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MARCH 237 1i)20
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-r-w? r-B"vrCi,n f;r?-at?-r New Vork and I THRICE CENTS
I WO Wt??B j within .?inmiitln. ?listan? e | Elsewhere
Noske Resigns; Scheidemann
Ebert Troops Facef Red' Arm\
May Form New Cabinet;
T'm Battle Expected To-day
Congress to
End War by
Resolution
Modified Knox PlanTo Be
Introduced Next Week;
Many Democrats Agree
to Support the Measure
Veto by President
Considered Certain
House and Senate Leaders
to Confer; Hope to Get
a Two-Thirds Majority
fre-in The Tribune's YTaahingtov Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 22.?
Plans for the adoption by Congress
?f a resolution establishing peace ?
with Germany were discussed to-day j
by Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts,
aiid Will 1!. Hays, chairman of the]
Republican National Committee.
The Republicans in the Senate will
wait a week at least before present?
ing the resolution. Opposition of
the "irreconcilables" to including in
the resolution any binding declara?
tion of policy, and to including any
expression that might be construed
A? an indorsement of the terms of
the Versailles treaty, must he met by
rewriting the Knox resolution, it ha?
b f, decided.
Aft . th ' conference neither Senator
l.nd?c nor Chairman Haya would dis
("j s ' eir plans at length. Mr. Haya
said lit felt 3atislied with the Situa?
tion, and Senator Lodge said nothing
we?? cl hi done for :i week.
Senate and House to Confer
The Senate and House leaders will
eonfer during the next few days on
t'\e form of resolution. It bas been
itcided ''???>' the Knox resolution as
ov'.c'.r. n ' i ; ? presented nm--t tip modified,
r \ the leaders of the two houses will
drift a resolution that they hopo will
ntt'.vc the -.otes of two-thirds of both
booses.
Senatoi Lodge said he would take a
few day-' rest before trie peace reso?
lution is offered. Senator Borah, 'leader
of the "irreconcilables," said 'there
is r.o hurry about the matter." Sen?
ator Hitchcock is on a week's vaca?
tion at Augusta, G?.
The tentative plan of the Republican
leaders is to have the Senate pass a
joint resolution merely repealing the
declaratioi of war. When it reaches
the Hou~e ii will be amended to pr??
vido for meeting economic problems
growing out of the failure of the Sen?
ate to ratify the treaty.
That President Wilson will veto the
resolut;.m when ?I reaches him is con?
fidently expected by the Republicans in
Congress. The conferences that are
now going on between Senator Lodge
and Representative Mondell, Repub?
lican leader of the House, are for the
wowed purpose of framing the reso?
lution so tha! two-thirds of both
houses can support it..
Democratic Support Pledged
Severa! Democratic Senaters who re
Tolted against the leadership of the
"residenl on thi treaty issue and voted
*itn :b.f Republicans for ratification
?in Friday said to-day they would sup
Port a resolution to establish peace.
?nd that they would join with Repub?
licans in an effort to pass it over the
President's veto if the Executive should
disapprove ir.
"No other course is open to us." said
?nator King, of Utah, one of the
Uemocrati?; bolters.
Representative Britten, Republican,
?f Illinois, introduced a bill in the
"ous?- to-day for a European trade
?uncil to be composed of the President
?no th? secretaries of State. Treasury,
commerce and Lahor. The council
?ould he charged with working out the
Ti,nCa" ,"n":Lrn economic situation,
'he Senate to-dav sought infornia
"on regarding the disposition of the
vlmn German Possessions in the Pa?
nno Ocean, II unanimously adopted a
flotation introduced by Senator Lodge
?Hing upe,, the President to inform
lr>e Senate whether the island of Yap
,n the middle Pacific, bad been ceded
to Japan.
theRIlhlPr I'io-'i (;oorge announced to
ft rtlSn Parliament a few davs ago
?at the terms of the Japanese-British
i ?'"F entered into during the war had
"w carried out. and that Jaoajj had
I BC(,,v<-d all of the former German isl
"di north of the equator and Aus
*"a and New Zealand those south of
1,19 equator.
*aP Once Promised to I'. S.
