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MORSE PROMISES
HARDING
PLANS
Will Be Formed From Those
- Now Tryjng to Guide Each
,ptfifiVin Washington.
Russia May join later.
Tranqiiiliization of FarvEit
Object Sought as an-Aid
to World Peace.
, i By David LawreMeH'i
(Special Correipondent of The Eve
nina World.) ...:
' "WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 Copyfisht."
1921). An Eastern Council of. Na
tions now appears as the objective of
the Qovcrnm Us gathered here to
discuss Kar Eastern questions. .
Tim sumo nine powers who arc try
In? to establish a ict of principles to
guida cucli other In llielr commercial,
financial :ind political relations with
respect to the Pacific will be ulti
mately grouped In un organization to
nee to It that tlio principles adopted
at YVushlnglon are lulrly applied.
Thft United States, Government" Th
lt original Invitation endoavorad to
Include all nations which might port-
EASTERN COUNCIL
NINE
NATIONS
jAslbly havo interests In the.la E.jijt
" HvTtTi' the. uxceptlon' of I'usala. When
the Jlusslans get a stable govein
nieui' they too would bo lnvltiid to
Join. '
In other words, this development
of an association of nine or ten
nations for a precise object the
tranquillization of the Far East Is
In lino with President Harding's
theory that International conference
can bring about co-operation not
merely for the moment when tho
problems arc laid on thoi table, but
subsequently when disputes arise as
to the meaning or Interpretation of
principles.
Mr. Harding's idea Is that world
peace can bo materially assisted by
regional understandings as well as by
yqriodlc conference of all nations.
He summoned five pbwers to par
ticipate In the limitation of. naval
armament because they alone seemed
to be. the factors In such a problem.
Similarly, the nlno powers galled to
discuss tho Far East were the only
ones to whom the Far Eastern settle
ment was vital. , In the same sense
3Ir. Harding has taken occasion to
refer to the organization erected by
the' Versailles! treaty as "tho
European League of Nations." The
president has let it ic known that he
believes the League should -abide be
cause It has a definite valuo (or
Europe.
Probably, If he were asked to do
fine Ills attitude toward Central and
South America he would say that
tho Monroe Doctrine and tho Pan
American understandings of the last
generation had developed an associ
ation of tho nations of the Western
Hemisphere.
But tho greatest thing that may
develop out of the- Eastern Council
of Nations la the formula, It .ay
furnish for the graceful abrogation
of tho Angl6-Japancso alliance.
There lias already been one signifi
cant Indication that tho nine powers
were working toward this objective.
It was the nppolntmcnt ot a commis
sion to study tho question of giving
,,.xtra-tcn'itorlal rights. All pqw
en's) lave agreod to the principle of
Abandoning thoso rights, but the com
mission must determine exactly wthen
(Continued, on Second Page.)
ADVERTISEMENTS
for the
Sunday World
Classified Section
Should be in
TIM World Offlci To-Day
abraham gilbert,
Who'; gets $90,000
fees in gas cases
Ism
FEES! OR GILBERT
AS MASTER N GA
CASES ARE $90,000
rixeI by Judge Mayer, Hisjuion brought out would hav
Former Law Partner, in -Consolidated
Hearings.
, AirahinV SJ- Ollbert's tompen'saUoii'
for slttlns 330 "Jars as special master ,
In tho Consolidated Gas case has been
fixed ut $37,500 by United States Cir
cuit Judge Mayer. This Is at tho rate
of tt.ts.63 a day. Tho decree of Judge
Mayer, who appointed Mr. Gilbert, hla
former law partner, provides additional
nllowancs for necessary expenses in
curred bv tho master. In the perform
ance of his duties.
