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ALL MERCHANDISE ADVERTISED IN THE fRlBUNE IS GUARANTEED First to Last? the Truth: f? LXXIX No. 26,723 [CopniRht, 1920. SfW York Tribun? Ine.] THURSDAY, Advertisements Mitt 1020 WEATHER Fair and continued cold to-day. with diminishing northwest winds: cloudy to-morrow, not quite so cold Foil K^iHJrt on Vane 18 n* *f* *i* ?!? __? .,,-??-_? < In (?rruttir N>w York ?lid I TWO CKXTS j within eoinmuUn* distune*. | THREF CENTS Kls^whrre Hoot By N Sought ewton ipProseeute 5 Socialists attorney General Coming From Albany to Invite Lawyer to Assist Him ' at Trial Next Tuesday. ?Hay Keep Bar Committee Out ?weet and Martin Hold Members Can Appear, Only in the Capacity of Counsel for 'Ousted 5' Sfitff Correspondence ALBANY, Jan. 14.?Speaker j ??t?t and his group are looking to ? p?ho Root to pull them out of the i ?lemma they find themselves in as | t ??Bit of the summary suspension j ?f the five Socialist Assemblymen. . With this object in view, Charles 0. Newton, state Attorney General, tho to-day was formally appointed ygnjel to the Assembly Judiciary ftmmittee, left to-night for New j Tork City to try to retain Root as i laoeiate counseL "It was Mr. Root's partner, Will- I |B D. Guthrie, who led the unsuc ?etffnl fight last night to prevent the New York City Bar Associa? tion from appointing a special com ?jttee to appear before the Judi dtty Committee to "safeguard and protect the principles of American government." Sweet Camp Aroused The appointment of this commit? tee, headed by Charles E. Hughes, bi created more consternation in :V Sweet camp than all the crit ,y.m aimed at them by the civic jbociations, leading citizens and ggtpapers. Louis 1). Martin, chairman of the iiliuary Committee, before which .taemblymen Claessens, Orr, Solo? es^ Waklman and Dewitt are to is tried, declared that the Bar As sciation's special committee could -pear in the case only "its retained .ounsel for the suspended Socialists. ? "The Bar Association, through its! ?pecial committee, may furnish us in- j :.;riv.i-.ion or submit a brief or a state- j lint," said Chairman Martin. "But; lait is as far as it can go unless the ! layers on the special committee are i?rma'.ly retained by the Socialists." Speaker Sweet voiced a like opinion. "If the Bar Association committee is ?lowed to appear and take an active pan in the trial, except as counsel for 1 %e siate or the Socialists, it would j Jen the way to a committee from ? ?wry other organization in the state j fcfflhndlng the same right." he said. ! Chairman All-Powerful Tie roles drafted by the Judiciary | Committee for the conduct of the trial | fat the chairman absolute power. Bale 5 provides that the introduc? tion of evidence, examination of wit Hese? and the conduct of the hearings 4?D ht governed by the rules now Iftniling in the Supreme Court, with t?b qualification : .'"Except that euch other evidence and ?tttbnonj may be received as the chair ?* of the committee may, in bis dis? union, permit." Mother ruie makes all rulings made v the chairrr.an final, and no appeal ?nil be taken from his rulings unless ?"in his discretion shall refer it to *? committee in executive session." "hile these rules were being ?wed by the .'-'-committee, consist? ai of Chairman Martin, Edmund ?st? and Louis A. Cuvillier, who have food pat on the ousting of the As ?wolynii-n, the purent body dispatched J*?"?7 Haine?, serjeant-at-arms of the XJ**h/? to -N''-w Yor?< to serve formal J**!te to the members of the Socialist ??Wien in the Assembly that their ?*? oad been set tor next Tuesday. Called nn Investigation ?9 this notice the trial was referred isa*i "ii .est?Ration," and when this ??? tailed ? the attenation of Speaker .** Chairman Martin and other? Ry^ with the prosecution they *'rkM? l^at r'r " !'r0( '-"-'"K was not a F* r^t an .???? tigation, as stated ???ice to appear. This notice reads: ?tot? ?f New York< Assembly 2?>ber, in the mutter of the in ??*?t'Oi. hy thft As3f;mJj,i7 0f tn(J 2J? oi '?'?''? York i.s to the quali ;*??onii ?f \jr,v,\i Waldman, August .,"?**???:;* < ;!. u j a. D?witt, Samuel .-..; *'?'' "?'?-.- Solomon to retain H??at? in said body 1-,'lV? lr''" ' "?'?" r-otic? that pur 7T*_w t resolution adopted by the *???oly o? the ?tat?, of N'ew York ??f!'wry 7, JWO, a certified copy 5? ? 5 '?''"' '?'*" herewith served!, ZJ.?''"ry <?'?::???<? "f the m'i'1' "' ' - f New Yor^ ?J,:,2' ' gallon of yo'jr ^"??cations and eligibility to ; ?t*i?J". t;''" Assembly chamber, JgWgl bniMin?, Albany, N. '/.. or. tkZ r''ni'"T ti'ttKl: that the Judi ? '7 Umtr.Hutt of the Assembly <7? lorni dated ryi??, ?i procedure ?*? **"' ?nwjtigatlon. a copy of ?jT8,!*. ?!*o htrewUfa served ipon *nr. ?UDICIARV COMMITTEE . ... OF THE Afl ?EMBLY. K-T? M. Marte, chairman. ?fV*4 January 14, 1320. ??ir*t V?' P<r'-^??l?J?