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ALL MERCHANDISE ADVERTISED IN THE flUBUNE IS GUARANTEED y^ LXXIX No. 26,792 First to Last ?? t/ig jtru'f'hj.. Ate w& -Edito rials ?Advertisements ?ribtme THE WEATHER Fair to-day; showera to-morrow or to? morrow night; moderate south? west winds. Fall Report on T_Mt Par? ICopyrlBht, 19'_0, New York Tribune Ino.l WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1920 * * * ?__ _??,*_. S I? Greater New York ?nd I THREE CENTS TWO- CENTS , wtfhin commuting di. tance I Eluewhcre Ebert Is Forced to Grant All Socialist Rule for Germany Agreement Reached With Extr?miste for New Cab? inet; General Strike fe To Be Called Off ?R?ed' Army Routed, With 1,000 Slain Six Thousand Govern? ment Troops Penned in Wesel by Spaitacides LONDON, March 23.?The Bauer government has come to terms with tie extremists at the cost of sweep? ing concessions, according to a Copenhagen dispatch to "The Lon? don Times." A purely Socialist Cabinet is to be formed which will try to reestablish order and hold general elections. The Reichswehr troops will be im? mediately withdrawn and Berlin ?rorkmen's guards formed. The general strike will be stopped, bat instantly resumed if the govern? ment is unable to effectuate the stipulated conditions. The foregoing agreement was reached this afternoon between Sec? retary Bauer and the trade union leaders and was followed by a split : in the Independents, the smaller, part of whom joined the Commu- i r.ists. In Berlin the situation is tranquil : except for a few unimportant collisions is the northeastern quarters, where the :?ck of provisions is badly felt. There ii no indication of further trouble. Traffic was resumed on the elevated lad underground roads to-night. The National Assembly will meet on i Thorsday afternoon, and in preparation j :'or this session all the parties are ! aiding continuous meetings. "Reds" Routed, 1,000 Slain COBL'RG. Saxe-Colmrg-Gotha, March j 3.?A heavy defeat has been inflicted \ ?d the Communist forces, who lost I tore than or- thousand killed, accord-1 :ng to the Reichswehr commander in j hi?region. The Reichswehr had nine? teen killed and thirty-four wounded, ihile nine are missing. K8E.\", Germany, March 23.?The local Executive Council to-day an? notated that the entire industrial re- ! jrion hereabouts is in the hands of! rh? revolutionary workmen, and that aj "Red" army of 50,000 ?men is victor- ? iottsly advancing on Wesel, where "the i ait remnants of the regular troops" j ?re concentrated. The Ruhr "Echo" announces that lie left wing of the "Red" army's front ?retches from Dinslaken. twenty-four miles from Dusseldorf, through Halt? ern to Dorsten, thirty-five miles south teat of Muenster. Violent fighting is ?till proceeding on this front. Dorsten ?nd Valsum have been taken by the "Reds," together with 900 prisoners, the ?ewspaper adds, and a general advance , '?> in progress toward Wesel. In the vicinity of Haltern an ar- [ acred train on the way to the indus? trial region from Muenster was halted 3J the blowing up of a stretch of roadbed. Tells of "Red" Successes A second announcement by the executive council said that the revo- ! ?Vonary, workmen on Saturday j captured five cannon, six mine throw- I H?, three thousand rifles, twenty Uousand cartridges, 200 horses and inch baggage. In the taking of ?orsten the "Reds" captured 300 ?ichswehr, the announcement added. ROTTERDAM, March 22 (By The Associated Press).?The conditions in toe Rhine provinces, where virtually Rery town is in the hands of the jorkmen, rapidly are approaching a ?plication of the conditions prevail Jjf in Soviet Russia. According to rite Rotterdamsche Courant's" cor? espondents in Essen and Dortmund, *J first steps foiiowing the proclama? ron of Soviet republics was the open ?f. ?** prisons and freeing not only pciitical prisoners but also common Prisoners. Coming closely upon the heels of ?IS order was an invitation to the prgeoisie to surrender all firearms, ?tphasis was laid on this by an ?ftUuement that failurc to comply '??'o entail prosecution by the revo '""onary tribunal. Shortage of Food Jh* correspondents say that the hard ??"*?? of a soviet government would J? maintain rationing; that failure ?M. .resPect would not be improb C?W?nK to the existing scarcity of ?r??uffs and that a compromise with -?in would be necessary. They as hr. ,onl>' er?ough food is in sight ill*.Weeka rations and that the sup Z,01 Potatoes will last only a few eienf *\ pe of tne soviet govern \,.Z lh,c>' assert, is to get food in ex ?g? ior coal from Holland. ?tViS?o*.thc situation at Wesel a .?"" Berlin dispatch by way of ?ithin n?n says that 6'000 "gulars 3Mi? c fortress are besieged by Wn?\ partacans- The troops are I* wavy gunS) but( havC( neverthe "?? ?Ued to break the siege. 'i?fLDNZ' March 23 (By The Asso ' SL^re8s)--Heavy fighting has ?,?0 ng on since noon before Wesel, ?aere. ?*??Jri*ht b??k of the Rhine, *i*e?ii? tu Reds" have attempted to %*?.* 5e stand o? th? Reichswehr. ^ma,V,w-aro tryln* t0 ?et through 5 ?S,at,?n with Holland in order SentT?" food8tuffs. Troop move I Pw?e<^rround the E?sen area are ?Uft .??p0urted that in a Spartacide '?'