ALL MERCHANDISE ADVER? TISED IN THE TRIBUNE IS GUARANTEED Vol. First to Last?the Truth: New: Editorials Advertisements 1AXVIII No. 26,442 [Copyright, 1919, New Vori? Tribune lno.| WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, L919 TWO CENTS 6A.M. Edition WEATHER Unsettled to-day, local rains; rain to-morrow. Moderate winds. Full l-?'|it? and Jfoui ci nn itti i to gel together, we won id pJace our ease before the Na? tional War Labor Hoard. "ir> ? actions of Rei Garrison, we '"< el that your committee has done evi n its power to '? . ?'????.?..',]? a pea?'-:,,; way, The committee has kept . mind that 'act that the ? i ung publii of Brooklyn must ??nspo and from it? work, that it a ?. ta! part of the life and welfare of thi communii Strike Vote as Weapon "Therefore your committee reeom Tuend* -.hat a strike vote be taken in order to bring the pre.' lun i I public i opinion upon the company, and have ?t agree to submit the matter in contro VWtjf to the National Wai Board. "In taking this action it is for the \ purpose of placing the company in its | proper position before the travelling Public of Brooklyn, and the vote o? placed in the hands of your com ?Mttee to be put into operation after ?Wry honorable effort bas been made to reach an an.. nderstanding witn the receiver of the company." After the report, with its recom ?endalion, had been accepted following letter was i nt UMnyot H "Dear 8ir: We, the undersigned Wthimu.ee representing the employe? ?? 're Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com ?*''"/? ? embled, wt-r" .se i?c'.?'i to wail on you ;or ?tie purpose ? ; the bringing s-tKiti*. of an am ttlcmenl <.f the dil eg and th? ' do tl - hope that you, as the : ; ?ho " .i many millions of dol- ' **r*. n property and which should be P**guarded ag? nsi anj mnoi taxpayers through a labor . which we believe can be ' with your inter CM) . ? ?/ the bop? that, you will ' ;' ' hin matter your personal atten l'"'' ' ? - ? ' i i great Impor '?" '? to the welfare of our community, Continued on page nine +$i.t**l,x ????'?'? ? ?' "''i Uiifoy In ?E?^L.4',ev?-'*'? W Wi>*. t'Jv. Hut UjiBliU'?. Sunday "Movie* Bill Now Up to Governor 'ALBANY, April 8. The Thompson ?* * Sunday "movie" bill, which would pive local municipal authorities power to permit or prevent exhibitions of mohon pictures after 2 p, m. on Sun? days, wii", passed by the Assembly Into to-day 'by a vote of ?1 to 58. The measure not?/ roen to the Governor for approval. Thirty Republicans, ln cluding Majority Leader Ailler, voted with the solid Democratic and So? (mir! minorities in favor of tho bill. Speaker Swoct was recordad In op pi. iiuui. The debato on tho measure lasted moro t lin o two hours. Subsequently, the Assembly, l>v a vote of 77 (o 42, passed tho Mct?lligott bill to make it Illegal to carry on tho bu ?nos? of bootblacking on Sundays aftor 'i p. m., oxcept In hotels und on fcrryboal Thompson Tells Bribers' Names; Inquiry Voted Whole Subject of Graft for Last Two Years is To Be Opened Inder Resolution Passed l.v State Senate Staff Correapondi ncc ALBANY, April 8.?The Senate to? day ordered an investigation of Sen? ator George F. Thompson's charges thai one man offered him "up to $500, 000" and another?an ex-Governor of this state bad dangled the Republican nomination for Governor in 1920 be foro his eyes to act favorably on the 1 Martin streetcar ra?. Lili. The Seriate judiciary Committee, of which Alvah W. Burlingame, of Brook? lyn, is chairman, was directed by a resolution adopted unanimously to con- ! duct the investigation. Senator J. Henry Walters, majority leader, an? nounced that funds for the investiga? tion will be provided for in the supple? mental appropriation bill. After the Senate had taken this ac? tion the Assembly, following a bitter Struggle, passed the Martin bill, which empowers the Public Service Commis? sion to increase the rates of fare on streetcar lines, on subways and elevated roads, notwithstanding any existing franchise, contract or agreement. The vote was 77 to 68. Assemblyman Simon L. Adler, majority leader, voted against the measure. Thaddeus C. Sweet, Speaker of the Assembly, voted for it. Monstrous. Says Coldberp: Assemblyman Mark Goldberg de? nounced the Martin bill as one of the most monstrous pieces of legislation ever introduced. He reminded the leg? islators the bill came from a rural leg? islator, and yet would affect, almost wholly the bipr; cities of the state. ''Who handed you this bill?'