-?f follow: WMi/l. T>'f '"'"?tigation Rhall be JTJW eeii4aet*d ?n the A??eiAb!y <^'_'n the C?p?U>l at Albany by G?M*u?d <m f?47i i/ir## Hoover Will Run If People Demand Republican, but So 'Pro? gressive* He Might Be Democratic President Herbert Hoover's political affiliations are with the Progressive Republicans, according: to an announcement made last night by Julius H. Barnes, United ! States Wheat Director, who is an in timate friend of Mr. Hoover. Mr. Harnes, who spoke at the dinner of the National Wholesale Dry Goods Asso? ciation at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, warned all Republicans, however, that in Mr. Hoover's o.:ise the emphasis was on the "progressive" and he might oven be a Democratic candidate for the Presidency. The 1,100 diners, whose homes are in widely separated parts of the land, cheered every mention of Mr. Hoover as a Presidential candidate. Mr. Hoover never would become a enndidate, Mr. Barnes declared, unless there were "indisputable evidence of spontaneous and universal popular de? mand." "The partisanship of Herbert Hoover," he declared, "extends only to the in? sistence of the maintenance of equality of opportunity in this countrv and to the support of that party exemplifying that ideal. "I feel, as a lifelong Republican, re? assured to believe that only one con? ceivable development could place him on the Democratic ticket in spite of all that has appeared In the recent press. ' I believe that could come only if over-i confidence in their own political pros- i peet blinds the Republican partv to ! adopt a non-progressive platform" and ; to nominate candidates of reaction." ? Fate Still Cruel To Bryan Dinner "Gus" Thomas Scratched as Toastmaster; Hylan Won't Sit^ With Nixon The perverse fate that attends din? ners given in honor of William J. Bryan demanded public notice again yesterday. A large dinner with Colonel Bryan as the principal figure has been arranged by the Society of Arts and Sciences at the Hotel Astor on Sunday night. Ac? cording to reports last night, which seemed well founded, Augustus Thom? as, the playwright, was first asked, on the suggestion of Colonel Bryan, to preside. Mr. Thomas said he would be glad to do so. but that he would take occasion to free hi* mind about the ??!v " in a v.-'-y t-hatfwoi'ld mak'_- pro- : j hibitionists like Colonel Bryan feel an I If they were going through a thrashing machine. That settled it. The name | of Mr. Thomas was scratched, although | he and Colonel Bryan are good friends. The next declination of a specially invited guest came from Mayor John r". I Hylan. It is understood the Mayor was inclined to attend the dinner until he learned that Public Service Commis? sioner Lewis Nixon was a special guest and would speak, and that the discov? ery impelled him to decline. It is expected that James W. Gerard, "ormer Ambassador to Germany, will preside and spe&k, as will Senator Rob? ert L. Owen, former ^Governor Joseph W. Folk of Missouri and others. Among those expected to be present are Charles H. Ingersoll, the watch manufacturer; Gordon Auchincloss, son-in-law of Colonel E. M. Houre; Ed? ward H. Whittier, president of the Bryan League of New Jersey; Simon Baruch, Charles F. Murphy, John H. McCooey, James J. Hagen, ex-Congress? man Perry Be'mont, Frederic Allen and Nathan Straus. Samuel Gompers and all of the more prominent local labor leaders also have been invited. League Disclaims War on Tobacco I - 2Vo Fight on Weed Until It Makes a Man Beat His Wife, Says U p s haw\ WASHINGTON, Jan. 14?Denying j that the recently inaugurated anti- j Saloon League campaign for ?23,000,009 was for the purpose o? obtaining funds with which to wage a legislative war ? against tobacco, Representative Up- : shaw, Democrat, Georgia, a leader in anti-Saloon League councils, daclared m a statement to-night the opponents of prohibition were attempting to di? vert attention from enforcement of prohibition laws by raising false is? sues. The proposed fund, he said, would be used to aid enforcement of prohibition Uiwb in the United States and to help wage prohibition campaigns in other countries. "Until taking a chew of tobacco or smoking a cigar dethrones a man's reason, makes him go home and beat his wife or shoot up the town, there will be no legislative crusade apainst tobacco," said Representative Upshaw's statement. Each Guest at Banquet Given a Case of Beer Christian Feigenspan's Gift Makes 500 Newark Real Estate Men Happy Christian Feigenspan, president of the United States Brewing Company and of C. Feigenspan, Inc., owner of the lar^e^t brewery in New Jersey, last nitfht presented each of the 500 guests at the i'trst annual banquet of the Real Estate Board of Newark, N. J., at the Hotel Robert Treat, that city, with a ease of pre-war beer. , Mr. Feigenspan said he made the ??ft In order to "tide the banqueters over until the prohibition amendment is do? ctored invalid." The name of each of the diners was taken and the beer will bo delivered at noon to-day. Some of the beer, he ex? plained, was 4 per cent, some 6 per cent and there were r few casen of India pale ?le, which has an alcoholic content of 7 per cent. . i ? ?.? ' ?.?. Gale Drives WiIko?i Indoors WASHINGTON', .Inn. 14. President. ; Wilson was compelled to-day to ?horten i his usual stay in the open air In hin wheel chair because of the Intensely ' cold wind. Fear that trie patient would i catch cold resulted in the air cure be i ing cut nhort. The President walked about hi.