? mo,?; he .P?8tofflce at Dortmund ?*iK 5$?dXty emPloyees and offl ** u5S1?D?!a tht> 80vi?t ?*ov?rnment " w ??ve appointed a Foreign ASS*??? .&*** W?Ttim Tr,bu,n? ?? not re*? by 1 *X? -?Ms?hl* U 6o**> how?y?r. ft*? O?loit ?? ;.-Profw1,vo reader* ?*w *1i|i0 .J^**, *?t V*ov\? tbat ar? w? 'o-?nori-o<w'? tMu?.~-??v.t. Gen. Luettwitz _. Is Arrested BERLIN, March 23 (By The Associated Press).?Major Gen? eral von Luettwitz, the military commander in the Kapp revolt, has been placed under arrest, it is officially announced. Admiral von Trotha, chief of the ? Ad? miralty, also has been arrested. There is no definite news of Kapp', whereabouts. Some of the ringleaders in the Kapp revolution against whom proceedings have begun for high treason have disappeared. They include von Jagow, Major Pabst, Colonel Bauer, Dr. Shiele and ex Attorney Brederek. Germans Bring Story of Ruhr Riots to Paris Facts Related by Army En? voys Expected to Aid Allies in Solution of Problems Due to Revolt By Ralph Courtney Special Cable to The Tritru.no 'Cooyrisrht, 1920, New York Tribune Inc.) PARIS, March 23.?Two German military envoys arrived in Paris to? day and on the basis of the informa? tion they delivered to the French gov? ernment it is expected that a solu? tion will be reached in the various international problems arising out of the German revolution. The two officers handed to the French government full information concerning conditions in the Ruhr area, where the Spartaeides hold sway. What action the Allies or Ger? many, or both, should take in view of the present situation is now the sub? ject of discussion among the Allied officials here. It has been pointed ont to the German government that the possession of the Ruhr valley by Ger? man troops, though these only belong to the communist r?gime, technically violates the terms of the peace treaty. It is said officially that France is not willing to intervene alone in the Ruhr district, although she is not opposed to joint allied intervention. According to the latest news from the Rhine district, the Spartacide rule has not by any means paralyzed the country. The tramways are running and the people are working under the soviets almost as usual. According to some reports, 100,000 Spartacide troops are holding the dis? trict, but the best information is that the forces number between _0,000 and 40,000. Nevertheless, the overturning of the Spartacide r?gime will probably prove to be something of a task. The French government, while recog? nizing the necessity of taking action in the Ruhr district, dislikes the present procedure of the German government in seeking to reduce the Spartaeides by siege tactics. It was said in French circle,?; to-day that no authorization had been given Germany to pursue her plan of operation against the Spartaeides in the zone which was declared disarmed by the Versailles pact. Coincident with the rise to power of the Spartaeides in the Ruhr area the government, in Berlin is showing markjed weakness. The compromise an? nounced yesterday with the resignation of Gustav Noske, Minister of Defense, and the orientation toward the Left appears not to have solved completely the problem at hand. Both the extreme radicals and the conservative elements retained in the Cabinet are dissatis Contlnued on page seven Polish Offensive Begun in Baltic Bolsheviki Routed; Thou? sands of Prisoners Tak? en; Spring Drive Foiled Special Cable to The Tribune (Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Inc.) PAJtIS, March 23.?The Polish army has taken the offensive against the Bolsh?viki in the Baltic region and has captucred several thousand prisoners, according to advices received here to? day. .Besides breaking up the concen? trations of soviet troops on the Polish frontier, the disorganization in the Bolsh?evik ranks has made impossible a sprung drive against Europe, as had been reported planned by the Moscow goveenment. The news is taken here as dismissing all pcssiblility of the feared coopera? tion of the Russian bolsheviki with the Spartacide. in Germany. WARSAW, March 23 (By The Asso? ciated Press).?Extremely heavy fight? ing is reported on the Polish front. A communication issued to-day announces that after the greatest artillery prep? aration yet experienced the Bolshevik infantry advanced in columns against the bridge-head at Zwiehel, aided by tanks and armored motor cars. "After a sharp engagement," says the com? munication, "the Polish troops launched a counter-attack with bayonets and hand grenades, driving the enemy faf front the Polish line. "T?he Poles attacked the 7th Bol? shevik Division, which was on the offerosive in the sector of Emilozen, and compelled the enemy to retreat easter? ly, abandoning his batteries, horses, ammunition carts and machine guns." On the Podolian front the Bolsheviki have attacked Nowasieniawke, La tyczstr and Novoconstantinow and the sector southwest of Deranza. Heavy fighting followed these attacks, which ware preceded by artillery prepara? tion. A number of villages in the re? gion of Deranza changed hands time and again. But the Poles, counter? attacking in the end, wo