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Party Lines
Broken as 2
Reservations
Are Adopted
?Seventeen Democrats De
gert Hitchcock and Most
Mild Group Bolt Lodge
on Latter Proposition
?(Article X Change
Put Up to Wilson
declaration on Shantung
Is Adopted, 48 to 21,
After Mention of China
and Japan Is Cut Out
Prom The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 4.?In an
effort to obtain ratification of the
peace treaty party lines were broken
completely in the Senate to-day
while that body was adopting two
additional reservations to the pact.
At the same time a final proposal
jfoT a compromise on a reservation
to Article X, the principal stumbling
block in the way of ratification, was
submitted to President Wilson by
the Democratic leaders of the Senate
after it had been sent to them by j
Senator Lodge. The President is
now considering the proposed com?
promise, and upon his decision will
depend the final stand to be taken by
Senate Democrats on the question of
ratification. Leaders of both the
Democratic and Republican forces,
however, to-night held little hope for
ratification, in spite of the day's de?
velopments.
During a heated partisan debate
Senator Lodge declared that "the
treaty is falling by the wayside."
Senator Hitchcock and other Admin?
istration Senators agreed with him.
Break in Party Lines
The break in the party lines came
after the Senate had readopted the
original Lodg-e reservation on Shan?
tung, amended so as to eliminate any
mention of China or Japan. The
vote on the Shantung reservation
was 48 to 21, with ten Democratic
Senators voting for it.
Thai reservation as adopted reads:
"The United States withholds its
issent to Articles 156, 157 and 158
(relating to Shantung), and reserves
full liberty of action with respect
to any controversy which may arise
under said articles."
When the Reservations placing the j
American representatives in the league!
council and assembly and on the vari- |
ous bureaus and commissions created '.
by the treaty under control of Con- j
gress came up, Senator Lodge offered |
the modification agreed upon by the
bipartisan conference.
Senator Hitchcock, leader of-the Ad?
ministration forces, immediately op?
posed it. Thereupon Senators Lodge
and Lenroot. of Wisconsin, declared
that the substitute was written by
, Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Montana,
and proposed in the conference by
Senator Hitchcock.
Senator Lodge then announced that
since the Democrats had shown that
they wers not going to support the
reservations they agreed to in the bi?
partisan conference he would not pro?
pose any more modifications, except
two important ones.
Bolt ?yodge Leaiersh?p
Most of the "mild reservationists"
on the Republican Fide then bolted the ,
Lodge leadership. Thev declared that
they intend to offer further modifica?
tions, and voted with the Democrats :
for the substitute. The substitute was ;
adopted in place of the original Lodge
reservation bv a vote of 37 to 32. It .
was finally adopted by a vote of 55 to :
14.
The compromise proposal on Article i
a was submitted to the President at ?
the suggestion of the "mild reserva- j
nonists." After thev had conferred '?
witn Senator Lodge the first of the
Week, Senator Lodge called in Senator ;
"atson, of Indiana, yesterday and re- ;
Quested him to submit the proposal to i
the Democrat:, and sec whether they I
would support it. The proposed com- ;
Promise reads as follows:
The United States assumes no
Obligation to preserve by its military
or naval forces, the economic boy?
cott, diplomatic means, or financial
?r commercial pr?s sure,"the territorial
integrity or political independence
of any other country under the pro
Visions of Article X, or to employ
the military or naval forces of the
United States under any otlxjr ar?
tice of the treaty for any purpose,
unless in any particular case tho
Congress, which, under the Consti?
tution, has the sole power to declare
war, shall, by act or joint resolution,
?o provide."
The compromise proposal was taken
ty benatoi Watson to Senator Sim?
mons, Democrat, of North Carolina,
Who submitted it to Senator Hitchcock,
senator Hitchcock insisted that noth
"?g be done until it was learned wheth?
er the President would accept it.
^ compromise rut Up to Wilson
?senator Glass, of, Virginia, then was
?eut to the White House to deliver the
Proposal. He left the draft of the com?
promise with Secretary Tumulty, and
wok word back to his Democratic col
bagues that the President would let
'?em know whether the reservation is
acceptable.
u "hen the Senate resumed considera?
ron of the treaty to-day Senator
?^Hige moved that the original Lodge
reservation on Shantung be amended
?y striking out the reference to China
, "n<l Japan. His motion carried, and
?ne reservation was amended, i>9 to 2.
?enators Reed, Democrat, of Missouri,
and Sutherland, Republican, of West
-Tirginiu, voted against it. Senator
fn u Ck then proposed as a substitute
tk * m amend*;d Lodge reservation,
me following reservation:
* "Tv.hat m a(ivis*ng and consenting
w the ratification of said treaty the
united States understands that the
Jjerman rights and interests re
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Continued on page three
Wilson Cables
Adriatic Reply
WASHINGTON, * March 4.?