.' de? manded Assemblyman Goldberg, of its introducer. Assemblyman Louis M, Martin, of Oneida County. "The bill was handed to me by Harry B. Wcatherwax, of Albany, chairman of the traction companies of New York State," replied Assemblyman Martin. Mr. \Y eat h er wax's organization is composed of nearly all the streetcar i mes in the state. Tn defending his bill, Mr. Martin declared the interests behind it were entitled to their day in court. He said the measure should not be called a fix-cent bill, or a seven-cent bill, as it would not necessarily result in the rai- ing of fares. "It. mire!y permits the traction cora par.it :. to present their case to a prop? erly constituted tribunal," ho said. Speaks for Investors All the New York City men, with the exception of Wilfred K. Yonker, of Brooklyn, voted against the bill. 'I he Senati 'a session today was calm. It did not convene until nearly 1 o'clock, waiting until the Sena'..' .Ju? diciary Committee finished its secret. ion. The only witness was Sena? tor Thompson, who was assured in ad? vance that he could disclose his in? formation ;n camera and there would be a real investigation Senator Thompson, it. wa;; learned, told the committee thai a man, well known in and about the lobbies of the Legislature approached him with sa offer of $100,000 it he would work for the Martin bill, and report it out of his committee favorably. The offer, be laid, 'Aas made recently at the Bepublican Club in New York City. (?overnorship Support Offered Within a short time thereafter Senator Thompson said, a one-time Governor of thi? state, at a hotel not far distant from the Republican Club, told bun n certain head of a big New York City traction company and other streetcar magnates would lend support to any attempt Thomp? son m?tfht. make to #ef. the Republican nomination for Governor if he sup? ported the Martin bill. After the secret session Senator Burlingame offered a resolution read | Mifr. partly a? follows: "Whereas, Senator George F. Thompson did, on April 7, state on the Continued on page five U.S. Wheat for 1919 Is Valued At 2V2 Billion i Biggest Yield in History of Nation is Indicated by the Government Beporl; Huge Surplus I'redieted Condition 99.8 Per Cent Offirials Silent on ihr Cos? to Taxpayer? of Making Good the S2.26 Guaranty WASHINGTON, April R, Porecusl by I the Depnrtmcnl of Agriculture to-day tluil. the nal ion's winter wheat crop would total 837,000,000 bushels, tho largest crop over grown, aroused im? mediate speculation as to tho cost to tin? government of such an enormous yield. Under the bill passed by Can- I gress In tho closing days of the last, i session the government is obligated to pay the difference between the guar? anteed price of $2.26 a bushel and the j world market, price for every bushel,' not. only on winter but of spring wheat produced. The total value of the winter wheat ; , crop on the basis of an 8:!7,000,000- ? I bushel crop forecast, would be $1,891, 620,000. The spring wheat crop, soon ! to be planted, cannot be estimated, but ; Department of Agriculture officials to- ! day predicted it would range between ! 225,000,000 and 300,000,000 bushels, '. i which would increase the total value of ; ' the nation's wheat crop to approxi? mately $2,500,000,000. The part of this $2,500,000,000 thai the government must pay to maintain the guaranteed price was a matter up? on which officials here decline:! to com ment, it was said the factors influenc ing the world market price, such as production in Argentina, Australia and) other countries, and the Kuropear. J?-u ?nand Were to? numerous to malte any j prediction at this time. The Depart? ment of Agriculture has no informa? tion as to estimated wheat production in the other wheat-growing countries of the world. Officials expressed the belief to-day I that there would be a good foreign ; demand for American wheat which i would take care of the nation's sur I plus, and while the lo^s to the gov ? eminent through its price guarantee may mount far into the millions of ?dollars, so far as iho actual wealth of the country was concerned it simply will be taking money from one pocket and putting it into another. To-day's forecast also indicated that i America will have a greater surplus! than ever before. The United States requires for its own yearly consump? tion about 5.3 bushels of wheat for each person within it. With approxi? mately J1o,000,oo() people in the United States, and adding approximately 75,000,000 bushels of wheat which is necessary for seeding purposes, the demands of this country this year are i estimated at more than 660,000,000 bushels. With a spring wheat production,! estimated at from 225,000,000 to 300, 000,000 it would appear the surplus available for export would be in the; neighborhood of abou? 450,000,000 | I bushels. 