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?Martens Seized
In Washington
As Undesirable
Importation Warrant Is
Serv-e? on "Soviet Ambas?
sador*-i Hearing Is Fixed
t_? 11 oTloek T-o-morrow
?w Evidence Disclosed
Pbcuments Urging Armed
Revolt in lT. S. Found on
Captured "R-e-jT' Courier
f oi' Tkt ?"" '" "?**. 1'<*???'????ton Bureau
?WASHINGTON, March 20/?Ludwig
fi A. K. Martens, self-styled "ambassa?
dor" of the Russian Soviet government.
v.? grrcsted here this afternoon on a
jMcrtatiop warrant issued by th? La?
to- Do oast mont.
The set ion was taken a-s the result of
;rc discovery by a-rents of the State.
Jjtosrtment of fresh plots for the over?
throw of the American government by
snaed revolt, outlined in documents
sei.rd o?- .?. ?.olshevH* courier en route
?o the United States. The papers also
?r?posed iho establishment in this
t?antry cf a "dictatorship of the prole
?? -tens had just completed his testi?
mony before the Senate committee in
iesti?2?ting Russian propaganda in the
Baited Statesj .ttd- upon his release
from ?he custody of that committee was
notified that '"' warrant had bom
?.??.?ai??-.. On advice of his counsel,
formet Senator Th ?mas W. Hardwick,
of Georgia, he wen. a one. to the La?
bor Department und surrendered to
A-linc Secretary o1 Labor i^ost.
{fearing Sot for To-morrow
Xhc I ?? -? 'd text '<*. ednesday at
? : j ;ioc!( ? i? !;' '<? for the prelimi
ind released Martens,
pending that, to the custody of Sen
ito Hardwick. tl is probable that (he
ra i ing will be publ ic.
The State Department ?nado public
?atrae ts from the ?ciT.ed documents
?rh rhird Assistant Secretary
Bireckenridge Long, v ho announced that
ip s had be ", sei I to the SenateXcom
mitte. for us? in its further investiga?
tion of tha Red" propaganda in this
-a' ... ?.'! locuments dispute the
; m fi lently made by Martens in
dis testimony before the committee that
)?.iet a-.'.t'aoriti?>. in Russia Ion?;
sine had ceased their efforts to stir up
n the L ni ted States.
Phi evidence was cabled to the de
. :a ? official advices from Rijra,
erher the arr si ? f the courier was
? ? j. ' wa in. the form of three
document -. one an address by (.'?. Zino
va.-. pre Fdenl o?" the executive c?ra?
te? of the Communist International,
to ? ?" entrai committees of the Ameri
I orti mist party and the Ameri
n Communist Labor party; the
se? d a form of unification agree
? ?? between the ?American Communist
.nn An . ? ican Communist Labor parties.
and the third an appeal of the ex i a
live committee of the Communist In?
ternational of the Industrial Work* rs
? ' the World, signed by Zinoviev and
dated January, r920.
The fact that the propaganda seeks
? reunion of the tv. ? American'Com?
munist parr.es ma; hast n a decision
by the Labor Department and the De?
partment of Justice concerning whethei
the American Communist Labor party
as well as the American Communist
ps.-ty. conies within the scope of the
a.'ien deportation act, particularly as
the basis of such reunion would be r ?c
ogaition of the ri'rht. to ''armed revolt.''
Heretofore all alien members of the
second-named ir>.r<\- have been hole
to deportation, inasmuch as the
constitution and manifesto of that
party pledges it to armed revolution.
The third document in the sericf
ca!:> for both a general strik. and
armed revolt in the United States and
extols fulsomely Victor Berger, Will
am Haywood and Vincent St. John
convicted in the Chicago Federal courts
in 1918.
Tl documents urge the Communists
of both parties in Amctica to ally
themselves with the I. W. W. to "seize
power.'' They reveal the Russian Com
Diunist view that "the most important
task" of the radicals in America is tc
- the "wide proletarian masses inte
the path of revolutionary struggle."
Excerpts from Seized Papers
The following e:-:cerp'?s were quotec
by the State Department from the firs
of the documents seized:
"From report.?, of comrades who hav<
irrived from -America, the executive
committee of the Communist Interna
tional has acquainted itself with the
open split betwe? n 'he two Americai
parties. This cuesti?n has been sub
to, and considered by, the mem
Sirs of the executive committee, to
gether with representatives ?)?" ?hi
American parties and the ether na
tionallties. This split is a he?vy blow
to the movement; unprecedented sac?
rifices must be made by the American
proletariat. The question of tactics
>s the principal source of disagreement
and this t*pi\t is, therefore, unjusti
] lied."
