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scmbly probably will not meet in Ber?
lin until Thursday.
Crulsers at Kiel Selzed
The German cruisers Schwarzburg,
Rcgensburg and Wittelsbach woie
ta^enTEWW^V^-x-^-7f~ ?j** w>thout
bloodshed yesterday morningS^ **-*"<
ore at the naval station, after thll^fX *
ernment troops in the station had been
dijiarmed, according to reports from
Kiel received here by way of Homburg.
The officers of the cruisers were de
poaed and the white flag was hoisted
over the vessels. The captain of the
Wittelsbach, the reports add, commit?
ted suicide by shooting.
Firing occurred in various parts of
the city yesterday afternoon. It was
reported that the security police are
shooting down all officers of the Baltie
troops remaining in Berlin. Unter den
Linden bristled with barbed wire and
the Hotel Adlon was thoroughly
sSreened with it and guarded by troops.
The wildest rumors were afloat, becom?
ing grotcsqucly magnified in circula
tion.
The inner city streets were seething
with excited people. Disorders were
oecurring in the suburban districts.
There was a conspicuous absence of
troops in the workingraen's dwelling
districts, where agitators were fevcr
ishly busy.
?'he strike was being enforced most
ingently early to-day and the So?
cialists and Spartacist organizations
were picketing the city thoroughly.
Cabmen were neld uo and their pas?
sengers forced to alight. The streets,
consequently, wero divested of traffic
save for a few private conveyances and
military and police vehicles.
Police Fear "Red" Guards
Fear of the Communists and their
"Red" Guards seems to be spreading
increasingly among the Security Police.
An armored train was sent from Berlin
yesterday as a result of serious dis
turbances in connection with the strike
which occurred at various railway sta
tions, such as Niederichoenweide,
Strausberg, Ftedersdorff and Hoppe
garten.
Representatives of Great Britain
Italy and Belgium in this city visited
Vice-Chancellor Schiffer yesterday and
congratulated the government on the
"speedy removal of the Kappist usurp
era," according to a semi-official news
agency announcement.
Th^y assured Herr Schiffer, it is said,
that Eentente representatives had not
recognized the leaders of the revoit,
but had remained sympathetic to the
constitutional government, ajnd ex?
pressed the hope the new crisis caused
by the general strike might be quickly
overcome.
Fight Expected Over Amnesty
Stormy incidents are expected when
the National Assembly takes up the
question of amnesty for the leaders of
the reactionary revoit against the
Ebert government. Public sentiment
here is bitter against the Baltie troops,
and proposals to grant pardons to the
revoiutionists are certain to be op?
posed.
Government offieials who have talked
with newspaper men assert no amnesty
agreement was reached between them
and Dr. Wolfgang Kapp before the
latter left Beriin, but their assertions
are contradicted by followers of the
usurping Chancellor.
Reorganization of the Ebert Cabinet
will bring haif a dozen new men into the
Ministry, it is said, b?t the National
Liberals and Conservatives will not be
represented. These two organizations
have decided to await the result of the
elections in June beforo consenting to
take part in the government._
France Hopes
For IL S. Aid in
German Crisis
Continued from page one
armament, and the futher fact that
Ebert's supporters on the Right openly
favor resistance to disarmament, France
sees no reason why she now should be
asked to give way. ^he French gov?
ernment is pledged to the nation to see
Germany disarmed before anything
else.
France also accuses the German
government of issuing colored and mis
leading reports of Sparticist risings.
The official information handed to
France dealing with the situation in
Germany to-day contains exaggerations
which are intended to impress the Al?
lies with the necessity of keeping up
a large German army. France does
not deny the existence of uprisings
nor the necessity of maintaining a
proper military force, but statements
which are known to be exaggerated
give rise to obvious suspicions.
Loss of Influence Resented
France ia disappointed at finding her
self less and less listened to in
European councils. She represented
the minority on the subject of Russia,
she alone opposed the Anglo-Italian
economic proposals and now her ad
vice is not taken on the question of the
German revolution.
