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MONDAY, JULY 19, 1920
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TWO CENTS
In Greater New YorV
TIIREE CENTS
Within 200 Mile?
FOIR CENT*
Kl we where
Shamrock's Skipper
Removed by Lipton
Challenger's Poor Show?
ing and Continuous Dis?
sension Between Bur?
ton and Crew Are Cause
Three Candidates
Named for Place
ISicholson May Sail Next
Race; Neill and Diaper
Are Strong Candidates
By Jack Lawrence
William P. Burton has been relieved
si skipper of Shamrock IV, challenger
?or the Americas Cup. The boat will
be sailed hereafter by Charles E. Nich- ,
0?son, her designer and builder, or
Colonel Duncan F. D. Neill, Sir Thomas
J.ipton'3 yachting manager. This an?
nouncement was made last night at the
Shamrock anchorage in Sandy Hook
Bay.
The change in skippers is due di?
rectly to the poor showing of the chal?
lenger in her two races against Res?
olute and to the fact that Captain
^Burton has been at odds for several
?weeks with his crew and afterguard.
Rumors of dissension aboard the chal?
lenger have been heard about Sandy
Hook for some time, but it was not
'kr-cvm until iast night that Captain
(Burton was in complete disagreement
kith his officers and men as to how the
tscht should he handled.
' Sir Thomas went to Sandy Hook Bay
testerday aboard the steam yacht Vic?
toria and confeired with the managers
o; his cup hunter. While the details
o! the meeting were shielded by a cer?
tain diplomatic secrecy, there was no
attempt to hide the fact that Burton
vas through as master of Shamrock IV.
Diaper Has Many Backers
Captain Burton's successor has not
been definitely decided upon, but it is
?nown that Sir Thomas favors Mr. !
Nicholson, with Colonel Neill a second
choice. Many of the Irish baronet's ;
advisers here have been urging him to !
give the challenger's wheel to Captain
Alfred Diaper, the man who brought j
the 23-meter trial boat to this coun- j
try for Lipton and who is said to be
the cleverest professional skipper in i
England. All indications last night,
however, pointed to Nicholson as the ;
man who will command the green sloop j
when she is towed to the line to-mor- ;
row for the resailing of the second
America's Cup rave which was un?
finished on Saturday.
Sir Thomas favors Nicholson pri?
marily hecause he knows more about
tha challenger than any other man. !
The Gosport designer has sailed many ;
races in European waters and has had
ide experience a? a helmsman.
The removal of Captain Burton ?
?neans that his wife will cease to be
t member of the afterguard of the
boat. She has acted as official timer i
icj has had a great deal to say as to j
the handling of the craft.
It is known that after the first Cup!
lace last Thursday, when Resolute
?81 compelled to default on account of:
s crippled paiT after she had given the j
British boat a most artistic trimming'
:n a fifteen-mile beat to windward,
much pressure was brought to bear on !
Sir Thomas to make a change in skip-j
pers, The Irish sportsman listened, !
tot when Shamrock IV went out on :
Saturday for the second struggle the ;
personnel of her afterguard remained
the same and Captain Burton was still
In command.
Last Race an Kye-Opener
Saturday's contest, if it can be called ?
'hat, is said to have convinced the
?wrier of the fourth Shamrock that a
"hake-up in his "hoard of strategy"
would be necessary if all chances of
crowning his million-dollar effort to
hit the Cup were not to be deliberately
thrown overboard. This last race was
c.uite enough to convince supporters of
J?h yachts that Shamrock IV was not
?eng sailed for all that she has in
sfr and that the great speed she ob- !
'lotisl? possesses was not *being used :
w advantage. f
While the challenger, already has i
?to of the three victories necessary j
w win the cup and ?he American boat j
?tt none, which is a great advantage!
!n ?tielf, Sir Thomas Lipton and his ?
?avisers are iarjorjn(r untjer no false
^pressions as to the gravity of their i
Position. They know that but for a >
?uctlve throat halvard and a dving [
?ecze the fourth of the Shamrocks :
*?uid be face to face with the fate
'?at met her three unfortunate sisters. '
?he would be on the threshold of- de- j
flit to-day.
As things stand, however, luck has i
aveu the challenger and she is still \
?cupying a highly advantageous posi- ?
'?on with an excellent fighting chance |
? success. Sir Thomas's friends spent I
^ better part of yesterday pointing!
'"?these facts to him.
