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THE WEATHER
Increasing clondinens and warmer to?
day; to-morrow rain; south
winds Increasing.
Foil Report on lM.uk Pac?
THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1920
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'w,tWn ?-ommutin? distance | ElM*h?>r.
Three Dead,
12 Hurt in
Train Crash
Jersey Flyer at High Rate
Hits Newark Local at
Elizabethport; Kills the
Engineers and Fireman
Officials Accuse
Pilot of Express
His "Disregard of Posi?
tive Stop Signal" Given
as the Cause of Wreck
i
The Jersey Flier of the Central
Railroad of New Jersey bored at
high f-peerl through a Newark locab
at Elizabethport, N. J., late yester?
day afternoon. The engineers of
both trains and one fireman were
killed. About a dozen persons were
injured. -*The dead are:
Herman Hahn, Dunellen, N. J.,
engineer of the local.
J. J. Brodley. Dunellen, N. J., fire?
man of the local.
William A. Sell, Hampton Junc?
tion, N. J., engineer of the flyer.
The following injured are in the
Genoral Hospital at Elizabeth:
Russell W. Schwartz, 326 North
Ninth Street, Allentown, Pa., fire?
man of the Philadelphia Express;
broken leg.
Cornelius Green, negro, 134 Fisher
Avenue, Asbury Park, N. J., broken
leg and internal injuries.
Russell Vail, 326 East Sixth Street,
Plainfteld, N. J.
Miss Elizabeth Stuart, nineteen
years old. Twenty-eighth Street,
Bayonne, N. J.
William Hobbay, 607 Eleventh j
Avenue, Belmar, N, J.
The following injured are in the St. !
Elizabeth Hospital:
Donald Henwood, Plainfield, N. J.;
condition serious.
James Cox, Red Bank, N. J.
William Murray, Newark, N. J.
Disregarded Signal Is Claim
According to representatives of the j
railroad at the Elizabethport station, |
Sell, the engineer of the express, went j
past a positive "stop" signal without
.Sickening speed. He hud a clear
traightaway of 1,000 feet before
reaching the cross-over where the
wreck occurred. It was not until the
flyer had gone 500 feet beyond the |
?cbss-over that the boiler of its loco- j
..dive blew up, throwing the big en- !
fir.e f?om the rails and dragging the j
first o? its ten steel cars after it.
it was about 5:40 when the smash-up j
cime. The Newark local had dis- j
Charged its passengers from Newark,
taken on those for the return trip and i
v,*as backing across the main line to
the switch that leads to the Newark
track. Many persons were on the sta?
tion platform and the sidewalks in the
vicinity were crowded, as the Jersey ?
Central shops two blocks away were
disgorging the clay shift.
From the ea3t came the thrumming
of the flyer, which was not due to stop
until reaching Plninfield, forty-five
minutes later. Hahn, the engineer of
the local, was backing across the main
line with the fussing leisureliness
which characterizes locals when the
?ignals are set to protect them from
expredius.
Boiler of Engine Explodes
The distant thrumming took a higher,
keener pitch and 558, the locomotive of
the speeding express, suddenly loomed
black and distant on the hither side
of the '-stop" signal. For just an in?
stant Hahn and Brodley could be seen
?shoving frantically at a lever in the
cab of the local's engine.
Then came the crash and a sudden
burst of steam which hid both trains,
followed a moment later by another
detonation and another outburst of
?team to the weat of the crossing.
No. 558 had snapped the local's en?
gine from the train, exploding its ?
boiler, without smushing one of the ;
wooden coaches behind it, though
scarcely a window in either train re- '
mained whole. Five hundred feet be- ;
yond the cross-over the boiier of 558
bad blown up, throwing the engine
from the track. One of the ten steel
cara of the express was dragged across
the neighboring track and three others
were thrown from the rails, but non?
of them upset.
Pinned Beneath His Engine
Sell was pinned beneath his engine.
It was two hours before the wrecking
crew could extricate his body. His
?reman, Schwartz, was thrown clean
over the telegraph wires beside the
track, but got off with a broken leg.
The engineer and fireman of the local
were killed outright.
The report of the accident given out
by the Central Railroad of New Jersey
stated that Sell was an "old and ex?
perienced" engineer, but that the cause !
of the wreck w*as his "disregard of a
Positive stop signal set against him."
All four tracks were blocked by the
wreck and it was necessary to divert
raffic to the Newark branch. The de?
lay was from thirty minutes to an hour. !
A wrecking crew of 200 was summoned
"om the railroad shops at Elizabeth
Port and set to work bv the light of
?cetylon. flares U!U* searchlights. It
"??s midnignt before the tracks were
?'eared.
