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GRAFT CHARGED AGAINST THREE NAVY MEN HERE "^holesale Traffic in Pro inotioi)-^afeBerthsand Di?char?fes Is Alleged All Said To Bc Under Arrest Lieutenant., Boatswain and Steward Are Reported Helrl al Ellis Island High ranking naval officer? in the Sd Naval District, including New York, admitted ,0 T"h? Tribune that a*' ' "aflfic in promotions, jjfe berths and early discharges had been uncovered here by Navy Depart? ment invesl ga ors. : of graft was start ed weeks ago, according to The Trib une's inf , by Seeretary of the }{avy !' 1 Rear Admiral Xa thaniel R. t'sher, commandant. of the g mdependently. least are reported j the tindings of They are said to be confined land, The prisoners, semi-offici eporl : as it, are a "J. G." junior grade lieutenant), a chief boat Ewain and a commissary steward. Officer Discusses Case The i it ia said, were placed ander arrest while assigned to the dis ?s, 280 Broadway, and ?o Naval rraining Basc, Section 6, at Bensonhu'-. t. lin C - was arrest? ed en .. .".. rge of conduct unbecoming md a 'jientloman," said a high of: Bensonhurst station, wbo could speak with authority. "He ? he decision of the in ?i appointed sev ' ln ral 1 'sher. The ptobe !.:;?; been going on steadily since '.hsn/' "Can vou t( 11 tiie specific chiarge ? ?': ?" was asked by tiic Trib ""Wtift.i accepting money un er answered. "[ un took money on the p.-imise , etting early di:-charge3 ;rom th service i'or men,'' Other Charges Possible "Was he charged also with appro ? sn use raoney from . but 1 have not beard tl Whe :? ?? was asked to verify ft< rc. the prisoner in ques propriated $200,000 within * year b declared that it probab be found to be "no r 215,000." hursl -tation and even among opie in the neigh ationa of graft came "Gobs" and officers chief boatswain, ' io held posl of iniportance at the ract an in ry activity going ? Son ? ir.stalled laundry tal on," . aid an ? .; agencies, but thal they had to and : ' 'ven it ???'? en they Profit in Sales worn out at a i ter, and at o out id( shoc ain got wind er 11 ht rci sed permis red '., ic and froi ' ? ? ?, a finger in ?? cooperation oi d, now alno urder > divert a part of enlist d men. Hc on po.ge four Soldier, Home 2 Months, Seeks a Job in Vain iiTTAS you-all got anything ?L i for us?" That was thc question which al? most drove Private Arrie Holland, colored, out of his mind. Each even? ing it waa repeated when he returned to his room. at 336 West Fifty-ninth Street. It was his wife who asked this question, and for two months former Private Holland was forced to look from her to their baby and an? swer, "No." There is a gold chevron on Arrie's sleeve, won by his efforts to down the "bush Germans" in France. There is also a red chevron, telling all behold ers that he has been honorably dts cbarged from the serviee. Sixty days ago Private Arrie Hol? land, U. S. A., became plain Arrie again?a dusky citizen who needed a job badly. A day or so ago the continued vain search got cn Arrie's nerves to such an extent that he sought the Knighta of Columbus hut in Longacre Square and poured out his woe in somcthing bordering on hysteria. "Boss," be gulped. "Ah'm bcin' drove to highway robbery!" The returned soldier swept out the hut and tidied up the piace and re? ceived $2 for his work. That was t.he first money Arrie had earned since he came out of the army. At 336 West Fifty-ninth Street Mrs. Holland waits with the baby for the time when Arrie will return with a joyou3 "Yes" in answer to her question. Bill Proposes ks York Republicans Who Baeked Dry Ratification Said To Be Behind the Measure Staff Correppondcr.ee ALBANY, Feb. 18.?New York State will be an oasis in an arid country af? ter next July 1 if a bill now being pre? pared in the legislative bill drafting de? partment becomes a law. Th? Tribune can state authorita tively that prominent Republicans here who voted for ratification are behind thc measure. One of the Republican legislative leaders said to-night: "If this bill goes through the thirsty workman of this state under this bill will still have his beer and ale, while wines, even the ports and sherrie3, would still be at the call of those who prefer them." Great secrecy is being: maintained ' concerning the provisions of thc bill. It is said it will define an intoxicating i beverage as any liquor containing more I than 10 per cent of alcohc!, This ; would eliminate whiskeys, brandies, ? gins and strong cordials. William H. Anderson, of the Anti Saloon League, holds that the state has ? not, the power to put its own interpre tation on what is an intoxicating drink. For a long time it has been known that an effort would be made tc put through a 3 or 4 per cent bill, bul not until to-night was it. believed that a measure which would permit of at high as 10 per cent of alcohol in * beverage would receive any scriou; co::,-.ideration. A number of Assemblymen whe voted for ratification have already in forrned Thaddeus C. Sweet, Speak'ei of the House, that they would be foi a liberal interpretation by thc Legis laturc of what. constitutes an intoxi? cating drink. In voting for ratifica? tion the 8 men say that they have ful filled their pledges to their conatitu ents, and they now feel that. thev arr ''?'"