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Vol. LXXIX No. 26,734
First to Last- the Truth: News . Editorials Advertisements
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Nrw York Tribune Inp.J
MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1920
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W EA.TH E B
Fair and continued cold to-day. To?
morrow increasing: cloudiness and
warmer: moderate northeast
to southeast winds.
- Full K?rport on Pace 16
TWO CENTS
\ In Grrater New York anil
[within loinmiilinc dixtanri??
THREE CENTS
Elsewhere
Citv Appeals
For Nurses in
flu Epidemic
?few Cases Total 2,853,1
Increase of 49-1; Deaths
Total 105; Trained At?
tendants Are Needed
Forecast "Peak"
Of Attack Feb. 15
"Staggered'* Hours in Ef- '
feet 1 A. VI. To-morrow
to Decrease Crowding;
In New York City yesterday 10?
persons died of pneumonia and in?
fluenza. In the twenty-four-hour
period ending at 10 o'clock in the *
norning. 2,855- new cases of in
?jaer.za were reported to the Health
Department, 494 move than were
listed in the twenty-four hours pre?
ceding.
On the corresponding day (October
() of the lyiS epidemic, 782 fewer
cases were reported, but on that
d?ythere were 155 deaths from the i
-alady, fifty more than were rep> ,
irtered yesterday. Basing his state
?sent on these figures. Dr. Royal S.
'"opeland, the Health Commissioner,
?eclared that the present invasion is
?,LPSSfatal than last year's visitation.
i New Ca-ses Reported
The "peak" of the 1918 epidemic
was not reached until October 27,
tod this would correspond to Feb
ruary 15 this year. On that October ?
; ay S20 persons died in New York
City of influenza and pneumonia,
;nd for nine days the deaths aver?
aged more than 75',' each day.
New cases of influenza an.l pneu
loonia were reported by boroughs yes?
terday r.s follows :
Infi-i?::..;?.. Pneumonia.
Bnrough. Cases. Deaths. Cases. Deaths.
Manhattan ..... 1,: 7 ? 17 177 47
Bronx . . 371 '.' S fi
Brooklyn . i'.?'i : 1 153
iueens. 120 V.
Richmoii'.l ,....," 15
Totals.2,855 : ? 336
Grand totals since
January 1.... 8,739 "' ' 3.187 1.009
At 1 o'clock to-morrow morning the
emulations governing "staggered"
opening- and closing hours for many
lines of industry, department stores,
theaters a;id picture show houses be
:ome effective. The purpose is to re
?ince e?nigestion in the subwa> s, on
"L" roads and in surface street cars by
?Uttening the "peak" of the transit!
.o?d.,
Shortage of Nurses Feared
When : is. is accomplished, the
;reate3t problem confronting the com
naity, according to Dr. Copeland, will
'?'. a shortage of nurses. There are
'ght telephone op? rators on duty at
'Worth^OO" receiving calls for nurses.
?by person desiring to obtain the serv?
al of a trained or a pracfical at
tod-ant for a stricken relative or
-riend should call that number. All
4? nursing organizations of New York
'?ive beer, linked up with the Health
Dwartment in the fight to control the
epwemic.
Nurses, if ? ??? ined, will be paid SO a
i?y, or 7."? cent ? v.r. hour; practical
tarses (untrained . $4 a day. Ii the
"st.er.t-: or their families cannot a.;
fwdtheexpci e, payment will be made
Kmnptly out o? city funds at the dis?
posal o? Dr. Copeland. Charles !..
Xohler, secretary of the Board o?
?with, sent 500 telegrams yesterday to
?tarses who have at one time or an?
other registered themselves with the
H?j'.th Department, asking them to re
fwt for duty.
Offers of aid can e from mai y nurses
??n>,g outside of New York. A woman
?siding in Maryland wired that she
T'j prepare?; to come on and bring with
;fr a woman skilled '.:i practical nurs
~?. Ur. Cop? land accepted this offer
*f telegrrapl.
Illustrating the ihort .?? of attend
?wts, Dr, Copeland thai he had
*oty reque :? to .vhich he was unable
?? respor.-i. As one means o increa
'Xthe staff he ?? ked al - osp t? Is and
?-ys:ciai - to ;.'. tpone operations not
5- an ?merg re in ordei to
?*J> beds and nui ?? - free I oi epidemic
^ Dr. ('ope ; '. (.: .?? ;. |y all mem
?*?'? of ? ... .?i ? on duty ;? ?? ter
-:? In the , ? there was a con
? <::x<: on ? ? ? nui ng situation. TI i
"' ?took ?. ?? 7.? ... Mi? - i\nnie Good
??'. Feacl ? ? Co eg? ; M ; bs Rebecca
?ts, a so al r? ctor ol the Henry
''-?'?'. Sel ? an1 M I abelle riva: j,
??sing *<?.-?. ce, American Ked Cross,
v- ?secretary of Nursing Emergency
J'-'-r ; Mis, } abetl Gregg, super
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??table D ???? ?, and Mit h W. Roth
"" ?''?? ?'.?.'-. tend? ni of nur - I, Bu
:i*a of ( : .