the victors, Wilson Ends U. S. Control Of Coal Rate Fear of Collapse of At? tempt to Settle Strike Prompts Action; 27% Raise Asked for Miners $200,000,000 Pay Cost Put on Public Adoption of Majority Re? port Urged; President Will Punish Profiteers - ! From The Tribune's Washington Bttreau WASHINGTON, March 23. ? Con? fronted with the possible collapse of his entire effort at a settlement of the coal strike controversy, President Wil? son to-day took extreme measures to induce operators and miners alike to accept the findings In the majority re? port of his bituminous coal commis? sion. Urging that this report, awarding a 27 per cent increase in wages over what the miners were receiving when they called their strike last September, be made the basis of the final adjustment, he issued an executive order abolish? ing all government price-fixing on coal. The effect of this action is to permit the operators tc pass on to the public the $200,000,000 payroll cost which the award would involve. The executive order goes into effect at 12:01 a. m. April 1, at which time j the President proposes the new wage : scale shall go into effect under a con ? tract to run two years, ending March 31, 1922. Operators Will Accept That the operators will accept is re? garded as a foregone conclusion. The possibility, previousSy entertained, that j the government would require any wage increase to be absorbed by the ! operators out of their own pockets lias heretofore stood as an insurmountable obstacle to any agreement. As the case is put before them now, however, the 27 per cent increase, by going into ef? fect as a substitute for the Garfield award of J4 per cent last fall, will en? able them to pass on to the consumers i every concession forced from them by the strike call of last September. Although John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, declared this afternoon that the majority award of the commission was "disappointing," he nevertheless expressed the hope that the miners and operators would now be ablego get together. The 27 per cent award comes within 5 per cent ? of the increase which Secretary of La I bor Wilson proposed last fall and which | the miners at that time were willing to j accept. Mr. Lewis said: "The affirmation of the majority re? port of the bituminous coal commission ; by the President will be keenly dis? appointing to the mine workers, ignor ; ing as it does many vital reforms for ; which they ask consideration. Further I more, the majority commissioners i usurped the authority vested in them I in presuming to render decision upon ! questions which were not raised by I the operators prior to the formation I of the commission and which, of con ! sequence, were not included in the t original matters of difference between t the miners and operators. Miners Ready to Parley "Nevertheless, the miners are ready and willing to respond to the Presi? dent's suggestion to participate, in a joint conference in the hope that a new agreement can be established. It i is obvious that such an agreement ! should be consummated by April 1." In announcing his decision to lift the price-iixing restrictions of the govern i ment, the President took occasion to warn the operators that they would be prosecuted if they profited by the ac? tion to engage in profiteering or in combinations in restraint of trade. For a week official circles here had been extremely apprehensive of the outlook, particularly when Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, following a conference with' the President, at? tended by Walker D. Hines, indicated that, as a result of the commission's failure to reach a unanimous agree? ment, the President would throw the whole question back on the joint wage scale committees of the miners and operators, with merely a suggestion that the majority report be used as a basis of agreement. There was.no suggestion at the time by Mr. Palmer that the President would lift the price-fixing supervision of the government and thus enable the increased wages to be passed on to the public and there are many in official quarters and among the operators' and miners' representatives here who are inclined to believe that the President may have reached this decision after his conference with the Attorney Gen? eral. President's Plea Fails For ten days the President has had the majority and minority findings of Continued on page eight Move in Denver To Banish Horse DENVER, March 28.?The horse will be banished from Den? ver's streets on January 1, 1925, if a bill now before the City Council becomes a law. The ordinance provides no horses, cattle, sheep or swine shall be kept within the corpo? rate limits of Denvfer or driven upon the streets. Exceptions are made to accommodate stock? yards and packing houses. Bliss Denies Story Told by Sims to Senate Orders Called for Separate Army of Americans, He Says; No Amalgamation Was Sought With Allies WASHINGTON, March 23.?The con? troversy started by Rear Admiral Sims's criticism of the Navy Depart? ment's conduct of its war activities was broadened to-night by the entry of the War Department to deny some of the admiral's statements