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and warmer to-morrow : moderate
shifting wind??, becoming: southerly
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 6. 1920
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Tvcn ^v-w^Sln ?reater New York and I TMKF.K CK\T>?
i??CK.vrsiwlthll| eommutlnjt dbrtance | KlMwhcre
jVap Set for
JJ, S. Envoy in
^Mexico City
Jenkins Kidnaper Says
; plot Included Abduct
[ ing Summer lin, British
and Spanish Consuls
Wanted to Prove
: Carranza Helpless
Thinks American Senate
; Will Force Repayment
! of Ransom He Collected
By Wilbur Forrest
?fcjyrllbt It?. New Tnrk Trirnme Inc.)
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Jan 6?
That all plans we*e formed and ei?
ferte made by Mexican rebels to kid
j0 George T. Summerlin, American
ditrg? d'Affaires at Mexico City,
{?{ere Consular Agent W. 0. Jen
jdnj was abducted at Puebla was
the/disclosure made by Federico Cor
iota, tire rebel leader who kidnaped
Jent?M, in an interview with the
Txiboae correspondent in Mexico
C8y on the night of December 29.
- **We not only planned to abduct
Summerlin from under the noses of j
the Carranza government in Mexico
fcity itself,'* Cordova admitted, "but
we planned to take Agent Jenkins,
the British Consul and the ?Spanish
Consol from -Puebla, the second
.Jargest ?ity of Mexico, and the
Attiwaft'Consul at Guadalajara, the
third largest city of Mexico. In this
jnanner we hoped to prove to the
Wld the incompetency of the pres?
et Bo-called government to afford
laaranties to foreigners in Mexico."
Admission of Plot
Cordova's statement came move in ;
tte form of an admission that the I
plot existed than as a voluntary |
rtatement Before I went to inter- !
vmt the rebel chief in the deserted
aoose in Mexico City I was able to :
ascertain a brief outline of the plot j
from other sources, and the inter-!
i
?few with Cordova served to confirm
the fact?. . *
I Por ten days previous to the abduc?
tion of Jenkins at Puebla a rebel lieu
teaant named Constantin Reyes with :
tix men remained in Mexico City with
Suamerlin'? abduction in view. Through
fte vigilance of the Americans who
?aeovered the plot?not Mexican au
tteritieg?Summerlin was warned and
?le abduction was prevented. After
fakutE was abducted from Puebla
aVjta returned to the hills with his
on, and Summerlin was able to go
ahnt with some safety. The British
?ad-Spsrish ror%uls escaped the fate ?
d Jenkins because, fortunately, they!
?fcj absent from Puebla, and the !
?atr?ean Consul at Guadalajara was :
** taken because the rebel plans mis- j
??ried in that city.
After we had talked some minutes
???ft the Jenkins case, I asked Cor-j
*** whether the abduction of Jenkins'
2f??t part of an organized plaji to I
**jap Summerlin and the other con-*
*** use.
'tliSr^ f0n know that?" he asked,
H**t lUing from the chair in which
f* ?** facing me at a ?ma!! table. I
2JW8*?! that the information came
Tjj*?reeB which I was unable to
2ffi*e< but not from the Carranza
tJH'ujutnt. This seemed to reassure
3 >?d he admitted the truth of the
"??to-but added : "We could have car
2* ?n other people, but we did not
JJt t? eaase international difficulties.
2^nV object was to demonstrate the
gyyty ,of the Carranza govern
??*? Re declined to make the cate
F**la<injissHi!> that the plan to take
??*I2tri"i had been actualjv frus
2*0, but he admitted that'*,uch a
*"? ?wsted.
?lefta te Involve Ruler* Deeper
Gwdova's attention ??, :al!fd to an
*ecutin<? Att<
*-.?-?" ' i-upo:a. appearing in "im
Jr"*r R?pnb!:':,r:" on December '?'A,
S**^* with Prosecuting Attorney
mlS*"? ?f Puebla, appearing in "Tht
?gy ??publican" on December 29,
gron MiteheM, who, despite hi? An
r*?*? name, is .-, Mexican,'in trying
**???iet Jenkins, charged' Jenkins
?* "*u?r self-abducted and guilty of
^Xcriae? a^ainut the government.
??fr*?? *aid: "I've reu'? it, and.
?** )t is fait? m ?-very particular,
J*** WJ'will keep right on tving and
?OTi,i'1? Paisible '<, involve thern
b\-T*. "'"* P'?"isioie ;o involve taem
*?7W deeper in -he me*?. They are
^"*M?*p!y already that 'hey will
?11 tl2lr,Cit,f them*?lve?, and they
g~ J?? deej,?r " ( Cordova V, pre*lic~
U^Weeeded by two day? ?he formal
r**??* of the M-xiear, Minister of
"??Btenor. charging that Jenkins had
f?w?1C*??>' ?^OCted." Thin *<-.r\td
?if u it* *' Mexican covernment it
??? ?? embrotrlio for the first time,
g**M prtviounly the prosecution of
te^J4*1 lM?,!r' ?arried on by the
Fg*et the State of Puebla, backed
/?%***<" Cabrera, a brother of Luis
fg???\ the Mexican Minister of
i
Bribe Leitet
?Vt?2T?L.th*u ??olfjr.teeri.d to ?how ?
