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Vol. LXXIX No. 26,485
[Copyright, 1919,
New York Tribune Inc.l
THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1919
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THREE CENTS
Elsewhere
Allies Give Berlin 7 Days' Grace to Reply to Terms;
Ebert Cabinet Says Germany Will Not Sign Treaty;
Jews Here Join in Great Protest Against Pogroms
NC-4
To Portugal
Earlv To-day
Seaplane Compelled to
Return to Port Because
of Engine Trouble; De?
fect Later Remedied
Big Crowd Out
To Watch Start
Towers Says Repairs to
>C-3 Will Keep 100 Me?
chanics Busv 3 Months
"
PONTA DELGADA, May 21 (By The
As.-ociated Press).?Lieutenant Com?
mander A. C. Read announced to-night
that the engine trouble which cr.used a
postponement of the flight of the NC-4
for Lisbon this mornirg had been rem?
edied. The 'plane, he said, would start
?t daybreak tomorrow, v/eathcr pcr
ni'ittir.r;.
The wrecked 'phr.e >*C-3 has been
brought La to '.he bo.tch, where it is
being dismantled, preparatory to ship?
ment to the United States on the
tender Melville.
Commander .lorn K. Towers estimat?
ed to-dajf that it w?u'.d take 100 me?
chanics three months to put the ma?
chine into proper flying condition.
The crew of the NC-4 boarded the
tyane two hours before sunrise to-day
"to tuno up the motors. After making
three unsuccessful attempts to take off
v.'ith one engine functioning improp
erly, Lieutenant Commander Read de?
cided it wa:; too late to remedy the
trouble this morning in time to make
the flight to Lisbon by daylight.
Thousands Watch for Flight
Thousands of persons who crowded
the decks of ships in the harbor and
Tar.tage points on the waterfront were
disappointed a'-, the failure to start to?
day.
LISBON', May 21 (By The Associated
Press).?In the expectation that an
American seaplane would reach here to?
day great crowd-- o?7 people took up po?
sitions of vantage to witness the com?
ing of the dauntless airmen who have
already flown to Ponta Delgada. Even
at a late hour many of the sightseers
continued to hold their places.
The American 'piano is expected to
?Hght a ?ittle above the centre, of Lis?
bon, ?here the width of the Tagus
River is greater than at other points.
WASHINGTON, May 21.?Although
Weather conditions were extremely fa?
vorable, Lieutenant Commander Albert
C. Read was unable to get the seaplane
NC-4 away from Ponta Delgada to-day
for the 800-mile flight to Lisbon, Por?
tliga:, became of engine trouble, which
developed when the ship was being
toned up for the ?tart.
Lieutenant Commander Read sent
the following message this morning
to the N'avy Department:
"NC-4 will not start to-day. One en
fmf- not functioning properly."
N'C-1 Dropped as "Lost"
Commander .John H. Towers, trans?
plants flight commander, ha;; recom?
mended that, the N'C-1, which sank at
**a. be itrickf-n from the navy list as
??? at sea," and that the NC-3 be
Paced out of commission for rebuild?
ing when she arrives in New York.
Lieutenant Commander R. A. Lav
tn?Jer and Lieutenant H. Sadenwater,
??rnbers of the crews of the N'C-l arid
"W, will rc-urr, to the United Stat?;s
w> the ftrrt i",viTnm?;nt vessel leaving
?nta Delgada. The dismantled NC-3
**?' be taken to New York on the IN
-? 8. Melville, with Machinist L. H.
T*1*? s? member of her crew, in
******< The destroyer Stockton has
?ffl placed at t|e disposal of Com
mander Tower? and the remaining
**"*"? of two crew?, who will pro
j*d to Plymouth, Kngland, the ob?
jective port of the NC 4.
AH Men Under Forty
Mobilized by Reds
Washington, May 21, Swedish
pm repon?, from Petrograd, via He!