- room ?lid the upper portions of the White ? House In 'he afternoon, and transaeted I considerable executive business. He ! signed a ?re?t number of letter? and I state papers, and sent two nominations te the RenaU. Munsey Buys 'Herald' and 'Telegram' Purchase of All Bennett Newspapers by Publish? er Also Includes Edition j Being Issued in Paris | Two WilkFiled By Former Owner One Providing a Home f orJournalistsStipulated Papers Should Continue "The New York Herald" announces in its edition this morning its purchase by Frank A. Munsel, owner of "The Sun" and "Evening Sun." Mr. Munsey has bought all the pub? lications of the late James Gordon Bennett, it is announced, including besides "The New York Herald," "The Evening Telegram" and "The Paris ; Edition of the Herald." The announcement follows: "The New York Herald" has passed j into the hands of Frank A. Munsey, : who has purchased all of the publish? ing interests of the late James Gordon Bennett, consisting of "The New York Herald," "The Evening Telegram" and "The Paris Edition of the New York Herald." "Mr. Munsey will tell you in due time of his plans for these newspapers. "RODMAN WANAMAKER, "GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY. "Executors of Estate of James Gordon Bennett." May File Single Will At the office of "The Sun" it was said last night that Mr. Munsey had no statement to make. At "The Herald" early inquiries regarding the transfer of the property surprised the em? ployees, who had not learned that the newspaper had been sold to the owner of "The Sun." "The Herald" this morning publishes the following editorial : "The future of 'The New York Herald' under Mr. Munsey. "Announcement is made by the executors of the estate of the late James Gordon Bennett?Mr. Rodman Wanamaker and the Guaranty Trust Company?that Mr. Frank A. Munsey, owner of 'The New York Sun,' 'The Baltimore News' and the periodicals bearing his name, has purchased all of the Bennett newspapers, 'The New York Herald,' 'The Evening Telegram' and the European edition of *The Herald,' published in Paris. "The transfer of these properties represents probably the most notable newspaper deal in history. "Mr. Munsey, in due time, will make known his plans and purposes Avith re? gard to his newly acquired newspapers. Readers of 'The Herald' may have con? fidence that this newspaper, under its new ownership, will continue to main? tain the high ideals in journalism which have characterized it from the day of its foundation by the elder Bennett. Friend of Mr. Bennett "Mr. Munsey and the late James Gordon Bennett were close friends and were always In sympathy in thoir ideas with regard to the functions and the ; duties of the newspaper. The sale of | the newspaper to Mr. Munsey is in ac? cord with the spirit of Mr. Bennett's will, his chief desire as therein ex? pressed being that 'The Herald' be continued and developed, to be an en? during monument to its great founder. Like Mr. Bennett, Mr. Munsey is a believer in, and exponent of, one-man direction, and, like Mr. Bennett, Mr. Munsey has no other interests save ; his publishing interests, and that . mean? his chief concern always is the interest of the public. In the ownership of "The Sun" and his other newspaper and magasine properties, he has no partner. He has none in the ownership of "The Herald" and its associated newspapers. ? Of chief interest to its readers is i Die assurance that under its new own? ership "The Herald" will continue the 1 policies which have marked it through ! out its wonderful history, and that in | the future, as in the past, It will be found always standing firmly for an ! undiluted Americanism and battling ! valiantly for the best interests of the ; American people. The announcement of Mr. Wana 1 maker and the Guaranty Trust Com ! pany followed closely on the heels of ; their application yesterday in the Sur I rogate's court to reopen the probate of ; James Gordon Bennett's American will. I It was stated in the application that the purpose of this move was to file Mr. ; Bennett's French will and have both documents probated together as a : iinglo instrument. Whether such action will give the ? American executors the power to dis i pose of the French property of Mr. ! Bennett is not indicated in the petition, I nor is it indicated that this is the in | tended purpose of placing the French | wili on file here for probate. Home for Journalists ? In his American will, filed for pro ; bate last July, Mr. Bennett directed his i executor? to create as a memorial to ! his futher, the founder of "The New I York Herald," a corporation to be known as "The James Gordon Bennett Memorial Homo for New York Journal ! ists." This institution, he stipulated, wan to provide u comfortable home or ! pecuniary aid for persons no longer { able to care for themselves who had : been employed for at least ten years on , daily newspapers published in Manhat : tan. This institution, Mr. Bennett's will 1 net forth, ^a? to be maintained by the continued publication of "The New ? York Herald" and "The Evening Telo ! gram." , In this connection Mr. Bennett said ? in hi? will: "It is my desire? and will that such I Memorial Home Corporation shall own, I and a? soon as the due administration of my estate shall permit receive, and that it shall bold a? long as practicable all capital stock of the New York Her? ald Company and the New York Herald Company Soci?t? Anonyme Fran?aise which ?nail belong to m? at my desth and form part of my residuary estate; Continued on pag? nin* 2 Americans Slain Fighting Russians Three Wounded During Capture of Armored Train of Gen. Semenoff LONDON, Thursday, Jan. 15.?Two Americans were killed and three were wounded in a clash with an armored train of General Semenoff, commander in chief of the