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THE WEATHER
Showers ?nil ?omewtiat collar to-day;
probably fair to-morrow, with mod- "
?rate winds, mostly westerly
Full report on Ia*t pare.
THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1920
* * * *
TWO CKSta
tn Greater Kmr York
THREE CE>T8
Within ftOO Miles
ront crzna
' ISSaerwtwra
Severi-Mmute
Lead Is Given
To Resolute
Allowance Surprises
Experts and Many Be?
lieve It Spells Disaster
for the Shamrock
JOver Five Millions
Spent Upon Race
JJoth Skippers Express
?Complete Confidence;
Boats on Line at 11:45
Winds off Sandy Hook to-day will
}e mostly westerly and moderate,
possibly a little fresh; showers and
possibly a thunder squall.
By Jack Lawrence
Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock IV
and the American defender, Resolute,
jreet off Sandy Hook to-day.
The race committee of the New York
Yacht Club announced last night that
j the time allowance to be conceded by
the challenger to the Resolute would
'!ke seven minutes and one second.
, At the same time the committee said
rthat the Shamrock's managers had
asked for a ?measurement of certain
?ails and that this request had been
granted. There will be no opportunity
to take the new measurements until
to-morrow. This means that if the
finish of to-day's race is close the
i gctual result may not be known before
Saturday.
H. de B. Parsons, chairman of the
jace committee, said ladt night that
the new measurements could result in
.?inly a slight change in the time allow?
ance and that the probabilities were
that they would make none at all.
The handicap figures came as a com?
plete surprise to many yachting ex?
perts last night, as it had been freely
predicted that the Resoiute's allowance
would not be more than six minutes
?and a half and probably would be much
less. Close students of the game be?
lieve that the heavy handicap will
. ?pell disaster for Lipton's fourth cup
lifting venture.
Sail Area Chief Factor
It was generally agreed that the
?hallenger enjoyed a boat-for-boat ad?
vantage over the dei*end?*Fi but it was
Hot believed that the margin of su?
periority would give tlie American
sloop so heavy a time allowance.
A greater sail area of some 1,600
square feet was the factor that count
\ed most heavily against the Britisher.
The measurement figures and ratina: as
given out by the race committee are as
follows:
Shamrock. Resolute.
?pail area (nq. ft.). 10,404 8,775
Length over all. 110.38 106.34
J>ngth on water. 75 74.97
. Qunrter bt>8m length.. 3.97 1.23
? Displacement (cu. ft.). 3,879 3,650.
Draft penalty. 0.58?. 0.68
Sating measurements.. 94.4 83.5
At the request of Sir Thomas Lip
ton the race committee has agreed to
the use of a guide boat to show the
yachts the way to the turning mark
in to-day's event. The ?guide will be
J. P. Morgan's Corsair, flagship of the
New York Yacht Club. She will steam
out in front of the sloops and will
Anchor a few hundred yards from the
?take.
The two contenders for the yachting
supremacy of the world rode quietly
at their anchorages all day yesterday
in Sandy Hook Bay. The managers of
the challenger decided not to send
their boat to Stateh Island to have the
oil that has collected on her hull
scraped oft*. It was found that her
?crew, armed with scrubbing brushes,
could remove most of the grease.
Both Skippers Confident
While neither boat is as fit for to?
day's marine battle as she would be if
. there had been more time for tuning
..tip. the officers and foremast hands of
?both sloops are supremely confident.
According to official weather reports
|?nd unofficial prognostications of
?Sandy Hook's most reliable seafarers
Nhere will be a fine racing breeze blow?
ing merriiy out of the southwest when
.the yachts are called to the line at
?noon to-day. ThoBe most familiar with
atmospheric conditions off the north
'Jersey coast at this time of year de?
clare that, in all likelihood, to-day'a
'weather will be a duplicate of yester?
day's. If this turns out to be true the
Conditions under which the first cup
'"struggle is 6taged will be ideal.
j Southwest winds have prevailed off
.Sandy Hook for several days and
feather sharps said last night that
'there was nothing to indicate an ap?
proaching change. Their forecasts in
?dicate that the usual July haze that
hangs over the water in the morning
*??? be lifted by 10 o'clock and that
'Jfte yachts will be greeted by at least
* ten-knot breeze when they go out to
I"?? line. The wind is expected to in
( ?ease in velocity to better than fifteen
i ?nots by the time the racers have
turned the outer mark and started
their leeward run for the finish.
Deal Beach s Vantage Point
; If the wind blows out of the south
lje?t it will take the sloops down the
?eraey shore on the windward leg of fif
wen miles and will find them turning a
l_nS anchored from three to five miles
??ff Deal Beach. This will enable per
??ons along that part of the Jersey ?shore
?? witness practically the entire raco If
'tte day ? ciear.