'kttor*, tr*n?Bitt?d to the State Do
Knifit-tc. today, ?ay the Bolshevik
jy8* ?t Petrograd has constituted a
?>*!'?-"?? "for the defence of the pro
*""'-?t" and hau vented it with broad
P**er?,
" KefcilizaMon of all men up to the age
f>ny has be?-n determined upon, arid
"? ?"?itary eoirfmisaariat ha? been tm
^**red to requisition horses and
??*? According to th<- report!, own
i?h" "'??? to deliver requisitioned
"??*r>*U are to im executed.
K?jr a ?ate* Mow?
t_, ??r &<IOUl*< I;-..? U.',
f?*** Huir * C?? ?1 Uw%x_Advt.
Wilsor?s Plea for Beer
Condemned by Baptists
DENVER, Colo., May 21.?Unani?
mous action condemning Presi?
dent Wilson for his recommendation
to Congress for repeal of war-time
prohibition was taken to-day by the
Northern Baptist convention in ses?
sion here.
On motion from the convention
floor the convention voted to prepare
resolutions "in strong and vigorous
terms, and at the same time digni?
fied," expressing the convention's dis?
approval of the President's stand.
The resolution will be drawn up by
a committee of which E. L. Tustin,
former member of the Pennsylvania
Legislature, is chairman.
Chaloner Gets
$30,000 Verdict
Against "Post"
Believes Victory in New
York Court Is First Step
to Recovery of Control
of His Property Here
_
John ?Armstrong Chaloner, adjudged
insane in New York and sane in Vir?
ginia, was awarded $"0,000 damages in
his action for libel against "The New
York Evening Post" by a jury before
Judge A. N. Hand in the Federal Dis?
trict Court yesterday.
The alleged libel appeared in an
editorial ten years aero. The plain?
tiff charged that this editorial was de?
signed to reflect upon him in connec-i
tion with the death of ?John Guillard, ?
a farm hand, who was shot and killeo i
in the home of Chaloner, at Merry
Mills, Virginia. Former United ?States '
?attorney George M. Curtis, jr., was
tiial counsel for Mr. Chaloner.
Immediately after Foreman Charles
I.nllin announced the verdict William
Wherry, attorney for the newspaper,!
moved that it be set aside on the
ground that it was excessive and
against the weight of evidence. Judge
Hand took the matter under advise?
ment and gave Mr. Wherry three days
in which to submit briefs. The plain- j
tiff will then have a like time to file
briefs in answer. The jury returned ?
the verdict after fifty minutes of con?
sideration.
Mr. Chaloner declared his intention
of pressing libel suits he has pending
against "Town Topics" and "The New
I "York Times," and then continued:
Felt Sure of Verdict
"When I went to the offices of my
! attorneys, a short time after the jury
! retired, I was asked whether my sub
consciousness had informed me of the
| outcome of the trial. I told them that
j before I left my home at Merry Mills
my subconscious instinct told me that
! I would receive a verdict in the neigh
? borhood of $?10.000. 1 would rather
j have that .$30,000 verdict and the ques
i tion of my sanity left to a jury than
i $100,000. Out of this tragedy has grown
? the chance I longed for to vindicate
j myself before a New York jury. This
has brought me much nearer to the
i control of my estate."
I
Jurors -Much Impressed
Several of the jurors later said they
: were much impressed with the keen
\ mentality of Mr. Chaloner while he was
| on the witness stand for two days. They
I said that his quick answers to all
questions put to him convinced them
that he was sane and perfectly capable
of taking care of his own affairs.
Judge Hand in his charge reiterated
; what he had held all through the trial, I
that the mental status of the plaintiff
j was on trial and it was for the jury !
to determine what that was and how j
; much weight should be given to his
i testimony. Pie also charged that the !
I language of the editorial was libellous
I in itself.
Last night Mr. Chaloner sent the. fol?
lowing telegram to about twenty friends
in the ?South:
"Opponent claimed I was insane.
Court left sanity to jury. Jury found
' m<- sane and gave $30,000 damages.
? Prefer this to $100,000 without sanity
O. K." (Signed) CHALONER."
After Mr. Wherry had finished his
summation, Mr. Chaloner presented
him with a poem, "Gladiator Versus
i Retiariut," which he has dedicated to
? his "redoubtable adversary in Chaloner
v.s. 'New York Evening Post.'"