Compensation, also allowing for
extra expenses, has been fixed by
Judge Mayer, In threo other cases as
follows! New .York & Queens Gas
Co., $12,500; Central Union Gas
Company, $12,500: Northern Union
Gas Company,' J7.S00. There are four
mo'ro cases In,, which Mr. Gilbert is
entltledj.0 compensation as master,
and whtcli Judge Mayer Is now set
tling. Thcso are tho New York
Mutual Gas Company, New Amster
dam Gas Company, East River Gas
Company, of Long Island City, and
the Standard Gas Company. AH
seven are owned by the Consolidated.
The total compensation In the four
cases thus far fixed by Judge Mayer
is $30,000, to which Mr. Gilbert may
add a .charge for expenses incurred.
The expense, according to the decree,
is to be born in equal parts by the
defendants, who are the State ef
7Vew York, the old Public Service
Commission of tHe First District, and
the Counties of Bronx, Queens and
New York in their respective cases.
In 1898 Mr. Gilbert resigned as as
sistant attorney to the Building De
partment to enter law partnership
with Julius M. iTayer. When his
partner 'became Attorney General of
the Stato and later was appointed a
Judge of tho Federal District Court,
Mr. Gilbert acted a's counsel to the
Republican County Committee, to
Gov. Whitman and to Mayor Mltchel.
Judge Mayer has frequently uppolntcd
Mr. Gilbert not only a special mas
ter but also a receiver in bankruptcy
cases. Judge Mayor was clovuUd
from the District to the Circuit
Court by President Harding two
months ago.
i
BANDIT SHOT DEAD
BY JUSTICE OF PEACE
AFTER ROBBING BANK
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Dec. 2.
After holding up tho Security Btate
Bank at Itobbinsdalo, u suburb, aa
unidentified man was etrot a it5 WrJd
by Justice of the Peaco Crandall
while 'he was attempting to escape
late to-day. The man entered the.
bank masked and, brandishing a
pistol, ordered, two bank employees
to throw up their hands. Ko ob
tained a small amount of money.
(Raeino raiulti, aoratehss, tntriM
And lections-on P0 2.V.
1 ' ' ' i "
OF LIT.
Wants Grand Jury Probe of
Their Acts Statute of Limi
tation May Clear Them.
CITY HAD CHANCE IN '2C.
'Auditor's Testimony Then
Opened the Way to Show
Cause for Prosecution. -
Although Hhn statute or limitations
has apparently operated tn cleat tho
directors of tho Interborough ."from
uny criminal responsibility for Illegal
acts they may hate committed In de
claring dividends when there weiu
no profits, .Mayor Hylun entered the
Hit nation to-day with the demand
that the Transit Commission turn,
over all Us evidence or llleg.il pine
tlr.es to the District Attorney and the
Grand Jury.
Th(? delayed participation or the
Mayor brought to light that if hs'
Administration had diligently prose
cuted an Investigation ot" tho transit
HltiiaHbrf begun In January, 1930, the
same facts that tho Transit, Comnils-
revealed andL.tho, stututn of.
tlona would not have operated to
save the Interborough directors. The
Held was open but the Hylan lnvcstl
gaqrididvPot follow the tnil).
After tho 1919 strike Mayor Hylan
charged that there had been u con-L
splracy between the Interboroughjmd
certain of Its employees to bring about
tho strike an part of a campaign for
Increased fares. On Dec. So, 191'J. the
Board of Estlmato passed ti resolu
tion ordering "A comprehensive in
quiry Into tho transit lines or New
York City,"
"William P. Burr, then Corporation
Counsel and learned In traction and
public service maUera, took charge of
tho inquiry and Commissioner ot Ac
counts Hlrshtlcld also busied hlmseir.
Mr. Burr was appointed to the Su
premo Court bench and 'the matter
.was taken up by his successor, Cor
poration Counsel O'Brien.
Among tho witnesses examined was
Chief Auditor Gaynor of the Inter
borough. In his preliminary testi
mony he opened tho way to all tho
revelations of amazing financial
manipulations that were brought out
by Clarence Shearn In the Transit
Commission hearings but Mr. Gaynor
was not quizzed far enough.
