ALL MERCHANDISE ADVER? TISED IN THE TRIBUNE IS GUARANTEED Vol. LXXIX No. 20,472 % The Loan Is Going Over. Go With It. Invest! [Copyright, 1919. Now York Tribune Inc.] Firat_toJ:a?t^1jUi?_Iruth! News - Editorial, Advertisemen ts FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1919 6 A.M. Edition WEATHER Rain and Cooler To-d ; Probably Rain To-morrow. Moderate Wind? Full Report on Pag? -3 ???V * TWO CENTS ^M?"*'" N.2! *S? BBd ? THRKK CENT? ^^^^_^ _^_ \-'??-?_ ?-???-???-??--?_?????????????--?-?i--??---.-__j___,?i^m____________-----__-__-_____________^ _ - ? lawanifre Two U. S. Ocean Fliers Reach Halifax, One Missing, Start on Second Stage of Flight To Be Made To-day; ^ermans Unite In Denouncing "Brutal" Treaty 540-Mile Trip Made at Rate of Mile a Minute; Flagship Is First at Halifax Engine Trouble Delays NC-4 Destroyers Sent to Search Seas for Missing Machine 5he three giant United States naval seaplanes, NC-1, NC-3 and NC-4, flew f 10131 Rockaway at 10 o'clock yesterday morning on the first leg of their flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Two of the "planes, the NC-1 and the NC-3. alighted on the waters of Halifax Harbor at 6:.55 o'clock New York time, 7:55 Halifax. They covered the total distance of 540 nautical miles at an average of one nautical mile a minute, de? spite the stiff gale which blew off the Nova Scotia coast. The NC-4, commanded by Lieuten? ant A. C. Read, developed engine trouble off Chatham, Mass., after being in the air 3 hours and 20 minutes. When last heard from she was proceeding on her way with three engines running, and was reported at 2:33 o'clock to be off Outer Cliff, Me., headed foi Halifax. Two destroyers are searching for her. The NC-3, flagship of Commander John H. Towers, "admiral" of the" air fleet, was the first to complete the aerial voyage. She was fol? lowed ten minutes later by the NC-1. Lieutenant Commander Towers an? nounced on his arrival at Halifax that his ship and the NC-1 would attempt the second leg of the flight from Halifax to Trepassey, N. F., to-day. All Halifax Out To Greet Fliers Cheers of Thousands Min ule With the Shrieks of Sirens as 'Planes Land HALIFAX, .V. S., May ?S. The first I-P of the first American transatlantic flight was successfully completed to? night when two navy seaplanes, the NC-3 and the NC-1, glided to their moorings in Kahtern passage, Halifax harbor, at 8 o'clock after covering the MO mile? from KocKaway Beach, in exactly nine houra. The aviators found conditions fairly favorable and did not deviate from their pre-arranged schedule. Com? mander Tower was in charge of the ?lC-3, which arrive?! first, and Com ? Bellinger v/as in charge of the HC-1. The aviators reported to the States ciuiser Baltimore and ' ' ? ??? the flight to Newfound orning. The arriva! of the 'planes was most It was just at ?unset, and v.an, partly overcast with cloud's of purplish gray shot with crimson tow? ard the north, while the water of the harbor -.vas ?tee] gray. At ten minute? to ft o'clock ;. tiny b.*?k ?pecJ: wu ?ilhoutted against a Nfe '. of blue sky to the south in the ?''????? tion of i.?.ebjetohead. It grew tepidly larger until the graceful con? tour of the wing? of the NC-3 Were iMfaly visible. j>, ?area wiftly toward ?i.city and opposite Point Plea ?.,<.-.< "?rk planed down with hoarlntj en? '''?' As it struck the Wfcte? a great '?'???i >,' irri?des?sent spray shot op, 'Plane Dodge* Fishing Smock proceeding ut tremendous *He4 tr,<- 'plane round???) the edge of ?aer.ah a Jajarid and rushed toward its ?Coring?, leaving great furrows of ?Mm ir, it? wake, ere a fishing smack ?v.*?Y<.*ed the toarte, ne-tsesirttfiting a de- . \'">t, bat the NC-3 fttked \xp Its moor "'it* off the former American air ?t?t?on, * few minutes later the \'<" J we? *>Xn*Ant and landed seven. I hundred y*t4* north <,r Maenabe island, toco? '?tyt ftbont end proceeding to its ?,r> ******?? A number of tugs and Bub? ">'?';!?m- ?till in service, '/'hey sre be? ing replaced by men ?un fast dh they : MMM HOOK ROUTE, .. ,,?-.,i,in'', on fluriduy, Muy it, tvllh -''?i".'i. Two fleam??!'? on iiuy '?u A '11 ?. 'World Record ; Rally Yields ? $125,000,000 i ' ?Victory Loan Meeting at Metropolitan Opera House Sets New Mark in War Finance Enthusiasm! I One Bid for $13,000,000 Made by Police Force, Who Thereby "Capture" Por? trait of King Albert I Two hours of the most intensive bond I selling ever seen last night netted New ? York's Victory Loan sellers a credit of i exactly $125,000,000. That is the new high record in bond ' selling for the world, hung up at tJje Metropolitan Opera House, wherV nearly ' 5,000 men and women clamored to ; pledge themselves to purchase bonds ? all the way from the baby $50 denomin ! ation to one block of $13,000,000. It j was more than three times the high j mark recorded at the greatest bond ! rally ever held any place heretofore. The bond selling began with, an ava- j ' lanche of $50 transactions. Chalmers [ Wood, who was in charge ci the sell- : ing, announced that he wanted to ob-1 tain a ?ledge from