President Wilson's rejoinder to
the last note of the French and
British Premiers on the Adriatic
situation was dispatched to Eu?
rope to-night. Its contents was
. not disclosed by the State Depart?
ment.
Bond Robbers
Still Making
Big Hauls Here
Prosecutor More Concerned
Over New Raids Than in
Capturing Arnstein; Sys?
tem Called Natioh-Wide
Assistant District Attorney John T.
Dooling said last night that he had
heard nothing new concerning Jules W.
Arnstein, and that so far as the Dis?
trict Attorney's office was concerned
the present whereabouts of the alleged
"master mind" was a matter that was
causing little or no worry.
"We are busy working on tha bond
theft conspiracy and we are leaving the
business of finding Arnstein to Deputy
Police Commissioner Lahey," said Mr.
Dooling. "I haven't heard a word from
the fugitive, his lawyers or the detec?
tives who have been working on the
case. Meanwhile there ar& a number
of other angles to the $5,000,000 bond
conspiracy which are of more import?
ance right now than this man's arrest.
In this case he is onlv one link in a
chain of crime that stretches from New
York to San Francisco and from Jack?
sonville to Montreal."
Mr Dooling announced that there
have been more than 500 bond
robberies called to the attention
of the District Attorney's office
in the last four months. The
amounts stolen range from $500 to
the $173,000 worth of securities taken
by the messenger Binkowitz, who was
murdered near Bridgeport. Mr. Dool?
ing refused to speculate upon the
grand total ?f the thefts, but it is
known that t/ie figures will be in ex?
cess of $3,000,000 He exhibited to re?
porters four closely typewritten sheets,
eaVh one three feet in length, contain?
ing an itemized list of the securities
stolen since October.
The bond robberies are still going
on, Mr. Dooling said, and several have
occurred in the financial district in
the last week. While he would give
no names or other details, Mr. Dooling
declared that these recent robberies
involved large sums and were mostly
"office jobs/'
System Behind Robberies
"The system which the men behind
the bond robberies organized." said Mr.
Dooling, "had connections in practi?
cally every large city in the United
States. That is why this office is in
touch with thefts committed at many
distant points. Bonds stolen in Cleve?
land, Chicago or even San Francisco
are forwarded to this city to be sold
or put up as collateral. Securities
stolen here are frequently sent to the
West or th<? .South. In that way fcftis
network o?' crime Ins spread itself all
over the United States and even into
Canada and Mexico."
Two bond losses were, reported in the
financial district yesterday. One oc?
curred when a bogus messenger who
represented himself as coming from
Gudc. Winmill & Co., 20 Broad Street,
called at a well known brokerage house
and received from the cashier securi?
ties said to be worth $4,000. Accord?
ing to the American .Surety Company,
which is investigating the case, the
messenger gave the name of Berger
when signing a receipt for the stock.
The fraud was discoveied when the
messenger from Gude, Winmill & Co.
called for the certificates later.
The same system was worked a few
hours later on the firm of John Muir
& Co., 00 Wall Street. A messenger
who said he came from Salomon
Brothers & Hutzler received $0,000
worth of Great Britain and Ireland
bonds from the Muir firm, where they
had been sent in error. The bogus
messenger gave no receipt in return
for the securities, and the fraud was
discovered when the real messenger
called a few minutes later.
Bernard J. McGinn, manager of the
claim department of the American Sur?
ety Company, in spc??king of the latest
thefts, said: "Even though the last
few months have prepared us for al?
most any kind of fraud, these iast rob?
beries show that hidden strings are
being pulled through underground
channels which seem to undermine most
of the financial district.
Leaks Still Take Place
"The fact that fake messengers pos?
sess the information they do indicates
that leaks are taking place within the
Stock Exchango houses and that there
must be an organized intelligence
service in operation."
No trace has been "found of Charles
J. Dorgan, eighteen-year-old bank mes?
senger of 1475 Bushwick Avenue,
Brooklyn, who disappeared on Wednes?
day afternoon with $75,000 in checks
and $2,000 in cash belogcing to the
First National Bank, 2 Wall Street. The
! boy's family and friends believe he is
the victim of foul play. He had pre?
viously carried much larger sums in
checks and securities and was re?
garded as absolutely trustworthy by
his employers. He had been employed
by the bank for two weeks.
Detectives who have been working
on the Dorgan case believe that thy
| youth may have been kidnaped by
members of the gang of crimin?is
who are known to be operating in the
financial district.
The suit of E. W. Wagmer & Co. to
recover stolen Liberty bonds worth
I $25.379, which was originally brought
in the State Supreme Court, was yes?
terday transferred to 'the Federal Dis
: trict Court.
