
WATERLOO. N V., Dee IS?With
this section of the country virtually
?npvii.iur.d as tb<
? and the -
pOStofTice ?I
n.bbed tust night. Kua.) Low.:
th? rebbtr? vbuinci is not kaove.