Another Conference To-day
???tre r- to be a mor? general con
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7 Die, Many Hurt
In Canadian Wreck
Sleeper of Vancouver Ex
press Is Telescoped in
Crash Near North Bay
NORTH BAY, Ont., Jan. 25.?Seven
and possibly eight persons are dead and
a large number injured as the result of
a collision to-day between two sections
of the Canadian Pacific; express for
Vancouver. The accident occurred about
eleven miles east of this city. The
temperature at the scone of the wreck
was 30 degrees below zero.
The rear sleeper of the first section,
which was stalled, was telescoped by
the locomotive of the second section."
The only names of the dead available
to-nifjht were those of Mrs. Peam and
her two young sons, who were on their
way to Calgary. The boys wore killed
outright and Mrs. Peam succumbed
later.
The hospital cases include Miss Dor?
othy Kean, Mr. and Mrs. Klenne and
Mrs. Klenne sr., and a bridal pair
whoBe names have not been learned.
MONTREAL, Jan. 25.?An officiai
statement issued to-night by the '
( anadian Pacific travo the names of ?
four of the persons killed in the wreck
near North Hay, Ont., as Mrs. Susan '
Peden, of West Vancouver; her sons, .
Wallace and Hugh Peden, and Mr. Til- |
ley, of Winnipeg. Among those in?
jured were two Americans, George
Rasmussen, of Seattle; internal in?
juries; and Miss Dorothy Skeene, of
Los Anhelos. Cal., internal injuries.
An official statement issued by the
Canadian Pacific Railway after' mid?
night to-night stated that *o\on per?
sons had been killed in the collision,
and tiiat there was a possibility that
an eighth unidentified person had also
perished. In addition to the names
already made public, a revised list of I
the dead includes Dr. J. W. Chambers,
Calgary; ?.? Beale, son of K. 1!.
Peale, Vancouver, and C. Simmons.
sleeping car conductor, Montreal.
Ebert and INoske Lose
Suit Against Editor
_ ~
President and Minister Objected
lo Being Caricatured as
Animals
BERLIN, .Ian. ":?. President. Ebert j
and CTustav Noske, Minister ol' Defense, |
yesterday lost their suit a-ainst the
editor of the "Satyr," a humorous
weekly, which had cartooned the niem
bers of the Cabine'., in the shape of
different animals, labelling the collec?
tion, "Our Menagerie." The President
and the Minister of Defense were the
only members of the government to
bring suit.
The defendant ha?! several Berlin
editors and authors subpoenaed as wit?
nesses, among them being Count von
Reventlow of the "Tages-Zeituiig," and
George Bernhard of the "Vossische
Zeitung." He charged that President
Ebert's mode of living was far from
"Spartanlike" in its simplicity, and
that the President was not showing
the measure of reserve to be expected]
of a German executive in the presen;
situ?t ?on.
Both Herr Ebert and Herr \'osk<?,
the defendant testified, had in fact
permitted themselves to be photo?
graphed in hat hing trunks and had
s'j^t,re.,ti'-d the cartoon, while editors
called upon to give evidence declared
they failed to discover anything par?
ticularly objectionable in the cari
cal ures.
The court gave it-; decision m favor
of the defendant editor after declar?
ing "picayunishness out of place in
modern Germany, in which freedom is
supposed to reign."
President Ebert was cartooned as a
wild boar, Herr Noske as an ape, and
Mathias Erzberger, the Finance Min?
ister, as a chameleon.
Former Pugilist Shot;
Two Assailants Escape
Willie Lewis Falls in Phone
Rooth Willi Wounds in Leg,
Groin and Left Side
Willie Lewis, former pugilist, was
,? three times last evening in the
cabaret of which he is manager, at ?>2 i
East fourteenth Street. Two men fled
from the place and the few natrons
there made no efforl to stop them. De?
tect;'.?-. Stapleton and Stabucci, of the
Mercer Street statitfi, have been fur
:?.: he d with descriptions of the pair.
The shooting occurred al 9 o'clock,
before the cabaret performance got un?
der way. Lewis was in a telephone
booth neat the room in which the pcr
., me ' were di ?? sing. George Berger,
. caK] ?, .. heard the shuts and saw
? , .-.,, men flee, lie found the former
fig) ter Iving on ; he floor.
??I ., : .. thoy got mc this time,"
Lewis ga .,?? d. ,
An ambulance took him to St. \ m
cent's Hospital, where it was said that
; i had been <hot in the left leg, the
el ?. groin and the ?? ft side. The last
two wounds are said to be serious.
Berger said thai he knew of no one
with whom Lewis had quarreled.
?
Germans Loudly Protest
Surrender of Guilty
Cries of "Revenge!" at Mass
Meeting Answered bv "Not
\?M.' Not Yet!"
BERLIN, Jan '.'.V A ma mei ling
,; prole ? agaii I;:' exl radii ion b>
tj,,. Allies of Gi rman who are want? ?I
foi trial was held to-day by patriotic
. ociel ie in th? < i reu < Bu ? h. A large
crowd attended. Margan I B? hm, Con
,., val ?ve me; iber of 'i-.' A ?emhly, one
of the ?- peak? ; , v/ii i interi upted by
crien o? "revenge, revenge." "Not yet,
, ,,. ..,., - he r? plied. "Be pal icnt."