_H?"'e'n* 'V:Non told the members
'** Senate Foreign Relations Com
thom*e M cll<' conference he had with
tha" "' e W!li,e House last August
?..!. a , tpntat ?ve agreement had been
lWcat Pad8 undcr Nsh,ch th
cf Y? u *tes was to receive the islam
;,? ?p ?cause of its strategic proxim
*aiia i^r Phil'PPines and the Ha?
il stands X0 mention was mad
***** Mr. Lloyd George
"? Senate resolution follows:
dor,e K * ,f ?nythinir, has been
Unit.?? c r^ government of the
StatA. w **" t0 HWrc to the United
? 8 tne possession of this island
*tds H u* with the statements
tai?.^ Dy th? President to the Gom
Aoeij.?. ?i! For?ign Relations on
"w,t 19. 1939.*;
Mituti?n<>,ldni<>nt tp th* Federal Con
iority nfm,al,n(* >t possible for a ma
!*Utyl, h" Sf,late to ratify a
?Wor n ""^?ced in the Senate
vvven, Democrat, of Oklahoma
Morgenthan for
Envoy to Mexico
From The Tribune's ]Yashington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 22.?
Henry Morgenthau, formerly
Ambassador to Turkey, will be
American Ambassador to Mexico,
it was said authoritatively to?
night.
President Wilson will send the
appointment to the Senate this
week, it was said, although no
official confirmation of the report
that Mr. Morgenthau has been
appointed was obtainable.
At the State Department it was
said officially that the President's
appointee would be dispatched to
Mexico City as-soon as the Sen?
ate confirmed him and he had
qualified for the office. The em?
bassy at the Mexican capital has
been in charge of George T. Sum
merlin, charg? d'affaires, since
former Ambassador Fletcher de?
parted.
Anderson Must
lain Attack
?n
House Voles Unanimously
for Cuvillier Resolution
Haling "Dry" Leader Be
lore Judiciary Committee
From o Staff Correspondent
'ALBANY, .March 22.?The Assembly
unanimously adopted a resolution to?
night calling on William H. Anderson,
superintendent of the Anti-Saloon
League, to appear before the Judiciary
Committee of the House to answer
charges of disrespect toward members
of the House.
The ?csolution, introduced by Assem?
blyman Louis A. Cuvillier, Democrat,
of New York, originally provided for
the bringing of Anderson before the
bar of the House to answer for attacks
he made on Cuvillier and Colonel Ran?
som H. Gillett, the Republican member
of the Assembly from Columbia County.
This was amended by Majority Leader
Simon L. Adler to provide "that Will?
iam H. Anderson be required to appear
before the Judiciary Committee at its
convenience and thai the said William
II. Anderson be permitted to have
counsel and testify as to the matters
aforesaid."
Anderson, who anticipated such a
move, came here to-night. He said he
wanted to be on hand should the ser
geanl at arms be sent out to appre?
hend him, as the resolution in its
original form provided.
Punishment Demanded
Had the original resolution pre?
vailed. Anderson would have been made
a legislative prisoner and brought be
. fore the bar o?* tho house. If he failed
I to recant h? would have been sum?
marily committed to the Albany
County penitentiary, there to remain
until he apologized to the Legislature
or until it adjourned.
Cuvillier, in moving his resolution,
called attention to the attacks made
by Anderson on some of the ex-service
men in the Assembly because of their
advocacy of a light wine and beet*
bill, and said that Anderson should
not pro unpunished.
"His insulting reference to me; his
insinuation that I have 'hats in mv
belfry' and that 1 would resemble the
missing link if I permitted the hair
to grow on my face," said Cuvillier, "I
would have answered in another way
but for my position. If I did not have
respect for the dignity of the House
Mr. Anderson now would be suffering
physical injury."
Assemblyman Louis ?VI. Martin, chair
: man of the Judiciary Committee, said
after tho adoption of the resolution
that committee would not touch the
Anderson case until after it had dis?
posed of its report on the Socialist
trial.
He explained the committee will
handle the case entirely apart from the
I
Continu?) on p .9? five
Senate Confirms
Bain bridge Colby
I Some Negative Votes on
His Appointment as
Successor to Lansing
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 22. The Sen?
ate to-day confirmed the appointment
of Bainbridge Colby, of New York, to
be Secretary of State. l]c will be
s vom in and assume-the office within
.1 day or two.
Mr. Colby was nominated for the
. post made vacant by the retirement of
; Robert Lansing by President Wilson
i just five weeks aj.o.
The confirmation to-day was not
! unanimous. No record vote was had,
! but several Senators answered in the
negative on a viva voce vote.