regarding the land forces. * General Tasker H. Bliss, American representative in the Supreme War Council, not only denied categorically that he had recommended the brigad jng of United States troops with for ! eign armies, as testified by Admiral Sims, but declared "the truth is exactly the reverse." General Bliss made his denial in a letter to Secretary Baker, who trans? mitted it, together with a copy of the original order assigning General Per shing to command the forces over I seas, to Secretary Daniels, and he in I turn sent both on to Chairman Hale, of j the Senate Naval sub-committee, at the same time making; all the correspond i ence public. Meetings With Sims "Not only at no time did I make any I recommendation for the brigading of I American troops with the British i army," General Bliss said, "but the truth is exactly the reverse. The only i times that I ever came in contact with j Admiral Sims in Europe were while I was in London with the American mis : sion [the so-called House mission], be I tween the 8th and 22d of November, 1917. During that entire time the idea of brigading or amalgamating Ameri? can troops with foreign armies had not, as far as I know, entered the head of any one, nor did I ever make such a suggestion, much less a recommenda? tion." General Bliss said he told the Su? preme War Council that such a thing ' as permanent amalgamation of Ameri ! can units with the British or French 1 would be "intolerable to American : sentiment," which led the presiding offi : cer, M. Clemenceau, to declare that ?"this point was settled" and nothing was heard thereafter on the subject. In General Pershing's original orders as commander of the American ! Expeditionary Forces it was specifically I provided that American troops were to I operate as individual units. Rear Admiral Sims's statement con | corning General Bliss's alleged recom i mendation was made Monday in discus ! sion by the admiral of the most effec ? tive manner in which the United States j forces abroad could have aided the ! Allied cause. Senator Pittman, Demo i crat, Nevada, read from an unsigned : letter found in Admiral Sims's file ? urging that American troops passing 1 through Great. Britain be brigaded : with the British forces. He called the document "British propaganda" and j said it was part of an organized effort j to prevent the formation of a separate American army. Admiral Sims replied that while he had not written the let I ter he objected to having it called propaganda and said it was "pretty good military reasoning" and "what Bliss recommended." General Bliss said that all British military and political men, during his visit to London with the House mis? sion, urged the sending of complete American divisions, for the purpose of having in Europe an American national army. He said he informed them that this country hoped to have in France twelve complete divisions by June 1, 1918, and was told that that effort must be doubled, French military men later making the same demand. "The idea of 'brigading' complete di? visions with "other groups is an ab? surdity," General Bliss wrote. "Dur? ing the battle our divisions were at times used to meet an emergency in connection with either British or French divisions, but, in the same way, French divisions were used with our troops. At no time during the Ameri? can mission's visit to Europe did I hear even the suggestion that our troops should be brigaded, either in Continued on page five Carpentier Has First Fight In U. S. With Pier Crowds Georges Carpentier, idol of France and heavyweight champion of Europe, arrived here yesterday with his bride and had his first battle with the crowds when he stepped from the pier at Fif? teenth Street and Hudson River, where the French liner La Savoie docked. He intends to tour the country, star in ( movies and eventually to meet Jack ; Dempsey for the championship of the world. Hundreds of persons crowded about him to see what manner of man the much heralded fighter was. - His weather-tanned face is drawn and thin. Straight, tawny hair, sunburned as straw-long exposed to the weather, is brushed back smoothly. His eyes are greenish blue and his lashes long. From the tip of his broken nose to the top of his wrinkled forehead his profile, except for a slight bulge of brow, is a straight, slanting line. Clad in skil? fully cut clothes, he appears unformid able, almost delicate. The average New York Green car conductor probably would welcome trouble with him as with a fop and utter fighting words without waiting to be reinforced by the motorman ana his brass controller. It is even more probable that when the conductor got out of the hospital he would seek em? ployment with the Fifth Avenue bus company, employees of which are hand picked for politeness. It was more than an hour after the La Savoie had been made fast to the French Line pier, at Fifteenth Street, yesterday morning before word was ^brought to the first cabin salon that the customs men were ready to search for contraband in the eleven trunks of M. Carpentier. Faces Movie Cameras The French war hero then went be ! fore a mirror to adjust the hang