A National Liberal member of the
A uembly declared that although the
peace treaty obligated Germany to sur?
render the denied men the promise
wan null and void before (Ik- "Supreme
Judge "
#
Clemenceau May Gel Auto
France Urged in Give Ex-Pre?
mier <ar He Used in War
PARIS, Jan, 25. The newspaper
. "Intraniigcanl" to-day proposes that
retiring Premier Clemenceau be pre
. ,,.,?, w?th the automobile that he
u , .j dm (ng fi i admini ?tral mm. rather
.., .,-,'h a country houi < . as hud be? n
prono ? 'i "i othui r|uart? i ,
?? i,< riewi V'C,i' ' poi"> oui I hat while
u ( |,,|fie iicea-i 'Ii.-.lii ? 'I autoi lob lu
before the war, he had made great U e
' of them during the war und had </r'?wr
? tO Ilk') t?1Mft tJUUU?U?<tl*.
$50,000 for
Assassins of
Irish Police
Lord French Offers Hugi
Reward as Result o
Murders of Fourteei
Officers Since Jul;
Additional ?3,000
For "Information'
Pardon and Immunit;
Promised to Any Wh<
Turn State's Evidena
New York Tribun?
European Bureau
(Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Inc
LONDON. Jan. 25.?Viscount Frrncl
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to-dny ir
augurated the. first of r?verai stron
measures which the government ha
planned for eradication of the crim
wave in which Ireland popularly is sai
to be engulfed.
Dublin this morning was plastere
with posters bearing a proclamatio
from Dublin Castle, the seat of th
Crown in Ireland, announcing that th
Lord Lieutenant offers a reward o
$50,000 for information given withi
three months such as shall lead t
the conviction o? any persons guilty o
the murder of the fourteen police ol
ficers who have been shot down sine
last July. A further reward of S.-..0?
is offered for secret information cal
eulated lo lead to the convict.on o
the criminals.
Immunity .?Viso Promised
A free pardon and immunity ar
promised to uersons concerned m o.
privy to the murders, but not actuall;
guilty of committing them, who wil
turn state's evidence. The proclama
tion says the government guarantee:
to informers "the special protection o
the crown in any part of his majesty':
dominions."
The latter phrase expresses the gov
ernment's appreciation of the fact ihn
it will be advisable for whoever ex
poses the actual murderers to emigrati
hastily.
Considering the present temper o
the majority of the people in the dis
tricts where the murders occurred i
is doubtful whether the Castle prcclu
mation will meet the success desire?
for it. The Irish ceb?is have an under
ground vendetta unexcelled in anj
country. Their resources are uni imite?
and the dealings with "tattlers" wouh
be vengeance swift and sure.
The daring man who will public];
accise any of the murderers, most o
whom are well known to many peopl
of Ireland, will require every ounce o
the promised "special protection o
the cj-own" to save him.
Possible Informants -Numerous
It is conceded that the offer of a re
ward of $50,000 is extraordinary, anc
its size may Hue several claimants ti
run the risk. Certainly the numbe
of persons who could earn the reward
il' they would, is almost, unlimited.
At least, six of the fourteen murder
listed in to-day's proclamation wer?
not instigated, or committed by Sim
Fehlers, and it is possible that the per
sons guilty in these ease-, may be ??:-.
posed. Bui Sinn Fein is m no mood t?
;.id th" government ?;; its prosecutioi
of this type of criminal, since, bk'.arr.
as it sounds, the shooting of police
men undoubtedly is regarded as legiti
mat?.' warfare against a proclaime?
enemy by no small percentage of th?
lawless population. Sinn Fein's answe
to the proclamation is expected to em
body this point ol' view.
Lord French's move is of the natun
of an attempt to divide a rebellious
house againsl itself, as the police an?
military aie obviously powerless t<
suppress crime, which has become mor?
and more frequent in the last year
Other government measures are to/In
expected shortly, as the recent occur
rence al Thurles, in Tipperary, when
the military themselves got out o
hand and shot, up the town, was an ap
preciable warning to Dublin Castle oh":
cials that matters no longer can I?.
allowed to follow their own course.
Aims to Avoid Coercion
I' is the one desire of the govern
nient to avoid excessive coercion, sine?
the state ol' affairs in Ireland lo-daj
will not permit this without bringinj
th" country to the brink of that "opei
rebellion" in which Ireland is inac
curately sau! to he at the present lime
bul into which event- might eusih
drive her.
\\'h<?n The Tribune (?.ne-pondent
visited Visco.unt French recently at
tlie Viceregal Lodge, he received th?
definite impression that, the lord lieu?
tenant considers that tin? only stale ol
war existing in Ireland to-day moal
Sim: F?iners insist thai, the country i
in a state of war is between tin.
forces of order and the outlaws.
THURLES, Ireland. Jan. 2:,. - Ann
bishop Ilarty, m the Thurles Cathedra
to-day, denounced the recent crimes ii
Ireland, . a;, ing :
"During the last week shocking event:
nave occurred in Thurles and neighbor
hood. Armed raids mi police barracks
the willful murder of a constable am
an attack by the police on ?yndefendec
and inoffensive homes call for universa
condemnation and reprobation.