! in favoring a hill which would bi er and the light wines. In ? ? enate the v/ets claim that at least ? c ot the Republicans who voted for ? ' fication will support such a bill Republicans, with the Demo? crats, it. is said here to-night, could muster up enough votes to pass it. Hylan Wanta Two Terms to Prove H<>., -/fost Mayor New York Ever Had' I ? ? Feb. \H Mayor ere to day hia life ? ' . hail iiA i ' r New York < vei n arl ? ? ? - anol ' ? t0, < ? ? ??.;.,.? to be on th* [?r< aid: thfull ? ? ? , m< - U I, ? '? l'r< "I ... I ..... .1 I..... ? .. , ke ??? ? . ? Mayor said that hc had not mentioned the uubject before because he had two more years to Berve, but tha* tho state? ment expressed his attitude in the I me'' r r. After dicuasing thc future of Mayor Hylan, his honor thcn turncd upon the Bol iviki, who, he said, were a menacc ?ur form of government. Bolahcv I... ..I_.I . 11. .,:. "Tho quiekei lhe federal authorities f;i;'. 1,0 f-r,<i to tho proftteers," Mayor Hylan concludcd, "and bring the prof> teen to th< l<? r of |ui I ico, thc bcttor '??' foj i bc mifllonn of pi opli ln Unit.fi) I 'i,i. - Wc Im ?- no place . ' ounti y foi Boli heviki, Boltshc viki maitere ot red flog imradcrjt," Bolsheviki Aim To Make 'Reds' Of SehoolboysJ ? New Propaganda Is Growing Into a National Menace, | Charges Robert Maisel Two Societies Are Aelivc Radical Ideas Ineuieated to Insure T h e i r Support by the Next Generation Robert Maisel, director of the American Alliance for Labor and Democracy, said yesterday that if the spread of Bolshevik theory among thc young is to be stopped the start mu.?t be made outside of the schools. The presence of a few radical public school teachers, he said, is by no means thc root of the trouble. Back of thc Leninist doctrincs so glibly enunciated by New Vork schoolboys lies, bc de clares, not a group of independent in dividuals, but one of the most com pactly organized and efticicntly work? ing propaganda distribution agencies this or any other country has ever seen. For several months Mr. Maisel and the organization he represents have been investigating the mainsprings of Bolshevik sympathy in this country. He left last night for Dubuque, Ta., to establish organizations to combat Bolshevism. "In this work," he said. "combating the influences that are being brought to bear on thc young is one of the most important tasks." Agitators Build for Futurc According to Mr. Maisel, the Young Pcople's Socialist League and a seat tering of so-called Socialist Sunday schools are responsible for the red tinged sentiments which Dr. Campbell, of the Brooklyn Commercial High School, and other educators recently have found afllicting thc immature minds of their pupils. The instruction of these young peo? ple in the theories of tbe "class war," he said, has been undertaken systemati cally in the hope.. that. if the prole tarian revolution fails within the next few years it will overwhelmingly con summate itself when Ihe generation now in school becomes the citizenship of the American Republic. The Socialist Sunday schools, he said, aim to inculcate the proletarian theory of industrial governmenl in the minds of children oi' from five to thirteen years. Thc Young Peoplo'a Socialist League carriea on thc work with chil? dren of from thirteen to eighteen. The organization of these bodies, he said, is not merely local; it is nation-wide. Investigation yesterday developed the fact that, although for the last few years the activities of the Socialist Sunday schools had fallen off. a trc mendous impetus has been given to their work within recent months. To? day more than a dozen such institu tions are flourishing in New Vork City. The most active are in Harlem and Tlie Bronx. There are also well organized schools in the Vorkville and Browns ville sections. Socialist Interest Denicd Julius Gerber, executive seeretary of the local branch of the Socialist party, although admitting knowledge of the existence of such agencies, denied last night the Sunday schools are in anv Continued on last paye Sweden Denies Asylum For Gen, Ludendorff rjOPENHAGEN, Fcb. 18.?Gen? eral Lujdendorff, the former head of the German military sys? tem, who sought asylum in Swe? den after the German revoution, will be obliged to leave that coun? try this week, according to a telegram from Malmo. Sweticn is said to have refused Luden dorff's application for a renewal of his permit to remain in lhe country. F'riday, February 21, is. the date set for his departurc. Four Classes Of Notes Urged For Next Loan Short Term Obligations. in Fortln'omins: C a m paign Favored in Lower Honse WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. Short term no'tes, maturing in from one to five years, would