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New Vork Tribune Ine.J
TUESDAY. APRIL 8. 1019
6A.M. Edition
WEATHER
Shov.ers and cooler to-day; fair to
morrow; moderate shifting winds.
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rn-n n-vK * ,n r,r*ater New York an<l
lHtHt>ra(w|(hin comniutinRdlstnncn
THRKF. CE* !??
Klsewhrrc
Tlmiiderous Cheers
Greei .Admiral Sims
Cum ftoom as Victoriqus Legislature Asks Baker
ander of Amer- For Parade of the 77th
t in Kiiropr
Kntera N. V. Harbor
Squadron Mvvl*
IVun Ihmn i\w Bav
Lands at Battrry am! Is
l&corted Thronprli ^ ic
tory Arch 4mid Cheers
. ., , . , > rctl a con
her naval hero,
Vke Admin 1 v, ll/am S ms, com
mandcr in cr ief . L'nitcd States
naval forces in Eun pean waters.
He can e hoim om victory
to receive ' r udits from
? demotion from
the jealous laws oi ',;--. country.
The very moment he left his ship ,
to cmbrace his wife tlio victorious
commander a ally became a \
rear admiral. He stepped ashore in
ihe uniform of his lowered rank.
With true saih rly mouesty he ac
cepted thi i, belittled his own
gccompl praised in full
measurc ry ? "i. gallant
merchanl wlit so effort i were
" ble Cor final victory."
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roni the batt le
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'?'lirrtal CorrHpunitence
ALBANY, April V. Under a resolu
tion adopted by both houses to-night
tho Legislature will call upon the War
Department to see that the 77th Divis?
ion arrives from overseas in one con
voy so that the people of the city and
stato can review it. The Secretary of
State i. asked to transmit a copy of
the resolutions !o Secretary Baker.
1 ho n olutii ti itatcs that the 27th
Division returned from overseas
after the members ''covered them
sclvos with undying gJory in defcat
ing the enomy," and that the people
worc aceorded the honor of revicw
ing the division. It asks that. the
same honor be aceorded when "tho
valiant hcrocs of the 77th" return.
Thompson Says
He Was Of f ereel
$500,000 Bribe
Senator Refuses to Name the
Man Who Approached
Him, Even When Threat?
ened With llonteinpt
Staff Corresronclcncr
ALBANY, April 7.?Senator George
F. Thompson charged to-night on the
floor of the Senate that he had per
sonally been offered "up to five hundred
thousand dollars" if he would vote for
Lhe Martin streetcar rate bill and use,
his influence in its behalf as chair
man of the Senate Fublic Service Com?
mission.
The charge was made when Senator
Thompson, rising to a question of per?
sonal privilege, said that none of the
other member.- of the Senate were in?
volved.
Whal ht added to this explanation
started a two hours' row on the floor of
the Senate, which at times rang with
the angry cries of several Senator'- try
ing to speak at once.
?'1 don't want any investigation be?
hind closed doors," contlnued Senator
Thompson. "The question of the lobby
at work here should be investigatod
thoroughly. The investigation should
go back at least two years. The people
Of the state are entitlerl to get a real
picture of what is going on here al
Albany. There should he a properly
Jbnstituted tribunal created to investi
fete."
Demands for the Name
Instantly there were dam'ands l'rom
several Senators, especially James A.
Foley, minority leader, and Senator
James J. Walker, of Manhattan, who
foreed the investigation, to know if
?' nator Thompson would revcal the
name of the bribor to the Senate Ju
1 iciary Committee.
"If thi:- is an investigation intended
Lo hovc this question to one side 1
ha ! not roveal the name." said Sen?
ator Thompson. "I want to know that
the investigation is on the square."
This added more fuel to the flames.
Al the end of two hours of noisy de
bate, Senator Alvah VV. Burlingame, jr.,
ol Brooklyn, moved that tho Senate
direcf Senator Thompson to reveal at
once on the floor of the Senate the
name of the man who he said offered
him the half-millioti dollar bribe,
logethcr with all the Facts and eir
cumstancea connected therewith.
"I shall not destroy this investiga?
tion at the instance of wny one," wa.-,
Thompson's defi after the Senate voted
unanimously that he answer.