?tifel ?2?/ **hKn ** h?d received j
ItJ?^*00 I*?*? ?' be would tea-I
???afS** '?n*1??- He added that j
^J?****'* 'rom what aoure?. the :
*????t*<i beeatiM It waa un- ;
Wit ?I* had ev?-ry r<-a*on to be- !
ri\l***"1* from eithti the <iov- !
_^tHe fitat* of Puebla or others
?fettM 'A fB',?''Jf .???Itln? guilt-/.;
?Sl?*? *?> had also baen ap
??^J>?/ ?ft Individual offering the I
%I&*D' ^'"'??"'?dual <??'"<' du - ?.
SfcaJL?*?'* *f*,>' * ?'thorities.
?*4 .Ll/k* *** *? ???*J?t 'he
S4*?!? O ,-e? them u> g,, to ?
&*??*- -Hvt l ?iecidat?! "ater?
A2L?|?^ off?i?." Cordova blue!
"Wbyud on pa//* eleven
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! U. S. Supreme Court by
One VoteEars2.75Beer
Volstead Act Limiting Non-Intoxicants to Less Than
One-half of 1 Per Cent Alcohol Upheld;
Congress Within Rights
WASHINGTON. Jan. S.?By a margin
ot* one vote the Supreme Court to-day
upheld the right of Congress t? define
intoxicating liquors, in s,o far ?s ap?
plied to war-time prohibition.
In a five to four opinion rendered by
Associate Justice Brand?is, the court
sustained the constitutionality of pro?
visions in the Volstead prohibition en?
forcement act, prohibiting tho manu?
facture and sale of beverages contain?
ing H' of l per cent or more of alcohol.
Associate Justices Day, Van Devanter,
McReynolds and Clarke dissented.
Validity of the Federal prohibition
constitutional amendment and of por?
tions of the Volstead act affecting its
enforcement was not involved in the
proceedings, but the opinion was re?
garded as so sweeping as to leave
little hope among "wet" adherents.
Wayne B. W heeler, general counsel
for the Anti-Saloon League of Amer?
ica, hailed it as "a sweeping victory"
and In a statement to-night said the
only prohibition question left open by
the court now is whether the eight?
eenth amendment is of a nature that
can be considered as a Federal amend?
ment and whether it was properly
adopted.
R appert Loses Fight
In rendering the opinion, the court
sustained Federal court decrees dis?
missing injunction proceedings to en?
join Federal authorities from prevent?
ing Jacob Ruppert, a New York brewer,
from manufacturing beer containing
in excess of one-half of 1 per cent,
but which he alleged was non-intoxi?
cating.
The "wets,*" however, received a brief
ray of hope when shortly afterward
Associate Justice Day, in a unanimous
opinion, sustained the dismissal of
indictments brought under the war?
time prohibition act aguinst tho Stand?
ard Brewery, of Baltimore, and the
American Brewing Company, of New
Orleans, for manufacturing 2.75 beer
before the Volstead act was pasaed.
In sustaining ttiis, action, the court
held that Congreso has the right to
determine what are intoxicating bever?
ages, but in view of the fact the, Vol?
stead act had not yet been passed,
manufacture of low alcoholic beer was
permissible under the war-time pro
100 Die in Sofia
In Republic Riots
Troops Fire as Foes of
Dynasty, Angered Over
Treaty, Attack Palace
GENEVA, Jan. 5 (By The Associated
Press).?More than a hundred persons
have been killed or wounded in anti
dynastic manifestations at Sofia, ac?
cording to Belgrade advices published
here. Large crowds of manifestants,
including the leading bourgeoisie, as?
sembled bef-Ore the palace, shouting
"Long live the republic! Down with
the King!"
They attempted to rush the palace,
bur the troops opened tire, and the
demonstrators replied with revolvers
and stones. It was in this fighting that
most of the casualties occurred.
The serious situation is due to in?
creasing unrest in the capital and
throughout Bulgaria because of dissat?
isfaction over the termB of the treaty,
especially the loss of lands in Thrace.
Bolsheviki Flee Before
Lett Army on Dvina
"Red** Front Broken and River
Crossed, Dispatches From
Copenhagen Say
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 5.?Dispatches
from Riga to-day declare that the Let?
tish troops have broken the Bolshevik
front along the Dvina. Numerous
prisoners nave been taken, together
with much booty, it is asserted.
Two divisions of Letts, supported by
Baltic landwehr, attacked the Bol?
shevik) on a wide front, the diapatches
say. Very heavy fighting followed, re?
sulting in a penetration of the Bol
-<i?-yik positions on the first day. The
attack was pressed, the Red lines
pierced and the Dvina crossed. The
advance continues, the Bolsheviki re?
treating rapidly.
