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HhlWyljiLi'H"i" i i ii 111 ii ! 1 t Jtow ' i ' pMH AIL SHAMROCK ONCE MORE BURTON IRISH BLOW UHTROOPSIN 2 LORRIES TO.MORROW8 WEATHER Probbly fair. TO-NIQHT3 WEATHER Tbunderttormt, 1 John Ro Spears i AMERICA'S GREATEST YACHTING AUTHORITY HI mtoer'ifnlkoc; V en r flu it- Dknrck Hi ace riuc j WILLS ;JJl EDITION . . H VOL. LXI. NO. 21,487 BOLSHEVIK! AGREE 10 WIAKE PEACE WITH THE POLES Note Sent to British Govern ment' However, Offers a New 'Proposition. POLES STILL IN FLIGHT. Populace Abandons Rich Har vest Grain as Reds Sweep Across Lithuania. LONDON, July 19 (Awoclatcd Press) The (British CSovernment to-day re ceived a note from the Russian Soviet Government stating that Russia was prepared to agree to An armistice and to make peace with Poland. The noto was eent by Geor Tchlt cV.crln. FerVy'sn lMin!tyr. - It was In reply to the British proposal for an uimistlce and peace conference. In the note the Soviet Government mutle a fresh proposition, -which Is un der consideration by thc-Brltlsh Cab inet. WAIISAW, July 19' (Associated Press). The Poles are withdrawing to the south and southwest from tho railway Junction of Llda, which has been occupied by the Bolhnvlkl In their drive in the direction of Grodno. This Bolshevik BWecp across Lithu ania i giving the Soviet force posses sion of a rich harvest, as they are ooucpying thoiisanils of acres planted by the Pole, the grain and l.ay now standing In stacks. The Polish popu-" Intlon Is fleluv before tho Bolshevik onrush, tho peasants crowding the roads with their livestock and vehicles loaded with household goods. -' it us Mild in Polish quarters that the retieat on the northern front Is being continued In, an orderly way, accord lng to plan. Thai Balshevlkl in their westward push havo reached the vicinity of tho formor Husso-Gcrman battle lino on the western edg of tho Prlp-it marshes, llcru the Poles are making a Htand. and heavy fighting is In progress at vurlous points. Tho Bolshevlkl have brought -up ar mored trains from tho railroad lead ing southwest from Minsk and along another railroad extending through the marshes from Mozlr and Kalon Kovltche. DR. HAMMER GETS 3Y2 to 15 YEARS Court Disregards Petition in Sen tencing Him For Fatal Operation. Dr. Julius Hammer, physlcUn nt No, 14S8 Washington Avenue, Bronx, con victed by a Jury of manslaughter as the lesult of the deuth of Mrs. Murgaret Oganesorf, of No. 230 Hlversldo Drive following nn ulleced unnecessary opor. Btlon, to-day was sentenced by County Judge Glbbs Vo Sing Sing for tlirce ami a half to fifteen years. A stay was Krantcd until July 20 to allow Dr. Ham mer's counsel. William J. ration, to move for a writ of reasonable doubt. New Ivldenco In the form of nn am davit that Dr. Hammer tried to get a mirse for bis patient was submitted The court struck It out. Drs. Morris Klshberg of Bellovue Medical College nil Isadora W. Held of Beth Israel then testified us charucter witnesses, petition signed by 200 names, who, counsel said, woro "eminent and repu- tnhin" nlivslclans and nrofessionul mon, was read. It crltlslzed the verdict, and suggested that medical men rcploco lay men Juries in cases of this nature Judge Glbbs declared tho law draws n clear line betweon necessary and un necessary operations, serving to protect tho public ugalnst doctors who have tho dollar sign us their Idi'al. Tho court room was filled with medical men. To Nnnie lloilnn CoinmUsloii Till "Week. ALBANY, July 19. Oov. Smith said to-day It was possible that before tho end of tho week he might announce tho personnel of tho Boxing Commission and tho Licensing Committee provided In thii Act at the 1920 legislature cre atine s. SUU Athletic Commit alon. fflmffltofr a Circulation