Such experiences are making France
very nervous about the future. She
fears another surprise may be in store
for her, and her nervousness is mani
fe6ted in endless repetition in the
projBB that nothing must bo allowed to
interfere with the Versailles treaty.
i One result of this situation is that
france looks to America more and
more with the hope that tho United
States will take her side if the treaty
i? threatened. and there is a report
that the Republicans intend to support
the dec'aration of America to come to
France's aid in case the German revo?
lution does not subside. Four out?
standing points in the situation loom
Urgest in the eyes of the French.
Ebert's Policy Snspected
j First, despite Ebert's victory Noske
iS resigning; second, Ebert will carry
MUt his reactionary program to hold
ejections two months hence; third, the
Kresident will be elected by the di
rjeet voice of the people, aa demanded
by Kapp; fourth, though Luettwitz is
gone, his place has been taken by von
Allies te-Beat
Gerir.an 4Reds'
,.J&^>?larvatioii
Entente Representatives Are
Giving Every Assistance
to Ebert Government to
Re-establish Full Power
Hard Fighting Still On
Communists Hold Several
Large Cities; Supply of
Foo<| May Be Cut Off
By Arthur S. Draper
From The Tribune'* European Bureau
(Copyrlght. 1920. New Tork Tribune Ino.)
LONDON, March 20.^-The assist*
anc6 which the Entente representa?
tives are giving to the Ebert govern?
ment in Germany is expected to go far
toward restoring order in that coun?
try, although official reports to-day in
dicate that the Communist movement
is not ended.
Lord Kilmarnock, the British Charge
dAffaires in Berlin, congratulated the
Ebert government on the overthrow of
Dr. Wolfgang Kapp and his associates,
and added that the granting of food
stuffs, raw materials and credits would
continue provided constitutional con?
ditions prevailed in Germany. It is
believed the Communists will be de?
feated by tho food shortage in Ger?
many and the dependence of that coun?
try on the Allies for food.
Although the fighting continues in
and around Berlin, the greatest dis
orders have occurred at Leipsic, Kiel
and Essen. In Leipsic armed work?
men are reported fighting the Reichs?
wehr (national troops) and an air?
plane was used in attacks on the pub?
lic buildings. Several hundred have
been killed or wounded, the dispatches
say.
The battles at Kiel between some
naval units and bodies of workmen are
reported to have been especially fierce
and long continued. The casuaities are
estimated as high as a thousand.
The Communists are holding Essen,
Elberfeld and Cassel, but South Ger?
man troqps are now marching into the
Ruhr industrial district, the advices
report.
Settlement of the disorders depends
largely on the result of the conference
which was being held to-day in Berlin.
The conferees hopcd to reach a de?
cision on the demands of the Federa?
tion of Labor, representing all the work?
ers, including the independent Social?
ists, most of whom have been support
ing- the Communist movement. (The
settlement of the strike was announced
in later dispatches.)
The demands of the federation in?
cluded the punishment of Dr. Wolfgang
Kapp and his associates in the at
tempted revolution; the putting of or?
ganized labor in charge of armed agen?
cies for the maintenance of order; a
reform of the civil service system; the
nationaliiation of the coal and copper
mines; the immediate enactment of new
soeial legislation; the retirement of
Gustav Noske, Minister of Defense; of
W. W. Heine, Prussian Minister of
War, and of Herr Oeser.
The Ebert government has offered a
large reward for the capture of Dr.
Kapp. _
Seecht, regarded by the French as ono
of Germany's greatest generals.
Despite the satisfactory speech by
Bauer before the German National As?
sembly, it does not accord with the
news from Berlin, where the reac?
tionary program carries more weight
than appears to be the case in Stutt?
gart. The "Temps" sums the situa?
tion up and sighs that the Allies have
not listened to French advice. &
"A new period is now starting in
Germany," that newspaper says, "and
consequently in European politics the
coup-d'etat phase is now past. Hence
forth we shall see unfolded thc conse
quences of this crisis. During the
whole affair we have supported the
theory that the Allies should have
taken the initiative. We have repeat?
ed that desirable solutions and neces?
sary guaranties do not come by them?
selves.