Both locomotives were smashed. The
?magf was estimated by the railroad
J1- between $40,000 and $50,000. The
"'er left New York at 510, bound for
namptoi;, N. J,, and was listed on the
timetable as No. 1211
2-50 Pet. Beer Sold
By Bar* in Atlantic City
Reserve Stork Held hy Brewers
Causes Rush of Business
When Placed on Sale
ATLANTIC CITY, March 3.?Two and
tad Ik eer ccnt beer and P?rter? which
mari -n "*'ld *n ?re8erve hy brewers,
dav ? aPPearanc,3 In bars hare to
in~ *i- t*1'? result was that business
?'mediately became active when it
. ? Known amon:: beer drinkers. The
'Wers. m anticipation of the law lc
pi?ing the sale of :1.50 per cent beer
c.n lmme<l>?t?-'1>' signed by the Gov
t|, or' "ad shipped the reserve brew to
e shore several days in advance. They
tucV ?reRtly for d?livery -arly th>8
*-? *u' an<" a-tom-hiles were on the
.m?- ? *ntir? day and this evening
il?; "ln? rooi'ture to quench th? dry
"* which haa Ion* prevailed.
St. Paul, With 625 Passengers,
! In Trm^le 450 M?es at Sea
?Steamship Reports Leak in Boiler Tubes, Necessi?
tating Putting Back to Halifax; the Canada Held
in Readiness to Go to Her Relief
A
j A wireless message was received yes
I terday at the offices of the Interna
i tional Mercantile Marine, 11 Broadway,
! ?uyu\e that tho steamship St. Paul, of
| the American Line, carrying 626 pas
j sengers, was having trouble with her
; boilers about 450 miles out at sea and
would return to Halifax.
Dr. Euseblo Ayola, representative of
Paraguay at the recent pan-American
financial conference here and Para?
guayan Minister to France, is one of
? the passengers. So is William C.
Reick. one of Frank A. Munsey's ex?
ecutives on "The Sun and New York
Herald." With him are his daughters
Margaret and Carrie.
The St. Paul, which capsized at her
| dock two years ago, is gaining a repu
i tat ion as a hard-luck ship. She left
! New York last Saturday for Plymouth,
! Cherbourg and Southampton. At 1
i o'clock yesterday morning her captain,
A. R. Mills, commodore of the Ameri?
can Line fleet, dispatched a radiogram
stating that, owing to a leak in the
bciler tubes, he was putting back to
Anderson Sees
Probe as Blow
At Prohibition
Anti-Sajoon Chief Tells
Sweet He Is Ready to
Appear as Witness in
Inquiry at ' Any Time
From, a Rtafl Correspondent
ALBANY, March 3.?William H. An
| derson, superintendent of the Anti-Sa
i loon Leaguo of New York State, is
I ready at any time to appear before the
j Assembly Judiciary Committee and
j testify concerning the activities of his
organization. This he announced to?
day in a telegram to Speaker Thaddeus
Sweet flaying the Assembly for start?
ing an investigation of the organiza- ?
tion but adding that the league stood
ready to let the public judgo its case.
The Senate will not join in the As?
sembly's attack oh the league. This
was determined to-day, when efforts to
have the houses combine forces were
defeated by a 26 to 15 vote of the Sen?
ators.
Senator Salvatore A. Cotillo, Demo?
crat, of New York, introduced the reso?
lution for joint action, in which it was
set forth that the prohibition amend?
ment was obtained last year by "the
hypocritical, undemocratic and auto?
cratic" methods of the Anti-Saloon
League.
In the vote that followed politicians
were surprised to see that Senator
James J. Walker. Democratic floor
leader, voted with tho Republican ma?
chine on the motion which smothered
the resolution by sending it to the Sen?
ate Judiciary Committee without rec?
ommendation. Senators Russell and
Dodge. Democrats, of New York, voted
with the Republicans, and Senators
Abeles, of the Bronx, and Karle, of
Queens, Republicans, voted with the
Democrats.
The text of Mr. Anderson's telegram
read:
"The Anti-Saloon League will not do
anything to stop any alleged investi
galion, which is in fact an assault upon
prohibition and its enforcement.
"The motive behind an investigation
into the frank, wide-open work of the
agency of practically all the Protestant
churches of the state, in connection
with an utter absence of legislative
curiosity as to the secret activities of
the 'wets,' whose leading organization
supported you for election last fall,
will be obvious to the public.
"This is to advise you that our sort
of work does not even call for registra?
tion as legislative agents, the same be?
ing surplusage, and that, as no legisla?
tive expenses comiag within the view
of the law were incurred, no report was
necessary.
"However, in order to cut the ground
from under any pretext of hanging an
? investigation upon alleged violation of
>? law, I hereby offer to appear volun
! tarily before your Judiciary Committee
| to be examined touching this point
! only.
"1 restrict this offer to this point
! because if beyond the question of this
I alleged violation of law you want
merely a general fishing expedition in
I the hope of securing material with
i which to discredit this agency of the
? churches to please the German brew
I ers you must assume all responsibility
I by ordering a formal investigation so
i that the league will get the full benefit
of the ultimate exposure of your ani
! mus and lack of justification.