L Tn? crew of the Shamrock bent ob a
rw mainsail yesterday, bu* no attempt
?was made to try it out. Htr club top
'?T ?WM rais?d? ?*?> headsa-tf? y-ere run
*??? *?ops *nd tnert> w** ?very indi
'??? lh*4 she waa *oin* oot for * S"-1
spin. The canvas was taken in shortly
??terward and the boat did not leave her
(?nchorage. The Resoiute's ?row made a
?r"BbeIr of minor changes In the boat's
i*?-r, but no attempt was made to take
towrttsMs m um st.
Facts About Rivals
In Historic Contest
The prize: The America's Oip,
famous international trophy.
The challenger: Shamrock IV,
designed by Charles E. Nichol?
son, owned by Sir Thomas Lip
? ton and sailing under the colors
of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club,
of Belfast. Built in Gosport,
England. ?
The defender: Resolute, de?
signed by Nat Herreshoff, owned
and sailed by New York Yacht
Club syndicate headed by Com?
modore J. P. Morgan. Built in
, Bristol, R. I.
Waterline length of yachts:
Seventy-five feet.
Time of start: Noon.
Course: From a lipe to be
laid off Ambrose Lightship fif?
teen miles to windward and re?
turn.
Conditions: Best three out of
five races.
Skippers: (Amateur) William
P. Burton on Shamrock IV;
Charles Francis Adams on Reso?
lute.
Mrs. De Cordova
Killed While
Defending Self
Ambulance Surgeon Says
Woman Was Choked by
Chauffeur, Who Shot Her
and Committed Suicide
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Slayer Insisted on Trip
Boasted of His Infatuation
for Victim; Her Husband
Believes He Was Insane
_
From a Staff Correspondent
NEW LONDON, Conn., July 14.?
Evidence that Mrs. Florence Mabel De
Cordova, wife of Arthur De Cordova, a
broker of 25 Broad Street, New York,
was attacked before she was shot and
killed by Bernard R. Geissler, her
chauffeur, on a lonely road near Ston
in?gton, fifteen miles from here, last
Monday night, was obtained to-day by
Benjamin H. Hewitt, County Prosecu?
tor.
Dr. F. I. Payne, an ambulance sur
I geon, who examined Mrs. De Cordova's
j body at the scene of the tragedy, where,
after committing tho crime, Geissler
j shot and mortally wounded himself, re?
ported to Mr. Hewitt that Mrs. De Cor?
dova had been choked and had died
while defending herself. Witnesses
testified at the inquest that the chauf?
feur, several days prior to the shoot?
ing, had displayed an insane infatua
j tion for Mrs. De Cordova, and that
| only at his insistence did she consent
to take an automobile ride late Mon?
day afternoon.
Seen Sitting on Running Board
Having induced her to ride fifteen
miles from the fashionable Griswold
Hotel, at Eastern Point, New London,
where Mr. and Mrs. De Cordova rented
a suite for the summer, Geissler la be?
lieved to have engaged her in conver?
sation. They were observed by a farm?
er sitting on the running board of the
automobile.
Mr. Hewitt believes that Geissler
became enraged when Mrs. De Cordova
repulsed his attentions and shot and
killed her. He had walked only, six
feet from her before shooting himself
in the temple.
"Dr. Payne reported to me that he
found finger marks showing that
Geissler had first choked Mrs. Do Cor?
dova," said Mr. Hewitt. "Other evi?
dences of a struggle, showing that the
woman had attempted to fight ?if her
assailant, were found by Dr. Payne.
The evidene is clear that the crime was
committed by Geiseler while he was
insanely infatuated with Mrs. De Cor?
dova. An examination of the bottle
found in the De .Cordova automobile'
disclosed that about two-thirds of a
quart of whisky had been consumed.
Geissler probably was inflamed with
liquor."
All of his associates at the Griswold
Hotel agree that Geissler was eccentric
and given to j?rief over fancied wrongs.
Edward F. Clair, hotel detective, said the
chauffeur looked in at the window where
Mrs. De Cordova sat so persistently
that complaint was made. Geissler was
in the habit of boasting about his
friendship for her and complaining that
he had to live in the annex, set spart
for chauffeurs.
Harry Fenton, Geissler's roommate,
said the chauffeur had hallucinations,
one of them being that tho Wright
Brothers were using an automobile in?
vented by him.
"Geissler made no effort* to conceal
his infatuation for Mrs. De Cordova,"
said Fenton. "He would often spend
hiB evenings gazing in at the window
of the ballroom where Mrs. De Cordova
was dancing. On such occasions he
would come away suffering with a
brainstorm and declaring that some day
we would see his name in the news?
papers."
One of the chauffeurs told Mr. Hewitt
that Monday afternoon Geissler tele?
phoned Mrs. De Cordova from the Gris?
wold annex. She showed no disposi?
tion to take her customary afternoon
ride. Thereupon, according to the
chauffeur, Geissler said angrily: "Yon
must go. I have the car all ready."