VYon't Walk Into "Trap"
I Rhall revcal tho name to the conn
gel of any committee this Senate may
name to probe this matter to the bot
tom, or to a cunsei named by th.
Senate, sitting as a commitlqe of ihe
??"hole. Hut I decline to destroy this
investigation and suppress this matter.
It is all right to be clever. Thia is
done for the purpose of making rn?
stand behind this accusation. The mo?
tion of Senator Burllngame^is so word
< <\ that 1 must prove a bribe, You
1 ame any committee tn go out and get
the evider.ee, and I will warrant it wil)
bring back the evidence. I decline to
walk into any trap."
Senator Walker demanded that Sen?
ator Thompson give tho facts at once.
"You v.ant them in a way to stop it.'"
said Senator Thompson. "What I
want is. a properly constituted tribu?
nal, so that. the rnan who made the
offer to me can be heard, and I suggcal
you hear hirn first "
Senator Burlingame then moved that
Senator Thompson be declared In con
tempt oT the Senate.
The Turbulenee Slilled
Thi* motion, the flrBi of jt8 kind
made in this state in years, causcd the
Senate. turhulenl ft moment before, lo
become till as a doath chamber.
"I hope the Senator will not pre^
<Hm motion," "said Senator J. Henry
Walter*.
"I shall withhoid it until ?ftf,r ,h?
Senate Judiclary Committee meats to
morrow morning," tfafd Senatoi But
lingame,
Thi?, how.ver. did rio1 end lhe wrnn
g!e. s.eniitor Thompeon pereiiUd in
his refiniii. nnd tha Bonale linniiy looh
.. r??c?i to permit Burllngame'e re?o
loiioti to be druwri,
School Board
Opens War on
Teacher s'Union
?
Forbids IWeetinp in Edu?
cation Buildings and
Orders Ettinger to Tn
vesligate All ,YI e m bcrg
Veiled Treason Charged
By Vote of 5 to 2 Eavor L??l
ling City Commissioner
Examine All Aecounts
Thc Now Vork City Board i l" Educa?
tion lasl night brought to a clima'x
ono of it;, livclies.1 session.'i with a
dcclaration of war on thc organization
known as the Teachers' Union.
A resolution Corbidding the-use of
school buildings for meetings of the
union was unaniniously passed, .".tiil
only President Somcrs's sharp reminder
thal "we cannot be at onco investi
gators, jury aml judge in this case''
prevented tho board from pressing to
passage a second resolution condemn
ing and outlawing tho lenchers' organi?
zation.
As it was, Superintendent Ettinger
was empowered to institute an "imme?
diate and exhaustive investigation"
into the life, afRliations, opinions and
loyalty of every member of the union.
Thia investigation is to take prcco
dence over all other -vork, and a re?
port to be made to the executive ses?
sion of the Board of Education at tho
earliest moment sufficient data has
b( en asscmbled.
"We can be depended upon to do
the resi with all promptitude." de?
clared Vice-President Frank Wilsey.
Instigated By Ettinger
Thc investigation into thc Teachers'
t'aion was instigated by a letter from
Superintendent Ettinger to the Presi?
dent of the board. Accompanying this
was a quantity of the union's litera
ture in which the Boa.d of Education
and thc educational witegrity of the
Now York school system were both
scathingly disparaged.
A report also was submitted from
May Halsted Beatty, inspector of com
munity centres, of a Teachers' Union
meeting held on March 29 at Public
School No. 21, tho tenor of which was
directly responsible for Superinten?
dent Ettinger's move in the matter.
"The subject of the meeting was
free speech and the rights of teach?
ers," said Miss Bcatty's report, "and
the spirit of the meeting was one of
deflance and criticism of tnfc Board
of Education. The board waij repre
sented as tyrants, oppressors, a priv
ileged class, desirous of suppressing
the rights of both teachers and pu?
pils.
"The world's war syllabus adopted
by the board wns bitterly attacked as
feaefcjing untruths to the children and
giving them a prejudiced and falsc
idea of traditions. A representative
of thc Central Federated Un.ion spoke
of methods of trials of members of
the union to the detrimeVit and dis
credit of the Board of Education.