of ! his drab, belted overcoat and set his , green fedora with the bow in the rear. | He also displayed a pale brown shirt, ? figured with a small white design and a starched collar of similar material. I Doing all this he consumed almost as many as the fifty-eight seconds of time j he required last November to punch Continued an sag? fifteen Stolen: 1,000 genuine langli? nightly from "Wedding Balle," Harrt* Theatre. La<t 2 Weeks. ?AtlTt. Wood Leads By 3,000 in So. Dakota Lowden Is Second in Contest for Republi? can Presidential Inlorse ment; Johnson Third Scattered Votes Go to Poindexter Ticket of National Non Partisan League Is Not on the Ballot SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Wednesday.! March 24.?Major General Leonard | Wood maintained a lead of 3,000 votes i over Frank O. Lowden, Governor of Ill? inois, in tha contest for Republican Presidential indorsement in the state? wide primary, according to returns from 605 of 1,740 precincts tabulated at 1 o'clock this morning. Hiram W. Johnson, Senator from California, was third, 2,000 votes be? hind Lowden. The tabulation included report? from nearly every city in the state. The vote stood: Wood, 20,257; Low? den, 17,298; Johnson, 15,292. j SIOUX FALLS, S. D., March 23.?The ? contest between General Leonard Wood, : Senator Hiram Johnson, Governor Frank O. Lowden of Illinois, and Senator Miles Poindexter for the Republican Presi? dential indorsement at the South Da? kota primary election to-day became one of the fluctuating successes to? night, so far as the first three were concerned. Returns from 359 out of 1,740 princincts showed Wood leading Lowden by 1,146 votes, and Johnson closely pressing the Illinois Governor for second place. The returns showed only scattered votes for Poindexter. The vote stood: Wood, 13,340; Lowden, 12,194; Johnson, 11,193. The returns included most of the princincts in all the leading cities of the state except Huron. Shortly before midnight the Black Hills counties began to report and those heard from went heavily for Wood. Johnson polled a heavy vote at Yank ton and complete returns from Pierre, the state capital, showed he carried the city by a plurality of seven votes over Wood.' Vote Is Reported Heavy Voting booths closed at 5 p. m., and managers for various candidates pre? dicted early to-night that a fairly heavy vote was cast throughout the state. Fair weather prevailed generally. A number of candidates for national and state offices were nominated auto? matically. The state primary law pro? vides for such a process when candi? dates have no party opposition. The ticket of the National Nonpartisan i League?which has a party status in South Dakota?was not on the ballot. When the time limit for independent candidates to file had expired the Secretary of State had not received any i additional .filings from candidates for league support and the ticket indorsed at the proposal convention, December 2, was considered nominated. Tom Ayres, of Zeona, is the league nominee for United States Senator, and M. P. Bates, of Letcher, is the party's candidate for Governor. The proposal j convention indorsed Governor L. J. ? Frazier of North Dakota as candidate j for President, but Frazier did not j formally accept the indorsement. Democrats Have Few Contests The Democrats had few contests. The j ticket for state office indorsed at the Pierre convention was not contested. There were no Congressional contests. In the 3d District Representative Harry L. Gandy, of Rapid' City, was nominated to succeed himself. Interest in the Democratic primary was centered upon the fight for National Committee ! man among James Mee, of Centerville; : John A. Bowler, of Sioux Falls; Ralph E. Johnson, Sioux Falls, and J. E. Bird, Watertown, and for United States Sen? ator between U. S. G. Cherry, Sioux Falls, and Tom Taubman, of Plankin ton. James W. Gerard, of New York, and James O. Monroe, of Maywood, III., sought Democratic indorsement for President. There were many contests on the Republican ballot. The only candidate who had a clear field was Representa? tive Royal C. Johnson, of Aberdeen, in the 2d District, who sought reelection. ? ?_ $425,000,000 Naval Bill Passes House It Carries $104,000,000 for New Ships Author? ized in 1916 Program WASHINGTON, March 23. ? The naval appropriation bill, carrying ap? proximately $425,000,000, passed the House to -day without a roll call and now goes to the Senate. It includes provisions aggregating $104,000,000 to carry on construction of new ships authorized in the 1916 three-year pro- | gram and for an enlisted personnel ! averaging 125,000 in the navy and 20,- j 000 in the Marine Corps. I An amendment by Representative Hull, Republican, of Iowa, attaching the same provision against stop-watch systems in navy yards- that had been ; previously enacted for both arsenals and navy yards was adopted, 218 to 69. Under the bill the navy enlisted strength would be 143,000, but that strength is not expected to be reached until the end of the year, making ap j propriation for more than 125,000 un jnecessary. e Boys Lodged in Chimney All Night Are Rescued i While making his rounds