New Crisis in Britain's
Rail Wage Issue Looms
!{evolution s Denouncing Gov
. ernment'? Ron um Plan Are
Adopted by Employees
LONDON, Jan. 5. -There is every in?
dication to-night that a new railway
crisis is developing. Numerous meet?
ings of railwaymen in leading towns
of the kingdom to-day adop'.ed resolu?
tions rejecting the government's offer,
and, although the number of mtn thus
represented is small in comparison
with the total 400,000 membership of
the National Uni?n of Railwaymen,
James Henry Thoma?, the g?nerai sec?
retary, and his associates realize that
?hey have a delicate task before them
and ure apprehensive of the result.
Five Above Zero Is Reached
Weather Man Predicts Clear
und Warmer To-day
It wus <-rily 5 degrees above zero
;,? 7 and K o'clock yesterday morning,
when most o? New York was goinj/, to
work, That was th? ??oldest period of
th? day. Thereafter the mercury rose
until at 4:15 it reaiefced Its highest
point 22 da green.
it was impossible to heat, the big
i v, , m tb? Children'? Court In Brook?
lyn, At the opening of the ????ion
< ?/<?/ y one- kept hi? overcoat, on and
w?.? blue-nosed ?rid ?hlvuring at that.
Am >.<><>n a* it became evident that no
bfghar temperature could be expected
eoart wan adjourned,
! h?, forecawt tot to day is clear and
.'?':,? un-.r.
More fhan thirty-five alarm? w?re
noun?a? in Manhattan between G and
8 o'eloek in the evening. The fire? w?re
< <i> I) niij'i fn?tanc*i to nt.t*wpis to
thaw OOi fro/.vn pipe? or to overheated
hibition act provided it was not
intoxicating.
Following the rendering of to-day's
opinion, Assistant Attorney General
Frierson, who has been* in charge of
the prohibition cases in the Supreme
Court, announced that tho Department
of Justice was ready to begin the pros?
ecution of all persons who have sold
beer since the passage last October 28
of the Volstead act. The names of all
violating the act have been obtained by
the department and card indexed, and
prosecutions, he said, would begin at
once.
Sweeping Opinion Rendered
I The opinion of Justice Brandeis, who
j also rendered the December 15 decision
! upholding the constitutionality of the
; war-time prohibition act, was sweeping,
! setting forth that "implied war power
; over intoxicating liquors extends to the
enactment of laws which will not mere?
ly prohibit the sale of intoxicating
i liquors, but will effectually prevent
i their sale."
"Whether it be for purposes of na
j tional defense," the Justice said, "or
! for the purpoae of establishing post
I offices and post roads br for the pur
! pose of regulating commerce among
; the several states, Congress has the
j power 'to make all laws necessary and
I proper for carrying into execution the
duty so reposed in the Federal govern?
ment."
Justice Brandeis also declared that
Congress under its war powers possess
virtually the same authority as that
held by the states under their police
powers, adding: "If, in its opinion, the
particular emergency demands the im?
mediate discontinuance of the traffic
Congress must have the power to re?
quire such discontinuance."
Public's Rights Upheld
A dissenting opinion concurred in
by the other three associate justices
was rendered by Justice McReynolds,
who took exception to the majority's
views regarding the scope of war pow?
ers. The minority declared the Con?
stitution should be interpreted so that
no part should "suffer emasculation by
any strained or unnatural construc?
tion," by which the public's rights
might be jeopardized.
Briefs were filed to-d?y by the gov?
ernment and New Jersey authorities
Continued on next page
Astor Estate
Here Left to
Younger Son
Tax Fight by State May ?
Result From Disposal, of;
Property by the Viscount
Under Special Will
A special will made by Viscount
William Waldorf Astor. of Hever
j Castle, who died in England October
18, 1919. was filed in the Surrogates'
Court yesterday. This instrument ap- !
plies only to his personal estate in \
New York City, the petition for pro?
bate stating formally that the value
of his property is "more than $100,
000." ' ' ,
With the exception of $50,000. which
Viscount Astor left for ten employee?
in the offices of the Astor Estate at ;
21 West Twenty-sixth Street, he gave i
BTl of his personul property here to j
?his younger son, John Jacob Astor. i
No Objections Indicated
That there will be no objection to j
this disposition of the property is in- ?
dicated by the fact that Mujor Wal- j
dorf Astor, elder non, who succeeded I
to his father's title, and Mrs. Paulino
Spender Clay, wife of Captain Hugh !
j Spender Clay, of the British army, and
daughter of Viscount Astor, waived tho
service of a citation upon them in the
probate proceedings.
There is a possibility, however, that
State Controller Travis will institute
proceedings to decide whether the
action of Viscount Astor in stripping
himself of his New York real estate,
thus fcuving to his estate a large
amount of money in transfer taxes,
was in contemplation of death.
Viscount Astor began about ten
years ago to dispone of New York real
estate holdings either by gift or sale.
In lull, soon after, the pansngo of
the present inheritance tax law, lie
transferred to his eider son, in trust,
half of the Waldorf-Antoria, and the
five buildings adjoining on Thirty
third Street.
Property Hold in 1918
Early ?in 11*18 he sold n block or.
the east- side of Tenth Avenue he
tweon Fourteenth mn\ Fifteenth
streets. In 1918 the son received from
his father a gift of New York real
estate valued at more than $7,000.000.