"Veiled Attack on Government"1
"Gilbert K. Roe, counsel for the
Teachers' Union, madc a speech in
which a veiled attack was made upon
the government. While it is impos
sible to point. to any statement which
could hc called treason, it was clearh
evident that ii was intended. In fact.
Continued on page six
Assembly Passes Local
Option Sunday Ball Bill
Slaff Corrr.ipnvrhurn
ALBANY, April 7.?The Walker
Malone Sunday baseball bill
passed the Assembly to-night hy a
vote of 82 to 60. It now goes to
Governor Smith, who will sign it.
The action of the Assembly marks a
victory for the baseball sport after
years of effort on the part of its
backers. Several efforts to bcat the
bill hy amendment and recommittal
were defeated.
rhe bill permits local authrorities to
deeidc whether they shall havo pro?
fessional baseball games on Sunday
afternoon after 2 o'ejock or not.
Smith Opposes
ArmvTraiiiiiijj
?w N." Y. Bovs
Governor Approves Keport
ol KecoiiHtruclioit Com?
mission Urging Aholition
of the Miliiarv Board
StaQ Corrcapondenc
ALBANY, April 7. Governor Smith's
reconstruction commission, which has
been refused funds for its work by the
Legislature, in a report to Governor
Smith goes on reeord against the mili?
tary training of boys of sixteen, seven?
teen and eighteen.
Th" report oi' the commission, of
which Abram I. Elkus is chairman, was
transmitted to the Legislature to-night
hy Governor Smith, with the commis
sion's recommendation that the Mili?
tary Training Commission, which su
pervises the work, be abolished. The
report recommends that its duties be
transferred lo the State Department. of
Ed ucation.
1,1 place of military training for
boys, the reconstruction commission
would establish state summer campa
and thorough physical training.
Governor Smith indorses the report
anu asks that an appropriation of $150,
000 be included in the measure incor
porating the reconstruction eommis
sion's rccommeridations. The commis?
sion, in its report, said:
"The committee finds that the pres?
ent military training law is designed
to reach all boys of the state sixteen,
seventeen and eighteen years of ago,
and give them one and a half hours 'a,
week of drill, but |n re?4ifcy it reaehes
less than one-thiStd* of the numher,
chiefly owing to the system of exemp
tions.
Advantages antl Disadvantages
"This law has the advantages of be?
ing ready and of giving some form of
dircct service to the state. The law
has the disadvantages of interfer
ing needlessly with school work, it
creatcs a false and temporary obecli
ence, il is too brief to he able to ac
complish results. tho instruction is
given by officers instead of by teachers,
tin- system of oxemptions is had, repe
tition of drill bores the boys,
"The committee believes also thal
true citizenship training and true phys?
ical dovelopmenl can be better at
Continuect <ni page five
Eleventh Honr Crisis at Paris;
Americans Talk of Ultimatnm
As Wilson Sends for His Ship
Baker Invites
Ansell to Draf t
Army Law Bill
Demotcd Officer Is Told
Suggestions Are Timely
aml Will Receive His
E a r n e s t Consideration
Says He Agrees in Part
Charges Against Crowder
Are Rejected as Not Being
Deserving of Comment
New York Tribune
Waahir.gton Bureau
WASHINGTON, April 7.-Lieutenant
Colonel S. T. Ansell, central figure in
the controversy over the administra?
tion of military justice and most out
spoken critic of the present system, to
day was invited to draft a bill to carry
into effect his recommended forms for
presentation to Secretary Baker.
At the same time the Secretary again
returned to Colonel Ansell his memoran
dum containing personal comment on
the conduct of Judge Advocate Gen?
eral Crowder, declining to receive the
communication because of its contents.
Secretary Baker's communication was
forwarded to Colonel Ansell through
Adjutant General Harris and is com?
plete, as fol'.orvs:
"The Secretary of War acknowl
cdges the recelpt, through military
channels, of the first paragraph of
the indorsement made by Lieutenant
Colonel Ansell undar the date of
Anril L', dealing with the subject of
proposed changes in the system of
military jiiH-tice. The suggestions
made by Lieutenant Colonel Ansell
are entirely appropriate in form and
substance and merit carnest consid?
eration, which they will receive. With
many of the suggestions the Secre?
tary of War tinds himself in hcarty
concurrence, if, in fact, existing stat
ute law is defective in the particular
suggested by the proposed changes.