"Will Germany develop along the
lines of those who planned the coup
d'6tat or in a way ln keeping with
the Allies' security and the execution
of the treaty? That is the whole ques?
tion." _
American Colony
In Berlin Safe
State Department ls Ad?
vised That No Anxiety
ls Felt by V. S. Envoy
From The Tribune'e Washington Bureau
. WASHINGTON, March 20.-?All the
members of the American colony in
Berlin are safe and well, the State De?
partment was advised to-day in a cable
from Ellis L. Dresel, American com?
missioner in the German capital. The
dispatch said no American thus far had
been molested, and that no fear was
felt for the safety of the official staff
of the American commissioner or the
other Americans in Berlin.
Officials of tho department said ono
message from Berlin indicated that ar
ransrements have been made spoedily to
remove nll American women and chil?
dren should the disturbances there be?
come threatening.
Tho department hr-s no information
of the number of Americans who are on
German soll. Passports are not issurd
to Germany and Americans who havo
gone into the Central Empire from
neutral countries have done so at their
own risk. It is known, however, that a
great number of representatives of
American manufacturers and shippers
have been in German cities since the
partial lifting of the commercial block?
ade agairst that country.
OODMAN
616 FIFTH AVENUE
Between 49 & 50 Streets
EXHIBITiON OF
R&IS ^POKrAHQMS' OUR
OWN ADAPTATONS AND
EXCLUSIVE CREATIONS
New Busses to Carry 60
Seated and Standing
Plans for Vehicles Will Be Pre
sented at Next Estimate
Board Meeting
The new busses to be operated by the
city on routes to be mapped out later
will have seats for thirty passengers
snd accommodations for thirty mort,
standing in the aisle nnd in the rcar of
the bus. The seats will be thirty-two
inches wide with thirteen inches bo
tween them. The aisles will bo twenty
four inches wide and thc steps at the
ontranco to thc bus collapsiblo, closing
with thc doqr, to be oporatcd by thc
chauffeur by means of a foot pedal.
Six seats in the bus face forward,
while in the well of tho vehicle n semi
circle of seats will accommodate ten
passngers. White straps, similar to
thoso in thc subway trains, wijl be pro?
vided for the straphangcrs.
Commissioner Grover A. Whalen, of
the Department of Plant and Struc
tures, announced yesterday that these
plans for the 200 new busses authorizeo.
by the Board of Estimate, had been pre
pared and would be presented at tnt,
next meeting of tho board, Friday.
"I ahticipate favorable action by tht
board," said Commissioner Whalen,
"and after action is taken I will ndver
tise for bids within twenty-four hours
for building tho busses. Every day
seems to emphasize the need of Imme?
diate action, and we are losing no time
ln filling what is undoubtedly a public
want."
i
Allied Troops
To Intervene
IPReds'Rule
( . ., ~ (
Continued from page one
gart by way of Paris. Bolshevik cle
ments among the workmen, however,
are making a settlement difficult.
Copenhagen advices received by way
of Dresden from Hamburg state that
Leipsic is being successfully cleared
by troops of the regular army. The
Leipsic Volkshaus is burning nnd the
workmen's losses have been exceed
ingly heavy. More than a hundred
workmen fell in an attempt to capture
the Thomas School.
The capture of Essen, home of the
great Krupp arms and industrial works,
was effected on Friday by a Spartacan
army of about 100,000 men, with 77
guns and an equipment of armored
automobiles, according to advices from
Aix-la-Chapelle by way of Brussels to-1
day. The Spartacans procluimed a !
soviet republic there.
During iast night, the ndvices add,
the manufacturing city of Diisseldorf,!
on the Rhine north of Cologne, was i
capturcd by Spartacan forces, the gov- '
ernment troons evacuating it without a
fight.