To the end of bringing the two par-'
I ties to agreement the message urges
J a joint convention, whose decision shall
be binding on both.
"The Communist party." says the
i communication, "should unite to seise
i power and to establish the dictatorship
j of the proletariat. A determined strug?
gle should be made to overthrow the
j power of the bourgeoisie. For this
I aim all differences arc inadmissible."
Time for "Decisive Battles" Here
"The party," it adds, "must take into
! account the every-day incidents of the
I class war. The stage of verbal propa
| ganda and agitation has been left be
i hind. The time for decisive battles
; has arrived. The most important task
confronting the American Communists
at the present moment is to draw the
: wide proletarian masses irtto the path
of revolutionary struggle. ' The party
must have ?for its object?] the disso
? lution of the American Federation of
Labor and other unions associated with
it and must strive to establish the clos
' est connections with the I. \V. W., the
One Big Union, and the W. I. I. U.
The party, must support the founda
? tion of the factory workers' committees
. in factories, these serving as bases
for i he every-day struggle and for
training the advance guard of labor in
' managing industry."
The amalgamation of the .foreign
; speaking national federations with the
! English-speaking party is insisted upon.
j Being better trained theoretically, the
1 communication goes on to say. and' more
i closely bound by ih<* Russian revo?
lutionary tradition.-, the members ef
I the national federations may in the
future have the guiding influence. The
employment of the referendum, it says,
should be reduced to a minimum.
Referendums Undesirable
"Referendums are considered unde?
sirable during the period of disagree?
ment," read.-- on<: of the conditions laid
down in the plan of uniting the two
American parties.
'Unless the workers of other coun?
tries rise against their own capitalists,"
; runs the appeal to the American I. W
W.'s, "the Russian revolution cannot
: ist."
Zinoviev states that the general
i strike, as advocated by the ?. W. \V., if
insufficient to wrest power from the
capitalist state. Armed insurrection
he say-, must be employed.
? - o
Blinded Veteran Tells
Of Vocational Neglect
WASHINGTON, March 29.?Begin?
ning its investigation of the Federa'
Board of Vocational Education, the
Housi* Education Committee heard
? charges by Max Kalish, of New York
formerly a member of the 165th In
fantry, that disabled soldiers had beer
neglected by the board.
Citing his own case, Kalish said thai
although he had been totally blinder
for twenty-four days by gas, he hac
i received no authorization from tin
board to take up vocational training
Kalish added that medical inspector:
told him in October, 1919, six -month.'
after he was discharged, that his con
dition did tint warrant training witl
pay, and he refused other training.
Arthur P. Thomas, of Elmira, X. Y.
told the committee he had bren in
.iurec', serving in Texas, and that his
spine had been fractured six month.
before a proper diagnosis was mad*'
Publicity regarding alleged neglect l>;
; the board resulted in "jarring it int<
additional aid." he said.
Theodore Lind, oF Brooklyn, X. V.
! told th<- committee he was deaf as ;
result of the concussion of a shell, am
that the hoard had done nothing ti
I (rive him vocational training for eigh
. months after his discharge from th<
hospital.
Chapel To Be Button Plan;
i al Okpatch :?> The Tribune
POUGHKEEPSIE, March 29.-? Urgen
need of funds lias led '.he official boar<
of the Methodist Church of Rhincbecl
' to lease the chapel of the chuich to ?
\ button manufacturing company for thi
purpose of conducting a factory. Th*
building will be used for sorting pur
poses during the day and at night wil
be clear for the lectures and othe
meetings that are held there usually.
One of the stipulations is that ther
will be no machinery installed and tha
the work will be noiseless, so that i
will not interfere with the services i
the other part of the building. Durin
the time the building *s used as a fac
tory as many of the meetings as pos
sible will be transferred to the churc
proper.
i -,-??_
j Canada Against Peace Action
, '' OTTAWA. March 29.?Announcemen
| that the Canadian government, con
. riders the time is not ripe for a proc
.. U'tnation officially declaring the wa
i i v ith Germany and Austria at an en
. was made in the Mouse of Common
. : to-day by. the Minister of Justice. H
? added that goods from Germany an
> {Austria now arc allowed to ente
- Canada.
-.?and a Child can Operale
' The ESTEY PLAYER
You can play the Este y Player
the first time you try and, after a
very short ich He, as well as a
?skilled musician. *ISimplicity of
operation is a great feature in the
Esten.And it has beauti?
ful tone, exquisite easing .....