It was learned that Geissler had hidden
in the car a revolver, with which he
had been practicing shooting at a tar?
get a few days previously.
Coroner Franklin H. Brown informed
Mr. Hewitt to-day that besides cigar?
ette stubs, a lemon, two glasses and
two bottles were found in the De Cor?
dova car. One bottle contained whisky
and the other a mineral water. Mr.
Hewitt said he learned that Mrs. De
Cordova and the chauffeur were in the
habit of stopping at the sequestered
spot where the shooting occurred. It
is remote from any farmhouse and
hidden by trees and shrubbery.
Carried Her Photographs
Two photographs of Mrs. De Cordova
and a lock of hair were carried by
! Geissler, according to Mrs. Anita
j ?Geissler,,. widow of the chauffeur, who
1 (MtrtlMMl ee pas* Ti
School Board,
_ to 2, Ousts
Dr. Tildsley
Foe of Radicalism Is
Cheered by Audience;
Defeat Called "Tri
umph of Disloyalty"
Dr. E. D. Shimer
Chosen Successor
j Patriotic Societies and
Parents Fight for As?
sociate Superintendent
Dr. John L. Tildsley, associate super?
intendent of schools, was cheered by
the audience and defeated by the Board
of Education when he came up yester?
day for reelection. Dr. Edward Dubs
Shimer, of Jamaica, Queens, was elect
! ed in his place by a vote of 4 to 2, and
! Dr. Tildsley, to uso his own expres?
sion, is "out of a job."
- Arthur S. Somcrs and Frank D. Wil
! sey, vice-president of the board, wero
j the only members to vote for the re
! election of Dr. Tildsley. Anning S.
| Prall, president of the board; George
J. Ryan, Joseph Yeska and Dr. John A.
Ferguson voted for Dr. Shimer. Mrs.
Emma L. Murray, the remaining mem?
ber of the board, was absent.
"Triumph for Disloyalty"
Representatives of the American Le?
gion, the American Defense Society, the
United Parents' Association and other
organizations were present, as well as
many others who came simply through
personal friendship for Dr. Tildsley.
They and his supporters on the board
did their best to show that they want?
ed Dr. Tildsley reflected, and the de?
bate on the subject grew pointed and
hot.
"It will be a triumph for disloyalty
if Dr. Tildsley is defeated," declarcil
Richard M. Hurd, a representativo of
the American Defense Society.
"You have no right to make such
implications!" shouted Dr. Ferguson,
jumping to his feet and pounding his
desk. "I want it understood that I am
entirely loyal, as good an American as
there is, and I want it understood that
I am as clean as any man and nobody's
rubber stamp."
When President Prall announced that
the election was in order Mr. Somers
suggested that it be put over until the
September meeting because of the ab?
sence of Mrs. Murray.' Mr. Ryan ob
| jected to that suggestion on the ground
i that public opinion demanded an im
' mediate election.
Somers's Retort
"I am glad to hear that the members
regard public opinion," said Mr.
Somers, "because at the last meeting
when I wished the election to take
place at once it was objected to by
the same member on the ground that
one member of the board was absent
and courtesy demanded that there be
no election until all members were
present."
Mr. Somers amended his suggestion
to make the election take place in
August instead of September, and put
it in the form of a motion, which Mr.
AVilsey seconded and the other mem?
bers voted down. Mr. Somers then
! placed Dr. Tildsley in nomination, say?
ing that he had rendered valuable serv?
ice to the cause of education and
should be rewarded.
"I cannot conceive,' 'said Mr. Somers,
"that this board will select some one
to do our dirty work and then, after
he has done it well and faithfully,
throw him out of the window. Dr.
Tildsley's record shows that he has
courage. There are some who h?ve
sought to throw dirt upon this man foi?
daring to take a stand against those of
their kind who violated their obliga?
tions as teachers and loyal citizens."
Mr. Somers was Interrupted fre?
quently by applause from Dr. Tilds?
ley's friends in the audience. The
nomination of Dr. Tildsley was sec
oned by Mr. Wilsey. Dr. Shimer was
i put in nomination by Mr. Ryan, who
j referred him to as "a man to whom
no one can object." The efforts in Dr.
Tildsley's behalf were called "propa?
ganda" by Mr. Ryan, who loudly de?
manded to know who ?started it. Dr.
Ferguson seconded th//nomination.
Withdrawal Asked
Several others then spoke in behalf
of Dr. Tildsley, among them Dr. Wil?
liam M. Ettinger and Julia W. Whee
lock, commander of Barbara Frietchie
Post, 43, American Legion. Miss
Wheelock wanted to know if Dr. Shimer
would not withdraw in favor of Dr.