The Senate also confirmed the nom
! ?nation of Charles R. Crane, of Chi
I cago, to be United States Minister to
? China. He was appointed to the same
' post bv President Taft, was recalled
! while on his way to Peking and dis
; charged bv Senator Knox. of Pennsyl?
vania, who was Secretary of State at
that time, for discussing Far Eastern
affairs too freely._
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Lobby'
Is Denounced
B^ Women
Report to Governor Says
'Powerful and Perilous
Influence' Is Working
to Defeat Welfare Bills
Sweet Giving Aid,
League Charges
Big Business Is Backing
Scheme, It Is Alleged;
Senator Lusk Accused
From a Staff Correspondent
ALBANY, March 22. -Mrs. Frank A.
Vanderlip, chairman of the New York
State League of Women Voters, a non
partisan organization, and several
other officers of the league called on
Governor Smith to-day and presented
charges against Mark A. Daly, the Buf?
falo lobbyist, and Speaker Thaddeus
C. Sweet, of the Assembly.
The charges, embraced in a printed
report, alleged that a well financed
and active lobby and propaganda, aid?
ed by Speaker Sweet, is exerting a
powerful and perilous influence over
j public opinion in this state and js
interfering with open and orderly leg
j islative action on important measures.
The report, which also was sent to
each member of the Legislature, de
I clares that the charges are the result
? of an investigation covering several
? months.
The women charge that the Daly
I lobby is backed by the Associated
| Manufacturers and Merchants, of which
j Daly is secretary, and the New York
i League for Americanism, nnother Daly
[ organization, which is characterized as
! a "pseudo-patriotic propaganda insti
! tution."
Blocking Welfare Bills
One of the specific charges is that
i Daly and his associates have been
i chiefly instrumental in blocking the
i so-called welfare legislation, notably
? the eight-hour day and minimum wage
i for women and the health insurance
'bills.
| Governor Smith told the women, who
? spent upward of half an hour with
! him in the executive chamber, that he
i knew there was a powerful and wcll
I organized lobby directed against these
; measures.
Daly's relations with Speaker Sweet
! have been a subject of much discussion
! here in the last two or three years.
j Recently a well-known man upstate, a
I former Mayor, said in the presence of
j Mark Daly and two others that Daly
! had boasted he would contribute a
?check in six figures to Sweet's campaign
fund if Sweet would run for a state?
wide office. Daly made no denial.
I Mrs. Vanderlip in her visit to the
j Governor was accomnanied by Miss
' Evanetta Hare, of the Troy League of
! Women Voters; Mrs. John C. Marion,
| of Utica; Mary E. Dreier, of the
?Women's Joint Legislative Conference;
i Mrs. George D. Pratt, of New York
, City, wife of the State Conservation
I Commissioner; Mrs. H. Edward Dreier,
| of New York, and Mrs. Frederick S.
! Green, wife of the State Highway Com
j missioner.
Shocked Into Action
After the conference with the (?ov
| ernor Mrs. Vanderlip said:
"We women are astounded and ?n
; dignant at the intrigue and trickery
| which have been unearthed through
! this carefully made investigation. We
? believe that the public should know
? what we have discovered, and there is
! still much to be told. To find that
j public opinion is subverted by care
| fully organized and underhand methods
has shocked us into action,
i "After coming upon widely separated
I fragments of evidence, all pointing to
a common end, during our short experi?
ence in public affairs, it has seemed
right to have a thorough investigation
Daly
Continued on nag? four
8,000 Slain in
German Revolt
PARIS, March 22. ? Eight
thousand persons have been killed
since the German revolt broke out
on March 13, according to advices
received here.
Of this number 850 were killed
in Berlin alone.
Record Crowd
To Hear Rent
Bills To-day
Special Sections to Carry
Throng to Albany for
Fight ; Realty Owners
Perfect Opposition Plans
The largest crowd that ever has gone
from this city to a legislative hearing
at Albany is expected to appear before
the Lockwood committee to-day for ami
against proposed laws affecting rent
profiteering. The New York Central
will run three extra ton-car sections on
the Empire State Express to accommo?
date part of the thousands expected to
go. This would give room for about
1,S00 persons.
The delegates of the United Real
Estate Owners' Association met in the
evening at the Hotel Astor to perfect
! their plans to combat the bills at Al
| bany. It is estimated that, in addition
i to the committee of delegates, about
! five hundred real estate owners will go
i to Albany to-day. Several, it was said,
went last night, fearing possibly that
j there might be a too enthusiastic send
! off staged by tenants at Grand Central
\ Terminal to-day.