"We are ready to take our chances
Continued on page six
Soviet Asks Japan
For Peace Parley
\ Bolsheviki Said to Have
Denounced Polish Pro?
posals as Extravagant
LONDON, March 3.?A wireless dis?
patch from Moscow says that tho Ir?
kutsk representative of the Soviet Com
\ missariat of Foreign Affairs has been
! instructed to hand the Bolshevik peace
proposals to the Japanese headquar?
ters there and agree with the Japanese
government on the time and place for
holding negotiations.
Another Moscow wireless dispatch
j received here says the proposed peace
! conditions with Poland have been de
? nounced as extravagant. The dispatch
adds that Nikolai L?nine, the Bolshe?
vik Premier, in a speech at the Cossack
congress, said:
"If the Polish aggressor invades our
country we will give him a blow that
will not be forgotten."
Russian Bolshevik forces are ad?
vancing rapidly i'n the Caucasus region,
according to an official telegram re
! reived bv Reuters, Limited, from Mos
; cow. During the last fortnight, the mes?
sage says, the Soviet troops in that
' district have captured 17,000 prisoners,
' and General Denikine's army is de
,' clared to be "gradually dispersing.
WARSAW, March 3.?Representa?
tives of Finland, Letvia and Rumania
have arrived here to discuss peace con?
ditions to be submitted to the Bol?
shevik government of Russia.
Halifax, which he expected to make by
Friday morning. He gave his position
as 39.50 N? ,59.36 W., which is about
850 miles from Sandy Hook.
Considering that the ship sailed last
Saturday and was onlv 850 miles away
when she notified her owners of her
trouble, it is reasonable to suspect that
the boiler trouble manifested itself
8om8 time before its extent made it
necessary to seek a port.
Officials, immediately on receipt of
the message, telegraphed to Halifax
ordering that the steamship Canada be
held in readiness to go to her aid.
They also ordered tho Cedric, which
sails from New York on Saturday, to
stop at Halifax and transport the St.
Paul's passengers.
No great alarm was felt by officials
of the International Mercantile Marine
over the safe arrival of the St. Paul.
She is still able to proceed and is some
forty mileB south of the eastbound
trans-Atlantic steamship lane. No
further information concerning the St.
Paul had been received at a late hour
last night.
$100,000 Loot
Found in Bronx
2 Grocers Held
Detectives in All-Day Hunt
Trail Suspect to Ware?
house, Where Plunder of
Many Crimes Is Located
Detectives stumbled upon ?100,000
worth of burglars' plunder last night
in a grocery warehouse at 144th Street
and Willis Avenue, the Bronx. The
owners of the warehouse, who conduct
several grocery stores in the Bronx,
were arrested on suspicion of being re?
ceivers of stolen goods.
They are William Lichtenfels and his
brother, Emil. The former is president
of the Bronx Retail Grocers' Associa?
tion. They denied, al? knowledge of
the stolen property; Two other men,
one of whom is said to have been laden
with imitation pearl necklaces, were
arrested at the warehouse and the po?
lice believe they are on the way to
clear up numerous burglaries.
Much Loot Recovered
Eighteen rolls of Canton silk, valu??d
at $50,000; twenty-five expensive rugs,
400 imitation pearl necklaces, a quan?
tity of surgical instruments and a
large amount of dress goods are in?
cluded in the loot recovered. Three
patrol wagons were required to take
the goods to the West Twentieth Street
police station, which is in the loft dis?
trict, from where most of the goods are
believed to have been stolen. The
prisoners also were taken to that po?
lice station.
Captain McQueeney and Detectives
Carmody, Callahan and Hook had been
hunting loft burglars since 4:30 a. m. j
Their suspicions in a certain "job" had I
narrowed to two men, whom they were j
trailing about the city. The two took i
a t.axicab and the detectives chartered
another. The pursued vehicle came to
a stop at 144th Street and Willis
Avenue.
As the taxi containing the detectives
drew up a little in the rear thev s?aw a
man entering the warehouse. It was
late for such a place to be conducting
legitimate business, and, moreover, the
detectives suspected that the man
might be one of those they were pur?
suing. They nabbed him just as he
reached the door of tne warehouse.
He started to run, in .fright or
astonishment, dropping two bundles he
Continued on-page six
Mary Pickford Gets
Divorce in Nevada
Weeps as She Testifies
Decree Is Granted on\
Ground of Desertion
Special Dispatch to The Tribtmr
RENO, Nev., March 8.?Although she !
had lived in Nevada only three weeks, j
Mary Pickford was granted a divorce
late yesterday evening from Owen I
Moore, and is now resting on a ranch '
near the quaint old town of Genoa, re?
covering from what appeared to be one
of the real "ordeals" of her exciting
young life. !
Tears flowed profusely down her
cheeks while she testified, and sobs |
shook her body as she told how her'
hu?band had deserted h??r and remained j
away, despite her appeals for him to ?
return. She removed a pair of heavy I
blue spectacles when the first tears be- j
gan to flow, and it was then that Judge I
J?'. P. Langan, presiding in the Douglas ?
