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FRIDAY, JUXE 6, 1919
rvrn rFv-r, $ In Greater New York and I THSEE CKNT8
Sfrifc
ebate Peace Treaty Leak;
urleson Returns Wires;
maker in Pittsburgh
E. J. McGurty Takeii
and Grip Fiill of I.
W. W. Literature Is
Found iii Home
Flynii to Direct
Search in N. Y.
"Reds" Brought to
America to Place
Bombs, Is Theory
The developments yesterday in the
pursuit of the anarehists respon
sible for Monday's homb cxplo
giona in eight cities were:
The arrest in Pittsburgh of the man
suspected of making the bombs
used in that city.
Announcement from Washington
that William J. Flynn, in eharge
of the roundup planned by the
Department of Justice, would di?
rect his campaign from New
York in the belief that the plot
centred here.
Tho discovery in Philadelphia that
French and Italian anarehists
may have been imported into this
country to take part in the plot.
The report in Chicago that evidence
of a plot to terrorize Chicago and
the Middle West with bombs had
been uncovered. One bomb was in
tended for Judge Landis, the ad
vices said.
The grilling of eiphty radical sus
pecta arrested Wednesday night
by the Chicago police.
Denial from Chicago I. W. W. head
quarters of any part in the out- ?
rages.
The vain search of Xew York City !
laundries in an effort to identify '
the laundry mark used by the
criminal who was annihilated
while he was settlng a bomb at i
the home of Attorney General A.
Mitchell Palmer in Washington.
The arrest in Cleveland of a su?pect
who evaded immigration officials
to gain entrance into the United
States.
Pittsburgh Police
Seek Bomb Factory
Following Arrest of
"Irishman" Activity of
Detectives Increases
Special Correspr/ndmre
PITTSBURGH, June 5. ? What is
eonsidered by Federal agents and de- i
teetives as one of the most important |
?rrests in connection with the bomb i
"plosions last Monday night was J
?*de to-day when E. J. McGurty, of
VOokline, a suburb, was taken into'
Wstody at noon. The detectives had j
keen searching for McGurty, the so- '
ttiled "Iriahman," aince last Tuesday.
?? is suspected of having aided in the
Oanufaeturc of the bombs or tho plac
jBJT of th<;m near homes of prominent
HtUburghers.
TtHpector r'aurot and Commission
? Lahey, bomb experts of the Xew
York Police Department, are expectod
"?re late to-night to confer with De
j*?!ve Captain Clyde S. Edeburn, Po
ilce Superintendent Alderdice, and YA
*?r Spe<:r, head of the local office of
w* United States Department of Jub
9m,
Not Iriah, American
' *m not an Jrishman; I am an j
*??rican," McGurty declared, when I
Mtioned by Edeburn.
The suspect ia.a clcan-cut looking
J**0 and a neat dresser. The de
^tlveg aay he admitted that he was a !
*?mb*r of the Industrial Workers of !
*? World, and proud of it.
When the detectives entered his ;
'HWenee, McGurty ofTered no resist
I know you have been looking for
**?" he ?aid.
*B ? travjlling bag the detectiveu
|^&d ia the hous? there wa? a large
*?> of Wf?t Virginia, rnarked with
FJW dot?. Alsso in the bag were
***? ftorn l. W. W. lead..rs in
Pjfetta partu 0f the country, pertain
3F ** organization and rneetinga.
??*? w*;r<; r.urnerouH parnphleU con
jj| ** the prearnbl? and eonstitution
1?l^* '" W' W' witn tno <:aPt">n
****' U entitled to all It producen."
J***nr%y ?*1<J "" had llved here
,^>?t five yearn, coming from CbieagO.
rtfttmj to dincuiia the bomb explo
??, aittrting that he knew "nothing
"?*? tfcem."
^ *?? ??deral age-nt* and detectjves
Conttnued on page three
50 Alien Agitators
May Be Deported
WfASHINGTON, June 5.?Many of
the aliens now being caught in
the dragnet thrown out by Fedei-al
and municipal police as tho result
of tho bomb outrages last Monday
night may he deported.