The joy of playing an Estey
Player on the first attempt is
proved daily in the Welte-Migrwn
Studios. Try it. Demonstration
doesn't mean sales pressure here.
AND TERMS ?YOUR OWN IN REASON
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"JUST ABOVE THE CATHEDRAL'"
I Ask Wilson to
Accept Lodge
Reservations
Leading Men and Women
Appeal to President to
Resubn.it Treaty So U. S.
Can Enter the League
Disputes to Referendum
! Senators in Washington,
However, Look With
Disfavor on Proposal
? From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 29.?Presi
I dent Wilson was urged to-day, in a pe
i tition signed by a group of prominent
i men and women, to accept the Lodge
! program of reservations to the peace
i treaty with Germany on which an agrce
: ment was reached, so that the United
j States could enter the league of na
i tions without delay, and to reserve his
j tight for his own conception of the
' league covenant, until later.
The petition was taken to the White
. House b\y ?Samuel Colcord, of New
! York, and placed in the hands of Jo
: seph P. Tumulty, secretary to the Pres
' ident.
?a Mr. Colcord said he was not acting
1 for any organization or for any politi
', cal narty. The names attached to the
i petition, however, included those of
; many members of the League to En
fi.rre Peace, which has advocated rati?
fication on the best possible terms
' since the treaty fight started.
On the petition, among others, were
i the names of President Lowell of Har
vard University, Cardina! Gibbons,
i Cleveland II. Dodge, former Attorney
, General George \V. Wickersham, Au
I gustus Thomas, Hamilton Holt, Jacob
! H. ?Scniff. Edmund Dwight anad Major
, George Haven Putnam.
Asked to Resubmit Pact
The petition urged that, the Presi
! dent resubmit the treaty to the Senate
i and ask that it be ratified with the
reservations upon which two-thirds of
' the Senate were agreed before the vote
I was tak??n March 19. when ratification
? failed. The Article X reservation and
I other disputed provisions of the treaty,
; the petition suggested, could be car?
ried into the election for decision.
Republican leaders were absent from
| Washington to-night, but Senators of
; a!! factions said th<: plan would not
I be? considered. Republican Senators
j pointed out that the principal tight has
j been over the obligations the L'nited
States woi^ld assume under Article X,
; and they would be unwilling, they said,
' to ratify J,he treaty without a strong
reservation on that article.
The plan presented to the President
was outlined as follows: That by-un?
derstanding between the President and
a sufficient number of the majority
and minority Senators we at once ac
I cept the inevitable and join the
; league of nations upon the basis of
what are known as the Lodge reserva
? tions.
?Summary of Letter
The letter to the President read in
i part as follows:
"What we offer is more than an ap?
peal. ?As devoted friends of the league
of nations, we respectfully propose a
plan by which the world and we as a
1 part of it may immediately enter upon
. the benefits of our membership in the
; league of nations on whatever basis of
i agreement may be definitely reached,
; and the irreconcilable points of differ
I ence be settled later by referendum or
! otherwise, as may be deemed desirable.
"Thus you might take the question
of the adoption of your highest ideals
respecting the !e?:r;ue of nations be?
fore the electorate, and the opposing
| view be presented, on the other hand,
without keeping the world waiting for
our aid and without subjecting the
! vital question of our becoming a part
of the league of nations to the uncer?
tainties and perils of a partisan po
4itical campaign."
France Is Called Upon
To Suppress Bolshevism
PARIS, March 29.?Senator Henry
Cheron, former Under-Secretary of
War, asked in the Senate to-day what
measures the government intended to
take against Bolshevik propaganda in
France conducted by Frenchmen, Mis?
guided citizens, he said, were method?
ically organizing a revolution.
The police, according to Senator
Cheron, were trying to transform their
professional association into a trades
union. At this point Minister of In?
terior Steeg intervened, saying he had
void the police association this morn?
ing the government would not permit
such a transformation.
Senator ('heron denounced the Bol?
shevik propaganda among the railroad
men and employees of the postal serv?
ices. He called on the government te
declare clearly that such propaganda
must cease. The instigators of dis?
orders must be ruthlessly suppresseri
and the liberty assuring labor the right
to strike regulated, he declared.
Premier Millerand, replying t0 M
Cheron, said the government would in
troduce a number of bills nationalizing
.the police, reorganizing the gendarme;
and controlling the circulation of for
eigner s in France. Many foreign propa
gandistfi had already been expelled
The Premier seized the opportunity h
deal lengthily with thia obligator:
arbitration law.
France, he raid, could have con
j fidence in her workers that the righ
of association for state employee
could net lead to a strike.
