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Allies May Ask
U. S. to Aid in
Russian Inquiry
Informal Proposals Made
by Supreme Council Said
to Favor Giving America
Places on Commission
Situation a Delicate One
European Nations Report?
ed in "Wild Scramble"
to Land Bolshevik Trade
WASHINGTON, March ?5.?-While no
formal invitation has beert sent, in?
formal suggestions have been made by
the Supreme Council at London that
the United States have representation
on the commission which is to investi- .
gate conditions in Russia. 1
The council is understood to appre?
ciate that the subject must be ap?
proached with delicacy owing to the
conditions surrounding the considera
tion of the German peace treaty in th?
Senate, but has felt some apprehensiot:
that failure to extend America an oj' '
portunity to participate in the work of
the commission might be resented in
the United States.
Seeks Justification
Consequently officials regard it as j
probable that the council will extend i
thfi invitation if only for the purpose
of justifying- it in proceeding to deal
with the Russian problem alone in the
event of a refusal of the United States
to participate.
Front The Tribune's Etiropean Bureau
Copyright. li?20. New 1'ork Tribune Inc.)
LONDON. March 5.?The plans for
the reopening of commercial relations j
between the Allies and Russia are go?
ing forward steadily.
An emergency meeting of the league !
of nations council probably will be held
in Paris next week to complete plans for ?
the visit of an international commission
?to Russia. The Moscow government has I
pent word that it is not only willing but i
anxious to have the commission come.
The representative of the Bolsheviki |
in Berlin has announced that the Soviet |
government is prepared to grant mining
and forest concessions to foreign com?
panies. The German government is ne?
gotiating with L?nine on the pretext of
exchanging prisoners.
Russia to Send Envoys
Maxim Litvinoff, the Bolshevik pleni?
potentiary in Copenhagen, is arrang?
ing transportation for a Russian for?
eign trade delegation that is on its
way here. Litvinoff is preparing for
the reception of the Italian Socialist
delegation which is en route from Lome
to discuss Russian trade matters with
him.
J.0NDOX. March 4 (By The Associated
Press).?Although the composition of
the commission which will gr, to Rus?
sia in the near future to si.udy condi?
tions will be finally 'decided by the
council of the league of nations, it is
known that Spain, Belgium, England,
France, Italy and Japan will be repre?
sented.
Aa fs ? ns can be ascertained here,
no answer has been received to the
invitation to the United States to send
a representative.
Japanese Abandon Plans
For Siberian Expedition
First Detachment of Troops
Will Leave Vladivostok on
March 20, ISeicspaper Says
HONOLULU. March 5.?The Japan?
ese government has decided to abandon
the Siberian expedition, in line with the
American policy, according to a cab'e
message from Tokio, received by
"Shinpo/' a Japanese language news?
paper here.
The first detachment of Japanese
troops will leave Vladivostok March 20,
simultaneously with the departure of
the last Czecho-Slovak troops, the
message said:
The Soviet government's peace offer
to Japan, according to the cablegram,
asks recognition of Lenine's de facto
govc-rnment and resumption of full
diplomatic relations, promises to end
terrorism simultaneously with Allied
acquiescence with the offer, and to
recognize Japan's special rights in Si?
beria.
WASHINGTON, March 5.?Deeply
concerned over the rapid eastward
ipread of Bolshevism, Japan is under- i
stood to desire the creation of a buffer
state between it and soviet controlled !
Russia. It is believed here that the i
erection of such a state may be made
one of the first considerations in any ;
future relations between Japan and ;
Russia. To what extent this has de
termined the policy of Japan to with- I
draw its troops from Siberia, however, ;
officiais here are unable to say.
Establishment of an autonomous Si- [
berian state centered about Irkutsk j
has been contemplated recently by the I
Bolsheviki, according to official dis- j
patches received here*. Such a state, j
while following the political outlines !
of the present Russian government,
would, according to those advices, still
Possess a sufficiently independent char?
acter to satisfy any Japanese desire
for a buffer between Japan and Bol?
shevik-controlled Russia,
Poland Opposes Truce With
Soviet Pending Peace Parley
WARSAW, March 5.?Demands that
the Russian Bolsheviki enter into peace I
negotiations without agreeing to an j
srmibtice are embodied in the latest j
proposals made to the Soviet govern?
ment by Poland. It is contended by the i
V^es that if an armistice is agreed toi
the Bolsheviki will take advantage of
;ne time to concentrate troops and re?
inforce various points along tho front ?
where they are unable now to mass
?forces.