Last August Viscount Astor. trans?
ferred all of hifi remaining Now York
real estate holdings to the Farmers'
Loan and Trust .Company, to hold in
trust for his two sons. The assessed
valuation on this property wa8 said
to be about $50,000,000. It is the
establishment of this trust, about two
months before his death and a montn
before Viscount Astor made the will
tiled yesterday, which Controller
Travis is likely to attack oh a trust
made in contemplation of death. If
this contention is sustained, then the
estate will have to pay a transfer tax
on th- property placed in trust and this
tax will amount to about, $2,000,000.
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Galli-Curci Wins Decree;
Husband Drops Charges
Expected Scnuatijmul Suit End*
Tamely When Singer (ieta
Uncontented Divorce
CHICAGO, Jan. r? -Mm?. Amelitn M.
Oalli-Curcl, of the Chicago Grand
Opera Company, to-day won u divorce
from Luigi C. Curci after anh?rt
hearing bwfore Judge McDonald in Su?
perior Court.
The proceedings, which promised to
be long and sen*at.ional, were brought
1o an early close when Curol,
in a statement filed with the court,
withdrew his answer to his wife'? ??it.
i i ... 1.1 ' ' i ' m ' ? ' ""
lAUfiHf Iioii<1i*~-?l>0, ?100, ?BOO, ?I,????
call be honuhi und ?old lr.?t;u>tfl ?
i 4aiu> Muir * 00,, ?I Hrw^way -Advt.
?Yankees Buy
"Babe" Ruth
For ?150,000
- _
Home Run Monarch Is'
Sold by H. H. Frazee, j
Owner of Red Sox, in'
Straight Cash Deal
Playeir Is Signed;
Salary Not Stated
Addition of Slugger la Ex?
pected to Put the Teani
in Line for the Pennant
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5.?Miller Hug
gins, manager of the New York Ameri?
cans, to-night announced he had signed
"Babe" Ruth, champion home-run bit?
ter, to play with the Yankees next sea?
son. Papers were exchanged here late
to-day, Huggins said. He refused to
state what salary Ruth was to receive.
George H. Hiabe) Ruth, the great?
est slugger that ever appeared before
a baseball public, will play for Miller
Huggins's Yankee team from now on.
Colonel Jacob Ruppert, president of
the New York American League Base?
ball Club, made the announcement late
yesterday afternoon. It was a
straight cash buy, consummated after
several weeks of negotiations.
The price was not announced. It
is believed that Colonels Ruppert and
Huston paid at least $150,000 for the I
champion home run hitter of all time, i
It is known that Harry H. Frazee, of j
the Boston Red Sox, from which club
Ruth comes to New York, refused an
offer of $100,000 for the "Babe," which '
was made last August by Colonel
Ruppert before Ruth had become the
great drawing card he is to-day.
"I am not at liberty to tell the price
we paid," smiled Colonel Ruppert after
he had made the announcement. "I
can say positively, however, that it it
by far the biggest price ever paid for
a ball player. Ruth was considered aj
champion of all champions, and, as j
such, deserving of an opportunity to i
shine before the sport lovers of the !
greatest metropolis of the world.
"It is not only our intention, but a ]
strong life purpose, moreover," con- i
tinned Colonel Ruppert, in a more seri?
ous vein, "to give the loyal American
League fans of greater New York an
opportunity to root for our team in a
world's series. We are going to give
them a pennant winner, no matter what
the cost. I think the addition of Ruth
to our forces should held greatly along j
those general lines. Yet the fans can j
rest assured we by no means intend to i
stop there.' Eventually we are going to ?
have the best team that has ever beeft j
seen anywhere." !
Huggins Out on Coast
Manager Miller Huggins, of the Yan
kees, is at present on the Pacific Coast, ?
whither he went, some ten days ago to j
sign Meuse! and other players. He will j
immediately get into touch with the
new star of the Yankees to get him
into line for the prospective spring
training campaign.
At the time he was sold by Harry H.
Frazee Ruth had been quoted from the
Coast to the effect that he would not
play in the Hub unless the Boston
magnate .doubled the salary the Babe i
received last year. Just before the
teams went South last spring Ruth, who
had held out, signed a three years* con?
tract with the Red Sox at a salary of
$10,000 annually. From the Coast he
was reported to have said he would)
have to have $20,000 from Boston for
1920, and that he would not submit to
being traded to another club.
Colonel Ruppert said last night that
he had hot heard from Huggins since
Miller left, town, but that he would in?
struct him immediately to get in
touch with Ruth. No trouble with the
champion slugger is anticipated. It is
believed Ruth will be glud to appear
in seventy-seven games at the Polo
Grounds, whose short right field fence
presents an excellent turget for home
runs.
Certain it is that the generous own?
ers of the Yankees are not likely to
quibble with their latest star. It is
very doubtful if they will consent to
affect any new contract with him; that
would be bad precedent. But there are
any number of ways for providing
bonuses which will assure Ruth his due
worth so long as he continues the
drawing caitl he proved with the Red
Sox in 1910.
