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THE WEATHER
Increasing, cloudiness to-day; rain to? I
night or to-morrow; east to*
southeast winds
Fall Report on Lass Fog.
THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1920
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Turn t-w-ra. *,n Vromter New Torfc suid I
TWO CENTS j wKhln rommtmnt aistanee |
THREE CEXTS
Else when* -
Ebert Troops
Mobilized to
Crush 'Reds'
Coblenz Dispatch Reports
Capture of Wesel by
Workers' Forces; Peril
From Spartacans Seen
Truce Negotiations
Begun, It Is Said
Reinforcements Reach
Trapped Forces; Heavy
Engagement Predicted
COBLENZ, March 24 (By The
Associated Press).?It is reported
here that Wesel has been captured
by the "Red"' army.
The Ruhr di.strict is quiet to-day.
The government troops have retired
to the northeast, back o? the Lippe
River.
The government troor.s are being
reinforced and their supplies, in?
cluding ammunition, replenished.
There ave other indications of a
heavier engagement shortly with the
"Reds.".
The German official reports, how?
ever, show that the rumor of the
capture of Wesel by the "Reds'" is
unfounded. Negotiations opened to?
day south of We.sel between the gov?
ernment troops and the attacking
"Reds."' The latter demanded the
surrender of the town, but the troops
opposed this, as they expect rein?
forcements. There was some fight?
ing on the Lippe south of Wesel in
the morning.
Cleaning Up Thuringia
The same sources indicate that the
government is starting to clean up
the soviet district of Thuringia, af?
ter the capture of Halle yesterday.
The concentration camp at Ohrdruflf,
Saxe-Coburg Gotha, has been cleared
of the "Reds" after heavy fighting.
There have been raids in the direc?
tion of Gotha from Erfurt, and the
'roops expect to take Gotha to-mor
l'OW.
THE HAGUE. March 24.?Official
circles here arc informed that the Eberl
?.o'.ernmcnt in Berlin considers itself
sufficiently stronp- from a military
standpoint to crush the Spartacans ir
the Ruhr districts, It is probable,
hov.*ever, that it will compromise be?
cause of the fear that (he Spartacans
if made desperate, would destroy the
mines, crippling the industry ,of" G<n
;?iany. Franco and Holland.
Under a heavy police guard hun
ured?- of workmen from the village;
'.'ink ?he places of striking dockers a
?VirtSterdam ??.nd Rotterdam to-day. /
amber of shins were loaded after ;
six weeks' tie-up.
The "HandelsbladV corresponden
nt Bielefeld. Westphalia, says that ;
forty-eight hours' armistice has beei
?rranged, to continue unies:? termi
nated by a twenty-four hours' notice
The belligerents are facing each othei
according to a Berlin dispatch, whil?
negotiation.? are in progress.
Fighting Near Wesel Continues
LONDON, March 24. Reports fror
the frontier are to the effect that heav;
t.?-ht?ng continues near Wesel, say
"The London Times'.?" Rotterdam cor
respondent. Gunfire has been heard a
Zmenaar, in the province of Gclderanc
the same as during th?; war. The Ger
man government troops have du
then-reives in and are endeavoring t
withstand vigorous attacks by th
"R"d" army,
A Berlin dispatch, under yesterday'
date, saya the report of the arrest o
Major General von Luettwitz and Rea
Arv-iral von Trotha was erroncou.?
The "Freiheit" regards this contradi?:
tion as confirming the report that th
government has promised clemency t
von Luettwitz and his accomplices.
. Naval units at Kiel Tuesday depose
their officers and the officers of th
Baltic station, as well as Rear Ac
mirai F.vers, the newly appointed chit
of the Ftation, according to advic?.
from Berlin. These posts they tillo
with deck hands and members of th
Republican Officers' League. The unit
me thking orders from the civilia
governor.
According to tho "Telegruaf.'' say
"The London Times' " corresponden
?il the west German workers' council
were to meet Wednesday at Essen t
decide concerning what their attitud
to the situation would be. From th
preliminary discussions, says th
"Teler-raaf's" correspondent in Berlii
u looks as if it is planned that, th
soviet councils will be abandoned an
?11 the Socialist parties in the Rut
district will cooperate.
Ludendorff Accused of Treason
The same newspaper learns that,
charge of high treason has been lodge
?gainst General Ludendorff, form*
c?~-ief commissary of the German arm
?ti_ that Rear Admiral von Troth
former chief of the admiralty, is ui
?er guard at a shooting box in ,ti
neighborhood of Berlin.
A Maasbode dispatch says th;
i nnce Henry, of Prussia, a brother i
lormer Emperor William, was arrest'
a few days ago, but he was liberate
*" there was nothing that could 1
Proved against him.
According to a Maasbode dispati
?orwarded by the Rotterdam corr
"P?ndent of "The London Times," Ge
??"?I. Waiter is retreating from Munst?
oenind the River Lippe in tho face
?uperior "Red" troops. A Dusseldo
juspatch comments on the concluait
?* a twenty-four hours' armistice b
iween the delegates of the Berlin go
?rnrnent and tue rulers of Westphal
?*. itl* most favorable news yet r
??ved from West Germany.