133 Bolshevist Plotters Are Exeeuted at Pinsk WARSAW, April 7 (By The Associ? ated Press). Thirty-three Bolshevists '? were executed Saturday at Pinsk, on ; the eastern frontier of Poland. They were charged with plotting an uprising \ for the purpose of overpowering the weakened garrison and seizing the. city. An Allied commission, composed of j Americans, British and French, is con? ducting the fullest inquiry and may I send a special mission to l'insk from Warsaw for that purpose. Some re- j ports place the number of executions : as high as 250, but Colonel Francis K. Fronc/.ak, Health Commissioner of Buf? falo, N'. Y., who was in Pinsk at the time for the American Red Cross, fixes ' the number at thirty-three. Colonel Fronczak said that according lo the military officials ? two hundred 1 Bolshevists wro discovered plotting in a hall rui the outskirts of of the city ; Saturday afternoon. The building was surrounded, but a majority of the Bol? shevists managed to make their escape. About seventy were captured and marched to the city market place, where every second one was shot. Foley's Public Service Bill Is Reported Out Stuff Correspondence ALBANY. April 8, The Senate Public Service Commission to? il igh. reported out the Polcy bill i abolishing the present Public Service j Commission of five members in N'ew j York City und netting up in its place i a two-headed commission. One com ! missionor is [o have control of tho regulatory ?nd quasi-judicial powers , of the commission and the other to have charge of construction. From a source close to the Gov l ornor, the Tribune correspondent learned to-night that Judge Benjamin j N. Cardoso, of tho Court of Appeals, ? can have the regulatory commissioner i ship if he will accept it. Tho job pays i $15,000 annually. The term is six yoars. Governor Smith Iihh offered th?. job of transit construction commissioner to Colonel William Barclay ('arsons, now in Prance, where he has been at? tached to the American expeditionary force. COK M?A liolU? fftl?o lMt& nnnly in mouth . ?-i u ven t rt _"?'? Cum*, ?li o al i-lfH'-lt'A, _ I? ftll_'r*l I Clemenceau Saves Life Of Man Who Shot Him TJARIS, April 8 fBy The Associated Press).- -President Poincar? has commuted to ten years' imprisonment the death sentence imposed upon Hmile (?ottin, who in an attempt to assassi? nate Premier Clemenceau on February 10 last, shot and severely wounded him. The commutation of sentence was on the recommendation of M. Clcmon cenu himself. Ten Arrested In Crusade on Drug Traffic Six Physicians mid lour Druggists Takrn in First of ?i Scries of Hauls (Maimed hy Officials .Major Daniel T,. Porter, Supervisor Of III" Internal Revenue Milice, with ten of his men, .icting in coop?ration with Police Lieutenant Scherb and fif? teen detectives of the Narcotic Squad, last night arrested .six doctors and four druggists, charged with violation of Section 100(i of the Harrison act. The men were taken to Police Head? quarters, where they were locked up. Fifty drug addicts were also rounded up and they had been questioned at length and then allowed to go. Cocaine, heroin and other habit forming drugs, valued at. $25,000, were confiscated. The physicians arrested said they were Dr. Bernard Pitt, of 99 Stanton Street; Dr. Leopold Harris, of 317 Last Thirteenth Street, and his nephew and assistant, Dr. Henry Harris, of 914 Simpson Street, The Bronx; Dr. Louis A. Kalk, of 102 Madison Street; Dr. Abraham L. Cardaza, of 1982 Lexington Avenue, and his partner, Dr. David X. Brown, of the same address. The druggists said they were ,L Frei? lich, of First. Avenue and Sixteenth Street; Julius Nelson, of 2T? Broome Street; Samuel Jacobs, of 1919 Lexing? ton Avenue, und Isadorc Sherman, of 98 Rivi.ngton street. The raids -(.ere the first of a series which Major Porter declared would wipe out. a traffic in drugs with which the police and Federal authorities have hitherto been unable (0 cope, The warrants on which the arrests were made were issued recently by United Continued on page three . Trial of Baker Aids Demanded By Chamberlain | Senator Charges U. S. Law Was Violated by Frank? ing 70,000 Pamphlets Against Ansell Heforms Demand Sent to Palmer Official Privilege Was Used for Personal Purposes, is Basis of His (lomplaint By ( iirtf-r Field Nion York Tribun* Waiihinulim I unto, WASHINGTON, April 8. The light to reform tho prcsont nystem of mili? tary justice in i hi- army took a new i urn to-day when Senator Chamberlain demanded the criminal prosecution of certain of its defender? in the War Department. In a letter to Attorney General Palmer, Mr. Chamberlain charged that these defenders of tho system had caused to be printed, presumably at government, expense, 70,000 copies of a sixty-four page pamphlet and sent these through the mails under the frank of the now defunct War Indus? tries Board. Accompanying tho pamphlet many copies of which have been returned by indignant lawyers to Senator Cham? berlain is a letter, also printed at the Government Printing Oftice, from Colonel John H. Wigmore, of the judge advocate general's department, admit? ting that the sending of this defence ' is "deliberately