In all probability Ruth will play
right Held for the 1920 Yankees. There
is little doubl that. Duffy Lewis, the
veteran left fielder and former asso?
ciate of Ruth with the Sox, will return
now that the punch of Ruth has been
added to the Hugmen. Ruth played left
field for Boston only because of the
fact that Harry Hooper could cover no
other but the right held position.
Hooper was tried out at left field, as it
was Ed Barrow's original idea to put
Ruth in right, the easier patrol.
The addition of Babe Ruth to the
Yankee roster cannot fail to make of
tho Yankees u most serious pennant j
contender the coming season. Such an i
asset is of incalculable value. The ad- i
dit inn of Tris Speaker made a pennant
factor of Cleveland, a rather mediocor ;
outfit until Tristram joined on. Ty
Cobb has kept the. Detroit Tigers for- j
niiduhle for more than a dozen years.
The Pittsburgh Pirates moved among
the first flights only so long us the
mighty Hans Wagner ruled the infield.
And ill?' same might bo said of Larry
I.ajoie and the old Clevolands.
Moreover, Rulh should add an in?
gredient too painfully lacking with the
most formidable Yankee teams of the
older days. The Babe is one of the
very most colorful players of the
game's history. He is an unique char?
acter, always good for a quip or a
laugh on his worst days, and for-spreud
lincH every afternoon he happens to
he. himself. A big good-natured boy,
with the strength of u Goliath and nn
idol everywhere the game is known,
Ruth has still the brightest part of
bis career in prospect, provided he
moots wilh no serious accident or ill-;
iiess.
Ruth will not be twenty-six until !
the ?7th of next month. Aside from his'
deadly wallop tho Babe is one of the
most versatile players of the game. He
I? very fus!, for a big man, though he
doesn't have to do much base running; |
he usually has plenty of time to jog
around if he connects with the ball.
There ?a jio better pitcher anywhere
than Babe Ruth, indeed, it was as a
southpa%ho first, established his worth.
Continued on pape fifteen
Bryan Enters
Race; Panic
Seizes Party
Hitchcock for Nebraskan,
Who Wm Have State!
Delegation With Him,
Democratic Leaders Say
Capital Astounded
A? News Spreads
Commoner in Interview
Discounts All Other
Talked-of Candidates
By Carter Field
New York Tribun?
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5?William
Jennings Bryan is not only going to be
a candidate at the Democratic conven?
tion, but he will have the Nebraska
delegation solidly behind him. This is
going to be brought about by what
amounts to the active aid of Senator
Gilbert M. Hitchcock.
Mr. Hitchcock has astounded his po?
litical followers In the state which he
has dominated for many years, bo far
as the Democratic organization ig con?
cerned, by sending out word that he
does not wish Bryan to be opposed as
a delegate to the Democratic conven?
tion, and that he has no objection- toi
the Nebraska delegation, being for
Bryan if Bryan wants it. The situa?
tion is not that Mr. Hitchcock is for
Bryan for President, but merely that
he will not oppose his getting the del?
egation.
Democrats In Panic
It is difficult to exaggerate the panic
into which this news to-night threw
Democrats of practically every shade
and faction. The only complacent Dem?
ocrat who could be found was ex-Gov?
ernor Joseph W. Folk, who virtually
started the new boom for the "Peerless
Leader" at?a dinner here recently.
Tho Democrats frankly expect Mr.
Bryan to give every nominee who
raises his head such a terrific pounding
that it will be next to impossible for
the party to elect that particular man.
They believe the only candidate who
can hope to escape such a pounding is
William Jennings Brynn /himself. In
short, they are - very mucm afraid that
the Democratic convention, even if not
actually stampeded into nominating
him, may be so torn and divided, by the
fight that it will li? impossible to elect
anybody.
In conversation with several friends
here a few days ago, it was learned
to-day, Mr. Bryan went down the list
of candidates so far mentioned for the
Democratic nominations, and he didn't
lerve very much "availability" stick?
ing to any of them.
William G. McAdoo won't do, ac?
cording to Mr. Bryan. McAdoo is the
son-in-law of the President and a for?
mer Cabinet members, who would be
vulnerable to most of the. attacks
which could be made on this Adminis?
tration, he said.
Furthermore, Mr. MeAdoo's ideas
about the railroads are not satis?
factory to Mr. Bryan, whose only solu?
tion is straight government owner?
ship.
Attorney General A. Mitchell Pal?
mer, according to those who talked
with the colonel thus frankly about
eardidates, perpetrated ?i grave in?
justice on the public in his handling
of the "Big Five" packers case. Mr.
Palmer has a further chance, however,
Mr, Bryan said, in that, he has a
"big club" in the cost of living fight.
"But he has not been working it very
hard," was Mr. Bryan's comment on
this.
Oscar W. Underwood, Mr. Bryan said,
was particularly objectionable because
of his connection with special interests,
particularly the liquor interests. Mr.
Bryan has long opposed Mr. Under?
wood, having conducted a bitter fight
against him in the 1912 campaign, so
this created no surprise.
Back Seat for Converts
Senator Pomerene, of Ohio. Mr.
Bryan disqualified because he was a
vigorous "wet," and because, although
he is now a convert to the "dry" side,
Mr. Bryan doesn't approve giving con?
verts front seats. Mr. Bryan also op?
posed Mr. Pomerene in these talks be?
cause the Ohio Senator had fought
equal suffrage.