Burton Badly "Shown Up"
',. ',v:as Plain to all who saw the j
?"??iminary triol races between the
???nty-tnree-incter boat, sailed by I
1,1,1 Diaper, and the challenger. ,
,\"a" command of Captain Burton, |
v?ii handling of the former was
? y superior m every way. The
/"longer always won, but it frequent
rao* as thoueh this was through
??Zfly ?r diplomacy, rather than !
Tkl8" thi ability of her skipper.1
_ ?ewere times when Diaper's clever- :
cTnmade Captain Burton look de- !
c,??dly amateurish.
?riait method9 Pf the skipper of the
ram. a-re rather Americanized. He
'air u 0I lhat lolsurely conservatism
?ork character,'zed Captain Burton's
'kiDn? tl Cnarles Francis Adams,
for n? ? e defender, he has no time'
a?wWUreTUe maneuve? that get him
"? To use a motorized expres
vContlnucd on page 14)
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te yen: regularly.
?So Rest for Lipton
if He Carries Off Cup
If Sir Thomas Lipton orcceeds
in lifting the America's Cup with
Shamrock IV art effort will be
launched immediately to bring
the famous trophy back to this
country.
William Gardner, designer of
the cup yacht Vanitie, has been
commissioned to begin work at
once on plans for an American
challenger if Resolute fails in her
defense of the trophy. Mr.
Gardner would, not divulge the
name of the man backing the
prospective challenger nor would
he say what type of vessel was
being considered.
Ted Meredith
"Comes Back"
For Olympiad
Star of New York Athletic
Club One of 106 Men
Chosen to Represent U. S.
in the Games at Antwerp
Negro Wins a Place
Murchjsbn, McDonald, Ryan
and Flyiin Among Ath?
letes Included in the List
- i
'"Ted" Meredith, one of the strongest
middle-distance men that ever came |
out of the University of Pennsylvania,
haa ~"com? back." The announcement i
here yesterday of the names of the,
men selected in Boston bv the Ameri?
can Olympic Committee to represent
the United States in the Antwerp games
shows that the New York Athletic Club
runner is one of the 106. He returns
to the front rank at the age of twenty
seven and after nearly three vears in
the. army, two of which were spent in
France.
It was not until after an eleven-hour
session at the Boston Athletic Associa?
tion that the committee comnleted its !
slate. Its decisions were based almost
entirely upon the showing made at j
the Harvard Stadium in the final trials !
Saturday.
From Saturday afternoon until early !
yesterday ?norning the committee com?
pared men and records in the Boston :
A. A. Their final decision to send only ?
106 men was somewhat of a surprise,
as it was thought that the team would |
number at least 150. It was explained, !
however, that lack of funds made it !
necessary to economize.
Negro Broad Jumper Chosen
One of the men selected, Sol Butler,
of Dubuque College, Iowa, is a negro. :
He is a broad jumper. In fact, since
Saturday he has held a record, having i
cleared 24 feet 8 inche? in. the final
trials at Cambridge. That is further
than any American has ever gone in an
athletic event. The reco.-d which
Butler smashed had stood for twenty
years.
A name which is no surprise on the
team roll, but whose owner placed it
there by a remarkable effort Saturday,
is that of Loren Murchison, of the New
York Athletic Club. His name is Mrs'
among the 100-meter sprinters and
third among those of the 200-meter
men. His defeat Saturday of Charley
Paddock, of Los Angeles, who recently
equaled the world's record for the 100-.
rneter race, was one of '?lie surprises
that the throng of 25,000 greeted with
cheers.
The five men selected for the 3,000
mete?? and 10,000-meter walks are all
from this city. So is Pat McDonald.
the shot-puttei-, who minds Fifth Ave?
nue traffic for the Police Department
between games, and so are Pat Ryan,
world's champion hammer thrower, and
Pat Flynn, who recently won the na?
tional steeplechase championship at
Travers Island.
Meredith at Front in France
But it is the success that has crowned
the efforts of "Ted" Meredith that will
warm the cockles of Father Knicker?
bocker's heart more than all his na?
tive Pats who ever smashed a record.
For it was in New York that Meredith
trained and strained to recover the old
trick of speed which gave the relay
teams of the University of Pennsyl?
vania a leading place in every event
in which they participated while "Ted"
was in college'and won "firsts" and
records for "Ted" himself in meet after
meet, indoors and out.