Delegates from Finland and Letvia j
nave arrived here to confer with For-1
e'gn Minister Patek regarding peace
Problems, and other states, including!
Rumania, are expected to send dele- j
*?ates soon. It was announced to-day;
"?at M. Patek would not go to Paris ;
or London, a* he had planned, but that:
roiand's proposals of peace would b^ I
^red to Premiers Millerand and Lloyd
^eorga for their consideration before
wing submitted to the Bolsheviki.
Canada Draws Line on Union
D?nies Right of Government
Employees to Organize
?n, i AWA> March 5.?The right of
employees of the Dominion government
Utv* labor unions was denied in a
{?"er sent to-day by the Cabinet to
gw Dominion Trades and Labor Con
tire s s.
There is no incentive from the stand
Point of prof.t to cause the government
W impose unfair working condition:.
m ^aues-the lotter ^y8?auci Parlia
mertt has made adequate provision for
settling grievances.
., ? cnnn?t. therefore, be conceded,"
ine letter continues. "tha,t public serv?
ice employees should be subject to con
j*01 of any organization of industrial
Jokers and be thereby liable to be
?nvolved in industrial disputes.*
Ohio Miners Demand Full
Citizenship of Members
Will Conduct Campaign Among
- Aliens to Aid Them in Pre?
paring for Tests
COLUMBUS, Ohio, March S.?Here
after a aeclaration of citizenship hy a
foreigner will not he sufficient to en?
title him to membership in the United
Mine Workers of Ohio. He must ac?
tually become a citizen. Ohio miners,
in session here, amended their consti- I
tution making citiienship compulsory
on all members of the organization.
Two years ago the constitution of the
Ohio Mine Workers was amended re?
quiring declaration of intention to be?
come a citizen a condition of mem?
bership. This, however, was found not
to accomplish the desired results in
bringing about citizenship of the for?
eign-born workers, as many did not
complete the citizenship process.
The miners also decided to conduct
an educational campaign among aliens,,
giving them every assistance necessary
in preparing for examinations for com?
plete citizenship.
>
Austrian Bankers Plan
Business Visit to U. S.
Delegation Eager to Restore
Trade Relations; Want
Food and Material
WASHINGTON', March &.?A delega?
tion of Austrian bankers plan to visit !
the United State, soon to reopen "bank- |
ing relations' 'between the two coun?
tries. The State Department has been '.
asked to approve the visit and the j
names of |.he financiers composing the
delegation are expected to be submit?
ted soon.
Austrian government officials are re?
ported to have under consideration the
proposal of the Austro-Hungarian bank
for creation of a corporation to
which would be pledged all as?
sets of the industries of Austria i
these combined assets to serve as se?
curity for food and raw materials to
be obtained in the United States.
Austrian Finance Minister Reisch re- j
cently has had several conferences with ?
members of the American mission, who
report him as being confident that the
position of the Austrian crown in in- j
ternational exchange soon will improve ?
materially.
American Held for $500
'Ransom by Mexicans j
Farmer and Merchant at Santa I
Lucretia Kidnaped by |
Bandit Band
WASHINGTON, March 5.?Peter W. ''
Summers, an American farmer and !
merchant in Mexico, ha_~ been kid- '
naped by bandits, and is being held j
for a ransom of 1,000 pesos (,S00), the j
State Department was advise! to-day.
Summers is a former resident of Paw
Paw, Mich. He is fifty-seven years old
and has been engaged in farming and
in the wholesale and mercantile busi?
ness at Santa Lucretia.
A dispatch from Salina Cruz to the
State Department to-day said Summers
was captured by Jesus Marell, leader
of a rebel band.
A3 is customary in the numerous
cases of Americans abducted by Mex?
icans, the State Department has in- j
structed the American Embassy at Mex- j
ico City to request the Mexican Foreign i
Office to take steps to apprehend and i
punish the kidnaper?.
Sees End of Olives Peril j
California Board of Health
Withdraws Unsafe Brands
Special Dispatch to The Tribune .
SAN FRANCISCO, March 5.?That
vegetable botulinus poisoning is virt?
ually under control, owing to investiga?
tion and action by the state Board of I
Health, is indicated in an announce?
ment made to-day by Dr. George
Ebright, president of the state board,
before a meeting of state and Federal
experts and representative of the olive
growers and packers.