Books Open to AIL" DAILY. Coprrlaht, inao, Co. (The Attack Follows Night of Ter ror in Cork, With Much Firing in Streets.. CASUALTIES OVER 100. Women and Children Flee Into Side Streets, tut Sev eral Are Shot. CORK, July 19, (Associated Press). Two military lorries loaded with soldiers which pawned through the streets of Cork at i o'clock this morn- ins ivero attacked by civilians Tvlth bombs and blown up. Between Mxty and seventy soldiers wore injured. The civilians throw twcnty-nlno 'bombs. This attack followed a night of ter ror, Into which the city was plunged on a rosult of stroet fighting in which Sinn Fclnora and tho military par ticipated. Two men were killed and some forty were wounded In the. gun lighting, which brought tho total casualties well over tho'ono hundred mark. The Sinn Kolnora used tho guerilla tactics which had been outlined in the plan of campaign of the, Repub lican Army. Tho fighting broko out as tho re suit of a bayonettlng incident In the street In which a former soldier was killed. About 10.30 P. M. indlscrlrn Inato firing sturted in virtually ah sections of tho 'city, participated in, it is stated, by military patrols in mo tor lorries and nrmored cars. Krlght ned women and children hurried into sldo streets and doorways and knocked frantically at numerous houses for admission. Volunteer patrols hurried to their assistance, but several young girls and former soldiers already had been hit by flying bullets and woro taken to the hospital. Most of tho casualties occurred In the northerii part of tho city. Commissioner Smyth of, the Royal Irish Constabulary was shot duad In the Country Club by fourteen armed men, who forced their way past the doormen. Smyth was round by the intruders sltUng with menus ono of them District Inspector Craig Several men fired point blank at the Commissioner, who rose, but fell dead while endeavoring to reach the door. Mr. Craig was wounded during the fusillade. Mr. Smyth was tho Divisional Commissioner for the Munster Royal Irish Constabulary. Smyth was a Captain of tho 15th Sikhs during tho World War and won the Victoria Cross. FIRE ON NIGHT BOAT ALARMS HUNDREDS Passengers, Aroused During Storm Help Put Chit Blazes on Steamer C. W. Morse Passengers from Albany on the Hud son Itlvcr night boat C. W. Morso wero startled at 3.30 this morning by cries of "PlreV which brought a number of them from staterooms In their nuht cloning. Tho boat was crowded wltn between 600 and 700 passengers, an for a few 'moments there was great ex cltement. but no panic. The blaze was confined to stateroom No. 320, on tho main deck, and it believed to havo been started by smoker In bis berth. , Passengers as slated tho crew in getting a line of hoio Into action Tn ndd to tho excitement the fire oc- cuired during a heavy shower, accom nanted by much thunder and lightning. Among those on board was C. W. Afurse, head O, me iiuuguii, .miiiaiiuii .uin pany. which operates tho boat. WOIlT.n ItHSTAUIlANT. Spfflll for to-dlf (llOTIlllT), Julj- 19, lt:o--Iluuiirttn coululi, rrit). iwutrai. 35c. i ulu.on haJ&J lloAnlr niajoonal, Uk.i ixble d'hote dlu. ncr, t0. iui nocr, World UuUdlni. Adiu CIVILIANS IN CORK HURL 29 BOMBS AT TWO WIIUTARV TRUCKS; 70 SOLDIERS HURT s 1 i 750. 