! The discussion, after moderate re
! marks from two Socialist Senator?
I ended in a vote of confidence by th
i raising of hands.
-??
? 'Reds' Take Novorossisk
Denikine Troops Deser
NOVOROSSISK, Russia, March 29.
j Occupation of this city by Bolshevi
{ forces occurred on Saturday morning ;
? 10 o'clock. Thousands of General Den
kinc's volunteer soldiers went over t
tiie Soviel side, and most of the r
j mainder went on board ship and d
! parted for Crimea with Denikine.
The only ships which resisted occr.p.
lion of the city by the Bolsheviki we
: Russian, which fired a. few shells at !l
| Soviet fores.
The United States cruiser Galvestc
j was the last warship to leave the harbc
1 and was not fired upon, although Britii
? aiid French warships were under li
from Bolshevik machine guns while d
parting.
Virtually all shipping of value w
' removed from the harbor before the Be
' sheviki gained control of the city.
LONDON, March 29..Official di
' patches on the fall of Xovorossisk sta
I that when the Bolsheviki entered t
j town, on March 27, all the Allied fore
of General DePikinc's army had be
j removed.
Paris Newspaper
Sees Turk Treaty
Ready by Easter
! Constantinople Envoys Ex?
pected To Be Invited
to France N?xt Month;
Wilson Note Arrives
PAR1S, March 29.? "It is believed
I in the best improved circles that the
draft of the. treaty with Turkey will
be completed before Easter and the
Turkish peace delegates invited tc
Paris by the c.nd of April," says "L<
! Temps" to-day.
At the meeting of the Council ol
I Ambassadors, Hugh C. Wallace, Unitcc
j States Ambassador, handed to Prcmiei
I Millerand the note of President Wilsor
i regarding the Turkish question.
In this note President Wilson h
] rather inclined to the expulsion of thi
? Turks from Constantinople. He show;
? himself favorable to the independenci
?of Armenia, but'is reserved as to thi
fate of Smyrna.
Finally the note claims for Ameri
i cans the same economic facilities a
arc given other powers in accordanc
with the principle of the open door.
CONSTANTINOPLE, March 22 (B
j The Associated Press).?-The feeling i
: general in Turki?h circles that th
? peaci treaty will not be framed fo
\ many months in spite of dispatche
i from Paris announcing that it will b
! ready within a month.
Great differences of opinion exii
i among Entente officials in Turkey as t
I the wisdom of the occupation of Cot
j stantinople by Allied forces, withor
?affording protection to the Christia
?populations elsewhere in Turkey. Thci
is much uneasiness about conditions i
the inferior.
Messages in Entente journals fro
. i Angora state that Mustapha Kemal, tl
, I Nationalist leader, was greatly su
j prised and apparently nonplused by tl
recent Allied move, and has issut
I orders to the Nationalists to restra
| themselves and protect minorities.
. I The suggestion in London dispatch?
. ! that a Greek army may be sent again
the Nationalists in Antolia, if they co
tinue te oppose the Entente plans, er
bitters the Turks of all parties. In tl
' opinion of neutrals, such a plan wou*
', unite all the Turks under the Nation;:
ist banner and eliminate the slig
/opposition to Mustapha Kemal, whi<
. now exists in the remnants of the E
tent liberal party.
?a
Lowden Opens Home Campaig
SPRINGFIELD, TH., March 29.*
' ' Governor Frank O. Lowden opened h
; campaign in Illinois as a candidate f
(he Republican nomination for Prc?
dent, with an address here to-night.
Established 1
"Wa?po?e ?kqks
cfh'Q ituiaiiQ in ?fHalily attractiveness
Catalogue on request
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Also 583 Boylston ?St., Boston, Mass.
LONDON ??.-. DUBLIN
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PFeddin? Presents
A WEDDING PRESENT should be chosen with
some thought fur the permanence of the institution
it celebrates. Some gifts are endured out of respect for
the donors, some take up space but fill no need, and some
are laid away and forgotten. But a gift of furniture or
furnishings goes toward creating a home, which is one
of the first serious problems of married couples. Buy
your wedding present at Sloane's, where, in all prob?
ability, the Bride will eventually come for her furniture,
particularly if she is in search of some very individual
ideas about arranging a home.
These are only a few suggestions
from stocks limitless in variety
TABLES MIRRORS ORIENTAL RUGS
OCCASIONAL CHAIRS BOOK RACKS LAMP SHADES
TELEPHONE DOLLS TABLE SCARFS READING LAMPS
And here is a wedding gi? inspiration !