The meeting was called by Dr. ;
Ebright to suggest to olive growers
and packers further methods for the
protection of the public.
"Details of the investigation cannot :
be announced at this time, because it
is not completed," Dr. Ebtight said. !
"It will be two months or more before
there will be any tangible result, but
in the mean time we are taking every ;
possible precaution. In cooperating
with the olive interests we are with- j
drawing large olive ?-? itputs from the
market and making it safe for the pur- j
chase of brands which remain on sale." !
New Haven Has Club Car
Merchants' Limited Adds Com?
forts to Parties of Four
The New York, New Haven and Hart?
ford, once again under private man?
agement, has started its work of re?
construction and reform by making the
Merchants' Limited, the express be
tween New York and Boston, more !
comfortable "for parties of four who
may have matters of business to dis?
cuss."
A club car has been prefixed and an
observation car added to the train. Each
car contains two sections equipped
with tables which are to be sold en
bloc to parties of four. For the ben?
efit of those who are overcome with
business worries while deciding
whether to break up two big pair and
draw three cards, soft drinks and cigars
are to be sold.
60-Mile Gale
Sweeps City
With Sleet
r -
Cont?nned from page 1
pected strata of garbage and ashes, it
dealt more severely with Richmond.
The northeast wind piled in an ex?
traordinarily high tide that caused the
long-suffering seaside bungalows to |
suffer once more. Hundreds of them j
between South and Midland beaches |
were flooded. Part of the Midland ]
Beach boardwalk was carried away, and
the scenic railway there collapsed.
Colder weather is coming, the Wash- (
ington Weather Bureau predicted last j
night, but fixed no definite time for its ;
arrival. In the mean time general i
storm warnings have been issued along i
the entire Atlantic coast.
Schuylkill Valley Flooded
READING, Pa., March 5.?Floods ;
long feared in the Schuylkill Valley I
from points thirty ?liles to the north j
and south as far as Coatesville and the ?
Perkiomen, broke loose to-night and
the city is without trolley service. Pas- ?
sengcr train service is curtailed and
the river threatens to put the giant
Edison electric plant in West Reading,
which supplies towns as far west as
Lebanon and others a3 far east and ;
south of Reading, out of commission.
The trolley shut-downs aro duo to lack |
of current.
The river continues to rise and if
the flood grows worse the city will j
have no lighting or power to-morrow, j
Railroad men report floods all along j
their runs and ice coming down the i
river in great masses is battering down i
some of the weaker bridges. To-day's j
heavy rain and snow to-night caused j
the river to rise rapidly and a regular
blizzard set in with wind of high ve- I
locity.
The breaking of two ice gorges in I
the Schuylkill River, above Reading, one j
at Hamburg and the other at Port !
Clinton, to-night caused all industries \
using public electric power, including
"The Reading News*-Times," to prepare
to close.
Houses in the lower part of the city j
along the river bank were flooded at
nightfall. Members of the Reading Boot
Club and others were called out to !
man the small boats to rescue men, j
women and children penned in their \
homes by the water.
LANCASTER, Pa., March 5.?Bridges I
and houses Jiave been swept away, the
Lincoln Highway at many points is j
under water and trolley service be- ?
tween this city and surrounding towns ?
has practically been suspended as the |
result of scores of small streams j
throughout this section overflowing I
their banks.
At Martic Forge the tracks of the
Conestoga Traction Company have been
swept away, while two houses at the !
same place are gone. At Lititz many ?
manufacturing plants hnve suspended '
operations because boiler rooms are '
under water. ?
Nine feet of water is going over the I
dam at the city water works, eighteen i
inches higher than any previous record, i
Faced with the possibility that the
filtering plant will break down has
caused the issuing of a bulletin that I
the people of the city must conserve
water.
At Leaman Place the oil develop- I
ments are under water. Passengers on I
the last car from Columbia to reach !
this city were forced to stand on the !
seats while the trolley crossed swollen
streams.
SCRANTON, Pa., March 5.?-After an
inch and three-quarters of rain had i
fallen here to-day, and people living in i
the lowlands prepared for a flood, the |
temperature dropped. The rain turned
to snow about 4 o'clock in the after- !
noon and since that hour a blizzard has !
been raging. Five inches of-snow has i
fallen and streetcar and railway serv?
ice is badly impeded.