Deportation of at least fifty nlien
agitators is understood to be pend
ing, but oflicials of the Immigration
Bureau dccline to discuss the cases.
Hylan Asserts
Newspapers Aid
Wave of Crime
Appeals to Banks to Put a
Curb on the Piiblieation
of Stories That Cause
Crooks to Come Here
Mayor Hylan has appealed to the
banks to put a muzzle on the news?
papers, which he hoids rcsponsible for
crime in this city. The appeal was
made yesterday in a letter to Louis
I G. Kaufman, president of the Chatham
: and Phoenix National Bank.
The letter charges the newspapers
I with being responsible for burglaries
I and hold-ups because they print tho
news of these crimes. The Mayor says:
__ "You know that Police Commissioner
Enright is endeavoring to give the peo?
ple of this city the best possible police
administration. On May 11 one of tho
morning papers printed v.n article,
which you will find inclosed, concern
ing a notonous crook, which article is
nothitig more than an invitation to
crooks to begin operation3 in the City
of New York.
"It is to be regretted that anv news
paper would print or publish an article
Which points out to ihe vicious ele
ment all over tha country the manner
in which crooks might easily and
successfully begin crimina! operations
in the City of New York. It seems to
me the press owe a duty to the public
regardless of their personal feelings
against the Mayor of the city.
Says Reporter Sought Uata
"I have a report ln my poseession
which states that on March 31, 1919, a
man was approached by another who
informed him that he was a reporter
and inquired if he had been robbed
within the past month. Upon being in?
formed in the negative, the reporter
said, 'I am getting up a great story,
knocking the police, or rather Hylan.'
"On other dates people whose names
1 have have been approached by a re?
porter, who stated, 'You know our pa?
per is out to knock the police, well not
exactly the police, but Hylan.' The
press should honestly criticise a pub?
lic ofncial who is not performing his
duty. but when articles are written
pointing out to crooks that it is easy
to rob banks in New York it amounts
to an invitation to crooks of every cali
bre to visit New York, where they be
lieve they can operate with ease. This
gives the police a great deal of troublo,
for invariably murders are committed
in attempts to rob banks.
"Let me call your attention to tes
timony taken by a polico inspector in
an examination some time ago, which
proves that young boys some times get
their inspiration to do wrong from the
articles in the press which give the
impression that it is easy for crooks
to operate.
"A young man, not yet seventeen
years of age, when asked how he came
to get the idea of making a 'stick-up'?
in other words, holding people up?said
he read about how easy it was to do
these things in the newspapers. An?
other young man, in answer to the
question 'How did it get into your head
that it was easy to go and stick people
up?' gave the following answer: 'I read
how somebody was shot with a gun.
Another time I read about a burglar,
and I thought I would do the same
thing.'
"Thi3, it seems to me, is sufficient to
point out to you the danger of such
articles. We are working to the end of
crime prevention. The papers could
help by telling the truth and pointing
out that New York is not a safc place
for crooks to operate if they have any
regard for their liberty.
Solicita Aid of Banks
"Would it not bc a good idea for the
officials of banks in this city to take
some, action in an endeavor to prevent
bank robbcries by asking the press to
discontinue articles such as the one
inclosed, which encourages crooks,
crimina)* and hold-up mrn to come to
this city?
"The papers in the city which are
oppOHed to me and rnaliciously ajuse
me might v/el! forego their personal
antagonism and dlscontinue writing
such articles because of tho danger to
the people. My only desiro as Mayor
of this city is to protect all the people
and endeavor to aid them in carrying
out the lawH prescribed by our gov?
ernment ko that all may enjoy tho
right.s and liberties given them under
our Constitution.
"If you can interest the bankn In a
rnovement to use their influence with
the pre*? along the line that I havo
nuggeBted, it will t*nd to put an end to
many of the holci-upx and murdera in
tho city."