"it is most horrible and shockint
that anybody should commit murde
::i cold blood. It is also shocking Ilia
a number ol' police, whose special ?lut;
it is to protect iit'e and property, shouh
engage in an orgy ol' violence ami en
danger the live- of man> innocent peo
pie, v. mien and children, as well as men
"With all the authorit?, I can com
mand I condemn th< :??? crimes as amos
grave violation of the laws of Cod."
LIMERICK, Jan. 25. lie police bar
racks at M urine, occupied by eig'.i
constables, was attacked after inn!
night by about forty armed men. Th?
two parties exchanged shots for >
couple ol' hours. The raiders vainlj
I ried to bomb th?' building, but final];
decamped on the approach of the mil i
tary. So far as known nobody was m
jur? d.
? *\
Volunteers Hun Railways
ROME, Jan. 25.?Volunteers are re
(?ponding to u call to check the rail
way strike.
A list of volunteers already at woi
includes twenty engine drivers, sevenl
stokcis, thirtj live ? tal mn ?mauler?'
i ,. brakemen, sixty elect i iciani
liftj engineer?;, lifty chauffeurs, sixt;
technical utudi nU and 700 other pel
l sons who ar'? employed ?s clerk1
guard? and ticket collectors.
The Tribune's Platform Contest
The first planks and letters in The
Tribune's Republican Platform Con?
test will be found on Page 7 of to
| day's paper.
Coolidge Says
He Won't Seek
Nomination
Does Not Forbid Presenta?
tion of Name at Chicago,
but He Will Not Fight
for Bay State Delegation
| 'Greed for Power a Curse'
i Massachusetts Governor De
elares He Will Not Let
Office Be Manipulated
?
BOSTON'. Jan, 25. Governor Tool
idge of Massachusetts declare?.! to- |
day that he was not and never had
been a candidate for President, and
that he would not enter a contest for
the .Massachusetts delegation to the
Republican National Convention. He
did not say that he would oppose the
I presentation of Ins name at Chicago,
| but was emphatic in his assertion that
| he would not uermit the imputation
?iiat he had used the oflice of Governor
to promote hi-; own Interests through;
th<- selection of delegates.
In a formal statement for the press
Governor Coolidge said that the curse '
I of the pi?-ent was "(he almost uni
( v? rsal grasping for power." For him
] self he was not insensible to the honor ;
: sought for him by others, but the ?ef?
forts of his friends did not conten?-'
plate a contest for delegates in his
own state. Inasmuch as "some Massa?
chusetts people" intended to make one,
the question arose whether he ought io
i permit a contest in his name. He an?
swered the question in the negative.
Text of the Governor's Statement
The Governor's statement follows:
"The limes require of men charged
with public responsibility a singleness,
of purpose. The curse of the present
fis the almost universal grasping for
power in high places and in low to the
I exclusion of the discharge of obliga-.
tions. It is always well for men to
walk humbly.
j "The treat office of Governor of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts has
j been twice conferred upon me. Thexe
- i i no higher position or honor in the
gift of her people. There is only one
higher honor in the gift of the people of
the nation. For that office my name has
been proposed by men whose judgment ,
entitles their decisions to great re?
spect, and theii proposal has not been
unsupported by a most respectable
public approval. For all this 1 am
deeply appreciative with an apprecia?
tion which words aione cannot expr?s;.
There must be acts to correspond.
"1 have never said i would become
u candidate 'for President. I have
never ace -pted, unless by silence, ef
. forts made by statesmen of more 'ban
. nationa1 reputation to present my
name to the convention. I have made
it plain 1 could not .-,. ?-k this office.
"Soiie weeks ago it was represented
to me thai certain forces in Massaehu- '
setts desired t.? support me. No con?
test for delegates has ever been con?
templated. 1 have had no purpose to
I enter such contest. The probable out?
come of a contest need not be con-:
sidered at all. It is enough to know
thai some Massachusetts people intend
to make one. The question is whether
1 oughl to Derm it a contest in my name
i'o." delegal? .'. in my own state.
Puts People Before Himself
??! have taken no position from which
I need to withdraw. I do not wish to
embarrass any one. I have a great
desire to walk humbly and discharge
m/y obligations. My paramount obli?
gation is not to expose the great of
i lice o: Governor but to guard and pro
;.. et it. The people are eut ?tied Io
know that their office is 'to be ad?
ministered not for my benefit out for
their benefit, and that 1 am not placing
myself in any position where any
other object could be inferred. There
1 must be no imputation, however un?
founded, that I permit their office Io
? be used anywhere for manipulative
purposes. ! cannot consent to have
their office taken into any contest for
delegates in my own state. I have nol
been, and I am Ilot, a candidat?- foi
. President.
??J do nol ?retend lo be insensible to
the high honor that the mention of
my name has brought me. The sup?
port of the people has touched me.
l-'or all this i inn not lacking in
gratitude.
"Hut the great fact remains that it
is u time to counsel not with desire
but with duty. My duty, clear, plain.
unequivocal, is to the people of
Massachusetts, to Massachusetts, un?
afraid, orderly, patriotic American, in
the discharge of every ?Jim. an :x
ample to the nation."