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Two Dead, One Dying
In Battle of Brothers
Special Dist atch to The Tribune
LOUISVILLE, March 5.?Milford Hub
bard and his brother-in-la-.v, Jerry Hub- i
bard are dead and Willard Hubbard,
brother of Milford, is dying as the re
suit of a three-cornered battle on the \
Kentucky-Virginia border. ,
The fight occurred at the home of the \
Hubbard brothers at Pound, Va., after j
the 'men had been drinking moonshine!
whisky. Milford engaged in a rifle j
duel with Jerry, the brother-in-law, ;
finally shooting him through the abdo
men. Willard, boon companion of his j
brother-in-law, fought his brother and
fatally wounded him. Milford, lying I
?n the floor, fired twice just before he
died at Willard, one shot going through
the body the other smashing an arm.
Willard was rushed to a hospita.l at
Jenkins Letcher County, Ky., and his
death is expected.
Six Jailed for Melting
110,000 Gold Sovereigns j
LONDON, March 6.?Six months' im- ?
prisonment was the sentence pro- I
nounced upon the six men who have
been on trial charged with melting gold
coin. The gold they had in their pos?
session, amounting to more than 110,000
sovereigns, was ordered forfeited. In- ?
eluded in the group are Harry Lewis, a
barrister, and Shuro & Chamberlain,
diamond merchants.
It has been brought out in the trial
that the accused withdrew from the
Bank of England during 1919 gold
weighing 18 hundredweight. During
December alone, it was charged, they i
disposed of bar gold worth ?9,400.
Dutch to Keep
Ex-Kaiser in
200-Acre 'Cage'
Holland's Second Note, Re?
fusing Surrender Demand,
Promises to Prevent Him
From Endangering World
Precautions "On Spot"
Close Guard and Censor?
ship to Mark Wilhelm's
Detention at Doom
i -.
THE HAGUE, March 5.?The Dutch
government to-day for the second time
refused to deliver the former German
Emperor to the Allies for trial. In a
note addressed to David Lloyd George,
the British Premier, however, the gov?
ernment promised to take all necessary
measures to minimize the liberty of
Wilhelm and prevent him from en?
dangering the world's peace.
The second communication from the
Dutch government, which was delivered
in London this morning, states that
these precautions will be taken "on the
spot." While Doom is not mentioned
in the text of the note, it is under?
stood that in conversai ions with the
Allied diplomats here the Dutch author?
ities have assured them that close
guarding and censorship will be insti?
tuted when Wilhelm occupies his es?
tate at that place.
Surrender Contrary to Law
The Dutch government, while ap?
preciating the motives actuating the
Allies, declares its inability to change
its previous decisions. It says it is not I
forgetful of the inhuman acts com?
mitted during the war, but since Hol?
land is not a party to the Versailles
treaty the Queen's government finds
itself in a different position from the
other powers with regard to these acts.
"Since the government's supreme
duty is to respect the constitutional
laws of the kingdom," the note con?
tinues, "-it can only emphasize that it
would be committing an act contrary to
law and justice and incompatible with ?
the national honor if it consented to j
violate these laws by abolishing the !
rights accorded to a fugitive finding
himself on Dutch territory."
All Obligations Observed
Protesting that this attitude does i
not put Holland outside the community
of nations, the note declares Holland '
is fully conscious of the duties the ?
presence of the former Emperor lays :
on the Netherlands government with ;
regard to the country's own interests
as well "as international security. '
The note protests that, contrary to
the impression derived from the Allied
note, the Dutch government from the
beginning has observed the obligations ]
entailed by these duties. The govern- !
ment, the note says, will continue to !
do so, being able in the exercise of ?
Dutch sovereignty to take on the spot ;
all precautionary measures deemed
requisite to subject the freedom of
the former Emperor to necessary lim- j
itations.
The Netherlands government says it :
is anxious to place these declarations '
on record in the most formal manner, ;
and in conclusion declares it to be its j
opinion that these declarations wh'ich |
prove that the government realizes the j
dangers which the powers dread will
dispel their"apprehensions.
The note is signed by Jonkheer von
Karnebeck, the Dutch Foreign Min?
ister.
High Fence About House
Night . nd day shifts are working
on the Kaiser's new residence at Doom,
and it is reported he will move there
from Amerongei) May 12. A high fence
about the house nt Doom, to which ob- j
jection was made at first because it i
obstructed a public road, is now near
completion, the authorities having |
waived opposition to the work.