The biggest surprise Mr. Bryan gave
was his opposition to the nomination
of Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the
Navy, and one of the most consistent
and' enthysinstie Brvan men in the
country ever since 1896, when Bryan
made his first Presidential race. No
issue being apparent on which to veto
Daniels, since the Secretary follows
Bryan himself on all issues, including
grape juice, the Commoner barred Mr.
Daniels with (he brief comment that
"there is no necessity for nominating
a man from the South."
Herbe?; Hoover was not mentioned
at these conference?, and apparently
the colonel did not take the boom for
Vice-President Marshall seriously,
since he was not mentioned, either.
The Bryan attack on Palmer being
Apparently lighter than that on any
other candidate, Governor Folk was
asked to-day if Bryan Would oppose
the Attorney General for the norai
"That is a question, Mr. * oik re?
plied with a smile. After agreeing
heartily to the suggestion that no one
could be nominated whom Bryan dis?
approved, he refused to say more.
Bryan is expected to start his cam?
paign of elimination -for all other
candidates -at the Jackson Day dinner
Thursday night. lie will not slacken
his pace much, it is thought, until
June rolls around and the final gavel
hua smashed at the Democratic, con?
vention.
Hitchcock a Puzzle
incidentally, Mr. Bryan intends to let
no guilty sentence?on the part of any
other candidate- escape at the JnckHon
Day dinner. He will have a special
relay of stenographers taking all the
speeches, so that ho can go ovor the
transcript later.
Why Is Senator Hitchcock, who has
hated Brynn so consistently for so
many years and has beaten him every
timo in the last ten yoara that Bryan
Continued on page seven
jMore 'Reds' Seized Here;
600 Marked for Arrest;
Deportees Going to Upton
Women Want;
Full Voice as |
Republicans
Equal Representation on
National Committee of
Party Is Demaned *at
Conference in Chicago
CHICAGO, Jan. 5.?Republican women
; from fourteen states of the Middle
j West, conferring to-day on party plans
i and issues for the -1920 Presidential
?campaign, demanded/equal representa
! tion with the men on the national com
I mittee of the party, and urged "a fair
representation of women delegates from
|each state" in the national convention
j in June.
? Many of the women professed to see
j an immediate indorsement of their at?
titude in the speeeh which Will II.
I Hays, chairman of the Republican Na
; tional Committee, delivered at a ban
i quet which followed the conference.
: . "The Republican party offers the
! women everything we offer the men,"
? he said. "Republican women come into
I the party not as women, but as voters
? entitled to participate and participat?
ing as other voters. They are not to be
separated or segregated, but assimi?
lated and amalgamated."
Want Number Doubled
The women proposed in a formal
resolution that the coming national
convention "take action to double the
? membership" of the National Commit
? tee, so that "each state be represented
? by one man and one woman member."
: They urged further that this become
; "the policy of the party in all party
committees, both state and local."
] The women also adopted ten sug
j geste?! planks for the Republican party
i platform. These included recommenda
! tions for "direct citizenship for women,
i not citizenship through marriage," and
i laws making possible the naturaliza
i tion of married women."
i They also favored the abolition of
child labor, the eight-hour day and
forty-four-hour week for women in
t industry, with statutory provision for
| a day of rest each week; permanent
establishment of the women's bureau
of the Department of Labor, a national
employment service and equal oppor?
tunities for women through civil serv?
ice. ?
Other planks were:
A new policy by the Federal Board
of Vocational Education "to insure for
( women equal, opportunities with met?
? in trade and technical education."
Compulsory Education
Appointment of women mediators on
all Federal labor boards to deal with
i industries employing women.
Compulsory education in all states
I for children between six and sixteen
' years of age, with provision for "thor
i ough education in citizenship of all
! our youth."
To-night's banquet was given by th?
; State Central Committee in honor of
| Chairman Hays and the chairman of
j the women's division of the natienal
j committee. Mrs. John Glover South.
The two held the places of honor on
! the speakers' list. Among others who
' made addresses were Miss Mary Garretf
? Hay, of New York, chairman of the
women's national executive committee;
! Governor Lowden, of Illinois,, and
Major General Wood.
Chaiman Hays in his. speech at the
banquet said in part:
I "Within the Republican party there
; is and must be full political self-de
! termination. It is entirely up to the
| party membership to say what the
: party's purpose shall he. what its poli?
cies shall be. This fundamentally is
i what we offer the women?the chance
i to express themselves.
"I do not ask that all women become
: Republicans. To which party you be
j long is of. less consequence than that
| you belong to some party, that you seek
' the truth, find it and then act and act
continually. I would rather a woman
; join with our opponents than belong to
| no party.
Urges Organization
j "One of the first: truths most im
; portant for this large group of new
! voters to realize is that their efforts
? for right things in government can be
! made effective only through organ)za
i tion. "
"Then let individual membership in
; the party give that attention to the
party's affairs which is due the inatru
l ment through which individuals can
apply their patriotism in actual par?
ticipation in governmental affairs."