Resolutions were adopted at the As
j tor meeting declaring opposition to "all
bills now introduced at Albany," and
I admitting that the Loring-Black bill
j might be worthy of consideration if
! amended "to work equal justice both
! to the landlord and the tenant."
Statement by Browne
Stewart Browne, president of the
association, said that he had been mis
j quoted in accounts of Sunday's meet?
ing, which attributed to him a state
! ment that landlords were entitled to
20 per cent net on their property.
i What he said was, Mr. Browne de
! clared, that "any rent not more than
20 per cent net would be a most lib
; oral rent." He declared that many
(landlords were not "honest, with them
? selves"; otherwise, he said, he could
?not explain why so many who said
they were getting not more than 7 per
! cent net should be so vexed at the
? idea of legislation permitting them to j
! get 10 .or 20 per cent.
Many of those at the meeting seemed j
! dubious of success at Albany, but all
| objected to beiiiR* "singled out" as
i profiteers. They said that the butcher,
I the baker and the candlestick maker
? were as worthy of consideration as
j they. '
The majority of the pilgrims will ?
I represent tenants, and will demand
! stringent laws against profiteering, j
? Among these will be representatives of!
the Mayor, of the Central Federated ;
i Union and half a dozen tenants' organ- j
; izations. On the other side will be
representatives of the real estate and
| investment interests, including the
United Real Estate Owners' Association,]
the Real Estate Board and such bodies, j
The hearing is set for 2 o'clock, and is j
expected to last until 6 and to develop ;
vigorous debate, if not violent clashes. !
Chairman Hilly of the Mayor's Com?
mittee on Rent Profiteering and Com
I missioner of Accounts Hirshfield will |
represent the Mayor and the committee. !
: at Albany. They will devote their j
: energies to urging the Boylan-Donahue j
: bill giving the courts the ripht to fix j
; rents.
"We must have, immediate relief," j
| declared Mr. Hilly yesterday. "The
1 crisis is even pow upon us. and it will j
| take drastic and immediate action to j
i avoid a catastrophe. The Boylan-Dona
i hue bill offers fhe best and quickest I
I remedy. The result of the meeting '
Continued on next pao? '
New X-Ray Cure for Cancer !
Claimed by New York Doctor
A method of determining correct i
dosage in the administration of X-ray
treatment, which apparently makes !
almost certain cures in cases of super- j
ficial cancer, was announced yesterday
by Dr. William II. Meyer, director of
the X-ray department of the New York i
Post-Graduate Medical School and
Hospital, Twentieth Street and Second
Avenue. In four years fifty consecu?
tive cases of superficial cancer have
been cured by Dr. Meyer's method, he
nays. Observation of these cases over
periods of from two to four years
shows no sign of recurrence of the dis?
ease.
Dr. Meyer told The Tribune that the
importance of the discovery lay in the
fact that it standardized X-ray treat?
ment of cancer and made it possible
for the physician to know exactly what
results would follow a given course
of treatment in a given case. He em?
phasized the danger of too great opti?
mism on the part of cancer sufferers,
and declared that while lengthy re?
search might lead to helpful discover-!
ies in regard to the treatment of deep
seated cancer, the cases upon which
his findings are based are cases of ;
superficial cancer only.
The use of the X-ray in cancer treat- |
ment is, of course, not new, Dr. Meyer
explained. Previously, however, the X
ray has been used with varying suc?
cess, owing to the difficulty of deter?
mining the correct dosage.
"The X-ray may be made destructive,
?' v
stimulating or ?nhibitive," Dr. Meyer
said, "according to the dosage. The
inability of the phvsician to predict
with certainty the results which would
follow use of the X-ray hitherto has
handicapped the success of the treat?
ment. This disability the new method
of measuring dosage by absorption and
transmission will remove."
While the use of the absorption
method in the determination of correct
dosage is at the present time limited
to the Post-Graduate Hospital, there is
no reason. Dr. Meyer said, why it
should not be universal. He is at work
on a series of papers dealing with his
'. methods.
The treatment is neither a costly
nor a lengthy or.e, Dr. Meyer asserted,
adding that the average epithclioma
could be cured in five minutes'after
the patient had been placed under the
ray. Neither does the length of dura?
tion of the disease affect the result,
providing only that the deeper tissues
are not affected.
"Among the fifty successive cases
recorded," Dr. Meyer said, "there have
been cases which have only just ap?
peared and others which have run a
course of years and have been treated
| without success by other doctors.