Th.- versea follow:
Their tintinnabulation* sweetly rise
i hoar Hell'? bell? resonant an? sonoro'
Before ih?? curtain rJ?o? '(oro our eye?,
Before the air in thick with battle'?
roar
Shrewd ?van tho ,, ,??..-, ;.;?? of our arma to
lay,
Shrewd Were lh?> thru?!? ahrowfl Wherry
n,?uU' at im:,
Hin skill at fence no can can truo ???.Ijuay
If?- out, trio on my mettle?did Wherry ?'
I "f?M Gladiator 'K?'iinnt ftetlarlus
AKalnat. th'< man with trident and ?1rou<|
Ml
A ?hit)* aa dondly ?,? tho ?aiiao plu? ???
It? r/hlatl* r,*nr my ?rar I'll ne'??r forgotl
j ne'er enjoyed ?>. ?lay more in my iif?.
Than thin WUiin ??iiy of tri??Hi epochal strife, :
Mr. Chaloner ?aid the nrst r-uatrain :
wa? written before ho went into court:
j for croud-examination and the rust1
; after the day'? ?c.alon, when ho bad i
' beau ?tUl?L
Poll Shows
Drys Control
In Congress
Two-Thirds of Senate
and Three-Fourths of
House Against Lifting
the Ban on July 1
I New York Men '
Are With Wets
-
Fian Will Be to Delay
Action and Forestall
Political "Showdown"
New York Tribune
Washington Rurran
WASHINGTON, May IM.?A resolu?
tion to repeal war-time prohibition, if
voted on to-morrow by the two houses
of Congress, would be defeated by
? slightly more than a two-thirds ma?
jority in the Senate, and by nearly a
] three-fourths majority in the House.
This was revealed to-day in a cr.n
! vass of the two houses. So many mem?
bers declined to permit the use of
their names that details of this can?
vass cannot be given, but when as?
sured that neither the "wet" element
nor the Anti-Saloon League would be
brought down on their heads by the
publication of their names, most mem?
bers were willinsr to say bow they
would vote.
Both New York Senators and a fair
proportion of the New York delega?
tion in the House would vote for any
"honest attempt" to repeal wartime
prohibition of beer and wine.
"1 voted against it in the first place,"
said Senator Calder. "The majority of
the people believe that prohibition
?should come in in an orderly way on
I January 1. I would vote for the re?
peal."
"If the repeal were presented in
proper form I should be inclined to
support it," said Senator "Wadsworth.
No ?Measure Introduced
However, no member who was ready
to introduce a repeal measure in either
House came forward to-day. The gen?
et al opinion was that any effort in
Continued on page four
House Votes
For Suffrage,
304 to 89
Passes Amendment by
Majority Well Over
Two-Thirdso After a
Three Hours' Debate
Republicans
Vote En Masse
Only 19 Against Meas?
ure; the Senate Support
Makes a Victory Sure
WASHINGTON", May 21. National
suffrage for women was indorsed by
the House, of Representatives for the
second time to-day, when the Susan B.
Anthony amendment resolution was
adopted by a vote of flO-1 to 89, Sup
: porters of the measure immediately
' arranged to carry their tight to the
Senate, where, although twice defeated
? at the last session, they are confident
of obtaining the necessary two-thirds
vote.
The victory for the suffrage forces
, to-day was forty-two votes more than
the required two-thirds. Tin the pre
vious bailot on the resolution, east
January 10, 1018, exactly the neces?
sary number of affirmative votes were
! recorded.
I House leaders of both parties in the
?brief debate preceding to-day's voie
I urged favorable action, but many South
' ern Democrats opposed the measure,
\ as did several New England Rcpubli
! cans.
Republicans Almost Solid
The favorable vote was more by
fourteen than would have been neces?
sary had all of the members of the
| House been present. The?political di
; vision of the vote showed thai 200
; Republicans, 102 Democrat!, . Inde?
pendent and 1 Prohibitionist voted for
! adoption, while the negative poll showed
TO Democrats and 1!> Republicans.
Speaker Gillett, who voted against the
resolution on previous ballots, did not
vote to-day.