62 Killed, 100 Wounded
WESEL. Germany, March 24. S
nousand government troops, reinforc?
wit>?rm?'i C0UT,trymen. had a skirmii
?l" Gonimunist guards numberii
'?out 15.000 near here last night. R
P?"s ?Ute sixty-two were killed at
ftg??ti ?f 10? wo,,nded during tl
Truce Reported Sought
tfc?UgERlCH, Rhenish Prussia (aero
i?\ Rhl"? from Wesel), March
Vat 2-l.ifty T*>? Associated Press).
fww civilian? and two motor cars, o
Cm-Uru* as ?a?a tares
U. S. to Oppose
Military Action
WASHINGTON, March 24.?
The United States is understood
to have decided to join with
Great Britain and Italy in op?
posing any military action by the
Allied governments to force pres?
ervation of order in the Ruhr
Valley, where the Ebert govern?
ment is confronted with a revo?
lutionary movement.
Ambassador Wallace at Paris,
it was said to-day, had been in?
formed of this government's po?
sition.
German Strife
More Difficult
Of Settlement
Hard Fighting in Halle and
Gotha While Robber
Bands Are Looting Big
Estates in Pomeraiiia
By William C. Dreher
from The Tribune'? European Bureau
(Copyright. 3 92f>, Now Tork Tribune Inc.)
BERLIN", March 24.?The problem of
pacifying Germany seems less easy of
solution to-day. There has been much
hard fighting in Halle and Gotha.
Pomerania is overrun bv bands of
robbers, who are looting the great es?
tates and seizing food supplies of the
peasants.
The situation on the lower Rhine
also is less favorable. A "Red" army
is in control there, under the command
of one Boelcke, a brother of the noted
aviator. The conscription of men over1
twenty has been introduced, but regu- !
lar work is being maintained behind ?
the lines, and shipments of coal to j
France are being made regularly un?
der the government's contract.
Some of the general ?ata IT officers
have been approached by the insurgent
authorities with offers of positions, but
these seem lo ,h?vo been rejected. The j
whole region, however, which contains
one of the densest populations of
Europe, is threatened with famine. In
one place a week's rations consisted of
a loaf of bread. The insurgent chiefs j
applied to Holland for food and met
with flat refusal on the part of the j
Dutch government to have anything to j
do with them.
Germany applied lo the,French army
of occupation for permission to move j
troops across the occupied zone so that j
a position for operating against the j
"Reds" could be obtained. The French,'
however, imposed conditions that wore j
deemed impossible of fulfillment. The)
military authorities-here say that the:
government has in all Northern Ger- j
many, outside of Berlin, only 1.500 j
troops available for service against the i
insurgents. The workers served notice ]
on the Ebert ministry that they would
tear up the railroad tracks if the
government attempted to move troops
westward.
The Independent Socialists here are
not entirely without hope; they pro?
fess to believe that the whole insur?
rection can be surmounted through
negotiations and explanations. They
are disposed to send representatives
to Western Germany to undertake the
task of conciliation. The list of per?
sons to be prosecuted grows with each
passing hour. Admiral von Trotha is
one of the notables recently arrested.
The government has discharged all
district commanders who sided with
Kapp, and the Independent Socialists
insist that all regimental and battalion
commanders who are under suspicion
he dismissed.
Carpentier May
Box Biddle Here
French Fighter Scheduled \
to Meet Philadelphian \
at Biltmorc To-night
Georges Carpentier, champion of
Europe, is billed to box his first bout
in the United States at the Biltmore
to-night. His opponent will be Major
A. .!. Diesel Biddle, the white hope of
Philadelphia, chairman of the army,
navy and civilian hoard of control and
president of the International Sport?
ing Club of New York. N
Overtures for the bout have been
started, and it is highly probable that
Joe Humphries may be called upon to
make an announcement to this effect:
"In this corner we have Georges Car?
pentier, champion of France and log?
ical contender for the world's heavy?
weight championship. In the other
corner we have Major A. J. Drcxel
Biddle, champion of Philadelphia."
Major Biddle used to be an amateur
heavyweight of no mean ability, and
at one time held his own with Phila?
delphia Jack O'Brien when that gladia?
tor was in his prime. The amateur
hope of Philadelphia has been keeping
fit, having served with the United
States marines during the World War.
Consequently, it may.be that "Battling"
Biddle may be able to make the French
champion step some for a few rounds.
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16,000 Soldiers
Frozen to Death
LONDON, March 24.?More
than 16,000 anti-Bolshevik sol?
diers have been found frozen to
death on the steppes, it is an?
nounced in a Soviet military com?
muniqu? received to-day from
Moscow by wireless. (The
steppes comprise the plains in
southeastern Russia and the
western Asiatic provinces.)
The statement reports progress
by the "Red" troops against Gen?
eral Denikine's forces along the
railway in the Ekaterinodar re?
gion on the Caucasus front.