County District Court at Minden, first |
recognized her.
It was only a moment?after she con- |
eluded her testimony that the decree j
was granted, and, with a smile for the ?
judge, she turned and left the court- !
room, accompanied by her mother, Mrs.
Charlotte Smith, and her attorney, I
Judge P. A. McCarrfln, formerly Su- !
preme Court judge in Nevada. Mrs. |
Smith wept continually while her |
daughter was on the witness stand.
Personal service was obtained on ?
Owen Moore when he arrived in Min
den, supposedly on his way to Virginia i
City to take some pictures. Miss Pick- ;
ford learned he was there, and he was
Immediately served. It is presumed j
Miss Pickford knew he was coming to
Novada and was prepared to serve the
divorce papers.
No charges other than desertion
wore brought out in court, and prop?
erty settlement probably had been
made before the case came to trial.
Whether Moore met his wife during his
brief stay here is not known. Attor- ?
ney6 will not ?Jlscuss this subject. Misfe
Pickford is isolated on the ranch and ?
is keeping quiet. She would not be j
interviewed to-day.
LOS ANGELES, March 3.-Miss Pick
ford and Owen Moore have been sep?
arated for several years. They have
worked at the same studios, but never
in the same'company, since their sepa-,
ration.
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Detective Is
Indicted on
Graft Charge
John J. Gunson Held in
$5,000 Bail Following
Revelations of 3 Girls
Before the Grand Jury
12 Other Persons
Reported Involved
Witnesses Assert They
Bought Protection ;Paid
to Have Cases "Fixed"
Detective John J. Gunson, attached
to the 4th Inspection District, under
Inspector Dominick Henry, was ar?
raigned before Judge James T. Malone
in "General Sessions yesterday on an
indictment accusing him of grafting
upon women of the streets.
The specific charge against him is
! for extorting $50 from Mrs. Rebecca
I Mulyado.
The woman, however, charges that
money and valuables Gunson obtained
from her in the course of a long ac?
quaintance amount to $5,000.
The indictment against Gunson was
obtained by Assistant District Attorney
James E. Smith after five months' in?
vestigation.
Assistant District Attorney Smith,
who as the man in charge of the vice
investigation work of the District At?
torney's office has frequently clashed
with the Police Department, said yes?
terday that other indictments of simi?
lar nature are to follow. The indict?
ments, he said, probably will involve
ten policemen, a lawyer and two bonds?
men, and will be accompanied by reve?
lations that will startle the city as did
the Becker case.
Bail Fixed at $5,00.
Gunson pleaded not guilty, and was
held for trinl in $5,000 bail. He is the
man who received much publicity last
summer as a result of his arrest of
Lillian Kohn and Sallie Kobin, who, he
swore, had solicited him in the street,
but who afterward proved to be girls
of unquestionable character and were
exonerated by Judge Rosalsky. Re?
cently Gunson was acquitted at a police
! trial arising out of the arrest of the
| two girls.
Mrs. Mulyado, who said she was
a graduate of the University of Kan?
sas: Estelle Young and Rose Gon?
zales appeared against Gunson. They
had been subpoenaed by Mr. Smith.
The story they told the Assistant Dis?
trict Attorney and the grand jury arid
which they repeated yesterday before
a group of newspaper men in Mr.
Smith's office, Included charges of ex?
tortion, bribery, deliberate persecution,
hounding from place to place and loss
of jobs due to pressure brought by
police officers who h"ad been extracting
profit from their life of s#kame. Gun?
son and another detective against whom
Ml*. Smith said an investigation is now
in progress and whose indictment is
looked for, figured in the story.
Accused Calls It "Frame-up"
Gunson, however, before entering the
courtroom denied he knew two of the
three girls and called the charges
against him ridiculous and a "frame
up."
"This is a frame-up from start to
finish," said Gunson. "The charges are
ridiculous. The only woman I know
?f the three mentioned against me is
Rose Gonzales, and you can find out
who she is by looking up her record.
She is known as 'Spanish Rose.' I have
never had anything to do with these
women. I am a respectable married
man and the father of a child and I
have never been out of my home for
twenty-four hours."
Mrs. Mulyado is the chief complain?
ant against Gunson. She said she
was born in Tampico and was brought
to the United States as a child. She
claimed to be a graduate of the Uni?
versity of Kansas and said she speaks
seven languages. She added that she
had been employed as a translator by
prominent international lawyers in
Chicago, and is now working in a hair?
dresser's establishment, from which,,
she charged, Gunson tried to get her
ejected because she would no longer
Continued on page six
Commission to Fix Rents
Here Favored at Albany
From a Staff Correspondent
ALBANY, March 3.?Impressed by
the seriousness of the rent situation in
New York City as presented at a hear?
ing this afternoon before Vhe joint As?
sembly Cities and Taxation committees
by city officials, labor men and repre?
sentatives of numerous civic organiza?
tions, legislative leaders practically
have decided to enact legislation for a
New York City rent commission, de?
spite vigorous protests against such a
measure by real estate interests. Chair?
man Franklin Judson of the Assembly
Tax Committee said after the hearing
that the Jesse bill, with suggested
amendments, will be reported favor?
ably.
