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Lifting of Ban likely to Pierce Soviet Bubble Propaganda Blaming Other '?-? Nations' Coldness for Fail? ure of Russian Economic 'System To Be Silenced Nation Is Without Credit New York Exporters Doubt Ability of Muscovites to Guarantee Any Payments from The Tribune's Washington Bureau I WASHINGTON, July- 8.?American exporters have given no evidence that they are in a great hurry to resume trade with Soviet Russia, which is now permitted by the State Department with the lifting yesterday of virtually all restrictions. No applications for export licenses were 'received to-day. The attitude of the department, it is believed, is act? ing as a deterrent. The department said, in effect, tfiat business men might trade with Russia entirely at their own risk and without any assurances of governmental protection for their ventures. One effect of the removal of the trade ban, officials expect, will be to discredit the stories emanating from Russia that vast stores of raw mater? ials there awaited permission of the various^governments to be given to a needy world. It will develop also that trading is highly precarious from a financial standpoint, it is held. Would Speed Deportations The Anewal of trade, with the like? lihood that vessels will sail to Rus? sian ports, will expedite the deporta? tion of undesirable aliens, it was said at the "Department of Labor. There are approximately 600 natives of Rus? sian now awaiting deportation and 300 others from states adjacent to Russia, it was estimated. The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce took cognizance of the ac? tion of the Department of State by issuing a booklet describing the or? ganization of the Russian cooperative societies, with whom the European governments had proposed to deal. The booklet reports that 20,000,000 persons arc members of these societies and expresses the view that through them rttuch of the trade will now be carried on. Trade Revival to be Slow While the business world of New York generally approved the lifting of the ban on Russian trading, apparently few efforts were contemplated to take advantage of the new field thus opened for exporters and importers. Trade with' Russia, in the opinion of several leading; business mon, will be depend? ent upon two methods for some time to come; the exchange of commodities for gold or for other commodities. John R. Munn, president of the Tex? tile Alliance Export .Corporation, ven? tured the opinion that the lifting of the ban wl33 have small effect in the ^ex tile markets. Rus?J'an buyers have been around the wholesale shoe markets for several months', but have been unable to ob? tain much merchandise because of their inability to guarantee payments. No Platinum Dumping Likely The local platinum market, which I might be expected to show some reac tien since most of the world's platinum is produced in Russia, showed little interest, The platinum market is: closely controlled by one or two large | concerns who are expected to take some action toward preventing any dumping of the precious metal in this country. Furs have been coming out of Si? beria through China and Japan for several months, and no change in the situation will be made by the new ruling. A. J. Sack, director of the Russian Information Bureau, said: "Russian patriots and democrats op? posed to and still struggling against the Bolshevist tyranny will greet with satisfaction the State Department's de? cision. The only practical result will be that American business men, after nn endeavor to trade with Bolshevist Russia, will come to the inevitable con? clusion that neither commercial nor financial relations with the Bolshevist authorities are possible. Propaganda to Suffer "While the practical commercial re? sults will thus be negligible, the Bol sheviki will be deprived of one means of propaganda: that is, the accusation that the crisis in Russia's economic life is due to the Allied blockade of Bolshevist Russia." Jerbrfte Landlield, vice-president of the American-Russian Chamber of Commerce, said: "The. announcement of the State De? partment meets with the hqarty ap? proval of the American-Russian Cham? ber of ?Commerce: "The* blockade has furnished a use? ful talking point for Bolshevist sym? pathizers, who were wont to make it the excuse for the economic failure of the Soviet Government. With this faUs lacy exposed, the world at large wjjfr' see mofe clearly than ever the utter: impracticability of Bolshevist thcov;?v and th? incompetence and lack of cor' \ Sparkling Milk A rifh, sweet milk, modified by fermentation, making a really deliwou? sparkling beverage. Easy of digestion?quickly as? similated. Not a buttermilk. At hat*'"?lunch counter??coda foun.aiiis KUMYSS.Inc ^.EBru*k.MJ>.JV??