be offered in the forth corning Victory Liberty Loan cam? paign, instead of long term notes, un? der a tentative agreement reached to day by the House Ways and Means Committee to fix the terms of the loan by legislation rather than to give See? retary Glass wide discretionary powers to determine them, as he had asked. At the same time Seeretary Glass, in a statement, explained that the inten sive popular campaign would be con ducted as planned, regardless of the terms arranged by Congress, and that it would start not later than April 21. The Seeretary had asked Congress for authority to issue either bonds or notes as market conditions as the time might warrant, but members of the committee concluded that a new loan issue would necessarily carry with it such a high rate of interest that financial markets might bc adversely affected for some time. Limit of $17,000,000,000 Under the tentative agreement oftlie committee, reached in executive ses? sion, Seeretary Glass would be given discretion of issuing any one or sev? eral of four kinds of notes to be pre scribed by the legislation. The uuan tjty of these non-negotiable securities would be limited to probablv $17,000, 000,000, of which the Treasury now plans to issue only about $6,000,000,000. The principal features of each of the four kinds of notes proposed would be as follows: One class would be at a low rate of interest, possibly 4 per cent, and exempt from all Federal taxation. One would be at a eomparatively high rate, possibly 5 per eent, and subject to all Federal taxes. A third would bear a moderate rate of interest?4Vi per cent. was suggested--and be exempt from nor? mal tax levies. The fourth would be exempt from taxation up to a certain amount. Terms Not Yet Defined These terms have not. yet been de? fined, but Treasury officials said the proposed alternatives would satisfy the Treasury Department. They cove'r all the possible terms which the Treasury might choose, even if ;t had broad dis? cretion. it was explained. ln denomi Continued on. page. nine ITALY REJECTS PLAN FOR MEDIATIO N WITH SLAVS; NEW TERMS STUN ENEMY ri'i Io Confer al ouse Itlaho Senator, Opponent of World League, Will Not Attend Wilson's Dinner Lodge Intends to Accept Chairman Hiteheoek Says No-Debate Injunction Is Not Accepted Literally WASHINGTON. Feb. 18. - Fearing the "long standing custom" that meet? ings at the White House "are always i regaided as atrictly confidential upon the part of the guests" and that the dinner the President is to give the | Foreign Relations committeea of thc two houses of Contrress "would be re garded as cspecially confidential," Sen? ator William E. Borah to-day declined the White House invitation. The ldaho Senator, who has been one of the most vigorbus opponents of thc league of nations idea, said in hia letter of declination that his ob jections to any such league were fun damental and could not possibly be overconie. He did not wish, therefore, to be put in the position of acccpting any confidential information which he would not bc at liberty to use in pub? lic debate. Senator Borah's Letter Senator Borah's letter follows: "I greatly appreciate your note '> honoring me with an itwitation to meet thc President on February 28 to discuss the league of nations, a ? matter of most vital concern to the whole country. Meetings at the White ; House, according to a long standing custom, arc always regarded as j atrictly confidential upon the part of , the guests. This meeting, I take it, , would be regarded as cspecially con ; ridential. "Otherwise the President would i have spoken according to his custom I to the open Senate. The differences between the President and myself on this question are fundamental. I am sure no suggestions of mine would modify in the slightcst the view of the President. and nothing could in duce me to support this league as outlincd in this proposed constitu? tion. or anything like it. Won't Attend Meeting "I feel, therefore, that it would not be fair to the President to accept his confidencc or receive from him con Continued on page three Foe Signed Fearing "Moral Collapse " JJERLIN. Feb. 17 (By The Associated Press).?The German gov ernment'a reasons for accepting the stringent terms for the re? newal of the armistice, as outlined in a Weimar dispatch to the "Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung," is tliat a renewal of military operations following refusal to sign would lead to the complete moral collapse of the German people. The absolute conviction prevailed that refusal to sign, or dila tory treatment of the proposals, would meet with an immediate ad? vance of the Allied armies beyond the Rhine, involving the occupa? tion of the most important and indispensable industrial districts of West Germany. The representatives of the parties who participated in the Cabinet deliberations agreed unanimously that the people as a whole would neither understand nor approve such an outcome, and that, therefore. there was no alternative except to