Men in 10 States in
Sontheast Ordered
On 15 Mimiles After
Lines Are Given Up
GovernmentControl
To Be Continued;
Big Deficit Shown
New York Tribune
Washington Fiurrau
I WASHINGTON, .lune 5.?Facing tho
j threat of a general strike of teleg
'? raphers, Postmaster General Burleson
; to-night ordered tlie telcgraph and
telephone lines returned to their own
I ers. Five minutes after he had re
ceived word of the Postmaster Gen
I eral's action, S. J. Konenkamp, inter
| national president of the Commercial
Telegraphers' Union, ordered a general
strike of telegraphers in ton south
eastern states.
The states in which employes of the
Western Union were ordered out imme
diately include Florida, Alabama,
Georgia, South Carolina, North Caro
lina, Mississippi, West Virginia, Ken
tucky, Tennessee, New Orleans and
Louisiana.
While the wlre companies will he per
mitted to operate the systems and to
put into effect any general policies
they desire, the government still rc
tains its control. Present rates and
the financial arrangements the com?
panies have with the government will
remain in effect until Congress orders
otherwise.
The principal demand of the teleg?
raphers is that the. Western Union Tel?
cgraph Company shall reinstate in its
employ the telegraphers the union
alleges were discharged because of
their conneetions with organized labor.
Western Union Lines Affected
While only the lines of the Western
Union Telcgraph Company are affected
by the strike, it is estimatcd that
from 3,000 to -.,000 operators will leave
their keys in responso to the strike
order. Louisiana is not included in
the ten Southeastern states which will
be affected by tho strike, but telegra?
phers in New Orleans were ordered
to leave their posts, because Xew
Orleans is a relay point, and it is ex?
pected that the strike of operators
there will cripple the service through
the entire Southwest.
President Konenkamp said to-night
that unless the demands of the men
of the Southeastern division are speed
ily met by the Western Union. now
that the physical control of its prop
erties has been restored by the gov?
ernment, there is every probability
that u general strike of telegraphers
all over the conntry, by whatever com?
pany employed, will follow.
While the Postmaster General's
order, returning physical possession of
the wires to the companies, emphasizes
that the order of October 2, 1918, pro
hibiting discrimination because of
union affiliations, still remains in ef?
fect, Mr. Konenkamp scoffed at the
idea that the companies would observe
this ruling when free to determine
their own policies, if they refused to
do so when government operation was
in full force.
"I took the step immediately upon
learning that Postmaster General Bur?
leson had ordered the wires returned
to the companies," he said. "Authority
for it was extended by a strike vote
taken some time ago, which has been
held up to see if we could not negoti
atc a pcaccable settlement. It is very
likely that the strike will also involve
the Postal company, but that cannot
be determined yet."
Burleson Explains
Postmaster General Burleson's order
restoring the wires to tne owners was
accompanied by a statement explaining
the action.
"The President having recommend
e<l the return of the wiro systems and
the control of the owning companies
with certain legislation designed to
stabilize their operation," Mr. Burle?
son said, *and the Senate committce
having taken action looking to their
immediate return, and tho House com?
mittce in its hearings on the proposed
legislation having indicated concur- !
rence in the suggested immediate re?
turn with or without legislation so
recommended, I feel it my duty to now
return the actual control of operations
to the companies.
Rates Are Not Affected
"Some days ngp I directed tho neces
Bary orders to be prepared to accom
plish this and have to-day issued same.
These orders do not affect guestions
of rates and finance with which tho
Congress may determine to deal. The
rates now in force and the financial re
lations between the government and
the companies and the order of October
2, 1918, prohibiting discrimination be?
cause of union nfnliat.ion will continue
unless the Congress in its wisdom may
Continued on page eiglit
Ilidlo. A- WiiftliinKton Humlny Kxriirdon
y|?. N?w Jcrn^y Ontrul, June X, f3.84 rounil
tfip. i.v* ubony st. Baturday rnuinigliL
?Adtt
Policeman Held
For Shooting 2
ren in""
Sirilian Cutting Affray Ends
in Injury to Youngsters
When Crowd Resents Ar?
rest; Boy Likely to Die
Vincenzo Merolla, of 34 Nostrand
Avenue, Brooklyn, depcnds for his
livelihood upon his carrousel wagon?
a horse-drawn merry-go-round on
which children may revolvo for a
penny a ride, to the tune of a wheezy
organ attachment.