A trainload of furniture arrived at I
Doom from Berlin several months ago ?
and recently five additional truck loads
were received there. The building has |
been radically remodeled, half of the ?
first floor being prepared for Count j
Hohenzollern's occupancy, while one
of the wings will be given over to the
former Empress. :
While unprotected by high walls or |
a moat, the* Doom estate is now in j
reality a 200-acr. cage that can be j
easily guarded and within which the I
Dutch government expects William of
Hohenzollern to spend the rest of his
days,
i -?-?
Railway Express Clerks
In Chicago Will Strike
Walk-Out, Effective To-day,
Will Tie Up Shipments
to New York
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
CHICAGO. 111., March 5.?Shipments
of al kinds to New York and the East j
will be seriously affected by a strike :
of American Railway Expressmen j
called hero to-night. The strike will
be effective at six o'clock in .he morn?
ing.
Incoming and outgoing service will
be completely stopped, as far as the j
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks is con- j
cerned, officials say. The 3,000 mem- ]
bers of this union, who are striking
contrary to the order of their grand
lodge oSicers, will be joined to-morrow
by the railway expressmen. Authority
for this is R. E. Sheperd, chairman of !
the Chicago district of fhe brother- j
hood. The strike is for higher wages.
Representatives of the union stated
last night that shipments of the fol- ?
lowing will be halted: Newspapers,
perishable goods, including butter,
egsg and fruits; dairy products, in-1
eluding- milk; motion picture films,
yeast, baker goods, automobile acces?
sories, live stock.
The strike was called Friday and con?
firmed yesterday against the orders of
the grand lodge of international offi- ;
cers at Washington. The Chicago dis?
trict, led by its general chairman, C. B.
Simpson, who also is a grand lodge of- :
ficial, announced open rebellion against
the national chiefs.
12 Johnson Men to Run
Following an all-day conference yes- j
terday at the Hiram W. Johnson head
! quarters in the Hotel Pennsylvania,
i attended by Angus McSween, Eastern
?manager; William M. Bennett and Sen
i atof George F. Thompson, it was stated
! by Mr. McSween that twelve Johnson
: men throughout the state would con
i test with the regular organization se?
lections for delegato to the Chicago
| convention.
Former Senator Bennett will be' the
| only one who will contest for deiegate
! at-large. The Johnson men said that
I General Wood was not leading in all of
j the Western polls, a*nd they furnished
?the following,'conducted by "The Daily ,
i Oklahomnn," of Oklahoma:
Republican--Johnson. 421; Wood,
?366; Capper, S26; Lowden, 312; Persh
| ing; 189; Taft, 173.
Democratic?Se: aior Robert L Owen.
! 1,130; Hoover. 614; McAdoo, 565; Pal?
mer, 318; Wilson, 248; Gore, 208; Debs,
186; Edwards, 55; La Follette, 46. |
Tiffany & Co.
Fifth Avenue &37T?Street
Pearls Diamonds Jewelry
Silverware Stationery
Fights for Baby
Of Another; Father
Is Her Husband
Woman Says Widow Gave
Child to Her to Keep as
Own; Now Mother Wants
Little One Brought Back
_
Mr. and Mrs. Karl Heidman, of 152
West Ninety-eighth Street, appeared
before Supreme Court Justice Erlanger
in chambers yesterday in response to
a writ of habeas corpus obtained by
Mrs. Marie Theresa Baco, a widow, who
seeks to make the couple surrender a
girl baby less than a year old of whom
Mr. Heidman is alleged to be the
father and Mrs. Baco the mother.
At the request of Charles Braunhut,
of 280 Broadway, counsel for the
Heidmans, an? adjournment was taken
until Wednesday, when a referee may
be appointed. The case was barely out?
lined before Justice Erlanger and no
testimony was taken.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Heidman want to
keep the child, believing that they can
give it a better home than can Mrs.
Baco. They have no children of their
own. According to Mr. Braunhut's
brief outline of what his clients in?
tended to prove in answer to the
mother's demand for her child, the
baby was turned over to Mrs. Heidman
by Mrs. Baco.
Mrs. Baco and Mrs. Heidmann arc
the daughters of Porto Ricans, whoso
plantations adjoin. They have known
each other from childhood. But until
she received a telegram from Mrs. Baco
last August, Mrs. Heidmann did not
know, according to Mr. Braunhut, of
the intimacy between her girlhood
friend and her husband.
The telegram summoned her to Mrs.