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Asiuith Bids
F<| Liberal
leadership
Accepts Lloyd George's
Challe^e to Political
Battle in Speech Decry?
ing Premier's Policies
?V??_
Denounces Plan f or
Anti-L^Jjor Fusion
Charges ?ti Government
Intends U Repeal, Not
Amend, l%mc Rule Bill
By Arthur^. Draper
From The Tribune'?ji?uropean Burfau
(Copyright. 1920. NoW*iorU Tribune Inc.)
LONDON, March SB?Former Pre?
mier Asquith to-day accepted Premier,
Lloyd George's chall?j,g0 to political
battle. In an addressierc ne attacked
the. Premier's plan for.a fll8i0n of the !
Conservatives and LibtraiSi his Irish !
policy and h?3 criticiffi 0f British j
labor.
The speech made it el*,. to au that j
Mr, Asauith intends to makc ? bold I
j bid to regain his old post of leader of )
British liberalism and to fight Lloyd !
George all over the country. It is i
definite, he said, that tfce Premier
would absorb the Liberal ?arty in 'he
Conservatives.
Mr. Asquith's speech, T?hich had
been awaited with the greatest inter?
est, is bound to have a profound effect ?
on the political situation,'The ex-I
Premier was especially sevete jn his !
condemnation of the government's '
Irish policy, declaring: "Tho govern?
ment does not intend to amend the
! Home Rule act, but to repeal it, and
| substitute therefor a fantastic scheme
which is a travesty, a mockery of self
determination."
Equally vigorous was his condemna?
tion of Lloyd George's characteriza?
tion of labor as Bolshevik. He said: '
"? have dealt with the fallacy 0f a >
socialistic solution for economic indus- j
trial difficulties, but I have always j
repudiated, and I shall always repudi- '
ate, the notion of changing the antlthe- j
sis between the Liberal party and
labor. Mr. Lloyd George's plan ia an !
appeal for reorganization of the party
on lines of class cleavage, and it is '
certainly a most mischievous thing. It I
is fallacious because the bulk of thoie
engaged in manual labor are ri?t ]
wedded to the terms of extrcitte ;
socialism." i
Mr. Asquith referred to the recent
decision of the Trades Union Congress
against direct action, and said: "In
this movement, we arc invited to en?
gage in insensate class warfare by the
head of the British government."
The debate on the Irish bill begins
in Parliament next week and Mr.sAs
quith has given notice that he intends
to fight the measure. There ?9 every
reason, however, to expect that it will
pass.
Premier Lloyd George intends to
reply to-morrow to the Asquith attack,
and the British public is looking for?
ward to the hottest battle politically
that has been waged in years.
U. S. Tax Payments
Total $908,829,172
Figures for First Quarter
Indicate '3lA Billions
for the Entire Year
WASHINGTON, March 24.?Income
and excess profits taxes aggregating
$908.829,172 were paid as the first in?
stallment of the nation's tax bill for
1919.
While these figures do not represent
an exact one-fourth of the taxes for
last year, they indicate collection for
1 the entire year of approximately $,'{,
500.000,000, Treasury officials sa'id to?
night. The first instalment more than
offsets outstanding Treasury certifi?
cates of indebtedness, issued in antici?
pation of the payment, and leaves the
Treasury in a position to continue its
financial program outlined several
? months ago.
Collections' for the first period of
j 1918 were, approximately .$1,200,000,000,
! the reduction this year being due to
I the lowering of the normal income ta?;
I rate. The Second District of New York,
j comprising tho heart of the financial
? section, held its place in yielding the
: greatest amount of revenue of all col
? lection districts, as it has for many
! years. Its total was $154,505,989. Col-.
? lections included:
Arizona. $1.203,732; Arkansas.' $3,
| 972,337; California. $37,266,976; Colo
i rado, $7,121,725; Connecticut, $17,143,
1 071 ; Delaware, $2,931,985; Hawaii. $3.
045,606; Idaho. $1,143,670; Illinois, $83,
; 274,642; Indiana, $15,838,470; Iowa,
88,804,358; Kansas, $9.907,748; Ken?
tucky, $7,970.147; Maine, $4,494,006;
Maryland, $15,363,738; Massachusetts,
$50,780,867; Michigan, $39,579,091; Min?
nesota. $13,152,047; Missouri, $26,396,
016; Montana, $1,650,538; Nebraska,
$6,150,652; New Hampshire, $2,273,094;
New Jersey. $26,503,849; New Mexico,
$294,760; New. York, $314,644,232;
! North and South Dakota, $3,484,875;
! Ohio, $63,029,667; Oklahoma, $6,951.
! 986; Oregon. $7,459,685; Pennsylvania,
?$93,712,952; Rhode Island, $11.257,146;
?Texas, $22,097,776; Utah. $1,632,850;
Vermont, $1,743,714; Washington, $12,
533,356; West. Virginia, $6,410,248;
! Wisconsin, $10,906,450; Wyoming, $1,
? 169,133.