Draft of Changes Suggested
"!n order that the subject may be
fully considcred, nnd the views of
Lieutenant Colonel Ansell adequately
studied, it is directcd that Lieutenant
Colonel Ansell prepare and submit to
the Secretary of War at the carliest
possible date a draft of such a bill as
in his opinion would be adaptcd to
Continued on page ten
Lloyd George IU; Wilson Improved
I ONDON, April 7.?An important statement on the work of the
peace conference which Premier Lloyd George had promised to
make to-night has been postponed until Tuesday, according to a Cen?
tral News dispatch from Paris. The British Premier, it is added. is
confined to his Paris home with a severe chill.
PARIS, April 7?President Wilson's condition was improved
this morning, but by tho direction of Rear Admiral Grayson, 1ns
physician, tho President remained in his room to-day, attending no
meetings.
Apparontly, Mr. Wilson's cold is in tho last stagos of the wearing
off process. Ho hopes to bo able to rosume work to-morrovv. Dr.
Grayson kept him in b.-d to-day mainly as a precaution.
Oceari Flight Senators Will
From Each Side Biscuss Treaty
Set for April 16 Before Session
Shortt Brothers Preparing Lodge Prepares to Summon
for Start From IrelamL iYIembers of the Foreign
and Sopwilh "Plane Is to Relations Committee as
Try From St. John's, N. F. Soon as Part Is Signed
LONDON, April 7 (By The Asso
ciated Press). The airplane of the
Shortt Brothers, one of the entries for
the ?10,00(1 race across Ihe Atlantic,
will start from Ireland for Newfound?
land on April 16, wcathcr permitting.
The airplane is expected to make the
journey in twenty hours.
Special Covr ? '< . i
ST. JOHN'S, N. F., April 1, The
work of rigging the Sopwith airplane
in which Harry G. Hawker and Lieu?
tenant Commander Mackenzie Grieve, !
1 British aviators, are to attempt a flight
I across the Atlantic, continued to-day !
and was praetieally complete to-night, :
except, for the installation of the wire- '
\ le-ss equipment. which may take tlrrce I
' or four days. Then the machine will -
! be taken up for a trial flight, and if
the engines and gear are working sat
isfactorily the journey to Ireland will j
begin early next week, provided the
ground is in good condition for a start.
The weather continues discouraging.
From last midnight all through to-day
heavy, sleety rain continued, soaking
the ground and rendering any move?
ment around the liangar impossible.
, Every ilay's continuance o? these con-1
ditions means further postponement
: of thc start.
Meanwhile the Sopwith party are
much concerned over the impending
'? arrival of the Martinside machine, due
' here at the end of the week. The
' Martinside people will house their ma
: chine in a tent, ano under the spur of
tho advantago of the Sopwith delay,
both flights may be brought otT about
the same time.
Newfoundland airmen who served on
the Western front and who have re
. turned here are dubious about the sne
j cess of either of these machincs, be
: cause of their small size and the atrain
; upon tho physieal and mental powers
j of only two occupanta of a machine
; on a twenty-hour flight across the
; Atlantic under conditions in which no
i satisfactory navigation knowlcdge is
possible, and the liability to storms
also is great, owing to absolute igno
rance of meteorological conditions in
that arca. These flyers are more hope
ful of suecess by the large Handley
Page or Porte machines, which will
attempt the Atlantic flight a month or
two later. The Sopwith people, how?
ever, are contident and are only worried
over the adverse weather conditions.
The meteorological expert main
tained here by British authorities is
getting about forty messages daily
from ships all over the Atlantic aud
from coast points in Canada and the
United States to assist him in making
his predictions as to when and under
what conditions the flirjht should be
startcd. Everything points now to the :
attempt being made with the new moon.
about April 16, if the ground is firm
enough.
War Invention Will
Add to Safety of Men
On Over ?Ocean Flight
WASHINGTON, April 7.?Flame and
smoke flares developed during the war
and improved recently by chemical
experts of the army will be factors
in the transatlantic flight to be un
deftaken next month by naval sc;u
planes. By dropping these flares a*
intervals the aviators will be able
to determine thc drift of their 'planes
and make correctioas necessary to
keep them on their course.