Workmen ptormo.d the prison at
Luettringhausen, near Dusseldorf. and
released all the prisoners. At Buer,
Wcstphalia, Communists are reported
to have disarmed the police, establish-,
ing soviet government.
Ebert Troops Abandon Towns
Mulheim, southwest of Essen; Ober- j
hausen, to the northwest; the impor- j
tant industrial town of Elberfeld, to !
the south, and Kcttwig, south of Mul
heim, are reported to have been cvacu- !
ated by the small forces of government
troops holding them after being de- \
feated in fighting with the Spartacans.
The government troops took refuge in
part in the British zone of occupation,
where they were disarmed, the dis?
patches state.
The military commander of the Duis
burg district is quoted as declaring
there was every reason to hope that the
Communists would be kept on the other
side of the Ruhr.
The situation in the mining districts
of the lthincland are described in ad?
vices reaching here to-day by way of
Berne as still extraordinarily seYious.
Several places are in complete con?
trol of Spartacans and Communists,
their dominance being secured fre?
qucntly only after severe fighting. In
Essen alone the number of dead is
estimated at 300. In Cassel seventeen
dead and sixty-four wounded are re?
ported, and in Nuremburg twenty
three dead and sixty wounded.
Dispatches coming by way of The
Hague state that in the Ruhr district
the strength of the "Reds" is now esti?
mated to be 40,000 men, with machine
guns, motor cars and artillery. The
dispatches add that thc Ebert govern?
ment's situation from a military stand
point has been improved greatly, ac?
cording to Bei-lin diKpatches to the
Dutch papers this afternoon.
The Communist movement continues
in several districts, but from a Berlin
estimate it appears that more than
two-thirds of the troops in Germany
are on the side of President Ebert. Of
those who deserted many have re?
turned to the ranks.
Military power in Kiel is now fully
in the hands of the new Governor, Rear
Admiral Evers, and a People's Council,
consisting of one representative each
from th? German People's party and
tho Democrats and two representatives
fi-om the Socialist party, according to
the "Nachrichten," of Hamburg, trans
mitted by way of Copenhagen. The
?entire economic life ol the city, how
I ever, is at a standstill. It is estimated
I that 150 persons were killed and bcv
! eral hundred wounded in Thursday's
I fighting, the "Nachrichten" snys
Kapp Rebellion
Held to Clear
German Future
Continued frvm p**? on
fllled with soldiers roll into the thor
oughfarc and open fire without tho
slightest provocation. He saw the
bodies of thirty men, women and chil?
dren laid row upon row on the Bide
walk.
Grave Dangers Still Remain
As tho turmoil of tho revolution and
the thunder of battle clears away it is
plain that the situation is fraught with
the gravest dangers. The Ebert reign,
however, comes out of the conflict with
nsHots augmented in ono direction, and
that is, the result of Kapp's venture
foredoomed any monarchist revolution
to failure, whereas, if he had waited
for the proper moment, junkerism
might have climbed into thc saddle
again. Moreover, tho government now
has the most effective argument to use
in the elections against the conserva
tive parties, which took no pronounced
stand against Kapp.
On the other hand, the^Chancellor of
the brief reactionary r6gfme set in mo?
tion forces of the Left which now look
oxtremely threatening. The labor or?
ganizations are making demands which
the government cannot meet and sur
vive.
Everything indicates that radicalism
has now entered a new phaoe of de?
velopment that cravcly jeopardizes not
only the government but the constitu?
tion. Apparently Bauer does not fully
realize how gravely the situation looks
from Berlin. A feeling of pronounced
pessimism is prevailing. The atmos
phere is thick with ramors which range
between probable attacks upon hotels
and the best residence sections to a
vast political cataatrophe and reign of
a proletarian dictatorship.