Tower System Shelves
One-Way Traffic Plan
Success of Fifth Avenue Experi?
ment Causes Postponement
of Single-Track Scheme
So successful has the tower system
of regulating traffic on Fifth Avenue
proved that experimentation with the
one-way plan advocated by Deputy
Police Commissioner John A. Harriss
has beon indefinitely postponed. The
flashlight control system, which was
intended for use as ii part of the single
track scheme, has worked so efficiently
that those most concerned are inclined
to leave the one-way plan indefinitely
on the shelf.
The Fifth Avenue Association yes?
terday issued a statement saying:
"Traffic on the avenue has increased
100 per cent since the installation of
the tower system."
Don't forget to Inots?? ?'cranberries" la
to-day** menu. Most healthful and de?
licious tralt.--.A4vt.
Governor Dooms
Suffrage Hopes
HARTFORD, Conn., March 24.
?Governor Marcus II. Holcomb, \
Republican, in a statement to- j
night, flatly refused to call a spe- '
cial session of the Connecticut
General Assembly to act on the
Federal suffrage amendment.
The Republican State Conven?
tion, by an almost unanimous vote
in New Haven this afternoon,
called upon the Governor to call
a special session, so that it
might be possible for Connecticut
to be the thirty-sixth state to
ratify the suffrage amendment.
Captain Blames
Daniels and
Upholds Sims;
Delay and Mismanagement
Due to Incompeteney of
Secretary During Critical i
Time, Says Navy Witness
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 24.?Corrobo?
rating the charges of Rear Admiral
William S. Sims concerning delays and !
mismanagement in the Navy Depart-1
ment in the early months of the war,
Captain Harris Laning, who served
during the conflict as assistant in the\
office of the chief of naval operations,
and as acting chiew of the Bureau of,
Navigation, told the Senate sub-corn
mittee to-day that the entire responsi
bility for this state of affairs lay with !
Secretary of the Navy Daniels.
''This is a matter,'' he told the com- :
mittee. "that I speak of only with great
reluctance. I would not. introduce it
were it not essential to a clear un?
derstanding of the reasons why plans
were not approved and why delays oc?
curred in getting action on many : i
portant matters.
"In this case it was the personal
characteristics of the Secretary of the
Navy that often made it impossible to
get approval of really important poli?
cies. I found this out myseif und many
others made the same discovery. If
more information is desired ' on this
point 1 can give the names of such of?
ficers.
Papers Often Mislaid
"Whenever a plan or a policy was
presented to the Secretary he almost
invariably delayed action on it. The
personal interest taken by him in all
matters connected with the department
absorbed so much of his time that he
?never had much left to give to us on
[the more important affairs. Therefore
When we would present something, per
tops urgent, we could obtain only a
?low minutes to discuss it. We would
j generally be directed to leave the ?
piper with him for consideration. NovV
litis remarkable but true that papers
j lclt for 'consideration' were for the
I mist part not heard of again until
I tin officer who presented the paper
j hutted it out. Frequently when it was
j followed up the paper could not be
j found. If it was found, there usually
would be some reason for not npprov
i ing it or of further delaying action.
"AVc always considered it much cas
! ier to get up a sound plan or policy
j than it was to get permission or au
j thority to carry it out. It generally
j took longer to get approval, when we
j succeeded in getting it. at all, than it
?did to.formulate the plan or policy.
This condition finally became so bad
that officers used every means possible
to put their plans and policies through
? without obtaining the required author
i ity."
I It?was announced this afternoon that
j the Sims-Daniels controversy will be
? transferred to the Navy Depart ment
'to-morrow, when the court of inquiry
'? demanded by Rear Admiral W. P. t
i Fletcher, Mho was relieved from duty ?
j in French waters by Admiral Sim: for '
: alleged inefficiency, will be convened. ;
! The first witness will he Admiral i
i Fletcher, who will place before the ?
j court details of his service as the
senior officer in command in French!
! waters. Admiral Sims will be present
; and be empovered to cross-examine all ?
; witnesses.
j Captain Lanng, who is now chief of ,
j staff of the destroyer flotilla of the
| Atlantic fleet, appeared to-day as a
I witness in support of the charges of
! maladministration made by Admiral
j Sims. Just as Sims had related for
: several weeks before the committee '
I the delays which he had encountered i
! in getting action by the department '
: on urgent plans indorsed by the Allied j
'admiralties, Laniig undertook to show I
? why and how t.heie delays occurred.
Warnings Were Ignored
The witness traced matters bv docu- ?
! mentary evidence to the desk of the ?
! Secretary of the Navy, where, he said,
! important decisions were held up for
I weeks, while officers chafed, or, over
, stepping their authority, acted on their
! own responsibility.