Chairman Will Hays announced this
' morning that a committee of sixty on
, policies and platform would be appoint
I ed next Monday in San Francisco. The
! committee will draft the platform to be
submitted to the national convention
? here in June.
The committee on arrangements for
; the convention elected Edward P.
j Thayer, of Indianappolis, as sergeant
i M-arms for the big June gathering. A.
I resolution to rent the Coliseum was
! adopted after Ernest Graham, archi
! teet. reported that 1,020 more seats
j would be added, making the seating ca
| pacity 13,187.
? ' ? ?
! Japanese Rush Troops
To Reinforce Kolchak
Tokio Cable Say? Extensive
Foree Has Been Sent
to Irkutsk
HONOLULU, T. H., Jan. 5 (By The
Associated P?reas).?Heavy Japanese
reinforcements have been rushed to
Irkutsk to nid the forces of Admiral
Kolchak there, according to a cable
from Tokio to "The Nippu Jiji," a
Japanese daily newspaper here.
i "VYBODlNfl nKM.tf"?Harri? Theatra?
lijvuryho.li und Imin-illat? tamil) llK.t lt.?
I Jtilti.
1
Jan.lOSettoRatify
Treaty of Versa Ules
PARIS, Jan. 5 (By The Asso?
ciated Press). ? The Supreme
Council tentatively has set Jan?
uary 10 for ratification of ' the |
Treaty of Versailles.
The council's basis for settle?
ment of the Scapa Flow sinkings
was handed over to Baron von ?
Lersner to-day. An agreement J
was reached upon the Allies ac- j
ceptinp: a diminution of 125,000 !
tons from the 400,000 tons of j
naval material originally de- I
manded from Germany.
-?-1_I
Treaty Action
Awaits #Move
By Democrats
! Minority Senators Hesitate
to Offer a Compromise j
Pending the President's j
Message on Jackson Day
, New York Tribun?
Washington Bureau i
WASHINGTON. Jan. 5.?Both sides ?
in the Senate treaty fight are marking
time until after the Jackson Day din?
ner Thursday night, when the Demo?
cratic campaign will be launched.
The Senate met to-day after two
weeks' holiday with nothing definite
accomplished toward a compromise on
reservations to the treaty and with
a general understanding that nothing
would be done until the Democratic
Senators have had a chance to hear
from their readers.
The Republicans are waiting for the
! Democrats to make a specific proposal
j tor a compromise before they will take
j any further steps toward an agreement.
j No definite plan for a compromise was
j proposed to the Republicans by the
? Administration forces at any time dur
j ing the informal conference? between
i individual Senators during -the holiday
I recess.
Wilson Message Awaited
The Democrats withheld any action
to-day in fear that President Wilson
might overturn their plans in the mes?
sage he will send to the Jackson Day
diners.
Announcement was made at the.
White Hou?" that the President will
send an "important" message to the
Democrats at their feast, and the
rumor spread rapidly at the Capitol
that Mr. Wilson was going to ask the
Democratic leaders to make an issue in
the forthcoming campaign against the i
crossing of a "t" or the dotting of an
"i" in the treaty. The White House
statement was very brief. It said: |
"President Wilson will send an j
important message to the Demo?
cratic dinner Jackson Day, Jan- j
uary 8."
No further information was forth- i
coming, White House attaches de- ;
daring that onlv the President knows i
what he will say to the diners.
"Stand Pat" Policy Predicted
The belief persisted among Demo?
cratic Senators, however, that the
President will take advantage of the
gathering of Democratic leaders from !
all parts of the country to declare i
flatly against any compromise on the
treaty.
The group of Democrats who have
expressed a willingness to make a
compromise on reservations confidently
expect William Jennings Bryan and
other leaders in their party to
strengthen their position1 by insisting
at the Jackson Day dinner that the?
Democratic party should not oppose a|
compromise. A close friend of Mr.
Bryan said to-day that the Nebraskan
in his speech at the dinner would in-1
sist that the Democratic party is in no ;
position to refuse to make an effort to j
? reach an agreement that would secure
ratification of the treaty.
| This group of Democratic. Senators !
! is preparing to support any strong
j move that may be made at the dinner
! toward a compromise. It was these
i Senators who planned to arrange a
i compromise plan of their own aivd sub
i mit it to the Republican reservation
; ists at a meeting scheduled for last
| Sunday, but who called off their confer?
ence when their contemplted action
was considered a revolt against the
President.
The "mild reservation ists" among
: the Republican Senators conferred with
j returning Senators to-day, but made
j no headway toward reaching a com
I mon basis for agreement. They re
? ported, however, that the Senators who
! returned from holiday visits to their
| home states are in favor of a com?
promise.
Senator Underwood, of Alabama, ar?
rived in Washington to-night to at?
tend the Jackson Day dinner. He had
not expected to leave Alabama until
; next week, when the Hitchcock-Under
| wood leadership contest will be set
I tied at a caucus of the Democratic
! Senators. ?
Senator King, of Utah, who was the
j only Democratic Senator to appear at
i the conference scheduled for yester
i day, to-day introduced a set of modi
; tied Lodge reservations in the Senate.