<l*r. 618 W6S? 461* 81., NtM lURK Gordon &DiIworth = Real ?* OranceMajmaiade struc??ve ability of the, Bolshevist practice." At the office of the American Com? mercial Association, an organization of business men who have long urged the lifting of the blockade on Russia, satisfaction was expressed with the ac? tion of the State Department. Harold Kellok, secretary of the organization, said the Russian Government intended to establish a central purchasing and selling agency in this country. Martens Criticizes U. S. Ruling on Soviet Trade Declares Failure, to Provide Credits Hampers Free Ex? change With the Bolsheviki While expressing skepticism as to the effectiveness of the State Depart? ment's declaration that trade restrie tions with Russia had been lifted, Lud? wig C. A. K. Martens, head of the Russian Soviet Bureau here, declared in a statement to-day that he welcomed the rulingeas a "concession to the de? mand of American business men for the opening of trade with Soviet Russia." "As it stands now," added Mr. Mar? tens, "we do not interpret the State Department's declaration as an ex? plicit declaration for free trade be? tween Russia and the United States, but undoubtedly it will lead to further modification of America's policy of non intercourse with Russia." The departmental declaration, ac? cording to Martens, virtually nullifies itself in that it does not provide foi establishment of credits by which the American business man may be paid for his goods and it does not provide for commercial communication' facili? ties by mail or cable. "We have large gold deposits in Esthonia," he added, "and are willing to pay for anything we buy with drafts on Esthonia which will be paid. The Federal Reserve Board, however, some time ago issued warning to all Ameri? can banHs against accepting drafts on Esthonia banks, making it impossible to pay for American goods that way. "We cannot bring Russian funds to America to establish credits as we can get no guaranty that they will not be molested or corfiscated." Mr. Martens said that the English government had provided for the es? tablishment of credits and commercial communication facilities. Husband of Slain Woman Held on Bigamy Charge Binger Said to Have Been Mar? ried to Alleged Murderer of Wife Pau? Binger, for whose sake Mar? garet Bender is alleged to haye shot and killed his wife, Mrs. Elsie Binger, in Highland Park, Queens, Monday night, was arrested on a charge of bigamy yesterday at the Queens County jail, where he called to see Mrs. Bender. According to Detectives Grabau and Jacobs, who locked Binger up at the Glendale police station, Queens, he was married not only to. the woman who was shot, but to the woman who shot her. They said that he was married May 15, 1916, to the woman who was shot. His marriage to Margaret Lally, the woman who is in the Queens County jail, took place February 4, 1919. He used the name of "Bender" in this marriage, the police say. The de tec-. tives said that they had been looking for Binger since Monday, and not being able to find him elsewhere had sta? tioned themselves at the jail, confident that he would call upon the woman accused of shooting his wife. Baker Defends Holding Junket Vessel a Day Says Senator Harris Asked Delay in Telegram, to Suit Convention Delegates, and Secretary Complied Thinks Trip Is Useful Declares Congress Members Could Not Put Idle Time to a Better Advantage From The Tribune'? Washington Bureau s WASHINGTON, July 8.?-Complete responsibility for delaying the sailing of the army transport Great Northern from San Francisco to enable Demo? cratic legislators who were attending the convention to go on the govern? ment paid junket to the Orient was assumed to-day by Secretary of War Baker. , The schedule of the Great Northern provided for her departure from San Francisco on the motnlng of July 6. Secretary Baker was asked by Senator William J. Harris, of Georgia, in a tele? gram, to delay the sailing until the afternoon of July 6, so that certain members of Congress might join the party. Baker replied by ordering the transport to remain at its dock until Tuesday, July 6. Secretary Baker to-day vigorously defended the objects of the trip. He said members of Congress could not spend their idle time in any better way than in "investigation of condi? tions in Hawaii and the Philippines." Minimizes Costly Trip "There is nothing new in members of Congress making voyages on army transports," Secretary Baker said. "We carry them every summer, but not in sucn a large number at one time as in this case." He explained that transports make regular trips whether or not there are any Congressmen