Tildsley and seemed surprised when
Mr. Ryan informed her that Dr. Shimer
would do nothing of the kind.
"I am sorry to hear that," she said,
"and I believe he will withdraw in
favor of Dr. Tildsley."
Francis M. Fall?n, a member of the
American Legion, prefaced his remarks
with the demand: "What is your ob?
jection to Dr. Tildsley?"
Whereupon President Prall delivered
the stern injunction: "We shall be
j glad to hear what you have to say, but
cannot permit the members of this
board to be heckled."
Dr. Shimer did not know he had been
chosen until bo informed over the tele?
phone by a Tribune reporter. Asked if
he would accept the place, he said:
"I don't know why not. I will do my
best, as I have always done." Mr.
Ryan, he said, was a close friend, and
told him only the day before that he
was to be nominated.
U. S. Flag Is Removed
From Tammany Train
Alderman O'Rourke Has Dif?
ficult Task Keeping Emblem
in Place on Canadian Trip
From a Staff Correspondent
MONTREAL, July 14 (On board the
Tammany Special).?People living on
the line of the Canadian Pacific, over
which the Tammany delegates and
relatives and friends are returning
from the Democratic National Conven?
tion, do not like the American flag.
The observation car of the Tammany
Special, during the trip from Van?
couver to Montreal, has flown the Stars
and Stripes from the rear rail, but the
flag has been removed during the
night five different times.
Either the trainmen or yardmen or
displeased persons have made way with
at least five flags and the journey is
not yet completed. Alderman John
; O'Rourke, of Richmond, has made it
his business to keep the flag flying, but
he could . not watch it nights. In
j Ottawa to-day, after inquiring about
; who was on the train, a man with a
i cockney accent muttered something
! about "damned Yankees."
The Tammany party went by boat
[to Quebec/to-night,
French Flag Stolen
From Berlin Embassy
BERLIN, July 14.?Some one
removed the French flag hoifcted
to-day over the French Embassy
in honor of ?the anniversary of
the taking of the Bastille.
M. de Marcilly, French Charg?
d'Affaires in Berlin, formally
protested to the German govern?
ment.
The French flag was raised
during the morning. Several
mobs which gathered were easily
dispersed, but shortly after noon
some one entered the embassy,
climbed to the roof, removed the
flag, and disappeared with it.
Another flag was raised and
there was no further incident.
Irish Munition
Trains Halt as
Workers Quit
Railway Situation There
Never so Grave, From a
Government Viewpoint,
as Now, Dublin Reports
Sinn Fein Kidnap Crew
England Refuses to With?
draw Troops, Denying
Attempt at Occupation
DUBLIN, July 14.?The railway sit?
uation in Ireland was never so grave
from the government's viewpoint as
to-day, when tho workers refused to
move freight trains carrying any sort
of war materiel and Sinn F?iners kid?
napped five men who offered to move
trains, after tho "others had declined.
The policy of dismissing recalci?
trant employees, which tho Sinn F?in?
ers say is directed by the government,
is rapidly depleting the ranks of the
railway workers and resulting in ad?
ditional traffic stoppages. Fourteen
men were dismissed at the Kingsbridge
terminus, in Dublin, in the last twenty
four hours.
Five Workers Kidnaped
At Clones, County Monaghan, five
men who reported for work on a mu?
nitions train were spirited away to an
unknown destination in an automobile.
Trains to the. North of Ireland have
been running on time tho last three
days, but even ok. these lines there
have been minor, blockades just south
of the Ulster border.
The practice of dropping off at a
siding cars" containing armed police
and soldiers on the Great Northern
Railroad has temporarily ceased owing
to the report that any railroader at?
tempting such tactics would.be shot on
I the spot. The source of this report
j cannot be traced, but it is having its
I effect.
BELFAST, July 14.?Two thousand
Sinn F?iners and Unionists to-day had
a fight in Lurgan over the capture of a
man who is alleged to have participated
in a recent raid on a mansion near
Lurgan. Many persons were wounded
in the fighting. A party of troops
from Belfast arrived in the town and
removed the man from Lurgan.
The trouble had its ori,gin in a de?
mand by the Sinn F?iners for the re?
lease of the man, which the Unionists
opposed.
Refuse to Recall Troops
From The Tribune's European Bureau
(Copyright. 1920. New Yqi-k Tribune Inc.)
LONDON, July 14.?The government
to-day issued a reply to the resolutions
in regard to Ireland adopted yesterday
by the special Trades Union Congress.
i The statement, issued from the Irish
! Office, declared the resolutions were
a result of a misconception of the
actual functions of the troops.
"TH? military forces in Ireland are
in no sense an army of occupation,"
says the statement. "Military law has
not been proclaimed. The mere pres?
ence of the troops has been found to
act as a check upon a campaign of
outrage."