1 The defendants named in the action
! are Richard Whitney & Co., the Fed
! eral Reserve Bank and James Murray,
Police Department property clerk. The
i complainant states that Wagner & Co.
purchased the bonds in good faith
through their Cleveland branch from
Samuel Ginsberg.
Ginsberg has been mentioned as a
: friend of Arnstein. The authorities
here believe that Arnstein was visiting
Ginsberg when he was reported to be
in Cleveland on February 21.
An order in the Federal Court yes?
terday modified the injunction granted
in the Arnstein bankruptcy proceed?
ings. This order gives Fannie Brice,
actress wife of Arnstein., and Lottie
Cantor, her partner in the dressmaking
business, access to the bank accounts
which they hold jointly.
Allies Will
Let Germany
float Loan
Supreme Council Said to
Have Decided Ruined
Country Would Result
in Menace to Europe*
France Will Not
Modify Her Claims
Government Opposed to
Any Treaty Revision or
Economic Concessions
LONDON, March 4,?"The Evening
Standard" states to-day that the Allied
Supreme Council has decided to allow
Germany to launch an international
loan, because it is recognized that Ger?
many ruined would mean a weak and
dangerous spot in Europe. The loan,
the newspaper says, would take prec?
edence over any indemnity payments
Germany ia called upon to make.
Speoiaf Oatle to The Tribune
(Copyright, 1820, New York Tribune Ine.)
PARIS, March 4.?At the first read?
ing of the decisions of the London con?
ferences of the Supreme Council, France
shows signs of revolt. Her press makes
clear that whatever she agreed to do at
the recent sessions of the peace con?
ference was done under pressure from
Great Britain and Italy,
Italy, in particular, arouses the French
resentment on account of her alleged
attitude on the question of reparations.
"L'Information" says that inter-Allied
affairs have reached a decisive turn and
"the most secret thoughts of our allies
are now being revealed."
What disturbs France more than any?
thing else is the thought that she may
be asked to forego some of her rep?
aration claims while Germany partly
regains her economic legs.
"Le Matin" accuses Premier Nitti of
Italy, without naming him, of inter?
vening to France's detriment in the
reparations discussions at the confer?
ence sittings. According to "Le Matin,"
Premier Lloyd George sided with
France on this issue.
France Wants Pay First
Premier Nitti was said as an econ?
omist to believe that the recovery of
Europe depended upon the economic
rehabilitation of all the separate units
of the Continent, including Russia and
Germany. France, on the other hand,
holds that the monetary payments due
her under the peace treaty should take
precedence over everything else.
The value of the French franc con?
tinues to decrease, with little prospect
of recovery until the government makes
financial ends meet by the imposition
of new taxes. All Frenchmen had
hoped that the payments from Ger?
many would help to tide over French
credit until France recovered somewhat
from the effects of the war.
The French feeling about, the pro?
posed German loan in Allied and neut?
ral countries and rapproachmcnt with
Russia is expressed thus by "Le Ma?
tin":
"Certainly, France should partici?
pate in the economic reconstruction of
Russia and Germany, but on the condi?
tion ' that their rebuilding also pre?
pares our own; that it'helps our own
and that we hav?s an interest in Ger?
many's affairs; that her resurrection
should guarantee our reparations; that
the reconstruction of Russia should
guarantee repayment of our invest?
ments,, and that the vanquished should
work to repair the ruins of which they
were the cause."
It is difficult to estimate the real
strength of the French opposition in
the London decisions, but she -evidently
was unwilling to assent to wholesale
help for Germany without receiving
some assurance that Germany would
then be able to make payments on the
reparations account.
PARIS, March 4 (By The Associated
Press). The French government will
make determined opposition to any re?
vision of the Treaty of Versailles that
would modify her claims on Germany,
it was learned to-day.
The attitude of the French govern?
ment, according to the official point of
view, is in perfect accord with the
sentiments of the new Chamber of
Deputies. It is held that any further
concessions by the French government
to Germany would not bo tolerated by
Parliament, and if made the govern?
ment would be overthrown.
Wilson Eager for Golf;
Must Wait, Says Doctor
Several Weeks Yet Before He
Can Visit Links; Physicians
* Against Sea Voyage
WASHINGTON, March 4.?President
Wilson is becoming impatient at the
restrictions placed on his recreation,
and following his automobile ride yes?
terday has discussed with Rear Ad?
miral Grayson, his physician, the pos?
sibility of* playing golf in the near
future. Dr. Grayson said to-day that
it probably would be several weeks
before the President would be per?
mitted to make a round of his favorite
golf course in nearby Virginia.
It was learned at the White House
! to-day that there is no present plan
I for the President to leave' Washing
! ten. His physicians are understood tc
I believe that'he would be more bene?
fited by remaining at home than he
[would bo by a sea voyage or a trip
| to some rest resort, as he can best fol
' low out here his desire to keep in inti
j mate touch with official business. ,
Dutch Reiterate
Stand on Kaiser
THE HAGUE, March 4.?The
draft of Holland's answer to the
second Allied note regarding the
?extradition of the former German
Emperor is completed.