He was at the crest of his career
? Continued on pagr. 9)
Wilson Can Have
War9 Kaiser Said
End Must Be Made to the
Negotiations With U. S.,
He Wrote on a Report
BERLIN, July 18. The report of the
second sub-committee of the commis?
sion investigating President Wilson's
peace effort in 1916-'17, just issued,
gravely indicts Germany's military dic?
tators for rejecting a possible peace
in favor of unrestricted submarine
warfare and declared the gravest er?
ror was underestimation of America's
resources. m
The former Emperor in a marginal
note on one of the documents append
ed to'the report wrote: "An end must
be made once for all to negotiations
with America. If Wilson wants war
he can have it."
The report declares the German pub?
lic was grossly misled and blames
those in authority for withholding
from the public knowledge of commu?
nications from Haniel von Haimhau
scn, Under Secretary of the Foreign
Office; Franz von Papen, former mili?
tary attach? at Washington, and others
familiar with the American situation
who issued warnings against the sub
1 marine warfare. i*
Joachim, Son
Of Ex-Kaiser,
Kiils Himself
Pies in Hospital From!
Bullet Wound a Fewl
Hours After Shooting at \
His Home in Potsdam
_
Had Suffered From
Mental Depression j
Believed to Have Beenj
in Financial Straits ; I
Was Recently Divorced;
BERLIN, July 18 (By The Asso- |
ciated Press).?Prince Joachim of !
Hohenzollern, youngest son of for- !
mer Emperor William, committed |
suicide Saturday in Potsdam.
The prince shot himself at his
residence, the Villa Leignotz. He
was removed to St. Joseph's Hospi?
tal, where he died a few hours later.
Joachim had been suffering from
great mental depression. He is be
lieved to have been in financial >
straits. He recently was divorced.
The only member of the former i
imperial family now in Potsdam is j
Eitel Friedrich, second son of the
former Emperor.
Prince Eitel, questioned as to the I
motive for his brother's suicide, de
dined to make any statement, referring I
the correspondent, at the samo time, to ?
the official announcement that Joachim j
was suffering from "a fit of excessive !
dementia."
Least Talented of Sons
The body was transferred to Potsdam
Chapel this morning. Prince Joachim
was the least talented of the Emperor's i
sons. He held the rank of captain,
but, according to statements now made,
he was never actively at the front, j
He leaves one son.
The whereabouts of Prince Ada\?!
bert, Prince August William and]
Prince Oscar are unknown. The for?
mer Crown Princess is reported to be j
staying on Rugen Island.
Prince Joachim was born December
17, 1890, in the imperial palace in Ber?
lin. He was educated at the Princes' |
school at Plon and later at Heidelberg
University. Although his first inten- j
tion had been to enter the navy, where I
four of his brothers had preceeded him, i
and to serve under the ex-Emperor'3 i
fourth son, Adalbert, who was then i
in command of the torpedo boat flo-1
tilla, Joachim finally decided to seek a
career in the army.
Decorated for Bravery at Namur
At the outbreak of the war he was ;
a first lieutenant in the 1st Regiment
of Frontier Guards on the French
boundary. With the advance of the j
German forces through Belgium and |
into France, Joachim took an active
part in the operations, being decorated I
with the Iron Cross for his bravery ?
during the siege of Namur.
Two months after the . outbreak of I
hostilities he was reported wounded, i
when struck in the thigh by five
scraps of shrapnel. In a message to
the Dowager Grand Duchess of Baden.
immediately afterward, the prince
telegraphed: "God has allowed me to
be wounded. Bless Him' I am proud
of the day I fell. It was the finest day
1 have ever lived."
The prince was taken to a regular army j
hospital near the front line. Although
the wound healed rapidly, the flesh |
had been torn and he was several
weeks in the hospital. The shrapnel |
did not touch the bone. The Empress :
and the surgeons at the hospital had :
considerable trouble keeping their 1
patient, in bed, as he treated the wound
as a "trifle," and at first kept insisting
that he would rejoin his regiment
within a fortnight. On his removal to
Berlin /or a complete rest after the ac
cident the prince greeted an old palace
servant whom he had known since i
childhood with the. remark: "Am I j
not a lucky dog?"
In Hottest Part of Battle
An officer, who was with Prince j
Joachim when he was wounded, de- :
scribed the prince as exposing himself 1
under fire in the hottest part of the ?
battle. j
"While acting as information ofli- 1
cer," the officer said, "Prince Joachim j
was dispatched to the firing line to
learn how the situation stood. He had
(Continued on nrxt page)
Lake Placid Inn
Burns; WomanHurt
Mrs. F. S. Post, of New
York, Leaps From a
Window; Guests Flee
Speeio\ Dispatch to The Tribune
LAKE PLACID, N. Y? July 18.?In
a fire which destroyed Lake Placid Inn, !
oldest of the smaller hotels here, at \
5:45 o'clock this morning, Mrs, F, j
Samuel Post, of 247 West 102d Street! I
New York City, was bruised and in- !
jured internally when she jumped from ;
the second story, after safely handing
down her five-year-old son Herbert.