Nicholas Garofolo, of 0!) Havemeyer
Street, also owns a carrousel wagon and
has been operating recently in the
territory claimed by Merolla. A few
days ago the rival proprietors met, and
Merolla bit his thumb at Garofolo in
true Sicilian manncr and told tho other
what was going to happen if he didn't
keep out of Merolla's part of town.
That started a trade war, which
reached a bloody climax last night at
South Third and Havemeyer Stroets,
Brooklyn. When the reserves from the
Bedford Avenue police station beat
back the mob that was trying to lynch
Merolla and Patrolman August Grom,
three bodies lay on the pnvement. One
was Garofolo, bleeding from a knife
wound in the neck, said to have been
inflicted by his rival.
Two Children Shot
The others were Isadore Aronowitz,
fourteen, of 212 South Third Street,
and Phoebe McDermott, eleven, of 284
Broadway, who had been shot down by
Grom. Isadore is dying in Williams
burg Hospital, for Grom's bullet drove
clear through his skull. Phcebe is
badly wounded in tho right thigh, bftt
will recovcr.
Merolla was loeked up, charged with
fclonious nssault. Grom has been re
lieved from duty and was arrested on
a sitnilar eharge lato la\st night.
Tho trouble began, witnesses say,
when Merolla and Gnrofolo started
their cnrrousels going on opposite cor
nera last night. when the streets were
crowded with pcrsons returning from
Continued on page cight
Belgium Will Get No
Tcrritory From Duteh
I3ARIS, June 5.?In the rovision of
A the Treaty of 1839. dealing with
the status of Belgium, including her
boundaries as afl'ecting Holland, the
council of foreign ministers of the
peace conference has adopted the
principle that Holland shall not have
to make territorial concessions. It
appcars that Holland is willing to
grant Belgium certain rights the Bel
gians are clcmanding. These rights
have to do with waterways.
Six Men Rob 20
In Restaurant
And Get $15,000
Six men robbed more than a score of
customers in Abraham Numair's coffee
house, at 95 Washington Street, at 4:4E
p. m. yesterday. They got $15,000 in
jewelry and money. The police de
clined to give any information about
the holdup. When the robbers entercd
with the announcement "We're going
to frisk you" the customers thought
the intruders were detectives.
"Where's Stephen ?" demanded one
of the men when the coffee drinkers
had been marshalled in a group.
One of tho others at that moment
yanked from behind the knot of men
Antonio Stephen, of 105 East Fifteenth
Street, a diamond dealer. They took
$6,000 worth of diamonds and $110 in
money from him. and next turned theii
ittention to Jos6 Slori and Elias
Rurkos, taking from the former $3,00C
in cash, a $1,300 ring and a $500
scarfpin, and from the latter a $200
ring and a $200 scarfpin. In taking
:he scarfpins the robbers cut their
/ictims' neckties to obviate the diffi
:ultics offered by the safety clasps of
:he pins.
About the time they had finished
;heir job a customer entered.
"We are being held up!" Numair
ihouted.
The customer evaded the bandits'
jentinol at the door and ran into the
itreot yclling. The hold-up men took
o their heols. Numair seized the man
vho had been standing at the door and
vas struggling with him when a pa
rolman arrived. The prisoner said
te was Thomas Donohue and refused
o say where he lived.
Suffrage Bill
Prepared for
Amendment Gets Signature
of the Vice - President
and Is Transmitted to
the Seoretarv of State
WASHINGTON, June o.?Vice-Presi
dent Marshall, President of the Senate,
signed the woman suffrage amendment
at 1 o'clock this afternoon.
Speaker Gillett signed the bill yes
, terday afternoon a few minutes after
. its passage by the Senate.