It is learned that Holland,
while reiterating her refusal to
surrender Wilhelm, expressed her
willingness to guard him and also
her realization of the necessity
of safeguarding the tranquillity
of the world's peace.
Turk Stripped of
- Hold in Europe
LONDON, March 4.?Turkey
Is stripped of virtually all her
territory in Europe, but retains
the sacred places, by the treaty,
now being completed by the con?
ference of foreign ministers and
ambassadors, it became known .
to-day. '
Thrace has been awarded to
Greece by the peace conference,
but the present conference is
charged with the task of working
out plans whereby the Turks will
keep control of the sacred places
and Adrianople. Smyrna will be
placed under Greek control.
House Orders
Palmer Sugar
Price Inquiry
Campbell, of Kansas, Says
in Urging Resolution
That He Has in Mind
Question of Impeachment
WASHINGTON, March 4.?-A hot po?
litical row broke out in the House
to-day, when the Republicans forced
through a resolution authorizing inves?
tigation by the Judiciary Committee
of the acts of Attorney General Palmer
in connection with prices charged for
Louisiana sugar. The Democrats bit?
terly opposed the project, charging re?
peatedly that it was designed as an in?
direct impeachment of Mr. Palmer and
only intended as a means of checking
the "growing popularity" of a Demo?
cratic Presidential aspirant.
In reply the Republicans charged
that the President and Mr. Palmer
were directly responsible for prevail?
ing high sugar prices, that Mr. Palmer
had no authority to recognize the high
figure at which Louisiana sugar sold
and that he had failed to press action
against profiteers.
In two hours of debate on the resolu?
tion, offered by Representative Tink
ham, Republican, Massachusetts, Demo?
cratic members asserted it was a "cov?
ert" attack on Mr. Palmer and was
calculated to divert public attention
from failures of the "incapable" Re?
publican leadership in Congress. When
the time limit expired, the resolution
was put through, 102 to 124 by a party
vote, and the committee will proceed
with its inquiry.
Inquiry Into 18-Cent Sugar
The resolution directs that the in?
vestigation be directed "to the ad?
mitted concurrence of the Attorney
General in maximum fixed prices" of
17 and 18 cents a pound for Louisiana
sugar, the basrs on which the prices
wore fixed, and whether immunity from
prosecution for profiteering was given
any one for charging these prices.
Republicans asserted that the action
! of the Attorney General in regard to
the Louisiana growers caused increased
: prices for the Cuban crop, but this was
; denied by the Democrats, who in turn
asserted that his action was a "saving
to the consumers."
"The Louisiana crop was just enough
to supply the United States with sugar
for one day," commented Representa?
tive Martin, Democrat, of Louisiana.
Question of Impeachment
Representative Campbell, Republican,
of Kansas, in urging the adoption of
the resolution declared: "Get the At?
torney General before the Judiciary
Committee and then let the Judiciary
Committee make such report to the
House as it sees fit." He explained
later that by this proceeding he had
in mind the. question of impeachment.
Representative Martin declared Louis?
iana growers would have obtained 25
to 27 cents a pound for their product
; had the Attorney General "taken no
i action." He said it was an "absurdity"
to claim that the price fixed for Louis?
iana sugar affected that for the Cuban
crop. He said the investigation was
"unnecessary and unwarranted," and
charged that Representative Tinkham
? was pushing it because he "wanted to
I get in the newspaper headlines."
Representative Tinkham replied that
| passage of his resolution would "servo
| notice on the Department of Justice
that law and order cannot be sunk
! without a trace."
No Authority to Fix Price
The Attorney General, he said, had
no authority to fix or concur in a
price for Louisiana sugar. The investi?
gation, he added, would emphasize
"that this is a government of laws and
not of men; that responsibility for the
; increased cor.t of living may be judi?
cially determined, and that laws shall
Contimied on page eight
Burr Makes
Threat to
Take Subway
I. R. T. Told That Legal
Steps Will Be Taken
Within 90 Days Unless
Service ' Is Improved
Agreement Broken,
Is Claim of City
Stimson Accuses Craig
of Unfair Tactics in
N. Y. Railways Hearing
Prior to yesterday's traction hearing
before the Board of Estimate, Corpora?
tion Counsel Burr anonunced that, un?
less the Interborough greatly improves
its service within the next ninety days,
he will take legal steps to seize the
subway and have it operated either by
the city or by tenants other than the
present operators.
He declared he would immediately
call upon the Public Service Commis?
sion to insist that the terms of the con?
tract be carried out to the letter, and
if the company failed to comply within
ninety days it would be considered in
default of its agreement with the city.