All-Russian armies, be? tween Lake Baikal and Verkhneudinsk, ; in the Province of Trans-Baikalia, ac 1 cording to the correspondent of "The Daily Mail" at Harbin. The Americans were reported to have captured the train. I Details of the brush between the Am?ricains and the Semenoft* forces were unavailable.'''Other clashes were reported between the Czecho-Slovaks and General Scmenoff's troops. A Moscow wireless dispatch says the majority of the Cossacks in the Amur region and also the Burians and the Kirghizes of the trans-Baikal region i had revolted against the massacres of j General Semenoif and repudiated his , representatives. Jury Dismisses Hylan's Charge Of I. R. T. Plot 'Almirall Panel Also Drops Allegation of "Intimida? tion" in 8-Cent Fare and Calls Newton as Counsel The extraordinary grand jury filed a presentment yesterday with Justice Weeks officially dismissing Mayor Hylan's charges that the Interborough Kapid Transit Company had conspired Avith its employees to foment the sub? way strike of last.summer. The jury, which also dismissed the Mayor's additional, allegation that a conspiracy existed to intimidate him and other officials into giving the com? pany an 8-cent fare, suggested that the secret minutes dealing with its In? terborough inquiry be made public. The jury, which is investigating the "overshadowing crime," District Attor? ney Swann's office and the Hylan ad? ministration, followed this action by carrying its fight for counsel independ? ent of Mr. Swann's office direct to the Attorney General of the state over the head of Governor Smith. Jury Calls Newton as Counsel In a letter dispatched last night to Attorney General Charles D. Newton the jury, through Raymond F. Almirall, its foreman, states that the Attorney General has common law powers to ap? pear before grand juries and prosecute criminal offenses on his own initiative. The panel calls on Mr. Newton to exercise his "constitutional preroga? tive" and appear before it as its legal adviser in its allied inquiries. Governor Smith, to whom the jurors have ap? pealed several times for independent counsel, has declined thus far to des? ignate the Attorney General as grand jury pilot. Jury Befases to Prefer Charges The panel also sent a lengthy letter to Governor Smith last night. This letter apparently was the jury's i tnswer to Governor Smith's request j that it submit definite charges against ? the District Attorney if Mr. Swann was to be supplanted as the panel's legal I adviser. The jury declines flatly to prefer I charges against Mr. Swann to the Gov? ernor, as sugguyted by Mr. Smith. It ; charges the Governor with "evasion i of the issue" and declares that neither the law nor public interest requires it to comply with the Smtih request. The Governor has ample powers under the law to appoint the Attorney Generul \ Avithout the preferment of definite i charges, says the panel. Criticising delay;: in it? work because ; of technicalities, "even if there be I such," the jury says: "No other sufficient reason than a ?purpose to circumvent the investiga? tions initiated by camouflaging the ?facts and wearing out or discrediting I this grand jury is discernible." "Public Misapprehension" Charsted The jury also accused the Governor ?of causing "public misapprehension" in ! regnrd to the circumstances surround? ing the naming of George Gordon Bat j tic and Joseph M. Proskauer a? special i legal aids to the panel. Both lawyers ?eventually withdrew. Foremun Almirall's letter to Attorney ?General Newton stated: "The grand jury is of the opinion ?that the Attorney General retains un? der the Constitution his common law | powers to appear before grand juries j and prosecute criminal offenses on his own initiative. . . . The extraordi? nary grand jury therefore begs to re i quest you, the Attorney General, your ? self or by deputy, in the exercise of ! the constitutional prerogative of the ?Attorney General, to appear before it ' iji the capacity of legal advisor and ?counsel to'it, and in this connection to ?conduct the investigations and to ' prosecute the criminal cases with ? which it is or may become concerned." No Proof of Charges The letter to Governor Smith said: "During the past month numerous ? municipality have been received ; additional complaints affecting the ? offices of the District Attorney and which emphasize the need of the grand , jury investigations already initiated. They are of sufficiently serious char? acter to justify, if not imperatively demand, conscientious investigation." Continuing, the letter rehearses the ! preferment of the dismissed strike con ! spiracy charges and the fact that Avhen ! the charges were first made the i "Hearst papers loudly heralded the ' sensation to come." "High officials of this county ; (whether or not as puppet? of the : MASTER TRICKSTER) have publicly I charged infamous crimes against citi ! zens, humble and otherwise, of which not one word of proof has been ? brought before us," says the letter. ' Tijey have sttackod the Federal judi i clary; th??y have decried the ancient i institution of the grand jury; they ' have Created animus and disorder ! harmful and injurious to the public ; welfare. "Sinister Appeal to Dissatisfied" "Such abuse is in itself intolerable, j If not unlawful, in any civilized com ; munlty; it ?s a reckless and sinister ; appeal to the dissatisfied