Efforts of opponents to amend the
resolution were unavailing. Repre
j sentative Clark, of Florida. Democrat,
| leader of the opposition, proposed that.
' Continued on page three
The Chicken That Acquires a Worm
(Copyright, 1919, New York Tribune inc I
Thousands Join in
Parades and Big
Madison Square
Garden Meet i n g
Poles Charged
With Trick
Noted Men Cheered
For Denunciation
Of Persecutions
i ,
Hundreds of thousands of Jews in
the United States left^ their work at
noon yesterday to devote the rest of
the day to meetings and services for .
their mutilated dead, their burned
synagogues and sacred scrolls and the
starving survivors in Eastern Europe.
The protest of New York's Jewry
reached a climax in a great mass meet?
ing at Madison Square Garden in the
evening:, where more than 25,000 men
and women from every section of the
metropolitan district struggled to gain ;
a foothold in the structure within'
sound of the voices of the speakers.
Before the police finally closed the
doors it was estimated that the seat;?,
aisles and lobby held at ?east 15,000 j
persons. Many of the fortunate, ones
who found themselves within the
Garden had huddled in the rain about'
the entra?e?' to the building since 1
o'clock . yesterday morning. Through,
an almost steady downpour of rain and
a penetrating wind they stood to gain
an opportunity to show their respect
for their dead and voice a protest \
against those they held responsible for
the atrocities in Poland.
A Volley of Cheers
Speakers at the meeting were forced
to wait for many minutes when, in re?
sponse to their demands for a world
justice and equality for .lews, the
crowds arose and cheered until their
enthusiasm wore itself out.
('liarles F.. Hughes demanded that
America m.-iko her voice hoard in a
demand for instant art ion in Poland
against those guilty of responsibility
for the present atrocities. Rabbi
Stephen S. Wise outlined a plan by
which the new power should be ex- ;
eluded from association with civilized
nations until it had purged itself of
guilt and responsibility for the shed?
ding of innocent Jewish blood. Jacob ;
Schiff and Nathan Straus predicted an :
Continued on page, eighteen
ery
No Material Changes in Terms
Are Contemplated by Allies
New York Tribuna
Special Cable Serx^ice
(Copyright, 1919, New York Tribune Inc.)
J3.A.RIS, May 21.?It is stated in the highest circles that no material
change in the German peace treaty is contemplated, but it is
admitted that circumstances may warrant the council of four in
watchfully waiting without a hard and fast programme.
President Wilson yesterday held a conference at the Hotel Gril?
lon with the Ameriaan delegation, all of whom were present. It
was announced after the meeting that many matters regarding the
peace treaties had been discussed.
General Pershing arrived during the conference and saw Gen?
eral Bliss immediately afterward. It was inferred that they con?
sidered the part to be played by America if the Germans refuse to
sign the treaty.
LONDON, May 21.?General John J. Pershing directed the Amer?
ican liaison officer at the British War Office to express to the British
government General Pershing's keen regret that the "military neces?
sities of the moment'' have made a postponement of his intended
visit to London compulsory.
Carving Turkey
Proving a Hard
Task for Allies
Mahometans Insist Snltun
Be Left in Constantinople,
and Doubt Exists U. S.
Can Accept a ?Mandate
PARIS, May 21 (By The Associated
Press).?The Turkish problem has be?
come most acute in the peace confer?
ence. Various delegations are striving
to find some solution for the dismem?
berment of the empire which will not
provoke a religious war.
The United States is being looked to
by the other powers as the only nation
which can become the mandatary for
Constantinople without the danger of
precipitating another European war,
but the American delegates express
doubt of the willingness of the United
Slates to accept the mandate, especial?
ly under the conditions which the pow?
ers have outlined.
With the Sultan removed from Con?
stantinople, the American delegates ex?
pressed the belief that it might be
possible for the American public to
become reconciled to the mandate.