Mr. Burr pointed out that the failure
of the company to furnish "adequate,
comfortable and rapid service" for a
&-ccnt fare, as required under the con?
tract, was a matter of record at the
hearings before the Board of Estimate.
Craig and Stimson Clash
The pleasantries exchanged at previ?
ous hearings between Comptroller
Craig and other members of the Board
of Estimate and counsel and witnesses
for the Interborough vanished yester?
day when the traction investigation
reached the point of inquiring into the
affairs of the New York Railways Com?
pany, which operates more than half
the surface lines in Manhattan, or did
prior to their disintegration.
A belligerent attitude prevailed
throughout the hearing between Comp?
troller Craig and Henry L. Stimson,
counsel for the receiver of the surface
line company, with Corporation Coun?
sel Burr joining in the sharp verbal
exchanges.
Mayor Hylan's failure to arrive from
Palm Beach somewhat weakened the
attack of the city officials, as he has
always in this matter?if not in other
matters?supported the Comptroller in
prodding the traction representatives.
The controversy culminated in charges
of unfairness and a "sneering attitude"
on the part of the Comptroller, made
by Mr. Stimson at the close of the
meeting.
More Figures Wanted.
Comptroller Craig objected to a large
part of the evidence submitted in re?
gard to the financial status of the New
York Railways as unsatisfactory and
too theoretical. Both he and the Cor?
poration Counsel wanted Mr. Stimson
to present more actual "figures and
facts." The Comptroller remarked that
some of the evidence produced was not
enlightening and was not the kind of
evidence that would get any one any?
where in that kind of an investigation.
It was like waving a-red flag in front
of a bull, to point out, as Mr. Stimson
did, that certain calculations were based
on the report of Stone & Webster, ex?
pert accountants, whom the. Inter?
borough paid $100,0'?0 to determine the
valuation of that property. Mr. Stim?
son declared that on the first day of
the hearing?, when he told the board
that he was fortified with appraisals
made by Stone & Webster, the Comp?
troller "sneered'' at him and said, "Ah,
Mr. .Stimson, w? want real money."
"I never said anything of the kind,"
the Comptroller retorted yesterday. "I
said we were not interested in ap?
praisals, and I say so now. You have a
witness here theorizing upon the in?
crease in the cost of labor and ma?
terials, and he wants to go on percent?
ages. What we want is payroll costs,
and wo will draw our own conclusions
from them."
Will Produce Payrolls
Mr. Stimson said that he had thb
payrolls and would produce them. He
declared, however, that it would be too
much to expect that a company which
was losing $2,500 a day could assume
the large extra expense required to em?
ploy new accountants to get all the in?
formation desired by the Comptroller ;
and Mr. Burr. He said if the board j
wanted the service of experts on the
company's books the expense would j
have to be borne by the board.
Mr. Stimson called two witnesses?
Frederick T. Wood, manager, and Frank J
Samuelson, auditor, for Receiver Job ,
E. Hedges of the New York Railways.
Through them, with many interruptions
Continued on page eight
Science Church, Here Split
By Dissension in Boston
Differences of opinion over a suit
i brought in Boston by the trustees of
! the Christian Science Publishing So
j ciety to restrain the officials of the
j Mother Church from interfering with
j the society's publications have brought
! about a split in the Seventh Church
| of Christ, Scientist, 522 West 112th
I Street.
Wentworth Byron Winslow, who after
j helping to organize the church two
i years ago aided in the building of its
$250,000 edifice, has been ousted as
first reader. About one-third of the
congregation, who sympathized with
him and refused to ?sign resolutions
? branding some of the Boston officials
as "disloyal," have joined Mr. Win-,
slow in the opening of a new church.
The new church is to be known as the
Thirteenth Church of Christ, Scientist.
\ Its members, who are meeting tem
I porarily in Leslie Hall, Broadway and
? Eighty-third Street, include William
! P. Voorhees, formerly a trustee oi
Seventh Church, who also was ousted.
Refuses to Complain
"I was chosen as first reader of Sev?
enth Church for a period of three
years," said Mr. Winslow yesterday.
"They ousted me without preferring
any charges. However, I make no com?
plaint because I do not believe in
legal fights. God will settle these dis?
putes."
Dissension in the Stventh Church
developed on February 22, when the
resolutions were adopted. These reso?
lutions set forth:
"This is a very crucial moment in
the growth of our beloved ?cause and
also in that of Seventh Church.
"Disloyalty to the manual of the
Mother Church and to the directors
seems rampant throughout the field.
"This disloyalty has tried to gain a
footing in Seventh Church, Loyalty
to a disloyal student of Christian Sci?
ence is considered disloyalty in itself."