The government statement goes on
to point out that the" intervention of
troops has been welcomed by "a re?
sponsible body of Irish opinion," and
also says that the authorities at
Londonderry asked such assistance at
the timo of the riots between Loyalists
and the Sinn F?in.
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? Sound Searched for Man
! And Wife Drifting to Sea
-,
Lighthouse Keeper and Spouse
Seen in Disabled Launch;
Tugs Comb Waters
NEW LONDON, Conn., July 14.?
Revenue cutters and tugs from this
town are searching tho gale-tossed
waters of Loner Island Sound tonight
' for Captain Murray, keeper of Little
? Gull Island light, and his wife, who
I were seen drifting out to sea at dusk
! In their disabled power boat by sol
I diers at Fort Michie.
Tho tide and the wind were making
the waters between Little Gull Island
and Fisher's Island into a millrace
when darkness fell. It is believed
I that if the searchers do not come upon
I the drifting craft it will be blown far
i out to sea. _
Christensen
Is Named Ety
Third Party
Many of Forty-eighters
and La FoUette's Friends
Bolt Convention When
Platform Is Adopted
Senator Refuses
To Be Candidate
Single Taxers Withdraw;
Dudley Malone and Ford
Placed in Nomination j
CHICAGO, July IS.?Parley P.
Christensen, Salt JLake City lawyer,
member of the Committee of 48,
was nominated as the Presidential
candidate for the new Farmer
Labor party by its convention at
2:30 o'clock this morning. Chris?
tensen was chosen on the second
ballot.
Christensen was selected over
Dudley Field Malone, of New York,
by a vote of 192.5 to 174.6.
Chriartensen? who presided over
part of the Fusion party sessions,
was the Chairman of the Forty
eight convention prior to the
amalgamation.
He took the stand as the vote
was announced and. was greeted by
a warm demonstration.
"My work has just begun," he
said in announcing his acceptance.
Eugene V. Debs, Presidential
nominee of the Socialist party, was
one of those placed before the con?
vention for the nominatin.
CHICAGO, Julv 14.?The third party
movement wavered to-day in the face
of desertions from its ranks, but*
steadied down again to-night. The
single taxers and some of the Commit?
tee of Forty-eight delegates broke
away from the fusion convention and
held their own counsels. The remain?
ing six groups, dominated by the Labor
party delegates, went ahead with their
convention, adopted a platform, formed
themselves Into the "Farmer-Labor
party," and to-night listened to
speeches nominating candidates for
President.
A minority report from the Platform
Committee was sponsored by three of
the five representatives of the Com?
mittee of Forty-eight, but was de?
feated by a vote of three to One. The
majority report was signed by the five
labor members of the Committee on
Resolutions and two of the Forty
eighters. It was adopted by a big ma?
jority which on motion was made
unanimous.
Defections from the ranks of the new
party began when it was shown that
the minority report, which was re?
ported to be acceptable to Senator Rob?
ert M. La Follette, would be overwhelm?
ingly defeated. James Ferguson, for?
mer Governor of Texas, was the first
to pull out of the meeting. He was
followed by delegates from several
states, none of whom was identified
with the Labor party.
A near stampede developed when an
attempt was made to forestall intro?
duction of the majority platform re?
port by the submission to the conven?
tion of the minority report.
Charge Boss-Ridden Convention
The Senator's friends launched the
attack with a declaration that the con?
vention was "boss-ridden and clique
controlled" and that the Senator's own
platform ideas had been buried in se?
cret committee meeting.
The storm broke with the fury of a
riot, and L? Follette delegates were
quick to seize the psychological mo?
ment to spring their Presidential boom.
A big photograph of the Senator, flag
draped, and a huge red banner in
scribed with his name were swung be?
fore the convention and the demon-1
stration was on. It lasted about three
quarters of an hour.
Then a move was made to read the
Senator's platform but it was blocked
by the decision o? the chairman, who
ruled that the majority report must be
dealt with first. The minority report
was defeated.
The statement of George L. Record, !
who presented the minority report, ?
that, if it was adopted, Senator La
Follette would be willing to run on it
was challenged by Gilbert E. Roe, the
Senator's representative.
After tho convention had adopted
the majority report on the platform
Robert La Follette jr. notified the new
party leaders that his father would not
under any circumstances run on that
platform.
At 11 o'clock to-night, with all other
work out of the way, the convention
proceeded to nominating speeches for
Presidential candidates.
Dudley Malone Presented
R. H. Harland, of Washington, pre
? sented the name of Dudley Field Ma?
lone, of New York.
New York delegates staged a brief
demonstration when Catherine Simms,
of New York City, presented the name
' (Continued en page 4)
England to Deport Nuorteva,
Financial Agent of Martens
LONDON, July 14.?Santeri Nuor?
teva, who recently arrived in England
as the emissary of L. C. A. K. Martens,
Russian Bolshevik representative in
the United States, will be deported.