element? in Continued on paye nine World Parley *> ! Is Sought to Aid Europe Memorial Signed by Gti zens of Nine Countries Asks Economic Confer? ence to Adjust Finances Propose to Revive Trade of Nations : Stop Inflation by Increas? ing Revenue, Not Debts, Appeal of Business Men | Eminent citizens of nine nations ad I dressed a memorial to their govern jroents yesterday directing attention to ? the danger of bankruptcy and anarchy ! in Europe. They urge the calling i forthwith of an economic conference of ! the leading nations of the world, 1n i eluding Germany and Austria. The American signatories also sent | copies of the document to the Repara? tion Commission in Paris and to the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. The latter body is asked to appoint the delegates to represent this country at the conference, since it^is felt that private initiative can best direct America's part in the rehabilita? tion of Europe. Appearing a few days after the put ting of the peace treaty into effeci in Europe, the memorial is consid?r?e to represent the sober second though! ? of influential men of all countries. Il I constitutes an appeal to the Repara j tion Commission fur moderation in its demands on the defeated nations ir ? the war; an appeal for government! ; to "arrest inflation and meet inevitable ? burtb/ns by increasing their revenu? ? rather than by further increasing theii I debts"; a call upon the people to worl and save, and a request to the first I men of commerce and finance to inven' expedients for meeting the new work situation without, unnecessary govern merit intervention. Disagrees With British Financier The statement regarding the Euro pean credit situation is believed ti j confirm the conclusions expressed ai ? long as nine months ago by severa i leading American bankers, who studiei ? conditions first hand on the other side | It differs radically from the proposal: i of Sir George Paish, the British finan j cial writer. Several of the America] 1 signatories pointed out that it oppose; j all schemes for pooling the credit o the world. When the memorial wa ! given out by men who signed it a j the oifices of the Chamber of Commerc? ; ?f New York late yesterday afternoon i attention was called to the fact tha [the men affixing their names compris? j leaders of thought and finance, states ? men and labor leaders, Conservatives Liberals and Socialists. An informal unofficial demonstratioi ! of this non-partisan character is re ? garded as unprecedented. Besides tin i citizens of the United States, citizen; j of Mexico, Great Britain. France, Hoi ! land, Switzerland, Denmark, Norwaj I und Sweden signed the statement o ! opinion. It was said the memorial wa | the result of "simultaneous coinbus j tion," and was not the scheme of an; I one country. The American signers include: Edwii i A. Alderman, of the University of Vir? ginia; Frank B. Anderson, of San Fran i cisco; Julius H. .Barnes, president o the United States Grain Corporation 1 Robert L. Brookings, Su Louis; Emor; ? W. Clark, Detroit; Cleveland H. Dodge ?New York; Charles W. Eliot, presided .emeritus of Harvard University, Her : bert Fleischhacker, San Francisco James B. Porgan, Chicago; Arthur T Had ley, president of Yale University : Richard S. Hawes, president of th ' American Bankers' Association; A i Barton Hepburn, New York; Myron 1 ilerrick, Cleveland; Louis VV. Hill, Si ?Paul; Herbert Hoover; H, 15. Judsor University of Chicago; Darwin I Kingsley, New York; George II. Mc Fadden, Philadelphia; Alfred E. Mar ling, president of the New York Cham ber of Commerce; A. W. Mellon, Pitts burgh; A. L. Mills, Portland, Ore.; J 1 P. Morgan; William Fellowes Morgar ' president of the Merchants' Associa ! tion, New York; F. H. Rawson, Chi ?ago; Samuel Rea, president of th Pennsylvania Railroad; George M Reynolds, Chicago; R. G. Rheti Charleston, N. C; Elihu Root, Nei York; Levi L, Rue, Philadelphia Charles H. Sabin, president of th Guaranty Trust Comnany, New York Jacob H. Schiff, New York; Edwin 1< ?A. Seligrnan, Columbia University; Joh G. Shedd, Chicago; John Sherwir I Cleveland; James A. Stillman, presi dent of the National City Bank of Ne> I York; Henry Suzallo, University o | Washington; former President Wi'lfar ! Howard Taft: F. W. Taussig, Harvar I University; Frank A. Vanderlip, Ne York; Festus J. Wade, St. Louis; Pati 7.1. Warburg, New York; F. 0. Watti St. Louis; Harry A. Wheeler, Chicag? and .Daniel Will&rd, president of th Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Income Must Meet Outgo "No country," says the memorial, "i ; desorving of credit, nor can it be cor sidered a solvent debtor, whose obi g?tions we may treat as items of ai tuai value in formulating our plans fc the future, that Avil! net or cannc bring its current expenditure withi the compass of its receipts from tax: tion and other regular income. Th principle must be clearly brougl home to the peoples of all countries for it will he impossible otherwise t i arouse them from a dream of fais hopes and illusions to the recognitio i of hard facts." Regarding fixing the war bill of Go many and Austria, the memorial say.? "It is evident that Germany and Am : tria will have to bear a heavier loa than their comjuerors," but the doci mont qualifies this by adding, "the :<>.". 