every man and J woman in the. audience,'and the chorus : of replies when he "asked for buyers of ' the smallest denomination indicated that he was accomplishing just that. Then the sums jumped to $100, $200 ? and up to $50,000 and $100,000 blocks. ! While the enthusiasm was high a ! troop of machine gunners ran a ? businesslike-appearing German 77 ' \ one of the guns captured during the fighting in the Argonne forest - out ! upon the stage. "Here s a gun that crocs to the high ' est bidder," announced Mr. Wood. Immediately there was a chorus of i voices shouting a $1,000,000 bid. "Why, this gun isn't going for any j such trifling sum," came the reply of i the auctioneer. The men who were bidding included i Jacob Schiff, Walter Frew, George F. I Bakes?. R. R. Brown, James W. Alex ! ander, J. P. Morgan, Gates McGarrah, Albert 11. Wigf.in, Seward Prosser, : Martin Vogel, Allen B. Forbes and, ! Charles W. Sabin. Jumping half a million at a time ; the amount bid quicklv jumped to ! $5,000,000. There it stuck. It seemed ', that the humbled German weapon I would go for that price when a man in I an upper box added half a milion to I the price, obtaining the gun. He ! slipped a card to the Red Cross nurse I who took his pledge for that sum, -but refused to permit his name to be an? nounced. "Just say I'm unattached," he an? nounced. "A great catch for some woman!" shouted a soldiet in the rear of the theatre. Police "Capture" a Picture Next came a great painting of King Albeit, of Belgium. It was announced that no trifling bids would be accepted on the portrait, which probably ac? counted for the fact that the bidding began at $;!,000,000. Practically the same group of bankers and financiers | bid on the picture, each bid being re | corded as a sale of bonds to that total, i whether the bidder was successful in obtaining the prize or not. In half-million dollar leaps the price I of the picture went to $5,000,000, then j $10,000,000 and finally, after a slight ! pause at the $12,000,000 mark, it was ! taken for the Police Department by Deputy Commissioner Wallis, for $13, ' 000.000. There was, a wild applause an thi,s the largest single sale of bonds ever re? corded at any meeting was announced. The Deputy Commissioner was dragged to the platform, where he was forced to make a brief speech. An Investment. Says Taft The formel Secretary of the Treas? ury, William G. McAdoo, who had been scheduled to make ona of i he principal addresses of the evening, was too ill to attend the meeting. He sent a tetter to the loan committee, how? ever, in which he said that immediate ! i-ction was required to raise tlie $2, 1 000,000,000 that must be subscribed in ? the two days remaining. Former President William II. Taft I made a plea for this particular bond i issue on the grounds that it was a good I business ?nvcstmi nt, entirely aside | from its attractiveness on patriotic | grounds. "Now these bond? are for people who don't know enough to go and invest their own money in matters where they ara to exercise any control," he said. "There arc lots of professional men; lots of men who live: on salaries; law? yers, judges, doctors, ?Jetgymen and others who do not have the menus of managing a business and don't know how. And yet they scrape together their ?livings and want to put them where they can be certain of an income without any cine with reference to the investment. "Now, this is the kind of investment that should attract them. If they aie looking for something better they won't find it, and they may And something a good deal worss Therefore why urge the argument of patriotism in respect of these bonds, because they are so good?" World's Biggest Wheat Crop in U. S. Predicted WASHINGTON, .May S. -The great '* est crop of winter wheat ever produced in any country is in pros? pect for this year's harvest. To? day's forecast by the Department of Agriculture, placed its size at almost 000,000,000 busheis?in exact lig? ures, 899,915,000?which would make this year's harvest worth $2,034,000, 000 at the government's price guar? antee of $2.2(3 a bushel. Stabilization of Steel Prices Is Abandoned Open Market Begins To-day as Result of Failure of Producers and Rail Ad? ministration to Agree The plan to stabilixe prices in the steel industry has collapsed. As a re? sult, the entire programme that aimed to stabilize prices in all trades, fathered by Secretary of Commerce Redfield, is expected to fail. An unrestricted market in iron and steel becomes effective to-day. The leading producers, represented by the general committee of the American Iron pnd Steel Institute, and represen? tatives of the railroad administration, faiied to reach an agreement in a final conference late yesterday. The railroad administration jntends to ask for bids lor supplying it with 200,000 tons of steel rails at once. Although Walker D. Hines, director general ot railroads, was in the city he did not attend the meeting. He was represented by Henry B. Spencer and T. C. Powell. Late in the evening Mr. Continued on page thirteen Brother