?lias ?vi?s Three Babio
Furnace Fumes Believed to
Have Caused Death
Three babies, five, twelve and thir?
teen ?lays old, died yesterday morning
in the "nursery of the Melba Sani
? ?ilium, a maternity hospital, at 302
McDonougli Street, Brooklyn. It is
? thought they were suffocated by c?al
gas. though the cause will not be
definitely determined until Dr. Charles
Wuest, Kings County Medical Ex
? , amincr, has performed autopsies. The
babies were girls and wen- listed
i merely under the surnames and ad
i dress?s of their parents, as follows:
Kaplan, ?"17 South Ninth Street;
' Critehter, 7J5 Lott Avenue, Richmond
Hill, and Weinstein, 'Kill Wyona Street.
Dr. Wuest said the nursery is in the
??s?ment of the sanitarium and that
a door connects the nursery with the
furnace room. If this door were left
open on a windy day, he said, it would
have been possible for fumes from the
- furnace to reach the nursery.
Spain Records Farthquake
.. MADRID, .Ian. ?'' The ohs rvutorj
,,i Toledo iias is.? ued :? communiqu?
,' ?tating thai al .? o'clock Saturday aftcr
v-' noon the instrumi nl ; al ' be obi erva
lory rocorch il n seismic disturbance al
t> nn estimated distance of approximately
27 G mil.??.
.
WoocTsChaiiees
Benefited by
Hoover Boom
General's Friends Say Senti?
ment Among Democrats
for Former Food Chief Is
Arousing the Republicans
Need a Popular Candidate
Professional Pol it ie Lin s Are
Losing Idea of Railroad?
ing a Man Into the Chair
By Theodore M. Knappen
New York Tribune
Washington Burean
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.?General
Wood's adherents appear to consider
that the Hoover boom is putting steam
into the Wood boom. Their reasoning
is that Hoover has no chance for the
Republican nomination, but that a
growing sentiment for him unions the
Democrats would force the Republican
party leaders >o abandon the idea that
any Republican can be elected this
year and cause them to give mor?? def?
erence to a candidacy which some of
them are now trying to head off,
One of the original Wood sponsors
to-day canvassed the relations of the
Hoover boom to the announcement of
General Wood's prospects as follows:
"There is no denying that, a big ma?
jority of the Republican national com
mi'.teemen are now opposed to Wood,
and 1 think that is Hue of most of the
practical party politicians. Your pro?
fessional politicians arc always for n
strong party man. with a record of
work and association with the party
machine, for the Presidential or any
other nomina t ion.
Wood an Amateur
'"They want, a President whom they
can talk to and do'business with, and
they can't count on that privilege with
any except a man who has risen from
the ranks through the r?gulai- grades
ot party organization.
"Nobody questions General \\ ocd's
sincere Republicanism, but in the
nature of his career it has not been
possible for him to be a working Re?
publican and tin? professionals don't
like the prospect oi an amateur becom?
ing President. So. though they realize
that General Wood is the popular
favorite, they have begun the old game
of littering up the field with favorite
sons with a view to manipulating the
convention in the good old way and
putting over a candidate not especially
desired by the rank and file of the
party.
"This time-honored proceeding has
so far been favored by the conviction
that anybody the Republicans may
nominate will have a sure ticket of
admission to the Whit?? House.
"There .was nothing to disturb this
view until the Hoover boom came
along. Now tin- parly leaders are be?
ginning to feel that perhaps then; is a
possibility that the Democrats might
nominate Hoover and turn ;?. procession
into a smart race.
"The result is that already they are
nu.re disposed to coi sider nominating a
popnlar than a 'safe'man. This tends to
break the ranks of the professionals
and send some o? ; hem to the Wood
culms. The Wood boom has a lot ol
power, but its steering gear lias not
been equal to its power."
Hoover Looks a Winner
?in the Democratic professionals the
Hoover boom is having a far more pro?
found effect than they are willing to
admit at this time. They don't coz? n
to Hoover, for much the same casons
that most of the Republican wheel
horses do not like the Wood candidacy.
With them there is the further un?
pleasantness that Hoover is not only
not a Democratic professional, but not
even an amateur being, on the record,
a Republican. But while the Repub?
lican party leaders have hitherto con?
sidered a Republican nomination equiv?
alent to election, the Democratic lead?
ers have felt that their nomination
i would be a certa':', prelude to defeat.
They don't like Hoover, but they do
like victory, and Hoover begins to look
to them like a possible winner. As
long ago as January 8, when the Dem?
ocratic National Committee met here,
it was discovered that two of the com
niitteemen were openly for Hoover, and
at that time the Hoover 'boom was only
a mild boomlet.
It is a maxim with Democratic na?
tional leaders that no Democrat can be
elected President without Republican
votes. As a party the Democrats are
always in the minority everywhere out?
side the Southern states except, on
sonic election day-.
Consequently, Democratic strategy
' behind the scenes always concerns
itself with the selection of issues or of
candidates that, will attract the weak
kneed Republicans who make up about
73 per cenl of the independent vote,
winch has a v. ay of calling itself Re?
publican 364 or even .'!?'."? days in the
year and voting the Democratic ticktet
at times.
With this sort of Republi? ai - in
mind, the Democratic professionals are
gravely contemplating the Hoover boom.