However, the Indian delegation which
has appeared before the council of four
to plead for special consideration for
the feelings of the Mahometan world,
;?s well as other Mahometans who
have made statements, assert that the
Sultan must not be forced out of Con?
stantinople, declaring that such action
would greatly affect his standing in
the church. Consequently Great Brit
tain is seeking to have the Sultan re?
main in Constantinople as head of the
Moslem faith, but with purely spirit?
ual powers,
It is now suggested that instead of
transferring the Sultan to a strip of
territory somewhere in Asia Minor
that he remain in Constantinople and
be allowed to exercise a degree of
temporal power over some territory in
Asia Minor te be selected, thus pre?
serving the form of the Ottoman Em?
pire. Such a plan, it is asserted, would
prevent the obliteration of Turkish
pre-war debts and necessitate the
framing of a peace treaty with tne
empire.
The American commission discussed
this plan yesterday, but apparently
there was considerable difference of
opinion among the delegates. Some
feel that the United States probably
would be unwilling to accept the UOu
stantinople mandate under any con?
ditions in the event it accepts the
mandate for Armenia, which would re
qusire a large number of American
troops until such time as native forces
could be organized and the unsettles
conditions controlled.
Military experts declare that Con- \
stantinople could be controlled entirely |
by the navy and policed under direc- ;
tion of the Marines. The probable mili- j
tary force necessary to restore order in j
Armenia and protect the Armenians ;
from their aggressive neighbors has '
been variously estimated at from ?0,000
to 100,000.
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 20.?As a i
result of t!,e resignation of the Turkish.
Cabinet, provoked by the Allied occu- ?
pation of Smyrna, Ferid Pacha has been
intrusted with the task of forming a \
new ministry. Ferid will be Grand
Vizier and Foreign Minister.
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Silesia Rebels
Against Union
With Poland
Monster Crowds Stand in
Rain to Hear Speeches
of Protest; Betrayal in
Peace Ternis is Charged
By William L. Dreher
.Wie Vorl.- Tribune
Special Cable Service
; (Copyright, 1919J New York Tribune Inc)
I KATT0W1TZ. Silesia, May 21.?After
j two days spent here the opportunity
| has been given to observe the strength
of the movement against the giving of
Upper Silesia tc Poiand by the peace
conference. Huge mass meetings to
protest against the transfer are being
held in all of the larger towns. On Sun?
day The Tribune correspondent saw
between 50,000 and 100,000 persons
stand for hours in the cold drizzle to
listen to speeches of protest, and to I
watch the procession, which required
two hours to pass a given point.
The meeting was addressed by Herr i
Loeffler, secretary of the Socialist La- .
bor Unions and a member of the Na?
tional Assembly. The crowd shouted ;
time and time again that they never j
would accept Polish rule.
The correspondent attended a con-!
ference yesterday where he heard rep
?csentatives of all the existing classes
of the population, even including Polish
workmen, oppose the proposed change
in nationality. Several Polish miners
expressed deep feeling. One man wept
copiously while telling of the disap- ]
pointment of the Polish population
when they read the peace terms.
One Polish miner said:
"Tell Wilson we have been betrayed.
We workmen demand the justice he
promised us. We don't want war, but
Silesian workmen will stand together,
come what may. We would rather die
than become Polish."
Director Steinbisss of the Upper Si?
lesian Railways said 38,000 laborers
under him, mostly Polish, opposed at
tachment to Poland. Many railway
workmen did construction work in Pol- ;
and during the war, he said, which gave
them a very unfavorable opinion. Con?
ditions there checked any wish to
change their nationality, he said.
Other speakers told of the great
transformation in feeling among the
Polish population since publication of
the peace terms. It was insisted that ,
the Polish movement in Silesia was
only an expression of discontent with
conditions which now do not exist.
Mayor Pohlmann, of Kattowitz, said:
"We agreed to peace on Wilson's prin?
ciples and the curse of the German
people will follow him if he lets this
injustice go through."
State Commissioner Hoessing. chief
government functionary here, said he
sent a wireless message to Wilson
protesting on behalf of the majority
of the people against becoming Pol
anized. He said the government will
make no attack upon the Poles, but
would resist any attempt by the Poles
to seize Silesia before the matter bad
been actually decided. He said the
government had ample military forces
here, but that they had been kept in
reserve, back from the frontier.