going along, and the addition of a Congressional party does not increase the cost of operating' the ship. "But there willbe a certain amount of linen and other things need which cost the govemment something," sug? gested one reporter. ' ? The Secretary conceded th? accuracy of th? suggestion. "Will the $1.75 a day cover the en? tire cost of subsistence?" Mr. Baker was asked. ' "I didn't know it was $1.76; I thought it was $1.50," he replied. "They raised the ante on them," the reporter explained, ' "and discouraged a considerable number of them." Another correspondent remarked that "if there were enough Great Northerns you might solve the high cost of living problem at $1.75 a day." The Secretary smiled, ' Recalling that the transport's sched? ule called for a stop of only two days in Hawaii, a reporter observed that the Congressional searchers after informa? tion couldn't learn about conditions in the land of the ukuleles in that time. They couldn't even go out to the sugar plantations, he added... "A Tea and a Dance" Secretary Baker said the Congres? sional inspectors didn't want to see sugar growing; they wanted to talk to the businessmen,' ftji *.< "If they enjoy a tea*and a dance in Honolulu," the inquisitive reporter {tressed, "they won't have much time eft to talk with business men." "No, not if thoy indulge in s tea end a dance," the Secretary agreed. Mr. Baker was reminded that the Great Northern's schedule calls for a stop in China only long enough to take on fuel, and that any passengers who wanted to see China would have to do so at their own risk, unless a lay? over were ordered. The Secretary declared he would order a "reasonable delay" for the "convenience of any considerable num? ber of passengers.* Golver Asserts Private Rail Control Has Failed Federal Trade Commissioner Says Roads Have Not Met Sec? tional Need of Country Special Dispatch to The Tribune ATLANTIC CITY, July 8?Inde? pendent operation of the railroads has broken down within three months after the return of the carriers by the gov? ernment, so far as meeting the sec? tional and seasonal needs of the country, W. B. Colver, of the Federal Trade Commission, declared to-day. He was speaking before thti National Association of Windowglass Manufac? turers at the Tiaymore Hotel. "If the government Is to advance $200,000,000 to the carriers for the pur? chase of new rolling stock I would like to see this equipment allotted by the government to meet the needs of the nation, seasonably and sectionally, to the greatest possible advantage. "Otherwise the government simply will be pouring more millions into the water-tight compartments, which indc ?endently operated lines are. It must e evident now that maximum traffic efficiency can be obtained only through operating the carriers as one unit. "This plan I suggest would not be government ownership or control at all. It would simply be. applying the Pull? man principle of shifting its equip? ment about seasonally and sectionally to meet the nation's commercial needs and mobilizing all of the equipment resources to meet extraordinary re? quirements." Mr. Colver asserted that the mere addition of $1,000,000,000 to freight rates will not move freight unless there is an efficient method for utilizing-all equipment to the best possible ad? vantage. N Troops Guard Irish Roads DUBLIN, July 8.?Ten of the main roads into Dublin have been occupied since last night by soldiers, who erected barracks of barbed wire, where they halt and question occupants of all passing motor cars. The reason for this has not been disclosed, but it ?s understood the military believe the Sinn F?iners are about to change the place of detention place of General Lucas, who was aeized at a hut near Fermoy, County Cork, late in June. Reports have roached Dublin that other roads around Irish towns are also being guarded. ? Russia to Start Negotiations Immediately to Resume Trade COPENHAGEN, July 8.?The Rus? sian government has agreed to re? commence negotiations immediately for a resumption of trade with the outside world on the basis laid down by the British government in the ne? gotiations with M. Krassin, the Bol? shevik Minister of Trade and Com? merce. A Russian delegation, headed by Foreign Minister Tchitcherin, is leav? ing for England with this purpose in view. SPECIAL APPOINTMENT TO H. M. THE O.TJEEW ?T SPECIAL APPOINTMENT TO H. M. QUEEN ALEXANDBA ' ET SPECIAL APPOINTMENT TO THEIE MAJESTIES THE KINS AND QUEEN OF THE BELGIAN? NOTE:?For your con? venience you may have mail addressed to liar rods to be called for. Letters should be sent ?