Baco'.s boarding house, the attorney
said, and there Mrs. Baco thrust the
baby girl into her friend's arms crying:
"Here, take it! I don't want anything
mpre to do with it!"
Mrs. Hejfdmann, her attorney con?
tinued, took the child home, pondering
en her resemblance to Mr. Heidmann.
Mr. Heidmann acknowledged that the
child was his. Ho had arranged for
the medical attention and care which
Mrs. Baco had required and had thought
that she was going to keep the child.
Until recently, Mr. Braunhut said, the
Hcidmanns had no suspicion that Mrs.
Baco had repented of her bargain and
wanted her child.
17 Tons of Sugar Seized
In Drive on Profiteers
Syracuse Candy Manufacturer
Accused of Selling Without
Permit and Discrimination
Special Dispatch to The Tribuno
SYRACUSE, March 5.?Thirty-five
thousand pounds of cane sugar in a
local warehouse was seized by Federal
agents led by W. C. Phillips this af?
ternoon, in the first open attack of
the Department of Justice against
food profiteers and hoarders. The
sugar is the property of a north side
candy manufacturer. It will be sold
Saturday by Mr. Phillips to retail
grocers at cost. Proceeds from the
sale will be turned over to the owners.
Mr. Phillins is at the head of a corps
of government agent3 investigating
profiteering here.
The seizure to-day Is the first in a
series. The north side candy maker
will be charged with selling ?t an ab?
normal profit; with selling without a
Federal permit to do so, and with dis?
crimination in that he refused a supply
to some lirms.
Spain to Restore Alhambra
GRANADA, Spain, March 5.?De?
cision has been reached by the govern?
ment to begin the work of restoring
the Alhambra, a considerable portion
of which has fallen into bad condi?
tion through lack of repair.
I The Cavanaugh edge j
is a distinctive feature
I of all Crofut-Knapp
hats. The Pomoma, a
rookie brown felt with
olive green band, has S
this edge.
10.50
including tax
! !
IBe?t Se Co.
Fifth Ave. at 35th St.
?
Gentlemen's Haberdashery j
! You Never Pa)) More at Best's '
Thousands See Thieves
Rob Woman of $3,500
One, Carrying Stolen Goods, is
Caught After Chase;
Three Escape
Three men seized Ethel Segadel, of!
83 Ridge Street, yesterday nfternoon
before the eyes of thoi ^r.r.ds of persons j
in the pushcart market un?ler ? the j
Williamsburg Bridge. While th^;- held
the .young woman fast a companion
snatched from her a parco' ce ttaining
$1,000 in currency and $2A'?j in checks
which she was taking to a bank for
her father.
Once the money had been obtained
all four men fled. Miss Segadel had
not been choked beyond the screaming
point, however, and soon had half the
market chasing the four men. Push?
carts and stands were upset ruthlessly
and fugitives and pursuers slithered
along in a lather of eggs, fish and
vegetables for several hundred feet.
Clinton Street, into which the four
men darted, was filled from stoop line
to stoop line with the 'press of the
pursuit. So great was the crowd that
detectives who had drawn their re?
volvers feared to fire. The chase led
through Rivington Street and Attorney
Street and back, again to Delancev
Street.
By that time three of the men had
escaped by dodging into hallways or
alleys. The fourth. Jack Popoff of 31
Clinton Street, was captured by De?
tectives Herman and Murphy and
proved to be carrying all the stolen
money. He was locked up at head?
quarters.
Drunkenness No Excuse
For Crime, Lords Rule
British House Reverses De?
cision of Appeal Court in
Case of Murderer
LONDON, March 5.?The House of
Lords ruled to-day that drunkenness i?
not an excuse for crime by ordering
that conviction for murder be restored
in the case of Arthur Beard, who was
condemned to death for murdering a
thirteen-year-old girl in Chester, thus
reversing the decision of the Criminal
Court of Appeal, which reduced the
crime to manslaughter.
Beard, while under the influence of
drink, strangled the little girl, and a
plea of drunkenness was put in during
his trial. It is understood the death
sentence will not be carried out.
? The case of Beard was brought be?
fore the House of Lords in December.
He bad been convicted of murder, and
it was the first time the upper house
of Parliament had dealt in a similar
case where drunkenness was the ex?
cuse. The Court of Criminal Appeal
had quashed the verdict of guilty be?
cause of the prisoner's intoxication
and commuted the sentence of death to
one of twenty years' imprisonment.