All others of the fifty-eight guests
and forty-five employees escaped.
Practically all of them fled in their
night clothes, losing personal effects
and much jewelry.
B. E. Demurg, of New York, pro?
prietor; Dennis Callaghan, of Brook?
lyn, porter, and Otto Kerpen, of New
York, bell boy, did heroic work with :
a rope from the second story. The
fire was discovered in the bakeshop
beneath the servants' quarters by the j
night watchman, who gave the alarm. ?
On June 4 fire destroyed the upper
story of the 'note!, necessitating re
pairs that cost $10,000. The property
loss in to-day's fire is estimated at
57?.OOO.
Headed by William R. Rose, of New
Yorkj members of the Signal Hill cot?
tage colony, subscribed a fund of $400
for the relief of the employees of the
inn.
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Prince Joachim
War Rages in
All Parts of
Turk Empire
Peace Treaty and Religious
Ferment Are the Causes;
Nationalists and Arabs
Fight Allied Forces
Christians Are Massacred
Greeks and British Ready
for Great Offensive ;
Russians Stir Moslems
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 18 (By The
Associated Press)?The prediction of
disinterested statesmen that the pro?
posed peace treaty with Turkey, appor?
tioning the choicest parts of the Turk?
ish Empire among the various European
powers, would Balkanize the entire Le?
vant seemingly has been realized. Wrar
exists to-day from the Black Sea to the
Dead Sea, the Turks and Arabs being
engaged in fighting with the. British,
French and Greeks in almost Countless
places.
Palestine, Syria. Cilicia, Anatolia and
Thrace are in religious ferment. The
Mahometans arc massacring or de?
porting Greeks and Armenians. The
Christians are retaliating wherever
they are strong enough to do so.
The Russian Bolsheviki arc taking
a hand through their contact in the
Caucasus with the Tartars, connecting
the Asiatic struggle with their battle
front from the Baltic to the Black Sea.
They are stirring the Moslem world to
greater resistance by promising addi?
tional contact with Soviet Russia
through Rumania and Bulgaria. The
Bolsheviki declare they will subjugate
these latter countries as soon as they
have attended to Poland. They plan
in this way to thwart possible domina?
tion of Turkey by Great Britain through
support of Grecian territorial aspi?
rations.
Hatreds of centurie* are being dis?
played in their most hideous form. Re?
ligious and race prejudices and inter?
national battles for commercial ad?
vantages in territory and for fuel oil
appear in the swirl of which Constan?
tinople is the center.
In high official quarters here it is
said that Great Britain and Greece
stand alone with regard to the Turkish
treaty. The Italians here openly dis?
avow the treaty, while the French
acquiesce in it grumblingly.
The indications are that Damad Ferid
Paaha, the Grand Vizier, who is de?
cidedly Anglophile, will organize a new
government which will sign the treaty
in order to check a further Greek ad?
vance into Asia Minor. But Mustapha
Kemal Pasha and his regular troops
and bandit associates, who are vari?
ously estimated to aggregate from 200,
000 to 500,000, are still to be dealt
with.
The British and Greeks are preparing
to clear the Scutari Peninsula of all
Nationalists and establish a line from
Ismid to Chileh on the Black Sea
which will control the bandit raids
against Bosporus towns and chuck
communication between Angora and
Constantinople through the Scutari
Peninsula mountains.
General Ironsides, of the British
forces, probably will command the
troops. His headquarters will be Is?
mid. Two British divisions already are
available. These will be increased to
an army corps. Two Greek regiments
will be used.
Voute Quits Authors' League;
Alleges Radical Tendency
Emile Voute, editorial writer on "The
Ev<yai?fcT Post" and author of "The
Passport," has resigned from the Au
thrrs' League of America, accusing Up?
ton Sinclair and other members of
radicalism. Voute charges that Eric
Sch?ler, secretary of the league, re?
fused him a, list of the membership
to whom he wished to send patriotic
literature.