Commander J. H. Towers, in charge
of preparations for the flight, ox
plained the flares wculd remain virtu
nlly Htationary on the water, and
thereby indicate the angle at which '
the machines were being driven from
a, straight, line.
None of the three 'planes of tho
NC type thus far completed is ready.
for the start of thc overseas voy
age. nnd officers said that consequent- '
fc* they had not even undertaken to !
| select n tentntive date for leaving
I Rockaway Beach, L. [., or, thr- 1,200
I milo flight to the "jumping o!V" place1
ln Newfoundland. At Ica.-t one stop'
! will he made betveon those two points.
Tho destroyer Barney, which Is
. cruisinit along the North Atlantic!
I coast to select pn-sihle landing placea,
1 Bf- Well as n suit able start ing point
j for the ovdrseas voyage, now in en
i Youto tu Newfoundland from rlalifax.
I'OI.AM) H'ATKfl ! OI! ii I \ IIII
yOn gfciniiii. of iu purlty nnd nreftl n\i>
dirlnnl power, Il ln Snfa iit.-l without an
I ffiuni lu -.1) i ii;r. . ..r fi". iM. Benil for iipw
I lifiiHtnu'ri I1.1..I; Ki\lt..: luiir rMilury of i" .
(f... 111.1 -Mi.loi'1111. tiln rolniid M|trlnK c<t.,
IISo Hri.iiilu.itvt V"w Vuik-ArtU.
New York Tribunit
Washington tureau
WASHINGTON, Aprii 7. -ln antici
pation of the completion of the peace
treaty with Germany within the next
month. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge.
of Massachusetts, on his return to the
Capitol to-day, began preparations for
the consideration of the covenant. by
the Foreign Relations Committee of the
Senate beforc Congress is reconvened.
It is probable the holcl-over Republi
can membership of the Foreign Rela?
tions Committee will be summoned to
Washington just as soon as it becomes
clear the draft of the. treaty has been
completed, and that its consideration by
the committee will c.ommence as soon
as an tinolTioial text can be secured
from Paris.
fn following this course, Senator
Lodge pointed out to-day, the deliber
ations of the committee would be1 en
tirely informa] and preliminary to be
sure, but a great deal of time could
he saved by such a discussion of the
text before the Senate is convened
and the Foreign Relations Committee
officially organized to consider its
ratification. There is ample precedent
"for this programme, Senator Lodge
stated, citing the example of the in?
forma! organization of the Ways and
Means Committee of the House during
recesses of Congress for discussion of
proposed new tariff legislation.
ln his dual capacity as chairman of
the Foreign Relations Committee of
tho next .Senate and Republican leader
of that body Senator Lodge is charged
with major responsibility for action of
the Senate in the consideration and
ratification of the treaty with Germany.
He view:, this responsibility most sober
ly in tho iight of recent developmenta
at the Paris conference, and is making
plans to delegate all possible party rou
tine work and as much of his other
committee interests. B0 that he can
devote his attentjon exclusively to mat?
ters coming before the Foreign Rela?
tions Committee.
Press dispatches from abroad pre
dicting the completion of the peace
treaty hy Easter are vicwed pessimisti
cally here hy Republican Senators
acquainted with recent developments
at Paris. It is pointed out that. al
though the threatened spread of" Rol
shevism in Furope did .halt the pro
tracted consideration of the league of I
nations as the major subject matter of
tlu> Paris conference and compel the
taking up ,,i' territorlal questions, j
reparation, indemnities and other mat?
ters essentia! to the treaty of peace,
there seems. to be a marked disposition
still to postponc >ho consideration of
some of tiie most important matters I
before the conference.
As far .?- press dispatches indicate,
it is pointed out. there has not been as !
yet any progress made in settling the ;
disposition of the Kiel Canal, which is I
viewed by Republican Senators on the
Foreign Relations Committee as per
haps th- most important subject mat?
ter before the conference. The ,uies
tion of lhe N'ear Fast. involving ti, ?
fate of Turkey, the destinies of Ar
menia and Syria and the disposition
of the Dardenellcs, seems to have been
similarly neglected, desnite the fact
that i.o adequa'te treaty of peace with
Germany can fail 10 include express j
provisi. . for their future status.