: He expects to discuss them in the Sen
I ate to-morrow, when he will urge their
j adoption by both sides as a. compro
! mise.
In his set of reservations Senator
King has modified the preamble and
! the reservations on Article X, Shan
> tung, the Monroe Doctrine and the
; equality of voting power of Great
: Britain and the United States. He
! leaves the other Lodge reservations un
l changed.
? Gregory Weinstein, So?
viet Chief, and* Victor
Vollodin, 'Novy Mir"
Treasurer, Are Seized
Policemen Assist
In Big Round-Up
Raiders Use Army Trueles
in Widespread Search
Aimed at Individuals
Another round-up of members of
the Communist party was begun last
night l$y Department of Justice
agents in this city. The prospectiva
exiles are to be concentrated at Camp
Upton, which is to be turned over to
, the Department of Labor by the
War Department.
The Federal agents directed tho
activities of a swarm of policemen
in plain clothes. Each Department
! of Justice man took his particular
squad of policemen to some pro
i viously designated secret meeting
place of the Communists and ar?
rested every one found there.
Some Taken at Home
I
! Several hundred deportation war
j rants were in the hands of the New
York raiders, and it was expected
that before they had concluded their
night's work two hundred habitues
of radical meeting places would be
taken into custody for examination.
The raiders set out in four army
motor trucks and a dozen army cars.
They served some of the warrants at
the homes of those they sought.
All of the suspected "Reds" arrested
in New York last night were taker
to the offices of the bureau of investi?
gation of the Department of Justice
on the fourteenth floor of the build?
ing at 15 Park Bow. After they had
been questioned and ??arched it was
planned to send to Ellis Island any
who failed to establish imm?diat? and
convincing proof of citizenship.
The suspects will be held there in
company with 441 radical? who werr
snared in New York and New Jersey
during the nation-wide raids conducted
last Friday night.
The first man arrested yesterday was
Gregory Weinstein, who is known hero
as the "chief of staff" of Ludvi-r C
A. K. Martens, self-styled Ambassdor
to the United States from the Russian
Soviet republic.
Friend of Leon Trotzky
Weinstein is a friend of Leo?
Trotzky and was an associate editor of
"Xovy Mir," a Russian language news?
paper which preached Bolshevik ideal
when Trotzky worked there and lived
in the Bronx under th< nan ? I eon
Braunstein.
Weinstein wa? served wilh a d?porta?
tion warrant yesterday morning ?>- he
entered the buildinj! in HO West For
tieth Street, in which ar?1 located the
offnes of the Russian Soviet bureau
conducted by Marten-. Weinstein re?
signed from" the staff <.r "Xovy Mir"
in the ?'arly par: of 1uli* to becom*
chancellor in the bureau.
At the Park Row offices ol the De?
partment of Justice Wcii,stein i-'used
to talk and was taken immediately to
Ellis Island.
The warrant served or W< instein wet
one of the 600 or more that the Fed?
eral agents planned to serve last Mght,
1 but in the hope that news of his arrest
wouid lull suspicions of a big raid ?1
was decided to mtpsi him at the Kua
sian Soviet bureau office.
Vollodin Sent to Island
The second warrant of the lot w?*
served with even less difficulty. Victor
! Vollodin. of 608 East l:t*th Street, now
; treasurer and? formerly managet of
j "Xovy Mir," walked into the Departmei I
of Justice offices ?afp yesterday after
! noon to make inquiries about Wein?
stein. He laid a card on the eesk of
i the clerk in tin* reception room, *' ?'.
when iho. clerk returned from the inside
| officies he was accompanied by an op
I erative, who placed Vollodin under ar
! rest.
| When the. little ferry steamer mad?
? it." last regular trip through the tee
; floes that choke the harbor to Ellii
! Island Vollodin was aboard.
Oscar Tyverowsky, executive Beer?
> tary of the Communist party in thi?
i state, was one of those arrested, and
j when Martin J. Davis, special agent of
! the Department of Justice, and Deter
tives Hupmann and Gr^indski entered
Chief Flynn's office Flynn ?hook hands
: heartily with each of the detectives.
I "That's the boy we've bct?:> waiting
?for!" exclaimed Flynn.
Agents of the Department of Justice
I have been hunting for Tyverowsky for
l weeks. He was found last night la ?
I room at 1567 Fulton Avenu-.', Th<
i Bronx, which h<- had engaged under
I the name of Smith. The detective?
| said that when the> knock.-! on '>r
j door and called for Tyverowsky their
?prisoner came out Is sw.itiy as a
j cuckoo out of a clock and closing th<
! door behind him said: "Hush: 1 don't
want my wife to know my name i*
j Tyverowsky."
Mra. Brophy Arrested
j The first prisoner brought to the ?f
i fice of the Department of Justice las*
i night was Mrs. John Brophy, of " *?2
WeBt Twelfth Stret, one of those who
! furnished part of the $15,000 bail de
i manded for Jim Larkln following hi?
indictment on a charge of criminal
anarchy. She* was led in protestinc
violently. She satisfied the authorities
that she was an American citizen and
was released.
As soon as the arresting officers had*.
been taken to tbqtr destinations In