Voute declares tha'. in May he sent
a letter to Sch?ler asking for a list
of members und bis rofiueBt was re?
fused. Then he sent the following
reply to Sch?ler:
Letter to Secretary
I My Dear Mr. Sch?ler: In fending
you my resignation from the Authors'
League I am reminded that, when
j some weeks ago, I asked you whether
| it would be possible for me to secure
j a list of the names and addresses of
i members, to whom I desired to send
something of a political nature, but also
| of a nature that was completely,
? thoroughly and emphatically Ameri
! can, I was rather surprised at the
denial of my reo.uest. For 1 have time
I and again received circulars and cir
| cular letters that had every earmark
1 of having been sent according to the
j membership list of the Authors'
League, many of them actually men?
tioning the Authors' League.
"The receipt by me of the inclosed
radioal prospectus, perfectly anti
American?in fact^ pro-Bolshevist?
settled in raj* mindf* ha question as to
i who may and who may not be per?
mitted to use the league's membership
list for circularization purposes.
Denounces Upton Sinclair
"I have nothing in common with
Upton Sinclair or those of his kind.
I If you have not read his plea, it may i
? interest you and possibly it may be in- j
foresting reading in the 'Bulletin,'
and it is used with my compliments.
"Upton Sinclair asks for a news- '
paper without? & propaganda behind it
and insults one's intelligence by think
in;;' one does not read in his circular
the propaganda of the Bolshevists and
the so-called soviets. Yours very sin?
cerely, EMILE VOUTE."
"There are many loyal and patriotic
member.s of the Authors' League," Mr.
\ oute declared yesterday afternoon.
"But I have nothing in common with
Upton Sinclair and those of his kind.
I 1 hove had ' enough of the Authors'
League."
Commenting last night on Voute's
changes, Gelett Burgess, a member of
the executive committee of the
Authors' League, said:
"It is a standing rule of the league
that a list of its members is not to
be given out except for special pur?
poses and matters pertaining to au?
thorship.'
"The- charge that members of the
; league are unpatriotic is absurd and
not worth answering. During the war
members of the- league aided the gov?
ernment in many ways, as every one
will recall, and the patriotism of the
j league's members cannot be ques?
tioned?" __ _ __ _
Wilson League Policy Adopted
By Cox as Chief Campaign Issue;
Harding Challenges Opponent
?- <i>?_. ?
?Republican Asks Cox to
Explain to What Extent
He Yielded His Own
Opinions to President
?Puts Query as to
Stand on Article X
? Also Whether Mandate
For Armenia and Other
Ideas Are Indorsed
From a Staff Correspondent
MARION, Ohio, July 18.?Senator
Warren G. Harding, anticipating an an?
nouncement of harmony between Presi?
dent Wilson and Governor Cox follow?
ing the meeting in the White House,
demanded in a statement to-day in?
formation for the American people as
to the basis of their agreement.
The Republican nominee declares
that if Governor Cox has established
accord with the President he has done
so by yielding his own opinion at every
point and that President Wilson will
be the real force of the next. Adminis
? tration?if it is Democratic.
Senator Harding asks, therefore, if
an unqualified acceptance of the
League of Nations program has been
agreed upon. Has Governor Cox
pledged ratification without reserva?
tions? Has Article X been accepted?
Has he assumed all the international
commitments in which the Wilson Ad?
ministration has involved itself and
the nation? Has the Democratic nom
i ir.ee undertaken to have this country
talce a mandate over Armenia?
Senp.tor Harding's statement follows:
"The President and the Democratic
nominee for his successor are in con?
ference to-day, and at the conclusion
it will inevitably be announced that
they found themselves in complete ac?
cord, that harmony reigns and unity is
established in the Democratic party.
The significance of that announcement
will not be missed. There is just one
way that one can establish accord be?
tween himself and the President?that
is by yielding his own opinion at every
point to that of the President. When
the nominee establishes accord with,
the President it means that the latter
is in charge of the campaign and will
be the real force of the next Admin?
istration, if it is Democratic.
Some Inquiries Pertinent
"Therefore, in connection with the
! nnnouncement of harmony between the
| President and the Democratic nominee,
] it will be pertinent to inquire the
: basis of the agreement.
"The country is very anxious to
I know if an unequalified acceptance of
! the League of Nations program is
I agreed upon.
"Second, has Governor Cox pledged
! himself to ratification of the treaty
j and league without essential modifica?
tions ?
"Third ? Has Article X been ac?
cepted ? It has Veen repeatedly de?
clared that Article X ?3 the 'heart of
the \reaty,' and that to cut it out would
'break the heart of the world.' Is the
Democratic ticket still for Article X?
"Fourth ? The President naturally
I has stipulated that Governor Cox must
assume, underwrite and liquidate all
the international commitments in which
the present Administration has in?
volved itself and the nation. The Presi?
dent could not possibly demand less.