'inoy aro suing ror me uuegei"ne (Rioing News on Psoas 2 and 14.) flclt in Hplro'j accounu by The lrM l'obllihlnf New York World). JAPANESE WOMAN BELIEVED IN LAKE IN PARK Card in Her Bag Indicates She Was Miss Yuki Onda, Missing From Hotel Pennsylvania. Moro boat m.inned by Harbor Vo- lice with grappling hooks continued to-day .to drag tho lake In J ho effort to locate tho body of a Japanese woman who is 'believed to have drowned herself In tho 72d Street lake lato Sunday night. In a handbag found on the north bank were pecu liar cards, ono sldo bloijk. tho othor side white, bearing tho name, Onda. Miss Yuki 503 450 Washington. p. C S. H. 30, Mon. C-7-17." At tho Hotel Pennsylvania It was admittcl that a woman, presumably u Jatoa- ncse, had registered thero Saturday as MIbs Yukl Onda, and had been as signed to room 663. She had osKod for hor key at 9 o'clock last nlht and had not vtoeen seen since, tho hotel employees said. A large crawd, to-day watched the progress of tho search, which hid been carried on all night 1v aid of searchlights. Capt, Jacob Brown of tho Arsonal Pollco -Station directed tho work. It was Bald the peculiar arrangement of water pipes and cables at the bottom of the lakj might hold down a body and necessi tate a search of every square foot. George Willis, a sailor, reported to tho pollco last night, that ho had heard a splnh near the north .end of tho lake, on n line with 7tli Street. Going in tho direction of tho cry, ho had found a black liat -with black feathers, an exponslvo, handmade comb, and an "expensive black silk bag heap"od' under a big tree near a summer house on tho bank. In the bag woa a Japanese silk handkorcihlef hemstitched with a pink border, to cents, a powder puff, a small trunk key und ft room Key with tno tag or the Pennsylvania Hotel, in addition wero tho cards. Tho hotel employees said tho woman a1d something about feollng ill when she askod lor her keys, jso especial notice had been taken of Tier, It was said, becauso fifty or more Japanese had been thero uunng tno last low days, some coming to a conference and others to attend functions on board the Japaneoo orulsor off 96th Street. YANKEE NET STARS WIN AGAIN ABROAD WIMBIiBDON. England, July 19. William M. Johnston of California, tho American tennis champion, defeated A. K. K. Klngscote of Groat Britain here to-day In a hard fought match, 0 .1, 40. 8 C. 64, 75. To-day's play was supplementary to the series between tho British and American Davlj, Cup teams which end ed Saturday in a victory for the Amer icans. In the other singles match William T- Tllden of Philadelphia, world's cham pion tennis player, defeated J. C. Parlte, the veteran Internatlonlst, in straight sets, 62, 63, 7 6. first'stutz suit brought. The first suit gi owing out of the fam ous Ktuts Motor corner began to-day In SUprcmo Couit when attorneys for Sa torlus, .Smith & Loewy, No. -Js Bioail Street, members of tUo Stock Kju-hangc, filed papers In a suit against Fvderlck L Slilro, Nn. 6S Kust 131st Street, to recover JS.SSO. The complaint alleges the bioker so'd fifty sharei of Stutz common for their customer March .'.t, holding tnentv-flve shares on the account of Kplro. Tl allege they completed delivery wlt.i twenty-flm shares wlileh they UoiiohuiI Settlement for the borrowed fliares nn made, say the papers, April 27 at .11 3.- DROWNED NEW YORK, MONDAY, JULY 19, 1020. HUNG TO TALK 1 WASHBURN IN ELWELL INQUIRY Questions Husband of Young Woman Who Got Turfman's Check as Wedding Gift. " NO LIGHT ON MYSTERY, Lieutenant Says Wife Was at Same Theatre as Whist Expert June 10. i Mrs. Elizabeth Clnrlmon Wash burn, wife of Lieut. William May hew Washburn, a member of the A. E. K., who was wounded In France, will be questioned by A3jlstant Dis trict Attorney John T. Pooling in , connection with tho Investigation of I w the murder of Josoph 11. Elwcll. turf man and whist expert, In his borne. No. 244 West 70th Street, on Juno 11. Mr. Pooling said to-day that ho wanted to ask Mrs. Washburn about her frlondshlp with tho murdered man, as well as about the ?200 chock made out to herSJy Elwcll and later found among his effects, endorsed with her name. ' Mrs. Robert L. Clarkson, mother of Mrs. Washburn, explained lastweek I that tlio check iwas sent