All these consideratioiis, ,; is stated, !
involve elemerits oi eontroversy be
tween the powers. sitting at Paris, and
u .s thoughl improbable that they can
be settled without prolonged oonsider
ntion. ln consequence, Republican
Senators are disposed to conclude that
PariB reports that the peace treaty
will be completed by Easter are far too
optimistic. Perhaps it can be accom
plished, thcy say, but it seems most
doubtful, unless the treaty i.- a patched
up document hastcned' together to
effect a preliminary peace.
-,-?_
Former Crown Prince
Breiikw Wrist in Crash
AMSTERDAM\ Tuesday. April 8.
Former German Crown Princa Fred
erick William la suffering from b
broken hand an.l wnst as h result of
a niotoroyele acidenl.
He was t idfng In company with ?n
official of tho Dutch Minlatry of Conv
munlcal lon ai d turned a corner too
sliaiply. thr machine craahiVR Into a
(rate, according to a dlapatch to the
llliudehhlud.
President U Reported To
He Firm in Qppositioh
to Further Delays or
Additional Concessions
TJiivat lo Quit
Ileani in Runiors
No Agreement Reached on
Reparations or Other
Issnes; Tension Evident
PARIS, April 7 (By Thc Asso
ciated Press). ? President Wilson'a
orders that the United States trans?
port George Washington procoed
immediately to a French port have
aroused much comment here. and
aro even construed by some. offieials
as preliminary to a determined
move to force an agreement at an
early date by the peace conference.
As is usual in such cases, various
iujnuih were soon in circulation, and
before night one report was current
that the President had delivered an
ultimatum fo the effcct that he.
would withdraw from the confer?
ence unless an agreement was
reached within forty-eight hours.
It is confidently asserted by those
elose to the President thal he did
not contemplate any such action, bu1
the same authorities have no hesi
f.ation bn declaring that the Presi
dent has made his position pb
the questions at issue, and it. is b<
lievcd that his determination ;
here to this position is Rxed.
The summoning of the Georgi
Washington wil! place the Pn
in such a position. it is pointed out,
that he cannot be embarras&d by
having to wait for his transport
should the time come when he might
wish, owing to failure of the peace
delegates t-. agree or unwarranted
delay in finding a settlemeni of the
peace question, to withdraw from
the diseussions.
One of the Americans summed
up the situation saying: "The
chancos are favorable to an agrec
ment, but we have not agreed yet."
The principles which seem to li"
settled are that reparation and re
toration shall be in accordanee with
tho President's sovonth and eighth
points and tho Allies,' reply Lo th"
President's note, and also that. tho
actual damage and destruction- shall
be the main basis for estimating thr
damages, and that the commission
shall formulate categories or classes
of those damages. Payment is to b.
spread over a period of years. with?
out a specific total being fixed, and
the initial payments will probably be
roquired within tho first two years.
Nb Agreement RVurhed;
Extreme Tension Evident
Extreme tension was evident as a
result of to-day's diseussions, and it
is bejievrd throughout the confer?
ence that another criticat stage has
been reached. One of the most re
sponsihle authorities associated with
President Wilson said that he would
not be surprised if American par
ticipation was brought to arf early
elose if the delays over details were
carried much further.
The differences still remaining on
the suhjects of frontiers and repar
ations are comparativeiy light, he
added. and yet these slight differ?
ences are so persistently maintained
as to threaten to creaie r>roionge<l
delays. which the Presideni and
the American delegation are not
willing to accept.
Frehident Firm Against
Further Concessions
The President was deseribed by
one who saw him during- the day as
standing firm in his determination
to make no further coiicessions. He
insists that the principles definitely
ajrreed upon at the time of the
armistice are at sta-ke. There is
little doubt that the President's
stand has been made known to other
members of the council. but since his
illness he haa not pcrsonally con
ferrcd with any of them, excepting
Colonel House.
The existlng tension led to many
reports of deiisive action which the
Amoriean delogation was said to be
about to take. These reports wers
more or less fixaggerated, \et n'l
Seemod pltUSible in viow of the
Premdent's dctermitinl nttitudr.
Some of ?tt President's closest