A Democratic successor could not nos
sibly grant less, because he stands on
a platform that, makes the same
guaranties.
"It becomes, therefore, timely to
ask: 'What are the various, mysterious,
j uncertain obligations to which the
j President has committed us?' Some
I body must tell us, because the people
! are wanting to know.
Asks About Armenia
"Has Governor Cox undertaken, in
I case he is elected, to renew the de
? mand that this country take a mandate
i over Armenia ?
"Has he undertaken to maintain the
? Administration policy in the Adriatic,
where we have wellnigh forfeited the
1 friendship of the great Italian people,
j brought. Italy to the verge of revolu?
tion and almost wrecked the establish?
ment of the peace?
"Has he pledged himself to insist
that Thrace shall be joined to Bulgaria,
instead of to Greece, regardless of the
(Continued on naxt nag?)
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Statements Declare President and
Nominee of One Mind on Covenant
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, July 18.?President Wilson, after a conference to?
day with Governor James M. Cox, issued the following statement:
"The interview was in every respect most satisfactory and gratify?
ing. I found what I indeed already knew, and what Governor Cox has
let the whole world know in his speeahes, that he and I were absolutely
at one with regard to the great issue of the League of Nations and that
he is ready to be the champion in every respect of the honor of the
nation and the secure peace of the world. Governor Cox will have the
vigorous support of an absolutely united party, and, I am confident,
also of an absolutely united nation."
Governor Cox's statement said:
"From every viewpoint the meeting was delightful. The President
was at his best, recalling any detail inquired about as bearing upon the
international situation and enlivening the whole conf?rence with a
humorous anecdote now and then in his old-time characteristic way.
We are agreed as to the meaning and sufficiency of the Democratic
platform and the duty of the party in the face of threatened bad faith
to the world in the name of America. His thought is still of the war
and the pledges we gave to those who sacrificed. One easily sees that
as the leader of the nation who asked for our sons and our resources
upon a very distinct understanding and obligation he is resolved that
the faith shall be kept. To this his thought and life are dedicated.
What he promised I shall, if elected, endeavor with all my strength to
give."
Broker Kidnaps
Wife and Son
At Atlantic City
Mrs. Averett, However, Es-j
capes Shortly After Be-!
ing Seized and Thrown
by Two Men Into Taxicab
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New Yorker Keeps Child
Woman Battles Desperately
With Husband's Aids
Until She, Frees Herself
SpecialmD1spatch to The Tribune
ATLANTIC CITY, July I8.--T0 be
kidnaped in a -highly melodramatic j
fashion in the heart of Atlantic City j
in the early hours of Sunday evening !
was the fate to-day of eleven-year-old [
Julius Averett and his mother, Mrs. j
Birdie Averett, of New York. The |
mother escaped after a struggle' and j
the local police are searching for Abra?
ham Averett, New York real estate
broker, residing at the Hotel Cecil, in j
that city.
Mrs. Averett, who has been separated
from her husband for three years, has
been staying at Grossman's Hotel,
South New Jersey Avenue, with her j
young son. To-night about 8 o'clock j
she was on. her way to the hotel with
her son from the Boardwalk when a
taxicab drew up to the-curb.
Two men sprang from the machine j
and grabbed both Mrs. Averett and the
boy. Screaming and struggling, they
were bundled into the cab and a hur?
ried start made toward Atlantic Avenue.
The boy was quickly subdued by a
third man in the machine, while the
two men who had leaped to the curb
devoted their attention to Mrs. Averett.
She could not be silenced, however, and |
fought desperately to escape. As the,
machine neared Atlantic Avenue she
managed to reach the running board.
The car slowed down to make the turn,
and as it did so a woman on the side?
walk who had heard Mrs. Averett's
screams jumped on the running board
and pulled the struggling woman from
the car.
The car, with the boy safely in the
tonneau, then headed down Atlantic
Avenue at high speed, and that was the
last seen' of it. Mrs. Averett hurried
back to her hotel and reported the kid?
naping to the. police. No trace of the
kidnapers has been found.
"The third man in the machine was
my husband," declared Mrs. Averett.
"Why he wanted to kidnap me, too, I
do not know, but I suppose he thought
1 would put up too much of a fight if
my boy was taken from me."
Mrs. Averett said that when she
made an outcry the driver of the taxi
brought the machine to a standstill.
Her husband then threw a large roll
of bills into his lap and told him
there would be mor? for him if he
made a getaway. The driver then j
speeded up his car and only slowed |
down when he made the turn into I
Atlantic Avenue.