He told how for ?peeks before Ger
I many proclaimed her contention of un
! restricted submurine warfare -a cam- i
paign undertaken in lace of the plain j
! threat of war by the United States.j
j agents of the d?partirent in Germany
Continued en me" tour
Suffragists
Need 6 Votes
In Delaware
Amendment Ratification
Lacks One in Senate,
Where First Ballot Is To
Be Taken s To-morrow
'Aiiti' Round Robin
In House
_
Pledge to Defeat Cause!
of Women Said to Have
Twenty-one Signatures
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
DOVER, Del., March 24.?-A vote on
ratification of the Federal equal suf?
frage amendment probably will be
taken in the- Senate of the Delaware
Legislature Friday. If this is done it
will pass the Senate, Recording to all
indications to-night, unless the anti
ratification crowd forces the issue
ahead of the friends of the amend?
ment.
When suffrage supporters took stock
late to-day they were just one vote !
short of the required majority in the
Senate, and there was indication that
efforts to get that vote were bearing
fruit. About the only chance of de?
feat in the upper house now appears
to be a coup by the anti-suffrage crowd
which would force the resolution out
ahead of the suffrage schedule, and
the pro-suffragists say they can con?
trol that.
In the House, however, the situation
is not so hopeful. Twenty-one mem?
bers of the lower branch are said to
have signed a round-robin to-day
pledging themselves to vote against
ratification and immediately after the
last, signature was affixed the papers
bearing the names mysteriously dis?
appeared. It seems to be certain,
however, that the pledge was signed.
Five Voles Needed in House
On the face of it, this would ap?
pear to seal the doom of ratification,
but it really is not considered so
serious as it portends. Signers of the
pledge admit they cannot hold all to
the pledge and it developed late to-day
that some of the members signed
under misapprehension, believing they
were merely subscribing to a straw
vote. It is also known that two of
trie twenty-one are ready now to
repudiate the "agreement."
As near as can be ascertained now
five votes arc needed in the House.
Eighteen votes are necessary to suc?
cess. The suffrage crowd is reason?
ably sure of thirteen members, it ap?
pears.
Different tactics have been used the
last two days in gaining converts. The
suffragists have abandoned the national
party appeal in dealing with their op?
ponents and have got down to a differ?
ent basis. Senator Ball and Congress?
man Layton have gon? away, and the
anti-suffrage members to-day heard less
about the eyes of the nation resting
on Delaware, about the vote here being
wrapped up in the next Presidential
campaign and all that, than they have
for weeks.
instead they have got the quiet tip
that, however they vote, the State of
Delaware is to continue at the same
old stand, that the Presidential powers
in this state will continue to have
favors to pass out, legislatures to
elect, patronage to give and favors to
show, and that, of course, the powers
reckon only with their friends.
There was one vote on suffrage in
the House to-day, but it was not of
sufficient importance to be called a
test. Representative Hart, a Democrat,
offered a resolution for ratification,
and in the hope of trying out the mem?
bers, Minority Leader McNabb asked
for assurance that speedy action would
be taken by the Committee on Revised
Statutes. When he received no such
assurance from Chairman Lyons, of
that committee, McNabb demanded the
bill be sent to the Committee of the
Whole House, in which case, he can
tended, it could be called up at any
time.
A roll call showed a narty vote, with
the exception of Representative Hart,
a pro-suffragist, who voted with the
Republicans. So the resolution was
referred to the Committee on Revised
Statutes, of which Representative
Lyons is chairman. The "antis" and
the "pros" did not show their hands
in this vote.
In the Senate the ratification reso?
lution was offered by Senator Walker,
of' Wilmington, who is favorable to
suffrage, and it was referred by Sena?
tor Short, President pro teni, to the
Committee on .Judiciary,- of which the
author of the resolution is chairman.
It is believed there are but two suf- j
frage Senators on the committee?Sen?
ator Walker, who lives in Wilmington, i
and Senator Long, from Sussex. Sena- !
tor Long, it is understood, only became I
converted to suffrage to-day. The !
other members of the committee, Sena- j
tors Brown and Bennett, of Sussex,
and Senator Gormley, of Wilmington,]
arc against it.
Senator Gormley, as soon as the
Walker resolution was offered, put in
Continued on pagr (?ven
Reported
Professors Ducked in Pond
By Kansas, ' Student Soviet '
HAYS, Kan., March 24.- -The Fort
Hays Normal School is in the grip of
what professors describe a "student
soviet," whose principal occupation is
throwing professors into the lake on
the college campus, according to Pro?
fessor P. Casper Harvey. Harvey to?
day telegraphed state authorities at
Topeka for protection, and R. J. Hop?
kins, Attorney General, has directed
i the county attorney to prosecute all
| persons responsible for the disorders.
| The trouble began, it is said, when
: President W. A. Lewis of the school
i left a few days ago on business. De?
parting, he suggested a half holiday,
I on which men students could build a
running track. Girl students wflie to
prepare a meal. At a "pep" meeting it
i_ reported a woman suggested in fun
that girls who did not help should be
ducked -in the lake.
On Monday an announcement wc*
posted that all persons, includinir the
faculty, would be ducked if they failed
to report for duty at 1 p. m. Tuesdty,
March 28." John Lindquist, editor #
; the college newspaper, was the first
: victim. He was taken from the col
i lege library and, although he cannot
| swim, was thrown into water over his
| head.