>'o Harrods Ltd., London, S. IV. 1. Cable address is: Americans, Every? thing, London, HARRODS FOR EVERYTHING UT not for anything! That is the point. Our activities are as wide as the world, but our ideals are crystallized in a single word? quality. Every item of mer? chandise at Harrods, regard? less of its size, or its price, must have that innate, inher? ent, integral, ineradicable, quin? tessential principle of honest worth, th? sap and soul of quality. If it comes from Har? rods, it stands four-square to the world. HARRODS WOODMAN BURBIDGE, Managing Director I t i I? ?&^-a^-Sste^3?5^Sl-W\l*S4k N"??> yi .ft- '-.-?:.,,L-j-J^WaJ?d?iia?^^^---*^ i ir - - - - ?? ??--' mmm s l\p*!ii .'3' ?-r?fti-v?v'W' NEW TORK OFFICE HOLLAND HOUSE Sth Avenue at 30th Street Rent Angel Termed Cold-Blooded Thief; Given 5 to 10.'Yean Judge Denounces Mrs. Cava? naugh as "Scheming^ Cal? culating" Robber, Oper? ating for Many Years A "cheming,. cold-blooded and calcu? lating'thief" was the characterization applied to Mrs. Alice Cavanaugh, for? merly a volunteer member of the Mayor's Committee on Rent Profiteer? ing, by Judge Louis D. Gibbs, in the Bronx County Court yesterday. He sentenced her to from five to ten years in the Auburn prison for women. Mrs. Cavanaugh was convicted of having diverted to her own use money instruted to her care by Bronx tenants involved in disputes with landlords. The jury in her case was out only half an hour. She was tried on a complaint made by tenants of 970 Prospect Ave? nue, who said she had misappropriated $2,197.60 given into her keeping by Morton Baehr. There were three indictments at the time Assistant District Attorney Israel J. P. Adlerman conducted the prosecu? tion. She was known as the "rent angel of the Bronx." ? Maintains Complacent Air When Mrs. Cavanaugh was arraigned yesterday she carried herself with the same complacency that she had shown eyer since her arrest. She was dressed all in white and took her sentence calmly. When asked if she had any? thing to Bay she responded: "I have nothing to say except that I am not guilty. I would respectfully ask the court to defer sentence for a week so as the proper adjustment could be made." At this point the prisoner mumbled something and Judge Gibbs asked her: "What do you mean by that?" "I want to have sentence deferred for a week if it will not in any way defeat the ends of justice," was the reply. "Do you mean that you plead guilty?" "No, I am not guilty, your honor," was the response. "I simply would like to have you defer sentence." Judge Gibbs refused and Mrs. Cav anaugn's attorney made a plea for leniency, on the ground that she had befriended many unfortunate persons and was a grandmother. In sentencing the woman the court said: Satisfied of Her Guilt "I am satisfied, personally, and I think the jury was satisfied, that you have been a scheming, cold-blooded, calculating thief for many years. Your specialty until you came to the Bronx appears to have been victimizing priests and nuns, who were only too willing to lend a ready ear and turn a sympathetic heart in the direction of stories of distress, and instance after instance was called to my attention whereby with your glib tongue and your plausible manner you imposed upon some of these good people. "But your crowning achievement was worming yourself into the confidence of the people of this county and even some of the court and imposing upon them. I am unable to understand new, from the evidence, what disposition ?ou made of the large amount that you ave not accounted for. I,t runs per? haps to $30,000 or $40,000. You s>re not entitled to any mercy and you won't receive any At my hand/' ?.? ?? ? ?? Girl Who Slew Man and Shot Self Sitll in Coma Unless Elizabeth Erath, twenty-three years old. of 417 East Seventy-eighth Street, who shot Arthur Blume? twenty three, in the apartment of his parents, at 508 East Eighty-fifth Street, early Wednesday evening and then fired a bullet into her temple, regains con? sciousness long enough to make a statement, the cause of the murder and attempted suicide probably never will be known. . Both were taken to Belle vue Hospital, where Blume died last night. When the two were discovered by the police lying on the floor in the Blume home with a revolver under the girl, she was asked why she had done it. Her answer was: "Because he was going with Martha and I was jealous." Who /'Martha" is neither the Blume family nor Mrs. Bruthanz, a widowed sister of the girl, with whom she lived, seemed to know. A friend of the Erath girl and her sister, who lives at the East Seventy eighth Street address, said that Miss Erath was highly nervous and that she had been a patient at Bellevue about a year ago, where she was treated for nervous and spinal trouble. William Blume, a brother of the murdered man, was reluctant to talk. When asked who "Martha" might be he said that he did not know. His brother, Arthur, he stated, did not have any girl friends, so far as the family knew, and no one had ever seen or heard of Elizabeth Erath. ' -. Chauffeur Denies He Drove Bank Bandits' Car Abraham Weinstein, of 63 EaBt Ninety-ninth Street, was arrested yes? terday by the police in their quest for the gunmen who made an unsuccessful attempt to rob the Corona branch of the Bank of Manhattan Company at 1 p. m. Wednesday. He denied that he was the driver of the bandits' auto. The police assert that a car, which had been obtained by Weinstein, was in the vicinity of the bank on Wednes? day, As it passed rapidly through the street whore the bank is Patrolman Arthur Blaze took its number, sus? pecting that its occupants were joy? riders and that the number might come in handy later in case of an accident. Through Blaze's memorandum the car was traced to a garage in East Ninety-sixth Street, where it was learned that Weinstein had taken it out Wednesday. This Weinstein readily ad? mitted. His own car, a taxicab, was laid up, he ?fijd, and as he had to take a party to Kockaway Beach he had hired the car from the garage. This trip occupied almost his entire day, he said. Lillian Davis and Dora Statler, two bank employees, went to the police station, but could not identify Wein? stein. Morris Stotman, owner of the garage where Weinstein was arrested, told the police that he lent Weinstein the touring car when the latter told him his taxicab was out of order. SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ?OF THE : Lawyers Mortgage Company Richard M. Hard, President 1JULY 1, 1920. 1 Safety to investors ?s the keynote of the Compaay*? I business. Throughout the frentes! war ?a history not a ?fa]. I lar has heen lost by the holders off our Guarantee Mort. I gaffes. N?aw ?during the period of reconstruction, with it? rapid fluctuations la the prices of stocks moi bonds, the Gear, antead Mortgage continuas to bo tha only security which neither fluctu?tes nor shews a loss. Slnca the Lawyers Mortgage Company was organised it has guaranteed $610,372,416 of mortgagee, of which $469,412,698 have been paid in full, leaving now outitamt ing $140,989,721. *' - 1st ?Half 1st Half l.t Half 1920 1919 1918 Grass Earnings.$762,742 $876,691 $827,290 Expenses, Incl. Taxes.., 271,809 247,926 278,913 Nat Earning?.$490,933 $330,768 $251,377 ' ASSETS ?LIABILITIES N. T. CHy Mtfes....$7,SJ7,6$?22 Capital .StOOOOtMs Acc'd bt R?c?iv.We. lc7.6t3.9S Serai? SOm'ZZ Ce/s lldf*., Cert.... 602,78740 ?mMMJ 9???. e!.?r^ ReJErtsb. 293,071.19 E-TiJ^*?i * *?*** ? ?. S. Treasury Cut... 150.006.00 ***?* ?*?* ** *?'? 2f.8tUS Cash .;..1,!7MS6J9 ?? 1w T?Xt$' ?*?? MMU& $t^30,e40J9 SS^OMJt The Assets and Liabilities of the Company have ?bee? ?i verified by The Audit Company of Now York. The Outstanding Guaranteed Mortgages of the Com. pany are divided among the customers of the Company as follows t 82 Savings Banks .....^....$16,447,927 1,468 Trustee? .32,037,607 8,246 Individual. .66,923,609 224 Charitable Institutions-11,966,906 13 Insurance Companies. 6,806,972 L>v 29 Trust Companies . 7,076,700 i ___________ 7,031 $140,989,721 BOARD OF DIRECTORS fheodere C ?Cam? 5?bS1 ^If^S? <*?*}& l*0"??? ? RhineU?* Oov Cew Chart??? P. Howlaed Samuel Rik?r. Sr. Edward VeWltt S?WA?Hi?r'L. 5?,M7 Q?mi C?eU C. Svere Richard If. Hard Charles H. Tea wi. Chirla tl FeirehlW ?. Irrte* Mead William I. W-Ster?*' Julian P. Fatrchlld A. HM?r/ Motl? Branson Wlnthrop Beber p> X? Pier repeat Detailed report in pamphlet form mailed on request 59 Liberty Street, New York 184 Montague Street, Brooklyn 116 New Patrolmen Out Of Police School To-day One hundred and sixteen patrolmen will be graduated to-day from the po? lice training school at Headquarters and will be assigned to duty to-morrow. Twenty-six of them will go to the East Fifty-first Street police station, from which Commissioner Enright in? tends to transfer twenty veteran po? licemen. The Police Commissioner has a housecleaning in store also for the West Forty-seventh Street police sta tion. He will assign ten of the patrol. men stationed there to other precinett and send sixteen of the rookies to the West Forty-seventh Street police sta? tion. Even before the transfers from th? East Fifty-first Street station to mak? room for the new patrolmen, many of the oldtimers had been sent away fro? that precinct. Three weeks ago its commander, Captain William Duggan, was sent to take charge of the Butltr Street station in Brooklyn, where then had been several complaints of polit? clubbing. Since then two sergeant! and ten patrolmen have been trana. ferred out of his old precinct. 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