Nuorteva was admitted to England
by mistake, it is stated. He was car?
rying a "diplomatic passport" signed
by Mortens and the alien officers at
Liverpool failed to notice the true na?
ture of the document.
Nuorteva immediately got into touch
! with members bf the delegation of
I Leonid Kr&ssin, the Bolshevik Minister
I of Trade and Commerce, his object be
? ing, according' to the authorities, to
i induce the delegation to finance Mar
i tens in his litigation with the United
States Department of Justice and
| otherwise assist Marten? financially.
?-1
Nuorteva brought a letter of introduc?
tion from Canadian bankers.
As soon as the authorities found
Nuorteva they issued a deportation or?
der, which will be executed shortly.
Nuorteva claims Russian nationality
on the ground that Finland, where he
was born, was a Russian possession at
the time of his birth.
Nuorteva, who was secretary to
?Martens, was one of two Soviet trade
envoys sent to Canada recently to con?
fer with Canadian manufacturers re?
garding the reopening of trade between
Canada and Russia. Nuorteva attended
to the financial negotiations. After the
conclusion of negotiations in Canada
it was reporttd in New York that he
had proceeded to England with a view
to consulting Krassin In connection
with contracts signed in Canada.
Germans Hav^T?e?ded"
To Allied Coal Demand;
Ruhr Invasion Averted
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Marshal Foch Says He Came to Spa
To Act as Interpreter for Allies
(Special Cable to The Tribune)
(Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune, Inc.)
SPA, Belgium, July 14:?Marshal Foch, who had been summoned
hastily from Paris to advise the Allied leaders, arrived here to-day.
When he was asked why he had come, the Marshal smiled arid jreplied:
"I understand that the Germans and the Allies have not been
speaking the same language. I have come to act as interpreter."
Cox Says He
Seeks " Peace
With Honor"
Democratic / Candidate
Aroused by Charge That
President Wilson Dictated
His Stand on League
Hits at Senator Harding
Senate Oligarchy Rules
Rival, He Declares; Will
Be Notified on July 20
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 14.?Gover?
nor James M. Cox, the Democratic
nominee for President, to-day fired the
first volley of the campai?gn at his Re
! publican opponent, Senator Harding;
announced definitely that his official
notification will be held at Trailsend,
Dayton, and stated that the Democratic
aNtional Committee will meet in Co?
lumbus July 20, instead of in Dayton, as
was previously intimated.
In his first official statement, in an
j swer to Senator Harding's charge that
j the Administration at Washington has
saddled the League of Nations upon
him as the chief campaign issue, the
Governor jleclared that his own cam?
paign "will be dedicated to the task of
bringing about peace with honor, of re?
adjusting the affairs of civilization and
of creating a new day out o? which we
will make the best of the lessons of the
past." The statement said:
? "I recognize the eagerness of the
gentlemen of the pres3 who are as?
signed here to develop news copy
daily. I have no disposition to dis?
courage that enterprise, but at the
very outset it is well that we have
this understanding of a very funda?
mental phase of the present situation,
Links Hardinsr With Penrose
"Senator Hardintr has made two defi?
nite announcements: that he purposes
to hark back to the days of thirty
years ago, and that he will make of his
front porch a listening post. This
means that he will be as far removed
from the running current of progres?
sive thought as the senatorial oligarchy
of Lodge and Penrose and Smoot has
been removed from the heartbeats of
the American people for a year oi
more.
"My campaign will be dedicated to
the task of bringing peace with honor,
of readjusting the affairs of civilization
and of creating a new day out of which
we will make the best of the lessons
of the past. Therefore, things that the
Senator believes vital and pertinent
from his isolated perspective will not,
! in all probability, bo so regarded by
I me. His last statement is but a reit
j eration of what has been said in the
i Senate time after time, so that if this
campaign on the one hand develops into
mere morning sessions of the Senate
you will very readily perceive the use
lessness of daily response."
Favor Cummings as Speaker
In connection with the selection oi
i permanent campaign manager, whicl
will be one of the chief duties of th?
national committee when it meets her?
July 20, Governor Cok to-day wouU
express no preference. He would not
?tate whether E. H. Moore, his pre
convention campaign manager, woulc
accept the position, but when the name
of ?Chairman Cummings was mentiopec
he said that the national ccfmmitte?
might insist that he would be of mor?
use in the campaign as speaker than ai
manager and'decide that Mr. Cumnjing?
should take the stump.
Mrs. James Rector, of ColuAbus
chairman of the Ohio branch >*? th?
National Woman's party, callea on th?
Governor to arrange further details o:
the proposed meeting of representative?
of the woman's party with the Gov
ernor Friday afternoon.
?