Adlon Attack a Massacre
A massacre of unexampled brutality
took plnco in front of the Adlon Hotel
in Berlin Thursday afternoon when
troops being withdrawn from the city
began to move toward Doberitz. The
first firing occurred when the Balticans
almost had passed the hotel. The cause
ia obscure and the reports conflict, but
the opening attack was a small affair, ;
measured in results, although the fusil
lade continued for a half-minute and j
was very hot.
I was standing near thc upper end of i
Wilhelmstrasse and saw frightened
crowds fleeing like so many rabbits
down Unter den Linden, many turnfng
into Wilhelmstrasse. I reentered the
hotel and saw two of the wounded
brought in. They said several others i
hiul been shot. Ten minutes iater the I
marines began to move, and they soon j
began a well-maintained fusillade upon j
the crowd just in front of the Adlon. j
The frightened masses crouched in !
front of the wooden railings closing j
the entrances.
From within I could see the soldiers
emptying their pistols into the de- i
fenseless mass of struggling humanity. :
Finally, however, the crowd succeoded
in entering. The killed and wounded
were brought into the hotel, and dur?
ing the next half hour scenes were en?
acted which are without parallel in the
history of such an institution.
Attack Declared Unprovokcd
Members of the Sanitary Corps soon I
arrived, and the wounded men were j
given first aid and efforts were made
to resuscitate the dyinsr. One wounded !
marine was carried in, but it was ad-1
mitted that he had been attacked by i
his own men. The casuaities probably;
numbered ten killed and thirty wound?
ed. I talked with several men, who de-;
clared that in the second shooting the I
troops acted wholly without provoca-!
tion; it was a mere act of revenge upon ;
Berlin's population, which had shown
unmistakable signs of airtipathy toward
Kapp and his troops.
Preceding the tragedy in front of
the Adlon there were many lively dis?
cussions between the soldiers off duty
I and civilians strongly anti-Jewish in
; character. AutomobileB passed distrib
| uting handbills which attacked the I
Jews in a most inflammatory way.
Early in the afternoon the Baltic
troops prepared to depart, packing up
their equipment, harnessing horses
and loading wagons. Their expression
was that of sullen disappointment, and
they were a most unkempt lot, for they
had slept for live nights in uniform,
their beds piles of straw upon the
floors of the government buildings.
I saw a hearse enter Wilhelmstrasse,
containing a coffin. It was greeted with
shouts of laughter as a bystander
cried:
"Have you got Kapp therein?"
When the Balticans began to march
out there was a great chorus of ap
plause and catcalls. Bystanders said
thc cheers meant not sympathy, rather
it was an expression of joy over the
departure of the soldiers.
Wisconsin Professors Form
Union and Join A. F. of L.
MADISON, Wis., March 20.?-Twelve
members of the faculty of the Uni?
versity of Wisconsin have organized a
local union, which is to be affiliated
with the American Federation of La?
bor, it was made known to-day.
"The union is not for the purpose
of obtaining better pay or working
conditions for ourselves," declared
Professor F. A. Ernst. "The organi?
zation is of men who are interested in
the labor movement as expressed by
the American Federation of Labor."
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We think this is the best proof
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PARK & TILFORD
Fifth Ave. To Be World's
Brightest Thoroughfare
lYJunR'ipal Colors, Orange, White
and Blue, Chosen for the
Dccoration Scheme
Fifth Avenuo is to be temporarily
thc brightest and most beautiful thor
oughfnrc thia side of the pearly gatcs
if the plans for Fifth Avenue Week ma?
terial ize. From April 5 to 10 evory
shop window on the avenuo will be
ablaze from dusk to midnight, lighting
up new displays arranged by the fore?
most scenic artists ln New York.
Tho colors of the municipal flag,
orr.nge, white and bluo, have been
chosen as thc color scheme for the
celobration. A special flag has also
been designed, carrying out this color
scheme. It will bo repeated in electric
lights and decorations.
Bnssatt Jones, a veteran in stage
lighting and at present head of the
stage committee of the Bcaux Arts So?
ciety of Architect!!, is in charge of thc
window lighting and dccoration.