Having received these two signa
tures, the measure was then trans
| ferred to the State Department, through
I which it must be submitted to the
j legislatures of the states for ratitica
tion.
Acting Secretary of State Polk
promised a delegation of suffragists
this afternoon that he would facilitate
the process by every means in his
power.
The ceremony cf affixing the Vice
' President's signature took place in his
j office in the Capitol, in the presence of
I a few specially invited suffrapists and
Senators who have been identified with
the suffrage cause.
Noted Suffragists Present
The women were all members of the
National American Woman Suffrage
Association, and included Mrs. Ida
Husted Harper, historian of the suf?
frage movement; Mrs. Maud Wood
Park, chairman of tho Congressional
! committee of the national association;
Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton, of Ohio;
Mrs. Helen S. Gardiner and' Miss Mar
jorie Shuler.
| The Senators were James E. Watson,
| chairman of the Senate Suffrage Com
j mittee, and Senators Cummins, Curtis,
Pittman, Shepard, Smoot, Ransdell?and
j A. A. Jones, former chairman of the j
| Senate Committee on Suffrage.
"I am very happy to sign this bill, |
, and to congratulate you ladies upon j
; having brought your movement to suc- '
cess," said Vice-Presidcnt Marshall to !
the suffragists as he unscrewed the j
gold fountain pen, which added the i
Continued on pags eight
White House Backing
Hitehcock Resolution
! WfASHINGTON, June 5. ?Senator
Hitchcock's resolution ordering
j an investigation by the Senate of the
? leak in diplomatic channels through
j which coples of the German peace
i treaty have reached certain New
York interests, is backed by the
White House.
Senator Hitehcock lntroduced his
j resolution after a conferenco yester?
day with Secretary Tumulty.
President Wilson Is being kept
; fully advised of the situation in the
| Senate, but so far as has been made
1 known he has not indicated whether
he would authorize the State Depart?
ment to furnish the treaty text to
the Senate in the event of the pas
sage of Senator Johnson'a resolution.
Rhine Republic
Not Recognized
By Americans
Army of Occupation Will
Arrest Dorten if He Tries
to Assume Rule at Coblenz,
Offieers There Declare
New York Tribune
Special Cable Service
(Copyrlzht. 1919. New York Trlbuno Ine.)
COBLENZ, June 5.?The new Rhenish
republic has no future in the American
area of occupation while Americans
are here. This was learned to-day
from the highest authority. If Pro?
fessor Dorten comes to Coblenz from
Wiesbaden in an official capacity he
will direct the new government from
the Third Army jail.
General Liggett will continue to
recognize the existinsr. government only
unless directed otherwise by President
Wilson. Meantime any d.emonstration
in connection with the new republic
i will be put down with a firm hand.
Insist Upim Order
i While strictly neutra! regarding
sentiment for or against the republic,
American authorities here have allowed
every one concerned to know that the
main interest is law and order and,
while it is obvious that a change in
government cannot be made without
disturbances. they therefore frown on
any move tending to disrupt the exist
ing status in the American area. The
Tribune correspondent was informed
to-day officially that the attitude of
the American army was demonstrated
a few days ago when the laborers de?
clared a strike against the institution
of the Rhineland republic. American
military police were detailed immedi
ately to guard the strikers, while Gen?
eral Liggett sent word that resumption
of work must be brought about within
an hour or all would bc arrested
charged with violation of American
orders against striking. Any demon
stration for the republic would be
dealt with in the same way, it was
added. Demonstrations of any kind
are prohibited by an American army
law.
British Take Same Stand
That the British occupational au?
thorities at Cologne will take practi
cally the same stand is known here,
while reports that the French govern?
ment is backing republican sentiment
among the Germans has neen thorough
ly investigated and found to be with?
out foundation. This report seems to
be the re3ult of the nction of General
Mangin, commander of the French
occupied territory, at his headquarters
in Mayence, who informed those head
ing the republic that he would recog?
nize them, though he would give no
military assistance. He also warned
against any disturbance. General
Mangin is reported since to have ex
plained to Premier Clemenceau that
his promise to recognize the Rhenish
republic before it was formed was donc
solely on his own responsibility.