Another person to suffer was Pro
| fessor James Start, a bridegroom, who
1 was captured on the way to his classes
? this morning. He was rescued from
the lake by three students. Professor
! Harvey, who was to be a third victim,
dived into the water before the stu
i dtnts could act. Both Start and Lind
quist are veterans of the World War.
"I intended to do my bit gladly ?m
the track." said Start, "but I was
threatened with a ducking if I did not
do as ordered. 1 decided not to be ?ov
; erned by force and threats." Mr. Har?
vey issued the following statement.
"I was for working on the track when
it was first announced, and expected to
i come out that day, but two things
i arose. Tuesday afternoon was my onl/
afternoon for debate work and I will
I not be forced to do anything by threat..
I dived into the water for the sake of
an ideal and as a protest against the.
use of force to promote school spirit.'*
12 Rent Bills Will Pass
legislature Next Week;
25% Limit on Increases
Roads Act on Daylight
Saving Schedules To-day
Daylight saving becomes effective once I
more, in New York at 2 o'clock next
Sunday morning, when all clocks here
should be advanced one hour. In New I
Jersey there is eveiy reason to believe :
! the clocks will not be advanced. New !
York Assemblymen and those of Jer
scy differ on this question.
Institutions in the city yesterday
were taking steps to eliminate any !
I time tangles that might ensue next
week by determining to set their clocks I
ahead.
In Wall Street it was decided to j
adopt the earlier opening and closing !
time in ?the Stock Exchange and else- :
where. The Federal Reserve Bank also I
has adopted the recommendation of the |
counsel of the New York Clearing
House that the state daylight saving ;
law be observed.
Officials of railroads, with terminals :
in New York City, will meet to-day ;
to determine their attitude toward the
law. Thus far only the New York Cen
tral and New York, New Haven and j
Hartford have announced revisions in
suburban schedules in conformity with
the advanced time.
Action has not yet been taken by the i
' postoffice, Federal courts and custom
Treaty
t League,
Is Peace Plan:
i .
Democrats Propose Single
Reservation Postponing
Decision on Covenant
Until After Election
, From The Tribune'* Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 24.?Ratifica- j
tion of the peace treaty with Germany,
with a single reservation reserving the
decision of the United States on the
league of nations covenant until after
the Presidential election, has been sug?
gested to President Wilson by Demo?
cratic Senators as a basis on which he
may resubmit the treaty to the Senate.
The treaty could be ratified in that
manner. Democratic Senators said to?
day. They declared the plan presents
the only method that has occurred to
them of finding a way out of the treaty
difficulties without keeping the United
States in a state of war with Germany;
until after the election.
Senator Knox, of Pennnsyivania. an I
."irreconcilable" opponent o? the treaty,.
introduced a resolution in the Senate
last Auvrust providing for a ratification
of all tfie treaty except the league of
nations covenant and reserving that
portion of the treaty until after the
election. No action was taken on that
resolution.
"Peace cannot be established except
through the negotiation of a treaty."
said Senator Underwood, of Alabama.
"Adoption of a resolution declaring
that peace exists might return the
United States to peace conditions, but
it would rot make peace between the ;
United States and Germany. The Pr?s
ident, in my judgment, would not sign
such a resolution, and Congress could
not constitutionally act for peace by
itself.
i "I believe that a resolution ratifying
the treaty with one reservation, that is,
reserving the whole league of nations
covenant for approval or rejection un
til after the election- would pass the i
Senate. I am convinced that if the i
: President should resubmit the treaty, \
? the Senate would ratify it in that man- (
. ner. Peace would then be established,
1 and the President, would take the
i league of nations issue, into the cam
I paign." |
i benator Underwood voted with ,
! twenty other Administration Senators i
Continued on next page
General British
Walkout Feared
Coal Miners Prepare for
a Strike Vote; 2,000
j Railtvay Workers Quit
From The 7 ribane's European Bureau
ir.ox>\rieht. 1920, I'ew York Tribune Inc.! ,
LONDON, March 24. -The British
labor situation is causing much alarm. ]
The coal miners to-day rejected the ;
government's compromise offer of one- |
half of their three shillings a day de- i
mand and are preparing to take a bal
lot on whether to strike. More than j
2,000 railway workers have gone on .
strike and it is feared this may lead i
to a general walk-out on the lines.
Impartial observers say the Welsh j
miners are eager to test their strength !
and that the leaders will have difficulty
in persuading them of the folly of J
striking.
The miners declare huge profits are
being made by the operators who are
exporting coal to France, Italy, Spain :
and Holland, and insist they are en?
titled to share in the prosperity. There
will be another rrteeting of the miners'
leaders to-morrow, when it is hoped
a compromise will be reached.
LONDON, March 25 (By The A'sso- !
ciated Press?.?The government, says |
"The Daily Herald," organ of the work- ;
men, has decided on extreme measures
to defeat the miners in the event of a \
strike by them. A plan, says the news- !
paper, has been prepared at the War
Office and approved by the government
for starving the miners into submission,
using the army as a blockading force.