"New York," he said yesterday, "is
the only large city that has not a
super-lighted mercantile street. Take
away the electric signs from Broadway
and you have about as dismal a thor?
ough fare as there is in the country.
In this respect the avenue will be a
revelation during Flfth Avenue Week
of the possibilitie3 for making it the
most brilliantly lightcd and attractive
street in the world at night as it is the
greatest thoroughfare in the world by
day."
The Fifth Avenuo Association has
offered prizes of $25, $15 and $10 to
art students for posters to be used in
next year's celebration. School chil?
dren will join in observing the week
this year. Dr. Edward S. Stitt, district
superintendent, said a pageant would
be presented in Madison Square with a
chorus of 400 voices.
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Soldier's Wi<Jow Steals
To Keep From Starving
Spectators in the Fifth Avenue'
court, Brooklyn, yesterday witnessed'
the spectacle of a magistrate and court
attaches contributing to a fund to free
from custody a prisoner who had con
fessed a theft.
When Mrs. Gertrude Miellentz, of
329 Fifty-seventh Street, Brooklyn, was
arraigned on a charge of stealing a
watch, a bracelet and other articles
valued at $52 from her landlady, Mrs.
Lena Holman, the young woman told a
story of privation and bereavement
thati caused even her accuser to de?
mand that she be released.
The husband of the prisoner had
been killed in action in France, she
said, in August, 1918. One month after
she received the news of his death her
infant son died. She received no in?
surance from the government because
her husband had enlisted as a single
man, and his allotment and insurance
went to his mother and sister. She
had taken the watch, she said, so she
could procure money with which to-buy
food. Magistrate Reynolds announced
that the law made it necessary to re
cover the stolen property before free
ing a prisoner, and he led a subscrip?
tion list to obtain the $7 with which
to redeem it from pawn.
J. V. Hull, the finger print expert of
the court and a member of the Ameri?
can Legion, promised that his post
would make a fig'^t to have Miellentz's
insurance paid to his widow.
Electric Are Welding
Approved After Test
Building officials of New York and
Brooklyn approved the electric are
welding demonstration given yesterday
in the Crescent Athletic Club in Brook?
lyn, and the Electric Welding Com?
pany of America will try the scheme
on its own building at the foot of
Court Street.
Riveted and bolted steel structures
withstand a weight of 45 pounds a
square foot. Trusscs were welded at
the demonstration and then loaded with
sand bags. They withstood 95 pounds
a square foot.
When the steel is welded the joint is
invisible. . A building put up in this
way is virtually a one-piece construc?
tion. II. B. Payne, chief engineer of
the Electric Welding Company, said
that this method of construction saved
20 per cent in time, material and cost
and is more serviceable.
The demonstration was given by the
Associated Welding Companios Inc.
The act welder does away with the
steam riveter.
German Products Beginning
To Reach Northern Mexico
EL PASO, Tex., March 20.?Products
from German factories, principally
hardware, cutlery and machinery, have
begun to arrive in Northern Mexico
for the lirst time since the war, accord?
ing to Alberto Solis, of an El Paso
wholesale firm, who arrived here to?
day from Mexico. Prices were high,
he said.
Newberry
Gets 2 Years,
$10,000 Fine
Centlnued from ??#e ma
after Judge Sessions had taken his
place on tne bench.
"Have you agreed on a verdict and
if so who shall speak for you?" asked
the judge. '
Foreman Block, proprietor ?x a gen
ersl store at Charlevoix, stood up. His
voice was almost inaudible as no an
noiinred that tho jury found all the
respondents not guilty on the sixth
counl of the indietment.
'ihe he read the list of the seventeen
found guilty and the sixty-eight not
guilty on the first count.
Before sentencea were pronounceJ
Judge Sessions instructed the con
victed men to take their places in court.
With Senator Newberry on the ex
treme left, the seventeen men lined in
a row were individually asked if they
had anything to say why sentence
should not be read. .No one responded,
and the judge proce'eded.