A Slo?ne Vacuum Cleaner at $48
Infinitely better than many that cost more
W. & J. SLOANE
FLOOR COVERINGS 1? FABRICS % FURNITURE
FIFTH AVENUE AT 47th STREET, NEW YORK
Baker Is Awaiting
Medical Experts'
View on MacLeod
i Holds Back Decision on
: Status of Long-Missing
Pastor's Son; Is Tech?
nically Classed Deserter
-
From The Tribune'? Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 29.?Until th(
j army medical experts are able definite
j ly to determine th? mental conditior
of Henry Blakely MacLeod, the son oi
' the New York minister whose reap
; pcarancc last week ended a two-yeai
search by the army and his parents
' the youth's status will not be decide?
? by the War Department, Secretary o
' War Baker indicated to-day.
Young MacLeod is now undergoini
observation in the psychopathic wart
| of Walter Reed Hospital here. Th<
? Rev. Dr. Malcolm James MacLeod am
? Mrs. MacLeod, the boy's parents, hav
; been permitted by the War Departmen
? to be constantly with their son in a
effort to assist the psychiatrists of th
| hospital staff to ascertain whether h
I is a victim of amnesia, with which he
I is believed to be suffering.
While technically MacLeod is classed
i by the War Department as a deserter*,
i Secretary of War Baker indicated to
? day no specific charge will be brought
i against the youth until hi3 mental con
I dition is determined. The attitude of
the War Department is the youth is
the victim of somr: form of neurosis,
! and, in line with the department's .pol
j icy to assist all former service men
i to speedy restoration of health, efforts
j will be directed toward remedying the
ailment.
The case of young MacLeod has at
i tracted intense interest among the spe
? cialisls in nervous diseases on the staff
! of Walter Reed Hospital. Colonel
Frank ?S. Hutching, chief neurologist
of the hospital, with other physicians,
are giving the case their personal at?
tention.
The boy is allowed the free run of
| the hospital grounds, though kept con
i stantly under observation by his com
i panions, who are noting the different
! moods he assumes and actions which
: may indicate his mental capacity. The j
! observation treatment will probably
\ continu? for two weeks.
Dr. MacLeod, upon the advice of the ?
: hospital physician, has declined to dis- i
?cuss the plight of his son. With Mrs.1
; MacLeod, he is cooperating with the
? physicians in order to ascertain the
character of the mental capabilities of
' the youth, and both are to remain here
: until all efforts are made to discover
the true condition of his patient.
EARNUM WAS RIGHT j
P. T. Barnum once re- -
marked tbat there was a i
fool born every minute. '
He referred to Investors ]
ensnared dally by tempt- *
log opportunities at unus
ual interest rates.
Wise men Invest In Guar?
anteed First Mortgage
Certificates, which are
absolutely safe.
The present rate Is 5 i? % net.
Any amount over $100
No loss in 27 years to an/ investor, j
We guarantee there never shall be.
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Hoover Won't Run in Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore., March 29.?Her?
bert Hoover, in a telegram to form-r
Governor Oswald West to-day, refused
to permit his name to be placed on the
Democratic ballot in the Oregon pri?
maries as caandidate for the Presiden?
tial nomination.
H heurt a
one Phice
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Lids ^/Landlords
$8-slCM12v and Qoirtg cep
IF these $8, $10 and $12 prices for hats you see
around town take all the joy out of Spring and
make you feel as if a hoof-hearted landlord had just
told you to pay double or move?just move in front of
one of my windows and take a peek at the styles I'm
showing?the values I'm giving' and the prices I'm
quoting?and you'll run in and get under cover.
Last week thousands of men who could afford to pay
more preferred to pay less because I've got everything
anybody wants in a hat for $3.85, and I challenge the
world to reproduce to-day the values
I'm giving for the price I'm charging
this Spring.
I've got every staple shape and shade
and a lot of new Spring colors and
styles,?just pick out the one that looks
good to you, and I'll make good if it isn't
as good as it looks.
B
yjiei/re all
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*J?adqt
one rrice
Broadway below Bisecker Street, H. Y. C. Broadway, below 12th Street
Bro?dw_y, below Chambers Street, N. Y. C. Nassau Street, belov* Mzider? Lane
Broadway, below Fnlton Street . N. Y. C. Park Row, opposite City Hall . .
Broadway, below 44th Street . . N. Y. C. Fulton St, opp. City Hall, Brookly...
Broadway, below 38th Street . . N. Y. C. 722 B'way, at Flusfein-, Av., Brooklyn, N. Y
Broadway, be'ow 28th StT?et . . N. Y. C. Br??ad Street, befow Marke*., Newark, N. J
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