Three Dead, Scores Hurt
In Anti-Slav Outbreak
Million Damage Results Fron:
Burning or Wrecking of
Trieste Buildings
TRIESTE, July 13.?Unbridled van
dalism reigned in Trieste to-day an?
this evening during anti-Slav demon
strations. Three persons were kille?
and scores wounded.
Damage estimated at more than $1,
000,000 resulted from the burning o
wrecking of buildings, includin?.
banks, stores 'and office property De
longing to Jugo-Slavs. Everything witl
a semblance of Jugo-Slav ownorshi?
was ruined. Bombs and inflammable
were used by the mobs in their work
The people were terror-stricken b;
the explosion of the bombs, the re
ports of rifle firing and the lorn,
tongues of flame which rose from th
burning buildings.
Francis Flynn, of San' Antonio, Tex
was in a hotel which was burned, bu
escaped without injury.
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vert??lnar column? on account ot the"M?r
ehandtae Guaranteed" Plan, This pollc;
involve? a careful Inspection of the small
est Want Ad. Consult the Want Ad. Col
?unos daily for items of Inter*??,.?Adrt.
1
Harding Tells
How Party Has
Aided Suffrage
Resents Persistent Misrepre
sentations of Republican
? Attitude Toward ,. Grant?
ing Women the Vote
Deplores Political Capital
Shows G. O. P. Furnished 29
States; Democrats Have
Given Only Six So Far
From a Staff Correspondent
MARION, Ohio, July 14.?Senatoi
Warren G. Harding, Republican Presi?
dential nominee, in a statement to?
day, declared that it is his earnest de?
sire that ratification of the Susan B
Anthony suffrage amendment to th?
Constitution be accomplished in time ot
give American women the ballot nex'
November.
The nominee expressed impatlenc?
with Democratic managers who seek t<
reserve to their party credit for what
even if a Democratic state complete
ratification, shall be a Republican re
form. He said:
Resents Misrepresentations
"My patience is sorely tested some
times over the persistent misreprese:?
tations of the Republican party, it
state Governors and Legislatures, i
this matter of woman suffrag?
Whether it emanates from mere nus
cnief-makers or from partisan desire:
I cannot help resenting it.
"We must insist on having fair treat
ment of the party, without whose pet
sistcnt s'j.pport the great reform woul
never have had a chance of success.
"A Republican Senate and a Reput
lican House submitted the constitu
tional amendment for equal suffrag?
A Democratic Senate had previously r?
fused to submit it. Twenty-nine R<
publican and six Democratic state
have ratified it.
"Six Democratic states have rejecte
the ratification resolution, and ar
other, Louisiana, has just refused I
give it consideration. One Rep?blica
state-?just one?Delaware, has rejecte
it. The first eight states to ratify wei
Republican states.
Republicans Provide Majority
"When, in 1919, the Republican Se)
ate finally mustered the necessary m
jority to submit the amendment the:
were 36 Republican and only 20 Dem
cratic Senators voting for it, but the
were 17 Democratic and only 8 Repu
lican Senators voting against it.
"Whether in the Senate or House,
Congress or state legislatures, the re
ord shows that the Republicans ha
been the persistent and effective su
porters ,of this measure. In such ci
cumstances ? circumstances that a
thoroughly familiar to everybody?
is simply amazing that Democral
managers should now have the audaci
to be assuming that they are t
friends on whom the cause must c
pend if it .is to succeed.
Hopes for Ratification
"For myself and for the Republic
party, I earnestlv desire that ratifie
tion may be accomplished in time
give the whole body of American wo
en the ballot next November. I ?
wearied with efforts to make partis
advantage out of this situation. I ho
there will be ratification, and I do r
care a fig whether it is secured throu
a Republican or a Democratic sta
I will rejoice if North Carolina w
do it, or if Tennessee will do it, j?
as I would rejoice if a Republic
state did it.
"There will be glory enough for tt
Republican party, no matter whetl
the thirty-sixth state is Republic
or not. If any word of mine could p>
aibly be influential with any Reput
cans in the North Carolina Legislati
or in the Tennessee Legislature, 1
word would be 'Vote for ratiflcat
and don't worry about who gets 1
credit of putting it over.' "
Women Prepare to Picket
There was some discussion aroc
the nominee's headquarters as
whether his statement had been
spired by what is considered here
be the unjust attitude of the milit;
suffragists of the National W on
Party who are making preparations
post pickets here July ?82, the date
the formal notification ceremonies.
The suffragist pickets are about
only people in the world ?who will
be received in Marion with open ai
on July 22.
D. R. CrossingeT, leading Democ
and schoolmate of Senator Hardi
is chairman of the local committee
charge of the arrangements.