"You, Truman H. Newberry," he pro?
nounced in solcmn tones, "shall be
taken from here and confined in the
Federal penitentiary at Leavenworth
for the full period of two years and
shall pay a fine of $10,000.w
And so on down the list of those
convicted.
The jurors took about twenty-five
ballots before they arrived at the final
verdict, according to Martin Block, the
foreman. The first proposition voted
on was whether a conspii*acy actually
existed. The first ballot was 8 to 4
that a conspiracy did exist. The jury
reached a decision that a conspiracy
did exist about 9 a. m. Friday. Then
consideration of the individual de
fendants began.
The defendants as a whole, including
those convicted, heard the "guilty" ver?
dict without apparent emotion. Senator
Newberry, with Mrs. Newberry and
their son, Phelps Newberry, on his left,
sat with folded arms. 3lis face was
stern as Martin Block, foreman of the
jury, made the announcement.
Mrs. Newberry turned her head in a
glance to her husband but a fixed ex
preesion of calmness she had main
tained remained unchanged.
Reports as to the deliberations of
the jury, which had been considering
its verdict since G o'cloek Thursday
afternoon, indicate that the first pros
pect was for a disagreement as to
whether a conspiracy had existed. Ac?
cording to these reports, the first vote
was eight for and four against as to
the existence of a conspiracy. The next
found two holding out for acquittal.
The final vote on this point was shortly
after 2 o'cloek Friday afternoon.
Then, in accordance with instructions
of the court, came a consideration of
the individual defendants. The first
man acquitted was James W. Helme,
who was charged with having been in
duced by Nevuberry forces?and to have
been paid $50 a week by them?to run
against Henry Ford in the 1918 primary
election.
Mr. Newberry spent considerable time
in the lobby of the Hotel Pantlind after
court adjourned this morning, talking
to friends. His jaw was set, and he
seemed to be more active than formerly.
"Newberry has his fighting clothes
on," said several of his friends.
Says He Will Not Resign
Senator Newberry's statement fol?
lows:
"The great satisfaction to be drawn
from the conclusion of these proceed?
ings is that there is not one word in
the record that will ever cause any
member of my family or any friends
to apologize for or explain or feel
ashamed of. All charges of corrup?
tion, fraud or bribery in the primary
or election were dismissed by the
court, and not one word of evidence
was introduced in connection there
with.
"My lifelong memory of the loyalty
and devotion of the men who were in
dicted with me will be always of the
greatest value, and the fact that 118
have been acquitted and five counts
of the' indietment have been eliminated
is some evidence of the extravagance
of the charges as presented. My heart
felt congratulations go out to those
men whose actions have been justified
and who have -been completely vindi
cated and acquitted.
"The charge that I am convicted of
is a conspiracy to violate an election
law which has never yet been revicwed
by an appellate court, nor has any judi?
cial determination of that law ever been
recorded until now. I am charged with
participating as a candidate in an elec?
tion for Senator from Michigan, with
knowledge that the cost of the cam?
paign would exceed $3,750, which sum
was to be contributed by my friends.
If any one had ever mentioned to me
that the law could be interpreted to
bring about this result, certainly
neither I myself nor any intelligent
human being could possibly have en?
tered into the campaign under the cir
cumstarces that confronted me at that
time.
"1 certainly shall not resign my seat
in the Senate. unless required to do so
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by the Senate itself, or until the Su?
preme Court of the United States has
affirmed the interpretation of this law,
under which tbe alleged conspiracy is
said to have occurredi Moreover, un?
less my aa80ciates in the Senate deem
it unwise, I expect to continue to rep
resent the people of Michigan, who sent
me to the United States Senate."
Verdict Does Not
Unseat Newberry
From Tha Tribvnc'p Waahington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 20.?Convic
tion of Senator Newberry, of Michigan,
of criminal conspiracy in his election
does not invalidate his seat in the
United States Senate, in the opinion
of Senate leaders. They say the Senate
would have to take positive action and
unseat him, unless Senator Newberry
should lose an appeal from the Dis?
trict Court's decision. Should the sen?
tence be carried out he would auto
matically leave the Senate.