The subjects covered In the Inquiry
inaugurated by tho then Corporation
Counsel, Mr. Burr, were fourteen In
number, as follows: History of the
Interborough, dividends, leasos, traffic
congestion, publicity expenses, pat
ents and royalties, strikes, payments
to Belmont & Co.," bonuses, costs of
special counsel, economics, worthless
Items carried as assets. Investments
In Elevated lines and present earning
power.
It appears from the report of Cor-
(Contlmied on Sixteenth Page.)
ROBS MAIDEN LANE FIRM
OF $20,000 UNSET GEMS
The Detective Bureau admitted to
day Uiat no information toad beon
gained regarding a robbery of $20,000
worth of unset diamonds from Uie olllce
ot C. C. JIalllet & Co, No, 14 Maiden
Lane, Nov. 15.
According to the report nude to t no
pollen by the firm, u "printing sole
rrin engaged Miss Josephine Delameter,
secretary to the senior partner and her
self a member of the .firm, in a proposal
for catalogue and circular printing. The
telephone rang and she. excused herself.
When she returned the stranger was
gone, and an (hotir later It was foiird
that a bag of uncut diamonds had dis
appeared. NEW ENGLAND RAIL
PAY CUT $1,000,000
CHICAGO, Dec. 2. A decision ex
pected to cut nearly 11,000,000 from the
payrools of New England railroads as
handed down by the United States Hall,
road Labor Board to-day, when It re
adjusted the rates of pay clerks ma.'.dr,g
the hourly rate identical for man k?io
work-; six days and those who nork
SBvendaya a week.
FRANCE TO
Mother Tells o f Killing
Lover as Her 3 Children
Romp in Staid Courtroom
lft o RiCht "K.ATTX
lOA and
RAGOMO
Mrs. Ragout Recounts Hitfal
Chapter of Sordid Life With
Frank lucalano.
cumuli;?- .
vo been I ,jrs. jopBphlna Pinnelll Uagi
''"tr.'.irfrtr tnn-Wtirdpr sr hrr
igoin. on
r trf t ,
looked like b frlyhtonod olilM to-day
when Alio was led from tho TimibH io
continue her testlm.ony hnforo Judgi
lt Wa to bo tho crucial day She
steadfastly Jiad fiald that the man ho
killed, Frank lucalano, was shot acci
dentally In a struggle Her task to
day was tjj make tho Jury believe this
in spite of the fact that lucalano was
shot not once but three times.
The hardest part of her ordeal was
to be tho cold cross-examination by
Assistant District. Attorney McDon
ald. But first, under tho guidance
ot her own counsel, Newman Levy,
she completed ber version of tho or-
dld doublo life she had led up to the
time when her husband, John Ragonc,
disgusted, gavo her $50 and told her
he was going away and not coming
back.
Mrs. Ragono is twenty years old,
but she is tho mother of threo chil
dren, one of whom; Katie, Is four
years old. Mllllo is threo and Ida
two.
These children were playing In tho
corridors outside the courtroom thin
morning when their mother, clothed
in black from hat to shoes, came In
and saw them, Her eyes lighted for
an Instant, then sho paled and faint
ed. She was in a badly-shaken statu
when she was revived.
"Just think I have been away for
months," she said, "all because 1
would not do what Frank wanted mo
to."
She meant Iucalano's alleged de
mand that she become a girl of the
streets to earn money for him.
Tho children were In tho care of
their grandmother, who played with
them at moments during the trial and
seemed at other moments to forget
(Continued on Sixteenth Page.)
50 DAYS IN JAIL
FOR AUTO SPEEDER
.One of the heaviest sentences hand
ed a chauffeur In Trafilc Court for
violation ot auto driving regulations
was administered to-da,- by Magis
trate Cobb in the Trartlc Court to Jo
sept Flax, a chauffeur, previously
convicted three times of speeding.