to her I daughter as a marriage gift from Li- well, an old friend of the Clarkson Xamtly. Mr. Pooling said he had questioned Lieut. Washburn last Thursday at his homo, No. 02 East 79th Street, in tho prcsonco ofvF. A. H. Washburn. tho lieutenants' brother and an at torney, as well as iMr. Washburn's personal counsel. v Tho Lieutenant, said Mr. Dool.ng, said ho had never met Elwell, although he added that ho had heard frequently of tho turfman. Washburn also said that though ho himself had not been on tho New Amsterdam Theatro Roof on the night of June 10, when Elucli was there with the Lewisohn part, Mrs. Washburn, her sister Paulino and his brother, V. A. B. Washburn were on tho roof. Elwell and the Washburn party, however, did not meet, the Lieutenant told Mr. Pooling. Asked whether Lieut. Washburn, had known of the check foe $200 sent as a wedding gift from the whist ex pert to his wife, Mr. Pooling said that ho did not cure to discuss that phase of tho case at present. He ulso declined to talk about tho possibility that Wshburn had furnished him with new facts which might lend to a speed ysolutlon of" tho mystery. "it Is to early' to talk of thut fea ture of the case now," suld Mr. Pool ing. "We are working on a number, of clews which may lead us some where. At present 1 regard the Washburn episode merely us one of I those Incidents which aro constantly cropping up In all celebrated cases, and of no particular significance." Miss Clarkson and Mr. Washburn wore married Inst October. Mrs. Robert L. Clarkson, Mrs. Washburn' it mother, Is quoted as having said in explanation of Elwcll's wedding glf that "Joe" and her dnughtor woro "tho bvst f friends," and had 1m.oii so for a long time. Miss Clarkson and Elwcll, said tho gorl's mother, weiu together a good deal at Pahn Beao'i. "Their friendship was simply a fin.j feeling between nn elderly man and i young girl," cxpleined Mrs. Clarkson Classified Advertisers Important ! rMfflu1 Aw,rllnir rtmv tar The Sunday World sliould be tn I no worm omce On or Before Friday Preceding Publication Karly copy recelres the preference when Sunday advertising haa to he otnlttud. Late advertising Is now omitted for lack of time to aet It. THE WORLD. Capt Blur ton, Kept as Skipper, And Wife on Shamrock's Deck ir-' : " ;!; !;9HraulffiS9 III ' Hli , v CAPTAIN) 3UR.TOM V 'Koto o.t OF THE SUICIDE OF Jl Former German Empress Is Sufferiii"; From Heart Ail ment and Effect Is Feared. POOIt.V Holland, July 10 (Associ ated Press). Tho announcement of Prince Joachim's death enmo to Poorn Castle llki?a thiindorbolt. Tho former German Empress, who, during the last woi 'a, has boon seri ously troubled by her heart aliment, IS believed not to have been Informed of tho tragedy. The ex-Emperor has been told of It, and has been greatly affected.. Prince Joachim saw his parents qulto recently, It having boon only the middle of Juno whon bo paid them a visit nt lfoorn Costlo bore. WIEIUNOM.V, Holland, July 19. News of tho suicide of Prlnco Joa chim enmo UK a great blow to hl brothor, the formor (Joi-man Crown Prlnco. Tho lelatlons between Joa- chlm und I'mlcrlok Wllltiiin woio al ways of a friendly nature. The ex- Crown Prlnco will probably go to Poorn to hum tho formor Uinporor. KWtLLV. July 19 Prince Jon chlm. youngest of the formor lvalser's six sons. Iiiui committed suicide by shooting In tho npartment at Pots dam where ho luiri beon living mnce Ins wifo left him. Berlin oltlclaldoni tried desperately to ronccnl the fuels, intimating that death was tint result of an auto mobile nccldont. Potsdam pollco headquarters profossed to know nothing dellnlte about the case, anil the facts have so fur not been given to the public. But the truth has ramn out. The (Continued on Second Tage. f E