It was said at the Hotel Cecil last!
night that Abraham Averett checked j
out July 9. He had been a guest at 1
the hotel two years. During this time,!
his friends said, he has been separated 1
from his wife and has been fighting ;
for the custody of his son. He told !
his friends that if ne could get the!
boy he would take him to Los Angeles. 1
Charles S. Whitman, iormer Governor
of New York, is Averett's attorney. I
Mr. Averett is a manufacturer and I
real estate broker and is said to be ?
wealthy.
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Schumann-Heink's Son
By Adoption Is Killed I
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I Pilot of Plane Also Meets Death
?n 3,500-Foot Fall at
Tuba, Okla.
TULSA. Okla., July 18.- Albert W.
1 N'ewsom. of Union Point, Ga., and Rob?
ert F. Midklff, an adopted son of Mme.
Schumann-Heink, the prima donna, and
son of a minister at Decatur. 111., were
killed instantly in an airplane fall near
here to-day.
New.om, pilot of the machine, w?a
maneuvering for a landing when one of
the vvjngs suddenly dropped off and
the p^ne fell about 3,500 feet,
Chief of Irish
Constabulary
Killed in Cork
Armed Men Break Into
Room at Country Club!
and Fire Fusillade at
the Commissioner's Party
! Smythe Hot Sinn Fein Foe
I Had Advocated Wiping Out
All of Its Members; Slay?
ers Are Still at Large
Special Cable to The Tribune j
Copyright, 1920, JJew York Tribune Inc. j
DUBLIN, July 18.?The most star-j
tling political crime in Ireland since j
Magistrate Sell was dragged from a |
tramcar and shot in Dublin occurred ?
last night in Cork. Commissioner!
Smythe, of the Munster division of the i
Royal Irish Constabulary, was shot |
dead by a party of armed men. They j
held up the hall porter and bro?e into |
a room at the Country Club, where 1
Smythe was attending a party. Smythe |
was sitting with frienSs. The armed i
band fired a fusillade. Smythe fell j
wounded, arose and tried to run to the
'door, but fell dead. District Inspector
j Craig, who was sitting with Smythe,
was wounded, evidently by accident.
The slayers fled. Soldiers patrolled ',
the streets afterward and there was !
some firing.
The crime is believed to have been
actuated by a speech made by Smythe
at the barracks in Listowel, County
Kerry, June 19. Smythe told his con?
stables not to be afraid to shoot with
effect. He urged the police to co-j
operate with the military and advocated
the wiping out of the Sinn F?in. Inter?
est in the incident was revived last
week, when questions were asked in
Parliament about the police meeting
at which Smythe made the address, i
Smythe had been in London to give j
the Irish office a review of conditions
in Ireland.
Smythe won the Victoria Cross dur?
ing the World War. He lost his left
arm in gaining the distinction. He
entered the war as a captain of the
15th Sikhs regiment and returned to
England as a colonel. He had been
a constabulary commissioner only a
few months.
At Belfast to-day. a former soldier
was bayoneted by the military and
killed.
CORK, July 18 (By The Associated
Press).?A number of persons, includ?
ing women, were wounded in street
lighting here to-night, occasioned by
excitement over the killing in Belfast
to-day of John Burke, employee of a
chemical works, on the wall over whose
body was written: "R. I. P. Killed by
the "military of the Stafford regiment."
Many shots were fired and four vic?
tims of bullets were rushed to hos?
pitals in a serious condition. Others
of the wounded were taken home after
first aid treatment.
Armored cars and lorries filled with
soldiers were called from the barrack?
and stationed at various points. Quiet
has been restored.
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Says IL S. Extends Navy
In Fear of Japanese
leliize Hattori Tells House of
Peers I)efense Rill Will Arouse
America's Suspicions
TOKIO, July 17- (By The Associated
Press).- Addressing the House of
Peers to-day, Ichize Hattori declared
; that the United States was extending
her armament because she misunder?
stood Japan. America, he added, loved
peace, but if Japan adopted the nation?
al defense bill he gave it as his opin
: ion that the United States would be?
come susnifcious of the proposed in
' crease in armament.
Premier Hara, in reply, said Japan
i had no' aggressive intentions; she de
sired only the perfection of her nation
? al defence, which could not be
; neglected.
"UFE BEYOND THE GRAVE."