"We are now working on penetration.
The same principles of absorption and
; radio sensibility which play so large
a part in the successful treatment of
: superficial cancer have a relative con?
sequence in the treatment of the deeper
disease."
Dr. Meyer has been engaged in X-ray
research work for sixteen years. I
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Suffrage Is
Ratified by
Washington
Thirty-fifth State Gets
Into Line When Senate
Approves Unanimously
?One More Is Needed
Delaware Expeeted
To Decide Soon
Women Encouraged by
Governor to Look for
Early Victory at Dover
OLYMPIA, Wash., March 22.- -The
! Legislature to-day ratified the proposed
; suffrage amendment to the Federal
Constitution, being the thirty-fifth state
j to approve. One more ratification is
! necessary before the amendment be
? comes law. Delaware is expected to
: take favorable action in a short time.
Ratification was completed by Wash
ington when the Senate late this after
1 noon unanimously adopted a resolution
? previously passed by the House. The
j vote in the lower house had been
! unanimous.
j While Washington is the last of the
| Pacific Coast, states to ratify, there had
been no vigorous opposition here to
? giving women the vote.
The states which have ratified and the
? order in which they acted are Illinois,
| Wisconsin, Michigan, Kansas, Ohio, New
! York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts,
! Texas, Iowa. Missouri, Arkansas, Mon
| tann. Nebraska, Minnesota, New Hainp
? shire, Utah, California, Maine, North
! Dakota, South Dakota, Colorado, In
? diana, Kentucky. Oregon, Rhode Island,
[ Wyoming, Nevada, New Jersey, Idaho,
! Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, West
j Virginia and Washington.
Special Dispatch to The, Tribune
"Don't Worry," Says Governor
DOVER, Del., March 22.- Despite the
roseate reports which have been sent
out from Delaware on the prospect for
ratification of the suffrage amendment,
had the vote been taken to-day, the
opening day of the special session of
the Legislature, ratification would have
been defeated. A poll taken "by suffra?
gists showed twenty-two of the thirty
five members of the House and eleven
of the .seventeen members of the Sen?
ate against ratification.
"Don't worry," said Governor Towns
end as he allowed himself to be photo?
graphed in the midst of the Delaware
suffragists on the steps of the State
j House. "We need the votes, but we
; will get them."
"Thirteen votes for ratification, did
! you say?" Secretary of State Johnson
rerjeated, as if to make sure, when
i asked for his opinion. "If that is true
it is good news, as it means we have
only five to convince and two to con?
vince or persuade in the Senate. Of
course, it will go through. We have
thirty days in which to do it, you
know,"
! A telegram, signed by three mem?
bers of the West Virginia General As?
sembly, received here to-day. repudi?
ated attempts of the anti-suffragists to
call ratification in West Virginia in
? velid. The message said the certificate
of ratification already had been ac?
cepted by the State Department in
Washington.
West Virginian in Fight
M. T. Rankin, member of the House
of Delegates of West Virginia, arrived
here to-day with a letter of introduc?
tion ?rom Houston G. Young, Secretary
Continued on page three
Northern Lights
Tie Up Wires Here
Phone Service Crippled
and Keys Are Silenced
by Unexpected Visitors
The aurora horealis came to New !
York last night with just, atiout the j
same effect, as in March of 1918, -when |
it made its last appearance.
From northwest to southeast, fading |
into the southern horizon, the many j
colored flares of lignt attracted atten?
tion. Even those who were indoors ]
and did not know of any unusual as
tral illumination discovered about the |
same time pedestrians noticed the phe- j
nomenon that something was peculiar- I
ly wrong with the telephone service. It j
affected, also, the compasses of ships
at sea and interfered with wireless
transmission.
Persons left their homes to stand on
street corners. They climbed to the
roofs. Riverside Drive was crowded.
In the Bronx many women and chil- ?
dren ran into their homes and pulled |
down the shades. Theater crowds along
Broadway and its arteries cloggeti the j
streets to stare. In the outlying dis
tricts, free from competition of elec- j
trie lights, it was seen to better ad- |
vantage.
The northern lights which explorers
tell of are not often visible in th-.s
latitude. They appeared for a short
time in the latter part of August. The
aurora is an electrical discharge main?
ly in the upper -air and dependent on
the magnetic conditions of the earth
and sun. It has its period of greatest
frequency every eleven years, corre j
spending to sun spot frequency.