Two Rescued From Hudson
Policeman Sa^es Men After ?Mo?
tor Truck Plui?ges Into River
A live ton motor truck full of snow
plunged mi?, the Hudson River yester?
day near Thirty-fourth Street, carrying
with it John Garvey, the driver, and
Dover Gilbert, a checker.
Patrolman Gentner, of the West
Thirty-seventh Street police station,
heard the shouting on the pier and ran
up. Cutting the reins of a horse in
the line of snow carts, he flune one end
i?f the long strap to the men in the
water and Garvey and Gilbert were
h i tiled out.
They were taken to Helle; un |{,i ?.
pita!. Garvey lives at ?'>'>'> Eleventh
! Avenue, and Gilbert nt 2E5 High Street
Paterson, N. J.
Bolsheviki Capture U. S.
Engineers and Red Cross;
Poland Mobilizes Armies
Warsaw in Fear of In?
vasion When Bolslieviki
Mass 1.200,000 Men
in Menaee on Border
'American Monev
Sough 1 in Crisis
Defenders Have 710,000
Badly Equipped Troops ;
"Red*" Cavalry in Persia
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 25.?The
Polish Cabinet has signed a mobiliza
? tion order, says a Warsaw report
published by the "Politiken" to-day.
The measure was taken, according to
the dispatch, because of the Bolshe?
vik advance.
LONDON, Jan. 25. A ?virelesi me -
sage from Warsaw, undated, gives a I
Bolshevik rumor that "Red" cavalry
have entered Persia and India.
IIELS1NGFORS, Jan. 2?. Reports |
from Dorpaf say a revolt has broken
out among- th?> "Red" garrison at Mos?
cow. Another report says the people's
commissaries at Moscow have moved
to Tver, owing to the spread of the |
plague.
AVu? York Trib fit
Waxhiitator, Bureau
WASHINGTON, .la,,. 25. Although
no official information had reached the
government to-night to indicate that
th?> Polish forces had mobilized to
meel tho army of the Bolslieviki, the
unofficial dispatches from Copenhagen
did not create much surprise. It was
recalled that General Tasker 11. Bliss,
who was a member of the American
peace commission, recently warned a
House committee before which he was
.testifying that the next advance of the .
Bolshevik forces might be expected I
against Poland, and urged that the Ad?
ministration's request for a loan of
$150,000,000 to hev and other European
' countries, he granted, so that her peo?
ple, clothed and fo?, would supper- lhe!
armies at the front.
l'oies Pack Artillery
According to the best information I
available here. Poland can put an army
of about 710,000 men in the field against
the Bolslieviki. Unless the Allies lend
military aid this army will be p.eithei
well equipped nor particularly well of
licered. The Poles are understood here
to lack ammunition and artillery. I'lieir
moral.- is good, 'largely because of the
pride they have in their new govern?
ment ami because they are tilled with
the desire to continue existence as a
separate nation, which, they feel, they j
might lose if once '.lies are overrun bj
the Bolslieviki and are swallowed up by
the .Moscow government.
Against this army the Bolslieviki,
American authorities agree, car:
muster possibly 1,200.000 men, a
formidable army, better equipped
and better trained and led than
the Poles. Unless the Allies come
to Poland's aid she is hour..I to have
a hard time against a Bolshevik ad?
vance in the view of observers Jiere,
although they are not yet ready to
believe that the rest of Europe will
leave Poiand lo her fate and run the
danger of having the "Reds" sweep
across her territory to fresh conquests
m the West.
United States Maj Advise Allied Aid
There is little likelihood that the
United States will do more than give
financial assistance for food supplies,
although the administration may de?
termine to suggest to the Allies that
in view of this financial assistance it
:-? up to them to give military aid to
Poland. This already has been pub?
licly declared by General Bliss and.
others connected with the administra?
tion to h?- advisable, but so far as
could be learned to-night has not been
undertaken.
It is the belief here that if the
Bolslieviki are preparing to begin op
oratiohs aga nst Poland it is with the
purpose of endeavoring to forestall
A Hied :.; i itance. ,
Concentration of Bolshevik forces on
the Russo-Polish frontier has been re-:
ported in progress since the <-??'? it of
Admiral Kolchal: in Siberia, the crush?
ing of General Yudenitch southwest of j
Petrograd ami the crippling of Gen?
eral Denikine in south Russia. Sur?
plus Bolshevik troops, n?? longer
needed against once-formidable en
em es, hay, l>? t tl m.i ? sed in ' he v. est
ready for a blow designed to crush
the new Republic of Poland, the most
powerful force now opposing the
"Reds."
Peace Offer Once Pel used
Preparation to meet the expected
attack have been on foot in Poland
since the Warsaw government refused
'aie in December the Bolshevik offer
of peace. Geographical features of the
Polish frontier are ^ai?! by military
observers to make it probable that the
Bolshevik blow will be struck from
the north.
Following conclusion of peace with
Esthonia last month, the Bolshevik
army on the Narva has been strength?
ened by the addition not onh of "Red"
troops from other fronts but by Chi-i
nese regiments, according to reports.
With the first open weather, these
forces are expected to advance toward
Polish ground.