The plan is ready to the smallest de?
tail, and can be put in operation on an
hour's notice, "The Herald" adds.
"There is no shadow of a doubt." "The ,
Herald" continues, "that these two sec?
tions will know how to deal with the ;
plot. We do not believe our comrades I
in the army will allow themselves to be j
used against labor in a class war. We j
do not believe that any government at?
tempting to operate such a plan will be
able to stand against an uprising of
workers so great that it will amount inr
evitably to revolution."
house. At the postoffice yesterday it
Was said action would wait upon the
ruling of the Postmaster General.
Jersey still hesitates on the brink,
despite an appeal addressed to the
Legislature by Governor Edwards urg?
ing that body to adopt the law at once.
The bill legalizing daylight saving in
New Jersey already has been passed by
the Assembly, but sticks in the Sen?
ate. All efforts to extricate it yester?
day were in vain, ?Senators saying that
no action would be taken before next,
week at the earliest.
When this was reported to the Gov?
ernor ho said he would seek advice as
to whether he had the power to call
upon the people of the state, volun?
tarily to adopt the plan, no matter
what the Legislature's action might be.
Jersey's failure to take action is the
greatest problem that the Pennsylvania,
Jersey Central, Erie and other roads !
face in readjusting their time tables.
Marcus M. ?Marks, president of the
National Daylight Saving Associa?
tion, said yesterday the decision of
the New York Clearing House, tl_e
Stock Exchange and other financial in?
stitutions to abide by the change wouid
compel all business to accept it.
1 Dies, 5 Hurt,
12 Trapped in
Brick Deluge
Structure Erected to Pro?
tect Pedestrians ai 7th
?\venue and 49th Street
Drops During Rush Hour
One man was killed instantly and five
persons were injured seriously last
evening when a temporary bridge,
erected to protect the public, and
laden with bricks, collapsed at
the northeast corner of Seventh Ave?
nue and Forty-ninth Street. David
Carver, of 220 West 107th Street, su?
perintendent of construction on the
building, is held at the Forty-seventh
Street police station on a technical
charge of homicide.
The scaffold was built crver the side
1 wall: in front of a former residence,
said by residents of the district to be
nearly a century old, which is under?
going reconstruction as a store and loft
building. The structure was once a
public school, and later was occupied
by Smith's Auction Rooms. It adjoins
the Rivoli Theater. ''
At about 5:20 o'clock an upper scaf- !
fold collapsed, bringing down the en- \
tire bridge structure on the Forty
ninth Street side. A dozen pedestrians '?
were caught, in the ruins.
The man killed, according to a union ,
card in his pockets, is Charies P. Metz
roth, of 873 Chaffee Street, Queens. ?
Metzroth was a lineman for the New ?
York Telephone Company. He was I
caught in the middle of the sidewalk
under the covered way. The five in- \
jured are:
Marcel Gaffard, thirty. 509 West
Fortieth Street, bruised on the chest 1
and. back and probably injured inter- ;
nally. j
Carl Webber, twenty-five. 382 Keep ;
Street. Brooklyn, compound fracture
of the left leg and fractured left thigh. I
Americo Andenofl, thirty-six, 306 ?;
-East 113th Street. Manhattan, both j
ankles crushed and possibly injured j
internally.
Joseph Mandino, forty-six, 2467 Bel-j
mont Avenue, Brooklyn, severely cut j
on the head and face.
Mrs. ?Mary Barnes, fifty-six, of 250 j
West Fifty-second Street, Manhattan, j
scalp wounds. All are in Bellevue Hos- I
pital.
The building is owned by the Mc- j
Reynolds Realty Corporation, 26 West ?
Fifty-first street, and the reconstruc- ?
tion work was being done by the Groen- j
wich Association. Inc., of the same ad- |
dress. An investigation was started j
last night by Assistant District Attor
ney Dineen.
Six other pedestrians who were less '
seriously hurt were treated on the spot '.
by doctors who hurried from the :
Polyclinic Hospital. Fire and police |
reserves were called.
The collapse occurred while the. usual j
Broadway afternoon throngs were
augmented by the homeward bound ?
Wednesday matinee crowds. The first i
indication of the disaster came when j
the structure crashed to the street.
Walter A. Roche, who operates the
Broadway Laundry, on Forty-ninth, j
opposite the scene, first notified Police
Headquarters. Patrolman John Brod
erick, of Traffic B, called police and
fire reserves.
Pedestrians volunteered in the rescue j
work. Metzroth's skull was fractured ?
and almost every bone in his body was i
broken.
Carver told Assistant District At- |
torney Dineen last night that there.;
were about six tons of brick distributed ;
on the roof of the bridge, which he said
was ninety-six' feet long. The inves- I
tigation will be continued to-day. :
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King of Syria
'Expels ' French .
- |
CONSTANTINOPLE, March
23 (By The Associated Press).? !
Dispatches from Beirut announce j
that Emir Feisal, recently pro- j
claimed King of Syria, has given |
the French until April 6 to leave
Syria, and the Arabs have ordered
the British out of Palestine.