breaking through the I etiquette of the. military service." Action by Baker Doubted In his letter to Attorney Genera ' Palmer demanding prosecution of thost | whom he accuse?. Senator Chamberlaii ?declared he had no expectation that th< 1 Secretary of War would do his duty ii ' this regard. "This gross abuso of official positiot , aii?i the franking privilege is one o the thousand evidences," Mr. Chamber lain declared, "of the length to whicl the Secretary of War will go, and per mit his subordinates to go. iti suppor I Continued, on page five Wilson 's Ship Starts for Brest April 11 WASHINGTON, April 8.?President Wilson's orders for the ? transport George Washington to proceed to Brest brought the following statement from the Navy Department to-day: "Acting Secretary of the Navy Rooseveft late to-day received 1 a cablegram from Admiral Benson at Paris requesting that the sailing of the U. S. S. George Washington be expedited at once, by direction of the President. The U. S. S. George Washington will, therefore, leave New York at the earliest possible opportunity, probably Friday afternoon, April 11." Admiral Benson's cable of to-day followed a message sent yesterday, asking when the ship could be made ready to sail. Then, though word had come from Paris that the President had determined there must be an end to delays at the peace conference, and had ordered the transport to France, Navy Department oflicials said no new orders had been issued and that the ship was preparing to sail according to schedule on Monday, April 14. Communication to-day with the New York Navy Yard, where Ihe George Washington is undergoing overhauling, brought a report that she could be made ready for sea by Friday, and she was ordered out then. The George Washington .should reach Hrest by Anril __o. Kiev Reports Odessa Taken By Bolsheviki Paris Fails, However, to Con? firm News From Moseow That Ukrainians Have En? tered Blaek Sea Port PARIS, April 8 (By The Associated Tress).?The Ukrainian Soviet troops have captured Odessa, according to ad? vices from Kiev, transmitted by wire? less from Mo3co\v under date of April 7. The new3 has not been officially confirmed. Late dispatches indicated that Bol ' shevik pressure against Odessa, the : Russian port on the Black Sea, was in ! creasing, and intimated the imminent I evacuation of the city by the Allies. The Paris ''.Matin" said that the Allies would probably be withdrawn ulti? mately to the Dniester, in order to pro? tect Bessarabia and Rumania, and that | the Isthmus of Perekop had been forti I fied for the protection of the Russian I naval base of Sebastopol. Nmv if Somebody Would Only ?ment Somethin g to Do to the Clock So We Could Get a Little Sleep! Giant Torpedo 'Plane to Try Atlantie Raee Flier Built to Blow Up German Fleet; British En? try in 'Cross-Ocean Con? test Starts From Ireland AVw York Tribune European Hurcau (Copyright, 1919, New York Tribune Inc.1 LONDON', April 8.?"My chance of winning the transatlantic flight by starting from Ireland is at least equal to that of Harry Hawker and Sydney Pickles, who are starting from New? foundland with the supposed advantage of westerly winds. At the present time our information does not prove that the trade winds are effective at a height of 10,000 feet, and it is doubtful whether flying from tho west gives any actual help. 1 intend to take advantage of the first easterly wind after April 12, and hope to leave Limerick not later than April 15." Thus spoke Major J. C. P. Wood, who, accompanied by Captain C. C. Wyllie as assistant pilot and navigator, will attempt the flight in a Shortt Brothers' biplane. Built to Carry Torpedo The machine was built to carry a huge torpedo for attacking the German fleet. An aluminum petrol tank, hold? ing 600 gallons, now takes the tor? pedo's place. By a special device the tank can be emptied rapidly by the pilot if he is forced to make a descent, and the tank will then act as a float to keep the craft above water for a con? siderable time. It has a span of sixty feet, an over-all length of thirty-four feet and it fitted with a Rolls-Royce engine of 360 horsepower. There is a dual control and mechanism for send? ing and receiving wireless messages. "We hope to maintain a steady speed of ninety miles an hour," said Major Wood, "our distance capacity being about 3,000 miles, and expect to start about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, for the sake of having a few hours of daylight for the purpose of getting clear of the coast. All being well, we hope to reach Newfoundland about the following noon, when, if fortune is with us, we shall proceed to Amer? ica." French Aviator Starts VERSAILLES, April 8 (By The As? sociated Press). ? Lieutenant Jean Pierre Fontan started on a flight to? day to Casablanca, Morocco, from which town he