LONDON. .Jan. 25. The Poli.- h Diet
has had tho dec:, ion to raise the
blockade against Russia ander discus-j
on, says a Warsaw wireless mes?
sage. Premier Skulski-deprecated dis?
cussing the matter in the absence of
Foreign Minister Patek. Finally it
was referred to the Foreign Affairs
Committee.
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(labte ?? m II les, ? . ? ' r other \ al u -
call I lie <;<ieiel Morning Girl, i I ? .
I man .I, and IpI Iict Iiimim-i .? n aJverU?e
meni Cor you In la morrow'a Tribune
A?i\ t.
i
New Diamond Field
Stirs South Africa
Biggest Rush in History
of Continent Forecast
When Tlaring ?s Open
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa. Jan.
25.- Tlaring, a waterless, treeless and
virtually gameless desert near Taungs,
in Bechuanaland, promises to be the
scene of the biggest diamond claim
staking rush in South African history.
It is understood that Tlaring will be
proclaimed open tor diamond digging
about March "0.
Amazing- stories are afloat concern?
ing the wonderful richness of the dis?
trict, and prospective diggers from the
Cape to the Zambesi and Mozambique,
and even the Congo, an- preparing to
try their luck in the ?lew held. Despite
warnings of possible failure, men are
abandoning good jobs in various parts
of the country m order to be free to
slake out claims when the proclamation
is issued. Hundreds of women also
are arranging to go to the new dig?
gings.
The governmenl is preparing to cope
with the anticipated rush to Tlaring.
and a township to receive the new
community is being laid out.
Taungs is situated about forty miles
south of Vryburg and about 1 bo miles
north of Kirnberly, the last-named
place famous for its great diamond
mine.
Blizzard-Swept
Po what an Is
Adrift* Leaking
Kesene Vessels "Go After
111 - Fated Transport as
Uer Tow Line Snaps in
Great Storm Off Halifax
The disabled transport Powhatan,
whose passengers wer.? safely landed
here on Saturday from the transport
Northern Pacific, broke loose from her
tow lines yesterday and is drifting help?
lessly in a blizzard some 250 miles
southeast of Halifax.
These tidings cam? here yesterday
through a radio from the cou^t guard
cutter 'Ire-ham. which was following
the Powhatan.
another radio message, intercepted
in Ho-on, -aid that the bulkheads
which kept the Hood of sea water in the
fire ami engine rooms i rom the rest of
the ship were slowly giving way, and
that Uie water was gradually pouring
into the forward section of the dis?
abled ' i an.,poi -,.
Crew Still Aboard
It was said in the message puked up
in Boston that Captain Randall, master
of die Powhatan, was considering the
advisability of sending her crew aboard
the attending vessels and keeping on
board a few volunteers who might
elect to remain with him.
When the Powhatan parted company
with the Northern Pacific, which Look
he r ;.. s >i ngers at 10 p. m. Thursday,
she was *_!!?* miles southeast of Hali?
fax and in tow of the Lady Laurier,
which .v=i - hauling her at a speed of
:';??.ir Knots.
If this towing speed had been main?
tained she would have logged 28a mil? -
and theoretically should have been safe
in the port of Halifax.
Adequate hawsers aiul other tow?
ing paraphernalia were iacking, how?
ever, and no surprise was manifest in
the shipping world last night ? hen
the radio from the Gresham announced
that the disabled transport nad broken
adrift. v
?lunging i?r..ni her position on Thurs?
day night and her position last night
sin had drifted ten miles further from
her coveted haven in Halifax.
On Wednesday, when it was obvious
that the ten-inch manila hawsers were
not capable of susta ning a tow for
any great distance. Captain Randall
asked that adequate towinj, gear be
sent to him. The minesweeper King?
fisher from Woods Hole, Mass., and
the wrecking tug l!?-::?/:' from New
York, were sent to h is as? ; -la:.. ?? I wo
days ago. The Relief reported hy
radio thai she wr.s "going to the
assistance of the Powhatan," but did
not give hei position.
Broke Loose Saturday
The message ?rom Captain Randail
of tn?> Powhatan. intercepted in Bos?
ton, was addressed to the arm;, officers
at Halifax. The skipper said that the
coast guard cutters Gresham and
Acushnet and the Lady ,.aurier were
stai hmg by and that the coast guard
cutter Ossipee was n.-ar. but not in
sight.
The Gresham, m a radio last night,
-aal that the tow ing lines to the Pow?
hatan had halted on Saturday and bad
..a'her prevented replacing them. The
Gresham reported thick snow on Sat?
urday night and an east-northeasl gal?
yesterday. Captain Randall, in a me?
sage sent to this city at 8 p. m. Sat?
urday, gave his position as being 170
m le; sou' hea >1 of Chebucl o Head,
which is at th? entrance of the harbor
of Halifax.
The destroyers [sherwood and Breck
were ordered to proceed from Boston
to the Powhatan at midnight.
Indian Strikers Wounded
Soldiers Fire on Rioters in
Bombav Mill Area
BOMBAY, Ind'ia, Jan. 25.- Disquiet?
ing news from the mill area in the
Bombay presidency, where 200,000 cot?
ton workers went on strike early this
month, reports the tiring by the mili?
tary on a crowd of strikers, causing
l?verai casualties, including one killed.