After sentencing tho defendant to
twenty days In tho workhouse on the
speeding , ge,,.ho Magistrate drew
from hlr admission that hla li
cense hi ecn revoked on Jilv ft,
when lie . .4 sentenced by Magistrate
John E. McUcohan-to servo five days
as a third offender. Magistrate Cobb
then sentenced Flax to serve thirty
adoulonut days for driving without
license.
TUK WOIU.I1 TltAVtX BOKKAU.
Arttat. PulUwr (World) Uulldlni. SJ-cl Pit
lion. H. Y. ClU. Tdeotioot imknu 4UX1.
Ubcdk room (or taili( sod ptrcela oytrrtliy sad
uiiUt. Moot onlua tod usitllcn' ducks- tot
IHT1T'.
'.vrsi
VI RS
tSU JSLZa.K
FREE HIM TO-DAY
Seems Little Concerned Over
Threat on Life in Case He
Is Acquitted.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2. A
threat 'has been received by friends
of Roacoe Arbucklo that ho would b
shot down as he left tho court room
it .he is acquitted of manslaughter In
the death of Virginia Jtuppe.
This throat, following the poisoning
of the defense's star witness. Miss
Irene M. Morgan, led to extreme pie
cautions to protect the big inovie co
median, to-day.
Tho threat was received by his ut
torney ant a friend two days ago, it
was learned to-day. Tho letters ad
dressed to each stated "you und your
fU friend" will bo asirasslnuted.
The girl witness nurse from Los
Angeles is reported hovering between
life and deatb from effects of the
poisoning. Physicians 3ald they be
lieved she had been given a large
quantity ot aspirin.
A gray-haired, middle-aged man
was sought as the poisoner. Miss
Morgan told police oho had met tho
mnu at the Arbucklo trial, wheio un
attempt hud 'been made to Impo.iau
her testimony. Sbo said sho went
walking with hlin yesterday at noon.
Ho took her to u drug ntoie, wheio
they drank orangeade. Sho ute two
picce-s of candy ho.guvo her. Later
bo was found In convulsions on the
floor of he.- room. Physicians ut first
believed-sho would die, but declared
this morning she had a good chance
for recovery. '
Arbucklo seemed llttlo affected by
the "assassination" threats, which
have thrown every one connected
with tho caso Into excitement. It is
considered a foregone conclusion hy
moat persons hero that Arbucklo will
be dismissed and claborato prccau-
(Contlnued on Sixteenth Page.)
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tt blues, trowu, krrrlssmu si4 neither tnliture.
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ARBUCKLE HAPPY
SURE COURT W LL
RETURN MONDAY
American Embassy at Paris
Has Shipbuilder Held
Provisionally.
DIDN'T KNOW, HE SAYS.
Asserts He Only Went Abroad
for Operation, Then to
Come Back.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (Associated
PrexM) ..--"Provisional detention of
Charles W. Morso, shipbuilder and
finunr-ler. who reached .Havre to-day
on the steamship Paris, has been re
quested of the Frcnoh Government by
the American Embassy at Paris, It
was said to-day by officials of the
Hlatn Department.
The Department of Justice in a
formal statement, said:
The Department of Justlco
has nothing to nay nt this tlmn
In regard to tho contemplated
proceedings In wbat Is now char
acterized as the Morso and other
conspiracy cases. Tho entlrn
transaction, wo aro advised, is
under investigation by the legal 9
branch of the Shipping Board.
When tho testimony Is col
lected by those who linvo been
and aro thus far In charge, of the
work, nnd submitted to tho De
partment nf Justice, this depart
ment will promrtly co-upnmln to ,
the end that It may lie- presented
properly to a Federal Grand-Jury.
If Indictments are found, and
they will 1 found If tho facts
Justify, tho matter then will bo
In tho hands of tho Department
of Justice and ovory effort will be
mudo to bring Morse. tiu) others
to trial.