1 of the burden and the period durit: which it is to be borne must not, bov ever, exceed certain bounds; it mui rot bring about so drastic a lowerin . of the standard of the living that willingness to pay a just debt is coi I verted into a spirit of despair ai revolt." . in concluding, the memorial say; "The outlook at present is dark. N | greater task is before us now thn i to devise means by which some men | ure of hopefulness will re?nter tl i minds of the mas308. The re?stablio! ment of a willingness to work and Continued on next page -? , 48 Killed inBerlin Riots; Martial Law in Germany; Bombs Hurled by Police Senators Get Storv of How Oil Men Died ! Americans in Tampico Send a Representative to Reveal Facts About1 Murders by Mexicans By Wilbur Forrest SAX ANTONIO, Tex., Jan. 14.?De? tailed stories of death to Americans ; and destruction of their property in | Mexico were" related to Senators Fall i and Smith, who are holding the second i day's session of the Senate investigat ! ing committee here to-day. Likening i Americans remaining in Mexico to ? pioneers, and declaring that American ' lives were worth more in the Argonne j Forest in the great drive of General i Pershing's forces against the Germans in the autumn of 1918 than they are to-d?y in the Tampico oil region, James J. Britt, a Tampico lawyer, told his story on the witness stand this after? noon. Jle was the main witness of the day. Mr. Britt asserted that 1(18 Ameri j cans had boon killed in the Tampico ? district and that not one of the real ; assassins ever had been brought to j justice by the Carranza military , forces, "which flood the country." The, i situation is aggravated by German j propaganda, the witness said. He laid ; the recent agitation for expulsion from ? Mexico of 400 members of the Tarapic ? post of the American Legion to Ger ? i man propaganda. j Cabrera Declared Antagonistic ! < Mr. Britt went on to say that Lu.? ! Cabrera advocated the expulsion of : American war veterans, when Senator ; Fall interrupted with: ? "Who is Luis Cabrera?" ! "He is Acting President of Mexico, ? although he holds the position of Sec j retary of the Treasury," Britt replied. ? "The Tampico post of the Legion I will remain in Mexico so long as the American government stands behind j it," Mr. Britt added. The witness recounted details of the murder of Earl Boles and F. J. Roney, ; American oil men, both of whom, he j said, were personal friends. They had taken dinner with Britt at his home before starting on their last trip to the oil fields, Britt asserted. They wero killed within the Carranziata ?lines by Carranzista soldiers, the wit j ness said. Roney was shot from be? hind at such a close range that a part ! of his right shoulder was torn away. ! Holes was shot in the ankle and then ; chopped to death with a machete. His I body* was badly mangled, the witness ! said. Organized Robbery Charged Describing activities in the oil region i Britt said all oil company paymasters, ; before leaving Tampico for the fields with payrolls for worker?, must first j go to Carranza authorities and obtain ; permission. ! "This information is passed down I the line." the witness said, "and Car ? ranzistas who receive the information "waylay the paymasters. Roney was a ' heavily built man. resembling in many ways the paymaster of the ?guila com ! paiiy who left Tampico the same day j that Roney and his tom;.anion set out. j Roney evidently was mistaken for the ?guila company official and was slain ! by Carranzistas under the impression ! that he carried a large sum of money. [ Half an hour later the ?guila paymas [ ter arrived and discovered the bodies. "We Americans in Tampico received ? the bodies and guarded them," Britt ; declared, "because when James Wallace ! was killed, in November, the Mexicans ; poutvd te'iuila on his body and down I the dead American's throat to make it , appear that he had been killed in a ! drunken brav. 1. ; "We didn't, want a repetition of i this," the witness continued. "Ameri? cans stood guard until an American , physician arrived to assist in the in j quest." Palaez Paid $30,000 a Month Senator Fall, by ?questioning the wit 1 ness, gained the admission that Ameri I can oil companies are paying the Mexi ! can rebel Palaez in excess of $30,000 a i month for protection. Senator Fall ! interpolated and Britt affirmed that ! the transactions with Palaez were be j ing carried out with the consent of the I American State Department. For the j same reason the oil companies were I refusing to conform to Article XXVII : of the'1917 Constitution of Mexico, | the witness said. This provision di? rects that the oil companies should re? nounce ownership of subsurface de ? posits of land bought by companies from Mexican landlords. Mr. Britt suggested that the oil com? panion should close their fields unless the American government supported them in their ll^ht against Article XXVII. "Tampico oil fields are now paying ; the running expenses of the whole ; Mexican Republic," the witness as? serted, "ami it represents pure graft . ; on the part of Cfbrera and Carranza." Pioneer Oil Man Exile I Mr. Britt said Edward Doln'ny the , man who even mortgaged bis home and I his wife's jewels years ago to develop : the first oil well in Tampico, does not . dare to return to the region to-day "be? cause his life wouid not last twenty four hours." Doheny is president of the Huasteca Oil Company. "Any man who goes into Mexico de? serves everything he can get out of it," the witness continued. "And he doesn't deserve some things he gets out of it," observed Senator Smith. Mr. Britt described the rigors of travel on the Mexican railroads, whore trains are inadequately protected by "children and aged men in the guise of Carranza soldiers." The witness said ' he, luckily, had escaped two "blow up" recently on the San Luis Potssi-Tam pico line. He declared there had been an epidemic of robbery of American horns in Tampico. Burglars had entered 1 , his home twice, h eaaid, taking the first Continued on next page Fiume Agreement Accepted by Italy PARIS, Jan. 14.