will proceed to Dakar, in the French colony of Senegal, and thence to the Cape Verde Islands, with the intention of attempting a flight | across the Atlantic from the islands. I He is accompanied by a mechanician, : Philibert Cahouet. | [A dispatch from London under date 1 of March 18 said that according to re I ports from Paris Lieu.tenant Fontan i left Villacoublay for Dakar on March 6, i but was compelled to land southeast of Blois because of a cracked cylinder. I Lieutenant Fontan planned a flight j from Dakar to Pernambuco, Brazil, via St. Paul. The distance from the Cape ' Verde Islands to Pernambuco is 1,616 miles.] Huge Machine Entered LONDON, April S.?The Handley Paige Company to-day entered one of its airplanes, which had been built for a bombing expedition to Berlin, in the transatlantic flight. The machine has four 350-horsepower engines and a ca? pacity of two thousand gallons of gas? olene for a twenty-five-hour fligrt. Separate Peace With Bavaria Is Discussed PARIS, April H (By The Associated Press!.- There is much apprehension in peace conference circles as to the effect the establishment of a soviet govern? ment at Munich may have on the con? clusion of peace. As the Munich government appears from press dispatches to be well es? tablished, the peace delegates are con ; aidering the eventual necessity of ne? gotiating two peucc treaties with Ger? many, one with Berlin.and the other with Munich. .-.-??-1-? li you im??? money, buy mon? LIItRKTY BOND? from ua u ?ni ni-. .1 money, we ?? tj,i buy MBKKTY HUNDS -from you. ?lohn Muir & Co., Cl U'wejr.?Aitvt. Break Witl? Lloyd George Is Reported President Says He and Allies Are Far Apart and Hints He is Pre? paring to ynit Parley Dniiiimls i I is Way On Three Points Again?! Bin .ndemnitieH and Saar Annexation; for Recognizing L?nine rwillhJ origin and tragic sig i nificance of the Paris crisis arc revealed in the two cabio messages following. Frederick Moore tells how the President on rising from his bed repudiated the concilia? tory work of Colonel House and set himself against the council. Frank H. Simonas discusses the danger of a separate peace between Germany and the United States, with England, France and Italy?the Allies? acting in their own interests. By Frederick Moore New York Tribuna Spectal CabU Service PARIS, April 8.?President Wil i son has repudiated the work Colonel ', House did with the Council of Four I while he (the President) was ill, and ! the fat is again in the lire. ; Mr. Wilson has caused it to be an i nounced that he is nowhere near an ! agreement with the Allied delegates, and indicates that he will depart for home without further negotiations if the three premiers?Lloyd George, for England; Clemenceau, for France, and Orlando, for Italy- - will not soon agree with his terms. High Hopes for an Agreement Stifled Does he mean it literally, and. if so, will Orlando, Lloyd George and Clemenceau accept bis ideas of what peace should be? These are the questions on the lips of all the delegates to the peace conference to-day. The relief and joy resulting from the two days of conciliatory work by Colonel House?who represente.! the United States during President Wilson's illness?have given place to this tragic development. With more dramatic effect than ! on any previous occasion of similar Presidential action, the President's ' press agents have announced Jnis readiness to depart from Paris, leaving the peace unsigned. . It is announced that he will not leave without making a public statement of his position so that the world may judge whether he or those op? posing his views in th' peace con? ference are right. The Three Points at Issue In the (.ouncil of Four It is definitely stated that on the ' three principal point? at issue, a? well as on many others, he differs radically from the other members ai the conference, and apparently is without hope of an agreement unlesi Clemenceau, Lloyd George and Or lando accept his views. These threi main points are: REPARATIONS. THEA DISPOSITION OF THl SAAR VALLEY. THE RECOGS1TIOS OF RUS SIA. . There has been growing evidenc in recent weeks that Mr. Wilson de sires to recognize the Bolsheviki be cause he feels that the French, wh have constantly opposed recognitio i and, on the contrary, advocate mili ' tary intervention, privately aided i preventing the success of his Prir kipo conference project by calling i ' :ibsurd and by not encouraging nor i Bolshevik governments to partie ! pate. It is known that the Pr?sider i stands for no indemnities from Ge: ! many, while the French stand fi i the last farthing obtainable. M '? Wilson stands for only such rcpar j tion as will not cripple German i while the French feel that only I j shackling Germany can they revi" ! and recover from the havoc Ge : many wrought. J Mr. Wilson is lik$ Portia y?i'