I n ' 1 1 1 - w MOTHER NOT TOLD PRINCE ACHl "Circulation Books Oven I'.nter'd m Krrnntl-riMM l'ot Offlcr, New York, iSID W1R5 BURTON CtMDRrL i USES AIRPLANE TO OUTWIT ALL SCOTLAND YARD British Police Had Closeil All Avenues of liscape for Crimi nal 1-xcept the Air. LO.N'PON. July 19. SCOTIiANP Yiml was outwit ted to-day by nn ulrplano rscupu of u cilinlnal, thu first in the annals , of British crime. Tho man was being bought by police. Ho telephoned tho Iundim air port nt Croydon to Inquire whoUier 'ho could re serve a heat In tho plane lravlhg for Paris. Tho ulrplano comimny informed him that the afternoon plimo had alntiidy left. Ho wont to tho nvlittlnn grounds and after lavih dls trlbuUoii of money obtained a pkuio which tk 'lilm to Paris. Police slated they had kept a close watch on all outgoing bouts ami tnilnH but had not thought of the possibility of an airplane us cape. MRS. HUG, SUING, SAW HUSBAND HUG Declares Auto Truck Dealer Was Kissing UnknowiwWoinan on Street ' in Jamaica. Mrs. Marie C. Hug of No. 31 Hedges Place, Jamaica, to-day through couni! lukrd Kupreme Court Justice Fawci'tt in ltriioklii to grant her 110 a rp' alimony iyid t2."0 cnunxel fees, peiiillng her suit for sepal atlnu against her hus band, Ohailes L. Hun. Hug I In UlC automobile tiuck builneis at No. jl I'nlou Hall Htioot, Jnmalia. The couple were married on Juno 28, 1913, and, aucurdlng to Sirs. Hug, the defendant has treated her iruclly since 1917. 'On May 5, 1.'0, at 10 P. M.." .Mr. Hug states, "tii plaintiff encountered the defendant and an unknown numnii. Khllst In the act of kL-slns each other ,it tlio corner of Itu.kaway lload und Kimtn Street, Jamal u." Mrs. Hug !'' that 11 jg speaks ti her very inr f reiiuentlj . und that this treatm wjask. treatment hui nwde her a nurvoa to AIL" PRICE TWO CENTS IN OIIKATEU NEW TOIlK Mailer M. Y. UPTON TO RETAIN BURTON AS SKIPPER OF SHAMROCK FDR TO MORROW'S RACE Challenger Gives Out Guarded An nouncement, Which Leaves Way Open to Make Change Later if Sailing Is Still Unsatisfactory. . By Lindsay Denison. (Special 8tff Correspondent of Th Eventntj World.) "'"' "! Highlands of navesink, n. j., July i9.-capt. William P: Burton will "be at the wheet of Shamrock IV." to-morrow when tlfe Irish chaflenger resails her second race with Resolute for the America's cup,,SIn Thomas Lipton announced at noon to-day. . , The yachting baronet reversed all the well-founded earlier morning predictions that Capt. Burton, whose showing In the first two trials 'ns been much criticised, would be supplanted either by Capt. Albert Turner, Capt. Charles Nicholson, the designer,, or Capt. Alfred Diapei 1 "Capt. Burton will bo at tho wfcM I 50,000 ARRESTS IN 6 MONTHS FOR "WET" VIOLATIONS Many Made by Local Police 'and Other Officials Arc In cluded in Estimate. WASHINGTON. July 1. MOHi: than 60,000 nrreatn were made during the) first six months of consti tutional prohibition Just closed, ' Prohibition Commissioner Kra mer's annual roport, soon to 'be Issued, is e::poctod to oatlmate. A largo porcontago of arrests woro made by local police and officials who aro co-oporaUne; with Kramer but aro not directly resonitlo to him. Tho number of those arresto can only bo es timated. A total of CO.000 arrests -would indicate that on an average about ono in ovory 2,000 persons in tho United Btalos -wan charged with violation of tho prohibition laws In tho porlod stated. QUEENS GAS CO. WINS ITS SUIT Special Master Gilbert Finds That Law Limiing Charge to Si a Thousand Is Void. In a report and opinion mado by Spe cial Master Hubert an the case of tho New York und Queens Ox Company, lomplalnunt against Charles I). New ton, State Attorney General; Denis O'Lwry, District Attorney Of Queens, and Iwl Nixon, IMbllc Service