During the morning, the advices
?tate, the crowds in the district began
holding up .-'nee 'm and other ve?
hicles and compelling the passengers
to alight. Later the strikers became
more riotous and the military, aftei
giving warning, it was declared, were
compelled to fire.
'
Colonel Blunt. With 7
Men and an American
Woman and Entire Pol?
ish A r m y Prisoners
! Foreign Missions
Arrive in Harbin
Record Shows f\o "Blunt*
in Siberia; Chita Story
Believed To Be Garbled
CHITA, East Siberia, Jan. 19 (Via
Harbin, Manchuria, Jan. 20) (By
The Associated Press? (Relayed).?
Colonel lllunt and seven other Amer?
ican engineers, Miss Ford, Captain
Charette and several other members
of the American Red Cross and an
entii'e Polish army, composed of for?
mer prisoners, have been captured by
[the Bolsheviki at Kiuchinskaya, Si?
beria, according to a garbled tele?
gram re?oive?! from Joseph H. Kay.
former .American Consul at Irkutsk.
The dispatch from Mr. Ray was sent
from somewhere beyond Nizhniudinsk
January 14. , it was somewhat garbled
in transmission. Kiuchinskaya is on
the Trans-Siberian Railroad, 100 miles
west of Nizhniudinsk.
Bolshevism Gaining (.round
The Czechs are fighting a rear guard
action with the "Reds'' near Krasnoy?
arsk. Bolshevism is gaining in Chita.
Kniest f.. Harris, former American
Consul at Omsk, is still in Chita.
The British, Japanese and French
missions and many members of th<
American Red Cross have arrived in
' Harbin.
The only officer in the American army
named Blunt is Major (captain of
cavalry i Wilfred M. Blunt, who accord
ing to the latest available' army, direc?
tory was stationed at Fort Oglethorpe,
; Georgia.
A Bolshevik wireless communication
received in London January Kl an
1 nounced the capture by the Bolshevik
- lores in th.? Krasnoyarsk region of
seventeen columns of Polish Legion?
aries, together with sixteen guns and
-'0,000 rifles.
Polish Division Reported Destroyed
A dispatch from "The London Daily
Mail's'1 Harbin correspondent received
lin London January L'n, ?a.?I there \\a?
an unconfirmed report in Harbin that
the Bolsheviki had destroyed a Volish
division near Krasnoyarsk.
The Poles captured undoubtedly are
prisoners taken by the Russian arm>
??iirly m ih" war and sent to Siberia.
There, after the revolution ami when
the Czechs gained the ascendancy, thej
were armed and impressed into the
anti-Bolshevik forces, as was done al ?>
with ?arg?' numbers of Serbians uno
ha?! been prisoners or the Russians.
Adrices to Washington
Are Lacking in Detail
Re ?nut lift-fired That Ameri?
cans Have Been Cut Off, hut
Vo \eus of Their Capture
::? ?? Vor! Tribuns
Washington B ireaM
WASHINGTON', Jan. 25. Unofficial
advice? -,, th? State Department to-day
reported thai ?everal Americin Army
oflic? rs ai d lied Cross workci s had
heen cut off in Siberia, but conta.red
no furth i information ;o indicates
whethei they actually i.m?, l><, :i cap?
tured by the Bolshevik torces. The
names of those cufi off were not given
and officials ? ere not a' all certain
from ir.?- information available tra*
the Americans might not yet get
through to Vladivostok.
Major General Grave . in ?'arge of
the American forces ,,, Siberia, has
heen withdrawing eastward for Borne
time in pi ?par..-, ion to bring all Ameri?
can- out of Siberia, and if Americans
have been <nr off in this movement he
may -till be able to save them from
capture.
! !.. War Department was to-iiay
without official advices to confirm the
unofficial information of the State De
partment. Its dispatches from Siberia
are usually several da>s iate. some?
times as late as two weeks behind the
facts, but a prompt effort is expected
to h.- made to learn from General
Graves whether any Americans have
been surrounded or captured.
More Troops in Siberia
Essential. Says Hare
Premier Tells the Diet That the
Safety of Japanese Garrisons
Required Reinforcements
'I'.iKli). .Inn. 25.?The dispatch o'
Japanese reinforcements to Siberia was
unavoidably necessary to assist the
Czechs and guard the extensive rail?
ways, Premier Har? declarad m reply
' ing to interpellations in"the lower
house of the Diet yesterday. It wan
also necessary as a meats of assuring
the safety of the Japanese garrisons.
?There was an reason to withdraw the
Japanese troops, added the Premier,
simply because the Americans were
being withdrawn, the position of Jana".
and China in the Far Fast being far
different from that of the- United States
' <>r Great Britain. Also, he stated, the
! future move's of the Bolsheviki in Si
bi ria could nol toe forecast.
Foreign Minister Cchiela als.? naid
that immediate withdrawal was impos?
sible .because some of the Vladivostok
, ?'orean- '.ver? jupporting the Corean in
dcT.er.der.c? movement, while other!
wer* conspiring with the Bolshevik
against Japanese interests.
War .?Iinister Tanaks told the Hous?
? i a thousand Japanese lives had been rue
rificed in maintaining order in Sitier?a