sign under protest. The Berlin papers generally come to the same conclusion, ex? cept the conservative organs, such as the "Kreuz Zeitung" and the "Allgemeine Zeitung," which declare that the government should have refused to sign the terms, thus forcing the Allies to take the responsibility for a renewal of military operations. Ql fm(\i\ 4D?,L9 Reds,' Delay of Peace 95 GimsTaken Is Ascribed to .By Denikine OpposingViews \nti-BoIshevik Army Reach-Conflict Between Wilson es Caspian After Having and France Believed to Seattered 100.000 of Foe Have Caused an Impasse ODFSSA, Feb. 13. The ahti-Bolshe vik army of General Denikine has reached the Caspian Sea. having ad vanced 350 versta (231 miles) and captured 31,000 prisonera, 95 guns and eight armored trains. In the victoriou3 advance. General Denikine's army scattered a Bolshevik force of more than 100,000. Bolshevik war material in railroad cars, which Stretched for a distance of thirty miles, also was captured. General Denikine now will be atfie to tum hia attention to the Don region, where the position of the forcea op? posed to the Bolsheviki has been pre carious fur several weeks. General Denikine, former chief of staff of the Russian army, is the mili? tary power behind the anti-Bolshevik government of Ekaterinodar, affiliated in thc campaign against the Bolsheviki with the Omsk government of Admiral Kolchak. f'or several months General Deni? kine has been actively engaged against the Bolsheviki. and on January 11, it was reported that he had administered a severe defeat to the Bolsheviki on the River Kuma, in the Caucasus. STOCKHOLM, Feb. 18.-Bolshevik forces operating in the Ukraine. ac? cording to advices from Kiev, have suffered several severe defeat; at the hands of thc Ukrainian?. Thc Bolsheviki, it is added, sustained their most severe setback about twelve miles .. rom Kiev, to which the Ukrain? ian government returned several days ago. Other Bolshevik forces were de feated in the Eastern Ukraine. Poltava, Kharkov and severa' other important towna arc now held by thc Ukrainians. Kharkov is !i50 miles cast of Kiev. George N. Peek INanied To.Head Price Board WASHINGTON, Feb. IS.--George N. Peek. of Moline, 111., former member of the War Industries Board, has been chosen by Seeretary Redfield as chair? man of the new Government Price Con? ference Board. Mr. Peek will select his associates. Americans in Chihuahua Plan to Eacape Raids EL PASO. Tex., Feb. 18.? Employes of thc American Smelting and Refming Company and other large American concerns ouerating in Chihuahua have been ordered to prepare to leave for the United States, it was learned to? day. Persiatent rumors of impending bandit raids and rebel threats to dc stroy property arc said to be rcspon siblc for the proposed exodus of Amer? ican mine and smelter men. Boston to Greet Wilson By Wireless Tclephone BOSTON, Feb. IS. Ry use of the radio telephonc Mayor Peters will wel? eome President Wilson to this city, while the George Washington is still more than 200 miles from land, it was nnnouneod to-night. Thc wireless tcle pbonc devicc to be used was installcd at thc headquarters of the Northeast crn Army Department to-day. The authorities expect tha! the George Washington will be in "spcaking" dis ttincc late Sunday. If you h.i'. u tMtn moic I lltl.l! I V BONDS li .."i ii' ?! muuej . v ?? will l.u ? MRF.KTY nOMW-frora you. By Frederick Moore TVcw Vork Tribunt European Bureau ICopjrlght. 1319, New York Tribunei Inc.) PARIS, Feb. 17.-The absorbing question of who is delaying peace was i raised by the French press to-day. i While making no accusations, but care-' fully retaining their characteristic courtesy, the French newspapers refute the charge of several American news? papers that the French government is responsible. Responsibility for the delay is the, question discussed everywhere in Paris, ?which is natural, because of the thou? sands of soldiers of many nationalities constantly on leave here who are long ing to return to their homes. It is a question which has often been put to me by Americans less well placed to comprehend what i? going on in the five-power council and its sub-commis sions, and I have therefore formulated an opinion which I must naturally give as my own, quoting nobody. Obviously, every group of delegates would deny a charge of obstruction, and it is undoubtedly true that each delegation wants a prompt conclusion of peace, but not on the terms the others have in mind. Any delegation of th? five powers undoubtedly could j draft a peace document quickly if that delegation alone had the power of de termining the article:. Views Differ Over German Menace lt is the conflict of views which primarily is causing delay, and thc most important differences lie between Mr. Wilson and the French, who re quire that Germany shall be put into such a condition as will prevent her again becoming either a military or commercial menace. As Mr. Wilson's intentions are to prevent the crippling of a defeated enemy, an