at 6 a. m. yesterday James Evans, a night watch? man, heard cries from the roof of 55 Newark Avenue, Jersey City. Climbing j to the top of the two-story building, ! he decided some one was in the chim? ney. Evans summoned Patrolmen Mc Cann and McHale, who lowered a rope. Mathias Hester, ten years old, and his brother Danny, seven, were cling? ing to the end of it when it was drawn up\ The boys said they had been wedged twenty feet down the chimney since 5 o'clock the night before. They had been playing on the street and their ball bounced to the roof and into the chimney opening. They went after it. Victory Assured Tenants Who Outshout Owners In Tempestuous Hearing Point Is Won By Suffrage In Delaware House and Senate Repub? licans Agree to Debate Resolution To-morrow ; Look for Showdown Special Dispatch to Ths Tribune DOVER, Del., March 23.?To-day's developments in the special session of the Delaware Legislature called to adopt the Federal suffrage amendment were favorable to ratification, but the suffragists are not yet in the clear. However, they took a step toward the clearing which may bring them safe? ly through. At a conference of House and Sen? ate Republicans this afternoon an i agreement was reached to bring the '. suffrage resolution into the open on Thursday and let both sides discuss ? it. This was the unanimous action of the members. The suffrage sup? porters would not have consented to the program had they not been hopeful of ratification, and they now are pre? pared to lay their cards on the table, ! face up, and ask the anti-ratification crowd to do likewise. The hearing will be at a joint session of both houses, and will be an all-day ; affaH.1. The suffragists will present their claims from 10:30 in the morn j ing to 12:30 noon. Then the meeting will adjourn until 1:30 o'clock, and from that hour to 3;_*5 the anti-suf? fragists will talk. Each side will have thirty minutes in rebuttal, the antis having the last word. This is not wholly to the liking of some of the suf I frage leaders, who had hoped to be given the last word, but the members decided that since they were placed first on the program it is only fair to let the other side speak last. Governor Is Confident It was thought best by some of the suffrage leaders to delay the show? down for a few days longer in the hope of marshalling their forces in bet? ter shape, but the suggestion was over? ruled in this by Governor Townsend and Secretary of State Johnson, who are managing the fight and who be? lieve they are in control. The Governor is confident to-night that he will win. The Governor and Secretary Johnson ? take the stand that, since there must ! be a showdown some time, it may as j well come now as later on. It will ! clarify the situation as nothing else j could and will show where each side ? stands. It will show the. strength of I the ratification crowd as well as of the | antis. Governor Townsend said to i night the antis have shown their maxi? mum strength, whereas the potential strength of the suffragists has not been demonstrated. It is apparent that the situation Would be more favorable to ratification if the national situation had not been injected. The folks from Delaware like to run their own affairs, and they re? sent outside interference. Cummings Is Denounced A demonstration of this was given to-day by Representative McNabb, of Wilmington, Democratic leader of the I House, who denounced interference by National Chairman Homer S. Cum I mings. McNabb in a fiery speech declared the party whip has no terrors for him, j and, waving a letter he received from Cummings, denounced the national chairman's interference and then trampled the letter under foot. The resentment was reflected in the conference of Republican leaders this morning when Daniel Layton, Republi? can State Chairman and a son of Con? gressman Layton, urged defeat of suf? frage. He did this in spite of the fact that at a recent meeting of the state committee a vive voce vote fa? vored suffrage. "I have been for suffrage for ten years," he said, when asked to explain himself after the conference, "but it is my view that it is the duty of a legislator to reflect the views of his constituency and not the votes of any leaders." Voto Expected" Soon The suffrage lobby is trying hard to make the legislators see the broad, na? tional view, but most of them look at it not from the state standpoint but Continued on page three French Army Makes Football Compulsory Order Follows Match in Which Deschanel Witnessed Defeat of British Team Special Cable to The Tribune (Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Inc.) PARIS, March 23.?Football is made compulsory in the French army in a decree signed to-day by the Minister of War. Football henceforth is as much a part of the regular French army prac? tice as field infantry drill. The decree was the direct result of the experience of an excellent football team assembled this year by the French army which by a large margin defeated the British army team. On the occa? sion of the victory President Deschanel personally congratulated every member ?f the French fifteen. At a victory