Disloyalty Demand Made
The resolutions then demand that no
persons in the church be permitted to
hoid office who refuse to declare pub?
licly that certain officials in Boston are
disloyal anfl who refuse to. give their
support to Adam H. Dickey, James A.
Neal, Edward A. Merritt, William" R.
Rathvon and Annie M. Knott, directors
' of the Mother Church. ^
Mr. Winslow refused to affix his
signature. He then was| required to
read from his pulpit an announcement
of his own removal and of a meeting
to be held on February 27 for the se?
lection of his successor. His successor
is John Jabury.
Mean time some of the persons who
! were referred to in the resolution as
"disloyal" threatened to seek legal re?
dress. Several attorneys, including
Charles E. Hughes, who is one of the
legal advisers of the Christian Science
; Publishing Society, were consulted.
This resulted in another meeting of the
I congregation, who repudiated the reso
I lutions but did not recall Mr. Winslow.
Pastoy Who Quit League
To Reveal Its Methods
At Anti-Saloon Inquiry
1 ? ? " III -.?.
'Wets9Launch Siege Warfare in House
But Are Repulsed. 254 to 86, by 'Drys9
WASHINGTON, March 4.?Siege warfare against the prohibition
enforcement act was inaugurated to-day by "wet" members of the
House.
Though repulsed, 254 to 86, in the initial attack, made in the form
of straightout repeal provisions, offered by Representative Eagan,
Democrat, of New Jersey, as a rider to the legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill, the anti-prohibitionists told the House they
planned to raise the issue again during consideration of every bill that
comes up appropriating funds for enforcement of the prohibition
amendment.
Auto Party Is
Believed Lost
In River Plunge
?
Running Board and Plate
Numbered 109 Brought
Up From Sherman Creek
at Foot of Academy St.
The?grappling irons of the harbor
police brought up last night a piece
of an automobile running board and
a lead plate with the number 109 on it
from Sherman Creek, at the foot of Acad?
emy Street. It is thought that several
persons lay drowned in the body of the
car or in the water near by. If so their
bodies have been there since 2 o'clock
Tuesday morning. The car has been
buoyed, and if the grappling irons fail
to solve the mystery a wrecking boat
will be called into action this morning.
According to Thomas Mether, super?
intendent at the lumber yard of H. J.
?Butler & Bro. on Academy Street near
Nagle Avenue, the police were noti?
fied . of the plight of the motor car
at 7:30 a. m. Tuesday. No action was
taken until last nieht and then not un?
til Mether had spoken of the submerged
car to the patrolman on post.
Patrolman Relays Message
The patrolman, John Hanrahan, of
the West 177th Street police station,
said it was the fh'3t he had heard of a
car going overboard. He notified the
lieutenant on duty at bi;j station and
the message was transmitted to the
harbor police, who sent up a launch
with three policemen.
Mother fixes the time of the acci?
dent as between 1:80 and 2 a. m. Tues?
day. He was seated in his office at
that time when he was aroused by
cries coming from the direction of the
Harlem River and Sherman Creek.
Both men and women joined in the
chorus of shrieks, he said. By the
time he had opened thi door the cries
had ceased.
He remembered that shortly before
he had heard an automobile going down
Academy Street, which i? a "blind"
thoroughfare, ending at Sb/erman Creek
near where that stream flows into the
Harlem River. He walked down the
street with a lantern; but failed to find
the automobile or the source of the
screams.
Car Backed Into Creek
At 7 o'clock, when it was light and
the tide was low, he walked down
Academy Street again. The tracks
of the car were plainly visible and
thev did not return. At the creek they
told the story of a tragedy. Appar?
ently discovering only on catching sight
of the water that he was not on 207th
Street, where the bridge goes across
the Harlem to Fordham Heights, the
driver had tried to turn in a restricted
space ar)d had backed his car into the
creek.
There was a ragged aperture in the
ice and just beneath the surface of the
water Mether caught sight of the top
of a touring car. There was nothing he
could do alone, and he returned to the
Continued on next page
Skipper, 71, Gives
His Health Rules
_
Don't Worry, Flee Fanat?
ics, Says Retiring Danish
Captain on Last Trip
? -
Captain A. G. Thomsen, veteran com- j
m?doro of the Scandinavian-American
Line fleet, made his last westward trip
a3 a master yesterday, when he
brought in the Frederik VIII on her
run from Copenhagen. He is seventy
one years old, and on his return to
Denmark he will retire on a pension al?
most equal to full pay.
Captain Thomsen has been a sailor
man for fifty-five years, and has been
with the Scandinavian-American Line
for thirty-nine years. As a master he
has made 223 round trips between New
York and Copenhagen, and has never
had a mishap or lost a life.
Years have not bent his frame ' nor
have they warped his geniality, for he
has followed a few good rules in life.
He believes that a man's..ago should
not be reckoned in the years he has
lived, but by the spirit of youth within
him.