Prince Feisal, son of the King j
of Hedjaz, has been ordered- to
explain to the Supreme Council of
the Allies his crowning as King
of Syria. Premier Lloyd George
announced that recognition was
denied him by the Allies as the
ruler of that country.
Relief Measures Reported
Favorably by Senators
and Assembly Commit?
tee Will Act To-day
Lawmakers United
To Use All Speed
j Mortgage Tax Exemption
Up to $40,000 Is Ap?
proved; Criminal Pros?
ecutions for Landlords
From a Staff Correspondent
ALBANY, March 24.?The way
j was paved for the passage next
j Tuesday of a group of twelve bills
? to put an end to rent gouging at a
j conference of legislative leaders held
? to-day in the office of Senator J.
i Henry Walters, Republican leader
j in the upper house.
Senator Charles C. Lockwood-and
i other members of the joint legisla
j tive committee on housing attended
| the conference. Others present were
| Speaker Sweet and Municipal Court
i Justice Harold Spiegelberg, of New
! York City, and Assemblyman George
N. Jesse, Republican, of New York,
I who offered the tirst anti-rent prof
| iteering bill of the session.
Senator Walters, at the close of
i the all day conference, said all who
| attended were in complete accord as
1 to the need of the program and the
; necessity for immediate action.
Twelve Bills Reported
After the conference adjourned
I the Senate Cities Committee in exec
; utive session reported out all twelve
bills favorably. Similar action will
j be taken by the Assembly Cities
j Committee to-morrow.
"These bills will not affect the aver?
age reai estate man in New York City
and other cities of the first class who
is and has beep acting squarely," said
Senator Walters. "The only persons
I who need fear these measures are the
' gouging landlords. I believe ai! th?
: bills will be in the hands of the Gov
j ernor for signing not later than Tues
! day night or Wednesday morning."
The most important bill of the twelve
j provides that any increase in rent in
j excess of 25 per cent of the previous
' year shall be presumptively unjust, un?
reasonable and oppressive.
| This measure, like most of the other
; bills, is to take effect immediatelv and
: remain on the statute books until No
! vember 1, 1922.
Section 1 of the bill is unique in
legislation affecting real property in
j this state and reads:
"Unjust, unreasonable and oppres?
sive agreements for the payment of
! rent having been and being now exact
j ed by landlords from tenants under
stress of prevailing conditions, where
- by the freedom of contract has been
impaired and congested housing condi?
tions resulting therefrom have seri?
ously affected and endangered the pub
i lie welfare, health ami morals, and a
public emergency existing in the judg?
ment of the Legislature by reason
thereof, it shall be a defense to an ac?
tion for rent accruing under anr agree?
ment for premises occupied for dwell?
ing purposes in cities that such rent is
unjust and unreasonable, and that the
agreement under which the same is
sought to be recovered is oppressive."
Other Eleven Bills
The other eleven bills are sum?
marized as follows:
1. When a landlord seeks to dis?
possess or eject a tenant on the ground .
that he is objectionable, the "landlord j
must prove his contention to the satis- '
faction of the court. The present law
permits a landlord to dispossess on the
mere allegation of undesirability.
2. The Ottinger law of 1918 re?
pealing the verbal contract lease of
one year is amended so as to provide
that where an agreement betwe??n land?
lord and tenant does not specify the
tenure of occupancy, the tenant shall
remain in possession until the follow?
ing October 1.
3. The notice to quit, now limited
to twenty days, is extended to thirty
days.
-4. In the case of a holdover, where
there has been a default in judgment
for non-payment of taxes or other
reasons" on the part of the landlord,
the tenant may deposit his rent with
the clerk of the court, or the presiding
judge of justice.
5. Where a precept is rr-turnable
and issue is joined Where the oaly ques?
tion is if the tenant shall be evicted,
the court may determine the amount
of rent due and determine the money
damages.
6. Repeals section 230 of the Real
Property Law, which grants to land?
lords a double penalty where a ten?
ant holds over without the cfcnsent at
the owner or lessee.
Mortgage Tax ?Abolished
7. Pending a dispossess proceeding,
an application for a stay may be mad?
by a tenant to a justice of the Mu?
nicipal Court. The maximum stay
which may be granted is nine months.
If the tenant can show that he tried
to obtain similar apartments at a like
price in the same neighborhood it is
discretionary with the court as to the
length of stay to be granted. In the
? case of a profiteer, the full period. Sen?
ator Walters explained, would be grant?
ed. Where the motive behind the dis?
possess proceeding? was the reiijfodel
; ing of the house or its razing, the
! courts would be governed by the facts
presented and the conditions of the
emergency as to the length of time
which should be allowed.
8. Creates a code provision harmonis
| ing the dispossess proceeding's with
the remedial legislation.
9. Permits that the same defenses al?
lowed in summary proceedings may be
set up in action of ejectiment.
10. Exempts from the state income
tax mortgagee --.?ragout* ^?OA,??