Western Union bead?-]uarters here |
announced that telegraphy was halted
for fifteen minutes, and that wires ,
were affected from the Atlantic sen- ?
board to the Far West. The complete
tie-up of teleeranh service came at j
9:45 o'clock last night. By 10 o clock ?
some of the telegraph Companys ?ir- ?
cuits were beginning to recover, but I
a. realignment, or balancing was
mecessarv. The American Telephone
and Telegraph Company also r?port?d
trouble with its service. I
j -:
Ebert Cabinet Expected to Resign;
Labor Policy Denounced by People
BERNE, March 22.?The whole Ebert-Bauer Cabinet probably
will resign, according to latest advices from Berlin.
The crisis has been brought about by the great opposition aroused
by the agreement with the trade unions, especially in the rural districts.
25 Spartaeides Are Executed
After Slaying Berlin Guards
Battle in Capital Alone Mars Quiet of Central Ger?
many, According to Reports; Workers' Revolt
Said To Be Growing in Industrial Region
By William C. Dreher
From The Tribune's European Bureau,
Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Inc.
BERLIN, March 22.?The situation here is responding to the meas?
ures taken by President Ebert to regain control in the capital.
Central Germany has been generally quiet, except for a fight between
j Spartaeides and two detachments of government troops Sunday night
j at Johannesthal, in East Berlin, the site of the famous airdrome. Work
; men attacked and overpowered the home guards, murdering the officers
? and mutilating their bodies. The government, troops attacked the workers,
j killing twenty and capturing- twenty-five. The prisoners were summarily
? ..hot. Ebert officials are reticent about, this incident.
It is uncertain here whether the im
! portant Thuringian towns are in the
| hands of the workmen's organizations,
! as reported, and news from the great
I Rhenish-Westphalian industrial region
still is disturbing, for it is declared
' that the revolutionary movement is
j gaining strength, that the government
troops have been pressed back and
compelled to destroy their artillery to
avoid capture. Elsewhere the situation
appears to be mending, with many
! workers returning to their jobs.
' Dr. Wolfgang Kapp, self-appointed
Chancellor of the brief reactionary
: r?gime, has escaped into East Prussia,
where his wife inherited large estates.
It now appears that he became con
I vinced as early as Monday, March 15,
1 that a fiasco was inevitable and want
led to retire, but the military clique
, succeeded in holding him for two days
' more. This clique is headed by Colo?
nel Bauer, who was the right-hand man
of Ludendorff during the war,
Ludendorff himself is strongly sus
! pected of having been the chief con
; spirator behind Kapp. His house has
been under keen observation for sev
j eral weeks, and many men who stirred
j the suspicions af the watchers have
been seen entering and emerging,
i These reports caused the Ebert offi
j cials to be on their guard against a
? coup.
The Nationalist party chiefs are de
; scribed as being highly incensec
| against Kapp because he has irrepara
| bly damaged their chances of restoring
j the monarchy and prospect of success
of the party in the forthcoming elec
' tions is considered far from bright.
Kapp's assertion that he was no*
I planning a restoration of the Hohen
j zollerns probably is true, as he nevei
i worked in harmony with the ex-Kaisei
j and he regarded the court as lacking
j in energy. Kapp quit the governmen
? service years ago because he believec
i the "mailed fist" policy was mor?
necessary in action than in public
speeches.
Suffrage Leader Named
To Civil Service Board
Mrs. Helen Harn ilion Gardener
of Washington, Nominated
by President
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON. March 22.?Mrs
Helen Hamilton Carcener. of Washing
ton, vice-president of the Nations
American Woman Suffrage Associ?t ios
to-dsy was nominated by Presiden
Wilson as a member of the Civil Ser
vice Commission. Mrs. Gardener is th
first woman to serve on the commis
| sion. She succeeds Charles M. Gallo
way, who was asked to retire by th
j President last fall, following a disput
within the commission.
On retiring. Mr. Galloway issued
| statement in which he .aid Hetm?n \\
? Craven, a Republican member, and him
I self were asked to retire because the
were "not willing that the commissio
] should be a mere adjunct to the Pos!
office Department and subservient,
especially with reference to examine
tions for Presidential postmasters.
Mrs. Gardener is the widow of Cole
ncl Seiden A. Day. U. S. A. To retni
the name of Gardener, under whic
she has written a number of sho)
stories and essays, she had it le^ali?e<
Marlborougli
?c?