banquet immediately after the match General Bernard Her rigny prophesied that "within a short time sports will be compulsory in the French army." Football is the first sport to be made compulsory on the infantrymen. Each regimental section hereafter will have its own football team and there will be matches among the battalions, regi? ments and army corps. As every French youth passes through the army, and will be forced to play at the new game, it is probable that France will become the greatest "footballing" country in the world. All commissioned officers will be ex? pected to have enough knowledge of the game to direct matches in which their units are concerned. Even generals willftiave to be trained in the sports sectVn at the Joinville Academy. Fifty Red Hot Landlords Home Fifty irate landlords returned from the Albany rent hearing at 10:15 last night on the Empire State Express and soon had the Grand Central rotunda enveloped in a deep indigo haze. "The tenants acted like Bolshe vikis," exclaimed W. B. Burling, president of the Brooklyn Board of Real Estate Brokers. "There isn't a chance that the legislative committees will accomplish a thing." "It was a disorderly gather? ing," said George S. Horton, of Buckley and Horton, Brooklyn. "If there hadn't been plenty of sergeants-at-arms on hand there'd have been a fist fight." Assembly Beats Bill to Repeal Daylight Law Supporters Hope Measure May Be Amended to Give Cities the Option of En? acting Saving Ordinances From a Staff Correspondent ALBANY, March 23.?Although the Assembly to-day defeated the Betts bill to repeal the daylight saving law, it is expected the measure will be j amended to give cities the option of ! enacting daylight saving in ordinance-, : and later be passed in that form. Assemblyman Charles H. Betts, the ? introducer, had the vote by which the bill was lost reconsidered and it was \ laid on the table. The vote was 70 to 64. Seventy-six votes are needed. The Fowler bill in the Senate, which is the same as the Betts bill, has been amended and is now on the order of final passage. The objection to the Betts bill came from the city members, the Democrats voting solidly against it. It is be? lieved many of them will withdraw their opposition if the right of cities to pass their own ordinances on the subject is put into the law. The present state laws provide that clocks shall be turned back an hour at 2 a. m. next Sunday. Announcements were made yester? day by most of the railroad lines op? erating commutation service out of New York City that they would change their train schedules to meet* the re? quirements of the state daylight sav? ing schedule. Suburban Train Schedules In the case of suburban trains leav? ing certain points for New York City, the schedule for a 5:15 p. m.v train bound cityward will read 4:15, Eastern standard time, this being 5:15 p. m. New York daylight saving time. The Twentieth Century Limited, westbound, will leave, by schedule, at 2:45 p. m. daily, Eastern standard time, as at present, this being 3:45 p. m. New York City daylight saving time. Also, the same train eastbound will arrive at the Grand Central ter? minal at 9:45 a. m. Eastern standard time, this being 10:45 a. m. in the local daylight saving time. On the New Haven similar schedules have been arranged for twenty-live commutation trains, which will be run on Eastern standard time, as will all through trains, but will be advanced an hour for the benefit of the com? muters. All Long Island trains will operate on Eastern standard time, and the New Jersey Central, Pennsylvania, Lacka wanna and Erie roads will do likewise. Postoffice on Federal Time The Interborough will begin a sched? ule Sunday morning conforming with the new daylight saving scheme. It was said the postoffice will remain on Federal time. Banks and exchanges in the financial district are preparing to operate on the new schedule. Jame3 A. Stillman, chairman of the New York Clearing House Committee, announced the oper? ations at the Clearing rtouse would be transacted according to the daylight saving schedule. It is expected the board of governors of "the Stock Exchange will take formal action on the question to-day. The Federal Court in Brooklyn will convene on the new time. Boy Scout Saves Mother And Pet Canary at Fire Melvin Peterkin, 15, Argues With Parent Until Ceiling in Home Begins to Stag Fifteen-year-old Melvin Peterkin carried his mother, hysterical from fright, out of their burning home at 69 Dennington Avenue, Woodhaven, Queens, early yesterday, and then, dodging past firemen, Who would have intercepted him, rushed back into the blazing house and saved her pet canary. The fire, which started at 67 Den? nington Avenue, ignited the roof of the adjoining building, and was crack? ling fiercely in the attic when Melvin awoke. He found his mother, Mrs. Her? bert Peterkin, in the next room, and shouted to her to flee. She refused. The boy argued with her until the ceiling started to sag. Then he picked her up and, though she is twice his weight, bore her bodily to the street. Then he ? rescued the canary. The boy is a mem ? ber of Troop 2, Woohaven Boy