-?The project for an agreement on the Adriatic question has been accepted by Italy. It also has been handed to the Jugo-Slavs, who have for? warded the text of the accord by telegraph to Belgrade. A reply is expected by Friday. Ratification ?Basis Sought I By End of Week i I Both Parties Planning Get Together Conference of Senators to Push Final ! Compromise on Treaty New York Tribune Washington Bureau j WASHINGTON. Jan. 14.?Negotia : tions in the Senate for a compromise i on tiie peace treaty were continued to j day with the view of having Demo ! crats and Republicans who want a j compromise meet the latter part of this ; week to work out a basis of ratifica ' tion. 1 Senators Hitchcock, Underwood and Lodge will not be asked to attend, it : was said, as the Senators behind the '. movement for the conference do not ; want the leaders in the treaty contro? versy to have anything to do with the 1 get-together movement. Senator Kenyon, acting lor the Re? publicans who want a compromise, cir? culated a petition on his side of the j Senate calling for the meeting. It was i signed by eight Senators. Senator Owen, at whose home the meeting of , Democratic Senators wa.s held last j Sunday, circulated a similar petition ?among the Democrats. The Senators on both sides of the ?chamber who favor ratification of the j treaty will sit around a taole. it its j planned, and freely discuss reserva? tions that can be accepted by sixty 'four Senators. | Silent on Conference ? Senator Lodge conferred with Senu ? tors Underwood and Owen to-day. ?None of the Senators would discuss ?the conference, but the Uomocratic j Senators-said that Senator Lodge had I told them he \vould not accept any j compromise that called for a modifica : tion of the principle of the reserva? tion to Article X that was adopted by (the Senate. ; The action taken by the Democratic : Senators at the leadership caucus to , morrow will influence future negotia j tions. Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, who ?has been leading the Administration \ forces in the Senate treaty fight, and i Senator Underwood, of Alabama, are. : the candidates for the position of per? manent Democratic leader of the Sen? ate to succeed the late Senator Thomas S. Martin, of Virgin'a. Should Senator Hitchcock be elected ? advocates of a compromise believe that ; an agreement would be delayed and ? that negotiations could not be conclud ; ed for many weeks. Senator Hitchcock i has stepped in during the informal ne . gotiations that have been under way j and has insisted that the Democrats do i nothing in the way of a compromh-e ; unless it first receives the sanction of President Wilson. The Republicans 1 have informed the Democrats that they ; will not compromise on any such basis. Plan to Hasten Action Senator Underwood's election, Re ! publican friends of the treaty believe, ? would hurry a compromi.se. The Ala ; baraa Senator has declared in the Sen ? ate that he is willing to make an ; agreement on any basis in order to ; get the treaty ratified without rn>rr. i delay and has informed his Democratic ? colleagues that he believes the Senat?3 I should act first ufttir the Democrats '? have secured the best bargains they 1 could on reservations, and then submit ! the result to the President. j The leadership election will be close. ! While both Senators claimed to-night ! to have a majority, neither appeared ' to be overconfident, and Republicans ! who have watched the progress of the contest declared that the result is in ' doubt. Three or four Democratic Sen ! ators who have not announced their ! position will swing the result, the Re ? publicans said. There wa3 a drift to-day toward : Underwood, because of his stand on the ? treaty situation, but the managers of | his campaign would not claim any last minute changes of Hitchcock supporters I going over to him. j A studied effort will be made by the ? Democratic Senators to keep the com i promise negotiations from coming up ; for discussion at the caucus. There 1 was almost a unanimous prediction to ! day that the treaty will not be men j tioned ?t the meeting. Carter Glass, who has been appointed . to the Senate from Virginia, but who ! has not yet left the position or Secre ; tary of the Treasury to be sworn in for , his new duties, will attend the caucus to-morrow and vole in the leadership election, it was said to-night. .... ? ???? Retail Clothiers Told To EliminatejProfiteer j "Let No Guilty Man Escape," Is Demand Made Before Na? tional Association CHICAGO, Jan. 14.?A demand that "all carda be placed face up? on the table and the man found guilty of profiteering eliminated" was voiced to? day by Fred Voitland, of Topeka, Kan., before the National Association