Duchess Wins
Conjugal Plea
First Step in Action for
Divorce Is Decided in
Her Favor When Husband
Fails to Make Defense
LONDON, March 22.?The applica?
tion of the Duchess of Marlborougrt,
formerly Consuojo Vanderbilt, for a
decree for the restitution of conjugal
rights was granted by the court to?
day. The petition of the duchess, filed
last? week, is the usual preliminary to
divorce in this country. The court
orders the decree to be obeyed within
fourteen days after its service upon
, the duke.
The couple were married in New
York in 1895 and have two children,
They have been separated for several
years.
Lord Justice Duke (Sir Henry Duke)
presided in the Divorce Court to hear
the suit. Sir Edward Carson and Vic?
tor R?ssel appeared as counsel for the
duchess and Lord Erleigh for the duke
The duchess entered the courtroom
? just before the case was caned. It
was announced that the suit was not
defended.
Sir Edward Carson, for the duchess,
made a statement in her behalf, saying
that the marriage and the certificate
thereof would be proved in accordance
with American law. He set forth thai
in 1907 differences arose between the
duke and the duchess and that a deed
of separation was arranged outside ol
court, making provisions .for the bring?
ing up and the education of the two
boys of the couple, the one born ir
1897 and the other in 1898.
The duke and duchess frequent!?,
met, said Sir Edward, as provided ir
the deed of separation, to arrange the
details of the education of their sons
When the youngest boy became ot
age. in October, 1919, continued the
attorney, the lawyers representing the
duke and the duchess began corre?
sponding regarding a new agreement
as the old one ceased to be effective
when the children reached their ma
jority.
Later the couple met to discuss the
situation and ?luring the conversatior
the duke suggested that they go bacli
living together. The duchess agreec
mid they took up their residence at
Crowhurst. Meanwhile, another deed
was prepared which revoked the formel
agreement.
In February of this year. Sir Ed
ward added, the duke departed fron
Crowhurst, leaving a note for th?
duchess saying he was convinced i
would be impossible for them to b?
happy together.
The duchess showed some nervous
ness as she took the oath, but she an
swered the. questions in a steady voice
so modulated as to be scarcely audibl
in the rear of the courtroom. Whei
the court had granted the decree th
duchess departed, followed by a crowi
of the curious.
Police Begin Own Crusade
On Vice; Confiscate Books
The Police Department started a
little vice crusade of its own yester?
day. The first thing on which the ax
fell was a piece of literature.
Members of the vice squad from the
office of Inspector Daly, armed with
a warrant issued by Magistrate Mc
Adoo, raided the offices of Boni &
Liveright, publishers, p.t 105 West
Fortieth Street, and confiscated all
copies of "The Story of a Lover," pub?
lished by Boni & Liveright about six
months ago. The book was suppressed
as "indecent and obscene."
The complaint on which Magistrate
McAdoo issued the warrant was made
by John P. Pooler, a policeman. Boni &
Liveright are ordered to appear for a
hearing at the Jefferson Market Court
Monday to answer the charge of pub?
lishing obscene and indecent literature.
"The Story of a Lover." Horace B.
Liveright, a member of the firm, said
yesterday, was written anonymously by
a prominent New Englander "of May?
flower stock," well known in literary
and social circles of New York. The
author, Mr. Liveright said, was in this
city, at the Harvard Club, at the time
of the raid, and on hearing of the ac
tiori of the police immediately called
Boni & Liveright on the telephone,
offering to appear in court, leveal his
identity and testify in behalf of the
firm. The author's wife, "*r.. under?
stood, also v/i?l n ... . ?" necessary.
Magistrate McAdoo read the book
before issuing the warrant authoriz?
ing the raid. Mr. Liveright, in .defend?
ing the story, cited the opinion of lit?
erary critics and authors; He pro?
duced a lettt r written to him by the
author's wife denying charges against
the book and praising her husband
highly for his work.
At one time a rumor gained wide
circulation that the author of the book
was Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. Mr.
Liveright denied this emphatically, and
said the appearance of the author at
the trial wou'd lay this rumor at rest.
Dudley Field Malone, attorney for
Boni & Liveright. said: "The rumor
that Senator Lodge is the author of
'The Story of a Luver' is ridiculous.
? don't consider Senator Lodge capable
of such sentiments."
"Publishers," said Mr. Liveright,
"appear to be at the mercy of any
Continuo, an p*?e thro*
Liberty Bonde??60, ?100, ?500. ?1,000?
can be bought and ?old Instantly.
John Muir A Co., ?t Broadway ? Advt.