The bill will be amended so as to
apply only to New York City, the mem?
bers to be appointed by the Mayor.
The commission may on its own initia?
tive or shall upon complaint determine
whether rents, service and other con?
ditions of a lease for use of rental j
property are fair and reasonable. Jus- ;
tice Sidney Crane, of the New York ?
Municipal Court, declared the rent sit- \
uation in New York was so acute that
it already had led to and would fur?
ther cause physical violence between
landlords and tenants.
Seventy Per Cent on Investments
"No amount of Americanization
work," he said, "nothing that is being !
done here in the Assembly, can make '
the peopte honor this government when
tho government says its is powerless !
to prevent them from being robbed by !
landlords, who are making not merely ?
a 12 per cent profit, but a 60 and 7<M
per cent profit on their investment*."
He said that in his court he hantied
between 200 and 250 complaints a day
between tenants and landlords, bat that
the court now has no power to male? a
U. Se to Keep Out
Of Dardanelles
LONDON, March 3. ?There
fyas been no intention, and there
is none now, of American naval
participation in the Dardanelles,
according to announcement here.
The normal American force in
Turkish waters comprises siJc de?
stroyers and the Galveston and
Scorpion.
Shantung Vote
Is Delayed by
'Bitter Enders'
Borah, Knox and Reed At?
tack Treaty in Effort to
Check Democratic Defec?
tions to Reservations
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 3.?The "ir?
reconcilable" opponents of the peace
treaty spent the entire day in the Sen?
ate in an effort to prevent further
crumbling of the Democratic forces.
Senators Borah, Reed and Knox threat?
ened the Democrats with political de?
feat next November if they supported
ratification. Senator Borah, leader of
I the "irreconcilables," who launched the
drive to prevent further Democratic
defections, declared "there will be re?
turns after the ides of November that
will cause reorganizations on both sides
of this chamber" if the treaty is rati?
fied.
Senator Lodge had expected to reach
a vote on the Shantung reservation, but
the "irreconcilables" occupied the en?
tire day in debate. A vote on the treaty
may not be reached until Friday, be?
cause of the absence of several Sena?
tors who accompanied the body of the
late Senator Bank^head to Alabama.
j Senator Knox during discussion of
the Shantung reservation charged
! that a complote record of the Ver?
sailles negotiations, which had been
denied the Senate by President Wilson,
is in the office of a firm of laVvyers
in New York City. He declined to
name the law firm.
Insist on Harbord Report
Senator Wadsworth, of New York,
called attention to the fact that his
resolution adopted by the Senate seven
weeks ago, calling upon the State De?
partment to transmit to the Senate
the report of Major General Harbord
advising against the United States ac?
cepting a mandate for Armenia, had
been ignored.
"I fail to see why anybody is mys?
tified, or even surprised, that we are
unable to get the information sought
by the resolution of the Senator from
New York," said Senator Knox. "It
is a part of the policy this Administra?
tion has maintained since 1913 to keep
from the Senate information bearing
upon our international relations, which
it is not only our right but our duty
to have, to read, to digest, to under?
stand and to apply.
"The files of the Committee on For?
eign Relations to-day are naked so
far as information bearing upon our in?
ternational affairs is concerned. We
ought not. to be driven to the expedient
of passing resolutions requesting in?
formation. The practice of our govern?
ment from the foundation down to 1913
has been that when great matters af?
fecting the interests of the United
States and its relations to "foreign gov?
ernment have arisen, information has
been volunteered, not only that the
Senate through its Committee on For?
eign Relations, might be advised, but
that Senators might be put in a posi?
tion where they could study and con- !
sider what advice they might possibly I
be called upon to give in respect to
such matters.
Saw Full Record in New York
/ "What is there in the files of the
/Committee on Foreign Relations that
Ibears upon the negotiation of this
peace treaty? Practically nothing. We
never got the treaty itself until the
enterprise of the Senator from Idaho,
Mr. Borah, dragged it out of a news?
paper office and it was put upon the
records of the Senate against the pro?
test of the Administration.
"I was told within the last week by
one of the most responsible gentlemen
Continued on next page
fair settlement, which would be given
under the bill.
Enormous Boost, in Rents
Alderman Jacob W. Friedman, of the
Washington Heights district, told of
hundreds of complaints he had received
from constituents against rent profi?
teering. He said that in the majority
of 2,500 complaints last August there
had been an increase of about 90 per
cent in rent.