Are you reading the remarkable com?
munication? of Re-r. O. Vale Owen in Tru
World, morning edition? Thl? eerie?, en?
titled "Life Bey.>nd tha Qrave," ta the a.
leged opirUUttc revelation? of an Kngllth
c1?rjrrman, well known??? the Vicar of Or
ford*. Laoraiohlre. England Order The
Morning World Oow newsdealer? In al
i vauca. Bunion luni^id.?Advt?
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Nominee, if Elected, Will
Endeavor With AU His
Strength to Give What
President Has Promised
Declines to Talk
Of Reservations
?Roosevelt Takes Part in
I WhitellouseConference ;
Visitors Stay to Luncheon
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, July 18.?Gov?
ernor James M. Cox to-day accepted
i the burden of President Wilson's pol
| icies and agreed to make the Presi
? dent's demand for ratification of the
1 peace treaty and the league covenant
j without strong reservations his own
; fight in the campaign.
The Governor and the President
, are of one mind with respect to the
i League of Nations, it was announced
i after the Democratic standard bear
' er, Mr. Wilson and Franklin D.
| Roosevelt had conferred for an hour
I this morning on the south porch of
the White House.
"What he (President Wilson)
promised I shall, if elected, endeavor
with all my strength to give," said
Governor Cox in a formal statement
after the conference.
The President in a statement said
he had found that Governor Cox
and he were "absolutely at one with
respect to the great issue of thr
League of Nations" and that the
nominee "is ready to be the cham?
pion in every respect of the honor
of the nation and the secure peace
of the world."
Governor Cox said that he had dis?
cussed with the President the two ex?
planatory reservations to the league
covenant which he had suggested last
May and on which he said he was
standing firm.
Delightful Meeting, Cox Says
The nominee declined to discuss any
details of the conference, however, ex?
plaining that the statements issued by
the participants spoke for themselves.
The nominee and the President are
in "splendid accord," said Mr. Roose?
velt.
"I wish that. %every American couid
have been a silent witness to thv
meeting between these two great men."
he said. "Their splendid accord and
their high purpose are an inspiration.
I need only add that my regret in leav?
ing my post under President Wilson i?
softened by the knowledge that my
j new commander in chief will be his
wholly worthy successor."
Governor Cox had come to Washinc
, ton for the sole purpose of conferring
j with the President on tne League of
| Nations issue, over which the two men
? were reported to have widely different
I views.
i
Open Break Had Been Feared .
The Governor won the nomination
for President at San Francisco as the
?anti-Wilson candidate, and his friend?
! had expected him to make an effori to
?force Mr. Wilson to modify his views
j on the League of Nations and agree
to reservations to the league covenant
(that would be more than the "inter?
pretations" which the President an
j nounced during the treaty fight in the
?Senate last winter he would accept.
I An open break between the President
and the nominee had been expected by
; Republicans and feared by Democrat?.
The eyes of all Democrats and many
Republicans were upon the White
House when Governor Cox and Mr.
Roosevelt arrived at 10:30 o'clock for
the conference. A crowd gathered at
the Executive Mansion gates cheered
the candidates as tbey entered.
President Wilson was waiting for
them on the south porch, where he
spent many hours last winter and
spring recuperating from his illness
No one was present at the conference
except the President, Governor Co>
and Mr. Roosevelt. The three mer
talked earnestly together for exact!}
an hour, and then Governor Cox con
ferred with Senator Glaaa, of Virginia
chairman of the platform committei
at the Democratic National Convention
Later he saw the newspaper men.
"The statements tell our story," Ciov
ernor Cox said.
"Did you take up w-ith the Pre.*i
dent your own reservation??" tbenomi
nee was asked.
Discussed Whole Subject
"We discussed the whole subject i
a general way," Governor Cox repli?e
"the President knowing from state
ments already made covering the t?
reservations what my nosition was, an
you have his icsponse."
Asked whether he would advocate th
j two reservations in his campaign, Go*.
? ernor Cox said:
"I think you will agree with me th?
| it is a matter of propriety that
should make any statements that
' have to make in thia matter in m
speech of acceptance."
j President Wilson will "belp> in th
; campaign in every way he can,'* th
! nominee said. He said that it had n.
? yet been decided who would manas
' his campaign. "It is not entirely
personal matter," Governor Cox sa;
[ "I wish to confer with the nation;
, committee before making the ?ele
| tion."
President Wilson has made remar
1 able strides toward recovery, Vie ??ai
"I found the President in splend
I shape," the nominee declared. "I w;
j most agreeably surprised."
I The Governor was questioned
i length in an effort to learn what hi
pbeen discussed ai the conference.*
* "We. ran over Ih? chapter o? ?>ez