Government
Menaced b$
Civil Strife
"You Cannot Paint Situa?
tion Throughout Ger?
many Too Black," De?
clares Ministry Official
Big Guns Used in
Ruhr Region Fights
Two Crack Regiments Are
Forced Back by 'Reds'?
Leipsic Riots Continue
BERLIN, March 22 (By The As?
sociated Press). ? Gustav Noske,
Minister of Defense, presented his
resignation to President Ebert this
afternoon and the President ac?
cepted it. Other Cabinet changes
ai'e imminent.
It is announced that the Inde?
pendents demanded a definite labor
j Cabinet and that the government is
considering the demand.
A rumor was pritated in the news?
papers of the capital this noon that
President Ebei't had requested
Philipp Scheidemann to form a new
s Cabinet.
Conditions Declared Menacing
Conditions in Germany were de?
; scribed by the Ministry of Defense
: this morning as extremely serious.
"You can.iot paint the situation
throughout Germany too black," an
official at the ministry declared.
''The strike is practically over," th*
government press bureau announced
shortly before noon. It was said that
martial law probably would be called
off this afternoon, as it was asserted
this was the main reason for the con?
tinuance of the strike by the radical
elements of the workmen.
The Spartaeides have been operating
! in small bands in the outskirts of Ber?
lin. They are sniping in the darkness
along the main avenues of approach to
the city, and in some instances these
: approaches have been closed by barbed
I wire entanglements and barriers of
paving stones.
The city now is becoming normal.
The postal services are working1, stores
are open and electricity is available to
enable small factories to operate. The
city and circle railroads have resumed
operation, but the elevated has not
started up.
Reports from Quedlinburg, Saxony,
said there had been violent lighting
between troops and Spartaeides. Both
sides suffered severe losses.
Halle-on-Saale is reported held by
government troops after an artillery
battle lasting for several days.
"Reds" Take Three More Towns
The Ministry of Defense informed
the correspondent that the condition*
in the Ruhr district were becoming
worse. The towns of Oelde, Ahien and
Drensteinfurt, in Westphalia, south?
east of Muenster, had been taken by
the Communists, it was stated, and the
movement was spreading north and
east.
Artillery has been brought into ac?
tion at some points in the Ruhr coal
basin, near the zone under occupation
by the Allies, according to advices
received here. Bochum, which was in
the hands of the Communists, has been
recaptured by the Reichswehr.
Fighting continues in Leipsic be?
tween workmen and troops and there
is also fighting at. Hallo. Troops from
Silesia are officially reported to have
arrived in the Ruhr district, and fight?
ing with the Snartacan army there is
expected Tuesday.
(rack Regiments Forced Back
Pitched battles were fought Sunday,
the Ministry of Defense has been in?
formed, and two crack regiments of
government troops have been forced
to fall back on the fortress of Wesel,
on the right bank of the Rhine,
twenty-two miles northwest of Essen,
i'.?tvr heavv losses had been sustained
on both sides. Ten officers in one ol
the regiments were killed. The "Red'
army, it was ad-Jed, was well armed
with artillpry.
It was stated officially that the esti?
mate placing the size of the "Red*
forces in the Ruhr region at 70,000 ar?
exaggerated.
Information from the Essen area sayi
living conditions there ar? becominf
critical, that fanatical sentiment ragei
and that reaction on the part of th?
public is expected if the Reichsweh:
do not drive out the "Reds."
A general strike has been called il
Munich, and it. is expected the mov?
ment will extend throughout Bavarii
unless it is stopped as a result of th'
negotiations now in progress to settl?
the demands of the^workingmen for pa;
during the period they were on strik*
against the Kapp r?gime. Meeting
are to be h^ld in the Wurtemberg fac
tories by the councils of workmen t
consider if similar action should b
taken throughout Wurtemberg.
Peasant? to Cut Off Food
The peasants in western German;
are preparing to cut off the food sup
plies from the troubled industrial cer
ters.
The situation in Upper Silesia, pai
ticularly Breslau, is still very seriou
The government forces have been con
pelled to evacuate Breslau, accordin
to reports received here.
In Berlin there has been lili]
change in the strike situation sin<
Sunday, except that the city railws
this morning began a fairly reguli
service.
The inner city and the adjacei
streets still present the aspect of a
armed camp. The mortars, machi i
guns and wire entanglements we
viewed by thousands of Sunday prom
naders. but many of the streets we
barred to traffic.
The lower class pla<_^ of entertsi