"I have lived through ?seventy-one
summers," he said, "but I am really no
order than I feel, and I feel about
forty. You ask for my rules of living?
I never have worried. I have faith in
mankind. I flee from fanatics (you
have some here to legislate prohibition
for you). I eat plenty, but not too
much, and I try to get at least five
hours sleep a day. I keep my feet
warm, my head cool, my conscience
clear and my lungs full of fresh ocean
air."
Asked what he regarded as his most
commendable achievement on the sea,
he replied: "Offhand, I should say it
was the taking of,von Bernstorff out of
America on the Frederik VIII."
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the position why not call the Good Morn
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Jersey Pushes
Fight on 'Dry'
Law to Court
State Attorney General Files
Bill of Complaint Against
18th ?Amendment and
Volstead Act in Capital
WASHINGTON, March 4.?The fight
of Governor Edwards of New Jersey to
have the Eighteenth Amendment de?
clared null and voil and prevent the en?
forcement of the Volstead act advanced
a step further to-day. Attorney Gen?
eral Thomas F. McCran of New Jersey,
acting under the direction of the Gov?
ernor, filed with the Supreme Court of
the United States a bill of complaint to
restrain the government from enforc?
ing the national prohibition act within
the confines of New Jersey.
The bill is directed against Attorney
General Palmer and Daniel C. Roper,
Commissioner of Internal Revenue. The
filing of the bill of complaint follows
! the passage by the New Jersey Legis
i lature and the signing by Governor Ed?
wards of a bill permitting the manu?
facture and sale of beer containing
3.50 per cent alcohol. Attorney Gen?
eral McCran will appear before the
court on Monday ready to proceed with
the case or present additional data, as
the court may direct. New Jersey will
proceed alone on the test as a sjv
ereign state whose rights have been in?
vaded.
Attorney General McCran takes the
position that the right of the Federal
Congress to legislate under the Eigh?
teenth Amendment, should the amend?
ment be held valid, is restricted to the
exterior concerns of the United States,
such as imports and exports and to the
regulation of commerce among the
states as heretofore. He charges that
in all other matters of enforcement the
power is vested in the several states.
Charges Defects in Amendment
The bill charges that the Eighteenth
Amendment is null and void for the I
following reasons:
"1. That the alleged Eighteenth
Amendment is not a proper amendment
under Article V of the Constitution. ;
There is no power in the Congress to j
propose an amendment regulating con- j
duct and morals, and that Article V per- i
mies only such amendments as are in I
the nature of alterations or additions !
within the scope of the Federal Con- !
stitution.
"2. There is no power in the states
to ratify such a proposal of amend?
ment as is contained in the so-called
Eighteenth Amendment.
"3. That two-thirds of the members
of both houses of Congress 'did not !
deem such an amendment necessary' :
Continued on iwxt page
Mexico Will Expel j
Jenkins, Is Report \
_?a
Factory of Former V. S.
Agent at Puebla Prob?
ably Will Be Seised]
MEXICO CITY, March 4.--W. 0. Jen
, kins, former United States Consular I
Gagent at Puebla, whose permission to j
'act in that c. pacity was recently re- ?
voked, is to be expelled from Mexico '
in consequence of his alleged dealings J
with rebels, according to insistent re- :
ports here. The United States Em?
bassy has handed a new note to the
Mexican Foreign ,Office relative to |
charges preferred in an interview by ?
Julio Mitchell, prosecutor of the State
of Puebla, which involve procedure fol?
lowed by the embassy during the prog?
ress of the Jenkins case.
WASHINGTON, March 4.?Expulsion
of William O. Jenkins, former Amer?
ican consular officer at Puebla, by the
Mexican government as an undesirable
alien probably will be followed by seiz?
ure of his factory at Puebla and other
property, recent reports from Mexico
City have indicated.
Sending of Jenkins from the coun
; try, reported as probable to-day in a
Mexico City dispatch, would not sur?
prise officials here. His exequatur'as
consular agent of the United Stat"s
\ was revoked some time ago, although
| the State Department has not been
? officially advised of tire action.
The expulsion of Jenkins is likened
. by Mexicans to the recent deporta
' tion of Russian radicals by the Amer
', ?can government.
LAREDO, Tex., March 4.?Gerald
Brandon, who for three months has
been Mexico City corresponden* of
"The Los Angeles Times, was ex?
pelled to-day from Mexico as a "per?
nicious foreigner." He was escorted
j from Mexico City by two policemen
! to Nuevo Laredo and to-day whs es
| corted acrojp the international bridge
to Laredo.
LOS ANGELES, March 4.?The last
correspondence received by "The
Times" from Brandon was a story on
the arrest and subsequent proceedings
in the cas? of William 0. Jenkins, of
Puebla. . ^ iak?aa????