Others who "appeared for a rent com?
mission bill or pleaded for some other
means of reaction from the present
rent situation were Edward Murphy, of
the Community Council, of Inwood;
William E. Russell, of the Washington
Heights Tax Payers' Association, which
is made up of taxpayers; James Hol?
land,president of the State Federation
of Labor; Collin H. Woodward, .jj'JC
retary of the Borough of Manhattan,
and Phillip Goodhart, president of the
Civic Forum of Inwood.
"A man should be safeguarded in
keeping a roof over his head," said
Mr. Woodward. "Unless something is
done now almost anything can happen,
for at no time since the Civil War has
there been such a serious situation.''
Playing With Fire
"We are playing with tire," warned
Mr. Murphy. "If you had heard the
sentiments expressed by sober-minded,
law-abiding citizens in my district, you
would know that action must be taken
now. They have been driven into a
condition that is not good for any com?
munity. "
The real estate interests, opposing
all rent commission bills, were headed
by Stewart Browne and John L. Parrish.
They admitted that tue situation was
serious, but that the only solution was
more building. They held that a rent
commission would discourage building.
They suggested legislation exempting
mortgages from the income tax, cutting
down taxes on real estate and calling
upon insurance companies and banks
to invest more money in mortgages.
IL S. Will Support Allies'
Plan to Make Germany's
Financial Load Easier
Wilson Has First Auto Ride;
Greatly Aged by Illness
President Sits Cap in Hand as Closed Car Speeds
Through Capital; Waves and Laughs When
Passing Senator Borah
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 3.?President
Wilson demonstrated to Washington
to-day that he is vapidly recovering
from the illness that has confined him
to the White House for almost six
months. For the first time since he
was hurried to the capital and ordered
to bed, "a very sick man," he left the
White House grounds to-day and took
an automobile trip through the city.
The President's reappearance in pub?
lic had been expected ever since he
returned to the direction of the ex?
ecutive duties by forcing Secretary
Lansing to resign, wrote the Adriatic
notes and made several important ex?
ecutive appointments.
But when Washington to-day saw the
familiar White House automobile with
the President inside, showing the ef?
fects of his illness, the city was taken
by surprise at the sudderfness of his
appearance. Few people recognized the
Executive, but those who did waved
cheery greetings to him, and were
warmly greeted in return.
President Aged Greatly
From the glimpse the people received
! of the President as the White House
oar moved hurriedly througn the streets
he appeared to have aged greatly since
? he returned ill from his Western trip
last September. His hair is white and
his face shows the marks of illness.
Great secrecy was observed at the
White House regarding the trip. At
11 o'clock the enclosed car of the
White House and a car for Secret Serv?
ice men were brought to the rear en?
trance of the executive mansion.
The President walked to the auto?
mobile with the aid of his cane and
with Rear Admiral Grayson at his arm.
Mrs. Wilson and Admiral Grayson
helped him into the machine, and then,
followed by a car full of Secret Serv
Sinn Feiners
Kill 3; Loot
French's Mail
Publication of Proposed
Home Rule Bill Causes
Murders and Disorders
in AH Parts of Dublin
f -
By Frank Getty
From The Tribune's European Bureau
Copyright, 1920, Now York Tribuno Jnc.
LONDON, March 3.?Reports of three
murders, a murderous assault and a
daylight hold-up of a government mail
van in a Dublin street to-day are taken
to indicate a form of demonstrativ?
hysteria growing out of publication
throughout the country of the proposed
Home Rule bill.
The evidences of a revival of acute
disorder were what was to be expected I
considering the present frame of the'
public mind. Before publication of the
government's two-pariiament biil the
country for the last six weeks had been
strangely?ominously, according to
some observers?quiet.
Lord French's Mail Stolen
The most daring outbreak of the day
and the most sensational coup of the
Sinn Feiners since the attempt on the
life of Viscount French took place just
as the mail distributing car was leaving
the rotunda rink of the postoffice at the ?
corner of Frederick and Dominic!
streets at 8 o'clock. Ten or twelve
men sprang from concealment and held j
up the driver and the guards at the
point of revolvers. They rifled the
government mail sacks, in which were
Fetters for Dublin Castle and the Vice?
regal Lodge. Apparently they were not
disturbed, although the section of the
city usually is crowded at that hour.
The- men escaped with Lord French's
mail.
In another section of the city an
unidentified man, reported to be a
friend of the former member of Case?
ment's brigade, who was himself mur?
dered recently in Cork, was found dy?
ing of four wounds apparently inflicted
ny persons on bicycles, who rode off un?
molested.
Captain Shaw E. Taylor, a Galway
land owner, believed to be a relative
of Sir John Taylor, the most bitterly
hated man on the Sinn Feiners' list,
was shot dead at Henry, County Gal?
way, to-day.