Scouts. ! The tonic tan? ottr'enu>berri?M?n ?Id? ?he Jaded appetite. ?Ipr? them feften.?A?Svt. Renters Are Told After Wildest Committee Ses? sion Albany Ever Saw That Bills May Pass Epithets Exchanged ! In Hottest Language 1,800 Renters and Land ! lords From N. Y. City Parade Capital Streets Frvm a Staff Correspondent. j ALBANY, March 23.?The wild I est disorder ever seen at a public ! hearing in Albany was witnessed | this afternoon when New York rent j ers and landlords met and let their j long gathered wrath boil over in ! the Assembly chamber before the | Lockwood Joint Legislative Commit j tee on Housing. Every epithet that j possibly could come within the scope j of parliamentary usage was shouted j back and forth. Men shook their fists in each ! other's faces; women rose shrieking ! on the floor to demand protection j and for minutes at a time the din was so appalling that only the i steady and useless beating of the j chairman's gavel and occasional ! howls of rage stood out above the ' uproar. The tenants outshouted and ou< i j argued their opponents, and it was ' said by legislators at the conclusion of the hearing that the bills they . advocated probably would pass at once, with few or no amendment . ? Senator Lockwood said that when ? this is done his committee would ! take up the question of encouraging ! building operations by legislation. j , Thieves! Robbers'. Grafters! "Thieves! Robbers! Grafters! Liars! j Highwaymen! Shylocksl Bolsheviks!" ?these were a few of the names that I could be heard, and there are indica tions that the din covered worse ! epithets, which the stenographer j could not catch and which therefore (are not of official record. On the j other side, the renters were accused ? of lying, grafting, being swine and . similar offenses. Nothing was let'. \ out. Race, color, creed and polities, all . were dragged in to add to the rancor. The crisis, if one occurred, came i when Senator Henry J. Shackno, of ; the Bronx, declared: ! "There is no such a thing as an I honest landlord in the City of New j York." ! Instantly the chamber was bedlam, i There were storms of applause, of I hisses, and howls of rage. A dozen | landlords were on their feet demand? ing apology and as many renter. jumped up to answer them. Men surged down into the well of the chamber and other men dragged a', their coat tails to prevent blows. Fingers and lists were shaken under snorting noses, unheard, but obviously ?insulting epithets were hurled across the room. In a lull in the din, Sen? ator Shackno managed to shouf: "You'll get no apology from mr." And the whole scene was re?nacted. The disorder continued for nine min? utes, until the Senator gave up the floor. Then half a dozen landlords arose to demand that his remarks bu expunged. Some one shouted, "Let tin truth remain!" and there was another outburst. Landlord Howled Down The. real turmoil was started during the Speech of Dr. H. W. Berg, a mem j ber oi tne United Real Estate Owners' I Association, whose meeting Sunday re? fused to agree to a 20 per cent income on the value of property as sufficient. He got along quietly enough* with his argument that there was justice and need for high rents and his charges that labor was profiteering, as well as landlords. He even advocated the encouragement of immigration, to cut wages and so reduce the cost of building, without a protest. But trouble came when he threatened the committee. "On Election Day the 260,000 decent owners of property will be heard from to the . same extent!" he yelled, bin could get no further. Cries, cat-calls and hisses arose all around and he was howled down. "This is a disgraceful exhibition!" he managed to shout. "No more disgraceful than your meeting last Sunday!" called out ex Senator John Dunnigan. "I'm going to hold you all responsi? ble! "howled Berg. "limit's a case of being elected by constituents of your kind 1 don't want to come back," replied Dunnigan, and again the chamber roared. Berg had been involved in another dispute a mornont before he took the floor. The Rev. Dr. C. C. Carsenden, of Holyrood Church, had scored the land? lords roundly, besides taking a side? swipe at Superintendent Anderson of the Anti-Saloon League, whom he called a "swine-hearted swash-buckler." He told about one landlord with whom he had come into contact. "I'm here to fight the effrontery, the j thievery and bolshevism of this kind of | cattle," he declared. "If you do not I give some relief the poor will die with j out enough money to pay their funeral expenses because of the sneak-thievery anfl highway robbery of these men." Woman Demands protection When he took his seat Berg mad? some remark about his cloth, and Mrs. Harry C. Arthur rose up and yelled until she stopped the proceedings and demanded protection both for the preacher and for the wom_n present. Cries of "Put him out!" came from | all sides, but the incident subsided without further action. More than 1,800 persons were de? clared by the leaders to have com* with the various delegations from New York, 500 landlords, I?o iabcrw?nion members and about 1,300 renter! from vari o us parts of the city, incluffftg <f%