impasse tem porarily exists. It is contended by the French states men that they would be sacrificing the protection and vital interests of their nation by making what is styled a ''Wilson peace," whereas Americans who are in a position to know have stated that President Wilson will re? fuse to sign what might be called the French terms. The real issues have been reluctantly and slowly faced. Mr. Wilson sought the early formation of a league of na? tions, to the immediate drafting of which thc French and other Allies will ingly agreed, in the hope of finding the President more tractable thereafter. France Would Make Disarmament Sure During the drafting President Wil- i son gave way on two main points? first, that Germany should not be in? cluded in the league, and second, that Germany shall not bc permitted to maintain an army for a period of years. Both werc satisfactory to France, al? though the latter seeks more and wants the league to insure Germany's con? tinued disarmament, which row. in French opinion, i:, only morally pledged by the leagun. Th ; cci i . :.:: . developed between thc A: u rican and French delegates before these pi nt wero agreed upon already have been recorded in eablc messages. There are two other paramount mat ters still to settle. On the matter of France's frontier it is probable that the American viewjvill pre\ail, because the Hritish will hot support the French Continued ou next jnige Ronir Delegates InsiVt Clauiis to Dalmatia Be Len to the Peaee Table New Russian Paiiev Call To Be Issued Armistice Is Accepted by Germany in Fear People Wouldn't Bruok Delav Italian delegates have notified the peace conferencc that thej will not accept the proposal that conflict ing claims of the Italians and Jugo-Slavs in Dalmatia be arbi trated. Under the Jugo-Slav pro? posal President Wilson was to have been the arbitrator. The territorial claims of the Serbs, Slovenes and Croatians in the plan to create greater Serbia were submitted to the Supreme Mlied Council in Paris yet terda; The Supreme Allied Coui ing steps to hasten the fi rmula tion of the peace treaty. li. is thought that when President Wil? son returns to Paris, March 15, five or six essential provisions of the treaty will have been drafted for submission to the full peace conference. The Supreme Council has held in abeyance the plan to appoint a mission to investigate the size of a military force which might in tervene successfully in Russia. A decision to issue a new call for a conference of Russian factions ls said to have been reached by tlie council. It is thought that some place other than the Princes' Isl? ands will be named, and that im? mediate cessation of hostilities by all factions, including the Bol? sheviki, be insisted upon. Dispatches from Weiniar state that the German government leaders at first decided not to accept the new Allied armistice t rm , and that they receded from that position only because they believed the En? tente armies wouh*. occupy all of Germany. Berlin dispatches state that the ar mistice terms were accepted be? cause of fear of a "moral collapse" of the German people. Italy Insisls Peace Parley Should Pass On Dfdmatian Claim PARIS, Feb. 1?. ? The Italian delega? tion to the peace conference, aeeond v to an official note, has informed the sccretary of the conferenci that il not accept the propo^ai rbitra tion of Italian and Jugo-Slav claim Dalmatia as urged b /k The Italian plenipotentiari B their letter to - . ^ that all territor,a! claini3 are submitted to the peace conference End they do not believe that recourse should be had to any exceptional pro cedurc. Tho territorial i the Serbs, Slovenes and Croatians were sul ted to the Supreme Peace ( ouncil a*. its meeting this afternoon by M. Ves nitch, M. Trumbitch and M. Zolger. According to an official announcement. it was decided to submit the ques? tions of the frontiers claims, except those in which Italy is directly inter? ested, to the commission already charged with the question of the fron iers of Bi Greek Claims Weighed The official statement on the work of the special committee on territoriai claims <i>\c : "Thi pecial com . ttee for ' he Btudy of territorial questions re] to Greece met Ti sdaj at 10 a. - ommittee is composed of the fo Represent i . terinan and Britain, Sir Roberi .Sir Eyre Crowe; I bon and Ji M. d^ Martino < a "The committee ng an ex? amination o: the co considered \ irtl ern boundary of Gri a and North ern Epirus. The different delega tior.s presented their teni posa ( lemenceau AI--> Suggested rly la t week ? '? c Jugo-Slav dele? gates to thc :e asked ?' '? tt rbrtrator regard \.dnatie. Pro iden W ilsoi that the Italiai iss their difference! i d to make a deci sion it ?'" .? ? ? I iter, thi .! ap. ed Lo Pre ? rcay a pro ident of thi con ? a ? arbitrator, but I no re? ports thal the Frcncl - .--. action on thc au< ? '? ?? 'A? PARIS, Feb. 18. > ? ? erb proposid .?.-??..' . arbitration ol Mr. \\ i .,??, .. l-eceived without ?&v<uf in Italian circica hu^