Sinn Fein Weakened
These disturbances are the first of
importance in several weeks, except
for those precipitated by government
raids and round-ups. The introduction
of the Home Rule Bill found the Irish
people's mood one of indifference. .e i
Sinn .jF?in grip on the country and the j
general disillusionment regarding the i
former British schemes for Home Rulo |
were responsible for the indifferent j
attitude of the average citizen. The i
mood is now changed to one of un- j
flattering interest, and the hostile I
criticism which it contains is reflected !
in the lawless actions of that section i
of the Irish community which believes ?
in demonstration by force.
No one would assert that the terms
of the latest Home Rule Bill are driving !
the Irish people to murder. But the
fact of the matter is that the thoughts j
of the majority are reflected only too !
often in the desperate actions of the'
few. Since its success at the last elec- :
tions the Sinn F?in organization has !
made every effort to pacif. the com.
try, because it was an obvious reflec
tion on its control to have the custom
ary lawlessness continue, or increase. '
Now that section which late last yeai
showed a tendency to get out of hand
is coming once more to the fore. The ?
position of the Sinn F?in leaders is j
?
Continued on next page '
ice men, the President rode through
the park along the Speedway on the
banks of the Potomac River and |J*en
up Pennsylvania Avenue, through the i
Capitol grounds and back to the White
House.
When the President arrived at the
Capitol Senator Borah, of Idaho,
leader of the "irreconcilable" oppo?
nents of the treaty the President is
fighting to have ratified, was standing
at the curbing. Senator Borah recog?
nized the President and waved his
hand. The President smiled broadly
and waved in return to his leading op?
ponent in the treaty fight.
"I think the President is looking
very well," said Senator Borah later.
Senate Leaders Aroused
Several Senators and Representa?
tives who happened to be riding to the
Capitol in automobiles following that
of the President spread word through
the Capitol that^the President had sud?
denly appeared, and rumor soon had
it that the President had gone to the
Capitol to confer on the treaty situa?
tion or to address the Senate. Ad?
ministration Senators hurried about
trying to find the President, and did
not learn for some time that the
Executive's car had not stopped but
had gone straight through the Capitol
grounds and then returned to the other
end of Pennsylvania Avenue.
The day was the first balmy one since
the President returned to active direc?
tion of affairs at the White House, and
the decision to take the trip was made
suddenly.
Dr. Grayson said the President had
been much benefited by his ride, and
that an examination of his blood pres
i sure on his return showed it to be quite
normal.
The President will take - frequent
! long rides through the city and parks.
| Future trips will be regulated by the
i weather, he said.
McAdoo Will
Be Candidate,
Capital Hears
Palmer, With President's
Consent, "Gets Jump" on
His Son-in-Law in Latter's
Native State, Georgia
By Carter Field
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 3.?Attorney
General Palmer entered the Georgia
primary only after learning that Presi?
dent Wilson had no objections. This
was learned on unimpeachable author?
ity in the Palmer camp here to-day.
Incidentally the Palmer people are
chuckling over the dilemma in which
the McAdoo boosters have found them?
selves. Georgia is McAdoo's native
state. As a candidate he would be
Georgia's favorite son.
Not only will McAdoo be a candidate
?now that the President has removed
what were regarded as obstacles?but
he will have the active support of the
most practical politician in the
Cabinet, Albert Sidney Burleson, the
Postmaster General. This statement
was made flatly to-night by one of Mr.
Burleson's right-hand men in political
matters.
The word that the President would
not be displeased if Democrats went
out after delegates and entered them- j
selves in primaries did not come until j
after Mr. McAdoo had written, just j
two weeks ago, a letter virtually read?
ing himself out of the race so far as
Georgia is concerned.
McAdoo's name will remain on the j
Georgia ballot, it was declared here I
to-night, and a campaign will be made !
for him. His friends will be embar- ?
rassed, however, by the necessity of !
his backtracking on his Georgia letter '
if he wis*hes to make an aggressive
fight. If he does not make an aggress
ive tight, the Palmer men declare, Mc- j
Adoo will not have a chance, especially '
as politics is always rather warm, not |
to say personal, in Georgia.
Palmer Reaps the Benefit
The President's intimation that he |
would have no objection to Democrats
throwing their hats into the Presiden
tial ring did not come until just before I
Mr. Palmer wrote the telegram Monday )
to the secretary of the Georgia Demo- i
cratic State Committee. It is asserted
by Palmer men that had the President
not given this intimation Mr. Palmer
would have followed Mr. McAdoo'.- ?
ample in soft pedaling his candidacy.
But Mr. McAdoo was more or less
caught out or. a limb by the timing of,
the President's intimation, while Mr. j
Palmer reaped the full benefit, and in?
cidentally was enabled to be the fust
candidate indorsing "every phase" of ?
the present Administration, thus mak- ;
ing a strong bid for the support of |
Wilson men everywhere, and particu- !
larly in a ^tate where the Prjfffdent !
always hn? been very strong.
Postmaster General Burleson sur-!
prised political Washington by telling
a few close friends that he personally
is strong for McAdoo, This is believed
to be another development resulting
from the President's intimation that he
is not opposed to candidates going
after the Democratic Humiliation. Mr.