American authorities decline to be
come excited over the new order of
things and the only move so far made
here has been to strengthen the mili?
tary police patrols in order to prevent
demonstrations by those either for or
against the republic.
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this summer
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Hiteheock, Borah
and Lodge Favor
Immediate and
Complete Inquiry
Mav Summon
Paris Envoys
Polk Is Quoted as
Saying His Office
Authorized Copies
New York Trttmns
Washington BuretM
WASHINGTON, June 5.?The "leak
of the peace treaty" was the eubjeet
again to-day ot an extended debate in
the Senate. Senator Hiteheock, as
leader of the Democrats, and Senators
Lodge and Borah, who made the
charges that copies of the treaty were
in possession of certain men in New
York, while the Senate and American
people were deprived of the text,
agreed that there should be an inveBti
gation.
Oratory meanwhile prevented the
passage of the resolution of Sonatnr
Johnson, of California, which demanda
that the State Departmcnt supply the
Senate with the text of the treaty.
The resolution went over until to
morrow, when the Hiteheock resolu?
tion providing for an investigation of
the Lodge-Borah charges probabiy
will be adopted.
Senator Lodge made it plain that
| Acting Secretary of State Polk will he
, drawn into the investigation. He
! quoted to-day from a statement, the
: source of which he said was Mr. Polk,
j that "on the authority of the State
Uepartment they (the treaty copies)
! are in the hands of some of the finan?
cial interests."
"Investigate your own State De
pnrtment," Mr. Lodge insisted in on?
I of his replies to Mr. Hiteheock.
If possible, members of the peace
mission itself may be summoned, ac
. cording to Senators Lodge and
Brandegee, to ascertain how copies of
the treaty found their way into the
hends of the New Yorkers.
Senator Hiteheock hastily left the
Senate chamber after the statement
by Mr. Lodge that Secretary Polk
was the State Departmcnt authority
i for the fact that "financial interests"
had sections of rhe treaty, and tele
| phoned to Mr. Polk. In the debate
> later in the day, in which he engaged
with Senator Borah, Senator Hiteheock
; made no further reference to the
? "financial interests" or to the leak of
i the treaty.
Polk Issues Stateiient
Mr. Polk issued a statement early ln
the evening in which he denied having
said certain parts of the peace treaty
were in the hands of tinancial interests
in New York. The statement follows:
"My attention has been called to a
statement that appeared in the news?
papers the morning of Wednesday,
June 4, and quoted by Senator Lodga
in debate to-day, to the effect that I
had stated that certain parts of th<i
peace treaty were m the hands of
financial interests in New York.
"I made no such statement. I was
asked by a representative of the
press on the afternoon of Tuesday,
June 3, whether I knew of the exist
ence of a copy of the treaty in New
York referred to that day by Senator
Lodge and Senatoi rJorah. I said I
did not know of the cxistence of anv
copy of the treaty in th.- I ;; :ed
States other than those in my pos
session, but it was possible that t ise
Senators had reference to cert i n
separate clauses relating to repara
tion and finance. as I u
there were some copies of reports
j on those sections in this country. I
? did not say that these sections of tho
| treaty were in the possession of
I financial interests in New York. and
| 1 made no mention whatever of finan
j cial interests in New York.
"As far as I know, the copies of
financial and reparatior, sections are
, not in the hands of unauthorized
persons."
Senator Hiteheock made his demand
; for an investigation as soon as the
; routine morning business had been
transactcd.
Assails Lodge and Borah
"It seems to me," said Senator Hitch
i cock, "a matter of the most tremen
dous urgency that an investigation
should be had of the eharge. made upon
the responsibility of two Senators upon
the floor of the Senate, that copies of
the peace treaty with Germany have
fallen into the hands of New York
interests while being withheld from the
i Senate of the United States.
"The demand for an investigation