Rev. W. H. Freeman, For?
mer 'Dry' Speaker, As?
serts Prohibition Used
as Cloak to Other Ends
Bill to Legalize
2.75 Beer Offered
Anderson Dares Smith
to Debate and Promises
to Bare Oath Violation
From a Staff Correspondent
ALBANY, March 6.? Develop?
ments in the reaction against prohi?
bition as evidenced here to-day in?
clude:
The appearance here, ready to tes?
tify in the Assembly's investigation
of the Anti-Saloon League, of the
Rev. William H. Freeman, pastor of
the Presbyterian Church in Carlisle,
' Schoharie County, who promises to
| be the star witness in the legislative
i effort to prove that the league's ac
I tivities are conducted improperly;
The introduction ' by Senator
j Walker of a bill legalizing the man
! ufacture and sale of 2.75 per cent
i beer, which seems to have every
| prospect of passage ;
The issuance by William H. An
| derson, state superintendent of the
Anti-Saloon League, of a challenge
to debate Governor Smith in five
cities of the state on the subject of
; prohibition.
The Rev. Mr. Freeman withdrew
: from the Anti-Saloon League as an
active worker after attending a two
; days' conference of officers of the
i league last December.
Not Agency of Church??
He says the league was not, as
j claimed by .William H. Anderson and
i other officers of the organization, an
j agency of the churches.
He accuses the league of misleading
| congregations to the extent of instruct
j ir.g a speaker when addressing a Meth
j odist audience to say his "dear old
! mother died a Methodist," though the
; speaker might be a Presbyterian.
This and other methods which he
! characterizes as subtle, were used to
capture religious audiences by league
. speakers, who made an "adroit study
; of human frailty," he said.
Mr. Freeman, who before being or
? dained practiced law in Manhattan and
j Yonkers for eight years, said that the
I strongest evidence he has against the
| league is documentary.
Document Made Public
In a statement the clergyman made
i public a copy of a document issued by
the Anti-Saloon League instructing it*
field workers on how to make a speech
Ht Sunday services. These speeches
were to be divided into four parts, as
follows:
1. Conciliation.
2. Information.
3. Inflammation.
4. Consecration.
This last, which was devoted to in?
ducing the congregation to contribute
to the league's coffers, and getting
them to enroll for the fifrht, wag re?
ferred to by Mr. Freeman as "coinse
cration."
In the first part of their speech,
which was limited to five minu*es, the
.iiiti-saloon speakers were instructed to
convince th?ir .Sunday audiences that
they were interested in their welfare,
ano that the work of the league was in
harmony with the spirit, of Christ. The
second part was limited to lit!ecu min?
utes. In this period the speakers were
to familiarize the churchgoers with the
league's campaign. Under the head of
"Inflammation" the speaker? were told
to confine themselves to ?seven minutes,
in which thev were expected to picture
the liquor traffic so ^is to arouse the
congregation to a fighting spirit.
The speakers were warned not to
paint th'jjr pictures "too black," a?
the reality whs too well known. The
last portion of the speech was to last
not more than t<*n mi nut., s.
Wrote to CuvilJicr
Mr. Freeman wrote to Assemblyman
Cuvillier before the resolution calling
for an investigation -??' the leagi -, with
a view to prosecuting criminally Its
officers, had been adopted by the As?
sembly. The resolution was ??? ?pt-ed
Monday night. That same day Mr.
Freeman wrote a letter to Mr. Cuvil?
lier in which he said he possi?i.sed
many interesting facts concerning the
league, especially with respect to its
"sources of income and the method of
collecting money." The letter follow?-.
"I am very much interested in your
proposed investigation by the Assembly
Judiciary Committee of the activities
and methods of the New York State
Anti-Saloon League. For a short time
' last year I was in the employ of the
league. ? attended last December a
; two days' privat?; conference of the
: ?e;>?ue at its main offices in New York
1 City.
"It was a conference of the league's
; entire state force. I withdrew from its
service much against the wish of the
officers of the cap?tol district to which
I was allied. I am in possession of
many interesting fact?, especially with
i respect to the l'.'ugue*s me mods of col
{ lecting moneys and with respect to ths
; sources of collections.
"These methods are both adroit and
i sinister, cleverly and cautiously kept
I from the churches from which it de?
I rives its asserted agency. Its sibtl?
; aim is money - money with which t?
! domineer in governmental cotistruc
; tion. Its interest in prohibition is but
' a means to government and privat*
! conduct by coercion.
No Fear of Anderson
"I have often felt that I may say ?
: warning word about this institution
i but where to say it and when to sa)
j it seemed an insurmountable problea
lito me. I shall be glad to submit to yot,
fin careful detail in writing wh.it i
| know of the league. In giving you thii
j information I am well aware that i
j may mean an appearance by m?s t<
testify before ?the Assembly Judiciar*