The population of Marion is less t;
30,000, but preparations are being m
to receive nearly twice that nu_
of visitors. Bakers, butchers, j
taurant men and all the women ft
of Marion have been called on to 1
feed the strangers,
Arrangements have been made
the parking of 10,000 autos. Order '
be maintained bv a detachment of
diers from Camp Sherman, Ohio.
But that is not all. The local
nounceraent says the Marion weil
wurst factory will be operated ni
and day, if necessary, to grind
sufficient tons of "hot dogs" to 1
the crowd front going hungry,*
Berlin Envoys Agree to
Deliver 2,000,000 Tons
of Goal Monthly, as
the Allies Demanded
Preparations Made
For the Advance
Dr. Simons Had Asserted
Policy Meant Civil War
orO verrunning Country
LONDON, July 14.?The German*
at Spa have accepted the AllriV^
demand of 2,000,000 tons of ?s*_:,
monthly, according to a Havas di*
patch from Paris. Acceptance is s*
companied by some conditions.
By Ralph Courtney
Special Cable to The Tribune
Copyright, 1920. New York Tribune Inc.
SPA, Belgium, July 14.?The Ai
died premiers sat in council until I
o'clock this evening. They came t?.
decisions so grave that Premier
Lloyd George revested that they be
kept secret.
Rumors are current that unless
the Germans accept the Allied terms
they will be allowed twenty-four
hours in which to leave the country.
The Allied premiers left the villa
where to-day's conferences were
held with the gravest faces. It is
believed that the Allied ultimatum
has been drawn up. It will be finally
agreed upon at a conference of the
Allied leaders to-morrow morning at
11 o'clock. Signatures will then be
affixed and the ultimatum will be
presented to the Germans.
Warned of Conse?quences
The ultimatum is a long docu?
ment. It refers among other things
to the devastated regions of North?
ern France and to Italy's hardships
and says the Germans can deliver
2,000,000 tans of coal monthly if
they really try. In the document
the Germans are reminded of the
spirit of conciliation which the Al?
lies have shown and are warned that
unless the deliveries are made the
Allies can no longer continue nego?
tiating in a friendly spirit.
The note also advises the German
workers that Allied occupation of
the Ruhr Valley, if it occurs, will
not be an act of hostility toward
them and promises the Allies will
provide adequate food and housing
for the workers in the coal mines.
Marshal Foch arrived here to-day.
When asked why he came, he said:
"I hear the Allies and the Germans
are not speaking th* same language.
I've come to act as interpreter."
Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, the
British Chief of Staff, also arrived
here to-day.
Germans Greatly Depressed
The Germans show great depression
this evening and are holding two coun?
cil meetings. If they refuse to accept
the Allied ultimatum the Ruhr Valley
certainly will be occupied immediately,
probably by three French divisions,
two Belgian and one British and a con?
tingent of Italians. There will be no
Americans.
It is not clear what the Germans
will do. Some of the delegates are said
to believe occupation of the Ruhr is
inevitable and might as well come now,
but Chancellor Fehrenbach is inclined
to submit and there is a feeling that
the Allies will be able to put their
ultimatum in such form that the Ger?
mans will be able to accept it.
SPA, Belgium, July 14 (By The As?
sociated Press).?The American gov?
ernment will be asked by the Su?
preme Council to join in the occupa?
tion of the Ruhr unless the Germans
accede to the demand for 2,000,000
tons of coal monthly. ; .
The German delegation will be re?
quested to meet the Allies at noon
to-morrow. The Germans will then be
asked if they will give 2,000,000 tons.
If they reply in the negative they will
be informed that the Ruhr will be
occupied Friday.
This was a day of tense emotions
among the delegates to the conference,
though outwardly all was calm. The
day passed without official communica?
tion between the Germans and Allies,
except for an informal meeting be?
tween Premier Lloyd George and Dr.
Walter Simons, the German Foreign
Secretary.
While the Allied Premiers were meet-,
ing at Villa Fraineuse the Germans
held a series of Cabinet meetings at
Chancellor Fehrenbach's villa, two
miles distant.
Efforts were made during the day t?s
resume contact. Dr. Simons asked Mr.
Lloyd George to receive him, and the
British Prime Minister consented, after
consulting with the French Premier.
The German Secretary had an hour's
plain talk with Mr. Lloyd George, who
again told him frankly that the Allies
were not bluffing and that they could
go no further than they had already in
reducing the terms of coal delivery,
namely, 2,000,000 tons monthly.
Dr. Simons repeated his contention
that it was impossible for Germany to
deliver the amount demanded.
After conferring with Premier Lloyd
George, he said that what the Allies
were insisting upon "means for my
country either civil war or invasion."
On his return to the Fehrenbach villa
the Foreign Secretary talked for a
long time with the Chancellor, after
which the Chancellor called a meeting
of'?the Cabinet, with all the experts
present. The meeting was described as
extremely animated, with wide differ?
ences of opinion. Immediately after