The House of Lords at the time re?
served judgment on an appeal brought
by the crown authorities, but the Home
Secretary informed the house that the
penalty of death would not be exacted,
no matter what the final verdict was.
Turks Predict War
On Allied Forces
In Asia in Spring
Nearly Million Nationalists
Under Mustapha Kemal,
Real Ruler, Will Fight,
Constantinople Hear.
i -
CONSTANTINOPLE, March 5.?While
the announcement that the Turks will
be left in Constantinople has been
welcomed, especially by the Sultan's
supporters, it is daily becoming clearer
that Mustapha Kemal's forces in Asia
Minor will not accept peacefully the
partitioning of Asiatic Turkey, which
the Supreme Council is believed to con
iemplate. It is universally conceded
iustapha Kemal represents the rea;
power of Turkey.
Although the British, French and
Italians hold Constantinople and the
Straits with their navies, Allied tenure
of occupied portions of Asiatic Turkey
is being vigorously contested. Musta?
pha Kemal's organized forces are vari?
ous.y estimated at from 500,000 to 1.000,
000, with the cooperation of various
Aiab and Kurd bands. His supporters
predict war this spring, or sooner, ii
the Greeks are left in Smyrna and the
French in Cilicia.
Through their control of the Turkish
Chamber of Deputies, it is asserted
Mustapha Kemal's Nationalists virt?
ually dominate the Constantinople gov
er. ment and laugh at Allied threats tc
the Sultan and Ailied naval display ir
the Straits. The real government is ai
.?uignra, beyond reach of naval guns.
PARIS, March 5. The total numbei
of Armenians who were victims in thi
massacre in the Marash region o!
Asiatic Turkey last month does not ex
cecd 5,000, according to detailed infor
mation received by French officials
Reports from London yesterday statec
the number would be between 15,00i
and 20,000.
French officials admit the gravity o
the incident, but point out it was im
possible to foresee and prevent th<
massacre, as the army of occupation i
not large enough to furnish stron
guards at every point where the Turk
are likelv to engage in an uprising.
THE water you drink
will be no purer than,
the ice you put in ft.
It's economy to ksep a
bottle of water in the ice box,
but m.any people enjoy the
cheery clink of ice in the
! glass.
? The ice you can be certain
I about is the ice to u?se -
Knickerbocker Ice. i
i
The young ?tern ?rill foften drink ? <
tlase of TO'lk, flavored with chocolnte ' ?
ana ?halien with crushed lets?wIms
they will sert take plain milk.
iChtcjkerbocE?r
ICE
Company
Lloyd George Will Discuss
Sale of West Indies Monday
LONDON, March 6.?It is expect??!
that J.he proposal to sell the Brlt'sh
West Indies to the United States, as
a means of helping balance the war
debt of Great Britain, will be dis?;ussed
in the House of Commons by Premier
Lloyd George probably on Monday of
next week.
Pending the Premier's statement,
members of the government display
unwillingness to express their views
for- publication. Opinions obtained
privately, however, indicate that the
proposal, if it were formally presented,
would not be considered.
Egyptian In?quiry Completed
LONDON, March 5.?Viscount. Wi?
ner's mission has concluded its investi?
gations in Egypt and has adjourned to
meet in London after Easter to pre?
pare its report, according to a Cairo
dispatch to "The London Times" quot?
ing a notice issued to the Egyptian
press yesterday.
V CLOTHES OF CUSTOM QUALITY
^/E use only conspic?
uously rare fabrics
?that is, fabrics that
are conspicuously rare
elsewhere.
It's a treat to go thru our
Spring novelty weaves
i>a?.0 $c ?lompang
BROADWAY AT 34th STREET
Will Place on Sale Saturday
1500 New and Authentic
$5.95 Wonder Hats
? the largest collection of hats to be
s?en at one price in America !
In this collection of Modern Hats are revealed the newest and most
charming styles created for Spring. Hats so beautiful in their
captivating lines, so expertly made that it is almost unbelievable that
their cost is so little. Irregular brimmed hats are enjoying a wide
vogue in Pans?they are shown in great variety in this display.
Chin Chin styles are also ver*y fashionable?you will find two hund?
red in this special offering. Other beautiful styles include?
Large Dress Hats, Turbans, Pokes
and Transparent Hats
Broadway gflkS ^ffiflt?.{!?Ml| ? 34th St.