of Re ; tail ClothierB. "Prices or money," he said, "do not ? go. up or down, hut are put up or put down. You clothiers are on trial. Go to the manufacturer of cloth, find out what a suit of clothes costs him and i what he makes from it. Use this as a I basis to find out who is profiteering. Let no guilty man ??cap**" Noske Made Commander in Chief of Greater Ber? lin District; Ban Is Put on All Public Meetings Sale of "Red Flag" Also Is Prohibited ! New Uprising Feared To? day on Anniversary of Dr. Libknecht's Death LONDON, Jan. 14.?Renter'sBer? lin correspondent under to-day* jdate says it is s?mi-officiaUy an? nounced and seems to be finally es? tablished that forty-two persons ?were killed and 105 wounded in the ?fighting yesterday before the Reichs jtag building. The police were finally (compelled to throw bomDs among ?the rioters, causing a panic in which j many were .struck by bullets, and numbers, including many women, ?were trampled under foot. BERLIN, Jan. 14 (By The Asso? ciated Press).?The government last ?night proclaimed martial law in nil i sections of Germany, because of the ?mob demonstration this afternoon, tin which at least thirty persons ?were killed and 100 others were j wounded by machine gun lire from ! guards in front of the Reichstag | Building. Noske ?Given Full Power ? Gustav Noske, the Minister of De? fense, has been appointed com? mander in chief for the greater i Berlin district and Brandenburg Province. Street parades, meetings ? and demonstrations of all kinds hav.> been prohibited. The sale of "Dje ! Freiheit" and the "Red Flag" have 1 i been forbidden. Premier Bauer created a sensation ] in the Assembly to-day when he d? j dared jpjtneBses were available to . prove that independent members of ? ?? ? Assembly went to the west window of j the Reichstag yesterday during j rioting and motioned to the mob to I como on. The Prussian Minister of 'he h terior, Dr. Heine, specifically chargi ?? j that Louise Zietz and Friedrich Zuibei?, I independent Deputies, went to th*? ? south entrance of the Reichstag an;?i j beckoned to the mob to enter th? n The Social Democratic party h^? , issued an appeal to its members no? i | allow themselves to be provoked by ? dependent and communist "wire pull ,' ers, who are directly responsibh the bloodshed, a.n.d want to continu? playing an unscrupulous game witl i human lives." I The appeal asks whether the workers ; will permit national repr?sent?t ion to ! be placed under terrorism, and tell j them the German nattor; can h<- saveft j from complet?.- destruction only by j work. ) Level minded citizens of Berlin rail I for governmeni measures to preven! ? further riots, especially those dreaded ?in connection with the celebration - i Thursday of the anniversary >.\ the death of Dr. Liebknecht and Ros? Luxemburg. Police Absolv<ed From Blame "The Vorw?rts" editorially declares that, according to all reports, t.h< lice showed the utmost patience in th< I rioting of Tuesday and did not fire until ten policemen had been severely wounded. It asserts that Dr. Heii Prussian Minister of the Interior, ; Chief of Police Ernst personally con , trolled the police, and adds that n? I - - the government nor its organs were, re ! sponsible for the bloodshed. ?'The aim of the. criminal elements, 1 however." it says, "was achieved, s> 1 | the workers were increasingly stirred , by the bloodshed. The responsibility ; will be on the heads of those why -? r lessly led innocent people into ?langer . of destruction." All the Rightist papera ai:o suppo-t .the government and welcome the proc lamation of martial law. The Conser? vative paper-- regret that the measure was not applied sooner by way of pro i caution, and for this reason shift the responsibility for the bloodshed to th? government. | Mob Organized by Extremists i The mob which made the r'emor.stra ition wa.i organized by extremists as a. ' protest against the Industrial Council I bill now before the National Assembly, began to gather yesterday morning !'?>' noon every street leading to the Tii r 1 garten was crowded with people carry? ing red flae/s and placard?. Antic a demonstration before the Reic building the authorities liad ?urroui 'td the building with Public Security Guards an?! machine gunners, ??"w'> ;barred approach to the edifice. A- 1 i passed the crowd was joined by ing tram employees, and soon inflam? matory speeches were begun by ... tors. When the National Assembly con? vened at 3 o'clock trie crowr1 surrou: d ing the building was estimated at 40, 000 and new delegations of wn I ' people carrying red flags ar.d banners inscribed with the words: "Al! Power to the Soviets,-' continued to arri\?.. Troop I reinforcements in huge moto? trui :ks i were added to the guards on duty, but ? only one arrest had been mud.' Bin? ? ' noon. ThiC man taken into custody is ; said to have shouted "Down v;<a j Noske." Attempts were made by the guanis quietly to disperse the mob, but it wa ; : heedless of warnings from the police. . At last the meb, regardless of the ma ? chine gunners and other defenders ef | the building, mad*, a rush against the . j police lines, trying to disarm the guards and disable the machine guns. Pavement Littered With Dead When it was seen the mob could not . i be checked in any other way, fire wa? . I opened on it. The shooting was at i o?os? range and ?the ?pace in front oi