?.-?..-_?
House Committee to
Curb Vast Navy Plan
WASHINGTON, May 21.?The House
Naval Affairs Committee will complete?
ly rewrite the naval appropriation bill
which failed at the last session, and in
doing so will give no consideration to
the recommendations by President
Wilson and Secretary Daniels for an
immense expansion of the building: pro?
gramme, Chairman Thomas S. Butler
announced to-day.
The new bill, Mr. Butler said, will
carry authorizations and appropriations
for continuing the 191(1 naval building
programme, which provided for the au?
thorization annually of three battle?
ships of the major class, with the
i smnl?cr warships necessary to keep the
navy well balanced.
Germans D e m a n d
That Wilson Com?
pel Entente to Hew
to His 14 Points
Six Clauses in
Foe's Answer
Alsace - Lorraine
and Colonies Are
To Be Brought Up
PARIS, -May 21.?The German peace
delegation has been granted an exten?
sion of seven days, or until May 20, in
which to reply in full to the peace
terms, according to an official an?
nouncement.
The extension was granted at the
request of Count Brockdorff-Bantr.au,
head of the German delegation, who
stated that further notes were being
prepared, and that it would be impossi?
ble to complete them by 1 p. m. Thurs?
day, when the time limit of fifteen days
would be up.
Breckdorff's Request
The text of the request of the Ger?
man delegation for an extension of
[ lime follows:
"VERSAILLES. May_2n. To hii
excellency the President of the
Peace Conference, M. Clemenceau;
"Sir: The German peace delega?
tion intends during the next few
1 days to submit communications to
the allied and associated govern
? ments on the following points, which,
in the eyes of the delegation, fall
; under the definition of suggestions
! of a practical nature:
"First, a note concerning terri?
torial question in the East: second,
a note concerning Alsace-Lorraine:
third, a note concerning the occupied
territorier,; fourth, a note concern?
ing the extent and discharge of the
obligation undertaken by Germany
in view of reparation; fifth, a note
concerning the further practical
treatment of the question of labor
laws; sixth, a note concerning the
treatment of German private prop?
erty in enemy countries.
Syllabus Being Prepared
"Besides this, a syllabus is being
prepared of the observations which
are called for from the German gov?
ernment by the draft of the treaty
of peace in its detailed provisions.
The problem hereby involved being
in part of a very complicated nar
ture, and it having been necessary
to discuss then extensively with the
experts in Versailles, as well as with
those in Berlin, it will not be pos?
sible to dispose of them within the
time limit of fifteen days notified by
your excellency on the seventh in?
stant, although the delegation will
take pain? to transmit as many not?e
as possible within the limit.
"Having regard to this, 1 h"?, in
?he name of the German peace dele?
gation, to move that the contents of
the intended notes be regarded as
having already been made the sub?
ject of discussion in writing, and
that the requisite time be granted to
us for a more detailed exposition.
"Accept, sir, the assurance of my
highest esteem. \
(Signed) "Brockdorff-Rantzau."
To this M. Clemenceau replied as
follows:
"May 20, 1010.
"Sir: I beg to acknowledge the re?
ceipt of your letter of May 20. stat?
ing thai the subjects on which the
German delegation wishes to offer
suggestions arc so complicated that
the memoranda of the German dele?
gation cannot be completed wi'hin
the fifteen days granted on the Tth
ir.st., and asking, in consequence, for
an extension of the '
"In reply I beg to inform your ; \
cellency that the Allied and associ?
ated governments arc willing to
??rant an e?:tension until Thursday,
May 29." *
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau hn.?.
asked permission for a special train
to bring to Versailles printing p-essea
and a force of workmen to hasten th?
preparation of the German reply.
Terms Spell Ruina
The Germans Say
RERLIN, May 20.?"Germany de
i clines to sign the peace terms laid be?
fore it because they spell the economic
destruction, political dishonor and
moral degradation of the entire Grr
: man nation, not only for the present,
! but also for stilt unborn generations."'
: vriss a statement autn. ' .sed by the Cab?
inet this ttiartsing ,'.. ?.?gli 1 he As