Republican friends of Senator New?
berry will advise him to resign his seat
at once, it was said to-day. His resig
nation would leave the seat vacant
until a successor, was sworn in, and
would reduce the Republican majority
i in the Senate to the narrow margin of
i one vote.
The sub-committee of the Privileges
! and Elections Committee of the Senate,
i recently appointed to recount the bal
j lots cast in the 1918 election in Mich?
igan, will begin the recount on Tues
! day, Senator Watson, of Indiana, chair
] man of the sub-committee, announced
to-day.
Should the recount show that a ma
I jority of the votes cast in the Sena
] torial election were for Henry Ford,
; Democratic opponent of Mr. Newberry,
j the Senate would have to seat Ford,
j Senator Watson said.
The recount, however, will require
several months to complete, it was
stated. The sub-committee will go to
Michigan and the ballot boxes will be
! opened in the presence of attorneys
I representing Mr. Newberry and Mr.
j Ford.
The Senate cannot undertake any in
j vestigation of the Newberry election
until after the appeal from the Dis
| trict Court's decision is disposed of,
, Senator Dillingham, of Vermont, chair
I man of the Privileges and Elections
,' Committee, said.
The committee will wait until an
j appeal has been taken, he said. Sena
I tor Newberry has informed friends in
| the Senate that he will appeal the case.
!
j History of Case
Against Newberry
Truman H. Newberry was elected
i United States Senator from Michigan
in 1918 by a majority of 7,567 vot*.
over Henry Ford, according to thc of
-icial report of the State Canvassiq
Board. The figures announced wer*
Newberry, 220,054; Ford. 212,487. }
was one of the closest rao-t ever r*
corded in a Michigan Senatcrial ele*.
tion.
First foraal charges of irregula*
ties came January 6, 1319. when Henf
Ford filed with the Senate an appe*l
for a recount of the ballots. He i
lcged lmproper use of money by thi
Newberry campaign committee, intij.
I idation of voters, improper rejectifc
: of ballots and charged that at lear.
j 10,000 ballots were unlawfully count*
I for Newberry. He charged that man
I of the election boards included inten*
j partisans of Newberry.
; Charges of "fraud and corruptiof
j also were made by Lieutenant Gov*.
nor Luren D. Dickinson, and it was ?
these charges, according to the Faf
eral Department of Justice, that th
grand jury inquiry at Grand Rapi?
was ordered.
The grand iury returned the indish
ments November 29 last, naming Se*?
tor Newberry and 134 others, inclu*
ing virtually every man connected ?
any capacity with the campaign. Tk
list, however, was narrowed down te
eighty-five after the trial got under
way, more than eight weeks ago. Sofc
were dismissed on motion of Proscs
tor Dailey and some by the court act?
ing voluntarily.
Testimony in the case was concludsl
one week ago, the prosecution havh"t
occupied five weeks in presenting to
evidence, while the defense used le*
than two. Arguments by counsel <r
cupied the greater part of the lac
week.
The chief burden for the defeos
was borne by Attorneys James O. Mdjs
fin, of Detroit; Martin W. Littleton.it
i New York, and George Nichols, ai
; Ionia. In addition, personal counsel
j for individual defendants numberfl
more than thirty-five. The goveri
: ment's ease was conducted rnainly m
Frank C. Dailey and William H. Tic*.
born, of Indiana, and H. Dale Soutsj
of Grand Rapids.
Court stenographers, who placed ?
record every word uttered by wf
nesses, attorneys and the court, re?
ported when the case went to the juit
that the record contained 5,312 pagt*
averaging 250 words to the page.
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dipping room in a one-story
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The victims ran to the street a*j
rolled in the gutters and in pools m
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! flames.
The damage was estimated at $1V
1000.
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