Com mission, Pirst District, Master Gilbert declared: "l recommended that it bo decreed that Chapter .Vo. Vii of the Laws of 1908, in so far as it provides that the cumplulnant. tho New York and Queens Oa Company, shall not now charge or rucelvo for gas manufactured, furnished or sold by It, a sum per thousand cubic feet In excess of a rate of 1 per thou sane" cubic feet Is Illegal and void, be cause In contravention of fixtlon No. 10. A r Ucln No. 1, of tho ConalltuUon of tin I'lilted States and of the aourteenth Amendment to said Constitution and that tho complainant havo other and further relief ugalnst tho defendants in this suit." P. RR. REDUCES ITS FORCE. miniincr HI Per tent. Will He l.nlil Of r Minn t 11,000 Atrrctnl. PHILADELPHIA, July 19 A 10 pe cut (eduction ii the working forced of ! tn Peims) Ivanla Itallroad will be made tills week. It was announced here tj-day at the luinpany'a olllco. I n the Kastern region alone, which i take I" tin. territory ' of Altoona lirtAccn 1 1.000 and K.00J workers will bu laid off, It wu.t stated T1IP. VTOItlJ) TllAVKI. UUIIKAD. Arctd. IuUIki (World) Uolldlna. 64 M Put How, a. x. our. Ttiepaoiio itiznaa tuuo. IBa'h rrwim fnr fc.-Hlfla tn,l rmttlA ooa flu an4 riv," BUt. TIlnEK CENTS ZL8RW1IEIIB to-morrow," enld Sir Thomas to-da.y, carefully wordmg his statement "Af ter ithat I cannot say, but my present' UDderstandlnjr Is that Iho will be at the wheel to-morrow. I will not talk about It further." On board tho Shamrock IV. and the Klllarney, tho (hououboat, it was urfi denjtood that Hkipper Burton has 'been so inslatont he bod not (had a chance on Thursday and Saturday to get the ibest results out of Sham rock IV., owing to the fluky condi tions, that Sir Thomas decided to re tain nlm In nominal command at least. Tho cautious wording of Sir Thomas's announcement made It en tirely probablo that there will be somebody elsa at Capt. Burtons throughout the race. Sir Thomas Lipton to-day reqelvod a cablegram of congratulation from King Alfonso of Spain. It was as follows. "Delighted to hear of your victory. Go on, ALI'X)N80."' To-morrow's race itgaln will fee over a thirty-mllo trlanguar course iwLuuso Duwuruuy a riiuisuiar ran.' test was called ok. WOULD LIKE NICHOLSON TO TAKE CHARQE. Sir Thomas Llpton's own Inclina tion, It la obvious to all who boarded his boat to-day, is to persuade Charles Nicholson, the ship builder who designed the Shamrock IV., and In whoae'yards she was put together. to take command of tho Shamrock If any cliango Is made later. , Nicholson is a wonderful sailor," he haa said over and over again, In the gay mood which has taken the place of an almost forced and nerv ous cheerfulness which had marked him when the Shamrock fluked a victory In the first race, after' Iteso lute, far ahead, had been put out of the contest because of her; broken throat halliard, "Nicholson knows a yacht and a race as well as any' man living. Tou should see him go up a mast. Ho Is like a cat." No one could havo keener sym pathy for the gray-haired, qulet spoken, scholarly man who is to be held responsible for Shamrock's sad showing, o3 far as material results. are concerned, lost Thursday and Saturday than Nicholson. They are close frjends. They were as eager as older and younger brother In set ting forth their opinions, as printed In The Evening World Saturday, that the lagging of Shamrock in the first half of Thursday's race was due to no fault of design or seamanship. Sir Thomas began advising wltfjtf his friends regarding the propriety of relieving Burton Immediately after Thursday's race. It was known to , these in his closest confidence that his dislike of taking a victory out of , another's accldcat. was. only a part, of J 1 s JL m itfimiiATi ! hi WHmm