Extradition of Morse would have to
bo In accordance with prnvlslonn-ot
the treaty between Franco and tho
United States. It w;is said at tio
Stato Department s
MORSE PERMITTED
TO LAND ON PLEDGE
TO RETURN MONDAY
French Authorities Insist Ship
Builder Come Home on
, the Paris.
HAVRE, Dec 2 (Associated Press).
French police officials, following' a
conference with American Consul
General Ingraham, allowed Charles
W. Morse to land here to-day upon
his arrival from New York on the
steamship Paris, when the American
shipbuilder agreed to return on the
same ship next Monday, provided he
was not arrested.
"I am willing to return to America
by tho first boat and I have so wired
tho United States District Attornoy,"
Mr, Morso told tiro correspondent on
board the Paris early this afternoon.
Mr. Morse, who traveled on the
Paris under tho name of Morris, said
he was going to Purls for a kidney
oratlon. but that bo had Intended to
roturn to tho United States shortly.
"I am over here because, of 111
health." ho added, "but I am wtlJIng
to return oven at the expenso of Joop.
ardlzlng my life."
IIo declared that ho was unaware
his presonco In Washington might
bo desired In connection with an
Investigation of his ship contracts
until hu was Informed by wireless
last night that several operatives
from the Paris Police Department
weio watching for his arrival.
Police Commissioner Fabmnl, who
was enjoying lunohcon in the luxurious
dining room of the Paris as tho guest
ot Mr. Morse, told the correspondent
ho had no warrant for Morse's arrest
and he wanted It understood the
financier was not under arrest.
Tho French police authorities said
Mr. Morso had been prevented from
landing at tho request of American
rhSsn '.tses- b di nhat
no authority in the cass had been
lodged with the- French police.
CLAIM OF UNITY IN IRELAND,
New Proposals Provide North Is to
Come In for Six Months With
Right to Withdraw Within Year
-r-Dail Considers Plan To-Morrow
LONLX3N, Dec. 2 (Associated :Prcss) . Tlje British Government's
latest proposals for settlcment'of he Irish question will be considered by
the Cabinet of the Dail HireamHn Dublin Saturday. The new terms,
which were handed to the Sinn Fein delegates In written form, show
some advances over the Government's previous proposals, and the dele
gates felt the' necessity tif.-givlnjjj ; them fullest consideration at a Cabinet
session".
WOMAN ADVOCATE
L
Mrs. Jiiliet Rublec, Broker's
Wife, Charged With Vio
tating Code of Recipes.
Mrs. Juliet nubleo of No. 24? East
40th Stroet, wlfo of u'brokor and fin
ardent advocate of birth control, was
placed under arrest this afternoon In
Chief Inspector Lahoy's office. Her
arrest occurred during tho second
preliminary honrlng of the complaint
of Mrs. Margaret Sanger against Po.
llco Capt Dopohuo 'of tho West 47th
Street Station for arresting her for
addressing an audience In Town Hull
Hovoral weeks ago on tho subject ot
birth control.
Tho arrest, which wus made for
alleged violation of Section 1,141! of tho
Penal Codo prohibiting tho promulga
tion of reclpej for birth control or
advising whnro such reclpesvniay bo
obtained, occurred, according to tho
police, nt tho Instance of Assistant
Corporation Counsel Marvin Dolphin,
ono ot thu spectators ut tho hearing.
Mr. Dolphin denied having Insti
gated tho nrreat, but said later that
Mrs. Hublce had confessed violating
the section In question. Mrs. Rubleu
was taken first to the Ellzubctli
Street citation by Patrolman Thomas
F. Murphy, attached to Headquarters,
und afterward arraigned In Ccntro
Streot Court.
The hearing being conducted by
Inspector Lahey was for tho purpose
of determining whether there wero
grounds for 'Mrs. Sanger's charge
against Donohoo. Those who at
tended tho hearing to-day were, in
addition to Mrtt. Sanger, Robert McC.
March, her counsel; Mrs. Anna Ken
nedy, Mm. Mary Windsor, Mrs.