Burleson i.* easily the most practical
politician in the Cabinet, if not in the
entire Administration, since President
Wilson was never pleased to appoint
Democn * eader. te .. , . ...... t?
his Administration. Ju_t how much
strength Mr. Burleson can deliver to
the McAdoo camp is problematical at
this time, with a bitter factional fight
Contintied on page three
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vla New Jersey Central, March T, $4, war
tax lncl- Liberty St. Bat. midnight.?A_-t.
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Change of Attitude by
Premiers in Liber?aliz
ing Reparation Seen
as Vindicating Wilson
London Conference
Held Secret Close
i State Department Dis?
credits Report Senate
! Caused Change of Face
From The Tribune's Wa*hingt.'*n Bureau
' WASHINGTON, IVIarch 3.?In
! spite of the fact that the Unitfd
States government has not been ad
? vised by the Allied Pi'erriers of what
j is taking place in this direction, the
? government here, it was declared at
? the State Department to-day, views,
i with satisfaction the published re-t
, port that the London conference,'
j now in session, is prepared to lib
j eralize the terms of reparation im
| posed on Germany by the Treaty of
! Versailles.
Such a change of attitude, it was
J declared, has been anticipated, and
j it was stated that the President
? probably would be disposed to re
| gard the fact as a vindication of his
l stand in the sessions of the Paris
I peace conference. ?
The President while at Paris, it
was pointed out, was constantly
(urging upon Lloyd George and
Clemenceau his conviction that by
making the terms too hard the peace
conference would make it impossible
! for Germany to pay her debt to the
Allies, but would encourage a condi?
tion of chaos and revolution in Cen?
tral Europe that would threaten the
future peace of the world.
Maximum Penalties Imposed
In this contention he was support?
ed by Bernard M. Baruch and other
American representatives on the
reparations commission. * In spite of
his attitude, however, the maximum
penalties were imposed.
Since the disbanding of the peace
conference, it was said, the United
States has not officially attempted to
renew its efforts in that direction, al?
though in unofficial "conversations"
here and in Paris, with British and
French representatives, the advice has
been constantly repeated.
At the same time the State Depart?
ment admits that it is in the dark as
to the deliberations at London, a cir?
cumstance of no little interest to offi?
cials in view of the President's insist?
ance in the Adriatic correspondence
that this government be kept closely
advised of any negotiations on the part
of the Allied government to modify the
arrangement effected at Paris.
In these councils of the prime min?
isters the United States has no rep?
resentatives, although it is unofficially
in attendance at all the conferences of
the Allied Ambassadors at Paris and
of the reparations commission. Inas?
much as any changes in the reparation
clauses of the treaty would have to
ccme before the reparations commis?
sion, it is assumed here that event?
ually this government will be advised
and consu ted.
Berlin for Versailles Pact
In the mean time the State Depart?
ment is not disposed to credit the sug?
gestion that the change of front on
the part of the British and French gov?
ernments Is in any way due to the pros?
pect that the United States will be de?
barred by the American Senate from
entering the league of nations an?! will,
therefore, be forced into a separate
treaty with Germany.
Unquestionably, it is admitted, the
efforts of the United States in behalf
of more liberal treatment for Germany
have made an impression in that coun?
try, but it is declared that the Allies
have no renson to fear thut, by a sep?
arate treaty, the United States and
Germany would be drawn into closer
economic and trade relatons with each
other, at the expense of the commercial
interests of France and England.
Nor is the State Department inclined
to believe ?hat the change of front in
London, promising for its part a better
understanding between the Allies and
Germany, is intended as a means of
bringing pressure to bear on the Senate
for ratification as the price of an equal
share in German trade.
For her part, according to the view
expressed at the Department to-day,
Germany would much prefer to hav?;
the United States a party to the Treaty
of Versailles than to negotiate a sep?
arate treatj with thi; cuuntry, aet
reason being that an a party to the
general peace treaty the United States
might be relied on to sit on the various
commissions as a friend at court in
the administration of its terms.
Complications Feared
On the other hand, officials here pro?
fess to have grave apprehension con?
cerning complications certain to ariso
in the event that the United State?
withdraws from the Versailles pact and
proceeds with negotiations of a sep?
arate treaty, a.< the department as?
sumes thu President would have to do
if the Senate should ratify -the treaty
with reservations objectionable to ?he
White House.
It was pointed out that with th?
treaty as it stands the interests of.
the United States with regard to rep*
arationf!", the disposal of German ship*
i.nd other matters are so interlocked
with the interests of the Allies that
the attempt to unscramble them would
i ba certain to lead to difficulties.
The State Departme1*?? <f*a>\*S tsv?
published reports frogs Part? that * *j
j United States, in vif 7 *)i ta? prosi>W*
of the treaty's dei*?*t ta tke Ser j^^
is contemplating t'ae withdrawal r.f j%|
Europe of its repr?sentatives acting m
"unofficial observers" at the sessions ot