Seeks To Oust Gould I As Estate Head 'Frank J., Backed by Anna, j Brings Action to Remove George J. From Manage? ment of Vast Properties Alleges $25,000,000 Loss Say? Operations Have Been Used to Further Per? sonal Interests of Trustee Th'J suppressed discord that has ex? isted for several years among the sons and daughters of Jay Gould became public yesterday In a Supreme Court proceeding brought by Frank Gould to have George J. Gould, his brother, removed as trustee ofythe estate of their father. The petitioner, still in Paris, where about two weeks ago lie divorced his second wife, is represented in the ac tion by Walter B. Walker, who ii voluminous affidavits states, in somi instances "on Information and belief,' the grievances of his client. Thes? are that George .1. Gould has mis managed the trusts placed in his hand by his father, has shown bad faith i the conduct of his fiduciary office, ha deprived the estate trusts of money that properly belonged to th >m an profited personally by transactions t the financial prejudice of the est?t and others who have an interest in i Allege Loss of $25,000.000 It is alleged by Frank J. Gould, wh * Continued on page twelve Uo S. Must Maintain Large Armv if Pro posed Defence of France Is Promised French Pleased With the Plan Wilson Hokls Agree? ment Is Not Incon? sistent with League PARIS, May 8 i By The Associated Press). It is the opinion here that the provision in the proposed agree? ment between Great Britain and the United States to aid France, that the United States will '"immediately" come to the assistance of France in case of unprovoked aggression, will in? volve consideration by the United States Congress of a plan for a suffi? cient army to permit "immediate" ac? tion without awaiting the creation of an army and the forwarding of large forces as an expedition to France after such aggression occurs. More Important Than Treaty The engagement for joint action by the United ?States and Great Britair in case of such an attack excited greater interest and satisfaction in Franch of licial and military quarters than th< treaty. It is understood to have been the cul mination of conferences held by Pre mier Clemenceau and Marshal Foeh. The latter took the advanced mili tary view for complete defensive pro tection and the Premier sought, to rec oncile this with the more moderati view held in the conference and empha sized the difficulties attendant upoi Continued on page three President to Tour Country for League Net? 1'orJfc Tribun* Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, May 8.?President Wilson has decided to tour the United States on his return from abroad to swing the nation into line on the league of nations and the peace treaty by a popular appeal, it was learned to-day. After Congress has had about three weeks to discuss the international documents, the President will return and go direct to the people with little argument, but an appeal to senti? ment, preaching idealism with which, he maintains, the war was won and the peace will be made secure. Referendum on League Planned By Republicans Senators Would Separate Covenant and Treaty and Submit Amended Draft of the Charter to the People New York Tribune. Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, May 8.--A deter? mined effort to divorce the covenant of the league of nations from the treaty of peace with Germany and con? sider its ratification separately will be made by members of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate when the treaty is formally presented for ratification. This move will have the support of Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, chair? man of the committee, and practically the entire Republican membership of the committee. In addition, it is prob? able that at least one Democratic mem? ber of the committee, Senator Thomas, of Colorado, will support this move? ment. Influential Republican Senators will propose that, in addition, the covenant be amended and the country be asked to ratify it in amended form through a national referendum before final I ratification by the United States be? comes effective. Plan tc Amend iVeaty Already Senators are devising a j method of procedure calculated to de? feat the President's purpose to make i the peace treaty and the covenant in- | separable. One plan is to amend the > treaty by substituting for the "league , of nations" the words "commission of the powers," with the addendum that when the league of nations becomes op erative the authority of such "commis- j sion of the powers" shall vest in the ? council of the league. Senator Lodge declined to give an ! opinion on the matter until he has seen j the complete official text. Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, re- | tiring chairman of the Foreign Re?a- ! ?ions Committee, expressed the opinion that such a plan would Uc futile, be- : zause the two subject matters are' so 'intertwined as to bo inextricable." Would Ratify Treaty First Should the proposed separation be jffected the Republicans would under- ! take immediate ratification of the ' treaty of peace and subsequent con- : (?deration of the covenant of the league if nations. An attmept would then be launched to amend the covenant of the j 'cague to meet ;he criticisms of those '' lections which are alleged to impair the ; ?sovereignty of the United States. Senator Brandcgee, of Connecticut, a , member of the Foreign Relations Com- ' mittee, will support the move for a ?? referendum, and it will be seconded by Senator Borah, of Idaho, another mem? ber of the committee. The Brandegee Borah championship is admittedly strong. It. lends geographical backing to the proposition in the Senate and the support of bpth conservative and : progressive forces. In the event the Senate accepts such ; i referendum an attempt will be made to stage the proceedings at once. Re-? publican Senators said to-dav there would be no attempt at postponeing such a referendum until the 1920 elec? tions. Few Senators are disposed to ques- ? tion the early ratification of the peace treaty with Germany in all its major j provisions, exclusive of the league | covenant. The military terms in- | .-luded in the treaty are almost un i ver- j sally acceptable. Shantung Decision Opposed There is, however, a strong likeli? hood that there will be strong criti? cism in the Senate to the Shantung province concession to Japan. This has been characterised by Senators who will figure prominently in the rati? fication of the treaty by terms varying in strength from "inconsistent" to "the most infamous agreement negotiated in the history of nations." Senators are not disposed, however, to discuss the Shantung matter until they are able to study the full terms of the concessions granted to Japan. I No Trace of Mr. Wil? son's Prineipiles I To Be Found?, Is Berlin's View Make Threats i Not To Sign i "Tageblatt" Asserts Seizure of L a n d ? Means R e v e n g e BERLIN, May 8 (By The Associ? ated Press).?Official circles in Bev , lin learned the probable tei-ms of i peace yesterday morning, and a i lengthy session of the Cabinet fol | lowed at which the action Gt'3*many I is to take was discussed. The Berlin morning papers pub i lish a summary of the peace terms? i which are condemned by all, from the extreme Left to the utra-Con i servative Right. Dr. Theodor Wolff, in the "Tage* j blatt," says: "Although we were I prepared for a good deal, even for ' everything, we can only say that the | treaty surpasses our worst expecta ; tions. It does not show a trace of | states3i3aiiship or of President Wil? son's principles, but is a brutal, thoughtless product of thoughtless, intoxicated brutality." Threatens Revenge Dr. Wolff says that the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine foi fifteen years "will within a few j years create imperialism and a call j for revenge in Germany." He also condemns the eastern set? tlement, and says there can be only one answer: "No." The "Bourse Courier" says: "The territory concessions ai*e more ex tensive and unbearable than we ex? pected." The "Lokal Anzeiger" publishes a summary of the treaty under the heading "Crushing Conditions." The 'National Zeitung" to-day I publishes what it tenus the official standpoint the government expects to take regarding the peace terms. The government, according to the newspaper, will i-efuse to sign any part of the treaty which pi*ovides for "oppression of Germany." For instance, the Entente's standpoint ?egarding Danzig and the Saar Val? ley will not be accepted. The German delegate?, however, will make every effort to institute regotiations on these and other un? acceptable demand?, says the "Na? tional Zeitung." Haut/a ii May Quit It was considered in some quar? ters that Count, von Brockdorff Rantzau would refuse to sign the peace treaty and resign, but th< opinion is general that German; must accept, since she is helpless. The resignation of the Foreigi Minister would only delay a settle ment of the question, but if his Cab ?net left office with him, indeper dents, it is believed, would sure. take up their position?, and thei first act would he to accept th terms. A translation of the text of th treaty is expected to reach Weimis Friday morning. Only brief e: ti-acts of the document can be wire by the correspondents, owing to la< of telegraphic facilities. Meanwhil the press and public are discussir the forecast of the terms receive from London by way of Amsterdam ''Ended as a Power"* The first newspaper in Berlin publish the forecast hgaded it, "Ge ?any's End as a Great Power." The "Tageblatt" says the size the Germait army can be decid only by the league of nations, a; that it will be' impossible to p ?1,000,000,000 ($5,000,000,00 as indemnity. The newspaper ca the decision with regard to the Sts icgion "hardly disguised anne: i tion," and says that it cannot ? accepted. The Danzig solution a ? is declared to be inacceptable. 1 decision as to Germany's forn ! colonies is arousing protests. ; Germans Complain VERSAILLES, M.iy I (By The Ai j ciated Tress).- Tin* (?ornvu? ?ioiofr?