Frances Ackerman. Mrs. U I Dela-'
Held. Mrs. Krnest D. Adee, J. U Slee,
Albert D. Silver, Joseph Dunn and
Mr. Dolphin, who has en office in
Headquarters.
As in tho first instance, the hearing
was a private one and Mr. Sanger
was the first witness, hnr tmtlmony
not having been completed. Mrs.
Ilubleo was tho next on the stand,
And whon sho reached her narrative
ot getting to Town Hall on Nor. 13,
finding Mrs. Sanger under arrest and
the meeting being dispersed by the
police, M-. Dolphin went to the door
and called Patrolman Murphy Into
tho room.
Murphy was told to arrest Mrs.
Ilublee but he demurred, being finally
prevailed upon, it was aaid, by Mr.
Dolnhln. A short time after Mrs.
Ttubleo was taken away the meeting
came to an end and Mr. Dolphin was
asked by the reporters whether he had
ca,1BOd her arrest. He replied in the
wiira iss
hlB rej0indr was "Look It upl"
Then ho shut the door.
OF BIRTH CONTRO
POT UNDER ARREST
The terms, lt is said:
Concede from th beginning the
Sinn Fein's claim for-tho unity
of Ireland; '
Ulster rnuit be Included within
the scheme from the start, and
must remain Ip for six months.
Before the end of a year, Ulster
.is to be given the option to with-,
draw. '
If Ulster goes, there must be a
boundary commission to deter
mine the exact-area which le fair
ly entitled to go with her.
Under this plan if Ulster goes out
ho would preserve pnly her present
powers and not obtain tho nscal
freedom that would "be left with South
lrelund.
Tle Sinn Vein has neither accepted
nor rejected these proposals, but hns
promised to consider them finally to
morrow. The question of allegiance Is still
the crux ot tho situation, but efforts
urn being made to devise som form
ut declaring allegiance whlqh It l
hoped by the Government tht-Hlnh
Foli might accept.
Tho Sinn Fein's reluctance to ac
cept the Government's plan to druft
the terms offered In treuty form anr
place tho treaty before tho House of
CommonH, as advanced curly thlo
week, has been caused, It was ex
plained to-dny. by tho gcnernl belief
that the negotiations must end if '
that plan were followed. It had been
suggested this treaty should embody
an All-Iroland Parliament but give
Northeast Ulster, as defined by a
boundary commission, tho right to
withdraw at a stipulated time.
The Sinn Fein delegates who are
ttlll In London Indicated llttlo hopt-
to-day that tho new version of the
plan would bo accepted, but so far
fio ono among them has declared for
absolute rejection or has cared to
make a prediction as to what would
bo tho decision of the Dull Klreaun
Cabinet.
Arthur Griffith and -George Gavan
Duffy ot the Sinn Fein delegation left
for Dublin this morning, und Michael
Collins and Eamon J. Duggan will go
to-night. Mr. Griffith will return.
Sunday morning, probably with thu
dollnlte decision of the Dall Cabinet,
which will be communicated to Prime
Minister Lloyd Oeorgo at the earliest
possible moment.
The Government's latest proposals
wero the result of meetings ot tho
Cabinet members which lasted tho
greater part of yesterday and were
continued through the evening and
until after midnight, the written ver
sion reaching Mr. Griffith at 1.S0
o'clock this morning. During the
Cabinet dlscusslons,"Mr. Griffith and
his colleagues wero consulted.
As first presented, tho terms wero
utterly unsatisfactory to the Sinn
Fein, but after some of the Sinn Fein
suggestions had been adopted the
plan reached such a stage that the
delegates thought lt &ad assumed a
form which would make .it- worth
while presenting to the Dall Cabinet '
for consultation.
UUter will no officially' In
formed of the nature of the proposals
until the Sinn Fein has signified Its
acceptance, it sucti bo forthcoming.
In t heevent ot total rejection on tho
part of the Dall, the terras will only
be made known, when the full ewe
renpunqence puDlisneo,
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